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My friend passed away Jan 15, 2022. I was notified this week by the custodian of the will, that I am named in the will as beneficiary of all my friend's General Electric Stock.
I was told that shortly before my friend died, he signed a form, from General Electric and had it notarized. I don't know if he signed a Transfer of Stock form or a transfer on Death form. Either form should prevent the stock from going thru probate.
The custodian of the will was present when the form was notarized, but has no idea what form was signed only that it had to do the with General Electric Stock. The custodian does not know if my friend has a broker or if my friend dealt directly with GE. The custodian has idea how many shares of Ge Stock there are .
How can I find out
- What form my friend signed straight transfer or TOD.
- How many shares there are
- If I am now the legal owner of said stocks. | https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/149297/how-to-find-the-stock-that-i-just-inherited | 2022-02-13T08:05:40 | en | 0.988103 |
It seems all credit builder accounts (e.g., Chime, Varo Believe) require direct deposit. Why should it make a difference on how the money is put into the account?
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Sign up to join this communityIt seems all credit builder accounts (e.g., Chime, Varo Believe) require direct deposit. Why should it make a difference on how the money is put into the account? | https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/149298/why-is-direct-deposit-required-for-credit-builder-accounts | 2022-02-13T08:05:46 | en | 0.943661 |
I have a very basic understanding of Present Value of a Perpetuity.
Present value = Amount / interest
I have 2 questions below:
(a) Suppose that the annual interest rate is 10%. What is the value of a perpetuity that pays $30 every year from the beginning of next year?
(b) Suppose that the annual interest rate is 5%. What is the value of a perpetuity that pays $100 every other year from the beginning of next year?
According to the formula PV = 30 / 0.1 = $300 and PV = 100 / 0.5 = $200
But the questions have "beginning of next year"? what does this mean? How can i calculate the value of a perpetuity of these 2 questions? | https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/149299/present-value-of-a-perpetuity | 2022-02-13T08:05:52 | en | 0.9556 |
ACEREDO, Spain (AP) — Roofs peeking out of the water have become a common sight every summer at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts would appear of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley.
But never before has the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety in the middle of the usually wet winter season.
With almost no rain for two months and not much expected any time soon, the ruins of Aceredo are dredging up a mix of emotions for locals as they see the rusted carcass of a car, a stone fountain with water still spouting and the old road leading to what used to be the local bar.
“The whole place used to be all vineyards, orange trees. It was all green. It was beautiful," said 72-year-old José Luis Penín, who used to stop at the bar with pals at the end of a day's fishing.
“Look at it now,” said Penín, who lives in the same county, pointing at the cracked, yellow bed of the reservoir. ”It's so sad."
While the arid zones of the Iberian Peninsula have historically experienced periods of drought, experts say climate change has exacerbated the problem. This year, amid record levels of low or no rainfall at all, farmers in both Portugal and Spain, who are growing produce for all of Europe, are worried that their crops for this season will be ruined.
In the last three months of 2021, Spain recorded just 35% of the average rainfall it had seen during the same period from 1981 to 2010. But there has been almost no rain since then.
According to the national weather agency AEMET, in this century, only in 2005 has there been a January with almost no rain. If clouds don't unleash in the next two weeks, emergency subsidies for farmers will be needed, authorities said.
But Rubén del Campo, a spokesman for the weather service, said the below-average rainfall over the last six months is likely to continue for several more weeks, with hopes that spring will bring much-needed relief.
While only 10% of Spain has officially been declared under a “prolonged drought,” there are large areas, particularly in the south, which are facing extreme shortages that could impact the irrigation of crops.
The valley around the Guadalquivir River in Spain’s southwest was declared under prolonged drought in November. It is now the focus of a fierce environmental dispute over water rights near Doñana National Park, a World Heritage wetland site. The government of the Andalusia region wants to grant water rights to farmers on land near the park, but critics say the move will further endanger a major wildlife refuge that is already drying up.
“The past two, three years have been dry, with the tendency toward less and less rain,” said Andrés Góngora, a 46-year-old tomato farmer in southern Almería.
Góngora, who expects the water he uses from a desalinating plant to be rationed, is still better off than other farmers who specialize in wheat and grains for livestock feed.
“The cereal crops for this year have been lost,” Góngora said.
Other areas in central and northeast Spain are also feeling the burn.
The leading association of farmers and livestock breeders in Spain, COAG, warns that half of Spain’s farms are threatened by drought this year. It says if it does not rain heavily in the coming month, rain-fed crops including cereals, olives, nuts and vineyards could lose 60% to 80% of their production.
But the association is also worried about crops that depend on irrigation, with reservoirs under 40% of capacity in most of the south.
Spain’s left-wing government plans to dedicate over 570 million euros ($647 million) from the European Union's pandemic recovery fund to make its irrigation systems more efficient, including incorporating renewable energy systems.
Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas said this week the government will take emergency measures if it doesn’t rain in two weeks. Those would likely be limited to economic benefits to palliate the loss of crops and revenues for farmers.
Neighboring Portugal has also seen little rain since last October. By the end of January, 45% of the country was enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought conditions, according to the national weather agency IPMA.
Rainfall from Oct. 1 through January was less than half the annual average for that four-month period, alarming farmers who are short of grass for their livestock.
Unusually, even the north of Portugal is dry and forest fires have broken out there this winter. In the south, crickets are already singing at night and mosquitoes have appeared — traditional signs of summer.
The IPMA doesn’t forecast any relief before the end of the month.
Portugal has witnessed an increase in the frequency of droughts over the past 20-30 years, according to IPMA climatologist Vanda Pires, with lower rainfall and higher temperatures.
“It’s part of the context of climate change,” Pires told The Associated Press.
And the outlook is bleak: Scientists estimate that Portugal will see a drop in average annual rainfall of 20% to 40% by the end of the century.
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Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Spain, Barry Hatton in Lisbon and Aritz Parra in Madrid contributed to this report.
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Follow all AP stories on climate change at https://apnews.com/hub/climate | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Dry-winter-drains-reservoirs-ruins-crops-in-16914433.php | 2022-02-13T08:08:43 | en | 0.966486 |
WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 4 Calgary 2
Lethbridge 2 Moose Jaw 1
Portland 9 Spokane 0
Tri-City 4 Kamloops 3
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday's results
Winnipeg 6 Brandon 2
Friday's results
Saskatoon 4 Lethbridge 1
Regina 5 Calgary 0
Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 1
Swift Current 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Edmonton 4 Red Deer 0
Vancouver 4 Prince George 1
Kamloops 6 Tri-City 1
Portland 8 Spokane 1
Kelowna 4 Everett 3 (SO)
Seattle 6 Victoria 1
Saturday's results
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 2
Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 8 Swift Current 2
Edmonton 5 Medicine Hat 3
Kamloops 5 Everett 4 (SO)
Vancouver 3 Prince George 1
Spokane 3 Portland 2
Seattle 7 Victoria 3
Kelowna 5 Tri-City 4 (OT)
Tuesday's games
Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-16914391.php | 2022-02-13T08:08:55 | en | 0.78061 |
WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 4 Calgary 2
Lethbridge 2 Moose Jaw 1
Portland 9 Spokane 0
Tri-City 4 Kamloops 3
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday's results
Winnipeg 6 Brandon 2
Friday's results
Saskatoon 4 Lethbridge 1
Regina 5 Calgary 0
Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 1
Swift Current 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Edmonton 4 Red Deer 0
Vancouver 4 Prince George 1
Kamloops 6 Tri-City 1
Portland 8 Spokane 1
Kelowna 4 Everett 3 (SO)
Seattle 6 Victoria 1
Saturday's results
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 2
Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 8 Swift Current 2
Edmonton 5 Medicine Hat 3
Kamloops 5 Everett 4 (SO)
Vancouver 3 Prince George 1
Spokane 3 Portland 2
Seattle 7 Victoria 3
Kelowna 5 Tri-City 4 (OT)
Tuesday's games
Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-16914416.php | 2022-02-13T08:09:02 | en | 0.78061 |
WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 4 Calgary 2
Lethbridge 2 Moose Jaw 1
Portland 9 Spokane 0
Tri-City 4 Kamloops 3
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday's results
Winnipeg 6 Brandon 2
Friday's results
Saskatoon 4 Lethbridge 1
Regina 5 Calgary 0
Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 1
Swift Current 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Edmonton 4 Red Deer 0
Vancouver 4 Prince George 1
Kamloops 6 Tri-City 1
Portland 8 Spokane 1
Kelowna 4 Everett 3 (SO)
Seattle 6 Victoria 1
Saturday's results
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 2
Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 8 Swift Current 2
Edmonton 5 Medicine Hat 3
Kamloops 5 Everett 4 (SO)
Vancouver 3 Prince George 1
Spokane 3 Portland 2
Seattle 7 Victoria 3
Kelowna 5 Tri-City 4 (OT)
Tuesday's games
Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-16914437.php | 2022-02-13T08:09:08 | en | 0.78061 |
WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 4 Calgary 2
Lethbridge 2 Moose Jaw 1
Portland 9 Spokane 0
Tri-City 4 Kamloops 3
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday's results
Winnipeg 6 Brandon 2
Friday's results
Saskatoon 4 Lethbridge 1
Regina 5 Calgary 0
Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 1
Swift Current 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Edmonton 4 Red Deer 0
Vancouver 4 Prince George 1
Kamloops 6 Tri-City 1
Portland 8 Spokane 1
Kelowna 4 Everett 3 (SO)
Seattle 6 Victoria 1
Saturday's results
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 2
Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 8 Swift Current 2
Edmonton 5 Medicine Hat 3
Kamloops 5 Everett 4 (SO)
Vancouver 3 Prince George 1
Spokane 3 Portland 2
Seattle 7 Victoria 3
Kelowna 5 Tri-City 4 (OT)
Tuesday's games
Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Brandon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-16914444.php | 2022-02-13T08:09:14 | en | 0.78061 |
BEIRUT (AP) — From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years.
Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamor in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses and theaters, cafes frequented by intellectuals and artists, and shops selling top international brands. It saw a revival the past decade, thriving with international chain stores and vibrant bars and restaurants.
Now many of its stores are shuttered. Poverty-stricken Lebanese and Syrian refugees beg on its sidewalks. Trash piles up on its corners. Like the rest of Lebanon, the economic crash swept through the street like a destructive storm.
At 88 years old, Eid remembers the bad times, during Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, when Hamra saw militias battling, assassinations at its cafes and, at one point, invading Israeli troops marching down the street. Nothing was as bad as now, Eid says.
“We have hit rock bottom,” he said. Few customers come to his Tosca Music Shop and Electronic Supplies, which sells records and a variety of electronic clocks, calculators and watches. His business has dropped 75%.
Lebanon’s economic meltdown, which began in October 2019, was the culmination of the country’s post-war era. The war’s militia leaders became the political leadership and have kept a lock on power ever since. They ran an economy that at times boomed but was effectively a Ponzi scheme riddled with corruption and mismanagement.
The scheme finally collapsed in what the World Bank calls one of the world’s worst economic and financial crises since the mid 1800s.
The currency’s value evaporated, salaries lost their buying power, dollars in banks became inaccessible, prices skyrocketed in a country where nearly everything is imported. As much as 82% of the population now lives in poverty, according to the U.N. Unemployment is estimated at 40%.
The crisis was made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and a massive explosion at Beirut’s port that killed 216 people, wounded thousands and destroyed parts of the capital.
While the economic system collapsed, the political one hasn’t. The same leadership, entrenched in power, has done virtually nothing to address the crisis. Refusing basic reforms, they have made no progress in talks with the International Monetary Fund.
A walk through Hamra Street shows the impact.
Many shops have shut down because owners could no longer afford high rents and huge monthly bills for private electricity generators. After nightfall, the shops that are still operating close early. Many streetlights don’t work because of electricity cuts. Hamra, which used to stay lively into the night, feels deserted before midnight — even during the recent holiday season.
In Hamra’s heyday, in the 1960s and 1970s, the street was lit up with colored lights during Christmas and New Year’s, with Santa Clauses up and down the avenue offering candies to passers-by.
This was Lebanon’s cosmopolitan pre-war era — and Hamra Street was its elegant heart, Beirut’s Champs Elysees. Arab, European and American tourists flocked to its swanky shops, restaurants and bars.
Hamra had the capital’s finest movie houses. At its Piccadilly Theater, Lebanon’s most beloved singer Fayrouz performed. You might see the international diva Dalida strolling down the avenue before one of her shows at the Piccadilly. World stars held concerts in Lebanon, including Louis Armstrong and Paul Anka.
Located in the capital’s western neighborhood of Ras Beirut, Hamra was -- and still is — a place where Christians and Muslims live side by side. Its cafes were hangouts for artists, intellectuals and political activists, caught up in the leftist, secular Arab nationalist spirit of the times.
“Hamra Street is an international avenue,” says Mohamad Rayes, who has worked on the street since the early ’70s and owns three clothes and lingerie shops in the area.
He spoke sitting in a café that, in the 1970s, was called the Horse Shoe. He pointed to a corner where two of the greatest Arab singers of the time, Abdel-Halim Hafez and Farid el-Atrash, had a regular seat, along with Nizar Qabbani, an iconic romantic poet from Syria.
“It was dizzying, quite honestly, the number of people on Hamra. It was a vibrant, transient piece of life in the city,” said David Livingston, an American who lived for decades in Lebanon, speaking from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A student in Beirut in the 1970s, he remembered how intimidated he was coming into ritzy Hamra Street to buy a leather belt from one of its shops.
The civil war ended that golden era. In 1982, invading Israeli troops marched through Hamra. After they left, militias seized the area in fighting that wreaked heavy damage. Hamra’s Commodore Hotel became a popular base for foreign journalists covering the war.
After the war, the center of Beirut’s international commerce and shopping moved to a newly renovated downtown. But Hamra Street saw a major facelift in the early 2000s when new water, sewage and electricity systems were installed, and the asphalt was replaced with cobblestones.
That fueled a revival the past 15 years. International chains like Starbucks and Nike opened stores. New restaurants flourished. Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war opened restaurants of their own, along with sweets shops and popular shawarma stands.
The new wave pushed aside many of the Hamra area’s pre-war icons. Its famed cafe Modca was replaced by a bank. A McDonald's stands in place of Faisal Restaurant, where Arab leftists once huddled over cigarettes, glasses of arak liquor and dishes of appetizers. The Piccadilly Theater was abandoned and recently was damaged by a fire.
But the street attracted a new generation of young people of all sects, bringing the progressive spirit of 2011’s frustrated Arab Spring. Once again, the street rang with bars. One club, Metro Medina, drew young crowds with retro live shows of old Arabic music from the past century.
Hamra remains a busy thoroughfare during the day. Thousands come for treatment at its medical centers or to study at the nearby American University of Beirut, one of the Middle East's top educational institutions.
But “Hamra is not the Hamra of the past,” said Elie Rbeiz.
The 70-year-old Rbeiz has been a hairdresser for the elite in Hamra since 1962. He counted among his regular clients the late Saudi businessman Adnan Khashoggi, who once flew Rbeiz to London on a private jet for a cut. Rbeiz expanded his business 20 years ago to include men’s clothes.
Now in the economic crisis, his sales have plunged.
Still, Rbeiz believes Hamra will bounce back. He said his shop was blown up during the civil war and he renovated and reopened. “I did not surrender then and will not surrender now. Never.”
Not everyone is so certain.
“I feel the pain every day because there is more suffering and more poverty,” said Naim Saleh.
Saleh is a Hamra Street fixture, selling newspapers, magazines and books at his sidewalk kiosk for the past 52 years.
Now his business is ruined. Foreign magazines are a luxury few can afford. He sells a book or two a month, compared to 50 a day in the past. Saleh watched a young beggar chasing Iraqi tourists nearby. “Look how many beggars there are in the streets. It’s like a curse.”
Eid opened his music store in Hamra in 1958. He’ll close it when he stops working, he said. His two sons live abroad; if they don’t want his 4,500 records, many of which are collectors’ items, he’ll donate them to the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music.
Will Hamra Street flourish again? “Never, never. Impossible,” he said. The Gulf tourists who once fueled its commerce won’t come back, they’ll turn to Europe.
But he won’t leave.
“Hamra Street is the oxygen that I breathe,” he said. “I grew up on Hamra Street and will end my life here.” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Once-Lebanon-s-center-of-glamor-Hamra-Street-16914371.php | 2022-02-13T08:09:20 | en | 0.968516 |
BEIJING (AP) — Slalom gold medalist Petra Vlhova is leaving the Beijing Olympics early due to an inflamed left ankle tendon and will miss the Alpine combined event in which she would have been a challenger to Mikaela Shiffrin, the favorite in the race.
“Having reached her goal of gold in the slalom and considering this small physical problem, we are putting the priority on her next goals and we don’t want to risk making things worse by aiming for a medal in the combined,” Mauro Pini, Vlhova’s coach, told The Associated Press on Sunday.
By winning the slalom four days ago, Vlhova became Slovakia’s first Olympic medalist in Alpine skiing.
Pini added that Vlhova also wants to make sure she has time “to go home and share this medal with those closest to her.”
Vlhova had already sat out the super-G and the opening downhill training session.
The Alpine combined is scheduled for Thursday. Vlhova finished second behind Shiffrin in the combined at last season's world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Last season, Vlhova became the first Slovakian to win the overall World Cup title. She trails Shiffrin by just 17 points in the overall standings this season, with a few more weeks of racing remaining after the Olympics.
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More AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/winter-olympics and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Slalom-winner-Vlhova-leaving-Olympics-early-with-16914438.php | 2022-02-13T08:09:26 | en | 0.970837 |
GENEVA (AP) — It’s a widespread lament: Traditional newspapers, especially small local ones, and other media outlets have seen subscriptions dry up as international internet behemoths have swooped in on the market for advertisements that long helped daily, weekly and monthly publications survive.
In Switzerland, the government has laid out plans to help. Swiss voters get final say Sunday in what polls have suggested is becoming an increasingly tight contest.
Voters were casting ballots on the government's plan, passed in June, to inject more than 150 million francs (about $163 million) into broadcast and print media every year, including — in a first — support early-morning newspaper delivery and online media to the tune of 70 million francs (nearly $76 million) annually.
Opponents of the plan pulled together enough signatures in a petition drive to put the issue before the public, part of Switzerland’s particular form of democracy that gives voters in the country of 8.5 million a direct say in policymaking several times a year.
Foes of the plan say the cash injection would waste taxpayer money, benefit big newspaper chains and the media moguls who run them and hurt journalistic independence -- by making media outlets more dependent on state handouts and thus less likely to criticize public officials. They also say it’s discriminatory: Free newspapers, for example, wouldn’t benefit.
“A media subsidized by the state is a media under control. As the adage goes: ‘Don’t bit the hand that feeds you,’” wrote the opponents who pressed for the referendum. They say big print-media groups together took in more than 300 million in profits in 2020, even during the COVID-19 crisis.
Many other countries in Europe and beyond offer support to newspapers such as through postal fee discounts, tax breaks and other measures.
Supporters of the cash injection counter that journalism, especially in local areas that have been ill-served by big media groups, should be considered a public service, as are many public radio and television broadcasters in Switzerland, around Europe.
“Media groups are fighting to survive. Ad revenues for print press haven’t stopped declining or are getting swallowed up by giants like Facebook and Google, and subscriptions aren’t enough,” wrote the Swiss Green party, which supports the measure.
The new money would mostly go toward subsidies or tax breaks on distribution of print media, training for journalists, and support for news agencies in Switzerland. Some of the funds would go publications by associations or non-governmental groups like Swiss-based WWF or the country’s best-known automobile association.
Proponents insist that newspapers in Switzerland need help, saying more than 70 have disappeared since 2003. Advertising revenue in all print publications plunged 42% between 2016-2020 in Switzerland.
Some 30 million francs would go to online publications to help make sure readers can get local news through the internet.
The media subsidy measure is one of four issues on ballots nationwide on Sunday. Another considers a government plan to eliminate some legacy fees on corporations — and essentially granting them a tax break. Yet another aims to limit advertising for tobacco products in areas frequented by children.
A fourth issue would ban use of animals and people in tests, with some exceptions – passage of which could have major implications for both imports of some products and research in Switzerland’s much-vaunted pharmaceutical industry. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Swiss-voters-consider-public-aid-plan-for-16914441.php | 2022-02-13T08:09:33 | en | 0.960798 |
VICTORIA - The Victoria Royals' run of misery extended when they got crushed by the Seattle Thunderbirds 7-3 Saturday night in the Western Hockey League.
The loss was Victoria's (12-28-5) 16th straight. The team hasn't won a game since Dec. 30.
Conner Roulette assisted on three of Seattle's (27-11-5) goals and added one of his own in a game that appeared to be over before the third period, carrying a 5-1 lead heading into the final third.
Henrik Rybinski scored twice for Seattle, while Lucas Ciona, Chase Lacombe, Lukas Svejkovsky and Matthew Rempe had the other goals.
Victoria's Bailey Peach scored his 26th goal of the season, good for a tie for 10th in the league. Kalem Parker and Tarun Fizer also scored.
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BLADES 6 PATS 2
SASKATOON, Sask. — Egor Sidorov's hat trick helped the Blades (25-16-2) cruise past their cross-province rival Pats (17-22-2). WHL points leader Kyle Crnkovic added to his lead with a goal and an assist to bring his total to 69 on the assist. Regina used both Spencer Welke and Kelton Pyne in net for them, but neither proved to be very effective.
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WARRIORS 4 HITMEN 1
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Brayden Yager potted a hat trick for the Warriors (26-17-4) in their victory over the Hitmen (18-18-7) Saturday. Riley Fiddler-Schultz opened scoring in the game giving Calgary a 1-0 lead early in the first period. Afterwards, however, Moose Jaw racked off four straight unanswered, including three in the second period alone, and then a short-handed marker from Yager in the third.
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BLAZERS 5 SILVERTIPS 4 (SO)
EVERETT, Wash. — Fraser Minten scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Blazers (33-12-1) edged the Silvertips (33-7-6) A matchup between the Western Conference's top two teams, it appeared as if Kamloops would hand Everett its first regulation loss in 10 games, but top Silvertips goal-scorer Jackson Berezowski ended up tying the game with close to a minute left to play in the third period.
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RAIDERS 3 HURRICANES 2
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Led by a pair of assists from Sloan Stanick, the Raiders (17-25-2) hung on to beat the Hurricanes (18-21-3). Tikhon Chaika was strong for Prince Albert in net, stopping 44 of 46 Lethbridge shots. The victory was just the Raiders' third in their last 10 games.
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ICE 8 BRONCOS 2
WINNIPEG, Man. — Connor McClennon and Chase Wheatcroft scored two goals each as part of an Ice (31-6-3) contingent of six different skaters who found the back of the Broncos' (17-24-5) net in the crushing victory. McClennon's two goals Saturday gave him 33 on the season, just one back of WHL leader Ben King of Red Deer.
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OIL KINGS 5 TIGERS 3
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — The Oil Kings (34-11-3) simply overwhelmed the Tigers (9-29-4) on their way to their fourth win in a row. Edmonton out-shot Medicine Hat 35-16 in a contest between the Eastern Conference-leading Oil Kings and the league-worst Tigers.
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ROCKETS 5 AMERICANS 4 (OT)
KELOWNA, B.C. — Pavel Novak capped off his hat trick with a game-winning goal a minute into overtime to give the Rockets (26-11-1-3) the win. Americans (13-26-5-0) centre Samuel Huo scored a pair of goals in defeat, including a short-handed one early in the third period.
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GIANTS 3 COUGARS 1
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The Cougars' (18-25-2-1) slide continues. Prince George fell to the Giants (8-23-2-0) Saturday to lose its fifth game in a row. Payton Mount scored a shorthanded goal for Vancouver late in the second period that proved to be the game winner.
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CHIEFS 3 WINTERHAWKS 2
SPOKANE, Wash. — Cooper Michaluk stopped 36 of the 38 shots he faced to help the Chiefs (13-27-3-1) hang on against the Winterhawks (29-12-3-2), snapping their 11-game win streak. Portland scored midway through the third period to come within one, but couldn't beat Michaluk afterwards.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Max Abmas scored 19 points as Oral Roberts narrowly beat Kansas City 91-86 on Saturday night.
Francis Lacis added 18 points, Elijah Lufile scored 17 and Issac McBride had 16 for the Golden Eagles (17-8, 11-3 Summit League). Lufile also had 15 rebounds and three blocks.
Evan Gilyard II had 29 points and six assists for the Roos (16-10, 9-5), whose four-game win streak was snapped. Marvin Nesbitt Jr. added 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Oral Roberts also defeated Kansas City 84-72 on Jan. 15.
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Robby Beasley III had a season-high 24 points as Montana topped Portland State 85-76 on Saturday night.
Beasley made 6 of 8 3-pointers. Josh Bannan added 22 points and eight rebounds for Montana (17-9, 10-5 Big Sky Conference). Brandon Whitney had 14 points and six rebounds Lonnell Martin Jr. added 12 points and seven rebounds.
Michael Carter III had 13 points for the Vikings (8-15, 6-9). Damion Squire added and Khalid Thomas had 11 point apiece. Thomas also had three blocks.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Noel Coleman had 24 points as Hawaii topped Cal State Fullerton 72-55 on Saturday night.
Bernardo Da Silva had 12 points for Hawaii (12-8, 8-3 Big West Conference). Junior Madut added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Jerome Desrosiers had eight rebounds.
Tory San Antonio had six rebounds for the Titans (14-8, 8-3).
E.J. Anosike, the Titans' leading scorer heading into the contest at 17 points per game, scored four points on 2-of-10 shooting.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 26 points and Deandre Ayton had 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Phoenix Suns won their fifth straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 132-105 Saturday night.
Chris Paul recorded his 30th double-double of the season with 10 points and 15 assists, and the Suns had nine players score in double figures. Phoenix has won 16 of 17 games and owns the NBA’s best record at 46-10.
The Magic were led by rookie guard Jalen Suggs, who scored 20 points, two shy of his career-high, and had a season-high 10 assists. Cole Anthony scored 17 points, and Chuma Okeke had 15 points off the bench.
The Suns had a season-high 40 assists and just seven turnovers.
“That’s an unreal ratio,” coach Monty Williams said. “But the ability, the will to turn down a decent shot or a good shot for a great shot, that’s who we are. That’s our DNA. That’s who we have to be if we want to do something really, really special, which we believe we can.”
Williams said the Suns’ unselfishness is directly influenced by how Paul plays.
“It’s probably the foundation of it all,” he said. ... “One thing that connects a team is passing the ball and I think our guys understand that.”
Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said the Suns set an example for his team on how to play the game.
“You talk about what they’ve done and how they do it and the chemistry which they have and we talk about our guys being able to play in that same fashion,” he said.
Said Booker: “It’s just the way we play.”
The Suns ended the first quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 36-26 lead and extended the lead to 21 points on the way to a 67-53 advantage at the half.
Paul, who leads the NBA in assists per game at 10.6, had 10 in the first half; Orlando had 12.
The Magic cut the lead to 69-61 early in the third quarter. The Suns responded with a 12-2 run, sparked by eight points from Booker and a 3-pointer from Paul.
TIP-INS
Suns: Phoenix had 21 assists on its 28 first-quarter field goals. … The Suns scored 40 points in the paint in the first half. … Monty Williams challenged a foul call on JaVale McGee early in the fourth quarter, but the call was upheld.
Magic: Suggs limped off the court with 7:14 in the third quarter and rode an exercise bike while talking to an Orlando trainer. He returned to the game at the start of the fourth quarter. … Wendell Carter had
14 points and 11 rebounds, his 23rd double-double of the season.
DEBUTS
Phoenix forward Torrey Craig, acquired from the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, played 23 minutes, finishing with 14 points, three rebounds and four assists. Craig played 32 games for the Suns last season before signing with Indiana in the offseason. The Suns’ other trade-deadline acquisition, guard Aaron Holiday, scored 10 points in nine minutes.
“Watching those two guys fit right into the program is pretty cool,” Williams said.
UP NEXT
Magic: Visit Denver on Monday.
Suns: Host Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.
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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Kyler Filewich came off the bench to tally 12 points and lead Southern Illinois to a 69-62 win over Evansville on Saturday night.
Dalton Banks had 11 points for Southern Illinois (13-13, 6-8 Missouri Valley Conference). Lance Jones added 10 points and six rebounds. Steven Verplancken Jr. also had 10 points.
Blaise Beauchamp had 19 points for the Purple Aces (6-18, 2-11). Evan Kuhlman added 18 points. Shamar Givance had 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists.
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BEIJING (AP) — Across two pandemic Olympics set in Asian countries, Asian American women fronting the Games have encountered a whiplashing duality — prized on the global stage for their medal-winning talent, buffeted by the escalating crisis of racist abuse at home.
The world’s most elite and international sporting event, which pits athletes and countries against each other, underscores along the way the crude reality that many Asian women face: of only being seen when they have something to offer.
“It's like Asian American women can’t win,” says Jeff Yang, an author and cultural critic. “Asian American female athletes, like most Asian American women in many other spaces, are seen as worthy when they can deliver … and then disposed of otherwise.”
The issue is playing out at the Beijing Winter Games, the third straight Olympics set in Asia and the second held during the unrelenting global coronavirus crisis — and playing out, too, during a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Here, U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim and China’s freestyle skier Eileen Gu are the latest additions to the list of American women of Asian descent who have been “It Girls” of the Winter Games, joining icons like American figure skaters Kristi Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan.
When Kim and Gu earned their gold medals in Beijing, it was the perfect bow on professional narratives that have been covered incessantly leading up to the actual event. Their star power and talent made them two of the de facto spokeswomen for the Olympics.
Meanwhile, other Asian American women like figure skaters Karen Chen and Alysa Liu of the U.S. team and Zhu Yi of the China team have also been promoted by their national teams and scrutinized — sometimes harshly — by Olympic fans.
Commentators have mocked Yi for falling in the team event, as if she deserved the mistake after giving up her U.S. citizenship to compete for her ancestral homeland. Others are angry that she “stole” the Olympic spot from an actual China-born athlete.
Even the winners struggle to feel fully embraced in America.
Kim, who won the halfpipe at the Beijing and Pyeongchang Olympics, has revealed she was tormented online daily. She says she was consumed by fear that her parents could be killed whenever she heard news about another brutal assault on an Asian person.
There have been more than 10,000 reported anti-Asian incidents — from taunts to outright assaults – between March 2020 and September 2021, according to Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition that gathers data on racially motivated attacks related to the pandemic.
“The experience of hate is withering, and it takes a huge mental health toll,” says Cynthia Choi, the coalition’s co-founder. “When we think about the Olympics, it’s really incredibly powerful to have taken place in Asia three times in a row. That context is very significant, and to have Asian Americans and Asians representing the United States in these games is more than symbolic.”
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country have endured racist verbal, physical and sometimes deadly attacks for two years now, fueled by the pandemic.
Some perpetrators have based their hate on the fact that the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China. Adding to the mix: former President Donald Trump, who regularly talked about COVID-19 in racial terms.
Gu, the daredevil freestyle skier who placed first in the big air competition, said she’d never been as scared as when a man directed a tirade about the coronavirus’ Chinese origins against her and her immigrant grandmother at a San Francisco pharmacy.
The San Francisco native, fashion model and social media figure has also been criticized with anti-China rhetoric for switching from the U.S. team to the China team. Conservative Fox News personalities Tucker Carlson and Will Cain even dedicated a segment to berating Gu, saying she was “ungrateful" and is “betraying her country.”
Those racially charged denunciations have been called out on social media for being hypocritical. Phil Yu, who runs the popular Angry Asian Man blog, tweeted succinctly: "Oh sure, it’s always 'go back to your country' but not 'go back to your country and win a gold medal.’"
The dichotomy of the Asian American woman's existence is not limited to Winter Olympians, though. In October, Hmong American gymnast Sunisa Lee said she was pepper sprayed by someone shouting racist slurs while driving by in a car. At the time, she was standing outside with a group of Asian American friends in Los Angeles while filming the “Dancing with the Stars" TV show.
Lesser-profile Olympians from the Tokyo Games like golfer Danielle Kang and karateka Sukura Kokumai spoke about their experiences with anti-Asian hate last summer.
Kang said she’s fought racism all her life and urged for a broader social studies curriculum that could better capture today’s multicultural America.
“I’ve been told to go back to China. I don’t know why they think China is the only Asian country,” said the Korean American athlete. “I also have heard, ‘Do you eat dogs for dinner?’ It’s nothing new to me. However, the violence was very upsetting. But the violence also has been around. I’ve gotten into fist fights. I’ve grown up like this.”
Kokumai, who is Japanese American, was angry to discover that the same man who had harassed her in April with racist slurs also assaulted an elderly Asian American couple.
Equally painful: colleagues' silence when the incident was reported. She said Japan's coach called her about it before members of her U.S. team did.
“It was really hurtful that it took so long for my side of the federation to address it,” Kokumai said last summer.
In July, when Lee became the surprise breakout star of the Tokyo Olympics by winning gold in the all-around event and bronze on uneven bars, Sung Yeon Choimorrow, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, said she felt conflicted about seeing Lee on a pedestal given the way Hmongs have been marginalized.
“I’m really wrestling with this idea that we’re all ‘American’ only when it comes to us being excellent and winning medals for the country,” Choimorrow said. “Asian American women are hyper-visible in ways that dehumanize us and completely invisible in the ways that humanize us.”
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BEIJING (AP) — There are no rear-view mirrors on a bobsled, which is fitting when considering Francesco Friedrich’s approach to the sport.
He doesn’t look back. Only forward.
That’s why the greatest men’s bobsledder in the world right now — and probably ever — has no desire to talk about his legacy or what he’s already accomplished to this point. His mind is always on the next thing, the next race, the next challenge. And right now, that means the Beijing Olympics, where the start of the men’s bobsled competition comes Monday with the first two runs of the two-man event.
“He’s a special guy,” U.S. bobsledder Carlo Valdes said. “He’s going to go down as the best, most successful, pilot in history. He’s been doing this for a long time and there’s a reason why he wins so many medals, world championships, gold and gold in the Olympics in 2018. It’s cool to be able to compete against him. It’s also annoying: He wins all the time and we’re like ‘Hey, we get it.’”
Valdes, good-naturedly, approaches Friedrich most every race week with a message: “It’s not going to be your week,” Valdes tells him.
And that prediction is usually very wrong.
It’s not correct to say that Friedrich always wins. It’s pretty close, though. Going back to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, Friedrich has competed in 71 major international races — meaning Olympics, World Cups and world championships.
He’s won 58 of those, or an absurd 82%.
He’s medaled in 67 of those, an even more absurd 94%. His worst finishes in the last four years: two fourth-places, one fifth-place and one 12th-place. That’s it.
“That’s what we do,” Friedrich said. “That’s our job.”
He dominates his sport like very few others have. He beats just about everyone every single week. It would seem to be a recipe for resentment among his competitors.
It isn’t.
Friedrich’s name is everywhere in bobsledding — the record books, Olympic history, European history, and even U.S. sleds. Yes, really. When the American men’s team was fundraising before this season began, anyone who donated at least $500 was going to get rewarded by having their name added to the side of one of the team’s bobsleds.
Friedrich gave $500. True to their word, the Americans put his name on the sled.
“He’s one of my idols in the sport,” U.S. pilot and first-time Olympian Hunter Church said. “I remember when he won his first world championship medal and he got asked about his next goal, and he said, ‘this is a great victory but it doesn’t matter until I am the best bobsled driver of all-time.’ It was his mission to be one of the greatest. To strive for consistent greatness, or be better than you were the day before, it’s what he’s done and it’s what will keep me going.”
Bobsled is one of those super-secretive sports. It’s an unwritten rule: Don’t ask pilots about the technology that goes into their sleds, don’t ask about technique, don’t ask about setups. Some teams get upset if they see anyone from another nation even daring to look at one of their sleds.
