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NEW YORK — NEW YORK — Loews Corp. (L) on Monday reported net income of $375 million in its first quarter.
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The delegation arrived at Israel at the invitation of Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan
Israeli Start-up companies gave innovation demos of their technologies emphasising water and climate tech solutions addressing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A delegation of ambassadors to the UN from 11 countries concluded their 5-day visit to Israel on Tuesday with a professional review of Israeli innovation technology focusing on climate and sustainability solutions by Start-Up Nation Central, a non-profit that promotes the Israeli innovation ecosystem around the world.
The high-level diplomats visited the non-profit organization's headquarters in Tel Aviv to learn about the strengths of the Israeli innovation ecosystem and how it is addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations.
The delegation that included ambassadors to the United Nations from Benin, Burundi, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Panama, Poland, United Republic of Tanzania, and Uzbekistan participated in a tour hosted by Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan.
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan: "One of my main goals at the United Nations has been to illustrate how Israeli innovation is helping people all over the world. After spending a week in Israel, the ambassadors were able to see the innovative spirit that is infused throughout the people. Bringing the delegation of ambassadors to Start-Up Nation Central was the perfect way to cap off this trip and I am confident that they will be strong advocates of partnering with Israeli companies in the future, both at the UN and in their home countries".
Start-Up Nation Central's CEO, Avi Hasson: "In Israel today, there are over 1,100 companies that offer diverse technological solutions to support global sustainable development in both societal and environmental arenas. While Israeli entrepreneurs continue to build on their achievements in water management, AgriFood-tech, and solar energy to tackle global climate challenges, the world is working to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and decisionmakers from around the world are increasingly looking at Israel's innovation ecosystem for solutions to address global challenges and to meet these ambitious targets, including affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities, and climate action".
During their visit to Start-Up Nation Central, the diplomats received an in-depth review of the Israeli technological innovation ecosystem by Start-Up Nation Central's CEO, Avi Hasson and viewed innovation demos by Israeli startup companies who showcased their technologies, emphasizing water and climate tech solutions towards achieving the UN's SDGs.
The world-renown Israeli company which develops clean and safe drinking water from the air – WaterGen gave a live presentation of its technology to the delegation.
Among the additional Israeli Startups that presented were:
- The Sustainable Group –develops a zero-carbon, circular self-sustained infrastructure for resilient and climate-ready cities.
- SG Tech- specializes in zero-carbon sustainable farming, with a focus on providing a complete and sustainable solution for the livestock industry.
- vBact– develops and manufactures automated real-time systems for the detection and enumeration of bacteria and foreign microparticles in water.
- Biotic- created an environmentally friendly process for producing PHA polymer, which can be used as a fully biodegradable replacement for plastic.
- Senecio Robotics –builds solutions to automate the production and release of billions of sterile, non-biting male mosquitoes to suppress diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika, and others.
- Eco Wave Power- developed a patented, smart, and cost-efficient technology for turning ocean and sea waves into clean electricity.
Start-Up Nation Central is a non-profit organization that connects Israeli innovation to the world in order to help international entities solve global challenges. Immersed in the Israeli technology ecosystem, we provide a platform that nurtures business growth and generates partnerships with corporations, governments, investors, and NGOs to strengthen Israel's economy and society.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — People in their 80s lead countries, create majestic art and perform feats of endurance. One entered the record books for scaling Mount Everest. It’s soon time for Joe Biden, 80 on Sunday, to decide whether he has one more mountain to climb — the one to a second term as president.
Questions swirl now, in his own party as well as broadly in the country, about whether he’s got what it takes to go for the summit again.
The oldest president in U.S. history, Biden hits his milestone birthday at a personal crossroads as he and his family face a decision in the coming months on whether he should announce for reelection. He’d be 86 at the end of a potential second term.
Biden aides and allies all say he intends to run — and his team has begun quiet preparations for a campaign — but it has often been the president himself who has sounded the most equivocal. “My intention is that I run again,” he said at a news conference this month. ”But I’m a great respecter of fate.”
“We’re going to have discussions about it,” he said. Aides expect those conversations to pick up in earnest over Thanksgiving and Christmas, with a decision not until well after New Year’s.
Biden planned to celebrate his birthday at a family brunch in the White House on Sunday.
To observe Biden at work is to see a leader tap a storehouse of knowledge built up over a half century in public office as he draws on deep personal relationships at home and abroad, his mastery of policy and his familiarity with how Washington works or doesn’t. In short, the wisdom of the aged.
“There is something to be said for experience,” said Dartmouth College historian Matt Delmont as he noted the dozens of global leaders in their 80s.
But to observe Biden is also to see him walk now often with a halting gait, in contrast to his trotting on stage on election night 2020.
It is to see him take a pass on a formal dinner with other world leaders without a real explanation, as happened on his trip abroad this past week, when he twice spoke of visiting Colombia when he meant Cambodia. Some supporters wince when he speaks, hoping he gets through his remarks OK.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision, at age 82, to pull back from leadership and let a new generation rise may spill over into Biden’s thinking and that of his party as Democrats weigh whether they want to go with a proven winner or turn to the energy of youth.
Among the questions Pelosi’s move raises, said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, an authority on political communications at the University of Pennsylvania: “Even if one is highly competent and successful, is there a point at which one should step aside to give others the opportunity to lead just as others stepped aside to make it possible for you to do so?
“Pelosi’s decision makes such questions more salient in the context of Biden’s 2020 statement that he was the bridge to a new generation of leaders.”
Biden’s verbal flubs have been the stuff of legend throughout his five-decade political career, so sussing out the impact of age on his acuity is a guessing game for “armchair gerontologists,” as Dr. S. Jay Olshansky, an aging expert, puts it.
In the distorted mirrors of social media commentary, every slip is magnified into supposed proof of senility. A moment of silent reflection by Biden in a meeting is presented as the president nodding off. All of that went into Donald Trump’s quiver of falsehoods when he announced Tuesday he will seek the presidency again.
Some allies see Biden’s blunders as an increasing vulnerability in the eyes of voters as he’s grown older.
In an AP VoteCast survey of the electorate this month, fully 58% of voters said he does not have the mental capability to serve effectively as president. That was a grim picture of his standing now, not just looking ahead to another potential term. Only 34% said he’s a strong leader.
Those findings come alongside notably low approval ratings in league with Trump’s at this point of their presidencies.
Two months before the 2020 election, Olshansky, at the University of Illinois, Chicago, published a paper that predicted both Biden and Trump were bound to maintain their good health beyond the end of this presidential term.
Based on a scientific team’s evaluation of available medical records, family history and other information, the paper further concluded that both men are probably “super-agers,” a subgroup of people who maintain their mental and physical functioning and tend to live longer than the average person their age.
Nothing has changed Olshansky’s mind about either of them.
“While President Biden may chronologically be 80 years old, biologically he probably isn’t,” he said. “And biological age is far more important than chronological age.” He calls Biden a “classic example of everything that’s good about aging … and so his age, I think, should be almost completely irrelevant.”
Biden is already in the club of high achievers for people his age. Unlike 92% of people 75 and over in the U.S., he still has a job, not to mention a mightily demanding one.
And he’s been on a roll. The November elections produced the best result for a Democratic president’s party in midterms in decades — despite the poison pill of high inflation — as Democrats kept control of the Senate, narrowly lost the House in defiance of expectations of a rout, and won several competitive governors’ races in key states.
The president also sealed a string of consequential legislative victories in recent months, on climate, infrastructure, health care expansion, military aid to Ukraine and more.
Biden says he begins most days with an 8 a.m. workout, when he is usually joined by his personal trainer and physical therapist, Drew Contreras, if he doesn’t ride his Peloton bike.
“If I let it go for a week, I feel it,” he told the “Smartless” podcast recently. “I used to be able to go for a week and nothing would change.”
White House aides say Biden reads his briefing book deep into the night, holds intensive evening meetings with advisers and has never balked at their scheduling requests that may have him out late, though rarely up early.
Yet his aides are deeply protective of the president, especially with his public schedule, which is lighter than those of Barack Obama and George W. Bush, both far younger in office. They’ve shielded him from formal interviews and, until recently, press conferences.
To his doubters, he says: “Watch me.”
Biden has been diagnosed with several very common age-related health conditions, none causing him serious problems.
In his November 2021 summary of Biden’s health after the president’s first full physical in office, Dr. Kevin O’Connor noted Biden’s gait had become somewhat stiffer, something doctors watch for in older patients as it could signal a fall risk.
But after testing, the doctor concluded it’s mostly due to ongoing “wear and tear” arthritis of the spine, as well as compensation for a broken foot sustained a year earlier and the development of “mild peripheral neuropathy” or subtle damage to some sensory nerves in the feet.
Experts say age is not destiny; what matters is good health, fitness and functioning. Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura had enough of those attributes to make it to the top of Mount Everest in 2013 at age 80, setting a record that an 85-year-old Nepali man died trying to break in 2017.
Growing old is inexorable — at whatever pace, it comes.
It came at one pace for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, for example, and it’s coming at another for Pelosi, who is another institution in town.
“What’s wrong with me?” Marshall asked upon his decision to retire from the Supreme Court at age 82, before answering: “I’m old. I’m getting old and coming apart.” (He died two years later.)
At the same age, Pelosi buzzes Capitol hallways in high heels, outpacing much younger people. And her cognitive abilities have never been in question.
The knock against her was that she blocked the highest ambitions of generations of younger lawmakers before her decision this past week not to seek reelection as House Democratic leader when Republicans take control.
Supreme Court justices, shielded from the electorate and bosses, can grow as old in the job as they want and as fate allows — and they tend to stick around. Justice John Paul Stevens retired in 2010 at age 90, attributing his decision to a small stroke while reading his Citizens United dissent from the bench.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a hugely consequential 80-something, fell three years short of her goal to be as old as Stevens on the bench. She died in September 2020.
In democracies, where voters are the boss, and in autocracies, where they’re not, plenty of people in power soldier on in their advanced years, even if few are up there like former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who became the world’s oldest leader at 92 and is running to get the office back, at 97.
Much of the leadership in the U.S. Congress is over 70, especially Democrats, and so were Biden’s main rivals in the 2020 Democratic primaries and Trump.
Attribute that, in part, to increasing longevity.
“Life expectancy back around 1900 in the United States was about 50,” Olshansky said, “and we added about 30 years” since.
In Cockeysville, Maryland, outside Baltimore, Nelson Hyman, 85, and his wife, Roz Hyman, 77, credit Biden with getting big things right and especially with appointing a strong team. To these Democrats, that adds up to an effective presidency that taps the value of age in a society that often doesn’t.
“I’ve always felt the president is as good as the people that he appoints, and I think he’s appointed some very, very good people, very competent people, and he uses them,” said Roz, a retired counselor in a psychiatric hospital.
“Now, are you going to ask me, is he going to be competent in two years? Who knows? I don’t know.”
A president can only be conceptual, said Nelson, retired from an insurance career, “and the detail people will take care of the details.” When Russia’s Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he said, Biden stepped up, ”spoke beautifully and strongly” and “has not been afraid to deal with Putin. Not at all.”
They recalled seeing Ronald Reagan struggle in his second term, before he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s after he left office, and felt that he, too, had surrounded himself with competence, as much as they disagreed with his direction.
Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, said Reagan posted major achievements even when his memory may have been slipping, in part because his aides were strong and accomplished and Reagan retained the values that informed his judgments.
That’s true of many presidents, Biden included, she said. Trump, in contrast, preferred a team largely of acolytes.
But when a perception does take hold in the public, any slipup can feed it, whether it is relevant or not.
When Biden tumbled on his bicycle in Delaware in June, his foot or feet caught in the pedals’ cages, the mishap fed the perception of a president not at the top of his game physically.
“Those of us that know a little about aging were pretty impressed by the fact that he was on his bicycle to begin with … that you’ve got somebody who is really active and healthy for his age,” said Olshansky. Instead, the focus was on his injury-free fall.
Ageism pops up in campaigns even when opposing candidates are both old themselves; witness Trump’s references to “Sleepy Joe” in 2020 and Biden’s characterization of Trump as “mentally deranged.”
But it was particularly pronounced in the 2008 presidential contest between Obama, 47 in that fall’s campaign, and Sen. John McCain, then 72.
When Obama misidentified the city he was in, the flub was attributed to a long day by a nation-trotting barnstormer, Jamieson said. When McCain did that, it was his age.
The Obama campaign exploited the age gap in what Jamieson said were underhanded ways. She noticed and, with her technical team, confirmed that in at least two ads, recordings of McCain had been slowed down to make him sound mentally feeble.
But the sharpest cracks about age came from McCain himself.
“Good evening, my fellow Americans,” he said on “Saturday Night Live.” “I ask you, what should we be looking for in our next president? Certainly someone who is very, very, very old.”
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Associated Press writers Mark Sherman and Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report. | 2022-11-19T19:13:30+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-biden-at-80-a-respecter-of-fate-mulls-2nd-white-house-bid/ |
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DENVER (KDVR) – Two-time Super Bowl champion Deion Sanders, now the head coach of the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team, is facing the possibility that his foot may need to be amputated.
It started during the 2021 season when the former NFL star and Hall of Famer was coaching the Jackson State football team. The Associated Press reported that he had injured a toe and had a procedure in September that left him using crutches and a scooter to get around the field.
As Sanders was healing, his toes began to darken under the bandages. Several surgeries followed, as did some complications, and eventually Sanders had his big toe and second toe amputated due to blood clots, ESPN reported.
Sanders, also known as “Coach Prime,” became the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes in December. Now, he is at risk of losing his whole foot.
A clip from Wednesday’s episode of “Thee Pregame Show,” a video series that documents the football season, showed a meeting with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kenneth Hunt and vascular surgeons Dr. Donald Jacobs and Dr. Max Wohlauder to discuss Sanders’ pain and what could be done about it.
Hunt recalled ultrasound studies of Sanders’ leg that showed how the blood flow through his limb had declined.
“Ordinarily you have three arteries that are putting blood to your foot and after the procedures you had before, it kind of went down to one,” Hunt said. “And that one was a little bit tenuous.”
Hunt said the risk of doing something and having a similar problem was “too high” as it could mean the coach would lose his foot.
Wohlauder said that tests in 2022 comparing blood pressure in his arm and ankle were at 100%, but now some arteries have clogged and the flow to his ankle is at 66% compared to that of his arm.
Jacobs added that while it could heal, it would take a very long time and could mean that he would not be able to walk at all.
Sanders said he doesn’t have feeling in the bottom of his foot, and that he just wants to do whatever needs to be done this summer before the football season starts.
It wasn’t clear whether or not Sanders had committed to surgery, but he vowed to keep progressing in an Instagram caption.
“I’m CoachPrime and I’m built for this,” he added. | 2023-06-16T21:15:14+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/national/former-nfl-star-deion-sanders-may-lose-his-foot-due-to-circulation-issues/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jared Blumenfeld, California's top environmental regulator and a key climate adviser to Gov. Gavin Newsom, will leave the administration at the end of the month, Newsom announced Friday.
Newsom, a Democrat, appointed Blumenfeld as secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency on his first day in office in 2019. Blumenfeld will become the president of the Waverley Street Foundation, a $3 billion climate initiative funded by Laurene Powell Jobs.
As head of the state’s environmental agency, he was responsible for departments that regulate air pollution, water use, recycling, toxic substances, pesticides, environmental health hazards like extreme heat.
Yana Garcia, special assistant attorney general focused on environmental issues in the California Department of Justice, will take over as head of the California EPA next month. Blumenfeld said the agency now rivals the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its staff and budget.
Blumenfeld was one of the most public-facing members of Newsom’s administration, representing the state at international conferences and public hearings. He was personally named in a lawsuit by the Trump administration challenging California's ability to link its emissions trading program with a similar one in Canada.
In an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Blumenfeld said he made a checklist when he took the job of things he wanted to accomplish, including less headline-grabbing items like reforming the state's broken Department of Toxic Substances Control and cleaning up contaminated drinking water.
The first year of Blumenfeld's tenure was largely spent defending California's climate policies against threats from the Trump administration, including an effort to revoke California's ability to set its own vehicle emissions rules. The state has since won that power back under the Biden administration.
He also oversaw the water board as it responded to California's latest drought and the air board as it put together a road map to reach carbon neutrality by 2045.
Looking to the future, he said California needs to make it easier and faster to launch clean energy projects.
“We have to speed up the process of getting the infrastructure in the ground to make sure that we can translate our vision into reality and at the moment there’s way too much red tape," he said.
Blumenfeld previously worked as regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration. After he left, he launched his own firm advising clean tech clients, according to his state bio.
The job pays $232,000. | 2022-08-12T19:38:17+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Top-California-environment-official-leaving-state-17369919.php |
DARAGA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities were evacuating more than 2,000 cows and water buffaloes away from a restive volcano to minimize potential losses in case of a major eruption, officials said Sunday.
The farm animals were being herded out of rural communities within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon volcano’s crater in northeastern Albay province to 25 temporary grazing area. They’re following more than 12,600 villagers who have moved to emergency shelters since last week, when Mayon began spewing superheated gas and heavy ashfall in a sign of a possible major eruption within days or weeks.
Thousands more people may still need to be relocated to shelters, usually schools and other public buildings, officials said.
“It’s not only people that should be brought to safety but their farm animals too,” Albay provincial veterinarian Manny Victorino told The Associated Press. He said authorities were taking steps to avoid a deeper economic impact if the volcano erupts.
In Matnog village in Daraga town, Victorino and his team of veterinarians provided deworming medicine, injected vitamin supplements and punched identifying tags to the ears of several cows and buffaloes for better monitoring.
Animal evacuations had preceded Mayon eruptions in the past, Victorino said, adding that the Philippines and Indonesia, which is also prone to earthquakes, have compared and shared techniques.
The cattle evacuations underscore the government’s dilemma in dealing with threats from about two dozen active volcanoes, led by Mayon, across the sprawling archipelago. Located in the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the Philippines is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and storms a year, making the Southeast Asian nation one of the world’s most disaster-prone.
Albay was placed under a state of calamity on Friday to allow more rapid disbursement of emergency funds in case a major eruption unfolds. On Thursday, authorities raised the alert level for the 2,462-meter (8,077-feet) volcano.
A key tourist draw for its picturesque conical shape, Mayon is one of the country’s 24 active volcanoes. It last erupted violently in 2018, displacing tens of thousands of villagers.
In 1814, Mayon’s eruption buried entire villages and reportedly left more than 1,000 people dead. But many of Albay’s people have accepted the volcano’s fury as a part of their lives.
On Sunday morning, throngs of people jogged or biked, joined a group dancing to disco music and walked their dogs in a seaside promenade in Albay’s capital city of Legazpi. About 14 kilometers (8.6 miles) away, the volcano lay hidden in thick clouds.
A resident, Violeto Peralta, caught attention when he painted an image of Mayon’s explosive eruption on the concrete fence of his roadside house. Passing schoolchildren, he said, will be happy to see his painting as a backdrop for their selfies.
He said that many businesses in the province have grown rich from diverse tourist activities that have sprung from Mayon, including sightseeing tours to gravel and sand that could be found in abundance around the country’s most active volcano.
“We’re not scared of it,” the 76-year-old said. “We’ve learned to live with it.”
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Associated Press journalist Joeal Calupitan contributed to this report. | 2023-06-11T18:37:12+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/science/ap-science/following-owners-thousands-of-cows-buffaloes-evacuated-away-from-restive-philippine-volcano/ |
WOBURN, Mass., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Monotype® announced its acquisition of five premium typeface families from the Milieu Grotesque catalogue and Paulo Goode's current type catalogue.
First established in 2010 by graphic designers Timo Gaessner and Alexander Colby, Milieu Grotesque was originally founded as a type platform for designers. Under Timo Gaessner and Maiko Gubler's direction, the business grew into a highly regarded foundry with a reputation for creating enduring and elegant type. The five Milieu Grotesque typeface families include Maison Neue (a super family of 40 styles in minimalist homage to early-twentieth century modernist design), Boutique (a sophisticated sans serif typeface that pays homage to the Didone skeleton), Patron (a sans serif influenced by two dissimilar type designers, Günther Gerhard Lange and Roger Excoffon), Maison (a mono-lined grotesque constructed using rigid elements to achieve a minimalist industrial feel), and Chapeau (loosely inspired by a Johnny Cash letter written on an old IBM typewriter).
Timo Gaessner said, "Monotype is the perfect home for the Milieu Grotesque catalogue and we're excited to see what Monotype's 'fresh pair of eyes' will bring to the typefaces in terms of technology developments and design evolutions."
Originally a graphic and website designer, Paulo Goode first embraced type design in 2014. Since then, he has created a rich and diverse catalogue of type, mainly focused on branding uses. Paulo's current catalogue includes forty-two typefaces including Audacious (a confident and quirky serif), Cream (a soft serif inspired by Oswald Bruce Cooper's eponymous typeface), and Majesty (a refined, incised typeface inspired by the centuries-long tradition of engraved type).
Paulo Goode stated "Since the start in 2015, Monotype really helped to nurture my talent and elevate my work. Although I'm a one-man foundry, Monotype recognized the quality and value of my output and promoted my fonts to their Premium Collections in 2020. Monotype's recent acquisition of my portfolio is a fantastic way to draw a line under my first seven years as a type designer. Selling to Monotype ensures that my fonts have a permanent home and that they will continue to be available long after I'm gone."
With the acquisition, the Paulo Goode type catalogue will continue to be available through all Monotype's platforms. The Milieu Grotesque typefaces will be available as part of the Monotype Fonts plus inventory collection through Monotype Fonts which combines more than 40,000 typefaces with the expertise of Monotype's world-renowned type designers and trusted, secure font management.
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(The Conversation) – The conditions that led to a shortage of baby formula were set in motion long before the February 2022 closure of the Similac factory tipped the U.S. into a crisis.
Retailers nationwide reported supplies of baby formula were out of stock at a rate of 43% during the week ended May 8, 2022, compared with less than 5% in the first half of 2021. In some states, such as Texas and Tennessee, shortages were over 50%, which has prompted parents to travel long distances and pay exorbitant sums of money to grab dwindling supplies of formula for their babies.
News that the Food and Drug Administration and Similac-maker Abbott have reached a deal to reopen the formula factory in Sturgis, Michigan, is welcome news for desperate parents, but it will do little to alleviate the shortage anytime soon. This is in no small part because of the very nature of America’s baby formula industry.
I research and teach supply chain management, with a special focus on the health care industry. The closure of the Similac factory may have lit the fuse for the nationwide shortage, but a combination of government policy, industry market concentration and supply chain issues supplied the powder.
What prompted the baby formula shortage
On Feb. 17, Abbott initiated a voluntary recall after four infants were hospitalized with infections from the bacteria Cronobacter sakazakii – two of them died – after consuming baby formula manufactured in their Sturgis facility. The factory was also shut down.
The FDA has identified no new cases but has not yet approved reopening the Sturgis facility, which is responsible for about half of Abbott’s U.S. supply. Abbott said it entered into a consent decree with the FDA that paves the way to reopening the facility once certain conditions are met.
Shortages of baby formula have led major U.S. retailers including Target, CVS, Walgreens and Kroger to restrict the amount of formula a consumer may purchase. These shortages are disproportionately hurting low-income families and those who do not have the resources to travel long distances to find alternative sources of baby formula.
Government-created monopolies
The root of the problem begins with a concentration of production.
Two companies – Abbott and Reckitt Benckiser, which makes Enfamil – dominate the industry with about 80% of the U.S. market. Nestlé, which sells baby formula in the U.S. under its Gerber brand, controls another 10%.
Part of the reason these companies are so entrenched in their position is that Abbott, Reckitt and Nestlé are the only makers approved by the U.S. government to provide baby formula through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, which provides supplemental food to low-income families.
WIC, which reimburses companies at 15% of the wholesale cost, is responsible for 92% of supermarket sales of milk-based powder formula in 12-to 16-ounce containers and 51% of all sales in other sizes.
The federal government provides WIC grants to each state, which then contracts with one of the three companies. While WIC is a critical program to feed the most vulnerable, government support of this program has the unintended consequence of creating a de facto monopoly in each state.
The amount of WIC funding to these three established companies makes it difficult for any startup to make significant inroads in the baby formula industry. There is little chance they can capture the market share necessary to justify a significant investment. Since only a handful of manufacturing facilities are approved for production of baby formula in the U.S., startups don’t have the volume required to produce in these facilities.
Import restrictions
Another reason for the intense concentration is import controls.
About 98% of the formula consumed in the U.S. is produced domestically, whether by a U.S. or international company. While facilities abroad such as those in Mexico, Chile, Ireland and the Netherlands meet the FDA’s nutrition standards, a failure to meet its labeling guidelines prevents them from exporting to the U.S. As a result, some consumers order unapproved formula over the internet from Europe and elsewhere, which may then be confiscated at the border.
International manufactures also face high tariffs, which can be as high as 17.5% depending on volume. That’s one reason Canadian producers, which are subsidized by their government, have mostly steered clear of the U.S. market. And the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, which came into force in 2020, included a provision that made it even harder for Canada to ship baby formula south in an effort to protect domestic producers.
‘Lean’ supply chains
The pandemic-related problems that have beleaguered global supply chains have also played a role.
Like in other industries, baby formula makers have long tried to make their supply chains as “lean” and efficient as possible. That means they aimed to minimize the amount of time baby formula spent sitting – unprofitably – on warehouse shelves and send the goods from factory to retailer as quickly as possible. The problem is that when there’s a surge in demand or a drop in supply, shortages can result. The leaner the supply chain, the larger the potential disruption.
The WIC program also encourages a lean supply chain because it reimburses just 15% of the wholesale price. The huge volume means the companies can still be profitable, but the lower margins per sale encourage them to keep a very efficient supply chain.
In March 2020, formula sales surged as people stockpiled pretty much everything. But that led sales to drop as parents worked through all that extra formula. That prompted makers to reduce production. And now in 2022, demand jumped again, especially after reports spread of the Similac recall. And with demand soaring and supply down significantly because of the Sturgis plant’s closure, shortages were inevitable.
Shortage is far from over
Both the Biden administration and companies have announced a variety of measures to end the shortage.
Some companies, such as Reckitt, say they have stepped up production and are running factories seven days a week to get more formula to stores.
The FDA is expected to soon announce the loosening of import rules for baby formula, and some states are allowing WIC recipients to use their rebates to buy formula from companies other than the one on the contract. Abbott has already agreed to honor rebates for competitor products in states where they have WIC contracts.
Abbott and Nestlé are also speeding up shipments from their FDA-approved facilities overseas.
The best way to end the shortage – getting the Sturgis plant online and its formula on retail shelves – will take two months.
Ultimately, preventing this kind of situation from happening again will require changes to government policy and business practices. I believe the government’s de facto monopolies should be opened up to more competition. And formula makers may just have to accept a little less profit from supply chain efficiencies as a cost of doing business – and as a way to ensure families won’t again be faced with the loss of a product so vital to their babies’ survival. | 2022-05-19T16:44:16+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/baby-formula-industry-was-primed-for-disaster-long-before-key-factory-closed-down/ |
Tops shooter Payton Gendron’s defense attorney says he is prepared to enter a guilty plea on federal charges, similar to what he did in New York State, but only if their talks on "mitigation" -taking death penalty off the table- prevail.
In federal court for a status hearing Friday, defense attorney Sonia Zoglin said " it is still our hope to avoid a trial” and that Gendron was "prepared to enter a similar plea “ to the federal charges if talks over not having him face a death sentence bear fruit.
Gendron, a 19-year-old racist white gunman admitted targeting and killing 10 Black people and injuring three others at the Tops Market on Jefferson Avenue last May pleaded guilty on November 28 to state charges against him.
Gendron pleaded guilty on the state level to one count of domestic terrorism in the first degree, 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime, three counts of
attempted second-degree murder as a hate crime and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
He pleaded guilty to 15 counts, including the 10 counts of first-degree murder, which automatically dismissed the remaining 10 second-degree charges.
"Why do we need to spend a lot of time on substantive questions of guilt?,' asked federal magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder during Friday's proceedings. Before ultimately agreeing to it, Schroeder questioned the need for extra time to examine evidence in the trial.
At the federal level, Gendron is facing additional charges, including 10 counts of hate crimes resulting in death and three counts of hate crimes involving an attempt to kill, along with 13 counts of using, carrying or discharging a firearm.
If convicted on all 27 federal charges, Gendron could face either the death penalty or a second sentence of life in prison without parole. The attorney general will decide at a later date on whether to seek the death penalty, according to the Justice Department.
Zoglin sought a 90 day delay to go through the " Mulitple terrabytes” of evidence that the prosecution has provided in the ederal case, - including videos of the shootings.
But ultimately—before he said yes to that – federal magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder asked several questions about last month’s guilty plea to multiple state murder , hate crime and domestic terror charges.
Zoglin says they are hoping to pursue a mitigation defense, which seeks to find reasons why the death penalty should not be imposed.
Attorneys for some of the victim families tell WBFO that already mitigation specialists" have sought to speak with family members to help develop an argument that would take the death penalty off the table.
Assistant US Attorney Joseph Tripi said that early meetings on that are scheduled in Buffalo, lo sometime after the holidays before going up the chain to Washington for an ultimate decision. If prosecutors in Buffalo ask for permission to conduct a death penalty prosecution, a panel at the US Justice Department will review the case, before sending a recommendation to US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Sentencing on the NYS charges has been scheduled for Feb. 15, but Erie County District Attorney John Flynn says Erie County Judge Susan Egan will be required to sentence Gendron to life without
parole, New York's highest sentence, for pleading guilty to the first-degree domestic terrorism charge.
In the meantime, Gendron's federal public defenders get 90 days to go over the evidence, with Judge Schroeder saying that by then there should be clarity on the death penalty possibilities.
