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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Host Matt O'Donnell interviewed Delaware Senator Chris Coons (D) about various happenings in Washington, D.C., including the debt ceiling debate, the incidents arising over classified documents, and President Joe Biden's possible bid for a second term.
Then the Inside Story roundtable panel discussed all the latest news concerning the Philadelphia Mayor's race, including Helen Gym getting an endorsement from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and Rebecca Rhynhart winning the support of former Mayor John Street.
Then, the discussion moved to Philadelphia City Leaders protesting outside The Union League as the group gave its highest honor - The Abraham Lincoln Award - to Governor Ron DeSantis, despite his controversial decision to ban African American Studies AP courses across Florida.
Panelists this week are Melissa Robbins, Dom Giordano, Ajay Raju and Christine Flowers.
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US inflation eases grip on economy, falling for a 6th month
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that inflation’s grip on the economy will continue to ease this year and possibly require less drastic action by the Federal Reserve to control it. Inflation declined to 6.5% in December compared with a year earlier. It was the sixth straight year-over-year slowdown. On a monthly basis, prices actually slipped 0.1% from November to December, the first such drop since May 2020. The softer readings add to growing signs that the worst inflation bout in four decades is steadily waning. Gas prices, which have tumbled, are likely to keep lowering overall inflation in the coming months.
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California latest to sue drug companies over insulin prices
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — California says it will sue the companies that make and promote much of the nation’s insulin. Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit on Thursday. The lawsuit accuses insulin manufacturers Eli Lilli, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi of keeping prices too high. It also blames pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx. California is one of many states that have sued these companies in recent years. California is also considering making its own generic version of insulin to try and drive down the price. People with certain types of diabetes need insulin to survive.
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Bank to pay $31M redlining settlement, DOJ’s largest ever
NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank on Thursday of discriminating against Black and Latino residents, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million in what is the largest redlining settlement in DOJ history. City National is the latest bank in the last several years to be found systematically avoiding lending to racial and ethnic minorities. The Biden administration has set up its own task force to combat the practice. The Justice Department says that between 2017 and 2020, City National avoided marketing and underwriting mortgages in majority Black and Latino neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. Other banks that operated in these neighborhoods received six times the number of mortgage applications than City National did.
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IRS announces Jan. 23 start date for tax filing season
WASHINGTON (AP) — The official start date of the 2023 tax filing season is Jan. 23, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2022 returns. The news comes after the National Taxpayer Advocate reported that the IRS watchdog is seeing “a light at the end of the tunnel” of the IRS’ customer service struggles, thanks to the hiring of thousands of new workers and tens of billions of dollars in new funding provided to the IRS in the Democrats’ climate and health law. Agency leadership says taxpayers should expect a smoother filing season this year.
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Disney faces proxy fight as Peltz pushes to join board
Activist investor Nelson Peltz is fighting for a seat on the board of Walt Disney Co., claiming that the theme park and media company is struggling with self-inflicted problems. Peltz’s attempt to join Disney’s board comes just months after the company brought back longtime CEO Bob Iger to lead Disney again. Disney urged shareholders to vote against Peltz and named current board member Mark Parker as its chairman. Parker, who also serves as executive chairman at Nike Inc., succeeds Susan Arnold. The move that will shrink the board to 11 members.
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Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s
DENVER (AP) — A new study says Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming. But at the same time, the company made public statements that contradicted its scientists’ conclusions. The study in the journal Science looked at research that Exxon funded. The research forecast the coming warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists. This was during the same time that the oil giant publicly doubted that warming was real and dismissed climate models’ accuracy. Exxon says its understanding of climate change evolved over the years and that critics are misunderstanding its earlier research.
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US air travel returns to normal after technology breakdown
U.S. air travel has returned mostly to normal, a day after a computer system that sends safety information to pilots broke down and grounded traffic from coast to coast. By early afternoon Thursday on the East Coast, only about 100 flights had been canceled and 1,700 delayed. Those figures are much lower than on Wednesday, when more than 1,300 flights were scrubbed and 11,000 delayed. The Federal Aviation Administration said a damaged database file appeared to have caused the outage in the safety-alert system. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised a thorough examination to avoid another major failure.
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House votes to block China from buying oil from US reserves
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has voted to block oil from the country’s emergency stockpile from going to China. Republicans say the bill would help end what they call President Joe Biden’s “abuse of our strategic reserves.” Biden withdrew 180 million barrels from the reserve last year in a bid to halt rising gasoline prices after a ban on Russian oil imports following its invasion of Ukraine. Democrats say Republicans are trying to fix a problem of their own making. China is among numerous potential adversaries that buy U.S. oil after the GOP-led Congress lifted an export ban in 2015. Last year, millions of barrels of oil from the U.S. reserves wound up being exported to China.
