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ALABAMA (WHNT) – March’s unemployment numbers continued ticking down, and it’s a record low for the Yellowhammer State.
Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday that the March unemployment rate statewide was 2.9%, tying the lowest level on record, which was last seen in September 2019. The numbers are preliminary and seasonally adjusted. By comparison, February 2022’s unemployment rate was 3.0% and the same time last year saw a 3.7% unemployment rate.
The 2.9% unemployment rate represents 65,485 unemployed Alabamians – the lowest on record – compared to 68,663 in February and 82,443 in March 2021.
Alabama has been on a roll as our folks have been eager to get to work, and the fact that we have once again hit our record low unemployment rate is proof positive of that. We are not relenting our efforts, and I am confident Alabama will continue powering in the right direction because of our hardworking men and women. Truly, the best is yet to come.
Governor Kay Ivey
The state saw 9,901 more Alabamians in the labor force, which now stands at just shy of 2.3 million. 36,734 more Alabamians found jobs in March – a total of just over 2.2 million Alabamians are employed across the state.
The largest gains between February and March 2022 were in the government sector (+2,500 jobs), along with the construction and leisure/hospitality sectors (+2,200 jobs each).
“We are continuing to see healthy job growth, with more than 40,000 jobs gained since last year. Wages in several sectors saw growth again this month, and two sectors reached an even higher record since last month.”
Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington
Between March 2021 and March 2022, trade, transportation, and utility jobs increased by 11,900, leisure and hospitality grew by 10,500 jobs, and construction grew by 4,500 jobs.
Statewide, the lowest unemployment rates were reported in Shelby County (1.7%), Cullman County (1.8%), and a three-way tie for third-lowest (1.9%) shared between three North Alabama counties: Limestone, Marshall, and Morgan.
The cities with the lowest unemployment rate were scattered across central Alabama: Alabaster and Vestavia Hills (1.4%), Homewood (1.5%), Hoover and Trussville (1.6%).
Wilcox County had the highest county-level unemployment rate (8.8%). Lowndes County followed at 6.5%, and Perry County rounded out the top three at 6.3%. Selma had the highest city-level unemployment (6.9%), Prichard followed at 5%, with Anniston rounding out the top three at 4.7%. | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/alabama-unemployment-drops-to-lowest-level-ever/ | 2022-04-15T15:13:18 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/alabama-unemployment-drops-to-lowest-level-ever/ |
"It's one of the premier cross country courses," she said. "I like to watch the cross country runners here, it's natural."
Running came very naturally to Barrett as a girl.
"I just liked to run and do things like the boys did," she said.
But the idea of her running didn't come naturally to everyone else.
"In those days, they thought it was kind of strange to run," she said.
Running especially wasn't considered natural for girls in school, as Barrett found out when she sought to join the cross country team. There was no team for girls at her school: St. Rose Catholic School in central New Jersey.
"I actually ran with the boys team," she said, adding that the school coaches and teachers were very kind despite the shortage of opportunities for girl athletes at that time.
There was also a lack of opportunities for women in the Boston Marathon.
"The AAU wouldn't allow it at first," she said. "(They thought) it would hurt women, hurt the reproductive organs."
Barrett said one doctor at the time even asserted that a woman's uterus would "fall out" if she ran long distances.
In 1972, when Barrett was 17 years old, Title IX was just months from being signed. The new law would require that women and girls have equal access and funding for opportunities like sports.
As the historic legislation was about to be signed, Barrett just so happened to run the race of her life.
"I didn't expect to really run the marathon that fast at that point," she said.
To her surprise, it qualified her for the Boston Marathon, which had just decided to allow women to race.
After some convincing from her coach, Barrett decided to forgo her high school championship to become a part of history. She and eight other women became the first to ever officially run the Boston Marathon.
"It was exciting yet kind of nerve-wracking because we all have this unspoken agreement that we all have to finish this," she said.
This year's race, on Monday, will mark the 50th anniversary of women officially running in the Boston Marathon. However, unofficially, women have been running for longer.
"Roberta ("Bobbi") Gibb, she snuck in. Jumped out the bushes in 1966," Barrett said of the woman who attempted to force her way into the race. It led to the now-infamous picture of a male race organizer trying to forcibly remove her as she ran the race.
Women like Gibb, Barrett and others helped pave the way for people like Aimee Blanchette and Crystal Corley of the Wissahickon Wanderers trail running club. They now run alongside Barrett.
"I think now we know that was a huge glass ceiling she smashed," said Corley.
"And she's so humble about it," said Blanchette.
Fifty years after her historic run, Barret does more walking and stretching than running, but she's still headed to Boston for this year's marathon as five of the eight women will return to the race to be honored.
"They gave us a seat at the finish line. It's really cool," she said.
They're all being celebrated for a victory that went far beyond the finish line.
"It's nice to see other generations have that opportunity and enjoy it," Barrett said. | https://abc7ny.com/boston-marathon-2022-title-ix-women-runners-patricia-barrett-belmont-plateau/11749092/ | 2022-04-15T15:13:18 | 0 | https://abc7ny.com/boston-marathon-2022-title-ix-women-runners-patricia-barrett-belmont-plateau/11749092/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is hoping to stir up some “egg-citement” when the Easter Egg Roll returns on Monday after a two-year, coronavirus-induced hiatus.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden expect to welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll, an egg hunt and other activities.
The first lady, who is a teacher, is calling it the “Egg-ucation Roll,” aides said, and is turning the South Lawn into a school community with a variety of educational stations.
It’s the first Easter Egg Roll to be hosted by the Bidens, who are expected to address the crowd and join in some of the activities, although rain was in Monday’s weather forecast.
The COVID-19 pandemic led the White House to cancel the event in 2020 and 2021.
Besides the egg roll and hunt, the all-day event will include a schoolhouse activity area, a reading nook, a talent show, a place to teach children how farmers supply food, a photo-taking station, a physical “egg-ucation” zone with an obstacle course and other exercise stations, and a “cafetorium” where children and their families will learn to make and eat treats.
The “egg-stravaganza” will get a celebrity splash through the participation of “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, singer Ciara and actor-singer Kristin Chenoweth.
More than two dozen costumed characters will roam the grounds, including Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, the Racing Presidents mascots for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball, Rosita and Cookie Monster from “Sesame Street” and Snoopy and Charlie Brown, among others.
Military families will be among the 30,000 participants, including crew members of the USS Delaware and their families. The first lady serves as sponsor of the nuclear attack submarine, which the president commissioned during a ceremony this month in Wilmington, Delaware.
Members of the general public received their tickets through an online lottery.
The egg roll will be the largest event to date at the Biden White House and will unfold in five waves beginning at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 6:30 p.m.
Resumption of this Easter tradition is a sign that the White House is opening up again, despite a recent spurt of COVID-19 cases among members of the Cabinet, the White House staff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband and members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Some of those cases stemmed from the return this month of the Gridiron Club’s spring dinner.
Self-guided, public tours of the executive mansion are set to resume on Friday in a limited fashion, after they also were halted in 2020 because of the pandemic.
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LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have visited Queen Elizabeth IIat Windsor Castle, on their first joint visit to the U.K. since they gave up formal royal roles and moved to the U.S. more than two years ago.
The couple’s office says they visited the 95-year-old queen, Harry’s grandmother, Thursday on their way to the Netherlands to attend the Invictus Games. Harry is a founder and patron of the international sports competition for wounded military veterans.
Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior working royals and moved to North America in 2020, citing the unbearable pressure of their roles and racist attitudes of the British media.
Since then Harry has made solo trips to the U.K. to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Prince Philip, in April 2021 and to unveil a statue of his late mother Princess Diana last July.
The couple, also known as the duke and duchess of Sussex, lost their taxpayer-funded police guard when they walked away, and Harry is suing the British government for refusing to let him pay for his own police security on his visits to the U.K. His lawyers say Harry wants to bring his children — Archie, who is almost 3, and 10-month-old Lilibet — to visit his home country but that it is too risky without police protection.
Harry and Meghan are expected to attend a reception in The Hague on Friday for the Invictus Games, which run from Saturday to April 22.
The visit to the queen came on Maundy Thursday, a day in the week before Easter that the queen for decades marked by distributing silver coins known as “Maundy money” to pensioners at a church service. This year the queen, who has been experiencing mobility issues in recent months and came down with COVID-19 in February, did not attend. She was represented by her eldest son, Prince Charles, and his wife Camilla.
The monarch also is expected to miss the royal family’s Easter Sunday church service. She has continued to perform royal duties, including virtual audiences with politicians and diplomats. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/prince-harry-meghan-make-surprise-visit-to-queen-at-windsor/ | 2022-04-15T15:13:31 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/prince-harry-meghan-make-surprise-visit-to-queen-at-windsor/ |
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell in muted trading as most world markets were closed for Good Friday and other holidays.
Benchmarks declined in Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai. Sydney, Manila, Bangkok and Hong Kong were among Asian markets observing holidays on Friday. U.S. and European markets also were closed.
After markets closed, China’s central bank freed up extra money for lending to support the slowing economy by cutting the amount of reserves commercial banks are required to hold.
The move added about 500 billion yuan ($85 billion) to the pool for lending, a relatively modest sum compared with the size of China’s economy.
Shutdowns in major Chinese cities due to coronavirus outbreaks and thewar in Ukrainehave been weighing on sentiment.
“The Russia-Ukraine conflict inflation effects are now more meaningful than direct military developments in a market sense. These consequences have fabricated an uncertain environment that could keep investors wary,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary.
“It should be a quiet session given the Good Friday holidays,” he added.
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia’s war against Ukraine was darkening the outlook for most countries and reaffirmed the danger high inflation presents to the global economy.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.3% to finish at 27,093.19. South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.8% to 2,696.06. The Shanghai Composite lost 0.5% to 3,211.24.
Investors again turned their attention to the drama surrounding Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk and Twitter. Musk offered to buy the social media company for $54.20 a share, two weeks after revealing he’d accumulated a 9% stake.
Musk has criticized Twitter for not living up to free speech principles and said, in a regulatory filing, that it needs to be transformed as a private company. Twitter’s stock fell 1.7% at $45.08 Thursday, well below Musk’s offering price.
Markets had a mixed bag of economic data to review following several hot inflation reports earlier in the week. The U.S. Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.5% in March, boosted by higher prices for gasoline, as consumers continue to spend despite high inflation.
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week, according to the Labor Department, but remained at a historically low level. The data reflect a robust U.S. labor market with near record-high job openings and few layoffs.
Inflation remains at its highest levels in 40 years in the U.S. and that has economists and analysts closely watching how consumers react to higher prices on everything from food to clothing and gasoline.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude added $2.70 to $106.95 a barrel on Thursday, closing nearly 11% higher for the week. Brent crude, the international standard, gained $2.92 to $111.70 a barrel. Markets were closed Friday.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar rose to 126.45 Japanese yen from 125.87 yen. It is hovering at 20-year highs. The euro cost $1.0817, down from $1.0829.
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AP Business Writer Joe McDonald in Beijing contributed.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday he plans to nominate Michael Barr, the dean of the University of Michigan’s public policy school, to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman of supervision.
The selection of Barr comes after Biden’s first choice for the Fed post, Sarah Bloom Raskin, withdrew her nomination a month ago in the face of opposition from Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Raskin’s critics had argued that she would apply the Fed’s regulatory authority to climate change and possibly discourage banks from lending to energy companies.
But with Barr, Biden noted the importance of politics in a Friday statement that said his nominee had previously cleared the Senate on a bipartisan basis.
“Michael brings the expertise and experience necessary for this important position at a critical time for our economy and families across the country,” Biden said.
The Democratic president said that Barr “has spent his career protecting consumers, and during his time at Treasury, played a critical role in creating both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the position for which I am nominating him.”
Barr is the dean of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He was an assistant Treasury secretary for financial institutions during the Obama administration who helped design the 2010 Dodd-Frank regulations after the devastating 2008 financial crisis.
Barr, a Rhodes Scholar who clerked for Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court, also served during the Clinton administration at the White House, the Treasury Department and the State Department.
Despite those credentials, some liberal critics last year blocked Barr’s candidacy to become the Biden administration’s comptroller of the currency, a position that is responsible for regulating national banks. These critics viewed with suspicion Barr’s role on the advisory boards of the financial firms Lending Club and Ripple Labs. They also asserted that he had helped dilute proposals for stricter bank regulations during the Obama administration.
But Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democratic chairman of the Banking Committee, voiced full support for Barr.
“Michael Barr understands the importance of this role at this critical time in our economic recovery,” Brown said. “I strongly urge my Republican colleagues to abandon their old playbook of personal attacks and demagoguery and put Americans and their pocketbooks first.”
Others offer strong praise for Barr and say he appears well suited for the Fed position.
David Dworkin, president of the National Housing Conference, which advocates for affordable housing, suggested that Barr’s understanding of Wall Street gives him the right mix of “centrist expertise and progressive policy views’’ to win confirmation in a closely divided Senate.
Barr would be joining the Fed at an especially challenging and high-risk period for the central bank and the economy.
The Fed is set to raise interest rates aggressively in the coming months to try to reduce persistently high inflation. Yet it will be extraordinarily difficult for Fed Chair Jerome Powell — who is awaiting Senate confirmation for a second term — to slow inflation by raising borrowing costs without also weakening the economy and perhaps even causing a recession.
“This is about landing a very complicated plane on the runway smoothly,” Dworkin said. “It’s very hard to do.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/biden-picks-michael-barr-for-feds-bank-regulation-post/ | 2022-04-15T15:13:47 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/biden-picks-michael-barr-for-feds-bank-regulation-post/ |
HERSHEY, Pa. | Penn State Health has announced revisions to its visitation restrictions due to a downward trend in patients with COVID-19.
The network said in a release man restrictions will be lifting for visiting family, support people and others. New guidelines will take effects April 18.
New guidance allows visitors for all adult and pediatric inpatients and outpatients between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Penn State Health said.
It said there are still some exceptions:
- Critical care patients may have only two visitors at a time. Visitation to critical care units for people under age 18 will be coordinated by care staff.
- Patients in Labor and Delivery units may have two family or support persons over age 18. Postpartum patients do not have a visitation restriction.
- Patients in adult and pediatric outpatient surgery and procedure departments, emergency departments and outpatient clinics may have two visitors at a time.
Penn State Health said the new guidelines only apply to patients without COVID. Inpatient units may restrict visitation for patients at any time for safety purposes.
The hospital network said it will also no longer screen visitors for COVID-19 at entrances. However, inpatient units with high-risk or immunocompromised patients at acute care facilities may scree visitors at their discretion.
Masks are still required and much be medical-grade, Penn State Health said. Cloth masks are only permitted if it is worn under a medical-grade mask.
You can view guidelines for adult and pediatric visitation guidelines on Penn State Health's website. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/penn-state-health-lifts-most-visitation-restrictions/article_89238d82-bcc5-11ec-ab28-abe5aca1950c.html | 2022-04-15T15:13:52 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/penn-state-health-lifts-most-visitation-restrictions/article_89238d82-bcc5-11ec-ab28-abe5aca1950c.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Students at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities won’t see tuition increase next year under a unanimous vote Thursday by the the system’s board.
The State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors passed what will be the fourth year of flat tuition, as the struggling system hopes the Legislature will approve hundreds of millions in additional funding in the 2022-23 state budget.
“The state’s decision about our budget this year is existential for the state system,” Chancellor Daniel Greenstein said this week, ahead of the expected vote. “It will determine the future of higher education in the state.”
Greenstein has been overseeing reforms to the sprawling system that currently enrolls nearly 90,000 students.
The board six months ago sought $550 million in state funding next year, an increase of about 15%, along with $201 million in student aid and about $75 million in federal funds to help pay for system changes.
“I felt it’s not really the right time to seek a tuition increase,” Greenstein said.
The board could still increase tuition ahead of the coming school year if the state budget subsidy is not sufficient.
Tuition is currently about $7,700 for in-state undergraduates. Typical total costs for a new in-state undergraduates living on campus are just under $22,000. The typical graduate leaves with $39,000 in student debt. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylvania/board-passes-4th-year-of-pa-state-universities-tuition-freeze/article_4a9798f0-bccb-11ec-963c-13700ec726de.html | 2022-04-15T15:13:54 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylvania/board-passes-4th-year-of-pa-state-universities-tuition-freeze/article_4a9798f0-bccb-11ec-963c-13700ec726de.html |
Recovery from negative impacts of pandemic set to propel demand gains in 2022
CLEVELAND, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US plastic foam demand is forecast to see 2.1% annual growth in volume terms through 2026, according to Plastic Foams: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. Suppliers are projected to benefit from expanding production of plastic packaging, building products, mattresses, and motor vehicles. Faster gains will be prevented by efforts to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic foams due to environmental considerations.
Demand is projected to increase 3.3% in 2022 as the economy continues to rebound from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, up from 2.4% growth in 2021. Construction expenditures in real terms fell 2.3% in 2021, but are projected to expand 1.2% in 2022, helping boost demand in one of the largest markets for plastic foams. In addition, production of motor vehicles – another major market – is forecast to grow 9.0% in 2022, up from 4.2% in 2021.
These and other key insights are featured in Plastic Foams: United States. This report forecasts to 2022 and 2026 US plastic foam demand in pounds. Total demand is segmented by plastic foam type in terms of:
- polyurethane foam
- polystyrene foam
- other plastic foams such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene, and vinyl
Total demand is also segmented by market as follows:
- packaging
- construction
- appliances and furniture
- motor vehicles
- other markets such as industrial; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); transport equipment other than motor vehicles; and electrical and electronic products
To illustrate historical trends, total demand and the various segments are provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021.
More information about the report is available at:
https://www.freedoniafocusreports.com/Plastic-Foams-United-States-FF55013/?progid=91541
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Analysis is intended to guide the busy reader through pertinent topics in rapid succession, including:
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PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a system that would enable a parked car to be monitored even when miles away to provide peace of mind for a security-conscious vehicle owner," said an inventor, from Lithonia, Ga., "so I invented the 360 AUTO CAMERA. My design would spare the owner finding out hours later that the vehicle was tampered with, vandalized or stolen."
The invention provides an effective way to monitor the area around a parked car. In doing so, it ensures that the owner is notified if there is a break-in attempt. As a result, it increases security and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features an automatic design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AZB-117, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com
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PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ..."I wanted to provide truckers with an improved means of seeing into darkened areas when reversing," said an inventor, from Atlanta, Ga., "so I invented the ILUMA-NIGHTLITE. My design could also increase safety and visibility when loading or unloading the truck at night."
The invention provides supplemental lighting for commercial trailers at night. In doing so, it increases visibility and safety when reversing. It also could help to prevent injuries when working behind the parked truck at night. As a result, it reduces guesswork, stress and anxiety for truck drivers. The invention features an effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for truck drivers and trucking companies. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2030, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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DETROIT (AP) — Two years after the pandemic tore through the economy, America’s auto market looks something like this: Prices are drastically up. Supply is drastically down. And gasoline costs drastically more.
The result? A widening disparity between the richest buyers and everyone else.
The most affluent buyers keep plunking down big money for new vehicles, including the least fuel-efficient among them — trucks, SUVS, large sedans.
As for the rest of America, millions are feeling increasingly priced out of the new-vehicle market. They are competing instead for a shrunken supply of used autos, especially smaller, less expensive ones that consume less fuel. The jump in pump prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has only intensified their urge to keep costs down.
They are people like Natalia Ponce De Leon of North Palm Beach, Florida. She had been leasing a Toyota Tacoma pickup she acquired as new four years ago and had been using for her custom drapery business. When it was time to replace it recently, she didn’t even consider a new vehicle.
Instead, she settled on a 9-year-old vehicle with 14,000 miles on it — a Toyota RAV4, a small SUV, that she bought at Earl Stewart Toyota in North Palm Beach. Though it cost her $23,000 to buy the SUV and pay off the remainder of her lease, Ponce De Leon is happy with her decision. For just under $400 a month for six years, she said, she has a vehicle that’s easier to drive than her old pickup yet spacious enough to carry a 6-foot ladder for her business.
Best of all, with gasoline having scaled $4 a gallon nationally, she’s enjoying superior fuel efficiency.
“I’m thinking I’m going to save, per month, between $100 and $200,” Ponce De Leon said — money that she plans to spend for online marketing to help grow her business.
The new-vehicle market is another story entirely. Among all purchases of new autos last month, nearly 79% were trucks and SUVs. A decade ago, that proportion was just 52%.
And that’s despite a whopping 22% jump in the average price of a new car since the pandemic struck two years ago — to more than $46,000, as of December.
Based on March prices and interest rates, the monthly payment on an average new vehicle would be $691 — far beyond the reach of what a household with a median gross income of $65,732 should spend, according to calculations by Cox Automotive and Moody’s.
Not so for many of the wealthier-than-average buyers who now dominate the new-vehicle market.
“Those that can afford it are still buying what they want,” said Jeff Schuster, president of global forecasting for LMC Automotive, a consulting firm.
Ivan Drury, a senior manager at the Edmunds.com auto site, has been surprised by the demand among affluent buyers for high-priced new vehicles.
“I can’t imagine a situation in which we’ve had so many people willing to spend so much money,” Drury said. “It’s just abnormal for someone to go out and spend (sticker price) or above. I can’t think of any other time period unless it was on specific models. And this is every car on the road.”
Left largely out of that pool, buyers of more modest means have been vying for the most fuel-efficient used vehicles — and forcing up their prices. At auctions where dealers buy many of their vehicles, the average price of a 2-to-8-year-old compact car rose 1.1% during the past three weeks to an average of $12,560. That’s an annual rate of nearly 20%. The price of older cars is up even more, according to data compiled by Black Book, which monitors such prices.
By contrast, over the same period, the average for a full-size 2-8-year-old SUV actually fell 2.3%, to $32,700.
“The demand is pushing dealers to buy smaller, more efficient, and older vehicles,” said Alex Yurchenko, chief data officer for Black Book.
Behind that trend lies an economic reality: Americans as a whole have less cash to spend. Although America’s job market is robust and many people have received pay raises in recent months, the acceleration of inflation has more than wiped out those gains in most cases.
Consumer prices have skyrocketed 8.5% over the past year, the fastest such pace in four decades. In addition, stimulus checks and other federal aid that most households received after the pandemic have long since expired.
In many cases, too, households have drawn down much of the cash they had stockpiled during the pandemic. In response, Americans as a whole are going deeper into debt to pay their expenses.
“People in the lower price range are just jammed up,” Drury noted. “It’s weird to have so many people with so much money, and we have this other swath of consumers that say, ‘I’m tapped out.’ ”
Further stressing the lower-priced market is the shrinking availability of leasing, which had long allowed ordinary households to keep monthly payments low. Leasing has nearly dried up because automakers are no longer offering attractive deals.
“They don’t have to,” said Jonathan Smoke, chief economist of Cox Automotive, “because (auto) supplies are low.”
Even among higher-income households, the run-up in gas prices has left more buyers focused on fuel efficiency. In particular, many have been snapping up electric vehicles, whose sales jumped 66% over the past year, Edmunds.com says. Even so, the EV share of the overall auto market remains only about 4%.
In the meantime, prices for both new and used vehicles have begun to fall or level off. From February to March, average prices for used cars and trucks actually fell nearly 4%. That may suggest, Drury said, that people have had it and won’t keep paying inflated prices. Automakers have even begun raise discounts on pickup trucks.
“They might have tapped out of consumers that pay any price to get what they want,” Drury said. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/modest-income-buyers-being-priced-out-of-new-vehicle-market/ | 2022-04-15T15:13:55 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/modest-income-buyers-being-priced-out-of-new-vehicle-market/ |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — One person is dead and another is in police custody following a stabbing in Tuscaloosa Friday.
According to Capt. Jack Kennedy with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unite, officers with the VUC and the Tuscaloosa Police Department were called to a report of a stabbing at Claybrook Apartments on Claybrook Drive. One person was stabbed, but later died at a nearby hospital.
Kennedy said one suspect is now in custody. Neither the victim’s or the suspect’s names have been released.
The stabbing is under investigation. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/1-dead-1-arrested-following-stabbing-in-tuscaloosa/ | 2022-04-15T15:14:02 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/1-dead-1-arrested-following-stabbing-in-tuscaloosa/ |
KENILWORTH, La. (WGNO) — An Alabama woman is wanted in St. Bernard Parish after police say she threatened someone at gunpoint and robbed them of their belongings.
The SBSO has issued an arrest warrant for Kiana Wilson, 26, of Birmingham in connection to a robbery that occurred at a Kenilworth home.
According to Sheriff James Pohlmann, the case dates back to April 9 after detectives learned Wilson, along with an unknown Black man, committed a battery at the victim’s home, stolen items from them, and threatened them at gunpoint.
Wilson is described as a 5’5″ white woman with dark hair and weighs about 150 pounds.
Anyone who knows where Wilson, has information about the man who was with her, or knows more about the incident is urged to contact the SBSO at (504) 271-2501 or the Criminal Investigations Bureau’s tip hotline at (504) 271-TIPS (8477).
Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crimestoppers by filling out an online form or calling 504-822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/birmingham-woman-wanted-in-connection-to-louisiana-robbery/ | 2022-04-15T15:14:08 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/birmingham-woman-wanted-in-connection-to-louisiana-robbery/ |
BOSTON, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Hemp Inc, one of largest Delta-8 and hemp wholesalers in the United States, has acquired High Life Holdings LLC, expanding their already extensive market share within the industry. The acquisition would especially raise Boston Hemp's profile in the vape sector, further expanding their HHC, Delta-8, THC-O, and CBD selection, and making them one of the largest online retailers for vape carts and disposable vape products in the industry.
Boston Hemp is located just south of Boston, MA and services over 15,000 stores nationwide. This merger will surely expand Boston Hemp's wholesale network, and in particular, elongate their already visible footprint in the Delta-8 and HHC market. "From a business standpoint, it was a no brainer," said John Lamparelli, CFO at Boston Hemp Inc. "We have been doing business closely together for years and have built a solid relationship, so when the opportunity presented itself, we made the conscious decision of acquiring the brand and expanding our market share extensively" he added.
Outside of its wholesale network, Boston Hemp is a leading online retailer in the industry specializing in hemp derived cannabinoids. As an online dispensary, they have the unique opportunity of servicing all 50 states under the Farm Bill Act signed into law by President Donald J. Trump in 2018. Every product is hemp-derived and meets the federal regulations of <0.3% Delta-9 THC. Alongside vape carts and disposables vape products, they offer flower, hash, shatter, wax, oils, edibles and essentially any other product available at your traditional marijuana dispensary. As the industry continues to grow and thrive, Boston Hemp has lead the way in terms of innovation, revolutionizing the marijuana industry through the introduction of cutting-edge cannabinoids such as HHC and compliant hemp-derived Delta-9 THC edibles.
