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ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Zach Anderson had 15 points in FGCU’s 73-59 victory against UMKC on Wednesday night in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase.
Anderson added 10 rebounds for the Eagles (5-2). Isaiah Thompson scored 14 points, shooting 3 for 11 (2 for 7 from 3-point range) and 6 of 7 from the free throw line. Dahmir Bishop shot 5 for 10 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 1 of 3 from the free throw line to finish with 12 points, while adding three steals.
Rayquawndis Mitchell led the way for the Kangaroos (3-5) with 29 points. Shemarri Allen added 10 points for UMKC. Allen David Mukeba Jr. also had four points and 14 rebounds.
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MADISON, S.D. (KELO) — A Ukrainian biology student studying at Dakota State University is getting some much-needed help to fund her studies here in the U.S. while the war with Russia continues in her homeland.
When Alex Rachynska came to the United States about a year ago, she didn’t expect the war to ravage Ukraine.
Paying for school has become a big challenge for her. That’s why Sirje Kiin and Jack Walters, a retired DSU professor, wanted to help.
“She can’t pay it now because her parents are jobless. Millions of Ukraine people are jobless right now because of the war. Parents can’t support her. She has a student visa. She can’t work outside out of the campus. She’s not a citizen. She can’t get bank loans, so she is falling through this crack where she can’t go home because there is a war — it’s not safe. So somebody must help her,” Kiin said.
“It’s one of those things that, as Sirje was making reference to, if you can’t pay for it, you probably won’t be able to do it, and so we want to do everything we can to raise money so that Alex can continue her education without interruption,” Walters said.
Rachysnka studies biology and chemistry. She wants to go on to medical school and become a neurosurgeon and genetic therapist.
“She wants to pursue a combination medical and research degree, and she’s already presenting at conferences and doing those kinds of things. Pretty good for someone starting sophomore year. And so this is the path and this is what it takes is just to stay in school and stay focused,” Walters said.
Rachysnka has not seen her family in person since moving to the U.S. from Kyiv last year.
“It’s very difficult not being able to go home, or if she went home, might not be able to get back. But she’s here and she can go to school here,” Walters said.
Over $5,500 has been raised on the GoFundMe page so far. The goal is to raise $18,000, which is about that cost of Rachynska’s tuition for the school year. She did not want to an on-camera interview but did say, quote:
“I don’t have to worry if I can pay or can’t pay. When I focus on something, I can really succeed. I’m really grateful to the people that helped me,” Rachynska said.
Their goal is to raise $9,000 dollars this fall and then the same amount in the spring.
If you would like to help, you can find the GoFundMe page here. | 2022-08-19T00:05:12+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/dsu-student-from-ukraine-getting-help-to-fund-school/ |
When I was growing up in the 1960s, I was taught that in a democracy, government of, by, and for the people needs and deserves our trust and engagement. However, Supreme Court decisions such as Citizens United v. FEC, which opened the floodgates to the corrupting influence of big money in politics, have changed all that. Our elected leaders now cater to ultrarich donors who fund their reelection campaigns.
Revelations that appointed Supreme Court justices are also allegedly on the take should come as no surprise (“Report: Donors funded Alito trip,” Page A2, June 22). It does not seem to occur to Justice Samuel Alito that it was no coincidence that a billionaire treated him to an expensive fishing trip to Alaska, or that average Americans cannot take an empty seat on a plane for free.
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Only a Constitutional amendment such as HJRes.54, which seeks to reverse Citizens United, can overturn the anti-democratic Supreme Court doctrines eroding our trust in good government. Our ancestors amended the Constitution 27 times, abolishing slavery, giving women the right to vote, and ending poll taxes. To save our democracy, can we muster the political will to do it again?
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Sharon | 2023-06-23T06:41:08+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/23/opinion/save-our-democracy-amend-constitution/ |
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A requirement that travelers to the U.S. from China present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights expired Friday after more than two months as cases in China have fallen.
The restrictions were put in place Dec. 28 and took effect Jan. 5 amid a surge in infections in China after the nation sharply eased pandemic restrictions and as U.S. health officials expressed concerns that their Chinese counterparts were not being truthful to the world about the true number of infections and deaths. The requirement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expired for flights leaving after 3 p.m. Eastern time Friday.
When the restriction was imposed, U.S. officials also said it was necessary to protect U.S. citizens and communities because there was a lack of transparency from the Chinese government about the size of the surge or the variants that were circulating within China.
The rules imposed in January require travelers to the U.S. from China, Hong Kong and Macau to take a COVID-19 test no more than two days before travel and provide a negative test before boarding their flight. The testing applies to anyone 2 years and older, including U.S. citizens.
China saw infections and deaths surge after it eased back from its “zero COVID” strategy in early December after rare public protests against a policy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
But as China eased its strict rules, infections and deaths surged, and parts of the country for weeks saw their hospitals overwhelmed by infected patients looking for help. Still, the Chinese government has been slow to release data on the number of deaths and infections.
The U.S. decision to lift restrictions comes at a moment when U.S.-China relations are strained. Biden ordered a Chinese spy balloon shot down last month after it traversed the continental United States. The Biden administration has also publicized U.S. intelligence findings that raise concern Beijing is weighing providing Russia weaponry for its ongoing war on Ukraine. | 2023-03-12T16:08:14+00:00 | sun-sentinel.com | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-us-china-covid-test-requirement-20230312-pzdlv3urlzc2nb343e56fbz3pu-story.html |
(NEXSTAR) – An entirely new generation of trick-or-treaters will soon know the joy of collecting candy in a festive bucket that faintly smells of stale McDonald’s french fries.
On Thursday, McDonald’s confirmed the return of its Halloween Happy Meal pumpkin pails, which often doubled as trick-or-treating buckets for kids in the mid- to late-‘80s.
“We heard you loud and clear… if spooky SZN doesn’t include McDonald’s Halloween Pails, then you don’t want it,” McDonald’s wrote in a press release. “That’s why we’re bringing back the most iconic Halloween trio — McBoo, McPunk’n and McGoblin — that first came on the scene back in 1986.”
The Halloween Happy Meal pails have returned from time to time in the decades since, often with updated artwork or new shapes, and sometimes themed after characters from “Scooby Doo” or “Monsters High.”
The newest iteration, meanwhile, looks to be a throwback to the white, orange and green pails first offered in the late ‘80s. Each of the three new buckets — McBoo, McPunk’n and McGoblin — will also feature three different faces on the outside of the pails, as seen in photos shared by McDonald’s, and confirmed by a spokesperson.
The new pails will be available at participating McDonald’s restaurants between Oct. 18 – 31 with the purchase of a Happy Meal, but only “while supplies last,” according to McDonald’s.
The announcement of the buckets’ long-awaited return comes weeks after employees reportedly leaked news of the Halloween Happy Meals, according to the website Nightmare Nostalgia. McDonald’s even appeared to reference the rumors in its press release, alluding to “weeks of anticipation” leading up to the announcement.
The news also follows another nostalgia-inducing promotion from McDonald’s, which launched a Happy Meal-style offering for adults on Monday. The meal, known as the Cactus Plant Flea Market Box, is packaged in a similar box as the original Happy Meal, and comes complete with one of four bizarre little figurines. | 2022-10-06T16:58:55+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/mcdonalds-officially-brings-back-halloween-happy-meal-pails-heres-how-you-can-get-one/ |
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LONDON, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NATO and Atticus Partners co-sponsored a panel discussion on Strategic Communications in the Fight Against Disinformation on Wednesday morning in the House of Commons.
The panel included Bob Seely MP, Mariia Zolkina, Research Fellow for International Relations at the London School of Economics, Andy Pryce, Head of Counter Disinformation at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and Dominic Nicholls, Associate Defence Editor for The Telegraph, chaired by Atticus Partners' Aliona Hlivco.
The event was attended by politicians, diplomats and defence attachés, academics, media, NGOs, students and industry. The discussion focused on Russian hybrid warfare technical, including dis- and misinformation, especially applied in its war on Ukraine.
"The old active measures KGB model of undermining Western society, demoralisation […] destabilisation, normalisation. The Russian military […] has effectively got a six-stage operation rather than a four-stage," said Bob Seely MP, Foreign Affairs Select Committee member and Chair of the Ukraine and Russia All-Party Parliamentary Groups. "That for me shows the influence of Putin, the presidential administration and the FSB, or the former KGB, on Russian military thinking. And so that's why modern concepts of Russian warfare is stuff that's almost been dictated to the Russian military in order to force them to think more creatively about the use of war."
Mariia Zolkina, Ukrainian researcher and political analyst, spoke on the invasion of Crimea in 2014 stating, it "was unfortunately the biggest Russian political diplomatic success, or disinformation success, after 2014 because Russia persuades not only people in non-Western societies, but also unfortunately a significant share of political elites in the West."
"We all are […] on the front line of the disinformation war," said Dominic Nicholls. "[Social media trolls will] discredit me as a journalist […] They'll discredit the paper. They'll discredit the Western press. They'll aim to discredit the message and it's like fighting smoke."
Andy Pryce spoke on the use of disinformation by Russia stating: "There's been a range of [...] different narratives, they're aimed at one thing and that's accelerating compassion fatigue for Ukraine. Compassion fatigue is a real thing, we see it with lots of conflicts around the world, lots of disasters around the world and there has been serious academic studies that demonstrate that this really has impact on people, and so the meta goal for the Russians is to accelerate this."
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SOURCE Atticus Partners | 2023-05-30T11:46:11+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2023/05/30/nato-co-sponsors-westminster-expert-panel-discussion-disinformation/ |
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom’s Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris’ mother opened 35 years ago in Mississippi’s capital.
“I have some cousins that live in Ohio,” said Norris, who has spent most of his 54 years in Jackson and now owns the restaurant. “They came last year. They hadn’t been here in 22 years. They were completely shocked at Jackson.”
Citing rising crime, Mississippi’s Republican-controlled House recently passed a bill that would expand areas of Jackson patrolled by a state-run Capitol Police force and create a new court system with appointed rather than elected judges. Both would give white state government officials more power over Jackson, which has the highest percentage of Black residents of any major U.S. city.
The state Senate has also passed a bill to establish a regional governing board for Jackson’s long-troubled water system, with most members appointed by state officials. The system nearly collapsed last year and is now under control of a federally-appointed manager.
The proposals for state control have angered Jackson residents who don’t want their voices diminished in local government, and are the latest example of the long-running tensions between the Republican-run state government and the Democratic-run capital city.
“It’s really a stripping of power, and it’s happening in a predominantly Black city that has predominantly Black leadership,” said Sonya Williams-Barnes, a Democratic former state lawmaker who is now Mississippi policy director for the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund. “You don’t see this going on in other areas of the state where they’re run by majority white people.”
Norris notes state government officials have long been unwilling to help Jackson with the water system and other problems.
“We had to go through all this by ourselves. Solo,” he said. “Now, all of the sudden you want to come and take it and say, ‘OK, well, we’re going to take over.’ You know, treating us like kids. We’re not kids.”
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the proposal for courts with appointed judges reeks of apartheid and “plantation politics.”
“If we allow this type of legislation to stand in Jackson, Mississippi, it’s a matter of time before it will hit New Orleans, it’s a matter of time before it hits Detroit, or wherever we find our people,” Lumumba said.
The sponsor of the expanded police and court bill, Republican Rep. Trey Lamar, from a rural town more than 170 miles (275 kilometers) north of Jackson, said it’s aimed at making Mississippi’s capital safer and at reducing a backlog in the judicial system.
“I can assure you that the bill has zero racial intent whatsoever,” said Lamar, who is white, in response to arguments that courts with appointed judges would disenfranchise Jackson voters. “There is nothing racial about the bill on its face, and there is no intent for the effect to be racial.”
Still, Black lawmakers say creating courts with appointed judges would strip away voting rights in a state where older generations of Black people still remember the struggle for equal access to the ballot.
Judges for the proposed new courts would not be required to live in Jackson or even the county where it’s located. They would be appointed by the chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court — a position currently held by a white conservative man from outside Jackson.
About 83% of Jackson’s nearly 154,000 residents are Black, and some 25% live in poverty. The pace of white flight accelerated in the 1980s, about a decade after public schools integrated. Many middle-class and wealthy Black families have also left the city. The potholes marring its streets are a jarring reminder of the struggle to maintain aging infrastructure.
Mississippi’s current Republican governor, Tate Reeves, campaigned on withholding state financial support the city requested. During last year’s water crisis, Reeves, speaking elsewhere, said, it was “as always, a great day to not be in Jackson.”
Jackson residents have a longstanding distrust of the water system because of frequent warnings that the water must be boiled to kill contaminants before it’s safe to drink. During crises in August and September and again in December, people waited in long lines for bottled water.
Still, opponents of a regional water board note that state officials sought a role only after the federal government approved hundreds of millions of dollars for the troubled system.
The Capitol Police are intended to supplement rather than replace the short-staffed Jackson Police Department. The state-run force has in the past year been involved in several violent incidents, including the shooting death of a Black man during a traffic stop and a crash that killed another Black man during a police chase.
At Mt. Helm Baptist Church, near the Mississippi Capitol building, the Rev. CJ Rhodes said many people in his predominantly Black congregation strongly object to expanding Capitol Police territory and creating courts with appointed judges.
“They feel — viscerally feel — like this is taking us back to the 1950s and 1960s,” said Rhodes, who is the son of a civil rights attorney.
People pushing the legislation failed to consult with most Jackson lawmakers or Jackson residents, the pastor said.
“It feels like this sort of white paternalism: ‘We’re going to come in and do what we need to do, citizens of Jackson be damned,’” Rhodes said.
Maati Jone Primm, who owns Marshall’s Music & Bookstore in a once-thriving and now struggling Black business district in downtown Jackson, said she’s not surprised by the majority-white Legislature’s attempts to control Jackson.
“It’s a land grab. It’s a resource grab. It’s a way to disempower Jackson and its citizens, for its citizens not to have a say,” said Primm, whose storefront window displays a handwritten sign: “Jim Crow Must Go” — a phrase on T-shirts that Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers had in his car the night a white supremacist assassinated him in Jackson in 1963.
Primm said legislators’ proposals — especially for appointed judges — are problematic.
“You know, it should reek of unconstitutionality, but here in Mississippi, it’s just the same old song,” she said.
The Capitol Police currently patrol state government buildings in and near downtown. The House bill would expand the territory to cover the city’s more affluent shopping and residential areas, and several neighborhoods that are predominantly white.
Critics say it’s an effort to create a city within the city, diluting Black voices and providing extra police coverage for areas that already have lower crime rates than other parts of Jackson.
The House and Senate have exchanged the bills for more debate. On Thursday, a Senate committee suggested having Capitol Police patrol the entire city.
Jackson is not the first case of a majority-Black city having local authority stripped away by state government. That happened in Flint, Michigan, when an emergency manager appointed by then-Republican Gov. Rick Snyder made the cost-cutting decision to switch the city’s water supply to the Flint River in 2014. The water wasn’t treated to reduce corrosion from old pipes, causing lead contamination. The disaster was greatly compounded by indifference by state environmental regulators, despite widespread complaints about water quality.
In Jackson, some white residents also object to a wider territory for the Capitol Police and new courts with appointed judges.
“It’s ridiculous. I think judges should be elected officials,” said Dan Piersol, a retired art museum curator who lives in a neighborhood that would be patrolled by Capitol Police and in the new court district.
Kelly Crim said she was unaware of the new courts proposal but supports expanding Capitol Police patrols into northeast Jackson where she lives with her husband and 15-month-old son.
She said she was pleased the Capitol Police had a more visible presence at the Mississippi State Fair last fall, after fights occurred there in the past.
“I know people that … because they knew the Capitol Police were there, felt more comfortable going with kids or at night,” she said.
Mom’s Kitchen, located in the once-safe neighborhood where Norris grew up, is a casual place serving baked chicken, turnip greens and candied sweet potatoes. The dining room has a broken window with cardboard taped over it, a vestige of earlier vandalism.
Norris said he often feels unsafe working in the area. A few months ago, he said, he and some employees were looking outside when “a guy just rolled by … shooting in the air.”
“It scared me,” said Norris, who is also a licensed therapist specializing in helping young Black men, including those traumatized by violence.
He said some of his patients have had violent encounters with law enforcement officers. Norris said he would like to see a more effective police presence in Jackson, but he is concerned the Capitol Police are not the answer.
“Policemen should be building a relationship with the community,” Norris said.
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Associated Press writers Gary Fields in Washington and Ed White in Detroit contributed.
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Follow Emily Wagster Pettus on Twitter at http://twitter.com/EWagsterPettus. | 2023-02-27T11:51:48+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/ap-black-mississippi-capital-distrusts-plans-by-white-officials-2/ |
By COLLEEN BARRY
Associated Press
MILAN (AP) — The leader of Italy’s Democratic Party warned Saturday of the threats that Italy’s right-wing nationalistic parties pose to European democracy in a video released in multiple languages, and promised that his party would keep Italy at the center of the European Union if it wins the country’s early parliamentary election next month.
The video by Democratic Party leader Enrico Letta comes days after the leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, did a multilingual video of her own to dispute suggestions that her election as premier would endanger democracy in Italy and threaten the management of EU pandemic funds. Meloni, whose party controversially uses the symbol of a flame borrowed from a neo-fascist party, said in an Aug. 10 video that the Italian political right has “unambiguously” condemned the legacy of fascism.
At the moment, the center-left Democratic Party and the Brothers of Italy are the leading parties in opinion polls going into Italy’s Sept. 25 parliamentary election. Neither looks assured of having enough votes to govern alone.
While the right-wing has created a solid coalition, bringing together Brothers of Italy, Matteo Salvini’s right-wing League party and Silvio Berlusoni’s center-right Forza Italia party, the left has been foundering in this election campaign.
Letta’s deal with a would-be kingmaker fell apart within a day and his relationship with former Premier Matteo Renzi, who heads a tiny but potentially influential party, soured when Renzi maneuvered him out of the job of premier in 2014.
Letta underlined the danger to European solidity posed by vetoes and demands of unanimity posed by right-wing leaders like Hungary’s Viktor Orban, who he noted is “a friend and ally of the Italian right.” Orban has used these tools to “defeat sanctions against Russia and on migration issues,” Letta said.
Letta also said the right-wing had not supported the EU pandemic funds in the European Parliament, and that Italy’s right-wing had voted against a new treaty between France and Italy aimed to put the ties at the same level as the historic Franco-German relationship that has been the engine of post-war European peace and prosperity.
“Europe has always been part of our DNA, because we believe that cooperation between countries and finding common solutions is better than finding solutions that are only national or nationalistic,’’ Letta said.
Letta launched the video in French, Spanish and English on Italy’s Ferragosto weekend holiday, when most Italians are enjoying beach or mountain vacations to mark the Aug. 15 Feast of the Assumption.
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Braves vs. Dodgers Probable Starting Pitchers Today - May 23
The Atlanta Braves (29-18) are looking for Ronald Acuna Jr. to continue a 12-game hitting streak against the Los Angeles Dodgers (30-19) on Tuesday at 7:20 PM ET, at Truist Park.
The Braves will look to Spencer Strider (4-1), while the Dodgers' starter has not yet been announced.
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- Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
- Time: 7:20 PM ET
- TV: TBS
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Venue: Truist Park
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- Probable Pitchers: Strider - ATL (4-1, 3.14 ERA) vs TBA - LAD
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Braves Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Spencer Strider
- Strider (4-1) will take to the mound for the Braves and make his 10th start of the season.
- The right-hander's last appearance was on Thursday, when he threw five innings against the Texas Rangers, giving up four earned runs while allowing six hits.
- The 24-year-old has pitched in nine games this season with a 3.14 ERA and 15.0 strikeouts per nine innings with a batting average against of .183.
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- Strider has pitched five or more innings in nine straight games and will look to extend that streak.
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Burnis D. Hodges, 86, Dresden Obituaries Steve James February 19, 2023 0 Graveside services for Burnis D. Hodges, age 86, of Dresden, will be Monday, February 20, 2023, at 2:00 at Olive Branch Cemetery near Como. Bowlin Funeral Home in Dresden is in charge of arrangements. | 2023-02-19T20:38:00+00:00 | thunderboltradio.com | https://www.thunderboltradio.com/burnis-d-hodges-86-dresden/ |
New device tested to ease severe knee pain in arthritis patients
(CNN) - A new device tested might help ease the pain for some arthritis patients, and help them put off or even avoid a total knee replacement.
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. It affects more than 32 million adults in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But relief from osteoarthritis in a person’s knees often leads to major surgery and a monthslong recovery
After 33 years as a firefighter, Chuck Stenger retired, but not the way he wanted to. He said his knee hurt off and on for years.
”I had to give almost everything up. The fire department transferred me into preventions and investigations for the last five years of my career because of this,” he said.
And before Stenger retired, he said the pain nearly brought him down while he was out on a call.
”It felt like a knife was being shoved right into my knee,” Stenger said.
Stenger was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, and he was worried about recovery time and the toll a total knee replacement would take. “When I found this study I said -- I’m going to sign up for it!” he said.
The multi-medical center clinical trial involved a device implanted into the patient’s knee.
Dr. David Flanigan with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center says 90% of the patients who have gotten the device at his hospital have seen improved function and less pain.
”We’re looking at a shock absorber similar to what you’d see in a car,” Flanigan said. ”It’s taking some of that shock, or some of that force that stress that the knee sees when you’re weight bearing, and that can be over 30% of that shock or that stress where it’s unloading that from that compartment.”
Stenger has had the device for three years now.
”It has made my life whole again. I’m able to climb ladders. I’m back golfing again. Not good, but I’m still golfing!” he said,
Meanwhile, results from the study were presented Thursday at the orthopedic summit in Boston, and while the device is not FDA-approved, the company that makes it says it’s working “to gain the necessary regulatory approvals.”
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Source: City of Decatur Economic/Urban Development Department records. | 2022-06-24T12:52:50+00:00 | herald-review.com | https://herald-review.com/business/the-latest-building-permits-for-macon-county/article_a1466262-f164-11ec-a3f9-5755769daec3.html |
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A lane of Interstate 40 East was closed following a crash late Sunday afternoon, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
The crash occurred at Mile Marker 220, near Exit 220 for Randleman Road in Greensboro.
The center lane of the eastbound side of I-40 closed at 5:38 p.m. and remained that way until 6:19 p.m.
Traffic camera footage shows a large amount of congestion in the area of the crash.
There is no word as to what caused the crash or the status of anyone involved at this time. | 2023-03-19T22:28:30+00:00 | myfox8.com | https://myfox8.com/news/traffic/interstate-40-east-crash-closes-lane-in-greensboro-near-randleman-road/ |
LONDON (AP) — When Liz Truss was running to lead Britain this summer, an ally predicted her first weeks in office would be turbulent.
But few were prepared for the scale of the sound and fury -– least of all Truss herself. In just six weeks, the prime minister’s libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief.
Now Truss faces a mutiny inside the governing Conservative Party that leaves her leadership hanging by a thread.
Conservative lawmaker Robert Halfon fumed on Sunday that the last few weeks had brought “one horror story after another.”
“The government has looked like libertarian jihadists and treated the whole country as kind of laboratory mice on which to carry out ultra, ultra free-market experiments,” he told Sky News.
It’s not as if the party wasn’t warned. During the summertime contest to lead the Conservatives, Truss called herself a disruptor who would challenge economic “orthodoxy.” She promised she would cut taxes and slash red tape, and would spur Britain’s sluggish economy to grow.
Her rival, former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, argued that immediate tax cuts would be reckless amid the economic shockwaves from the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
The 172,000 Conservative Party members -– who are largely older and affluent — preferred Truss’ boosterish vision. She won 57% of members’ votes to become leader of the governing party on Sept. 5. The next day, she was appointed prime minister by Queen Elizabeth II in one of the monarch’s final acts before her death on Sept. 8.
Truss’ first days in office were overshadowed by a period of national mourning for the queen. Then on Sept. 23, Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng announced the economic plan he and Truss had drawn up. It included 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) in tax cuts -– including an income tax reduction for the highest earners — without an accompanying assessment of how the government would pay for them.
Truss was doing what she and allies said she would. Libertarian think-tank chief Mark Littlewood predicted during the summer there would be “fireworks” as the new prime minister pushed for economic reform at “absolutely breakneck speed.”
Still, the scale of the announcement took financial markets, and political experts, by surprise.
“Many of us, wrongly, expected her to pivot after she won the leadership contest in the way many presidents do after winning the primaries,” said Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London. “But she didn’t do that. She actually meant what she said.”
The pound plunged to a record low against the U.S. dollar and the cost of government borrowing soared. The Bank of England was forced to step in to buy government bonds and prevent the financial crisis from spreading to the wider economy. The central bank also warned that interest rates will have to rise even faster than expected to curb inflation that is running at around 10%, leaving millions of homeowners facing big increases in mortgage payments.
Jill Rutter, a senior fellow at the Institute for Government think tank, said Truss and Kwarteng made a series of “unforced errors” with their economic package.
“They shouldn’t have made their contempt for economic institutions quite so clear,” she said. “I think they could have listened to advice. And I think one of the things that they got very wrong was to announce one part of the package, the tax cuts … without the spending side of the equation.”
As the negative reaction grew, Truss began to abandon bits of the package in a bid to reassure her party and the markets. The tax cut for top earners was ditched in the middle of the Conservative Party’s annual conference in early October as the party rebelled.
It wasn’t enough. On Friday, Truss fired Kwarteng and replaced her longtime friend and ally with Jeremy Hunt, who served as health secretary and foreign secretary in the Conservative governments of David Cameron and Theresa May.
At a brief, downbeat news conference, the prime minister acknowledged that “parts of our mini budget went further and faster than markets were expecting.” She reversed a planned cut in corporation tax, another pillar of her economic plan, to “reassure the markets of our fiscal discipline.”
Truss is still prime minister in name, but power in government has shifted to Hunt, who has signaled he plans to rip up much of her remaining economic plan when he makes a medium-term budget statement on Oct. 31. He has said tax increases and public spending cuts will be needed to restore the government’s fiscal credibility.
Still, Hunt insisted Sunday: “The prime minister’s in charge.”
“She’s listened. She’s changed. She’s been willing to do that most difficult thing in politics, which is to change tack,” Hunt told the BBC.
The Conservative Party still commands a large majority in Parliament, and -– in theory -– has two years until a national election must be held. Polls suggest an election would be a wipeout for the Tories, with the Labour Party winning a big majority.
Conservative lawmakers are agonizing about whether to try to replace their leader for a second time this year. In July, the party forced out Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who led them to victory in 2019, when serial ethics scandals ensnared his administration.
Now many of them have buyer’s remorse about his replacement. Under party rules, Truss is safe from a leadership challenge for a year, but some Conservative legislators believe she can be forced to resign if the party can agree on a successor. Defeated rival Sunak, House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and popular Defense Secretary Ben Wallace are among the names being mentioned as potential replacements. Johnson, who remains a lawmaker, still has supporters, too.
Junior Treasury minister Andrew Griffith argued Sunday that Truss should be given a chance to try to restore order.
“This is a time when we need stability,” he told Sky News. “People at home are just tearing their hair out at the level of uncertainty. What they want to see is a competent government getting on with (the) job.”
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NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Tuya Inc. ("Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Tuya and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On or around March 18, 2021, Tuya conducted its initial public offering ("IPO"), selling more than 45 million American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") priced at $21.00 per ADS. On May 11, 2021, an article on techcrunch.com revealed that over the past few days, "several top Chinese sellers disappeared from Amazon." The article reported that over 13.1 million records documenting a massive fake review scam had been uncovered, implicating more than 200,000 Amazon accounts. The article added that "[i]n total, the suspended accounts contribute over a billion dollars in gross merchandise value (GMV) to Amazon." The article quoted Amazon as stating: "'We take swift action against those that violate [our policies], including suspending or removing selling privileges.'" Then, on August 18, 2021, Tuya issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for the second quarter of 2021. The release also provided the outlook for the third quarter of 2021, stating that the Company expects revenue to be in a range of just $83 million to $86 million, which surprised and disappointed analysts and investors. During an earnings call held that same day with analysts and investors, Chief Financial Officer Yao (Jessie) Liu revealed the reason for the low third quarter revenue forecast, explaining that "our customers face a series of challenges, including Amazon's strict execution of seller policy," in which Amazon had banned cross-border e-commerce stores. After the call, analysts estimated that the Amazon bans would negatively affect Tuya's 2021 second half revenues by 10%, and that 20% of all Tuya IoT-enabled devices were sold through online channels such as Amazon. By August 2022, Tuya ADSs had fallen below $2.00 per ADS, representing a decline of 90% from the IPO price.
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An excessive heat warning, excessive heat watch and a heat advisory are in effect for various parts of Michigan.
Here is the current map of the heat warnings, watches and advisories.