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Sweden locates rare earth deposits
KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — A Swedish government-owned iron ore mining company says it has identified “significant deposits” of rare earth elements in Arctic Sweden that are essential for the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines. LKAB’s CEO said Thursday that the quantity of rare earth metals exceeds 1 million tons and is the largest known deposit of its kind in Europe. Sweden’s energy and business minister said that the European Union’s “self-sufficiency and independence from Russia and China will begin in the mine.”
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The S&P 500 rose 13.56 points, or 0.3%, to 3,983.17. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 216.96 points, or 0.6%, to 34,189.97. The Nasdaq rose 69.43 points, or 0.6%, to 11,001.10. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 32.01 points, or 1.7%, to 1,876.06.
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The 76th annual Cannes Film Festival brought Hollywood's biggest movie stars to France to showcase the hottest up-and-coming flicks.
While cinema was the reason for the season, fashion kept the red carpet buzzing as barely-there ensembles ruled the Palais des Festivals.
Irina Shayk stood out from the crowd wearing a unique black leather strap fashioned into a crop top with a matching skirt at the "Firebrand (Le Jeu De La Reine)" premiere.
The film, directed by Karim Aïnouz, reportedly received a host of praise inside the theater, but all eyes were on Gigi Hadid, Ashlee Simpson and Alicia Vikander on the red carpet.
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Irina's leather ensemble was complete with a sparkling diamond necklace.
Gigi Hadid elevated Hollywood glamour by wearing a stunning champagne-colored strapless Zac Posen dress with a peplum waist.
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Elle Fanning celebrated a true "partyyyy dressss" on Instagram and wore a Paco Rabanne design which featured metallic feathers and pasties.
Salma Hayek was on trend wearing a maroon dress with dramatic sleeves and an equally deep-cut neck.
She made sure to supported her billionaire husband, François-Henri Pinault, at his company's Kering Women in Motion event.
Dua Lipa showed off her rock star-status in a revealing black cut-out gown, and also debuted her new romance with Romain Gavras.
Naomi Campbell proved to still be at the top of her game in a fiery red gown with cutouts along her chest and a light pink feathered cape to follow.
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Earlier in the week, Irina stood alongside former Burberry creative officer Riccardo Tisci for the "Killers of the Flower Moon" premiere.
Shayk wore a sparkling royal blue Giorgio Armani gown with a plunging neckline to watch her old pal Leonardo DiCaprio reunite on the big screen with Martin Scorsese.
Alicia Vikander looked sensational wearing a nude Louis Vuitton dress while walking with her husband Michael Fassbender at the "Firebrand" premiere.
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Biden: US would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan
TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, saying the burden to protect Taiwan is “even stronger’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of self-governing in decades.
Biden, at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded. “That’s the commitment we made,” he added.
The U.S. traditionally has avoided making such an explicit security guarantee to Taiwan, with which it no longer has a mutual defense treaty, instead maintaining a policy of “strategic ambiguity” about how far it would be willing to go if China invaded. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require the U.S. to step in militarily to defend Taiwan if China invades, but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status in Taiwan by Beijing.
Biden’s comments drew a sharp response from the mainland, which has claimed Taiwan to be a rogue province.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin expressed “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” to Biden’s comments. “China has no room for compromise or concessions on issues involving China’s core interests such as sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
He added, “China will take firm action to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests, and we will do what we say.”
A White House official said Biden’s comments did not reflect a policy shift.
Speaking alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden said any effort by China to use force against Taiwan would “just not be appropriate,” adding that it “will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine.”
China has stepped up its military provocations against democratic Taiwan in recent years aimed at intimidating it into accepting Beijing’s demands to unify with the communist mainland.
“They’re already flirting with danger right now by flying so close and all the maneuvers that are undertaken,” Biden said of China.
Under the “one China” policy, the U.S. recognizes Beijing as the government of China and doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. However, the U.S. maintains unofficial contacts including a de facto embassy in Taipei, the capital, and supplies military equipment for the island’s defense.
Biden said it is his “expectation” that China would not try to seize Taiwan by force, but he said that assessment “depends upon just how strong the world makes clear that that kind of action is going to result in long-term disapprobation by the rest of the community.”
He added that deterring China from attacking Taiwan was one reason why it’s important that Russian President Vladimir Putin “pay a dear price for his barbarism in Ukraine,” lest China and other nations get the idea that such action is acceptable.
Fearing escalation with nuclear-armed Russia, Biden quickly ruled out putting U.S. forces into direct conflict with Russia, but he has shipped billions of dollars in U.S. military assistance that has helped Ukraine put up a stiffer-than-expected resistance to Russia’s onslaught.
Taipei cheered Biden’s remarks, with Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Joanne Ou expressing “sincere welcome and gratitude” for the comments.
“The challenge posed by China to the security of the Taiwan Strait has drawn great concern in the international community,” said Ou. “Taiwan will continue to improve its self-defense capabilities, and deepen cooperation with the United States and Japan and other like-minded countries to jointly defend the security of the Taiwan Strait and the rules-based international order, while promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.”