The addition of High Life LLC will certainly add to their rapid growth and innovative product line. You can browse their entire lineup of products on the Boston Hemp website.
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MUTARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A bus carrying worshipers traveling to an Easter pilgrimage in mountainous eastern Zimbabwe plunged into a gorge, killing 35 people in the early hours of Friday.
The bus was overloaded with 106 passengers and veered off the winding road near Chimanimani and hurtled into a deep ravine, police said. The crash happened near the Chipinge district of Zimbabwe’s eastern Manicaland province, state broadcaster ZBC reported.
The bus was carrying members of the Zion Christian Church, a local denomination known for holding regular pilgrimages attended by thousands of people.
Bus accidents are frequent in the southern African country, where some drivers overload their vehicles and exceed the speed limit. The poor condition of Zimbabwe’s roads has also been blamed for contributing to crashes.
Zimbabwe’s roads are particularly busy during the Easter period which is a major holiday in this largely Christian country as people embark on hazardous trips in dilapidated buses and trucks to gather for days. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/easter-holiday-bus-crash-in-eastern-zimbabwe-takes-35-lives/ | 2022-04-15T15:14:14 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/easter-holiday-bus-crash-in-eastern-zimbabwe-takes-35-lives/ |
Happsy makes customers happy this Earth Day!
CLEVELAND, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified organic bed-in-a-box, Happsy honors Earth Day with $250 off their certified organic mattress sold online, starting today, Friday, April 15th. No code necessary, and the discount will be applied at checkout.
Recognized for its high-quality materials, highly comfortable design, and affordable price, Happsy's comfort inspired by nature" design provides excellent comfort for nearly every body type.
Happsy only makes certified organic mattresses, (GOTS) Global Organic Textile Standard certified organic, and MADE SAFE certified non-toxic, with the manufacturing process following strict environmental standards. Having chosen to use better materials such as organic cotton, latex, and wool, Happsy is a trusted solution for anyone looking to take steps towards a healthier lifestyle and a better night's sleep.
Happsy is also a good choice for the environment, as a proud member of 1% for the Planet donating one percent (or more) of their annual gross mattress sales to approved environmental organizations. And a member and supporter of The Conservation Alliance, a coalition of more than 250 like-minded businesses that pool resources to fund and advocate for the protection of North America's wild places.
As we celebrate Earth Day, remember you can "Invest In Our Planet" by choosing brands like Happsy that support the environment with sustainable products to help preserve the natural world.
For more information on Happsy, visit https://www.happsy.com. For media inquiries, please get in touch with Janelle Dunbar at jd@womensmarketinggroup.com or 516.242.7677.
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Happsy is an online mattress brand focused exclusively on offering high-quality, certified organic mattresses and bedding at affordable prices. Recognized by Good Housekeeping as the "Best Organic Boxed Mattress" to Buy Online in 2021, all Happsy mattresses, toppers, and other bedding products are certified to the rigorous organic and non-toxic standards of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and MADE SAFE. Produced in the U.S. using the highest quality domestic and imported materials approved by GOTS and MADE SAFE without ever using polyurethane foam, formaldehyde, pesticides, GMO's, adhesives, flame retardants, or other toxic or questionable chemicals. In addition, all Happsy mattresses are GREENGUARD Gold certified and UL Formaldehyde Free Validated, and all Happsy latex is GOLS or FSC Preferred by Nature Rainforest Alliance certified. Happsy is also a member and supporter of One Percent for the Planet, Women's Voices for the Earth, and American Sustainable Business Network. Learn more at Happsy.com
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Until a few days ago, Volodymyr Musyak was on the front lines defending Ukraine from Russia’s devastating assault on his nation. Now he’s preparing to pick up a bow and arrow in the Invictus Games archery competition.
The sporting event for active service personnel and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday and ends April 22 in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice.
Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine and their supporters as they settle in The Hague for the games.
“I think that emotionally it’s something that requires time … because we come from a very disturbed area as we come from the areas where the actual killings every day are happening, the shelling, the bombing, we hear sirens every day,” said Oksana Horbach, Ukraine’s Invictus Games National Coordinator.
One of the team, Taira Paievska, did not even make the trip after being taken hostage by Russian forces in Mariupol where she worked as a paramedic, Horbach said.
Four Ukrainians who were not due to participate in the games but were active in the worldwide community of injured servicemen and women died in March, two while on active duty and two in rocket attacks, Invictus Games organizers said on their website.
Pavlo Kovalskyi, who is participating in rowing, archery, wheelchair basketball and possibly also sitting volleyball, said that, as well as competing, he wants to spread the word about the harsh realities of war in his homeland.
Traveling to the games gives the 31-year-old a chance “better to tell, convey information to the audience, our friends, our new acquaintances, just fellow athletes, what is happening now,” he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the team on via a video link after their arrival.
“Victory is important for us, it is important to prove that we are all unconquered,” he told the participants. “And your team is part of the spirit of indomitability of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people and each of us.”
The Ukrainians are among some 500 competitors from 20 nations participating in the Invictus Games that begin with an opening ceremony Saturday and end April 22. Russia has never taken part in any of the previous games and does not have a team in The Hague.
The event is the brainchild of Britain’s Prince Harry, who will be in The Hague with his wife, Meghan, for the opening days of the games, which were twice delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first edition of the games was held in London in 2014, followed by Orlando in 2016, Toronto in 2017 and Sydney in 2018.
Service personnel compete in athletics, archery, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair rugby as well as a driving challenge organized by one of the event’s official partners, car maker Jaguar Land Rover.
For the Ukrainians, the games are a brief respite from the grim realities of life in wartime and an opportunity to highlight the plight of their nation.
“The death, the destruction, the rapes, everything, this is something that my competitors and team staff members experience every day,” Horbach said. “So it needs to be heard, it needs to be told. It is very important for us that we, as Ukrainians, have that voice, have a platform to voice who we are, what we do and what we experience every single day since Feb. 24.”
Musyak, who suffers from the a concussion caused by a mine blast, is competing in events including archery, but has to prepare without his coach, Dmytro Sydoruk, who died in the war.
“On the eve of our departure, he died,” Musyak said. “Whether military or civilian, every loss for us, especially when our children are killed, when civilians are killed, when women are killed, is an irreparable loss.”
And while Musyak is competing in The Hague, his mind is elsewhere.
“We are only the second day here, we got here from the front line and, until now, I’m mentally with my brothers in arms, of course,” he said. “After the end of the competition, we return to the front line to defend our country.”
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Program helps musicians easily purchase instruments, recording equipment and accessories to fuel their passion for music
STAMFORD, Conn. and WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synchrony (NYSE: SYF), a premier consumer financial services company, and Guitar Center, the world's largest musical instrument retailer, today announced the renewal of a strategic partnership that began in 2015. Under the agreement, Synchrony will continue providing a private label credit program for customers to make purchases at any Guitar Center location or via its website.
Guitar Center Gear Card customers can receive 5% rewards and special financing options when purchasing items from the nearly 300 Guitar Center locations and website, which is one of the top direct sales websites in the industry. In addition, customers applying online or through their mobile device benefit from Synchrony's Prequalification process which enables customers to see if they will be preapproved for credit and view their initial credit limit prior to submitting an application, with no impact to their credit bureau score.
"Our partnership with Guitar Center has made it easier for musicians to realize their passion," said Darrell Owens, senior vice president, Synchrony. "Offering flexible financing options and a great experience help those purchasing musical instruments and accessories to concentrate on what's important — making music. We are thrilled to extend our relationship with such a valued partner."
The program helps everyone — from lifelong musicians to beginners looking to expand their interest in music — achieve their musical goals with the backing of a strong financial services company. As anyone who loves music and wants to immerse themselves in learning how to play an instrument or advancing their skills quickly learns, it can be an expensive hobby to pursue. Synchrony and Guitar Center want to make it accessible and easy for musicians to enhance their musical knowledge.
"Over the past six years, Guitar Center has worked closely with Synchrony to provide the best financial payment options to our customers," said Tim Martin, Chief Financial Officer, Guitar Center. "We look forward to continuing this program to support our loyal customers on their musical journeys by offering simplicity, flexibility, and affordability at the point of purchase."
To learn more about the Guitar Center Gear Card, visit www.guitarcenter.com.
About Guitar Center
Guitar Center is a leading retailer of musical instruments, lessons, repairs and rentals in the U.S. With nearly 300 stores across the U.S. and one of the top direct sales websites in the industry, Guitar Center has helped people make music for more than 50 years. Guitar Center also provides customers with various musician-based services, including Guitar Center Lessons, where musicians of all ages and skill levels can learn to play a variety of instruments in many music genres; GC Repairs, an on-site maintenance and repairs service; and GC Rentals, a program offering easy rentals of instruments and other sound reinforcement gear. Additionally, Guitar Center's sister brands include Music & Arts, which operates more than 240 stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and students, and Musician's Friend, a leading direct marketer of musical instruments in the United States. For more information about Guitar Center, please visit www.guitarcenter.com.
About Synchrony
Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry's most complete digitally-enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, powersports, pet and more. We have an established and diverse group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations and healthcare service providers, which we refer to as our "partners." We connect our partners and consumers through our dynamic financial ecosystem and provide them with a diverse set of financing solutions and innovative digital capabilities to address their specific needs and deliver seamless, omnichannel experiences. We offer the right financing products to the right customers in their channel of choice. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com and Twitter: @Synchrony.
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PARIS (AP) — As she cooks lunch and talks politics, Jewish voter Sarah Gutmann has a nasty feeling — of would-be French president Marine Le Pen invading the privacy of her home, reaching directly into her life and the plates of chicken and kosher sausages that she is frying for her husband and their eldest son.
That’s because the far-right candidate wants to outlaw ritual slaughter if elected next Sunday. And that could directly impact how Gutmann feeds her family and exercises her religious freedom. She and her husband, Benjamin, say they would have to think about leaving France if a far-right government interfered with observant Jews’ kosher diets. Their fear is that under Le Pen, targeting ritually slaughtered meats could be just the start of steps to make French Jews and Muslims feel unwelcome.
“Attacking the way we eat impinges on our privacy and that is very serious,” Gutmann said as she busied herself in the kitchen of their Paris home.
“The intention is to target minority populations that bother her and send a message to voters who are against these minorities: ’Vote for me, because I will attack them and perhaps, with time, make them leave.'”
Muslim shopper Hayat Ettabet said her family might be forced to illegally slaughter at home to stay within their religious rules, bleeding out animals “in the bathroom, back to the way it was.”
Le Pen says all animals should be stunned before slaughter, and frames the issue as one of animal welfare. That’s unacceptable to observant Jews and Muslims who believe stunning causes unnecessary animal suffering and that their ritual slaughters for kosher and halal meats are more humane.
With the largest populations of Muslims and Jews in western Europe, the issue has major potential repercussions for France and could hit communities elsewhere that buy French meat exports. The issue is one of the many fault lines between Le Pen and incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the starkly different visions of France they are presenting for next Sunday’s election runoff vote. It is expected to be far closer than in 2017, when the centrist Macron beat Le Pen by a landslide.
“We have never been so close to having an extreme-right regime,” Gutmann said. “The alarm bell is ringing.”
Le Pen’s France would be more inwardly focused, with far fewer immigrants and fewer rights for those already here, less tolerance for non-Christian traditions, and less tightly bound to the European Union and the outside world.
Macron is largely promising the opposite as he seeks a second five-year term. Macron zeroed in on Le Pen’s proposals for ending slaughter without stunning to emphasize their political differences. He said he doesn’t want “a France that prevents Muslims or Jews from eating as their religion prescribes.”
Le Pen says she doesn’t want that either. But alarmed Jews and Muslims find her hard to believe. Le Pen is not opposed to other practices deemed cruel by animal welfare campaigners, such as bullfighting or — most notably — hunting, a tradition deeply anchored in rural France where she is trawling for votes. So her focus on kosher and halal meats smacks of hypocrisy to Jews and Muslims who see an attack disguised as animal welfare.
Le Pen says the meats could instead be imported. But that also makes no sense to critics, because it seems to run counter to Le Pen’s general France-first rule that the country should produce more things itself and import less.
Her camp has also flip-flopped. Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s No. 2 who is heading their National Rally party while she seeks the presidency, said in March that they want an outright ban on kosher and halal meats, both imported and from domestically slaughtered animals.
Jewish leaders responded in a statement that the “detestable” proposition would force large numbers of Jews and Muslims to leave.
But Le Pen and Macron are both now modulating their positions on issues important to voters who didn’t support them in round one of the election, seeking to amass the votes they will need to win round two. Macron, most notably, has softened his plan to increase the retirement age to 65. Le Pen is trying to appear more inclusive.
“I’m not at all going to get rid of halal and kosher butcher shops,” she said this week. She said meat from animals that have been knocked out electrically might prove to be an acceptable halal alternative to some Muslims. But if not, “importing this meat would be authorized, obviously.”
“What we want is to truly stop this animal suffering, very intense, that is the consequence of slaughter without stunning,” Le Pen said.
Slovenia, Denmark and Sweden, as well as non-EU members Switzerland, Iceland and Norway, have done away with religious exemptions, meaning kosher and halal meat must be imported. So, too, have the Flanders and Wallonia regions of Belgium. The bans there are being challenged in the European Court of Human Rights by Yohan Benizri, a vice president of the European Jewish Congress.
He says outlawing religious slaughter makes Jews feel “we’re not part of European culture” and “portrays us as some form of savages.”
Because France exports kosher meats, banning its production “will have a devastating effect” on Jewish communities elsewhere, he said.
“It’s going to be a devastating signal as well because — again — we would be seen as not welcome in the European Union,” Benizri said.
As her son finished lunch, Sarah Gutmann said the most worrying aspect of a Le Pen-pushed law on the issue would be if it was met by general indifference.
“Then, really, I will be very, very scared,” she said. “If I see an unjust law go through and no one reacts, then we’ll say to ourselves that we really are in danger.”
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Associated Press journalists Nicolas Garriga in Paris and Elaine Ganley in Vernon, France, contributed.
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The Illinois Theatre Association's Professional Interviews, Auditions, Networking, and Opportunity Fair, The PIANO Fair, is a rebrand of the ITA's Professional Auditions that is expanded to combine auditions for actors, dancers, and musicians with interviews for designers, technicians, and stage managers into an opportunity to audition, interview, and network with hiring professional companies and theatrical agencies.
CHICAGO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Illinois Theatre Association's Professional Interviews, Auditions, Networking, and Opportunity Fair, The PIANO Fair, is a rebrand of the ITA's Professional Auditions that is expanded to combine auditions for actors, dancers, and musicians with interviews for designers, technicians, and stage managers into an opportunity to audition, interview, and network with hiring professional companies and theatrical agencies.
Our goals:
- To provide a platform that elevates members of underrepresented communities, such as BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Individuals with Disabilities, and Individuals with Disadvantaged Backgrounds.
- To combine the ease and convenience of a virtual event with the camaraderie and networking of a live event.
- To unite artists seeking employment opportunities with companies and agencies looking to hire the next generation of talent.
The path to employment for artists entering the live entertainment profession can be daunting, and the ITA feels that many young artists either have difficulty finding the right path or don't have the resources to make the connections that are so critical to success in the entertainment industry. We have designed this event to support a fundamental mission of the ITA: to provide opportunities for Illinois talent to succeed and present talented people to the Illinois entertainment community who can help them tell their stories.
Currently, the growing pool of companies recruiting for talent at the PIANO Fair includes midwestern theatre companies such as the Dunes Summer Theatre, Kane Repertory Theatre, Babes with Blades, and A Red Orchid Theatre; major theme parks such as Cedar Point and Kings Dominion; and other major hiring organizations and team builders such as Disney Cruise Lines, PRG, RWS Entertainment, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Pivot2, and Creede Repertory Theatre. As the world emerges from the pandemic, there are a lot of positions to be filled in the entertainment industry, and the ITA wants to help you find a team that will allow you to showcase your talent and do what you love to do!
Prior to the live/virtual event on April 22 and 23, companies and agencies will review uploaded material from applicants that showcases their talent and provides their pertinent information. On April 22, companies, agencies, and applicants will all attend a live virtual session to kick off the event, followed by several sessions to promote networking and camaraderie and gather information for the sessions of the following day. April 23 will contain sessions where companies and agencies will interact with the applicants using their preferred process, which may include auditions, interviews, group readings, panel discussions, or any other process the hiring bodies want to employ. Following April 23, the parties are encouraged to continue with further auditions, interviews, visits, or whatever method is best to continue the process.
This event is our first attempt to challenge the traditional audition/interview process, and our goal is to get more people in front of as many hiring bodies as possible. To register for the PIANO Fair, just click this link, and if you have any questions, please contact PIANO Fair Chair, Tracy Nunnally at professionaltheatre@illinoistheatre.org.
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First spotted last Tuesday by hikers, wildlife biologists and game wardens from the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and California Department of Fish and Wildlife set up cameras and patrolled the area daily to find the emaciated female cub. Success was reached yesterday when she was found by the team(s) and immediately brought to Oakland Zoo for much-needed medical treatment and rehabilitation.
OAKLAND, Calif., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Already named 'Rose' by her Oakland Zoo care givers, the four- to five-month-old female cub was found in the nick of time based on her critical medical condition upon arrival at the Zoo's veterinary hospital around 3PM on Sunday, according to Oakland Zoo veterinarians. Extremely emaciated, Rose weighs only 8.8 pounds, and at her estimated age, a healthy female mountain lion should weigh around 30 pounds.
"Based on her initial exam, it appears she hasn't eaten in weeks. She is excruciatingly thin. To survive, her body resorted to consuming its own muscle mass. She is also suffering from extreme dehydration, and her temperature was so low it couldn't even be read. But she survived her first night, which was critical. We can already tell she has a feisty spirit and an obvious will to live, and we're thankful for that," said VP of Veterinary Services at Oakland Zoo, Dr. Alex Herman.
Initially spotted by hikers last Tuesday in the Thornewood Open Space Preserve in San Mateo, part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, wildlife biologists from Midpen contacted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in a joint effort to find the elusive orphaned cub to rescue her. Cameras were set up in the area, and daily patrols were made. The cub was spotted again on Friday by use of the cameras, but by the time the wildlife biologists from both agencies arrived and searched, the cub had disappeared. Finally, yesterday, a Midpen wildlife biologist and ranger, along with two wildlife biologists from CDFW, Garrett Allen and Megan Senour, located and retrieved the cub, bringing her to Oakland Zoo where the veterinary team was standing by to receive her and administer immediate medical treatment.
Now receiving round-the-clock care at Oakland Zoo, Rose, in addition to starvation and dehydration, was covered in fleas and ticks. Blood tests show a very low red blood cell count. Dr. Ryan Sadler of Oakland Zoo states that if her red blood cell count remains low, the plan is to give Rose a blood transfusion, using one of the Zoo's previously rescued mountain lions, now a permanent resident and fully grown healthy adult, as a donor. Daily blood tests are being given to monitor her, along with monitoring her weight and other vitals.
For now, veterinarians are guardedly optimistic about Rose's recovery. Currently, she is receiving fluids and hydration through intravenously, to avoid re-feeding syndrome. For now, her care team is bottle feeding her small amounts of formula several times a day. Dr. Sadler also reported that she ate some meat this morning and was alert – hopeful signs she will continue gaining strength and recover in the weeks to come.
Though they have searched, Midpen and CDFW have not located the mother of the cub, confirming she is indeed an orphan. The teams are also searching for possible siblings of Rose. None have been sighted thus far.
"We appreciate the hiker and the team at Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District who alerted us to the mountain lion cub and its condition. The Santa Cruz Mountains provide good habitat for mountain lions, but it's rare to see a mountain lion because they're elusive creatures. If you see a mountain lion, do not approach it. Adult animals, when out hunting prey, may leave offspring somewhere safe for up to days at a time. Seeing a young animal by itself does not indicate that it is an orphan and intervention is appropriate," said CDFW Biologist Garrett Allen.
If all goes well with Rose's recovery over the next few months, she unfortunately will not be releasable back into the wild. Mountain lion cubs stay with the mothers for up to two years, learning how to hunt and survive on their own. Oakland Zoo and CDFW will work together in finding Rose a good home, likely at another Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoo. This is the eighteenth orphaned mountain lion cub Oakland Zoo has received and rehabilitated from the CDFW since 2017. For three of the eighteen, Coloma, Toro, and Silverado, there was space available at Oakland Zoo for them to stay permanently. They can be seen daily by the public in the zoos' California Trail section, often sharing a large hammock together, showing their close bond.
Donate to support Oakland Zoo's wildlife rescue program: http://www.oaklandzoo.org/savewildlife
Contact:
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Oakland Zoo
Office: 510-632-9525 ext. 239
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VP Marketing & Communications
Oakland Zoo
Office: 510-46-7120
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ABOUT OAKLAND ZOO AND THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA:
Oakland Zoo, home to more than 850 native and exotic animals, is managed by the Conservation Society of California (CSC); a non-profit organization leading an informed and inspired community to take action for wildlife locally and globally. With over 25 conservation partners and projects worldwide, the CSC is committed to conservation-based education and saving species and their habitats in the wild. Oakland Zoo is dedicated to the humane treatment of animals and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the national organization that sets the highest standards for animal welfare for zoos and aquariums.
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MOSCOW — Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday promised to ramp up “the scale of missile attacks” on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s “diversions on the Russian territory.”
The statement comes a day after Russian authorities accused Ukrainian forces of launching airstrikes on residential buildings in one of the country’s regions on the border with Ukraine, in which seven people sustained injuries.
According to Russian officials, some 100 residential buildings were damaged in Thursday’s attack on the Klimovo village in the Bryansk region. The Defense Ministry said that the Russian forces in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region shut down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter that was allegedly involved in the attack on the Bryansk region.
Authorities in another border region, Belgorod, also reported Ukrainian shelling on Thursday.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Russian military’s damaged Black Sea flagship sinks
— As Russia loses key ship, Zelenskyy praises nation’s resolve
— Russian legislator and 2 aides criminally charged in US
— UN says Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations
— The AP Interview: UN food chief says Mariupol is starving
— Go to https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukrainefor more coverage
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
LONDON — Britain’s defense ministry says the loss of Russia’s naval flagship will likely force Moscow to change the way its naval forces operate in the Black Sea.
The Moskva sank after being damaged in disputed circumstances. Ukraine says it struck the vessel with missiles, while Moscow acknowledged a fire on board but not any attack.
In an update posted Friday on social media, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said the Soviet-era ship, which returned to operational service last year after a major refit, “served a key role as both a command vessel and air defence node.”
It said the sinking “means Russia has now suffered damage to two key naval assets since invading Ukraine, the first being Russia’s Alligator-class landing ship Saratov on 24 March. Both events will likely lead Russia to review its maritime posture in the Black Sea.”
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KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians on Thursday they should be proud of having survived 50 days under Russian attack when the Russians “gave us a maximum of five.”
In his late-night video address, Zelenskyy called it “an achievement of millions of Ukrainians, of everyone who on Feb. 24 made the most important decision of their life — to fight.”
Zelenskyy gave an extensive and almost poetic listing of the many ways in which Ukrainians have helped to fend off the Russian troops, including “those who showed that Russian warships can sail away, even if it’s to the bottom” of the sea. It was his only reference to the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, which sank while being towed to port.
Zelenskyy said he remembered the first day of the invasion when many world leaders, unsure whether Ukraine could survive, advised him to leave the country.
“But they didn’t know how brave Ukrainians are, how much we value freedom and the possibility to live the way we want,” Zelenskyy said.
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OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada is sending soldiers to Poland to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, including some who will come to Canada.
More than 2.6 million Ukrainians have fled into Poland since the first Russian troops crossed into Ukraine on Feb. 24 and over 2 million more have fled into other surrounding countries.
Defense Minister Anita Anand announced the deployment of up to 150 troops Thursday, saying the majority of the deployed troops will head to reception centers across Poland to help care for and register Ukrainian refugees.
Another group is being sent to help coordinate international aid efforts.
Canada has deployed hundreds of additional troops to eastern Europe since Russia’s invasion as the NATO military alliance seeks to both support Ukraine and prevent the conflict from expanding into a broader war.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the U.N. World Food Program said people are being “starved to death” in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol and he predicted the country’s humanitarian crisis is likely to worsen as Russia intensifies its assault in the coming weeks.
WFP executive director David Beasley also warned in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press in Kyiv that Russia’s invasion of grain-exporting Ukraine risks destabilizing nations far from its shores and could trigger waves of migrants seeking better lives elsewhere.
The war that began Feb. 24 was “devastating the people in Ukraine,” Beasley said, lamenting the lack of access faced by the WFP and other aid organizations in trying to reach those in need amid the conflict.
The fluid nature of the conflict, which has seen fighting shift away from areas around the capital and toward eastern Ukraine, has made it especially difficult to reach hungry Ukrainians.
The WFP is trying to put food supplies now in areas that could be caught up in the fighting, but Beasley acknowledged that there are “a lot of complexities” as the situation rapidly evolves. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/live-updates-russia-ukraine-war-4/ | 2022-04-15T15:14:35 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/live-updates-russia-ukraine-war-4/ |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing.
People will still be required to wear masks indoors, but authorities could remove an outdoor mask mandate if the coronavirus further slows over the next two weeks, Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol said in a government briefing Friday.
Starting next week, authorities will remove a 10-person limit on private social gatherings and lift a midnight curfew at restaurants, coffee shops and other indoor businesses. Officials will also remove a ban on large political rallies and other events involving 300 or more people.
People will be allowed to eat inside movie theaters, religious facilities, bus terminals and train stations starting on April 25.
The new measures were announced as the country reported 125,846 new cases of the coronavirus, continuing a weekslong downward trend after infections peaked in mid-March. The country’s one-day record was 621,187 on March 17.
While health workers reported 264 virus-related deaths in the latest 24 hours, more than half of the country’s 2,800 COVID-19 intensive care units remained available.
Kwon pleaded that people remain vigilant against the virus, saying officials will be forced to tighten social distancing again if the pandemic brings another huge wave of infections.
He said it has become difficult to prolong social distancing rules, considering people’s fatigue and frustration with extended restrictions and the toll on the service sector economy. Social distancing measures have become less effective as tools to slow transmissions because omicron has been so much more contagious than previous variants of the virus, said Son Youngrae, another Health Ministry official.