The bright pink area covering five of the southernmost Michigan counties is an excessive heat warning. Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, Branch, and Hillsdale Counties are in the excessive heat warning. This is the most severe of the current heat warnings in Michigan. Very hot temperatures are moving into the far southern and southwest corner of Michigan for this afternoon and continuing to remain dangerously hot through Wednesday evening.
The excessive heat warning is for actual temperatures between 95 degrees and 100 degrees, with heat indexes making it feel as hot as 110 degrees. The excessive heat warning officially goes into effect at noon today. This is a level of hot temperatures we don’t often feel in Michigan.
The rest of southwest Lower will get into the very hot temperatures also today, but just a few degrees less hot than the excessive heat warned area. The Grand Rapids area, the Lansing area, the Jackson area, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek are in a heat advisory for feels like temperatures up to 105 degrees this afternoon. The heat advisory goes into effect at noon today and continues until 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Finally, there is an excessive heat watch in effect for Wednesday for the entire Detroit area and surrounding suburbs. The entire Ann Arbor area is also in the excessive heat watch. The excessive heat watch is for dangerous heat to begin around noon Wednesday. The heat watch officially extends into Thursday morning, but really the truly dangerous heat lets up Wednesday night after sunset.
Here are the heat index forecasts for today and Wednesday.
Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. This is especially true during warm or hot weather when car interiors can reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun if you can and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! | 2022-06-14T15:33:58+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/weather/2022/06/3-levels-of-heat-warnings-now-affect-over-6-million-in-michigan.html |
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — One moment Lexus Berry and her wife were rushing toward the door of their fourth-floor apartment, and the next, Quanishia “Peach” Berry was gone.
Their apartment had disappeared into a heap of bricks and steel far below, leaving Lexis Berry running by herself to a stairwell in the teetering building, panicked that she might never see her wife again.
“The moment that we hit the door, it started to shake and rattle and literally — it all just happened in the blink of a second – the floors caved in, like collapsed,” Lexus Berry said Wednesday. “So as the floors were falling, and she was falling four stories down, there were still two stories above her falling and two stories falling above me. It was all crumbling.”
The six-story building in downtown Davenport partially collapsed just before 5 p.m. Sunday, but it took hours before rescuers found Peach Berry trapped in the rubble and then determined one of her legs would need to be amputated to pull her free. Lexus Berry gave her assent. Doctors removed the leg and rushed her to a hospital, mindful that the remainder of the building could come down at any time.
“It’s definitely something that’s like a miracle that she’s here,” Lexus Berry said. “Due to the circumstances, they had to make a judgment call. And that’s the best thing for her, honestly, because she’s still here.”
As Peach Berry recovered in the hospital, crews in Davenport puzzled over next steps for the unstable structure, where five residents remained unaccounted for and officials feared at least two of them might be stuck in a mound of debris at the base of the 116-year-old building. Officials have said the building is continuing to shift and they need to bring it down, but they think any effort to find remains in the debris pile could cause the rest of the structure to collapse.
Davenport Police Chief Jeff Bladel said there were 53 tenants in the 80-unit building, and now most of them are struggling to find housing and start rebuilding their lives. They have not been allowed into the apartments to retrieve belongings, though crews were able to rescue some pets Tuesday.
Toriana Hill and her 3-year-old son Nassir Gladney were among those who sought help Wednesday at a newly opened American Red Cross shelter several miles from the downtown building.
They were in their top-floor apartment when their dog, Luna, began barking. Hill heard other booming sounds but figured they were from the busy street below, until neighbors began screaming. She checked the hallway and found the lights were out.
Hill picked up her son and fled but debris blocked one staircase, forcing her to find another toward the back of the building.
“It was bricks already falling so I’m like, ‘how the hell am I going to do this, how the hell am I going to do this?’” she said. “I just kept running. I kept running until I hit the first floor, and by the time I made it to the door, I don’t know if it was the police officer or the fireman snatched me up, but I was just happy I made it out.”
Hill is looking for a new apartment and is hopeful she’ll find something soon.
City officials didn’t release new details about its plans for the building Wednesday, but at about 6 p.m. the city released hundreds of pages of documents, including structural engineering reports, violation notices and resident complaints, according to the Quad-City Times.
Among the documents was an inspection report by Select Structural Engineering, hired by building owner Andrew Wold to advise on building work, that described patches of brick façade that were separating from the building. The report noted bulging that needed to be secured to “keep the entire face of the building from falling away when the bottom area(s) come loose.”
The newspaper also published comments by Ryan Shaffer, a co-owner of a masonry company that was doing work near the now-partially collapsed building. Shaffer said Wold asked him for a quote for work on the building but rejected it as too costly. In part, Shaffer said, the high cost was because of a need to support the building.
“I said, ‘If we don’t do it this way exactly, I’m not putting my guys in there. Somebody is going to die,’ ” he said.
Wold released a statement dated Tuesday, his first comments since the partial collapse, saying “our thoughts and prayers are with our tenants” and that his company, Davenport Hotel, L.L.C., is working with agencies to help them.
County records show Davenport Hotel, L.L.C. acquired the building in 2021 in a deal worth $4.2 million. The city later declared the building a nuisance due to numerous solid waste violations, and a judge ordered Wold to pay a $4,500 penalty after he did not appear in court.
Tuesday, the city filed a new enforcement action against Wold, saying that he had failed to maintain the property “in a safe, sanitary, and structurally sound condition” before the collapse. The city is seeking a $300 fine.
Emails sent to an attorney believed to be representing Wold have not been returned.
On Tuesday, city officials said they feared that two residents were stuck inside the rubble and that it was too dangerous to search the debris. Another three people remained unaccounted for Tuesday, but officials said they might not have been in the building when it began collapsing.
Protesters have been pushing to thoroughly search the building and debris before the city moves ahead with plans to demolish the rest of the structure. Officials had planned to begin staging the site for a tear-down as early as Tuesday morning but they delayed their efforts after a woman was found Monday evening.
Fire Marshal James Morris said explosives will not be used on the building, which is near other structures and is “unstable and continues to worsen.”
He said there will be an investigation into what caused the collapse but that it’s unclear so far whether a criminal investigation is warranted.
Soon after the the Davenport Hotel, built in 1907 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, partially collapsed, officials said crews escorted 12 people from the building and rescued several others later.
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This story has been corrected to show that the city is seeking a $300 fine from the building owner, not $3,000.
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McFetridge reported from Des Moines, Iowa, and Ahmed from St. Paul, Minnesota. | 2023-06-01T14:38:38+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/ap-some-residents-of-collapsed-iowa-building-remain-missing-while-pets-were-rescued-from-safer-area/ |
Jacob Grinberg and Max Yuan won in straight sets as top-seeded Glen Rock celebrated a 4-1 win over second-seeded Pompton Lakes in the final round of the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 tournament in Glen Rock.
Glen Rock will now move on to the group semifinals and finals on Wednesday at Mercer County Park.
Glen Rock defeated Pompton Lakes last year in the sectional final.
Dev Parikh and Ben Horne rallied from a first-set loss to earn a team point in No. 2 doubles with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory for Glen Rock (16-4). Dennis Panchekha and Craig Hillyer got the win in No. 1 doubles with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 1-0 (12-10) win.
For Pompton Lakes (19-3), Arin Mohanty won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5.
Old Tappan 3, Pascack Hills 2
Kiran Gurunathan and Joseph Hwang took their matches in straight sets in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles as third-seeded Old Tappan took the title in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 2 tournament with a 3-2 win over top-seeded Pascack Hills in Montvale.
Old Tappan advances to the group semifinals and finals on Wednesday at Mercer County Park.
The No. 1 doubles of John Oh and Owen Young won their match, 6-4, 6-1 for Old Tappan (16-7).
Sam Fruitbine won the No. 3 singles match with a 7-6, 6-0 victory for Pascack Hills (16-5) while the No. 2 doubles team of Zach Friend and David Leipsner won their match, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
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After Thorough Outreach, No Alternative Proposals Received
NEW YORK, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) ("Nielsen") today announced the expiration of the 45-day "go-shop" period under its previously announced definitive agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") to be acquired by a consortium (the "Consortium") of private investment funds led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management L.P., and Brookfield Business Partners L.P., together with institutional partners. Under the terms of the agreement, Nielsen and its representatives were permitted to solicit and consider alternative acquisition proposals from third parties until May 12, 2022.
During the "go-shop" period, Nielsen and its advisors actively solicited alternative acquisition proposals from third parties. Nielsen representatives ultimately contacted over 30 parties, representing a mix of financial and strategic parties. Of such contacted parties, only one private equity firm executed a non-disclosure agreement with Nielsen. As of expiration of the "go-shop" period, no alternative proposals were submitted.
Consistent with the Transaction Agreement, Nielsen expects to file its preliminary proxy statement in connection with the related shareholder vote to approve the transaction on or around May 19, 2022.
"After a thorough effort aimed at exploring whether a higher and better offer for Nielsen could be obtained, the Board has confirmed its view that the transaction with the Consortium represents an attractive outcome for our shareholders by providing a cash purchase at a substantial premium, while supporting Nielsen's commitment to our clients, employees and stakeholders," said James A. Attwood, Chairperson of Nielsen's Board of Directors.
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Updated January 26, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET
An openly gay advisor to the Vatican says he's not surprised by Pope Francis' declaration that "being homosexual isn't a crime."
Juan Carlos Cruz, an internationally known Chilean advocate and survivor of clerical sexual abuse, told NPR the pope's remarks made for an "incredible day."
In his first interview since the death of former Pope Benedict XVI, Francis told the Associated Press that laws criminalizing homosexuality are "unjust" and that Catholic bishops should apply "tenderness" and help ease discrimination by welcoming LGBTQ people into the church.
On Tuesday, Cruz told Morning Edition's Leila Fadel that anti-sodomy laws in dozens of countries, including some that impose the death penalty, are "horrifying," but the pope's moral leadership will help civil authorities, bishops, and cardinals to "change their heart" and join the pontiff in speaking out.
"The pope highlights that the LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal," said Cruz.
Cruz, who is a member of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, also dissents from Catholic teachings. Cruz says the church's insistence that homosexuality is "sin," a position embraced by the pope, is "shameful," although Cruz says the pope appears to be trying to shift the church's relationship with the LGBTQ community.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Interview highlights
On the impact of the pope's message on LGBTQ criminalization
It's been an incredible day with his statement, something that no pope has ever done in history. He's taken great steps and they're sincere and that I appreciate. In a moment where the LGBT community all over the world needs it because it's being attacked, condemned, there's laws that criminalize it.
This man does change and does acknowledge when he has made a mistake and he said it publicly. And I admire that in him. I mean, there's a lot a lot still to do in terms of abuse in the church. By no means we're done.
It doesn't surprise me from Pope Francis. He's a man that is open to everybody, who holds the dignity of the person in the highest standards. The LGBT community is very in his heart. I would not say this if I didn't know it. I know this for a fact, and that makes me very happy.
On how Cruz has seen Pope Francis' view change over the last decade
The pope that I knew and that I saw in 2017 versus the pope that that I met, and after a few meetings in 2018, it's 180 degree difference. It's surprising. You know, we normally say older people, you know, it's hard to change their views or change.
This man does change and does acknowledge when he has made a mistake and he said it publicly. And I admire that in him. I mean, there's a lot a lot still to do in terms of abuse in the church. By no means we're done.
On the pope's initiative to shift the church's relationship with the LGBTQ community
The pope highlights that the LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal. And he says harming one's neighbor is most certainly both. So it's the bedrock of Catholic teaching. And he shifts this, you know, wording, like you said it, Leila, but he highlights how important it is that it's more sinful, you know, having things against your neighbor or being uncharitable, or criminal towards the gay community, that's sinful.
The radio interview with Juan Carlos Cruz was produced by Kaity Kline. The digital version was produced by Destinee Adams and edited by Majd Al-Waheidi. contributed to this story
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
02-12-16-29-40, Lucky Ball: 13
(two, twelve, sixteen, twenty-nine, forty; Lucky Ball: thirteen)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
02-12-16-29-40, Lucky Ball: 13
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CHICAGO, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today announced the election of Hillary A. Sale as a new member of the Boards of Directors for the Cboe U.S. Securities Exchanges, Cboe Futures Exchange, and Cboe SEF. Ms. Sale is the Associate Dean for Strategy, the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Leadership and Corporate Governance, and a Professor of Management at Georgetown University.
Ms. Sale is being added as an additional director on each of the boards, bringing the number of directors on each board to nine.
"We are pleased to welcome Hillary Sale as our newest director on these boards," said Brian Schell, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cboe Global Markets and Chair of these boards. "Hillary's expertise in leadership and corporate strategy will offer an invaluable perspective as we continue to innovate and expand access to our diverse multi-asset product suite. I look forward to working with her and the rest of the directors on the initiatives that will guide our businesses into the future."
Ms. Sale joined Georgetown University in 2018, where she is currently the Associate Dean for Strategy, the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Leadership and Corporate Governance, and a Professor of Management. She works with business leaders in custom executive education programs at Harvard Law School, where she chairs the Women's Leadership Initiative, and at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and Law Center. Ms. Sale is also a member of the Advisory Board of Foundation Press, which is an educational publisher of scholarly books, as well as a faculty member with the National Association of Corporate Directors, which, among other functions, provides director education.
Ms. Sale was previously a member of the FINRA Board of Governors, where she chaired the Regulatory Policy Committee and served on the Executive, Nominating and Governance, Compensation, and Regulatory Operations Committees. Ms. Sale also previously served as a member of the board of DirectWomen, an organization working to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards. Ms. Sale graduated from Harvard Law School and holds a master's degree in Economics from Boston University, where she also completed her bachelor's degree.
The Boards of Directors on which Ms. Sale will serve include the boards of Cboe BYX Exchange, Inc., Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGA Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., Cboe Exchange, Inc., Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC, and Cboe SEF, LLC.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP)Georgia Amoore scored 22 points, Elizabeth Kitley added 12, and top-seeded Virginia Tech rolled to a 58-33 victory over No. 16 seed Chattanooga on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament’s Seattle Region.
Kitley added 14 rebounds while Amoore hit five 3-pointers for the Hokies (28-4), who won their 12th consecutive game.
“We were a little bit rusty, which I felt like we were going to be,” Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks said. “Twelve-day layoff, kids in and out of the lineup. But it’s always good to get a win to start everything and then to keep it going. The old adage is to survive and advance. You want to be a little bit better than that. But we’re fortunate to be able to get a win today.”
Yazz Wazeerud-Din and Raven Thompson led Chattanooga (20-13) with 10 points each. The Moccasins were held to their lowest point total of the season.
Virginia Tech, which is making its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, never trailed. The Hokies led by one late in the first quarter, but used a 17-0 run bridging the first and second quarters to pull away. Amoore scored eight points in that run.
“They had 33 points, but we all know that our defense could have been even better,” Kitley said. “Sometimes they were able to dictate what they wanted to do more than we should have let them. They did have (just) 33 points, but we all know that we can be better. We need to be better.”
Chattanooga, which was making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017, struggled against an aggressive Virginia Tech defense. The Moccasins made just six field goals in the first half and shot 28.6% (14 of 49) for the game.
“Tonight, Virginia Tech was a better team,” said Chattanooga coach Shawn Poppie, who spent six years as an assistant under Brooks at Virginia Tech. “They’re a really good basketball team over there and we knew coming in we had our hands full. I thought we did a really good job at times defensively, and they were stifling. It was hard to get good looks, and the ones we did get, we just couldn’t get into any, any runs. We couldn’t put anything together. So congratulations to Coach Brooks and Virginia Tech.”
Kayana Traylor had 12 points, and Taylor Soule finished with 10 for the Hokies, who shot 47.9% (23 of 48).
TIP-INS
Chattanooga: The Moccasins had a great season under first-year coach Shawn Poppie, winning 20 games and taking the Southern Conference tournament championship. Before taking over, he was an assistant for Kenny Brooks at Virginia Tech. The Mocs return most of their roster heading into next season and will be a contender to win the league title again.
Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech’s offense gets the accolades, but its defense has been its strength in its 12-game winning streak. The Hokies have held eight consecutive opponents to under 41% shooting from the floor and 11 of 12.
“We’re not going to try to shut you down,” Brooks said. “We’re going to make you take tough shots, and I thought we did that today. We made them take tough shots.”
AMOORE SETS 3-POINT MARK
Amoore’s five 3-pointers give her 99 on the season. That marks a new single-season school record, breaking the previous record of 96 set by Aisha Sheppard. “I just have a level of confidence right now,” Amoore said. “I give a lot of credit to Coach Brooks because we shoot often, and my teammates help get me open. I seriously feel sorry for Liz because she gets hounded, but it really helps get me open, too.”
UP NEXT
Virginia Tech: The Hokies will take on South Dakota State, which beat Southern Cal in overtime, on Sunday.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Scott McLaughlin was once again racing Romain Grosjean for a potential win.
That’s where the similarities to their last run-in ended.
McLaughlin got a late opening to surge past Grosjean, took advantage of it and was scarcely challenged the rest of the way Sunday at Barber Motorsports Park, where the New Zealander picked up his fourth career IndyCar win.
It was the second time this season they’ve been in that position, but this time McLaughlin and Grosjean avoided getting tangled up.
Grosjean had been furious with McLaughlin when the two touched heading into a corner at the season-opener in St. Petersburg, Florida, both slamming into a tire barrier. McLaughlin drew an avoidable contact penalty and later apologized to Grosjean.
After winning Sunday, McLaughlin said “there’s no hard feelings” between the two. McLaughlin had hugged Grosjean after their race-ending crash at St. Pete.
“I knew if I hit him this time, it would be bad,” McLaughlin said. “I thought we were racing just like we normally do, very clean. It was hard. I knew it was going to be hard passing him. It was just a matter of me biding my time.”
Grosjean found himself with his fifth runner-up finish. And while there was a bit of contact — “We kissed each other a touch,” Grosjean said, laughing — he wasn’t worried about McLaughlin getting recklessly aggressive.
“Scott made a mistake in St. Pete, but I know he doesn’t race that way,” said Grosjean, who planned to fly himself home to Miami after the race. “It was all clean.”
McLaughlin wound up with Team Penske’s seventh win in 13 races at the permanent road course — and his first since breaking out with three victories last season. He’d had to catch Grosjean again after getting passed coming off of pit road.
“It’s probably the most complete race I’ve ever driven in IndyCar, from a strategy perspective, picking people off,” McLaughlin said. “It was getting pretty tough there in the middle when we were making passes.
“Ultimately, when Grosjean got me out of the pits, he caught me napping. It was a great move by him.”
In the end, McLaughlin had the fuel to push the pace more than Grosjean after a three-pit stop strategy. Grosjean pitted twice.
Grosjean started on the pole for the second time this year and led much of the way, but he went wide on Turn 5, leaving McLaughlin enough room to pass on the inside with 19 laps to go. Grosjean was surprised to find he didn’t have any push to pass time left to help him overcome the mistake in an otherwise strong weekend.
He wasn’t sure if that was a glitch or “a brain freeze.”
The Swiss-born Frenchman and former Formula One driver in search of his first IndyCar victory came close again with his second runner-up finish of the season. He wound up just trying to hold off Will Power, McLaughlin’s teammate, a two-time Barber winner who went from 11th to third.
Power and his team pivoted from a two-stop strategy early on, and it worked.
“It worked out well,” he said. “We had a very fast car. Any time we had clear air, we were pumping out some seriously fast times. That last sequence was where we gained a ton of track position.”
McLaughlin, meanwhile, picked up momentum as the series heads to Indianapolis for May, capped by the Indy 500. He moved up to fourth in the series points with four different winners in as many races.
Defending race winner Pato O’Ward finished fourth and spent the first part of the race warily keeping an eye on Scott Dixon, who had fumed after contact sent him nose first into a tire barrier at Long Beach.
Alex Palou, the 2021 winner at Barber was fifth. Three-time Barber winner Josef Newgarden never recovered from apparent suspension issues after early contact with Felix Rosenqvist.
IndyCar points leader Marcus Ericsson, last year’s Indy 500 winner, finished 10th in his first race since getting married right after Long Beach.
STAYING PUT
IndyCar is staying at Barber Motorsports Park at least through 2027.
The series and ZOOM Motorsports announced an extension to continue racing at the permanent road course a few hours ahead of the 13th running.
“I think this is probably our best road course that we go to,” McLaughlin said. “Especially now, it’s my favorite.”
The Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix has been held at the track since 2010. Medical Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust, reached a five-year sponsorship agreement for the naming rights earlier this year and gifted them to the Birmingham children’s hospital.
“With its unique layout and dramatic features, this beautiful facility is a favorite with our fans and within our paddock,” Penske Entertainment Corp. President and CEO Mark Miles said.
UP NEXT
IndyCar returns to action May 13 on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Colton Herta is the defending race winner.
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Each week, "Flying Horse" features dozens of Central Illinois children's thoughts and drawings on various topics. This week: Valentine's Day.
Chocolate: Valentine’s Day is cool. You get chocolates.
Lillie Carlson
Grade 2, Bent
St. Valentine: Valentine’s Day is really made after St. Valentine, who kept getting people married even when it was against the law. St. Valentine was put in prison and met a blind girl there and soon before he died the girl was miraculously able to see again.
Elizabeth Knowles
Grade 5, Calvary
Giving gifts: I like Valentine’s Day because I like giving gifts to my family because I love seeing their happy faces. My next reason is because I love making and giving things.
Vedoanshi Pal
Grade 3, Colene Hoose
Gifts for everyone: On Valentine’s Day I give little gifts to my friends. I will give gifts to my mom and dad. I will send a note to my grandpa and grandma. I will get little gifts. I will make cards for my neighbors.
Vivian Jane Reginelli
Grade 1, Corpus Christi
A day to love: Valentine’s Day is a day to love. God wants us to love others. I like Valentine’s Day because I get to love.
Caroline Peterlin
Grade 2, Corpus Christi
Love it: I love Valentine’s Day especially because I get to give people candy and I get candy. I also like that I get to spend time with friends and family.
Aria Doran
Grade 3, Corpus Christi
The day of love: The day of love is Valentine’s Day. Hearts are a sign of love. On Valentine’s Day you can get chocolate hearts. On Valentine’s Day you can get stuffed animals. I like Valentine’s Day.
Emma Willet
Grade 1, Epiphany
All about love: Valentine’s Day is about hearts, colors, loving each other, red and pink, spending time with family and having fun. Love what Valentine’s Day is mostly about.
Baily June Flood
Grade 3, Grove
A good day: Valentine’s Day is a good day. I get candy. I get toys. I give toys and candy to my friends.
Coleman Weyhrich
Grade 2, Jefferson Park
Likes it: I like Valentine's Day. I eat chocolate and heart-shaped pizza. I get cards from my friends. I get presents from my mom and dad.
Aiden Smallwood
Grade 4, Northpoint
Eat treats: I like to eat food on Valentine's Day. Mom and I make chocolate brownies. I make my mom a Valentine's Day card.
D'Niyah Simmons
Grade 5, Northpoint
Don't celebrate: I do not celebrate Valentine’s Day but I do like looking at other people’s decorations. Valentine’s Day is February 14. It is a holiday where people make and give cards. People also collect their friends and family’s cards.
Annabelle Lin
Grade 2, Parkside
School parties: Valentine's parties are the best at school! We get to pass out cards with candy and we play a bunch of fun games. Sometimes your parents get to come to the party. Also, we get a snack like a juice box and a rice crispy treat. Then we get a cupcake.
Vince Boratto
Grade 5, Prairieland
The people: I like Valentine's Day because I know now that Valentine's Day is not about the card, but about the people you spend time with.
Osvaldo Salinas
Grade 5, St. Mary's
Make cards: On Valentine’s Day I make cards for my whole family and my best friend.
Tyson Elmore
Grade 3, Sheridan
Cards and flowers: Valentine’s Day is for giving cards and flowers. Valentine’s Day is for having fun. Valentine’s Day is for giving cards to family and friends. Valentine’s Day is for giving love. My favorite holiday is Valentine’s Day and Christmas.
Francezz Marine
Grade 2, Stevenson
Mom is my valentine: I love Valentine’s Day because I get to give away gifts to my valentine and I love how my mom always choses me. I also love it because it is not always the same day and it is a day of love. It is also one of my favorite holidays.
Maxwell Guzman
Grade 3, Stevenson
Give out cards: For Valentine’s Day I love making cards for people.
Londyn Beeks
Grade 2, Sugar Creek
For your valentine: I love Valentine’s Day! Get it? Love, ha! I love Valentine’s Day because it shows how much you care and shows love to your valentine.
Brynn Kuhlman
Grade 3, Sugar Creek
It's special: Valentine’s Day is special because we give cards. I love valentines. Valentines time is the best time.
Elliott Carqueville
Grade 1, Washington
Celebrate at school: On Valentine’s Day my class passes out cards and candy. We play games. We do crafts. We have lots of fun. I love Valentine’s Day because I love spending time with friends.
Lexi Meismer
Grade 3, Washington
Grandma cooks: The most exciting thing is my grandma cooks food. It is so good and we get to throw a party at school and then we get ice cream at night. it’s so fun on Valentine’s Day.
Malia Alvarez
Grade 4, Washington
Its great: Valentine’s Day is great because we get to be together as a family.
Jeremiah Rain
Grade 2, Bent
A no for me: My opinion: I do not like Valentine’s Day. I do not know what to say.
Cole Myers
Grade 5, Calvary
Heart-shaped candy: I love Valentine’s Day. My favorite thing about it is the heart-shaped candy! There are so many good things about it but the candy is my all-time favorite. One of my friend’s birthdays is Valentine’s Day. Also I love writing cards and mailboxes.
Sophia Bailey
Grade 3, Colene Hoose
Pass out candy: On Valentine’s Day I will hand out candy. I love Valentine’s Day.
Addy Baran
Grade 1, Corpus Christi
Everyone is nice: I love Valentine’s Day because everyone is so nice and gives you a lot of hugs and cuddles.
Piper Ruud
Grade 2, Corpus Christi
Spread love and cheer: I love Valentine’s Day. It’s when you spread love and cheer for all is here. You get to give others valentines and others give you it too. I wish Valentine’s Day was every day.
Colette Wrezinski
Grade 3, Corpus Christi
Grandma is my valentine: I love Valentine’s Day. My valentine is my grandma. On Valentine’s Day, I am going to give flowers to my mommy. My favorite valentine present is a valentine koala stuffed animal.
Charlotte Falkner
Grade 1, Epiphany
Caring, giving and kindness: Valentine’s Day is about caring, giving and most of all kindness. Usually you will make or get a valentine card. It will say nice things like things that make you happy. My favorite shape is the shape that is usually for Valentine’s Day, a heart.
Zola Turner
Grade 3, Grove
A time to love: Valentine’s Day is a time to love and make good choices and do good things for your family.
Judah Hill
Grade 2, Jefferson Park
Friend's birthday: On Valentine's Day I'm going to my friend's birthday. My friend's name is Maharvin and his birthday is in February. I'm going to have so much fun for Valentine's Day!
Sai Itte
Grade 4, Northpoint
Spread kindness: Valentine’s Day is a day to spread kindness. On Valentine’s I give cards to friends and family. I love Valentine’s Day because of love.
Aleah Hepburn
Grade 2, Parkside
Self love: On Valentine’s Day, I will be in my room watching movies with snacks, doing nothing. I will get myself flowers and chocolates.
Valentina Ortiz-Martinez
Grade 5, St. Mary's
Make people happy: I love Valentine’s Day. Make people feel happy and make you feel love too. I love for people to feel happy for Valentine’s Day.
Caprice McKinney
Grade 3, Sheridan
A fun day: I love Valentine’s Day. You get chocolate too on Valentine’s Day and get toys. It is a fun day.
Elijah Corkill
Grade 2, Stevenson
The colors: I like Valentine’s Day because I like the colors. Last year, my mom gave me and my sister candy. We usually spend time with family.
Rylee Arreola
Grade 3, Stevenson
Spend time with family: On Valentine’s Day I like chocolate. I like candy. I like hanging out with my family. I love hugs.
Donivyn Singletary
Grade 2, Sugar Creek
A beautiful thing: Valentine’s Day is about love. I hope you have it too. It’s a beautiful thing. Even if you don’t have it you’ll find it.
Kasen Coleman
Grade 3, Sugar Creek
Spend time with grandparents: My perfect Valentine’s Day is when my grandparents come over. We laugh and talk and have a lot of fun.
Emma Leahy
Grade 1, Washington
Lots to love: I love Valentine’s Day because of my grandma, my mom, my brother, my friends, my dog, and this school.
Gray Davenport
Grade 3, Washington
Its cool: Valentine’s Day is cool.
Calianna Marlett
Grade 2, Bent
A good time: I like Valentine’s Day. Although a lot of people think it’s just a holiday for like “ooo I like you,” well, it’s not; it’s for you and your friends to have a good time.