The extra time will also help resolve a possible conflict between state and federal law over sentencing and custody. Several times during Friday's hearing Schroeder asked about rules of custody, that would essentially put Gendron off limits after a state sentence— especially if the federal trial by then is only chasing the same life in prison sentence that had been imposed by the state.
Family members speak out
Following the news of the plea, family members of the shooting victims spoke to reporters about what happened during the court hearing —expressing their feelings towards the gunman and the possible guilty plea.
" This man was selfish. And broke God's commandment of Thou shalt not kill. He did it. And I pray that God holds him accountable for what he did. And I know he will....
Did he show mercy? When are those other nine victims asked to be spared? What about when he chose to shoot other people? I'm sure they didn't get up in the morning and say, I want to be shot today. So when he made choices, he also made consequences for himself"
- Kimberly Slater, widow of Aaron Salter Jr., killed by Gendron
"I want a trial. I want everybody in America to see what happened here on that day. And I want it to happen, because it goes down into the history books. And as we know, our history books do not reflect the actual racist country that we live in,"
- Zeneta Everhart, who's son Zaire Goodman was injured in the shootings.
I can tell you, from what I've heard today, none of the families are advocating for life. They're hurt. Some of the families obviously made it very vocal and clear that they want the death penalty. Others were just silent. And they said, well, it's going to be up to the authorities to do what they do. But I'm not going to just jump up and say, I want to save his life,"
-Attorney John Elmore, representing that families of Kat Massey and Andre Mackniel
" I understand his impending rights. And I can't advocate for trampling on his rights, because it's our rights as a people that have been trampled on down through history. So I cannot advocate for that. I understand the process. I understand. But I think there's some gamesmanship underway, in terms of him pleading guilty.,"
- Garnell Whtifield Jr., who's mother Ruth Whitfield was killed by Gendron
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, November 28, 2022
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WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
258 AM PST Fri Nov 25 2022
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations 9 to 14
inches above 3000 feet and 5 to 10 inches below 3000 feet.
* WHERE...East Slopes of the Washington Cascades, mainly above
3000 feet.
* WHEN...From Saturday evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning commute.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow will create travel issues along
Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass and Highway 12 over White
Pass. Holiday travelers need to make sure vehicles are
equipped for heavy snow which include traction devices or
tires, shovels and flashlights and may consider alternate
plans.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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EAST LANSING – The last time Michigan State played at Michigan, it was Halloween in 2020.
The game kicked off a little after noon and cardboard cutouts of fans were placed in seats with fake crowd noise pumped in due to the pandemic. There was a smattering of players’ family members scattered in the Big House, with an announced attendance of 615 as Michigan State won 27-24.
The Spartans (3-4, 1-3 Big Ten) return to Ann Arbor for the first time since to face No. 4 Michigan (7-0, 4-0) on Saturday and the atmosphere will be just a little different. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:44 p.m. in only the second night game in the history of the rivalry and the stadium should be packed with about 110,000 or so fans.
“That’s what big-time college football is all about,” Michigan State coach Mel Tucker said. “This is not for everyone but this is what we love to do so when you get an opportunity to play or coach on a stage like that, it’s special.”
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Michigan State has won 10 of the last 14 matchups, including two straight, but will head to Michigan Stadium as a huge underdog. That was the case in 2020, although the circumstances were obviously much different. The Spartans have 19 players on the roster who played for them in that game two years ago when fans weren’t allowed. They also have 10 players who appeared in a 44-10 loss at Michigan in 2019, including four who started. Most of the Spartans will be playing in front of fans at Michigan for the first time on Saturday.
“We’ll use crowd noise in practice, we’ll show them videos,” Tucker said. “We’ll make it uncomfortable for them in practice and in the meetings so that they’re not overwhelmed when they get to the game.”
Quarterback Payton Thorne traveled to Michigan in 2020 but didn’t play. He’s now heading into his second start against the Wolverines after helping the Spartans to a 37-33 win in East Lansing last year.
“You get ready throughout the week, crowd noise, but at the same time, we’ve played in big stadiums, very big stadiums, big atmospheres, big-time games, over the past year or two,” Thorne said. “Some guys have experienced that and some guys haven’t so the guys that haven’t, they’ll get ready to go and they’ll have to adapt quickly.”
Former Wolverines and Spartans agree: Rivalry road wins are extra special
Linebacker/defensive end Jacoby Windmon, an offseason transfer addition from UNLV, heard about the rivalry the first time he stepped on campus. He said playing in games like this is one of the reasons he came to Michigan State.
“For the most part, what I’ve been really hearing from the guys is that it’s a real intense game, you’re going to have a lot of people out there talking,” Windmon said. “You’ve got to feed off that energy. … We don’t do too much talking but when we get on the field, we’ll let our pads talk. Going into an environment like that, you’ve got to love to be uncomfortable because that’s when you grow the most. It’s something I’m looking forward to and we look forward to quieting the crowd down.”
Safety Xavier Henderson is heading into his fifth game against the Wolverines and third in Ann Arbor. He also recalls being on a recruiting visit at Michigan for the Spartans’ improbable 27-23 win in 2015.
“I remember walking out with my dad and that’s like the first time I heard I think a Michigan State fan was talking crap to a Michigan fan, like ‘little sister’ this and that,” Henderson recalled. “I’m like, yo, this place is crazy.”
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This will be Michigan State’s second night game of the season, following a win at home against Western Michigan in the opener. Henderson said there’s an anxious feeling that comes with spending the day at a hotel and in meetings, waiting for kickoff to come with the intensity that goes with playing under the lights.
“It should be a fun one,” Henderson said. “I know they’re ready to go and we’re ready to go too.”
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Michigan State is aware of rivalry trash talk from Michigan but isn’t responding | 2022-10-29T11:18:04+00:00 | mlive.com | https://www.mlive.com/spartans/2022/10/michigan-state-looking-forward-to-primetime-atmosphere-at-no-4-michigan.html |
As more friends and extended family warm up to the idea of electric vehicles, I’ve noticed an increasingly frequent request: Which EVs offer all-wheel drive and can be had for under $40,000?
The answer: Not the 2023 Kia Niro EV. Not a single model in the American market right now.
The Niro—hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or EV—has been a front-wheel-drive car disguised as an SUV from the start. When the last-generation Niro rolled out, Kia conceded that it was looking at all-wheel drive as a future possibility. After Kia passed on bringing the slightly smaller, stylishly boxy, front-drive Soul EV to America, the Niro EV’s where I’d most expected AWD in its second generation. But here, it returns with a single-motor, front-wheel-drive layout.
In recent drive time with the Niro EV, I found it to be a somewhat better car in nearly every way, but from a brand that’s wowed with its EV6 and teased a correspondingly transformative EV9 SUV, it’s merely an incremental improvement over the car it replaced.
To that point, it boasts no big advance in technology and no significant leaps in efficiency or range. And it backslides a bit on value—with the loss of the outgoing model’s $7,500 EV tax credit inescapably part of it.
For a brand that’s no longer about value at the core, the proposition gets the most awkward right here, on the verge of an EV price war, looking at where a Niro EV fits in.
The 2023 Kia Niro EV starts at $40,745 for the base Wind model or $45,745 for the better-equipped Wave version. My test vehicle was a Niro EV Wave, with the $1,300 Wave Preserve Package (heat pump plus rear outboard seats) plus premium Snow White Pearl paint, bringing it to $47,635.
That’s only about $5,000 less than the last 2022 Kia EV6 I drove, a loaded GT-Line that felt in a completely different league on overall driving refinement. Or, to see it another way, it’s $20,000 more than the Niro hybrid that shares the same sheetmetal and interior look and comes pretty well equipped.
Kia tried to make up for this near-overlap in pricing between the two models by canceling the base-battery version of the EV6 and raising prices somewhat on the rest of the EV6 line. But the problem wasn’t that the EV6 was underpriced; it’s that the Niro EV is overpriced.
If EV6 is a high achiever, Niro EV is a good passing grade
When the Kia Niro EV arrived for 2019, it was following in the footsteps of the previous Kia Soul EV—and it was a huge step forward in refinement, range, charging, and pretty much every aspect of EV ownership.
Now, the Niro EV is overshadowed by the excellent EV6. Oh, it’s definitely borrowed some tricks from its big brother, though. The Niro EV has made big advances in cabin materials, the interface, and the up-close tactile feel of everything. What hasn’t advanced much is what the Niro EV offers in refinement and performance—which fall into the “just enough” category on both counts.
The Niro’s single permanent-magnet motor makes 201 hp, and if you take off quickly from a stop, it makes abundantly clear that it’s delivering its 188 lb-ft of torque through the front wheels, working those not-so-grippy Kumho Solus tires that are quiet-riding but seem to be the limiting factor for all arenas of performance.
Merging onto a stretch of freeway with truck tramlines and some rough spots in the rain, I really had to hold onto the steering wheel tightly—not because its acceleration is anything remarkable, but because those front tires did there too seem more traction-challenged than they should be.
At anything less than that, and leisurely around town, you won’t think about it, and by most assessments it feels quick and quiet. Kia quotes the same 7.8-second 0-62 mph acceleration that it gave the first-generation Niro EV—a figure that was conservative by more than a second by many measurements.
Just as in the EV6 and the previous Niro EV, Kia offers three selectable levels of regenerative braking, plus one that’s essentially coasting, and another mode allowing automatic control of it. We were happiest with the middle setting. Brake blending is well done in the final stretches of stops, and we found the four-wheel discs to do as they should in a high-speed stop.
The Niro EV weighs about 3,800 pounds, which is about 50 pounds less than the outgoing model, and that makes it one of the lighter EVs on the market. The battery pack capacity nudges up to 65 kwh (64.8, officially), yet the weight of the entire pack has lost 33 pounds, to 975 pounds.
That said, the Niro EV handles like what it is—a very heavy small car, albeit one that carries the bulk of its weight low. There’s a lot of body lean in corners, and it doesn’t unload from corners or heaves in a way that inspires you at all to drive quickly.
In a relative sense, it is quicker than comparable gasoline small cars, but priced where it is, it needs to do better. For instance, I revisited the much-lower-priced Chevy Bolt EUV (more to come on that) soon after the Niro EV and it felt positively nimble and muscle-car-like. It’s all relative.
Conflicting impressions inside and out
At least from the outside, the Niro EV doesn’t look like a $45,000 car. It’s a little more gimmicky than you might expect from the photos. The slabs of lower body cladding call out outdoorsy, but it has the ride height of a sedan; the nonsense of a rear window behind rear passenger’s heads is gone, but it’s replaced with a contrast-color rear pillar that is trying awfully hard; the front aero look looks sharply detailed and smooth all at once.
Inside, I really liked the grippy yet breathable feel of the perforated synthetic leather upholstery in the Wave-trim test car. But the seats themselves feel like small-car seats designed for the city—or for smaller people. I’m a long-legged 6-foot-6, and I fussed for a while with the seat, failing to tilt it back far enough to support my thighs with the rather short lower cushion, and my knee rested against the forward left edge of the center console. What’s more, the seats have an odd contouring, perhaps intended to prevent whiplash injuries, that places the headrest uncomfortably close, while coming up short on mid-back support.
The seats in the Volkswagen ID.4, for instance, have much better back and thigh support, for instance, and those in the Nissan Ariya feel positively plush next to these.
In backseat space, however, the Niro EV is a champ. There’s lots of headroom and legroom in back, and the tall door cuts mean that it’s easy not just to get in but to load kids and child seats. I mulled what it was exactly that made me feel more comfy in the back than in front, but it comes down to plush cushioning. Take note ride-hailing drivers.
Overall dimensions change only slightly, but enough to spell out that this is a significant reengineering of the platform rather than a refresh. Built on a 107.0-inch wheelbase—up from 106.3 inches in the first generation—the Niro EV is now 174.0 inches lone, 71.8 inches wide, and 61.8 inches tall. That’s up nearly two inches in length but just a fraction of an inch in the other measurements.
Sophisticated screen space
The second-generation Niro EV keeps the previous model’s new-design rotary shifter (with a Park button in the middle), but pretty much remakes everything else around it in a broad swooping arc of an instrument panel that you’ll warm up to quickly.
The interface of the Niro EV aligns closely with that of the EV6 and some of the other latest Kia models, giving you two 10.3-inch displays—one of them a configurable gauge cluster, the other a touchscreen for climate, entertainment, navigation, communications, and other vehicle settings.
It is a fantastic, responsive interface, with vivid displays and clarity built into its menu system, and it carries over a just-right minimalist approach that, with a toggle of a button, recasts a row of buttons in the middle for either climate or navigation/entertainment functions.
Range and efficiency
The Niro EV has an EPA-rated range of 253 miles—and, we should note, an EPA-combined rating of 113 MPGe. That’s nearly 3.4 miles per kwh.
I didn’t quite see that, and what I saw, efficiency-wise, was good but not wow-worthy.
Over the course of just three already-busy days, I managed to do some longer, metro-area errands each day, plus a brief run out to some more inspiring backroads—altogether including four “cold starts” that required the climate system to warm the car up (simply setting it to 72 degrees and Auto). I started out with a 94% charge and drove the Niro EV about metro-area errands over three days, plugging into my home charger at 19% before turning the car back in the next morning.
Over 141.2 miles that I would call a near equal mix of city, suburban, and freeway driving, with an average speed of 37.7 mph, according to the trip meter, I averaged 3.1 mi/kwh. Temperatures were chilly but mild, primarily in the upper 40s and low 50s over the time I had the Niro EV.
That’s not quite as good as I’ve seen in the EV6 under quite similar temps and driving conditions. It may underscore a point, which is that the Niro EV isn’t built on a dedicated EV platform; it’s still effectively the electric version of a platform that includes hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions.
The U.S. Niro EV comes with a 7.2-kw onboard charger that allows a full charge in around nine hours. A charge at 120 volts takes more than 57 hours. And gosh, we’re thankful they left the charge port in front.
On pricing and value, you have to really love it
What will shoppers looking at the Niro EV also consider? Firstly, it’s hard not to see the Chevy Bolt EUV, which starts at less than $29,000, as competition. A top-trim 2023 Bolt EUV Premier optioned to the brim with GM’s excellent Super Cruise system, a glass roof, and Bose audio adds up to $37,990 including destination. Yes, its somewhat more cramped interior and trim details feel a half-league below, but it’s punchier to drive and certainly no less efficient.
That’s a $10,000 difference. Before considering the $7,500 EV tax credit the Bolt EUV is currently eligible for; the made-in-South-Korea Niro EV isn’t.
There’s something broken in pricing here, and to hammer back at a point, GM dropped the price of the Chevrolet Bolt family ahead of the upcoming Chevy Equinox EV, and Nissan dropped Leaf prices ahead of the Ariya’s arrival, but there was no such recalibration here.
Does it underscore the urgency any further, Kia, if I point out that at this time many other EVs are still being sold at $5,000 or $10,000 dealer markups, my local dealership is selling Niro EVs at a $2,500 discount?
This story would be very different if the Niro EV had dual-motor all-wheel drive. With good winter tires, a front-wheel-drive EV will probably be just fine—especially with the advanced (think milliseconds of reaction time) traction systems that most models now have. But for families coming out of all-wheel-drive Outbacks or RAV4 Hybrids, it gives them what they think they need.
The way that it lands on the numbers in today’s market, the Niro EV is a puzzling product. Models like the upcoming Equinox EV—or, perhaps the Soul EV Kia balked at before—might be closer to what Americans want and need.
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Cadillac on Thursday revealed the final liveries for its fleet of V-LMDh race cars ahead of their competition debut at the Rolex 24 at Daytona set for Jan. 28-29.
The V-LMDh is Cadillac’s entry into the new top class of endurance racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (of which the Rolex 24 is a part) and the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), competing in the GTP and Hypercar classes, respectively.
Cadillac will field three cars, each in a livery featuring one of the colors from the V-Series logo, including the no. 01 in gold, the no. 02 in blue, and no. 31 in red. The numbers 01 and 31 will race in the IMSA series with the Whelen Engineering team, while the no. 02 will compete in the WEC, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The teams previously confirmed a driver lineup that includes Sebastian Bourdais and Renger van der Zande in the no. 01, with six-time IndyCar champion and four-time Rolex 24 winner Scott Dixon joining them for this year’s Daytona 24-hour enduro. The no. 31 will be driven by Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims, with Jack Aitken joining for select races.
Cadillac is aiming to continue its winning ways in IMSA competition. With its DPi-V.R from the previous rule set, Cadillac won titles in 2017, 2018, and 2021. It also scored four consecutive Rolex 24 wins between 2017 and 2020.
In the WEC, Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, and Richard Westbrook will co-drive the no. 02 V-LMDh. The car’s number is an homage to “Le Monstre,” a modified Cadillac Series 61 entered at Le Mans in 1950, which marked the brand’s first appearance at the legendary endurance race. Cadillac made an unsuccessful return in the early 2000s, and has steered clear of Le Mans until now.
Cadlliac’s Le Mans return is made possible by coordination between IMSA and the FIA that allowed for overlap in the GTP and Hypercar class rules. The IMSA-spec cars were originally referred to as LMDh (Le Mans Daytona hybrid), which carries over in the name of the V-LMDh, but the class was later rebranded to GTP in homage to the top class from IMSA’s 1980s glory days, which featured iconic cars like the Porsche 962.
First teased in 2022 in the form of the Project GTP Hypercar, the V-LMDh uses a Dallara chassis and a hybrid powertrain with a dual-overhead cam 5.5-liter V-8 for the internal combustion component. Under LMDh rules, combined output for the gasoline engine and any electric assist is capped at 670 hp.
After the V-LMDh makes its competition debut at the Rolex 24, it will compete in the FIA WEC 1000 Miles of Sebring and IMSA 12 Hours of Sebring, scheduled for March 17 and 18, respectively, and then go to Le Mans in June.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) today announced the results of its 2022 Director Election. Members elected two directors from Illinois, one director from Wisconsin, and one public interest independent director who ran unopposed. Each director will serve a four-year term beginning January 1, 2023.
Illinois members elected Betsy A. Johnson and Michael G. O'Rourke.
Betsy A. Johnson is the current President and CEO of Solutions Bank, formerly known as Forreston State Bank. The bank currently employs 68 bankers, $440 million in assets with seven locations in four counties of northern Illinois. Ms. Johnson and management acquired and merged two banks in the last two years. Since 2010, Ms. Johnson has been a director on the boards of the bank and holding company. Outside of banking, she has been a zone chair for the Lions Club and serves as the treasurer for her local Lions Club. She has served on the Forrestville Valley School Foundation as a member and treasurer and continues to be involved in the Foundation's fundraising committee for the last 20 years. She has also served as church council president, pastor search committee, and building committee. Ms. Johnson is a 2003 graduate of the Graduate School of Banking-Madison (GSB-Madison). She has been a strong advocate of the school and has served since 2017 as the current Chair of the Banker Advisory Board, GSB-Madison. Through involvement in the Illinois Bankers Association (IBA), Ms. Johnson has served and chaired numerous committees. She joined the Board of Directors in 2017, the Executive Committee in 2019, and is the current Chair for the IBA. Ms. Johnson also serves on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Community Banker Advisory Committee since 2021 along with 17 other community bankers from the U.S.
Michael "Mick" G. O'Rourke currently serves as President and CEO of Signature Bank and has over 30 years banking experience. He previously served as Associated Bank Executive Vice President, until he left to organize Signature Bank. He was previously employed by LaSalle Bank N.A. and American National Bank. Mr. O'Rourke is currently the Chairman of the Board of St. Patrick High School and Treasurer of the Western Golf Association/Evans Scholar Foundation. He is a member of the Community Bank Council for the American Bankers Association. He also serves as a Director of St. Angela School, the American Ireland Fund, and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. He served as Director of the Illinois Banker Association from 2009-2015 and served as Director of Navy Pier from 2010-2020. Also, he previously was a Director of Schawk, Inc. (SGK) and Lancer Insurance. Mr. O'Rourke has a bachelor's degree from Marquette University and a master's degree from Loyola University in Chicago.
Wisconsin members re-elected Ty R. Taylor. Mr. Taylor has been President and CEO of Waukesha State Bank since 2004 and has been with the bank since 1991. Prior to becoming President and CEO of Waukesha State Bank, he oversaw the bank's commercial and mortgage lending services, among other responsibilities. From 1990 to 1991, Mr. Taylor was employed at M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank. Mr. Taylor has volunteered extensively with various local non-profit organizations. Mr. Taylor has a B.A. in Economics from Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ty R. Taylor has been a Board member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago since 2019 and has served on the Public Policy, Operations and Technology, and Risk Management Committees.
For the public interest independent director seat, FHLBank Chicago members elected Kevin L. Newell.
Kevin L. Newell is the founder of the Royal Capital Group and has served as CEO since 2010. Royal Capital is a real estate development firm focused on the creation of economic development and housing in the urban core. The company produces hundreds of new affordable housing units in nationwide while providing total wrap around services in the interest of the community. The organization has created family housing, senior housing, and supportive housing with services. As the CEO of the organization, Mr. Newell has led the company's efforts on business development, strategy, and its investment profile. As the leader of the organization, he serves as an advocate and urban planner aligned with the aim to provide quality, safe, affordable housing that is in the interest of the community. Mr. Newell also serves on the Great Milwaukee Foundation Impact Investment Committee, the Guest House of Milwaukee, MLK Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Newell continues to be an active member of the Wisconsin Preservation Fund since 2017. He has a BBA and MBA graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with an emphasis in Finance and Management, and an ACRE Alum at Marquette University. Mr. Newell has served on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Community Advisory Council since 2019.
The mission of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is to partner with our members in FHLBank Chicago partners with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment in the Bank, and support for their community investment activities. FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks created by Congress in 1932 as a government sponsored enterprise to support mortgage lending and community investment. We are member owned and member focused. FHLBank Chicago members include banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions.
To learn more about FHLBank Chicago, visit fhlbc.com.
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A large group of migrants in Mexico who were poised to barge into the U.S. over the weekend were blocked from crossing a bridge leading from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said.
The migrants were “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry,” and physical barriers were put up to restrict their entry at the Paso Del Norte International Bridge on Sunday afternoon, spokesman Roger Maier said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday.
Barricades also were used in El Paso for a short time Sunday afternoon at other border crossings including the Bridge of Americas and the Stanton-Lerdo bridge, Maier said.
Video of the scene at the Paso Del Norte bridge on Sunday showed hundreds of migrants brush past Mexican National Guard officers on the Mexican side, some carrying children on their shoulders. Many appeared to be Venezuelan, by their accents.
Shouting “We want to get through!,” the migrants ran up to the center line of the bridge, where U.S. authorities had erected concrete and plastic barriers strung with concertina wire.
The migrants were stopped by the barrier, and remained on the Mexican side, shouting “Open up for us!” to the U.S. officers. After a time, the migrants ran back toward the Mexican side.
Traffic was reopened and flowing in both directions as of Sunday evening, Maier said. It wasn’t immediately known what caused the attempted mass crossing. A message seeking comment was left with the mayor’s office in El Paso.
The rush across the bridge may have been sparked by false rumors, said Camilo Cruz, who works with the U.N. migration office in Ciudad Juarez.
Cruz said there was “a rumor that they were going to let them cross massively, particularly people who arrived with children.”
Cruz said the rumors are a recurrent problem. About a month ago, messages began circulating “that there were going to be buses on the U.S. side to take them to Canada … and when they arrived, they were told it was a lie.”
The worst thing, Cruz said, is that migrants often leave the shelters where they are staying to attend such mass crossing attempts, only to find the shelters full when they return.
Many of the migrants on Sunday appeared to be asylum seekers. One woman held out what appeared to be an appointment slip at the barricade. Migrants seeking asylum, a legal immigration pathway for people fleeing persecution in their own country, have been frustrated by newly-implemented limits on those showing up at the southwest border, as many Venezuelans do.
There has been frustration with the U.S. government’s CBPOne mobile app for making appointments to apply for asylum, which has been overloaded since the Biden administration introduced it Jan. 12. New appointments are available each day at 6 a.m., but migrants find themselves stymied by error messages.
Also causing frustration is a pandemic rule, scheduled to end May 11, that denies migrants a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. Under the public health rule, known as Title 42, Mexico recently began taking back Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who crossed.
In addition, the Biden administration has said it will generally deny asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S. southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through. | 2023-03-13T19:39:13+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/international/ap-international/us-repels-migrants-as-asylum-app-frustration-grows-in-mexico/ |
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Presentation Shows Utter Lack of Recognition for the $1 Billion of Shareholder Capital Destroyed Over the Last Eleven Months
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Returns Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, "Capital Returns," "we" or "us"), one of the largest shareholders among actively managed funds of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. ("Argo" or the "Company") (NYSE: ARGO), today responded to the investor presentation released by Argo's Board of Directors last week
Capital Returns had the following reaction:
"To hear the story from Argo's Board, all is well and getting better at Argo.
Shareholders should be forgiven if, after reading through Argo's investor presentation, they are inclined to reboot their Bloomberg terminal to ensure the stock quotes and charts are correct. The reality, for anyone with a functioning Bloomberg terminal, is quite different than the Board portrays it.
There is no objective evidence that things are well at Argo.
The stock is down 54% this year and the disastrous strategic decisions and performance of this Company have led to $1 billion of losses for shareholders since the beginning of this year. The Company has underperformed its self-selected peer group on a total returns basis this year and the last one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten years; during the tenure of every sitting director; during the tenure of the current CEO, the last CEO and Mr. Watson (three CEOs ago); during the tenure of the current CFO; since the announcement of the strategic review process and nearly any other relevant period. (And while Argo ballyhoos a recent 68-day period in which its stock outperformed the peers, we, at least, are focused on the creation of sustainable, long-term value. Of that, there is none.)
The Company remains undervalued, with investors assigning a value less than book value to the Company and its net assets. This suggests that despite all the talk from this Board about transformation and future opportunity, shareholders have concluded that further value will likely be destroyed. A dollar in the hands of this Company and Board is, according to our Bloomberg terminal, now worth just $0.78.
This Board – though seemingly unable to successfully complete even simple tasks like filing a 10-K on time (twice late in consecutive years) or ensuring Argo has appropriate reserves for losses (having incurred surprise and adverse loss reserve expenses in 13 of the last 14 quarters) – would have shareholders believe that absolutely no change is needed. Shareholders, down $1 billion in the last eleven months, are being urged by this Board to sit passively and allow the incumbent directors to continue their stewardship uninterrupted.
Color us skeptical.
The Board's self-serving recommendation does not seem like a good one to us. We think adding two new objective, sophisticated directors to this Board is very likely to help and certainly cannot hurt. With a dollar at Argo worth only seventy-eight cents, we are inclined to believe some change is needed.
We also do not believe that Mr. Plants, who was added to the Board recently and who heads the Strategic Review Committee, is a substitute for our candidates. To be very clear, we have enormous respect for Mr. Plants and welcome his participation on the Board. But public market shareholders may not be perfectly aligned with him. We understand that Argo was the largest investment ever made by Mr. Plants. He did laudable and important research undercovering the rotten core of Argo. But now Mr. Plants has a problem. His position is down significantly (FactSet estimates that he and his limited partners have a cost basis of $56 per share), and if he were to approve a sale of Argo today – even at a 50% premium (~$40 per share) – he would crystalize those substantial losses, significantly impacting his partners, fund and business. In other words, Mr. Plants has a strong incentive to oppose the sale of the Company. And so, Mr. Plants may not be the best leader for the strategic review. His commercial needs, hope and interest, we fear, are in a chimeric rise from the ashes for Argo. We do not think most shareholders want to bet on such an improbable future.
We encourage shareholders to check their Bloomberg terminals and vote for modest change to help increase the odds that Argo truly enters a new era and objectively considers a sale."
Shareholders with any questions about how to vote should contact Capital Returns' proxy solicitor, Saratoga Proxy Consulting, LLC, at info@saratogaproxy.com or (212) 257-1311.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is suing a county commissioner in the state's eastern panhandle for blocking a constituent on social media.
The lawsuit filed Friday in Jefferson County Circuit Court alleges Jefferson County Commissioner Steve Stolipher violated Harpers Ferry resident Christy Stadig's First Amendment rights when he blocked her from his Facebook page in May 2022.
Stadig said she was blocked after she commented on a post of Stolipher's with questions about a county financial audit. Stadig later confronted Stolipher publicly at a Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee meeting to ask to be unblocked. She says she was not.
Stolipher operates a Facebook page titled "Steve Stolipher County Commissioner," according to the suit. The page is described as a "Government Official" page on Facebook.
Stolipher did not return an email from The Associated Press asking for comment Tuesday.
JOE MANCHIN'S CAMPAIGN SAID IT FIRED SOLE EMPLOYEE WHO CALLED TO 'HANG' TRUMP, BUT FILINGS SUGGEST OTHERWISE
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that previously came up in a case involving former President Donald Trump.
Two years ago, the Supreme Court dismissed a case over Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account. A lower court had said Trump violated the First Amendment whenever he blocked a critic to silence a viewpoint. But the Supreme Court said the case should be dismissed because there was nothing left to it after Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter and ended his presidential term. The former president’s account has since been reinstated.
Now, the court has agreed to hear two cases involving much lower-profile figures.
In the past, the ACLU of West Virginia has criticized Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and other government officials for blocking constituents on social media.
ACLU of West Virginia Legal Director Aubrey Sparks said the right to critique public officials "lies at the very heart of the First Amendment." People being blocked by public Facebook pages is one of the most common complaints received by the ACLU of West Virginia, Sparks said.
"We look forward to putting this matter to rest once and for all," she said. "If a politician’s skin is too thin to withstand questions from the people they represent, then they maintain the right to simply stay off of social media."
Public officials have the right to restrict access to their pages under certain circumstances, like if their safety is being threatened. | 2023-07-19T01:28:29+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/aclu-of-west-virginia-files-lawsuit-against-county-commissioner-for-social-media-blocking/article_5f004590-c536-514e-9c37-773609acaa97.html |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Improving health care for all Hoosiers is the goal of a medical symposium happening this Saturday at the Marriott Indianapolis North. The symposium called, A Model of Health Care for the 21st Century, will be hosted by the local bilingual organization, Alivio Medical Center.