Omicron has forced South Korea to abandon a stringent COVID-19 response based on mass laboratory tests, aggressive contact tracing and quarantines to focus limited medical resources on high-risk groups, including people 60 and older and those with preexisting medical conditions.
Starting in late May, officials will remove a mandatory seven-day quarantine period for COVID-19 patients and allow them to receive treatment at hospitals and local clinics just like other illnesses.
The country had already eased quarantine restrictions and stopped requiring adults to show proof of vaccination or negative tests when entering potentially crowded spaces like restaurants so that more public and health workers could respond to rapidly expanding at-home treatments. More than 900,000 virus patients have been asked to isolate at home to save hospital space. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/s-korea-to-remove-most-virus-restrictions-as-omicron-slows/ | 2022-04-15T15:14:38 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/s-korea-to-remove-most-virus-restrictions-as-omicron-slows/ |
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More than one thousand people impacted by frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia under 60, came together to connect, learn, and engage with a community that understands the disease at the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration's (AFTD) first-ever hybrid Education Conference, on Friday, April 8.
Persons diagnosed with FTD, care partners, caregivers, researchers, health care professionals, and industry experts attended the 2022 Education Conference, both at the BWI Airport Marriott near Baltimore, as well as virtually. Nearly 200 people attended in Baltimore for the first in-person conference experience since 2019, while more than 1,000 registrants from 29 different countries joined via livestream.
The day consisted of presentations focusing on the latest strides in FTD research, the diverse FTD care partner experience, and the language of dementia, presented by experts in the FTD/dementia field. Both in-person and virtual attendees were able to take part in interactive breakout sessions that took an in-depth look at the key aspects of the FTD journey.
AFTD's Persons with FTD Advisory Council, a group of people living with FTD who help to inform AFTD's work, shared their perspective on living with the disease. Later, AFTD Board member Rita Choula, MA, the director of caregiving at the AARP Public Policy Institute, delivered the conference's keynote address, sharing her mother's journey with FTD and how her family navigated the experience. Ms. Choula sent out a call for individuals and persons impacted by FTD to "be bold" in advocating for care, both for their loved ones and themselves.
AFTD founder Helen-Ann Comstock, AFTD CEO Susan L-J Dickinson, and AFTD Board chair David Pfeifer delivered the conference's closing remarks, in which they reflected on the organization's history as AFTD approaches its 20th anniversary.
Additional featured speakers at this year's event included AFTD Medical Advisory Council member Chiadi Onyike, MD, MHS; David Irwin, MD, principal investigator of the Penn Digital Neuropathology Lab; Tania Gendron, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Florida; Angela Taylor, senior director of research and advocacy at the Lewy Body Dementia Association; and Laynie Dratch, ScM, CGC, of the University of Pennsylvania's FTD Center.
About Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) and AFTD
Unlike Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a dementia that primarily affects personality, behavior, language, and movement. It most commonly onsets between the ages of 45 and 64. Currently there are no approved disease-modifying treatments for FTD, which affects more than 60,000 people in the United States and today is always fatal.
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) is the leading nonprofit devoted to helping families affected by FTD today, and driving research to foster accurate diagnosis, treatments, and a cure. Our volunteer-founded organization – driven by thousands of volunteers and donors – reflects a community's determination to #endFTD.
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LONDON (AP) — The British government said Friday that it plans to start putting asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda within weeks, as it defended a deal that has outraged refugee groups and humanitarian organizations.
Britain and Rwanda announced Thursday that they had struck an agreement that will see some people arriving in the U.K. as stowaways on trucks or in small boats sent 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) to the East African country, where their asylum claims will be processed and, if successful, they will stay.
The British government says the plan will discourage people from making dangerous attempts to cross the English Channel, and put people-smuggling gangs out of business.
But critics of the Conservative government said legal and political hurdles mean the flights may never happen. They accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of using the headline-grabbing policy to distract attention from his political troubles. Johnson is resisting calls to resign after being fined by police this weekfor attending a party in his office in 2020 that broke coronavirus lockdown rules.
Conservative lawmaker Andrew Griffith, a senior Johnson adviser, said the flights to Rwanda could start “in weeks or a small number of months.”
Migration Minister Tom Pursglove said the drastic plan was needed to deter people trying to reach Britain in dinghies and other boats from northern France. More than 28,000 migrants entered the U.K. across the Channel last year, up from 8,500 in 2020. Dozens have died, including 27 people in November when a single boat capsized.
“Nobody should be coming in a small boat to come to the United Kingdom,” Pursglove told Sky News. “We quite rightly have a rich and proud history in this country of providing sanctuary for thousands of people over the years. …. But what we can’t have, and we can’t accept, is people putting their lives in the hands of these evil criminal gangs, and that’s why we think it is important that we take these steps.”
The deal — for which the U.K. has paid Rwanda 120 million pounds ($158 million) upfront — leaves many questions unanswered, including its final cost and how participants will be chosen. The U.K. says children, and families with children, will not be sent to Rwanda.
Refugee and human rights groups called the plan inhumane, unworkable and a waste of taxpayers’ money. The United Nations’ Refugee Agency urged Britain and Rwanda to reconsider.
“Such arrangements simply shift asylum responsibilities, evade international obligations, and are contrary to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention,” said the agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs. “People fleeing war, conflict and persecution deserve compassion and empathy. They should not be traded like commodities and transferred abroad for processing.”
Previous schemes to ”offshore” asylum-seekers have been highly controversial.
In 2013, Australia began sending asylum-seekers attempting to reach the country by boat to Papua New Guinea and the tiny atoll of Nauru, vowing that none would be allowed to settle in Australia. The policy all but ended the people-smuggling ocean route from Southeast Asia, but was widely criticized as a cruel abrogation of Australia’s international obligations.
Critics of the U.K.-Rwanda plan say it is certain to face legal challenges. The prime minister acknowledged Thursday it would likely be challenged in court by what he called “politically motivated lawyers” out to ”frustrate the government.”
The Law Society of England and Wales, which represents solicitors, chastised the government for offering “misleading suggestions that legal challenges are politically motivated.”
“Legal challenges establish if the government is abiding by its own laws,” said society President I. Stephanie Boyce. “If the government wishes to avoid losing court cases, it should act within the law of the land.”
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The noted internist and proprietor of House Call Doctor Los Angeles comments on a recent article that keeping patients more comfortable with the ease and convenience of a house call can have multiple health benefits.
LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- An April 7 article on Everyday Health reports on a study looking at possible associations between warmer evenings and a higher risk of sudden death in male patients due to heart attacks, strokes, and other issues. The study looked at areas with cooler climates where relatively few people have air-conditioning, including Seattle and parts of the United Kingdom. Internist Dr. Michael Farzam of House Call Doctor Los Angeles notes that, as the climate continues to warm, middle-aged and older people – not only men – should understand that comfort is about more than pleasure; being uncomfortable for long periods is not only unpleasant but unhealthy. Dr. Farzam says that, with heatwaves increasing in frequency, Los Angeles residents who live without air conditioning – even in cooler beach areas such as Marina del Rey, Venice, and Santa Monica -- should consider ways to keep cool when the weather turns hot.
Dr. Farzam notes, however, that hot weather is just one cause of stress that may be unhealthy. Stress can cause or worsen a great many health problems, so fostering relaxation and comfort is likely to reduce the chances of potentially dangerous events. The board-certified internist notes that one area of concern is that people who are feeling ill may have to go out and endure traffic and other stressors, only to end up at an urgent care center filled with other sick people. The doctor says that most patients are better off resting at home and avoiding both the stress of traffic and weather that may be either uncomfortably hot or especially chilly or wet. He adds that, as the Covid pandemic lingers, having access to doctors on-call reduces the odds of exposure to all kinds of communicable illnesses. Patients can remain safely at home as opposed to having to venture into areas where, as of this writing, fewer and fewer people are wearing masks.
The doctor adds that medical issues tend to come up unexpectedly and often at the absolute worst times. While stress in a situation like this is inevitable, having a doctor who can visit patients at their homes, offices, or hotel rooms reduces stress, saves time, and avoids issues that could escalate the situation – including the increased chances of getting into a traffic accident while driving hurried and under stress. Moreover, sometimes being able to visit a patient in their usual environment may provide the doctor with additional information that might not be apparent on a standard doctor visit, says Dr. Farzam, adding that it's one more reason house call medicine is a very definite win-win for good health.
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LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Unbroken by a Russian blockade and relentless bombardment, the key port of Mariupol is still holding out, a symbol of staunch Ukrainian resistance that has thwarted the Kremlin’s invasion plans.
More than six weeks after the Russian siege began, Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the vastly superior Russian forces in ferocious battles amid the ruins of what once was a bustling city on the Sea of Azov coast.
The city’s mayor says that an estimated 120,000 people remain in the city, of Mariupol’s pre-war population of about 450,000.
The Ukrainians’ fight against all odds has scuttled Moscow’s designs, tying up significant Russian forces and delaying the start of a planned Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine’s industrial heartland, Donbas. The Kremlin hopes that an attack in the east could reverse the battlefield fortunes for Russia after a humiliating failure of its attempt to quickly storm the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Mariupol has been a key objective for Russia since the start of its invasion on Feb. 24. Capturing the city would allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014 and deprive Ukraine of a major port and prized industrial assets.
The giant Azovstal steel mill and other industrial plants have been heavily damaged by the ferocious Russian bombardment that has flattened much of Mariupol, indiscriminately hitting homes, hospitals and other public buildings and killing thousands.
The victims include about 300 people killed in last month’s Russian airstrike on the Mariupol Drama Theater that was being used as a shelter and had the word “CHILDREN” printed in Russian in huge white letters on the pavement outside to ward off aerial attack.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko told The Associated Press that at least 21,000 people were killed in Mariupol with bodies “carpeted through the streets.” He said that the Russians deployed mobile cremation equipment to Mariupol to methodically dispose of the victims’ bodies in order to hide the evidence of the massacre and prevent international organizations from documenting “the horror the Russian army is responsible for.”
The discovery of hundreds of bodies of civilians apparently executed by Russian forces in Kyiv’s suburbs after the Russian retreat from the area has fueled global outrage and accusations from Ukrainians and the West that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine.
Moscow has deployed fighters from Chechnya, known for their ferocity, to wage street battles in Mariupol. Chechnya’s Moscow-backed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has repeatedly boasted on his messaging app channel about defeating Ukrainians in Mariupol, but the fight has continued.
Boychenko said that several Ukrainian units are still fighting the Russians in Mariupol, including the 36th Marine Brigade, the Azov Regiment, some Interior Ministry troops and border guards.
The Azov Regiment, a seasoned volunteer force that is widely considered one of the country’s most capable units, is defending the mammoth Azovstal steel plant that covers an area of nearly 11 square kilometers (over 4.2 square miles). It has taken advantage of the plant’s sprawling network of concrete buildings and underground facilities to repel continuous Russian attacks.
The 36th Marine Brigade was maintaining defensive positions at the Azovmash and Zavod Ilyicha factories until it ran out of supplies and ammunition and made a desperate attempt to break through the Russian blockade earlier this week.
In a post on the brigade’s Facebook page, one of its officers described the unit’s heroic resistance, saying that “for more than a month, the marines have been fighting without replenishing amunition, food and water supplies.” “The wounded accounted for nearly a half of the brigade’s strength, but those who still had their limbs and were capable of walking reported back to duty,” the post said.
Boychenko said that some of the marines managed to join the Azov regiment, while others were captured by the Russians. He didn’t give any numbers.
The Russian military said Thursday that a total of 1,160 Ukrainian marines surrendered this week, a claim that couldn’t be independently verified.
As the Ukrainian troops continue to offer fierce resistance in Mariupol, fears have grown that the exasperated Russians could resort to chemical weapons to deal with the remaining pockets of resistance at the Azovstal plant and other areas of the city.
Eduard Basurin, a Russia-allied separatist official in eastern Ukraine, appeared to call for that Monday, telling Russian state TV that the Russia-backed forces should block all the exits out of the factory and then “use chemical troops to smoke them out of there.” He later said that no chemical weapons were used.
The Azov Regiment claimed Monday, without providing evidence, that a drone had dropped a poisonous substance on its positions but inflicted no serious injuries. A Ukrainian defense official said the attack possibly involved phosphorus munitions.
Ukrainian authorities have said that the Russians have blocked humanitarian convoys from reaching Mariupol, keeping it without food, water and power since the siege started. The Russian troops have turned back buses sent to evacuate residents, but about 150,000 have been able to flee the city in their own vehicles.
Boychenko said that at least 33,500, and, possibly, up to 50,000 Mariupol residents have been taken to “filtration camps” in the separatist-controlled east before being forcibly sent to distant, economically depressed areas in Russia.
Mariupol has seen communications cut since the start of the siege, and as the Russians moved to capture sections of the city they launched radio broadcasts to brainwash the population.
“They unleashed propaganda, telling people that Kyiv and other cities have been captured and they have been abandoned,” Boychenko said.
The continuing fighting in Mariupol has forced the Russian military to keep a significant number of troops in the city, delaying the start of the planned new offensive in eastern Ukraine.
“As long as the street fighting is going on, Russia can’t remove troops from Mariupol and deploy them to other areas, including Donbas,” Oleh Zhdanov, an independent military expert, told the AP.
“The Ukrainian troops in Mariupol are still fulfilling their main task by diverting the Russian forces from other areas. Mariupol remains a major symbol of the Ukrainian resistance.”
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OKLAHOMA CITY, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stability Cannabis reaches a milestone of 25,000 unique patients served at its two metro Oklahoma City dispensaries, representing nearly 7% of all medical marijuana patients statewide.
"Stability continues our mission of helping patients access affordable, high-quality medicine. This milestone of having served and supported more than 25,000 unique medical marijuana patients is an important step in fulfilling our goal of leading the Oklahoma cannabis industry" said chief executive officer Denver Kitch. "Stability has now served patients from all 77 counties in Oklahoma. Having patients literally driving across the state to visit a Stability dispensary is exceptional" Kitch added.
To celebrate, Stability Cannabis is hosting a patient appreciation event including significant discounts and in store specials through April 24, 2022.
Oklahoma boasts one of the most robust medical marijuana markets in the United States. "Stability anticipates the medical marijuana industry to generate more than $130 million in combined tax remittances to the state and local municipalities in 2022" said David Lewis, chief operating officer of Stability Cannabis and member of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Advisory Council. "Patient counts also continue to climb incrementally across the state" Lewis added.
Stability Cannabis dispensaries operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. "The tagline patients associate with Stability is 'Always Open, Let's Go!' The hours of operation reflect our approach to inclusive patient access" commented Austin Clay, chief cultivation officer.
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Oklahoma City based Stability Cannabis operates one of the largest cannabis cultivation, processing and retail operations in the American Midwest. Learn more at StabilityCannabis.com.
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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Coalition (ACGP) announced today the addition of Blueprint Medicines to its coalition of companies advocating for coverage of comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) for patients living with advanced cancer by U.S. health insurers.
"The addition of Blueprint Medicines upholds the collective commitment from the diagnostics companies, laboratory services providers, and pharmaceutical companies of ACGP to increase access to comprehensive profiling for people living with cancer," said Jim Almas, MD, vice president and national medical director of clinical effectiveness at Labcorp, and the chairman of ACGP. "Blueprint Medicines plays a major role in the fields of oncology and precision therapy and their support of our efforts is welcomed."
CGP testing performed soon after a diagnosis of advanced cancer better informs medical management, including treatment decisions and patient care, which can improve clinical outcomes. In advocating for coverage of CGP, ACGP seeks to educate health insurers and other healthcare stakeholders about the clinical utility and economic value of CGP.
All companies that offer CGP tests or offer a product with CGP are eligible for consideration of membership in ACGP. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a member, please contact us here.
About Blueprint Medicines
Blueprint Medicines is a global precision therapy company that invents life-changing therapies for people with cancer and blood disorders. Applying an approach that is both precise and agile, we create medicines that selectively target genetic drivers, with the goal of staying one step ahead across stages of disease. Since 2011, we have leveraged our research platform, including expertise in molecular targeting and world-class drug design capabilities, to rapidly and reproducibly translate science into a broad pipeline of precision therapies. Today, we are delivering approved medicines directly to patients in the United States and Europe, and we are globally advancing multiple programs for systemic mastocytosis, lung cancer and other genomically defined cancers, and cancer immunotherapy. For more information, visit www.BlueprintMedicines.com and follow us on Twitter (@BlueprintMeds) and LinkedIn.
About the Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Coalition
Access to Comprehensive Genomic Profiling (ACGP) is a collaborative coalition of leading molecular diagnostics companies and laboratories that aims to raise awareness about comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) for advanced cancer patients.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China said its military staged exercises Friday to reinforce its threat to use force to bring Taiwan under its control, as U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan made a pointed and public declaration of their support for the self-governing island democracy while issuing a warning to China.
The six lawmakers met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday morning and were also scheduled to meet with the island’s defense minister.
The military drills conducted by the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command in areas opposite Taiwan were “a countermeasure to the recent negative actions of the U.S., including the visit of a delegation of lawmakers to Taiwan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.
China would “continue to take strong measures to resolutely safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Zhao added.
China is against any official exchanges between Taiwan’s government and other foreign governments because it claims Taiwan is part of its national territory and not an independent country. China and Taiwan split after a civil war in 1949.
The Eastern Theater Command described the exercises in a statement as “a necessary action based on the present security situation in the Taiwan Strait and the need to safeguard national sovereignty.”
“Taiwan is a sacred and inalienable part of Chinese territory. There is no room for any foreign interference on the Taiwan issue,” the statement said.
As part of the delegation of visiting U.S. lawmakers, Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey gave a speech Friday praising Taiwan’s democracy and its global status as a manufacturer of semi-conductor chips used in everything from cars to smartphones, and warned of consequences if that status were jeopardized.
“It is a country of global significance, of global consequence, of global impact, and therefore it should be understood the security of Taiwan has a global impact for those who would wish it ill,” said Menendez, the head of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, in a speech at Taiwan’s Presidential Office.
He emphasized that “we seek no conflict with China as I believe Taiwan seeks no conflict with China.”
The delegation, led by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, also includes Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Sen. Robert Portman of Ohio, Sen. Benjamin Sasse of Nebraska and Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas.
Tsai said she welcomed their visit and hoped it would help to further deepen US-Taiwan cooperation.
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has proven that democracies must bolster their alliances and collectively we can defend ourselves from the threats posed by authoritarian nations that seek to disrupt regional peace,” said Tsai.
The U.S. is the democratic island’s biggest unofficial ally and has stepped up weapons sales to Taiwan in past years. By law, the U.S. is bound to help Taiwan with arms that are defensive in nature. However, the question of whether the U.S. would intervene in the case of a military invasion by China remains open. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/us-lawmakers-signal-support-for-taiwan-in-visit/ | 2022-04-15T15:14:59 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/us-lawmakers-signal-support-for-taiwan-in-visit/ |
NEW YORK, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The global total wrist replacement market size is expected to increase by USD 165.9 million between 2021 and 2026. According to the report, the market is set to witness a YOY growth of 3.0% in 2022 and the growth momentum will accelerate at a CAGR of 3.9% during the forecast period. The report identifies Acumed LLC, Anika Therapeutics Inc., Extremity Medical LLC, Integra LifeSciences Corp., and Johnson and Johnson as some of the dominant players in the market. North America is expected to offer significant growth opportunities for market players during the forecast period.
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The 120-pages report segments the global total wrist replacement market by end-user (hospitals and clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, and others) and geography (North America, Europe, Asia, and Rest of the World (ROW)).
Hospitals and clinics are the prime end-users in the market. Hospitals and clinics are required to regularly upgrade themselves technologically. In addition, the availability of highly skilled physicians and technicians in hospitals and clinics is driving the growth of the segment.
North America will have the largest share of the market during the forecast period. The region currently holds 43% of the global market share. The growth of the regional market is driven by the increasing prevalence of osteoarthritis and related risk factors. The US and Canada are the key markets for total wrist replacement in North America.
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The market is driven by the growing number of road accidents and fatal sports injuries. In addition, the increasing R and D of 3D printed wrist implants and surgical instruments is anticipated to boost the growth of the total wrist replacement market.
The injuries sustained by people during sports and road accidents is one of the major causes of dislocations and severe fractures. Many sports and road-accident-related injuries mostly affect the wrist in the lower extremities. The treatment of such injuries is complex as it involves the correction of dislocations and repositioning of bones and soft tissues. Physicians use rotation correction plates, screws, and modular hand systems to treat such injuries. Thus, with the increasing number of sports injuries and road accidents, the demand for such replacement kits will increase during the forecast period, thereby driving the growth of the market.
Major Vendors in Total Wrist Replacement Market:
The global total wrist replacement market is concentrated. The market is characterized by the presence of few medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical giants offering products for arthroplasty. Vendors in the market are focusing on achieving a competitive edge by adopting the latest technologies and increasing their margins according to the changing market conditions in end-user industries. The following are identified as the dominant players by Technavio.
Acumed LLC: The company offers total wrist replacement products such as Acu-Loc 2 Wrist Plating System, Arc Wrist Tower, and ExtremiLock Wrist Plating System.
Anika Therapeutics Inc.: The company offers WristMotion TWA System. The product is focused on alleviating pain and restoring functions of the arthritic wrist joint.
Extremity Medical LLC: The company offers KinematX. It is the one and only midcarpal implant designed to emulate the natural wrist range of motion in patients with wrist arthritis and other degenerative wrist conditions.
Integra LifeSciences Corp.: The company offers Integra Total Wrist Fusion System, a solution for wrist arthrodesis which is designed to provide fixation of the wrist while decreasing soft tissue irritation.
Johnson and Johnson: The company offers LCP Wrist Fusion System which consists of anatomic plates, featuring locking compression technology for total wrist fusions.
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Table of Contents:
1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market overview
- Exhibit 01: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Overview
- Exhibit 02: Executive Summary – Data Table on Market Overview
- Exhibit 03: Executive Summary – Chart on Global Market Characteristics
- Exhibit 04: Executive Summary – Chart on Market by Geography
- Exhibit 05: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by End-user
- Exhibit 06: Executive Summary – Chart on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 07: Executive Summary – Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 08: Executive Summary – Chart on Vendor Market Positioning
2 Market Landscape
- 2.1 Market ecosystem
- Exhibit 09: Parent market
- Exhibit 10: Market Characteristics
3 Market Sizing
- 3.1 Market definition
- Exhibit 11: Offerings of vendors included in the market definition
- 3.2 Market segment analysis
- Exhibit 12: Market segments
- 3.3 Market size 2021
- 3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2021-2026
- Exhibit 13: Chart on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 14: Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 15: Chart on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 16: Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
4 Five Forces Analysis
- 4.1 Five forces summary
- Exhibit 17: Five forces analysis - Comparison between2021 and 2026
- 4.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Exhibit 18: Chart on Bargaining power of buyers – Impact of key factors 2021 and 2026
- 4.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Exhibit 19: Bargaining power of suppliers – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.4 Threat of new entrants
- Exhibit 20: Threat of new entrants – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.5 Threat of substitutes
- Exhibit 21: Threat of substitutes – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.6 Threat of rivalry
- Exhibit 22: Threat of rivalry – Impact of key factors in 2021 and 2026
- 4.7 Market condition
- Exhibit 23: Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2021 and 2026
5 Market Segmentation by End-user
- 5.1 Market segments
- Exhibit 24: Chart on End-user - Market share 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 25: Data Table on End-user - Market share 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.2 Comparison by End-user
- Exhibit 26: Chart on Comparison by End-user
- Exhibit 27: Data Table on Comparison by End-user
- 5.3 Hospitals and clinics - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 28: Chart on Hospitals and clinics - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 29: Data Table on Hospitals and clinics - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 30: Chart on Hospitals and clinics - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 31: Data Table on Hospitals and clinics - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.4 Ambulatory surgical centers - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 32: Chart on Ambulatory surgical centers - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 33: Data Table on Ambulatory surgical centers - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 34: Chart on Ambulatory surgical centers - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 35: Data Table on Ambulatory surgical centers - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.5 Others - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 36: Chart on Others - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 37: Data Table on Others - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 38: Chart on Others - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 39: Data Table on Others - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 5.6 Market opportunity by End-user
- Exhibit 40: Market opportunity by End-user ($ million)
6 Customer Landscape
- 6.1 Customer landscape overview
- Exhibit 41: Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
7 Geographic Landscape
- 7.1 Geographic segmentation
- Exhibit 42: Chart on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 43: Data Table on Market share by geography 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.2 Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 44: Chart on Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 45: Data Table on Geographic comparison
- 7.3 North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 46: Chart on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 47: Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 48: Chart on North America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 49: Data Table on North America - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.4 Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 50: Chart on Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 51: Data Table on Europe - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 52: Chart on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 53: Data Table on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.5 Asia - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 54: Chart on Asia - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 55: Data Table on Asia - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 56: Chart on Asia - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 57: Data Table on Asia - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.6 Rest of World (ROW) - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 58: Chart on Rest of World (ROW) - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 59: Data Table on Rest of World (ROW) - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 60: Chart on Rest of World (ROW) - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 61: Data Table on Rest of World (ROW) - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.7 US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 62: Chart on US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 63: Data Table on US - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 64: Chart on US - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 65: Data Table on US - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.8 Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 66: Chart on Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 67: Data Table on Germany - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 68: Chart on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 69: Data Table on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.9 UK - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 70: Chart on UK - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 71: Data Table on UK - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 72: Chart on UK - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 73: Data Table on UK - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.10 China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 74: Chart on China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 75: Data Table on China - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 76: Chart on China - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 77: Data Table on China - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.11 Canada - Market size and forecast 2021-2026
- Exhibit 78: Chart on Canada - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 79: Data Table on Canada - Market size and forecast 2021-2026 ($ million)
- Exhibit 80: Chart on Canada - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- Exhibit 81: Data Table on Canada - Year-over-year growth 2021-2026 (%)
- 7.12 Market opportunity by geography
- Exhibit 82: Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
8 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
- 8.1 Market drivers
- 8.2 Market challenges
- 8.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Exhibit 83: Impact of drivers and challenges in 2021 and 2026
- 8.4 Market trends
9 Vendor Landscape
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Vendor landscape
- Exhibit 84: Overview on Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- 9.3 Landscape disruption
- Exhibit 85: Overview on factors of disruption
- 9.4 Industry risks
- Exhibit 86: Impact of key risks on business
10 Vendor Analysis
- 10.1 Vendors covered
- Exhibit 87: Vendors covered
- 10.2 Market positioning of vendors
- Exhibit 88: Matrix on vendor position and classification
- 10.3 Acumed LLC
- Exhibit 89: Acumed LLC - Overview
- Exhibit 90: Acumed LLC - Product / Service
- Exhibit 91: Acumed LLC - Key offerings
- 10.4 Anika Therapeutics Inc.