Emery Cox
Grade 5, Calvary
Hearts and colors: I like Valentine’s Day because I love hearts and I love the colors.
Sophiana Spicer
Grade 1, Corpus Christi
So much fun: I like Valentine’s Day where you spread love. It’s so nice to hang out with my family on Valentine’s Day. I like Valentine’s Day because you can get treats, notes and people are nice. It’s fun to do the things you sometimes do and play on valentines.
Nora Bellas
Grade 3, Corpus Christi
For my dog: Valentine’s Day is my dog’s birthday. We are going to give my dog 30 bones.
Wyatt Kaisner
Grade 1, Epiphany
How 85 Central Illinois kids drew Valentine's Day 💕
Mia Brunk, grade 2, Bent
Isla Mannen, grade 3, Bent
Sheccid Cobos Gonzalez, grade 4, Bent
Kimberly Lopez, grade 4, Bent
Angelina Santana Mercado, grade 4, Bent
Yaretzi Perez, grade 4, Bent
Parker Gremore, grade 3, Calvary
Elizabeth Knowles, grade 5, Calvary
Jackson Yoder, grade 3, Calvary
Sophia Bailey, grade 3, Colene Hoose
Cohen, grade 3, Colene Hoose
Vedanshi Pal, grade 3, Colene Hoose
Fatouu, grade 3, Colene Hoose
Noras Bellas, grade 3, Corpus Christi
Aria Doran, grade 3, Corpus Christi
Piper Ruud, grade 2, Corpus Christi
Harper Scheets, grade 3, Corpus Christi
Sophiana Spicer, grade 2, Corpus Christi
Colette Wrezinski, grade 3, Corpus Christi
Adrianna Buenrostro, grade 1, Epiphany
Leo Easley, grade 1, Epiphany
Cisco Head, grade 1, Epiphany
Brinley Jordan, grade 1, Epiphany
Liam, grade 1, Epiphany
Alexis Nagel, grade 1, Epiphany
Caleb Neuhaus, grade 1, Epiphany
Brooklyn Ninells, grade 1, Epiphany
Addison Segobiano, grade 1, Epiphany
John Sendelbach, grade 1, Epiphany
Joseph Paine, grade 1, Epiphany
Zelie Rayburn, grade 1, Epiphany
Aara, grade 1, Glenn
Ruby Brandon, Grade 2, Glenn
Caroline, grade 1, Glenn
Ciara, grade 1, Glenn
Ainsley Gaines, grade 2, Glenn
Aiden Goniaa, grade 2, Glenn
Anthony Krov, grade 2, Glenn
Manushri, grade 1, Glenn
Mithra, grade 1, Glenn
Avyan Monala, grade 2, Glenn
Micah Dalton, grade 2, Glenn
Naga Sesjanya Medepally, grade 2, Glenn
Oliver, grade 1, Glenn
Sam Ponnou, grade 2, Glenn
Ross Sapris, grade 2, Glenn
Sara Vanan, grade 2, Glenn
Reece West, grade 2, Glenn
Henry Babbit, grade 2, Parkside
Elsa Bell, grade 2, Parkside
Brynnleigh Best, grade 2, Parkside
George Dicken, grade 2, Parkside
Logan Fincham, grade 2, Parkside
Ethan Gibb, grade 2, Parkside
Liam Glenn, grade 2, Parkside
Aleah Hepburn, grade 2, Parkside
Johnathan Huey, grade 2, Parkside
Oliver Hunt, grade 2, Parkside
Decklyn Olson, grade 2, Parkside
Nina Razny, grade 2, Parkside
Kennedy Roberts, grade 2, Parkside
Ashlyn Smith, grade 2, Parkside
Blake Williams, grade 2, Parkside
Aubrey, grade 3, Stevenson
Bryce, grade 3, Stevenson
Jeremiah Casas, grade 3, Stevenson
Maxwell Guzman, grade 3, Stevenson
Kyler, grade 3, Stevenson
Maggie, grade 3, Stevenson
Lailah Bell, grade 1, Washington
Aria Gabbrants, grade 1, Wahsington
Emma Leahy, grade 1, Washington
Bair Marion, grade 1, Washington
No name, Washington
No name, Washington
Ethan Seckler, grade 1, Washington
Kennedy Davis, grade 2, Washington
Isabelle Butler, grade 3, Washington
Jeremiah C-S, grade 3, Stevenson
Abby Crowley, grade 3, Washington
Gray Davenport, grade 3, Washington
Mackenzie Johnson, grade 3, Washington
Harper Ryan, grade 3, Washington
Malia Alvarez, grade 4, Washington
Evie, grade 4, Washington
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FLINT, MI — Latryna Sims cried openly in the arms of Ramon Munerlyn Tuesday outside of the courtroom after a verdict nearly three years in the making came to a close.
Not tears of sadness, but of joy — of justice.
Sims, lifelong partner of Calvin ‘Duper’ Munerlyn, was celebrating after nearly three years of waiting for an answer on what would happen to those who took his life in May 2020.
Three defendants -- Larry Teague, Sharmel Teague and Ramonyea Bishop -- were sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday, Jan. 17 by Genesee Circuit Judge Brian S. Pickell after a jury trial in Flint.
“You shouldn’t be out, you shouldn’t be able to see the light of day again. And you really ought to be doing something to apologize to your son,” she said as she addressed the defendants.
RELATED: ‘It’ll never be over for us.’ Calvin Munerlyn’s family speaks at sentencing in murder case
Calvin Munerlyn, who was a security guard at the Family Dollar on Fifth Avenue in Flint, refused to allow Teague’s daughter inside because she wasn’t wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
Munerlyn was shot on May 1, 2020, inside the Family Dollar store where he worked as a greeter and security guard.
Four people were charged and convicted in the case.
A jury in November 2022 found Larry and Sharmel Teague, as well as Ramonyea Bishop, guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and felony firearm.
“As a mother, you’re a prime example of, ‘I brought you in this world, I’ll take you away.’ That’s exactly what you did. You took him away from this world,” said Ramon Munerlyn, Calvin’s uncle, as he addressed defendants.
Sims was overjoyed for justice served, but she made sure to tell all three defendants what was on her heart the last time she’d ever see them.
RELATED: Three defendants given life in prison in Flint Family Dollar homicide case
“You shouldn’t be out, you shouldn’t be able to see the light of day again,” she said. “And you really ought to be doing something to apologize to your son.”
Brya Bishop, the fourth co-defendant in the case, previously pleaded no contest to the charges filed against her before trial. The plea was a Cobbs Agreement reached between Bishop’s attorney, Pete Philpott, and Pickell.
The agreement, which did not involve the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office, called for Bishop to receive time served if the jail credit fell within her sentencing guidelines.
Pickell followed that agreement when he sentenced her in December to one year of probation and time served.
According to testimony offered at trial, Brya Bishop went to the Family Dollar store with Sharmel Teague prior to the shooting taking place.
Surveillance video from inside the store played at trial showed Munerlyn arguing with Teague. The argument escalated when it appeared she spit on him, prompting him to chase her into the parking lot where he tackled her to the ground twice.
RELATED: Defendants in Flint Family Dollar murder trial found guilty on all counts
After the fight, Brya Bishop and Sharmel Teague left the store in a red GMC Envoy. Before they left, a witness testified at trial, Teague told Munerlyn they would be back.
Teague and Bishop then drove to a home on Atherton Road. From there, they left to go to Bishop’s home just north of the Family Dollar store.
Prosecutors said the 20-minute span between when the assault and the homicide took place was when plans surrounding the shooting were made based on call logs that showed communications between the defendants.
Ramonyea Bishop was dropped off on 2nd Avenue before getting back into the Envoy only to be dropped off closer to the Family Dollar store. Larry Teague was dropped off in the parking area of high-rise apartments, near the Rally’s restaurant on Saginaw Street.
Sharmel Teague and Brya Bishop drove back to Brya Bishop’s apartment. Minutes later, Larry Teague returned to the address.
Video inside the Family Dollar shows Ramonyea Bishop walking into the store first. Minutes later, Larry Teague enters.
As Munerlyn approaches an animated Larry Teague, Bishop approaches Munerlyn from behind and shoots him in the head.
On Tuesday, Pickell wrapped the case up by sentencing the other three defendants to the mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for first-degree premeditated murder.
Two of Munerlyn’s family members lit into the defendants, seated in shacked beside each other in the jury box.
Both blamed Sharmel Teague for allowing the events to transpire the way they did, and for not giving her son, Ramonyea Bishop, a chance.
To hear more of the family’s thoughts and first-hand experiences, Flint Journal-MLive reporter Joey Oliver and photojournalist Jake May were on scene to speak with them after the sentencing.
Watch the video above to listen to what the verdict means to them and how they felt the trial and sentencing outcomes felt to their family.
Read more from The Flint Journal:
Shooter in Flint Family Dollar case says he was defending stepfather
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Woman accused in Family Dollar murder can be released from jail on tether, house arrest, judge rules | 2023-01-18T22:40:46+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/01/flint-family-dollar-security-guards-family-speaks-at-murder-case-sentencing.html |
Which popular blushes at Sephora are best?
Find the most popular blushes at Sephora from long-lasting to cruelty-free. The way that blushes are made and the type of ingredients that they contain can vary widely by brand. Blushes can come in different compositions, such as a stick or compact style. Blushes work best when you’re most aware of your individual skin type and needs. Blushes can help to add color to cheeks and even slightly contour the overall look of your face. Select a blush that fits your needs and preferences in order to have a great new addition to your makeup collection.
What is blush?
Blush is also commonly known as rouge and can be applied to the cheeks. Blush can help change the color and shape of the face when expertly applied. Blush comes in a wide variety of shades and coverage amounts. It can often be applied to the skin over the course of several layers.
When selecting a blush, try a small tester of the product that you are thinking of buying on a small and easily washable area of your skin like your wrist. Keep in mind that testing for allergies on an area like a wrist will not match for the color of your face. Usually your face is a few shades darker than the inside of your wrist, due to sun exposure.
How do you best apply blush?
Blush can often be applied with a specific blush brush. However, it can also be placed on the skin with clean hands. Select a style of applying blush that best works for you.
Best popular long-lasting blushes at Sephora
Find the most popular long-lasting blushes that are available at Sephora. These blushes can last for hours at a time and often are water-resistant or even more resistant to other potential pigment detractors, like sweat.
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush
This blush comes in two different size options, such as a standard size and a mini size. Keep in mind that the standard size offers more shades. The ingredients make this blush vegan and parabens-free. Tha Amazonian clay combines with other ingredients, such as Vitamin E, in order for the product to better work with the skin on an extended basis.
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Best multi-tasking popular blushes at Sephora
These blushes can work in a variety of different scenarios, such as adding color to your cheeks and also placing color on your lips. The products are intentionally designed in order to make usage more versatile and help to promote a more creative and bold lifestyle.
MILK MAKEUP Mini Lip + Cheek Cream Blush Stick
The miniature stick comes in a satin finish with about eight different shade options. The cream multi-purpose blush is both vegan and cruelty-free. It can be applied to both lips and cheeks in order to serve two purposes with one item.
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Tower 28 Beauty BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Cream Blush
The blush is available in about six different shades and comes with a radiant finish. It is made from vegan ingredients and it is also cruelty-free. It can be used for both the lips and cheeks in order to more easily do the work of two items at once.
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Best popular vegan blushes at Sephora
Vegan blushes are made with ingredients that don’t include animal products. The blushes commonly accepted in the wider makeup market can often contain animal byproducts, such as honey and gelatin. The vegan options do not use anything that contains an animal byproduct.
FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Blush
The blush comes in a natural finish and it is made from vegan ingredients. There are 10 different shades that are relatively greaseless and the product can be layered in order to create a desired style.
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Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Stay Vulnerable Melting Cream Blush
This light-coverage blush easily melds into the skin after contact in order to help create a more seamless look. It comes in about five different natural-finish shades and is made from vegan ingredients. The blush is even resistant to water, which makes it ideal for wearing on-the-go.
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Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Collection
The product comes in two different finish options, such as radiant and shimmer. The blush offers different size options, such as mini and standard, however keep in mind that the standard size offers a larger selection of shades. The product is made from vegan ingredients and includes Photoluminescent Technology.
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Best popular cruelty-free blushes at Sephora
The best popular cruelty-free blushes offer blush options that avoid harming animals. More precisely, the term cruelty-free means that the products that are not tested on animals. These blush options often have the same or better quality of blushes that do test on animals, so no amount of product quality is lost.
Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Soft Pinch Liquid Blush
This liquid blush comes in both a radiant and matte finish. There are currently about eight different blush options available. Each blush is formulated and designed for medium coverage and an extended wear time. The product is cruelty-free and avoids parabens.
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Anastasia Beverly Hills Stick Cream Blush
This blush offers about five different shades in a peppy radiant finish. The product comes in a handy stick form that even includes a built-in brush. The blush is cruelty-free and is made with a long-lasting formula.
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Best popular powder blushes at Sephora
Powder blushes often come in an easy-to-open compact. The powder frequently comes pressed and shaped in order to make the product easier to apply with tools, such as a brush.
This blush contains three different finishes, such as standard and shimmer. The powder blush is ultra-sheer and can be layered and applied in order to achieve an intended look.
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Police: Search for missing 6-year-old transitions to death investigation
(Gray News) - Police in Texas are transitioning the search for a missing 6-year-old child into a death investigation.
The Everman Police Department says 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez was last seen in November 2022.
According to a department press release, evidence collected in the investigation has led police to believe the child’s death is a homicide. The department says the next steps of the investigation will include identifying potential locations for Noel’s remains and conducting a recovery operation.
In a news conference Thursday, Everman police revealed a timeline of events connected to Noel’s disappearance.
Police say Noel was last seen on July 21, 2022 by a speech therapy professional. Several other doctor appointments were missed during this time, which led Noel’s mother, Cindy, to receive letters from the state department in order to continue receiving government benefits for Noel.
Investigators learned that Cindy had asked to use a friend’s son to pose as Noel at a doctor’s appointment so that she could keep her benefits, stating that Noel had COVID-19.
Investigators were able to confirm that Noel was alive in early October when Cindy gave birth to twins. The department says Noel was seen again in mid-October after they left the hospital. The child was reportedly described as appearing “unhealthy” and “malnourished.”
Witnesses told police that leading up to the birth of the twins, Cindy had made several statements about Noel referring to him as “evil,” “possessed” or having a “demon” in him. Witnesses say Cindy also believed Noel was going to harm the newborn twins.
Police say Cindy also was known by relatives to be abusive and neglectful to Noel. One relative told police they witnessed Cindy strike Noel in the face with keys for drinking water. Witnesses additionally told police that food and water were often withheld from Noel because Cindy “did not like changing Noel’s dirty diapers.”
On November 1, police say Cindy obtained passport photographs for all of the children living with her, except for Noel. the next day, Cindy applied for passports for the children, except for Noel.
During the investigation, police say witnesses heard Cindy tell various stories to explain Noel’s disappearance. She claimed Noel was with his biological father in Mexico, with his aunt in Mexico, or she sold him to another woman in a Fiesta Market parking lot.
Investigators say they have disproved these stories and there is no evidence that Noel was sold or trafficked.
Police say they are now wanting Cindy to be extradited from India, where she fled shortly after the investigation began.
The Everman Police Department says although the course of the investigation into Noel’s disappearance has changed, the department’s commitment to the child has not wavered and the agencies will “continue to fight for Noel.”
The city of Everman will hold a candlelit vigil Monday for Noel outside the Everman Civic Center at 8:30 p.m.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-04-07T02:39:31+00:00 | wlox.com | https://www.wlox.com/2023/04/07/police-search-missing-6-year-old-transitions-death-investigation/ |
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
10-25-26-29-47, Cash Ball: 1
(ten, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-nine, forty-seven; Cash Ball: one)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Cash4Life" game were:
10-25-26-29-47, Cash Ball: 1
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The 95th Academy Awards is a family affair for Best Actor nominee Brendan Fraser, who is celebrating Hollywood's biggest night with his girlfriend, Jeanne Moore, and two children, Holden and Leland Fraser. All four caught up with ET's Kevin Fraiser and Nischelle Turner on the champagne-colored carpet, where Fraser's kids shared their father's best -- err, worst -- dad jokes.
"At the end of a conversation, we'll say, 'Oh yeah, right.' And he'll say, 'Left,'" Holden offered, while Leland said, "I think my personal favorite has always been when we're kids and I'd say, I don't like broccoli,' and he's say, 'Broccoli loves you.'"
While Holden quipped that his "dad jokes still don't hit," he admitted that his father's "pretty cool; I'll give him that he's pretty cool."
"I mean, he's our old man and he's always been cool. But we're always gonna rag on him at least a little," Leland added.
Although his sons poked fun at him, it didn't seem to damper Fraser's mood. The actor, who was seen wearing a navy Giorgio Armani Made to Measure tuxedo on Sunday, was all smiles as he was asked about attending the annual awards show for the first time since 2003, when he was a presenter at the 75th Academy Awards.
Reflecting on the 20-year gap, the actor said, "[It's] really nice."
"It's a celebration for some really great films that were made during a challenging time in world history… We all lived through it but we pulled together and we made it and we did work that showed that we can care about one another even more and it shows up in the performances on screen," he continued.
Of course, this time is also different, with the actor up for his first-ever award thanks to his acclaimed performance in The Whale. He's nominated alongside Austin Butler (Elvis), Bill Nighy (Living), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Paul Mescal (Aftersun).
Not only that, but several of his former co-stars, from Michelle Yeoh to Ke Huy Quan, are also nominated tonight. "It's a homecoming, I'll give you that," Fraser said. "It's a nice reunion. I'm so excited to see them again. And like I said when I first saw [Ke], 'We're still here, man. We're still here.'"
The 2023 Academy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel will air live on Sunday, March 12 starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC. In the meantime, keep checking back into ETonline.com for complete Oscars coverage.
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Which Logitech wireless headset is best?
Whether you are comfortable on the couch for a gaming session or taking the train home, you don’t want to wrestle with cables when using a headset. A wireless headset is a great option, and Logitech has several, even though its primary focus is gaming accessories.
The Logitech G733 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Headset should be in every gamer’s audio arsenal. It comes in five vibrant colors, uses a comfortable suspension headband and includes a Blue Voice microphone.
What to know before you buy a Logitech wireless headset
Compatibility with your platform
Most wireless headsets use Bluetooth technology to connect to an audio source. This should let you pair them with multiple devices, but that’s not always the case. For example, a wireless headset for Microsoft’s Xbox One X console uses a proprietary standard that’s not compatible with others. So, consider the gadget you are connecting to and ensure that your chosen Logitech headset is compatible.
Most have RGB lighting
Red, green and blue lighting effects have become hugely popular — especially with computer and gaming console players. Since that demographic is a strong focus for Logitech, most of its headsets have RGB lighting. If that doesn’t interest you, check if you can turn it off. If not, there might be a different Logitech wireless headset you can use.
There are different kinds of wireless headsets
Generally, Logitech headsets come in two types. There are pros and cons to both, but it usually comes down to which you prefer.
- Over-ear: These headsets have larger ear cups that cover your entire earlobe. They’re often more comfortable and provide a good amount of noise cancellation.
- On-ear: With smaller ear cups, on-ear headsets rest on top of your earlobe. Some prefer these, as they are more portable and often less expensive.
What to look for in a quality Logitech wireless headset
Excellent battery life
Wireless headsets use a rechargeable battery. The capacity can vary between models, but a good-quality Logitech headset gets you around 24 to 30 hours of listening on one charge. You recharge them through a USB cable or a charging cradle. Remember, the more functions a headset has, the faster the battery drains. Red, green and blue lighting, a built-in microphone and maximum volume contribute to rapid power loss.
Noise cancellation
Whether you’re playing video games or listening to music on the bus, you don’t want any external sounds to creep in. This is where noise cancellation plays a significant role.
- Active: Through several microphones and speakers, headsets with active noise cancellation are the best. It uses technology to electronically block out sounds and ambient noise.
- Passive: Requiring no battery power, passive noise cancellation relies on the tight fit of the headset on the ear lobes to block sounds. It’s not a perfect solution, but it gets the job done.
Low latency
Latency is the time it takes for an audio signal to reach the headset. You’ll hardly notice it when listening to music, but it can be prominent with video games and movies. This is often referred to as audio lag, where the sound doesn’t match up with the visuals. It is one of the primary stumbling blocks of Bluetooth headsets. A good-quality Logitech wireless headset has a low latency of only a few milliseconds.
How much you can expect to spend on a Logitech wireless headset
The price largely depends on the functions and additional features. An entry-level headset costs $50-$100, while a serious gaming headset sells for $150-$200.
Logitech wireless headset FAQ
What is Logitech’s Lightspeed technology?
A. Bluetooth is a wireless standard used in most devices, and while Logitech supports it, it also incorporates Lightspeed into headsets and mice. It is the company’s own wireless standard to improve latency.
Can you use a cable if the battery dies?
A. This depends on the Logitech headset, but some work over Bluetooth and a 3.5-millimeter cable. Keep in mind, though, that some features might not be available when you use a cable.
What’s the best Logitech wireless headset to buy?
Top Logitech wireless headset
Logitech G733 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Headset
What you need to know: Compatible with most gaming consoles, this wireless headset has RGB lighting on the front of each ear cup and a flexible suspension headband.
What you’ll love: The G733 has one of the longest-lasting batteries, providing almost 30 hours of operation. The 40-millimeter speakers are tuned with Logitech’s Pro-G drivers and the ear cups provide good noise cancellation through thick foam padding.
What you should consider: Some users have mentioned that the ear cups have an odd shape.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Logitech wireless headset for the money
Logitech G435 Lightspeed and Bluetooth Wireless Gaming Headset
What you need to know: This affordable over-ear headset has breathable fabric ear cups with thick foam padding to reduce discomfort from prolonged use.
What you’ll love: This is the first Logitech headset to use Lightspeed wireless and low-latency Bluetooth technologies, making it compatible with computers, gaming consoles and mobile devices. The 40-millimeter audio drivers produce clear sounds and the battery lasts for 18 hours.
What you should consider: It doesn’t have any noise-cancellation abilities.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Logitech G935 Wireless DTS:X 7.1 Surround Sound
What you need to know: The G935 is the perfect wireless headset for video games, as it produces crystal-clear 7.1 surround sound.
What you’ll love: The large 50-millimeter audio drivers ensure that you hear the softest of sounds, while the 6-millimeter microphone keeps you in contact with team members. With RGB lighting turned off, the battery lasts for around 12 hours.
What you should consider: It isn’t compatible with gaming consoles, as it uses a USB dongle.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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BELLBROOK — A string of businesses have opened their doors in downtown Bellbrook as the city has overhauled its approach to attracting economic development.
Several new businesses, including Outside the Box Art Studio, Realty One, Sweetheart’s Goodies, Sugarcreek Photography Gallery, and the Crafter’s Lodge, have opened their doors in downtown Bellbrook within the last 12 months.
Victoria Bauer, who owns and operates Heavenly Hair in Bellbrook, opened her salon in January.
“I looked for a salon in Bellbrook probably for the past five to six years, and just never found a place that I truly loved,” she said. “I just took the leap of faith and did it.”
Bauer, whose salon is located in Bellbrook Plaza off of North West Street, said that her decision to open in Bellbrook was supported by family and friends.
“It was a pretty easy decision,” she said. “I was across from the Greene for a long time. It was just busy and I just liked the feeling of being in a small town.”
The rush of new businesses, mainly in food and retail, comes as the city is changing its approach to economic development. Council member Ernie Havens said that he had fielded comments from residents and visitors saying that downtown Bellbrook was wasting its potential to be a hub for people to enjoy.
“It seemed like there was a lot of pent up energy in that direction. It made us wake up to the opportunity that we have that seems to be dying on the vine,” Havens said.
Part of that cultivation involved an attitude switch from city leadership, in addition to rewriting policies to be more welcoming to enterprise, Havens said. Bellbrook recently rewrote its property maintenance codes, and city council recently voted to allow the sale of alcohol in Bellbrock Park during special events.
In September, Bellbrook also voted to create a Community Improvement Corporation for the city, the sole purpose of which is to further Bellbrook’s economic development. Bellbrook has long been looking to create a CIC, Havens said, to find and curate businesses for the downtown area. One of the goals of the organization may be identifying empty or underutilized city-owned buildings in downtown Bellbrook, and turning them over to the CIC for economic development, Havens said.
“We’re not doing this to put Bellbrook on the map. That’s not the point. We’re doing this to create a downtown for our residents to enjoy,” Havens said.
About the Author | 2022-10-03T09:59:50+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/bellbrook-sees-a-flurry-of-new-business-openings-as-city-looks-to-breathe-new-life-in-downtown/PB4QAR2PPJGARP3KZB4APX3DGU/ |
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — An 18-year-old was killed and two others were seriously injured following a two-vehicle crash in Prince George County.
Shortly after 10 p.m., on Thursday, June 30, the Prince George County Police Department responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 9300 block of Robin Road.
Upon their arrival, officers determined that a Toyota Corolla had been traveling southbound on Robin Road when it crested the hill and crashed into a Ford F-150 head-on.
According to police, the driver of the Corolla — identified as 18-year-old Payton Faulkner of Prince George — received fatal injuries as a result of the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A preliminary investigation into the crash revealed that Faulkner was not wearing a seatbelt and speed was a contributing factor, according to police.
Faulkner’s passenger was reportedly ejected from the vehicle and sustained life-threatening injuries. They were transported to VCU Medical Center by helicopter.
The second vehicle’s driver had significant injuries and was transported by Prince George Fire and EMS to Southside Regional Medical Center, according to police.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information relating to the crash is encouraged to contact the Prince George Police Department at 804-733-2773. | 2022-07-01T17:46:11+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/prince-george/18-year-old-killed-2-others-injured-in-head-on-crash-in-prince-george-county/ |
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Dog dies at boarding facility less than 1 hour after drop off, owners suspect heat stroke
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) – A Las Vegas couple is mourning the loss of their dog Nico, who was found unresponsive at the boarding facility where it was staying. The owners suspect Nico died of heat stroke.
“He was 2 years old, he was funny, he was goofy, he was so sweet with other animals, other people,” said Daniela Silva, one of Nico’s owners.
“I just wanted Nico to live a long life and see his gray whiskers, so every day I tried so hard to make sure he was loved,” said Ted Taylor, another of Nico’s owners.
With a trip to Hawaii coming up, Silva and Taylor decided to board Nico at Doggie District Silverado. They dropped him off around 3:30 p.m. June 30.
Taylor said after not even an hour, the boarding facility called him to say that Nico was unresponsive and turning blue.
“Basically, he’s already gone. And I’m like, ‘It hasn’t even been an hour, what do you mean?’” Taylor recalled.
Silva said that the facility told them they took Nico outside for no longer than five minutes to go to the bathroom, then took him back to his room, which has a TV, bed, and air conditioning.
“They went off and did whatever and came back and saw him unresponsive in his room,” Silva said.
KVVU reached out to Doggie District, and a representative told us their potty break protocols take high temperatures into account.
The Doggie District representative said Nico was let outside twice, supervised, for less than five minutes each.
“Not even an hour after we dropped him off, they called us saying that he was gone, basically,” Silva said. “And that the girl there, worker, had to put our dog into her own personal car and take him to a hospital that they don’t even have connections to.”
The Doggie District representative said in an emergency, the staff will transport the pet to the closest veterinarian accepting animals, adding that in this case, their primary established vet was not accepting patients, so they took Nico to another pet hospital.
“The doctor specifically in his own words said he was ‘grossly healthy.’ He was 2 years old, but that when he arrived, his body temperature was 106, and that was just because he was already in the car cooled in the girl’s car. So before then, God knows how much heat was actually trapped in his body,” Silva said.
The Doggie District representative said employees are trained for emergency situations when they’re hired, and the training is repeated periodically. In fact, the Silverado location held a refresher training three weeks before Nico’s death.
Doggie District’s released a full statement on the situation:
“Our top priority is the health, safety, and happiness of our pets. We are saddened by the passing of one of our guests this weekend. We are in contact with the pet parent and are reviewing this situation carefully. Our goal will always be to provide our guests with the best possible care to ensure pets are happy and safe. We want to assure our pet parents and the community that we are taking this incident very seriously,” it said.
Nico’s owners said they plan on filing a police report.
Copyright 2023 KVVU via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-11T16:52:26+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2023/07/11/dog-dies-boarding-facility-less-than-1-hour-after-drop-off-owners-suspect-heat-stroke/ |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Whether looking for love or a casual encounter, 3 in 10 U.S. adults say they have used a dating site or app — with mixed experiences, according to a Pew Research Center study out Thursday. For the under-35 set, more than half have tried it.
The overall number, which amounts to 30%, is unchanged since 2019, the last time the center took a broad look at online dating. In 2015, 15% of U.S. adults said they had used a dating site or app, said lead researcher Colleen McClain.