It’s not the first time Biden has pledged to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack, only for administration officials to later claim there had been no change to American policy. In a CNN town hall in October, Biden was asked about using the U.S. military to defend Taiwan and replied, “Yes, we have a commitment to do that.”
Biden’s comments came just before he formally launched a long-anticipated Indo-Pacific trade pact that excludes Taiwan.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed Sunday that Taiwan isn’t among the governments signed up for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, which is meant to allow the U.S. to work more closely with key Asian economies on issues like supply chains, digital trade, clean energy and anticorruption.
Inclusion of Taiwan would have irked China.
Sullivan said the U.S. wants to deepen its economic partnership with Taiwan on a one-to-one basis.
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Miller reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.
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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Veterinarians said they performed a critical procedure to save a sick elephant at a zoo in southern Pakistan on Wednesday.
Noor Jehan, 17, was brought to Karachi with three other elephants more than a dozen years ago. Videos of her leaning her head against a tree and struggling to stand have caused alarm in Pakistan. The elephant is experiencing a number of health issues, including arthritis.
An eight-member team from the Austrian animal welfare organization Four Paws did the complex procedure with the help of a crane and a fire truck.
“We nearly lost her when we gave her sedation, but luckily we had all the necessary preparations, and Noor Jehan stood up again,” said Dr Amir Khalil, who led the team.
The experts did an ultrasound and found a large hematoma in her abdomen, which is affecting her organs.
“The good news is that there is treatment for this, but it requires a lot of work and some luck in the coming days,” Khalil said. “However, Noor Jehan is still young, and she deserves to live another 20 or 30 years.”
The team included veterinarians from Egypt, Bulgaria and an elephant husbandry expert from Germany. The governor of Sindh province, where Karachi is located, was at the zoo for the procedure, as were animal rights activists.
Khalil said authorities have agreed to relocate Noor Jehan to a better place with her fellow elephant, Madhubala, because her current conditions are unsuitable.
Noor Jehan’s pelvis was broken due to trauma and there is an abscess growing in that area. Khalil said there are many treatments available for her, including water massage and movement.
“We will move her to a bigger area where she can move around freely. This is what Noor Jehan needs.”
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Mario and Luigi smash box office records
Despite the initial outrage sparked by Chris Pratt’s Mario voice, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” seems to be doing OK at the box office. In fact, it set the record for the biggest worldwide opening for an animated film ever. It’s packed with everything you love, from all your favorite characters to the game’s iconic music. After seeing it, you’ll want to celebrate by bringing some of the magic home with you. Here’s some Mario Bros. merch that can help you power up your fan status.
In this article: Nintendo Switch OLED, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Zadii Carrying Case for Nintendo Switch OLED.
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ scores big with moviegoers
Those cha-chings you heard last weekend were Mario cashing in at the box office. Against all odds, it has become a record-setting film, besting even “Frozen 2.” While the critics might be a little persnickety, the fans are not shy about proclaiming their love. The opening night audiences that CinemaScore polled gave the film an A, while, at the time of this writing, the movie has a 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Best ways to celebrate the new Mario Bros. movie
What better way to relive the joy of the movie than to get a Nintendo console so you can play Mario games whenever you want! The OLED Nintendo Switch gives you the best console and handheld gaming experience in one system.
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This Super Mario game pits you against other racers. You can play locally with up to four players on new and returning battle courses. If you’re a novice, consider the smart steering feature, which helps you stay on the track.
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Zadii Carrying Case for Nintendo Switch OLED
Half the point of the Nintendo Switch is portability. To make that happen, you need a Nintendo Switch case. This hard-shell option safely holds everything you need to play, including an extra controller. The mesh pouch gives you room for an HDMI cable and other miscellaneous accessories.
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Nintendo Blue/Neon Yellow Joy-Con
This colorful Nintendo Switch controller can be used independently as two pieces or you can combine it into one controller, depending on your preference. In supported games, you can share this controller with friends to engage in two-player action. Each Joy-Con features an accelerometer and gyro sensor to allow independent left and right motion control.
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If you like playing Uno, you’ll love playing Super Mario Uno. This Mario-themed matching card game features all the familiar rules from the traditional version, plus a special Mario Super Star Card and two customizable cards to keep things fresh and exciting.
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Little Buddy Official Super Mario Plush Raccoon Tanooki Mario
Tanooki Mario is quite a powerful power-up — invincible, in fact. Now you can get your favorite Mario as a high-quality plush toy. This is an officially licensed product that is 9 inches tall, adorable and soft.
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Franco Official Nintendo Super Mario Kids Super-Soft Cotton Beach Towel
Swim season is coming. With this colorful 58-inch beach towel, you can show your love for the famous brothers all summer long. The towel is soft, absorbent and machine-washable. It features both Mario and Luigi jumping into action to stomp a Goomba.