Friedrich goes the other direction. He doesn’t share all his secrets, but enough. The $500 gift to the U.S. program was far from the first time he’s donated money to other teams; he also got his name on Benjamin Maier’s sled for Austria this season after sponsoring that program, too.
“Francesco thought it would be funny if his name was on my sled,” Maier said.
Thing is, Friedrich doesn’t really think it’s funny. He gives money because he can, because it’s the right thing to do — and because he feels a responsibility to grow the sport, even if that means helping rivals.
“The day that there’s a limited amount of sleds on the World Cup tour is the day the sport dies,” Valdes said. “You can see that he’s just trying to do his part to keep it going.”
Here’s perhaps the best example of that: The four-man sled that Friedrich used to win gold in Pyeongchang is here at the Beijing Games — now painted in Canada colors.
He sold it to them.
“He definitely wouldn’t have sold the sled if he didn’t have something better, right?” said Canadian pilot Justin Kripps, who tied Friedrich for the two-man gold at the Pyeongchang Games. “It’s a very expensive item to have sitting in your garage unused, so I can see why he sold it.”
Kripps and Friedrich are close friends. Kripps is one of the very best in the world at what he does, a true medal contender. And even he has no doubt about who the favorite is in Beijing.
“He wins everything, right? So, obviously, people would consider him the one to beat,” Kripps said. “I think they also considered him the one to beat going into 2018, and he’s even more dominant now.”
Friedrich wants no part of that thinking.
He’s modest, almost to a fault. He talks about how much he enjoys working on his sled, building relationships with his teammates, supporting others. He’ll talk about almost anything.
Anything, that is, except his own success. Maybe someday. Not yet. There’s more to win.
“That doesn’t matter in this moment,” Friedrich said. “We have to prepare in the moment for this. When that is over, we can talk about it. I have a job and I do what I can do. That’s what is fun to me and that’s my motivation. Every day, I have fun.”
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Rienk Mast had 15 points and seven rebounds as Bradley beat Drake 68-59 on Saturday night.
Mikey Howell had 14 points for Bradley (15-11, 9-5 Missouri Valley Conference), which earned its fifth straight home victory. Terry Roberts added 11 points. V
Tucker DeVries had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (17-9, 8-5). Roman Penn added 11 points.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Hunter Schofield posted 18 points and nine rebounds as Dixie State narrowly beat Grand Canyon 61-60 on Saturday night.
Schofield converted a three-point play with 17 seconds remaining to cap the scoring. Holland Woods missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.
Dancell Leter had 15 points for Dixie State (12-13, 5-7 Western Athletic Conference).
Woods had 11 points and six rebounds for the Antelopes (17-6, 7-4). Gabe McGlothan added 11 points. Taeshon Cherry had 10 points.
Jovan Blacksher Jr., the Antelopes' leading scorer heading into the contest at 17 points per game, had only four points (2 of 13).
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BEIJING (AP) — Three years after Adrian Diaz popped the question to Madison Hubbell on a high cliff overlooking the romantic port city of Barcelona, the two Olympic ice dancers are looking forward to finally planning their dream wedding.
First, though, they'll have to spend Valentine's Day in the most awkward way imaginable: competing against each other.
Hubbell and her longtime partner, Zachary Donohue, are in third place and aiming for a medal when the American duo concludes competition Monday with the free dance. Diaz and his partner, Olivia Smart, are farther down the standings as they try to improve on their rhythm dance with a memorable final performance for Spain.
“It has never been a very close fight,” Diaz said almost sheepishly.
Indeed, Hubbell and Donohue are among the elites of the ice dance world, a pair that was once an off-ice couple but was so good on it that they stayed partners — and best friends — even when the relationship ended. Along the way, they've captured a pair of silver medals at the world championships and were fourth at the Pyeongchang Games.
Diaz and Smart have never finished in the top 10 at the world championships.
So yes, the two pairs are competing against each other in the literal sense. But in the practical sense, there isn't much competition at all. And that takes all of the stress out of what could be a tricky, delicate situation, allowing Hubbell and Diaz to be each other's biggest fan on the rare occasions that they actually get a chance to sit in the stands.
Like during the team event last week, when Hubbell helped the U.S. win the silver medal — which could be elevated to gold once the Russian doping scandal reaches its conclusion. Spain did not have a team competing in the event.
“It was especially special for me to have my fiance in the stands,” Hubbell said, “because usually we're focused on our event so much that we don't get to see each other in person. So I'm really happy to have him able to be there.”
There are quite a few real-life couples at the Winter Olympics, and they count themselves fortunate: The closed-loop system put in place to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks included a ban on foreign visitors, so those who arrived in Beijing with their significant other as a coach, teammate or, yes, even a rival, will get to spend Valentine's Day together.
Diaz even said he had a gift for Hubbell, though he wouldn't spoil the surprise Saturday night.
Montana-born ice dancer Tim Koleto also planned ahead, bringing a gift for his wife, Misato Komatsubara. After all, boxes of chocolates are hard to come by in the Olympic bubble and a candlelight dinner pretty much impossible.
There happens to be a florist in the Olympic Village, though. Saving grace for those without the same forethought.
“We're very lucky to be able to spend our time here together,” said Kotelo, who along with Komatsubara helped Japan win a team bronze medal, and whose love story belongs on the desk of someone from the Hallmark Channel.
Koleto began his career as a singles skater before switching to dance in 2013 and teaming with Yura Kim to represent South Korea. When that partnership ended the following year, he began skating with Thea Rabe and represented Norway for a while. And when that pairing ended in 2016, Koleto seriously thought about walking away from the sport.
Around the same time, Komatsubara's partnership with Andrea Fabbri representing Italy was coming to an end. So on a lark, Koleto flew to Milan — the site of the next Winter Olympics — and met Komatsubara for a tryout. The connection was instantaneous, and they not only became ice dance partners but within a year were getting married.
He became a Japanese citizen in 2020, legally adopting the Komatsubara surname out of respect for his wife.
“We talk about it often that it was fate that we found each other the way we did,” Koleto said. “Both of us were a little bit disillusioned with this sport and maybe ready to walk away before we found each other, because starting again with a new partner is a long and difficult process. And you get to know each other so deeply and so intimately, even when you’re not together for three hours. So it’s a long process to start that again. So I’m so happy that we found each other.”
Most ice dance partnerships are not real-life couples, even though a necessary part of a winning program is showing off precisely that kind of chemistry. For them it's an act, just like a dramatic performance on stage or screen.
Yet sometimes those partnerships turn into more. That was the case for American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates. The reigning national champs have been dancing together for more than a decade, and are at their third Olympics together, but they didn't begin seriously dating until several years after beginning the partnership.
They were fourth after the rhythm dance Saturday night and now will celebrate Valentine's Day together Monday, trying to move onto the podium and earn another medal at the Beijing Games.
“We're just going to let our training come through,” she said. “We're just going to let our skating shine.”
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BEIJING (AP) — Kendall Coyne Schofield hasn’t entirely quit her day job while captaining the United States women’s hockey team at the Beijing Olympics.
In her second year as a Chicago Blackhawks player development coach, Coyne Schofield is pulling double duty at the Games by checking in on Chicago goalie prospect Drew Commesso, who happens to be playing for the U.S. men’s team.
“My focus, obviously, is first and foremost with this team,” Coyne Schofield said, referring to the defending women’s Olympic champions, who play Finland in the semifinals on Monday. “But I will definitely be watching, cheering from afar and reporting back to some of our folks back in Chicago.”
To be clear, she said, the Blackhawks aren’t requiring her to do anything but focus on playing during her time in Beijing. And yet, Coyne Schofield feels obligated to do her part for the franchise she grew up rooting for, and that made her the team’s first female coach.
Coyne Schofield texted Blackhawks interim general manager Kyle Davidson to say she would be watching the team's prospects at the Olympics.
"He’s like: 'No, don’t worry about it. We got it,‘” she said. “I have their full support. But if I have the opportunity to see them play, I obviously look forward to that.”
There couldn’t have been anything bad with her first report back after Commesso — the youngest goaltender to play for the U.S. at the Olympics — stopped 29 shots in a tournament-opening 8-0 win over China on Thursday. The 19-year-old is in his sophomore season at Boston University after being selected by Chicago in the second round, 46th overall, of the 2020 draft.
“She’s been really awesome to me,” Commesso said.
“I’m a big fan of hers,” he added. “I’ve been watching her play in this tournament, and hopefully we’ll stay in touch. And hopefully, I can get a signed stick or something from her because she’s a legend in women’s hockey.”
It helps, too, that Commesso’s professional connection to the three-time Olympian allows him to get advice on how to prepare for his first Winter Games experience.
“That aspect of it is pretty cool, because she knows what it’s like to play on a stage like this,” he said. “She’s been a great tool for me. And I’m going to continue to use her for help and reach out when I need it.”
Commesso missed out on his opportunity to represent the U.S. at the world junior championships, which were abruptly canceled over COVID-19 concerns shortly after they began two months ago. And yet, if not for the omicron surge, which led to the NHL’s decision to not participate in the Olympics, Commesso wouldn’t have had the chance to play for the U.S.
He left BU with a 12-8-3 record this season to play for a youth-laden U.S. men’s team that's off to a 2-0 start. The Americans play Germany on Sunday night, with a chance to clinch the top seed and advance to the quarterfinal round.
Coyne Schofield has three goals and two assists in five games for the U.S. women. She scored an empty-netter and set up Hilary Knight’s tying goal in the second period of a 4-1 quarterfinal win over the Czech Republic on Friday.
Aside from playing and scouting, Coyne Schofield is also active in the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association’s campaign to establish a economically sustainable women’s league in North America.
“It’ll slow down at some point in life, right?” she said of all the jobs she’s juggling. “To be part of the change that we’re seeing in women’s hockey and women’s sports is extremely important to me. And if I can be a part of that change, it’s a role and an honor that I want to fulfill every day that I can.”
The job with the Blackhawks does provide her a glimpse at a career whenever she is finished playing.
“I’m enjoying where I’m at right now,” said Coyne Schofield, who turns 30 in May. “I’m just so thankful for the support I’ve received from the Blackhawks to continue to play while being a full-time employee, especially this year because I haven’t been able to give as much focus to them as I did last year.”
The least she could do was provide Commesso a few tips.
“Before he got here, he’s asking some packing questions as most Olympians have,” Coyne Schofield said. “And it’s basically just bring your underwear because you get so many clothes here.”
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CA San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA Zone Forecast for Saturday, February 12, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Interior Central California
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for tonight, Sunday, Sunday night, and Monday.
CAZ300-131200-
West Side Mountains north of 198-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 50 to 56. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 51 to 57. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 71 to
76. Light winds in the morning becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 42 to 47. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 64.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 46.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 40 to 46.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 73.
Lows 43 to 49.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Luis Reservoir 50 76 51 73 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ301-131200-
Los Banos - Dos Palos-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear, haze. Lows 44 to 51. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 82. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 45 to 53. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 73 to
78. Light winds in the morning becoming northwest up to 10 mph in
the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 41 to 46. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 68.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 42.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 74.
Lows 38 to 44.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Los Banos 46 76 47 74 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ302-131200-
Merced - Madera - Mendota-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear, haze. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 43 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 62 to
67.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to
40. Highs 63 to 72.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs
70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Livingston 42 78 43 74 / 0 0 0 0
Merced 42 78 44 74 / 0 0 0 0
Chowchilla 43 78 44 74 / 0 0 0 0
Madera 44 78 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
Firebaugh 42 80 45 77 / 0 0 0 0
Mendota 43 80 45 77 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ303-131200-
Planada - Le Grand - Snelling-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear, haze. Lows 43 to 49. Northeast winds up to
10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 44 to 49. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 71 to 76. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 39 to 44. Light winds in the
evening becoming northwest around 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 60 to
65.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 40.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 40.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 71. Lows
37 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 67 to 72.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Planada 44 78 44 73 / 0 0 0 0
Le Grand 44 78 45 74 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ304-131200-
Coalinga - Avenal-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 49 to 54. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds in the morning
becoming east up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 49 to 54. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds in the
morning becoming northeast up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 41 to 46. Northwest
winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler. Highs 60 to 65.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 44.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 72. Lows
41 to 46.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Coalinga 52 79 51 77 / 0 0 0 0
Avenal 52 79 52 77 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ305-131200-
West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 43 to 51. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 83. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 51. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds in the
morning becoming north up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 46. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler. Highs 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 41.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 68.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 41.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 73. Lows
37 to 43.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 44.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huron 47 80 47 78 / 0 0 0 0
Five Points 44 81 45 77 / 0 0 0 0
NAS Lemoore 44 79 44 77 / 0 0 0 0
Kettleman City 47 79 47 77 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ306-131200-
Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear, haze. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 82. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 60 to 65.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to
38. Highs 62 to 67.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 73. Lows
35 to 40.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs
70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Selma 45 79 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Kingsburg 45 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Sanger 45 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Kerman 43 79 44 76 / 0 0 0 0
Caruthers 43 79 43 76 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ307-131200-
Fresno-Clovis-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 44 to 49. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 43 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 59 to 64.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 72. Lows
37 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Clovis 47 78 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
Fresno 47 79 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ308-131200-
West Side Mountains South of 198-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 53. South winds up to 10 mph in the
evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. East winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 55. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 40 to 45. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs 58 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 42.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 73.
Lows 40 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Livingston 42 78 43 74 / 0 0 0 0
Merced 42 78 44 74 / 0 0 0 0
Chowchilla 43 78 44 74 / 0 0 0 0
Madera 44 78 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ309-131200-
Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 41 to 47. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 82. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 49. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds in the
morning becoming north up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 38 to 43. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 59 to 64.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 39.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 74.
Lows 35 to 42.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lost Hills 43 80 46 78 / 0 0 0 0
Buttonwillow 43 81 46 79 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ310-131200-
Delano-Wasco-Shafter-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 40 to 46. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 47. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 39 to 44. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 57 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to
38. Highs 61 to 66.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 72. Lows
34 to 39.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alpaugh 41 78 42 76 / 0 0 0 0
Allensworth 41 78 42 76 / 0 0 0 0
Wasco 43 80 45 78 / 0 0 0 0
Delano 44 78 45 76 / 0 0 0 0
McFarland 45 79 46 77 / 0 0 0 0
Shafter 45 80 47 78 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ311-131200-
Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear, haze. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 58 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to
40. Highs 62 to 72.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 68 to
73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 40.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs
69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lemoore 43 79 43 77 / 0 0 0 0
Hanford 42 79 42 76 / 0 0 0 0
Corcoran 42 78 42 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ312-131200-
Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 43 to 49. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 39 to 44. Light winds in the evening becoming
northwest up to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 55 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 34 to 39. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 40.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 71. Lows
37 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 43.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Reedley 45 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Dinuba 45 78 44 75 / 0 0 0 0
Visalia 43 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Exeter 47 78 47 74 / 0 0 0 0
Tulare 45 78 44 75 / 0 0 0 0
Lindsay 47 78 47 74 / 0 0 0 0
Porterville 48 78 48 74 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ313-131200-
Buena Vista-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 57. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 49 to 57. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 43 to 48. West winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 55 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 44. Highs
60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 45.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 73.
Lows 41 to 49.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Taft 57 77 57 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ314-131200-
Bakersfield-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 54. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 82. Light winds in the morning
becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 54. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 55 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 42. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 73.
Lows 38 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bakersfield 50 80 50 78 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ315-131200-
Southeast San Joaquin Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 53. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds in the morning
becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54. East winds up to 10 mph in
the evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 40 to 46. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 53 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 41. Highs
60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 42.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 72.
Lows 38 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Richgrove 47 78 47 75 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ316-131200-
South End San Joaquin Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 56. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 71 to 78. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 39 to 45. West winds up to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 51 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 42. Highs
59 to 64.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 72.
Lows 38 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Arvin 49 79 49 76 / 0 0 0 0
Lamont 47 80 47 77 / 0 0 0 0
Mettler 49 78 50 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ317-131200-
Mariposa Madera Foothills-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 47 to 53. Northeast
winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 77. East winds up to 10 mph in the
morning becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 47 to 53. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 69 to
74. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows 39 to 44. Light
winds. Gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs 56 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 58 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 63 to 69.
Lows 40 to 46.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 66 to 71.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mariposa 51 72 51 69 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ318-131200-
Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 42 to 52.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 52.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 61 to
71.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 31 to 41.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning. Highs 48 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 29 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 51 to 61.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 42.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 57 to 67. Lows
35 to 45.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Oakhurst 44 75 40 71 / 0 0 0 0
Bass Lake 41 69 38 66 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ319-131200-
Fresno-Tulare Foothills-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 48 to 54.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 77.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 47 to 53.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 74.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 39 to 44.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 50 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 41. Highs
57 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 62 to 70.
Lows 41 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 65 to 71.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Millerton Lake 50 75 50 72 / 0 0 0 0
Three Rivers 48 76 47 72 / 0 0 0 0
Springville 48 71 47 67 / 0 0 0 0
Tule River Reservation 56 74 54 71 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ320-131200-
Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 46 to 56.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 55.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 60 to 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 33 to 43.
.TUESDAY...Slight chance of snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 31 to 41. Highs
49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 45.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 38 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 56 to 66.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Auberry 55 71 52 67 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ321-131200-
South End Sierra Foothills-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 57.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 77.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 57.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 40 to 46.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 50 to 55.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 43. Highs
58 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 45.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 63 to 70.
Lows 41 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 66 to 71.
=
$$
CAZ322-131200-
South End of the Lower Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 57.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 73.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 60 to 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 35 to 43.
.TUESDAY...Slight chance of snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 40 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 40. Highs
50 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 38 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 57 to 67.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Camp Nelson 43 63 42 62 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ323-131200-
Yosemite NP outside of the valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49 at 5000 feet...29 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 56 to 66 at 5000 feet...45 to 51 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 49 at 5000 feet...29 to
37 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Windy. Highs
54 to 62 at 5000 feet...42 to 47 at 8000 feet. South winds 25 to
30 mph over higher elevations. Gusts up to 50 mph over higher
elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows 27 to
37 at 5000 feet...21 to 27 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning,
then sunny with a slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Chance
of snow 40 percent. Highs 41 to 49 at 5000 feet...29 to 35 at
8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 27 to 37 at
5000 feet...19 to 27 at 8000 feet. Highs 49 to 56 at 5000 feet...
38 to 44 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 30 to 40 at 5000 feet...22 to
30 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 53 to 61 at
5000 feet...41 to 48 at 8000 feet. Lows 33 to 43 at 5000 feet...
26 to 33 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Tuolumne Meadows 16 51 17 49 / 0 0 0 0
Wawona 40 68 40 64 / 0 0 0 0
Hetch Hetchy 44 69 45 65 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ324-131200-
Yosemite Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 67. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the morning shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 39 to 49. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 53 to
63. East winds around 10 mph in the morning shifting to the
southwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow
after midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows
28 to 38. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs 40 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 28 to 38. Highs
48 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 52 to 62. Lows
34 to 44.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Yosemite 43 66 44 62 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ325-131200-
San Joaquin River Canyon-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 57 to 67. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 39 to 49. North winds up to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 54 to
64. North winds up to 10 mph in the morning shifting to the
southwest around 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain and
snow after midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows
30 to 40. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the afternoon.
Chance of snow 40 percent. Highs 40 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 28 to 38. Highs
47 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 42.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 52 to 62. Lows
35 to 45.
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CAZ326-131200-
Upper San Joaquin River-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 24 to 34.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 51.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 24 to 34.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Windy. Highs
38 to 48. Over higher elevations, southwest winds 25 to 30 mph in
the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows 16 to 26.
Southwest winds around 25 mph over higher elevations. Gusts up to
40 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then
slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Chance of snow
40 percent. Highs 24 to 34.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 13 to 23. Highs
33 to 43.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 17 to 27.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 38 to 48. Lows
21 to 31.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Devils Postpile 27 45 27 43 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ327-131200-
Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 46 to 53 at 5000 feet...27 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 65 at 5000 feet...49 to 55 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 44 to 53 at 5000 feet...28 to 36 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 58 to
63 at 5000 feet...47 to 53 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows 33 to
40 at 5000 feet...20 to 26 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then
slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Colder. Chance of snow
40 percent. Highs 41 to 46 at 5000 feet...32 to 37 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 38 at
5000 feet...17 to 25 at 8000 feet. Highs 48 to 53 at 5000 feet...
41 to 46 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 42 at 5000 feet...22 to
29 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 53 to 58 at 5000 feet...44 to 50 at
8000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 45 at 5000 feet...25 to 32 at
8000 feet.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 54 to 60 at
5000 feet...46 to 52 at 8000 feet. Lows 40 to 45 at 5000 feet...
26 to 33 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huntington Lake 34 55 33 52 / 0 0 0 0
Shaver Lake 39 61 37 58 / 0 0 0 0
Lake Wishon 35 58 34 56 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ328-131200-
Kings Canyon NP-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40 at 5000 feet...27 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 58 at 5000 feet...45 to 55 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40 at 5000 feet...26 to
36 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Windy. Highs
around 58 at 5000 feet...44 to 53 at 8000 feet. Over higher
elevations, southwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to around
45 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Breezy, colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows
around 31 at 5000 feet...18 to 27 at 8000 feet. Southwest winds
around 25 mph over higher elevations. Gusts up to 40 mph after
midnight. Wind chill readings around 3 below.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Breezy, colder. Highs around 42 at 5000 feet...29 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 28 at
5000 feet...15 to 25 at 8000 feet. Highs around 51 at 5000 feet...
38 to 47 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 32 at 5000 feet...19 to
29 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 53 to 58 at
5000 feet...42 to 52 at 8000 feet. Lows around 37 at 5000 feet...
24 to 34 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Cedar Grove 37 66 36 64 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ329-131200-
Grant Grove Area-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 50 at 5000 feet...30 to 40 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 57 to 62 at 5000 feet...49 to 54 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 49 at 5000 feet...30 to
40 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 54 to
59 at 5000 feet...47 to 52 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. No snow accumulation. Lows 34 to 39 at
5000 feet...20 to 30 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow.
Colder. Highs 38 to 43 at 5000 feet...30 to 35 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 37 at
5000 feet...18 to 28 at 8000 feet. Highs 47 to 52 at 5000 feet...
40 to 45 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41 at 5000 feet...22 to
32 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 51 to 56 at 5000 feet...43 to 48 at
8000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 44 at 5000 feet...25 to 35 at
8000 feet.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 52 to 58 at
5000 feet...45 to 51 at 8000 feet. Lows 40 to 45 at 5000 feet...
26 to 36 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Grant Grove 45 61 45 60 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ330-131200-
Sequoia NP-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 50 at 5000 feet...28 to 38 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 58 to 63 at 5000 feet...45 to 53 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 48 at 5000 feet...27 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 55 to 60 at 5000 feet...44 to 52 at
8000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Breezy, colder. No snow accumulation. Lows 31 to 36 at
5000 feet...18 to 28 at 8000 feet. Over higher elevations, west
winds around 25 mph after midnight. Wind chill readings around
1 below.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Breezy, colder. Highs 37 to 42 at 5000 feet...28 to 34 at
8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 29 to 34 at
5000 feet...15 to 25 at 8000 feet. Highs 47 to 52 at 5000 feet...
37 to 43 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 39 at 5000 feet...20 to
30 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 51 to 59 at
5000 feet...40 to 49 at 8000 feet. Lows 35 to 43 at 5000 feet...
23 to 33 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lodgepole 29 56 28 54 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ331-131200-
South End of the Upper Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49 at 5000 feet...28 to 38 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 68 at 5000 feet...48 to 56 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 47 at 5000 feet...28 to 38 at
8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs 57 to 65 at 5000 feet...
48 to 56 at 8000 feet. West winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. No snow accumulation. Lows 28 to 37 at
5000 feet...21 to 31 at 8000 feet. Gusts up to 45 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning,
then chance of snow in the afternoon. Colder. Chance of snow
40 percent. Highs 38 to 46 at 5000 feet...31 to 39 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 25 to 35 at
5000 feet...17 to 27 at 8000 feet. Highs 47 to 57 at 5000 feet...
40 to 48 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 28 to 38 at 5000 feet...20 to
30 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 52 to 60 at 5000 feet...42 to 50 at
8000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41 at 5000 feet...23 to 33 at
8000 feet.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 53 to 63 at
5000 feet...45 to 53 at 8000 feet. Lows 32 to 42 at 5000 feet...
24 to 34 at 8000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 56 to 64 at 5000 feet...46 to
54 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Johnsondale 30 67 29 65 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ332-131200-
Kern River Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 70 to 76. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the morning shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs 67 to 73. West winds up to
10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 35 to 43. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 45 to 53.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows 29 to
37. Highs 56 to 64.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 68.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 63 to 71. Lows
37 to 45.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alta Sierra 44 61 43 58 / 0 0 0 0
Kernville 44 75 43 72 / 0 0 0 0
Lake Isabella 43 75 44 72 / 0 0 0 0
Weldon 45 74 45 73 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ333-131200-
Piute Walker Basin-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs 59 to 69. West winds around
25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 32 to 42. Gusts up to 40 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Cooler. Highs 37 to 47.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows 27 to
37. Highs 48 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 51 to 61.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65. Lows
35 to 45.
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CAZ334-131200-
Tehachapi-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 61 to 71.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 34 to 42.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Cooler. Highs 39 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 29 to 39. Highs
49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 42.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 52 to 62.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 56 to 66. Lows
38 to 46.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bear Valley Springs 47 68 48 65 / 0 0 0 0
Tehachapi 40 69 42 67 / 0 0 0 0
Twin Oaks 47 71 47 69 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ335-131200-
Grapevine-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 48 to 53. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 65 to 73. Southeast winds up to 10 mph in
the morning shifting to the north in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 48 to 53. West winds up to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 63 to 71. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 37 to 42. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 41 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to 38. Highs
50 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 38 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 59 to 67.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Grapevine 49 72 49 70 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ336-131200-
Frazier Mountain Communities-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 45 to 55.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 56.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 34 to 44.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Cooler.
Highs 41 to 51.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 40. Highs
49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 43.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 37 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 58 to 68.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pine Mountain Club 47 66 46 65 / 0 0 0 0
Frazier Park 39 68 40 67 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ337-131200-
Indian Wells Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 76. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs 73 to 78. Southwest winds
up to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts
to around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 48. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 55 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 40. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 68.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 42.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 65 to 72. Lows
35 to 45.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Inyokern 43 75 45 76 / 0 0 0 0
Ridgecrest 38 75 40 77 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ338-131200-
Mojave Desert Slopes-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 49. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 43 to 51. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs 65 to 75. West winds 10 to
15 mph in the morning increasing to 25 to 35 mph with gusts to
around 50 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 46. West winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Slight
chance of snow in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 45 to 55.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 38. Highs
53 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 55 to 65.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 59 to 69. Lows
38 to 46.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mojave 41 74 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ339-131200-
Mojave Desert-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 44. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 77. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 46. Light winds in the evening
becoming southwest up to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 73 to 79. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 46. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 53 to 59.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 38. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 30 to 40.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 65 to 73. Lows
33 to 43.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Randsburg 49 72 50 73 / 0 0 0 0
California City 36 75 38 77 / 0 0 0 0
Edwards AFB 33 74 36 78 / 0 0 0 0
Rosamond 36 75 38 78 / 0 0 0 0
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TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Sunday, February 13, 2022
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
108 AM CST Sun Feb 13 2022
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 34 knots
and seas 6 to 9 feet.
* WHERE...Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship
Channel out 20 NM, Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship
Channel from 20 to 60 NM, Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to
Port Aransas out 20 NM and Waters from Baffin Bay to Port
Aransas from 20 to 60 NM.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning.
* IMPACTS...Strong to very strong winds and/or increased seas
will result in hazardous marine conditions especially for
inexperienced mariners with smaller vessels.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
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ACEREDO, Spain (AP) — Roofs peeking out of the water have become a common sight every summer at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts would appear of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley.
But never before has the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety in the middle of the usually wet winter season.
With almost no rain for two months and not much expected any time soon, the ruins of Aceredo are dredging up a mix of emotions for locals as they see the rusted carcass of a car, a stone fountain with water still spouting and the old road leading to what used to be the local bar.
“The whole place used to be all vineyards, orange trees. It was all green. It was beautiful," said 72-year-old José Luis Penín, who used to stop at the bar with pals at the end of a day's fishing.
“Look at it now,” said Penín, who lives in the same county, pointing at the cracked, yellow bed of the reservoir. ”It's so sad."
While the arid zones of the Iberian Peninsula have historically experienced periods of drought, experts say climate change has exacerbated the problem. This year, amid record levels of low or no rainfall at all, farmers in both Portugal and Spain, who are growing produce for all of Europe, are worried that their crops for this season will be ruined.
In the last three months of 2021, Spain recorded just 35% of the average rainfall it had seen during the same period from 1981 to 2010. But there has been almost no rain since then.
According to the national weather agency AEMET, in this century, only in 2005 has there been a January with almost no rain. If clouds don't unleash in the next two weeks, emergency subsidies for farmers will be needed, authorities said.
But Rubén del Campo, a spokesman for the weather service, said the below-average rainfall over the last six months is likely to continue for several more weeks, with hopes that spring will bring much-needed relief.
While only 10% of Spain has officially been declared under a “prolonged drought,” there are large areas, particularly in the south, which are facing extreme shortages that could impact the irrigation of crops.
The valley around the Guadalquivir River in Spain’s southwest was declared under prolonged drought in November. It is now the focus of a fierce environmental dispute over water rights near Doñana National Park, a World Heritage wetland site. The government of the Andalusia region wants to grant water rights to farmers on land near the park, but critics say the move will further endanger a major wildlife refuge that is already drying up.
“The past two, three years have been dry, with the tendency toward less and less rain,” said Andrés Góngora, a 46-year-old tomato farmer in southern Almería.
Góngora, who expects the water he uses from a desalinating plant to be rationed, is still better off than other farmers who specialize in wheat and grains for livestock feed.
“The cereal crops for this year have been lost,” Góngora said.
Other areas in central and northeast Spain are also feeling the burn.
The leading association of farmers and livestock breeders in Spain, COAG, warns that half of Spain’s farms are threatened by drought this year. It says if it does not rain heavily in the coming month, rain-fed crops including cereals, olives, nuts and vineyards could lose 60% to 80% of their production.
But the association is also worried about crops that depend on irrigation, with reservoirs under 40% of capacity in most of the south.
Spain’s left-wing government plans to dedicate over 570 million euros ($647 million) from the European Union's pandemic recovery fund to make its irrigation systems more efficient, including incorporating renewable energy systems.
Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas said this week the government will take emergency measures if it doesn’t rain in two weeks. Those would likely be limited to economic benefits to palliate the loss of crops and revenues for farmers.
Neighboring Portugal has also seen little rain since last October. By the end of January, 45% of the country was enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought conditions, according to the national weather agency IPMA.
Rainfall from Oct. 1 through January was less than half the annual average for that four-month period, alarming farmers who are short of grass for their livestock.
Unusually, even the north of Portugal is dry and forest fires have broken out there this winter. In the south, crickets are already singing at night and mosquitoes have appeared — traditional signs of summer.
The IPMA doesn’t forecast any relief before the end of the month.
Portugal has witnessed an increase in the frequency of droughts over the past 20-30 years, according to IPMA climatologist Vanda Pires, with lower rainfall and higher temperatures.
“It’s part of the context of climate change,” Pires told The Associated Press.
And the outlook is bleak: Scientists estimate that Portugal will see a drop in average annual rainfall of 20% to 40% by the end of the century.
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Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Spain, Barry Hatton in Lisbon and Aritz Parra in Madrid contributed to this report.
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Edmonton 4 Red Deer 0
Vancouver 4 Prince George 1
Kamloops 6 Tri-City 1
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Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 8 Swift Current 2
Edmonton 5 Medicine Hat 3
Kamloops 5 Everett 4 (SO)
Vancouver 3 Prince George 1
Spokane 3 Portland 2
Seattle 7 Victoria 3
Kelowna 5 Tri-City 4 (OT)
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Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
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Portland 8 Spokane 1
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(CNN)Superb Owl. No wait, Super Bowl.
Too late.
Instead of Super Bowl information, one small typo later and your search results are filled with owl content instead. And we'd like to encourage you to lean into the error. Because owls truly are "superb."
These birds are a far cry from football, but over the years the trend has gained significant popularity. So much so, that many people flood the internet with photos of owls before the Super Bowl each year. (And you know what a gathering of owls is called, right? A parliament.)
This internet phenomenon puts these feathery creatures in the spotlight, which ultimately aids awareness, said Matt Williams, director of conservation with the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
"I say anything that helps get the message out about the importance of conservation is a good thing," he said.
A stone-cold predator
Owls are quite interesting. Some people think they are innocent balls of fluff, but that couldn't be further from the truth, Williams said.
"Owls are voracious predators that hunt mostly at night using a very keen sense of hearing to help locate their prey," he said in an email.
Their disc-shaped face directs sound to their ears, which allows them to hear the quietest noises, Williams explained. Their feathers are designed to make them almost completely silent when they fly, a useful trick for sneaking up on their prey, he added.
Most owls are content to feast on small mammals like mice and shrews, said Seth Magle, director of the Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
Some larger owls like the great horned owl can snatch up rabbits, skunks or even other owls, Williams said.
Super Bowl owl mascots
The Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals may already have their own mascots, but there's no harm in adding some owls into the mix.
Williams thought the barred owl could represent the Bengals because the birds share a similar stripe pattern to the team's helmets.
"For the Rams, I'd have to say the snowy owl of Harry Potter fame because their quarterback Matthew Stafford has been a wizard during their playoff run so far," he explained.
Magle assigned the Eastern screech owl to the Bengals because it's found in Ohio and shares a similar color to the team.
The California spotted owl would fit quite nicely with the Rams, he added.
"It has a four-note call sometimes described as 'hup, hoo-hoo, hooo,' which seems like it could be an audible called at the line of scrimmage," Magle said.
See an owl in the wild
Your experience with owls doesn't have be limited to the internet. Communities around the United States are hosting educational events about the nocturnal animals that include a nature walk.
If you're still searching for Super Bowl content, we got you covered.
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, offered a special Superb Owl event on Saturday of Super Bowl weekend.
The Leslie Science & Nature Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will host an owl event on Sunday morning. The center will have resident owls on display, and people can dissect owl pellets, which are the undigested parts of their meal that they regurgitate.
Why not venture outdoors this weekend so you can get to know these fascinating creatures? It'll be a hoot.
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There are over 250 owl species, and we'd like to introduce you to some of our favorites.
Many people think all owls make a hooting noise, but that is not the case. The great gray owl does not hoot, Williams said, but rather makes a series of "hoos" in a low pitch.
The short-eared owl can be found in prairies and wetlands, unlike most other owls who live in forests, Williams said.
Barred owls are very vocal birds that can often be heard making the traditional hooting noise, said Charles Eldermire, Bird Cams project leader at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Great horned owls are known for their iconic ear tufts and catlike eyes, Eldermire said. You can watch the goings-on at a great horned owl pair's nest near Savannah, Georgia, on a live cam.
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Lethbridge 2 Moose Jaw 1
Portland 9 Spokane 0
Tri-City 4 Kamloops 3
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
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Winnipeg 6 Brandon 2
Friday's results
Saskatoon 4 Lethbridge 1
Regina 5 Calgary 0
Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 1
Swift Current 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Edmonton 4 Red Deer 0
Vancouver 4 Prince George 1
Kamloops 6 Tri-City 1
Portland 8 Spokane 1
Kelowna 4 Everett 3 (SO)
Seattle 6 Victoria 1
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Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 2
Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 1
Winnipeg 8 Swift Current 2
Edmonton 5 Medicine Hat 3
Kamloops 5 Everett 4 (SO)
Vancouver 3 Prince George 1
Spokane 3 Portland 2
Seattle 7 Victoria 3
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Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
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Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
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Moose Jaw at Calgary, 7 p.m.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Last year, the Florida Legislature was in the midst of an extraordinary push to protect the state’s farming industry from lawsuits over air pollution.