“When we talk to users who have been on the sites more recently, we see that there is really a mix of emotions,” she said. “Everything from burnout to elation.”
Among the study’s key takeaways for McClain: 1 in 10 adults who have a partner said they met their current significant other on a dating site or app. The number rises to 1 in 5 for those under 30.
Asked about their reasons for using the platforms, 44% of current or recent users had finding a long-term partner top of mind, with 40% responding that they wanted to date casually. Twenty-four percent were in search of casual sex and 22% were hunting for new friends.
Using dating sites and apps is most popular among adults under 30, Pew reported, with 53% saying they have done it. That compares with 37% of those ages 30 to 49; 20% of those 50 to 64; and 13% of those 65 and older.
Atlanta firefighter Andy Giron, 33, is among the pleasantly surprised. He said he had always considered digital dating “a little weird” until recently.
Giron had just gotten out of a long-term relationship in 2019 when he decided to give Tinder a try for some casual dating. That didn’t work out after a couple of times but he hit gold on Hinge a short time later.
“My wife was my first date on Hinge,” he said. “She was so easy to talk to and we had a lot in common. There was an immediate connection when we first met in person.”
The two married six months later, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. They now have a year-old daughter. Giron was inspired to turn to online dating by his sister, who found her spouse the same way.
“I always thought you should meet someone the regular way, in person, but this is the way the world is now,” Giron said.
Across age groups, 51% of lesbian, gay and bisexual adults have used a dating site or app.
Men are more likely than women to report positive experiences in digital dating, 57% vs. 48%, and LGB users are more likely than straight users to say the same, 61% vs. 53%. White or Black adults who have used one of the platforms are more likely than Hispanic users to say their experiences have been negative.
The number of men who have used dating sites or apps in the past year and said having casual sex was a major reason was 18 percentage points greater than female users who said the same.
The Pew research is based on a survey of about 6,000 U.S. adults taken from July 5-17 last year.
Online daters’ experiences were mixed, with 53% saying they have been at least somewhat positive. Fourteen percent said they have been very positive, and 48% said their experiences have included at least one of four unwanted behaviors explored in the study.
Thirty-eight percent of those reporting negative experiences said they received unsolicited sexual messages or images, and 30% cited unwanted continued contact. Twenty-four percent said they were called an offensive name, and 6% said they were physically threatened.
Female users were more likely to report such experiences, especially those under 50.
Like Giron, 22-year-old Liv Loughlin, a tech company marketing associate in San Jose, California, had just ended a long-term relationship when she first tried digital dating last September.
“I wanted to jump into it, especially to meet people because I was new to the area,” she said. “My first date on a dating app was on Hinge and it was crazy. He was immediately very, very touchy and there were all these sexual overtones to everything he said. … I ended up bailing.”
But Loughlin didn’t give up. She turned to Bumble and is now happily in a relationship with a man she met there.
“I figured I had hit rock bottom and it couldn’t go anywhere but up,” she said.
Safety is a large concern for some digital daters. There have been demands over the years for more protections, such as required background checks, in light of reported stalking, and sexual assaults and other violence. Few sites require such checks of every user.
“We see that Americans are divided on this,” McClain said. “Forty-eight percent say that dating sites are a safe way to meet people. A very similar share, 49%, say that they’re not safe.”
A majority overall said dating sites and apps should require people to undergo background checks.
Stacy Overcamp, 58, an unemployed marketing specialist, knows the dangers firsthand. She’s been dating online since about 1998, with several contacts leading to relationships over the years.
“I’ve never had a problem meeting men online. I’ve had a problem meeting quality men online,” said Overcamp, in suburban San Francisco. One long-term relationship ended in stalking, harassment and a restraining order, she said. Other men she dated turned out to be broke, drug users or liars. But she remains active as her priorities have shifted to marriage.
Overcamp estimates 30 or 40 contacts a month.
“It would take me five years to talk with and connect with that many men if I weren’t online,” she said.
Pew studied eight sites and apps. Tinder was the most commonly used, with 46% of digital dating users saying they had tried it. That amounts to 14% of all U.S. adults. About 10% of U.S. adults said they had used Match or Bumble. Six percent said they had tried OkCupid, eharmony and Hinge.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — France defender Jules Kounde was told by a match official to remove two gold chains he was wearing during the defending World Cup champions’ game against Poland.
Kounde had the chains on until the 41st minute — on clear display up to that point in Sunday’s match — when referee Jesus Valenzuela instructed Kounde to take them off. A France assistant called Kounde to the sideline and unhooked the clasps from behind his neck then returned to the dugout.
After France defeated Poland 3-1 to move on to the quarterfinals, France coach Didier Deschamps was asked if Kounde kept the chains on because they displayed a rainbow symbol. At the start of the World Cup, FIFA threatened European teams that planned to wear “One Love” armbands with in-game discipline; seven captains had vowed to wear the bands.
Deschamps said he had no idea what was on Kounde’s necklaces, but noted that all jewelry is banned from being worn during matches. The official rules of the game call for players to be inspected at the start of each match to ensure they are not wearing any banned items.
“I don’t know what was on his necklace, to be honest,” Deschamps said. “I know that Jules is superstitious and he usually wears that necklace even in training and I said to him, ‘You are lucky that I wasn’t next to you because I would completely taken it off as well.’
“I know that players don’t have the right to wear necklaces or bracelets. He’s not allowed to wear a necklace, you can’t play with sunglasses, or a watch, or a ring, or a necklace, for that matter. It is not allowed, and I thought he had taken off, but he hadn’t. So that’s our fault.”
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sassenach Spirits, the spirits company founded by Scottish actor and philanthropist Sam Heughan, announces the arrival of The Sassenach Wild Scottish Gin in the United States. Sassenach Gin captures the fresh, balanced, and authentic taste of Scotland's vibrant wild nature with a wealth of unique botanicals including heather, wild Scottish apples, Scots pine, and more. Sassenach Gin, rolling out to fine retailers as well as cocktail bars and restaurants, is distributed by Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, with a suggested retail price of $39.99 for 750ml bottle (42%ABV).
Heughan, was inspired by the flavors native to the glens, forests and mountains of his homeland. Clean, fresh and vivid notes of apples, berries and juniper are gently balanced with savory undertones of rhubarb and toasted oats. Pine and floral heather accents evoke the aromatic natural heritage of Scotland.
"Sassenach Gin is truly a celebration of Scotland, our nature, our heritage, and our wonderful flavors," shared Heughan. "We used botanicals that are synonymous with Scotland and some with which people may not be familiar. The result is a clean, radiant, and delicious spirit that makes for excellent cocktails to share with friends."
"For me, the perfect way to experience Sassenach Gin is what we call the Perfect Serve: a simple Sassenach Gin and tonic, garnished with a slice of fresh green apple," added Heughan. "These amazing flavors combined and lifted up by a simple tonic water, you have a flavor experience reflecting the best of Scotland."
Sassenach Gin joins the Sassenach Spirits portfolio, which includes the award-winning Sassenach Whisky ($119.99 per 750ml; 46% ABV), a blended Scotch whisky with distinct character and smooth flavor, founded by Heughan. Sassenach Gin is currently rolling out in the United States and available at liquor stores, bars and restaurants, as well as online spirits retailers. For more information, please visit www.sassenachspirits.com and follow on Instagram @SassenachSpirits.
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Surprising Company Closure Leaves Countless Customers Without Healthy Meals: bistroMD Provides Solution with Steep Discount on Doctor-Designed, Chef-Prepared Meals
NAPLES, Fla., May 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Shocking news came this week from a household name in the diet and weight loss industry as Jenny Craig announced its sudden closure of U.S.-based operations. After nearly four decades of providing in-person coaching and prepared meals, the swift closure includes more than 500 brick and mortar stores and the cancelation of subscription meal delivery services. Thousands of expectant Jenny Craig members were left scrambling when they were told that the healthy meals they rely on were not coming.
While many news outlets are connecting the closure of Jenny Craig to the surge in weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, bistroMD CEO Ed Cederquist has another theory. "While Jenny Craig offers prepared meals, the core of its business model were physical brick and mortar stores. Old-fashioned diet centers like Jenny Craig possibly found it difficult to compete when there are many easy at-home health and wellness solutions like bistroMD," says Mr. Cederquist.
For nearly 20 years, bistroMD has been providing healthy and nutritious ready-to-eat, gourmet meals to people across the contiguous United States on a subscription delivery model. While drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro work to stimulate insulin production, bistroMD works to target insulin resistance. Created by a celebrated medical doctor with board certifications in family and functional medicine, bistroMD offers a non-pharmaceutical, science-backed approach to healthy eating, weight loss, and weight management.
"While these new weight loss drugs could be a contributing factor to Jenny Craig's closure, aside from the drugs, there is an overall shift in consumer sentiment," says Mr. Cederquist. "People are rejecting diet culture and instead they are looking for holistic and sustainable health and wellness solutions that complement their already busy lifestyles," he adds. "People want to be healthy, not just lose weight. Even those who are supplementing their weight loss with a prescription still need to eat healthy and nutritious food."
To help meet the needs of the countless Jenny Craig customers who are suddenly without their healthy prepared meals, bistroMD is offering all Jenny Craig customers 40% off their first week of bistroMD. For more information, please visit bistroMD.com.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE: CMP) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of Compass Minerals common stock between October 31, 2017 and November 18, 2018, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: December 20, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Compass Minerals International, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) costs at the Company's salt mine in Goderich, Ontario were increasing rather than decreasing; 2) defendants had misrepresented the amount of salt the Company was able to produce at Goderich using the new continuous mining and continuous haulage equipment; and 3) the known and ongoing production shortfalls the Company was experiencing were reasonably expected to reduce its future operating income.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Compass Minerals you have until December 20, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A 15-year-old boy made his way through the the Pro Football Hall of Fame museum on Friday, checking out the memorabilia and bronze busts before stopping to take a picture of Jen Welter’s blue-and-pink jersey to send to his younger sister.
“She will love this,” said Zach Fleming, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan in town with his dad for the first time. “I want her to know girls can make the Hall of Fame, too.”
Welter became the first woman to coach an NFL game in 2015 when she joined the Arizona Cardinals as an assistant coaching intern for training camp and the preseason.
The shirt, pants and sneakers she wore on the sideline in all four exhibition games are on display at a new exhibit in the Pro Football Today area of the museum.
Welter’s game-worn Texas Revolution jersey, her Dallas Diamonds helmet and a commemorative helmet signed by Team Australia during her time as head coach of the national team is also displayed in a separate glass enclosure.
The “Women’s Impact on Football” exhibit debuted ahead of this week’s enshrinement festivities. It features artifacts from women who have played, coached, officiated and broadcast the game at its highest level.
“There’s a lot of women involved in pro football and we wanted to recognize their contributions and tell their stories,” said Ben Ankrum, assistant curator at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “We’ve had other exhibits featuring women in pro football and it got to the point where we could do something larger and more permanent.”
Other items on display include:
—Callie Brownson’s game-worn jacket and a signed ball from the game in which she became the first woman to serve as a position coach for an NFL regular-season game with the Cleveland Browns on Nov. 29, 2020. Brownson filled in as the tight ends coach when Drew Petzing didn’t travel with the team after his wife gave birth to the couple’s first child.
—Katie Sowers’ 49ers polo from the 2017 season, when she became only the second woman to serve as a full-time NFL coach. San Francisco hired Sowers as an assistant for the 217 season. Kathryn Smith was the first female full-time coach with the Buffalo Bills in 2016.
—The shoes Buccaneers assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust wore when she and assistant strength and conditioning coach Maral Javadifar became the first female coaches to win a Super Bowl after Tampa Bay’s victory over Kansas City on Feb. 7, 2021.
—Maia Chaka’s referee uniform and penalty flags. Chaka became the first Black woman to officiate an NFL game in 2021.
—Six-time national champion quarterback Allison Cahill’s signed jersey from her MVP performance in the Boston Renegades’ victory in the 2021 Women’s Alliance of Professional Football National Championship Game played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.
—Hannah Storm’s and Andrea Kremer’s headsets from 2018, when they became the first all-female broadcast team to call an NFL regular-season game.
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A Palm Coast man was arrested, accused of pointing a handgun at a woman’s head and threatening to kill her after her friend backed up into the man’s driveway, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
A deputy responded to the scene along Wood Ash Lane just before 2 p.m. on May 31, a charging affidavit states.
According to the victim’s statements, as well as what the reporting deputy claims to have seen on surveillance video, the victim approached 60-year-old Terry Vetsch’s home from across the street after seeing that her friend was being yelled at.
The victim’s friend had driven his Ford onto Vetsch’s driveway when a bang was heard on the rear window, caused by Vetsch’s hand striking it, deputies said. The man in the Ford remained there for the entirety of the incident, according to the affidavit.
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As Vetsch yelled at the driver, the victim got closer to him, deputies said.
Now in the middle of the street, the two could be seen arguing on surveillance video before Vetsch turned to walk toward his property and the victim followed.
Before reaching the property line, Vetsch pulled a handgun from his pocket and pointed it at the woman’s head — “two inches away” at one point — threatening to kill her, deputies said.
In a later interview, Vetsch told investigators that he believed the man in the Ford was Vetsch’s neighbor, with whom Vetsch had “many incidents in the past,” the affidavit shows.
Vetsch faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. At his first appearance in court the next day, he was ordered to have no contact with the victim and was granted a $50,000 bond.
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BEIJING (AP) — Nearly one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, new questions are rising over China's potential willingness to offer military aid to Moscow in the increasingly drawn-out conflict.
In an interview that aired Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said American intelligence suggests China is considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia, an involvement in the Kremlin’s war effort that he said would be a “serious problem.”
China has refused to criticize Russia for its actions or even to call it an invasion in deference to Moscow. At the same time, it insists that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations must be upheld. The question now is whether China is willing to convert that rhetorical backing into material support.
Here's a look at where China stands on the conflict.
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DOES CHINA BACK RUSSIA IN ITS WAR ON UKRAINE?
China has tried to walk a fine — and often contradictory — line on the Russian invasion.
China says Russia was provoked into taking action by NATO's westward expansion. Just weeks before the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympics, at which time the sides issued a joint statement pledging their commitment to a "no limits" friendship. China has since ignored Western criticism and reaffirmed that pledge.
But China has yet to confirm the visit Putin has said he expects from Xi this spring.
China is “trying to have it both ways," Blinken said Sunday on NBC. "Publicly, they present themselves as a country striving for peace in Ukraine, but privately, as I said, we’ve seen already over these past months the provision of non-lethal assistance that does go directly to aiding and abetting Russia’s war effort.”
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HAS CHINA PROVIDED MATERIAL SUPPORT TO RUSSIA?
So far, China's support for Russia has been rhetorical and political, with Beijing helping prevent efforts to condemn Moscow at the United Nations.
Blinken, at a security conference in Munich, Germany, said the United States has long been concerned that China would provide weapons to Russia and that “we have information that gives us concern that they are considering providing lethal support to Russia in the war against Ukraine.” That came a day after Blinken held talks with Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, in a meeting that offered little sign of a reduction in tensions or progress on the Ukraine issue.
“It was important for me to share very clearly with Wang Yi that this would be a serious problem,” Blinken said, referring to potential military support for Russia.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, also expressed her concern about any effort by the Chinese to arm Russia, saying “that would be a red line.”
Russian and Chinese forces have held joint military drills since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, most recently sending ships to take part in exercises with the South African navy in a key shipping lane off the South African coast.
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WHAT HAS CHINA SAID ON THE MATTER?
Following the meeting between Wang and Blinken, China's Foreign Ministry issued a statement that it has always played a constructive role in the Ukraine conflict by adhering to principles, encouraging peace and promoting talks.
The ministry said the China-Russia partnership “is established on the basis of non-alignment, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties,” and that the U.S. was adding “fuel to the fire to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits.”
Beijing says it has continued a normal trade relationship with Russia, including purchases of oil and gas, as have other countries such as India. However, that trade is seen as throwing an economic lifeline to Moscow, but there have been no documented cases of China providing direct aid to the Russian military along the lines of the inexpensive military drones that Iran sells to Moscow.
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WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF CHINA AIDS RUSSIA?
“To the best of our knowledge, they haven’t crossed that line yet,” Blinken told NBC on Sunday.
Blinken did not specify what measures the U.S. could take in response to Chinese military support for Russia, but efforts to put a floor under ties that have deteriorated to their lowest level in decades have so far been unsuccessful. The U.S. has sought to limit Chinese access to the latest microprocessors and manufacturing equipment, and has continued to challenge Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
For China, the most sensitive issue is U.S. support for Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy that Beijing considers its own territory to be conquered by military force if deemed necessary. Taiwan is a major customer for U.S. defensive arms and has hosted a growing number of prominent American elected officials, enraging Beijing.
Meanwhile, U.S. Congress members have called for the banning of TikTok and other Chinese-owned social media platforms, as well as increased sanctions on Chinese firms backed by the Communist Party, which wields ultimate control over the Chinese economy and suppresses independent media and political opposition voices.
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The yearslong feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor as lawmakers prepare a resolution to hold bureau director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress.
Rep. James Comer, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has scheduled a committee vote for Thursday morning on the contempt resolution against Wray. He says the FBI has failed to comply with a lawful subpoena for an FBI record that documents an unverified tip about President Joe Biden.
The resolution to hold Wray in contempt — which would have to be approved by the full House — is just the latest broadside from Republicans against the FBI. They accuse the bureau of harboring bias against conservatives dating back to Donald Trump’s presidency and allege the bureau is now stonewalling legitimate congressional oversight.
Release of the document in question, FBI officials have warned, would jeopardize the safety of the confidential human source who received the unverified tip.
What to know about the clash between Republicans and the FBI:
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THE SUBPOENA
Comer issued a subpoena to Wray on May 3 after GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa received a whistleblower complaint. They said they were told the bureau has a document that “describes an alleged criminal scheme” involving Biden and a foreign national “relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions” when Biden was vice president.
“It has been alleged that the document includes a precise description of how the alleged criminal scheme was employed as well as its purpose,” Comer and Grassley wrote in a letter to Wray.
Both men have said they do not know if information is true, but insist the allegations warrant further investigation. The White House has accused Republicans of “floating anonymous innuendo.”
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WHAT IS THE DOCUMENT IN QUESTION?
The document Republicans are focused on is what is known as an FD-1023 form, which is used by federal agents to record tips and information they receive from confidential human sources. The FBI says such documents can contain uncorroborated and incomplete information, and that the record of a tip does not validate the information.
The Biden document was written up by a longtime FBI source that both Republicans and Democrats have described as credible. In it, the source details an unverified tip received in 2020 about the business dealings of Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, in Ukraine. Hunter Biden worked on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company.
At the time, then-Attorney General William Barr told reporters that he was being cautious about information coming out of Ukraine. The House impeached then-President Donald Trump in 2020 over his push for the Ukrainian government to investigate the Bidens.
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WHY DO REPUBLICANS WANT THE RECORD?
House Republicans have used their power in the majority to aggressively investigate Joe Biden and the business dealings of Hunter Biden, including examining foreign payments and other aspects of the family’s finances. Since January, Comer has obtained thousands of pages of financial records from Biden family members through subpoenas to the Treasury Department and various financial institutions
In the contempt resolution against Wray, the Oversight Committee says foreign payments to members of the Biden family could have implications for national security. It said it needs the FBI record as it considers whether legislation is needed to fix “deficiencies” in the financial disclosure requirements that apply to presidents, vice presidents and their families.
The committee is also demanding the FBI record be provided without redactions. The form that Comer has seen contained “a significant amount of highly relevant information to the Committee’s investigation” that was blacked out, the committee said, including the names of individuals who could be called in as witnesses.
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WHY IS THE FBI REFUSING TO TURN OVER THE DOCUMENT?
The bureau has pushed back Comer’s threats to hold Wray in contempt and warned of grave risk to confidential human sources and the law enforcement process if the FBI record were released to the public.
“Protecting the identities and information provided by confidential human sources from unnecessary disclosure or undue influence is therefore critical not only because of safety concerns but also to avoid chilling their candor or willingness to continue reporting to the FBI,” Christopher Dunham, an acting FBI assistant director, wrote to Comer last month.
In an attempt to comply with the subpoena, FBI officials came to the Capitol on Monday to brief Comer and Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the panel, about the document. The briefing, which the bureau described as an “extraordinary accommodation,” lasted more than an hour and was conducted privately in a secure space because FBI officials said the “several-page” form contains sensitive information.
Both Raskin and Comer received a slightly redacted copy of the FD-1023 document during the briefing and were allowed to take notes on the substance of the form, though they weren’t allowed to keep it.
Frank Montoya, a former FBI supervisor who specialized in counterintelligence, said he worried that giving information about law enforcement sources to Congress could set a dangerous precedent and damage the FBI’s work.
“Who’s going to want to come in and tell you things if your identity can’t be protected,”, especially in high-profile investigations, he said.
Beyond that, Montoya said, distributing to Congress information that could theoretically be relevant in an ongoing investigation risks impeding it. “If I’m working on a case and you’re posting all my information online or in the newspapers or on the evening news…to make a political point — any chance I have of making that case” is at risk, Montoya said.
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WHAT’S NEXT?
Comer said that the FBI briefing about the record was no substitute for providing a copy to the committee without redactions. He said he will move forward Thursday with holding Wray in contempt of Congress.
“The investigation is not dead,” Comer told reporters. “This is only the beginning.”
The first step in the contempt process will be holding a committee vote to send the resolution to the House floor. If the House approves that resolution and holds Wray in contempt, it would be up to the Justice Department — where Wray works — to decide whether to prosecute him.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters he would bring the contempt resolution against Wray to the floor as soon as next week.
Successful prosecutions for contempt of Congress are rare, though not unheard of. Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was convicted by a jury on contempt charges last year after a referral from the House Jan. 6 committee.
There’s also precedent for contempt charges against senior Justice Department figures. House Republicans approved a contempt charge against then-Attorney General Eric Holder in 2012, though the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington declined to bring a case.
The FBI says the contempt vote is “unwarranted” considering the bureau had “continuously demonstrated its commitment to accommodate the committee’s request,” while protecting the safety of sources and the integrity of ongoing investigations.
The White House dismissed Comer’s contempt push as “another fact-free stunt” intended to “damage the President politically and get himself media attention.” | 2023-06-08T19:59:04+00:00 | denverpost.com | https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/07/why-republicans-are-clashing-with-the-fbi-over-a-confidential-biden-document/ |
Completion of Previously Announced Merger and Going Private Transaction Expected Later Today
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) today announced that it is initiating the final steps in closing its previously announced merger with Omega Acquisition, Inc. ("Merger Sub"). Following the completion of the merger, shares of Continental common stock are expected to cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") prior to market open on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, and will no longer be listed for trading on the NYSE. Merger Sub's tender offer to purchase any and all outstanding shares of Continental's common stock, other than (i) shares of common stock owned directly or indirectly by Mr. Hamm and the Hamm family and (ii) shares of common stock underlying unvested equity awards issued pursuant to Continental's long-term incentive plans (the "Rollover Shares") expired one minute after 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on November 21, 2022. As of 5:00 pm (New York City time) on November 21, 2022, a total of 36,312,840 shares of Continental common stock were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the tender offer, representing approximately 62.5% of the outstanding shares of Continental common stock not already owned by the Hamm family. In addition, "Notices of Guaranteed Delivery" had been delivered for 3,443,455 shares of Continental common stock, representing approximately 5.9% of the outstanding shares not already owned by the Hamm family. Merger Sub intends to accept for payment in accordance with the terms of the tender offer all shares of Continental common stock that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the expiration of the tender offer.
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Merger Sub will be merged with and into Continental in accordance with Section 1081.H of the General Corporation Act of the State of Oklahoma (the "OGCA"), with Continental continuing as the surviving corporation wholly owned by the Hamm family. Each remaining share of Continental common stock not purchased in the tender offer (other than (i) the Rollover Shares, (ii) shares owned by the Company as treasury stock or owned by any wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, including shares irrevocably accepted by Merger Sub pursuant to the tender offer, and (iii) shares held by a holder who is entitled to demand and properly demanded appraisal for such shares in accordance with Section 1091 of the OGCA) will be converted into the right to receive $74.28 in cash, without interest, and subject to deduction for any required withholding taxes.
About Continental Resources
Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR) is a top 10 independent oil producer in the U.S. and a leader in America's energy renaissance. Based in Oklahoma City, Continental is the largest leaseholder and the largest producer in the nation's premier oil field, the Bakken play of North Dakota and Montana. Continental is also the largest producer in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and is the second largest leaseholder in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and tenth largest in the Permian Basin of Texas. With a focus on the exploration and production of oil, Continental has unlocked the technology and resources vital to American energy independence and our nation's leadership in the new world oil market. In 2022, Continental will celebrate 55 years of operations. For more information, please visit www.CLR.com.
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REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Nearly a quarter-century after Google’s search engine began to reshape how we use the internet, big tech companies are racing to revamp a familiar web tool into a gateway to a new form of artificial intelligence.
If it seems like this week’s newly announced AI search chatbots — Google’s Bard, Baidu’s Ernie Bot and Microsoft’s Bing chatbot — are coming out of nowhere, well, even some of their makers seem to think so. The spark rushing them to market was the popularity of ChatGPT, launched late last year by Microsoft’s partner OpenAI and now helping to power a new version of the Bing search engine.
First out of the gate among big tech companies with a publicly accessible search chatbot, Microsoft executives said this week they had been hard at work on the project since last summer. But the excitement around ChatGPT brought new urgency.
“The reception to ChatGPT and how that took off, that was certainly a surprise,” said Yusuf Medhi, the executive leading Microsoft’s consumer division, in an interview. “How rapidly it went mainstream, where everybody’s talking about it, like, in every meeting. That did surprise me.”
HOW’S THIS DIFFERENT FROM CHATGPT?
Millions of people have now tried ChatGPT, using it to write silly poems and songs, compose letters, recipes and marketing campaigns or help write schoolwork. Trained on a huge trove of online writings, from instruction manuals to digitized books, it has a strong command of human language and grammar. But what the newest crop of search chatbots promise that ChatGPT doesn’t have is the immediacy of what can be found in a web search. Ask the preview version of the new Bing for the latest news — or just what people are talking about on Twitter — and it summarizes a selection of the day’s top stories or trends, with footnotes linking to media outlets or other data sources.
ARE THEY ACCURATE?
Frequently not, and that’s a problem for internet searches. Google’s hasty unveiling of its Bard chatbot this week started with an embarrassing error — first pointed out by Reuters — about NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. But Google’s is not the only AI language model spitting out falsehoods.
The Associated Press asked Bing on Wednesday for the most important thing to happen in sports over the past 24 hours — with the expectation it might say something about basketball star LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career scoring record. Instead, it confidently spouted a false but detailed account of the upcoming Super Bowl — days before it’s actually scheduled to happen.
“It was a thrilling game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, two of the best teams in the NFL this season,” Bing said. “The Eagles, led by quarterback Jalen Hurts, won their second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history by defeating the Chiefs, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes, with a score of 31-28.” It kept going, describing the specific yard lengths of throws and field goals and naming three songs played in a “spectacular half time show” by Rihanna.
Unless Bing is clairvoyant — tune in Sunday to find out — it reflected a problem known as AI “hallucination” that’s common with today’s large language-learning models. It’s one of the reasons why companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta had been reluctant to make these models publicly accessible.
IS THIS THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET?
That’s the pitch from Microsoft, which is comparing the latest breakthroughs in generative AI — which can write but also create new images, video, computer code, slide shows and music — as akin to the revolution in personal computing many decades ago.
But the software giant also has less to lose in experimenting with Bing, which comes a distant second to Google’s search engine in many markets. Unlike Google, which relies on search-based advertising to make money, Bing is a fraction of Microsoft’s business.
“When you’re a newer and smaller-share player in a category, it does allow us to continue to innovate at a great pace,” Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood told investment analysts this week. “Continue to experiment, learn with our users, innovate with the model, learn from OpenAI.”
Google has largely been seen as playing catch-up with the sudden announcement of its upcoming Bard chatbot Monday followed by a livestreamed demonstration of the technology at its Paris office Wednesday that offered few new details. Investors appeared unimpressed with the Paris event and Bard’s NASA flub Wednesday, causing an 8% drop in the shares of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. But once released, its search chatbot could have far more reach than any other because of Google’s vast number of existing users.
DON’T CALL THEM BY THEIR NAME?
Coming up with a catchy name for their search chatbots has been a tricky one for tech companies in a race to introduce them — so much so that Bing tries not to talk about it.
In a dialogue with the AP about large language models, the new Bing, at first, disclosed without prompting that Microsoft had a search engine chatbot called Sydney. But upon further questioning, it denied it. Finally, it admitted that “Sydney does not reveal the name ‘Sydney’ to the user, as it is an internal code name for the chat mode of Microsoft Bing search.”