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Other Mario Bros. products worth checking out
- If you are excited to watch “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” at home, you can preorder it today.
- You can find two of your favorite things combined in one with Monopoly Junior Super Mario Edition.
- Decorate your room, dorm or office with this nine-piece Mario and Yoshi Peel-and-Stick Giant Wall Decal.
- These 5-inch, PVC Mario, Luigi and Yoshi Action Figures are suitable for kids 3 and up.
- Besides pictures, this Super Mario Coloring Book comes with over 50 stickers.
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The U.S. intelligence community has determined it was unlikely that a foreign adversary is responsible for a series of anomalous health incidents (AHI) plaguing intelligence and diplomatic staffers across the globe.
A review conducted by intelligence agencies for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and released Wednesday probed a series of health incidents initially dubbed “Havana syndrome” after government employees first reported experiencing mysterious neurological ailments there in 2016.
But the review attributed those conditions to other factors and noted that intelligence agencies — with varying degrees of confidence — deemed it was unlikely that a U.S. adversary had such capabilities.
“Available intelligence consistently points against the involvement of U.S. adversaries in causing the reported incidents,” the report states.
“There is no credible evidence that a foreign adversary has a weapon or device that is causing AHIs.”
The review was conducted by several intelligence agencies that reached similar conclusions with varying degrees of confidence.
It’s a complex challenge for the intelligence community and their champions in Congress, many of whom have lobbied for long-term care for those who suspect they were the victims of possible attacks.
In the years since the first reports, more than 1,000 government employees have stepped forward with complaints of symptoms ranging from vertigo, insomnia, nausea and intense headaches.
An initial study of those who made complaints suggested that they could be the result of a “directed energy” weapon or microwaves.
Wednesday’s report questioned the result of a preliminary health study from the National Institutes of Health noting that it did not find consistent symptoms and instead posited that the range of ailments could be due to “preexisting conditions, conventional illness, and environmental factors.”
The report stated that early theories about the illnesses “were not borne out by subsequent medical and technical analysis.”
“This shift is notable because the initial medical opinions formed a central part of the IC hypothesis that U.S. personnel had sustained injuries that were unlikely to be explained by natural or environmental factors,” it reads.
But other elements of the intelligence community sought to defend those experiencing symptoms.
“I want to be absolutely clear: These findings do not call into question the experiences and real health issues that US Government personnel and their family members — including CIA’s own officers — have reported while serving our country. As I have said before, as director, I have no more profound obligation than to take care of our people,” CIA chief Williams Burns said in a statement.
Still, he backed his agency’s contribution to the findings.
“We applied the agency’s very best operational, analytic, and technical tradecraft to what is one of the largest and most intensive investigations in the Agency’s history. I and my leadership team stand firmly behind the work conducted and the findings,” he said.
A bipartisan statement from both leaders on the House Intelligence Committee likewise stressed that the intelligence community cannot change its practice for responding to those who report symptoms.
“First, there can be no backsliding in the care and support we provide to our workforce. Congress enacted the HAVANA Act to expand benefits for those who have experienced AHIs, and we are closely monitoring that process to ensure it proceeds in accordance with the intent of the law,” committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and ranking member Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said in a joint statement.
“Second, there should be no change to processes established within the IC, the State Department, the Department of Defense, and elsewhere in the federal government to intake AHI reports, conduct the appropriate follow-on investigations, and direct individuals to care and support. Those who have come forward — as they were asked to do — should be treated with respect and they should be heard,” they added.
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OK, so you've binged Stranger Things season 4, only to discover that was just season 4 part 1. Luckily, the next installment is heading to Netflix very soon, so here's the new trailer for season 4 part 2. And of course it includes an echo of the breakout Kate Bush hit Running Up That Hill.
"Hawkins will fall," warns Matthew Modine's scientist as Millie Bobbie Brown's Eleven prepares to return to the fight. "You're not ready." But if you're ready to see how it turns out, Part 2 streams Friday, July 1.
This segment only includes two episodes, but the first is 80 minutes long and the finale is well over two hours, because apparently the word "episodes" is meaningless now. This won't be the end of the smash hit series, however, as it'll climax with season 5 at some point in the future.
Season 4 unexpectedly led to a huge hit for the 1985 Kate Bush song Running Up That Hill. The trailer is soundtracked by an intense version of the song over images of machine guns and flamethrowers, a post-apocalyptic Winnebago, and some kind of epic guitar battle as the gang faces monstrous foe Vecna once again.
To fill the time between now and July 1, here's a bunch of movies with a strong Stranger Things vibe.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United Arab Emirates pledged Thursday to give $15 million to help rebuild the Jenin refugee camp after the most intense Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades.