- Exhibit 92: Anika Therapeutics Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 93: Anika Therapeutics Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 94: Anika Therapeutics Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 95: Anika Therapeutics Inc. - Segment focus
- 10.5 Extremity Medical LLC
- Exhibit 96: Extremity Medical LLC - Overview
- Exhibit 97: Extremity Medical LLC - Product / Service
- Exhibit 98: Extremity Medical LLC - Key offerings
- 10.6 Integra LifeSciences Corp.
- Exhibit 99: Integra LifeSciences Corp. - Overview
- Exhibit 100: Integra LifeSciences Corp. - Business segments
- Exhibit 101: Integra LifeSciences Corp. - Key news
- Exhibit 102: Integra LifeSciences Corp. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 103: Integra LifeSciences Corp. - Segment focus
- 10.7 Johnson and Johnson
- Exhibit 104: Johnson and Johnson - Overview
- Exhibit 105: Johnson and Johnson - Business segments
- Exhibit 106: Johnson and Johnson - Key news
- Exhibit 107: Johnson and Johnson - Key offerings
- Exhibit 108: Johnson and Johnson - Segment focus
- 10.8 Medartis Holding AG
- Exhibit 109: Medartis Holding AG - Overview
- Exhibit 110: Medartis Holding AG - Product / Service
- Exhibit 111: Medartis Holding AG - Key offerings
- 10.9 Skeletal Dynamics LLC
- Exhibit 112: Skeletal Dynamics LLC - Overview
- Exhibit 113: Skeletal Dynamics LLC - Product / Service
- Exhibit 114: Skeletal Dynamics LLC - Key offerings
- 10.10 Smith and Nephew plc
- Exhibit 115: Smith and Nephew plc - Overview
- Exhibit 116: Smith and Nephew plc - Business segments
- Exhibit 117: Smith and Nephew plc - Key news
- Exhibit 118: Smith and Nephew plc - Key offerings
- Exhibit 119: Smith and Nephew plc - Segment focus
- 10.11 Stryker Corp.
- Exhibit 120: Stryker Corp. - Overview
- Exhibit 121: Stryker Corp. - Business segments
- Exhibit 122: Stryker Corp. - Key news
- Exhibit 123: Stryker Corp. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 124: Stryker Corp. - Segment focus
- 10.12 Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.
- Exhibit 125: Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. - Overview
- Exhibit 126: Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. - Business segments
- Exhibit 127: Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. - Key news
- Exhibit 128: Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. - Key offerings
- Exhibit 129: Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. - Segment focus
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Scope of the report
- 11.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Exhibit 130: Inclusions checklist
- Exhibit 131: Exclusions checklist
- 11.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Exhibit 132: Currency conversion rates for US$
- 11.4 Research methodology
- Exhibit 133: Research methodology
- Exhibit 134: Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Exhibit 135: Information sources
- 11.5 List of abbreviations
- Exhibit 136: List of abbreviations
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Firefighters battling a raging New Mexico wildfire that killed two people and destroyed more than 200 homes in a mountainous community braced Friday for gusty winds that threatened to fan the blaze.
The fire has forced the evacuation of about 5,000 people in the community of Ruidoso, where the remains of a couple were found near a burned home earlier this week as they tried to flee.
The fire sparked by a downed power line had torched an estimated 9.4 square miles (24.3 square kilometers) of forest and grass as of Friday morning, and the strong winds that battered the area earlier this week left behind toppled trees and down power lines.
The remains of the couple were found Wednesday afternoon near their home after family members notified Ruidoso police that they had tried to evacuate but were unaccounted for. Their identities have not been made public.
Fire crews on Thursday used a break in what had been a steady stream of relentless gusts to make headway against the flames.
Incident Commander Dave Bales said the strategy was “attack while we can.” But the winds in the fire zone about 180 miles (290 kilometers) south of Albuquerque were expected to pick up again Friday.
“We’re trying to keep this fire as small as possible, especially because it’s right in the community,” he said. “We’ve had a loss of a lot of structures so our crews are right there on the fire front going as direct as possible.”
Thousands of electrical customers lost power and Ruidoso’s schools were closed until next week. Schoolchildren were evacuated on Tuesday on buses with flames visible nearby.
Helicopters dropped water on the flames Thursday and firefighting ground crews created a series of fire lines aimed at preventing the fire from spreading on two fronts while others doused smoldering areas in neighborhoods that the flames raced through earlier in the week.
Elsewhere in the U.S., large fires were reported this week in Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma.
The National Interagency Fire Center reported Thursday that since the start of the year, 18,550 wildfires have burned about 1,250 square miles (3,237 square kilometers). That’s well above the 10-year U.S. average of 12,290 wildfires and 835 square miles (2162.64 square kilometers) burned for the same period.
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PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a secure and easy way to carry a collection of tools to a construction site or gear for an outdoor sporting excursion," said an inventor, from Atlanta, Ga., "so I invented the HELPING HAND. My design ensures that heavy items are supported and it could reduce arm and hand strain."
The patent-pending invention provides an efficient way to carry tools, sports gear or personal items. In doing so, it eliminates the need to make multiple trips. It also ensures that the hands are free for other tasks and it could enhance safety and support. The invention features a functional and durable design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for contractors, trade workers, outdoor enthusiasts, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AAT-4567, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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DETROIT (AP) — A former University of Michigan violin professor has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to transporting a girl across states lines for sex.
A federal judge who sentenced Stephen Shipps, 69, on Thursday also ordered the Ann Arbor man to pay $120,000 in restitution to his victim, federal prosecutors said. Shipps offered an apology and his lawyer had asked for no prison time.
Shipps pleaded guilty in November to one count of transporting a girl across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual conduct. The charges allege that he took the girl across state lines several times between February and July of 2002 with the intention of having sex with her.
The girl was born in 1985, according to court documents.
Shipps’ indictment in October 2020 and arrest in Ann Arbor came two years after the university placed the longtime professor on paid leave after former students accused him of sexual misconduct while he taught them in the 1970s and 1980s in Nebraska and North Carolina.
James C. Harris, III, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Detroit, said he hopes Shipps’ sentence “sends a powerful message to others in positions of trust that if you prey on the vulnerable you will be held accountable for your actions.”
The University of Michigan has faced intense scrutiny over how it protects people on the campus from sexual misconduct. The school was rocked by allegations that began to publicly surface in 2020 from hundreds of men who said they were sexually assaulted by the late Robert Anderson, who was a campus doctor for nearly 40 years. He died in 2008. In January, the school announced a $490 million settlement with Anderson’s accusers.
Shipps taught at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance from 1989 until his retirement in 2019. He also directed a preparatory program that offered musical instruction to children.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a legislative session with a fourth consecutive balanced budget, funding for Illinois youth, and economic relief for Illinois families, House Democrats are also celebrating a strong quarter of fundraising in which they are poised to outraise all other legislative leaders and Illinois caucuses.
While adjusting to new state ethics laws, House Democrats reported raising over $1.3 million during the first quarter of 2022. Speaker Welch raised $139,900.00 for Democrats for the Illinois House, while The People for Emanuel "Chris" Welch raised $1,177,275.00.
Funds raised will be used in the 2022 primary and general elections. As the first African-American Speaker of the House, Welch says funds will be used to continue to shape Illinois into a great state to raise a family where the government is inclusive and works for the people.
"Democrats in the House have come together like we've never seen to get things done for Illinois families," said Welch. "Our supporters see that. You can see it in the legislation we pass focusing on the people, and how we come together to get things done. We are going to build on that momentum by electing more Democrats to the House. We are the party working to serve Illinoisans. I am extremely proud of our fundraising efforts, and I'm thankful to the supporters who believe in our work. We have a lot more work ahead."
In addition to the totals raised, individual members have also had a successful fundraising quarter with the support of the house democratic caucus fundraising team.
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DETROIT (AP) — The fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya in Michigan raises questions about why a traffic stop turned into a foot chase and vigorous tussle before the motorist was killed by a police officer while facing the ground.
Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, was shot in the head in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 4. The city’s new police chief took the unusual step of releasing videos of the violent confrontation over objections of the prosecutor, who will ultimately decide whether the white officer should be charged.
“It is an unjustifiable use of deadly force because the police escalated a traffic stop into an execution,” said Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Lyoya’s family.
State police are handling the investigation. Here’s a look at key considerations:
NECESSARY FORCE?
Video showed Lyoya emerging from a car and refusing the officer’s command to get back inside, then briefly running away in the residential neighborhood. The officer is heard saying he stopped the car because the license plate didn’t match the vehicle.
The pair wrestled as the officer repeatedly demanded that Lyoya give up. Before shooting Lyoya on the ground, the officer loudly claimed that the man had possession of his police Taser.
“Beyond the videos, I think the biggest factors will be the condition of the Taser and what, if anything, the motorist was trying to do with it,” said Seth Stoughton, a professor at University of South Carolina School of Law and expert on the use of force.
He testified for prosecutors at the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer who was convicted of killing George Floyd.
“If the Taser only held the cartridge that had already been discharged, that means it could only be used to ‘drive stun,’ which hurts but doesn’t have any real risk of incapacitating an officer. … Whether the Taser could realistically be used to disable the officer is hugely important,” Stoughton said.
WHY CHASE LYOYA?
Pursuits on foot can be dangerous, and in recent years more police departments have adopted chase policies. Grand Rapids does not have one, but it’s “something that is addressed in training,” spokeswoman Jennifer Kalczuk said.
David Carter, a criminal justice professor at Michigan State University and former police officer, said he could sense fear, frustration and exhaustion in the officer’s voice on the videos, three things that could have affected his decisions.
“There were times when he could have just let him go,” said Carter, who noted that lowering the heat during conflicts involving police is preferred. “Unless we know specifically that this person poses a threat to public safety, we’ll get him later.”
But Richard Convertino, a Detroit-area defense lawyer who has represented police officers, said pursuing people is a cop’s job.
“What if he turned out to be a fugitive? Then you’d be questioned with, ‘Why didn’t you chase him?’” Convertino said. “A person not complying directly with something as routine as a traffic stop could indicate something is very wrong. Combativeness is very unusual.”
WHAT DID THE OFFICER BELIEVE?
An officer’s state of mind is a key factor for a prosecutor and a jury.
“If the prosecutor concludes that the officer reasonably — but mistakenly — thought that (Lyoya) presented an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm when, in fact, he did not, they may be limited or precluded from bringing certain charges,” Stoughton said.
In 2019, Convertino argued that a Michigan trooper feared for his safety when he fired a Taser from his patrol car at an unarmed Detroit teen who was joyriding on an all-terrain vehicle. Damon Grimes, 15, crashed and died. Mark Bessner was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
“These things can go from zero to 90 in a millisecond,” Convertino said Thursday, referring to sudden conflicts between police and the public. “This officer may have felt, ‘I’m getting overwhelmed. I’m exhausted. He might overpower me. He has my Taser.’”
Convertino said release of the videos could put “remarkable community pressure” on the Kent County prosecutor to charge the officer.
WHAT’S NEXT?
The prosecutor, Chris Becker, said the public shouldn’t expect a quick decision.
While the videos “are an important piece of evidence, they are not all of the evidence,” he said. “Our office has never made, and will not make, a decision based on partial evidence.”
Lyoya’s family, refugees from Congo, wants the officer charged.
“That was my beloved son. You know how you love your firstborn son,” his mother, Dorcas, said through an interpreter.
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ARLINGTON, Va., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the new Vice President of Business Development at Millennium Corporation, Keith Cooperman is principally responsible for the business growth, business development operations, and direct oversight of the Millennium's Capture and Proposal Teams.
Keith brings more than 20 years of experience in federal contracting and entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to joining Millennium, he was responsible for leading growth and business development of Guidehouse's $50m+ National Security Portfolio. This included 200+ people supporting U.S. National Defense, Intelligence, and Civilian Agencies (DoD, DHS, CIA, ODNI, NSA, NRO, NGA, and DIA), military intelligence components, and a prime ID/IQ at the CIA. He has run many successful captures of competitive, full and open business that accelerated the growth plans for Guidehouse, SAIC, Engility-TASC and NJVC.
Before joining Guidehouse, Keith was the Director of Growth for SAIC. During this time, he brought in an annual revenue of $500m and led the rebranding and marketing of Engility's cloud migration solution, Cloud ASCEND™.
Keith attended Johns Hopkins University's undergraduate program for International Studies and Master's program for International Relations. He then received an MBA from the University of Maryland.
"We are excited to welcome Keith Cooperman as our new VP of Business Development! His track record of experience and leadership will be a key enabler for the corporation," said Kevin Jennings, CEO & Co-Founder.
About Millennium Corporation
For nearly two decades, Millennium Corporation has been operating on the leading edge of cybersecurity. Our elite team of nearly 400 experts has an unparalleled record of performance supporting Red Team Operations, Defensive Cyber Operations, Software Engineering, and Technical Engineering. With the largest contingent of contracted Red Team operators in the DoD, we provide an unmatched level of threat intelligence and battle-tested experience for customers in both the DoD and federal civilian markets.
Millennium is headquartered at 1400 Crystal Drive #400 Arlington VA 22202.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The logjam of trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border finally began breaking Thursday after nearly a week as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott eased off his latest dramatic action over immigration that has gridlocked some of the world’s busiest trade ports and taken a mounting economic toll.
“There is a sense of urgency now to reach deals that did not exist before,” Abbott said.
The two-term Republican governor, who for days has allowed commercial trucks to backup for miles into Mexico after requiring them to stop for additional inspections in Texas, lifted that order for bridges in El Paso and other cities after announcing a new security agreement with the neighboring Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahulia.
The rollbacks come as Abbott has faced intensifying pressure over the policy he rushed into place April 6 as part of an ongoing fight with the Biden administration over the flow of migrants and drugs. Inspection orders remain in other parts along Texas’ 1,200-mile border, including the busy Rio Grande Valley, but Mexican trade leaders were optimistic those would also end soon.
The deal with Gov. María Campos Galván of Chihuahua, who joined Abbott for the announcement in the Texas Capitol, set in motion the biggest relief yet for traffic that has snarled the Texas-Mexico border and raised warnings of higher prices for U.S. shoppers and spare grocery store shelves.
“People like me who buy millions of dollars of produce a week are starting to curb their purchases toward other regions of the country,” said Brent Erenwert, CEO of Brothers Produce in Houston, which relies heavily on imports from Mexico.
The inspections ordered by Abbott came in response to the Biden administration announcing last month it would wind down a public health law that has limited asylum-seekers in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19. When that happens, the number of migrants coming to the U.S. is expected to increase.
It was the second consecutive day Abbott has lifted inspections at some bridges, starting Wednesday with Laredo, which was the busiest U.S. port of entry for trucks last year. Traffic coming into the Texas at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, where more produce crosses than any other land port in the U.S., has also resumed after a dayslong protest by Mexican truckers came to an end.
One custom agency based in Mexico, the Association of Customs Agents of Reynosa, on Thursday put the losses at the Pharr-Reynosa bridge at $7 million a day.
The agreements between Abbott and Mexico’s governors have varied.
Across from Laredo, Nuevo Leon Gov. Samuel García had told Abbott his state would put in place checkpoints and policing. For Chihuahua, Galvan provided a security plan she said was in the “implementation stage” and includes agreements to share intelligence captured by security cameras and other technology. Later Thursday, Abbott also announced a similar agreement with the Mexican governor of Coahulia.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, a Republican who has urged Abbott to walk back the inspections order, said Thursday one major agricultural company told him that 100 trucks sent to Mexico for deliveries have been unable to come back across because of the congestion.
He questioned what the holdout achieved, and in the case of Abbott’s agreement with Nuevo Leon, said it did not appear substantive.
“They’re just basically going to leave it up in good faith,” Miller said. “There’s no enforcement, no reckoning on that if they don’t.”
The White House, the Mexican government, trade groups and reeling businesses have bashed the extra inspections as redundant and a new burden on an already fragile supply chain.
Abbott’s border inspections come at a time when U.S. supply chains are already overwhelmed. A surge in demand from customers — the result of a surprisingly fast recovery from the devastating coronavirus recession of 2020 — caught businesses by surprise and led to bottlenecks at factories, ports and freight yards. It’s also pushed up prices, contributing to the highest inflation in 40 years.
COVID-related factory shutdowns in China and the rocketing cost of shipping goods across the Pacific Ocean have many companies looking to Mexico, where there’s no ocean to cross and there’s relief from the political and trade disputes between Washington and Beijing.
“A lot of companies, right now, they’re looking at Mexico as a way to bypass ocean dependency,’’ said Bindiya Vakil, CEO of the supply chain consultancy Resilnc. “If I’m one of those companies, I’m looking at this new regulation on the Texas border and I’m really concerned because this means additional delays, and that was supposed to be my solution — to go to Mexico and avoid the ocean altogether.’’
The U.S.-Mexico border is crucial to the U.S. economy. The United States last year imported $390.7 billion worth of goods from Mexico, second only to China.
But as the inspections taper off in Texas, Abbott says he will continue putting migrants on buses and sending them to Washington, D.C., calling it a message to President Joe Biden. “If he’s not going to come to the border, we’re going to take the border to him,” Abbott said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protections Commissioner Chris Magnus said Thursday that Abbott was moving migrants without “adequately coordinating” with the federal government. The first bus arrived Wednesday, and Abbott said more are on the way.
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Community activities, giveaways and amazing new technologies kick off at 9 a.m.
PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Busy Beaver Building Centers recently opened its 25th neighborhood home improvement center at 401 Vine St. in Delmont, Pa.
Formerly a movie theater, the center measures 44,000 square feet and includes a spacious outdoor garden center. Folks in Delmont, Salem Township, Murrysville and other local communities will be welcomed to the new store with a family-friendly grand opening on Saturday, April 30, 2022.
"We're really excited to be a part of the Delmont community," says CEO Joe Kallen. "We have an amazing, knowledgeable and friendly staff with an extensive product offering that will satisfy the needs of the do-it-yourselfer as well as the professional remodeler."
The new store features an array of state-of-the-art technologies. It's the first home improvement center in the U.S. to fully use Pricer electronic shelf labels (ESL), a system that provides greater pricing accuracy by electronically maintaining the price signage.
Further automation comes in the form of Badger Technologies' autonomous robot equipped with Badger® Retail InSight software, which scans the entire store every day and alerts management to out-of-stock and misplaced products.
Both technologies relieve the staff of time-consuming tasks and give them more time to service customers. In addition, the ESL system and robot significantly speed up the handling of online orders, a popular shopping option at all Busy Beaver locations.
"Technology is a key imperative in our mission to be the favorite home improvement center in the communities we serve," says Adam Gunnett, Busy Beaver's director of IT and marketing. "We relentlessly look for innovative ways to increase efficiencies and empower our associates to provide legendary customer service."
Grand opening festivities begin with a board-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. There will be prize giveaways, family-friendly activities, and a live broadcast with WHJB 107.1 FM.
Door Buster specials for in-store customers only will include two-for-one Glidden Paint, Miracle-Gro Potting Mix, and Scotts Turf Builder Weed & Feed.
During the celebration, Busy Beaver will be accepting donations to Make-A-Wish and will reward one lucky donor with a brand-new Char-Broil Performance Series 4-Burner Gas Grill.
About Busy Beaver
Busy Beaver was founded in 1962 with lumber yards in Clairton, Verona and Carnegie, Pa. The company quickly expanded, opening full-line home improvement centers throughout the 1970's and 1980's.
Currently, Busy Beaver operates 20 full-line home center stores and five True Value brand hardware stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and employs more than 550 people. In September 2013, Busy Beaver began operating under the ownership of CEO Joseph Kallen, who resides in Delmont, Pa.
The company is committed to providing legendary customer service and a customer-centric in-store experience at each of its neighborhood home improvement centers.
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This is why Sunisa Lee kept her promise and came to Auburn. And why Trinity Thomas endured at Florida.
To compete on the podium with their sport stopping to watch. To celebrate with their teammates under the lights. To earn a chance to have one more chance.
The two gymnastics stars checked every box during the NCAA women’s team semifinals on Thursday night.
Lee, the first Olympic champion to compete collegiately, helped send Auburn to the finals for just the second time since 1993 as the Tigers finished second to Florida in the second semifinal to qualify for Saturday’s final four.
Thomas claimed the all-around title, capping a showstopping performance with a perfect 10 on floor exercise as the Gators earned the right to join Lee and the Tigers as well as Oklahoma and Utah for a shot at a national championship.
“I feel absolutely amazing,” said Thomas, who finished with an all-around total of 39.8125, just ahead of Lee at 39.675 and Florida teammate Megan Skaggs at 39.6625. “I’ve been working through this ever since I got to school and just having a few setbacks, you know, I kept fighting. And to finally do it this time is literally a blessing.”
Even if Thomas didn’t initially know her 10 on floor — the 11th perfect score she’s collected this season, tops in the country — made her the fourth Gator to win the all-around in the last decade. She was so focused on making sure Florida made it to the team final she didn’t really pay attention to where she stood in the overall standings until the meet was over.
“(I asked my teammates) ‘do you know what the all-around was?’ And they were like, ‘No,’ and I was like, ‘Me neither,’” Thomas said with a laugh. “So, I had no clue, actually.”
Thomas eventually turned to fellow senior Savannah Schoenherr, the team’s resident calculator. When Schoenherr informed her longtime teammate it was probably her, Thomas let out a semi-surprised “oh.”
Consider it a testament to Thomas’ ability to stay in the moment.
An equipment issue when Florida was on the uneven bars forced Thomas to wait 10 long minutes while it was fixed. She passed the time by cracking jokes. When it was finally her turn to go, she delivered a 9.9750, the best of the night.
“I’m so glad it was Trinity that had to wait,” Florida coach Jenny Rowland said. “If it was going to be somebody, Trinity is great one to be able to shake it off and just go with the flow and step up and raise her game.”
The same goes for Lee.
Eight months ago she pulled off the meet of her life in Tokyo, becoming the fifth straight American woman to capture gold in the all-around. She didn’t let newfound fame distract her from going to Auburn, even if her celebrity created outsized expectations. The 19-year-old admitted to feeling jitters on Thursday before getting a pep talk from Olympic teammate Jordan Chiles, now competing for UCLA.
Chiles’ advice was simple: try to remember this is supposed to be fun.
“I think (after that) I really took the pressure off of myself and I just went out there and enjoyed it,” said Lee, who won the beam title in addition to finishing runner-up to Thomas in the all-around.
Lee joyfully ran to her teammates after her uneven bars routine served as the exclamation point that pushed Auburn to the finals.
Chiles wasn’t the only one handing out pep talks. Earlier in the day, Oklahoma reached the finals for the ninth straight time by posting a team score of 198.112, the best of the day. The statement came a day after receiving a pep talk from former Oklahoma star and current Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield.
The Sooners chatted with Mayfield — who won the Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma in 2017 — on Wednesday night, with Mayfield urging them to “feel dangerous” as the program tries to win its fourth title since 2016.
Oklahoma moved in front during the second rotation, using a stellar set on uneven bars to slip by the Utes into first. The set included a 9.887 from Olivia Trautman, competing in the event for the first time this season after being limited by a knee injury.
“(Mayfield) told us to just do our stuff and believe in ourselves,” Trautman said.
Utah reached the finals for the fourth time in five championships by finishing the meet with a rock-solid beam set. The Utes’ score of 49.600 was the highest in the event during the first semifinal, ending any hope of Alabama or Minnesota closing the gap.
Defending national champion Michigan’s bid for a repeat ended during the third rotation of the second session, where a wobbly set on uneven bars sent the Wolverines tumbling down the standings to fourth behind Florida, Auburn and Missouri.
The finals will feature familiar faces in Oklahoma, Florida and Utah. Lee’s arrival helped thrust the Tigers into heady company, which was the plan all along when she stuck with her commitment to compete for Auburn.
What happens next for Lee is unknown. She has made no secret of her desire to return to elite competition in preparation for the 2024 Olympics, a process that could start sooner rather than later, which could make her a gymnastics equivalent of “one and done.”
That decision won’t be made until after the season, a season that has one more meet to go.
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Acquisition expands firm's portfolio, resources and capabilities in supply chain services. Deal retains current RK Logistics management team; will continue running the business under new ownership. Rod Kalune, RK Logistics founder and chairman retires, concluding 40-year career.
FREMONT, Calif., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RK Logistics Group, a leading Silicon Valley provider of warehousing, eCommerce fulfillment and supply chain management services, announced today it has been acquired by a group of investors led by Miami, Florida-based AOI Capital.
"RK Logistics Group has a stellar reputation as a high-performance supply chain operator supporting some of the most demanding, complex and mission-driven businesses in Silicon Valley," said Joe MacLean, chief executive, AOI Capital. "We welcome RK Logistics to our portfolio and we are confident that with RK's skilled workforce, collaborative employee culture and a proven, agile approach to customer solutions, together we will build on its track record of sustained, profitable growth."
"This is the start of an exciting new chapter in our journey," said Rock Magnan, president of RK Logistics Group. "We look forward to benefiting from the business acumen and financial expertise Joe MacLean and his team bring to the table." Mr. MacLean emphasized as well that RK's current management has been retained and will continue to run the day-to-day operations of the company.
Miami-based AOI Capital is an investment firm founded in 2009. The company invests in start-ups and ongoing businesses, with a primary focus on Ecommerce firms, pharmaceutical sales and distribution, and third-party logistics services. An active participant in its portfolio companies, AOI Capital works side by side with management running the business to accelerate growth, innovation and market value, contributing capital resources as well as financial, digital marketing and business management expertise.
The RK Logistics acquisition marks an expansion of AOI Capital's participation in third-party logistics services, a sector that investors see as highly attractive given the surging demand for quality warehousing, distribution and supply chain management capabilities, particularly among Silicon Valley manufacturing, industrial, retail and eCommerce fulfillment businesses.
Today, RK Logistics Group operates in Newark, Fremont, and Hayward, employs over 300 associates and manages some one million square feet of warehousing and distribution capacity.
The company works with some of the Silicon Valley's most successful and innovative companies. Clients include high-tech manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical device, high value engineered building products, retail consumer goods chains, and eCommerce sellers.