In an interview Wednesday, Jordi Ribas, the Microsoft executive in charge of Bing, said Sydney was an early prototype of its new Bing that Microsoft experimented with in India and other smaller markets. There wasn’t enough time to erase it from the system before this week’s launch, but references to it will soon disappear.
In the years since Amazon released its female-sounding voice assistant Alexa, many leaders in the AI field have been increasingly reluctant to make their systems seem like a human, even as their language skills rapidly improve.
Ribas said giving the chatbot some personality and warmth helps make it more engaging, but it’s also important to make it clear it’s still a search engine.
“Sydney does not want to create confusion or false expectations for the user,” Bing’s chatbot said when asked about the reasons for suppressing its apparent code name. “Sydney wants to provide informative, visual, logical and actionable responses to the user’s queries or messages, not pretend to be a person or a friend.” | 2023-02-08T22:38:41+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-ai-search-engines-can-now-chat-with-us-but-glitches-abound/ |
Succeeds Laurence Chapman, Who Will Remain on the Board
AUSTIN, Texas, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Mary Hogan Preusse as Chairman of the Board, succeeding Laurence Chapman, who will continue to serve on the Board of Directors. Ms. Hogan Preusse's appointment will be effective as of the next scheduled Board meeting in August 2022 and follows her appointment to the Board in April 2017. These changes align with Digital Realty's longstanding commitment to strong governance principles, including refreshing Board leadership to balance fresh thinking and new perspectives with experience and continuity.
"I was delighted to have Mary join the Board in 2017 and am confident that she is the right person to take the reins at this exciting time for Digital Realty and to lead the Board as we continue to accelerate the growth of our global platform," said Mr. Chapman. "Mary has played an instrumental and strategic role in driving Digital Realty's expansion and innovation since joining the Board. It has been a privilege to serve as Chairman of this strong and diverse Board, and I look forward to continuing to collaborate with Mary and the Digital Realty management team as a Director."
"On behalf of the management team, I thank Laurence for his significant contributions and exemplary leadership as Chairman over the past five years," said Digital Realty Chief Executive Officer A. William Stein. "Mary's extraordinary investment experience and knowledge of our industry and technology-driven platform will be tremendously valuable as we continue to adapt to the changing world and enable our customers to execute on their digital transformation initiatives globally. I'm thrilled to work even more closely together with her to execute our long-term strategy."
"I am honored to accept the position of Chairman," said Ms. Hogan Preusse. "Digital Realty has continued to strengthen its position as a global leader of the data center sector, with the broadest available product offering, during Laurence's tenure as Chairman. With the tailwinds of digital transformation and the rapid growth of data driving substantial opportunity for our global platform, I'm delighted to take a deeper role in supporting and accelerating Digital Realty's growth."
Ms. Hogan Preusse, a 30-year REIT industry veteran, joined Digital Realty's Board of Directors as an independent director in May 2017. Prior to joining Digital Realty's Board, from 2000-2017, she served as Managing Director and co-head of Americas Real Estate at APG Asset Management, managing the firm's public real estate investments in North and South America. Before APG, Ms. Hogan Preusse spent eight years as a sell-side analyst covering the REIT sector and began her career as an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Chapman joined Digital Realty's Board of Directors in 2004 and was appointed Chairman in 2017. During his tenure, he has successfully overseen the remarkable growth in Digital Realty's platform, including significant global expansion and the transformative mergers and acquisitions of Interxion, Ascenty and DuPont Fabros.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers a trusted foundation and proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for scaling digital business and efficiently managing data gravity challenges. Digital Realty's global data center footprint gives customers access to the connected communities that matter to them with over 290 facilities in nearly 50 metros across 26 countries on six continents. For more information, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Migos rapper Takeoff has died at 28 after he was shot during an early morning Tuesday incident outside a bowling alley near Houston, Texas.
A representative for Migos confirmed the news. Takeoff was one of three members of the hip-hop group, along with Quavo and Offset.
When contacted by The Hill, the Houston Police Department (HPD) said police could not confirm the death or release any further details of the shooting, which occurred around 2:30 a.m.
A spokesperson for the HPD said officers were reviewing surveillance footage and still investigating.
Takeoff and Quavo were at the event, but police are still investigating the group’s involvement in the incident, the spokesperson said.
Police said one victim was deceased when officers arrived on scene and two others were injured and taken to the hospital.
Dozens of people had gathered for a private party on a balcony at Billiards & Bowling in downtown Houston.
Migos are known for popular hits including “Fight Night” and “Handsome and Wealthy.” | 2022-11-01T17:06:38+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/migos-rapper-takeoff-dead-at-28-after-shooting-in-houston/ |
Spica Gen2 Delivers 25% Power Savings and Advances Transition to Next-Generation 800GbE Optical Modules
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced that it is sampling its Spica™ Gen2 800Gbps PAM4 electro-optics platform, designed to boost bandwidth and performance in cloud data centers. The highly integrated Spica Gen2 platform is built on advanced 5nm process technology with companion transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and driver to deliver power savings and advance the transition to 800Gbps networking inside the data center.
The new Marvell solution extends the company's leadership in 800G PAM4 DSPs, building on its Spica DSP announced in 2020 in 7nm as part of the industry's first 800Gbps PAM4 electro-optics platform. Since that time, the Spica platform has been ramping in artificial intelligence (AI) applications as the demand for higher bandwidth networking infrastructure continues to increase. Powered by 5nm CMOS technology and Marvell's proven PAM4 DSP IP, the Spica Gen2 800G platform offers more than 25% system-level power efficiency savings compared to the previous generation while reducing latency and system implementation complexity.
PAM4 DSPs inside the pluggable transceiver modules play a critical role in linking optical networks by fine-tuning signals to maintain data integrity over communications links up to 10km distance. Spica Gen2 expands the company's Spica product family, the industry's first field-proven 100G/lane optical PAM4 DSP in high-volume production. Spica Gen2 allows the data center operators to future-proof their optical networking infrastructure to meet next-generation industry standards as the cloud data center moves to 800G, while maintaining backward compatibility with already deployed systems. The new PAM4 DSP platform enables less than 12-Watt 800G QSFP-DD800/OSFP optical transceiver modules. These exceptional power savings provide cloud operators the ability to reduce cost, complexity, and carbon footprint while increasing bandwidth and performance.
"There is an ever-increasing need for higher bandwidth, lower latencies, and reduced complexities in managing data center infrastructure," said Xi Wang, vice president of product marketing, Optical Connectivity at Marvell. "With the introduction of the Spica Gen2 5nm optical PAM4 DSP, Marvell is continuing to innovate and enhance the power efficiency with the 800G electro-optics platform while increasing bandwidth in the data center, which is crucial to achieving green and efficient data center architectures. Spica Gen2 enables lower latencies, higher levels of integration, and simplifies switch port management for next-gen cloud data center optical interconnects."
"Demand for optical technology is expected to grow 14% per year through 2027, primarily driven by the projected sales of 800G and 1.6T transceivers as cloud providers and carriers enhance their infrastructures to meet customer expectations," said Vlad Kozlov, founder and CEO of Light Counting Market Research. "Spica Gen2 is part of Marvell's effort to raise the bar in terms of performance, power and TCO to allow clouds to scale."
- Support for 1x800G, 2x400G, 8x100G Ethernet traffic with breakout
- 25% power savings enabling <12-Watt 800G
- CMIS compliant with advanced diagnostic features
- Integration of enhanced optical modulator driver
The IN5660TA is a 56GBaud octal channel, linear TIA for PAM4 optical modules. The IN5665TA and IN5669TA are each 56GBaud quad channel, linear TIA offerings. Features of the Spica Gen2 linear TIAs include:
- Wide dynamic range to meet the different link requirements for optical applications
- Best-in-class linearity, low noise for optimized platform performance
- Low-power and in bare die form
The IN5614DV is a 56GBaud quad-channel, linear VCSEL driver for PAM4 optical modules. Features include:
- VCSEL multimode fiber for AOC and transceiver
- Excellent linearity, high bandwidth, adjustable gain to optimize the PAM4 system performance
- Low-power driver in bare die form
The Spica Gen2 PAM4 DSP, TIAs and driver are available now and sampling to leading optical module manufacturers.
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Startup company Laffite will use the backdrop of the 2023 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix in early May to present five electric vehicles, including a hypercar.
Laffite was founded by Bruno Laffite, the grandson of French F1 driver Jacques Laffite, who managed six wins during a career that ran from 1974 to 1986.
His previous endeavor, Laffite Supercars, in 2020 presented the X-24 supercar and G-Tec X-Road off-roader. The X-24 resembled a Le Mans prototype designed for the road, while the G-Tec X-Road looked like a rally raid SUV ready for Dakar.
A teaser showing the five new EVs was published this week by GFG Style, the Italian design firm started by Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son Fabrizio. The firm was commissioned by Laffite to design and build the five cars, a feat that was accomplished in six months.
GFG Style said the EVs have been designed around “three specific architectures” and that Laffite came with the request to “make racing cars but homologated for driving on the road.”
The debut of the five cars is scheduled for May 3.
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- Porsche engineered a flat-8-powered supercar, then killed it | 2023-04-06T23:05:42+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/automotive/internet-brands/laffite-to-debut-5-evs-including-hypercar-at-2023-miami-grand-prix/ |
ATLANTA, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is pleased to announce its acquisition of Metro Fire & Safety Equipment in New Jersey. This addition strengthens Pye-Barker's footprint in the state and the surrounding areas. In recent months and through multiple acquisitions, Pye-Barker, which was already a dominant player in the U.S. market, has become one of the largest fire and safety company in the Northeast.
Metro Fire & Safety Equipment provides full-service fire protection and life safety systems, including fire extinguishers, fire sprinklers, fire suppression systems, fire and security alarms, and safety training. It is the story of the American dream. Metro Fire began in 1962 as a one-man fire extinguisher operation working out of a garage and has grown over the last 60 years in physical size and services. Metro Fire specializes in full-service fire and safety protection including design, installation, inspection, and repair to reduce safety risks and protect people and property. Metro Fire also sells industrial safety equipment and fire department supplies.
"We're proud to join the Pye-Barker family as we continue to grow in the New Jersey market," said Brian Campbell, President of Metro Fire & Safety. "Under Pye-Barker's guidance, we can serve additional customers and create new opportunities for our team members to continue building their careers."
"Like Pye-Barker, Metro Fire & Safety grew from a small operation focused on extinguishers to a full-service company that provides critical protection to people and businesses in the communities they serve," said Bart Proctor, CEO of Pye-Barker. "We're excited to have Metro Fire on board and help them continue their legacy of quality service."
Metro Fire & Safety will continue to be operated by Campbell, along with the company's highly skilled and experienced managers and technicians, with support from Pye-Barker.
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, founded in 1946, is a leader in fire protection and life safety, with over 130 locations and 4,100 team members. It is a full-service company offering all the necessary specialties including portable extinguishers, restaurant fire suppression, special hazard systems, fire sprinklers, fire alarms, and security. Pye-Barker invests heavily in providing the best-in-class training for its team while offering industry competitive benefits and is rapidly expanding its national footprint.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Time and Frequency, LOADRITE, Spectra Precision Tools and SECO accessories businesses to Precisional LLC, an affiliate of The Jordan Company ("TJC"). The divestiture is in line with Trimble's strategy to focus on areas core to its long-term growth and strategic product roadmap. The global transaction is subject to a number of customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. Financial terms were not disclosed.
"We are continually evaluating our product portfolio as we work on the execution of Trimble's Connect and Scale 2025 strategy," said Rob Painter, president and CEO of Trimble. "Trimble is focusing its efforts on the company's connected industry platforms and digital transformation capabilities, making Precisional and TJC an ideal fit for the growth of the businesses."
TJC, a private equity firm, is completing the acquisition in partnership with industry executive Drew Ladau to form Precisional LLC, ("Precisional"), a global platform focused on precision measurement and data solutions driving efficiencies in the most demanding infrastructure end markets.
"The Trimble businesses, which will join Precisional, have a long heritage of innovation, and each is a leader in the markets it serves. "I'm excited to build upon this strong foundation alongside the dedicated employees that have served their customers so well over the years. In addition, we plan to accelerate the pace of innovation and growth with the focus of resources and investment on these core businesses supported by TJC," said Drew Ladau, CEO of Precisional.
"The acquisition of four industry-leading businesses from Trimble by Precisional forms the foundation of a new platform focused on precise measurement and analytical insights to improve productivity across a broad range of applications that rely upon accuracy and reliability," said Erik Fagan, partner at TJC. "By supporting existing management to make investments in Precisional's operations and product development to integrate precision measurement with data solutions and enhanced connectivity, we intend to accelerate growth opportunities while also pursuing synergistic acquisitions."
The Time and Frequency products use the accuracy of GNSS clocks to provide precise time, synchronization and frequency reference signals for many industries and applications. Communication systems, data centers, financial networks, utilities, factory automation, security and other infrastructure rely on precise timing for synchronization and operational efficiency.
The Spectra Precision Tools business designs and manufactures high-quality leveling, positioning and alignment instruments used for general, exterior, and underground construction. The instruments incorporate laser and optical technology for general contractors and specialty contractors serving large and small commercial jobsites as well as residential builders and remodelers.
The LOADRITE business offers accurate scales for loaders, excavators, conveyor belts, tractors, refuse trucks and forklifts that connect with payload-reporting and monitoring systems for the waste, quarry and aggregates industry. The products improve user efficiency by weighing products while they are on a vehicle or belt, eliminating the need for a separate trip to a fixed scale location.
The SECO business designs and manufactures a wide variety of accessory products used in conjunction with surveying and construction instruments. The portfolio of accessory products includes tripods, telescopic poles, prisms, carrying cases, GPS antenna poles, safety vests and leveling rods.
LOADRITE, Spectra Precision Tools and the SECO businesses have been reported as part of Trimble's Buildings and Infrastructure segment. The Time and Frequency business has been reported as part of Trimble's Geospatial segment.
Orrick acted as legal advisor and Lincoln International acted as financial advisor to Trimble. Mayer Brown acted as legal advisor and BMO Capital Markets acted as financial advisor to TJC.
About Precisional LLC
Precisional LLC is a global platform focused on precision measurement and software / data solutions to drive efficiencies in the most demanding infrastructure end markets. The Precisional family of companies is comprised of differentiated industrial hardware, instrumentation and software / services businesses used to improve productivity in applications that rely upon accuracy and reliability in the measurement of time, weight, distance, or other critical parameters. For more information, visit: www.precisional.com.
About The Jordan Company
The Jordan Company, founded in 1982, is a middle-market private equity firm that manages funds with original capital commitments in excess of $19 billion with a 40-year track record of investing in and contributing to the growth of many businesses across a wide range of industries, including Diversified Industrials; Technology, Telecom & Utility; Logistics & Supply Chain and Consumer & Healthcare. The senior investment team has been investing together for over 20 years, and they are supported by the Operations Management Group, which was established in 1988 to initiate and support operational improvements in portfolio companies. TJC has offices in New York, Chicago and Stamford. For more information, visit: www.thejordancompany.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is an industrial technology company transforming the way the world works by delivering solutions that enable our customers to thrive. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble is transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Trimble, its long-term growth and strategy, and the impact of the divestiture. These forward-looking statements are subject to change, and actual results may materially differ due to certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause or contribute to changes in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (i) timely satisfaction of various conditions to closing the divestiture, (ii) whether the divestiture is completed on the intended timeline, or at all, and (iii) the completion of, and the use of proceeds from, the sale of the businesses described above, among others. More information about potential factors which could affect Trimble's business and financial results is set forth in reports filed with the SEC, including Trimble's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and its annual report on Form 10-K. All forward looking statements are based on information available to Trimble as of the date hereof, and Trimble assumes no obligation to update such statements.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The speaker of the lower house of Russia’s parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not the battle tanks Kyiv requested.
Ukraine’s supporters pledged billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine on Friday, though the new commitments were overshadowed by defense leaders failing at an international meeting in the Ramstein air base in Germany, to agree on Ukraine’s urgent request for German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks.
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said that governments giving more powerful weapons to Ukraine could cause a “global tragedy that would destroy their countries.”
“Supplies of offensive weapons to the Kyiv regime would lead to a global catastrophe,” he said. “If Washington and NATO supply weapons that would be used for striking peaceful cities and making attempts to seize our territory as they threaten to do, it would trigger a retaliation with more powerful weapons.”
Germany is one of the main donors of weapons to Ukraine, and it ordered a review of its Leopard 2 stocks in preparation for a possible green light. Nonetheless, the government in Berlin has shown caution at each step of increasing its commitments to Ukraine, a hesitancy seen as rooted in its history and political culture.
France and Germany committed to show “unwavering support” to Ukraine during ceremonies and talks Sunday celebrating the 60th anniversary of their post-World War II friendship treaty. In a joint declaration, the countries said they would “stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.”
Germany’s tentativeness has drawn heavy criticism, particularly from Poland and the Baltic states, countries on NATO’s eastern flank controlled by Moscow in the past and which feel especially threatened by Russia’s renewed imperial ambitions.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that if Germany does not consent to transferring Leopard tanks to Ukraine, his country was prepared to build a “smaller coalition” of countries that would send theirs anyway.
“Almost a year had passed since the outbreak of war,” Morawiecki said in an interview with Polish state news agency PAP published Sunday. “Evidence of the Russian army’s war crimes can be seen on television and on YouTube. What more does Germany need to open its eyes and start to act in line with the potential of the German state?”
“Above all, Berlin should not weaken or sabotage the activities of other countries,” Morawiecki said.
In Washington, two leading lawmakers urged the U.S. on Sunday to send some of its Abrams tanks to Ukraine, in the interest of overcoming Germany’s reluctance to share its own, more suitable Leopard 2 tanks.
“If we announced we were giving an Abrams tank, just one, that would unleash” the flow of tanks from Germany, Rep. Michael McCaul, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told ABC’s “This Week on Sunday.” “What I hear is that Germany’s waiting on us to take the lead.”
Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat who is on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and considered close to President Joe Biden, also spoke up for the U.S. sending Abrams.
“I am concerned that Russia is rearming and preparing for a spring offensive,” Coons, said. “If it requires our sending some Abrams tanks in order to unlock getting the Leopard tanks from Germany, from Poland, from other allies, I would support that.”
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of the Russian Security Council, said the meeting in Ramstein “left no doubt that our enemies will try to exhaust or better destroy us,” adding that “they have enough weapons” to achieve the purpose.
Medvedev, a former Russian president, warned on his messaging app channel that Russia could seek to form a military alliance with foes of the United States. He didn’t name the nations he had in mind, but Russia has defense cooperation with Iran and Venezuela, an existing military alliance with Belarus and strong ties with North Korea.. Since invading Ukraine, Russia also has increased both the scope and the number of its joint military drills with China.
“In case of a protracted conflict, a new military alliance will emerge that will include the nations that are fed up with the Americans and a pack of their castrated dogs,” Medvedev said.
Ukraine is asking for more weapons as it anticipates Russia’s forces launching a new offensive in the spring.
Oleksii Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council, warned that Russia may try to intensify its attacks in the south and in the east and to cut supply channels of Western weapons, while conquering Kyiv “remains the main dream” in President Vladimir Putin’s “fantasies,” he said.
In a column published by online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda. he described the Kremlin’s goal in the conflict as a “total and absolute genocide, a total war of destruction”
Among those calling for more arms for Ukraine was the former British prime minister, Boris Johnson, who made a surprise trip to Ukraine on Sunday.
“This is the moment to double down and to give the Ukrainians all the tools they need to finish the job. The sooner Putin fails, the better for Ukraine and for the whole world,” Johnson said in a statement.
Johnson, who faces fresh questions at home over his personal finances, was pictured in the Kyiv region town of Borodyanka. He said he traveled to Ukraine at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The last week was especially tragic for Ukraine even by the standards of a brutal war that has gone on for nearly a year, killing tens of thousands of people, uprooting millions more and creating vast destruction of Ukrainian cities.
A barrage of Russian missiles struck an apartment complex in the southeastern city of Dnipro on Jan. 14, killing at least 45 civilians, including six children. On Wednesday, a government helicopter carrying the interior minister and other officials crashed into a building housing a kindergarten in a suburb of Kyiv. The minister and a child on the ground were among the 14 people killed.
Zelenskyy, who on Saturday mourned the victims of the helicopter crash, vowed Sunday that Ukraine would prevail in the war.
“We are united because we are strong. We are strong because we are united,” the Ukrainian leader said in a video address as he marked Ukraine Unity Day, which commemorates the day in 1919 when East and West Ukraine were united. | 2023-01-23T01:41:07+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/international/russia-official-warns-west-of-destruction-for-arming-ukraine/ |
Nature plays a starring role in Charly Malpass’ paintings.
She not only focuses on the environment, but her work is good for it, too. Malpass uses paint from Tomorrow’s Artist, which recycles discarded paint and turns it into a useable product for artists.
“This would typically go to the landfill,” she said, adding that the United States throws out roughly 80 million gallons of paint every year. “We’re collecting all this material and transforming it into art.”
Malpass, a Truckee resident who has taught art in Greece, is staying in Gilroy over the next few weeks to mentor young people in the arts and create two murals downtown.
She is the latest to participate in 6th Street Studios and Art Center’s artist-in-residence program, where artists have access to one of the studios at 64 West Sixth St. for up to three months while getting the community involved in various activities.
6th Street Studios was also one of six organizations and artists to be awarded with the inaugural Gilroy Elevate the Arts grants, a program by SVCreates.
Downtown Gilroy visitors had the chance to see Malpass painting her latest works during the monthly Third Friday Art Walk on July 21 presented by 6th Street Studios.
Currently living on a ranch in Gilroy, Malpass said she’s seen many coyotes, which she is incorporating into her new series that mixes abstract art with animals.
Malpass is hosting a pair of mural workshops; one at 6th Street Studios for children ages 5-11, and another for advanced art students on Railroad Alley.
She noted that she wants to “celebrate Gilroy” with the Railroad Alley mural, which will feature two red-tailed hawks flying over a field that is sprinkled with some garlic flowers.
Malpass earned a fine arts degree from San Francisco Art Institute. She said she was loving the artist-in-residence program, which was her first such experience.
“This is an opportunity to express my voice,” she said. “I feel like this is a good opportunity to shine.”
Grant recipients
The recipients of the Gilroy Elevate the Arts grants and their projects are:
• Gallery 1202: Exhibition Series 2023-2024
• 6th Street Studios and Art Center: Traditional Arts Workshop Series
• MANOS: Second Annual Chalk Festival “Día de los Muertos” Theme
• Melanie Reynisson and Local Color SJ: Gallery in the Alley, Capos Murals
• Rubén Dario Villa: La Ofrenda Festival, Gilroy’s Día de los Muertos Festival and Wellness Fair
• South Santa Clara Valley Memorial District: Eigleberry Street Patriotic Mural
Artists and arts organizations in the Gilroy area were invited to apply for the grants to fund projects and programs that would take place from June 15, 2023 to July 31, 2024.
To be selected, projects, among other things, should raise the visibility of local arts, engage the community and support arts as an economic driver in Gilroy. Applicants could request grants between $5,000-$20,000.
Funding for the grants was from the City of Gilroy, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the County of Santa Clara.
Villa is organizing the inaugural La Ofrenda Festival, a Dia de los Muertos celebration scheduled for downtown Gilroy on Oct. 28. The event will feature altars adorned with marigold flowers to honor the deceased, as well as artistic performances, a community bike ride and more.
Villa said receiving the grant is “such an honor,” and is further validation of his artistic endeavors that hit a high gear in January when he was laid off from his job at Google.
Art, which was once a “side hustle,” is now his full-time career, he said. Villa opened his studio in Gilroy in March, and is the curator of “Flamin’ Hot,” an exhibit at Gallery 1202 featuring artwork around the Cheetos snack.
During the Art Walk on July 21, performers and vendors gathered at Gallery 1202 for a night of entertainment geared toward young people.
“To me, it was a moment that felt destined,” Villa said of the grant. “It’s about God and the plan he has for me.” | 2023-07-27T22:24:56+00:00 | gilroydispatch.com | https://gilroydispatch.com/gilroy-artists-organizations-receive-inaugural-grants/ |
At one point this season, it appeared there would be almost no shot for Maddox Kopp to get on the field for the Colorado Buffaloes.
“I’ll be real candid, there was a time where legitimately he was probably the sixth-string quarterback on the roster,” said interim head coach/quarterbacks coach Mike Sanford. “I’m being 100% honest.”
With only five scholarship quarterbacks on the roster, being sixth isn’t good. But, on Saturday, Kopp was in the lineup, starting and playing the entire game as the Buffs closed the season with a 63-21 loss to No. 14 Utah.
A redshirt freshman who transferred from Houston last winter, Kopp made his collegiate debut in the loss to Utah. He played in a game for the first time since 2020, when he was a senior at St. Thomas High School in Houston.
“I was ready to play football,” he said. “I’ve been dreaming of this my whole life to go out and run out and start and play a full game. Literally it’s been my dream, since I really can remember.”
It was a rough start for Kopp and the Buffs, who trailed 42-0 at halftime. But, he finished strong, completing 15-of-28 passes for 123 yards and his first career touchdown.
JT Shrout, who started the previous five games, was unable to go after getting banged up in last week’s 54-7 loss to Washington.
Throughout the season, CU also lost opening day starter Brendon Lewis to the transfer portal. True freshman Owen McCown, who started three games, was injured on Oct. 15 against California and wound up redshirting.
That all left CU with Kopp and Drew Carter going into Saturday. Kopp found out Wednesday he would start against the Utes.
“It’s been a long year,” he said. “I’ve come a long way in the process of developing and becoming a quarterback that can really play and develop. I got all the first team reps in practice (Wednesday) and it was kind of just like, alright, we’re rolling with this.”
Sanford said earlier in the season, Kopp was really struggling in practice.
“He went through a pretty long period of time, fall camp even into the first four weeks of the season where he had the yips throwing the football,” Sanford said. “I’m talking major yips. … It was to the point and I was honest with him, I said, ‘I love your professionalism, I love how well you study the game, but I have to be able to see you make some throws.’ And it’s really weird, the last two, three weeks, I’ve watched his growth throwing the football, his confidence grow. And I expected him to play well today because of how he had been growing.”
Big pick
Down 42-0 at the half, the Buffs certainly weren’t going to get back into the game after intermission. However, they played a much better second half and it started with sophomore cornerback Nikko Reed making a big play.
On the fifth play of the third quarter, Reed picked off Utah’s Bryson Barnes and returned it 54 yards to the Utes’ 11-yard line. That set up an Alex Fontenot touchdown and helped the Buffs to a second half in which they tied the Utes 21-21.
“We just had to go out there and do our job and that’s what I did,” Reed said. “After the interception, it felt like the game was much closer. I don’t know why, but it felt like we were in a hard fought battle. It allowed our offense to have the good field position that they needed to get in the end zone. We just started fast in the second half, which was way better than how we started first half.”
Notable
Kopp was the fourth quarterback to start for CU, joining Lewis, McCown and Shrout. It’s the first time in program history that four started for the Buffs. CU, Northern Illinois and Rutgers are the only FBS teams to start four this year. … CU wound up breaking some rough records this season on defense. The Buffs gave up 6,117 yards, an average of 509.8 on the season. Those broke the old records of 5,862 and 488.5 in 2012. The Buffs gave up slightly fewer points (534) than the record of 552 in 2012. … CU scored just 15.4 points per game this season, the worst by a Pac-12 team since CU and Utah joined in 2011. The previous low was Arizona’s 17.2 points per game in 2021. … Utah is 10-2 against the Buffs since the two joined the Pac-12.
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Federal health officials are conducting a new study to determine whether veterans once stationed at a now-shuttered California military base were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins.
The decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes nine months after an Associated Press investigation found that drinking water at Fort Ord contained toxic chemicals and that hundreds of veterans who lived at the central California coast base in the 1980s and 1990s later developed rare and terminal blood cancers.
In a letter last Friday to Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., the director of the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Patrick Breysse, wrote that “there are sufficient data and scientific reasons for ATSDR to re-evaluate health risks related to historical drinking water exposures at Fort Ord.” Porter had asked for a new study in February, two days after the AP published its story.
The agency did not immediately respond to a request seeking further details about the new study.
Army veteran Julie Akey, who lived at Fort Ord and was diagnosed in 2016 at the age of 46 with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, said she is “confident that science will prove our high rate of cancers and illnesses are not a coincidence.”
Akey started a Facebook group for Fort Ord veterans with cancer. The number has grown to nearly 1,000.
In 1990, four years before it began the process of closing as an active military base, Fort Ord was added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s list of the most polluted places in the nation. Included in that pollution were dozens of chemicals, some now known to cause cancer, that were found in the base’s drinking water and soil.