The funding promise comes after the two-day offensive destroyed the camp’s narrow roads and alleyways. The operation, meant to crack down on Palestinian militants after a series of recent attacks on Israelis, sent thousands of people fleeing their homes. Twelve Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed in the fighting.
The UAE’s state-run WAM news agency reported that the money would be granted to UNRWA, the U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees, to rebuild damaged homes and businesses and for the agency’s services. UNRWA has struggled recently to raise the funding it needs to keep its day-to-day operations helping millions of people across the Middle East.
Israel’s fierce incursion this week saw bulldozers tearing through streets to clear a path for the hundreds of soldiers deployed. Israel withdrew its troops on Wednesday, revealing a scene of destruction.
Roads in the densely populated area of some 24,000 people were chewed up, with piles of broken asphalt, stones and rocks lying on the sides. Cars, some overturned on the sides of roads, were smashed and scorched.
UNRWA said some of its own facilities, including the windows and walls of a health center and the road leading up its school, sustained damage.
At a donor conference last month, UNRWA fundraising fell short of the $300 million it said was necessary to continue assisting Palestinians, with countries pledging just $107 million. The shortfall came even after the United Nations chief said UNRWA “is on the verge of financial collapse.”
Israel launched the invasion in the camp, long known as a bastion of Palestinian militants, on Monday, saying its goal was to destroy and confiscate weapons. It carried out airstrikes and sent in hundreds of troops in an operation that was reminiscent of the bloody period two decades ago known as the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising against Israel’s open-ended occupation.
Some of the scenes from Jenin, including massive army bulldozers tearing through camp alleys, were eerily similar to those from a major Israeli incursion in 2002, which lasted for eight days and became known as the battle of Jenin.
The operations, two decades apart, were meant to crush militant groups in the camp and deter and prevent attacks on Israelis. In each case, the army claimed success, only to be dragged into new cycles of military raids and Palestinian attacks.
Many Palestinians see the actions of the gunmen as an inevitable result of 56 years of occupation and the absence of any political process with Israel. They also point to increased West Bank settlement construction and violence by extremist settlers.
The large-scale raid comes amid a more than yearlong spike in violence that has created a challenge for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government. His coalition is dominated by ultranationalists who have called for tougher action against Palestinian militants only to see the fighting worsen.
Over 140 Palestinians have been killed this year in the West Bank, and Palestinian attacks targeting Israelis have killed at least 25 people, including a shooting last month that killed four settlers.
Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek those territories for their hoped-for independent state.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round.
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously agreed Thursday to amend the city’s noise ordinance, which had prevented dawn and late evening calls at certain times of the year due to noise restrictions, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The vote came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
“The Constitution doesn’t sleep at night,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, after the vote. He said the action in Minneapolis shows the world that a “nation founded on freedom of religion makes good on its promise.”
Minneapolis has had a flourishing population of East African immigrants since at least the 1990s, and mosques now are common. Three of 13 members of the council identify as Muslim. The decision drew no organized community opposition. Mayor Jacob Frey is expected to sign the measure next week.
“Minneapolis has become a city for all religions,” said Imam Mohammed Dukuly of Masjid An-Nur mosque in Minneapolis, who was among several Muslim leaders who witnessed the vote.
Three years ago, city officials worked with the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque to allow the adhan to be broadcast outdoors five times daily during Ramadan. Prayers are said when light appears at dawn, at noon, at mid- to late afternoon, at sunset and when the night sky appears. In Minnesota, dawn arrives as early as before 5:30 a.m. in summer, while sunset at the solstice happens after 9 p.m.
The city allowed year-round broadcasts last year, but only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. — typically excluding early morning prayer and sometimes night prayer.
At a recent public hearing, Christian and Jewish leaders expressed support for extending the hours for the adhan.
Council Member Lisa Goodman, who on Thursday was observing the final day of Passover, said the Jewish call to prayer — which is generally spoken rather than broadcast — doesn’t face legal restrictions. Observers said church bells regularly toll for Christians.
“It’s something I grew up with, but not my children,” council member Jamal Osman said, adding that hearing the call to prayer from local mosques brings him joy.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to introduce a public transit pass that costs 49 euros ($47) a month and will be valid nationwide — if officials can agree on the funding.
The proposal follows a wildly successful "9-euro ticket,” which was on offer in Germany for three months this summer as part of efforts to help people switch to environmentally friendly transport, reducing gasoline use and helping combat inflation.
One of its biggest attractions for users is that it will be valid on all the country's regional bus, train and tram networks, each of which have myriad fare options that many find baffling to navigate.
“With the 9-euro-ticket we showed: simplicity is better,” Transport Minister Volker Wissing said Thursday after a meeting with his counterparts from Germany's 16 states.
Wissing said the new ticket would be paperless and could be bought for a single month or as a rolling pass. Like the 9-euro ticket this summer, it won't be valid for intercity trains.