RK also operates the South Bay's only certified, general purpose Foreign Trade Zone. This capability allows local businesses which import manufactured components to take advantage of trade policies and practices that can reduce administrative regulatory costs and associated tariffs and duties for imported goods, while protecting the integrity of high-value products in a secured environment.
RK Founder Rod Kalune Retires
With the completion of the sale of the company, RK Logistics Group's Founder and Chairman, Rod Kalune, has retired. A veteran of some 40 years in the Northern California trucking and logistics business, Mr. Kalune started RK Logistics Group over 35 years ago with a handful of employees, one warehouse and several trucks.
For more information about RK's services, visit https://www.rklogisticsgroup.com/capabilities/.
ABOUT RK LOGISTICS GROUP -- RK Logistics is a premier 3PL provider of full-spectrum, customized supply chain services for the world's most demanding customers. RK's manufacturing support, warehousing, eCommerce, order fulfillment and transportation services feature lean practices, enabling technologies and a customer-first focus on reliable cost-effective solutions. RK Logistics Group is ISO-9001 and California Board of Pharmacy 3PL certified. For more information, go to http://www.rklogisticsgroup.com
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The owners of the Chicago Cubs dropped their interest in buying Chelsea, leaving three remaining bids for the enforced sale of the Premier League club by sanctioned Russian owner Roman Abramovich.
The bid was being led by Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts but faced opposition from Chelsea fans over Islamophobic comments by his father, Joe, that featured in leaked emails three years ago.
The consortium, which also featured American investors Ken Griffin and Dan Gilbert, did not directly address the “issues” that prevented them pursuing the bid ahead of Thursday’s deadline for final submissions.
“The Ricketts-Griffin-Gilbert Group has decided, after careful consideration, not to submit a final bid for Chelsea FC,” the group said in a statement. “In the process of finalizing their proposal, it became increasingly clear that certain issues could not be addressed given the unusual dynamics around the sales process. We have great admiration for Chelsea and its fans, and we wish the new owners well.”
The remaining three known bids also involve North American sports team investors.
Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca has partnered with Larry Tanenbaum, who has ownership stakes in Toronto with the NBA’s Raptors, the NHL’s Maple Leafs and the city’s MLS team. Peter Guber, a part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, is also backing in the group.
Another part-owner of the Dodgers, Todd Boehly, is leading another consortium.
The third remaining known group is fronted by former Liverpool and British Airways chairman Martin Broughton with planned investment by Josh Harris and David Blitzer, who own the Philadelphia 76ers and have stakes in Premier League club Crystal Palace.
A New York-based merchant bank, the Raine Group, has been overseeing the sale process that was announced last month by Abramovich following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The oligarch has been sanctioned by Britain and the European Union over his links to Russian President Vladimir Putin with assets frozen, including Chelsea.
Abramovich has been disqualified from running the reigning European champions by the Premier League and he cannot profit from the proceeds of the sale, which the British government must sign off under terms of a license that allows the team to continue operating.
Chelsea’s Champions League title defense was ended by Real Madrid on Tuesday but Thomas Tuchel’s team is on course to qualify for the lucrative UEFA competition next season as it is third in the Premier League. Chelsea remains in contention for the FA Cup with a semifinal match against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
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ST. PAUL, Minn., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 3M's Safety and Industrial Business Group and the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) have announced the winners for the Skilled Trades - 3M Transformational Scholarship for students with a focus in skilled trades. This scholarship will allow schools to help students from diverse backgrounds pursue their dreams in skilled trades while also bridging the gaps of inequality in our communities.
3M and NC3 awarded 50 students, who participated in the NC3 National Career and Technical Education Letter of Intent Signing Day, with a $1,000 scholarship. Created by NC3 in 2014, this event is modeled after the NCAA's National Signing Day for athletes. It is designed to honor students who are entering a technical field and to celebrate the dignity of work. 3M is proud to sponsor this scholarship, as it reflects the company's commitment to lifting diverse perspectives and developing the next generation of leaders. Both are important elements in the Safety and Industrial Business Group's mission of transforming the way work gets done today and into the future.
"We are excited to celebrate these exceptional students and provide support for their continuing education through the Skilled Trades – 3M Transformational Scholarship," said Martha Bennett, global vice president, 3M Safety and Industrial Business Group. "The skilled trades are in high demand among our customers and in all communities where we do business and encouraging diverse perspectives and representation reflects our values and who we are."
This year, over 65 institutions participated in this event across the country. High school students attended the signing ceremonies committing to enter into a skilled trade or career and technical education program for the 2022-23 school year.
"NC3 National Career Technical and Education Letter of Intent Signing Day is one of our most important events of the year because it focuses on the students - those who are our future and will make a great impact on tomorrow's workforce. We are honored to partner with 3M on The Skilled Trades – 3M Transformational Scholarship to support students across our nation achieve their dreams in the skilled trades," said NC3 Executive Director, Roger Tadajewski.
To learn more about NC3 Signing Day and view the recipients of The Skilled Trades – 3M Transformational Scholarship, please visit www.nc3.net/signingday.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — One of Oakland’s all-time greats is still waiting for the number retirement ceremony he was promised.
Right-hander Dave Stewart, now 65, found out in August 2019 the club planned to retire his No. 34 jersey, then it didn’t happen during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season or last year.
The former World Series MVP and four-time 20-game winner posted on his Twitter account this week some apparent frustration with his hometown team.
“I have no idea what the A’s are doing. At this point they can just retire the number with no celebration as far as I’m concerned,” Stewart wrote. “Come to the park and it will be on display with the other retired numbers. If you find out something before I do, please let me know?”
The A’s said they plan to announce next week during the club’s season-opening homestand a date to honor Stewart but hadn’t done so previously because the schedule was in flux with the lockout. Oakland also wants to bring in some other former players to help celebrate.
The A’s also plan to honor the 1972 World Series team and commemorate the club’s 20-game winning streak from 2002.
Stewart spent two stints with the A’s, also wearing No. 35 in his second time with the team in 1995. Rollie Fingers also wore 34 and it is one of five retired numbers by the A’s, along with Dennis Eckersley, Rickey Henderson, Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson. Stewart will be the sixth.
Over a 16-year big league career with five clubs, “Stew” had a 168-129 record and 3.95 ERA with 19 saves over 523 appearances and 348 starts.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. , April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Authparency, an initiative of OncoSpark Inc. a leader in value-based-technology enabled services, is focused on transforming the prior authorization process through intelligent workflow and automation. Authparency, built upon more than a decade of clinical and administrative prior authorization intelligence, has been selected for the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, which will enable further development and application. The platform was built with features and modules that leverage subject matter experts and interoperability for both medical procedures and drugs/infusion.
Microsoft for Startups brings together the technology, guidance, and support that we need to continue to strategically and fundamentally influence the value to patients and healthcare. Jordan Johnson, Chief Innovation Officer of OncoSpark, said, "This program serves as the foundational catalyst that is needed to harness confidence and speed in our solution that is imperative for patients and providers as we define less restrictive value based clinical pathways."
Authparency was created with the input and experience of 100+ clinicians, patient advocates, benefit navigators and other stakeholders that understand the need for better alignment of patient, payer, and provider. The data collected from the platform is influencing pharma, industry, and health policy as it relates to transparency and access to care, while helping build clinical decision support approval pathways. Authparency has numerous relational modules that create a standardized, transparent, and integrated authorization ecosystem.
Manish Jain, co-founder of OncoSpark, said, "The onerous prior authorization requirements burden practices with a variety of barriers, including issues submitting documentation through disparate health plan web portals. This remains a major problem in healthcare as we are seeing an increase in those seeking specialty care and an even greater increase in barriers to this care. By standardizing the process and creating relational data, we are able to work directly with payers and pharmaceutical companies to drive optimization and value."
As providers and practices operate on razor thin margins and struggle with staffing, bringing tracking, payer connectivity, direct submission, insurance validation, HUB enrollment, and assistance pathways in one integrated platform ensures viability, sustainability, and optimal resource allocation.
Jordan Johnson added, "The commitment and values of the Microsoft and Oncospark teams allow us to serve communities, patients, and providers to reduce barriers in a dynamic and changing environment."
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OncoSpark is a 400+ member team that is committed to value-based care driven by technology-enabled services through integrated data. OncoSpark's combination of clinical, administrative, and industry expertise has established them as one of healthcare's most trusted partners for practices, payers, providers, and vendors that seek a more effective approach and strategy to the current ineffective operational and financial processes. Contact OncoSpark directly at jordanj@oncospark.com to learn more about our at-risk strategies, RCM management, data solutions, and platforms.
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BOSTON (AP) — Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs like a woman possessed. And in a way, she is: The amputee athlete is trying to run at least 102 marathons in 102 days.
Last month, a little more than two-thirds toward her goal of setting a new world record for back-to-back marathons, the South Africa native posted something on Twitter that got people talking.
“The first thing I did after my run today was take off my leg. Felt so good,” she tweeted. “Marathon 69 done. 31 marathons to go.”
That was last month, and she’s still running — covering the classic 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon distance day in, day out, rain or shine, occasionally on a treadmill but mostly on roads and trails near her home in Gilbert, Arizona. If her streak remains intact heading into the Boston Marathon on April 18, it’ll be marathon No. 92.
Unlike the 30,000 others running the storied course, Hunt-Broersma, 46, will have done a marathon the day before. Somehow, she’ll have to rally body and soul to run another the day after. And another after that. And then eight more.
All on a carbon-fiber blade that’s been her left leg ever since she lost the real thing below the knee to a rare cancer.
“You make peace with pain,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I think my pain threshold is probably quite high at the moment. It’s one step at a time.”
Boston is the only certified marathon she’s including in her quest. The others she’s running on one of two loops near her home or indoors on a treadmill — a monotonous machine many runners derisively call the “dreadmill.”
In 2001, while she and her Dutch husband were living in the Netherlands, Hunt-Broersma was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer more typically seen in children. Overnight, a golf ball-sized bulge appeared on an old scar that had become tender. A biopsy confirmed the worst, and within weeks, her leg was amputated below the knee.
“The biggest struggle was accepting that part of my body was gone,” she said. (She’s since made peace with that: A favorite T-shirt reads, “A Zombie Chewed It Off.”)
Until five years ago, she wasn’t at all athletic, but getting started was expensive. Carbon-fiber blades designed for running cost around $10,000 and aren’t covered by health insurance. Survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three spectators and wounded 260 others, ran into the same problem when they sought to reclaim their lives.
“Running really changed my life,” she said. “It helped me accept myself as an amputee. It gave me a sense of freedom. I fell in love with the process of pushing my body further just to see what I could do.”
Subsequent marathons led to ultrarunning over extended distances, including a 100-mile (160-kilometer) race. So when Hunt-Broersma learned that Alyssa Amos Clark, a nondisabled runner from Bennington, Vermont, covered the marathon distance 95 days in a row in 2000, an idea was born: She’d do 100. That plan got foiled this week when British runner Kate Jayden completed 101 marathons in as many days, so Hunt-Broersma has a new goal: “Now I’m going for at least 102.”
“I hoped it would inspire a lot of people to get out of their comfort zone and push a little bit farther,” she said.
She worried her stump would become raw and painful, and the first two weeks were rough. Since then, though, she’s gotten into a sustainable rhythm, taking care to ice and massage the stump. When it became swollen, she switched to a running prosthesis with a little more room.
But there have been mental challenges as well on the road to 102, which began on Jan. 17. On a recent outing, Hunt-Broersma — who’s been averaging a little over five hours per marathon — felt near collapse at 15 miles (24 kilometers) and burst into tears. Suddenly the entire odyssey was in doubt.
“I had a total emotional breakdown. I was like, ‘I just can’t do this. What was I thinking?’” she said. “The trick for me is just to break it down into little goals. Just get to the next mile. And then the next one.”
Her support team is her husband and their two young children, but she’s also gained a large social media following.
This week, after logging marathon No. 85, well-wishers offered virtual applause. “You just seem to eat marathons for breakfast,” one person tweeted. “In such bleak times, thank you for serving as an inspiration,” commented another.
As she nears the end of her epic quest, Hunt-Broersma hopes she inspires a singular thought in others, regardless of their own physical challenges:
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Charities, Individuals and Companies Use Technology to Amplify Generosity and Provide Humanitarian Aid
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, is pleased to share how its customers are unleashing incredible generosity and raising funds for humanitarian relief to help the people of Ukraine.
"We are in awe of the critical work our customers are doing in this time of crisis and the ways people around the world are getting involved," said Mike Gianoni, president and CEO, Blackbaud. "We applaud the organizations and individuals that are contributing their money, time and resources to causes for Ukraine. Blackbaud's vision has always been to create an Ecosystem of Good® that builds a better world. With nonprofits, individuals and companies all working together as a force for good, we can make a real difference in the countless lives that have been upended by this devastation. We are honored to power giving to help those in need, and our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine."
Nonprofits and Charitable Organizations Providing Critical Funds and Services
Since the start of the conflict on February 24, Blackbaud's nonprofit customers have rallied their staff and supporters to quickly react to the evolving situation—from raising funds to deploying teams and resources on the ground in Ukraine and surrounding countries.
Examples of organizations leveraging Blackbaud technology to engage supporters and raise funds for humanitarian relief include:
- CARE, which is providing food, water, supplies and services for families fleeing Ukraine. CARE's crisis relief efforts have a goal of reaching four million people in need.
- Direct Relief, which has worked with Ukraine's Ministry of Health and other on-the-ground partners to provide critical shipments of 164 tons of medical aid, including insulin supplies, critical care medications, oxygen concentrators and other essential resources.
- TiKVA Children's Home, whose mission is to provide aid and education for at-risk Jewish children and impoverished families in Odessa, Ukraine. TiKVA has successfully evacuated over 3,000 people out of Ukraine and currently has 950 refugees in their care, including 350 orphans.
Individuals Showing Incredible Generosity
On Blackbaud's JustGiving platform, more than $55 million has been raised for Ukraine-related causes through individual giving, with approximately $43 million going direct to charities and $12 million going to people in need or personal causes. More than 14,500 fundraising appeal pages have been created.
Touching examples of generosity through JustGiving include:
- Louenna Hood, a nanny who is crowdfunding to give essential supplies—like diapers, wipes, blankets, clothes and food—to Ukraine refugees in Moldova and has raised more than £170,000 so far
- Deanston Bakery in Glasgow, Scotland, which held a bake sale for Ukraine and raised over £88,000 for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine appeal
- Reuben, a five-year-old boy who played his violin on the streets in London to raise almost £2,000 for Save the Children's Ukraine appeal
- Raj Singh, owner and chairman of the Hartlepool United Football Club in England, who personally donated £250,000 to the club's crowdfunding appeal for Ukraine—the largest single individual contribution in JustGiving history
Companies Stepping Up for the Cause
One in three Fortune 500 companies relies on Blackbaud's YourCause® CSRconnect® solution to power their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, including employee giving, matching gifts and volunteering. With the start of the conflict, Blackbaud quickly launched resources to help customers build response programs for the crisis, providing a list of verified organizations focused on humanitarian relief for Ukraine that companies and their employees could give to. Since February 24, nearly $12 million has been raised for those organizations from hundreds of companies through employee donors, spanning nearly 70 countries.
Many companies are running dedicated response programs for Ukraine on the YourCause platform. Of those, 40% have created special match campaigns for the crisis to maximize employee impact, with 20% offering a 2:1 match for employee contributions.
Wells Fargo employees have donated more than $330,000 to the Ukrainian relief effort. The company encouraged donations by featuring relief organizations in their YourCause portal and rewarding employee donations through a grant program. "Wells Fargo has a deep commitment to supporting communities and to responding in times of need," said Anna Bard, senior vice president, head of employee volunteerism and charitable giving, Wells Fargo. "Using the YourCause platform, Wells Fargo rewards employees' contributions through our Community Care Grants program, which provides grants to employees of up to $2,000 annually for their volunteer service and charitable giving and these grants are donated to the charity of their choice. As part of our support for the people of Ukraine, we temporarily increased our employee grants program by 50%, for a maximum of up to $3,000 that employees can direct to charities. We have also pledged $1 million to support humanitarian relief and U.S. service members in the region."
Blackbaud's Commitment
Blackbaud is dedicated to helping social good organizations around the world engage supporters and donors to achieve their critical missions. Our teams are working to enable customers to quickly respond to the crisis in Ukraine, stand up fundraising campaigns, process donations and spread awareness of their efforts.
Blackbaud has made a donation to the International Rescue Committee, which helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover, and rebuild their lives. In addition, we are encouraging our employees to leverage our matching gift program, which is designed to support employees' choice. Blackbaud will match employee donations to 501c3 charities, ensuring that individual contributions go further.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world's leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG), school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more than four decades, Blackbaud is a remote-first company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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Discover how developments in metrics-based solutions are helping to improve workplace performance.
JUPITER, Fla., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- An upcoming episode of Advancements with Ted Danson, scheduled to broadcast later this year, will focus on breakthroughs in research and data analytics technology.
In this segment, Advancements will explore how developments in performance analytics and research are transforming data into easy-to-use, metrics-based solutions to improve company culture, workplace well-being, and operational performance.
Designed to help realize return on culture and workforce well-being, viewers will discover how The Culture Think Tank's metric-based solutions are helping to answer some of the most common questions raised by executives and HR professionals today, resulting in an average 28.6 percent increase in a company's culture and well-being score, in just 90 days.
"The problem I have always had with traditional workforce metrics, like retention and attrition, and the classic once-a-year engagement surveys, is that the metrics are lagging indicators. They don't reflect or respect what a workforce needs when they need it. Our goal is to change this by designing solutions that provide leaders the metrics that make a difference and can be actioned," said William Lindstrom, President & CEO, The Culture Think Tank.
Hearing from experts in the field, audiences will learn about The Culture Think Tank's mission to make the world a better place through performance analytics and research. Spectators will see how identifying and quantifying the metrics that drive company culture and workplace well-being are providing the insights executives and HR professionals need to identify the specific actions they should take to make an immediate impact.
"We look forward to exploring how innovations in comparative data, trend analysis, and metric-driven solutions are providing the real-time insights that executives and senior leaders need to understand and anticipate the needs of their workforce," said John Galvin, producer for the Advancements series.
About The Culture Think Tank:
The Culture Think Tank is an analytics and research center that designs solutions to deliver Return on Culture and improve Well-Being in the Workplace. The Culture Think Tank's goal is to provide a standard set of management metrics that leaders can use to plan, prioritize, and track strategic investments throughout the workforce, in a manner similar to the way that sales marketing, operational, and capital investments are managed.
For more information, visit: https://www.theculturethinktank.com/.
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Mike Bossy, one of hockey’s most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s Stanley Cup dynasty, has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65.
TVA Sports, the French-language network in Canada where he worked as a hockey analyst, confirmed Bossy died Thursday night. An Islanders spokesman said Bossy was in his native Montreal, where the team will play Friday night against the Canadiens.
Bossy helped the Islanders win the Stanley Cup four straight years from 1980-83, earning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1982. He scored the Cup-winning goal in 1982 and ’83.
He revealed his diagnosis in October in a letter to TVA Sports.
“It is with a lot of sadness that I need to step away from your screens, for a necessary pause,” Bossy wrote in French. “I intend to fight with all the determination and fire you’ve seen me show on the ice.”
It’s the third loss from that Islanders era this year after fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Clark Gillies died in January and Jean Potvin died in March.
Daughter Tanya Bossy said her father was “no longer in pain.”
“My dad loved hockey, sure, but first and foremost he loved life,” she said in a statement in French on behalf of the Bossy family. “Until the end of his journey, he hung on. He wanted to live more than anything.”
Bossy was a first-round pick in 1977 and played his entire 10-year NHL career with New York. He won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, got the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct three times and led the league in goals twice.
Bossy scored 50 or more goals in each of his first nine seasons — the league’s longest streak. He and Wayne Gretzky are the only players in hockey history with nine 50-goal seasons.
“The New York Islanders organization mourns the loss of Mike Bossy, an icon not only on Long Island but the entire hockey world,” Islanders president and general manager Lou Lamoriello said. ”His drive to be the best every time he stepped on the ice was second to none. Along with his teammates, he helped win four straight Stanley Cup championships, shaping the history of this franchise forever.”
Bossy is one of only five players to score 50 goals in 50 games. He remains the all-time leader in goals a game in the regular season at 0.762, and only two players have recorded more hat tricks than Bossy’s 39.
He ranks third in points a game and seventh on the all-time scoring list. Those are all in the regular season when Bossy put up some of the best numbers in the history of the game. In the playoffs, Bossy was even more clutch. He is the only player with four game-winners in the same playoff series and scored three playoff overtime goals.
Led by Bossy, Gillies, Bryan Trottier and defenseman Denis Potvin, the Islanders succeeded Scotty Bowman’s 1970s Montreal Canadiens as the NHL’s next dynasty before Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers took over the sport.
Bossy was an eight-time All-Star and finished with 573 goals and 553 assists for 1,126 points in 752 regular-season games. He was the fastest player to reach the 100-goal mark and currently ranks 22nd on the career goals list. In the playoffs, Bossy had 160 points in 129 games.
Back and knee injuries ultimately ended his career in 1987. He was limited to 38 goals in 63 games and unable to return for an 11th season.
Bossy was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991 and in 2017 was named one of the NHL’s 100 greatest players.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman called Bossy a “dynamic winger” whose goal-scoring prowess ranks among the greatest in NHL history.
“Though containing him was the obsession of opposing coaches and checking him the focus of opposing players, Bossy’s brilliance was unstoppable and his production relentless throughout his entire career,” Bettman said. “He thrilled fans like few others.”
Before reaching the NHL, Bossy played five seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Laval National. He had 602 points in 298 QMJHL games. Bossy also represented Canada at the Canada Cup in 1981 and 1984, long before NHL players began competing at the Winter Olympics.
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A global leader in elite genetics and biotechnology turned to the Azure experts at Oakwood Systems Group in St. Louis, MO to rethink how to better deliver relevant and timely data to their customers through their High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment.
ST. LOUIS, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recently, the Oakwood Team had the opportunity to work on an incredibly unique project involving a leader in elite genetics and biotechnology serving farmers around the globe. The data they provide to livestock owners is critical in helping them breed better quality animals while finding efficiencies in the production process. This project involved working with the client in rethinking how to better deliver relevant and timely data to their customers through a high-performance computing environment.
Genetics is inherently complex and involves a massive amount of mathematical calculations. The client needed to ensure that these calculations are reliable and accurate to meet the demanding needs of their customers. Producing this data manually in a reasonable amount of time is simply not possible. As such, the client relies on computations that are performed by large computer clusters.
This genetic testing puts a lot of strain on the client's computer resources. The client had a high-performance computing (HPC) environment set up to handle their genetic testing requirements. Improving this environment would help farmers around the world breed better animals.
The client was looking for ways to improve their computing environment, as well as migrate some of their data to Azure. They needed to find an expert well-versed in cloud migrations that could handle complex data requirements.
Oakwood was able to work directly with Microsoft specialists to overcome difficulties they ran into throughout this project. The Oakwood team worked with Microsoft to modify both Lustre and Slurm templates. Microsoft even dedicated their own resources in writing custom scripts with this project in mind.
The Microsoft specialists were more than happy to assist with this project. The specialists were excited to use their tools in a live environment. Oakwood team members would break the tools, such as Slurm, and then work with the Microsoft team to fix it. Microsoft was a key supporter in this project.
Oakwood's client has seen tremendous performance improvements and is still working with Oakwood on expanding the performance and functionality of this complex environment. The newly implemented system is more sustainable and workable than their on-premises systems. The client can automatically build and run entire HPC clusters to run genetic tests. Their team can achieve a two-gigabyte throughput using Lustre as backend storage.
The client has to perform less day-to-day management of their systems as compared to before.
Azure has freed up significant computer resources for the client. The client has more redundancy and backup than ever before. Overall, this customer is better able to meet the needs of their customers by using their new HPC environment.
The improvements that Oakwood was able to deliver is clearly apparent to the client. Oakwood plans to continue to work on business intelligence, as well as data and reporting functions. The client and Oakwood plan to use the lessons learned from this project on future high-performance computing clusters and data center deployments.
Since 1981 the Oakwood Team has been helping organizations of all sizes, across all industries, solve their most complex technology-related challenges. Our longevity has allowed us to evolve and sharpen our delivery approach(es) to help guarantee better business outcomes for our clients.
Oakwood Systems Group is a Microsoft Partner holding 8 Gold Competencies and 6 Silver Competencies. With over 40 years in business combined with several Microsoft Partner of The Year awards under their belt, Oakwood delivers complex technology solutions on-time and on-budget.
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TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A 48-year-old man was killed in a Talladega County crash Thursday afternoon.
According to state troopers, William E. White, of Sylacauga, died when the car he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said White was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The crash happened on Sylacauga Fayetteville Highway, two miles west of Sylacauga, around 5:20 p.m.
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PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new and innovative means of viewing, hearing and enjoying smartphones and other equipment with flat screens," said an inventor, from Fayetteville, Ga., "so I invented the A V S- ASTRAL VIDEO SYSTEM. My design would offer a spectacular audiovisual experience and it would eliminate dead zones and audio silence zones."
The patent-pending invention provides omnidirectional video with no blind spots or dead zones for astral display on electronic devices with flat screens. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional limited views on flat screen devices. As a result, it improves the viewing experience. The invention features an advanced, multi-feature design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the owners of electronic devices. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AZB-116, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Kalyankar Analytics announced the launch of Seqwa, an AI-powered search solution. Seqwa offers a more cost-effective solution for companies looking to integrate full-text search, semantic search, and personalized recommendations into search systems at a fraction of other providers' cost. In addition, Seqwa is offering $15,000 Free Credits for eligible startups.
NEW YORK, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kalyankar Analytics announced the launch of Seqwa, a new AI-Powered search solution for businesses. Seqwa is a unique solution created by the team at Kalyankar Analytics, who were motivated by their desire to offer an affordable search solution. CEO Nikhil Kalyankar said, "Searching should be easy, and Seqwa brings a search solution with industry-leading features at an unprecedented price." Indeed, Seqwa is the lowest-priced search service on the market. It saves over 75% of what it costs for other search solutions.
In addition to being the most affordable service available, Seqwa also has a giveaway worth $15,000 in free credits for eligible startups through the Seqwa Startup Program. Startups are eligible if they are less than five years old, received less than $5M in funding, and is registered Seqwa user.
Seqwa offers everything a business needs: affordability (costs over 75% less than its closest competitor), reliability (99.9% uptime), power (Seqwa AI learns what users want), and scalability (API can handle any traffic load). Seqwa has all the benefits of an enterprise search solution without headaches. Seqwa users can build custom search solutions with no upfront costs and no hardware, software, or personnel investment.