Supporters argued that the legislation was critical to protecting Florida’s agricultural businesses from “frivolous lawsuits.” But some lawmakers were skeptical, noting that residents of the state’s heartland who were bringing suit against sugar companies would feel their case anything but frivolous. At issue was the practice of cane burning, a harvesting method in which the sugar industry burns crops to rid the plants of their outer leaves. Florida produces more than half of America’s cane sugar and relies heavily on the technique, but residents in the largely Black and Hispanic communities nearby claim the resulting smoke and ash harms their health.
So, on a Wednesday morning in March, lawmakers heard testimony on the new bill. In a committee room in Tallahassee, Joaquin Almazan stepped to the microphone as a newly elected city commissioner in Belle Glade, the largest city in the sugar-rich Glades region, where the smoke drops “black snow” on residents throughout every burning season.
Almazan had won his seat just one week before the hearing. His victory was also a victory for the sugar industry, a political powerhouse that employs more than 12,000 workers in the area during harvest season. His rival, Steve Messam, opposed cane burning and sought to end the practice.
In a small town of 8,000 voters where political campaigns are generally sleepy, the contest emerged as the marquee race in an election for three seats on the city commission, contributing to record turnout and fueling big spending. In fact, each side raised more than $16,000, making the March election the most expensive in at least 15 years, according to an analysis of campaign finance records by The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica, which examined documents going back to 2006. That’s five times the amount of money typically raised by city commissioner candidates, after adjusting for inflation. While Messam relied on mostly small donations from more than 200 donors, Almazan tapped a much smaller pool of 40 contributors, with much of his campaign money coming from sugar and farming interests.
Those industry donors were among more than two dozen entities that gave identical amounts to candidates running for the two other city commission seats. Like Almazan, the two favored contenders in those races supported the sugar industry’s methods, saying that ending cane burning would lead to devastating job losses.
At the same time, political action committees aligned with the industry spent thousands of additional dollars to influence the election, with one group promoting business-friendly candidates and another attacking Messam.
The local campaign, which was underway while major legislation was pending before the state Legislature, provides a window onto how the industry cultivates political allies in the Glades who, in turn, help protect its interests in Tallahassee.
“A voice that is for or against the ag industry is 10 times more powerful coming from the Glades area than someone who is from outside the local area,” said Rick Asnani, a West Palm Beach-based political consultant, explaining the industry’s investment in local elections. “It is absolutely appropriate and logical that an industry is going to protect their industry, their reputation and their backyard.”
And indeed, once elected, Almazan emphasized his lifelong residence in the Glades when he asked lawmakers to support the bill.
“It’s sad, as we’ve seen too many times previously: Wealthy, out-of-town, so-called environment special interest groups are claiming to know what’s best for our community,” he told lawmakers. “In fact, they repeatedly argue against our city, our best interests, and repeatedly advocate for other solutions that will only bring us economic destruction, unemployment and food insecurity, and shutter local businesses.”
His testimony and that of other elected officials and residents in the Glades in support of the legislation would lead several Democrats to withdraw their objections, and the proposal sailed through the Legislature.
In response to questions for this story, Almazan said his run for office — and his testimony — were a natural extension of his advocacy as a member of the International Association of Machinists, a union representing sugar workers. “The union encourages its members to rise to challenges,” he said in a statement, “and I felt that by running for the City Commission I could do that.”
Asked about the donations from the agricultural industry, he said they’d been given because “I support similar interest, Community, workers and jobs.”
Now, nine months later, some Democratic lawmakers want to roll back last year’s key changes, which were aimed at barring so-called nuisance lawsuits against farmers. Under the state’s Right to Farm law, certain farming activities are protected from legal action, and the legislation added “particle emissions” to the list. The term is interchangeable with particulate matter, a known byproduct of cane burning and a type of pollution tied to heart and lung disease. Last month, state Rep. Anna Eskamani and state Sen. Gary Farmer introduced legislation to strike that language, hoping to bolster residents’ ability to sue.
FIRST OF ITS KIND AIR MONITORING IN THE GLADES
It’s a reflection of the views of some Glades residents and environmental groups, who have battled the sugar industry for years over burning crops. They argue that the resulting smoke and ash harm their health — a claim that the sugar companies deny.
Last year, The Post and ProPublica deployed their own air monitors to produce a first-of-its-kind investigation into cane burning. The readings showed repeated spikes in pollution on days when the state had authorized cane burning and smoke was projected to blow toward the sensors. These short-term spikes often reached four times the average pollution levels in the area. Experts said the results highlighted a need for more scrutiny from government agencies, which have access to better equipment and data.
The news organizations also found that in 2016, the state Health Department’s own researchers recommended deeper study of the potential health effects of cane burning on Glades residents, after finding that the burns release toxic air pollutants. Six years later, the department has yet to produce such a study and has not responded to questions about why.
In the Glades, the opposition to cane burning crystallized in 2015 into a “Stop the Burn” campaign, which was backed by the Sierra Club. The campaign involved rallies to press the industry to use an alternative method of cane harvesting that doesn’t involve fire. But the group’s events rarely amounted to more than a ripple in the state’s political landscape, where sugar companies are among the largest donors.
The “Stop the Burn” campaign’s claims drew attention when Messam, one of the group’s leaders, filed to run for an open seat on the Belle Glade City Commission. He was born in Pahokee and grew up in the Glades, the son of Jamaican immigrants. His father worked in the sugar fields, cutting down cane by hand for 75 cents a row, he said.
When Messam left to attend Central Michigan University on a football scholarship, he said his teachers thought he had asthma because his breathing sounded difficult. His symptoms abated over time in Michigan. But when he returned home on Christmas break, during cane-burning season, “my allergies went haywire,” he later told supporters in a Facebook Live video on his campaign page. “At the time, I didn’t make the connection.”
In 2015, Messam and his family moved to Belle Glade from Greenacres, a city closer to the more populous part of Palm Beach County, east of the cane fields. He was working nearby as a senior vice president of his brother’s construction company, Messam Construction, and serving as a pastor at First Church of God South Bay. Before long, his wife, LoMiekia, who also grew up in the region but had spent much of the prior decade living outside Florida, started to get respiratory tract infections and their young son, Noah, developed allergies and needed a nebulizer to help him breathe. Doctors advised them to move, LoMiekia said in the video.
BRAZIL, THAILAND, INDIA WORKING TO END CANE BURNING
Messam said he reached out to the Sierra Club to learn more about what activists call “green harvesting,” in which sugar cane is harvested without burning. Harvesters cut the cane with the leaves still attached and separate them from the sugar-rich stalks. Some of the world’s leading sugar-producing nations, including Brazil, India and Thailand, have embraced this method as they move to end or sharply limit cane burning. Florida’s sugar companies, however, maintain that burning is safe and heavily regulated, and that it cannot be changed without significant economic impact.
In running for city commissioner, Messam saw a different future for Belle Glade. Switching to green harvesting in Florida would “be a win-win for the environment and the economy,” Messam said. While he understood that local officials have little power to regulate farming — those decisions are made at the state level — he knew that local voices carry weight in Tallahassee.
Relying on mostly small contributions, Messam raised a total of more than $16,000 from more than 200 donors. The Sierra Club’s political action committee in Florida made a $500 donation, and some of the group’s local supporters and a plaintiff in the sugar cane burning lawsuit also pitched in. Educators made up much of the campaign haul. His brother’s company contributed $1,000, the maximum under state law.
By contrast, his opponent in the race, Almazan, opposed the “Stop the Burn” effort and tapped his connections in labor circles and the agricultural sector.
In addition to being a member of the machinists union, he’s also the community action director of the Sugar Industry Labor Management Committee, a political organization that advocates for the union and local sugar companies, according to the union website. “Of course jobs in the sugar industry are important to me,” he said in an email to The Post, highlighting his union membership. “My dad retired from the sugar industry after 35 years and was proud to have raised his family here. I’m proud to have spent more than 30 years in the industry. My son is also building his career here.”
The sugar and agriculture industries also backed two other city commissioner candidates running for separate seats: Bishop Andrew “Kenny” Berry of Grace Fellowship Worship Center and incumbent Vice Mayor Mary Ross Wilkerson, who was first elected in 1998.
In 2018, candidates for city commission had raised about $3,200 each on average. The three industry-backed candidates in the 2021 race, however, each raised more than $15,000. The vast majority of each campaign’s funds — $13,100 — came from the same 28 individuals, committees and businesses, according to a Post/ProPublica analysis. Agriculture interests represented the single largest pool of money, making up about 40% of these contributions. Among them were the Sugar Cane Growers Co-Op; the Palm Beach Farm PAC, run by farmer and state Rep. Rick Roth, a co-introducer of last year’s legislation; and Hundley Farms, a grower in the Glades that produces sugar cane.
‘I’VE NEVER SEEN THE SUGAR INDUSTRY INVOLVED ... LIKE THIS TIME AROUND’
Some locals, including an incumbent facing an industry-backed challenger, took note of the heightened political activity in Belle Glade.
“I’ve never seen the sugar industry involved in any of the political affairs, when it came to campaigns and elections, like this time around here. Period,” said then-City Commissioner Johnny Burroughs Jr., speaking to voters in a Facebook Live video the night before the election. His campaign was struggling as industry allies supported his rival.
Asked about the industry donations, Almazan said in a statement, “I’m very thankful for the endorsements I received from major unions including the Palm-Beach Treasure Coast AFL-CIO and the Firefighters as well as support from family, friends, neighbors, local businesses and farmers who together are the backbone of our community.”
Berry and Wilkerson, the other two candidates who received significant contributions from sugar and agriculture groups, did not respond to a request for comment on their campaign donations.
According to campaign finance records, neither U.S. Sugar nor Florida Crystals, the state’s largest sugar producers, played a direct role in the election. But their allies did.
As the campaign progressed, Glades Together, a local political action committee, distributed voter guides and fliers promoting Almazan, along with the two other industry-backed candidates. The literature did not mention cane burning, instead emphasizing the local economy. “Our jobs and our future,” one flier read. “Do your part to protect ag jobs.”
The organization was formed by Sherrie Dulany, a former Belle Glade City Commissioner and school teacher. “When it became clear that outside organizations such as the Sierra Club were getting involved in our local election, we organized an effort to promote unity and our local economy,” Dulany told The Post and ProPublica in an email.
The sole source of the group’s funding during the election was Liberate Florida, a statewide political action committee financed largely by other PACs, including Florida Prosperity Fund. Among the latter group’s top donors is U.S. Sugar, which gave $75,000 in February, just as the Belle Glade election was heating up.
Meanwhile, a group called Urban Action Fund launched mailers targeting Messam. Like Glades Together, the group received funding from a political action committee with ties to Florida Prosperity Fund. The mail pieces didn’t mention sugar or cane burning but used black-and-white photos of Messam at “Stop the Burn” events.
“Steve Messam is part of the Sierra Club!” said one mailer. “We don’t need Steve Messam and outsiders who want to see our jobs and us go!”
“The Sierra Club’s job killing plan will hurt Glades families,” another mailer warned, leaving unsaid what the plan was or how it would impact the local economy. “Unemployment will make crime worse and hurt social services.”
John T. Fox, who chaired Urban Action Fund until it closed on Oct. 12, did not respond to an inquiry from The Post and ProPublica. The news organizations also sought comment from Florida Prosperity Fund’s chair, Brewster Bevis, who also serves as the president and CEO of Associated Industries of Florida, a group representing business interests in the capital. A spokesperson said the organization “does not discuss political activity.”
The attacks grated on Messam. And on March 7, two nights before the election, he logged on to Facebook Live to address them. For an hour, he went point by point, rebutting what he called a “smear campaign.” More than 1,000 people watched.
Messam argued that green harvesting would create jobs and a new industry to convert sugar cane waste into new products. Sugar companies in the Glades do use leftover sugar cane fiber to make biodegradable paper plates and take-out containers, though industry allies argue there is no large-scale commercial use for the leaf material, the part of the plant that is burned. Producers in Brazil, however, have found ways to use this material as a source of renewable energy.
U.S. SUGAR, FLORIDA CRYSTALS POINT TO THEIR EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO VOTE
On election day, Almazan won, taking 60% of the vote. When asked about their role in the election, both U.S. Sugar and Florida Crystals pointed to their efforts to encourage their employees to vote.
U.S. Sugar did not respond to questions about its donation to Florida Prosperity Fund, but company executive Judy Clayton Sanchez did offer a general statement on the election. “Glades residents elected three qualified candidates who have a track record of leadership in our community,” she said. “Elected candidates were full-time local residents with our communities’ best interest at heart and a history of protecting our rural way of life — not outsiders being influenced, directed and/or paid by out-of-town activists’ groups with anti-farming agendas.”
“While disappointing, it is not surprising that The Palm Beach Post would publish a story that challenges the validity of a fair and democratic election,” Florida Crystals said in a statement about this story. “The Palm Beach Post is not only attempting to undermine a free, fair and accessible election but also to harm the reputations of three highly regarded Glades leaders, the consequence of which will be a chilling effect on future leaders who will rethink entering public service.”
LOCALS DRIVING THE ANTI-BURN CAMPAIGN, FORMER MAYOR SAYS
In the weeks after the election, agricultural and environmental groups pressed their cases in Tallahassee.
But, as the bill to protect farmers from lawsuits moved forward, former Pahokee Mayor Colin Walkes, who is on the leadership team of the Sierra Club’s “Stop The Burn” campaign, pushed back on assertions like Almazan’s — that outsiders were getting involved. He told lawmakers that locals were driving the anti-burn efforts.
“I want to dispel the myth that we, the locals who are opposed to the bill, are opposed to our industry,” Walkes said during a March 30 hearing. “We want to make sure that our industry thrives, but we want to ensure that we are taking care of the people that help the industry to thrive.”
On April 15, as lawmakers gave the legislation its last committee hearing, Almazan and his fellow elected officials from the Glades visited the state Capitol again. They were bused in by a group tied to the Belle Glade Chamber of Commerce. Belle Glade Mayor Steve Wilson led the charge.
Not passing the Right to Farm Act changes, Wilson claimed, would decimate the Glades.
Farming and the sugar industry are “key to the Glades community,” he said. “It’s our No. 1 economic engine. And if you stop that, trust me, you stop the community, a striving community.”
Wilson continued: “Do you think the people in the Glades are that naive, they will put themselves, their family members, their children at risk for the sake of industry or politicians?”
Almazan agreed.
“I’ve lived all around our sugar fields, and my son’s out there,” he told lawmakers. “I wouldn’t raise my kids to be in a bad environment if I thought it was unhealthy. I would have been moved out of there a long time ago.”
Rep. Ramon Alexander, a Democrat from Tallahassee, had already voted against the bill in an earlier committee meeting, but changed his second vote to a “yes.” He noted that the locals supported the changes.
“On one end, we’re talking about the environment, which is important. On the other hand, we’re talking about grits, eggs, bacon and collard greens,” Alexander said. “My point is they are in that community, and this is their way. If you don’t work, you don’t eat, and I’m not going to take grits, eggs, bacon and collard greens off of somebody else’s table.”
Two of his Democratic colleagues also withdrew their objections after listening to the testimony.
“I came in this morning with a ‘no’ vote,” said Rep. Dianne Hart, a Democrat from Tampa, who noted the opposition from environmentalists. “However, I cannot in good conscience tell you what’s best for your community.” She later told the news organizations that she felt it was important to defer to the opinions of people like Almazan who live in the community.
At the hearing, Rep. Mike Gottlieb, a Democrat from Davie, agreed.
“I’ve been sitting here on my phone looking at environmental studies and particulate matter and so on and so forth,” he said, “but when you hear the testimony of the people who are living there and working there for 40 years … they’re not telling us about horrible environmental hazards that are causing death or premature death or breathing issues.”
He then addressed the bill’s sponsor: “I was a ‘no’ as I walked in here today, but hearing you and hearing the people who testified on behalf of your bill, I’m up today.”
A week later, the bill went to a vote in the House, which joined the Senate in passing the measure. The overall tally: 147-8.
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BEIRUT (AP) — From his small music shop on Beirut’s Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years.
Hamra Street was the center of Beirut’s glamor in the 1960s and 1970s, home to Lebanon’s top movie houses and theaters, cafes frequented by intellectuals and artists, and shops selling top international brands. It saw a revival the past decade, thriving with international chain stores and vibrant bars and restaurants.
Now many of its stores are shuttered. Poverty-stricken Lebanese and Syrian refugees beg on its sidewalks. Trash piles up on its corners. Like the rest of Lebanon, the economic crash swept through the street like a destructive storm.
At 88 years old, Eid remembers the bad times, during Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war, when Hamra saw militias battling, assassinations at its cafes and, at one point, invading Israeli troops marching down the street. Nothing was as bad as now, Eid says.
“We have hit rock bottom,” he said. Few customers come to his Tosca Music Shop and Electronic Supplies, which sells records and a variety of electronic clocks, calculators and watches. His business has dropped 75%.
Lebanon’s economic meltdown, which began in October 2019, was the culmination of the country’s post-war era. The war’s militia leaders became the political leadership and have kept a lock on power ever since. They ran an economy that at times boomed but was effectively a Ponzi scheme riddled with corruption and mismanagement.
The scheme finally collapsed in what the World Bank calls one of the world’s worst economic and financial crises since the mid 1800s.
The currency’s value evaporated, salaries lost their buying power, dollars in banks became inaccessible, prices skyrocketed in a country where nearly everything is imported. As much as 82% of the population now lives in poverty, according to the U.N. Unemployment is estimated at 40%.
The crisis was made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and a massive explosion at Beirut’s port that killed 216 people, wounded thousands and destroyed parts of the capital.
While the economic system collapsed, the political one hasn’t. The same leadership, entrenched in power, has done virtually nothing to address the crisis. Refusing basic reforms, they have made no progress in talks with the International Monetary Fund.
A walk through Hamra Street shows the impact.
Many shops have shut down because owners could no longer afford high rents and huge monthly bills for private electricity generators. After nightfall, the shops that are still operating close early. Many streetlights don’t work because of electricity cuts. Hamra, which used to stay lively into the night, feels deserted before midnight — even during the recent holiday season.
In Hamra’s heyday, in the 1960s and 1970s, the street was lit up with colored lights during Christmas and New Year’s, with Santa Clauses up and down the avenue offering candies to passers-by.
This was Lebanon’s cosmopolitan pre-war era — and Hamra Street was its elegant heart, Beirut’s Champs Elysees. Arab, European and American tourists flocked to its swanky shops, restaurants and bars.
Hamra had the capital’s finest movie houses. At its Piccadilly Theater, Lebanon’s most beloved singer Fayrouz performed. You might see the international diva Dalida strolling down the avenue before one of her shows at the Piccadilly. World stars held concerts in Lebanon, including Louis Armstrong and Paul Anka.
Located in the capital’s western neighborhood of Ras Beirut, Hamra was -- and still is — a place where Christians and Muslims live side by side. Its cafes were hangouts for artists, intellectuals and political activists, caught up in the leftist, secular Arab nationalist spirit of the times.
“Hamra Street is an international avenue,” says Mohamad Rayes, who has worked on the street since the early ’70s and owns three clothes and lingerie shops in the area.
He spoke sitting in a café that, in the 1970s, was called the Horse Shoe. He pointed to a corner where two of the greatest Arab singers of the time, Abdel-Halim Hafez and Farid el-Atrash, had a regular seat, along with Nizar Qabbani, an iconic romantic poet from Syria.
“It was dizzying, quite honestly, the number of people on Hamra. It was a vibrant, transient piece of life in the city,” said David Livingston, an American who lived for decades in Lebanon, speaking from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A student in Beirut in the 1970s, he remembered how intimidated he was coming into ritzy Hamra Street to buy a leather belt from one of its shops.
The civil war ended that golden era. In 1982, invading Israeli troops marched through Hamra. After they left, militias seized the area in fighting that wreaked heavy damage. Hamra’s Commodore Hotel became a popular base for foreign journalists covering the war.
After the war, the center of Beirut’s international commerce and shopping moved to a newly renovated downtown. But Hamra Street saw a major facelift in the early 2000s when new water, sewage and electricity systems were installed, and the asphalt was replaced with cobblestones.
That fueled a revival the past 15 years. International chains like Starbucks and Nike opened stores. New restaurants flourished. Syrians fleeing their country’s civil war opened restaurants of their own, along with sweets shops and popular shawarma stands.
The new wave pushed aside many of the Hamra area’s pre-war icons. Its famed cafe Modca was replaced by a bank. A McDonald's stands in place of Faisal Restaurant, where Arab leftists once huddled over cigarettes, glasses of arak liquor and dishes of appetizers. The Piccadilly Theater was abandoned and recently was damaged by a fire.
But the street attracted a new generation of young people of all sects, bringing the progressive spirit of 2011’s frustrated Arab Spring. Once again, the street rang with bars. One club, Metro Medina, drew young crowds with retro live shows of old Arabic music from the past century.
Hamra remains a busy thoroughfare during the day. Thousands come for treatment at its medical centers or to study at the nearby American University of Beirut, one of the Middle East's top educational institutions.
But “Hamra is not the Hamra of the past,” said Elie Rbeiz.
The 70-year-old Rbeiz has been a hairdresser for the elite in Hamra since 1962. He counted among his regular clients the late Saudi businessman Adnan Khashoggi, who once flew Rbeiz to London on a private jet for a cut. Rbeiz expanded his business 20 years ago to include men’s clothes.
Now in the economic crisis, his sales have plunged.
Still, Rbeiz believes Hamra will bounce back. He said his shop was blown up during the civil war and he renovated and reopened. “I did not surrender then and will not surrender now. Never.”
Not everyone is so certain.
“I feel the pain every day because there is more suffering and more poverty,” said Naim Saleh.
Saleh is a Hamra Street fixture, selling newspapers, magazines and books at his sidewalk kiosk for the past 52 years.
Now his business is ruined. Foreign magazines are a luxury few can afford. He sells a book or two a month, compared to 50 a day in the past. Saleh watched a young beggar chasing Iraqi tourists nearby. “Look how many beggars there are in the streets. It’s like a curse.”
Eid opened his music store in Hamra in 1958. He’ll close it when he stops working, he said. His two sons live abroad; if they don’t want his 4,500 records, many of which are collectors’ items, he’ll donate them to the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music.
Will Hamra Street flourish again? “Never, never. Impossible,” he said. The Gulf tourists who once fueled its commerce won’t come back, they’ll turn to Europe.
But he won’t leave.
“Hamra Street is the oxygen that I breathe,” he said. “I grew up on Hamra Street and will end my life here.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Once-Lebanon-s-center-of-glamor-Hamra-Street-16914371.php | 2022-02-13T08:18:02 | en | 0.968516 |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — First, Jami Speegle laid down the pillows. Then, the soft blue blanket. Finally, a weighted comforter to hold the makeshift mattress in place.
The seats of her green SUV had been pushed forward as far as they could go. The rest of her belongings — a small bag of clothes, some bathroom supplies, paperwork and medications — she piled on top.
Sleep, these days, was hardly sleep. It was more like wishful meditation. Just as she was slipping away, she’d be pulled back to the corner of the parking lot she’d been staying in since she became homeless at the beginning of January.
Sometimes it was her husband coming back from the night shift at 3 a.m. that shook her awake, twisting his body like a contortionist to try to fit into the car — two grown-ups separated by a midsized dog.
Sometimes it was the heat of their three bodies pressed against each other. Or the pain shooting up her spine.
A few nights earlier, it was the police that woke her. The officer didn’t give her any trouble, just ran her plates and asked if she was OK.
Her answer should have gone without saying, Jami thought. She was a 43-year-old disabled woman living out of her car, the handicap tag dangling from the mirror. She hadn’t showered in days.
Still, she didn’t want to risk having to move the car. She smiled and told the officer she’d be fine.
Not long before, Jami had a bed and a kitchen and neighbors who checked in. She had porch furniture and houseplants. She had a community, and what felt like stability until it melted away over a single night in September.
Now, she had mosquitoes biting at her flesh.
FOUR MONTHS EARLIER
The peach-colored building sat on the corner of Second Avenue N and Third Street in downtown St. Petersburg for just over 100 years. It was three stories high, with 18 apartment units, and a big, open porch that lined the front of each floor.
There was a park across the street, with towering trees, and just two blocks down was the city’s bustling waterfront, with its fancy restaurants and tourists hopping between crowded bars.
It wasn’t the location that drew Jami to the building in the fall of 2020, as much as it was the wheelchair ramp outside of the unit on the first floor.
She was in her early 30s the first time her back blew out, sending her to the operating room in a partial paralysis almost a decade ago.
The diagnosis was severe degenerative disc disease, and although she wasn’t in a wheelchair, yet, that day crept closer. For now, as she underwent surgery after surgery to support the collapsing bones of her spine, she needed an apartment that was accessible — and within her limited budget.
Rent for the newly renovated, deluxe studio was $1,100, the most expensive in the aging building, where some tenants paid $600.
Jami’s income on disability was fixed at $1,200 a month. Her husband, Shane, 50, worked long hours in construction.
It was tight, but they could make it work. They didn’t have much choice.
Jami and Shane were new to town, so they hadn’t seen the changes recent years had wrought on the city. Older buildings like this one were slowly disappearing, replaced by luxury apartments with pools and common rooms with marble counters, where a one-bedroom would go for nearly four times what some residents here, at the Stanton Apartments, were paying.
It was one of the last affordable housing complexes downtown — not by any legal definition, but in the sense that it was home to people just trying to get by.
There were waiters and line cooks, handymen and cleaning ladies. There were misfits and social rejects. People who drank a lot — sometimes too much. There were people with health problems, and elderly folks living off of Social Security. There were dreamers like Jami, with bigger plans on standby.
It didn’t take long for Jami to learn the rhythm of the building — which neighbors you could say “hi” to in passing, and which would lead you down a rabbit hole of conversation. She came to know their stories: Rick, the chatty blind man whose wife was bed-bound with cancer. Tammy, the young blonde prone to migraines whose teenage daughter wrapped her in hugs. Chip, who worked in hospitality and, catching his second wind after a few hard decades, bought himself a new mattress.
And in the unit above Jami’s was Todd.
Toddrick Washington’s section of the porch was a botanical garden, with snake plants and hanging pothos, and a tidy collection of bonsai trees. A fountain flashed lights that changed color to the beat of his music.
“I’m the garden man,” he said, sitting on a bench stacked with pillows. One read, “It’s so good to be home.”
Todd and Marcia Newton — his high school sweetheart — had found the place through a friend, Michael Nesmith.
Michael, on the third floor, lived by himself. But he was rarely alone.
The two men hit it off while working the kitchen at Cassis, a brasserie downtown. Todd had since changed restaurants, but Michael stayed on as a sous chef and collected stories of the famous people he’d fed.
Angela Bassett. Queen Latifah. Mariah Carey.
“She ordered all fried foods, mhmmm, she did,” he said.
Michael was a bigger guy, like a teddy bear, who wore a white T-shirt like a uniform. Todd was smaller, spunky. He wore Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Kiss and Journey shirts paired with his footwear of choice: foam clogs. “Comfy as hell,” he shrugged.
Both were Black men, in their 50s, who had moved to St. Petersburg from counties south of Pinellas for fresh starts. Both worked in the service industry and thought of it as a calling.
They watched Monday Night Football, occasionally betting a four-pack. They loved night fishing and sitcoms, especially Young Sheldon, and there wasn’t a night that went by when they didn’t gather on the porch outside of Michael’s apartment.
They were family, they agreed.
“My kids call him Uncle Mike,” Todd said. “That’s what it’s like.”
When Jami moved in, Todd extended her the same warmth.
When she needed help, he was there, especially when Shane was gone for work. When Todd needed a car he leaned on Jami and Shane for a ride.
How lucky, Jami thought, that such difficult circumstances had landed her here.
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Date: 9/30/2021
To: J. Speegle and all others in possession.
NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF MONTH-TO-MONTH TENANCY
You hereby are notified that pursuant to Section 83.57 Florida Statutes your month-to-month tenancy for rent and use of the premises located at 211 3rd St. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, Pinellas County is being terminated and you are required to vacate the premises and surrender to your landlord on October 31, 2021.
This notice is being served upon you not less than 15 days prior to the end of the applicable rental period as required by law.
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BOMB
There’s a fine line between stability and instability. More than half of the U.S. population lives paycheck to paycheck, many surveys have shown, with little in the bank for when disaster strikes.
A slight change can send them free-falling.
In 2021, Tampa Bay experienced the highest rent increase of any metro in the nation, at 24 percent.
That far outshot the previous regional high point of the last two decades, when rent went up by 6.2 percent in 2015.
The owners of the Stanton did not return requests for comment during the reporting of this story, but in a previous interview, a spokesperson for the company, TJM Properties, said that the building had reached “the end of its useful life” and was being sold for demolition. The spokesperson said the company had contacted nonprofits to “help relocate tenants as best as possible.”
The city’s growth has attracted a wave of workers, said Jason Matthis, CEO of the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to urban redevelopment. As young professionals leave larger metro areas to work remotely in Tampa Bay, even our rising prices comparatively seem like “a good deal.” And for certain businesses, he said, it is a good deal.
But for the people who were already here, increases in cost of living coupled with stagnant wages have pushed those who once had padding closer and closer to the edge.
Homelessness today looks a lot different than it did five years ago, said Alexia Morrison, president of Reach St. Pete, a nonprofit that works with people struggling to afford housing.
It’s single people and families whose jobs pay little. It’s people who, for the first time, can’t make rent. It’s motels, Airbnbs, a roof “just barely” over one’s head.
Rent hikes are especially precarious for month-to-month tenants, who are often lower-income, said Tom DiFiore, an attorney for Bay Area Legal Services. The nonprofit firm provides free legal help to people facing evictions.
In Florida, landlords can terminate a month-to-month lease with just 15 days’ notice.
“And right now,” DiFiore said, “there’s nowhere to go.”
Losing housing can grind down mental and physical health and make it harder to hold down a job, said Emily Lemmerman, a researcher with Princeton University’s Eviction Lab. As “the scarlet E” looms, the threat of suicide rises.
Black renters face evictions at a higher rate, she said, further entrenching racial disparities in health and well-being.
Even if an eviction filing isn’t carried out, it can stain a renter’s reputation, scarring credit and rental history, putting future loans and homes further out of reach.
“Eviction is a cause, not just a symptom, of poverty in America,” Lemmerman said.
OCT. 4: MISSION CONTROL
“They’re hack jobs, I’ll sue them,” shouted an older man with reflective sunglasses and a ponytail. “They need to be investigated. Pathetic. The owner’s not even showing his face.”
“Nah, man. That’s not going to do anything,” Todd said, shaking his head.
He was leaning back on the third-floor porch. Michael sat close by.
“It’s business,” Todd said. “We need to focus on just trying to get a little more time.”
It was the first week of October, and the porch outside Michael’s place had transformed into a sort of Mission Control, as residents gathered, trying to figure out where they would go in the event they were forced from their homes.
Some were in shock. The reality that a slip of paper, taped on each door overnight, could bring it all to a crashing end was too difficult to comprehend.
And for what? So a developer could tear down the building and put up a fancy hotel?
Other residents were defiant, anger spewing from their sweat glands. Why had no one warned them?
Todd was cool, collected.
“It’s reality, that’s what it is,” Todd said. “This is downtown St. Pete. They want to beautify the area. Personally, I get it. We just need the chance to get out of here.”
Michael stared blankly. He had no car, no partner like Todd or Jami, no additional income. This porch was the ecosystem that sustained him.
Still, he nodded along to Todd’s words.
Downstairs, Jami and Shane were bringing home groceries. She was scheduled to go into surgery the next morning, to get metal rods inserted in her back.
Compared to many, Jami and Shane hadn’t lived there long. They had stumbled into St. Petersburg by accident, wanderers who were driving cross-country toward the Virgin Islands. They envisioned starting an animal sanctuary there — only to have Jami’s spine collapse, again. The peach building was the permanent housing they had needed to get her into an operating room.
Jami’s back troubles had foreclosed her plans of working as a vet tech, but animals had remained her love. She held on to hopes of that sanctuary, hopes of studying the ways animals could help people who had been incarcerated. But as she sat on the porch that fall afternoon, her singsongy voice cracked with exhaustion.
“It’s physically impossible for me to move right now,” she said through tears.
If surgery went wrong, she could wake up paralyzed, she thought. By the end of the month, she could be without a home.
OCT. 13: STAND UP, FIGHT BACK
“When working people are under attack, what do we do?”
Stand up, fight back.
The small crowd of protesters gathered near the corner of the building, holding signs: “Evictions are violence.” “Gentrification ruins lives.”
It had been two weeks since the notice appeared, and it was two weeks until residents had to move. They had been given a flimsy list of resources, including a link for PinellasHomeless.org. Meanwhile, the St. Petersburg Tenants Union and local nonprofits had gone door to door offering help.
In the warm glow of early evening light, some residents joined the protesters, taking turns with the bullhorn.
Inside, Jami lay in bed, breathing heavily. The incision down her back glowed a fleshy red.
“Are you ready to medicate?” Shane asked, passing her a small cup of pills.
She had been discharged from the hospital that morning, with strict orders to stay in bed.
“I really can’t with all of this right now,” she said, slowly waving an arm, as chants continued outside her door.
She closed her eyes and inhaled, moaning as she adjusted her head on the pillow.
It was the frustration that was eating at her spirit the most. The knowledge that she had tried, she’d really tried, to make the most of the cards she’d been dealt.
“We’re not going anywhere, not yet,” Shane told her. “They’ll have to drag you out.”
“Ha,” Jami said.
Then she fell asleep.
Outside, while Todd spoke to television reporters, Michael sat on the stoop, taking the scene in.
“I want to talk so bad, but I know if I go out there, I’m going to start crying,” Michael said, tears already forming. The young protesters moved him. They were going to help, he believed.
Michael had called his boss and asked for time off so he could try to find a new apartment. It was the first time he’d taken “vacation” in nearly 10 years.
Over the last week, he’d called more than 20 places, but almost all of them were taken.
One of the apartments had an opening, so he took the bus. By the time he got there, it had been claimed.
“I just don’t know how you do this to good people,” he said. “Almost seven years I’ve been here, and now you’re going to put me out on the street.”
Now the tears were falling.
“I understand business is business, but they don’t have no sympathy for lower-class people. These are the people working at your restaurants. Working at your factories. Businesses are making money off of these people, but there’s no consideration for them.”
FURNITURE GRAVEYARD
By the beginning of November, the porch looked like a furniture graveyard.
Most of the residents had left. They packed bags of clothes and caught buses out of town. A few had walked across the street to Williams Park and begun sleeping on the grass.
“Nobody wants to take an eviction,” Todd said.
It was quiet. Eerie, but calm — absent of the panic and worry and chaos that had become ever-present.
Todd and Michael sat side by side, Bud Lights in hand, reminiscing about the good times, as if it were the last day of school. For the first time in 30 days, they didn’t mention what was to come.
Instead, they talked about days spent watching fireworks from the porch. Or grilling after work. They laughed about the time they saw a standoff between a coyote and a pedestrian right there on Third Street, and about how they sat out in their rain gear at 2 a.m. as Tropical Storm Eta rolled in, their backs pressed against the building, as they marveled at the rain.
“The things we’ve seen from this porch, you wouldn’t believe them,” Todd said.
“Oh, yeah, I enjoyed those days,” Michael said.
As the sun began to set, Michael moved the rest of his furniture out to the porch.
Todd and Marcia were two of the lucky ones. The couple had found an apartment, one with a swimming pool and a gym, at the southernmost tip of the county. Marcia is able to work from home, and their combined incomes made the rent doable.