Questions over financing for the ticket still have to be resolved, however. Germany's federal government has offered to subsidize it with 1.5 million euros annually; states have expressed a willingness to do the same, pending an agreement on federal funding for regional train services.
Greenpeace criticized the plan, saying 49 euros was too expensive for many people.
The environmental group claims its own research shows a ticket for 29 euros would allow double the number of users while requiring no additional subsidies compared to the more expensive proposal.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since COVID-19, consumers are more in-tune with their skin health and are going out of their way to purchase clean products designed for THEIR skin. Because different skin types need products with different pH-levels, exfoliation, and moisturizing ingredients.
Introducing pHisoderm® Clean, a line of clean, dermatologist-recommended cleansers that are pH-balanced and uniquely designed for specific skin types; sensitive, dry/combination, and acne-prone skin. "These days, dermatologist-recommended products are a must, especially when the products are clean. There's a perception that clean products aren't as effective as traditional products. What we're trying to show is that they're safe AND effective," says Kathy Kloc, Assistant Marketing Manager.
Parabens, soaps, and dyes are a thing of the past and are often in the trash today. pHisoderm® Clean products are mindfully crafted without any parabens, soap, alcohol, dyes, mineral oil, and sulfates, all ingredients that can harm or irritate your skin.
The skin-type specific formulas cleanse and provide unique benefits to improve skin health. The Anti-Blemish Facial Cleanser and Body Wash treat blemishes with 2% salicylic acid while the hyaluronic acid locks in moisture even after rinse off. Not only does the Sensitive Skin Cream Cleanser calm skin with sunflower seed oil, vitamin E, and aloe vera, it's specifically formulated without any fragrances, which can be irritating to sensitive skin. While working hard to clean skin of dirt, oil, and makeup, the Moisturizing Cream Cleanser packs a hydration punch with a unique combination of sunflower seed oil, vitamin E, chamomile, aloe vera and an oat-inspired skin conditioner.
Can it get any better? Sure can! Each formula is uniquely designed with a balanced pH-level that brings skin back to balance; lower pH-levels for blemish prone skin to help acne from forming and create the optimal environment for the salicylic acid to get to work. The mid-range pH levels in the Sensitive Skin Cream Cleanser and Moisturizing Cream Cleanser help revitalize dry, combination, and sensitive skin.
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Which ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ toy is best?
Shopping for someone who’s a big fan of “Gabby’s Dollhouse”? There are several toys available, including cuddly plush characters, colorful playsets and light-up headbands.
“Gabby’s Dollhouse” toys are geared toward children in preschool through age 5, the same demographic as the hit DreamWorks show on Netflix. The toys, which feature the title character, Gabby, and her quirky kitty friends, mostly focus on imagination, creativity and role play. If you’re looking for an introductory playset that features several popular characters, the Gabby’s Dollhouse Deluxe Figure Set is the top choice.
What to know before you buy a ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ toy
About ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’
“Gabby’s Dollhouse” is a DreamWorks TV show that debuted on Netflix in January 2021. The show features both live-action and animated characters and follows Gabby through her adventures in a magical dollhouse with her kitty friends, including MerCat and DJ Catnip.
Gabby’s friends each have distinct personalities and interests, which only makes the show more interesting. Gabby also opens a surprise Dollhouse Delivery at the beginning of every episode.
Who watches ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’?
The show is geared toward preschoolers through age 5. However, it’s also popular among some older age groups, particularly children who are 6-8 years old. Considered ideal for early learners, it teaches kids important social concepts such as taking turns, listening to peers and problem-solving.
Types of ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ toys
Although the TV show is fairly new, there are a surprising amount of Gabby toys on the market already. These are some of the most popular types of Gabby toys.
- Dollhouse: One of the most popular toys is Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse, which is designed after the dollhouse featured in the series. Like many dollhouses, it features several rooms that come furnished. But, it also accommodates compatible mini playsets and 3.5-inch figurines.
- Playsets: These playsets range from fairly compact to large, such as a usable kitchen. Some accommodate the same 3.5-inch figurines that go with the dollhouse, while others are large enough for role-playing with the kids as the stars of the show.
- Play rooms: These mini playsets are styled after rooms that kids will recognize from the show. They can slot into the Purrfect Dollhouse but they’re also fun to play with on their own. They usually come with at least one 3.5-inch figure and some accessories.
- Figurines: These small 3.5-inch figurines are compatible with Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse and most playsets and play rooms. You can buy them individually or in sets that feature Gabby and a range of her kitty friends. Some characters are more popular than others, so make sure your child won’t be disappointed by the selection.
- Dolls: You can buy Gabby dolls that are larger than the figurines, measuring around 8 inches tall. They’re great for imaginative play but won’t fit the dollhouse or playsets. Plush toys: Soft and squishy, these plush toys are super huggable and great for any kids who love plushies. You can find several popular characters from the show in plush form. Some even talk and play songs.