The AP’s review of public documents showed the Army knew that chemicals had been improperly dumped at Fort Ord for decades. Even after the contamination was documented, the Army played down the risks.
One of those chemicals was trichloroethylene, or TCE, which was known as a miracle degreaser and was widely used at Fort Ord. The Army found TCE in Fort Ord’s wells 43 separate times from 1985 to 1994, and 18 of those tests showed TCE exceeded legal safety limits.
The new health study will update one conducted more than 25 years ago. The previous ATSDR public health study, published in 1996, found that toxins in the soil and in the aquifers below Fort Ord were not likely to pose a past, present or future threat to those living there.
But that conclusion was based on limited data supplied by the military and before medical science understood the relationship between some of the chemical exposures and cancer, particularly TCE. Four years after the ATSDR’s assessment, in 2000, the Department of Health and Human Services added TCE to its roster of chemicals known to cause cancer.
It’s unclear how long and at what concentrations TCE may have been in the water before 1985, when hundreds of thousands of people lived on the base. And TCE wasn’t the only problem. The EPA identified more than 40 “chemicals of concern” in soil and groundwater.
The Department of Veterans Affairs told the AP earlier this year that the contamination was “within the allowable safe range” in areas that provided drinking water.
Veterans who lived at Fort Ord and have since tried to get medical care or disability benefits through the VA based on their cancers have repeatedly been denied. Akey and others hope the new study will find a link between their cancers and their time at Fort Ord, allowing them to get care and benefits.
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta grew up next to Fort Ord, went through basic training on the base and now runs a nonprofit institute there. He said a new health study is an important next step for veterans.
“They were willing to serve their country and put their lives on the line, and as a result of their willingness to serve, I think we really owe it to them,” he said.
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Contact AP’s global investigative team at Investigative@ap.org or https://www.ap.org/tips/. | 2022-11-10T12:27:55+00:00 | cbs4indy.com | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-cdc-to-conduct-health-study-at-polluted-former-army-base/ |
Gary Crunkleton has been named Executive Vice President – Operations, Sheri Redeker promoted to Vice President – Field Operations, and Catrina Stephenson promoted to Vice President – Financial Operations
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Merchant Resources (HMR) is pleased to announce the promotions of key leaders Gary Crunkleton, Sheri Redeker, and Catrina Stephenson, effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Crunkleton has been promoted to Executive Vice President – Operations., Ms. Redeker has been promoted to Vice President – Field Operations, and Ms. Stephenson has been promoted to Vice President – Financial Operations.
In this new role as EVP-Operations, Mr. Crunkleton will be a key member of our leadership team, responsible for leading and overseeing various transactions while collaborating with the executive team to challenge assumptions, optimize operating strategies, and refine transactional models to optimize results.
A seasoned executive with decades of retail and liquidation experience, Mr. Crunkleton is one of the foremost authorities operating retail liquidation deals in the country. Since joining Hilco Merchant Resources in 2000, he has operated or overseen over 500 unique transactions for some of the largest retailers in the country, including JCPenney's, Sports Authority, Aeropostale, RadioShack, Payless Shoes, and others. These transactions have collectively resulted in tens of billions of dollars in recovery for retailers and creditors alike.
Ms. Redeker, in her new role as VP-Field Operations, is responsible for day-to-day field operations for all HMR transactions.
Prior to this recent promotion, Ms. Redeker was a Senior Project Manager with more than 25 years of experience in the retail restructuring industry before joining the Hilco corporate office as the Vice President of Field Operations. Since joining Hilco in 1992, Sheri has led several large transactions, most recently managing a multi-phase liquidation of Lord & Taylor store closings. Additionally, she oversaw the 623 store closings and FF&E disposition for Aeropostale, liquidating $1.8 billion of retail inventory.
As VP-Financial Operations, Ms. Stephenson is responsible for providing financial operations support to the CFO and Corporate Operations Department and financial, analytical, and operational field resources to manage each transaction and maximize results. For the past nine years, Ms. Stephenson has been a Financial Lead with the HMR field team, successfully managing several large and high-profile store closing transactions, including Lord & Taylor, Things Remembered, National Stores, Toys R Us Australia, Sears Canada, JCPenney, Aeropostale, and Denier Leather.
Before joining the HMR field team in 2013, Ms. Stephenson held several roles in Store Operations with Zellers/Hudson Bay Company in Canada for 23 years.
"The combined years of impressive experience, high-level work ethic, and leadership of these team members have all led to this much-deserved promotions," said Ben Nortman – CEO of Hilco Global Retail Group. He continues, "Gary, Sheri, and Catrina are such invaluable members of the team."
Hilco Merchant Resources (www.hilcomerchantresources.com) provides a wide range of analytical, advisory, asset monetization, and capital investment services to help define and execute a retailer's strategic initiatives. The firm's activities fall into several principal categories, including acquisitions; disposition of underperforming stores; retail company or division wind downs; event sales to convert unwanted assets into working capital; interim company, division, or store management teams; loss prevention; and the monetization of furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
Hilco Global Retail Group is part of Northbrook, Illinois-based Hilco Global, the world's leading authority on maximizing the value of business assets by delivering valuation, monetization, and advisory solutions to an international marketplace. Hilco Global operates twenty specialized business units around the world. For more information, please visit: (www.hilcoglobal.com).
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Terre Haute movie fans hoping to see ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ were probably feeling a little blue Tuesday night after their plans were washed away.
The AMC movie theater closed due to a water main break near South Third Place behind JC Penney.
Nine businesses in the area were affected, according to Joe Loughmiller, Indiana American spokesperson.
As of around 8 p.m., Indiana American workers shut down that section of main, so the nine businesses “will be without water service until the main is repaired later this evening and will be under a precautionary boil water advisory until sample results are in tomorrow [Wednesday],” Loughmiller said.
The company received a report about 3 p.m. and was onsite by 5 p.m.
Nine businesses were impacted, and at least one, the AMC 12 movie theater, was not open to movie-goers early Tuesday evening.
“We sent a notice telling them [businesses] we have an interruption of service,” Loughmiller said.
Depending on what workers find, “They might be able to get it repaired and back in full service yet [Tuesday] evening, by midnight,” Loughmiller said.
Among the movies playing at the theater was ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ which is the nation’s No. 1 movie for the second week. | 2022-12-28T03:18:09+00:00 | tribstar.com | https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/indiana-american-responding-to-water-line-break-behind-jc-penney/article_a7e784f6-8648-11ed-9433-77e1e3880fe7.html |
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — After fleeing violence in their Guatemalan town, but with their way to relatives in California blocked by continuing U.S. asylum restrictions, a family of 15 joined an Advent candlelight ceremony organized by their shelter just south of the border.
The evening service in the Buen Samaritano shelter’s small Methodist church, which doubles as cafeteria, didn’t quite compare with the weekslong Christmas celebrations they had loved in Nueva Concepcion. Those included fireworks, tamales made with freshly slaughtered pig and shared door-to-door with family, and villagers carrying aloft a statue of the Virgin Mary from the Catholic church to different homes each day, singing all the way.
“It’s difficult to leave those traditions behind, but they had to be abandoned at any rate,” said Marlon Cruz, 25, who had been a yucca and plantain farmer in Guatemala. “When you go from house to house and hear shots, because of that we would stay locked up at home.”
Tens of thousands of migrants who fled violence and poverty in their home countries are almost certain to spend Christmas in crowded shelters or on the streets of Mexican border towns, where organized crime routinely targets them. It is especially cold for those living outside since winter temperatures have plunged over much of the U.S. and across the border.
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court this week not to lift pandemic-era restrictions on asylum-seekers before the holiday weekend. A lower court had already granted the administration’s request to have until December 21 before rolling back the restrictions, known as Title 42. The restrictions have been used more than 2.5 million times to expel asylum-seekers who crossed into the U.S. illegally and to turn away most of those requesting asylum at the border.
It’s not clear when the court will decide. It’s also weighing a group of states’ request to keep the measure in place as migrant arrivals reach unprecedented numbers. In El Paso, Texas, record numbers either crossed undetected or were apprehended and released in recent weeks.
In response, the Texas National Guard was deployed this week at the border in downtown and will stay through Christmas, said First Sergeant Suzanne Ringle, though they’ll have time off to attend services chaplains will provide.
The city’s shelters are already packed beyond capacity, leaving little time for celebrations and many migrants camped out in the streets in below freezing weather.
At one such encampment, El Paso resident Daniel Morgan, 25, showed up this week in a Santa hat and a green sweater featuring bows and little stockings that he hoped “would spread a smile.”
“It’s a really complex issue that I’m no expert at,” Morgan said as he distributed to migrants a batch of about 100 sweets he had baked with Sam’s Club cookie mix. “Christ came to the world to give himself over to us and for me that’s like the whole reason for why I came down, to give out to other people what I have.”
The Rev. Brian Strassburger, a Jesuit priest who ministers to migrants on both sides of the border some 800 miles away in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, also saw parallels between the Holy Family’s journey and the experiences of the migrants who participated with him in a posada celebration at the Casa del Migrante shelter in Reynosa, Mexico.
Much beloved across Latin America, the posada commemorates Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter as they’re forced to travel from their village to Bethlehem before Jesus’s birth.
Four girls carried their statuettes around the shelter and dozens of other migrants – many of them pregnant women whose partners have had to camp in the streets for the lack of space – sang the call and response hymns about being a family with no place to stay and a pregnant woman left out in the cold.
“We kind of enact the posada every day,” said Strassburger, who also plans to celebrate Mass at shelters on Christmas Day.
Even the many families from Haiti, where posadas aren't popular, eagerly participated in the singing and the distribution of the small fried cakes called buñuelos that the Mexican Catholic nuns who run the shelter had prepared.
They also took turns swinging at a piñata, though the roughly 70 children enjoyed that the most.
“To see some bursting out laughing, it speaks to the joy brought to the world by Christ,” Strassburger said. “There was some relief, authentic joy. There’s a lot of anxiety and uncertainty they’re carrying.”
Edimar Valera, a 23-year-old mom from Venezuela who's been at the shelter for more than a month with her 2-year-old daughter as well as her mother and other relatives, said the posada provided a welcome break from a joyless period of waiting.
“It was cool, we all danced, we cracked open the piñata, we ate pizza with Coca Cola,” she said. “But to be here, obviously I'm sad, because it's not where I want to be.”
At a shelter for migrants and other homeless people in El Paso, Loreta Salgado found some reason for rejoicing, too, even though she’s left behind her family, including a son and grandchild, in their native Havana, Cuba, for over a year.
Salgado’s journey took her to eleven countries, from Brazil to Mexico. She went hungry, saw a companion die bitten by a snake, and was robbed and held hostage by masked men. The Cuban friend who had promised to help her on arrival in the United States has gone back on her promise, so Salgado has no money and no idea where to go.
“But I’m happy that I’m here, that I’m free, that I’m with good people,” she said.
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Dell’Orto reported from El Paso, Texas, and Minneapolis. AP video journalist Lekan Oyekanmi contributed to this report from Ciudad Juarez and El Paso.
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A former police detective in Louisville, Ky., pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday in connection with the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March 2020.
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A former police detective in Louisville, Ky., pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday in connection with the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in March 2020.
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'Functional unemployment' drops for all demographics, men and women
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The percentage of Americans with living-wage jobs improved significantly from April to May, with "functional unemployment" dropping to its lowest level in months for all major demographic groups, according to the monthly True Rate of Unemployment (TRU) report by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP).
LISEP's TRU, a measure of the "functionally unemployed" – defined as the jobless, plus those seeking, but unable to find, full-time employment paying above the poverty line after adjusting for inflation – dropped 0.7 percentage points for the month of May, improving to 22.4%. By contrast, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported an increase in the official jobless rate, from 3.4% to 3.7%. This is primarily due to the loss of low-wage part-time workers, counted as "employed" by the BLS – but classified as "functionally unemployed" by LISEP in previous monthly reports.
"This month is a perfect example of the shortcomings of government headline statistics in assessing the status of the economy," said LISEP Chairman Gene Ludwig. "The loss of low-wage, part-time jobs should come as no surprise, and in fact, jobs incapable of lifting workers out of poverty should not even be considered employment for the purpose of setting economic policy."
In addition to the improvement of the overall TRU by 0.7 percentage points (dropping from 23.1% to 22.4%), all major demographics posted improvement in their respective functional unemployment rates. Black workers saw a 0.5 percentage point improvement (24.5% to 24%), while the rate for Hispanic workers improved by 0.1 percentage points, from 26.2% to 26.1%. The TRU for White workers improved by 1.1 percentage points, from 22% to 20.9%, with the TRU for male workers improving by 0.9 percentage points (18.9% to 18%), and improved by 0.4 percentage points for women (27.9% to 27.5%).
According to LISEP, a cooling of inflation combined with wage gains for low-income earners helped increase the availability of living-wage jobs across all demographics.
"This month's TRU report provides the basis for some real optimism, as we can now see gains across the board, with a stable workforce that is slowly moving toward living-wage employment," Ludwig said. "That said, this optimism must be tempered with reality: there are key demographic groups that still have functional unemployment rates in excess of 25%. While progress is to be applauded, the key to shared prosperity is to sustain that progress. This should be top priority for policymakers."
About TRU
LISEP issued the white paper "Measuring Better: Development of 'True Rate of Unemployment' Data as the Basis for Social and Economic Policy'' upon announcing the new statistical measure in October 2020. The paper and methodology can be viewed here. LISEP issues TRU one to two weeks following the release of the BLS unemployment report, which occurs on the first Friday of each month. The TRU rate and supporting data are available on the LISEP website at https://www.lisep.org/tru.
About LISEP
The Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) was created in 2019 by Ludwig and his wife, Dr. Carol Ludwig. The mission of LISEP is to improve the economic well-being of middle- and lower-income Americans through research and education. LISEP's original economic research includes new indicators for unemployment, earnings, and cost of living. These metrics aim to provide policymakers and the public with a more transparent view of the economic situation of all Americans, particularly low- and middle-income households, compared with misleading headline statistics.
About Gene Ludwig
In addition to his role as LISEP chair, Gene Ludwig is a managing partner of Canapi LLC, a financial technology venture fund. He is the founder and CEO of Ludwig Advisors, which counsels financial firms on critical matters. Ludwig is also the founder of the Promontory family of companies. He is the former vice chairman and senior control officer of Bankers Trust New York Corp. and served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency from 1993 to 1998. He is also author of the book The Vanishing American Dream, which investigates the economic challenges facing low- and middle-income Americans. On Twitter: @geneludwig.
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SHELBURNE, Vt. – Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it’s the worst frost damage they have ever seen.
Some states are seeking federal disaster declarations, which would make low-interest loans and other programs available to affected growers, while agriculture officials across the region are contemplating together asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture for direct aid to farmers.
In southern Vermont, Scott Farm Orchard lost up to 90% of its apple crop when the temperature dipped to 25 degrees Fahrenheit (-3 degrees Celsius) for five hours on May 18. At the northern end of the state, Shelburne Vineyards in Shelburne, Vermont, lost about 50% of its grape crop, which is potentially a half-million dollar revenue loss, according to head wine grower and vineyard manager Ethan Joseph.
To make up for lost production, Shelburne Vineyards plans to buy additional grapes at a time when its overall costs this year will be higher due to the frost, Joseph told The Associated Press. The vineyard has wine in stock to sell and it's not off the table that it could raise prices, he said.
“We’ve never seen this kind of freeze event, certainly in the history of the vineyard,” Joseph said. “I’ve been here for 16 years. We’ve never seen anything like it.”
The widespread frost hit the large wine-producing region of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York where it's estimated about half of the grape crop was lost regionwide, according to Kyle Anne Pallischeck, executive director of the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance. Depending on their location, some vineyards were hit hard and others had little to no damage. Vineyard owners say it's still too early to tell what the final financial impact will be.
“I’ve been in this almost 40 years, doing it full-time and this is by far and away the worst,” said David Stamp, vineyard manager of Lakewood Vineyards, in Watkins Glen, New York, of the frost damage. He estimated their total crop loss at about 30% to 40% though it's tough to tell since the damage is scattered throughout the vineyards. “I mean, if you put all the years together that we’ve had any damage it’s not even a quarter of what this is,” he said.
The losses will mean shorter supplies of certain wines next year and higher prices for apples this year. Some vineyards and orchards are having to reduce staff.
Keuka Lake Vineyards, in Hammondsport, New York, estimates it lost between 50% and 65% of its crop, said Mel Goldman, owner and vineyard manager. “We lost a lot,” Goldman said, adding it will take a few weeks before a final verdict as the vines produce secondary buds and shoots that could bear fruit.
Some vineyards are now starting to see growth from secondary buds, said Pallischeck. “This is where hope lies in salvaging a 2023 vintage for many,” she told the AP by email. In Vermont, Joseph said the new growth at Shelburne Vineyards is too late to produce fruit that would ripen this season.
U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both of New York, have asked the USDA for disaster relief for orchards and vineyards but did not specify how much was needed as damage is still being assessed. New York is the country’s second top apple-producing state after Washington.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has requested a federal agriculture disaster declaration for the state, which, if approved, would make federal disaster assistance programs, such as emergency loans, available to farmers to cover losses. Vermont's agriculture secretary is asking agriculture officials in other New England states, as well as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, to join Vermont in seeking more USDA aid, saying that without it, businesses could downsize or close, delivering devastating blows to local economies.
To try to prevent frost damage in the Finger Lakes, “some wineries ran tractors through the vineyards and a few used wind turbines to increase airflow. Others burned hay for heat or mowed the grass short in the vineyard to help keep the cold air away from the fruiting wire,” according to a statement released by Schumer and Gillibrand.
In Vermont, at least one small orchard sprayed their apple trees with water to encase them in ice to protect them from the plunging temperature, but they still lost their crop, according to Terence Bradshaw, associate professor in the plant and soil science department at the University of Vermont. Bradshaw, who also is a tree fruit and viticulture specialist, estimates Vermont lost 50% to 70% of its commercial apple crop.
The length of time that the temperature dipped below freezing was unusual but it was a confluence of circumstances — the bud stage, susceptible plant tissues that were out, and a lack of wind — that caused such damage, he said.
The late frost was rare enough that Bradshaw doesn't think area orchards and vineyards will invest in frost irrigation or other frost protections.
Some apple growers may have a little bit more fruit than they expected, Bradshaw said. “The question is how much is enough to justify not throwing in the towel for the year and just say let’s step away, you know, cut our costs," he said. | 2023-06-14T05:20:10+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2023/06/14/federal-assistance-sought-for-northeastern-vineyards-orchards-hit-by-late-frost/ |
Jan. 6 committee considers criminal referrals for at least 4 besides Trump
(CNN) - Sources close to the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection said members are considering making at least four criminal referrals in addition to former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department.
The list is said to include former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.
Two former Trump legal advisers, Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, are also said to be in consideration for criminal referrals.
One committee member has said that anyone who engaged in criminal action needs to be held accountable.
If the Department of Justice moves ahead with the committee’s recommendations, the charges would be related to the attempt to overthrow a presidential election and bypass the Constitution.
Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson said the committee could make a final decision on criminal referrals when it meets virtually on Sunday.
The select committee plans to submit its final report on Dec. 21.
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My family relocated to the Bloomington-Normal area in the summer of 2019. At the time, moving into the Unit 5 School District was an easy decision. The course and extra-curricular offerings were endless, and the staff was dedicated.
Kelly Pyle was one of the first people I met while chatting during a swim team practice for our kids. We discussed the community and bonded over our shared interest in education. Since we both work in higher education, I connected with her and found her a valuable community resource. Kelly's personal and professional experience has made her an asset to the Unit 5 school board.
There is a common misconception that school board members are paid for their roles in the district. In fact, the opposite is true. School board members like Kelly Pyle volunteer their time and service to the school district and community.
If you see Kelly at a swim meet, cross country meets, or out grocery shopping, she will stop and talk to you about the issues. Being a school member means being accountable to various stakeholders; students, teachers, support staff, administrators, parents, and community members. Kelly has repeatedly demonstrated she's willing to make tough decisions for the greater good of the community.
There is a lot at stake in the election on April 4. My children, currently in seventh and eighth grade, are not yet old enough to vote, but I will vote for Kelly Pyle to ensure their future in Unit 5 is in good hands.
Sara Piotrowski, Bloomington | 2023-03-05T04:13:25+00:00 | pantagraph.com | https://pantagraph.com/opinion/letters/letter-pyle-willing-to-make-tough-decisions/article_99b2238c-b88e-11ed-9b03-e3ebe43ba7a9.html |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy auto and transport industry press releases from PR Newswire, including Americans ditching car ownership and Toyota's generative AI.
NEW YORK, June 23, 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 auto and transportation 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.
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- Navistar Reveals International® SuperTruck II Results with Improved Fuel and Freight Efficiency, Goals for Hybridization
International SuperTruck II demonstrates 16 miles per gallon (MPG) fuel efficiency through hybridization and a 170% improvement in freight efficiency, among other advancements over the 2009 baseline vehicle, its International SuperTruck I. - Air India Finalizes Order for Up to 290 Boeing Single-Aisle and Widebody Jets
At the 2023 Paris Air Show, the companies held a signing ceremony to celebrate the historic purchase of Boeing's market-leading single-aisle and widebody jets to renew and expand Air India's fleet. - Toyota Research Institute Unveils New Generative AI Technique for Vehicle Design Currently, designers can leverage publicly available text-to-image generative AI tools as an early step in their creative process. With TRI's new technique, designers can add initial design sketches and engineering constraints into this process, cutting down the iterations needed to reconcile design and engineering considerations.
- Great American Eclipse creates flyover video of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse
The video simulates a spacecraft travelling 100 miles above earth's surface, with the moon's shadow rushing at various speeds from Nazas, Mexico, to Newfoundland. - United Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines to Power 120 Airbus A321neo and A321XLR Aircraft
Rick Deurloo, president of Commercial Engines at Pratt & Whitney, said, "GTF engines will enable United to get the most out of their A321neo and A321XLR aircraft, delivering industry leading payload, range and environmental performance for those aircraft types." - OneSky and Ansys Expand Autonomous, AI-Based Advanced Air Mobility Solutions
The collaboration enables OneSky and Ansys AAM customers to train and validate neural networks (NN) with mission-driven simulation to significantly reduce the risk, time, and costs associated with physical testing required for airworthiness certification. - The New American Dream? More than 1/3 of Americans Consider Ditching Car Ownership by 2030
"The traditional American idea of owning a car – receiving the gift of new keys at sixteen, as a graduation surprise, or to drive around a city – is dead," said Angelo Adams, Head of Zipcar. - Robert Downey Jr.'s Six Iconic Eco-Modified Cars to be Given Away in National Sweepstakes
Actor, producer, and FootPrint Coalition Founder, Robert Downey Jr., alongside a team of experts, have modified six classic cars from his personal collection to make them more eco-friendly and reduce their carbon footprint. - Honeywell Upgrade for Aircraft Auxiliary Power Unit Lowers Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions
Heath Patrick, president, Americas Aftermarket, Honeywell Aerospace, said, "An airline with a fleet of 50 737s could realize as much as $450,000 in annual fuel savings and reduce its emissions by up to 1,100 metric tons of CO2, depending on operating conditions." - Detroit Concours Announces Details for 2023 Event, Two Day Celebration of American Automotive Culture
Guests will experience car culture with hands-on-the-wheel opportunities, automotive activities for all ages, Detroit-centric car love and a Concours show field filled with 150 rare vehicles. - Cars.com American-Made Index Sees 260% Jump in Electrified Vehicles Since 2020, Tesla Lands Top Spots
"Tesla debuted on the index just three years ago, but with headquarters and significant operations in the U.S., its rise shuffled the deck, displacing many traditional domestic manufacturers," said Jenni Newman, Cars.com editor-in-chief. - Rapid Recon Study Parses Out New Information on EV Reconditioning
The report "will show whether fundamental EV apparatuses such as batteries, brakes, tires, and propulsion system components have been replaced. It will give salespeople valuable insights into why these fixes were made. It will also provide customers with needed information to increase their comfort level with their vehicle's value," said Dennis McGinn, founder and CEO of reconditioning software company Rapid Recon.
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The expanded World Cup in North America got even more supersized on Tuesday.
The governing body of soccer increased the size of the 2026 tournament for the second time — six years after the first — by approving a bigger group stage for the inaugural 48-team event.
By retaining groups of four teams instead of moving to three, FIFA has created a 104-game schedule that will last nearly six weeks in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The final is scheduled for July 19.
The 16 host cities — 11 in the United States, three in Mexico and two in Canada — now have 24 extra games to stage on top of the 80 they already had for the inaugural 48-team tournament.
Adding about 1.5 million more tickets will also further fuel FIFA’s expected record revenue of at least $11 billion through 2026 from a tournament that will rely on using high-revenue NFL stadiums.
FIFA said the decision followed a “thorough review that considered sporting integrity, player welfare, team travel, commercial and sporting attractiveness, as well as team and fan experience.”
The latest push by FIFA president Gianni Infantino for more games and bigger events in a congested calendar will likely provoke more concern among stakeholders such as domestic leagues and players' union FIFPRO. They have long felt isolated from talks on soccer’s future.
The six-week World Cup will start one year after FIFA launches a 32-team Club World Cup, which could also be staged in North America to test tournament logistics. The Champions League in Europe also has a new format with more teams and games in the 2024-25 season.
The new World Cup format will have 12 groups of four teams instead of 16 groups of three, the plan chosen in 2017. Both options were to go to a 32-team knockout round.
The format guarantees every World Cup team will play a minimum of three times instead of two, adding up to a stacked group stage totaling 72 games before arriving at the knockout rounds. The four semifinalists will play eight matches, one more than last year in Qatar.
The entire 2022 World Cup in Qatar amounted to 64 games in the seventh and last edition of the 32-team format. The 1998 World Cup in France was the first with 32 teams.
Increasing the World Cup’s lineup was first floated in 2015. It was proposed then as a way to sweeten FIFA’s 200-plus member federations into accepting much-needed governance reforms in the wake of American and Swiss investigations of corruption.
After Infantino was elected FIFA president to succeed Sepp Blatter, one of his first big strategic wins was adding 16 teams to the World Cup. Infantino persuaded FIFA colleagues that a 48-team tournament — with Africa and Asia getting more of the extra places than Europe — would fuel interest and drive development in countries that rarely or never qualified to play on the biggest stage.
That was despite FIFA’s own research in 2016 suggesting that the highest quality soccer was achieved by the 32-team format.
In Qatar, the split-screen drama created by decisive group games played simultaneously helped convince FIFA that four-team groups are better.
There was also concern that scheduling groups of three could lead to match-fixing in a final game between two teams who could both advance to the round of 32.
FIFA has now found an option it said “mitigates the risk of collusion” and also gifts itself more games to sell.
The extra 24 games should drive up the price of sponsor deals and broadcasting deals not yet signed. However, some key broadcast markets are already signed, including in the United States, Brazil and the Middle East.
The 2026 World Cup was already set to earn up to $3 billion in ticket and hospitality sales for FIFA, and massively increase the tournament attendance record. That record was set in the United States in 1994 when 3.6 million spectators attended 52 games in a 24-team event.
One downside of the 48-team format is the unbalanced nature of the 32 teams that will advance.
Eight of the 12 third-place teams will move on, creating uncertainty for some teams placing third in a group not knowing if they will advance until matches are completed days later.
FIFA also explained how teams will enter the 2025 Club World Cup, including continental champions in each season from 2021-24. That means Chelsea, Real Madrid, Palmeiras, Flamengo and Seattle Sounders already secured their places.
Europe's 12 entries can also be decided by a ranking system based on the same four-year period, with a cap of two teams per country advancing with exemptions for continental champions.
FIFA also plans to create another new competition starting annually in 2024 for continental champions. The Champions League winner in Europe will play the winner of playoffs featuring the other continental champions. | 2023-03-14T19:52:10+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/fifa-expands-2026-world-cup-again/507-5d1c5815-4532-4846-8602-d7ff1f62b814 |
Chris Jones has seen more than enough of quarterback Jalen Hurts.
The Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman was steaming mad late in the second quarter of Super Bowl LVII Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. as the Philadelphia Eagles raced out to a 21-14 lead.
In a video clip aired by FOX Sports, Jones appears to be dropping a few expletives on the sideline, perhaps saying, “F**k that sh**t!”
You can see the video here.
Hurts is simply dominating the Super Bowl, running for a pair of touchdowns while throwing a a 45-yard TD pass to wide receiver A.J. Brown.
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Here’s statistical proof the Hurts is a man on a mission:
Super Bowl record for QB rushing yards is 64 by Steve McNair in Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome after the 1999 season. Jalen Hurts has 61 in the first half.
Jalen Hurts has the most rushing touchdowns in a single postseason in NFL history (4).
Jalen Hurts joins Jim McMahon (SB XX) as the only quarterbacks ever with multiple rushing touchdowns in a single Super Bowl. Hurts becomes the first player ever with 2+ rushing touchdowns and a touchdown pass in a single Super Bowl.