WISH-TV’s medical expert and a former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Jerome Adams will be the keynote speaker. Speakers include health care professionals in neurology, internal medicine, gastroenterology, radiology, and more.
The organization will also be celebrating its’ 20th anniversary.
“We also think that we’ve fulfilled a community type of work, a community impact that has been seen, yes, in the Latino community, but also the community at large,” the founder of Alivio Medical Center, Dr. Alfredo Lopez-Yunez, MD, said.
The event will also focus on empowering primary care physicians and young students.
“I was trained to be a super specialist — neurology, stroke, public service, being assistant professor at Indiana University, and directing the stroke unit at Wishard — all of these things. Great, that’s the academic world, but one eventful phone call, an invitation to a media, to the radio, opened my eyes that there was an incredible need for immigrants coming to town,” Lopez-Yunez said. | 2022-06-16T23:53:05+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/alivio-medical-center-celebrates-20-years/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida Judge sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys Thursday, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing what he said was a bogus lawsuit against Trump's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton and others.
In a blistering filing, U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks accused Trump of a “pattern of abuse of the courts" for filing frivolous lawsuits for political purposes, which he said "undermines the rule of law" and “amounts to obstruction of justice.”
“Here, we are confronted with a lawsuit that should never have been filed, which was completely frivolous, both factually and legally, and which was brought in bad faith for an improper purpose," he wrote.
Citing Trump's recent legal action against the Pulitzer Prize board, New York Attorney General Letitia James, big tech companies and CNN, he described Trump as “a prolific and sophisticated litigant” who uses the courts “to seek revenge on political adversaries.”
“He is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process,” he wrote.
The ruling required Trump and his attorney, Alina Habba, to pay nearly $938,000 to the defendants in the case.
A spokesman for Trump and Habba did not immediately respond to requests for comment late Thursday.
Middlebrooks in September dismissed the suit Trump had filed against Clinton, former top FBI officials and the Democratic Party, rejecting the former president’s claims that they and others conspired to sink his winning presidential campaign by alleging ties to Russia.
The lawsuit had named as defendants Clinton and some of her top advisers, as well as former FBI Director James Comey and other FBI officials involved in the investigation into whether Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign had coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of the election.
He said then the suit contained “glaring structural deficiencies” and that many of the “characterizations of events are implausible.” | 2023-01-20T07:10:04+00:00 | ourmidland.com | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Florida-judge-fines-Trump-lawyer-for-frivolous-17729992.php |
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday and implored Republicans, who have been boycotting the Senate, to return and vote on a number of bipartisan bills that are at risk of dying because of a political standoff that has now lasted a month.
Several statehouses around the nation, including Montana and Tennessee, have been ideological battlegrounds this year. Republicans in the Oregon statehouse conducted walkouts in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to deny enough members for voting on measures. But this one is the most serious yet, threatening hundreds of bills and the approval of state budgets for the next two years.
Democrats who held a news conference Tuesday cited a range of bills about urgent issues facing Oregon, including ones aimed at reducing drug overdoses, mitigating wildfire risks and shoring up seismically vulnerable dams, that are in limbo because of the ideological rift.
Yet neither side is budging on a bill on protections for abortion and transgender care, with Democrats saying it isn’t negotiable and minority Republicans insisting it die or be changed. Republicans reject a provision that would allow doctors to provide abortions regardless of age, with doctors not required to notify parents when doing so could endanger the child, such as in cases of incest.
“If Democrat leaders truly prioritized bipartisan budgets and policy proposals Oregonians desperately need, they would work to resolve this impasse in a bipartisan fashion,” Senate Republican Leader Sen. Tim Knopp said. “Instead, Democrat leadership is clinging to an unlawful, extreme agenda.”
The standoff is down to a matter of which side blinks first. If there is no compromise well before the session is constitutionally required to end by June 25, the hundreds of bills that haven’t passed both the House and Senate will die.
Sen. Jeff Golden, a Democrat who represents southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley, said among them are bills to improve response and protections from wildfires like ones that devastated parts of the state in 2020.
“Like the other bills you’ve been hearing about, these are teetering on the edge. We are looking at serious damage — as in life-and-death kind of damage — if we abandon these bills now,” Golden told reporters and supporters under a hot sun, a harbinger of the coming dry season in this drought-stricken state.
Rep. Travis Nelson, a Democrat who is a registered nurse, said also among measures frozen by the Republicans’ longest walkout in state history is a bipartisan opioid harm-reduction package that includes making overdose medication like Naloxone available in restaurants, grocery stores, police departments and schools.
“This is going to save lives and give people a chance to recover, and we must pass this bill,” said Nelson, who wore blue nursing scrubs at the news conference and rally.
Knopp was unmoved by the Democrats’ dire warnings.
“Well, there are always lives at stake as it relates to policy that is being debated here in the state Capitol,” Knopp told reporters after the rally. “However, unfortunately, their ire is misplaced, and the Senate Democrats could have ended this weeks ago.”
Rep. David Gomberg, a Democrat who represents the coast, said a bill he worked on with Democrats and Republicans would provide $70 million in support for small farmers, fishermen, small businesses and create more housing. If another bipartisan measure, aimed at attracting the semiconductor industry, dies, Oregon stands to lose billions of dollars in federal funds to other states, Gomberg said. A related bill passed before the walkout with broad support.
Seismically vulnerable dams would be replaced by another bill that’s at stake. Without it, Oregon could lose out on $60 million in federal matching funds, Gomberg said.
Jan Kaplan, president of the city council of the coastal town of Newport, said dams that create reservoirs for Newport’s drinking water are the most seismically vulnerable in the state.
“Even a modest earthquake could cause the dams to fail and send water rushing through a neighborhood just downhill. People would die,” Kaplan said. “The flood would breach Highway 101, our principal coastal arterial.”
The boycott has prevented the Senate from reaching the two-thirds quorum required to vote on bills, with all but two of the 12 Republicans and the lone Independent staying away.
The walkout happened despite a ballot measure, approved by Oregon voters last November, that disqualifies lawmakers with 10 or more unexcused absences from being reelected in the next term. The measure, now part of the state Constitution, is expected to be challenged in court by Republican senators if the secretary of state’s office prevents them from registering as candidates.
On June 1, Democrats in the Senate voted to fine senators $325 every time their absence denies the chamber the two-thirds quorum it needs to conduct business.
Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek can call a special session this summer for the House and Senate to approve the state’s budgets for the next two years if they’re not all approved by June 25. But most of the bills that die because of the walkout wouldn’t be resurrected until 2025, because next year’s “short session” lasts barely one month.
Sen. Michael Dembrow, a Democrat from Portland, grew emotional as he described the frustrating walkout.
“This is very painful for me,” Dembrow said. “As many of you know, this is my last long session in the Legislature. I’ve been here for 15 years. I’m not running again. I was not looking to end in this way.” | 2023-06-07T19:29:56+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/democrats-lives-could-be-lost-due-to-republican-walkout-in-oregon-legislature/ |
6 die in 3-vehicle crash on Texas highway, authorities say
GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a three-car crash in southern Texas has killed six people and injured five others. Authorities say the crash happened about 6:20 p.m. Friday near George West. That’s about 60 miles northwest of Corpus Christi. An official says a minivan tried to pass in a no-passing zone and crashed head-on into an SUV. A sedan then crashed into the SUV. The van’s 39-year-old driver and a juvenile passenger were killed. Also killed were the driver and two passengers in the SUV and a passenger in the sedan. | 2023-01-02T19:58:07+00:00 | krdo.com | https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/01/02/6-die-in-3-vehicle-crash-on-texas-highway-authorities-say/ |
On-air challenge: Every answer today is a word in which the only consonants are R and T, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. The letter Y isn't used.
Ex. Characteristic --> TRAIT
1. Common fish in streams
2. Participant in a civil disturbance
3. Extreme fright
4. Kind of sauce for seafood
5. Turn, as wheels
6. Means for connecting to the internet
7. Grand speaker
8. Tenacious dog
9. Turncoat
10. Getaway for meditation or study
11. Annoy
12. Italian eatery
13. Seesaw (hyph.)
Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge came from listener Katherine Keniston, of Beaverton, Ore. Name two brands of household products, each in three syllables. All of the syllables in the two brands rhyme with each other. That is, the first syllable in the first brand rhymes with the first syllable in the second brand, the second syllables in the two brands rhyme, and the third syllables rhyme. What brand names are these?
Challenge answer: Listerine and Mr. Clean
Winner: Cary Blum of New York, NY.
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Man found dead in wrecked vehicle in Jefferson Co. identified
Published: Dec. 5, 2022 at 9:04 AM CST|Updated: 52 minutes ago
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A man from Birmingham was found dead inside a wrecked vehicle in Jefferson County Saturday morning.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as Eddie James Fair, Jr. He was 52.
A passing driver found Fair’s vehicle at the bottom of a small ravine on Shady Grove Road, just north of Porter Road near Maytown.
Deputies on the scene say the vehicle had left the road, flipped on its side and hit a tree.
Detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
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Banking-specific digital guides will help make activities more accessible; equitable
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntington National Bank, a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares, Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN), announced a new collaboration with MagnusCards by Magnusmode, a free app that provides digital, step-by-step visual guides in the form of Card Decks to make everyday experiences easier to navigate for autistic and neurodiverse people. Each digital Card Deck combines educational methods, visual instruction, personal assistance from Magnusmode, and realistic scenarios to support inclusive and independent living.
"Putting people first – our customers, colleagues, and communities – is at the very core of everything we do. Huntington Bank is proud to team up with Magnusmode to help bring practical tools to autistic and neurodiverse people. Our relationship helps us achieve our vision to be the leading 'people-first, digitally powered' bank for all customers," said Steve Steinour, chairman, president and CEO, Huntington Bank.
Magnusmode was founded by Nadia Hamilton, who was inspired by her autistic brother to create a method of teaching essential life skills when he needed extra help to complete everyday tasks. She drew step-by-step guides that allowed him to follow along and re-enact activities.
"The world can be challenging to navigate for autistic and neurodiverse people. Community spaces, including banks, can be confusing, overwhelming, and difficult for these individuals to navigate without assistance," said Hamilton. "As a society, we have the wonderful opportunity to welcome, engage, and support people who are different and move through the world differently."
Huntington's new digital MagnusCard Card Decks are free to users and can be found on the MagnusCards mobile app. The Card Decks include visual, text, and audio instructions to help users better understand how to perform standard banking services, such as using an ATM, depositing a check via a mobile app, opening a checking account online, and making purchases with a debit card at a retailer.
Two Huntington Bank colleagues are featured demonstrating step-by-step instructions in the guides. Both employees joined Huntington through the bank's Autism2Work program, which provides workforce training and employment opportunities for adults with autism. Since launching Autism2Work in 2020, Huntington has revised the program to include a broader range of neurodivergent individuals, inclusive of and beyond those with an autism spectrum disorder.
"At Huntington, we welcome all and we make people's lives better. Our new collaboration with Magnusmode helps to ensure that all of our customers can access essential banking tools and resources," said Raj Syal, chief human resources officer at Huntington Bank. "It also brings me great pride that Huntington's Autism2Work program ensures autistic and neurodiverse people feel welcomed at Huntington. Our colleagues who participated in this program helped to create our digital MagnusCard Card Decks."
For more about Huntington's Card Deck click here. The MagnusCards mobile app is available to download for free in the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) is a $179 billion asset regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates provide consumers, small and middle‐market businesses, corporations, municipalities, and other organizations with a comprehensive suite of banking, payments, wealth management, and risk management products and services. Huntington operates more than 1,000 branches in 11 states, with certain businesses operating in extended geographies. Visit Huntington.com for more information.
Magnusmode's mission is to create practical tools that improve everyday experiences and enable people with neurodiverse abilities to participate in the world in ways that are meaningful to them. Founder Nadia Hamilton was inspired by her autistic brother to create Magnusmode and the award-winning app, MagnusCards. MagnusCards is an innovative app that provides digital, step-by-step visual guides (in the form of collectible Card Decks) to support home and community living for autistic and neurodiverse people worldwide. Each Card Deck is sponsored by enterprise clients including Trader Joe's, CIBC, Kraft Heinz, Huntington Bank, New York City Transit, Colgate-Palmolive, San Francisco International Airport, A&W, and WestJet who offer MagnusCards to make their products and services autism-friendly. Companies across North America have joined the Inclusion Revolution!
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Steven Alker knows all about the lean times.
He started at home in New Zealand in 1989 and over the next three decades played 556 times on six tours that received world ranking points. Only three seasons were spent on the PGA Tour. He had two full years in Europe.
His most financially rewarding year was in 2014 when he earned $261,901 on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour. Alker has been around so long he played the developmental circuit under five names, starting with the Nike Tour.
His most consistent golf? That would have been on the Canadian tour in 2000 when he finished in the top 12 in seven out of eight tournaments.
Alker won the Louisiana Open in 2002 (it was the Buy.com Tour back then) and reached a career-high No. 191 in the world ranking.
“A lot of slogging and hard yards for a long time,” Alker said Monday night from his home in Arizona as he tried to soak up an amazing run of success that was a long time coming.
“I just tried to stay in the game.”
And now the 50-year-old Kiwi is on top of the PGA Tour Champions.
His latest feat was returning from a two-hour rain delay in Houston and making four birdies and an eagle during a six-hole stretch on the back nine that left Steve Stricker too far behind to catch him in the Insperity Invitational.
Stricker nearly pulled off a remarkable comeback, having not played in six months because of a mysterious illness that hospitalized him and caused him to lose 25 pounds.
For Alker, this is more like a fresh start.
Houston was his second win this year — he also has two playoff losses — and he took over the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Throw in the end of last year and Alker has three wins and three runner-up finishes in his last nine tournaments.
If the PGA Tour Champions is the greatest mulligan in golf, no one is cashing in quite like Alker.
“I’m enjoying my second career,” he said with a laugh.
In just 17 starts since he turned 50 last summer, Alker has earned $2,202,168. Now consider that he made $2,318,866 in his 390 starts combined on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour.
Life was hard. And now life is very good.
Alker still has no answers for this stark turnaround except that he's never had this much fun and he never lost his love for the game.
“It's a combination of everything,” he said. “The whole change in atmosphere, a different tour, a new chapter in my career. My game came around at the right time.”
Timing, indeed, was everything.
Alker did well enough on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019 — he narrowly finished in the top 75 — to keep full status the following year, which turned into a two-year season because no one lost status during the four-month shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
That allowed him to keep playing — to stay in the game — right up until he turned 50.
“That was very important. I could plan a schedule and keep playing,” he said. “I started working hard on the body, got myself golf fit. My plan was to do some Monday qualifying and then do Champions tour (qualifying) school. And the rest is history.”
He got through Monday qualifying for his Champions debut in the Boeing Classic last August, shot 67 the final day and tied for seventh. The top 10 got him into the next week, and he finished third. Four more top 10s followed, and Alker played his way into the postseason and eventually won to secure a full card.
And he really hasn't stopped.
Those last three decades are now fading from memory. If there was a nervous moment, it was deciding to move back to the U.S. after two years in Europe. A year after he won the New Zealand PGA — co-sanctioned by the Buy.com Tour — Alker missed the cut in all 21 tournaments he played in 2010. It took four more years to get his PGA Tour card.
“That was four years of, ‘Was that a good decision?’ I just tried to hang in there,” he said.
And now, finally, it's all paying off.
So much is still fresh about this second career. Because he played only 86 times on the PGA Tour, and with low status, Alker never played with some of the great in the game. In the last month, he’s been alongside Padraig Harrington and Vijay Singh, Ernie Els and Stricker.
“I was a little on edge,” he said with a laugh, forgetting for a moment that he was beating them.
Except for a ball in the water in a playoff two weeks ago in Dallas, Alker could very easily be sitting on three straight wins. He is taking off this week as his son prepares for high school graduation. Next week is his first senior major in Alabama.
Ahead of him are pastures that never looked greener.
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Shooting in Russian city leaves 4 dead, including gunman
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say a gunman has opened fire in a southern city, killing three people, and then killed himself. The violence took place in the city of Krymsk in the Krasnodar region, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of Moscow. Alexander Runov, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry, said the gunman shot two employees at a local medical center Thursday and then went outside, shooting at passersby and killing one of them, according to state news agency Tass. One other person was wounded. Runov was cited as saying tensions over the gunman’s divorce could be behind the shooting. | 2022-11-24T19:03:59+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/11/24/shooting-in-russian-city-leaves-4-dead-including-gunman/ |
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Capriotti's Fans Can Get their Hands on Award-Winning Sandwiches in Carmel
CARMEL, Ind., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, known for its award-winning, hand-crafted cheese steaks, turkey subs and more, debuted its newest location in Carmel at 11100 N Michigan Rd Suite #120 on November 7. Capriotti's brings the Carmel community its 47-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house and hand-pulling them every morning along with other favorites all made with fresh ingredients.
Capriotti's is known for its wide array of sandwiches including The Bobbie, made with fresh oven-roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and mayo, the Capastrami, made with hot pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and homemade coleslaw and the cheesesteak is made with premium steak, chicken or Impossible plant-based meat and melted cheese plus hot or sweet peppers. The Carmel Capriotti's will offer a convenient order-ahead option, in addition to third-party delivery services. The new shop will bring 20 new jobs to the Carmel community.
The new Capriotti's location in Carmel is owned and operated by Indianapolis native and restaurant executive, Casey McGaughey. McGaughey was born into the restaurant business as his grandfather, Charles McGaughey, founded the famous, Midwestern restaurant franchise, MCL Restaurant & Bakery, which is where McGaughey's career in the restaurant industry began. When it comes to Capriotti's, McGaughey was first introduced to the brand through the Indianapolis shop. After trying one of the infamous Capriotti's sandwiches, he immediately wanted to open a Capriotti's of his own. McGaughey hopes the new Capriotti's location will bring a unique quality and experience of flavors to residents of the community and hopes to expand with more locations in the coming years.
"Having grown up working in my family's restaurants, I have always been passionate about providing fresh and high-quality ingredients to customers," said McGaughey. "Capriotti's is known to do just that for its customers which is why I am thrilled to partner with them in order to bring a new upscale, fast-casual sandwich concept to the Carmel community."
Carmel Capriotti's fans can download the CAPAddicts Rewards app on iOS and Android to earn and redeem rewards and score free food. The Carmel Capriotti's will offer a convenient order-ahead option, online ordering, and third-party delivery services. Capriotti's in Carmel offers catering for any event, from corporate events to birthday parties, with items such as party trays with cold subs, box lunches, or a hot, homemade meatball bar.
Capriotti's is open from 10 A.M. to 8 P.M Sunday-Monday. For additional information, visit www.capriottis.com or call the location at (317) 344-3152.
About Capriotti's Sandwich Shop
Founded in 1976, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop is an award-winning national franchised restaurant chain that remains true to its 47-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house every day. Capriotti's fresh ingredients, homemade subs, and unique menu items have won numerous accolades including being named one of the "10 Great Places for a Surprising Sandwich" by USA Today and many "Best of" awards across the country. Capriotti's cold, grilled and vegetarian subs, cheese steaks, and salads are available at more than 170 locations across the U.S. Capriotti's signature sub, The Bobbie®, was voted "The Greatest Sandwich in America" by thousands of readers across the country and reported by AOL.com. Capriotti's fans can also download the CAPAddicts Rewards app for iOS and Android, where they can earn and redeem rewards. For more information, visit capriottis.com. Like Capriotti's on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Instagram.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
4-0-3, FIREBALL: 8
(four, zero, three; FIREBALL: eight)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
4-0-3, FIREBALL: 8
(four, zero, three; FIREBALL: eight) | 2022-07-08T16:14:08+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Morning-game-17292454.php |
The first children Karen Black cared for 44 years ago as director of Messiah Lutheran Church Child Care Center in Park Ridge are nearing middle age, and she has been caring for the very young ever since.
“I love the children,” said Black. “No way I can describe how rewarding this job I have is. I’ve always been happy to get up in the morning.”
She retired on Friday after 44 years as director, ensuring the child care center is in good hands after starting during the Jimmy Carter administration and, most recently, steering through COVID shutdown and subsequent safety measures.
“I’ve got to find something to do,” said Black. “Work is a part of my life.”
She wrestled with the choice to leave, even though the job entails long hours, great responsibility and the need to wake up at 5 a.m.
“It’s been a very difficult decision. There was no easy way to make this decision. It was just the time. I’ve been here for a long time. There’s no perfect time to retire. But I’d rather retire on a high rather than a low. I’m very proud of where I’m leaving it.”
Black will get testimonials from scores of children and families overjoyed the kids were in good hands when their parents were working.
Yet perhaps the best endorsement of Black’s stewardship is that four teachers who work at the child care center — Kirstin Kida, Amanda Whittinghill, Diana Slepowronski and Andrea Weihs — once were her students.
And another sign of her two-generation-long tenure is that other staffers aren’t far behind in seniority in a business with constant turnover. Black’s sister, Terri Hogan, has put in 40 years as a kindergarten teacher. Laurie Bachmann put in the better part of 25 years on the staff before cutting back hours to substitute teaching.
“One comment that has always been said about our school is that all the teachers are on the same page,” Bachmann said. “Children that stay at school for lunch and full day care will have the same attention and expectations as the teacher they may have in the morning. That is because Karen has worked hard to keep us working as a team.”
Black arrived as a young co-director after a few years teaching after college in Bloomington, Minnesota. Messiah, her lifelong church, was starting a child care program in 1978 and anointed her to help run the fledgling operation.
“Childcare has changed,” she said. “It was pretty primitive when I started. Now there are a lot more regulations. It’s good for the schools, but challenging for the staff at times. Licensing and training are much more important.”
Despite the management aspect of dealing with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, the Park Ridge Fire Department or even the church board, Black said the personal touch is preeminent in running a child care center.
“It’s more satisfaction than anything else,” Black said of her daily motivation. “When children are brand new and afraid to come in, holding their moms’ hands, it’s the satisfaction of watching them blossom, be happy to say goodbye (to parents in the morning), watching them grow, be confident and be social. They learn responsibility.”
Black’s personal touch and management style was never challenged more than when COVID struck in the early spring of 2020.
“We closed March 18, and did not reopen till June 15,” she said. “It was hugely challenging. We had a lot of contact with staff, walking them through it. Teachers reached out to students at the time. We didn’t have a single COVID case the first year and a half.
“Parents were supportive and made donations. We got air purifiers. We had to hire extra staff so kids could stay apart. We used to have parental participations. Parents would come in to read to kids about their job. But now we’re meeting parents at the door.”
Messiah Church interim pastor The Rev. David Heim, who retired two weeks before Black, credited his savvy director with holding together the school community.
“She has a strong sense of mission and vocation, said Heim. “She just has a huge love of working with children and families. She was just determined to make it work, to make the parents feel comfortable.
“She is such a veteran of it. I felt all I had to do is support her. So many details had to be thought of. We stopped having chapel because different classes mingle in it. But we knew we’d get through it.
“She’s got a great sense of humor. Karen gets a lot of pleasure out of the funny side of challenging situations. She just has a big heart.”
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A grandmother of six, Black’s youngest grandchild, James, is at Messiah prior to starting first grade. That makes the teachers’ motivations of filling the children with positive experiences very personal.
And as a result, those who labor on under new director April Mosier hope they haven’t seen the last of Black in the classroom. | 2022-08-15T17:37:55+00:00 | chicagotribune.com | https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-karen-black-retiring-tl-0818-20220815-e4cap2imtbf55bx6k4u6tiabvi-story.html |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a summit of Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on Friday before what a senior official said would be a trip to Japan for a meeting with the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies.
Zelenskyy has in recent months made foreign trips to shore up diplomatic support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion almost 15 months ago and solicit more military support.
He earlier this week returned from a three-day trip to Italy, the Vatican, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
Ukraine and Russia are squaring up for a major and potentially decisive phase of the war as Kyiv prepares an expected counteroffensive. The conflict has been bogged down in a war of attrition in recent months amid bad weather.
Zelenskyy’s office said he was invited to attend the Arab League summit in Jeddah, where he met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before holding other bilateral meetings.
They discussed Zelenskyy’s peace plan, the security situation in Ukraine and possible investments in the reconstruction of the country, a presidential statement said. Zelenskyy also invited Prince Mohammed to visit Ukraine.
Zelenskyy urged leaders at the summit to resist Moscow’s influence and consider his peace proposals, which include the withdrawal of the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas of Ukraine.
“I’m more than sure that none of you will agree to surrender a third of your country to the invaders,” Zelenskyy said in English.
“Another priority is the protection of the Muslim community of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said. “Crimea was the first to suffer from the Russian occupation, and most of those who suffer repression in occupied Crimea are Muslims.”
Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev accompanied Zelenskyy on the visit.
Zelenskyy will later travel to a Group of Seven summit in Japan, where leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies aim to step up punishment on Russia for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
However, Danilov’s office later posted a statement backtracking on his announcement and saying Zelenskyy would appear at the G-7 summit via video. Zelenskyy’s movements are kept secret for security reasons.
Meanwhile, Russian forces kept up their long-range bombardment of Ukrainian targets while drones reportedly damaged train lines behind their front line.
About 130 meters (430 feet) of railway track were damaged and trains were halted for hours after an explosion derailed eight cars of a freight train carrying grain in Russia-occupied Crimea, Russian state media reported Friday.
Thursday’s blast prompted renewed suspicions about possible Ukrainian saboteur activity behind Russian lines.
Train traffic was also halted in northern Crimea on Thursday night after a drone hit a railway track near the town of Dzhankoi, Russia’s Baza Telegram channel reported.
Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, said in a separate post that four Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight in the peninsula’s north. Aksyonov claimed there was no damage or casualties.
Russia overnight fired cruise missiles, drones and artillery at targets across Ukraine, killing two civilians, officials said Friday.
The attacks included an air assault on Kyiv for the second straight day and the 10th time in three weeks. The Kremlin’s forces also took aim at central, eastern and southern Ukraine, and the western Lviv region near the border with Poland.
Russia launched 22 Iranian-made Shahed drones and six Kalibr cruise missiles during the night, the Ukrainian Air Force said. It said air defenses downed 16 drones and three missiles.
The Russian shelling killed two civilians and wounded nine others in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, said its governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko.
The missile attacks that have intensified recently aim to “disrupt Ukraine’s plans and preparations for active military operations during the spring-summer campaign,” according to a statement from Ukraine’s intelligence agency, published on Telegram.
The targets are Ukraine’s military control points and barracks, supply routes and the places where ammunition, equipment, fuel are stored, it said.
On Friday, the United Nations said operations to ship Ukrainian grain were “partially restarting,” two days after Russia gave a green light to extend the deal for two months. The U.N. also urged a swift return to the previous tempo of ship arrivals and departures from all three Black Sea ports and inspections of their cargo.
U.N. associate spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay said the Joint Coordination Center, which includes representatives from the four parties involved in the deal – Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations — approved the registration Friday of six new vessels to participate in the grain shipments. Nine applications to participate remain pending, she said.
No ships are currently loading at any of the three ports, Tremblay said, but inspection teams from the center checked and cleared three new vessels Friday to proceed to the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk.
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Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv and Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-05-19T20:14:44+00:00 | wboy.com | https://www.wboy.com/news/world/ap-ukraines-president-takes-his-diplomatic-campaign-against-russia-to-arab-summit-g7/ |
Sheriff: Man arrested for assaulting child he met through Snapchat; other victims possible
GENESEE CO., Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) – Michigan authorities said an alleged child predator was arrested after using a popular social media app to meet up with and assault young girls in multiple counties.
During a press conference with Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson, Linden Police Chief Scott Sutter said 28-year-old Bobby Lee McMillan traveled to Linden to meet up with a child and sexually assault her.
McMillan met the victim and proceeded to groom and build an emotional relationship with her using Snapchat, Sutter said.
The victim’s parents came forward with their daughter to tell her story, according to Sutter. She met up with McMillan alone at a park, away from her home, where he assaulted her several times, Sutter said.
Swanson said McMillian is also linked to similar cases in Bay, Mecosta, and Livingston counties.
McMillian is being held in the Genesee County Jail and was charged with four counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, and four counts of accosting a child for immoral purposes.
Swanson said McMillan is a habitual offender. His bond was set at $800,000.
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EAGLE, Idaho (AP) _ Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. (LW) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $231.9 million.
On a per-share basis, the Eagle, Idaho-based company said it had net income of $1.60. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 75 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 52 cents per share.
The frozen foods supplier posted revenue of $1.13 billion in the period.
Lamb Weston expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.45 to $2.85 per share, with revenue in the range of $4.7 billion to $4.8 billion.
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LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy shrank in the three months to June, figures released Friday showed — a smaller-than-expected contraction that nevertheless added to jitters about the rocky months ahead.
The Office for National Statistics said Britain’s gross domestic product fell by 0.1% between April and June, down from 0.8% growth in the previous quarter. GDP shrank by 0.6% in June, and growth estimates for May were revised down from 0.5% to 0.4%.
The statistics office said health spending was the biggest contributor to the fall, as the government scaled down coronavirus testing, contact tracing and vaccination programs.
“Many retailers also had a tough quarter,” said ONS director of economic statistics Darren Morgan. “These were partially offset by growth in hotels, bars, hairdressers and outdoor events across the quarter,” partly as a result of celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June.
Analysts said the decline did not necessarily mean the start of a recession, often defined as two quarters of economic contraction. The Bank of England, however, says the U.K. will likely fall into recession later this year as a cost-of-living crisis worsens and inflation rises above the current 9.4%.