Michael had struggled to lock anything down. He was planning to crash on a friend’s couch, maybe borrow from family to pay the deposit when he found a place.
Now, he was determined to control the one thing he could — his outlook.
“I’m not going to let this kill me,” Michael said. “I’m going to keep my head up, keep going to work, stay positive. … That’s all I can do.”
NEW YEAR
Jami and Shane were the last to go. They stayed as long as they could.
While she healed, she’d spent nearly every hour she hadn’t been asleep hunting for a new place.
Her need for a handicap-accessible unit made the challenge of skyrocketing rents even tougher. Moreover, Shane had a felony on his record from earlier years when he’d struggled with a substance use disorder, disqualifying them from certain complexes.
Still, by the time the legal note arrived at the door in mid-November, informing them they were being evicted, Jami had a plan.
A city housing coordinator had helped her get a place in north St. Petersburg, just off of 50th Street. She signed a lease sight unseen. It would be ready by the first of the new year, she was told.
With the help of a grant, Jami had just enough to pay for motel stays and a deposit until their move-in date.
Then, the day before Christmas, she was hit with more unexpected news.
Their new unit wouldn’t be ready until the middle of February.
On the last morning they could afford the motel room, Jami sat outside on a stool, taking small puffs from a cigarette while Shane put their belongings into the car. Steam rose from two small styrofoam cups of coffee.
“I’m completely out of money,” Jami said, throwing her hands up. “I’ve exhausted all resources. I can’t spend any of the grant that I got because I need it to cover the deposit at the new place.”
As she finished off the smoke, she let out a soft laugh; the kind you let out when you’d rather not cry, when you’ve chosen to find amusement in just how bad things can get, because you have no other choice.
She was 90 days post-surgery, and about to be sleeping in her car. Not quite what her doctor had meant by “stable housing,” she thought. But this was the bottom, it couldn’t get worse, and that ironically came with its own kind of relief.
An hour before checkout, Jami went inside to take a shower. It would be the last one for a while, she thought, as the bathroom filled with steam.
CASUALTIES OF CHANGE
Jami had not yet told her daughter, who was at college in Montana, that she was homeless. Didn’t want to worry her. By mid-January, she had taken to parking outside of Starbucks in the afternoons.
She’d sit with the cafe Wi-Fi for a few hours, taking care of bills, researching physical therapy options and reading the news.
The affordable housing shortage had been making headlines, especially with the election of St. Petersburg’s newest mayor, who had named housing as a priority in his inauguration speech.
It was nice, Jami thought, that politicians were paying attention. But lip service wasn’t helpful to the people who had already been made casualties of the changing city.
As Jami scoured the internet for local gyms that offered free trials — a desperate attempt to get a quick shower — her dog panted anxiously in the back of the car, spinning in circles like a goldfish in a too-small bowl.
The dog, a Catahoula mix, made Jami think of Todd.
Early last year, during the height of the pandemic, she had been looking for a service dog, when Todd had mentioned wanting to expand his family.
The conversation amounted to a road trip to South Carolina, to pick out two puppies.
They scooped a boy and girl from the same litter. Jami named hers Coral. Todd named his Bailey — “Bailey ‘Smalls’ Washington, the Ric Flair of all dogs.”
They helped raise the siblings together, and marveled watching the dogs listen for their other half through the ceiling and the floor that separated them.
“I don’t need pity,” Jami said. “I’m doing everything I can to keep the dignity that I have left. I just want the conversation to start and for people to pay attention, and care.”
Behind her, car after car pulled up to the drive-thru intercom as people placed orders for coffee.
Jami looked at her calendar and counted the weeks until she’d get to sleep in a real bed.
EPILOGUE
After nearly three months of living in his new apartment, Todd said he doesn’t miss the drama of the old building. He’s comfortable in his new place, and Marcia likes it better. It’s a place where they can rest. He does, however, miss Michael and Jami. He tries to see them when he can.
After couch-hopping for about a month, Michael landed in a long-stay hotel downtown. The building is within earshot of his old apartment. He hangs out with his neighbors, but he’s quieter these days, more kept to himself. The residents there pay month to month. He’s not sure how long he’ll be able to stay.
In late January, Jami got a phone call from the CEO of the company that purchased the building she used to live in. The Tampa Bay Times had reached out to a company representative during the reporting of this article, and upon hearing Jami’s story, the executive was moved to step in.
The news came while she was sitting in the rain outside of her old, boarded-up apartment, waiting for a FedEx package to arrive.
After 25 nights of sleeping in her car, she was going to be put up in a hotel until she could move into her new place.
Jami burst into tears.
“I had given up,” she said. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Renters-scramble-for-shelter-as-affordable-16914447.php | 2022-02-13T08:18:09 | en | 0.98603 |
GENEVA (AP) — It’s a widespread lament: Traditional newspapers, especially small local ones, and other media outlets have seen subscriptions dry up as international internet behemoths have swooped in on the market for advertisements that long helped daily, weekly and monthly publications survive.
In Switzerland, the government has laid out plans to help. Swiss voters get final say Sunday in what polls have suggested is becoming an increasingly tight contest.
Voters were casting ballots on the government's plan, passed in June, to inject more than 150 million francs (about $163 million) into broadcast and print media every year, including — in a first — support early-morning newspaper delivery and online media to the tune of 70 million francs (nearly $76 million) annually.
Opponents of the plan pulled together enough signatures in a petition drive to put the issue before the public, part of Switzerland’s particular form of democracy that gives voters in the country of 8.5 million a direct say in policymaking several times a year.
Foes of the plan say the cash injection would waste taxpayer money, benefit big newspaper chains and the media moguls who run them and hurt journalistic independence -- by making media outlets more dependent on state handouts and thus less likely to criticize public officials. They also say it’s discriminatory: Free newspapers, for example, wouldn’t benefit.
“A media subsidized by the state is a media under control. As the adage goes: ‘Don’t bit the hand that feeds you,’” wrote the opponents who pressed for the referendum. They say big print-media groups together took in more than 300 million in profits in 2020, even during the COVID-19 crisis.
Many other countries in Europe and beyond offer support to newspapers such as through postal fee discounts, tax breaks and other measures.
Supporters of the cash injection counter that journalism, especially in local areas that have been ill-served by big media groups, should be considered a public service, as are many public radio and television broadcasters in Switzerland, around Europe.
“Media groups are fighting to survive. Ad revenues for print press haven’t stopped declining or are getting swallowed up by giants like Facebook and Google, and subscriptions aren’t enough,” wrote the Swiss Green party, which supports the measure.
The new money would mostly go toward subsidies or tax breaks on distribution of print media, training for journalists, and support for news agencies in Switzerland. Some of the funds would go publications by associations or non-governmental groups like Swiss-based WWF or the country’s best-known automobile association.
Proponents insist that newspapers in Switzerland need help, saying more than 70 have disappeared since 2003. Advertising revenue in all print publications plunged 42% between 2016-2020 in Switzerland.
Some 30 million francs would go to online publications to help make sure readers can get local news through the internet.
The media subsidy measure is one of four issues on ballots nationwide on Sunday. Another considers a government plan to eliminate some legacy fees on corporations — and essentially granting them a tax break. Yet another aims to limit advertising for tobacco products in areas frequented by children.
A fourth issue would ban use of animals and people in tests, with some exceptions – passage of which could have major implications for both imports of some products and research in Switzerland’s much-vaunted pharmaceutical industry. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Swiss-voters-consider-public-aid-plan-for-16914441.php | 2022-02-13T08:18:15 | en | 0.960798 |
VICTORIA - The Victoria Royals' run of misery extended when they got crushed by the Seattle Thunderbirds 7-3 Saturday night in the Western Hockey League.
The loss was Victoria's (12-28-5) 16th straight. The team hasn't won a game since Dec. 30.
Conner Roulette assisted on three of Seattle's (27-11-5) goals and added one of his own in a game that appeared to be over before the third period, carrying a 5-1 lead heading into the final third.
Henrik Rybinski scored twice for Seattle, while Lucas Ciona, Chase Lacombe, Lukas Svejkovsky and Matthew Rempe had the other goals.
Victoria's Bailey Peach scored his 26th goal of the season, good for a tie for 10th in the league. Kalem Parker and Tarun Fizer also scored.
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BLADES 6 PATS 2
SASKATOON, Sask. — Egor Sidorov's hat trick helped the Blades (25-16-2) cruise past their cross-province rival Pats (17-22-2). WHL points leader Kyle Crnkovic added to his lead with a goal and an assist to bring his total to 69 on the assist. Regina used both Spencer Welke and Kelton Pyne in net for them, but neither proved to be very effective.
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WARRIORS 4 HITMEN 1
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Brayden Yager potted a hat trick for the Warriors (26-17-4) in their victory over the Hitmen (18-18-7) Saturday. Riley Fiddler-Schultz opened scoring in the game giving Calgary a 1-0 lead early in the first period. Afterwards, however, Moose Jaw racked off four straight unanswered, including three in the second period alone, and then a short-handed marker from Yager in the third.
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BLAZERS 5 SILVERTIPS 4 (SO)
EVERETT, Wash. — Fraser Minten scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Blazers (33-12-1) edged the Silvertips (33-7-6) A matchup between the Western Conference's top two teams, it appeared as if Kamloops would hand Everett its first regulation loss in 10 games, but top Silvertips goal-scorer Jackson Berezowski ended up tying the game with close to a minute left to play in the third period.
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RAIDERS 3 HURRICANES 2
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Led by a pair of assists from Sloan Stanick, the Raiders (17-25-2) hung on to beat the Hurricanes (18-21-3). Tikhon Chaika was strong for Prince Albert in net, stopping 44 of 46 Lethbridge shots. The victory was just the Raiders' third in their last 10 games.
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ICE 8 BRONCOS 2
WINNIPEG, Man. — Connor McClennon and Chase Wheatcroft scored two goals each as part of an Ice (31-6-3) contingent of six different skaters who found the back of the Broncos' (17-24-5) net in the crushing victory. McClennon's two goals Saturday gave him 33 on the season, just one back of WHL leader Ben King of Red Deer.
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OIL KINGS 5 TIGERS 3
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — The Oil Kings (34-11-3) simply overwhelmed the Tigers (9-29-4) on their way to their fourth win in a row. Edmonton out-shot Medicine Hat 35-16 in a contest between the Eastern Conference-leading Oil Kings and the league-worst Tigers.
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ROCKETS 5 AMERICANS 4 (OT)
KELOWNA, B.C. — Pavel Novak capped off his hat trick with a game-winning goal a minute into overtime to give the Rockets (26-11-1-3) the win. Americans (13-26-5-0) centre Samuel Huo scored a pair of goals in defeat, including a short-handed one early in the third period.
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GIANTS 3 COUGARS 1
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The Cougars' (18-25-2-1) slide continues. Prince George fell to the Giants (8-23-2-0) Saturday to lose its fifth game in a row. Payton Mount scored a shorthanded goal for Vancouver late in the second period that proved to be the game winner.
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CHIEFS 3 WINTERHAWKS 2
SPOKANE, Wash. — Cooper Michaluk stopped 36 of the 38 shots he faced to help the Chiefs (13-27-3-1) hang on against the Winterhawks (29-12-3-2), snapping their 11-game win streak. Portland scored midway through the third period to come within one, but couldn't beat Michaluk afterwards.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2022. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/WHL-Roundup-Royals-crushed-by-Thunderbirds-lose-16914408.php | 2022-02-13T08:18:21 | en | 0.946288 |
HONOLULU (AP) — Noel Coleman had 24 points as Hawaii topped Cal State Fullerton 72-55 on Saturday night.
Bernardo Da Silva had 12 points for Hawaii (12-8, 8-3 Big West Conference). Junior Madut added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Jerome Desrosiers had eight rebounds.
Tory San Antonio had six rebounds for the Titans (14-8, 8-3).
E.J. Anosike, the Titans' leading scorer heading into the contest at 17 points per game, scored four points on 2-of-10 shooting.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 26 points and Deandre Ayton had 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Phoenix Suns won their fifth straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 132-105 Saturday night.
Chris Paul recorded his 30th double-double of the season with 10 points and 15 assists, and the Suns had nine players score in double figures. Phoenix has won 16 of 17 games and owns the NBA’s best record at 46-10.
The Magic were led by rookie guard Jalen Suggs, who scored 20 points, two shy of his career-high, and had a season-high 10 assists. Cole Anthony scored 17 points, and Chuma Okeke had 15 points off the bench.
The Suns had a season-high 40 assists and just seven turnovers.
“That’s an unreal ratio,” coach Monty Williams said. “But the ability, the will to turn down a decent shot or a good shot for a great shot, that’s who we are. That’s our DNA. That’s who we have to be if we want to do something really, really special, which we believe we can.”
Williams said the Suns’ unselfishness is directly influenced by how Paul plays.
“It’s probably the foundation of it all,” he said. ... “One thing that connects a team is passing the ball and I think our guys understand that.”
Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said the Suns set an example for his team on how to play the game.
“You talk about what they’ve done and how they do it and the chemistry which they have and we talk about our guys being able to play in that same fashion,” he said.
Said Booker: “It’s just the way we play.”
The Suns ended the first quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 36-26 lead and extended the lead to 21 points on the way to a 67-53 advantage at the half.
Paul, who leads the NBA in assists per game at 10.6, had 10 in the first half; Orlando had 12.
The Magic cut the lead to 69-61 early in the third quarter. The Suns responded with a 12-2 run, sparked by eight points from Booker and a 3-pointer from Paul.
TIP-INS
Suns: Phoenix had 21 assists on its 28 first-quarter field goals. … The Suns scored 40 points in the paint in the first half. … Monty Williams challenged a foul call on JaVale McGee early in the fourth quarter, but the call was upheld.
Magic: Suggs limped off the court with 7:14 in the third quarter and rode an exercise bike while talking to an Orlando trainer. He returned to the game at the start of the fourth quarter. … Wendell Carter had
14 points and 11 rebounds, his 23rd double-double of the season.
DEBUTS
Phoenix forward Torrey Craig, acquired from the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, played 23 minutes, finishing with 14 points, three rebounds and four assists. Craig played 32 games for the Suns last season before signing with Indiana in the offseason. The Suns’ other trade-deadline acquisition, guard Aaron Holiday, scored 10 points in nine minutes.
“Watching those two guys fit right into the program is pretty cool,” Williams said.
UP NEXT
Magic: Visit Denver on Monday.
Suns: Host Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.
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BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) — Former U.S. Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green won the Vic Open by six shots after closing with a 1-under 71 on Sunday.
Green, who won the Women’s PGA tournament on the LPGA Tour in 2019, returned from a three-month layoff to win her first professional title in Australia with a 13-under par total of 276 at the 13th Beach Golf Links.
She had bogeys on the second and seventh holes but carded three birdies over the last seven holes to extend her margin in blustery conditions.
"The Vic Open was my first ever professional event so it definitely has special memories for me coming here; some pretty random memories, but good memories,” said Green, who won her first two titles in the United States. “This is just a stepping stone and will give me some positive vibes.
“It’s nice to finally have my name on a proper trophy over here.”
Karis Davidson and Whitney Hillier started and finished the final round in a share of second spot, both finishing with even-par 72s. Hillier narrowly missed a birdie putt on the last hole that would have given her outright second.
Su Oh and Cassie Porter finished in a tie for fourth at 5 under.
The Vic Open features a men’s and women’s tournament in mixed groups.
Dimitros Papadatos, Ben Campbell and Matthew Griffin qualified for the 150th British Open in July as the top three finishes in the men’s tournament.
All three players were presented with British Open 18th-hole flags after clinching their spots.
Papadatos had a 6-under 66 in his final round, closing with a birdie to finish at 21-under 267 and win the Vic Open for a second time. Campbell (66) and was one shot behind and Griffin (70) finished in third place at 16 under.
John Lyras, who led the tournament after each of the first three rounds, finished in a share of fifth place at 14 under after a final round of 74.
Needing an eagle at the last to get the third qualifying spot for the British Open, he he hit his tee shot into the rough on the left, his second shot into a greenside bunker and flew his third shot past the hole. He also narrowly missed a birdie putt, which cost him fourth place in the tournament.
The July 14-17 British Open will be played at St. Andrews on the Old Course. Following the cancellation of the New Zealand Open this year due to COVID-19 pandemic quarantine restrictions, the qualifying spots were allocated to the Vic Open.
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Wild February for Igo Inn's events manager; couple face charges after attempt to sell antique rifles
You could say the historic Igo Inn and its events manager, Brian Collier, have been hit with a triple whammy in recent days.
But Collier also has reason to give thanks for two alert pawnshop clerks, a watchful pet and a fast-acting firefighter.
Six antique rifles were stolen in a Feb. 2 break-in, then recovered two days later when a man tried to sell them at a Redding pawnshop.
What's more, Collier and his dog survived a fire last week that started inside the inn, owing to a quick response from a nearby volunteer firefighter.
If all that drama wasn't enough, Collier is getting over a bout of COVID-19.
In a related act of kindness, Collier and the inn's owner, Max Snyder, are going to reward the employees at Olde West Gun & Loan in Redding for helping to solve the rifle-theft case.
"The sad part is the guy that did burglarize our place had a wedding here three weeks ago," Collier said Friday.
The Shasta County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Friday that Jordan Ericsson, 29, and Tamia Wilcox, 31, are facing charges of possessing stolen property after they tried to sell the inn's stolen guns at the pawnshop.
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A sheriff's office sergeant said Saturday he was going to contact Collier to learn more about the wedding connection because the burglary investigation isn't complete. Collier had said Ericsson was the groom and Wilcox was the bride at a Thursday wedding in January.
Not a good start to February
Deputies said Collier called the SHASCOM dispatch center about 6 p.m. Feb. 2 to report a burglary at the Igo Inn on South Fork Road southwest of Redding.
Six antique firearms were missing — two Civil War-era rifles and four rifles from the 1890s-1900s. One was a black-powder Damascus barrel shotgun that once belonged to Collier's grandfather.
"It didn't have a whole lot of monetary value, but a lot of sentimental value," Collier said.
All told, the rifles were worth about $5,000 and a $500 reward was offered on social media for their return.
The thief broke out a 10-by-18-inch window and escaped through a back door with the guns. Nothing else was taken; coins in a cash register and bottles of liquor were untouched.
"It was one pane of glass and they squeezed through. Unfortunately it was the old wavy glass from 1883," Collier said.
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The rifles were displayed on a rack on the wall to complement the inn's vintage age.
"I didn't have them bolted down or anything because I didn't think anybody would steal them," Collier said.
Deputies and crime-scene technicians took over the investigation.
Pawnshop visit
Two days later, on Feb. 4, SHASCOM received a call from Olde West Gun & Loan saying two people were trying to sell the rifles there.
Employee Dale Kosko said she and fellow worker Nichole Soderfelt helped the pair, who wanted $2,500 for the guns they brought in. Kosko said employees pay attention to Redding crime Facebook pages where the burglary was publicized.
"We recognized the guns right away," Kosko said. "They were very distinctive."
She said she stalled the pair by saying the shop needed time to determine the rifles' values, then called authorities.
Deputies, accompanied by Redding police, went to Olde West and contacted Ericsson and Wilcox outside the store. Under questioning, deputies said Ericsson let them go to his house and he turned over the rest of the stolen guns.
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Ericsson and Wilcox are facing charges of possessing stolen property, the sheriff's office said.
A sheriff's office photo shows Collier happily getting the rifles back.
Quick response stops fire
Meanwhile, Collier blames himself for a fire that broke out inside the inn Tuesday.
He said he didn't want to leave the inn unattended at night so he set up an inflatable bed and camped out with his dog.
"We didn't know who the burglar was and I was afraid they were going to come back. I lit a fire in the fireplace and opened the two doors on the wood stove. A log fell out on top of five other logs and lit that on fire," he said.
His dog alerted him to the blaze as the next-door room filled with smoke.
Collier said volunteer firefighter Mac Girgler of the nearby Igo-Ono Fire Company happened to be driving by. He responded to the 911 call and doused the flames with water.
"He was here within 90 seconds from the time I called 911. The flames were 5 feet high," Collier said. "He was just driving by when he got the call."
On top of everything else, Collier says he's recovering from a case of COVID-19.
"I've been isolated here at the Igo Inn for the past week," he said.
The 73-year-old said he feels OK, owing to his vaccination status with a booster.
"It's just more like having a stomach flu more than anything," he said.
Fixing the floor and paying the reward
Things should work out to repair the $2,000 fire damage to the inn's burned floor. Collier said he found someone to come out Saturday who can replace the wood and keep it looking vintage.
"He knows where he can find the old wood that matches the floor from 1883," Collier said.
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As far as the reward for the guns' recovery, Collier plans to deliver lunch Feb. 26 to all of Olde West's employees and Kosko and Soderfelt could be in the money.
"We're giving $500 to Olde West and they can divide it up how they want. "We're just going to give them five $100 bills," Collier said.
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MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the Miami Heat held off a furious rally from Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets for a 115-111 victory Saturday night.
Irving scored 20 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to help the Nets rally from a 21-point, third-quarter deficit before dropping their 11th straight game.
Cam Thomas’ 3-pointer with 37 seconds left cut Miami’s lead to 110-109. Down 113-111, the Nets had possession and an opportunity to tie or take the lead. But Kyle Lowry stole Thomas’ pass, dribbled downcourt and found P.J. Tucker, who got fouled and converted his shots to secure Miami’s fifth consecutive win.
“I think that was what it was going to take, some random deflection,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said of Lowry’s defensive play. “It didn’t go necessarily how we wanted it to in the fourth quarter. Particularly when we had the 20-point lead, we allowed them some life with some of our inefficient offense.”
Duncan Robinson finished with 17 points and hit 6-of-10 3-pointers, Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro each scored 13 and Lowry had 13 points and six assists for the Eastern Conference-leading Heat.
Thomas had 22 points and Kessler Edwards finished with 13 for the Nets, who have lost their last two in the slide by single digits. Their previous five losses were by double figures.
“There were some moments where it could have gotten away,” Brooklyn coach Steve Nash said. “We found a way to scrap and claw. They rose to the occasion and took the challenge.”
Irving shot 6 of 9 from the field, including 2 of 3 from beyond the arc, in the fourth quarter.
“It’s being myself, making some shots,” Irving said of his late scoring spree. “There were some easy opportunities I had in those first three quarters but in that fourth I saw the lane open up a little bit more and I was just being very decisive.”
The Heat stretched a six-point lead at halftime with a 16-3 spurt to start the third period. Eight points from Adebayo and Robinson’s two 3-pointers keyed the run. Dewayne Dedmon split two free throws with 1:53 remaining in the quarter, giving Miami its largest lead at 89-68.
“We had a good start to the third quarter but then let off a little bit,” Robinson said. “We have to be better than that. But still, to win games down the stretch, having those closing possessions and stops were big.”
Former league MVP Kevin Durant recently began workouts in hopes of returning to the Nets lineup. Durant has been sidelined since his spraining left knee in a game against New Orleans Jan. 15.
Seth Curry and Andre Drummond, acquired by the Nets with Ben Simmons in the trade for James Harden, had not been cleared to play.
TIP-INS
Nets: Thomas has scored 20 points or more in four of his last five games. He is averaging 23.2 during the stretch. ... C/F LaMarcus Aldridge (left ankle sprain) missed his seventh straight.
Heat: Miami is 19-6 vs. East at home and 23-12 overall. .... The winning streak coincides with Lowry’s return. He missed nine games because of personal reasons. ... F Caleb Martin (left Achilles soreness) sat out.
HOME AT LAST
The recently completed six-game road slate has positioned the Heat toward a favorable home stretch to conclude the regular season. Beginning with Saturday’s game against Brooklyn, Miami will play 17 of its final 26 at home. And the longest road trip remaining is a three-game set at Boston, Chicago and Toronto March 30-April 3.
UP NEXT
Nets: Host Sacramento on Monday.
Heat: Host Dallas on Tuesday. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/sports/article/Heat-hold-off-Irving-s-charge-hand-Nets-11th-16914178.php | 2022-02-13T08:18:45 | en | 0.98004 |
BEIJING (AP) — Slalom gold medalist Petra Vlhova is leaving the Beijing Olympics early due to an inflamed left ankle tendon and will miss the Alpine combined event in which she would have been a challenger to Mikaela Shiffrin, the favorite in the race.
“Having reached her goal of gold in the slalom and considering this small physical problem, we are putting the priority on her next goals and we don’t want to risk making things worse by aiming for a medal in the combined,” Mauro Pini, Vlhova’s coach, told The Associated Press on Sunday.
By winning the slalom four days ago, Vlhova became Slovakia’s first Olympic medalist in Alpine skiing.
Pini added that Vlhova also wants to make sure she has time “to go home and share this medal with those closest to her.”
Vlhova had already sat out the super-G and the opening downhill training session.
The Alpine combined is scheduled for Thursday. Vlhova finished second behind Shiffrin in the combined at last season's world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Last season, Vlhova became the first Slovakian to win the overall World Cup title. She trails Shiffrin by just 17 points in the overall standings this season, with a few more weeks of racing remaining after the Olympics.
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BEIJING (AP) — Kendall Coyne Schofield hasn’t entirely quit her day job while captaining the United States women’s hockey team at the Beijing Olympics.
In her second year as a Chicago Blackhawks player development coach, Coyne Schofield is pulling double duty at the Games by checking in on Chicago goalie prospect Drew Commesso, who happens to be playing for the U.S. men’s team.
“My focus, obviously, is first and foremost with this team,” Coyne Schofield said, referring to the defending women’s Olympic champions, who play Finland in the semifinals on Monday. “But I will definitely be watching, cheering from afar and reporting back to some of our folks back in Chicago.”
To be clear, she said, the Blackhawks aren’t requiring her to do anything but focus on playing during her time in Beijing. And yet, Coyne Schofield feels obligated to do her part for the franchise she grew up rooting for, and that made her the team’s first female coach.
Coyne Schofield texted Blackhawks interim general manager Kyle Davidson to say she would be watching the team's prospects at the Olympics.
"He’s like: 'No, don’t worry about it. We got it,‘” she said. “I have their full support. But if I have the opportunity to see them play, I obviously look forward to that.”
There couldn’t have been anything bad with her first report back after Commesso — the youngest goaltender to play for the U.S. at the Olympics — stopped 29 shots in a tournament-opening 8-0 win over China on Thursday. The 19-year-old is in his sophomore season at Boston University after being selected by Chicago in the second round, 46th overall, of the 2020 draft.
“She’s been really awesome to me,” Commesso said.
“I’m a big fan of hers,” he added. “I’ve been watching her play in this tournament, and hopefully we’ll stay in touch. And hopefully, I can get a signed stick or something from her because she’s a legend in women’s hockey.”
It helps, too, that Commesso’s professional connection to the three-time Olympian allows him to get advice on how to prepare for his first Winter Games experience.
“That aspect of it is pretty cool, because she knows what it’s like to play on a stage like this,” he said. “She’s been a great tool for me. And I’m going to continue to use her for help and reach out when I need it.”
Commesso missed out on his opportunity to represent the U.S. at the world junior championships, which were abruptly canceled over COVID-19 concerns shortly after they began two months ago. And yet, if not for the omicron surge, which led to the NHL’s decision to not participate in the Olympics, Commesso wouldn’t have had the chance to play for the U.S.
He left BU with a 12-8-3 record this season to play for a youth-laden U.S. men’s team that's off to a 2-0 start. The Americans play Germany on Sunday night, with a chance to clinch the top seed and advance to the quarterfinal round.
Coyne Schofield has three goals and two assists in five games for the U.S. women. She scored an empty-netter and set up Hilary Knight’s tying goal in the second period of a 4-1 quarterfinal win over the Czech Republic on Friday.
Aside from playing and scouting, Coyne Schofield is also active in the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association’s campaign to establish a economically sustainable women’s league in North America.
“It’ll slow down at some point in life, right?” she said of all the jobs she’s juggling. “To be part of the change that we’re seeing in women’s hockey and women’s sports is extremely important to me. And if I can be a part of that change, it’s a role and an honor that I want to fulfill every day that I can.”
The job with the Blackhawks does provide her a glimpse at a career whenever she is finished playing.
“I’m enjoying where I’m at right now,” said Coyne Schofield, who turns 30 in May. “I’m just so thankful for the support I’ve received from the Blackhawks to continue to play while being a full-time employee, especially this year because I haven’t been able to give as much focus to them as I did last year.”
The least she could do was provide Commesso a few tips.
“Before he got here, he’s asking some packing questions as most Olympians have,” Coyne Schofield said. “And it’s basically just bring your underwear because you get so many clothes here.”
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CA San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA Zone Forecast for Saturday, February 12, 2022
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 51 to 57. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 71 to
76. Light winds in the morning becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 42 to 47. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 64.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 46.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 40 to 46.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 73.
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.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 73 to
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.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 66.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 42.
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Lows 43 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 62 to
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 40.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 71. Lows
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1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 49 to 54. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds in the morning
becoming east up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 49 to 54. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds in the
morning becoming northeast up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 41 to 46. Northwest
winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler. Highs 60 to 65.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 44.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 72. Lows
41 to 46.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Coalinga 52 79 51 77 / 0 0 0 0
Avenal 52 79 52 77 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ305-131200-
West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 43 to 51. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 78 to 83. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 51. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds in the
morning becoming north up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 46. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny, cooler. Highs 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 41.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 68.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 41.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 73. Lows
37 to 43.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 44.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huron 47 80 47 78 / 0 0 0 0
Five Points 44 81 45 77 / 0 0 0 0
NAS Lemoore 44 79 44 77 / 0 0 0 0
Kettleman City 47 79 47 77 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ306-131200-
Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear, haze. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 82. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 60 to 65.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to
38. Highs 62 to 67.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 73. Lows
35 to 40.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs
70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Selma 45 79 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Kingsburg 45 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Sanger 45 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Kerman 43 79 44 76 / 0 0 0 0
Caruthers 43 79 43 76 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ307-131200-
Fresno-Clovis-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 44 to 49. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 43 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 59 to 64.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 72. Lows
37 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Clovis 47 78 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
Fresno 47 79 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
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CAZ308-131200-
West Side Mountains South of 198-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 53. South winds up to 10 mph in the
evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. East winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 55. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 40 to 45. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs 58 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 42.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 73.
Lows 40 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Livingston 42 78 43 74 / 0 0 0 0
Merced 42 78 44 74 / 0 0 0 0
Chowchilla 43 78 44 74 / 0 0 0 0
Madera 44 78 45 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ309-131200-
Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 41 to 47. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 82. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 43 to 49. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds in the
morning becoming north up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 38 to 43. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 59 to 64.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 39.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 74.
Lows 35 to 42.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lost Hills 43 80 46 78 / 0 0 0 0
Buttonwillow 43 81 46 79 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ310-131200-
Delano-Wasco-Shafter-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 40 to 46. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 47. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 39 to 44. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 57 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to
38. Highs 61 to 66.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 72. Lows
34 to 39.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alpaugh 41 78 42 76 / 0 0 0 0
Allensworth 41 78 42 76 / 0 0 0 0
Wasco 43 80 45 78 / 0 0 0 0
Delano 44 78 45 76 / 0 0 0 0
McFarland 45 79 46 77 / 0 0 0 0
Shafter 45 80 47 78 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ311-131200-
Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear, haze. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 40 to 45. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 58 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to
40. Highs 62 to 72.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 68 to
73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 40.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs
69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lemoore 43 79 43 77 / 0 0 0 0
Hanford 42 79 42 76 / 0 0 0 0
Corcoran 42 78 42 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ312-131200-
Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 43 to 49. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 39 to 44. Light winds in the evening becoming
northwest up to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 55 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 34 to 39. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 40.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 71. Lows
37 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 43.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Reedley 45 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Dinuba 45 78 44 75 / 0 0 0 0
Visalia 43 78 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
Exeter 47 78 47 74 / 0 0 0 0
Tulare 45 78 44 75 / 0 0 0 0
Lindsay 47 78 47 74 / 0 0 0 0
Porterville 48 78 48 74 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ313-131200-
Buena Vista-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 57. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 76 to 81. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 49 to 57. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 43 to 48. West winds around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 55 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 44. Highs
60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 45.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 67 to 73.
Lows 41 to 49.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Taft 57 77 57 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ314-131200-
Bakersfield-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 54. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 82. Light winds in the morning
becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 54. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 74 to 79. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 41 to 46. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 55 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 42. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 68 to 73.
Lows 38 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 70 to 75.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bakersfield 50 80 50 78 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ315-131200-
Southeast San Joaquin Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 53. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds in the morning
becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54. East winds up to 10 mph in
the evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 73 to 78. Light winds in the
morning becoming northwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain after
midnight. Lows 40 to 46. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 53 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 41. Highs
60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 42.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 72.
Lows 38 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Richgrove 47 78 47 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ316-131200-
South End San Joaquin Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 80. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 56. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 71 to 78. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 39 to 45. West winds up to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 51 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 42. Highs
59 to 64.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 66 to 72.
Lows 38 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 73.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Arvin 49 79 49 76 / 0 0 0 0
Lamont 47 80 47 77 / 0 0 0 0
Mettler 49 78 50 75 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ317-131200-
Mariposa Madera Foothills-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 47 to 53. Northeast
winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 77. East winds up to 10 mph in the
morning becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 47 to 53. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 69 to
74. Light winds.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder. Lows 39 to 44. Light
winds. Gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs 56 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 58 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 43.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 63 to 69.
Lows 40 to 46.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 66 to 71.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mariposa 51 72 51 69 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ318-131200-
Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 42 to 52.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 42 to 52.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 61 to
71.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 31 to 41.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning. Highs 48 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 29 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 51 to 61.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 42.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 57 to 67. Lows
35 to 45.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Oakhurst 44 75 40 71 / 0 0 0 0
Bass Lake 41 69 38 66 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ319-131200-
Fresno-Tulare Foothills-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 48 to 54.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 77.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 47 to 53.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 68 to 74.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 39 to 44.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 50 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 41. Highs
57 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 62 to 70.
Lows 41 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 65 to 71.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Millerton Lake 50 75 50 72 / 0 0 0 0
Three Rivers 48 76 47 72 / 0 0 0 0
Springville 48 71 47 67 / 0 0 0 0
Tule River Reservation 56 74 54 71 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ320-131200-
Fresno-Tulare Lower Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 46 to 56.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 45 to 55.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 60 to 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 33 to 43.
.TUESDAY...Slight chance of snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 31 to 41. Highs
49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 45.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 38 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 56 to 66.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Auberry 55 71 52 67 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ321-131200-
South End Sierra Foothills-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 57.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 77.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 57.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 69 to 74.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 40 to 46.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 50 to 55.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 43. Highs
58 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 45.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 63 to 70.
Lows 41 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 66 to 71.
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$$
CAZ322-131200-
South End of the Lower Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 47 to 57.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 63 to 73.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 45 to 55.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 60 to 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 35 to 43.
.TUESDAY...Slight chance of snow in the morning. Mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of rain. Cooler. Highs 40 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 40. Highs
50 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 44.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 38 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 57 to 67.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Camp Nelson 43 63 42 62 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ323-131200-
Yosemite NP outside of the valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49 at 5000 feet...29 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 56 to 66 at 5000 feet...45 to 51 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 49 at 5000 feet...29 to
37 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Windy. Highs
54 to 62 at 5000 feet...42 to 47 at 8000 feet. South winds 25 to
30 mph over higher elevations. Gusts up to 50 mph over higher
elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows 27 to
37 at 5000 feet...21 to 27 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning,
then sunny with a slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Chance
of snow 40 percent. Highs 41 to 49 at 5000 feet...29 to 35 at
8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 27 to 37 at
5000 feet...19 to 27 at 8000 feet. Highs 49 to 56 at 5000 feet...
38 to 44 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 30 to 40 at 5000 feet...22 to
30 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 53 to 61 at
5000 feet...41 to 48 at 8000 feet. Lows 33 to 43 at 5000 feet...