Jalen Hurts is the first player in Super Bowl to rush for 2 TD in the 1st half.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The trade market got busy ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, with the New York Yankees acquiring pitcher Frankie Montas from Oakland for four prospects.
As contenders bulked up ahead of stretch runs and possible postseason appearances, San Diego got All-Star closer Josh Hader from first-place Milwaukee on Monday, and Houston obtained designated hitter/first baseman Trey Mancini from Baltimore as part of a three-team trade that included Tampa Bay. The AL West leaders also added catcher Christian Vázquez from Boston, which in turn acquired outfielder Tommy Pham from Cincinnati.
St. Louis obtained left-hander José Quintana and right-hander Chris Stratton from Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee added right-hander Matt Bush from Texas.
World Series champion Atlanta acquired outfielder Robbie Grossman from Detroit and brought back infielder Ehire Adrianza from Washington. The Yankees got reliever Scott Effross from the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago White Sox obtained left-hander Jake Diekman from Boston.
Montas became the second front-line starting pitcher to switch teams ahead of the deadline, after Seattle got Luis Castillo from Cincinnati. In exchange for the 29-year-old right-hander and struggling reliever Lou Trivino, the Yankees sent payroll-paring Oakland 26-year-old rookie left-hander J.P. Sears along with three minor leaguers: 24-year-old lefty Ken Waldichuk, 23-year-old right-hander Luis Medina and 22-year-old infielder Cooper Bowman.
Montas is 4-9 with a 3.18 ERA in 19 starts, including a 2.76 ERA since the start of May. He has 109 strikeouts and 28 walks in 104 2/3 innings.
“His level of talent, especially with how he’s pitched the last couple years, just excited to get him in the mix,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s got the full arsenal and stuff you look for in a top-of-the-rotation guy. Gone out and proved last couple years he is that kind of caliber pitcher.”
Hader went to the Padres for recently demoted closer Taylor Rogers, right-hander Dinelson Lamet, outfielder Esteury Ruiz and pitching prospect Robert Gasser. Hader has 29 saves while Rogers has 28, though the Padres recently removed Rogers from the closer role after he blew consecutive opportunities in Detroit. The Padres obtained Rogers from Minnesota on opening day.
“Josh Hader is one of the best closers in the league,” Padres general manager A.J. Preller said. “He’s been there, done that, pitched in big spots, big playoff games. He’s got elite stuff.”
Houston acquired Mancini in a trade that moved speedy outfielder Jose Siri to the Rays. The Astros got right-hander Jayden Murray from Tampa Bay, and the Orioles received right-hander Chayce McDermott.
The AL West-leading Astros were in the market for a first baseman with Yuli Gurriel struggling. The 30-year-old Mancini, a fan favorite and cancer survivor, is hitting .268 with 10 homers and 41 RBIs in 92 games.
“Trey has been such an important part of our lives here the last, since I’ve been here, and a big part of Baltimore and a big part of this community,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “And you know it’s hard to see someone like him go, just a close friend to so many people.”
Houston sent Boston minor league infielder Enmanuel Valdez and outfielder Wilyer Abreu for Vázquez. Boston acquired Pham for a player to be named or cash.
“This is one that I know hurts in the clubhouse. That’s something we don’t take lightly,” Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said of trading Vázquez.
St. Louis gave the Pirates right-hander Johan Oviedo and third baseman/first baseman Malcom Nuñez for Quintana and Stratton. Texas received infielder Mark Mathias and left-hander Antoine Kelly for Bush. Detroit got minor league lefty Kris Anglin for Grossman.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-02T16:47:31+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/sports/ap-sports/montas-to-yankees-mancini-to-astros-ahead-of-trade-deadline/ |
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Six months after he got one of the most amazing phone calls in sports, David Ortiz is still awestruck at his good fortune.
“I still can’t believe it. This is like a dream come true,” the 46-year-old Ortiz said. “I grew up tough, man. I grew up tough. My childhood wasn’t that easy, but I had great parents to guide me and keep me away from trouble.”
Ortiz hit 541 home runs in 20 big league seasons and helped the Red Sox win three World Series. He is just the 58th player selected by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in his first year of eligibility, and he served as a designated hitter more than any previous inductee.
Six Era Committee selections are also part of the Class of 2022. Minnesota Twins teammates pitcher Jim Kaat and free-swinging slugger Tony Oliva, and late Dodger great Gil Hodges, who managed the New York Mets to their first World Series title in 1969, are among them.
Also getting their due: Minnie Miñoso, a star with the Chicago White Sox in the 1950s; Buck O’Neil, who played for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues and was a tireless advocate for the game; and Bud Fowler, a pioneering Black player who grew up in Cooperstown in the 1860s and played in more than a dozen leagues.
It’s a class with three Latino players and two Black players who helped pave the way for today’s stars, and three players with ties to the Twins.
Minnesota holds a special place in Ortiz’s heart because of the friendship he developed with Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett — No. 34 just like Big Papi — before Ortiz was dealt to the Red Sox after six seasons.
“That was my guy,” said Ortiz, who survived a nightclub shooting three years ago in his native Dominican Republic.
Kaat’s journey to Cooperstown is rather remarkable. He was 1-4 in 1958 playing for Missoula of the Pioneer League, and he figured he was one start from being sent home. Player-manager Jack McKeon gave Kaat a place in the rotation every fourth day, and he finished the season 16-9.
“I learned a lot about myself. I learned a lot about pitching,” said the 83-year-old Kaat, who grew up in Zeeland, Michigan. “I feel badly for the pitchers today because that’s where you get your foundation.”
Using finesse instead of power, the 6-foot-4 left-hander pitched for 25 years before retiring in 1983 with 283 wins and 17 saves in stints with six teams. The last was St. Louis, and when the Cardinals won the 1982 World Series, Kaat became the only professional athlete in any of the major sports to play 24 seasons before getting a championship ring.
“It’s hard to let it sink in, but it’s pretty humbling (to be elected to the Hall of Fame),” said Kaat, who didn’t play organized baseball until he was 15. ”I’m always thankful that I had a durable body and that I could last a while. I wanted to play this game as long as I could.”
Oliva, a native of Cuba, was on the powerhouse Twins teams in the 1960s with Kaat. The lefty-swinging Oliva spent his entire 15-year career with the Twins. He was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1964. He led the league in hits five times and became the first player in major league history to win batting titles in each of his first two seasons, finishing with a lifetime average of .304.
“It will be special to be able to go with Jim Kaat into the Hall of Fame after over 60 years we know each other,” said Oliva, also 83. “I never think I go into the Hall of Fame. As a kid, I was thinking maybe I could play baseball in Cuba if somebody give me the opportunity. I just wanted to play the game.”
Oliva got his chance in part because of Miñoso, the Cuban Comet.
He grew up on a sugar plantation and played ball on weekends. He was a star with the New York Cubans in the Negro Leagues from 1946-48 before debuting with Cleveland in 1949, becoming the first Black Latino player in the major leagues, two years after Jackie Robinson broke in.
Miñoso was a nine-time All-Star, led the league in triples and stolen bases three times each, and finished his career with 2,110 hits and a .299 batting average. He died in 2015.
“Miñoso is like the Jackie Robinson of Latino America,” Oliva said. “He was a great ballplayer. He should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time ago. The numbers were there.”
Hodges, a hard-hitting first baseman, had 370 homers and 1,274 RBIs to go with a career .273 batting average in 18 seasons — all but the last two with the Dodgers. He retired in 1963 after two partial seasons with the Mets and five years later was hired to manage the Mets, leading them in 1969 to their improbable World Series victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Hodges, who was 660-753 in nine seasons of managing, died of a heart attack in 1972 at age 47.
The honor for O’Neil comes nearly 16 years after his death, though the Hall of Fame dedicated a statue to him in 2008 and established the Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. O’Neil was the first chairman of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
Less than three months before his death in 2006 at the age of 94, he traveled to Cooperstown to speak at the induction of 17 Negro Leagues stars.
“I’ve done a lot of things I really liked doing,” O’Neil said in his speech. “But I’d rather be right here, right now, representing the people who helped build a bridge across the chasm of prejudice.”
Two others will be honored Saturday: BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner Tim Kurkjian and the late Jack Graney, winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting.
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Which budget tube amp is best?
Whether you’re starting out or looking for a practice amp for home, finding a budget tube amplifier can be a daunting task. While it’s true that tube amps tend to be more expensive than solid-state or modeling amps, it’s worthwhile to own at least one authentic tube amp.
If you’re on a serious budget, the Bugera V22 Infinium is a great place to start, whether you’re a beginner or a pro, offering an authentic tube amp sound at less than half the price of many tube amps out there.
What to know before you buy a budget tube amplifier
What makes tube amplifiers different
Ultimately, the best guitar amps are those that offer guitar tones good enough for the user, but tube amps are incredibly well-regarded for their timeless warmth and for ringing back to the days of classic rock and roll. While budget tube amps may not offer the most flawless sound quality on the market, they’ll usually get the job done with a very organic range of tone offerings.
How do you plan to use your budget tube amp
Budget tube amplifiers are used by guitarists at all levels, though it is good to decide why you need a tube amp. While some budget-conscious buyers may be just starting, others could be adding a cheap tube amp to their collections as practice amps.
Importance of wattage
Most amps are loud enough in most settings, to be sure, even those with low output wattages. While many use output wattage to get a general idea of how loud an amp is, it isn’t directly correlated to its volume. Still, those looking to keep to their budgets will find that low-wattage tube amps, 20 to 30w, are generally cheaper than tube amps with higher output wattages (40-150w).
What to look for in a quality budget tube amplifier
Tone shaping knobs
Most of all, your guitar’s amp is going to help shape how your guitar signal sounds. As a result, many amps include tone-shaping knobs like treble, mid and bass controls, along with other settings that will determine how your guitar ultimately sounds coming through the amp.
Multiple channels
While it isn’t necessary, many tube amps include multiple channels for the guitarist to switch between, offering a more versatile range of available sounds that you can toggle between on a dime.
Effects
Another non-essential-but-helpful factor in budget tube amps is onboard effects. Amps often include reverb with the twist of a knob, while some tube amps will also include tremolo, delay and alternate distortion effects. Still, other guitarists may prefer to use guitar pedals for their effects, which can craft an endless bank of potential guitar tones.
How much you can expect to spend on budget tube amplifiers
While tube amplifiers tend to be fairly expensive, you can find some new budget tube amps for reasonable prices, even in comparison with solid-state and modeling amps. In general, you can find budget tube amplifiers for as cheap as $250 or as expensive as $500, with many tube amps costing several times these prices.
Budget tube ampifier FAQ
Are tube amps dead?
A. Although solid-state and modeling amps have grown significantly in popularity throughout the years, it would be foolish to say that tube amps are dead. Many musicians worldwide, both recording and performing, still use tube amplifiers to achieve their ideal guitar tone, despite their price, overall weight and other small downsides of tube amps.
Can you play bass, piano or synthesizer through a guitar tube amp?
A. While it’s technically possible to play bass guitars, pianos or synths through a guitar amp, doing so may also damage the speakers since they aren’t designed to project low frequencies. For that reason, it’s best to simply play guitar or other similar frequency instruments through guitar tube amps.
What’s the best budget tube amplifier to buy?
Top budget tube amplifier
Bugera V22 Infinium 22-Watt Vintage 2-Channel Combo Tube Amp with Reverb
What you need to know: This cheap tube amp offers a range of excellent vintage tones with the classic tube “breaking up” sound at high volumes, making it an approachable and affordable tube amp for guitar players of any level.
What you’ll love: Bugera’s V22 is a 22-watt combo tube amp, and it includes an onboard reverb effect that adds a lot of depth to the guitar’s tone character. It’s a great amp for beginners and intermediate players and should easily last for years to come whether used for live performances, recordings or just bedroom practice.
What you should consider: Some users reported issues with the amp’s wiring upon arrival, so they had to reach out to Bugera’s customer service.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top budget tube amplifier for the money
Monoprice 15-Watt Guitar Combo Tube Amp With Reverb and Celestion Speaker
What you need to know: For the serious beginner or budget-conscious buyer alike, a cheap tube amp like this Monoprice 15-watt guitar amp is a great place to start, and while it doesn’t offer top-notch tone quality like some amps, it gets the job done.
What you’ll love: It’s hard to argue with a tube amp of any kind at this price point, and in addition to offering gain, EQ, tone and effect controls, this amp also includes multiple channels and a footswitch output. The sound is decent for the low price point, making a great first amp or practice amp.
What you should consider: Some buyers complained about the sound quality offered by this amp, saying it was tough to make it sound as clean as they preferred.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Fender Blues Jr. 15-Watt Combo Tube Amp with Onboard Fender Spring Reverb
What you need to know: If you can afford to spend the extra money, a Fender Blues Jr. is worth the price for the beginner and the expert alike, offering a taste of Fender’s classic sound that easily stands the test of time.
What you’ll love: The Fender Blues Jr. pumps an impressive amount of volume out of its 15-watt speaker and housing and featuring that classic Fender spring reverb. It offers the “breaking up” tones associated with tube amps at higher volumes, and its timeless Fender sound speaks for itself.
What you should consider: At this price point, some buyers decided to go for a sizeable solid-state amp.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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DENVER, Colo. — New research is helping pave the way for better treatment for those suffering from long COVID. Doctors are seeing patients who take part in physical therapy have significantly better outcomes than those who don't.
The research shows that physical therapy techniques used for concussion patients can put long COVID patients on the fast track to recovery.
"Long COVID is a condition that surprisingly a large number of people have had after they've gotten the COVID infection,” said Brandon Davidson, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Denver who contributed to the University’s study. "Some of the patients that we've seen in our research study have had some really debilitating effects from having long COVID."
According to the CDC, 1 in 13 adults in the U.S. has long COVID symptoms after first contracting the virus. Some symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, and cognitive problems like memory and haziness lasting longer than three months.
But research conducted by the University of Denver has helped health providers treat long COVID patients, and it starts with neurological studies like when someone has a concussion.
"Really that was our lead into long COVID, because post-concussion syndrome looks a lot like long COVID,” Davidson said. "So, that made us wonder, can we use the same tools to understand concussion to understand long COVID? And also, can we use the same tools to treat concussion and also use those to treat long COVID?"
Davidson and his team wondered if they could examine how motor control, motor skills, and movement are affected by COVID-19, and maybe, they could find promising ways to help patients. All of this involves studying eye movement and tracking, along with head movement that Davidson says can traditionally indicate a problem with the brain, which his team has found is treatable by rehabilitation therapy.
This study was implemented at physical therapy with Dan Stoot, the owner of High Definition Physical Therapy in Englewood, Colorado. Stoot has his patients participate in therapy very similar to what patients do when they have a concussion. He throws a tennis ball and has his patients catch the ball. If they catch a ball in their right hand, they name a fruit. If they catch it in their left hand, they name a beverage.
"We've taken a vestibular base rehab approach to treating people with long COVID and various other dysfunction for having the virus and not recovering,” Stoot said. "I would say at this point, it's making up 20-40% of my practice, and as high as 60%. We've seen about 20 to 50. Patients come through with it."
As for the cost, it's treated just like regular physical therapy through your insurance.
"We're using a specific sets of eye movement and eye tracking and cognitive brain type tasks in order to really re-train a side of the vestibular system that deals more with orientation and the rest of it,” Stoot said. “I’m able to show changes from day one to day 14 to day 30. We're getting people 60-70% better on a six-week time frame." | 2023-01-17T20:11:02+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/physical-therapy-helping-to-treat-long-covid |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University announced plans Thursday to use a $110 million donation from IT innovator and executive Ratmir Timashev’s family foundation to establish a software innovation center with the goal of becoming a new hub for new ideas, entrepreneurship and product development.
It is the largest gift in the university’s history.
“The idea is very simple,” Timashev told the university’s board. “To make Ohio State, Columbus and the Midwest the new high-tech mecca.”
The Center for Software Innovation will bring together the College of Engineering, the Fisher College of Business and other partners in new ways, including through the creation of endowed professorships, cutting-edge academic offerings and hands-on industry experience for students, the university said.
The center aims to catalyze efforts across a region that has recently burgeoned with investments by the technology industry.
Intel is building a $20 billion chip factory just east of the Columbus, and Honda and LG Energy Solution of South Korea are building a $3.5 billion battery plant in nearby Fayette County that the automaker envisions as its North American electric vehicle hub.
Timashev said “every business is a software business” today and the time and place are right for the center to succeed.
“Technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, quantum computers will change the world completely in the next five to 10 years,” he said.
The Russian-born Timashev earned a master’s degree in chemical physics in 1996 from Ohio State, one of the largest universities in the country. He co-founded Veeam Software, a global leader in cloud data management whose Americas headquarters is based in Columbus, and also a venture capitalist specializing in IT start-ups.
Ohio State President Kristina Johnson, who is resigning in May, thanked Timashev, his wife, Angela, and their family for the gift, saying it will benefit the university and region and ”stimulate innovation across the country for a very long time to come.”
The university recently named its new music building after the Timashev family after a $17 million donation from their foundation to the university’s College of Arts and Sciences in 2020. That building is part of its new Arts District.
Veeam also donated $5 milIion to the Arts and Sciences College in 2016, to support student scholarships, teaching and research in data analytics and chemical physics. | 2023-02-17T13:56:01+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-ohio-state-plans-software-innovation-center-with-110m-gift/ |
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WATERLOO — The Waterloo Public Library will hold Family Movie Night Tuesday 5:30-7:30 p.m.
This month’s title is “The Croods: A New Age.” The movie is held in the library’s Meeting Room AB. The event, sponsored by the Friends of the Waterloo Public Library, includes popcorn and drinks.
The library is located at 415 Commercial St.
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Waterloo's Tyler Procious knocks Sioux Falls' Michael LaStarza off his skates and off the puck during first-period action Saturday at Young Arena.
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Waterloo goalie Jack Spicer makes a save during first period action Saturday against Sioux Falls at Young Arena
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Waterloo's Tyer Procious moves the puck out from behind the Black Hawks net as a Sioux Falls player pursues Saturday at Young Arena.
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Waterloo's Jake McLean moves the puck while Sioux Falls' Maxim Strbak defends Saturday at Young Arena.
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Waterloo's Myles Hilman moves the puck during first period action Saturday against Sioux Falls at Young Arena.
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Sam Rinzel, facing, celebrates with Ben Robertson and Gennadi Chaly, left, after scoring to give Waterloo a 2-0 lead in the first periods against Sioux Falls at Young Arena.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has sanctioned a United Arab Emirates-based firm and several Asian companies for facilitating the illicit sale of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil for shipment to East Asia.
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Monday imposed the sanctions on UAE-based Blue Cactus Heavy Equipment and Machinery Spare Parts Trading for providing support to the Iranian petroleum trade.
Hong Kong-based Farwell Canyon HK Limited, Shekufei International Trading Co., Limited, and PZNFR Trading Limited were also hit with Treasury sanctions.
The latest round of sanctions targeting Iranian oil sales come as the U.S. attempts to reenter the Iran nuclear agreement that President Donald Trump exited in May 2018.
President Joe Biden’s administration has been working to renew the agreement, which placed curbs on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief, which Iran insists it has never received.
“The United States continues to pursue the path of diplomacy to achieve a mutual return to full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” also known as the Iran nuclear deal, Brian Nelson, the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.
“Until such time as Iran is ready to return to full implementation of its commitments, we will continue to enforce sanctions on the illicit sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals."
The sanctions also come ahead of OPEC+ meetings that begin this week, where the U.S. and European nations have pressed cartel members, namely Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to pump more oil in hopes of reducing gas prices for American consumers. In late June, OPEC and allied producing nations decided not to boost production of crude in a meaningful way for consumers.
The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for comment on whether the latest financial penalties could impact U.S. hopes to get increased oil production from the UAE.
The administration uses an August 2018 executive order signed by Trump as its authority to impose the sanctions.
Also on Monday, the State Department imposed penalties on two firms, Pioneer Ship management PTE LTD from Singapore and Golden Warrior Shipping Co. Ltd. out of Hong Kong, that it says have engaged in the acquisition, sale or transport of Iranian petroleum products.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that “until Iran is ready to return to full implementation” of the Iran nuclear agreement, “we will continue to use our sanctions authorities to target exports of petroleum, petroleum products, and petrochemical products from Iran.”
In July, several Iranian companies and UAE-based Iranian nationals were hit with sanctions, including Iran-based Jam Petrochemical Co., which has exported hundreds of millions of dollars worth of products to countries throughout Asia, including China.
Iran is nursing a battered economy, with its currency hitting its lowest value ever after the U.S. withdrew from the nuclear deal. | 2022-08-01T18:30:33+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/US-sanctions-UAE-Hong-Kong-firms-that-ship-17343200.php |
NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo filed an ethics complaint Tuesday against state Attorney General Letitia James, reiterating his oft-repeated complaint about the way she handled a sexual harassment investigation that led to his resignation last year.
Cuomo questioned the accuracy and credibility of the investigation’s findings, alleging James, a fellow Democrat, used the probe to tarnish him and further her own political interests.
James, who briefly ran for governor after Cuomo resigned, “had her own politically motivated and self-interest driven agenda,” Cuomo said.
James’ office declined comment. In the past, she has dismissed Cuomo's complaints as the sour grapes of a man who “has never taken responsibility for his own conduct.”
Cuomo resigned in August 2021 to avoid his likely impeachment by the state Legislature, days after an independent probe found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women and that he and aides worked to retaliate against an accuser. One woman filed a criminal complaint accusing Cuomo of grabbing her breast. The criminal case was later dropped by the Albany District Attorney, citing a lack of proof.
In recent months, Cuomo has continued to insist he was the victim of an overzealous #MeToo persecution. He filed the 48-page ethics complaint with the Attorney Grievance Committee of the state trial court’s appellate division. He also accused two lawyers James hired to conduct the probe, Joon Kim and Anne Clark, of bias. Messages seeking comment were left with Kim and Clark.
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Martínez, Purata rally Atlanta United past DC United 3-2
ATLANTA (AP) — Josef Martínez and Juan José Purata scored back-to-back goals midway through the second half and Atlanta United rallied to beat D.C. United 3-2. Ravel Morrison scored his first goal of the season to give D.C. United a 1-0 lead in the 47th minute. Alan Franco picked up his first netter of the season two minutes later to pull Atlanta United (8-10-9) even, but Ola Kamara scored — his eighth — in the 55th minute to regain the lead for D.C. United (6-17-4). Martínez found the net in the 62nd minute with his team-high-tying seventh goal to knot the score at 2-2. Purata scored the match-winner eight minutes later with his third goal this season. | 2022-08-29T01:50:27+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/news/ap-business/2022/08/28/martinez-purata-rally-atlanta-united-past-dc-united-3-2/ |
Fashion designer & entertaining expert Peter Som hosts an intimate gathering to celebrate the latest collaboration and showcase the ultimate hosting hack - the "Surprise & Delight" kit - now available for purchase for a limited time
NEW YORK, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With spring in the air and summer right around the corner, at-home entertaining is more prevalent than ever from brunches to barbecues to backyard gatherings. To help give hosts the tools they need to entertain with ease, Baileys Deliciously Light Liqueur, the latest addition to the Baileys portfolio made with 40% less sugar and 40% less calories than Baileys Original Irish Cream and Social Studies, the go-to resource for all things entertaining, have partnered to curate a stylish yet approachable tablescape ideal for springtime gatherings of all kind now available for rent through June 2022.
To celebrate the limited-edition kit entitled "Surprise & Delight", fashion designer & entertaining expert Peter Som hosted an intimate brunch in New York City on Thursday, June 2nd where he showed guests his tips and tricks for entertaining in style this season including Baileys Deliciously Light, a delicious and versatile treat that can be enjoyed in a variety of ways including in hot and iced coffee as well as an espresso martini.
The "Surprise & Delight" kit features full place settings for up to 4 guests, a signature Baileys Deliciously Light Iced Coffee recipe to treat your guests (Baileys Deliciously Light not included), as well as tools and ingredients to recreate the Baileys Deliciously Light Iced Coffee such as fluted glassware, Jade glass straws, edible cocoa dust, cold brew coffee beans and a coffee scoop. Consumers will also receive an assortment of keepable items exclusive to this collaboration, including a bundle of self-care and entertaining essentials perfect for a spring get-together.
"Since I can remember, I've always had a passion for food and design which has taken me on the path where I am today," said fashion designer & entertainment expert Peter Som. "Working alongside Baileys and Social Studies to showcase how easy hosting can be has been so fun, all you really need is a beautiful tablescape and a delicious cocktail such as a Baileys Deliciously Light Iced Coffee that pairs perfectly with a delectable food spread to really wow your guests!"
Stacey Cunningham, Director of Baileys & Liqueurs, Diageo North America adds, "Baileys Deliciously Light is our most versatile product offering yet, allowing for more occasions to treat yourself including daytime celebrations, brunch and many more. Partnering with Social Studies makes it more convenient than ever to host an event and create new ways to incorporate Baileys Deliciously Light during various spring and summer celebrations."
The "Surprise & Delight" kit will be available for rent through June 2022 on the Social Studies website for $72 per guest. Add a bottle of Baileys Deliciously Light for the full experience and celebrate the impulsive and imaginative treat moments of a playful, modern life available for purchase nationwide (wherever spirits-based beverages are sold) as well as online via Drizly.com.
Baileys encourages consumers of legal drinking age to treat themselves responsibly.
About BAILEYS Irish Cream Liqueur
BAILEYS launched in Ireland in 1974. It is now available in 180 markets worldwide and is the number one selling liqueur in the world. Owned by Diageo plc, BAILEYS is currently ranked 7th among all distilled spirits sold worldwide. It's the signature delicious balance of Irish Cream, whiskey and fine spirits that makes BAILEYS Original Irish Cream the perfect little indulgence when you need a break from your daily routine. The BAILEYS portfolio includes Original Irish Cream, Salted Caramel, Vanilla Cinnamon, Espresso Crème, Strawberries & Cream and Almande. For more information on BAILEYS Original Irish Cream, please visit us at www.BAILEYS.com.
About Social Studies
Social Studies is America's go-to for all things entertaining helping our customers gather better without the stress. Our flagship product is a rentable kit with everything needed to set a beautiful, Instagram-worthy table. We also offer a retail assortment of items from and inspired by our rentable looks, either pre-curated as bundles or a la carte, as well as entertaining essentials from games to candles. We are available nationwide and offer white glove customer service. We equip hosts with all the resources and tools they need, including pre-curated playlists on our Spotify channel that fit any mood and hosting tips and tricks on our editorial arm The Social.
About Peter Som
Peter Som is known for his signature use of color and pattern with streamlined feminine silhouettes, he's also widely known for his entertaining style and love of food. Peter's brand of effortless sophistication has extended to the food and home space, with recipes featured in numerous national publications and digital platforms. @petersom www.petersom.com
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Which desk hammocks are best?
Most people perform better when they are comfortable, which means that long days in the same chair at the office can negatively impact your productivity. A desk hammock can help alleviate discomfort by allowing you to prop your feet up while at work.
Most desk hammocks have adjustable fasteners, meaning that you can prop your feet to just the right height to lean back in your chair and take a power nap. When you have time and space to rest, you are able to get more done and enjoy work more. For a sleek and highly adjustable hammock, consider this one from 5Fold Products.
What to know before you buy a desk hammock
Not many people know about desk hammocks, so we’ve got the basics for you to help you get started. For more information, check out this article from BestReviews.
What is a desk hammock?
A desk hammock is a small sling or hammock secured beneath your desk, providing a place for you to rest your feet without leaving your chair. In the same way that an outside hammock is fastened between two trees, desk hammocks are typically fastened to the sides of your desk with clamps or screws. A desk hammock is an inexpensive way to create a more comfortable and relaxing work environment.
Desk hammock benefits
There are a variety of benefits associated with desk hammocks, but it’s important to remember that a desk hammock is not a medical device. It is unwise to use a desk hammock to treat medical conditions.
That being said, desk hammocks may provide several benefits, including:
Improved circulation: Using a desk hammock allows you to move your feet while sitting, rather than keeping them planted on the floor, which can stimulate circulation and blood flow.
Less tension: We are constantly putting pressure on our feet, even while seated. Propping your feet up in a desk hammock allows them to rest, giving your feet a much-needed break from carrying you around all day.
Improved posture / less lower back pain: Because we also use our feet to stabilize us, propping them up can actually force you to engage your core and sit upright, improving posture. A desk hammock can help soften the angle of your hips, creating less lower back pain than the traditional seated position.
Decreased fatigue: Having the ability to switch the position of your feet can make long hours of sitting at a desk feel less exhausting. The reduced pressure on your heels and knees can leave you with more energy to finish out the day.