What to look for in a quality ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ toy
Moving parts
Except for plushies, almost all these toys have moving parts. The mini playsets, for example, often have hinged pieces like cabinets and refrigerators. Mini figurines often have articulating parts, including heads that turn as well as arms and legs your child can pose. There are a few Gabby’s Dollhouse playsets that have spinning or rotating pieces, as well.
Small parts warnings
Most Gabby toys, particularly any playset related to Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse, have small-parts warnings. As a result, they’re not intended for kids 3 years old and younger because they may pose choking hazards. However, some larger Gabby’s Dollhouse toys, including 8-inch plushies, are suitable for kids ages 3 months and older.
Character diversity
The show features a broad range of fun kitty characters, and some are found in more playsets than others. Most mini playsets only include one or two characters, whereas deluxe playsets may include up to six. Although all its characters are loved and embraced, certain ones are more popular than others, making some toys somewhat harder to find. This can be disappointing if your child is a particular fan of a less popular character.
Price range
The most affordable Gabby toys include mini playsets and plushies, which are priced at $12-$20. Some larger plushies and dolls run $25-$45. Deluxe playsets, including Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse, cost $30-$60.
‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ toy FAQ
How do you store ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ toys?
A. Many people who have Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse simply store the compatible playsets and accessories inside the dollhouse because it has hinges that can fully close. However, those who don’t have the dollhouse may need to explore other storage options. For example, many people opt for storage totes with lids to store playsets and their tiny accessories.
How often are new Gabby’s Dollhouse toys released?
A. New toys related to the show usually come out when new seasons debut. There are usually three new seasons of the show a year, so new toys come out every few months.
Best Gabby’s Dollhouse figures
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse figures
Gabby’s Dollhouse Deluxe Figure Set
What you need to know: This mini-figurine set includes Gabby and six of her friends, including MerCat and Kitty Fairy.
What you’ll love: The 3.5-inch character set is highly-detailed in terms of colors and features. Gabby and her friends have articulating parts, which may encourage role play. The figurines are designed to fit inside Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse.
What you should consider: The set doesn’t include DJ Catnip and Pillow Cat, two popular characters from the TV series.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse figures for the money
Gabby’s Dollhouse Friends Figure Pack
What you need to know: This pack contains a Gabby figure, plus three of her kitty friends.
What you’ll love: Just the right size to use in Gabby playsets, these figures are great for imaginative play. They’re suitable for ages 3 and up. You also receive a surprise accessory in each pack.
What you should consider: It can be hard to get the figures to stay standing up on some surfaces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best Gabby’s Dollhouse room sets
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse room set
Gabby’s Dollhouse Sweet Dreams Bedroom With Pillow Cat
What you need to know: This colorful playset is inspired by the color and details from Gabby’s own room on the TV show.
What you’ll love: The mini kitty is a favorite accessory for its friendly face and unique shape. It’s one of the most interactive playsets among those that work with Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse. Kids are big fans of the rainbow colors.
What you should consider: It has a small parts warning, meaning it’s not suitable for ages 3 and younger.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse room set for the money
Gabby’s Dollhouse Bakey With Cakey Kitchen Set
What you need to know: The Cakey Kitchen set features kitty-themed appliances and accessories, including a refrigerator with a door that opens.
What you’ll love: Several of the Cakey Kitchen accessories have moving parts to simulate baking and cooking. It comes with two surprise accessories hidden in mini boxes. The playset is compatible with Gabby’s Purrfect Dollhouse.
What you should consider: A handful of buyers reported they were disappointed with the playset’s construction quality.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best Gabby’s Dollhouse playsets
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse playset
Gabby’s Dollhouse Purrfect Dollhouse Playset
What you need to know: Standing over 2 feet tall, this dollhouse provides hours of fun for serious Gabby fans.
What you’ll love: It features three levels with two rooms on each, including a kitchen, bathroom and playroom with slide. It comes with Gabby and Pandy Paws figures, plus furniture for every room and a handful of accessories.
What you should consider: The cardboard windows pop out easily, which leaves some parents and caregivers frustrated.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse playset for the money
Gabby’s Dollhouse Changing Garden Treehouse Playset
What you need to know: Larger than some playsets but not oversized, this is great for anyone looking for midsized Gabby toys.
What you’ll love: Taking inspiration from the Cotton Candy Tree from the show, this playset offers magical fun, with Kitty Fairy and Gabby figurines to play with. There are plenty of aspects to play with, including a secret room in the back.
What you should consider: Some buyers had trouble putting the ladder on the treehouse so that it won’t come off, but it’s only a minor issue.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best Gabby’s Dollhouse plush toys
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse plush toy
Gabby’s Dollhouse MerCat Plush Toy
What you need to know: This mermaid kitty is a firm fan favorite, so this plush toy is sure to go down well with most kids.