The average U.K. household fuel bill has risen more than 50% this year as the war in Ukraine squeezes global oil and natural gas supplies, and another increase is due in October, when the average’s bill is forecast to hit 3,500 pounds ($4,300) a year.
“The fall in U.K. GDP during the second quarter was largely down to noise,” said James Smith, developed markets economist at ING Economics. “But the risk of recession is rising quickly, with gas futures hitting new highs for next winter and our latest estimates suggesting the household energy price cap could come close to 5,000 pounds in the second quarter of next year. Much now depends on fiscal policy announcements in the autumn.”
Anti-poverty campaigners, consumer groups and opposition politicians are pressing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government to help people cope with soaring bills. But Johnson is in his final weeks as prime minister and says “significant fiscal decisions” must be left to his successor, who will take office in September. | 2022-08-12T21:19:54+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/uk-economy-shrinks-in-2nd-quarter-sharpening-recession-fear/ |
Holiday art market, story time Nov. 26 at The Forum
Wichita Falls Times Record News
The Arts Council of Wichita Falls is hosting two family-fun events Saturday, Nov. 26 at The Forum.
There will be a small-business artist market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This annual event is a great time to pick out one-of-a-kind gifts from local artists. Artist booths are still available and are free to vendors with original artwork. For information contact Nancy at assistant@artscouncilwf.org, or call 940-767-2787, ext. 114.
The second event is a storybook Christmas children’s event 1-2:30 p.m., also at The Forum.
Families are invited to a free festive party with Santa Claus, princesses, holiday art projects, snacks and story time by Dr. Robert Parkey. This event is free but relies on sponsorship so donations are accepted and appreciated. | 2022-11-01T19:22:37+00:00 | timesrecordnews.com | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/2022/11/01/arts-council-hosting-two-family-fun-events-nov-26/69610738007/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s bid to appease Republican hard-liners and get the House moving again after a recent party rebellion on the floor has some Democrats warning of a difficult road ahead when it comes to passing legislation that will keep the government running.
Republicans teed up votes this past week on guns and on censuring one of former President Donald Trump’s most prominent critics, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. Those votes helped get the House moving again, though the latter effort failed, with Schiff helped by some 20 Republicans.
The most consequential move of the week, however, was an announcement from GOP leadership that arrived with little fanfare. Republicans said they plan to pursue appropriations bills, which fund government programs and agencies, with less spending than the top-line numbers they agreed to in a deal with the White House last month. That compromise avoided what would have been an unprecedented federal default.
McCarthy argued that the numbers he negotiated with the White House amount to a cap and “you can always do less.” GOP Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, who leads the House Appropriations Committee, followed with a statement that said she would seek to limit nondefense spending at 2022 budget levels, saying the debt agreement “set a top-line spending cap -– a ceiling, not a floor.”
The announcements delighted Republicans who had criticized McCarthy, R-Calif., and opposed the debt ceiling legislation because they felt that agreement allowed too much spending. But it drew immediate pushback from Democrats who say an attempt to circumvent the debt ceiling agreement’s top-line numbers effectively guarantees a standoff with the Senate and White House and possibly even a damaging government stoppage when funding expires this fall.
“It is a prelude to a shutdown — what they are engineering,” said Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.
The emerging dynamic raises the potential for another round of economy-rattling brinkmanship in Washington just months after lawmakers narrowly avoided a damaging federal default.
Partial government shutdowns have become increasingly common in the modern era, with the longest coming under President Donald Trump as he demanded money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. With President Joe Biden facing down the Republican-controlled House as he runs for reelection in 2024 and some conservatives openly dismissive of the damage a shutdown can cause, the spending fight appears nearly certain to escalate.
The tension created by the GOP’s pursuit of more non-defense spending cuts was evident during hearings held Wednesday and Thursday of the House Appropriations panel.
Democrats accused House Republicans of going back on their word. “Do you think any of us would have made a deal if we thought your ‘22 number was the deal?” said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. “What kind of deal is that? What kind of respect for yourselves is that?
“You knew that wasn’t a ceiling,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. “Traditionally, that’s where we are starting. Caps are not ceilings in our world. They are a starting point and then we negotiate from those numbers we have agreed to. That’s how it has always been.”
But Republicans said McCarthy was clear during negotiations that spending had to come down from current levels.
“We can try to fool the American people with smoke and mirrors and pretend, but the speaker was clear. We are in a debt crisis in this country,” said Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md.
Under the debt ceiling agreement, the White House said nondefense spending was expected to be roughly flat in the next budget year and increase by 1% the following year. Defense spending would increase by about 3.3% next year and 1% the following year. The agreement to curb discretionary spending does not include programs like Medicare and Social Security, which are considered mandatory spending.
A few Republicans have urged leadership not to bend to a minority within the conference.
“I think we’ve just got to be really careful not to allow, you know, a small portion of our conference to continually be chipping away at previously agreed upon issues,” said Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark. “That top-line number was agreed to in the (debt-ceiling bill.) They may not like it. They voiced their displeasure last week. They kind of shut the House down, but we’ve got work to do. We need to be doing it.”
Republicans only have a five-seat majority in the House, which magnifies the power that a small bloc can have. It took just 11 members, mostly members of the House Freedom Caucus, to stall House votes on legislation in early June and send lawmakers home early. One of those 11, Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., said moving to 2022 spending levels for nondefense programs will be good for Republican candidates in next year’s general election because that’s what voters are demanding.
“Democrats have no interest in cutting spending,” Good said. “They have to be forced to do so. We should have used the debt ceiling to force them to cut spending. We should use the appropriations process to force them to cut spending. We shouldn’t fear a government shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad anyway.”
Many senators, Democrat and Republican, did not seem as concerned about the possibility of a shutdown.
“This crowd that is giving McCarthy trouble is irrelevant for purposes of getting appropriations bills passed,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. “When it comes to appropriations bills, you have to create a coalition that doesn’t include the Freedom Caucus.”
“In the end, I think we’ll resolve these issues,” said Sen. Susan Collins, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee. | 2023-06-17T17:16:26+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/some-democrats-are-already-warning-of-a-government-shutdown-as-budget-battle-with-gop-takes-shape/ |
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Age 86, of Tipp City, departed this life Friday, November 18, 2022. She is survived by many loving family and friends. Visitation 11 AM. Service 12:00 PM, Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at H. H. Roberts Mortuary. Interment Dayton National Cemetery.
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Officer injured in shooting amid tension in northern Kosovo
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo police say armed men fired guns from a vehicle, injuring one officer. A statement Friday said a police officer was “slightly wounded” and a police car was damaged. The injured officer was taken at the hospital and police are investigating the case. Police have increased their presence to help with rising tensions in northern areas dominated by the ethnic Serb minority. The area includes four ethnic Serb-dominated communes in the north where a snap election will be held Dec. 18. Earlier this week, some election centers were damaged and shooting was heard in those communes, raising fears of the long-simmering tensions between Serbia and its former province, Kosovo. It’s not clear if voting will be held as normal. | 2022-12-09T05:22:30+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/12/08/officer-injured-in-shooting-amid-tension-in-northern-kosovo/ |
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NARVA, Estonia (AP) — For weeks Natalya Zadoyanova had lost contact with her younger brother Dmitriy, who was trapped in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
Russian forces had bombed the orphanage where he worked, and he was huddling with dozens of others in the freezing basement of a building without doors and windows. When she next heard from him, he was in tears.
“I’m alive,” he told her. “I’m in Russia.”
Dmitriy Zadoyanov was facing the next chapter of devastation for the people of Mariupol and other occupied cities: Forcible transfers to Russia, the very nation that killed their neighbors and shelled their hometowns almost into oblivion.
Nearly 2 million Ukrainians refugees have been sent to Russia, according to both Ukrainian and Russian officials. Ukraine portrays these journeys as forced transfers to enemy soil, which is considered a war crime. Russia calls them humanitarian evacuations of war victims who already speak Russian and are grateful for a new home.
An Associated Press investigation based on dozens of interviews has found that while the picture is more nuanced than the Ukrainian government suggests, many refugees are indeed forced to embark on a surreal trip into Russia, subjected along the way to human rights abuses, stripped of documents and left confused and lost about where they are.
The abuses start not with a gun to the head, but with a poisoned choice: Die in Ukraine or live in Russia. Those who leave go through a series of what are known as filtration points, where treatment ranges from interrogation and strip searches to being yanked aside and never seen again. Refugees told the AP of an old woman who died in the cold, her body swollen, and an evacuee beaten so severely that her back was covered in bruises.
Those who “pass” the filtrations are invited to live in Russia, and often promised a payment of about 10,000 rubles ($170) that they may or may not get. Sometimes their Ukrainian passports are taken away, and the chance of Russian citizenship is offered instead. And sometimes, they are pressured to sign documents denouncing the Ukrainian government and military.
Those with no money or contacts in Russia — the majority, by most accounts — can only go where they are sent, eastward, even to the sub-Arctic. More than 1,000 are as far away as Khabarovsk and Vladivostok, a 10-day train journey to the edge of the Pacific Ocean, according to people the AP spoke with who saw multiple trains arrive over the weeks of the war.
However, the AP investigation also found signs of clear dissent within Russia to the government narrative that Ukrainians are being rescued from Nazis. Almost all the refugees the AP interviewed spoke gratefully about Russians who quietly helped them escape through a clandestine network, retrieving documents, finding shelter, buying train and bus fare, exchanging Ukrainian hryvnia for Russian rubles and even lugging the makeshift baggage that holds all that remains of their pre-war lives.
The investigation is the most extensive to date on the transfers, based on interviews with 36 Ukrainians mostly from Mariupol who left for Russia, including 11 still there and others in Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Georgia, Ireland, Germany and Norway. The AP also drew on interviews with Russian underground volunteers, video footage, Russian legal documents and Russian state media.
The story of Zadoyanov, 32, is typical. Exhausted and hungry in the basement in Mariupol, he finally accepted the idea of evacuation. The Russians told him he could board a bus to either Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine or Rostov-on-Don in Russia.
They lied. The buses went only to Russia.
Along the way, Russian authorities searched his phone and interrogated him on why he was baptized and whether he had sexual feelings toward a boy in the camp. A man from Russian state television wanted to bring him to Moscow and pay him to denigrate the Ukrainians, an offer he declined. People with video cameras also asked arriving children to talk about how Ukraine was bombarding its own citizens.
“It was 100 percent a tactical pressure,” Zadoyanov said. “Why children? Because it is much easier to manipulate them."
Then he, five children and four women were taken to the train station and told their destination would be Nizhny Novgorod, even deeper into Russia, 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the Ukrainian border. From the train, Zadoyanov called his sister Natalya in Poland. Her panic rose.
Get off the train, she told him. Now.
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A DELIBERATE STRATEGY
The transfer of hundreds of thousands of people from Ukraine is part of a deliberate and systemic strategy, laid out in Russian government documents.
An “emergency mass order” describes the “distribution” of 100,000 Ukrainians to some of the most remote and impoverished regions of Russia. None was to be sent to the capital, Moscow.
The AP verified through interviews with refugees, media reports and official statements that Ukrainians have received temporary accommodation in more than two dozen Russian cities and localities, and were even taken to an unused chemical plant in the Bashkortistan region, 150 kilometres (100 miles) from the nearest major town. One refugee, Bohdan Honcharov, told the AP that about 50 Ukrainians he traveled with were sent to Siberia, so far away that they effectively disappeared with little chance of escape.
A Ukrainian woman also said her elderly parents from Mariupol were sent to Russia and told to move to Vladivostok, at the other end of the country. Russian border authorities did not let her father out of Russia because he still had Soviet citizenship from the old times, along with Ukrainian residency documents.
Many Ukrainians stay in Russia because while they are technically free to leave, they have nowhere to go, no money, no documents or no way to cross the distances in a sprawling country twice the size of the United States. Some fear that if they return, Ukraine will prosecute them for going to the enemy — a fear encouraged by Russian officials.
Others speak Russian, with family there and ties that they feel are stronger even than their links to Ukraine. One woman told the AP that her husband was Russian and she felt more welcome in Russia.
Lyudmila Bolbad’s family walked out of Mariupol and ended up in Taganrog in Russia. The family speaks Russian, and the city of Khabarovsk, nearly 10,000 kilometers from Ukraine, was offering jobs, special payments for moving to the Far East and eventual Russian citizenship. With nothing left to lose, they took the 9-day train trip across some of the world’s most deserted territory to a city far closer to Japan than Ukraine.
Bolbad and her husband found work in a local factory, much as she was doing in the Azovstal steel mill back in Mariupol. Little else has gone as they’d hoped.
They handed over their Ukrainian passports in exchange for promises of Russian citizenship without hesitation, only to discover that landlords would not rent to Ukrainians without a valid identity document. The promised payments to buy a home are slow to come, and they are stranded with hundreds of others from Mariupol in a rundown hotel with barely edible food. But Bolbad plans to stay in Russia, and thinks Ukraine would label her a traitor if she went back.
“Now we are here ... we’re trying to return to a normal life somehow, to encourage ourselves to start our life from scratch,” she said. “If you survived (the war), you deserve it and need to move forward, not stop.”
Russia’s reasons for deporting Ukrainians are not entirely clear, according to Oleksandra Matviichuk, the head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. One goal appears to be to use the refugees in propaganda to sell Russians on the Ukraine war by pressuring them to testify against Ukraine.
“(Ukrainians in) the Russian Federation are extremely vulnerable,” she said. “Russia tries to use these people in a quasi-legal war against Ukraine to collect some testimonies from people who have no right to say no because they are afraid for their safety.”
The deportation of local civilians from occupied territories also clears the way for Russians to replace them with loyalists, as was the case in Crimea, Matviichuk said. And Russia may want Russian-speaking Ukrainians to populate its own isolated regions with depressed economies.
Ivan Zavrazhnov describes the terror of being in Russia and not knowing where he would wind up. A producer for a pro-Ukrainian television network in Mariupol, he made it through filtration only because officials never bothered to plug in his dead cell phone. He managed to escape, and ended up on the docked ferry Isabelle in the city of Narva in Estonia with about 2,000 other Ukrainians, nearly all of whom left Russia.
“This is some kind of incomprehensible lottery – who decides where and what,” he said. “You understand that you are going, as it were, into the mouth of a bear ... an aggressor state, and you end up on this territory. ... I did not have the feeling that I was safe in Russia.”
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STOPPED FOR FILTRATION
Refugees on the way to Russia are interrogated at multiple stops, in what both Russians and Ukrainians call “filtration.” Each time, some are weeded out.
They are fingerprinted and photographed, which the Ukrainian government calls the collection of biological information. Some are stripped of their clothing, and those with tattoos, wounds or bruises from munitions come under special scrutiny. Phones are confiscated and sometimes connected to computers, raising fears that tracking software is installed.
The Kovalevskiy family left Mariupol after eating cold scraps of food in an unlit basement and watching sores fester on their unwashed skin. At their first filtration, they held their breaths and thought fearfully of the photo and video the eldest daughter had transferred from her phone to a flash drive hidden among their belongings.
It never crossed her mind to delete her contacts. When a Russian soldier searched her phone, he stopped at the one listed as “Commander” and pulled her aside.
She explained that the “commander” was not a military connection but the head of the youth camp where she worked for two years. The explanation was satisfactory — this time. But they did not know how many more times they would be interrogated — Human Rights Watch has identified 14 filtration points in Ukrainian territory controlled by Russian forces.
The next stop was Vynohradne, named for its vineyards but now one of the mass grave sites established by Russia for Mariupol's thousands of dead. The tent there was freezing and suffocatingly crowded, and the smell of rotting flesh clung to their nostrils. An old woman died overnight in the minus 9-degree (15 degrees Fahrenheit) temperatures, her body swelling.
The mother, Viktoria Kovalevska, peered outside to the tent next door and saw a wooden crate that a soldier had dropped to the ground. Inside were severed limbs.
Finally, the family reached the Russian city of Taganrog. When questioned by Russian officials about why they had left their hometown, the mother could no longer restrain herself.
“We did not leave; we were deported,” she replied testily. “We were loaded into cars by the military and taken away.”
Dozens of people from Mariupol were then given free train passage to two Russian cities: Volgograd, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) to the east, or Penza, twice as far.
“You go where you’re told,” they heard.
The Kovalevskiy family was among the lucky ones – they made it through the filtrations.
At an interrogation in Donetsk, a Mariupol policewoman was blindfolded and taken to Yolonevska, she told the AP. There, she saw military personnel and civilians taken for reasons that ranged from taking photographs of military equipment to running down the street in a panic. Some were beaten, and one woman's back was covered with bruises. She heard others died.
She was blindfolded again, handcuffed and taken to the Rostov region in Russia. She asked where they were going. “Somewhere,” they said, and ordered her to be silent.
She was told that evacuees in Russia would be seen as traitors and get a prison term of 10 years if they returned to Ukraine. She was finally set free in a prisoner exchange, and found her way back to Ukraine anyway.
“They psychologically influence people,” she said. “Many of the detainees who are released are simply afraid to return to Ukraine after hearing such stories.”
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IDENTITIES IN QUESTION
The Ukrainian refugees in Russia sometimes lose their identities along with their homes.
Some leave their Ukrainian documents behind. Others have their Ukrainian passports confiscated and are offered Russian citizenship or refugee status. Many end up in limbo without paperwork, and only 55,502 have received temporary asylum, according to Russia’s human rights ombudsman, Tatiana Moskalkova. The others have uncertain legal standing in a country where they are often seen as the enemy.
Along with giving up their own documents, Ukrainian refugees are sometimes pressured to sign papers holding the Ukrainian government or military responsible for the war.
Eighty-year-old Valentina Bondarenko still doesn’t know what she signed. When soldiers in white armbands burst into the Mariupol basement, she climbed out of the window, kicking over the cup holding her dentures.
She was taken with a few other elderly women on a bus through filtration in three Ukrainian towns, and then to Taganrog in Russia. Her next stop, she was told, would be Perm, 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles) away.
There were only enough Ukrainian passengers that day to fill four of the train’s 10 cars. So the train was cancelled. She ended up in a town near the Georgia border that her family had never heard of, in a dormitory with 50 others from Mariupol.
She called her adult children still in Ukraine, coughing every few minutes. They were frantic. Increasingly distraught, Bondarenko asked migration officials how she could get out.
“There’s only one way open, which is to apply for Russian citizenship, submit an application, receive all the documents and when you get your passport you can go wherever you want,” they told her.
They asked everyone with Ukrainian passports to hand them over to start the process. So she did. Then came a residency application and a document that an official would not let her examine.
“There’s nothing to read here, and we’re running late,” he told her.
“What is written here?” Bondarenko persisted.
“Everything we talked about,” came the reply. She signed. Her passport was returned to her a few days later.
Many evacuees don’t realize they have the right to refuse to sign documents and the right to leave Russia, according to Tanya Lokshina, author of an upcoming Human Rights Watch report on forced deportations. HRW and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties documented multiple cases where Ukrainians like Bondarenko were pressured into signing paperwork, including documents accusing Ukraine’s military of war crimes.
“When you are there and they have the power and you’re basically in their hands, you don’t know what’s going to happen,” Lokshina said. “So many people sign just because they are afraid.”
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ANGELS WHO CAME FROM HEAVEN
For Ukrainians trying to escape, help often comes from an unexpected source: Russians.
On a recent day in Estonia, a Russian tattoo artist easily hefted the suitcases of a Mariupol family into the trunk of a waiting car. The matriarch sat in front, seemingly oblivious to the car’s Russian license plates or unsurprised at underground help from another Russian.
The tattoo artist, who asked that his name be withheld because he still lives in Russia, was the last in a chain of volunteers that stretched 1,900 kilometers (1,100 miles) from Taganrog and Rostov to Narva, the Estonian border town. He boards in St. Petersburg a couple of times a week to accompany refugees to Finland and sometimes Estonia. There is always at least one Ukrainian family that needs an extra pair of strong arms, if nothing else.
“They are disoriented. ... You need to meet them at one station and take them to another station, because otherwise people get lost,” he said. “It’s clear they’re not psychologically equipped.”
He said Russians involved in helping Ukrainians leave know each other only through Telegram, nearly all keeping anonymous “because everyone is afraid of some kind of persecution.” Some of the loose groups are set up with chatbots to protect identities.
“I can’t stop it,” he said of the war and the forcible transfers of Ukrainians to Russia. “This is what I can do. ... Shooting at people, this is normal in the 21st century, with old Soviet pieces of iron? This is utter nonsense.”
The volunteers face a slew of challenges. Those in Penza in Russia shut down their efforts because of anonymous threats that included slashed tires, the Russian symbol Z painted in white on a windshield and graffiti on doors and gates calling them the likes of “Ukro-Nazi” helpers.
Another Russian volunteer, who also communicated with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said they faced logistical and bureaucratic hurdles thrown up by the Russian government, such as travel documents lost or taken by administrators.
“They had organizational problems, but they created an amazing chain to help Ukrainian refugees,” she wrote in a message to AP.
Leaving Russia is still often dependent on luck and an official’s whims. Some Russian border guards let people through with just their Ukrainian national identity; others insist upon an international passport. In at least one case, a family wasn’t allowed to travel without a Russian passport. Armed men search the refugees in a final “filtration” and disembark a passenger or two.
For Zadoyanov, Bondarenko, Kovalevska and many others, the lifeline out of Russia was Russians.
After talking with his sister Natalya, Zadoyanov got off the train to Nizhny Novgorod. Natalya Zadoyanova found local people through church contacts inside Russia to take her brother and the others away from the station. They ended up at a church where they got food, shelter and eventually the first steps in finding a way out of Russia. Zadoyanov is now in the country of Georgia.
For Bondarenko, the elderly woman from Mariupol who signed unknown papers, her children in Ukraine found volunteers to help. One arrived at Bondarenko’s dormitory and demanded her release, saying the law protected a refugee’s freedom of movement. He took her to a hotel, with the room pre-paid for two nights. The third night, she stayed at the home he shared with his Ukrainian wife.
The couple bought her sneakers, clothes and food for the trip to come.
“We are against the war, against Putin,” they told her.
In St. Petersburg, another volunteer met her at the train, took her to his apartment for the night and helped her get to the bus station.
“At the Russian border, no matter what, do not tell them you want to return to Ukraine,” he warned her. “Say you are going to Estonia to visit family.”
It took about 90 minutes to pass the Russian side of the border. At one point, guards checked passports. Bondarenko’s noted Mariupol as her hometown, and they pulled her aside and asked what her destination was.
“I won’t lie. I want to return to Ukraine, to my children,” she answered, torn between defiance and fear. She was asked to wait and imagined the worst.
She didn’t know it, but she was already in Estonia. The guard returned with a giant smile and an even bigger box filled with food and water.
Bondarenko finally joined her children in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod on May 20, having paid nothing for a 4,300-kilometer (2,600-mile) journey organized from start to finish by volunteers.
Viktoria Kovalevska persuaded a bus driver at a detention center in Russia to hide the family on board.
“We sat like mice. ... I closed the curtains,” she said.
After about an hour, the driver said, “Let’s go.” When the family emerged from their hiding spot in Rostov, two taxis arrived for them and their bags. They were given hot soup and a way to finally wash their stained, charred clothes, and stayed up until 3 a.m. doing laundry.
Train tickets materialized to St. Petersburg, where other volunteers bought a suitcase to replace their fraying bags. Then it was a near-seamless trip to Estonia. Kovalevska warned her daughters to say nothing when they were roughly asked at the crossing why they wanted to leave Russia.
“You can get a bullet in the forehead and not tell the whole truth about what happened, or you can wait and later say everything as it was,” she told the girls.
The whole journey took four days.
Her memories of Mariupol are a nightmare — the torso of a woman in the street, her daughter stepping in human brains smeared on the ground, the hunger and cold that she feared would kill them more painfully than bombs. But her memories of Russia are laced with the unexpected, surreptitious kindness they received from Russian volunteers.
“I would love to say their names,” said Kovalevska, her face lighting up. “And I would tell them all, you are like angels who came from heaven and sheltered us with your wings. ... Because there was no hope. None.”
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Anastasiia Shvets and Elizaveta Telnaya contributed from Lviv, Ukraine. Oleksandr Stashevskyi contributed from Kyiv, Ukraine. Mstyslav Chernov contributed from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Sophiko Megrelidze contributed from Tblisi, Georgia. Cara Anna reported from Kviv and Sarah El Deeb reported from Beirut, Lebanon. | 2022-07-20T06:39:53+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-mouth-of-a-bear-Ukrainian-refugees-sent-to-17316381.php |
Nebraska will try to extend its winning streak to a season-high four games Saturday when it hosts reeling Minnesota in Big Ten play in Lincoln, Neb.
The Cornhuskers (14-14, 7-10 Big Ten) are coming off a 70-66 overtime win over visiting Maryland on Sunday. The Golden Gophers (7-19, 1-15) dropped their 11th straight game Wednesday — an 88-70 setback at Maryland.
Nebraska trailed Maryland by eight with just over seven minutes to go before rallying, and Derrick Walker’s layup with 29 seconds remaining sent the game to overtime. Then, the Cornhuskers trailed 64-61 with 2:34 to play before scoring the next eight points, taking a five-point lead on Sam Hoiberg’s two free throws with 14 seconds left.
Walker, who averages a team-high 14.0 points and 7.2 rebounds, led the way for the Huskers with 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Keisei Tominaga (12.7 ppg) added 20 points and four rebounds.
Sam Griesel chipped in 12 points, while Hoiberg, son of Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg, finished with nine points, including four in overtime.
“A lot of people were saying, when we had the injuries, ‘What could have been,'” Fred Hoiberg said. “My message to the guys was: ‘What can still be.’ Those guys fight like hell. They practice as hard as anybody. And they are resilient.
“They have some toughness and character to them. You have to have it.”
While Nebraska is playing its best basketball heading into the final stretch of the regular season, Minnesota hasn’t won since Jan. 12 and is in last place in the Big Ten.
The Gophers were outscored by the Terrapins 27-10 in the final 9:09 of the first half to trail by 47-30 at halftime. Minnesota trailed by as many as 28 in the second half as the Terrapins finished the game a blistering 68.1 percent from the field and 53.8 percent from beyond the arc.
Pharrel Payne, who averages 7.8 points, had 17 points and four rebounds off the bench for the Gophers, while Dawson Garcia had 15 points and eight rebounds. Jaden Henley chipped in 14 points, well above his average of 4.6 points.
“It wasn’t about offense,” Gophers coach Ben Johnson said after his team shot 48.1 percent from the field and 7-of-10 from 3-point range. “We just struggled to defend, especially after those scrappy (first) 10 minutes that we had. They got what they wanted, whether it was at the rim or from three.”
In Minnesota and Nebraska’s previous meeting this season, the Cornhuskers rallied for an 81-79 overtime win on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis.
Walker led Nebraska with 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, while Juwan Gary added 18 points and six rebounds. Griesel added 17 points, six rebounds and five assists.
The Golden Gophers were led by Jamison Battle’s 20 points, with Garcia posting 19 points and 15 rebounds.
–Field Level Media | 2023-02-25T20:24:32+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/sports/ncaa-basketball/rising-nebraska-hosts-spiraling-minnesota/ |
DENVER (KDVR) — The campaign to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms in Colorado and set up a regulated framework for their consumption declared victory on Wednesday evening.
More than 1 million votes counted as of 6:10 p.m. were in favor of the measure, or 51.3% of the vote, according to the Associated Press. The AP has not called the race and estimates 86% of the vote has been counted.
The group behind Proposition 122, Natural Medicine Colorado, released a statement projecting the final result is in their favor.
“This is a truly historic moment. Colorado voters saw the benefit of regulated access to natural medicines, including psilocybin, so people with PTSD, terminal illness, depression, anxiety and other mental health issues can heal,” said the measure’s co-proponents, Kevin Matthews and Veronica Lightening Horse Perez. “We look forward to working with the regulatory and medical experts and other stakeholders to implement this new law.”
Proposition 122 is designed to decriminalize psychedelic “natural medicine,” including psilocybin mushrooms, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline, for people age 21 and older. Under the proposal, Coloradans of age could have it, ingest it and cultivate it at home without criminal penalty under state law.
The measure also allows for regulated “healing centers” where people can get and consume psilocybin. And it paves the way for the other listed psychedelics to be allowed under the regulated framework as soon as 2026.
People previously arrested for possession of the drugs could also file a petition with the courts to have those records sealed.
A total of 19 states have legalized recreational marijuana for adults since voters in Colorado and Washington state first approved ballot measures in 2012. The psilocybin measure would again put the state near the forefront of drug decriminalization.
A growing body of research links psilocybin to mental health improvements. Often called “magic mushrooms,” they have been used to treat ailments like PTSD in veterans, anxiety and depression in cancer patients and substance use disorders.
Still, supporters of psychedelic medicine had concerns about the initiative. They worried it would set up a pathway for corporations to profit off of users and did not include enough stakeholders of color to ensure equitable licensing.
Those concerns were heightened by the campaign’s funding source. New Approach PAC is a D.C.-based drug policy group that poured $4.2 million into the Colorado proposition and has funded drug decriminalization efforts around the country for years. Records show New Approach is funded by Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, Scotts Miracle-Gro and cannabis company Tilray Brands, Inc.
Denver voters already decriminalized psilocybin back in 2019, allowing for the possession and personal cultivation of the fungi. In 2020, Oregon voters legalized it, but the state will not roll out its licensing framework until 2023.
All of the drugs are still Schedule 1 narcotics on the federal level. | 2022-11-10T03:31:29+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/politics/election/prop-122-psychedelic-mushroom-decriminalization-colorado/ |
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Halloween is approaching, which means it’s the time of year you can be anything you want. Whether you want to get the party startled with a scary costume or you’re too cute to spook, Amazon has an entire section of Halloween costumes for adults.
Almost half of the adults surveyed by the National Retail Federation say they plan to dress up this year, and the survey says the most popular Halloween costumes are witches, vampires, ghosts and pirates. Cat and Batman costumes are also trending this year.