26 to 33 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Tuolumne Meadows 16 51 17 49 / 0 0 0 0
Wawona 40 68 40 64 / 0 0 0 0
Hetch Hetchy 44 69 45 65 / 0 0 0 0
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$$
CAZ324-131200-
Yosemite Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 67. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the morning shifting to the northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 39 to 49. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 53 to
63. East winds around 10 mph in the morning shifting to the
southwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow
after midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows
28 to 38. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs 40 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 28 to 38. Highs
48 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 52 to 62. Lows
34 to 44.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Yosemite 43 66 44 62 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ325-131200-
San Joaquin River Canyon-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 57 to 67. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 39 to 49. North winds up to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 54 to
64. North winds up to 10 mph in the morning shifting to the
southwest around 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain and
snow after midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows
30 to 40. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the afternoon.
Chance of snow 40 percent. Highs 40 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 28 to 38. Highs
47 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 42.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 52 to 62. Lows
35 to 45.
=
$$
CAZ326-131200-
Upper San Joaquin River-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 24 to 34.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 51.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 24 to 34.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Windy. Highs
38 to 48. Over higher elevations, southwest winds 25 to 30 mph in
the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows 16 to 26.
Southwest winds around 25 mph over higher elevations. Gusts up to
40 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then
slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Chance of snow
40 percent. Highs 24 to 34.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 13 to 23. Highs
33 to 43.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 17 to 27.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 38 to 48. Lows
21 to 31.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Devils Postpile 27 45 27 43 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ327-131200-
Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 46 to 53 at 5000 feet...27 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 65 at 5000 feet...49 to 55 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 44 to 53 at 5000 feet...28 to 36 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 58 to
63 at 5000 feet...47 to 53 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows 33 to
40 at 5000 feet...20 to 26 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then
slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Colder. Chance of snow
40 percent. Highs 41 to 46 at 5000 feet...32 to 37 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 38 at
5000 feet...17 to 25 at 8000 feet. Highs 48 to 53 at 5000 feet...
41 to 46 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 42 at 5000 feet...22 to
29 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 53 to 58 at 5000 feet...44 to 50 at
8000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 45 at 5000 feet...25 to 32 at
8000 feet.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 54 to 60 at
5000 feet...46 to 52 at 8000 feet. Lows 40 to 45 at 5000 feet...
26 to 33 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Huntington Lake 34 55 33 52 / 0 0 0 0
Shaver Lake 39 61 37 58 / 0 0 0 0
Lake Wishon 35 58 34 56 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ328-131200-
Kings Canyon NP-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40 at 5000 feet...27 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 58 at 5000 feet...45 to 55 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40 at 5000 feet...26 to
36 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Windy. Highs
around 58 at 5000 feet...44 to 53 at 8000 feet. Over higher
elevations, southwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to around
45 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Breezy, colder. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows
around 31 at 5000 feet...18 to 27 at 8000 feet. Southwest winds
around 25 mph over higher elevations. Gusts up to 40 mph after
midnight. Wind chill readings around 3 below.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Breezy, colder. Highs around 42 at 5000 feet...29 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 28 at
5000 feet...15 to 25 at 8000 feet. Highs around 51 at 5000 feet...
38 to 47 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 32 at 5000 feet...19 to
29 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 53 to 58 at
5000 feet...42 to 52 at 8000 feet. Lows around 37 at 5000 feet...
24 to 34 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Cedar Grove 37 66 36 64 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ329-131200-
Grant Grove Area-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 50 at 5000 feet...30 to 40 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 57 to 62 at 5000 feet...49 to 54 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 49 at 5000 feet...30 to
40 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs 54 to
59 at 5000 feet...47 to 52 at 8000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. No snow accumulation. Lows 34 to 39 at
5000 feet...20 to 30 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow.
Colder. Highs 38 to 43 at 5000 feet...30 to 35 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 37 at
5000 feet...18 to 28 at 8000 feet. Highs 47 to 52 at 5000 feet...
40 to 45 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41 at 5000 feet...22 to
32 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 51 to 56 at 5000 feet...43 to 48 at
8000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 44 at 5000 feet...25 to 35 at
8000 feet.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 52 to 58 at
5000 feet...45 to 51 at 8000 feet. Lows 40 to 45 at 5000 feet...
26 to 36 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Grant Grove 45 61 45 60 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ330-131200-
Sequoia NP-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 50 at 5000 feet...28 to 38 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 58 to 63 at 5000 feet...45 to 53 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 48 at 5000 feet...27 to 37 at
8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 55 to 60 at 5000 feet...44 to 52 at
8000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Breezy, colder. No snow accumulation. Lows 31 to 36 at
5000 feet...18 to 28 at 8000 feet. Over higher elevations, west
winds around 25 mph after midnight. Wind chill readings around
1 below.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Breezy, colder. Highs 37 to 42 at 5000 feet...28 to 34 at
8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 29 to 34 at
5000 feet...15 to 25 at 8000 feet. Highs 47 to 52 at 5000 feet...
37 to 43 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 39 at 5000 feet...20 to
30 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 51 to 59 at
5000 feet...40 to 49 at 8000 feet. Lows 35 to 43 at 5000 feet...
23 to 33 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lodgepole 29 56 28 54 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ331-131200-
South End of the Upper Sierra-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 39 to 49 at 5000 feet...28 to 38 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 68 at 5000 feet...48 to 56 at
8000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 47 at 5000 feet...28 to 38 at
8000 feet.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs 57 to 65 at 5000 feet...
48 to 56 at 8000 feet. West winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow after
midnight. Colder. No snow accumulation. Lows 28 to 37 at
5000 feet...21 to 31 at 8000 feet. Gusts up to 45 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning,
then chance of snow in the afternoon. Colder. Chance of snow
40 percent. Highs 38 to 46 at 5000 feet...31 to 39 at 8000 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 25 to 35 at
5000 feet...17 to 27 at 8000 feet. Highs 47 to 57 at 5000 feet...
40 to 48 at 8000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 28 to 38 at 5000 feet...20 to
30 at 8000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 52 to 60 at 5000 feet...42 to 50 at
8000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41 at 5000 feet...23 to 33 at
8000 feet.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 53 to 63 at
5000 feet...45 to 53 at 8000 feet. Lows 32 to 42 at 5000 feet...
24 to 34 at 8000 feet.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 56 to 64 at 5000 feet...46 to
54 at 8000 feet.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Johnsondale 30 67 29 65 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ332-131200-
Kern River Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 70 to 76. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the morning shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs 67 to 73. West winds up to
10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 35 to 43. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 45 to 53.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows 29 to
37. Highs 56 to 64.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 68.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 63 to 71. Lows
37 to 45.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Alta Sierra 44 61 43 58 / 0 0 0 0
Kernville 44 75 43 72 / 0 0 0 0
Lake Isabella 43 75 44 72 / 0 0 0 0
Weldon 45 74 45 73 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ333-131200-
Piute Walker Basin-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 60 to 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs 59 to 69. West winds around
25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain after
midnight. Colder. Lows 32 to 42. Gusts up to 40 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Cooler. Highs 37 to 47.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Warmer. Lows 27 to
37. Highs 48 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 51 to 61.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65. Lows
35 to 45.
=
$$
CAZ334-131200-
Tehachapi-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 44 to 54.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 61 to 71.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 34 to 42.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Cooler. Highs 39 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 29 to 39. Highs
49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 42.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 52 to 62.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 56 to 66. Lows
38 to 46.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Bear Valley Springs 47 68 48 65 / 0 0 0 0
Tehachapi 40 69 42 67 / 0 0 0 0
Twin Oaks 47 71 47 69 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ335-131200-
Grapevine-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze in the evening. Lows 48 to 53. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 65 to 73. Southeast winds up to 10 mph in
the morning shifting to the north in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 48 to 53. West winds up to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 63 to 71. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 37 to 42. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 41 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to 38. Highs
50 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 41.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 38 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 59 to 67.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Grapevine 49 72 49 70 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ336-131200-
Frazier Mountain Communities-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Haze after midnight. Lows 45 to 55.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 46 to 56.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 34 to 44.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of rain. Slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Cooler.
Highs 41 to 51.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 40. Highs
49 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 43.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs 55 to 65.
Lows 37 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 58 to 68.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pine Mountain Club 47 66 46 65 / 0 0 0 0
Frazier Park 39 68 40 67 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ337-131200-
Indian Wells Valley-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 76. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 48. Light winds.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs 73 to 78. Southwest winds
up to 10 mph in the morning increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts
to around 40 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 48. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 55 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 40. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 61 to 68.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 42.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 65 to 72. Lows
35 to 45.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Inyokern 43 75 45 76 / 0 0 0 0
Ridgecrest 38 75 40 77 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ338-131200-
Mojave Desert Slopes-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 49. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 64 to 74. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 43 to 51. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Windy. Highs 65 to 75. West winds 10 to
15 mph in the morning increasing to 25 to 35 mph with gusts to
around 50 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 46. West winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Slight
chance of snow in the afternoon. Cooler. Highs 45 to 55.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 38. Highs
53 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 55 to 65.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 43.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 59 to 69. Lows
38 to 46.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Mojave 41 74 43 75 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
CAZ339-131200-
Mojave Desert-
1100 PM PST Sat Feb 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 44. Northeast winds up to 10 mph in
the evening becoming light and variable after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 77. Light winds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 46. Light winds in the evening
becoming southwest up to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 73 to 79. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 46. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Cooler.
Highs 53 to 59.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 30 to 38. Highs
61 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 62 to 67.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 30 to 40.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 65 to 73. Lows
33 to 43.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Randsburg 49 72 50 73 / 0 0 0 0
California City 36 75 38 77 / 0 0 0 0
Edwards AFB 33 74 36 78 / 0 0 0 0
Rosamond 36 75 38 78 / 0 0 0 0
=
$$
weather.gov/hanford
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TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Sunday, February 13, 2022
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
108 AM CST Sun Feb 13 2022
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 34 knots
and seas 6 to 9 feet.
* WHERE...Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship
Channel out 20 NM, Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship
Channel from 20 to 60 NM, Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to
Port Aransas out 20 NM and Waters from Baffin Bay to Port
Aransas from 20 to 60 NM.
* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning.
* IMPACTS...Strong to very strong winds and/or increased seas
will result in hazardous marine conditions especially for
inexperienced mariners with smaller vessels.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
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- Ethereum price could be headed for a 15% drop toward $2,472 after a bearish chart pattern emerged.
- The token may be able to discover and test multiple lines of defense before reaching the pessimistic target.
- In order to invalidate the bearish outlook, Ethereum bulls must target levels above $3,020.
Ethereum price is at risk of further decline after the token sliced below a critical line of defense and the lower boundary of the governing technical pattern at $2,944. The prevailing chart pattern suggests a bearish target of a 15% drop toward $2,472.
Ethereum price to test various support levels
Ethereum price has sliced below the lower boundary of the rising wedge pattern, putting the pessimistic target at $2,472 on the radar.
The first line of defense for Ethereum price is at the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level at $2,855.
Additional footholds may emerge at the 50 twelve-hour Simple Moving Average (SMA) at $2,772, then at the 50% retracement level at $2,722.
If selling pressure continues to increase, Ethereum price could fall toward the support line given by the Momentum Reversal Indicator (MRI) at $2,672.
An increase in bearish sentiment may send Ethereum price lower toward the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level at $2,589 which acts as the last line of defense before ETH reaches the bearish target at $2,472.
ETH/USDT 12-hour chart
However, if buying pressure increases, Ethereum price may aim to tag $3,020 next, where the 21 twelve-hour SMA and 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level coincide.
An additional spike in buy orders may push Ethereum price higher toward the 100 twelve-hour SMA at $3,134 next, then toward the MRI’s resistance line at $3,357.
Bigger aspirations may target the 200 twelve-hour SMA at $3,698 if sentiment shifts bullish.
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Efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine via a frenzy of telephone diplomacy failed to ease tensions Saturday, with US President Joe Biden warning that Russia faces "swift and severe costs" if its troops carry out an invasion.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin slammed Western claims that Moscow was planning such a move as "provocative speculation" that could lead to conflict in the ex-Soviet country, according to a Russian readout of a call with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Speaking after new phone talks between Putin and Biden, the Kremlin's top foreign policy advisor Yury Ushakov told a conference call: "Hysteria has reached its peak."
Weeks of tensions that have seen Russia nearly surround its western neighbor with more than 100,000 troops intensified after Washington warned that an all-out invasion could begin "any day" and Russia launched its biggest naval drills in years across the Black Sea.
"If Russia undertakes a further invasion of Ukraine, the United States together with our allies and partners will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia," Biden told Putin, according to the White House.
While the United States was prepared to engage in diplomacy, "we are equally prepared for other scenarios," Biden said, as the two nations stare down one of the gravest crises in East-West relations since the Cold War.
While the Biden-Putin talks were "professional and substantive," lasting just over an hour, they produced "no fundamental change" in dynamics, a senior US official told reporters.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated a US warning that Russia could stage a "false flag" incident to invade.
"No one should be surprised if Russia instigates a provocation or incident, which it then uses to justify military action it had planned all along," said Blinken, who spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Saturday.
Russia's defense ministry added to the febrile atmosphere by announcing that it had chased off a US submarine it said had crossed into its territorial waters near the Kuril Islands in the northern Pacific.
But the US Indo-Pacific Command denied it had been operating in Russian territorial waters.
Putin began his afternoon holding talks with Macron that lasted almost two hours.
Macron's office said "both expressed a desire to continue dialogue" but, like Washington, reported no clear progress.
'Possible provocations'
Russia added to the ominous tone by pulling some of its diplomatic staff out of Ukraine Saturday, with the foreign ministry saying its decision was prompted by fears of "possible provocations from the Kyiv regime."
But Washington and a host of European countries along with Israel cited the growing threat of a Russian invasion as they called on their citizens to leave Ukraine as soon possible.
Britain and the United States also pulled out the majority of their remaining military advisors, while the US embassy ordered "most" of its Kyiv staff to leave.
Australia said it had directed all remaining embassy staff in Kyiv to evacuate, and Canada said it was closing its embassy temporarily and moving operations to the western city of Lviv.
Dutch carrier KLM announced that it was suspending commercial flights to Ukraine until further notice.
The prospect of fleeing Westerners prompted Kyiv to issue an appeal to its citizens to "remain calm."
"Right now, the people's biggest enemy is panic," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on a visit to troops stationed near the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea.
'Any day now'
Washington on Friday issued its most dire warning yet that Russia had assembled enough forces to launch a serious assault.
"Our view that military action could occur any day now, and could occur before the end of the Olympics, is only growing in terms of its robustness," US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warned.
Sullivan stopped short on Friday of saying that the United States has concluded that Putin has made the decision to attack.
But some US and German media cited intelligence sources and officials as saying that a war could begin at some point after Putin concludes talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow on Tuesday.
The German leader is due to travel to Kyiv on Monday and then visit Putin, as Europe strives to keep lines of communication open with Moscow.
Ukrainian leaders have been trying to talk down the prospects of an all-out war because of the damaging effect such fears are having on the country's teetering economy and public morale.
But the mood across the country remained tense.
The mayor's office in Kyiv said it had prepared an emergency evacuation plan for the capital's three million residents as a precaution.
Russia is seeking binding security guarantees from the West that include a pledge to roll NATO forces out of eastern Europe and to never expand into Ukraine.
Washington has flatly rejected the demands, but offered talks on a new European disarmament agreement with Moscow.
Blinken said Russia was preparing a response to the US proposals of "concrete areas for discussion."
"It remains to be seen if they'll follow through on that but if they do, we'll be ready to engage together with our allies and partners." | https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/13/biden-warns-putin-ukraine-attack-would-bring-severe-costs-a76363 | 2022-02-13T08:23:35 | en | 0.976321 |
Cash incentives have encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, large employers and local public health officials said, but public health funds for incentives have dried up and smaller businesses say they can’t afford them amid this tight labor market.
The vaccine is key to moving past the COVID-19 pandemic, public health leaders said.
More than 65% of eligible Ohioans are vaccinated. Local hospital officials say nearly nine out of 10 of those hospitalized in intensive care units for COVID-19 in the most recent surge and 84% of those who died were unvaccinated.
Getting employees vaccinated keeps workers healthy, helps control health insurance costs and reduces business disruptions, businesses leaders said.
“Primarily, it’s about making sure your workforce is safe,” said Pat Tiberi, president of the Ohio Business Roundtable. “No matter what line of business you are in today, you can’t find enough people to work.”
The business roundtable is composed of CEOs of the state’s largest and most influential businesses.
“The majority of our members are not mandating the vaccine,” Tiberi said. “They’re strongly encouraging it, they’re incentivizing it. We have employers who are doing cash incentives. We have employers who are doing day-off incentives, different types of contests internally.”
Locally, this includes Cleveland Cliffs. The company’s Middletown Works facility achieved a 75% vaccination rate among its roughly 2,400 employees. The surrounding ZIP code is 55% vaccinated.
To do this, the company paid employees $1,500 to get vaccinated. They added another $1,500 if at least 75% of employees at each location get vaccinated. The incentive caused the vaccination rate for the 25,000 employees of the Cleveland-based company to double.
“I implore both my steel producing peers and all other companies who have not already done so to implement similar programs, in order to defeat this nasty virus in our country once and for all,” said Cleveland Cliffs President Lourenco Goncalves in a news release last year.
Kroger adopted a carrot-and-stick approach. The company offers $100 bonuses for workers to get vaccinated. It also offered customer and employee giveaways to encourage the shots, including five $1 million checks and free groceries. But also this year Kroger reportedly started charging salaried, nonunion employees $50 more per month for their health insurance if they aren’t vaccinated, and denying extra paid leave for unvaccinated employees who get COVID. Kroger officials did not respond to a request for comment.
Honda, another of the Dayton region’s largest employers, recently started letting employees who become vaccinated receive either a $400 bonus or have the company donate $600 to a food pantry.
“As the COVID-19 crisis has evolved over the past 23 months, Honda’s approach has remained consistent and steadfast with a focus on taking measures intended to ensure the health and safety of Honda associates and their families,” said Honda spokesman Chris Abbruzzese.
Incentives spike vax rates
Ohio adopted a plan similar to Cleveland Cliffs for most of its roughly 49,000 employees. The state offered $100 for employees to get the vaccine, and $25 for each spouse on their insurance plan. The state later added that employees could get another $300 if 65% of their agency’s employees were vaccinated, and another $600 if 85% got the shot. This means each employee could get a total of $1,000.
Employees had to submit paperwork by Jan. 5, and officials with the Ohio Department of Administrative Services say they are still totaling the numbers. They say roughly 32,884 employees and 11,041 spouses have received the incentives. DAS says about 67% of eligible state employees took part in their incentive program, and additional employees may be vaccinated but did not take part in the program.
DAS did not provide numbers on how many agencies are expected to reach the 65% or 85% thresholds.
“The number of employees applying for the incentive was very promising following the initial announcement of the incentive in August,” DAS spokeswoman Melissa Vince said. “We then saw a noticeable increase since the announcement of the tiered incentive program.”
Employees with three state agencies fall under federal mandates: the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Developmental Disabilities and the Department of Veterans Services. Those agencies must have 80% of their employees vaccinated — or file a medical or religious exemption — by Feb. 14, and must maintain a 100% compliance rate by April.
Further evidence that incentives encourage people to get vaccinated comes from Public Health–Dayton & Montgomery County. The county health department took part in a program funded by the Ohio Department of Health that offered $50 and $100 gift cards to people getting vaccinated from Sept. 21 to Dec. 30.
Vaccinations nearly doubled. During the first week of the program, 772 people got their first dose, compared to 776 first doses in the preceding nine weeks, Montgomery County health department officials said.
“Anecdotally, many individuals coming for first vaccinations while we were offering the gift cards said that the gift cards were the reason that they were getting vaccinated that day,” said Dan Suffoletto, Public Health spokesperson.
The program distributed 3,690 gift cards to area residents getting their first dose, totaling $359,500.
The Ohio Department of Health allocated $4.9 million in federal funds to 39 local health departments — including seven in southwest Ohio — for incentive programs last year. The state agency also allocated $1 million to a smaller number of health departments in January and has no plans for a statewide incentive program this year.
Some ongoing incentive programs still exist. Darke County is offering $100 gift cards to encourage people to get their first shot at vaccine clinics on Feb. 17 and 24. Ohio Medicaid managed care providers, including Dayton-based CareSource, will offer $100 gift cards through June 2022 for members age 5 and older who get their first shot.
Small businesses face ‘Catch-22′
As the omicron wave surged earlier this year, the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Dayton Development Coalition and Downtown Dayton Partnership published a joint letter urging the business community to focus on COVID-19 safety.
The letter noted that the overwhelming majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations, intensive care admissions and deaths were among the unvaccinated.
Chamber of Commerce President Chris Kershner said each employer should decide for themselves how best to keep their workplaces safe. The chamber, he said, offered financial incentives for its staff to get vaccinated; he wouldn’t say how much.
“We’re encouraging businesses to maintain the safest working environment that they can,” he said. “Whatever is best for them is what we’re encouraging them to do.”
Small businesses face a “Catch-22,” according to Roger Geiger, Ohio executive director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
The NFIB fought in court a proposed federal mandate for large employers that would have required vaccinations or frequent testing. The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the federal mandate for large employers but allowed it for most health care workers.
The federation believes each business should have the ability to do what’s best for them. Many of its members are vaccinated, and Geiger personally encouraged people to get vaccinated.
But he said small businesses are trying to recover from the pandemic-induced recession. The labor shortage has them struggling to fill jobs, and even asking employees about vaccination status is an obstacle to that.
“Very candidly, our members are not trying to make it more difficult for people to work,” Geiger said. “It just makes it really hard if you create more complications for folks to be hired.”
Meanwhile the pandemic still disrupts business. “It continues to have a major impact because it’s disrupting the labor pool, it’s certainly part of the supply chain crisis, and it’s part of inflation concerns,” he said.
Local business owner
Clara Osterhage of Centerville just opened her 82nd Great Clips location and has more than 600 employees. About a third are vaccinated, based on an informal survey she did.
COVID has forced her to adjust hours at some of her salons as about 60 employees at one time were off on quarantine.
But Osterhage doesn’t believe she has the right as an employer to force people to make a decision about their health. She was a co-plaintiff in the case opposing federal mandates.
As for incentives, she said with the rising costs of labor and supplies she can’t afford to start incentivizing COVID vaccines, especially since it’s unclear how often boosters will be necessary.
So she offers information to her employees about the vaccine and talks about why she got vaccinated.
“I’m doing what I think a really smart businesswoman does, I talk about it,” she said. “I think that’s the best, smartest business thing I can do right now.”
Joyce Whitaker, chapter president for the Miami Valley Human Resources Association, said some smaller Dayton-area businesses have offered vaccine incentives like paid time off, cash incentives or gift cards.
“If they can afford to do so, the answer is yes,” she said.
But it’s more the exception than the rule, she said, as some businesses don’t have the resources to track employee vaccine status and deal with exemptions and pushback — while struggling just to fill jobs.
“Every business wants to keep their employees safe, it’s a matter of what makes the most sense for them and how they are going to continue to be profitable,” she said.
Some mandates persist
Some of the area’s largest employers still fall under federal mandates for military members and health care workers. This includes Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where officials recently said about 97% of active duty servicemembers and more than 90% of the civilian workforce is vaccinated.
Behind the base, health care is the area’s largest employer, most notably Premier Health with 13,000 employees and Kettering Health with 14,000.
Federal rules require health care employees of organizations that received Medicare and Medicaid, both clinical and nonclinical, to be vaccinated or have a medical or religious exemption.
Questions submitted to the two hospital systems were answered with a joint response from the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association.
GDAHA Vice President Lisa Henderson wrote that the compliance rate across the two systems — the percentage of employees who are vaccinated or filed an exemption — is “in the high 90s.” They would not comment on whether incentives were being offered.
“We can say that the incredible vaccination rate of employees across both organizations clearly demonstrates their tireless commitment to each other, their patients and the broader community,” she said.
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While the arid zones of the Iberian Peninsula have historically experienced periods of drought, experts say climate change has exacerbated the problem. This year, amid record levels of low or no rainfall at all, farmers in both Portugal and Spain, who are growing produce for all of Europe, are worried that their crops for this season will be ruined.
In the last three months of 2021, Spain recorded just 35% of the average rainfall it had seen during the same period from 1981 to 2010. But there has been almost no rain since then.
According to the national weather agency AEMET, in this century, only in 2005 has there been a January with almost no rain. If clouds don't unleash in the next two weeks, emergency subsidies for farmers will be needed, authorities said.
But Rubén del Campo, a spokesman for the weather service, said the below-average rainfall over the last six months is likely to continue for several more weeks, with hopes that spring will bring much-needed relief.
While only 10% of Spain has officially been declared under a “prolonged drought,” there are large areas, particularly in the south, which are facing extreme shortages that could impact the irrigation of crops.
The valley around the Guadalquivir River in Spain's southwest was declared under prolonged drought in November. It is now the focus of a fierce environmental dispute over water rights near Doñana National Park, a World Heritage wetland site. The government of the Andalusia region wants to grant water rights to farmers on land near the park, but critics say the move will further endanger a major wildlife refuge that is already drying up.
“The past two, three years have been dry, with the tendency toward less and less rain,” said Andrés Góngora, a 46-year-old tomato farmer in southern Almería.
Góngora, who expects the water he uses from a desalinating plant to be rationed, is still better off than other farmers who specialize in wheat and grains for livestock feed.
“The cereal crops for this year have been lost,” Góngora said.
Other areas in central and northeast Spain are also feeling the burn.
The leading association of farmers and livestock breeders in Spain, COAG, warns that half of Spain’s farms are threatened by drought this year. It says if it does not rain heavily in the coming month, rain-fed crops including cereals, olives, nuts and vineyards could lose 60% to 80% of their production.
But the association is also worried about crops that depend on irrigation, with reservoirs under 40% of capacity in most of the south.
Spain’s left-wing government plans to dedicate over 570 million euros ($647 million) from the European Union's pandemic recovery fund to make its irrigation systems more efficient, including incorporating renewable energy systems.
Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas said this week the government will take emergency measures if it doesn’t rain in two weeks. Those would likely be limited to economic benefits to palliate the loss of crops and revenues for farmers.
Neighboring Portugal has also seen little rain since last October. By the end of January, 45% of the country was enduring "severe" or "extreme" drought conditions, according to the national weather agency IPMA.
Rainfall from Oct. 1 through January was less than half the annual average for that four-month period, alarming farmers who are short of grass for their livestock.
Unusually, even the north of Portugal is dry and forest fires have broken out there this winter. In the south, crickets are already singing at night and mosquitoes have appeared — traditional signs of summer.
The IPMA doesn’t forecast any relief before the end of the month.
Portugal has witnessed an increase in the frequency of droughts over the past 20-30 years, according to IPMA climatologist Vanda Pires, with lower rainfall and higher temperatures.
“It’s part of the context of climate change,” Pires told The Associated Press.
And the outlook is bleak: Scientists estimate that Portugal will see a drop in average annual rainfall of 20% to 40% by the end of the century.
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Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Spain, Barry Hatton in Lisbon and Aritz Parra in Madrid contributed to this report.
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Caption A tree is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption A tree is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Visitors look at the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Visitors look at the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption A house of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption A house of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption The roof of an old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption The roof of an old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption The roof of an old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption The roof of an old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption A house of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption A house of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Local residents walk to visit the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Local residents walk to visit the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption The ceiling of a house at the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption The ceiling of a house at the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption The roof of an old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. With rainfall levels this winter at one-third of the average in recent years, large swaths of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption The roof of an old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. With rainfall levels this winter at one-third of the average in recent years, large swaths of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Boxes with old bottles of beers are photographed outside a store at the old village of Aceredo in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Boxes with old bottles of beers are photographed outside a store at the old village of Aceredo in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption Roots are photographed near the old village of Aceredo in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Roots are photographed near the old village of Aceredo in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Credit: Emilio Morenatti
Caption Visitors walk at the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Visitors walk at the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Large sections of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought, with rainfall this winter at only one-third of the average in recent years. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country is now enduring “severe” or “extreme” drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption An old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. With rainfall levels this winter at one-third of the average in recent years, large swaths of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption An old house, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, is photographed emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. With rainfall levels this winter at one-third of the average in recent years, large swaths of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Jose Penin, 72, walks with his brother Julio, 78, as they visit the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Jose Penin, 72, walks with his brother Julio, 78, as they visit the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Julio Penin, 78, looks at a grave as they visit the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption Julio Penin, 78, looks at a grave as they visit the old village of Aceredo emerged due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Roofs emerging from the waters have become a common scene every summer at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley, would appear. But never before had the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety, in the middle of the usually wet winter season. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption A man photographs the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley and emerged now due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. With rainfall levels this winter at one-third of the average in recent years, large swaths of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country was enduring "severe" or "extreme" drought conditions by the end of January, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Caption A man photographs the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley and emerged now due to drought at the Lindoso reservoir, in northwestern Spain, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. With rainfall levels this winter at one-third of the average in recent years, large swaths of Spain are experiencing extreme or prolonged drought. The situation is similar in neighboring Portugal, where 45% of the country was enduring "severe" or "extreme" drought conditions by the end of January, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
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Slalom gold medalist Petra Vlhova is leaving the Beijing Olympics early due to an inflamed left ankle tendon. She'll miss the Alpine combined event in which she would have been a challenger to Mikaela Shiffrin, the favorite in the race.
Mauro Pini, Vlhova's coach, tells The Associated Press that they didn't want to risk making things worse by trying for a medal in the combined.
By winning the slalom four days ago, Vlhova became Slovakia's first Olympic medalist in Alpine skiing.
Pini added that Vlhova also wants to make sure she has time “to go home and share this medal with those closest to her.”
Vlhova had already sat out the super-G and the opening downhill training session.
The Alpine combined is scheduled for Thursday. Vlhova finished second behind Shiffrin in the combined at last season’s world championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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The second run of the men’s giant slalom has been postponed amid heavy snowfall and low visibility at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center.
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland has a lead of 0.04 seconds over Stefan Brennsteiner of Austria and 0.08 over world champion Mathieu Faivre of France after the first run.
It is the first time snow has fallen during an Alpine skiing race at the Beijing Olympics.
Snow has been falling since Saturday at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center, where athletes had been racing and training on artificial snow. A second women's downhill training run scheduled for Sunday was canceled.
The skiers say it is tough to see but good enough to race in.
Fourth-placed Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway says “the light is more than skiable” but adds “it just makes it difficult.”
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The women’s Olympic skiing slopestyle qualifying event has been moved to Monday with the final the following day.
The competition was postponed Sunday due to wind, snow and low visibility.
The men’s slopestyle qualification has switched from Monday to Tuesday. The final will now be Wednesday.
Eileen Gu, who lives in the United States and represents China, will be going for a second gold medal. She won big air last Tuesday.
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Kaillie Humphries has a big lead in the first part of the monobob competition at the Beijing Olympics.
Humphries is competing for the first time as an American citizen. It's also the first time monobob, a one-woman bobsled, has been an Olympic event.
The reigning world monobob champion finished two runs Sunday in 2 minutes, 9.10 seconds, giving her a massive lead of 1.04 seconds over second-place Christine de Bruin of Canada. De Bruin’s time was 2:10.14.
Laura Nolte of Germany was third in 2:10.32, and three-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. is right in the medal hunt — her time of 2:10.42 putting her fourth.
Barring a big mistake by somebody, it looks like four women remain in the mix for the three medals. They’ll be decided on Monday morning in Beijing, late Sunday night in the United States. The gap between Meyers Taylor and fifth-place Huai Mingming of China is nearly a half-second.
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva remains on the preliminary start list for the short program at the Olympic Games, drawing a spot in the final group among 30 figure skaters due on the ice Tuesday night at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing.
Valieva will start 26th if the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is meeting later Sunday, allows her to perform. Valieva's status was thrown into question this past week following a flagged drug test taken in December. She's favored to win if she's allowed to compete.
The starting order for the short program is determined by splitting the field in half according to world rankings. The lowest-ranked skaters then draw for the first 15 starting positions and the highest-ranked skaters draw for the second 15, meaning those who have legitimate medal chances will be last to take the ice.
Young You of Korea will follow Valieva before her two Russian teammates, Alexandra Trusova and world champion Anna Shcherbakova. Kaori Sakamota of Japan drew the final starting number.
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Marco Odermatt of Switzerland is leading the first run of the Olympic men's giant slalom with only lower-ranked skiers remaining.
It's the first time snow has fallen on an Alpine ski race at the Beijing Games and visibility has been an issue for skiers.
Stefan Brennsteiner of Austria is 0.04 seconds behind in second and world champion Mathieu Faivre of France is 0.08 behind in third.
The 24-year-old Odermatt is a favorite for the victory, having won four of the five giant slalom races this season in the World Cup. It would be his first gold medal in his first Olympics.
Snow has been falling since Saturday at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center, where athletes have been racing and training on artificial snow until now. A second women's downhill training run scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled.
Italian Luca de Aliprandini said “you can’t see anything” after his first run.
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The Olympic skiing slopestyle qualifying event at the Beijing Olympics has been postponed due to high wind, snow and low visibility.
With the flags of different countries whipping in the wind at Genting Snow Park, the organizers made the decision to postpone the qualifying round. They did not immediately announce a plan for rescheduling. The final is currently set for Monday.
Eileen Gu, who lives in the United States and represents China, will be going for a second gold medal. She won big air last Tuesday.
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Standout Eileen Gu and the rest of the slopestyle skiers at the Beijing Olympics will have to wait a little bit longer to start qualifying with the competition delayed by weather.
The wind was blowing and the snow falling at Genting Snow Park. The diminishing visibility made performing tricks off the jumps difficult as well. The competition is delayed at least two hours.
Gu, who was born in the U.S. and is competing for China, is trying to win her second gold medal at the Beijing Games. She's already won big air, which was held in Beijing.
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The second women’s downhill training run for American Mikaela Shiffrin, Italian Sofia Goggia and other Alpine skiers has been canceled because of snowfall.
The men’s giant slalom race is still supposed to take place Sunday Beijing time.
A downhill has faster speeds than the giant slalom and so is more dangerous to ski when visibility is poor
Snow began falling Saturday at the Yanqing Alpine Skiing Center during the first women's downhill practice session and continued into Sunday morning.
There is another downhill training scheduled for Monday ahead of Tuesday’s race.
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Russian figure skating superstar Kamila Valieva was at a practice session Sunday, hours before the Court of Arbitration for Sport was scheduled to meet to decide whether she'll be allowed to compete.
The meeting of CAS is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Sunday and a decision is expected sometime Monday, less than 24 hours before Valieva is scheduled to skate in the women’s short program at the Beijing Games.
Valieva has been allowed to practice since Monday, when a drug test she took in December was flagged for traces of a banned heart medication. That was the same day Valieva helped Russia win the team gold medal with a dynamic free skate in which she became the first woman to land a quad lutz in Olympic competition.
The practices have become increasingly uncomfortable, though, as Valieva continues to prepare with dozens of reporters and camera crews watching her every move. She briefly broke down in tears during her Friday session.
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GENEVA (AP) — It’s a widespread lament: Traditional newspapers, especially small local ones, and other media outlets have seen subscriptions dry up as international internet behemoths have swooped in on the market for advertisements that long helped daily, weekly and monthly publications survive.
In Switzerland, the government has laid out plans to help. Swiss voters get final say Sunday in what polls have suggested is becoming an increasingly tight contest.
Voters were casting ballots on the government's plan, passed in June, to inject more than 150 million francs (about $163 million) into broadcast and print media every year, including — in a first — support early-morning newspaper delivery and online media to the tune of 70 million francs (nearly $76 million) annually.