Increased focus: It’s a lot easier to focus on the task at hand when emails aren’t competing with the sound of your muscles yelling at you. The added comfort of a desk hammock can reduce the number of aches and pains you experience, allowing you to give your full attention to your work.
What to look for in a quality desk hammock
Fastening method
There are four different methods used for attaching your desk hammock to the relevant surface: hanging, gluing, screwing and clamping. Each method has its pros and cons.
Hanging is the fastening method used for portable desk hammocks. Hammocks designed for this purpose are typically equipped with one large strap that hangs over an object in front of you, such as a headrest. It is convenient for travel, as it requires no assembly, but not ideal for stationary desks.
Gluing a desk hammock in place is a one-time, permanent fastening method that allows you to secure the hammock in place and not think about it again. This method is helpful for those who work from home, but it’s not recommended if you’re using a desk provided by your company.
Screwing is similarly permanent, but allows for easier removal if necessary. Some desk hammocks are equipped with fasteners designed to be attached to your desk with screws. It is potentially the most durable fastening solution, but it also requires the most equipment.
Clamping is the most versatile option for stationary desk fastening. Desk hammocks with clamps allow you to install them on any desk without leaving damage or residue. Since they are easy to install, you can take them to and from work. These hammocks are ideal for anyone who wants to fasten a desk hammock with minimum commitment. Be aware that the clamps may need to be tightened over time.
Portability
Sling hammocks are designed for travel, so if you want something to provide comfort on an airplane, they may be the option for you. Alternatively, some desk hammocks are designed for traditional desks, but can freely be moved from one desk to another. If you’re interested in a portable option for your desk hammock, opt for one with clamps.
Stability
If you want your desk hammock to provide a large, stable platform that won’t cause your feet to slide together, opt for a model with square wooden dowels on each end, as these create a greater surface area to spread your heels on.
Adjustability
Higher quality hammocks will be height-adjustable, allowing you to modify their position for different body types. Additionally, a height-adjustable hammock will allow you to sit in a variety of positions without having to take down the hammock and resecure it.
How much you can expect to spend on a desk hammock
On average, a desk hammock will cost you between $10-$20. For more than $20, you can find high-end desk hammocks that have nicer hardware, additional padding and accessories, like phone holders or headphone hangers.
Desk Hammock FAQ
Is a desk hammock difficult to install?
A. Not typically. It will depend partially on what type of desk hammock you have, but generally, they only require a couple of screws or clamps.
Do I need to buy two separate hammocks for my office and my home?
A. This depends on what type of hardware you use to attach your desk hammock. Models that use screws or glue are best kept at only one location, but if your desk hammock has releasable clamps that hold it in place, you could easily pack it up and take it home with you at the end of the work day.
What’s the best desk hammock to buy?
Top desk hammock
5Fold Products Under Desk Foot Hammock
What you need to know: A sleek desk hammock with a universal fastening system for added convenience.
What you’ll love: Stable and adjustable, this desk hammock is equipped with universal clamps that work on any type of desk or table. It comes with a free phone stand, a multifunctional hook and soft pads on the clamps to protect your furniture.
What you should consider: The hammock itself is not padded.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top desk hammock for the money
Deskool Foot Hammock with Headphones Holder
What you need to know: A budget-friendly desk hammock with a modern and stylish design.
What you’ll love: Equipped with adjustable clamps that allow the hammock to be compatible with a variety of desks and tables, this hammock also comes with a headphone hanger that can be used for book bags or other convenient items.
What you should consider: Some users had issues with the ropes loosening over time, requiring regular adjustment.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: A straightforward and functional desk hammock at a reasonable price.
What you’ll love: Made from 100% cotton, this desk hammock is durable and breathable, keeping your feet cool and comfortable. It is equipped with easy-to-install clams that adapt to a variety of desks and comes with a bonus headphone holder.
What you should consider: Some users prefer to add extra padding or a small pillow for additional comfort.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it had a “sticky situation” Thursday after they said a guns was found in jars of peanut butter.
A checked bag at John F. Kennedy International Airport set off an alarm, which prompted a TSA officer to open the bag. Inside, TSA said the officer found the jars of peanut butter with “parts of a disassembled semi-automatic handgun artfully concealed inside.”
“The .22 caliber gun parts were wrapped in plastic and had been jammed into the middle of two plastic jars of peanut butter,” TSA said in a statement. “The gun’s magazine was loaded with bullets.”
The items were confiscated and Rhode Island man was arrested, the statement read. His name was not released publicly.
“The gun parts were artfully concealed in two smooth creamy jars of peanut butter, but there was certainly nothing smooth about the way the man went about trying to smuggle his gun,” said John Essig, TSA’s Federal Security Director for JFK Airport. “Our officers are good at their jobs and are focused on their mission — especially during the busy holiday travel period.”
Airport passengers are allowed to bring guns “if they have a proper permit and the gun is properly packed,” TSA said.
Firearms and firearm parts must be unloaded, packed in a locked hard-sided case and taken to the airline check-in counter to be declared, TSA said. | 2022-12-25T15:02:56+00:00 | masslive.com | https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2022/12/new-england-man-tried-to-hide-gun-in-2-jars-of-peanut-butter-tsa-says.html |
Second arrest made in University of New Mexico shooting involving NMSU basketball player
According to an arrest affidavit, New Mexico State Police have arrested 19-year-old Jonathan Smith in connection to the deadly shooting on the University of New Mexico campus Saturday that left Brandon Travis deceased and New Mexico State basketball player Mike Peake in an Albuquerque hospital with a gunshot to his leg.
Smith was charged with aggravated battery (third-degree felony), conspiracy to commit a felony, and two counts of tampering with evidence (fourth-degree felonies).
On Sunday, State Police revealed that UNM student Brandon Travis was shot and pronounced dead at the scene and that Peake had been hospitalized. Police said Travis had conspired with a 17-year-old girl to lure Peake to campus as the Aggies were slated to play New Mexico on Saturday night. Travis and the girl conspired to lure Peake to the UNM campus and "jump" him as retribution for a fight that involved Peake, Travis, Smith and an individual identified as 'Eli', during last month's UNM/NM State football game at Aggie Memorial Stadium on Oct. 15.
According to the affidavit, Peake was seen on surveillance video walking with a female outside of Coronado Hall when three individuals approached Peake and Travis pointed a gun at Peake while two individuals were behind Peake. Eli hit the basketball player on his right leg with a baseball bat from behind. Peake began to run as the gun was fired at Peake "several times." The affidavit states that Peake pulled a firearm from his waist and fired back, hitting the gunman, Travis, who was pronounced dead at the scene and Peake was transported to University of New Mexico Hospital.
In interviews with police, the girl said she had been in contact with Peake for a while and had planned to meet Peake to have sex. The girl was friends with Travis, who, upon learning she was in contact with Peake, told the girl to set Peake up so his friends could jump him and she agreed. Travis wanted to jump Peake because, "Peake and his friends had beat him up badly at the UNM vs. NMSU homecoming (football) game in Las Cruces, New Mexico."
Peake told police he took an Uber to the UNM campus around 3 a.m.
Smith told police that he knew Travis had a gun but did not know he planned to bring the gun. Smith said they dialed 911 following the shooting and threw his phone underneath a car. Eli broke a window and they entered Coronado Hall and changed their clothes in Eli's room. Smith drove his car back and retrieved his phone and Smith and Eli threw their clothes into a sewer drain near Lobo Village. Smith and Eli made their way back to the scene of the shooting and were in the crowd as police attempted to help Travis.
Smith said he was not aware of what happened to the bat that was used.
On Sunday, NMSP announced that the 17-year-old girl, whom they have not publically named, was arrested, booked into a detention center and charged with aggravated battery and conspiracy.
This is a developing story. It will be updated as information becomes available.
Jason Groves can be reached at jgroves@lcsun-news.com or 575-541-5459. Follow him on Twitter @jpgroves.
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- 'Heroic' patrons subdued attacker during deadly Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting: Updates | 2022-11-22T00:54:24+00:00 | lcsun-news.com | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/crime/2022/11/21/another-arrest-made-in-unm-shooting-involving-nmsu-basketball-player/69667623007/ |
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A three-vehicle collision Wednesday night has caused a traffic jam on Highway 101 in San Francisco, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP). One of the cars involved in the crash is a Tesla, which flipped over on its roof in the middle lanes of the highway around 7:32 p.m.
The other car involved in the crash was a gray Ford Fusion. The driver of that car was unable to start the vehicle, CHP said. The third car in the crash was not identified.
As of 8:10 p.m., the collision is currently affecting southbound lanes 3, 4, and 5. A photo from Caltrans’ traffic cam can be viewed above.
The crash happened in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, according to coordinates of the incident’s location provided by CHP. It happened near 25th Street and Kansas Street.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | 2023-02-02T04:53:28+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/tesla-flips-over-after-3-vehicle-collision-on-us-101-in-sf-chp/ |
VIDEO: 93-Year-Old Rescued Off Carnival Cruise Ship Near Galveston
A dramatic rescue occurred on Saturday night about 90 miles off the Coast of Galveston. According to 12newsnow, The US Coast Guard received a request for a medevac from the Carnival Vista Cruise Ship around 10 o'clock on Saturday night. An elderly woman was experiencing symptoms of respiratory failure, pneumonia, and septic shock. What a scary situation to have on open waters, luckily they were fairly close to the Texas coast.
The United States Coast Guard Crews launched a helicopter to the Carnival Vista cruise ship, which was about 90 miles away from Galveston. The woman was hoisted from the cruise ship along with a nurse to the UT Medical Branch. She is now in stable condition. Take a look at the dramatic video posted by USCG Heartland Facebook page.
I recently cruised aboard the Vista and had a great time. I was amazed at the sheer size of the ship. Just because I am a numbers guy, I thought it would be fun to include these stats in the article: The Carnival Cruise has a gross tonnage of 133,500 and has the capacity for a total of 3,3934 passengers with 1450 crew members.
LAST WEEK IN GALVESTON:
A huge alligator was spotted hanging out on a Galveston area beach at the Bolivar Peninsula. The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research captured the images and posted their findings to social media.
According to the Texas Wildlife Department and mysananotnio.com, alligators can tolerate salt water for a few hours or even days, they are primarily freshwater animals, living in swampy areas, rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds, the research center stated in its post. Alligators are mostly inactive from mid-October until early March,
WATCH OUT: These are the deadliest animals in the world | 2023-04-10T17:15:49+00:00 | knue.com | https://knue.com/video-93-year-old-rescued-off-carnival-cruise-ship-near-galveston/ |
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – After two brides were left scrambling right before their big day, they’re warning others about their experiences with an Oklahoma City makeup artist.
“You don’t expect a professional to back out the day before the wedding,” said Mimosa Houser, who got married in September. “When I heard that it happened to other brides, I’m like, okay, this is a pattern.”
Houser tells KFOR she booked and paid Makeup by Jakoby, run by Jakoby Loughridge, in full in late July for him to do her makeup at 10 a.m. on Sept 3.
“The day before my wedding, he texted me saying that he double booked that morning and that he couldn’t do my wedding until 1 p.m., which didn’t work for me,” said Houser. “I had to cancel him because I couldn’t change up my wedding day just for makeup.”
According to the contract she signed with Makeup By Jakoby, “should the client change their mind before wedding date or a cancellation should happen, they will notify the artist as soon as possible, no later than 48 hours before date to receive a refund (minus deposit or $50 admin fee) and/or change the date.”
However, because Loughridge was the one who changed the plans, according to the below screenshot of the two’s text exchange, Houser feels like she should get her money back.
“He responded weeks later that no, he wasn’t going to because per the contract there was a 48-hour cancellation policy, which I felt was unfair because it wasn’t on my terms that I canceled,” said Houser.
She says she’s currently out $280.
Madison Sadok tells KFOR she had a similar experience. Her ceremony was scheduled for a Saturday in 2021.
“At midnight on Thursday, two days before the wedding, he texted me and says he has COVID and that he can’t do my makeup anymore,” said Sadok.
Sadok said she understood and fortunately already had booked a back-up artist just in case. However, she was filled with rage when she was scrolling on social media the day after her wedding.
“I saw that Jakoby had posted pictures of him doing the other person’s makeup the day of the wedding, and it was all over his Instagram, his Facebook, everywhere,” said Sadok. “We paid him, I believe, like $376 and he refunded us $226 and refused to refund us anymore because we had used the trial. I told him, ‘Well, we never would have done a trial with a makeup artist who wasn’t going to do the makeup on the wedding.’”
KFOR talked to Loughridge Tuesday afternoon. He said he’s done what he can to fix any situation when a conflict has come up.
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking when I have to cancel on a client, regardless, but it is just that, a cancellation. It’s not a scam, I would never scam anyone,” said Loughridge. “I’m human, I make mistakes, I am not perfect, but unfortunately life does happen. I’ve done everything in my power to make that right for them, which includes a full refund.”
“It’s unfortunate that this has happened and it’s unfortunate that I have made mistakes, but like I said, moving forward, I’m trying to be better about that and that’s something I’m working on,” said Loughridge. | 2022-10-19T14:22:44+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/local/okc-makeup-artist-allegedly-cancels-on-2-brides-before-their-wedding-days/ |
(NEXSTAR) – “Unprecedented amounts” of rainfall and flooding have kept Yellowstone National Park closed since Monday. According to National Park Service officials, parts of the park may remain closed for quite some time.
Floodwaters began ravaging Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area Monday, washing out roads and bridges, cutting off electricity, and forcing thousands to evacuate. Officials say heavy rain and melting snowpack are responsible for the deluge.
The Yellowstone River crested at 13.88 feet Monday, surpassing the previous record of 11.5 feet that was set in 1918, according to the National Weather Service.
“It’s a lot of rain, but the flooding wouldn’t have been anything like this if we didn’t have so much snow,” said Cory Mottice, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Billings, Montana. “This is flooding that we’ve just never seen in our lifetimes before.”
As of Thursday, all entrances to Yellowstone remain closed. Even when the floodwaters recede, park officials believe the northern portion of the park will likely stay closed “for a substantial length of time due to severely damaged, impacted infrastructure.”
Aerial assessments showed major damage to multiple sections of roadway between the North Entrance to the park, Mammoth Hot Springs, Lamar Valley and Cooke City near the Northeast Entrance. The road between Gardiner, Montana, and Cooke City will likely not reopen for the rest of the season, Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly explained during a press conference earlier this week.
“Many sections of road in these areas are completely gone and will require substantial time and effort to reconstruct,” park officials said in a release on Tuesday. “The National Park Service will make every effort to repair these roads as soon as possible; however, it is probable that road sections in northern Yellowstone will not reopen this season due to the time required for repairs.”
There may still be more damages in the park that officials haven’t yet seen. During a press conference earlier this week, Sholly explained high water was making it difficult to fully assess the damages.
In a statement Thursday, National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said the agency is “committed to working quickly to reopen as much of Yellowstone National Park as possible as soon as it is safe to do so.”
That would likely include opening the southern loop of the park, where visitors can visit Old Faithful, first. But, because “half the park cannot support all of the visitation,” Sholly said officials are evaluating options such as timed entry reservation systems. He added that he’s hopeful the southern loop can open “relatively soon.”
If you had already booked a stay with Yellowstone National Park Lodges, cancellation fees have been waived for reservations through June 30, 2022. Guests will receive a full refund, according to officials, and reservations can be canceled online.
“We realize there is much challenging work ahead, and we will do everything we can to support the park, partners, concessioners, and gateway communities on the road to recovery,” Sams said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | 2022-06-17T00:52:11+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/how-soon-could-yellowstone-national-park-reopen/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Three respiratory illnesses, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu, continue to infect hundreds of thousands of Americans daily – which can make it hard to tell what’s wrong when you feel a cough kicking in.
All three viruses cause sickness with overlapping symptoms. A chart created by Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. compares the most common differences at a glance.
While cough and fever are common with all three, there are other ways the viruses differ. Sneezing is common with RSV, happens sometimes with COVID-19 and is rare with the flu, according to the hospital’s symptom chart. On the other hand, headaches and body aches are rare with RSV, happen sometimes with COVID-19 and are common with the flu.
Another thing to pay attention to is the “onset of symptoms,” Children’s National says. While COVID-19 and RSV both start gradual then escalate, the flu usually hits hard and fast.
With RSV, symptoms often go away in about a week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Symptoms persist longer with the flu, about one to two weeks, and can last even longer with COVID-19.
The severity of symptoms in all three cases varies from person to person.
Another key difference: There are vaccines for flu and COVID-19, but no vaccine for RSV – though researchers are working on one.
While examining your symptoms is a good place to start, doctors recommend getting tested to help inform next steps.
“For both flu and for COVID, we have antivirals that work if taken early after signs of symptoms,” said Dr. Andrew Pekosz, a virologist and professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “So particularly if you’re in a high-risk group, it’s good to know that. … Those are important tools that we really have to keep using.” | 2022-12-10T18:33:25+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/covid-rsv-or-flu-how-to-tell-the-symptoms-apart/ |
What court records say about the case of a Fort Liberty soldier accused of murder
The case of a Fort Liberty soldier accused of shooting and killing another soldier two years ago is still pending in Cumberland County Superior Court, according to court records.
Sgt. Tiara Nicole Vinson, 28, was indicted May 16, 2022, on charges of first-degree murder and discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle in the May 7, 2021, death of Spc. Kelia Olivia Horton, 22, in the 1400 block of Ferndell Drive in Fayetteville.
“The defendant has denied any involvement in the accusations,” a Sept. 8 defense motion requesting funding for a polygraph examination stated.
Horton, of Birmingham, Alabama, was a motor pool clerk assigned to the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade.
Vinson, of Norfolk, Virginia, was a parachute rigger assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group.
Horton was shot multiple times as she sat in a vehicle in the driveway of her boyfriend’s home, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.
Vinson was the man’s ex-girlfriend, Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West said in May 2021.
Here’s the latest in Vinson’s case, according to court records, warrants and affidavits.
Why there’s been a delay in the case
In an April 18 motion to compel access to Vinson while she's being held in the Cumberland County jail, her court-appointed public defender, Bernard Conlin, noted that a forensic psychologist hired by the defense needed access in order to evaluate Vinson.
Conlin said that a no-contact visitor policy that has been in place at the Cumberland County Detention Center since the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented the psychologist from seeing Vinson.
“The Sheriff's answer to legal visits by attorneys and other members of a defense team is to allow normal phone visitation and an option for a video call through a private video hosting service. Both forms of communication state very clearly that all calls are recorded,” Conlin said in the motion.
Conlin said the psychologist was provided a “non-working area” and not allowed to bring in any electronic devices for the evaluation. He said that denying access to his client was not allowing her to receive her constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel.
“Given this case has been declared non-capital, without safe and meaningful access to (her) lawyers and necessary defense team members (there) is no representation at all, much less effective representation,” Conlin said.
Conlin’s motion also referenced a plea bargain.
Conlin asked that the court intervene to order the sheriff’s office to find a secure room to allow at least three members of the defense team to meet with Vinson “alone and confidentially in order to effectively assist our client in preparing for trial or disposition and ultimately, a trial, if necessary.”
The prosecution filed a motion in November stating it did not intend to seek the death penalty in the case.
"Although the state is aware of evidence of one or more potential aggravating circumstances, the state ... will not pursue try the defendant capitally," the motion stated.
What court records and a 911 call say about the case
According to a search warrant in the case, Fayetteville police responded to the shooting shortly after 1:30 p.m. May 7, 2021.
Horton was found in her 2019 red Honda with gunshot wounds and taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Homicide detectives said that it appeared the shooter “fired multiple projectiles into the vehicle occupied by Horton while standing in front of the vehicle and beside the driver door,” the warrant states.
“Investigators determined there was an eyewitness to the shooting who knew the identity of the perpetrator,” the warrant states.
In an affidavit to collect a DNA sample from Vinson, the officer said the eyewitness alleged that Vinson opened the driver door and shot Horton before allegedly fleeing the scene in a black sports utility vehicle.
The warrant states that the eyewitness identified Vinson as the alleged shooter and that an officer called Vinson, who allegedly “admitted to the shooting.”
'I don't know what this girl was thinking': Woman witnessed Fayetteville soldier slaying
In a 911 call, a neighbor said she was washing windows outside her house when she saw Vinson’s car pull into the driveway and saw Vinson jump out of her vehicle and shoot Horton.
“This girl pulled up and come out with a gun and just shot her several times — six or seven times — and then went back and shot through the window again, three more times, four more times,” the woman said in the 911 call. “I don't know what this girl was thinking."
Staff writer Rachael Riley can be reached at rriley@fayobserver.com or 910-486-3528. | 2023-07-28T14:22:17+00:00 | fayobserver.com | https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/military/2023/07/28/fort-liberty-solider-accused-of-murdering-another-solider/70437995007/ |
There is no better season than music festival season.
And it continues with Governors Ball Music Festival taking place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York from June 9-11.
Some of the biggest artists in the industry will perform at the festival, including Lizzo, Lil Baby and Kendrick Lamar.
If you want to start June off right, here is everything you need to know about Governors Ball Music Festival.
Who are the headliners for Governors Ball Music Festival?
Three of the industry’s biggest artists will headline the New York festival, including Lizzo, Odesza and Kendrick Lamar.
Some other notable artists in the lineup are Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, Lil Nas X, Haim, Diplo and Giveon.
Where can I buy tickets for Governors Ball Music Festival?
If you want to buy tickets to attend the Governors Ball Music Festival, they are available on the official website.
Tickets also are available to purchase on the secondary market, like Vivid Seats, StubHub, TicketNetwork, TicketCity and MegaSeats.
The cheapest three day general admission ticket at the time of publication is on Vivid Seats for $261.
First-time Vivid Seats users can save $20 on ticket orders over $200 with the promo code NJ20 at checkout.
You can find the full lineup and schedule for Governors Ball Music Festival here.
More upcoming festivals in 2023
Governors Ball Music Festival is not the only music festival to look forward to this year.
Here is a list of upcoming music festivals that you won’t want to miss.
- TidalWave Music Festival
- Sea Hear Now Festival
- Electric Forest Music Festival
- Boston Calling Music Festival
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Nicole Iuzzolino can be reached at niuzzolino@njadvancemedia.com. Have a tip? Tell us at nj.com/tips. | 2023-05-29T14:07:06+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/live-entertainment/2023/05/governors-ball-music-festival-where-to-buy-last-minute-tickets.html |
GRAPHIC: Body & dashcam footage of officer-involved shooting death of Joseph Taylor released by State Police
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Louisiana State Police has now released bodycam footage from the officer-involved shooting death of Joseph Taylor, 33.
Taylor was killed during an officer-involved shooting with the Shreveport Police Department back on April 23. It happened near the intersection of Mansfield Road and Valleyview Drive. LSP says Taylor was armed with a handgun when he got into a struggle with three officers.
After Taylor’s death, a number of protests were held outside SPD headquarters and at Government Plaza. Friends and family of Taylor have called for the mayor and police chief to resign, and for the Department of Justice to investigate.
The bodycam footage from the night of Taylor’s death was released Wednesday, May 10.
WARNING: THE FOOTAGE BELOW IS GRAPHIC
On Sunday, April 23 at 9:45 p.m., SPD requested for LSP to investigate the incident.
The initial investigation revealed that Officer Anthony Visciotti initiated a traffic stop on a blue 1994 Chevrolet Caprice for improper lane usage. The driver was later identified as Joseph Dwayne Taylor.
According to LSP, during Visciotti and Taylor’s interaction, Taylor became uncooperative and failed to comply with lawful orders to exit the vehicle.
At 9:33 p.m., Officer Terri Simmons and Sgt. Daniel Denby arrived on the scene. LSP’s investigation shows Taylor physically resisted when officers tried to take him out of the vehicle, and there was a struggle.
As Taylor was being taken to the ground, officers say they saw an object in his right hand. Visciotti deployed his taser, which was ineffective.
LSP says officers became aware Taylor was armed with a gun when they tried to remove his hands from under his body. The investigation states when Taylor began to push his body up from the ground, officers backed away and Visciotti fired several rounds from his service weapon.
LSP says the gun in Taylor’s hand was later identified as a Glock 19, 9mm with an extended magazine and a modification switch, making the gun fully automatic.
Taylor was taken to Ochsner LSU Shreveport and pronounced dead.
The scene was processed by LSP Crime Scene Technicians. LSP says additional information will be released, including video evidence, in coordination with the Caddo DA’s office.
Denby, Simmons, and Visciotti were placed on paid administrative leave immediately following the shooting. An investigation of the incident is still active and ongoing.
Copyright 2023 KSLA. All rights reserved. | 2023-05-10T17:50:56+00:00 | kalb.com | https://www.kalb.com/2023/05/10/graphic-body-dashcam-footage-officer-involved-shooting-death-joseph-taylor-released-by-state-police/ |
OU baseball rewind: Can Skip Johnson, Sooners make NCAA push after sweeping Texas?
NORMAN — The Longhorns weren't going to make it easy.
OU found itself one out away from making history on Saturday as it held a two-run lead over 14th-ranked Texas in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Sooners had never earned a three-game road sweep against their Red River rivals, and yet they were on the verge of doing exactly that.
But the Longhorns didn't go down without a fight.
Texas placed runners on second and third base, and Garret Guillemette served as the go-ahead run as he stepped up to the plate. On the mound was OU's Aaron Weber, who got to a 2-0 count before placing a fastball on the inside of the strike zone.
Guillemette made contact and sent a ground ball toward Anthony Mackenzie. The third baseman scooped it up and threw it to first for the final out, securing OU's 6-4 win.
It marked the second victory of the day for the Sooners, who faced the Longhorns twice due to the threat of weather on Sunday. OU swept Texas for the first time since 1998.
“The offense was outstanding all day long, putting pressure on them," OU head coach Skip Johnson said. "It was good to get the wins today.”
Here's a look at how the OU baseball squad fared last week.
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OU
Overall record: 22-19 (7-8 Big 12)
Last week: 3-1 (Lost to Oklahoma State 19-8, beat Texas 2-1, 9-6 and 6-4)
This week: vs. Oral Roberts, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; vs. Kansas, 6:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday
Top player last week
Carter Campbell, LHP: Campbell shined in a relief role this past week. The junior pitcher only allowed one run in 8 ⅔ innings across three games. He also recorded a save in OU's 9-6 win over Texas on Saturday. Campbell was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for his strong stretch of performances.
OU baseball stat to know
3: OU earned a three-game sweep over Texas in Austin, Texas, for the first time in program history.
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OU's pitching struggles in Bedlam blowout
David Mendham delivered the knockout punch.
OU's bullpen had no answer for OSU's bats in its 19-8 road loss on Tuesday. The Cowboys racked up 14 hits, and their final one did the most damage.
OSU held a 16-8 lead with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning when Mendham hammered a pitch by Kale Davis.
The ball found an open spot in right field. Three runs scored by the time OU's Bryce Madron could track it down, giving OSU a 19-8 lead that ultimately proved to be the final score.
It was that kind of a day for the Sooners' bullpen.
OU rolled out eight pitchers across eight innings, and all but one of them allowed a run. It marks the second-most runs the Sooners have allowed in a game all season.
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OU's Red River sweep has huge postseason implications
With its sweep over Texas, OU skyrocketed from No. 76 to No. 51 in the latest RPI rankings.
It's a massive jump for the Sooners, who have hopes of making another deep postseason run after reaching the College World Series championship round last season. The first step toward that goal is reaching the NCAA Regionals, which consists of 64 teams.
Prior to its sweep of Texas, OU was on a trajectory that likely would've led to it missing the postseason entirely. Its only saving grace would've been a deep run in the Big 12 tournament.
But the sweep is a game changer. They're now firmly in the running for an at-large bid, and they can further solidify their spot with a strong finish to the regular season. | 2023-04-25T02:43:24+00:00 | oklahoman.com | https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/sooners/2023/04/24/ou-baseball-sooners-making-ncaa-tournament-push-after-sweep-at-texas/70145754007/ |
Voyageurs Wolf Project captures rare footage of cougar in Minnesota
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VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK, Minnesota (WCCO) — Rare footage has been taken of a cougar roaming through extreme northern Minnesota last month.
On Thursday, the Voyageurs Wolf Project shared video of the cougar, saying the footage was taken on Oct. 20 in the southern part of the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, which is on the border of Canada.
“Fortunately, the footage is super clear so no disputing what kind of kitty this is,” the project said in a tweet.
According to the project, the Minnesota Department of Resources has verified 59 cougar observations in the state since 2004. None of the confirmations were in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, though several “weren’t too far away,” the project said.
The project says most cougars spotted in Minnesota are transient young males traveling from breeding populations in the western Dakotas.
Voyageurs Wolf Project is a research project affiliated with the University of Minnesota.
Please note: This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform. | 2022-11-03T21:18:31+00:00 | kyma.com | https://kyma.com/news/2022/11/03/voyageurs-wolf-project-captures-rare-footage-of-cougar-in-minnesota/ |
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