Ahead, here are 10 adult costumes from Amazon that will get you in the Halloween spirit, whether you want a comical get-up or one that’s inspired by pop culture
Rubies Adult The Original Inflatable Dinosaur Costume, T-Rex with Sound ($78)
Did you know that Tyrannosaurus rex means “king of the tyrant lizards”? For a Jurassic-era costume, this tent-like T-Rex costume lets you lumber around a party freely. It even comes with sound effects. “Hit of the party!” one reviewer wrote.
Rubie’s Batman: The Dark Knight Trilogy Adult Batman Costume ($46.25-$74)
Robert Pattinson, is that you? Coming off the heels of “The Batman”‘s box office success earlier this year, the superhero costume is among the most popular this season. The jumpsuit is modeled after the Batman costume from Chris Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” trilogy starring Christian Bale, though, and comes with a built-in muscle chest. “A great costume for the money and a big hit with the neighborhood trick or treaters (kids and parents alike),” one reviewer wrote.
Uratot Halloween Robber Costume Set ($19.99-$33.99)
Make fashion your crime this Halloween. The five-piece robber costume set comes with a black-and-white stringed long-sleeved T-shirt, eye mask, beanie cap, black gloves and a money bag (cash not included). Among the 5-star reviews was one from someone who works as a cashier and dressed up like a burglar. “It totally did its job,” the review says.
Spooktacular Creations Inflatable Unicorn ($39.99)
Prove unicorns do exist with this fantastic blow-up costume. The lightweight unicorn costume comes with an air pump and fan and allows for easy movement so you can gallop about like the mythical creature that you’ve become. So, far it’s racked up more than 4,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. “Omg this is the best thing ever!! … Worth every penny I spent,” one of the top reviews says.
Rasta Imposta Tequila Bottle and Lime Slice Couples Costume ($64.99)
Tequila and a squeeze of lime? Name a better combination. The couple’s costume comes with two tunics: one has a shimmery gold tequila bottle overlay that’s labeled “top-shelf” and the other is a green lime wedge costume.
Where’s Waldo Costume Set ($26.95-$32.95)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to leave the party unannounced so everyone can ask: “Hey, where’s Waldo?” One of the reviewers said: “Can you find me? I had fun with this one, and people lose their minds like they’re twelve when they see you!” The Where’s Waldo costume comes with a red-striped, long-sleeved shirt and a matching beanie.
MakeATree Michael Myers Mask ($21.99)
For a screaming good time, pull on this creepy Michael Myers mask that looks like it’s straight from the set of the “Halloween” slasher series. “Love it. It scares everyone,” one reviewer says. There’s ventilation in the mouth and nose of this latex mask for easy breathing.
Rubie’s Adult Pennywise Costume ($44.13)
Another nightmare-inducing costume, the Pennywise clown suit, comes with a yellow jumpsuit, black glitter vest, white gloves, and a character mask with attached red hair. To take this costume up a notch, carry a red balloon filled with helium. Oh, and practice your posing. “I bought this for my 13-year-old son to wear for trick-or-treating,” one Amazon reviewer wrote. “We were stopped repeatedly with strangers asking for photos with Pennywise.”
Feelin Good Tees “I’m Fine” T-Shirt ($18.99-$24.99)
Looking for a quick and easy costume? This bloody T-shirt will definitely lead to some double takes, so be prepared to come up with a good storyline. One reviewer says: “The fake blood looks believable.”
Spooktacular Creations skeleton Glow in the Dark Onesie Pajama Jumpsuit ($39.99)
Call this your lazy bones costume. This comfy glow-in-the-dark onesie skeleton pajama set totally passes as a Halloween costume. You can still see out of it when it’s completely zipped up, too! “It will keep us warm this Halloween,” one reviewer wrote.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | 2022-10-04T19:14:43+00:00 | denver7.com | https://www.denver7.com/adult-halloween-costumes-perfect-parties |
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Sunday's results
Calgary 5 Moose Jaw 3
Regina 8 Edmonton 2
Prince George 6 Vancouver 3
Kelowna 5 Everett 2
Tuesday's results
Saskatoon 5 Brandon 4 (OT)
Lethbridge 7 Swift Current 2
Medicine Hat 4 Edmonton 2
Seattle 3 Spokane 0
Kamloops 3 Victoria 0
Everett 5 Prince George 2
Wednesday's results
Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Portland, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Friday's games
Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Calgary at Regina, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 5 p.m.
Spokane at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Sunday's games
Calgary at Brandon, 4 p.m.
Regina at Winnipeg, 5:05 p.m.
Everett at Portland, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle, 5:05 p.m. | 2022-12-08T02:44:15+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17639055.php |
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Amid High Energy Prices and Environmental Concerns, 64% of Voters, including 65% of Democrats, Believe Increased Production Can Help the World Address Climate Change
PITTSBURGH, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A nationwide poll conducted by Democratic polling firm Impact Research reveals that most Americans view natural gas as an affordable and reliable alternative to coal that will help address climate change and support increasing natural gas production. The survey was commissioned by EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT), the largest producer of natural gas in the United States. It also found that, after hearing about natural gas's benefits, strong majorities of both parties are in favor of building new natural gas pipeline infrastructure to support increased production.
"Americans are recognizing the tremendous impact natural gas can make in our efforts to provide the world with energy security, lower energy prices and inflation and address climate change," said Toby Z. Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer of EQT. "These poll results demonstrate that Americans want more natural gas production and support the infrastructure needed to make it a reality."
The nationwide poll of registered voters found that a bipartisan majority of Americans support expanding natural gas infrastructure to reduce emissions as part of a larger, steady energy transition. Additional key findings include:
American voters favor a steady energy transition
- 65% of Americans, 67% of younger Democrats and 60% of Independents favor a steady transition to cleaner energy sources using any option currently available to keep energy affordable and reliable, even if they aren't completely renewable
- 64% of voters, including 61% of Independents and a majority of Democrats, want to see natural gas used more as a source of energy, ranking only slightly behind renewables, like solar and wind
Increased natural gas production is broadly supported by American voters
- Nearly 70% of all voters support increasing natural gas production, including 60% of Democrats and 67% of Independents
Natural gas can help reduce emissions
- 65% of Democrats and 64% of all voters believe increased production of natural gas can help the world address climate change by reducing emissions
Americans see the need for increased infrastructure
- Understanding the benefits of natural gas and that a lack of infrastructure is an obstacle to increasing natural gas production, 73% of voters, including 70% of Independents and 67% of Democrats, support building new natural gas pipelines in the United States
Voters across party lines say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports an increase in natural gas production
- By a 33-point margin, voters say they are more likely to support a political candidate who supports increasing the production of natural gas, including by a 19-point margin among Democrats and a 31-point margin among Independents.
The nationwide online poll was conducted by Impact Research of 1,057 registered voters, with an additional oversample of 578 Democrats between June 2 – June 8, 2022. The margin of error for the main sample is +/- 3 and +/- 3.4 for the overall Democratic sample.
EQT Contact:
Bridget McNie
Director of Communications
412.720.4500
Bridget.mcnie@eqt.com
About EQT
EQT Corporation is a leading independent natural gas production company with operations focused in the cores of the Marcellus and Utica Shales in the Appalachian Basin. We are dedicated to responsibly developing our world-class asset base and being the operator of choice for our stakeholders. By leveraging a culture that prioritizes operational efficiency, technology and sustainability, we seek to continuously improve the way we produce environmentally responsible, reliable and low-cost energy. We have a longstanding commitment to the safety of our employees, contractors, and communities, and to the reduction of our overall environmental footprint. Our values are evident in the way we operate and in how we interact each day – trust, teamwork, heart, and evolution are at the center of all we do. To learn more, visit eqt.com.
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Educational visionary honored by ASU+GSV for innovation and leadership in the learning technology sector
PARAMUS, N.J., Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvas Learning Company, a global next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its CEO, Bethlam Forsa, has received the 2023 Power of Women Award.
Given annually at the ASU+GSV Summit, the Power of Women Award honors extraordinary female leaders for leading and achieving successful outcomes for companies at scale in the learning technology sector. The recipients of the 2023 Power of Women Award are inspirational leaders committed to increasing access to education and workforce skills for millions of learners globally.
"I am truly honored to receive this prestigious award and want to extend my congratulations to the other recipients among this impressive group of female executives," Forsa said. "I also want to thank ASU+GSV for highlighting the impactful role female leaders have in helping transform the educational landscape by using new ideas and advanced technologies so that all learners can succeed."
A dynamic and visionary leader whose career in education and publishing spans over two decades, Forsa is committed to the idea that a quality education has the power to shape lives, inspire new ways of thinking, and build better communities. With an innovation mindset and a focus on technology's potential to personalize teaching and learning experiences, she is a recognized trailblazer and changemaker in the K-12 space. Under Forsa's leadership, Savvas has taken a market-leading position with its award-winning product lines, highest-quality curriculum, and best-in-class professional services, delivered to more than 40 million K-12 students and teachers worldwide.
Forsa's award follows the recent announcement that Savvas Learning Company has been named to the 2023 GSV 150, ASU+GSV's list of the world's most transformative private companies in education. Savvas was chosen from more than 4,000 private companies revolutionizing the world of education technology, from Pre-K-12 to workforce learning. These companies were evaluated on five criteria — revenue scale, revenue growth, active learner reach, international reach, and margin profile — to determine the global GSV 150 list. In addition to these two honors, Forsa has also been chosen to speak at the 2023 ASU+GSV Summit, which will be held in San Diego in April.
To see the full list of 2023 Power of Women recipients, visit ASU+GSV Summit's Honorees page.
ABOUT SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY
At Savvas, we believe learning should inspire. By combining new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new ways of interacting, we design next-generation learning solutions that help prepare students to become global citizens in a more interconnected, digital world. To learn more, visit Savvas Learning Company.
ABOUT ASU+GSV SUMMIT
The ASU+GSV Summit is the premier global event focused on technology innovation in education and skills. We believe that ALL people deserve equal access to the future. Started in 2010 with a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV), the annual Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. Educators, investors, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs from around the world come together to innovate the future of education for all. Hosted in San Diego, over 5,300 people attended in April 2022.
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Greta Van Fleet return with ‘Starcatcher,’ an album they say ‘represents boys becoming men’
Greta Van Fleet’s new album lists 10 tracks but it’s really 9 1/2
NEW YORK (AP) — Greta Van Fleet’s new album lists 10 tracks but it’s really 9 1/2. Halfway through, there’s a song fragment that runs barely past a minute. It’s like a nugget of distilled Greta Van Fleet.
“Runway Blues” has the bluster of the Rolling Stones, the driving force of Led Zeppelin, a dash of Humble Pie and some John Lennon solo work. It was captured spontaneously as the band came back from dinner and just started jamming.
“We just had a bit too much wine and I just sort of cracked into a riff and everybody kind of jumped on instruments,” says guitarist Jake Kiszka. “It’s really basic and it’s just a great example of what can be accomplished with pure attitude.”
The quartet show plenty of rock star attitude on "Starcatcher," the Michigan-bred rockers' third album. Their early sound and classic rock look was reminiscent of Zeppelin but has grown artistically, moving into prog and psychedelic rock.
“’Starcatcher’ represents boys becoming men in a way,” says Kiszka, 27, whose bandmates include twin brother and singer Josh, younger brother Sam on keys and bass, and family friend Danny Wagner on drums.
The band recorded much of the album in Nashville’s historic RCA Studios, where Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton and Waylon Jennings recorded.
“We learned from the old masters, the giants that walked the Earth,” says Sam Kiszka. “A lot of the record is take No. 1 – the conception of the idea.”
The first sprawling, '60s-vibing single "Meeting the Master" has made the top 40 of Billboard's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, hit No. 4 on Hard Rock Songs and was a No. 12 entry on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
“This is definitely some of my favorite material and some of my favorite songs that we’ve written together,” says Sam Kiszka. “I think that our ability to work with each other just keeps becoming more and more elevated and that keeps evolving.”
“Sacred the Thread” was one of the first songs the bandmates agreed had to be on the record and which has hit No. 25 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. The seeds were first planted in 2016, with Sam supplying the original chords for the chorus and Josh a melody. It kicked around in various forms over the years.
“I always find that the longer the song is that we’ve got sitting on a shelf, the better it turns out in the end," says Jake Kiszka.
The final product is a soaring, cinematic anthem, with Josh Kiszka wailing some of his best lyrics to date: "I’ve caught the wind in a kite of dreams/In a flight of seams/Like freedom sewn/And the people roar/And the people soar."
Their last album, "The Battle at Garden's Gate," had more elaborate arrangements, layers and chord progressions, lots of instrumental sections and strings under the guidance of super-producer Greg Kurstin.
This time Dave Cobb produced — as he has done for Chris Stapleton and Brandi Carlile — and he took the guys back to their roots as a live band, recording all the time to capture lightning in a bottle.
“Some of the objectives on ‘Starcatcher’ was to really focus on the individual instruments being played as opposed to something like ’The Battle at Garden’s Gate,' the previous record, which I think is very, very layered,” says Jake Kiszka.
“So this this is a sort of a love letter to minimalism in a way. And I think it’s also the record that we wanted to make at this particular time right after the pandemic, to sort of like juice the room up a little.”
That's not to mean Greta Van Fleet, whose name was inspired by the octogenarian bluegrass musician Gretna VanFleet, threw away any equipment. In fact, they experimented with phaser pedals, alternative tunings and accessories like a B-Bender.
“It’s just about texture, texture, texture — moving you dramatically to a different world, not only through the feeling or the emotion of what’s going on musically, but also the sounds,” says Sam Kiszka.
Members of the band moved to Nashville at the start of the global shutdown and that has led in part to Josh Kiszka publicly coming out, writing in an Instagram post this month that it is "imperative that I speak my truth for not only myself, but in hopes to change hearts, minds, and laws in Tennessee and beyond." The singer declined to talk about his decision to The Associated Press.
Kiszka's post came after Tennessee legislators passed a bill attempting to ban drag shows on public property where minors could be present, as well as another signed in March that bans gender-affirming healthcare for children.
The band's Starcatcher World Tour kicks off Monday in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena, with stops at Madison Square Garden in New York, The Kia Forum in Los Angeles, TD Garden in Boston and Allstate Arena in Chicago.
“It’ll be really fun to play more of this record live because the way that these songs are structured there’s a lot of room for improvisation,” says Jake Kiszka. “It’s very attitude-based. And so we get to take people on a whole new journey.”
One song that may spark some intra-band debate playing live is “Runway Blues,” that weird song fragment. Josh Kiszka has never been a fan and he didn't want it to grow into a full song, even though his brothers loved it.
“We really pushed for the entire thing to be on the record. But Josh, he just hates it too much,” Sam says. Jake sighs, laughingly: “This is a democracy, unfortunately.”
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Mark Kennedy is at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits | 2023-07-19T16:42:36+00:00 | wnem.com | https://www.wnem.com/2023/07/19/greta-van-fleet-return-with-starcatcher-an-album-they-say-represents-boys-becoming-men/ |
Silver Alert issued for missing Jefferson Parish man with Alzheimer’s
JEFFERSON PARISH (WAFB) - Troopers with Louisiana State Police have issued a Silver Alert on behalf of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department in search of a missing man with Alzheimer’s.
Authorities are searching for Jose Mulleady, who was last seen just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8 in the 2700 block of Whitney Place in Metairie.
Mulleady is driving a 2016 Silver Honda Civic with a Louisiana license plate that reads ZWX826. The man’s car was last seen in St. Bernard Parish on LA 46 traveling towards Orleans Parish.
Mr. Mulleady is described as a white male with thin gray hair and green eyes. He is approximately 5′8″ tall and weighs about 220 pounds.
According to LSP, Mulleady has a history of getting lost and confused while operating his vehicle.
Anyone with information regarding the man’s whereabouts is asked to immediately contact the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department at 504-227-1400 or dial 911.
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FIRST ON FOX: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday is announcing a national coalition of dozens of sheriffs to join forces to protect American communities against the consequences of the ongoing crisis at the southern border.
The 90-sheriff coalition includes sheriffs from Florida, California, Colorado, South Dakota, Maryland, Illinois, New York, Arizona, and Oregon.
In a statement of support the law enforcement officers say that the federal government has "failed in its responsibilities to secure our nation's borders" and cite the record 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY 2022, as well as the more than 1.6 million encountered so far in FY 23.
DESANTIS DEFENDS MIGRANT FLIGHTS TO CALIFORNIA, BLAMES SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS FOR ENCOURAGING ‘OPEN BORDER’
"The consequences of the federal government’s abdication are being felt across the nation. Cartels and gang members are bringing record levels of fentanyl and other drugs into our communities as our officers work around the clock to battle these criminal institutions," they say.
"As Sheriffs, we are thankful that Florida has recognized the crisis at our border and we are partnering with the Sunshine State to bring law and order back to our streets."
The sheriffs praise DeSantis -- who is running for president in 2024 -- for creating an anti-smuggling task force, deploying law enforcement including National Guard and highway patrol to the border, and launching a program to transport illegal immigrants to "sanctuary" jurisdictions -- most recently California.
"It is unfortunate that the federal government has effectively abandoned border states and forced states like Florida to deal with this burden on their own. We can no longer sit by and watch our nation become overrun by gang activity and drug-related violence," they say.
MIGRANT NUMBERS EXCEEDED 200,000 ENCOUNTERS AGAIN IN MAY AS TITLE 42 EXPIRED
They commit to partnering with DeSantis and the Sunshine State "to preserve the safety and well-being of the citizens we serve"
"We call on other law enforcement agencies to do the same," they add.
In a statement, DeSantis said that illegal immigration "has not only ravaged communities along the southern border, it has harmed states across the country with the deadly influx of cartel-trafficked fentanyl and higher rates of violent crime."
"I’m proud to work with this growing group of law enforcement leaders and bring Florida’s dedicated resources and leadership to bear on this national problem," he said.
The coalition marks the latest move by the 2024 Republican presidential hopeful related to the southern border. In addition to the resource deployment to the southern border, DeSantis visited the border earlier this month. There he held a roundtable with sheriffs from multiple states and received a confidential briefing from border sheriffs and prosecutors, his office said.
As a presidential candidate has promised to shut down the border and declare a national emergency if elected president as well as resuming border wall construction and reinstating the "Remain-in-Mexico" policy.
In May he signed a broad anti-illegal immigration bill passed by the state legislature which mandates E-Verify, enhances smuggling penalties and bars local jurisdictions from issuing IDs to those in the country illegally.
Republicans have been taking aim at the Biden administration for its handling of the ongoing border crisis, arguing that its rolling back of interior enforcement and Trump-era policies have fueled the crisis now into its third year.
The Biden administration has argued that it is rebuilding an asylum system broken by the prior administration and has recently pointed to a sharp drop in encounters after the end of Title 42 on May 11. However, recent numbers published by the administration show that there were still over 200,000 encounters in May overall. | 2023-06-22T15:14:13+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/desantis-announces-nationwide-coalition-of-90-sheriffs-to-push-back-against-border-crisis/article_31cc3554-b9f7-57a8-8adb-3430a7e58c85.html |
PINE GROVE • Pine Grove had its chance for a knockout blow early on Saturday, and it didn’t miss.
The Panthers scored five runs in the first inning as they batted around, making way for a bounceback 11-1 win in five innings over New Site to split the first Division 1-2A series of the season.
It was quite the opposite of what happened in the 3-2 loss to the Royals on Tuesday, Feb. 28, where the Panthers loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the first and managed just one run on a hit-by-pitch. Three of Pine Grove’s seven hits in the game were the first three batters, and after that, the bats went cold.
“We were real disappointed Tuesday. We didn’t have a real good approaches. I think we ended up striking out 12 times on Tuesday night,” Pine Grove head coach Matt King said following Saturday’s win. “… Today, we had a different mentality. Sometimes all it takes is busting through once or twice and it kind of gets it going. We got on them early and we kind of settled in.”
Pine Grove led 3-0 before the first out was recorded in the first. Senior catcher Gabe Roberts roped a 2-RBI double to centerfield before Tanner Pannell scored him on a single in the next at-bat. The Panthers loaded the bases with no outs, where Lane Mauney and Mack Stegall executed situational baseball to pick up RBIs for the 5-0 lead.
The cushion was all that was needed for Pine Grove starting pitcher Gehrig Shinall.
The right-handed junior took the loss on Tuesday, when he gave up the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh.
But Shinall found redemption against the Royals’ lineup on Saturday, tossing all five innings, allowing just one run on one hit, and striking out seven to just two walks given up.
“I thought he got a lot better as the game went on,” King said of Shinall. “We’re still really early in the season. You know, you’re playing division (games) in the last week of February and early March. It’s still really early, so he hasn’t thrown just a ton. I think he got to settle in and start feeling good.”
New Site plated its only run in the third when a leadoff walk was followed by a one-out single, setting up a RBI sac fly by Landon Stanley to cut the lead to 5-1.
The Panthers added five runs in the fourth behind a 2-RBI single from Shinall, a sac fly from Stegall, a run-scoring single from Talen Wilkerson.
Shinall ended the game with a RBI double in the fifth to score Roberts, who led off with his second double of the game.
Roberts, Shinall and sophomore Brittan Fryar each led with two hits apiece. The Panthers tallied 11 hits for what King called their “best offensive performance of the season.”
Shinall led with 3 RBIs, followed by two each from Roberts and Stegall.
Pine Grove lost 6-0 to West Union later on Saturday to fall to 4-2 on the season.
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The American West is reeling from back-to-back catastrophic wildfire seasons in 2020 and 2021. Recent tree ring analysis by the U.S. Department of Agriculture yields evidence that the region is experiencing the worst drought in more than 1,200 years. Suffice to say, our relationship with the place we call home is changing. Panelist Christina Restaino is a natural resource specialist at UNR.
"We need to live with fire and be prepared for the big wildfires that we now experience due to climate change," Restaino said. "We have to live with some amount of smoke. In certain ecosystems, fire as a tool is incredibly appropriate. So, making sure that we understand that smoke-free skies is actually not ever what the West was like."
Though climate change is a long-established accelerant of drought and wildfires, these patterns are also influenced by natural cycles that shift every few decades. The ongoing period of drought has reduced much of the grassy vegetation which fueled previous fire complexes. Restaino said that this is likely to change the geographic distribution of wildfires in the approaching season. She predicts that people living on the fringes of urban areas — especially those bordering forests — are among the most vulnerable to this new regime.
"The outlook for this year is that we are expecting to see more fire in forest ecosystems and potentially less fire in the sagebrush ecosystem," she added. "I think that's an important ecological connection to make."
Jennifer Cantley and her family have suffered adverse health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke. Cantley is a lifelong Nevadan and a mother of three.
"I had the horrible experience of waking up and hearing my youngest [child] barely breathing," Cantley said. "All I could hear was [labored breathing]. When I went into the room, his oxygen was down to 82%. Our smoke level [air quality index] was almost at 600."
Cantley said her concerns that wildfire smoke caused or amplified her child’s respiratory illness inspired her advocacy for Moms Clean Air Force. The organization supports projects that help reduce air pollution, fight climate change, and improve the health of children and families.
Copyright 2022 KUNR Public Radio. To see more, visit KUNR Public Radio. | 2022-07-01T17:24:02+00:00 | wyomingpublicmedia.org | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-resources-energy/2022-07-01/panel-of-wildfire-experts-speak-on-the-new-normal-of-climate-driven-fire-seasons |
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Michigan man of murder and other charges in the beating death of a 3-year-old boy in Lafayette.
Jermaine Garnes of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was convicted of murder, neglect resulting in death, aggravated battery resulting in death and battery on a person under 14 resulting in death. The jury returned the verdicts Wednesaday.
Garnes and his girlfriend, Crystal Lynn Cox, were both charged in August 2021 in connection with the death of 3-year-old Zeus Cox. The little boy was found dead on a bedroom floor with bruises on his chest, stomach and other areas of his body.
The couple gave police conflicting accounts. Cox said he had fallen on concrete and later ran into a table. Garnes trold police Zeus had fallen off his bike.
Witnesses told police Garnes struck the 3-year-old with his fist.
An autopsy revealed the 3-year-old died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries to his abdomen that ruptured the boy’s intestines and caused rib fractures and internal bleeding.
Cox was found guilty of murder, neglect resulting in death, aggravated battery resulting in death, and battery on a person under 14 resulting in death last May and was sentenced to 53 years in prison.
Garnes’ sentencing has not yet been scheduled. | 2023-01-16T01:39:06+00:00 | wishtv.com | https://www.wishtv.com/news/indiana-news/man-convicted-of-murder-other-counts-in-boys-beating-death/ |
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MIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice, including a grand slam, and had a career-high six RBIs as the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 12-2 on Tuesday night.
Nick Fortes and Jorge Soler also went deep while Avisaíl García had three hits for the Marlins.
Rookie right-hander Edward Cabrera allowed one run in six innings. In his second start since being promoted from Triple-A Jacksonville last week, Cabrera (2-0) limited Washington to two hits, walked two, struck out four and hit a batter.
“I always trust my secondary pitches,” Cabrera said through a translator. “You want to go as far as you can. That’s what you want as a starter.”
The Marlins have scored 26 times in Cabrera’s first two outings. They beat Colorado 14-1 on June 1.
“It’s good to see how he continues to make pitches,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “Just continue to attack, continue to stay in the zone and trust your stuff.”
Chisholm snapped a 2-for-29 skid with his second-inning grand slam. He drove a 3-0 pitch off Joan Adon (1-10) over the wall in center to make it 5-0.
“Honestly, I thought it was a ball,” Chisholm said. “It looked good to me though. I put a good swing on it and it went over for a homer.”
Homers from Fortes and Soler keyed another five-run inning in the fourth.
Fortes’ three-run blast ended Adon’s outing after three-plus innings. Andrés Machado relieved Adon and allowed Garrett Cooper’s one-out double and Soler’s two-run shot.
Fortes drove in a career-high four runs and has homered twice since getting recalled from Triple-A on May 27.
“Everyone goes through stretches that they swing it better than others,” Fortes said. “I’m just going through a stretch right now that I am seeing it really well.”
Chisholm hit his 10th homer of the season in the fifth, a two-run shot off Machado. It was the second multi-homer game of Chisholm’s career.
Cabrera’s string of 11 scoreless innings since being called up ended on Luis García’s solo homer in the sixth.
Adon allowed eight runs on seven hits and two walks. The right-hander became the first major league pitcher with double-digit losses this season.
“(After) the first inning I thought it was going to be a good day for him,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. “But when you fall behind some of those hitters, you have to throw pitches over the plate and they’re going to get hit.”
CAN WE TALK?
Marlins players and coaches met for 90 minutes prior to the game. Miami started the season 12-8 but went 7-19 in May. The Marlins began Tuesday fourth in the NL East, 13 1/2 games behind the first-place New York Mets.
“It was my idea to get the group together and talk,” Mattingly said. “We have higher expectations for ourselves as a team. On the baseball side, I’m disappointed about that. On the other part, it was really more about to have everybody talk.”
ROSTER MOVES
The Nationals reinstated utility player Ehire Adrianza from the 60-day injured list and optioned infielder Lucius Fox to Triple-A Rochester. ... RHP Victor Arano (left knee strain) was placed on the 15-day injured list and utility player Dee Strange-Gordon was reinstated from the paternity list.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg will make his return on Thursday. He is recovering from thoracic outlet syndrome surgery and has not pitched since June 1, 2021.
Marlins: OF Jesús Sánchez exited in the second inning because of right upper back tightness. ... 3B/OF Brian Anderson (lower back spasms) underwent an MRI Monday and has a follow-up visit with a spine specialist Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Nationals RHP Josiah Gray (6-4, 4.71 ERA) will start the second game of the series on Wednesday. Ace Sandy Alcantara (6-2, 1.81) starts for the Marlins.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-06-08T13:58:52+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Chisholm-has-grand-slam-among-2-HRs-Marlins-beat-17226452.php |
Meatloaf and Coaching
By Todd Shea
2023 President
Santa Barbara Association of Realtors
You are never too old or too experienced to learn something. I was reminded twice this past week and wanted to pass along both lessons. The first is a story told by our Association Executive, Bob Hart. He runs the staff behind our local Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS®. Bob was running a new board of directors orientation and outlined a great story. It went like this…
A woman was teaching her daughter how to make meatloaf. She explained to her daughter that you make it, cut off both ends, and put it in the pan. The daughter asked, “Mom, why do you cut off both sides of the meatloaf?” The mother thought and then said, “I’m not sure, but that is how my mother made it, so I am passing that along to you.” Then she added, “Why don’t we ask my mom? I am curious now.” So, the mom and daughter went to the child’s grandmother and asked. The grandmother thought back and said, “Well, you know what, I am not really sure. That was the way my mother made it for years and so I taught you the way I learned.” So now the child, mother, and grandmother were all curious. Luckily, the child’s great-grandmother was still living. They went and visited her and asked, “Great grandmother, why do you cut off the ends of the meatloaf before putting it in the pan?” She smiled and replied, “I did that because I had to cut the ends off to get it in the size pan that I used. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU ALL STILL DO THAT!”
I love the example of this story, showing that unless you question ideas, work for new solutions or make changes, you may be making the same “mistakes” for years or doing things unnecessarily for years. What is your meatloaf?
The second, which had a similar thread for me last week, was in the search to play better golf. I went to take a lesson at GOLFTEC on East Haley St. My dad told me years ago to either pick tennis or golf, lifelong sports that you can play for business and pleasure. He was right, and after trying tennis, I settled on golf and have enjoyed playing with clients, co-workers, friends, and family for years. That was about 25 years ago, and all that while, I had just been learning from input from those same friends, family, and other players on the course. Well, this year, I set a goal to shoot consistently in the low 80’s.