Opponents of the plan pulled together enough signatures in a petition drive to put the issue before the public, part of Switzerland’s particular form of democracy that gives voters in the country of 8.5 million a direct say in policymaking several times a year.
Foes of the plan say the cash injection would waste taxpayer money, benefit big newspaper chains and the media moguls who run them and hurt journalistic independence -- by making media outlets more dependent on state handouts and thus less likely to criticize public officials. They also say it’s discriminatory: Free newspapers, for example, wouldn’t benefit.
“A media subsidized by the state is a media under control. As the adage goes: ‘Don’t bit the hand that feeds you,’” wrote the opponents who pressed for the referendum. They say big print-media groups together took in more than 300 million in profits in 2020, even during the COVID-19 crisis.
Many other countries in Europe and beyond offer support to newspapers such as through postal fee discounts, tax breaks and other measures.
Supporters of the cash injection counter that journalism, especially in local areas that have been ill-served by big media groups, should be considered a public service, as are many public radio and television broadcasters in Switzerland, around Europe.
“Media groups are fighting to survive. Ad revenues for print press haven’t stopped declining or are getting swallowed up by giants like Facebook and Google, and subscriptions aren’t enough,” wrote the Swiss Green party, which supports the measure.
The new money would mostly go toward subsidies or tax breaks on distribution of print media, training for journalists, and support for news agencies in Switzerland. Some of the funds would go publications by associations or non-governmental groups like Swiss-based WWF or the country’s best-known automobile association.
Proponents insist that newspapers in Switzerland need help, saying more than 70 have disappeared since 2003. Advertising revenue in all print publications plunged 42% between 2016-2020 in Switzerland.
Some 30 million francs would go to online publications to help make sure readers can get local news through the internet.
The media subsidy measure is one of four issues on ballots nationwide on Sunday. Another considers a government plan to eliminate some legacy fees on corporations — and essentially granting them a tax break. Yet another aims to limit advertising for tobacco products in areas frequented by children.
A fourth issue would ban use of animals and people in tests, with some exceptions – passage of which could have major implications for both imports of some products and research in Switzerland’s much-vaunted pharmaceutical industry.
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A total of 800 stalls have been allocated for 500 publishers-organisations to exhibit and sell books in this year’s book fair, Ahmed said, adding that around 540 publishers-organisations participated in the fair last year.
This year the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, also known as a place of reunion of the writers-readers-publishers, which usually begins on the first day of February, will be held from15 to 28 February due to Covid-19 situation.
However, there is possibility of extending the duration if the Covid-19 situation improves, said Ahmed.
Some stall attendants said, "We are making our level best efforts to complete construction of the book stalls in due time though it is challenging to finish the work within short-time."
The fair will be held following Covid-19 health safety guidelines and none will be allowed inside the fairground without face mask and sanitizing hands, Jalal Ahmed said, adding, "We are thinking to make mandatory for everyone to show vaccine certificate before getting inside the book fair. But decision in this regard has not yet been finalized,” he added.
He said there will be strict security arrangements in and around the book fair venue to avert any unpleasant incident. Every nook and corner of the 1.5 million square feet space of the fair venue will be under CCTV camera coverage, he added.
The fair will remain open from 2pm to 9pm from Sunday to Thursday and from 11am to 8:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
There will be three large entry-exit gates having sanitizing facilities as per the government’s instructions. There will be an entry-exit gate adjacent to Ramna Engineers’ Institute and other two will be near TSC of Dhaka University and opposite the Bangla Academy.
Meanwhile, publishers have demanded extension of duration of the fair as they are afraid of facing losses when the month-long book fair has reduced to 14 days.
Ahmed said a number of publication houses had to incur losses last year due to the pandemic situation.
“The publishers will face a big loss, if the book fair ends in 14 days as the cost will be the same like a month. We are hopeful that the book fair authorities will consider our concerns and extend the duration up to 17 March.
Echoing the same views, publisher of Palal Publication Khan Mahbubul Alam said some commercial issues are connected with the fair though it is considered as a festival of Bengali booklovers.
“In fact, the book fair is definitely a festival of awakening Bengali nation as well as a part of our culture, but it is also true that some commercial issues are connected with this traditional fair", said Alam, also the executive director of Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh. | https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/amar-ekushey-book-fair-begins-15-february | 2022-02-13T08:27:21 | en | 0.96919 |
“They also threatened to burn our office down and shoot the editor, if we do not issue an apology in the newspaper within tomorrow,” Arif added.
Hafiz Uddin, the security guard of the newspaper, said: “All of a sudden over 100 people entered the office forcefully. As I had tried to stop them, they threatened to kill me.”
Jabed Ahmed Juel, publisher and editor of Dainik Somoyer Narayanganj, said: “On 11 February, we published news titled “Ja Chhilo Khasra Charge Sheet-e” (What was in the draft charge sheet) presenting the charge sheet issued by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) over Tanwir Muhammad Taqi murder. We published the draft charge sheet as it is and did not make a single change. However, the attackers smashed the CCTV cameras of our office and took away the hard disk of a PC.”
Narayanganj Superintendent of Police Zaidul Alam said: “We have been informed of the incident and are looking into it. Police officers went to the spot. “
Taqi, 17, a boy went missing after leaving his home at Shaista Khan Road on 6 March, 2013.
On 8 March, his body was found floating on the River Shitalakhya. Taqi’s father Rabbi filed a murder case at Narayanganj Kotwali Police Station the same day.
On 18 March, he submitted a complaint to the superintendent of police accusing seven persons, including Shamim Osman, and at least 10 unnamed others.
The home ministry on 20 June, 2013, handed over the case to RAB upon a High Court order following an appeal by Rabbi.
So far, law enforcers have arrested five people in connection with the murder. Two of them, Yousuf and Sultan, gave confessional statements before the magistrate.
In his statement on 12 November, 2013, Sultan said Ajmeri Osman, the son of late Jatiya Party MP Nasim Osman, led the killing of Taqi.
However, sixteen days later, he appealed to the magistrate seeking withdrawal of his statement.
All of the arrestees are currently out of jail on bail. | https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/crime-and-law/narayanganj-newspaper-office-under-attack-for-report-on-taqi-murder | 2022-02-13T08:27:27 | en | 0.971644 |
Day 2 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction saw Liam Livingstone start a bidding war between Kolkata, Chennai, Punjab with Gujrat and Hyderabad entering late. The England power-hitter entered at 1 crore and is sold to Kings for 11.5 crore.
.@liaml4893 is SOLD to @PunjabKingsIPL for INR 11.50 crore #TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
A look at the other players on this list: Jimmy Neesham, Chris Jordan goes Unsold
Dominic Drakes sold to Gujarat Titans for 1.1 crore. He had got bids from RCB as well.
Dominic Drakes is next & he is SOLD to @gujarat_titans for INR 1.10 crore#TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
Jayant Yadav goes to Gujarat Titans for 1.7 crore. The India off-spin-bowling all-rounder had entered at 1 crore with Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans making bids.
Jayant Yadav is SOLD to @gujarat_titans for INR 1.70 crore#TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
Vijay Shankar entered at 50 lakh and saw Titans make the opening bid, but CSK also bid for the Indian all-rounder. Titans come back with 1.4 crore.
Vijay Shankar is next and he is SOLD to Gujarat Titans for INR 1.40 crore #TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith entered at 1 crore. He was a net bowler at KKR last season. Punjab made the opening bid followed by Lucknow Super Giants. Sunrisers Hyderabad also made a late appearance. Royals also became the new bidders, but ultimately he was sold to Punjab Kings for 6 crore
West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith is SOLD to @PunjabKingsIPL for INR 6 crore #TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
Marco Jansenentered at 50 lakh and was sold to SRH for 4.2 crore. Royals and MI started the bid, but Hyderabad jumped in later to take him away.
Marco Jansen is SOLD to @SunRisers for INR 4.2 crore#TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube entered at 50 lakh. Lucknow Super Giants made the first move and Royals entered later with Punjab Kings making it a three-way tussle. CSK make a late appearance and buy him for 4 crore.
Shivam Dube is SOLD to @ChennaiIPL for INR 4 crore#TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
Karnataka off-spin-bowling all-rounder K Gowtham, who entered at 50 lakh saw Lucknow Super Giants make the opening bid with KKR competing with them. Delhi Capitals came in late, but Lucknow took the player for 90 lakh.
K Gowtham is the next all-rounder and he is SOLD to @LucknowIPL for INR 90 Lakh#TATAIPLAuction @TataCompanies — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 13, 2022
A total of 600 cricketers are set to go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13. Of the total pool, 229 are capped players, 364 are uncapped players and seven belong to the Associate Nations. | https://www.dnaindia.com/cricket/report-liam-livingstone-starts-bidding-war-jimmy-neesham-goes-unsold-in-ipl-2022-mega-auction-day-2-2933999 | 2022-02-13T08:27:32 | en | 0.936784 |
Held at Bangladesh Marine Academy in Chattogram, the prime minister joined it virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban.
Hasina said the government has set up four marine academies in Pabna, Barishal, Rangpur and Sylhet this year in line with the global maritime demand.
Describing various development activities of the government for the Marine Academy, she said an engine control simulator will be installed here this year as the navigation simulator was installed in 2019 for making training time-befitting ones at the Captain Zakaria Marine Simulation Centre.
“We’ve upgraded the Marine Academy as the affiliated organisation of world-famous universities. As a result, the academy has got a wider acceptance, increasing scopes for employment,” she said.
The prime minister described marine cadets as the “representatives” of Bangladesh and urged them to uphold the country’s thousand-year-old civilization and culture on the world stage.
“Remember, you’re not only the fearless mariners, but also the representatives of Bangladesh. Work with patriotism, honesty, self-confidence, and professionalism. Uphold the country’s thousand-year-old civilization and culture when you travel by ships with goods from one country to another,” she said.
Hasina greeted all the 359 cadets of Bangladesh Marine Academy under the 56th batch became graduates through an e-learning process confronting all the hurdles arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
She witnessed an eye-catching parade presented by a smartly turned out contingent of the fresh marine cadets.
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury and Shipping Secretary Mohammad Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury also spoke at the event.
Senior Cadet Captain Nadim Ahmed received the President Gold Medal for the best all-round performance while Chief Cadet Captain Rafid Bin Alam received Bangladesh Shipping Corporation Medal in recognition of the second-best performance among the cadets of the 56th batch.
Engineer Golam Mostafa, Adjutant of the Bangladesh Marine Academy, administered oath to the fresh marine cadets while commandant of the academy Sajid Hussain formally declared the graduation of all the cadets.
A video documentary on the activities of the Bangladesh Marine Academy was screened on the occasion. | https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/each-division-to-get-one-marine-academy-pm-hasina | 2022-02-13T08:27:33 | en | 0.951964 |
Indian Coast Guard is inviting applications for 11 Foreman posts by Direct Recruitment. The last date to apply is March 14, 2022. Interested candidates can apply through the official website, indiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Foreman Recruitment 2022 Details
Post: Foreman of Stores
No. of Vacancy: 11
Pay Scale: 35,400 – 1,12,400/-
Indian Coast Guard Foreman Recruitment 2022 Category Wise Details
UR: 03
OBC: 03
SC: 03
ST: 01
EWS: 01
Total: 11
Indian Coast Guard Foreman Recruitment 2022 Eligibility Criteria: Candidate must have a Master Degree with Economics or Commerce or Statistics or Business Studies or Public Administration from recognised University or Institute and 01 years of experience OR Bachelor Degree in Economics or Statistics or Business Studies or Public Administration from recognized University or Institute or Diploma in Material Management or Warehousing Management or purchasing or Logistics public procurement from recognized University or Institute. & 02 years of experience.
Age Limit: 30 Years
How to Apply: Interested candidates may apply in prescribed Application form along with self-attested all relevant documents sent by Ordinary Post only to The Director-General, Coast Guard Genera Head Quaters, Directorate of Recruitment, C-1, Phase II, Industrial Area, Sector 62, Noida, UP, 201309.
Starting date for application form submission: February 14, 2022
Last date for application form submission: March 15, 2022
Selection Process: Selection will be based on Written Exam.
Indian Coast Guard Foreman Recruitment 2022 notification: indiancoastguard.gov.in | https://www.dnaindia.com/education/report-indian-coast-guard-foreman-recruitment-2022-apply-for-various-posts-at-indiancoastguardgovin-sarkari-naukri-2934024 | 2022-02-13T08:27:38 | en | 0.845495 |
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Jailer Dewan Tariqul Islam, said Bibhutibhushan had been suffering from different diseases.
As fell sick around 6:00 pm on Saturday he was taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 8:30 pm.
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JKBOSE class 10 result for Kashmir Division: JKBOSE class 10th Result for Kashmir division to be declared soon. As per media reports, the JKBOSE class 10th Result for the Kashmir division will be declared in the coming week. Candidates who have appeared for JKBOSE Class 10 board examinations can check the result on the official website jkbose.nic.in (once released).
However, the official date to release the result has not been announced yet.
The Class 10 annual regular-2021 examination was held in November-December last year in Kashmir.
In a Greater Kashmir report, Joint Secretary Administration at JKBOSE, Prof Aijaz Ahmad Hakak said it will take at least five to six days to "complete all the process and formalities in this regard".
The Joint Secretary's statement comes amid rumours that class 10 results will be declared "within a day or two".
JKBOSE class 10 result for Kashmir Division: Steps to check
Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education has declared the JKBOSE Kashmir Division Class 12 result 2021-22 on its official website recently (February 8). Those who appeared for the exams can check their scores on the website jkbose.nic.in.
Students who appeared for the JKBOSE Annual Regular Part II Kashmir Division examination can visit the official website of JKBOSE and search by their name and roll number. | https://www.dnaindia.com/education/report-jkbose-class-10-kashmir-division-result-2022-latest-update-websites-jkbosenicin-how-to-check-scorecard-online-2934004 | 2022-02-13T08:27:44 | en | 0.943413 |
M Khairuzzaman is a former army officer. He was one of the main accused in the murder of four national leaders -- Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, M Mansur Ali and AHM Kamaruzzaman -- inside the central jail on 3 November 1975. Later, he was transferred to the foreign ministry.
Besides working at the foreign ministry in Dhaka, M Khairuzzaman worked at different posts of Bangladesh missions in Myanmar, Egypt and Philippines.
Upon coming to power in 1996 the Awami League government sent him on retirement and arrested as an accused in the jail killing case.
When the BNP-Jamaat alliance formed the government in 2001, M Khairuzzaman secured bail and got back his job. He was appointed as the director general of the foreign ministry.
Later, in 2004, M Khairuzzaman was acquitted from the jail killing case. In the next year he was appointed to the Bangladesh embassy in Myanmar. In August 2007, he was appointed as Bangladesh High Commissioner in Malaysia.
When Awami League formed government again in 2009, Khairuzzaman was ordered to return home. But he has been staying in Malaysia since then.
Later, Khairuzzaman acquired the refugee status given by UNHCR. The UNHCR gave him a card in March 2020 in this regard. The expiry date of the card is 2024. | https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/malaysia-court-bars-deportation-of-khairuzzaman-to-bangladesh | 2022-02-13T08:27:46 | en | 0.982722 |
Garena Free Fire game developers have released the redeem codes for February 13. Today's codes will help players receive free in-app gifts such as skins for weapons, characters, and in-app currencies, among other rewards.
For the unversed, Garena Free Fire is a battlegrounds game similar to PUBG that gained popularity after PUBG was banned in India.
The redeem codes are released every day to make the game more fun for players. For this, the players are required to visit https://reward.ff.garena.com/en to receive rewards against Garena Free Fire redeem codes.
Notably, with these codes with an expiry, it is expected that players redeem the codes as soon as they get them.
Here are Garena Free Fire Redeem codes for February 13:
UYDT-GEBR-NTMY
BV7C-DY6T-SWVB
FNRM-TKGY-LHBO
VIC8-DX7S-6YT5
RAFQ-V2BN-3EJM
F34R-76D5-R4ES
DWFV-BTJY-KHI8
MJ4T-HLBO-VIC9
8D7Y-6XT6-T6UJ
4KRT-FOG9-IV87
09I8-RUTH-6YNU
HUV3-JHBG-VLFO
Here's how you can redeem the codes:
- Visit https://reward.ff.garena.com/en.
- Login via Facebook, Apple, Google, Twitter, HUAWEI or VK ID
- Enter 12-digit redeem codes and select OK
- Once you submit the codes, you will receive the rewards in the vault section of your account. | https://www.dnaindia.com/gaming/report-garena-free-fire-february-13-redeem-codes-get-in-app-currencies-how-to-redeem-today-s-codes-pubg-alerts-2934005 | 2022-02-13T08:27:50 | en | 0.899262 |
The industry is committed to continuing the safety momentum, said the BGMEA chief.
A delegation of the Electronic Safety and Security Association of Bangladesh (ESSAB) led by its president Zahir Uddin Babar paid a courtesy visit to the BGMEA president at the latter’s office in Gulshan recently and discussed the issues.
BGMEA vice-president Shahidullah Azim was also present.
They had discussions about the current situation and different issues of the RMG industry – namely, its efforts and achievements in workplace safety over the past few years.
Faruque hoped that ESSAB would continue to play its role in cooperating with the industry in the area of workplace safety. | https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/bangladesh-safest-most-transparent-rmg-maker-in-the-world-bgmea | 2022-02-13T08:27:52 | en | 0.975251 |
With campaigning for the 40 Assembly seats Goa concluding on Saturday, the state will go to polls in a single phase on Monday. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is being challenged by Congress, Trinamool Congress and Aam Admi Party (AAP) in a multi-cornered electoral contest in Goa.
Goa Assembly has a strength of 40 members out of which the BJP currently has 17 legislators and enjoys the support of legislators from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Vijay Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), and three independents. The GFP and MGP each have three MLAs, and Congress, on the other hand, has 15 MLAs in the house.
A total of 301 candidates from different political parties are in the electoral fray in Goa. The ruling BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party remain principal contenders for the Assembly elections in Goa along with Shiv Sena.
However, Utpal Parrikar, son of former Chief Minister Manohar Parikkar, is also contesting as an independent candidate from his father`s traditional Panaji Assembly seat. He had resigned from the BJP after he was denied a ticket from the Panaji Assembly constituency.
The BJP has fielded Congress party turncoat Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate from the Panaji seat. He had joined the BJP along with nine other MLAs in 2019 from Congress. The Panaji Assembly seat has its own importance in electoral politics of the state. Former Union Minister for Defence Manohar Parrikar, who had represented Panaji, had been a three term Chief Minister of the state.
Goa witnessed intense electioneering by the top leaders of various political parties. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram along with the AICC in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao canvassed in Goa, seeking votes for works carried out by the Congress led governments in the past, slamming political rivals for hampering welfare of the people in the state.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar also posted a video message for voters in Goa. He recalled works done by the Congress led government in the past in the state. Similarly, several candidates of the BJP, Congress and TMC along with other political parties posted video messages, highlighting the developmental works carried out by them in their respective constituencies.
Meanwhile, AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also promised cash assistance for every woman above the age of 18 years and other benefits for many communities if his party came to power in the state.
Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday highlighted that the model of good governance in Maharashtra should be replicated in all other states. The AAP has declared lawyer turned politician Amit Palekar as its Chief Ministerial face for the Goa Assembly polls. The counting of votes in poll-bound Goa will take place on March 10. | https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-assembly-elections-2022-polling-starts-tomorrow-for-40-seats-know-important-details-here-2934003 | 2022-02-13T08:27:56 | en | 0.972424 |
Cars can be seen turning awkwardly, knocking down safety cones and lurching unexpectedly.
Earlier this month, Tesla initiated a recall of some 54,000 vehicles equipped with FSD Beta to disable a feature that had allowed the cars to go through a stop sign without fully halting in certain situations.
The episode highlights a downside to Musk’s envelope-pushing approach, which has also been credited with making electric vehicles a mainstream option in the United States and other markets.
“The rolling stop recall was not because of an honest mistake made in engineering, but rather a decision Tesla says was intentional to break traffic laws,” said Phil Koopman, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a specialist on autonomous vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a probe last year following a series of collisions with first-response vehicles involving Teslas equipped with its “Autopilot” driver-assistance system.
“Tesla’s doing a lot of things that tiptoe around violations of the Safety Act and a lot of marketing that inflates the consumer perspective of what their vehicles are capable,” said Michael Brooks, acting executive director of the Center for Auto Safety.
Shift under Biden
Under US regulations, new vehicles are not systematically certified by safety officials before they hit the market. Rather, automakers must simply certify that the products comply with the rules.
The NHTSA only steps in if there is a problem with a vehicle that raises questions about its compliance, or if it is thought to be unsafe.
In some cases, regulators may not have any rules governing systems like adaptive cruise control, said Bryant Walker Smith, a specialist on law and mobility affiliated with Stanford Law School.
During Donald Trump’s presidency, NHTSA avoided actions that slowed the development of driverless technology.
But after President Joe Biden took office, the NHTSA began to look more closely at the safety questions connected to driver-assistance programs.
In June 2021, the agency required Tesla and other auto manufacturers that make cars with driver assistance systems or automated driving to report crashes.
It has also made repeated requests for information from Tesla and other automakers during the investigation into the accidents with emergency vehicles.
“We continue to research new technologies, including the driver support features, and monitor their real-world performances,” said a NHTSA spokesperson.
‘Dangerous and irresponsible’
Tesla now installs on all new vehicles Autopilot, a system that can match a vehicle’s speed to that of surrounding traffic and assist with steering.
The company also offers features such as auto lane change and parking assistance in packages called “Enhanced Autopilot” or “Full Self-Driving Capability”, depending on the countries.
Tesla describes as “upcoming” the feature “auto-steering on city streets”.
However, the company has already started testing this function on about 60,000 vehicles that are authorized to download FSD Beta.
“While using Autopilot, it is your responsibility to stay alert, keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times and maintain control of your car,” Tesla says on its website.
Tesla has told California officials that its current systems are at “level 2” on the Society of Automotive Engineers scale of autonomy and therefore do not need to comply with rules for autonomous driving.
But Musk said his ultimate aim is a vehicle that can operate without a driver, a function that critics say has already been confounded by Tesla’s use of terms like “Autopilot” and “Full Self Driving.”
“What it calls ‘full self driving’ literally needs a human driver,” Smith said. “Tesla is really trying to have it both ways, in a way that is disingenuous and irresponsible.”
Smith contrasted Tesla’s approach with other companies such as Waymo, which have developed technologies that are further along on the autonomy scale with less fanfare.
He called on Tesla to employ technologies that ensure drivers are attentive, avoid misleading consumers and to “act like a trustworthy company.” | https://en.prothomalo.com/corporate/global/musk-pushes-the-boundaries-in-tesla-autonomous-campaign | 2022-02-13T08:27:58 | en | 0.962672 |
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Australia vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Score, 2nd T20, Sri Lanka in Australia, 5 T20I Series, 2022, February 13, 2022
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3.1
: Nuwan Thushara to Aaron Finch, No run.
2.6
: Dasun Shanaka has gone for the review for an LBW decision. The third umpire checks the replay and he is certain that there's no bat involved. Finch did move a long way across but Ball Tracker shows that the ball was just clipping the leg stump. Finch survives on umpire's call. NOT
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Maheesh Theekshana to Aaron Finch, NOT
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2.5
: Maheesh Theekshana to Aaron Finch,
FOUR
! Finch gets going as well! Floats it up, on leg. Aaron Finch makes room, waits for the ball to come and steers it past point for a boundary.Â
2.4
: Maheesh Theekshana to Ben McDermott, Flighted delivery, full and on off. Ben McDermott looks to sweep. The ball goes off the inside edge to fine leg for a run.
2.3
: Maheesh Theekshana to Ben McDermott,
FOUR
! Just beats the mid off fielder! Ben McDermott makes room and Maheesh Theekshana bowls it full and on leg. Ben McDermott lifts it past the diving mid off fielder for a boundary. Good power on that shot!Â
2.2
: Maheesh Theekshana to Ben McDermott, Loopy ball, outside off. Ben McDermott pats it back to the bowler.Â
2.1
: Maheesh Theekshana to Aaron Finch, Full and on off, Aaron Finch nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.Â
1.6
: A change in the bowling straight away. Maheesh Theekshana is on now.
Nuwan Thushara to Ben McDermott, Slower delivery, outside off, at 116.8 kph. Ben McDermott slices it over covers. He comes back for the second run and gets it comfortably. A good over from the debutant, just 5 runs from it.Â
1.4
: Nuwan Thushara to Ben McDermott, Late swing there! Touch fuller, outside off. Ben McDermott pushes it towards covers.Â
1.5
: Nuwan Thushara to Ben McDermott, Full again, nipping away, on off. Ben McDermott prods and drives it to mid on. He calls for a single but quickly decides against it.Â
1.3
: Nuwan Thushara to Ben McDermott, Outside off, on a length. Ben McDermott guides it to point.
1.1
: Nuwan Thushara to Aaron Finch, Swing straightaway! Fuller, on off, swinging away. Aaron Finch defends it back to the bowler.Â
1.2
: Nuwan Thushara to Aaron Finch, Uppish but safe! Length ball, outside off, nipping away. Aaron Finch looks to drive it on the up but drives it uppishly towards covers. It goes just past the diving cover fielder and the batters get three runs. Finch is off the mark as well.Â
0.6
: Nuwan Thushara, on debut to share the new ball with Chameera.
0.0
: Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal (WK), Dasun Shanaka (C), Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara (On debut) (In place of Binura Fernando).
0.6
: Dushmantha Chameera to Ben McDermott, On a length, outside off. Ben McDermott lets this one go. A good positive start from Australia. 10 runs from the first over.Â
0.5
: Dushmantha Chameera to Ben McDermott,
FOUR
! This is even better! Ben McDermott is looking very confident and is carrying his form from the last match. Length ball, outside off. Ben McDermott creams his drive on the off side and it races away to the fence.Â
0.4
: Dushmantha Chameera to Ben McDermott,
FOUR
! Lovely punch! First boundary of the innings! On a good length, on off. Ben McDermott hops and punches it through covers. Times it very well and gets a boundary.Â
0.3
: Dushmantha Chameera to Ben McDermott, Drags his length back a little, on middle. Ben McDermott stands up on his toes and knocks it back to the bowler.Â
0.2
: Dushmantha Chameera to Ben McDermott, Australia and Ben McDermott are underway! Good-length ball, outside off, with a bit of away movement. Ben McDermott looks to punch. The ball goes off the outside edge to third man for a couple of runs.Â
0.1
: Dushmantha Chameera to Ben McDermott, Dushmantha Chameera starts with a good-length ball, on off. Ben McDermott keeps his eyes on the ball and defends it to the off side.Â
0.0
: We are ready for play! The Lankan players stroll out to the middle and they are followed by the Aussie openers, Ben McDermott and Aaron Finch. Dushmantha Chameera is ready to steam in with the new ball. Let's play...
Australia (Playing XI) - Aaron Finch (C), Ben McDermott, Josh Inglis, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (WK), Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson (In place of Mitchell Starc), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
TOSS - Up goes the coin and lands in the favor of Sri Lanka. They have elected to BOWL first.Â
Sri Lanka bowlers are doing their job well and would want their batters to step up. They need to put a better performance in this match and need to fire together as a unit to bounce back. Accelerating while not losing wickets at regular intervals will be their main area of focus. They will hope that the bowling department can replicate the performance of the first match. Will Australia get another win? Or will Sri Lanka put up a show and level the series? We shall find out. Stay tuned for toss a
... MATCH DAY ...
Hello folks! Welcome to the coverage of the second T20I between Australia and Sri Lanka. The Aussies are already 1-0 up in the five-match series and would look to seal another win. While Sri Lanka would eye a better performance and try to level the series.
Australia won the first T20I quite convincingly. They would be high on confidence but would want their batters to perform better. They are a well-balanced side and the T20 World champions have the winning momentum behind them as well. Their batting might be a little bit of concern but they are a champion side and would be backing themselves to come up stronger with the willow. They would look to further increase their lead and go 2-0 up in this encounter. | https://www.dnaindia.com/live-cricket-score/australia-vs-sri-lanka-sl-in-aus-5-t20is-2022-match-95082 | 2022-02-13T08:28:02 | en | 0.92892 |
Khan shared a video in which he could be seen singing Lata’s one of the most memorable songs—‘Lag Jaa Gale’. “Never has been, never will be any1 like u Lataji...,” he captioned the post.
Lata Mangeshkar was cremated at Shivaji Park on Sunday—6 February in Mumbai with full state honours. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was also present at the funeral of the celebrated singer.
Several celebrities including Shraddha Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aamir Khan among others also paid their last respects to the iconic singer at Shivaji Park on Sunday.
For the uninformed, Lata Mangeshkar had been admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital on January 8 after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia. | https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/bollywood/salman-khan-sings-lag-jaa-gale-in-emotional-tribute-to-lata-mangeshkar | 2022-02-13T08:28:04 | en | 0.977543 |
EPFO's apex decision-making body Central Board of Trustee will take a call on interest rate on employees' provident fund deposits for 2021-22 in its meeting next month.
"The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) CBT meeting will be held in Guwahati in March where proposal for interest rate for 2021-22 would be listed as it is end of the fiscal year," Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav told PTI when asked about EPF interest rate for 2021-22.
Asked whether EPFO would maintain the 8.5 per cent interest rate for 2021-22 as decided for 2020-21, Yadav, who also heads the CBT, said the decision would be taken on the basis of income projection for the financial year.
The 8.5 per cent interest rate on EPF deposits for 2020-21 was decided by the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) in March 2021.
It was ratified by the finance ministry in October 2021 and thereafter, EPFO issued directions to field offices to credit the interest income at 8.5 per cent for 2020-21 into the subscribers' account.
Once CBT decides an interest rate on EPF deposits for a fiscal year, it is sent to Ministry of Finance for concurrence.
EPFO provides the rate of interest only after it is ratified by the government through the finance ministry.
In March 2020, EPFO had lowered interest rate on provident fund deposits to a seven-year low of 8.5 per cent for 2019-20, from 8.65 per cent provided for 2018-19.
The EPF interest rate provided for 2019-20 was the lowest since 2012-13, when it was brought down to 8.5 per cent.
EPFO had provided 8.65 per cent interest rate to its subscribers in 2016-17 and 8.55 per cent in 2017-18. The rate of interest was slightly higher at 8.8 per cent in 2015-16.
It had given 8.75 per cent rate of interest in 2013-14 as well as in 2014-15, higher than 8.5 per cent for 2012-13. The rate of interest was 8.25 per cent on provident fund in 2011-12. | https://www.dnaindia.com/personal-finance/report-epfo-to-take-decision-on-interest-rate-for-2021-22-in-march-2934001 | 2022-02-13T08:28:08 | en | 0.970361 |
“It’s as if I’m watching a movie. I have a feeling of sadness,” said 65-year-old pensioner Maximino Perez Romero, from A Coruna. “My feeling is that this is what will happen over the years due to drought and all that, with climate change.”
Walking on the muddy ground cracked by the drought in some spots, visitors found partially collapsed roofs, bricks and wooden debris that once made up doors or beams, and even a drinking fountain with water still streaming from a rusty pipe.
Crates with empty beer bottles were stacked by what used to be a cafe, and a semi-destroyed old car was rusting away by a stone wall. Drone footage showed the derelict buildings.
Maria del Carmen Yanez, mayor of the larger Lobios council, of which Aceredo is part, blamed the situation on the lack of rain in recent months, particularly in January, but also on what she said was “quite aggressive exploitation” by Portugal’s power utility EDP, which manages the reservoir.
On 1 February, Portugal’s government ordered six dams, including Alto Lindoso, to nearly halt water use for electricity production and irrigation, due to the worsening drought.
Contacted by Reuters, EDP said the low reservoir levels were due to the drought, but that it was managing water resources “efficiently” and that these were above the minimum requirements, including Alto Lindoso.
Questions over the sustainability of reservoirs are not new. Last year, several Spanish villages complained about how power utilities used them after a rapid draw-down from a lake by Iberdrola in western Spain. The company said it was following the rules.
Environment Ministry data shows Spain’s reservoirs are at 44 per cent of their capacity, well below the average of about 61 per cent over the last decade, but still above levels registered in a 2018 drought.
A ministry source said drought indicators showed a potential worsening in the coming weeks, but did not yet detect a generalised problem throughout the country.
Jose Alvarez, a former construction worker from Lobios, felt a mix of nostalgia and fatalism at he remembered his working days in Aceredo.
“It’s terrible, but it is what it is. That’s life. Some die and others live,” he said. | https://en.prothomalo.com/environment/climate-change/ghost-village-emerges-in-spain-as-drought-empties-reservoir | 2022-02-13T08:28:10 | en | 0.97227 |
Dilip Joshi has been portraying the character of Jethalal Champaklal Gada in the highly successful show 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' since 2008. The audience's love towards the show has been evident in the high TRPs that the sitcom garners each week.
The humour in 'TMKOC' has always been highly appreciated. Although, Dilip Joshi aka Jethalal had revealed in 2020 that the show's writing had suffered in time as he felt that certain episodes were 'not up to the mark as far as the humour is concerned'.
While speaking to comedian Sorabh Pant in a podcast, Dilip had mentioned that as the writers are pressured to deliver episodes every day, the quality of the content has suffered. He had said, "Jab aap quantity dekhte hai, toh kahin na kahin quality suffer hoti hi hai. Pehle weekly hum karte the aur writers ke paas bohot time hota tha. Chaar episode likhe, doosre chaar episode agle mahine shoot karna hai (When you focus on quantity, the quality does suffer somewhere. Initially, it was a weekly show and the writers had a lot of time. With four episodes being shot per month, they had a gap of a month to write the next four episodes)."
"Abhi yeh almost like a factory ho gaya hai (now it has become almost like a factory). Every day the writers have to find new subjects. After all, they are also human beings. I agree that all the episodes cannot be of that level when you are doing a daily show for such a long time. I do feel that certain episodes are not up to the mark as far as the humour is concerned," he had further added.
For the unversed, the show is based on the weekly column "Duniya Ne Undha Chasma" by the late humorist, columnist, playwright, and author Taarak Mehta. | https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-throwback-when-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-dilip-joshi-aka-jethalal-talked-about-show-declining-quality-2934002 | 2022-02-13T08:28:14 | en | 0.984705 |
The densely populated capital of Bangladesh continues to dominate the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world.
On Sunday, Dhaka occupied the third position in the list as its Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 176 at 9.31am.
Pakistan’s Lahore and Myanmar’s Yangon occupied the first two spots, with AQI scores of 188 and 183, respectively.
An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered ‘unhealthy’, particularly for sensitive groups.
Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘poor’, while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered ‘hazardous’, posing serious health risks to residents.
AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.
In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants—Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.
Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.
A report by the Department of Environment (DoE) and the World Bank in March 2019 pointed out that the three main sources of air pollution in Dhaka “are brick kilns, fumes from vehicles and dust from construction sites”.
With the advent of winter, the city’s air quality starts deteriorating sharply due to the massive discharge of pollutant particles from construction work, rundown roads, brick kilns and other sources.
Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.
As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. | https://en.prothomalo.com/environment/pollution/dhaka-ranks-third-worst-in-air-quality-index-5 | 2022-02-13T08:28:16 | en | 0.947782 |
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised “an increasingly robust police intervention,” adding that borders cannot remain closed and “this conflict must end.”
Canadian police, backed by armored vehicles, began clearing the bridge, taking down tents erected in traffic lanes and persuading some drivers to move their trucks.
But by Saturday evening, after hours of facing off against the demonstrators, the police had not completely cleared the span. Most of the cars and trucks blocking it were removed but hundreds of people refused to budge.
Windsor police spokesman Jason Bellaire said the aim was to clear the bridge peacefully, but he could not say if it would be cleared by the end of the day. There were no immediate reports of arrests Saturday.