Seqwa provides robust REST API endpoints with Autocomplete, Full-text Search with Semantic Re-Ranking for Intent, Recommendations, and Semantic Search as a fully managed service. The platform is suitable for both large enterprises and small businesses.
- Autocomplete – Seqwa provides query suggestions as a user types, allowing them to look up even more relevant content without retyping.
- Full-Text Search - Seqwa supports raw and semantically analyzed text searches across all documents. Users can specify their desired matching phrases or partial matches for plain searches.
- Semantic Re-Ranking for Intent – By analyzing users' previous search queries, Seqwa can predict user intent and provide a semantic boost for their search results.
- Recommendations – Seqwa provides recommendations based on semantic similarity to a selected item or document.
- Semantic Search – Seqwa performs a semantic search to understand the intent behind the query without limiting itself to text search. Semantic search is a vital voice search component to understand the user's actual intent.
Seqwa provides a high level of accuracy in delivering relevant information from the internet. Its intelligent search technology leverages artificial intelligence to allow users to quickly find relevant information in seconds without manually searching for it. It enables companies to leverage data to increase their competitive edge by being able to identify potential customers or prospects before they've even made a purchase decision.
Kalyankar Analytics's founder and CEO, Nikhil Kalyankar, said, "Seqwa was born out of frustration with existing search technologies and a vision to bring state-of-the-art search algorithms to companies worldwide. Seqwa's REST API is built on powerful machine learning models and provides a fast response time at a fraction of the cost."
Seqwa represents a step-change in hosted search. Its Autocomplete is based on best-of-breed and native search technology, performing more like a human than an algorithm. Its Semantic Search for Intent takes natural language search further, identifying meaning beyond essential words. With Seqwa's revolutionary new search capabilities, businesses of all sizes will be able to optimize their search strategies and improve their online presence, giving them a much-needed edge over their competition.
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Two-thirds of BNPL users are subprime; lack of standards for disclosure of fees, payments, data collection, and credit reporting challenge understanding of credit quality and total debt burden
BOSTON, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weak regulatory oversight including a lack of standards for the disclosure of fees, payments, data collection, and credit reporting may lead to problems for the rapidly growing "buy now, pay later (BNPL)" industry, according to a new paper from the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at The Harvard Kennedy School.
The paper ("Grow Now, Regulate Later") notes that globally BNPL products are expected to account for $680 billion in transactions by 2025 or about 12% of all eCommerce sales on goods. This growth is being driven primarily by younger consumers, with two-thirds of BNPL borrowers falling into the subprime category (TransUnion survey), making them especially vulnerable to negative changes in an economy that is already unstable. At the same time, the unprecedented nature of the industry and lack of oversight makes it difficult to properly evaluate the risks including significant subprime borrowing and total consumer debt burden.
"While there are many good actors and the industry offers access and convenience for consumers, it is naturally engaging in what we call 'regulatory arbitrage' which has allowed it to generally avoid the kind of oversight required of credit card companies, banks, and other traditional lenders," said Marshall Lux, the paper's principal author and a Fellow at the Kennedy School. "This, combined with the fact that the BNPL industry has yet to experience a full credit cycle, is a potential source of future problems for both consumers and lenders."
A Legal Gray Space
Despite its significance, the U.S. BNPL market currently exists in what the paper calls "a legal gray space," largely because it can be so difficult to categorize segment products. While BNPL companies can and have already done much to protect consumers – providing voluntary credit bureau reporting and fee disclosure at the point of sale (POS), for example – the scale, novelty, and potential consumer impact of BNPL products warrant immediate and more thorough oversight, the paper's authors say.
In December 2021 concern about the industry prompted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue information collection orders to leading BNPL companies to assess the "risks and benefits [to consumers] of these fast-growing loans." This is expected to lead to future actions but, the authors note, many consumers are struggling with their debts today.
As cited in the Wall Street Journal this week, emerging signs may be a harbinger of trouble. Subprime credit spreads are widening, and short sales on BNPL stocks are increasing. While yield premiums on bonds and short interest represent short-term patterns, they nonetheless suggest the market's apprehension about the future of some subprime credit products, including BNPL.
The Kennedy School paper concludes that a few regulatory interventions can help BNPL products continue to create value for merchants, consumers, and the financial system while protecting those most vulnerable. These include:
- Mandatory fees and rights disclosure at point-of-sale can help consumers understand the real cost of BNPL financing and make clear that BNPL products lack the consumer protections of similar products, like credit cards.
- Credit bureau reporting standards can help BNPL permanently improve consumer access to finance while increasing accountability for both consumers and lenders.
- Data privacy standards can protect consumers from potentially exploitative use of data as some BNPL companies struggle to generate profit through monetization of new consumer data.
- Services and/or charge dispute settlement procedures can help eliminate a large volume of current BNPL consumer complaints and provide a more even playing field for credit cards and BNPL products.
- Stress testing and stress scenarios can help improve understanding of the potential impact of an economic shock. This is especially important given the uncertain outlook and the lack of ongoing Covid-related government income support.
"BNPL's real innovation has been at the point of sale where the convenience and ease of financing purchases has accelerated online merchant sales and made credit available to those who might otherwise be excluded," said Lux, citing a 2021 RBC Capital Markets report suggesting that online BNPL increases conversion rates 20-30% and lifts average ticket sales 30-50%.
"There is lot about this that is positive, but better oversight should lead to a more sustainable business model for the BNPL industry and an improved experience for all concerned," Lux said.
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BEIJING, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Segway-Ninebot held a ceremony in Beijing on April 13th to celebrate its 10 millionth smart e-scooter rolling off production lines. Segway-Ninebot President and CTO Chen Zhongyuan shared theme keynote "Segway-Ninebot's cumulative production of smart e-scooter exceeds 10 million units" to address how Segway-Ninebot assumes the role of a world leader in the smart electric scooter sector.
Segway-Ninebot's growth into a global leader in the e-scooter sector is due to key decisions that were undertaken early on about the direction of the company's R&D, along with the results of the comprehensive strengths of its product lineup, branding and business model. "Segway-Ninebot's vision, to serve more than one billion people with innovative short-distance transportation and robotic products, is the original intent and driving force of our e-scooter portfolio. Electric scooters are also the inevitable choice for us to expand the tool categories and build out the portfolio in short-distance travel between 2 and 20 kilometers," Chen explained.
The electric scooters market surged tenfold in the European and American markets in 2017 and has continued growing steadily since then. Data from Puyallup, WA-based report publisher QYResearch shows that the global production of electric scooters had reached 4.25 million as of the end of 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Segway-Ninebot's compound revenue growth rate for e-scooters rose to 132.22%.
As a key component of the business model, the company not only rolled out top quality intelligent e-scooters through both online and brick-and-mortar channels, but also aggressively established a presence in the market by taking early notice of and catching the wave of popularity taking place in foreign markets for shared scooters. Early on, the company struck deals with several major shared micro mobility operators worldwide, providing them with a full set of mobility solutions from product to behind-the-scenes operation and management.
According to Nuremberg, Germany-based consumer goods industry analytics provider GfK, from January 2019 to February 2020, Segway-Ninebot ranked first in the electric scooter markets of Germany, Italy, Spain and other major European countries, while most shared electric scooter operators signed deals with the company as the exclusive or first choice supplier. Now, Segway-Ninebot has become a world-leading supplier of shared micro-mobility solutions by working closely with Spin, Voi and other likeminded players.
The company has also developed a B2B2C business model, and jointly launched customized smart electric scooters with several auto brands including Mercedes-Benz AMG, Audi Seat and Maserati to solve the "last mile" of transportation problem.
Meanwhile, Segway-Ninebot is also aggressively developing new products to meet the differentiated expectations of riders with "diversified" product strategies. Three categories, consisting of nine series, were created to meet the requirements for short commutes (3-30km), long commutes (30-60km) and high-performance rides (60-100km). The nine series include the light and fashionable E series, the "comfort-first", science-driven F series, and the reliable and practical G series, among others.
In terms of innovation, the company is always looking at new technologies and adjusting its approach based on the latest tech and scientific advancements. In a move to deliver a better cycling experience to riders, Segway-Ninebot co-developed vacuum inflatable tires with several partners by leveraging i-Sealing technology. The resultant tire not only delivers higher durability and safety, but is also immune to blowouts or leaks even when driving over an upright nail. Furthermore, the company's e-scooters deploy a steel-pipe frame for higher stability and reliability. A proprietary battery safety management system provides double protection against short-circuits, overcurrent, overcharging and overdischarging in tandem with other safety features, assuring the safe operation of the batteries.
Not to be overlooked is that since Ninebot acquired Segway, the power of the brand has been further enhanced, while the global product portfolio has been expanded. Internal resource sharing since the acquisition has effectively improved the comprehensive advantages of the scooter lineup. Results from over 1 million pieces of customer's survey and feedback show that Segway-Ninebot optimized the user experience for riders, which has been further empowering the digital platform. Benefiting from its large scale and dominant market share among international markets, the company has achieved cost control, joint development, massive supply and agile response through supply chain optimization, increasing product reliability while reducing costs.
To date, the company has production facilities in Changzhou and Shenzhen, with the annual production capacity of smart e-scooters reaching 4 million units, ensuring stable product supply to global markets.
"Now that the milestone of 10 million units has been reached, the company will continue to improve product life and service, while continuing in its efforts to further promote the development of the industry," emphasized Chen.
The Segway Super Scooter GT series, a top product in the electric scooter category that was just released in March, was also showcased at the event. The Segway Super Scooter GT series (GT 1 and GT2) have built a reputation as the supercar of the electric scooter world, with a top speed of 37.3 mph (in US market) and 43.5 mph respectively. The GT1 hits 30 mph from zero in 7.5 seconds, while the GT2 does so in just 3.9 seconds. These are not only more than enviable numbers for the daily commute, but also more than meet the expectations of players seeking an extreme experience with their ride.
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About Segway-Ninebot
Segway-Ninebot is a global enterprise in the fields of intelligent short-distance transportation and service robots. In 1999, Segway was established in Bedford NH, US, which is the world leader in commercial-grade, electric, self-balancing personal transportation. Ninebot is an intelligent short-distance transportation equipment operator integrating R&D, production, sales, and service, established in Beijing, 2012. As Segway and Ninebot completed a strategic combination in 2015, Segway-Ninebot came into being. At present, the company's businesses are all around the world and have subsidiaries in Beijing, New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, Amsterdam, Seoul, Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Shanghai, Changzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou, selling products in more than 225 countries and regions. With its world-renowned intellectual property, Segway-Ninebot will create more products that will lead users and the entire industry into the future.
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SHANGHAI, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2022 TCab Tech is steadily pushing forward their E20 eVTOL development. During the first quarter of the year, thanks to the hard works of the entire team, they have completed many tilt-rotor transition flights with the E20 50% subscale demonstrator.
E20 50% subscale demonstrator features 6-meter wingspan, 2 lift rotors and 4 tilt-rotors. Like the E20, the demonstrator uses 6 rotors in VTOL and transits to 4 rotors in cruise. The 2 lift rotors are switched-off and locked during cruising flight.
The demonstrator serves as a flight-testing platform for the engineering team to collect valuable flight test data for early validation of the E20 configuration and design. Being the first passenger-carrying eVTOL company in China employed with vectored thrust configuration, the 50% subscale demonstrator is by far one of the largest eVTOL demonstrators currently flew in China.
The 50% subscale demonstrator is the second subscale demonstrator built by TCab Tech. Compared to the previous 25% subscale demonstrator, the latter has the following improvements:
Aerodynamic: larger in size and exactly the same external layout as the full-scale E20, the flight test results collected could further validate the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
External Layout: included flaps and variable pitch rotors to improve control laws and aerodynamics validations.
Systems: Conversion corridor of the tilt-rotor could be fine-tuned, plus, every control unit has independent control channel to facilitate failure hazard analysis (FHA) and the examination of the fail-safe design.
Flight Control: Mounted with many data-feedback sensors to collect thorough flight data which could be used to further improve aircraft control algorithms.
While serving as a flight-testing platform, the E20 eVTOL 50% subscale demonstrator is also used to develop in-house structural & durability test facilities, electric motor test-rigs, SIL and HIL flight simulation labs. The know-how gains from the flight testing and the facilities built will pave a smoother path for us to prepare ourselves toward getting airworthiness certification from the Chinese airworthiness authority.
Check flight record of E20 eVTOL 50% subscale demonstrator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuRoX7lCGk.
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Easter is almost here, and if you're still planning your lunch or dinner table, here are some ideas.
29 Cooks Catering in Emmaus has some simple dishes and tips for the holiday meal.
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CTO, Paw Andersen joins team as Tony Deigh moves into Chief Data Officer role
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jobcase, an online community dedicated to empowering and advocating for workers, announced the appointment of Paw Andersen as its Chief Technology Officer. In various roles, Andersen has helped build and transform several technology businesses over the last 20+ years, notably as a senior engineering leader at Uber and most recently as CTO for Metromile. He brings a wealth of experience from many different tech sectors such as GIS, fintech, and e-commerce, and in organizations of all sizes. At Jobcase, Andersen will be responsible for leading technological growth and staff, enabling the company to build innovative and empowering solutions for both members and workers.
"Jobcase supports and connects millions of workers everyday as they help one another navigate to their 'better tomorrow'. In order to continue building the world-class, go-to platform workers so rightly deserve, we need to continue scaling our best-in-class engineering team and technology stack," said Fred Goff, co-founder and CEO of Jobcase. "With the CTO baton passed to Paw, and Tony focusing his efforts on unlocking the value in data for our members, I am confident Jobcase will continue doing just that. We are humbled and proud to have Paw join our leadership team, and I am so excited for the acceleration in breadth and depth of impact we will now have in empowering workers."
Before joining Jobcase, Andersen served as CTO for Metromile, a tech disruptor in the auto insurance space, where he led their efforts with machine learning to provide usage-based cost savings and a customer-centric experience. Prior to that, he spent many years in senior leadership at various burgeoning tech companies such as Uber and Groupon. He was most notably a senior leader of engineering in Uber's Advanced Technology group, where he grew his team from 27 to 700 at a time when Uber was filling up to 10,000 new driver jobs a day.
Andersen is very passionate about missions that evolve society for the better and feels Jobcase's focus on the challenges of working people is fundamental to the health of our economy. He's proud of the role he had in creating hundreds of thousands of work opportunities with Uber and recognizes that his new role can help affect change in many other areas of the workforce.
"Jobcase's mission of 'empowerment through community' really speaks to me. I love the challenge of creating technology that can help workers achieve a better future," said Andersen. "It feels like I'm closing the circle on the journey I started at Uber. Beyond the mission, the Jobcase team itself is what sealed the deal. I've had the pleasure of meeting so many smart and passionate people from different teams at the company. The strong culture is really infectious, and I look forward to being a part of helping Jobcase make a difference on a whole new level."
Andersen will be replacing former CTO, Tony Deigh, who is transitioning into a new role as Chief Data Officer. In his new role, Diegh will bring a new level of focus to leveraging deep data in labor markets and worker dynamics to create a better experience for members and employers alike.
"I am extremely enthusiastic about my partnership with Paw," said Deigh. "His history of growing high-performance engineering organizations means great things for our members."
About Jobcase:
Founded in 2015, Jobcase is dedicated to empowering and advocating for the world's workers. As a social platform, Jobcase helps more than 130 million registered members lead better work lives – providing access to jobs, tools, resources, and a supportive community. Jobcase technology also powers a network of job sites and many nonprofit-driven activities via its Jobcase network. Emerging as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Boston, Jobcase is a Workday Ventures Partner and an industry-affiliate of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). Jobcase also collaborates with employers, nonprofits, and government agencies to both improve and diversify access to opportunity and participation in the workforce.
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The Crafter's Square Glue Gun was sold at Dollar Tree stores nationwide from August 2020 through February 2022; Family Dollar stores nationwide from January 2022 through February 2022; and online at dollartree.com from August 2021 through February 2022.
It had a retail price of $1.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Dollar Tree has received seven reports of electrical malfunctions when using the glue guns. Four people reported fire and one reported skin irritation.
The Crafter's Square Glue Guns dispense hot glue when plugged into an outlet and the trigger is depressed. The plastic glue gun is black with an orange trigger and tip. The glue guns have a silver UL listed label located above the handle with "GLUE GUN" and "XY-15302" printed on the label.
A total of approximately 1,025,00 glue guns are being recalled in the U.S. An additional 21,900 more were sold in Canada.
"Consumers should immediately unplug and stop using the Crafter's Square Glue Gun and return it to any Dollar Tree or Family Dollar store for a full refund. Online purchasers will be contacted directly with further instructions," the CPSC said in its recall announcement Thursday.
For more information, consumers can contact:
Dollar Tree Stores Inc. at 800-876-8697 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at recalls@dollartree.com or online at https://www.dollartree.com/product-recalls or at www.dollartree.com and click on "Recall Information" at the bottom of the page.
Family Dollar toll-free at 844-636-7687 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at recalls@familydollar.com, or online at https://www.familydollar.com/product-recalls, or www.familydollar.com and click on "Product Recalls."
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April 18, 2022, is the deadline to file 2021 income tax returns.
The video featured above is from a previous report.
Why is it not April 15?
The IRS says: "By law, Washington, D.C., holidays impact tax deadlines for everyone in the same way federal holidays do. The due date is April 18, instead of April 15, because of the Emancipation Day holiday in the District of Columbia for everyone except taxpayers who live in Maine or Massachusetts. Taxpayers in Maine or Massachusetts have until April 19, 2022, to file their returns due to the Patriots' Day holiday in those states. Taxpayers requesting an extension will have until Monday, October 17, 2022, to file."
Filing Statistics
The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.
Fiscal Year 2020
The IRS amassed almost $3.5 trillion in gross tax collections and issued almost 122 million refunds, totaling over $736 billion.
Individual Income Tax Returns Filed
Total Number of Returns: 157,195,302
Gross Amount Collected (in thousands of dollars): $1,837,443,578
Total Individual Income Tax Refunds (does not include economic impact payments)
Number: 141,420,379
Amount (in thousands of dollars): $391,223,927
Where Do The Taxes Go?
(Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, FY 2019)
- Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, marketplace subsidies 25%
- Social Security 23%
- National Defense 16%
- Safety net programs 8%
- Benefits for veterans & federal retirees 8%
- Interest on debt 8%
- Education 2%
- Transportation infrastructure 2%
- Science and medical research 2%
- Non-security international 1%
- All other 4%
Timeline
1862 - During the Civil War, the IRS is born when President Abraham Lincoln and Congress create the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and enact an income tax to pay war expenses. The first income tax levies 3% on incomes between $600 and $10,000 and 5% on anything over $10,000. This income tax lasts until 1872.
1895 - The Supreme Court rules in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. that taxing incomes uniformly throughout the United States is unconstitutional.
1913 - The 16th Amendment is ratified by the states, giving Congress the authority to enact an income tax. Congress also introduces the first 1040 form and levies a 1% tax on personal incomes over $3,000 with 6% surtax on incomes of more than $500,000.
1918 - During World War I, to help finance the war, the highest rate of taxation on income is 77%. After the war, by 1929, the rate drops to 24%.
1954 - The tax filing deadline is moved from March 15 to April 15, to give taxpayers more time to prepare their returns.
January 3, 1996 - Congress enacts the Taxpayer Bill of Rights to ensure relief from overzealous collection efforts on the part of IRS personnel.
March 20, 2020 - Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin tweets that tax day is moving from April 15 to July 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 17, 2021 - The IRS announces the filing deadline has been moved from April 15 to May 17.
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CBS RETURNS TO THE “family hour” with the new dance competition “Come Dance With Me” (8 p.m., CBS, TV-PG). A dozen talented young dancers on the cusp of adolescence are paired with one of their parents, none of whom can claim any dance talent whatsoever. One of the dancing dads includes John Otto, the drummer for Limp Bizkit.
The competitors will be coached by choreographers who have worked with everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Bruno Mars.
“Dance” says a lot about contemporary programming. On the surface, it makes a nod to obsequious wholesomeness, but you only have to watch two minutes to see that it’s all but manufactured to generate an audience of hate-watchers.
Nobody who has ever been 12 would really want to be caught dead dancing in public with their mother or father. And this being reality TV, the children and parents must repeatedly declare, or rather shout, how much this competition has made them “best friends.” In an introduction to the show, one dancing lad gives Mom a hug and says how much it will “bring us even closer.”
Am I the only one who finds this slightly disturbing? Around the time most kids reach puberty, they don’t want to be within miles of Mom and Dad. It may be an awkward age, but it’s a natural, even healthy, stage of growing up and becoming an individual.
Rather than celebrating young talent, “Come Dance With Me” is yet another example of insecure parents horning in on their kids’ independence. Nearly everything about the show is cloying, creepy and controlling.
• Contrast the 21st-century straitjacketing of children with the world of “Peanuts” cartoons, where parents simply didn’t exist, and in the few instances in which they were heard, had their words reduced to the jeering “wah-wah-wah” of a muffled trumpet. Apple TV+ introduces a new cartoon, “It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown,” a “Peanuts” special celebrating Earth Day and environmental awareness.
• Also streaming on Apple TV+, the anthology series “Roar” adapts eight slightly fantastic and comic short stories about women’s experiences. In the first episode, Issa Rae portrays a Black woman author who literally becomes invisible after her encounters with White male Hollywood executives. In the second, a woman (Nicole Kidman) ingests memories by devouring old snapshots during a bittersweet road trip with her mother (Judy Davis). Despite an impressive cast, these roughly half-hour tales tend to meander and drag.
• The Roku Channel streams a series adaptation of the 1994 drama “Swimming With Sharks,” exploring gruesome power dynamics between Hollywood producers and their underlings. In this story, the cruel executive (Diane Kruger) is female, as is her intern/prey (Kiernan Shipka, “Mad Men”).
• A co-creation of David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”) and Melissa James Gibson (“The Americans”), Netflix’s new six-part series “Anatomy of a Scandal” uses a high-profile trial to explore the world of Britain’s elite.
• Tubi streams the over-the-top horror period piece “Titanic 666,” a supernatural shocker timed to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the famous shipwreck.
• Over several decades, baseball has suffered more from “respectability” than popularity. Blame high-toned schmaltz like the 1984 fantasy “The Natural” (9:30 p.m., TCM, TV-14), starring Robert Redford.
Other highlights
• “Great Performances” (9 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) explores the works of African American composer Florence Price.
• Rentals get remedial care on two episodes of “Vacation House Rules” (9 p.m. and 10 p.m., HGTV).
• Jamie irks his colleagues on “Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).
Cult choice
Carol Kane, Charles Durning and Colleen Dewhurst star in the 1979 shocker “When a Stranger Calls” (8:15 p.m., TMCX), a clear inspiration for Wes Craven’s “Scream.” Also streamable on Prime Video and Tubi.
Series notes
New clues about Elizabeth’s demise on “The Blacklist” (8 p.m., NBC, TV-14) ... “WWE Friday Night SmackDown” (8 p.m., Fox, TV-PG) ... Only money can keep your cat’s boredom at bay on “Shark Tank” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) ... Special delivery on “Charmed” (8 p.m. CW, TV-PG).
“Dateline” (9 p.m., NBC) ... “20/20” (9 p.m., ABC) ... Tall in the saddle on “Dynasty” (9 p.m. CW, TV-PG).
Late night
Josh Brolin and The Who are booked on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 p.m., CBS) ... Jimmy Fallon welcomes Hugh Jackman, Bridget Everett and Red Hot Chili Peppers on “The Tonight Show” (11:35 p.m., NBC, r).
Taylor Schilling, Chris Redd and Todd Sucherman visit “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (12:35 a.m., NBC, r) ... Pamela Adlon, Taika Waititi and Pinegrove appear on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” (12:35 a.m., CBS, r). | https://www.unionleader.com/cbs-launches-family-cringe-fest-come-dance-with-me/article_acea8476-49ea-5cb5-8b92-b412404d610e.html | 2022-04-15T15:27:07 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/cbs-launches-family-cringe-fest-come-dance-with-me/article_acea8476-49ea-5cb5-8b92-b412404d610e.html |
Leave them wanting Moor: Taunton junior strong in first varsity start
NEW BEDFORD— A first varsity start can be a daunting task for any pitcher, with the pressure to succeed and solidify their spot in the rotation.
For Taunton’s Peter Moor, he made the grade and then some.
The junior tossed a complete game giving up just a run, two walks and three hits while striking out five in his seven innings of work while the Tigers’ offense struck in the first and seventh innings to secure him the 4-1 win over New Bedford Thursday afternoon at Paul Walsh Field.
“I felt great,” Moor said. “Our whole defense was just there behind us, especially our outfield, they pretty much caught everything in the air.”
After surrendering a run in the first inning, Moor tossed six shutout innings, and at one point retired the side in order in four straight innings.
“Peter pitched great, he kept us in the ballgame,” Taunton coach Blair Borque said. “Peter got ahead on most batters which is important and he knows that. He kept his pitch count down which is really important this early in the season. It was his first varsity start so you couldn’t have asked for a better job out of him. He’s come a long way and trusted his defense and got some clutch outs when he needed it.”
For New Bedford coach John Seed, Moor was certainly the difference maker.
"Their pitcher, we didn’t do much off him," Seed said. "He did a nice job keeping us off balance. His curveball had a lot of kids looking pretty bad up there."
The Whalers got a solid outing of their starter, sophomore Anthony Diakite, in the loss as he gave up two runs, five hits and six walks while striking out four in five and two-thirds innings of work, four of which were scoreless.
"I was very happy with (Diakite)," Seed said. "He’s only a sophomore and I thought he did very well. He’s the best pitching prospect we’ve had in about six years here and he’s got a nice build for it and he threw well today. He hung in there, he wasn’t as sharp as he’d like to be but he hung in there and put some zeros up on the board for us which kept us in the game, but it came down to our offense vs. their pitcher and we weren’t any match for them today."
The Tigers struck first in the top of the first as Dawson Bryce crushed a ball down the left field line for a home run, the first of his varsity career. A walk to Ryan MacDougall the next at bat put him on base and he'd come home off an RBI single by Braden Sullivan, who was caught trying to stretch it into a double to end the inning and hold Taunton to a 2-0 lead.
New Bedford took little time to respond as a triple to deep center field by Ben Frenette turned into a run as CJ Dunston drove him home off an infield single to make it 2-1. They were unable to add more however, as Moor and the Tigers stepped up to retire the next two batters and put the inning to bed.