In comparison, professional golfers play in the low 70’s and 60’s and I am currently in the low 90’s most of the time. So as this is my goal, one of my action steps was to take a lesson or a couple of lessons, which brought me to GOLFTEC. Stephen Douglas, the owner, and I met for my first lesson. He watched my swing and decided to focus on two main changes to start.
After making those changes – which were large parts of my swing – I am suddenly hitting the ball consistently straight. I mean, wow! It’s been 25 years since I have been battling a curving ball and chunking my irons (when the grass divot goes further than the ball, haha), and now, with one lesson and two changes, I am on the road to much better golf.
Coaching is such an essential part of life. It was an excellent reminder to be open to others’ feedback, get coaching if you want to get better at something, and if you think you know something, it’s always good to run it by someone you know is a professional in that field. I hope these two fantastic reminders help you this year. Thanks to Bob Hart and Stephen Douglas. You both made for a great week!
Todd Shea is the 2023 president of the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors (SBAOR). He is a California licensed real estate agent with the Zia Group powered by eXp Realty here in Santa Barbara. He has served on and chaired several committees within the SBAOR and served on its board of directors. Todd can be reached at 805.453.7730 and todd@ziagroup.com or message and follow @toddshearealtor on Instagram. | 2023-01-18T02:55:04+00:00 | independent.com | https://www.independent.com/2023/01/17/meatloaf-and-coaching/ |
DETROIT (AP) — The head of the U.S. government’s office that investigates automobile safety problems has resigned from his post just days after the release of a harsh audit criticizing how the office was managed.
Stephen Ridella stepped down as director of the Office of Defects Investigation at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 3, Veronica Morales, a NHTSA spokeswoman, confirmed this week.
Ridella, who started at the agency in 2006 after a long career in the auto industry, wrote in a LinkedIn posting that he has taken a new job as director of safety planning and regulatory reporting at Zoox, an autonomous vehicle company owned by Amazon.com Inc. He declined further comment when reached Thursday by The Associated Press.
On June 1, the inspector general for the Department of Transportation, which includes NHTSA, released an audit saying the defects investigation office is slow to investigate safety problems, limiting its ability to respond quickly to severe risks to automobile safety. Auditors found that the defects office often missed its own goals for speedier investigations, it doesn’t have clear requirements for documenting probes, and it failed to adequately supervise investigators.
NHTSA said last week that it already has finished most of the improvements recommended by the inspector general.
Ridella was in charge of the defects office as it began trying to force ARC Automotive Inc. of Tennessee recall 67 million air bag inflators that can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel. NHTSA says the inflators have caused two deaths in the U.S. and Canada and injured seven others. The agency sent a recall request letter to ARC in April after an investigation that was started eight years ago.
The Office of Defects Investigation began investigating ARC’s inflators in 2015, but it took nearly eight years for the agency to seek the recall. In 2021, a 40-year-old mother of 10 was killed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula after an ARC inflator exploded in a relatively minor crash.
NHTSA made a tentative determination that ARC’s inflators are defective, and it has ordered the company to say whether it expects more inflators to rupture. ARC has until June 14 to respond. The next step in the process would be for NHTSA to hold a public hearing, and then possibly take the company to court to get a recall order.
ARC maintains that no safety defect exists and that NHTSA’s demand is based on a hypothesis rather than technical conclusions.
In his LinkedIn posting, Ridella wrote that he’s thrilled to join Zoox as it develops a robotaxi. “Safety has been the focus of my entire career, and I am excited to continue this journey with my new team at Zoox,” he wrote.
Zoox is under investigation by NHTSA. In March the defects office began looking into the company’s 2022 certification that its vehicle met federal safety standards for motor vehicles. The agency said at the time that it would look into whether Zoox used its own test procedures to determine that certain federal standards weren’t applicable because of the robotaxi’s unique configuration.
Ridella’s departure creates another vacancy in top leadership at the agency, which has been without a Senate-confirmed administrator, its top position, since Steven Cliff left last September to run the California Air Resources Board, which regulates pollution. Last month President Joe Biden withdrew his nomination of Ann Carlson, NHTSA’s chief counsel, to be NHTSA administrator.
Morales, the NHTSA spokeswoman, said Cem Hatipoglu, associate administrator for vehicle safety research, will run the Office of Defects Investigation while the agency searches for Ridella’s replacement.
In the audit of the Office of Defects Investigation, the inspector general found that it may miss critical information for launching investigations because it didn’t follow procedures needed to evaluate risk from potential auto safety defects.
The agency also doesn’t have an integrated computer system for its probes, and doesn’t consistently follow its own procedures for making safety problems a high priority, the audit found.
It also found that the office doesn’t always record key documentation in its investigative files. In 22 of 24 investigations in 2018 and 2019, files were missing documentation, the audit found.
The agency sets timeliness targets for investigations, but the audit found that the targets were missed in 33 of 35 probes sampled over three years.
The defects office sets a goal of finishing preliminary investigations in 120 days. When it upgrades those to an engineering analysis, the goal is to finish in a year. But auditors found that preliminary probes in a 2018 and 2019 sample took an average of 617 days to finish. The engineering analyses were open for another 1,001 days on average, almost three times the goal.
NHTSA’s statement said it finished the first phase of a multiyear information technology update by 2020, improving data storage and analysis. Since then, it’s continually introduced technology updates.
“NHTSA believes it is well positioned to build upon its successful implementation of standardized operating procedures, including rigorous documentation and risk-based escalation processes,” the statement said.
The agency said improvements have positioned it to oversee a growing number of recalls that are addressing safety risks faster than in the past. It said there were a record 896 vehicle and equipment recalls in 2021, and 850 in 2022. “NHTSA is continuing its efforts to further enhance its ability to identify safety issues more quickly while engaging manufacturers earlier in the process to conduct more timely recalls,” the statement said.
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AP Business Writer David Hamilton in San Francisco and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this story. | 2023-06-08T18:19:14+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/head-of-office-that-probes-auto-safety-problems-leaves-agency-after-audit-finds-management-problems/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
The Wellton Police Department and Yuma County Sheriff’s Office responded to an online threat directed at Antelope High School on Wednesday.
YCSO spokesperson Tania Pavlak said at 8:13 a.m., a staff member reported that she had received information that a shooting might happen at the school.
“The information was initially reported to us and relayed to all law enforcement agencies in the area,” Pavlak said.
A helicopter from the Yuma Sector Border Patrol’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) also responded to the scene to provide aerial assistance.
The school, which serves students from ninth to 12th grade, alerted parents via email and kept them updated with posts on its Facebook page.
Pavlak said the school premises were cleared and deputies remained at the scene to investigate the incident.
Out of an abundance of caution, students were also released early.
Pavlak said that during the initial investigation, deputies were able to determine the threat was made in a post on a social media site.
“The person who made the threat was a student but not at school today,” Pavlak said.
Deputies were not able to locate any threatening posts made to any social media sites, and after several interviews, the threats were determined to be unfounded.
The Antelope Union High School District thanked the sheriff’s office, Wellton police and Yuma Border Patrol agents on its Facebook page for their rapid response and guidance during the incident.
Pavlak added that YCSO encourages the community to continue to report any suspicious activity or threats of violence directed at schools.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at 928-783-4427 or 78-CRIME to remain anonymous. You can also visit www.yumacountysheriff.org to submit an anonymous tip. | 2023-03-30T16:06:45+00:00 | yumasun.com | https://www.yumasun.com/news/social-media-threat-directed-at-antelope-high-school-unfounded/article_354b0822-ce88-11ed-8395-f37115361e30.html |
By JAMES ROBSON
AP Soccer Writer
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s latest coach spoke of his surprise as he looked out at a room filled with reporters on Tuesday.
“Normally after the game there is three or four journalists. Today, I don’t know why…” Al Nassr head coach Rudi Garcia said at a news conference to present the Saudi Arabian club’s superstar signing.
He was joking and it prompted laughter from the room.
“It’s a new era!” said host and newsreader Weam Al Dakheel, who posed all of the questions to Ronaldo, Garcia and Al Nassr president Musalli Almuammar, despite around 100 journalists being present.
Ronaldo’s arrival on a two-and-a-half-year contract, reportedly earning him up to $200 million-a-year, is expected to heap unprecedented attention on Al Nassr and the Saudi Pro League.
However, at his first news conference, no questions were permitted from the floor – and the only prompted interaction from those present was to applaud on cue.
There were also shouts of “I love you Ronaldo” and mimics of his trademark “Siuuu” celebration.
This was a very stage-managed introduction with a team of public relations officers ensuring it went off without a glitch.
Not that they could prevent his slip of the tongue when he mistakenly declared: “For me it is not the end of my career to come to South Africa.”
It will be fascinating to see if Ronaldo’s fame will see interest in Saudi soccer sustain beyond his first weeks in the country.
He has 528 million followers on Instagram, which is more than any other individual in the world.
And that has already had an effect on Al Nassr’s account, which has risen from 1.2 million followers to 8.9 million since announcing his signing last week. That number is likely to grow even higher.
Almuammar is convinced the deal will be worthwhile.
“So many people spoke about financing and funding. Once we have this greatest star as Ronaldo in Al Nassr we don’t need such finance and such funding,” he said. “We have so many sponsors who will work with us closely in the upcoming years and they are sponsors of this great agreement and we will have more revenues and proceeds commercially and economically and this is important for the Saudi league and Saudi football clubs.”
Almuammar would not confirm the value of Ronaldo’s contract, but, tellingly, added that “it is normal he will be the highest in terms of cost or salary.”
One of the most surprising moves in soccer history has raised questions about Ronaldo’s motives as well as those of Saudi Arabia, amid accusations of so-called “ sportswashing ” to improve its reputation globally.
Saudi’s Public Investment Fund led the takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United in 2021 and on Tuesday the club’s manager Eddie Howe said there was “no truth” in reports it had an option to sign Ronaldo on loan if it qualified for the Champions League next season.
There is also speculation Saudi Arabia could bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
Now the signing of a player widely considered to be one of the greatest of all time is another significant step to increase the country’s influence on soccer.
Ronaldo said he was driven by the challenge of a new league, but also changing the impression of Saudi soccer around the world.
“I know the league is very competitive. People don’t know that, but I know because I saw many games,” he said.
It is, however, a significant step down for a man who has won five Champions Leagues and five Ballon d’Or awards for the best player in the world.
He will hope to add to his trophy count with Al Nassr currently top of the league.
Ronaldo’s 701 club goals should also be boosted greatly during his time in Saudi, even if he has struggled for form so far this season.
For the thousands that turned up at Al Nassr’s Mrsool Park stadium on Tuesday, they just wanted to get a first sight of their hero.
Even on a rainy and chilly night in Riyadh the roads around the stadium were backed up with traffic. Supporters queued at gates, waiting patiently to make their way inside as if this was a match day.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, was greeted as if turning up for a movie premier, stepping out of a white Range Rover with blacked out windows while cameras flashed all around.
His image was projected on the outside of the stadium, while strobe lights added to the effect.
Wearing a grey three-piece suit and a blue tie, he strode confidently into the news conference to applause before taking his seat.
“I’m so proud to make this big decision in my life. In Europe my work is done. I won everything and played for the most important clubs in Europe. This is a new challenge,” he said.
Later he changed into the yellow and blue kit of his new club and met his teammates before stepping out onto the field to chants of his name, fireworks and smoke machines.
A player who has lived in the spotlight for the majority of his career was center stage with the eyes of the world on him again.
How long that will last, remains to be seen.
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The Kiwanis Club of Western Kenosha Foundation is offering academic Scholarships to senior high school students who, upon graduation, will be attending an accredited two or four year college, university or technical school leading to a degree.
Applications are available through area High School counselors and on the Western Kiwanis Club web site http://kiwanisclubofwesternkenosha.org/
Due to the generosity of Kiwanis Club of Western Kenosha and the bequests of Russell & Clair Huber, Frank Vilen, Paul Jaeger & Harvey Elmer, the club is able to offer four scholarships in 2023. They vary in amounts from $2,000, $1,750, $1,500, and $750. At least one scholarship will be reserved for an active Kiwanis Key Club member sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Western Kenosha. The Harvey Elmer scholarship is reserved for a technical school candidate. The application deadline is Friday, April 28.
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Applications will be reviewed and recipients selected by the Foundation Board of Trustees in May.
Scholarship recipients will be recognized at a Kiwanis Scholarship Presentation during the noon June 1 Club meeting at a site to be determined, Covid-19 permitting. Recipients are encouraged to attend. | 2023-02-21T18:16:59+00:00 | kenoshanews.com | https://www.kenoshanews.com/kiwanis-scholarships-applications-available/article_4c1223a0-ae1d-11ed-ad46-87b3af4d2b41.html |
GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AnchorDx, a world-leading developer of cancer early detection solutions, announced the first patient enrollment for the UriFind® bladder cancer assay clinical trial in the U.S., an over 1,000-patient multi-center, prospective testing of the assay in the targeted patients. This prospective, registrational study is aimed to evaluate the performance of the non-invasive, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assay designed to detect two DNA methylation biomarkers in urine specimens from patients suspected of having bladder cancer. In July 2021, the assay was granted a Breakthrough Device Designation (BTD) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Results of this clinical trial are aimed towards meeting the requirements for an application for a Premarketing Approval (PMA) to the FDA in the U.S. The trial is expected to include about 10 sites of Urology clinics and 3 CAP/CLIA laboratories.
Bladder cancer is a common type of cancer with a high recurrence rate. It has an estimated 84,000 new cases, and 17,300 deaths in the U.S. in 2021 (American Cancer Society). The majority (>90%) of bladder cancer cases are urothelial carcinomas. Cystoscopy, followed by biopsy of suspicious lesions, remains the gold standard for diagnosis of both new and recurrent bladder cancer. However, the approach is highly invasive and costly, due to which bladder cancer is being called the most expensive single cancer. In addition, urine cytology and other methods have poor performance as compared with cystoscopy. UriFind® is a urine-based, non-invasive molecular test for accurate detection of bladder cancer. The performance of the UriFind® test has shown to provide improved sensitivity and specificity over cytology and other assays. It offers advantages in the detection of early, micro, residual and recurrent bladder cancer, and provides a sound basis for the clinical diagnosis of bladder cancer.
"The UriFind® bladder cancer assay clinical study is the first clinical trial initiated by AnchorDx in the U.S. Building upon our proprietary science and technology in measuring DNA methylation, we have developed this high performing test for detection of bladder cancer. We are excited to evaluate its ability to inform patient care" said Marina Bibikova, Chief Scientific Officer of AnchorDx.
"AnchorDx is committed to transform early detection and diagnosis of cancer as we continuously bring our tests into clinical practice through clinical validation" said Jian-Bing Fan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "We are collaborating with leading urologists world-wide to gain important clinical evidence on the use of our UriFind® test. This clinical trial represents an important step towards commercialization of the test in the U.S."
At present, UriFind® has completed the registered clinical trial in China and was granted a priority review in August 2022 by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) because of its clinical superiority. It has also gained EU CE certification. As an innovative biotechnology enterprise in China with a global perspective, AnchorDx is making every effort to accelerate the global market authorization of UriFind®, with a goal to serve more people in need.
Additional information about the UriFind® assay clinical trial is available on clinicaltrials.gov.
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VIENNA, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A thematic exhibition on ethnic culture, Glorious China - Fantastic Gansu, kicked off with an opening ceremony on October 30, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. Guests from China and Austria joined the hybrid online and offline event, during which they discussed humanistic exchanges and offered suggestions on how to best facilitate further cultural exchanges and foster mutual appreciation of the cultures of the two countries.
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Special exhibitions such as the Themed Images Exhibition, the Tangka Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition, the Video and Music Exhibition and others were curated to display the cultural charm of Gansu. The exhibited photographs and the Tangka fine works vividly reflected the natural scenery and folk customs as well as social progress in Gansu, giving visitors an opportunity to learn about the history of Chinese civilization that dates back several millennia, as well as the culture and traditions that remain very much a part of western China today.
Gansu, located in northwestern China, is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation and of Chinese civilization, and is home to 55 ethnic groups. The region boasts a great number of world-renowned cultural attractions including the Golden Section of the Silk Road, the Dunhuang Mogao Caves, Jiayuguan and the Maiji Mountain Grottoes.
The 60 photographs exhibited at the event present different perspectives on Gansu's allure and charm, providing meaningful snapshots of the magnificent natural attractions, rich culture, simple folk customs and social development.
The Tangka paintings on display highlight the traits of Tibetan culture. Tangka, a distinctive form of Tibetan scroll painting, is regarded as a priceless piece of intangible cultural property and is considered as the most genuine representation of the region's culture and the everyday life of the people. The art is infused with pigments made of gold, silver, pearl, agate, malachite and vermilion, and plants such as saffron, rhubarb and indigo. These natural raw materials enable Tangka paintings to maintain their bright and vivid colors over centuries, clearly depicting the history of Tibetan culture and life.
The thematic exhibition builds a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and Austria, giving the Austrian visitors a chance to meet Northwest China at their doorstep, to get a genuine feel of everyday life in Gansu and to enjoy the beauty of China.
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Jannik Sinner 2023 French Open Odds
Jannik Sinner faces Alexandre Muller to begin play in the French Open in Paris, France (in the round of 128). In his last tournament (the Internazionali BNL d'Italia), he was knocked out by Francisco Cerundolo in the round of 16. Sinner is +1100 (fifth-best odds in the field) to win this tournament at Stade Roland Garros.
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Sinner at the 2023 French Open
- Next Round: Round of 128
- Tournament Dates: May 21 - June 11
- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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Sinner will play Muller in the round of 128 of the French Open on Sunday, May 28 at 5:00 AM ET.
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Jannik Sinner Grand Slam Odds
- Wimbeldon odds to win: +1000
- US Open odds to win: +1100
- French Open odds to win: +1100
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Sinner Stats
- Sinner was defeated in his most recent match, 7-6, 2-6, 2-6 against Cerundolo in the Round of 16 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on May 16, 2023.
- Sinner has won two of his 20 tournaments so far over the past 12 months, with an overall match record of 49-18.
- Sinner has won one tournament over the past year on clay, with a match record of 12-4 on that surface.
- Sinner has played 24.5 games per match in his 67 matches over the past year across all court types.
- On clay, Sinner has played 16 matches over the past 12 months, and he has totaled 21.4 games per match while winning 60.2% of games.
- Over the past year, Sinner has been victorious in 30.6% of his return games and 82.8% of his service games.
- Sinner has claimed 81.9% of his service games on clay over the past 12 months and 38.6% of his return games.
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~Startup Company Developing Proprietary Process to Reset the Clock on Donated Kidneys~
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Innovation Fund, the philanthropic impact investment program of NKF, today announced a new investment that could have a major impact in kidney transplantation in the United States. 34 Lives, formerly Renovera, has received an investment from NKF to accelerate the development of a proprietary process to rehabilitate donated kidneys for transplantation.
"Every day in the U.S., approximately 34 lives are lost waiting for an organ transplant," explained Chris Jaynes, founder and chief executive officer of 34 Lives. "There are 120,000 Americans on organ transplant waiting lists and 84 percent of those are waiting for a kidney. They wait and they wait – on average for six years. That's why we named our company 34 Lives, it's our name and our mission."
Nearly 30 percent of the 20,000 kidneys recovered for transplant each year are discarded before they reach the recipient. While kidneys can be discarded for a number of reasons, time is often a major factor. Giving donated kidneys "more time" is a key element of the 34 Lives process.
Current federal standards require kidneys are out of the body no longer than 20 hours to be viable for transplant. But the logistics and coordination to connect patients with a donated kidney are fraught with complications. Kidneys are transported to hospitals in ice coolers on commercial airlines. Flights can be delayed or missed. Additionally, the surgeon, or even recipient, may not be able to get to the hospital before the 20-hour limit expires.
The 34 Lives team brings kidneys back up to normal body temperature so they can be measured for function. Donated kidneys can then be treated with nutrition allowing them to be suitable for transplantation. The company believes in roughly 80% of cases, they can use their processes to "reset the clock," allowing for an additional 20 hours of viability for delivery and transplantation.
"The kidneys can be put on ice again for another 20 hours to get to the transplant hospital and be transplanted successfully," added Jaynes. "We're basically giving the kidney more time."
"When we launched the NKF Innovation Fund in April, it was with the idea that we needed to disrupt the kidney care landscape" said Kevin Longino, chief executive officer of NKF and a kidney transplant patient. "34 Lives processes are precisely what we had in mind. The potential to save lives here is just incredible, and NKF is honored to help fund its development."
Launched in 2022, the NKF Innovation Fund works to accelerate funding, development, and commercialization of therapies that kidney patients need and deserve. The fund invests in early to mid-stage companies that are developing innovative, patient-centric kidney therapies. The long-term goals of the NKF Innovation Fund are to prevent kidney disease, eliminate the transplant wait list, and provide better, safer treatments for dialysis patients so they can live fuller and more productive lives. For more information about the NKF Innovation Fund, visit kidney.org/innovationfund
To learn more about kidney disease and how to maintain optimal kidney health, visit www.kidney.org/.
About Kidney Disease
In the United States, 37 million adults are estimated to have kidney disease, also known as chronic kidney disease—and approximately 90 percent don't know they have it. 1 in 3 American adults are at risk for chronic kidney disease. Risk factors for kidney disease include: diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and family history. People of African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Asian, or Pacific Islander descent are at increased risk for developing the disease. African Americans are almost 4 times more likely than White Americans to have kidney failure. Hispanics are 1.3 times more likely than non-Hispanics to have kidney failure.
About National Kidney Foundation
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the largest, most comprehensive, and longstanding patient-centric organization dedicated to the awareness, prevention, and treatment of kidney disease in the U.S. For more information about NKF, visit www.kidney.org.
About 34 Lives, PBC
34 Lives, formerly Renovera, is a Public Benefit Corporation, which is a company that prioritizes societal benefits over profits. 34 Lives is committed to saving and dramatically improving the lives of more than 120,000 individuals waiting for lifesaving organ transplants, 84% of whom are waiting for kidneys. 34 Lives' innovative processes and services will extend the safe preservation times to the thousands of discarded kidneys each year, saving lives that would otherwise be lost on the waitlist.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — The person who called 911 after a couple was kidnapped while they were walking near Fehringer Ranch Disc Golf Park remained on the line with the emergency dispatcher for more than 10 minutes explaining the entire scene.
The incident occurred on June 17 and according to an arrest affidavit, Kerry Endsley, 73, had been hunched down on the road where the couple was walking. The document said “as they neared, (Endsley) stood up, pointed a pistol at them, and said, ‘Don’t f — ing move.’” The pair did not initially recognize Endsley because he was “wearing a baseball cap and what was later determined to be a costume style fake beard.”
The initial reports from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect ordered the woman to the ground and put a nylon leash around her neck. The man ordered the couple to follow him.
The 911 caller described a guy holding up a couple and that he had a gun or knife, he couldn’t tell. The dispatcher asked for location information as the caller continued to describe the couple and what the suspect looked like and was wearing.
While the dispatcher finished taking the description information, the caller asked if he should yell at the suspect and couple.
“Should I yell that the cops are coming?” the caller asked.
And the dispatcher replied, “Only if you feel safe. Because if he has a gun, I don’t want you yelling at him and him pointing it at you.”
“Fair enough,” the caller said. After a decent pause, the dispatcher continued, “so he has two people–”
Suddenly the caller interrupted and yelled at the top of his lungs, “COPS! COPS!” Then he said, “Sorry. I didn’t mean to f— with you,” to the dispatcher.
The responder checked to make sure the caller was safe and continued to collect information about the scene and location. The dispatcher assured the caller that help was on the way.
“The suspect is walking after the man. He must have a gun, they’re kind of swerving,” the caller told the dispatcher. “The suspect is starting to jog. He is headed east.”
The dispatcher told the caller that the cops were there and let him know where they were located. The caller told the dispatcher he saw the suspect running and an officer running behind him and then said the suspect was fighting with the cop.
The caller then told the dispatcher there were shots fired and the dispatcher asked “shots fired by who?” The caller didn’t know and then said, “I have no idea but the suspect is coming at the officer … it looks like the suspect has a gun on the officer.”
One deputy fired a shot at Endsley but missed. A second deputy fired his Taser and struck him. Endsley was taken into custody and transferred to a local hospital for injuries from the Taser.
Endsley was arrested on suspicion of multiple charges, including two counts of kidnapping, assault, menacing, domestic violence and a protection order violation among others.
How the suspect and couple knew each other
Court records show the female victim told investigators she had known Endsley for approximately four years through work, but they also had a brief romantic relationship in 2020 when she was separated from her husband and living in a suite at Endsley’s house.
The documents said the relationship ended nearly a year ago and the same month, Endsley’s stepdaughter faced charges for breaking the woman’s phone.
Endsley was accused of harassing the woman about the incident, and she was later able to obtain a protection order that prevented him from having contact with her, according to the arrest affidavit. | 2022-06-28T18:31:54+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/local/911-caller-described-kidnapping-scene/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two trailblazing ride-hailing services are heading toward uncharted territory as they seek regulatory approval to transport passengers around the clock throughout one of the most densely populated U.S. cities in vehicles that will have no one sitting in the driver’s seat.
If Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, and Waymo, a spinoff from Google, reach their goal before year's end, San Francisco would become the first U.S. city with two totally driverless services competing against Uber, Lyft and traditional taxis — all of which depend on people to control the automobiles.
But Cruise and Waymo still must navigate around potential roadblocks, including complaints about their vehicles making unexpected, traffic-clogging stops that threaten to inconvenience other travelers and imperil public safety.
Cruise already has been charging people for driverless rides in less congested parts of San Francisco during night-time hours since last June. Waymo has been giving free driverless rides in a broader swath of the city while awaiting clearance to begin charging passengers in robotic vehicles that Google secretly began working on 14 years ago.
The effort to unleash dueling driverless services throughout San Francisco is shaping up to be just the first step in a far more ambitious expansion centered in California — a state where more than 35 million vehicles driven by humans are currently registered.
Cruise recently applied for permission to begin testing its robotic vehicles throughout California at speeds of up to 55 miles per hour (88 kilometers per hour) — 25 miles per hour (40 kilometers per hour) above the maximum speed for its robotaxis in San Francisco. Waymo is already testing its driverless cars in Los Angeles — the second largest U.S. city.
The California push comes on top of Cruise starting to test its robotaxis in Austin, Texas, as well as Phoenix, where since 2020 Waymo's driverless ride-hailing service has been carrying passengers on Arizona roads that are far less congested and challenging than the streets of San Francisco.
″We still have work to do, but it’s improving at a pretty rapid rate,” Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt told The Associated Press. “As it gets fine-tuned, it will get really elegant over time, but also the safety continues to improve.”
Saswat Panigrahi, Waymo’s chief product officer, expects the company’s past experience to pay off as it transplants what it has learned from operating a driverless ride-hailing service in Phoenix to more heavily trafficked cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles.
“The uncertainty is definitely now far lower, having operated a fully autonomous service with real riders," Panigrahi said.
Both Cruise and Waymo recently announced their driverless fleets each have covered more than 1 million miles without a major accident. But their robotaxis also have experienced nagging problems in San Francisco that have caused traffic headaches and other nuisances that threaten to inconvenience people or, worse, block emergency vehicles rushing to a fire or other urgent calls for help.
“The expected things are easy, but it’s the unexpected things that humans react to in real time that are a concern,” said transportation expert Nico Larco, who is director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. "Best case, it will just causes confusion, havoc, congestion if the cars stop in the middle of the road. But the worst cases could actually be harmful to someone.”
Meanwhile, dozens of other technology companies and automakers have joined in a race to develop self-driving car technology at a collective cost of more than $100 billion. Their ultimate goal is to make money off robotic drivers that are safer and less expensive than human drivers. Robotaxis could also lower prices for passengers, although Vogt believes consumers may be willing to pay more for rides without a stranger behind the wheel.
The investments so far have produced a mixed bag of successes, flops and hyperbole from the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who predicted nearly four years ago that the electric automaker would be running a huge robotaxi service by the end of 2020 but still hasn’t come close to realizing that ambition.
Concerns about robotaxis operating in ways that cause headaches for the people outside the vehicle was raised in a cautionary letter sent to California regulators in January by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.
The letter cited at least 92 reported incidents of Cruise robotaxis making sudden stops in the street through Dec. 31. At least three of the incidents blocked the right of ways for public transportation for periods ranging from nine to 18 minutes.
Within the past year, driverless Cruise vehicles have also obstructed firefighters rushing to a three-alarm fire and or illegally entered into areas where there were ongoing efforts to douse a fire, according to the authority, which is asking regulators to hold off on unleashing robotaxis throughout San Francisco at all hours until there is more information about why and how often the cars periodically clog traffic. The abrupt braking and stops by Cruise’s robotaxis have also been under investigation by federal regulators since late last year.
“We are just very wary,” said Tilly Chang, the executive director for the San Francisco transportation authority. “We want to be supporters and help facilitate (driverless rides), but we have to make sure it’s safe.”
A pair of Associated Press reporters witnessed the the potential problems that robotaxis can cause in mid-February after a Waymo vehicle safely transported them on a trip through San Francisco that required navigating hilly terrain, turning in rush-hour traffic and yielding to pedestrians darting out into the crosswalks.
During one ride, the robotaxi stopped in the middle of the street after the AP reporters got out, and remained there for several minutes while a line of human-operated cars stacked up behind it. It turned out that a back door on the driver’s side hadn’t completely closed. In another glitch involving Cruise last September, an AP reporter took a roughly five-mile ride in a robotaxi nicknamed “Peaches,” which repeatedly bypassed the designated destination. The reporter finally had to use the Cruise app to contact a dispatcher in a remote center so the car could be stopped — in the middle of the street.
Vogt noted that a number of improvements have been made since then, and indeed two different Cruise robotaxis — one named “Cherry” and the other named “Hollandaise” — dropped off the same reporter and his colleague at their designated designations on a follow-up trip, although Cherry stopped at a bus stop that briefly prevented the arrival of an oncoming bus.