The Ambassador Bridge is vital to the US and Canadian auto industries, carrying more than 25 percent of merchandise exported by both countries.
Two other US-Canada border crossings, one in Manitoba province and one in Alberta, remain blocked by protests.
‘I’m not dead’
In Ottawa, crowds of thousands packed the streets of the city centre, the epicentre of the movement, blaring horns, playing music, dancing and drinking hot coffee against the bitter cold. Very few police were on hand.
“I’ve been supporting the cause from the beginning,” said 38-year-old Marc-Andre Mallette.
“I’m not vaccinated and I’m not dead,” added Mallette, a sewer worker from the town of St.-Armand, near the US border.
Truckers originally converged on Ottawa to press their demand for an end to a vaccination requirement affecting truckers crossing the international border.
But the movement has spread, as the protesters—mostly insisting they want to protect their freedoms, but some displaying swastikas or Confederate flags—now seek an end to all vaccine mandates, whether imposed by the federal or provincial governments.
Anti-Trudeau signs and chants have become common along the clogged Ottawa streets.
Political opponents say the prime minister has been far too slow to bring the protests to an end.
Trudeau has repeatedly insisted the protesters represent a small—if noisy—fraction of a population that has largely followed vaccination requirements and guidance.
But anti-Covid measures in some provinces have been more restrictive than in much of the world, and the truckers’ message has resonated more widely than authorities expected.
One opinion survey found that a third of Canadians support the protest movement, while 44 per cent say they at least understand the truckers’ frustrations.
Protest in Paris
Since the movement began, some central Canadian provinces have announced plans to end mask and vaccine requirements in coming weeks, with the numbers of Covid-19 cases falling. But the two most populous provinces—Ontario and Quebec—have yet to follow suit.
The truckers have found support among conservatives and vaccine mandate opponents across the globe, even as Covid measures are being rolled back in many places.
In Paris on Saturday, police fired tear gas and issued hundreds of fines in an effort to break up convoys of vehicles coming from across France in a protest over Covid restrictions and rising living costs.
While some protesters made it to the glitzy Champs-Elysees, they were unable to block the city’s streets.
In the Netherlands, a vehicle convoy brought The Hague’s city centre to a standstill in another Canada-style protest.
In Switzerland, hundreds of protesters marched in Zurich to protest Covid-19 restrictions, while several thousand others rallied against them, Swiss media reported. Both rallies were illegal, and police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
In Australia, an estimated 10,000 protesters marched through capital the Canberra to the parliament building to decry vaccine mandates.
And in New Zealand, anti-mandate activists have been camped on the lawns of parliament in Wellington for days in a protest inspired by the Canadian convoy. | https://en.prothomalo.com/international/americas/canadian-protesters-out-in-force-again-key-bridge-still-blocked | 2022-02-13T08:28:22 | en | 0.958989 |
Russia’s defence ministry added to the febrile atmosphere by announcing that it had chased off a US submarine it said had crossed into its territorial waters near the Kuril Islands in the northern Pacific
“If Russia undertakes a further invasion of Ukraine, the United States together with our allies and partners will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia,” Biden told Putin, according to the White House.
While the United States was prepared to engage in diplomacy, “we are equally prepared for other scenarios”, Biden said, as the two nations stare down one of the gravest crises in East-West relations since the Cold War.
While the Biden-Putin talks were “professional and substantive”, lasting just over an hour, they produced “no fundamental change” in dynamics, a senior US official told reporters.
Russia’s defence ministry added to the febrile atmosphere by announcing that it had chased off a US submarine it said had crossed into its territorial waters near the Kuril Islands in the northern Pacific.
The ministry said it had summoned the US defence attache in Moscow over the incident.
But the US Indo-Pacific Command denied the account. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” spokesman Captain Kyle Raines said in a statement.
Putin began his afternoon holding talks with Macron that the French presidency said lasted one hour and 40 minutes.
Macron’s office said “both expressed a desire to continue dialogue” but, like Washington, reported no clear progress.
Possible provocations
Russia added to the ominous tone by pulling some of its diplomatic staff out of Ukraine Saturday.
The foreign ministry in Moscow said its decision was prompted by fears of “possible provocations from the Kyiv regime”.
But Washington and a host of European countries along with Israel cited the growing threat of a Russian invasion as they called on their citizens to leave Ukraine as soon possible.
Britain and the United States also pulled out most of their remaining military advisors while the US embassy ordered “most” of its Kyiv staff to leave.
Australia said it had directed all remaining embassy staff in Kyiv to evacuate, and Canada said it was closing its embassy temporarily and moving operations to the western city of Lviv.
Dutch carrier KLM announced that it was suspending commercial flights to Ukraine until further notice.
The prospect of fleeing Westerners prompted Kyiv to issue an appeal to its citizens to “remain calm”.
“Right now, the people’s biggest enemy is panic,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on a visit to troops stationed near the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea.
Several thousand Ukrainians braved the winter cold to march through Kyiv in a show of unity amid the growing fears of war.
“Panic is useless,” said student Maria Shcherbenko as the crowd waved Ukraine’s blue-and-yellow flags and sang the national anthem. “We must unite and fight for independence.”
Any day now
Washington on Friday issued its most dire warning yet that Russia had assembled enough forces to launch a serious assault.
“Our view that military action could occur any day now, and could occur before the end of the Olympics, is only growing in terms of its robustness,” US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warned.
Sullivan stopped short on Friday of saying that the United States has concluded that Putin has made the decision to attack.
But some US and German media cited intelligence sources and officials as saying that a war could begin at some point after Putin concludes talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow on Tuesday.
The German leader is due to travel to Kyiv on Monday and then visit Putin as Europe strives to keep lines of communication open with Moscow.
Ukrainian leaders have been trying to talk down the prospects of an all-out war because of the damaging effect such fears are having on the country’s teetering economy and public morale.
But the mood across the country remained tense.
The mayor’s office in Kyiv said it had prepared an emergency evacuation plan for the capital’s three million residents as a precaution.
Russia is seeking binding security guarantees from the West that include a pledge to roll NATO forces out of eastern Europe and to never expand into Ukraine.
Washington has flatly rejected the demands, but offered talks on a new European disarmament agreement with Moscow.
Sullivan said NATO was now “more cohesive, more purposeful, more dynamic than any time in recent memory”.
Germany’s Scholz has added his voice to European pledges to punish Russia with severe economic sanctions targeting its financial and energy sector if it attacks. | https://en.prothomalo.com/international/biden-warns-ukraine-attack-will-bring-severe-costs | 2022-02-13T08:28:28 | en | 0.974377 |
The US has recorded 77,702,689 cases so far and 919,171 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,586,544 on Saturday, as 50,407 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, as many as 804 deaths were recorded since Friday morning, taking the death toll to 507,981.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 20 more Covid deaths with 5,023 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.
The daily positivity rate slightly increased to 16.50 per cent from Friday’s 15.46 per cent after testing 29,904 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 28,791 while the caseload mounted to 1,904,826.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.51 per cent.
However, the recovery rate slightly rose to 87.40 per cent with the recovery of 8,821 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On 28 January, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
On 9 December last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
The country reported first zero Covid death in a single day on 20 November last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on 28 July last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on 10 August last year. | https://en.prothomalo.com/international/global-covid-19-cases-top-410-million | 2022-02-13T08:28:35 | en | 0.963022 |
With this, the country’s active caseload currently stands at 537,045 which accounts for 1.26 per cent of total cases. At present, Kerala (182,118) has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases followed by Maharashtra (56,206) and Tamil Nadu (47,643).
The daily positivity rate in India has been recorded at 3.17 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.46 per cent, as per the bulletin.
A total of 117,591 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 41,585,711 stated the bulletin. India’s recovery rate now stands at 97.55 per cent.
The country reported 684 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 508,665
After witnessing the second wave in April-May last year, COVID-19 cases in India started declining in subsequent months and daily infections spike reached as low as 5,326 new cases on 21 December. Meanwhile, the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529), a new variant of the coronavirus, was first reported in Botswana on 11 November, 2021, and appeared on 14 November in South Africa. India detected its first Omicron case on 2 December last year in Karnataka.
Following the emergence of the Omicron variant, daily cases began rising by December-end and breached the 100,000 mark on 7 January when 117,100 fresh infections were reported.
In a written reply in Lok Sabha on 4 February, 2022, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar stated that “an upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the country was observed by the end of December, 2021 which was primarily driven by the Omicron variant”.
The peak of the current surge was recorded on 21 January, 2022, when 347,254 new cases were recorded in a 24-hour period.
Meanwhile, 1.72 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under nationwide vaccination drive. | https://en.prothomalo.com/international/india/indias-daily-covid-19-cases-drop-below-50000-mark-in-nearly-40-days | 2022-02-13T08:28:41 | en | 0.957053 |
Ushakov said that the US side had requested to arrange phone talks between Biden and Putin on Saturday even though such a call had initially been planned for Monday.
The two leaders spoke after Washington warned that an all-out Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin “any day”.
Ushakov complained about the US claims, saying that Americans even released “the date of the Russian invasion”.
“We don’t understand why false information about our intentions is being passed to the media,” he told reporters.
He said that Putin once again complained that the West has been arming Ukraine and that Kyiv authorities have been “sabotaging” Western-brokered peace agreements to end a years-long conflict in eastern Ukraine.
At the same time Ushakov called the one-hour phone talks between the two leaders “balanced and business-like” and added that “the presidents have agreed to continue contacts at all levels”.
Russia is demanding binding security guarantees from the West that includes a pledge to roll NATO forces out of eastern Europe and to never expand into Ukraine.
Washington has flatly rejected the demands while offering to discuss a new European disarmament agreement with Moscow.
Ushakov said Moscow would take into account Biden’s point of view as it prepares to respond to Washington and NATO’s proposals.
“The Russian side will carefully analyse Biden’s concerns.” | https://en.prothomalo.com/international/kremlin-denounces-us-peak-hysteria | 2022-02-13T08:28:47 | en | 0.965887 |
So publishers are not only slashing the number of titles published, but also cutting the number of pages of those they do print by shrinking the font size.
“Publishing has suffered a major crisis -- which could become existential,” said Emily Amrai, collection director at the Houpa publishing house.
While publishers worldwide face growing challenges to the way people read and consume literature, Iran is facing an extra problem.
The United States, under former president Donald Trump, unilaterally withdrew in 2018 from a landmark accord to prevent Iran from acquiring an atomic bomb -- a goal Tehran has always denied pursuing -- with Washington then reimposing tough economic sanctions.
“As soon as the US sanctions were reinstated in 2018, the price of paper rose,” Amrai said.
‘A miracle’
Long-running negotiations to revive a deal with Iran continue in Austria, but until an international agreement turns the page, the impact of sanctions grows worse.
“The devaluation of our currency against the greenback, the global rise in the price of paper paid in dollars and the increase in the cost of transport -- also paid in foreign currency -- has plunged publishing into the doldrums,” said Hossein Motevali, owner of Houpa, which specialises in children’s books.
Because book prices are fixed in Iran, profits are pegged to the rapidly fluctuating price of paper.
“Between receiving the manuscript, laying it out, and setting the price of the book, I can lose everything if the price of paper has gone up suddenly,” Hasheminejad said.
“That happens because I’m at the mercy of the fluctuation of the currencies.”
As for the authors, they are paid by the number of the pages in the book, whether they are famous or not.
“Selling books is a miracle today, because the majority of customers belong to the middle class -- and given the economic conditions, their priority is to obtain essential goods such as food,” said Hasheminejad. “I really wonder how people still buy books at these prices.”
Bookstores in Iran look similar to shops anywhere in the world. As well as shelves of Iranian writers, popular sellers include translations of foreign works -- from 20th century European classics to self-help and psychology books.
Farsi translations of Mary Trump’s tell-all on her uncle Donald Trump, as well as the memoir of former US first lady Michelle Obama, have been recent hits.
‘Shock’
But as the crisis deepens, several small publishing houses have been driven out of business.
“Today, many independent publishers, who have published excellent works, have been eliminated from the market”, said Amrai.
Larger publishing houses have had to adapt to survive.
“We have reduced our profits by as much as possible in order to keep our customers, we have reduced printing and pagination, and publish digital books to avoid paper and reduce costs,” said Hasheminejad.
“But that will only last a year or two, for even the most solid companies.”
So far, books printed before recent spikes in paper costs provided a buffer, but those stocks are running low.
“In a few months, when the books stored in the depots are exhausted, it will be a shock for the customer when they see the new prices,” Hasheminejad warned.
On Enghelab Street, Tehran’s main book market, retired teacher Behjat Mazloumi, 60, already struggles to afford second-hand books.
“I haven’t been able to buy a book for years,” said Mazloumi. “Even street vendors sell books at a very high price.”
The cost rise will have wider impacts too, experts say.
Children in poorer areas where access to literature is already limited will soon find themselves priced out completely, Hasheminejad said.
“Today, we see people in some disadvantaged areas who cannot even communicate properly in Farsi,” he said. “They will certainly experience difficulties.” | https://en.prothomalo.com/international/middle-east/irans-books-shrink-as-us-sanctions-bite | 2022-02-13T08:28:53 | en | 0.967944 |
"We found that higher fat mass was related to lower bone density, and these trends were stronger in men than women," said Rajesh K Jain, MD, the University of Chicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.
"Our research suggests that the effect of body weight depends on a person's makeup of lean and fat mass and that high body weight alone is not a guarantee against osteoporosis."
The researchers analysed the bone mineral density and body composition data of 10,814 people under 60 years old from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2018. They found a strong positive association between lean mass and bone mineral density in both men and women.
Conversely, the fat mass had a moderately negative association with bone mineral density, especially in men.
"Health care providers should consider osteoporosis screening for patients with high body weight, especially if they have other risk factors like older age, previous fracture, family history, or steroid use," Jain said.
Tamara Vokes of the University of Chicago Medicine is the co-author of the study. | https://en.prothomalo.com/lifestyle/health/men-with-high-body-fat-may-be-at-risk-for-osteoporosis | 2022-02-13T08:28:59 | en | 0.9533 |
Creating a reliable source of oxygen could help humanity establish liveable habitats off-Earth in an era where space travel is more achievable than ever before.
Electrolysis is a popular potential method which involves passing electricity through a chemical system to drive a reaction and can be used to extract oxygen out of lunar rocks or to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
This can be useful for both life support systems as well as for the in-situ production of rocket propellant.
Until now, however, how lower gravitational fields on the Moon (1/6th of Earth’s gravity) and Mars (1/3rd of Earth’s gravity) might affect gas-evolving electrolysis when compared to known conditions here on Earth had not been investigated in detail.
Lower gravity can have a significant impact on electrolysis efficiency, as bubbles can remain stuck to electrode surfaces and create a resistive layer.
Lead engineer of the project, Gunter Just, said, “We designed and built a small centrifuge that could generate a range of gravity levels relevant to the Moon and Mars, and operated it during microgravity on a parabolic flight, to remove the influence of Earth’s gravity.”
“When doing an experiment in the lab, you cannot escape the gravity of Earth; in the almost zero-g background in the aircraft, however, our electrolysis cells were only influenced by the centrifugal force and so we could tune the gravity-level of each experiment by changing the rotation speed. The centrifuge had four 25 cm arms that each held an electrolysis cell equipped with a variety of sensors, so during each parabola of around 18 seconds we did four simultaneous experiments on the spinning system.”
“We also operated the same experiments on the centrifuge between 1 and 8 g in the laboratory. In this configuration we had the arms swinging so that the downwards gravity was accounted for. It was found that the trend observed below 1 g was consistent with the trend above 1 g, which experimentally verified that high gravity platforms can be used to predict electrolysis behaviour in lunar gravity, removing the limitations of needing costly and complex microgravity conditions. In our system, we found that 11 per cent less oxygen was produced in lunar gravity, if the same operating parameters were used as on Earth.”
The additional power requirement was more modest at around 1 per cent. These specific values are only relevant to the small test cell but demonstrate that the reduced efficiency in low gravity environments must be taken into account when planning power budgets or product output for a system operating on the Moon or Mars.
If the impact on power or product output was deemed too large for a system to function properly, some adaptations could be made that may reduce the effect of gravity, such as using a specially structured electrode surface or introducing flow or stirring. | https://en.prothomalo.com/science-technology/science/scientists-predict-efficiency-of-oxygen-evolving-electrolysis-on-moon-and-mars | 2022-02-13T08:29:05 | en | 0.956617 |
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Bangladesh's newly-appointed batting coach Jamie Siddons has tested positive for Covid-19.
The BCB's cricket operations committee chairman Jalal Yunus, confirmed the development, saying Siddons has mild symptoms, reported ESPNcricinfo citing Dhaka-based Prothom Alo.
Earlier this week, Siddons was announced as Bangladesh's batting coach after Ashwell Prince resigned from the same position, citing family reasons.
Siddons was earlier Bangladesh's head coach from 2007 to 2011.
Since arriving in Bangladesh, Siddons has spent most of his time watching BPL matches. | https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/cricket/jamie-siddons-tests-positive-for-covid-19 | 2022-02-13T08:29:12 | en | 0.972276 |
Faf du Plessis, who led the side in absence of Imrul Kayes, struck a 54 ball-101, hitting a dozen of boundaries and three sixes to help Comilla post a gigantic 182-5 but Khulna, desperate to confirm the playoff, made the chase a cakewalk thanks to a terrific century of Andre Fletcher, who remained not out on 101 off 62, clobbering six fours and as many sixes.
With Fletcher and Mahedi Hasan going on berserk, Khulna sensed an all-wicket victory but Mooen Ali prevented Comilla from the ultimate shamble, dismissing the latter when the score was level.
Mahedi played his part well, having hammered 74 off 49. He smote six fours and four sixes in his innings. Soumya Sarkar then joined Fletcher and hit the winning single as Khulna confirmed the victory with six balls to spare.
Comilla earlier confirmed the playoff so it was an inconsequential match for them but for Khulna it was a ‘do or die’ game. And they came up all guns blazing right from the start, making the Comilla bowlers disarray.
Fletcher led the charge, taking the bowlers in disdain while Mahedi played a perfect foil to him. With the duo, going strong, Comilla interim captain du Plessis looked out of idea to how to stop them.
But du Plessis kept Comilla in a place, from where they only could hope for a victory. A victory indeed was needed for them for a mental boost up ahead of taking on Barishal in the first Qualifier.
Electing to bat first, Comilla lost Parvez Hossain Emon and Mominul Haque cheaply before du Plessis came up with a counterattack. He got ably support from Mahmudul Hasan Joy and they combined for a 49-run for the third wicket to lay a solid platform.
Joy was dismissed after hitting 31 off 27 but du Plesiss remained unscathed and hit the bowlers all corner of the park. He was dismissed at the penultimate over but Mahidul Islam Ankan gave the finishing touch with an 11 ball-20 not out that included two sixes.
But at the end it was not enough as Fletcher was in beast mood in this night. | https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/cricket/khulna-eliminate-dhaka-to-confirm-bpl-playoff | 2022-02-13T08:29:18 | en | 0.966319 |
“After a bowling session today, I got some confidence since I felt no pain,” Taskin said here today.
“Hopefully there will be no problem to play the Afghanistan series. I will do some more sessions and hope that my confidence will continue to be boosted after every bowling session. I believe I will be fully fit ahead of the Afghanistan series.”
Taskin was playing for Chattogram Challengers in the ongoing BPL and looked to be in his supreme form. He in fact has been in form for the last one year and had already established him as a match winner of Bangladesh.
But the back pain during a game of BPL spoiled his smooth journey. However he didn’t feel that the time off from the game due to the injury would hamper his bowling rhythm.
“Hopefully I can bowl with same rhythm as I had done before the injury,” he remarked.
Taskin is one of the five players of Bangladesh to be in IPL auction but he said he is not thinking about that, rather he is considering to how he would keep him fully fit and play all matches for the country across three formats.
“I am not losing my sleeping thinking about IPL. If I get a team, it would be great but if not, there will be no regret. Moreover we have some Test matches and some important ODI and T20I matches coming up. I am only focusing on those matches and play for my country,” he concluded. | https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/cricket/taskin-hopes-to-recover-from-back-pain-ahead-of-afghanistan-series | 2022-02-13T08:29:24 | en | 0.987265 |
"With a little more accuracy and luck, we could have scored. We had three close calls with the goalkeeper, hit the crossbar twice," said Ancelotti.
"I'm worried about the team when we don't look for a chance to score, we looked for it. We lacked effectiveness."
The draw moves Unai Emery's Villarreal up to fifth, only two points behind Barcelona in the fourth and final Champions League spot.
Real Madrid will now turn their focus to Tuesday's Champions League last-16 first leg at Paris Saint-Germain.
Bale was surprisingly named in the starting line-up for his first appearance for Real Madrid since August.
He has suffered from various injuries in the months since, although he has played four times for Wales.
"He had a serious injury," said Ancelotti. "The important thing is that today he had a chance, and he showed that he is with us and that he is committed."
"Bale played well. He could have scored. He was dangerous up front. Everything I told him to do, he did well."
Bale looked dangerous in patches, with one second-half shot tipped onto the crossbar by home goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli, before being replaced by Luka Jovic with 15 minutes remaining.
Ancelotti said he had not thought about whether Bale might sart against PSG.
"I don't know. We have to wait and see what will happen in the next few hours, because we can get everyone back," said the coach.
Karim Benzema was missing for Real, who are hoping the Frenchman will be fit for the trip to Paris.
Villarreal were the more threatening side in the first half. Alberto Moreno struck the post and visiting 'keeper Thibaut Courtois denied Arnaut Danjuma an opening goal with a fine save.
Real dominated possession in the second period, with Rulli also saving from Toni Kroos.
"In the first half the team was a little unwilling, a little uncommitted. It changed in the second half. We had more opportunities to played more directly," said Ancelotti.
"In the first half, the team defended too deep and we were not aggressive in individual battles. In the second half, it was completely different. We saw a much more aggressive team without the ball. This was the key." | https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/football/bale-returns-as-real-madrid-held-by-villarreal | 2022-02-13T08:29:30 | en | 0.988591 |
"Luckily it's happened in a Bundesliga match this time, but we have a Champions League game on Wednesday," he added.
Bayern had not lost to Bochum since 2004 ahead of this game, and beat them 7-0 when the two teams last met in September.
When Robert Lewandowski bundled in the opener for Bayern on nine minutes, it seemed like it would be a normal afternoon for the perennial champions.
But Bochum equalised quickly through Christopher Antwi-Adjei, before taking control in a frenzied 10 minutes before the break.
Juergen Locadia gave the hosts the lead from the penalty spot after a Dayot Upamecano handball, and an unsettled Bayern wilted under pressure.
Cristian Gamboa smashed the ball into the top corner from the edge of the area two minutes later, before Holtmann curled in another brilliant long-range effort on the stroke of half-time.
Lewandowski pulled a goal back in the second half, but it was too little for Bayern to avoid a fourth league defeat of the season.
After a week in which German football was discussing the idea of a new play-off format to combat Bayern's relentless dominance, recently promoted Bochum delivered a brutal reminder that the champions are not unbeatable.
Yet Bayern remain nine points clear at the top of the table overnight, ahead of Borussia Dortmund's trip to Union Berlin on Sunday.
Fuerth grab rare win
Elsewhere, struggling giants Wolfsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach both pulled away from the relegation zone with timely wins.
Wolfsburg beat former coach Oliver Glasner with a 2-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, a Max Kruse penalty and a late goal from Dodi Lukebakio handing them a second successive win.
Manu Kone and Jonas Hofmann gave Gladbach a comfortable lead, before Iago pulled a goal back for fellow strugglers Augsburg.
Ramy Bensebaini restored the two-goal lead before Alfred Finnbogason snatched a late consolation goal.
Bottom club Greuther Fuerth gave themselves hope in the relegation fight with only their third win of the season against Hertha Berlin.
Branimir Hrgota opened the scoring after just 27 seconds and doubled the lead with a second-half penalty before Hertha's Linus Gechter scored his first Bundesliga goal late on.
Freiburg leapfrogged Union Berlin into sixth with a 1-1 draw at home to Mainz, substitute Nils Petersen cancelling out Alexander Hack's first-half opener. | https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/football/bayern-slump-to-4-2-defeat-at-bochum | 2022-02-13T08:29:36 | en | 0.926265 |
"I was nervous (taking the penalty), I have to be honest. It's a big penalty. It's just crazy. It was good I kept the nerves. I am very happy."
"I dreamed always as a kid of this. This is an amazing feeling for me," he added.
Chelsea have now claimed every possible trophy since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003, and become the third English side to win the global tournament after Manchester United and Liverpool.
The Blues avenged their 1-0 loss to Corinthians in the 2012 final, but will have little time to celebrate with a critical stretch on the horizon once they return to London.
They face Lille in the Champions League last 16 either side of the League Cup final against Liverpool and FA Cup fifth round, playing in four different competitions in 12 days.
Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel was back in the dugout having flown out to Abu Dhabi on Friday after missing the past two games following a positive test for Covid-19.
Edouard Mendy returned in goal in the wake of Senegal's Africa Cup of Nations victory, at the expense of Kepa Arrizabalaga, whose much improved form is likely to attract interest from other clubs in the summer.
Chelsea's decline in the Premier League has coincided with lack of authority and conviction, and despite controlling possession it wasn't until the end of the first half they forced Weverton into a save.
Even then, Thiago Silva's searing drive from distance appeared to be going wide.
In contrast, Palmeiras were twice left to rue their lack of efficiency as Dudu stabbed well wide before Andreas Christensen made a key intervention to negate a promising attack for the Brazilians.
Lukaku rises to the occasion
Lukaku has struggled to meet expectations after rejoining Chelsea from Inter Milan as the club's record signing, but the Belgian made it two goals in as many games here early in the second half.
Callum Hudson-Odoi, given the nod at left wing-back, whipped in a cross and Lukaku soared above two defenders to power beyond Weverton.
Christian Pulisic, brought on 30 minutes in for the injured Mason Mount, curled just wide after tidy interplay with Lukaku, but Chelsea gave Palmeiras a way back in when Silva handled in the area.
Australian referee Chris Beath was recommended to review the incident on the touchline monitor as Palmeiras players and coach Abel Ferreira appealed, and he almost immediately pointed to the spot.
Veiga, on target in the 2-0 win over Al Ahly, held his nerve to slam the penalty beyond Mendy, greeted with bellowing roars from many of the near-capacity 32,871 in attendance -- the majority wearing the green and white of Palmeiras.
Pulisic again rolled an effort narrowly wide from an inviting lay-off and extra time came as little surprise, Chelsea forced to play an extra 30 minutes for the second time in a week.
A frantic scramble inside the six-yard box saw Pulisic bundle against the bar, although an offside in the build-up would have ruled out any goal.
Timo Werner curled over as time ticked away and Palmeiras defended deep, but Chelsea got the late breakthrough when Luan was penalised for blocking Cesar Azpilicueta's volley with his arm.
Havertz sent Weverton the wrong way to spark wild celebrations, and a bitter night for Palmeiras culminated in them finishing with 10 men after Luan was sent off for scything down the German. | https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/football/chelsea-win-club-world-cup-title | 2022-02-13T08:29:42 | en | 0.965553 |
Guardiola's side are unbeaten in their last 15 league games, with 14 wins in that streak keeping them firmly on course to retain the title.
"All the time it looks easy but it is difficult to do our job and we did it again," Guardiola said.
Second-placed Liverpool can close the gap to nine points if they win at struggling Burnley on Sunday in the first of their two games in hand on City.
Liverpool show no signs of giving up their pursuit, but City have won 18 of their last 20 matches in all competitions.
"We need a lot of points. We know what rival we have, the closest one is Liverpool. They won't drop many points for the quality they have," Guardiola said.
"It's the best squad they have in the last decade. We'll have to win a lot of games."
On their current imperious form, reaching that target might not be much of a problem for City.
With an eye on Tuesday's Champions League last 16 first leg at Sporting Lisbon, Guardiola made five changes from the midweek win over Brentford, with Kevin De Bruyne and Joao Cancelo among the players rested.
Bernardo Silva was inches away from giving City the perfect start when his sixth minute strike hit the post and bounced back to Norwich keeper Angus Gunn.
Sublime Sterling
Third bottom Norwich had taken seven points from their past three league games to improve their prospects of staying up.
And Dean Smith's side responded to City's opening salvo with a spell of pressure that saw Grant Hanley meet Pierre Lees-Melou's cross with a header that hit the post before Fernandinho scrambled it clear.
Sterling tried to put City back into the ascendancy, but his low shot from Oleksandr Zinchenko's cross lacked the power to beat Gunn, who saved with his out-stretched boot.
It was a warning Norwich failed to heed and Sterling put City ahead in the 31st minute.
Max Aarons made a hash of clearing Kyle Walker's cross and Sterling seized possession in the Norwich area, shifting the ball onto his right foot before curling a fine strike into the far corner.
Sterling's 10th club goal of the season was his first since 26 December.
City had won each of the last 20 Premier League matches in which they had taken the lead and Riyad Mahrez almost doubled their advantage with a near-post shot that Gunn saved alertly.
Norwich's hopes of emulating their shock win against City on their last league visit to Norwich in 2019 were erased by Foden in the 48th minute.
Foden's first effort from Ilkay Gundogan's cross was blocked by Gunn, but the England midfielder latched onto the rebound and his shot squeezed over the line before Hanley could clear.
City were on cruise control and Sterling underlined their superiority in the 70th minute.
Ruben Dias rose highest to head across the six-yard box and the unmarked Sterling was perfectly placed to nod into the empty net.
Deep into stoppage-time, Hanley's collision with Liam Delap was ruled a penalty and, although Sterling's spot-kick was saved by Gunn, he quickly recovered to net the rebound. | https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/football/sterling-hat-trick-destroys-norwich-as-man-city-go-12-points-clear | 2022-02-13T08:29:48 | en | 0.982215 |
Education minister Dipu Moni revealed this to the media after handing over the results formally to prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the International Mother Language Institute in Segun Bagicha, Dhaka, in the morning.
Earlier, the chairmen of all the education boards submitted the results to prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
On behalf of the prime minister, education minister Dipu Moni received the results and related statistics from the boards’ chairmen.
The way results can be known
Students can get their results on the websites of education boards and through SMS. Students will have to submit their roll number, registration number, exam name, year and education board’s name to get their results.
Besides, the students can know their results through SMS. Opening the message option, a student will have to type HSC<>first three letters of the board’s name<>roll number<>passing year and sent the message to 16222. For example write HSC DHA 123456 2021 and send that to 16222. Return SMS will contain the result.
A madrasah student will have to type HSC<>MAD<>roll number<>passing year and sent the message to 16222. For example write HSC MAD 123456 2021 and send that to 16222. Return SMS will contain the result.
A technical education board student will have to type HSC<>TEC<>roll number<>passing year and sent the message to 16222. For example write HSC TEC 123456 2021 and send that to 16222. Return SMS will contain the result. | https://en.prothomalo.com/youth/education/hsc-equivalent-exams-pass-rate-9526 | 2022-02-13T08:29:54 | en | 0.885401 |
On behalf of the prime minister, education minister Dipu Moni received the results of the HSC and equivalent exams-2021 and related statistics from the chairmen of all the education boards.
A total of 13,71,681 candidates took part in the HSC and equivalent exams from 9,183 educational institutions under 11 education boards in the country.
The candidates –- 7,32,029 males and 6,71,215 females -- sat for the HSC and equivalent exams at 2,621 centres.
The HSC and equivalent exams were held on 2-30 December last year with a shortened syllabus.
The exams for 2020 could not be held due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the results were prepared based on the candidates’ performances in previous public examinations.
At the function, deputy minister for education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhoury delivered the welcome speech, while secondary and higher education secretary Md Abu Bakr Siddique and Technical and Madrasah education secretary Md Aminul Islam Khan presented data and statistics over the HSC and equivalent exams and candidates.
Some 149,397 candidates – 105,538 males and 43,859 females -- from 1,845 institutes took part in the exams under the Technical Board, while 113,167 candidates – 61,758 males and 51,409 females – from 2,691 institutes under the Madrasah Board. | https://en.prothomalo.com/youth/education/pm-publishes-hsc-equivalent-exam-results | 2022-02-13T08:30:00 | en | 0.942002 |
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Bieber can leave even a room full of elite athletes, actors and A-listers star struck.
The invite-only guests at Friday’s first of two nights of a Super Bowl-week party dubbed “Homecoming Weekend” crushed around a small stage-in-the-round under a tent at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California to get close to Bieber, who hopped, bopped and shimmied through a 45-minute set as the evening’s headliner.
The crowd included Jeff Bezos, his girlfriend TV host Lauren Sánchez, “Hamilton” actor Anthony Ramos and NFL Hall-of-Famer Tony Gonzalez.
Most of the hands around the stage were holding phones in the air and filming. Some gleeful fans turned around to shoot selfies with Bieber, who wore a a black skullcap, shades, a white hoodie and a sparkling necklace as he boogied in the background.
With a spare five-piece band, the 27-year-old pop star played a set that leaned heavily on recent songs, including “Somebody,” “Hold On,” “Ghost,” and “As I Am,” with a few nods to the past, like 2015′s “What Do You Mean?”
He stood at a keyboard to play an earnest electric-piano intro to “Peaches” before getting back to the dancing.
Bieber kept the songs flowing, and kept the between-song banter to a minimum.
“You guys having a good night?” he said at one point. “You guys rooting for the Rams?”
Despite the free food and top-shelf spirits being served, the outdoor patios were mostly empty as everyone jammed into the tent to watch Bieber.
Proof of vaccination was required of the 1,500 guests. Few wore masks.
It was one of a week full of entertainment events leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the first in the Los Angeles area in nearly three decades, with the hometown Los Angeles Rams playing the Cincinnati Bengals.
Night one also included a DJ set from Marshmello. Drake is set to perform on night two.
The event, presented by The h.wood Group, REVOLVE, PLACES.CO and Uncommon Entertainment, was themed on a high school homecoming.
The mostly young guests posed at photo stations with bejeweled football helmets, took pictures in front of a faux-high-school hallway of pink lockers and trophy cases.
Staffers were dressed in football uniforms, making the rounds with fancified versions of stadium food, including plant-based chicken bites, garlic fries and tiny pizzas.
Other pre-Super Bowl entertainment events on Friday night included Shaq’s Fun House, a public event thrown by Shaquille O’Neal at the Shrine Auditorium that featured a performance from Lil Wayne, and the second night of the three-night Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, which featured Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton and Mickey Guyton, who will sing the national anthem at Sunday’s big game.
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Follow AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andyjamesdalton | https://www.fox44news.com/entertainment-news/bieber-wows-a-list-crowd-at-pre-super-bowl-homecoming/ | 2022-02-13T08:30:27 | en | 0.958482 |
NEW YORK (AP) — What is reality anymore?
Christian Siriano’s New York Fashion Week runway Saturday was part space age, part centuries gone by and part in the moment with a special guest: Social media’s star Italian greyhound Iggy the Tika.
In the bowels of the Empire State Building, on a bare concrete floor, Siriano rolled out his huge, signature ballgowns in a variety of colors and textures, including one in a gray tweed with a huge hood and another in shiny, steel blue with sleeves that formed spikes worthy of the Jetsons. Before that came a range of looks in the experimental collection he calls “Victorian Matrix.”
“I feel like that’s what we’ve been living in. Like, are we living in Victorian times? Are we living in this alternate world? Like, what is it? So I guess that’s kind of how I approached the collection,” he told The Associated Press. “I felt like I wanted it to be that kind of dream fantasy world. And hopefully we escape when we come underground, under the Empire State Building.”
His buyers would be prepared for escape in one of his long, cozy quilted coats in a blue and white swirl design. Others would be fleeing in baby-blue dresses or a brighter blue in a sheer ruffled pantsuit. Maybe they’d don his sheer black dotted off-shoulder corset dress with the structured ball skirt.