"I wasn’t planning on letting up any runs and then I let up that one and I was like ‘ugh,’ but then I shut it down with the help of my defense, they helped out big time," Moor said. "Our whole outfield just locked in on every fly ball."
Over the course of the next five innings, Moor shut down the Whalers offense while any ball that made it to the outfield found itself landing in the glove of one of the outfielders, with eight of New Bedford's 21 outs of the afternoon coming via outfield liners or pop flies.
"Once he found his little zone there, he settled in and pitched really well," Borque said.
As for the Taunton offense, Borque said there was room for improvement as they left nine runners stranded.
"We just didn’t hit the ball well today, but to be able to have Peter on the mound and keep us in the game and obviously we know it’s important that when we have runners in scoring position we’ve got to capitalize and we just didn’t do that today," Borque said.
After being held scoreless for five straight innings, and after Diakite was replaced on the mound by Matt DeRosa, the Tiger bats came back to life in the top in the seventh. After a leadoff single from Bryce and a throwing error by Elijah Carpenter that allowed MacDougall to advance to second, Colby DeCouta hit a sacrifice fly to left field, allowing DeRosa to tag up and score to make it 3-1, which was followed by an RBI single to left by Sullivan that drove in MacDougall to make it 4-1.
"(Sullivan) came up big for us, Colby came up big for us with that sac fly and Braden’s base hit there to drive in that last run was really important," Borque said. "It just allowed (Moor) some breathing room and he was able to finish the game."
"That was huge, that was probably my favorite part of the game," Moor said of the two late runs. "I was in the dugout screaming when we scored those last couple of runs, it gave me breathing room and I had a bunch of confidence going out to finish the game."
After 14 straight outs, the Whalers got one past Moor as Jordan Graham hit a single to shallow left field, giving the hosts hope for a comeback, but then a groundout to Moor and a flyout to left sealed the deal for the Tigers over their non-league foes.
With the win, the Tigers improve to 5-0 and now head into an April vacation week with three tough opponents in four days, Durfee on Tuesday, King Philip on Wednesday and Attleboro on Friday, and Borque knows his team will need to keep focused and keep growing to face the challenge ahead.
"We’re looking to improve every day," Borque said. "We know we’ve got to play a lot better, those teams are really good and we’ve got to make sure that we capitalize. We’re leaving too many men on base and we’ve got to tighten up our defense. Our pitchers are doing a great job and we’ve got to help them out more."
Stats
Bryce led the way on offense for Taunton, going two-for-four with a home run, two runs and an RBI, while Sullivan went two-for-three with a pair of RBIs, MacDougall went zero-for-two with two runs, a pair of walks and advanced on an error and DeCouta went zero-for-two with an RBI and a walk.
For the Whalers, Frenette led the way as he went one-for-three with a triple and a run while DeRosa tossed one and two-thirds innings in relief giving up two hits, two runs (one earned) and a walk.
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BALTIMORE — Four Baltimore County men have been federally indicted for an alleged kidnapping plot involving employees of a check cashing business.
Prosecutors say the plan was carried out between May and August of 2021, with the goal of robbing the check cashing business.
The below listed individuals are accused of impersonating police officers to pull off the heist.
- Dennis Allen Hairston, age 32, of Windsor Mill, Maryland
- Donte Davon Stanley, age 31, of Rosedale, Maryland
- Davonne Tramont Dorsey, age 28, of Gwynn Oak, Maryland
- Franklin Jay Smith, age 32, of Catonsville, Maryland
On at least three occasions, the men allegedly donned police vests, badges, and emergency lights, to pull the victims over in their vehicles.
Each time the men forced the victims out of their cars at gunpoint, before blindfolding and tying them up.
According to court documents, the group burned one victim with a blow torch in an attempt to gain access to the check cashing business.
Dorsey, Stanley, and Smith are in custody on related state charges and are expected to have initial court appearances on May 2. Hairston is in federal custody in Pennsylvania on unrelated charges. His initial appearance has not been scheduled.
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BALTIMORE — For those of you who grocery shop at Wegmans, be prepared to either start bringing your own bag or paying a nickel for each one at the store.
By the end of 20220, the grocery chain said they plan to eliminate the use of plastic bags at all their stores nationwide.
Wegmans is urging shoppers to bring their own reusable bags for when they come to shop.
Stores will still offer paper bags at checkout, but each one will cost five-cents. The company says that money will be donated to each store’s local food bank and United Way.
In Maryland, some Wegmans locations have already begun the process of getting rid of plastic bags.
Wegmans says the move is an attempt to help the environment, but to also comply with multiple jurisdictions throughout the country who have enacted laws banning plastic grocery bags.
“We understand shoppers are accustomed to receiving plastic bags at checkout and losing that option requires a significant change. We are here to help our customers with this transition as we focus on doing what’s right for the environment,” said Wegmans representative Jason Wadsworth. “As we’ve encountered plastic bag legislation in numerous markets, we’ve learned there’s more we can do, and a bigger impact we can make, together with our customers.” | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/wegmans-to-eliminate-plastic-grocery-bags-will-charge-shoppers-5-cents-for-paper | 2022-04-15T15:27:23 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/wegmans-to-eliminate-plastic-grocery-bags-will-charge-shoppers-5-cents-for-paper |
Ryan Poe and Jenival Santos live nearly 1,200 miles apart but they are facing similar struggles.
Their livelihoods rely on wheat.
Poe grows it on his Washington State farm and Jenival uses it in almost everything on his menu at City Bakery Cafe in Denver.
Wheat prices have gone up since Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. The countries are two major global wheat producers.
Selling crops at a higher price can be good news for farmers, but Poe says what’s different today is how much his expenses, like the cost of fertilizer and the fuel, have increased.
The diesel fuel that goes into one 10,000-gallon tank on his farm costs more than $4.00 a gallon.
"Then you look back to a year ago, paying $2, so essentially it’s almost $20,000 more to fill this tank today versus a year ago,” Poe said.
Not only are costs impacting how crops are grown, but also how they're sent down the supply chain.
In the first two weeks of March, as the War in Ukraine was just beginning, diesel prices soared. The USDA says the cost of transporting grain by truck rose more than 20% between March 2 and March 16.
At Santos' cafe, the costs from a strained supply chain are rolled into ingredients like his bread.
"We used to pay $13 to $14 for a bag of flour," he said. "Now, we pay for a bag of flour— $23-$24 a bag."
Santos raised his menu prices only once during the pandemic. He feared raising the prices more would drive people away.
Business at both ends of the supply chain can be unforgiving.
"If you’re looking at a loaf of bread at a grocery store that costs an average of $4, the farmer, out of that $4 loaf, is receiving $0.17 a loaf," Poe said, “So if that price goes up from $4, we’re still basically getting those $0.17 and that's what kind of makes the other challenges, yeah, tricky.”
But, both the farmer and cafe owner, are keeping their faith in what they see as the true product of their work.
“As a farmer I mean you know that you’re feeding the world," Poe said.
“I like to see people's faces, you know when they feel the taste and come out in their face," Santos said of his love of making food. "I mean, you can see it clear, the people's happiness in the face when you see people eating and enjoy the food. That's what makes me happy.” | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national-politics/the-race/how-high-wheat-prices-are-impacting-those-on-both-ends-of-the-supply-chain | 2022-04-15T15:27:29 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national-politics/the-race/how-high-wheat-prices-are-impacting-those-on-both-ends-of-the-supply-chain |
CHICAGO — In most states, it is common practice to strip convicted felons of their voting rights while they serve their sentences. In some cases, the right to vote can be rescinded permanently. But Illinois could become the first in the nation to restore voting rights to prisoners through legislative action.
For Renaldo Hudson, the lock hanging from a light in his apartment is a symbol and constant reminder of the 37 years he spent behind bars.
“Every time I come in my kitchen, or I turn on this light, I feel that I know they'll never, ever, ever because of my doing lock me up again,” he said.
In 1983, when Hudson was just 19 years old, he took a man’s life.
“I committed the act of murder, robbery. I was a teenage drug addict who simply wanted to be high. I did not have a sense of my ability to act in a way that I should have,” said Hudson.
Originally sentenced to die by lethal injection, the sentence was commuted to life in prison where Hudson learned to read, got his bachelor’s degree in divinity, and was eventually granted clemency. Today, he’s the director of education for the Illinois Prison Project.
“The death penalty of execution is one thing. Death by incarceration exists because people in prison don't have the right to vote,” said Hudson.
In 37 states, felons lose their eligibility to vote while incarcerated. In Maine, Vermont and Washington D.C. they’ve never lost the right. And in 11 states. the right to vote can be permanently stripped.
“In 2015, I was wrongfully convicted, and I served about four years in federal prison. And during that time, I was unable to vote,” said Avalon Betts-Gaston, project manager for the Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice.
For Gaston, disenfranchisement while incarcerated meant a loss not only of her own political voice but as an advocate for her young children.
“We're not just hurting that person, we're actually hurting their family and as an extension, their community,” she said. “Because we're saying your voice doesn't matter and you're no longer part of this community.”
According to the Sentencing Project, in 2020, 5.2 million Americans were disenfranchised because of a felony conviction.
“Individuals who are in prison and committed felonies are individuals who have shown basically complete contempt for the laws and rules that all the rest of us have agreed on to govern our civil society,” said Hans Von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.
Allowing inmates serving felony sentences to vote he says is bad policy.
“Judges and prosecutors are elected. And you're going to give individuals who break the law the ability to choose who those prosecutors, judges are. Again, not a good idea,” said Spakovsky.
But Illinois is poised to become the first in the nation to restore those voting rights with Senate Bill 828, The Voting in Prison Bill.
“It's a bill that would re-enfranchise community members in prison,” said Ami Gandhi, senior counsel at advocacy group Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.
Gandhi says the bill is about bringing equity to those unduly impacted by imprisonment.
“Black people have been very disproportionately affected by our mass incarceration system and as a result have been disproportionately disenfranchised as well,” said Gandhi.
Gandhi says while Black people make up about 15% of the state's population, they account for more than half of Illinois’ prison population.
For Renaldo Hudson voting for the first time in decades after being released in 2020 was empowering beyond his imagination.
“It was amazing, man. It was like, imagine, like dreaming of being a part of the electoral process and then all of a sudden, it just being put into your hands,” he said.
It’s why activists like him and Gaston are waging a fight to restore those rights.
“When you don't have power at the ballot box, then you don't have power over your everyday conditions. And so, people who are incarcerated lack that necessary power,” said Gaston.
Taking away that power for any reason they argue fits within the paradigm of punitive justice but not in the space of restorative justice. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/activists-fight-for-voting-rights-of-convicted-felons-serving-time | 2022-04-15T15:27:35 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/activists-fight-for-voting-rights-of-convicted-felons-serving-time |
In an effort to keep flights in the air this summer, airlines are racing to boost their staff numbers to new heights.
Representatives with United Airlines say they're hoping a Chicago-based career fair will help fill some of their many job openings.
The airline's openings include customer service agents, technicians, flight attendants and some corporate positions.
Despite shortages, United hopes to expand transatlantic and domestic service this summer. But other airlines, like Alaska and JetBlue, are cutting back flight schedules because of those same staff shortages.
Representatives with United say they are hopeful that competitive wage offerings and benefits packages will help capture attention. But industry experts warn it will take some time and a continued decline in COVID-19 cases for airline staffing to fully rebound to where it was before the pandemic began.
It's not just airlines that are looking to bolster staff. Walmart has announced it's raising pay for first-year long-haul truck drivers to $95,000 in an effort to expand its force amid high consumer demand.
JPMorgan Chase is another company looking to fill openings, announcing this week that it hired thousands of people with criminal records to fill its worker needs.
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High up in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Andrew Schwartz is gathering data that tells us a lot about snowpacks and their importance to the overall water supply.
“We have seen just massive weather whiplash up here,” Andrew Schwartz, Station Manager and Lead Scientist at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, said. He’s referring to the record-breaking December snowfall – almost 18 feet – followed by the record longest period from January to mid-February with no precipitation.
“It’s looking like it could be another drought year in which we don't have enough water to go around,” he said.
These mountains hold a very important water source for California. At the Central Sierra Snow Lab, they measure and research all things atmosphere, especially snow.
“Particularly this year we are seeing ahead of schedule melt,” Schwartz said. “When it came to our April 1 measurement this year, which typically tells us how much water we’re going to have for use throughout the year, we were only at 38%. Well below, of course, where we would hope to be and well below recent years.”
The amount of snow up in the mountains has a direct impact downstream.
“Any water shortage is ultimately going to mean we’re all gonna have to pinch on our water usage,” Schwartz said.
“Because of shortages, we have to fallow ground. We have to leave the ground idle. So this year, my farm has got 200 acres that's been left fallow, because we don't have enough water to farm it,” Bill Diedrich, a farmer in California’s San Joaquin Valley, said. He grows everything from almonds, to grapes for raisins, and processing tomatoes.
“Our focus is primarily on water supply as a result of what has happened over the last 30 years in water supply in California,” he explained. Diedrich said it’s due to regulatory changes, climate change, and infrastructure issues with collecting and transporting water. “It’s forced us to change our farming practices.”
“If you're in New York or Boston or Miami or North Dakota and you’re putting pizza sauce on a pizza or dipping a chip in some salsa, chances are the tomatoes that went into that product are from California,” Mike Wade, the executive director of the California Farm Water Coalition, said. Wade said the coalition is expecting around 800,000 acres of farmland in California to sit idle this year. A number, he said, is unprecedented.
“If you are a farmer and you live to make things grow, that opportunity is becoming more and more difficult to maintain,” Diedrich said.
“We’re looking potentially at 40 to 45% of farmland having little or no water at all,” Wade said.
This will impact availability and prices on certain foods.
“We’re already seeing price increases for fresh produce and it's going to be worse this year because of the reduced production that’s coming from the state,” Wade said.
While the snowpack is not the only water supply in California, it tells experts a lot about future water availability.
“We're seeing wetter wet years and dryer dry years than we did 20 years ago,” Wade explained.
“Given where we are in time, we’re at a tipping point,” Schwartz said. “There’s going to have to be some hard decisions moving into the future. Where is somebody's livelihood more important than someone's right to water?” | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/california-snowpack-levels-are-low-now-its-affecting-farmers-and-grocery-prices | 2022-04-15T15:27:48 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/california-snowpack-levels-are-low-now-its-affecting-farmers-and-grocery-prices |
The newest member of Orlando Health Hospital team isn't a doctor or nurse. In fact, he's not even human. But, he's already making a difference with some impressive skills and his ability to capture hearts in the hallways.
Parks, a two-year-old Labrador retriever, is the first "facility dog" for Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
He trained with Canine Companions, an organization that provides its service and facility dogs at no cost. It has 475 active facility dog teams, with 70 of them now working in a hospital setting.
Now, Parks works full time, Monday through Friday, visiting patients in the children's hospital.
His handler, child life specialist Kimberly Burbage, says Parks knows dozens of commands to help patients and perform tasks, and he's learning even more ways to help, from brightening days to aiding in rehab.
"He's learned how to get into a wagon so that way the kids can pull him in that, so that's a new command," Burbage said. "We're working on getting kids things like bowling, working on getting a t-ball set that's lightweight he can hold, hit the ball and play with the kids that way."
Parks graduated from his training program after months of learning to help patients, including tasks specialized to a hospital— like moving around beds, pulling wheelchairs or picking up dropped items.
The dogs are different from many other therapy dogs because they undergo more training to be able to help either the person they're working with or the place they're working in.
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This year, the tax filing deadline is back to its regularly scheduled date – Monday, April 18.
The IRS had extended the tax filing deadline for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But as things settle, taxpayers will need to send in their tax returns by Monday at midnight.
Those who need more time can still file an extension. This will allow taxpayers to file until October 17.
People will need to file Form 4868. It is a one-page form that asks for basic information, including name, address and Social Security number. An ITIN is not required to file for an extension, but it is necessary to file taxes.
Those requesting an extension will also need to estimate how much they may owe.
If taxpayers don’t request an extension by April 18, they could face a “failure to file” penalty. The penalty rate is 5% of unpaid taxes for each month that taxes are unfiled.
Numbers from the IRS show that many U.S. taxpayers are already behind on filing their taxes.
91 million people have filed their returns as of April 1.
That’s down from the 93 million who had filed by this time last year.
This year’s average refund is expected to be more than $3,200. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/dont-wait-your-deadline-to-file-taxes-is-monday-april-18 | 2022-04-15T15:28:00 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/dont-wait-your-deadline-to-file-taxes-is-monday-april-18 |
New York City Mayor Eric Adams honored members of the city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority on Friday following this week’s mass shooting.
Frank R. James is accused of wounding 10 people in the New York subway. He was arrested on Wednesday and faced a judge Thursday.
MTA CEO Janno Lieber credited those in the subway system for assisting each other.
“But we also saw in that moment of emergency, the way New Yorkers respond,” he said during an interview on MSNBC. “You saw people helping people who are wounded. You saw people standing over people to try to make sure they had the best chance of recovery and looking after each other.”
John Samuelson, a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, credited transportation workers for evacuating trains during an interview with NPR.
“These New York City transit workers that acted so heroically today, evacuating the multiple train stations - whether any of them got hurt. And also, thankfully, none of the workers were injured,” he said. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/nyc-honors-transit-heroes-following-subway-attack | 2022-04-15T15:28:06 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/nyc-honors-transit-heroes-following-subway-attack |
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have visited Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on their first joint visit to the U.K. since they gave up formal royal roles and moved to the U.S. more than two years ago.
The couple’s office says they met with Harry’s grandmother Thursday on their way to the Netherlands to attend the Invictus Games.
Harry is a founder and patron of the international sports competition for wounded military veterans.
Harry and Meghan are expected to attend a reception in The Hague on Friday for the games, which run from Saturday to April 22.
Harry was noticeably absent from the memorial service last month for his late grandfather, Prince Phillip.
The 95-year-old queen has battled health issues recently. She contracted COVID-19 earlier this year and is not expected to attend the royal family’s Easter Sunday church service. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/prince-harry-meghan-make-surprise-visit-to-the-queen-at-windsor | 2022-04-15T15:28:12 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/prince-harry-meghan-make-surprise-visit-to-the-queen-at-windsor |
TRENTON, N.J. — Recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey for those 21 and older will begin April 21.
That's according to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.
The governor's announcement in a tweet comes just three days after state regulators green-lighted permits for seven facilities that already sell medical cannabis to begin retailing recreational marijuana.
It will now be up to the medical marijuana dispensaries to decide when they’ll begin recreational marijuana sales.
Customers in New Jersey will be able to purchase up to 1 ounce of recreational marijuana in a single transaction.
The news comes about a year after the state’s regulatory commission started operating, and a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to permit recreational marijuana for people 21 and older.
New Jersey is one of 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized recreational marijuana. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/recreational-marijuana-sales-in-new-jersey-slated-to-begin-april-21 | 2022-04-15T15:28:18 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/recreational-marijuana-sales-in-new-jersey-slated-to-begin-april-21 |
Until a few days ago, Volodymyr Musyak was on the front lines defending Ukraine from Russia’s devastating assault on his nation.
Now he’s preparing to pick up a bow and arrow in the Invictus Games archery competition. The sporting event for active service personnel and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday and ends April 22 in The Hague which calls itself the global center of peace and justice.
Those concepts seem a world away to the team of 19 athletes from Ukraine and their supporters as they settle in The Hague for the games.
According to Team Ukraine, most of the members of the team are active service members.
“Because of their stories, what they have seen and experienced from their own experience - they will tell the international community about the act of inhuman aggression by an unprovoked war that kills Ukrainian military and civilians,” Team Ukraine said.
On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered his support to the team.
“The Ukrainian team will participate in the international sports competition 'Invictus Games.’ Members of the team include current service members who are defending Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said. “To win every day and everywhere is important for us today.
“We are proud that, at this time, you represent our country. You are showing the rebellious spirit of the Ukrainian people. Support you. Victory to you!”
The competition was originally scheduled for 2020, but pushed back two years due to the pandemic. The competition was last held in 2018.
The competition of service members was spearheaded by Prince Harry. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/team-ukraine-represents-countrys-military-at-invictus-games | 2022-04-15T15:28:24 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/team-ukraine-represents-countrys-military-at-invictus-games |
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It’s a melty, gooey staple of many casserole dishes and dip recipes, but what is Velveeta, exactly? Should it be considered a real cheese, alongside the likes of cheddar, Swiss and American?
Here is what you should know about this distinctively orange-colored food before eating it, from its ingredients to how it’s changed with the times and even some tips for using it in recipes. Plus, we’ve found some entertaining video clips from Velveeta’s ever-evolving marketing campaigns over the decades. You might even be shocked to learn how old this brand is!
Keep reading to unlock the mysteries of Velveeta.
Is Velveeta Real Cheese?
So, what is Velveeta? The most important thing to understand about Velveeta is that it isn’t a cheese so much as a “pasteurized process cheese product.” That’s its official designation by the Food and Drug Administration. However, because it tastes like a mild processed cheese that’s similar to American cheese, many people think of Velveeta as a cheese, even though it’s technically not anymore.
The original Velveeta that was created in 1918 was, in fact, made from discarded bits of Swiss cheese, but over the years, the brand has tweaked its formula. Swiss-born cheesemaker Emil Frey reportedly invented Velveeta while working at a cheese factory in New York as a way to salvage broken cheese wheels that would otherwise go to waste.
Frey realized that by adding a bit of whey to the cheese, he could create a smoother cheese product that kept a consistent texture when melted (unlike regular cheese that tends to separate and become stringy upon melting). Frey reportedly dubbed it “Velveeta” because its texture was as smooth as velvet.
These days, Velveeta is still as smooth as ever, but it’s considered a highly processed food with a long ingredient list. Its main ingredients include whey, milk, milk protein concentrate, modified food starch, canola oil, sodium citrate. These ingredients work together to create a shelf-stable and easy-to-melt cheese-like substance. However, take note that cheese is not among Velveeta’s listed ingredients any more, although whey, milk and cheese culture are.
Popular Velveeta Uses
Thanks to its smooth texture, Velveeta is ideal for incorporating into macaroni and cheese, casseroles (including in some versions of the perennial Thanksgiving favorite, green bean casserole) and just about any recipe that calls for a cheese sauce, like queso dips and soups.
While typically sold in a block — or a “loaf” as it’s called by the brand’s owner, Kraft Heinz — Velveeta is also easy to cut up and shred. This means it can be used as a cheese replacement in recipes that call for melted or cooked cheese. Some creative recipes that utilize Velveeta in more unusual ways include Velveeta cheese fudge and Velveeta tuna shortcake!
You can even find vintage Velveeta recipe books on eBay from generations past if you want to dive deep into the strange culinary world unlocked with a box of this food.
Where to find Velveeta
Velveeta is ubiquitous at pretty much any grocery store you’ll find in America, but you won’t typically see it with the cheese. It’s usually in one of the middle aisles with pantry staples. Amazon also sells it if you don’t feel like searching for it at the store.
You may find it for sale as a loaf, as pre-cut slices, in sauce packets or as part of ready-to-serve meals, like the classic boxed Velveeta Shells and Cheese.
What Is Velveeta’s Reputation?
Not all of the publicity Velveeta has received in recent years is positive. An article from Delish, entitled “Seven Reasons Why You Should Never, Ever Eat Velveet,” pointed out some downsides to the snack: chiefly, it is especially high in lactose, has a rubbery texture in its non-melted state and has what some consider a bland taste. Velveeta is also a high-calorie and high-fat food. A single box reportedly has over 2,500 calories.
Still, in the 100-plus years since its invention, Velveeta has attained iconic status, even if it isn’t given much respect among gourmet circles. It’s got a devoted following and remains a huge seller after all these years. Even people who’ve never had it likely know what Velveeta is, thanks to its prominence in stores and its many marketing campaigns.
If you simply take a look at Velveeta commercials that have aired over the decades, you’ll notice that the brand has tried to change with the times. For instance, in a commercial that aired in 1958, Kraft highlighted the brand’s purported nutritional benefits.
Meanwhile, a Velveeta commercial that aired in the 1980s was a bit more Hollywood and featured the slogan, “There is no single cheese like Velveeta.” It even starred a young Kirk Cameron before he gained fame on “Growing Pains.”
Capitalizing on the low-fat food craze that dominated the 1990s, the brand introduced Velveeta Light, a version of the cheese product that contained less fat and no cholesterol. They showed it off in this commercial.
In more recent years, it seems Velveeta has embraced its place as an offbeat, kitschy staple of the American pantry. It dubbed itself “Liquid Gold” in a popular marketing campaign in the early 2010s that opted for humor.
In 2021, Kraft Heinz debuted a new logo and another tongue-in-cheek commercial entitled “That’s La Dolce Velveeta.” Inspired by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini’s iconic 1960 film, “La Dolce Vita,” the ad shows people indulging in Velveeta in a variety of hyperrealistic ways, from a woman riding around a lawnmower holding a martini glass of Velveeta mac and cheese to several people having a tea party where melted Velveeta is poured from the kettle into cups.
What do you think of Velveeta — do you love eating or cooking with it or do you only prefer “real” cheese?
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3 toddlers exposed to THC at Virginia daycare; owner arrested
STAFFORD COUNTY, V.a. (FOX 5 DC) - A daycare owner has been arrested in Stafford after three toddlers were exposed to THC, according to police.
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The children, all one year of age, were taken for treatment in the emergency room after their parents observed lethargic and uncoordinated behavior as well as glassy, bloodshot eyes, police say.
Hospital staff quickly recognized the symptoms and testing confirmed each child had been exposed to THC. THC is the main psychoactive compound in cannabis that produces a high sensation.
The connection between the three families was a licensed home daycare provider in the Windsor Forest subdivision located on Wilderness Court.
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Detective A. Sanchez conducted a search at the daycare and collected Goldfish crackers around the high chairs of the toddlers. These crackers were sent to the lab for testing and confirmed the presence of THC.
Child Protective Services was notified and became involved in the case. The daycare subsequently voluntarily surrendered its license.
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'Highly-contagious' bird flu found in bald eagles in Georgia
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. - Georgia wildlife officials say a highly infectious bird flu has been found in bald eagles in the Peach State.
The bird flu, known as highly pathogenic avian influenza or HPAI, has been detected in at bald eagles found dead in at least three Georgia counties, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
The strain is highly infectious, untreatable, and potentially deadly to animals that are infected. It has been found in wild birds in over 30 states in 2022 including 11 different kinds of birds in Georgia.