Cruise’s owner, the nearly 125-year-old General Motors, is nonetheless so confident robotaxis will drive more responsibly than humans and be able to expand its driverless service into more U.S. markets that it made the bold prediction last fall that Cruise would generate $1 billion in revenue by 2025 — a big jump from Cruise's revenue of $106 million last year when it also lost nearly $2 billion.
That optimism is in sharp contrast to the disheartening experience of another storied automaker, Ford Motor, which paid $1 billion in 2017 to acquire driverless startup Argo AI, only to shut down the division last October and swallow a $2.7 billion loss after failing to find a buyer for the technology. | 2023-04-05T04:42:13+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/living/article/robotaxis-aim-to-take-san-francisco-on-ride-into-17879297.php |
Actor Michael Lerner, who's best known for his memorable performances in film, television and on stage, has died at the age of 81, his nephew announced Sunday in a social media tribute.
"We lost a legend last night," actor Sam Lerner said on Instagram. "It’s hard to put into words how brilliant my uncle Michael was, and how influential he was to me. His stories always inspired me and made me fall in love with acting. He was the coolest, most confident, talented guy, and the fact that he was my blood will always make me feel special. Everyone that knows him knows how insane he was — in the best way. I’m so lucky I got to spend so much time with him, and we’re all lucky we can continue to watch his work for the rest of time. RIP Michael, enjoy your unlimited Cuban cigars, comfy chairs, and endless movie marathon."
Lerner was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1941 and studied drama at Brooklyn College. He later earned a Fulbright scholarship to study theater at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After two years in England, Lerner returned to the San Francisco Bay Area to join the American Conservatory Theater, where he was discovered by an agent who moved him to Los Angeles to launch his Hollywood career.
He starred in a number of pilots and TV shows throughout the 1960s before landing his first movie, "Alex in Wonderland," in 1970. He went on to appear in films such as "National Lampoon's: Class Reunion," "Anguish" and "Harlem Nights."
But he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the wily studio executive Jack Lipnick in the 1991 film "Barton Fink." Lerner received widespread acclaim for his performance, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
"I read the script, and you just know good writing. It was brilliantly written, and I just knew it," Lerner said of the film in 2016.
Lerner's other notable film credits include "Elf," "Godzilla" and "Eight Men Out." He also made numerous television appearances throughout his career, including guest spots on "Law and Order," "The Sopranos," "Entourage" and "Glee."
Lerner is survived by his brother, Ken, and his nephew, Sam.
This story was originally published on Scrippsnews.com | 2023-04-10T15:52:23+00:00 | kjrh.com | https://www.kjrh.com/news/national/barton-fink-and-elf-actor-michael-lerner-dies-at-81 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP-controlled House of Representatives has moved toward an impeachment vote that could quickly throw him from office.
The extraordinary and rarely-used maneuver comes in the final days of the state’s legislative session and sets up a bruising political fight. It pits Paxton, who has aligned himself closely with former President Donald Trump and the state’s hard-right conservatives, against House Republican leadership, who appear to have suddenly had enough of the allegations of wrongdoing that have long dogged Texas’ top lawyer.
Paxton has said the charges are based on “hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims.”
Here is how the impeachment process works in Texas, and how the 60-year-old Republican came to face the prospect of becoming just the third official to be impeached in the state’s nearly 200-year history:
THE PROCESS
Under the Texas constitution and law, impeaching a state official is similar to the process on the federal level: the action starts in the state House.
In this case, the five-member House General Investigating Committee voted unanimously Thursday to send 20 articles of impeachment to the full chamber. The next step is a vote by the 149-member House, where a simple majority is needed to approve the articles. Republicans control the chamber 85-64.
The House can call witnesses to testify, but the investigating committee already did that prior to recommending impeachment. The panel met for several hours Wednesday, listening to investigators deliver an extraordinary public airing of Paxton’s years of scandal and alleged lawbreaking.
If the full House impeaches Paxton, everything shifts to the state Senate for a “trial” to decide whether to permanently remove Paxton from office, or acquit him. Removal requires a two-thirds majority vote.
A SUDDEN THREAT
But there is a major difference between Texas and the federal system: If the House votes to impeach, Paxton is immediately suspended from office until the outcome of the Senate trial. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would have the opportunity to appoint an interim replacement.
The GOP in Texas controls every branch of state government. Republican lawmakers and leaders alike have until this week taken a muted posture toward the the myriad examples of Paxton’s misconduct and alleged law breaking that emerged in legal filings and news reports over the years.
It’s unclear when and why exactly that changed.
In February, Paxton agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit brought by former aides who accused him of corruption. The $3.3 million payout must be approved by the House and Republican Speaker Dade Phelan has said he doesn’t think taxpayers should foot the bill.
Shortly after the settlement was reached, the House investigation into Paxton began.
REPUBLICAN ON REPUBLICAN
The five-member committee that mounted the investigation of Paxton is led by his fellow Republicans, contrasting America’s most prominent recent examples of impeachment.
Trump’s federal impeachments in 2020 and 2021 were driven by Democrats who had majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives. In both cases, the impeachment charges approved by the House failed in the Senate, where Republicans had enough votes to block conviction.
In Texas, Republicans control both houses by large majorities and the state’s GOP leaders hold all levers of influence. But that hasn’t stopped Paxton from seeking to rally a partisan defense.
When the House investigation emerged Tuesday, Paxton suggested it was a political attack by Phelan. He called for the “liberal” speaker’s resignation and accused him of being drunk during a marathon session last Friday.
Phelan’s office brushed off the accusation as Paxton attempting to “save face.” None of the state’s other top Republicans have voiced support for Paxton since.
Paxton issued a statement Thursday, portraying impeachment proceedings as an effort to disenfranchises the voters who gave him a third term in November. He said that by moving against him “the RINOs in the Texas Legislature are now on the same side as Joe Biden.”
THE MARRIAGE WRINKLE
But Paxton, who served five terms in the House and one in the Senate before becoming attorney general, is sure to still have allies in Austin.
A likely one is his wife, Angela, a two-term state senator who could be in the awkward position of voting on her husband’s political future. It’s unclear whether she would would or should participate in the Senate trial, where the 31 members make margins tight.
In a twist, Paxton’s impeachment deals with an extramarital affair he acknowledged to members of his staff years earlier. The impeachment charges include bribery for one of Paxton’s donors, Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, allegedly employing the woman with whom he had the affair in exchange for legal help.
YEARS IN THE MAKING
The impeachment reaches back to 2015, when Paxton was indicted on securities fraud charges for which he still has not stood trial. The lawmakers charged Paxton with making false statements to state securities regulators.
But most of the articles stem from Paxton’s connections to Paul and a remarkable revolt by the attorney general’s top deputies in 2020.
That fall, eight senior Paxton aides reported their boss to the FBI, accusing him of bribery and abusing his office to help Paul. Four of them later brought the whistleblower lawsuit. The report prompted a federal criminal investigation that in February was taken over by the U.S. Justice Department’s Washington-based Public Integrity Section.
The impeachment charges cover myriad accusations related to Paxton’s dealings with Paul. The allegations include attempts to interfere in foreclosure lawsuits and improperly issuing legal opinions to benefit Paul, and firing, harassing and interfering with staff who reported what was going on. The bribery charges stem from the affair, as well as Paul allegedly paying for expensive renovations to Paxton’s Austin home.
The fracas took a toll on the Texas attorney general’s office, long one of the primary legal challengers to Democratic administrations in the White House.
In the years since Paxton’s staff went to the FBI, his agency has come unmoored by disarray behind the scenes, with seasoned lawyers quitting over practices they say aim to slant legal work, reward loyalists and drum out dissent.
TEXAS HISTORY
Paxton was already likely to be noted in history books for his unprecedented request that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Joe Biden’s defeat of Trump in the 2020 presidential election. He may now make history in another way.
Only twice has the Texas House impeached a sitting official.
Gov. James “Pa” Ferguson was removed from office in 1917 for misapplication of public funds, embezzlement and the diversion of a special fund. State Judge O.P. Carrillo was forced out of office in 1975 for using public money and equipment for his own use and filing false financial statements.
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Bleiberg reported from Dallas. | 2023-05-26T14:31:38+00:00 | abqjournal.com | https://www.abqjournal.com/2601924/why-texas-gop-controlled-house-wants-to-impeach-its-republican-attorney-general-ken-paxton.html |
Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google executive who played a key role in the company’s creation, is stepping down as YouTube’s CEO after spending the past nine years running the video site that has reshaped entertainment, culture and politics.
In an email to YouTube employees that was shared publicly Thursday, the 54-year-old Wojcicki said she is leaving to “start a new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about.” She didn’t elaborate on her plans.
Neal Mohan, who has worked closely with Wojcicki for years, will replace her as YouTube’s CEO.
Although she became one of the most respected female executives in the male-dominated tech industry, Wojcicki will also be remembered as Google’s first landlord.
Shortly after Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated their search engine into a business in 1998, Wojcicki rented the garage of her Menlo Park, California, home to them for $1,700 a month.
Page and Brin — both 25 at the time — continued to refine their search engine in Wojcicki’s garage for five months before moving Google into a more formal office and later persuaded their former landlord to come work for their company.
“It would be one of the best decisions of my life,” Wojcicki wrote in the announcement of her departure.
In 2006, Google bought Wojcicki’s home to serve as a monument to the roots of a company now valued at $1.2 trillion. During Wojcicki’s career at Google, Brin became her brother-in-law when he married her sister, Anne, in 2007. Brin and Anne Wojcicki divorced in 2015.
Wojcicki’s departure comes at a time when YouTube is facing one of its most challenging periods since Google bought what was then a quirky video site facing widespread complaints about copyright infringement in 2006 for an announced price of $1.65 billion. The all-stock deal was valued at $1.76 billion by the time the transaction closed.
Although Google was initially derided for paying so much for a video service whose future appeared to be in doubt, it turned out to be a bargain. Besides becoming a cultural phenomenon that attracts billions of viewers, YouTube also has become a financial success with ad revenue totaling $29 billion last year. That was up from annual ad revenue of $8 billion in 2017 when Google’s corporate parent, Alphabet Inc., began to disclose YouTube’s financial revenue.
But YouTube’s ad revenue during the final six months of last year dropped 5% from the previous year — the first extended downturn that the video service has shown since Alphabet peeled back its financial curtain. Analysts are worried the slump will continue this year, one of the reasons Alphabet’s stock price has fallen 11% since it released its most recent quarterly report two weeks ago.
Wojcicki is also leaving just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case threatening the freewheeling style that has long been one of YouTube’s biggest advantages.
The case stems from the 2015 death of an American woman killed in Paris during an attack by Islamic State in an incident that spurred the victim’s family to file a lawsuit alleging YouTube’s algorithms aided the terror group’s recruitment. If the court decides that tech companies can be held liable for material posted on their sites, experts say the effects could not only destroy YouTube but shake up the entire internet.
That’s because under the U.S. law, internet companies are generally exempt from liability for the material users post on their networks. Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act — itself part of a broader telecom law — provides a legal “safe harbor” for internet companies — a protection that YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen seized upon as an opportunity to launch as video site to “broadcast yourself.”
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AP Technology Writer Barbara Ortutay and AP Business Writer Michelle Chapman contributed to this story.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the first name of the new YouTube CEO. It’s Neal Mohan, not Neil Mohan. | 2023-02-17T16:10:51+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/technology/ap-technology/ap-susan-wojcicki-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-youtube/ |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky state senator said Tuesday that her transgender son, a trans rights advocate on whom "a lack of acceptance took a toll," has died by suicide. He was 24.
Democratic Sen. Karen Berg said her son Henry Berg-Brousseau “long struggled with mental illness, not because he was trans but born from his difficulty finding acceptance.” She said he died on Friday.
The Louisville lawmaker said her son had just received a big promotion working for the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for LGBTQ rights. He had finally found a community, she said, “but that could not undo the brokenness that he already felt.”
Berg has talked about her son during legislative proceedings as she opposed Kentucky bills that take aim at transgender people, which have increasingly passed in Republican statehouses across the country. That includes a 2022 law that bars transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college.
“On a daily basis at his job Henry would be aware of the hateful and vile anti-trans messaging being circulated around this country and focused at his workplace,” Berg said in a news release. “This hate building across the country weighed on him. In one of our last conversations he wondered if he was safe walking down the street.”
Berg said her son spent his life “working to extend grace, compassion and understanding to everyone.” She said the “vitriol against trans people" has ”real-world implications for how transgender people view their place in the world and how they are treated as they just try to live their lives."
“If I have one ask, it would be this: practice tolerance and grace,” Berg said. “Work on loving your neighbor.”
Berg is a physician and professor from Louisville who was first elected to the state Senate in 2020. | 2022-12-21T01:51:27+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Kentucky-senator-Transgender-son-has-died-by-17667974.php |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
01-02-03-06-09-15-18-20-21-22-23-24
(one, two, three, six, nine, fifteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four) | 2022-08-30T19:03:03+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Day-game-17407723.php |
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved putter for golfers that would increase performance on the green," said an inventor, from Henderson, Nev., "so I invented BOB'S MALLET PUTTER. My croquet-inspired design would offer an alternative to struggling with traditional putters."
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Supporters of Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak rallied Wednesday outside the national palace to seek royal pardon just a day after he began a 12-year jail term, while opponents launched an online petition urging the monarch not to.
Najib, 69, was jailed Tuesday after losing the final appeal in a graft case linked to the massive looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad state fund. His incarceration comes four years after his election ouster over the scandal and was celebrated by many citizens as justice served.
But Najib’s supporters, echoing his words before he was whisked off to prison, say he wasn’t fairly treated because the top court threw out his bid for a retrial on allegations of judicial bias, and repeatedly refused to delay the hearing to give his lawyers time to prepare.
Some 300 of Najib’s supporters, mostly dressed in black, rallied briefly outside the national palace Wednesday under police watch. Several representatives later handed a memorandum seeking pardon for Najib to the palace.
Parliament House Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun reportedly said Wednesday that Najib must apply for a royal pardon within 14 days or lose his seat in Parliament. There was no word from Najib’s camp if he will seek a royal pardon.
Group representative Syed Mohammad Imran Syed Abdul Aziz also urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is from Najib’s United Malays National Organization, to push for a pardon.
Syed Mohamad said he was told by a palace official that King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah was concerned about the case as the monarch hails from Najib’s home state of Pahang and knows the politician well.
“If there is evidence of conflict of interest, then Najib should be freed immediately,” Syed said.
Najib’s supporters were countered by an online petition launched Wednesday by electoral watchdog Bersih urging the king to let Najib serve his sentence as he has been given due process of a fair trial. More than 30,000 people have signed the petition so far, saying Najib “brought shame” to the country and should be an example to any leaders who think they can abuse their power.
Najib sought a retrial last week alleging the high court judge who convicted him in 2020 may have a conflict of interest due to his previous role at a bank that provided financial services to 1MDB but the top court rejected the request.
The Federal Court upheld Najib’s conviction and sentence, saying the appeal was without merit as the defense was “inherently inconsistent and incredible” and ordered him to begin his sentence immediately. Najib has been freed on bail pending his appeals before this.
1MDB was a development fund that Najib set up shortly after taking power in 2009. Investigators allege more than $4.5 billion was stolen from the fund and laundered by Najib’s associates. Najib was found guilty in 2020 of seven charges of corruption for illegally receiving $9.4 million from SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.
A scion of one of Malaysia’s most prominent political families, Najib’s prison term cemented his stunning fall from grace. But his woes are far from over as he faces another four graft trials linked to the 1MDB debacle that also sparked investigations in the U.S. and several other countries.
Najib will be brought to court in handcuffs Thursday for the hearing of an ongoing trial on four charges of using his position to obtain 2.3 billion ringgit ($513 million) from 1MDB funds and 21 charges of money laundering involving the same amount.
His incarceration came despite the rebound of his UMNO party, which returned to power after defections caused the collapse of the reformist government that won 2018 general elections. He cannot run in general elections due in September 2023, unless he gets a royal pardon.
UMNO party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, formerly Najib’s deputy and himself on trial for graft, vowed in a Facebook post Wednesday that the party will stand behind the former prime minister and “ensure he gets real justice and without any political intimidation.”
UMNO has been split after the 2018 polls and Prime Minister Ismail, who is from an opposing camp, told local media before the verdict that he would not interfere in the court process. | 2022-08-25T07:21:48+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/supporters-of-jailed-ex-pm-najib-rally-for-royal-pardon/ |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
4-1-4, SB: 7
(four, one, four; SB: seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
4-1-4, SB: 7
(four, one, four; SB: seven) | 2023-01-23T20:30:46+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Three-Midday-game-17736291.php |
Coffee lovers — and their doctors — have long wondered whether a jolt of java can affect the heart. New research published Wednesday finds that drinking caffeinated coffee did not significantly affect one kind of heart hiccup that can feel like a skipped beat.
But it did signal a slight increase in another type of irregular heartbeat in people who drank more than one cup per day. And it found that people tend to walk more and sleep less on the days they drank coffee.
Coffee is one of the most common beverages in the world. In the U.S., two-thirds of Americans drink coffee every day, more than bottled water, tea or tap water, according to the National Coffee Association, a trade group. Coffee contains caffeine, a stimulant, which is widely regarded as safe for healthy adults at about 400 milligrams per day, or roughly the equivalent of four or five cups brewed at home.
Coffee has been associated with multiple health benefits and even a lower risk of dying, based on large studies that observed participants’ behavior. Despite research that has shown moderate coffee consumption doesn’t raise the risk of heart rhythm problems, some professional medical societies still caution against consuming caffeine.
The latest research:
THE EXPERIMENT
Researchers outfitted 100 healthy volunteers with gadgets that continuously monitored their heart function, daily steps, sleep patterns and blood sugar. The volunteers, who were mostly younger than 40, were sent daily text messages over two weeks instructing them to drink or avoid caffeinated coffee on certain days. The results were reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
This type of study, which directly measures the biological effects of drinking or not drinking caffeinated coffee in the same people, is rare and provides a dense array of data points, said study co-author Dr. Gregory Marcus, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who specializes in treating heart arrhythmias.
THE FINDINGS
Researchers found that drinking caffeinated coffee did not result in more daily episodes of extra heartbeats, known as premature atrial contractions. These extra beats that begin in the heart’s upper chambers are common and typically don’t cause problems. But they have been shown to predict a potentially dangerous heart condition called atrial fibrillation.
They also found slight evidence of another kind of irregular heartbeat that comes from the lower heart chambers, called premature ventricular contractions. Such beats are also common and not usually serious, but they have been associated with a higher risk of heart failure. The researchers found more of these early beats in people on the days they drank coffee, but only in those who drank two or more cups per day.
The volunteers logged about 1,000 more steps per day on the days they drank coffee — and they slept about 36 minutes less, the study found. There was almost no difference in blood sugar levels.
One interesting result: People with genetic variants that make them break down caffeine faster experienced less of a sleep deficit, while folks with variants that lead them to metabolize caffeine more slowly lost more sleep.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU
Because the study was performed in a small number of people over a short period of time, the results don’t necessarily apply to the general population, said Dr. Dave Kao, a cardiologist and health data expert at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study. However, the study is consistent with others that have found coffee is safe and it offers a rare controlled evaluation of caffeine’s effect, Kao added.
Co-author Marcus cautions that the effects of drinking coffee can vary from person to person. He said he advises his patients with heart arrhythmias to experiment on their own to see how caffeine affects them.
“They’re often delighted to get the good news that it’s OK to try coffee and drink coffee,” he said.
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Donovan Mitchell sent the best game of his career to overtime with an incredible play.
A little too incredible, the NBA said.
Mitchell’s desperation basket that forced overtime — off an intentionally missed free throw — and extended what became his 71-point effort for the Cleveland Cavaliers in their 145-134 victory over the Chicago Bulls shouldn’t have counted, the NBA said Tuesday.
The reason: Mitchell stepped “over the plane of the free throw line before the ball touches the basket ring,” the league said in its publicly released report that assesses calls made by officials in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime of games that were within three points or less.
Players who are shooting a free throw cannot go over the foul line until the ball reaches the basket cylinder. It’s a violation, the shot would not have counted, and Chicago should have been given possession with 4.7 seconds remaining and the Bulls leading 130-128.
Bulls coach Billy Donovan knew Monday night that it was a violation, and predicted the league’s Last Two Minute Report would prove him right. The league has used the reports for years as a form of accountability and transparency, but outcomes of games are not changed by the discovery of a missed call after the fact.
“It doesn’t do anything,” Donovan said. “It’s like, ‘We’re sorry.’ ... That’s unfortunate, because I thought our guys battled and competed.”
Mitchell intentionally missed the free throw because Cleveland was trailing by two points. He shot the ball perfectly off the back of the rim as he intended, went into a crowd of players to grab the rebound, and scored with 3 seconds left to tie the game.
That basket gave him 58 points, breaking Cleveland’s single-game record of 57 that was held by former Cavaliers stars LeBron James and Kyrie Irving, and wound up forcing the overtime.
Mitchell scored 13 more points in overtime. The 71 points are the most in the NBA since Kobe Bryant had 81 on Jan. 22, 2006.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Family Dollar has initiated a voluntary retail-level product recall of Advil products, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The products were reportedly stored and shipped to stores on or around June 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023, the FDA said.
According to the FDA, the Advil products are under recall "due to product being stored by Family Dollar outside of labeled temperature requirements."
Advil products listed under this recall include the following:
- Advil 200 MG tablet, 100 count
- Advil 200 MG caplet, 24 count
- Advil Dual Action caplet, 36 count
- Advil tablet, 50 count
- Advil Liquid Gel, 40 count
- Advil tablet, 6 count
- Advil Liqui Gel Minis, 20 count
"To date, Family Dollar is not aware of any consumer complaints or reports of illness related to this recall," the FDA said.
The FDA said Family Dollar has notified its affected stores, and customers who have bought the affected products may return where they purchased them without a receipt.
For more specific information on this recall, click here.
If you have questions, you can call the Family Dollar customer service line at 844-636-7687 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time. | 2023-05-05T17:47:49+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/public-safety/family-dollar-issues-recall-of-advil-products-fda/97-c9e14b63-e754-4afc-b966-4d20ed485253 |
BEIJING (AP) — China launched a rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country’s permanent orbiting space station, during which they will expand the facility to its maximum capacity of six crew aboard.
The crew of the Shenzhou-15 will overlap for several days with the existing 3-member crew of the Tiangong station, who will then return to Earth after their six-month mission.
Their spaceship blasted off atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday.
The six-month mission, commanded by Fei Junlong and crewed by Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu, will be the last in the station’s construction phase, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Fei, 57, is a veteran of the 2005 four-day Shenzhou-6 mission, the second time China sent a human into space. Deng and Zhang are making their first space flights.
The station’s third and final module docked with the station earlier this month, one of the last steps in China’s more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit.
After the Shenzhou-15 spaceship makes an automated docking with the Tianhe core living and control module’s front port, the station will be expanded to its maximum size, with three modules and three spacecraft attached for a total mass of nearly 100 tons.
Tiangong has room to accommodate six astronauts at a time and the handover will take about a week. That would mark the station’s first in-orbit crew rotation.
Previous missions to the space station have taken about 13 hours from liftoff to docking.
China has not yet said what further work is needed to complete the station. Next year, it plans to launch the Xuntian space telescope, which, while not part of Tiangong, will orbit in sequence with the station and can dock occasionally with it for maintenance.
Without the attached spacecraft, the Chinese station weighs about 66 tons — a fraction of the International Space Station, which launched its first module in 1998 and weighs around 465 tons.
With a lifespan of 10 to 15 years, Tiangong could one day be the only space station still up and running if the International Space Station retires in the coming years as planned.
While China’s crewed space program is officially three decades old this year, it truly got underway in 2003, when China became only the third country after the U.S. and Russia to put a human into space using its own resources.
The program is run by the ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, and has proceeded almost entirely without outside support. The U.S. excluded China from the International Space Station because of its program’s military ties, although China has engaged in limited cooperation with other nations’ space agencies.
China has also chalked up successes with uncrewed missions, with its Yutu 2 rover the first to explore the little-known far side of the moon.
China’s Chang’e 5 probe also returned lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s in December 2020, and another Chinese rover is searching for evidence of life on Mars.
Officials are reporting considering an eventual crewed mission to the moon, although no timeline has been offered, even as NASA presses ahead with its Artemis lunar exploration program that aims to send four astronauts around the moon in 2024 and land humans there as early as 2025.
While proceeding smoothly for the most part, China’s space program has also drawn controversy. Beijing brushed off complaints that it has allowed rocket stages to fall to Earth uncontrolled after NASA accused it of “failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris.” In that case, parts of a Chinese rocket landed in the Indian Ocean.
China is also reportedly developing a highly secret space plane and its increasing space capabilities feature in the latest Pentagon defense strategy, which said the program was a component of China’s “holistic approach to joint warfare.” | 2022-11-29T22:01:16+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/hooked-on-science/ap-science/ap-china-launches-3-astronauts-to-complete-space-station/ |
Matt Olson Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Padres - April 6
Published: Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:25 PM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
After going 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run and three RBI in his most recent game, Matt Olson and the Atlanta Braves take on the San Diego Padres (who will hand the ball to Blake Snell) at 7:20 PM ET on Thursday.
He racked up three RBI (going 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run) in his last game against the Cardinals.
Matt Olson Game Info & Props vs. the Padres
- Game Day: Thursday, April 6, 2023
- Game Time: 7:20 PM ET
- Stadium: Truist Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on fuboTV!
- Padres Starter: Blake Snell
- TV Channel: BSSE
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Matt Olson At The Plate
- Olson leads Atlanta in total hits (eight) this season while batting .308 with six extra-base hits.
- Among qualified batters in MLB action, he ranks 66th in batting average, 81st in on-base percentage, and 16th in slugging.
- Olson has had a hit in four of six games this year (66.7%), including multiple hits three times (50.0%).
- He has homered in two of six games played this year, and in 10.7% of his plate appearances.
- In three games this season (50.0%), Olson has picked up an RBI, including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- He has scored in four of six games (66.7%), including multiple runs twice.
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Matt Olson Home/Away Batting Splits
Padres Pitching Rankings
- The Padres pitching staff is 11th in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Padres' 4.67 team ERA ranks 15th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Padres pitchers combine to give up eight total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (to rank 17th in the league).
- Snell (0-1) starts for the Padres, his second of the season.
- In his last appearance on Friday, the lefty threw 4 1/3 innings against the Colorado Rockies, giving up three earned runs while surrendering six hits.
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Laugh Factory is launching a new "STAND UP TO VIOLENCE!" initiative.
"We wanted to do something to touch the hearts and minds of millions of youth throughout the country," said Laugh Factory founder and owner Jamie Masada. "Our aim is to help people reflect on this issue and "STAND UP TO VIOLENCE!" to help deter violence of all kinds.
"Today, violence seems to be everywhere in our communities - in supermarkets and schools, on our stages, and even in our houses of worship," Masada added. "We have talked to teachers who have left their classrooms because of physical intimidation by students. And our Chicago club has had the experience of a young woman rushing the stage and trying to hurt the comedian before being subdued by Laugh Factory security. The Laugh Factory stands by and supports all our comedians.
"We have reached out to Mr. Will Smith to collaborate with the Laugh Factory to release a public announcement in which we will collectively denounce violence and remind the general public that we must use our words to resolve issues rather than physical action," Masada said. "Hopefully we will deter incidents of violence of all kinds in public. To encourage collaboration of Mr. Will Smith, and perhaps Mr. Chris Rock, we are willing to pay their standard fees if they choose to participate. This issue is that important to me and the countless comedians who perform in America and throughout the world and all comedy clubs.
"We know that reducing violence won't be easy, but we also know the impact Mr. Will Smith can have with his millions of hardcore fans and social media followers," Masada said. "For example, his participation could make a huge difference in the lives of our Comedy Camp kids, who come to us from group homes and foster homes and are looking for positive role models to follow. thousands of kids have attended Comedy Camp over nearly four decades, including Tiffany Haddish.
The Laugh Factory's "STAND UP TO VIOLENCE!" initiative is the latest in its more than four decades of efforts to get involved in every aspect of social justice, including creating a 148-foot-long mural in support of Black Lives Matter.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Max Rice scored a career-high 25 points, Marcus Shaver Jr. had 16 of his 20 points in the second half and Boise State beat Texas A&M 86-71 on Saturday night.
The Broncos (6-2) never trailed in the first meeting between the schools, which came in the Battleground 2k22 series at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, about 175 miles from the Texas A&M campus.
Wade Taylor IV was one of five players in double figures for the Aggies with 16 points.
Boise State went ahead for good at 16-13 on freshman Sadraque NgaNga's 3-pointer in a fast-paced opening six minutes. It was NgaNga's only shot of the game.
Texas A&M (5-3) stayed within striking distance in the second half before a 7-1 Boise State run put the Broncos up 77-63 with 2:15 remaining. Rice scored the first five points in the run.
Texas Tech transfer Chibuzo Agbo had his first double-double of the season for Boise with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Rice was 8 of 12 from the field and 3 of 6 on 3-pointers, while Shaver was 3 of 4 from deep and made 11 of 12 free throws.
Boise State shot a season-best 44% from long range (11 of 25) to 24% for the Aggies (5 of 21).
After a dunk from Solomon Washington pulled Texas A&M within six early in the second half, Shaver hit a 3-pointer. He had another to restore a double-digit lead later in the second half.
Henry Coleman III scored 12 points for the Aggies, Tyrece Radford had 11 and Washington and Dexter Dennis added 10 apiece.
Boise's Naje Smith scored 11 points and shared the team lead in assists at four with Shaver and Tyson Degenhart.
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Rescue crews responded to the Salinas River just east of Atascadero on Friday for a report of six people stuck on an island in the middle of the river.
The report came in at about 5:15 p.m.