For fall-winter, there was plenty to choose from as the world sorts itself out, some outfits more wearer-friendly than others.
The “Project Runway” mentor and host who launched his eponymous womenswear brand in 2008 included a series of looks in a bold black and taupe check. There was a belled trouser outfit with a flouncy strapless top that would require a bold fashion confidence. He sent one model out in a mini dress version of the check with a huge round statement head topper that’s as conspicuous as fashion gets.
His latest ballgown offerings also came in the check, one with a full skirt paired with a long-sleeve, midriff-baring top with a cutout back.
“The pandemic is ongoing and we can’t seem to get away from it, so I can’t help but question what our world will look like after,” Siriano said in his show notes. “What will happen to the fashion industry? And how will our customers shop?”
When they decide, Siriano will be ready with a soft pink corset with a ruffled neck he showed with a slinky cream skirt that skimmed the ground, kicking up dust as other looks did as his models took to the barren, underground catwalk.
Some of his guests cheered on his models as the show progressed. Hannah Waddingham of “Ted Lasso” fame, Susan Sarandon and Siriano mainstays Danielle Brooks (who wore him at her recent wedding) and Alicia Silverstone sat on his front row with Drew Barrymore and Candace Bushnell.
Thank goodness Iggy was on hand as therapy dog before Siriano put on this dream show. Waddingham posed for photos holding the tiny TikTok and Instagram star, a huge smile on her face. | https://www.fox44news.com/entertainment-news/christian-sirianos-latest-show-part-matrix-bygone-times/ | 2022-02-13T08:30:35 | en | 0.968108 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal threw one big party, but with two different experiences.
O’Neal hosted his carnival-themed event “Shaq’s Fun House” on Friday night in downtown Los Angeles ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend. The self-proclaimed “best party thrower” lived up to the hype with an outside area featuring several attractions including an 80-foot slide, a human claw machine, a premium open bar, free food, bumper cars and Ferris wheel.
Inside, O’Neal – who moonlights as a DJ Diesel – was one of the featured performers including Lil Wayne, Zedd, Diplo and even the NBA legend’s son, Myles, who spun several records in front of an energetic crowd. The event was filled with several popular entertainers and athletes including Floyd Mayweather, Torey Lanez and Brandon Marshall.
The event was held at the spacious Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in a city where O’Neal helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships.
“I love you L.A. Let’s (expletive) go,” shouted O’Neal, who stood behind a soundboard then played a rendition of Queen’s “We Are the Champions” to represent the championships he helped delivered to the city. He played electronic dance music then weaved in several big records such as Future’s “Way 2 Sexy,” DMX’s “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” along with Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby.”
Lil Wayne closed out the multihour event performing some of his biggest hits. His hour-long set – which ended after 2 a.m. PT – included classics such as “A Milli,” “Go DJ,” “6 foot 7” and “Lollipop.”
Wayne thanked O’Neal for wanting him to perform at “Fun House.” The rapper then asked the crowd their Super Bowl favorites between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams, which drew the most applause.
Before the set, O’Neal said he wanted to make more of a splash with “Fun House” than the other parties in the city – especially with his event held in person after it was held virtually last year due to COVID-19 concerns.
The tickets for the sold-out event started at $400 a piece, which included unlimited food and drinks from Los Angeles staples like Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles and Pink’s Hot Dogs.
“All the other parties, you just come, you stand around and shake hands,” he said on the red carpet. “You go, ‘Hey Tom, hey Bob, hey Jamal.’ This party is a carnival with rides, favorite restaurants, top restaurants in L.A… Ferris wheel. I paid a lot of money to get this stuff here.”
The investment was certainly well worth it. | https://www.fox44news.com/entertainment-news/shaqs-fun-house-draws-big-crowd-with-lil-wayne-headlining/ | 2022-02-13T08:30:42 | en | 0.969948 |
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Zydeco musician Chris Ardoin says it has taken time to recover his creativity after being shot last summer.
The 40-year-old Lake Charles native was hit July 30 when at least one unknown shooter opened fire at the Zydeco Bike Fest, an outdoor event in Colfax. He and his band had finished their set and were preparing to load equipment when the shots rang out. No arrests have been made in the case.
The bullet that hit him missed vital organs. He was able to perform again the following Labor Day in Houston. In March, he will play at his first fully outdoor festival since he was hurt. That will be at Festivals Acadiens et Créoles.
Ardoin told The Advocate he had a hard time recovering his passion to create new music in the months since the shooting. He talked about the frustrating feelings he had in his home studio.
“All the stuff that I remember creating before the injury where I’d say, ‘Oh man, they’re going to love this song,’ I’m in the studio listening to it and I’m ready to delete it … It was depressing. You know why, but you don’t know why. This is second nature to me. I can usually come in here and come up with something on the spot. Why can’t I come in here and do anything?” Ardoin said.
But, he said he’s had a breakthrough in the past month, with ideas pouring out of him in the studio.
Ardoin is a fourth generation Zydeco musician. He grew up playing alongside his grandfather, Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin; father, Lawrence Ardoin; brother, Sean Ardoin, and a slew of cousins and friends, carrying on the tradition begun by his grandfather’s cousin, Amédé Ardoin.
When he was 9, he shared the stage with his father at Carnegie Hall. He hopes his own sons — 10-year-old Collin and 7-year-old Carter — will be playing on stage with him some day. | https://www.fox44news.com/entertainment-news/zydeco-musician-ardoin-recovering-creativity-after-shooting/ | 2022-02-13T08:30:49 | en | 0.989029 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had zeroed in on a pair of finalists for his first Supreme Court pick when there were rumors last year that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire. But since the upcoming retirement was announced late last month, it has come with the rise of a third candidate, one with ready-made bipartisan support that has complicated the decision.
For Biden, it’s a tantalizing prospect. The president believes he was elected to try to bring the country together following the yawning and rancorous political divide that grew during the Trump administration and especially following the Capitol insurrection in January 2021.
And a Supreme Court nominee with a raft of qualifications who has the vocal support of even one or two Republican senators could well attract the backing of other Republicans. That, in turn, could make for a smoother nomination process after some painfully partisan ones in recent years.
This story is based on accounts from seven people familiar with Biden’s decision-making who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to talk about private discussions.
Two of the three judges now on Biden’s short list were evaluated last year by White House aides, although that early vetting did not include deep dives into their opinions or backgrounds, formal interviews or FBI background checks.
They are Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, a recent appointee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where she has served since June 2021, and Leondra Kruger, 45, a California Supreme Court judge since 2015 who would be the first person in more than 40 years to move from a state court to the Supreme Court if she were to be confirmed.
Jackson is seen as the top candidate. And she, too, has a proven record of bipartisan support: She was confirmed to the appeals court on a 53-44 vote. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina voted for her.
But J. Michelle Childs has rapidly become a serious third candidate after House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D.-S.C., publicly announced his support for her, as did the state’s Republican senators, Graham and Tim Scott. Graham has made clear Childs is his preferred choice.
The 55-year-oldis a federal judge in South Carolinawho has been nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. That nomination is on hold while she’s under consideration for the high court.
Childs lacks the elite law school credentials of many current Supreme Court justices — she attended the University of South Carolina School of Law. But that’s part of her appeal to Clyburn and others who question why Ivy League credentials are necessary. Eight of the court’s nine current members attended law school at Harvard or Yale. Childs also has a master’s degree from the school as well as a different legal degree from Duke.
Among the three justices on Biden’s short list, Childs is considered the most moderate, and she has been criticized by progressives and labor groups who say her record is not sufficiently supportive of worker rights. She was previously a state court judge and has served as a federal trial court judge since 2010.
Jackson did attend Harvard Law School and has expertise that wouldbring considerable professional diversity to the high court. She worked as a public defender and served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission before she was nominated to the federal bench by former President Barack Obama. She is the favorite of progressives.
Kruger, 45, has been on the California Supreme Court since 2015. She was just 38 when chosen for the job by then-Gov. Jerry Brown. She’s seen as a moderate on the seven-member court. She used to work for the Department of Justice.
Breyer’s replacement won’t shift the ideological makeup of the court. So in some ways, that makes it easier for Republicans to back a candidate advanced by Biden. But Biden has also said bipartisan support is not a necessity; a razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate means he doesn’t need it.
Biden said earlier this week he was looking closely at “about four” candidates and was interested in selecting a nominee in the mold of Breyer who could be a ”persuasive” force with fellow justices. Although his votes tended to put him to the left of center on an increasingly conservative court, Breyer frequently saw the gray in situations that colleagues to his right and left were more likely to find black or white.
Biden, who is spending the weekend at Camp David, is studying a range of cases and other materials about the candidates, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
His team, led by former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, has compiled past writings, public remarks and decisions of the candidates, as well as learning their life stories.
Psaki said Biden could begin meeting with top contenders as early as next week, noting that such interviews typically happen at the end of the vetting process. She said the president remains on track for an announcement by the end of the month.
Going back as far as his campaign, Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman for the slot. The Supreme Court was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries. Justice Clarence Thomas and the late Thurgood Marshall are the only two Black men who have served on the court. There has never been a Black woman.
Other possible candidates included U.S. District Court Judge Wilhelmina Wright from Minnesota; Melissa Murray, a New York University law professor who is an expert in family law and reproductive rights justice; and Leslie Abrams Gardner, a U.S. district judge for the Middle District of Georgia and the sister of Stacey Abrams, a powerful voting rights activist and nominee for Georgia governor.
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Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report. | https://www.fox44news.com/news/biden-weighs-appeal-of-3-top-candidates-for-high-court/ | 2022-02-13T08:30:56 | en | 0.979959 |
BOWERMASTER,
Lillus Eileen
60 of Springfield passed away February 2, 2022, in the Springfield Regional Medical Center. She was born in Waverly, Ohio, on February 16, 1961, the daughter of Alex and Hattie Patton. Eileen was preceded in death by her parents; brother Robert Todd Watkins; favorite uncle Solomon Brewer; and former spouse Doc Bowermaster. Family was extremely important to Eileen, but her grandkids were her priority. She also enjoyed the 700 Club. Survivors include her children Alex (Sophia) Bowermaster, Adrianne
(Kevin Coy) Bowermaster and Justin Bowermaster; brother Carlos (Amy) Patton; sisters Melissa (Donnie) Larie, Judy
Patton Conttrill, and Carolyn Looney; grandchildren Anthony, Madison, Alexis, Adrienne, and Brantley. Services to honor Eileen will be Friday, February 18, 2022, at 11:00AM in the
RICHARDS, RAFF & DUNBAR MEMORIAL HOME. Visitation will begin at 10:00AM. Burial to follow in Rose Hill Burial Park. Expression of sympathy may be made at
Funeral Home Information
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BEIJING (AP) — Nobody views Beijing as a winter sports capital. So why is the sprawling city — famed internationally for roast duck, maze-like “hutong” courtyard neighborhoods and its battle with air pollution — holding the Winter Olympics? These Games come just 13 1/2 years after the extravagant 2008 Summer Games.
And why are the Winter Olympics based in such an urban landscape?
There’s a simple answer. Potential hosts in Europe — as many as six including favorites like Norway and Sweden — dropped out of the bidding in the wake of the doping-scandal-ridden 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The $51 billion price tag for Sochi also frightened future bidders.
When the IOC voted in 2015 on a host for 2022, the only remaining candidates were Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan. The IOC narrowly picked Beijing in a 44-40 vote.
WHY ARE THE WINTER OLYMPICS A DIFFICULT SELL?
It comes down to money. Smaller countries in Europe won’t foot the bill, and taxpayers also have a say in many Western democracies.
St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany — two areas with potentially strong bids for 2022 — were rejected by the public in voter referendums. The German rejection was a stinging blow to International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, who is from Germany.
It’s also notable that the IOC headquarters are in Switzerland.
Krakow, Poland, and Lviv, Ukraine, also withdrew bids. But the ones that hurt were Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden, which pulled out because of costs or politics. In Norway, a lawmaker was angered during the bid process by reported demands from the IOC to include a cocktail reception with the King of Norway as part of Games protocol.
Bach acknowledged in a 2014 interview that the Winter Olympics were a tough sell.
“The number of candidates for winter is already very limited by geography,” he said. “Also we can’t forget that this is a challenging time with regard to the world economy.”
WHERE DO THE WINTER GAMES GO NEXT?
The 2026 Winter Olympics have been awarded to Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The IOC is thrilled to be returning to a traditional European winter venue after the last three winter Games in Sochi, Pyeongchang, South Korea, and Beijing.
The 2030 Winter Games have not yet been awarded. But Barcelona, another urban, former Summer Games host, is being considered. The snow portion would take place in the Pyrenees. The bid is likely to have strong support at the IOC, where Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. is an influential member and a native of Barcelona. His father was a longtime IOC president.
The other top 2030 candidate is probably Sapporo, Japan, which held the Winter Games in 1972. The IOC owes Japan a favor after it pulled off the 2020 Summer Olympics despite a one-year delay from the pandemic. The delay probably cost Japan an added $2 billion.
HOW ARE HOST CITIES CHOSEN?
Under the IOC’s new process of choosing venues, the approximately 100 IOC members no longer vote on the host cities. The choice is now made by the leadership headed by Bach.
The move was forced partly by vote-buying scandals that soiled the selection of Rio de Janeiro for 2016 and Tokyo for 2020.
Bach said at the time that the bid process produced too many “losers” with cities spending millions on failed bids. In reality, Bach wanted control of where the Games go as the IOC now tries to emphasize cities that already have venues and hotels in place. This often means urban areas — or former host cities. Which points back to Beijing, too.
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FABER, Donnah J.
Age 91, of Dayton, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at St Leonards. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Don; 2 daughters and sons-in-law Diana Best (Ron) of Springboro and Deb Condron (Paul) of Kettering; grandchildren Allyson Best Gambone (Justin Gambone), Ben (Brittany) Condron, Loren Condron Woodhull (Aaron) and Sam Condron. She was very active at St. Paul United Methodist Church where she was
involved with community outreach programs and the United Methodist Women's organization. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, St. Paul Food Pantry, 101 Huffman Ave, Dayton, OH 45403 or the Strong Kids Campaign at Dayton YMCA. Please designate in the name of Donnah Faber, Online Giving, YMCA of Greater Dayton daytonymca.org. On line condolences may be made to www.tobiasfuneralhome.com. | https://www.journal-news.com/obituaries/faber-donnah-j/JY2HUPXSINGGNN6GWLGF2GQZ3E/ | 2022-02-13T08:31:07 | en | 0.929374 |
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A fire in a Barcelona hotel on Saturday forced at least one person to leap to safety out of a third-floor window. Spanish emergency services said the fire injured nine people, including one in critical condition.
Catalan television showed footage apparently shot on a mobile phone of one person jumping from a third-floor window onto mattresses that had been piled on the sidewalk to cushion the impact. Local media reported that at least one more person also had to leap out to escape the blaze.
Black smoke poured from a window in the hotel, which is located in the central neighorhood of Poble Sec.
Emergency services spokeswoman Zulma Itza said besides the one man who is in critical condition, two other people are in serious condition.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire. | https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/hotel-fire-in-barcelona-injures-9-some-must-jump-to-safety/ | 2022-02-13T08:31:10 | en | 0.977188 |
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president announced a significant reduction in taxes on basic food supplies Saturday as the country faces rampant inflation and numerous protests over eroding living standards.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the value-added tax would be lowered to 1% from 8% on food purchases. His decision will be published in the Official Gazette and go into effect on Monday.
Erdogan said, in addition to the tax discount, the government “expects” food companies to lower their prices by 7%. He said these foods play a significant part in inflation.
Official data for January showed inflation rose to a staggering 48.69% annually, although independent experts say the true number is much higher, more than 115%.
“We will not let inflation crush our nation,” Erdogan said.
Critics, however, say the country is suffering from high inflation because of Erdogan’s insistence on lowering interest rates. He believes inflation is caused by high interest rates, in opposition to established economic theory.
The central bank, whose independence has been eroded by the government, had brought down the key policy rate by 500 points since September to 14%, but paused rate cuts in January.
A currency crisis was triggered by the cuts and the Turkish lira hit record lows in December. Because Turkey relies on imports for its energy needs as well as raw materials and many food supplies, prices have skyrocketed.
The government insists that Turkey’s economic downturn has been caused by foreign interference and external factors. Erdogan declared Saturday that Turkey would combat the “threats to destroy our economy” with all available means.
The lira closed this week at 13.49 against the dollar. The record low in December was 18.36. The currency has been hovering around 13.5 since that record low after the government instituted a new financial tool to push savers away from buying foreign currencies and encourage them to convert their dollars to Turkish liras with a deposit scheme protected against currency fluctuations.
Households and businesses have been suffering from sharp hikes in energy prices. Authorities raised electricity tariffs on Jan. 1, spiking prices by more than 50% for many homes and as much as 127% for businesses and high-consumption households. Some protests have broken out and many small businesses like restaurants have been sharing their electricity bills on social media to show how close they are to being driven out of business.
Turkey’s minister of treasury and finance, Nureddin Nebati, said Saturday that electricity and natural gas prices, which have been on the rise globally, remained below real prices in Turkey thanks to government subsidies. He asked critics to “be more just.”
Strikes are also taking place in Turkey as inflation erodes the value of workers’ paychecks. Cargo, food delivery, factory and warehouse workers have halted work at numerous companies and social media campaigns to boycott companies that don’t raise salaries are continuing.
Thousands of health-care workers went on a one-day strike Tuesday, demanding better working conditions and pay, as well as measures to protect them against increased verbal and physical assaults from patients or their relatives.
Also Saturday, Nebati announced a step to encourage people to bring in the gold that they have been saving. He said 1,500 gold drop-off locations would begin operation on March 1 to integrate the precious metal into the financial system as deposits. | https://www.fox44news.com/news/business-news/turkey-to-lower-taxes-on-basic-foods-to-fight-high-inflation/ | 2022-02-13T08:31:17 | en | 0.978781 |
GOETTMAN, Norman H. "Buffalo"
83, passed away February 4th, 2022, at Franklin Medical
Center of congestive heart
failure. He was born in New Castle, IN, May 6, 1938, to C.H. and Edith Goettmann. He was an Army combat Veteran and served in Korea from 1956 to 1958. He retired from General Motors in 1995 after 18 years. He loved nothing more than to fish and drink beer. He also liked to shoot pool, play euchre and watch TV. He especially liked to watch sports. He really
enjoyed college basketball. The Cincinnati Reds, the Golden State Warriors and The Ohio State Buckeyes were his favorite teams. He was a regular patron of Two Bob's Inn for over 30 years where he gained many friends. He was also a life member of the VFW, The American Legion and the AmVets. He is survived by his sister, Carolyn (Emmett) Allen of Apopka, FL, and his son Rob (Phyllis) Goettmann of Markleville, IN. He also leaves behind very dear and special friends Bobby Hall, Terry and Barb Bowman, Becky Collins and Tim Henson, Keith Goldsberry and Family, the Francis Family, Team F.O.G., and Chip and Mary Getter. He will be missed by many others too numerous to mention. Please visit www.newcomerdayton.com to share a memory in the family guest book. There will be a Celebration of Life at Two Bob's Inn on Saturday, May 7, 2022, beginning at 2:00 p.m. to remember the Man, the Myth, the Legend. RIP my dear friend. It was a helluva run. | https://www.journal-news.com/obituaries/goettman-norman-h/XBKTNCOL35AHBHYNLWSOCVLWHM/ | 2022-02-13T08:31:20 | en | 0.981481 |
WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — Protesters opposed to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions withdrew their vehicles from a key U.S.-Canadian border bridge Saturday though access remained blocked while other demonstrations ramped up in cities across Canada, including the capital, where police said they were awaiting more officers before ending what they described as an illegal occupation.
The tense standoff at the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, eased somewhat early in the day when Canadian police persuaded demonstrators to move the trucks they had used to barricade the entrance to the busy international crossing.
But protesters reconvened nearby — with reinforcements — and were still choking off access from the Canadian side late Saturday, snarling traffic and commerce for a sixth day. About 180 remained late Saturday in the sub-freezing cold.
In Ottawa, the ranks of protesters swelled to what police said was 4,000 demonstrators. The city has seen that on past weekends, and loud music played as people milled about downtown where anti-vaccine demonstrators have been encamped since late January.
Early Saturday evening, crews lined concrete traffic barricades between behind a line of police officers that stretched across the main highway leading to the foot of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor. Officers later withdrew behind the barricades which separated them from protesters. Barricades also were placed along some side streets. Police vehicles had been parked at those streets, preventing motor vehicles from entering the highway.
The protests at the bridge, in Ottawa and elsewhere have reverberated outside the country, with similarly inspired convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned that truck convoys may be in the works in the United States.
An ex-Cabinet minister in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government took the unusual step of calling out her former federal colleagues as well as the province and city for not putting an end to the protests.
“Amazingly, this isn’t just Ottawa. It’s the nation’s capital,” Catherine McKenna tweeted. “But no one — not the city, the province or the federal government can seem to get their act together to end this illegal occupation. It’s appalling. … Just get your act together. Now.”
Trudeau has so far rejected calls to use the military.
“The Prime Minister stressed that border crossings cannot, and will not, remain closed, and that all options are on the table,” Trudeau’s office said in a statement late Saturday after he met with senior officials.
Trudeau has called the protesters a “fringe” of Canadian society, and both federal and provincial leaders say they can’t order police what to do.
“Safety concerns — arising from aggressive, illegal behavior by many demonstrators — limited police enforcement capabilities,” Ottawa police said in a statement late Saturday.
Ottawa police said a joint command center had now been set up together with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Police earlier issued a statement calling the protest an unlawful occupation and saying they were waiting for police “reinforcements” before implementing a plan to end the demonstrations.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency last week for the capital, where hundreds of trucks remained in front of the Parliament Buildings and demonstrators have set up portable toilets outside the prime minister’s office where Trudeau’s motorcade usually parks.
Surrounded by dozens of officers in Windsor, a man with “Mandate Freedom” and “Trump 2024” spray-painted on his vehicle left the bridge entrance early in the day as others began dismantling a small, tarp-covered encampment. A trucker honked his horn as he, too, drove off, to cheers and chants of “Freedom!”
But hundreds more arrived to bolster the crowd and settled into a faceoff with police about two blocks away, waving flags and yelling. While there were no visible physical confrontations, the crowd still controlled the road to the bridge, and traffic had not resumed as of the evening.
Windsor police tweeted that no one had been arrested but urged people to stay away from the bridge: “We appreciate the cooperation of the demonstrators at this time and we will continue to focus on resolving the demonstration peacefully. Avoid area!”
Protester Daniel Koss said shortly before police advanced that the demonstration had succeeded in bringing attention to demands to lift COVID-19 mandates and he was happy it remained peaceful.
“It’s a win-win,” Koss said. “The pandemic is rolling down right now, they can remove the mandates, all the mandates, and everyone’s happy. The government does the right thing, and the protesters are all happy.”
The previous day, a judge ordered an end to the blockade of mostly pickup trucks and cars, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency allowing for fines of 100,000 Canadian dollars and up to one year in jail for anyone illegally blocking roads, bridges, walkways and other critical infrastructure.
“The illegal blockades are impacting trade, supply chains & manufacturing. They’re hurting Canadian families, workers & businesses. Glad to see the Windsor Police & its policing partners commenced enforcement at and near the Ambassador Bridge,” Federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne tweeted Saturday. “These blockades must stop.”
The Ambassador Bridge is the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing, carrying 25% of all trade between the two countries, and auto plants on both sides have been forced to shut down or reduce production this week. The standoff came at a time when the industry is already struggling to maintain production in the face of pandemic-induced shortages of computer chips and other supply-chain disruptions.
In Ottawa, 31-year-old Stephanie Ravensbergen said she turned out to support her aunt and uncle who have parked their semi in the streets since the beginning of the protest. She opposes vaccine and mask requirements, and said it’s important for schoolchildren to be able see their friends’ faces and emotions.
“We want the right to choose,” Ravensbergen said. “We want the right to be able to do what everybody else can do.”
Protesters on Saturday tore down a fence that authorities put up around the capital’s National War Memorial two weeks ago after demonstrators urinated on it. Some later chanted “liberte,” French for “freedom.”
“Completely unacceptable,” Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s veterans affairs minister, tweeted. “This behavior is disappointing and I’m calling on protesters to respect our monuments.”
On the other side of the country, protesters disrupted operations at another border crossing between Surrey, British Columbia, and Blaine, Washington, but officials said it was not blocked. Two border crossings, in Alberta and in Manitoba, remained shut down as well.
While the protesters are decrying vaccine mandates for truckers and other COVID-19 restrictions, many of Canada’s public health measures, such as mask rules and vaccine passports for getting into restaurants and theaters, are already falling away as the omicron surge levels off.
Pandemic restrictions have been far stricter there than in the U.S., but Canadians have largely supported them. The vast majority of Canadians are vaccinated, and the COVID-19 death rate is one-third that of the United States.
Inspired by the Canadian demonstrations, protests against pandemic restrictions were seen in parts of Europe on Saturday.
At least 500 vehicles in several convoys attempted to enter Paris at key arteries but were intercepted by police. Over 200 motorists were ticketed, and elsewhere at least two people were detained amid a seizure of knives, hammers and other objects in a central square.
Police fired tear gas against a handful of people who demonstrated on the Champs Elysees Avenue in defiance of a police order. An Associated Press photographer was hit in the head with a gas canister as police struggled to control the crowd.
In the Netherlands, meanwhile, dozens of trucks and other vehicles ranging from tractors to a car towing a camper arrived in The Hague, blocking an entrance to the historic parliamentary complex. Protesters on foot joined them, carrying a banner emblazoned with “Love & freedom, no dictatorship” in Dutch.
Earlier this week in New Zealand, protesters rolled up to Parliament grounds in a convoy of cars and trucks and set up camp. Police have taken a hands-off approach after initial attempts to remove them resulted in physical confrontations.
Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard on Friday ordered his staff to turn on the lawn’s sprinklers to douse them and to play Barry Manilow tunes and the 1990s hit “Macarena” over loudspeakers to annoy them. Protesters responded by playing their own songs, including Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”
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Householder reported from Windsor, and Gillies from Toronto. Ted Shaffrey contributed from Ottawa, Ontario. Thomas Adamson in Paris and Nick Perry in Wellington, New Zealand, contributed to this story. | https://www.fox44news.com/news/defiant-protesters-remain-at-key-us-canada-border-crossing/ | 2022-02-13T08:31:24 | en | 0.966342 |
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
St. Patrick’s Allison Hughes continued to climb up the ladder on Monday, becoming the program’s second all-time leading scorer in a tight loss to Ludlow.
Hughes needed 15 points coming in to tie Joanna Bess with 1,649 career points and scored 16 to hit the 1,650 mark. Margaret Klee is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,012 points.
Hughes added 12 points on Wednesday in a win over Manchester and currently sits at 1,662 career points with the Lady Saints hosting Beechwood Thursday night. Thursday will be Hughes’ 159th game she’s played in her Lady Saints career.
Hughes has been a member of the Lady Saints basketball team since the seventh grade and started the tally with 86 points in that season. Pretty much every year her role and ability to score has increased since, getting 190 points in eighth grade, 171 during her freshman season, 411 as a sophomore, 458 as a junior and currently 346 as a senior.
The Lady Saints have five more regular season games remaining, starting with Thursday’s tilt against Beechwood before they face Bracken County in the first round of the 39th District Tournament on February 21 at the Mason County Fieldhouse.
The Lady Saints are currently 15-8 pending Thursday night’s contest.
St. Patrick won 16 games in the 2019-20 season and with a strong finish to the season, the Lady Saints can get close to the 20-win mark that was set during the 2008-09 season. | https://maysville-online.com/sports/196484/hughes-becomes-lady-saints-second-all-time-leading-scorer | 2022-02-13T08:31:25 | en | 0.970129 |
MILLER, Tonietta Faye "Toni"
78, of Springfield, passed away peacefully on February 3rd, 2022, following a short illness complicated by cumulative health issues.
Toni was born on December 8th, 1943, to Floyd L. and Vera F. Rupert in Decatur, IN. Following graduation, she worked in the office at Lincoln Life in Fort Wayne, IN. She later worked for Stitch-N-Knits doing home demonstrations and selling Pfaff sewing machines. She was an excellent seamstress. Toni was an extremely artistic painter and became a Toll painting instructor, sharing her interest with others. She later used her combined talents to create impressive miniature houses and individual rooms. She was an active member of Wee Nuts miniature club and president of Mini Mams miniature club in Springfield, OH. She was most proud of her contribution in creating centerpieces for the A3 Regional Convention of
Miniatures in Columbus, OH, in 2007. Her talent will always be remembered.
In 1962, she met the love of her life, William (Bill) C. Miller, at the Hayloft in Hoagland, IN. They married in 1963 and
enjoyed 58 years of marriage. They had three children, Jerry, Darren, and Robin.
Toni was a devoted wife and mother and was the foundation of a close and loving family. She was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ and attended First Christian Church in Springfield, OH. She will always be cherished in the hearts of her family.
Toni was predeceased by her parents, Floyd and Vera Rupert; and her sisters, Darlene Moser and Nicola Rupert. She is
survived by her husband, William (Bill) Miller; son, Jerry L.
Miller and his wife, Glenda; son, Darren C. Miller; and daughter, Robin M. Miller; seven grandchildren, David, Devin, Chase, Halle, Allison, Madison, and Elizabeth; and brother, Tyler
Rupert; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, February 19th at First Christian Church, 3638 Middle Urbana Rd., Springfield, OH, with Dave Augustus officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10am to 12pm at First Christian Church. Burial service will follow in Ferncliff Cemetery.
Arrangements in the care of the Jackson Lytle and Lewis Life Celebration Center, Springfield. Online condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting www.jacksonlytle.com.
Funeral Home Information
Jackson, Lytle & Lewis Life Celebration Center | https://www.journal-news.com/obituaries/miller-tonietta-faye/5YGD2D6KJ5EVXBMW7LFQ6VPPTA/ | 2022-02-13T08:31:26 | en | 0.971704 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. are trying to require schools to post all course materials online so parents can review them, part of a broader national push by the GOP for a sweeping parents bill of rights ahead of the midterm congressional elections.
At least one proposal would give parents with no expertise power over curriculum choices. Parents also could file complaints about certain lessons and in some cases sue school districts.
Teachers say parents already have easy access to what their children learn. They worry that the mandates would create an unnecessary burden and potentially threaten their professional independence — all while dragging them into a culture war.
The bill “insinuates there’s some hiding happening,” said Katie Peters, a high school English teacher in Toledo. “It makes me a little defensive, because I’m like — no, wait a minute, we’re not hiding anything. The transparency is always there, and the parents who have cared to look have always had access.”
The bills arose from last year’s debate over the teaching of race, diversity and sexuality. The GOP insists the changes are needed to give parents a measure of control over what their children see and hear in class.
“I don’t think anybody disagrees that more information is better for parents,” said Brett Hillyer, a Republican state representative in Ohio who is co-sponsoring such a bill. He said the proposal could quell disagreements between parents, teachers and school boards before they get too far.
Educators don’t take issue with keeping parents informed, but they see a risk that the so-called curriculum-transparency requirements will invite censorship, professional burnout and resignations.
Other state considering some version of the idea include Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and West Virginia.
The Ohio bill would affect public, private and charter schools, as well as colleges and universities that participate in the state’s dual-enrollment program for seventh through 12th graders.
A panel of three Ohio teachers recently sat down with The Associated Press to discuss the proposal. They said they already post syllabuses, textbook information, course materials and sometimes notes for parents and students — at least at the middle- and high-school levels.
None of them could recall ever denying a parent’s request for additional information.
Juliet Tissot, a mother of two from the Cincinnati suburb of Madeira, said elementary classrooms are a different story. The nonprofit worker and volunteer said schools stopped sending home textbooks years ago and often fail to provide curriculum details when asked. That leaves parents groping for information when helping kids with homework.
“Children are with their parents a lot more than they’re with their teachers, and it’s bad that parents don’t know what’s going on — and they don’t anymore,” she said. “I’m surprised this didn’t happen sooner, but it seems like it’s finally coming to a head.”
Tissot also supports policing teachers’ behavior more closely, including requiring them to wear body cameras.
The Ohio teachers said parents of older children occasionally pull a student from class — say, when evolution or the Big Bang is being taught in science — or request an alternate assignment when offended by a selected reading, and those interactions generally go smoothly.
“That’s the thing that this law misses. It’s painted as broad-swath, as if there are these improprieties going on,” said Dan Greenberg, who teaches high school English in the Toledo suburb of Sylvania. “You’re talking to people who are right there in the trenches, and we always have a really good partnership with parents.”
The GOP acted after conservatives complained about public schools’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning that followed the death of George Floyd, the Black man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020. Some states and local school boards have banned books about race relations, slavery and gender.
The Ohio teachers say the Republican efforts could ultimately erode their ability to make professional judgments and stifle the spontaneity that brings their classrooms to life, while adding to workloads that have already taken a serious toll on school staffing.
“I’m worried it’s sort of a Trojan horse to get into the classroom to pick through what they see and point us in different directions or stop us from doing things,” said Robert Estice, a middle school science and critical thinking teacher in the Columbus suburb of Worthington.
Emerson Sykes, a staff attorney at the ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, called the bills “thinly veiled attempts at chilling teachers and students from learning and talking about race and gender in schools.”
Hillyer said he does not intend for parents to be able to censor school materials.
The proposed parents bill of rights calls for access to classroom materials and academic, medical and safety records, as well as certain entry privileges to school buildings and more. An effort last year to politicize normally sleepy school board races was considered by some as a dress rehearsal to drive 2022 turnout among Republicans.
Chris Rufo, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute who is pushing curriculum transparency, said in a Twitter message last month that the proposals will “bait the Left” into appearing to oppose transparency. He said that will raise the question of what Democrats have to hide — which will help Republican candidates.
“The strategy here is to use a non-threatening, liberal value — ‘transparency’ — to force ideological actors to undergo public scrutiny,” Rufo tweeted, explaining that the GOP proposals will “give parents a powerful check on bureaucratic power.”
Democratic governors in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have vetoed curriculum-transparency bills. A Utah lawmaker pulled a bill last month after it faced a fierce backlash from teachers.
In places where the bills are moving forward, some sponsors of the legislation have had to backtrack following criticism.
During debate on a Republican-backed package of education reformsin Indiana, Republican state Sen. Scott Baldwin said maintaining neutrality on contentious issues required teachers to be “impartial” when discussing Nazism and other political ideologies.
After widespread criticism, Baldwin walked back the comments, saying in a statement that he “unequivocally” condemns Nazism, fascism and Marxism and agrees that teachers should do the same.
Indiana conservatives regrouped and added provisions ensuring that educators can still discuss “social injustices” and “teach that Nazism is bad.” But the legislation gives local parent committees with no expertise power over which curriculum teachers use, and parents could file complaints and lawsuits if they believe teachers have violated a ban on certain “divisive concepts.”
Teachers describe the Indiana legislation as so cumbersome that it would probably force some to leave the profession.
“I’m struggling to see how I’m going to put some of the language that is currently in these bills into my classroom and still be able to teach kids to be critical thinkers,” said Suzanne Holcomb, who teaches fifth grade in Elkhart. Lawmakers should understand “just how much this is asking of a lot of people who are already on the verge of walking out and being done.”
Scott DiMauro, president of Ohio’s largest teachers union, is concerned that such bills will add to the spike in resignations and retirements triggered by the stress of teaching in the COVID-19 era.
Teachers, he said, have “felt caught up in a culture war that they didn’t create.”
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Smith reported from Indianapolis. Associated Press writers Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin; Mike Melia in Hartford, Connecticut; and Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina, contributed to this report. | https://www.fox44news.com/news/gop-pushes-us-schools-to-post-all-class-materials-online/ | 2022-02-13T08:31:30 | en | 0.962253 |
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