Officials say the bald eagles were found in Chatham, Glynn, and Liberty Counties and tested positive in March. Other carcasses are still being checked.
In Georgia's coastal areas, officials say their area surveys are revealing more failed nests than expected with some nests have dead eaglets or missing young that wouldn't have tried to fly away yet - a decrease of around 30 percent.
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Scientists believe the eagles could have contracted the virus through dead or sick waterbirds, including ducks. Dead eagles infected with HPAI have also been found in Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
Humans can be infected with avian influenza viruses, but officials say the chance of that happening are extremely rare. So far, no humans have been found to have been infected by the H5N1 virus in the United States.
To help prevent the spread of the virus, Georgia should avoid handling sick or dead birds, report sick or dead eagles to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and keep pets away from the birds.
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'House of Cards' showrunner is filming in Bucha to document 'genocide' and 'heroic resistance' in Ukraine
"House of Cards" showrunner Beau Willimon has traveled to Bucha, Ukraine, to document the atrocities of the Russian invasion and capture the "heroic resistance" of the Ukrainian people, the Bucha City Council announced Friday.
"The playwright wants to tell the whole world the truth about the genocide of Ukrainians and the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people," the city council announced on Facebook.
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Willimon, a 44-year-old American playwright and screenwriter, is best known for helping to develop the American version of the series "House of Cards," and he served as showrunner for its first four seasons. He created the drama series "The First" for Hulu, about the first crewed mission to Mars. He also served as president of the Writer's Guild of America.
Beau Willimon filming in Bucha. (Bucha City Council)
Russian forces initially launched an offensive aiming to capture Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv. After more than a month of fighting, Russian forces withdrew, leaving horrors in their wake. Bucha, near Kyiv, has gained international notoriety as a key site of Russian atrocities. Bucha's mayor has claimed that the city discovered 400 bodies so far.
Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that his government had launched an investigation into alleged Russian atrocities in the area around the capital city of Kyiv, from which Russian forces had recently withdrawn.
"We have just begun an investigation into all that the occupiers have done," the president said. "At present, there is information about more than three hundred people killed and tortured in Bucha alone. It is likely that the list of victims will be much larger when the whole city is checked. And this is only one city. One of the many Ukrainian communities that the Russian military managed to seize."
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Kyiv of setting up a "stage-managed anti-Russian provocation."
Associated Press journalists saw the bodies of at least 21 people in various spots around Bucha, northwest of the capital. One group of nine, all in civilian clothes, were scattered around a site that residents said Russian troops used as a base. They appeared to have been killed at close range. At least two had their hands tied behind their backs, one was shot in the head, and another's legs were bound.
"You saw what happened in Bucha," President Joe Biden said, describing Putin as both "brutal" and a "war criminal." "What’s happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone sees it."
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., became the first U.S. members of Congress to visit Ukraine amid the invasion Thursday. Daines visited the mass graves in Bucha, saying that he saw "indisputable evidence of Putin's war crimes."
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Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations detailed shocking claims that Russian soldiers raped and abducted women and girls.
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Semi crash shuts down eastbound lanes of SR-528
ORLANDO, Fla. - A semi crash has shut down the eastbound lanes of the Beachline (State Road 528) on Friday morning.
This is east of the Orlando International Airport.
"This would be affecting you if you're trying to get yourself to Brevard County," said FOX 35's Kristin West. "Maybe you're driving up to Innovation Way just after the 417…this is just a nightmare."
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Study: Floridians dream about alligators more than anything else
ORLANDO, Fla. - A new study reveals what Floridians dream about most – and it's kind of scary!
According to the website My Vision, alligators tend to star in a lot of Floridians' dreams! It found this out by using Google search data.
Nationwide, the site says the top 10 most common dream that causes people to fire up Google are:
1. Losing teeth
2. Snakes
3. Horses
4. Love interest
5. Being pregnant
6. Spiders
7. An ex
8. Tornadoes
9. Cats
10. Cheating partner
The study also broke down the most common dreams for people living in major cities. In Orlando, residents tend to dream about a cheating partner more than anything else.
My Vision says dreams are a personal and unique experience, but that doesn’t mean certain themes can’t be shared by the masses.
"Perhaps recent statewide events are influencing people’s subconscious, or maybe there’s just something in the water. Whatever the explanation, there are certain regional trends when it comes to dreams."
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NORTH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A nine-year-old girl is fighting for her life after being hit by a pickup truck last night in North Chesterfield’s Charter Colony neighborhood.
Chesterfield Police said she is in the hospital with brain injuries after the crash.
A usually quiet community between Brandermill and Midlothian was crowded with police and emergency lights as the Chesterfield Police crash team investigated last night.
Several investigators were at the scene; blocking off portions of roads leading to the intersection.
Police said the girl was on a motor scooter at the intersection of Bach Lane and Vincent Lane around 6 p.m. when she was hit by the truck.
Police said Chesterfield County Public Schools spokesperson Shawn Smith has been notified.
With injuries to her head and torso, she needed to be flown to the Medical College of Virginia, but because of the weather, Chesterfield Fire and EMS drove her to the hospital, according to authorities.
Police confirmed that the driver of the truck stayed on scene and is cooperating with investigators.
The crash team will investigate over the next few days and then send their findings to the Commonwealth’s Attorney. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/police-notified-after-9-year-old-hit-by-truck-critically-injured/ | 2022-04-15T15:33:35 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/police-notified-after-9-year-old-hit-by-truck-critically-injured/ |
PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Police are investigating a shooting after a man was shot multiple times and survived in Petersburg.
The shooting took place on April 14. Police were called to the scene on the 500 block of Cottonwood Drive around 11:49 p.m. in reference to a person shot.
Officers arrived on scene and found a male victim with multiple gunshot wounds that were considered to be non-life threatening injuries. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment and released.
Officers conducting the investigation located the crime scene on Atlantic Street between Oakdale Avenue and Ferndale Avenue.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Petersburg Crime Solvers at 804-861-1212. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/the-tri-cities/man-shot-multiple-times-on-atlantic-street-survives-petersburg-police-looking-for-suspect/ | 2022-04-15T15:33:41 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/the-tri-cities/man-shot-multiple-times-on-atlantic-street-survives-petersburg-police-looking-for-suspect/ |
(NewsNation) — Some colleagues of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are reportedly worried about her “rapidly deteriorating” memory and whether she’s fit for the job, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.
Feinstein, 88, is the oldest sitting U.S. senator, and in March 2021, she became the longest-serving U.S. senator from California.
“It’s bad, and it’s getting worse,” one anonymous Democratic senator told The Chronicle, adding that Feinstein has difficulty keeping up with conversations.
The newspaper states that Feinstein doesn’t seem to fully recognize longtime colleagues anymore and that one person had to reintroduce themselves to her multiple times during an interaction that lasted several hours.
Staffers also reportedly told The Chronicle that it appears Feinstein is no longer able to fulfill her job duties without the help of her staff.
NewsNation reached out to Feinstein for a response on the accuracy of the comments made by her colleagues and received the following statement:
“I remain committed to do what I said I would when I was re-elected in 2018: fight for Californians, especially on the economy and the key issues for California of water and fire.
“While I have focused for much of the past year on my husband’s health and ultimate passing, I have remained committed to achieving results and I’d put my record up against anyone’s.
“In the past few months, I successfully led the reauthorization of the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act, secured more direct government funding for my state than any other Democratic senator other than the chairman of the Appropriations Committee and secured additional funding to retain federal firefighters to help California prepare for the upcoming wildfire season.
“The real question is whether I’m still an effective representative for 40 million Californians, and the record shows that I am.”
The Chronicle also cited lawmakers who are defending Feinstein’s capabilities.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said it’s “unconscionable that, just weeks after losing her beloved husband of more than four decades and after decades of outstanding leadership to our city and state, she is being subjected to these ridiculous attacks that are beneath the dignity in which she has led and the esteem in which she is held.”
Journalist Eric Garcia, a senior Washington correspondent for The Independent, says it’s important to recognize that this isn’t about age.
“When she does answer questions, a lot of times it makes news because she’ll say something that is a little jarring,” Garcia said during an appearance Thursday night on NewsNation’s “Banfield.”
“She was sharp for a long time. I would say, even up to 2018 when she was running for reelection. That’s why it is so noticeable. This is a woman who is a pioneer in California politics,” Garcia added.
Conservative strategist Charmaine Yoast and Democratic strategist Bernard Whitman also shared their view on age limits in Congress during an appearance on “Banfield.” (See the video below.)
Feinstein’s term is set to expire in 2024. | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/how-old-is-too-old-to-serve-in-congress/ | 2022-04-15T15:33:47 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/how-old-is-too-old-to-serve-in-congress/ |
(NEXSTAR) – If you watch MLB games closely, you might notice not a single player wears No. 42. There’s one exception to this, when every MLB player wears No. 42 on the same day – Jackie Robinson Day.
Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947, as he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. While those playing in the MLB weren’t even alive when Robinson made his debut, the league honors his legacy every year on April 15.
On Jackie Robinson Day, every player and on-field personnel don the number Robinson wore, 42, which was retired by the league in 1997. This year, to mark the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s debut, the No. 42 on every team’s jersey will be Dodger blue, regardless of the team’s primary colors.
The MLB has been honoring Jackie Robinson Day every year since 2004, with all players and on-field personnel wearing No. 42 on April 15 every year since 2009.
There will be additional tributes throughout the day on Friday as well. In New York, 42nd Street will temporarily be named Jackie Robinson Way. A sign will be placed at 42nd and Broadway in the afternoon and will then be taken to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
In Los Angeles, Jackie’s widow, Rachel (who’s turning 100 this year), will be in attendance at Dodgers Stadium as the Dodgers play the Cincinnati Reds. Before the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will bring his team to the Robinson statue outside the main, center-field entrance to pay tribute to Robinson, Nexstar’s KTLA reports.
Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., in 1919. He attended college at UCLA, where he was named to the All-American football team, but was forced to leave due to financial difficulties, the biography on his website reads. Robinson then enlisted in the Army, but his career was cut short after being court-martialed for objecting to “incidents of racial discrimination.” He ultimately left with an honorable discharge.
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In 1945, Robinson played in the Negro Baseball League for the Kansas City Monarchs. Two years later, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
After nine seasons with the Dodgers, Robinson retired following the 1956 season. He went on to work as the vice president for personnel at Chock Full O’ Nuts, a restaurant chain in New York, and became a Civil Rights icon, according to the Library of Congress.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday that all flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia will be flown at half-mast on all state and local buildings and grounds throughout the state.
The Governor’s order is intended to show respect and memory for the 15th Anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting which took the lives of 32 people.
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WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) — Danielle Dyer sits among photographs and home-made posters, tributes to her younger brother Koby Roush, a spiral-bound notebook on the couch nearby. She doesn’t want to leave out any detail that might help to bring Koby home, even though she feels sure that he is dead.
Those first few months after July 5, 2020, when police found the car of Koby Roush, 24, off Mt. Carmel Road near Jackson, Ohio, were not only painful for Dyer; they were terrifying.
“It’s thrown my world into a whole different world — before it wasn’t as scary…for the first year we couldn’t sleep,” Dyer, 38, recalled. “We thought people were going to burn our house down. We had death threats. We thought people were after us. Me and my sister and brother all got concealed weapons.
“We were afraid for our lives. It was scary that people out there are capable of doing something like that,” Dyer said.
So-called “tips” aimed to hurt, not help
“Someone called [from New York] and tried to get ransom that he was keeping my brother hostage,” Dyer recalled. But when Dyer’s family asked a question only Koby would know, the blackmailer couldn’t provide an answer. “Just horrible things that people do, and we’re already going through so much.”
But the worst was this so-called tip: “That he’d been fed to pigs,” Dyer said. “We couldn’t sleep for weeks after that, imagining something like that happening to my brother.
“Put in barrels, thrown off bridges, shot…kidnapped. All kinds of things,” she said about the tips. “Just don’t know how much is true, but we’re pretty sure that he was shot.”
“I pray that someone could find something.”
As children, Danielle and Kobe spent a lot of days at the beach in Florida where they lived. At first they were back and forth because of her father’s jobs, and then moved permanently to Somerset, Ohio, when Danielle was 10 and Koby was 4. They had go-carts and dirt bikes — happy memories for Danielle.
Life took a turn when their mother died in 2018 of lung cancer.
Roush found solace in getting a backpiece — a large tattoo which covers the back, and can be thousands of dollars from a good artist. Koby owed money for this backpiece and that may have caused a fight, according to people who contacted Dyer.
“He was doing [the tattoo] for my Mom and different things he was going through in life. That’s how he expressed his feelings,” Dyer said.
Cold comfort
An older neighbor first gave drugs to Roush to try as an early teen, Dyer recalled.
“Since that moment, he’s had a lot of trouble.” Dyer said her brother turned to the drugs as an escape. “He said he didn’t have to think when he was doing it.
“He just had a lot of hurt from different things going on in his life. A lot after my mom died, that was just to cover it up. Then he’d feel guilty and he wanted to make her proud.”
Roush kept trying to turn himself around. “Every time he’d done something, he wants to hurry up and better himself.” He put himself into rehab, wanted to go back to school to be a therapist, and took up boxing — with a fight scheduled the week after he disappeared.
Dyer had planned to go to the boxing match, to cheer her brother on.
An eerie premonition
“The night before [Koby died] I had a dream that my mom was holding me, I was looking at a body of water, and I felt something wasn’t right,” Dyer said.
“My dad got a call at 5 o’clock that morning [July 5, 2020] and Koby had told my dad his car was stuck.” They live about two hours from where Roush’s car was discovered on Mt. Carmel Road, Raccoon Township in Gallia County, according to Google Maps satellite view, so it was decided Roush would call someone who lived closer.
“He said he was calling someone named Luke, and after that his phone just went dead, went to voicemail, we couldn’t get ahold of him.”
Prior to that night on July 4, 2020, Roush was at a friend Paul’s house. Dyer believes her brother left with a person named Kody.
“And from there we don’t know what happened. We’ve heard all kinds of horrible things,” Dyer said.
A fight and a relapse
In his last message to a friend, Roush said that he’d taken drugs again, and was upset with his roommate for bringing drugs into the house.
Dyer played the message on her phone; it had been sent to her by the person who received it.
Roush said in the message: “Dave and I got into a big fight and I’m moving out because he was getting high and kinda puttin it out there too much and I don’t wanna be around it.
“So then it turned from that and so I relapsed…anyway, just a big bunch of bull****. But it’ll be fine. I ain’t worried about it,” the message concluded.
An abandoned paper mill
An officer found Roush’s car abandoned, and called his father. “It was at an old paper mill, like strip pits. Someone just dropped it off, looked like,” Dyer recalled.
But the next discovery had Dyer in pieces. “I found my mom’s ashes, and some kind of band [Koby] had on his hand.
“Those were my mother’s ashes that he wore around his neck. He never took them off.
“They was beside the car. My husband picked them up out of the sand and I busted out crying. Because I knew something was wrong with my brother — he wasn’t here anymore.”
The one tip that stuck
Of all the tips the family received, only one person seemed to be legitimate.
“There’s a lady that called me and my father, and she told me that my brother was murdered in her truck,” Dyer said. “She went into detail. She told me the people that was involved…she told me about a Sheriff Reader that was out in the yard, and that she told him everything and begged the police to come and investigate and they wouldn’t.
“[She] said [Koby] was shot in the head. They cleaned the truck with cleaner. She said the truck had all kinds of cleaner, bleach smell, and they came back later that morning — but she didn’t give a location of the body.”
Dyer says the woman told her that a person who was allegedly in the truck at the time of the killing was later found dead from a gunshot wound.
An appeal to hunters
At the moment the family would like hunters, and mushroom hunters, to keep an eye out for Roush’s remains.
The last known location of Koby, where the family found his abandoned car was 38°56’43.8″N 82°25’47.8″W on Mt. Carmel Road, Raccoon Township in Gallia County. It is close to a former paper mill.
The family has put out a $5,000 reward to help find Koby Roush. Anyone that may have information about the case is encouraged to call BCI at 855-BCI-OHIO (855-224-6446) or submit a missing persons tip through the BCI website. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/they-said-hed-been-fed-to-pigs-familys-hell-after-brother-disappeared/ | 2022-04-15T15:35:03 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/they-said-hed-been-fed-to-pigs-familys-hell-after-brother-disappeared/ |
(The Hill) – The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled $800 million in military equipment to Ukraine as Russia prepares to launch an offensive in the eastern part of the country.
The U.S. has rushed over $3.2 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, including $2.6 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg last week, Ukraine’s foreign minister tweeted: “I came here today to discuss three most important things: weapons, weapons, and weapons.”
The most recent round of U.S. security assistance includes a mixture of arms and other supplies that Washington has already provided Kyiv, as well as new capabilities that had not previously been sent over.
Here is everything the U.S. has sent to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began.
155 mm howitzers
As part of the Wednesday’s weapons package, the U.S. will for the first time send Ukraine 18 155mm howitzers and 40,000 artillery rounds.
The howitzer, which weighs 10,000 pounds, is a towed field artillery piece that can hit targets up to 30 kilometers, or 18 miles, away.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Ukraine specifically asked for fire support and artillery support, and said the Howitzers are “reflective of the kind of fighting the Ukrainians are expecting to be faced with” in more confined geographic areas.
Mi-17 Helicopters
The $800 million package also includes 11 Mi-17 helicopters. Prior to Wednesday, the U.S. sent Ukraine five Mi-17 helicopters, bringing the total committed up to 16.
The Mi-17 is a Soviet-era transport helicopter that can also function as a helicopter gunship. It can carry as many as 30 passengers or 9,000 pounds of cargo.
The helicopters had originally been earmarked for Afghanistan, Kirby said. It was originally unclear whether Ukraine wanted them, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said this week, but they were ultimately included after Ukraine said they wanted them.
Switchblade drones
The U.S. has sent hundreds of Switchblade drones to Ukraine in separate installments since the middle of March.
A package announced on March 16 included “100 tactical unmanned aerial systems,” which were later revealed to be Switchblade drones.
The Pentagon provided more of the drones on April 3 as part of a $300 million security assistance package, and this week’s package includes an additional 300 switchblade drones.
There are two types of Switchblade drones manufactured by AeroVironment. The Switchblade 300, which is intended to target personnel and light vehicles, weighs less than five pounds and can fly roughly six miles and can hover over targets for about 15 minutes.
The Switchblade 600, a more advanced version of the drone meant to target tanks, weighs about 50 pounds, can fly over 24 miles, and can stay in the air for roughly 40 minutes.
The U.S. has provided both to Ukraine, though it’s unclear how many of each.
Radars
The $800 million weapons package announced Wednesday includes two different types of radars — ten AN/TPQ-36 counter-artillery radars and two AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air surveillance radars.
The AN/TPQ-36 counter-artillery radar is a light-weight mobile radar set that can automatically detect and track incoming mortar, artillery and rocket-fire. When it detects a projectile, it can compute its location and be used to direct counter-fires
The AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air surveillance radars is a 3-D radar that can alert and cue short range air defense weapons to the locations of hostile targets approaching front-line forces. They can track and identify cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft.
Stingers and Javelins
The U.S. has sent thousands of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine.
The weapons, which can be deployed by ground troops to hit targets within short ranges, have been crucial in Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, U.S. defense officials have said.
“The Javelin, the Stingers have proven to be very, very effective in this fight,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the House Armed Services committee on April 5.
Here are other types of military equipment sent to Ukraine:
- Coastal defense drones
- Grenade launchers
- Rifles
- Pistols
- Machine guns
- Shot guns
- Body armor
- Helmets
- Patrol boats
- Medical equipment
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment
- Demining equipment | https://www.cbs42.com/news/here-are-all-the-weapons-the-us-is-sending-to-ukraine/ | 2022-04-15T15:35:10 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/here-are-all-the-weapons-the-us-is-sending-to-ukraine/ |
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is asking for public help in locating a suspect in connection with a robbery.
According to the police, the incident happened on April 13 at the intersection of Carondelet and Canal Streets.
Investigators say the suspect attacked an elderly man, took his wallet, and fled the area.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the NOPD at (504) 821-2222 or Crimestoppers anonymously at (504) 822-1111, toll free at 1-877-903-7867. | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/police-searching-for-suspect-accused-of-attacking-elderly-man-stealing-his-wallet-in-louisiana/ | 2022-04-15T15:35:16 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/police-searching-for-suspect-accused-of-attacking-elderly-man-stealing-his-wallet-in-louisiana/ |
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Created: April 15, 2022 06:54 AM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s okay to admit a dog crate is not the most attractive home décor. In this week's DIY Friday with Danielle, Danielle Todesco shows us how to disguise it.
Click the video above to view this week's 'dog crate disguise' DIY Friday with Danielle.
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Steve Stucker
Created: April 15, 2022 07:16 AM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The weekend is here and temperatures are rising to the occasion.
Temperatures are up 10-to-20 degrees across the state. Highs in the southeast will get into the upper-80s and just touch 90 degrees in some spots, including Roswell. 60s and 70s will be widespread north of I-40 but along the corridor, Santa Rosa and Tucumcari will see highs in the 80s.
Breezes will linger and fire alerts are still posted, so be advised and go out of your way to make it a great day.
Click the video above to view Steve's full Friday morning forecast.
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The Crafter's Square Glue Gun was sold at Dollar Tree stores nationwide from August 2020 through February 2022; Family Dollar stores nationwide from January 2022 through February 2022; and online at dollartree.com from August 2021 through February 2022.
It had a retail price of $1.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Dollar Tree has received seven reports of electrical malfunctions when using the glue guns. Four people reported fire and one reported skin irritation.
The Crafter's Square Glue Guns dispense hot glue when plugged into an outlet and the trigger is depressed. The plastic glue gun is black with an orange trigger and tip. The glue guns have a silver UL listed label located above the handle with "GLUE GUN" and "XY-15302" printed on the label.
A total of approximately 1,025,00 glue guns are being recalled in the U.S. An additional 21,900 more were sold in Canada.
"Consumers should immediately unplug and stop using the Crafter's Square Glue Gun and return it to any Dollar Tree or Family Dollar store for a full refund. Online purchasers will be contacted directly with further instructions," the CPSC said in its recall announcement Thursday.
For more information, consumers can contact:
Dollar Tree Stores Inc. at 800-876-8697 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at recalls@dollartree.com or online at https://www.dollartree.com/product-recalls or at www.dollartree.com and click on "Recall Information" at the bottom of the page.
Family Dollar toll-free at 844-636-7687 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at recalls@familydollar.com, or online at https://www.familydollar.com/product-recalls, or www.familydollar.com and click on "Product Recalls."
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April 18, 2022, is the deadline to file 2021 income tax returns.
The video featured above is from a previous report.
Why is it not April 15?
The IRS says: "By law, Washington, D.C., holidays impact tax deadlines for everyone in the same way federal holidays do. The due date is April 18, instead of April 15, because of the Emancipation Day holiday in the District of Columbia for everyone except taxpayers who live in Maine or Massachusetts. Taxpayers in Maine or Massachusetts have until April 19, 2022, to file their returns due to the Patriots' Day holiday in those states. Taxpayers requesting an extension will have until Monday, October 17, 2022, to file."
Filing Statistics
The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.
Fiscal Year 2020
The IRS amassed almost $3.5 trillion in gross tax collections and issued almost 122 million refunds, totaling over $736 billion.
Individual Income Tax Returns Filed
Total Number of Returns: 157,195,302
Gross Amount Collected (in thousands of dollars): $1,837,443,578
Total Individual Income Tax Refunds (does not include economic impact payments)
Number: 141,420,379
Amount (in thousands of dollars): $391,223,927
Where Do The Taxes Go?
(Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, FY 2019)
- Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, marketplace subsidies 25%
- Social Security 23%
- National Defense 16%
- Safety net programs 8%
- Benefits for veterans & federal retirees 8%
- Interest on debt 8%
- Education 2%
- Transportation infrastructure 2%
- Science and medical research 2%
- Non-security international 1%
- All other 4%
Timeline
1862 - During the Civil War, the IRS is born when President Abraham Lincoln and Congress create the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and enact an income tax to pay war expenses. The first income tax levies 3% on incomes between $600 and $10,000 and 5% on anything over $10,000. This income tax lasts until 1872.
1895 - The Supreme Court rules in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. that taxing incomes uniformly throughout the United States is unconstitutional.
1913 - The 16th Amendment is ratified by the states, giving Congress the authority to enact an income tax. Congress also introduces the first 1040 form and levies a 1% tax on personal incomes over $3,000 with 6% surtax on incomes of more than $500,000.
1918 - During World War I, to help finance the war, the highest rate of taxation on income is 77%. After the war, by 1929, the rate drops to 24%.
1954 - The tax filing deadline is moved from March 15 to April 15, to give taxpayers more time to prepare their returns.
January 3, 1996 - Congress enacts the Taxpayer Bill of Rights to ensure relief from overzealous collection efforts on the part of IRS personnel.
March 20, 2020 - Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin tweets that tax day is moving from April 15 to July 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 17, 2021 - The IRS announces the filing deadline has been moved from April 15 to May 17.
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Self-Love Coach & Mentor, Nicola Fernandes joins Gayle Guyardo the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom to share how to get on the path of self-love.
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The World Health Organization is now investigating auditory issues as a potential rare side effect related to COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Dawn Molina, DAOM, LAc. of Tampa Bay Holistic Wellness joins Gayle Guyardo the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom with more about what the study means.
Bloom airs in 40 markets across the country, with a reach of approximately 36 million households, and in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Madison, WI.
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Michelle Figueroa, who’s behind the Good News Movement joins Gayle Guyardo the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom about her Good New Movement and newly released book “A Good Thing Happened Today”.
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Dr. John Jaquish, Scientist, Inventor, WSJ Best Selling Author of “Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time : So Is Cardio, and There’s a Better Way to Have the Body You Want” joins Gayle Guyardo the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom for Fitness Friday.
Dr. John Jaquish’s shares tips you will find in his best selling book, and discusses how fitness may be the most failed human endeavor and how exercise science missed obvious principles that when enacted will turn you into the superhuman you always wanted to be.
Bloom airs in 40 markets across the country, with a reach of approximately 36 million households, and in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Madison, WI.
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There has been an increase in therapy “jargon” or terms that is misused by many people.
With the increasing pursuit of therapy, others may adapt phrases from their therapists and use it in everyday sentences without fully knowing the meaning.
Emily Tripp of McNulty Counseling and Wellness joins Gayle Guyardo the host of the nationally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom with the importance of clarifying therapy phrases or terms that are misused to better understand their meaning.
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