The people were reportedly surrounded by water off Rocky Canyon Rd. near Old Abode Canyon Rd.
This is a developing story and will be updated with new information as it becomes available. | 2023-01-21T02:27:44+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/report-multiple-people-stuck-on-island-in-salinas-river |
Pickleball, a mix of tennis, ping-pong and badminton, has exploded in popularity. LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter are among the newest owners of a pro pickleball team.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Trav Robertson, the leader of South Carolina’s Democrats, said Wednesday that he won’t seek another term as party chair as the state prepares to host the party’s first 2024 presidential primary in the nation.
“With the hard work of our leadership — with the teamwork of many — we have made so much progress,” Robertson told The Associated Press ahead of an official announcement. “I look forward to building on these relationships and serving South Carolina into the future.”
Robertson has led the state’s Democrats since 2017, when he took over from Jaime Harrison, who’s now chair of the Democratic National Committee.
While the party’s national prominence has risen, most recently when the DNC voted to make South Carolina the first voting state on its 2024 presidential primary calendar, South Carolina’s Democrats have struggled to notch electoral wins at many levels of office.
Winless in statewide elections since 2006, Democrats hold only one of the state’s seven U.S. House seats. The party last won a Senate race in 1998, and Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat to carry the state in a presidential election.
There have been some successes, however. In 2018, Joe Cunningham became the first Democrat to flip a House seat from red to blue in South Carolina in decades, though he lost his reelection bid two years later.
On Wednesday, Harrison on Twitter lauded Robertson’s stewardship of that 2018 victory and his work to secure South Carolina’s No. 1 position on the primary calendar and “a permanent home” for that party’s Columbia headquarters.
“No one works harder!” Harrison said, of Robertson.
Some candidates have already jumped into the race to succeed Robertson, who didn’t say what he planned to do next. Christale Spain, a longtime Democratic political operative, would be the first Black woman to chair the party if elected. Robertson said he would support Spain’s bid.
Spain became the executive director of the state Democratic Party in 2016, worked as political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and served as Sen. Cory Booker’s state director for his 2020 White House bid. She founded 46 Hope Road, a political action committee aimed at energizing voters who had been inactive since President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, and worked on Black voter engagement for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2022 midterms.
Also vying for the chairmanship is Brandon Upson, a progressive Democrat who has served as chair of the state party’s Black Caucus. He was an adviser to Tom Steyer’s presidential campaign in South Carolina in 2020. Since then, Upson founded Amplify Action, a national voter registration and mobilization effort.
South Carolina Democrats will select their next party chair at their spring convention.
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This story has been corrected to show Spain’s job with Sen. Booker was on his White House bid, not his reelection bid. | 2023-02-22T21:50:12+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-chair-of-south-carolina-democrats-isnt-seeking-reelection/ |
BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – More than three months since devastating flooding ravaged parts of Southwest Virginia, including Buchanan County, organizations like the United Way of Southwest Virginia have been hard at work helping people with disaster recovery efforts.
United Way of Southwest Virginia President and CEO Travis Staton was on News Channel 11’s First at Four Monday to talk about where recovery efforts are and what’s needed.
Staton said the organization is providing relief to 500 homes across five different localities. So far, 400 families have been fully served and about 100 projects remain.
Thirty-seven repair and reconstruction projects are currently underway. As of Monday, the biggest challenge is Staton said the organization faces is money. He said lumber and other materials are more expensive than before.
The group also needs volunteers, specifically skilled plumbers, electricians and those who can install vinyl siding.
It could take anywhere from 24-36 months to fully recover from July’s flooding, Staton said. You can sign up to volunteer or donate at unitedwayswva.org. | 2022-11-08T00:30:32+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/united-way-of-swva-still-aiding-in-flood-recovery-months-later/ |
In a Facebook post Tuesday, the city says one person has been arrested for much of the vandalism.
“It’s evident to us that while this person was responsible for a large percentage of the vandalism, there are others adding to the problem,” said Police Services Director Steve Bartol, according to the city’s post. “Graffiti has a negative impact on businesses and the community and covering it quickly has been proven to help deter the behavior.”
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The city said property owners are responsible for removing graffiti. City code says it must be removed within 30 days.
“We sympathize with our citizens whose properties were tagged, as cleaning this mess up on city properties has tied up two of our people for a couple of days,” said Public Works Operations Manager Chris Funk. “We’re already working a tight schedule with a small crew and managing vandalism at this level is frustrating.”
Property owners who cannot afford paint or graffiti are urged to contact City Hall. The city said it can provide paint and supplies if needed. | 2022-10-05T05:20:42+00:00 | centraloregondaily.com | https://centraloregondaily.com/madras-graffiti-vandalism/ |
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t worried about former President Trump getting reelected, saying, “I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
“But I mean, that’s just my thinking,” the “Terminator” star and former Republican governor of California said in an interview on CNN’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” airing Friday.
“I just don’t think that you get reelected with 30 percent or 33 percent of the people voting for you in your polls,” Schwarzenegger, a critic of Trump, told Wallace of the 2024 GOP front-runner.
“I think those are great poll numbers amongst conservatives. But I think if you put it all together, it’s not enough,” added Schwarzenegger, 75.
A CBS News and YouGov poll released earlier this week found 61 percent of likely GOP voters said they would vote for Trump in the 2024 Republican primary. In a separate Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday, President Biden beat Trump by four points in a hypothetical head-to-head rematch.
“You need the swing voters. You need the independents, you need everybody to jump in there in order to win,” Schwarzenegger said of Trump’s chances of landing back in the Oval Office.
“You have to drag a lot of people over across that line,” he continued.
“And so the question is, can he do that?” the Netflix “FUBAR” actor said. “I believe he can’t.”
The 45th president and Schwarzenegger engaged in a war of words in 2017, when the former action movie star replaced Trump as host of the reality TV competition “Celebrity Apprentice.” Trump repeatedly mocked Schwarzenegger’s ratings as the new face of the NBC series.
Wallace noted that Schwarzenegger has been “wrong about Donald Trump” before.
“You said he’s going to be irrelevant. He’s not, in fact: He’s the leading candidate for the Republican nomination,” Wallace said, referencing remarks Schwarzenegger made days after the deadly 2021 riot at the Capitol by supporters of Trump.
“We don’t know the future. I just predicted that,” Schwarzenegger replied. “But we will see — remember the future still goes on. So we will see in a few years from now how right I was or not.”
“I cannot prove it right now,” Schwarzenegger added. “But eventually, I think it will be true. I will be right.” | 2023-06-16T16:27:58+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/schwarzenegger-trump-wont-win-in-2024/ |
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Russian energy giant Gazprom announced Monday that it will not further reduce natural gas to Moldova as it had threatened to do after claiming that bills went unpaid and that flows crossing through Ukraine were not making it to Moldova.
Gazprom tweeted that Moldovagaz has “eliminated the violation of payment” for November supplies and that “funds for the gas deposited on the territory of Ukraine, intended for consumers in Moldova, have been received.”
Last week, Moldova and Ukraine hit back at Gazprom’s claim that Russian gas moving through the last pipeline to Western Europe was being stored in Ukraine, saying all supplies that Russia sends through the war-torn country get “fully transferred” to Moldova.
“The volumes of gas that Gazprom refers to as remaining in Ukraine are our savings and reserves stored in warehouses in Ukraine,” Moldovan Infrastructure Minister Andrei Spinu said last week. “These volumes were and will be fully paid for by our country.”
The Russia state-owned company alleged “regular violation by the Moldovan side of contractual obligations in terms of payment for Russian gas supplies,” adding that it “reserves the right to reduce or completely stop gas supplies in case of violation of their payment.”
It comes as Europe’s poorest country — which had relied entirely on Russia for natural gas — is facing an acute energy crisis after Moscow dramatically reduced supplies in October and halved them in November as cold weather took hold. Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure also have triggered massive blackouts in several cities in Moldova.
Russia has cut off most natural gas to Europe amid the war in Ukraine, which European leaders have called energy blackmail. Gazprom’s threats to further reduce flows raised concerns about rising prices heading into winter, when natural gas is needed to heat homes as well as generate electricity and power factories, with higher bills already squeezing households and businesses.
With inflation high all around, there were fears consumers in Moldova, a former Soviet republic of about 2.6 million, would struggle to pay their heating and electricity costs.
The European Union pledged 250 million euros (nearly $262 million) in aid to Moldova this month to help it weather the crisis. Last week, an international aid conference in Paris raised more than 100 million euros to support the country through the energy crisis.
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Cristian Jardan contributed from Chisinau, Moldova. | 2022-11-28T19:21:01+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-russian-energy-giant-says-no-further-gas-cuts-to-moldova/ |
(AP) — Sievierodonetsk, the main focus of the war in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, is not yet blocked off by Russian troops even though they control about 80% of the city and have destroyed all three bridges leading out of it, an official said Tuesday. The governor of the Luhansk region said Ukrainian forces are still able to evacuate their wounded and community with their military. He acknowledged, however, that the Ukrainian forces have been pushed out to the industrial outskirts of the city. Also Tuesday Ukraine says that its air defense system shot down two Russian cruise missiles targeting the Odesa region. | 2022-06-14T12:56:01+00:00 | kurv.com | https://www.kurv.com/russians-control-80-of-contested-city-in-eastern-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russians-control-80-of-contested-city-in-eastern-ukraine |
Balloon release honors Cameron Prince
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Loved ones held a balloon release Wednesday for a fallen student in West Alabama.
Cameron Prince passed away in 2021 from a heart condition while in surgery.
They hosted a balloon release ceremony at Hillcrest High School, keeping his memory alive. Prince would have turned 18 years-old on Tuesday. He’s remembered for his big smile, positive attitude and willingness to turn a stranger into a friend.
His family started the Cameron Tyler Prince Legacy Foundation in his honor. It supports heart health awareness, provides educational needs, donates to charitable causes and serves the community with acts of kindness.
“Even though Cameron is not here with us physically, he would still be with us everyday. His acts of kindness. The foundation is based on light, love, and legacy. And that’s exactly what we want to do to keep the light, the love and keep the legacy alive,” explained his mother Tammy Hopson-Prince.
The Cameron Tyler Prince Legacy Foundation follows the following three principles:
1.) Giving Love Every Day
2.) Being The Light That Leads
3.) Living To Live A Legacy
To learn more about the Cameron Tyler Prince Legacy Foundation, visit cprincelegacy.com.
Also, if you would like to make a donation to the foundation you can do so via using the Cameron Tyler Prince Legacy Foundation PayPal.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Walker, owner of Nuance Interior Design Showroom in Bellevue, Washington, thought she had her banking arrangements fairly well protected. She kept deposits at Wells Fargo and a brokerage account at Fidelity under the federal insurance cap of $250,000.
But after the recent banking turmoil, she moved about 5% of her total savings into Certificate of Deposits, or CDs, at Barclays. They offer 5% interest rates on deposits, much higher than traditional accounts, if a customers keeps money in the CDs for a year. She also invested more in Treasury bonds.
“Those are two very stable things, we didn’t put a ton of money in them, but it’s more than a rainy day fund, it would cover us for a year,” she said. “I do feel better about having diversification. The unfortunate thing is there is only so much you can do.”
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and the bailout of First Republic, was a jolt for small businesses of all stripes, spurring many to scrutinize their banking services and mull whether or not they should make changes to ensure their money is safe. The turmoil in the banking sector just added to the uncertainty already caused by stubborn inflation and higher interest rates.
Experts say it’s probably a good idea for small businesses to diversify funds and make sure they’re in close contact with their banker, but emphasized that in the short term their bank accounts are safe because regulators have shown they’re willing to step in when needed. And while big banks may seem like a safer option for their savings, regional and community banks have advantages too.
“It’s certainly a good time to reevaluate your relationship with and diversification of assets amongst banks,” said Ori Epstein, technology tax partner at Aprio in Atlanta. Even if small businesses don’t need to shift their money now, it’s worth setting up a schedule for evaluating their banking services on a regular basis, he said.
Nidah Barber-Raymond, owner of chemical peel company The Peel Connection in Beverly Hills, California, and New York, doesn’t plan on making any immediate changes to her banking at Bank of America, but said the bank collapses were a wake-up call.
“It’s really scary,” she said. “It just opened up my eyes to the possibilities of things going very wrong in this country.
After the collapse she initially considered putting her money in bonds because she thought that might be safer. But she consulted with her financial adviser who told her Bank of America was not at risk.
Still, she worries that pressure on smaller banks might make it harder to get loans in the future.
“It would be a shame not to be able to go to smaller banks should my business need capital in the future,” she said.
Sanjyot Dunung, founder of Atma Global, which offers digital services that help companies communicate across countries and cultures, said the collapse gave her more confidence in her regional bank, TD Bank, since it isn’t focused on startups or fintech. She keeps more than $250,000 in the account but is hoping the FDIC raises its insurance cap. Still, she might move some funds to another bank.
“The SVB (collapse) has made me think we should have an additional bank, perhaps one of the big banks, for broader diversification,” so that all of her money would be insured and because it’s safer to use more than one bank in case one goes under, she said.
About 55% of small businesses use a large bank as a financial services provider and 43% use a small bank, according to The Federal Reserve’s 2022 Small Business Credit Survey. Twenty-four percent use a financial company that isn’t a bank, and 13% use a credit union.
Randall Leach, CEO of Oakland, California-based Beneficial State Bank, said people should consider community banks and Community Development Financial Institutions, not just the big players, because those can align better with some small business’ goals.
For example, his bank specializes in B Corps., for-profit corporations that are required by their shareholders to also produce a public benefit. And CDFIs focus on impoverished communities and can better service some small businesses that bigger banks would classify as “high-risk.”
Community banks are “literally embedded in the community, they’re not out there doing financial engineering,” he said. “They’re literally trying to help keep local depositors’ money safe and invested in their own communities.”
Scott Orn, chief operating office at Kruze Consulting, works with venture capital-backed startups and said about 55% of his clients had accounts at Silicon Valley Bank. They also bank at regional banks like First Republic and fintechs such as Brex.
His frantic clients were relieved when the government stepped in and they were able to access their funds that had been at SVB and make payroll.
“We are encouraging people to diversify and have a portfolio of banks,” he said. He said he understands that is easier to have loans and a dashboard for financial services all at one bank, but “I think everyone is going to diversify, that’s what we’re seeing across our client base is everyone is diversifying.”
A review of finances and shoring up relationships with bankers is key now because the banking turmoil could help tip the U.S. economy in to a recession and a tighter credit market, said Curtis Dubay, chief economist, economic policy division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Dubay expects credit creation to slow as the market determines which banks are in good financial position and which may not be.
“So if we have an available line of credit that you tap to fund operations, that might be curtailed,” he said. “If you need to get a loan to get by an important new piece of equipment, it might be harder to find, it might be delayed longer than usual.” | 2023-03-28T13:50:16+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/small-businesses-weigh-banking-options-amid-bank-turmoil/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers refused on Tuesday to endorse the way the EU’s border and coast guard agency used its 2020 budget, over concerns about serious misconduct by staff and human rights concerns involving Frontex’s work.
Frontex supervises the 27-nation EU’s outside borders. The agency is under pressure over allegations that it was involved in the illegal pushbacks of migrants, notably in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. Its executive director resigned earlier this year after an anti-fraud office probe.
During a plenary session in Strasbourg, France, the lawmakers voted by 345 votes to 284, with 8 abstentions, not to sign off on Frontex’s 2020 accounts.
“With a budget of 900 million euros ($884 million) in 2022, Frontex is the most well-funded European agency. We can no longer tolerate public money being used to violate European legislation and international law,” Dutch Greens lawmaker Bas Eickhout said after the vote.
The move has no direct legal consequences, but it does oblige the EU’s institutions — notably the European Commission — to take measures to address the parliament’s concerns. In similar circumstances in 1999, the entire commission resigned amid corruption allegations.
Several EU members of parliament have expressed concern about the suspected suicide of a Frontex staff member apparently linked to allegations of sexual harassment.
A report by the EU’s anti-fraud office, OLAF, examined Frontex activities in Greece from spring to autumn 2020 and found that the agency wasn’t investigating or handling evidence of migrant pushbacks correctly and at times was attempting to cover them up or not reporting them at all.
Pushbacks — the forcible return of people across an international border, on land or at sea, without an assessment of their rights to apply for asylum or other forms of protection — violate both international and EU law.
Greek authorities have long been accused by human rights lawyers, non-governmental organizations, media investigations and other entities of conducting violent and deadly pushbacks of migrants and refugees crossing its borders from Turkey.
Frontex has sought to put the allegations behind it. “The Agency takes the findings of investigations, audits and other forms of scrutiny seriously and uses them as opportunities to make changes for the better,” Frontex said Friday in a statement to The Associated Press.
While acknowledging the findings of “serious misbehavior” committed by three Frontex employees, the agency’s management said that it has taken “remedial measures” to address the issues, mainly procedural changes within the agency. | 2022-10-18T13:23:58+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-eu-lawmakers-reject-border-agency-budget-over-misconduct/ |
ASHEBORO — A 94-year-old driver died Tuesday after he struck vehicle while driving the wrong way on Interstate 73, according to a news release from Asheboro police.
At 10:10 AM, officers responded the crash north of McDowell Road. Callers reported seeing a white Nissan Frontier traveling north in a southbound lane of I-73 immediately before the crash, police said.
Officers discovered that the Frontier had struck a southbound Toyota Tacoma. The driver of the Frontier, whom authorities have not yet identified, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver and occupant of the Tacoma were transported to a medical facility for evaluation, but did not have any apparent injuries. | 2023-02-01T16:53:11+00:00 | greensboro.com | https://greensboro.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/wrong-way-driver-94-dies-in-i-73-crash-in-asheboro/article_21e9029e-a23b-11ed-bfec-a3b23115c46d.html |
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DENVER (AP) — The intensifying crisis facing the Colorado River amounts to what is fundamentally a math problem.
The 40 million people who depend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or grow food across millions of acres use significantly more each year than actually flows through the banks of the Colorado.
In fact, first sliced up 100 years ago in a document known as the Colorado River Compact, the calculation of who gets what amount of that water may never have been balanced.
“The framers of the compact — and water leaders since then — have always either known or had access to the information that the allocations they were making were more than what the river could supply,” said Anne Castle, a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center at the University of Colorado Law School.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a collaborative series on the Colorado River as the 100th anniversary of the historic Colorado River Compact approaches. The Associated Press, The Colorado Sun, The Albuquerque Journal, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Arizona Daily Star and The Nevada Independent are working together to explore the pressures on the river in 2022.
During the past two decades, however, the situation on the Colorado River has become significantly more unbalanced, more dire.
A drought scientists now believe is the driest 22-year stretch in the past 1,200 years has gripped the southwestern U.S., zapping flows in the river. What’s more, people continue to move to this part of the country. Arizona, Utah and Nevada all rank among the top 10 fastest growing states, according to U.S. Census data.
While Wyoming and New Mexico aren’t growing as quickly, residents watch as two key reservoirs — popular recreation destinations — are drawn down to prop up Lake Powell. Meanwhile, southern California’s Imperial Irrigation District uses more water than Arizona and Nevada combined, but stresses their essential role providing cattle feed and winter produce to the nation.
Until recently, water managers and politicians whose constituents rely on the river have avoided the most difficult questions about how to rebalance a system in which demand far outpaces supply. Instead, water managers have drained the country’s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, faster than Mother Nature refills them.
In 2000, both reservoirs were about 95% full. Today, Mead and Powell are each about 27% full — once-healthy savings accounts now dangerously low.
The reservoirs are now so low that this summer Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton testified before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that between 2 million and 4 million acre-feet would need to be cut next year to prevent the system from reaching “critically low water levels,” threatening reservoir infrastructure and hydropower production.
The commissioner set an August deadline for the basin states to come up with options for potential water cuts. The Upper Basin states — Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming — submitted a plan. The Lower Basin states — California, Arizona and Nevada — did not submit a combined plan.
The bureau threatened unilateral action in lieu of a basin-wide plan. When the 60-day deadline arrived, however, it did not announce any new water cuts. Instead, the bureau announced that predetermined water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico had kicked in and gave the states more time to come up with a basin-wide agreement.
STILL LEFT OUT
A week before Touton’s deadline, the representatives of 14 Native American tribes with water rights on the river sent the Bureau of Reclamation a letter expressing concern about being left out of the negotiating process.
“What is being discussed behind closed doors among the United States and the Basin States will likely have a direct impact on Basin Tribes’ water rights and other resources and we expect and demand that you protect our interests,” tribal representatives wrote.
Being left out of Colorado River talks is not a new problem for the tribes in the Colorado River Basin.
The initial compact was negotiated and signed on Nov. 24, 1922, by seven land-owning white men, who brokered the deal to benefit people who looked like them, said Jennifer Pitt of the National Audubon Society, who is working to restore rivers throughout the basin.
“They divided the water among themselves and their constituents without recognizing water needs for Mexico, the water needs of Native American tribes who were living in their midst and without recognizing the needs of the environment,” Pitt said.
Mexico, through which the tail of the Colorado meanders before trickling into the Pacific Ocean, secured its supply through a treaty in 1944. The treaty granted 1.5 million acre-feet on top of the original 15 million acre-feet that had already been divided, 7.5 million each for the Upper and Lower Basins.
Tribes, however, still don’t have full access to the Colorado River. Although the compact briefly noted that tribal rights predate all others, it lacked specificity, forcing individual tribes to negotiate settlements or file lawsuits to quantify those rights, many of which are still unresolved. It’s important to recognize the relationship between Native and non-Native people at that time, said Daryl Vigil, water administrator for the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico.
“In 1922, my tribe was subsistence living,” Vigil said. “The only way we could survive was through government rations on a piece of land that wasn’t our traditional homeland. That’s where we were at when the foundational law of the river was created.”
COMPETING INTERESTS
Agriculture uses the majority of the water on the river, around 70% or 80% depending on what organization is making the estimate. When it comes to the difficult question of how to reduce water use, farmers and ranchers are often looked to first.
Some pilot programs have focused on paying farmers to use less water, but unanswered questions remain about how to transfer the savings to Lake Powell for storage or how to create a program in a way that would not negatively impact a farmer’s water rights.
Antiquated state laws mean the amount of water that a water right gives someone access to can be decreased if not fully used.
That’s why the Camblin family ranch in Craig in northwest Colorado plans to flood irrigate once a decade, despite recently upgrading to an expensive, water-conserving pivot irrigation system. Nine years out of 10, they’ll receive payment from a conservation group in exchange for leaving the surplus water in the river. But in Colorado, the state revokes water rights after 10 years if they aren’t used.
Not only would losing that right mean they can’t access a backup water supply should their pivot system fail, but their property’s value would plummet, Mike Camblin explained. He runs a yearling cattle operation with his wife and daughter, and says an acre of land without water sells for $1,000, about a fifth of what it would sell for with a water right attached.
There are other ways to improve efficiency, but money is still often a barrier.
Wastewater recycling is growing across the region, albeit slowly, as it requires massive infrastructure overhauls. San Diego built a robust desalination plant to turn seawater to drinking water, and yet some agricultural users are trying to get out of their contract since the water is so expensive. Some cities are integrating natural wastewater filtration into their landscaping before the water flows back to the river. It’s all feasible, but is costly, and those costs often get passed directly to water users.
One of the biggest opportunities for water conservation is changing the way our landscapes look, said Lindsay Rogers, a water policy analyst at Western Resource Advocates, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting water and land in the West.
Converting a significant amount of outdoor landscaping to more drought-tolerant plants would require a combination of policies and incentives, Rogers explained. “Those are going to be really critical to closing our supply-demand gap.”
After years of incentive programs for residents, Las Vegas recently outlawed all nonfunctional grass by 2026, setting a blueprint for other Western communities. For years, the city has also paid residents to rip out their lawns.
In Denver, Denver Water supplies about 25% of the state’s population and uses about 2% of the water. The city has had mandatory restrictions in place for years, limiting home irrigation to three days per week.
This summer, in southern California, the Metropolitan Water District instituted an unprecedented one-day-a-week water restriction.
Still, regardless of the type of water use, more concessions must be made.
“The law of the river is not suited to what the river has become and what we see it increasingly becoming,” Audubon’s Pitt said. “It was built on the expectation of a larger water supply than we have.” | 2022-09-12T14:32:00+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/100-years-after-compact-Colorado-River-nearing-17435491.php |
MIAMI, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B), one of the nation's largest homebuilders, announced today that the Company will release earnings for the first quarter ended February 28, 2023 after the market closes on March 14, 2023. Additionally, the Company will hold a conference call on March 15, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
The call will be broadcast live on the Internet and can be accessed through Lennar's website at investors.lennar.com. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at investors.lennar.com for 90 days.
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation's leading builders of quality homes for all generations. Lennar builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar's Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title and closing services primarily for buyers of Lennar's homes and, through LMF Commercial, originates mortgage loans secured primarily by commercial real estate properties throughout the United States. Lennar's Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. LENX drives Lennar's technology, innovation and strategic investments. For more information about Lennar, please visit www.lennar.com.
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Ian Frazer
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Lennar Corporation
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Study: Chemical hair straightener may increase risk of uterine cancer
(CNN) - It’s a popular way to straighten hair, but a new study said chemicals in relaxers may increase the risk of uterine cancer over time.
“These products can contain a lot of different chemicals of concern,” Alexandra White said.
White is the lead author of a new National Institutes of Health study, which followed more than 33,000 women for nearly 11 years.
“Women who reported using chemical straighteners or relaxers had about a two-fold higher risk of going on to develop uterine cancer,” White said.
White said that estimate is for those who reported using the products more than four times in the previous year.
A majority of those who reported using straightener in the study are Black women.
This year, the American Cancer Society estimates there will be nearly 66,000 new uterine cancer cases in the U.S., and mortality rates from the disease are rising, particularly among Black women.
“These chemicals are placed on your scalp, and they can be absorbed into your bloodstream. And then they circulate throughout your body,” White said.
In another study, the same researchers found that permanent hair dye and straighteners may also increase breast and ovarian cancer risk.
“A number of factors can influence a woman’s risk to go on and develop cancer,” White said. “But this is one potential source of exposure to chemicals and potentially carcinogens that women could be aware of and make choices to not use these products.”
Other hair products women in the study reported using were hair dyes, bleach, highlights and perms, but the researchers found no link to uterine cancer risk with those products.
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Barton Executive Search proudly announces its new name of Barton Muhammad Search in recognition of the contributions and forward evolution of the company by Partner Ismail Muhammad
ATLANTA, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Barton Executive Search (BES) announced today that it will be renamed Barton Muhammad Search (BMS) effective on November 1, 2022.
Managing Partner Tim Barton said, "Ismail has been a leader within BMS for nearly two decades. He embodies the mission of BMS through his thoughtful approach to executive search and his passion surrounding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives. Since joining BMS, Ismail has served as an integral member of the team. As we look to the future, Ismail will be a guiding force in our continued success."
With a high-touch and long-term approach, Ismail leads c-suite searches for well-known private equity, emerging, and mature consumer related companies. As an active advocate for providing gender & diversity placements, Ismail assists clients in transforming in a market of constant change.
"Tim and I are excited to lead Barton Muhammad Search into our next chapter. We will remain committed to delivering exceptional talent and capabilities to our clients' organizations just as we will continue to deliver a positive and trusted experience to candidates," said Ismail. "We've had the opportunity to partner with each other and grow the business together for many years now."
Ismail has a B.S. in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Barton Muhammad Search is a boutique search firm dedicated to developing long-term partnerships with clients and candidates. The firm specializes in recruiting Board, CEO, President, General Manager, and C-level Marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance, and Human Resource positions within consumer facing industries. Founded by Tim Barton in 1989, the BMS team consists of a diverse group of high-caliber professionals who are committed to delivering excellence, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, and the success of those they serve. Barton Muhammad Search uses a proprietary search methodology and assessment process to identify and deliver the best candidate match culturally and professionally to its clients. Client partnerships include Fortune 500, mid-size, small, emerging, and private equity-backed companies from an array of consumer-related industries.
To learn more about Barton Muhammad Search visit www.bmsearch.com.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While the rest of the country has been tolerating crime, riots, and trying to defund the police the past two years, Florida has been supporting law enforcement and the rule of law. The entire country can thank Governor Ron DeSantis and the conservative leadership of Republican lawmakers for standing up for police and our communities.
With the 2022 Midterm Election just weeks away, it's time for voters to show their support for these great leaders. American Police Officers Alliance Florida Independent Expenditure Committee is launching a Get Out the Vote campaign in Florida to help galvanize Florida Republicans. "If residents want Florida to continue being a state that upholds the rule of law, voters can't be complacent," the organization said in a statement.
The committee will reach thousands of Floridian voters and through this campaign will encourage them to get them to the polls in November. The multifaceted campaign will reach out to registered voters via text, social media, and digital advertisement on platforms such as Facebook.
The failures of the Democrats and their anti-law enforcement agenda is a major opportunity for conservative leadership to take control in November, but it will only happen if pro-law and order citizens show up and vote. For example, the 2020 Presidential Election resulted in record voter turnout but even so nearly 40% of eligible voters in Florida did not participate in the last election. And the data shows that midterm elections often yield fewer voters than presidential ones.
The organization is urging voters to support Governor DeSantis due to his proven track record supporting law enforcement. He signed anti-rioting legislation into law, offered signing bonuses to attract new police officers, and has taken a stand against illegal immigration.
American Police Officers Alliance Florida Independent Expenditure Committee is an Independent Expenditure Committee created by American Police Officers Alliance. American Police Officers Alliance is a political organization organized under Section 527 with the IRS. Contributions to the American Police Officers Alliance are not tax deductible. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
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SOURCE American Police Officers Alliance | 2022-10-26T15:33:51+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2022/10/26/pro-police-grassroots-organization-urges-floridians-re-elect-desantis-targeted-florida-campaign/ |
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