What you’ll love: This plush measures around 8 inches, end to end, so it feels magically large for little kids. It’s made with great attention to detail, including shiny scales and a sea star barrette. It’s extremely soft and squishy.
What you should consider: The stuffing inside can move around a bit and clump over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Gabby’s Dollhouse plush toy for the money
Gabby’s Dollhouse 13-inch Talking Pandy Paws Plush Toy
What you need to know: This plush version of Pandy Paws, one of the favorites from the show, is a popular Gabby toy among fans.
What you’ll love: This large plush toy measures around 13 inches tall. It talks and sings when its paw is pressed and is able to sing two songs and recite 10 sounds and phrases. It’s soft and exceptionally huggable.
What you should consider: The app that comes with this toy is a little tricky to use for younger kids.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for XELA, TCDA, SYTA, AMC, and CVNA.
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Which waterproof disposable camera is best?
You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t have a mobile phone with a built-in camera. But while the latest iPhones and Androids take spectacular photos, there is one glaring problem: they aren’t waterproof.
Sure, you can encase it in rugged housing to keep the water out, but that isn’t always practical. So if you need a quick, affordable way of taking photos in the pool or underwater, the best solution is a waterproof disposable camera. The Fujifilm Quick Snap is a great choice.
What to know before you buy a waterproof disposable camera
Know how a waterproof disposable camera works
The primary aspect of these cameras is that they have a rugged, clear plastic housing to make them waterproof. But they operate very differently from the digital single-lens reflex cameras you might be accustomed to.
These are what are commonly known as point-and-shoot cameras, as they don’t have a focus ring or buttons for adjustments. You simply point the camera at a subject, make sure it is aligned through the viewfinder, and press the shutter button. Once the film is used up, a photo studio or pharmacy can develop the film. The cameras are for one-time use, so the developer will throw them away afterward.
They have a limited capacity
The casing and internal workings prevent you from replacing the camera film inside. Typically, disposable cameras can only take around 24 or 27 photos, and you have no idea how the picturs will come out. If you want to take more photos, you’ll need a second disposable camera.
They have limited capabilities
Disposable cameras sometimes have a built-in flash, but it’s best not to rely on the illumination in dark environments.
You also can’t convert the undeveloped images into digital versions without sophisticated technology. However, after developing, you can scan the photos to make digital copies, or you can ask the pharmacy to put them on a USB drive for you.
They have an expiration date
It might seem hard to believe, but disposable cameras have an expiration date. Well, technically the camera doesn’t expire, but the film inside does. You might have snapped up a few waterproof disposable cameras at a sale, but check the bottom of the package. There’s an expiration date printed that shows you until when the film is still good. Using expired film may result in photo discoloration, light streaks or damage to the camera while shooting.
What to look for in a quality waterproof disposable camera
Waterproof and depth rating
If you are using a disposable camera to take photos underwater, it’s easy to assume that you aren’t a professional and won’t be swimming at record-breaking depths. But you never know what you might come across in the ocean. A good-quality waterproof disposable camera can easily take photos at depths of 50 feet.
Sturdy housing
The last thing you want when swimming with a waterproof camera is for water to seep inside. Care must be taken so that the camera isn’t bumped or dropped on hard surfaces that can compromise the casing. However, a good-quality disposable camera for underwater use has a tough outer shell that can withstand most conditions.
Easy to use
Far less complex than most modern cameras, a disposable model is incredibly easy to operate. But that’s not to say that everybody can handle it. A good-quality disposable camera has minimal moving parts so that children can use it, too.
How much you can expect to spend on a waterproof disposable camera
The average price of a waterproof disposable camera largely depends on its manufacturer and depth rating, and the capacity of the included film. An easy-to-use but limited camera sells for $15-$20, while a device with a flash or more rugged casing retails for $30-$40.
Waterproof disposable camera FAQ
Can you record video clips on a disposable camera?
A. No. Since it uses camera film, a disposable camera is only used to take still photos. It is impossible to record videos or even short clips, as the roll of film doesn’t support it.
What is the big knob on the top for?
A. Once you take a photo, the film doesn’t automatically move on to the next photo. You turn or activate the big dial on the top to move the film inside onto the next frame. If you don’t and take another photo, you’ll get a double exposure, which — if it’s what you intend — makes for a neat effect.
What’s the best waterproof disposable camera to buy?
Top waterproof disposable camera
Fujifilm Disposable QuickSnap Waterproof
What you need to know: This disposable camera is encased in a solid clear plastic housing that can take a beating before cracking.
What you’ll love: Pre-loaded with Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 800 35-millimeter film, the camera has a maximum of 27 exposures, a shutter speed and is durable enough to withstand water pressure up to 35 feet.
What you should consider: The shutter speed of 0.01 seconds can’t be adjusted, making the camera almost useless in dark or shadowy conditions.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top waterproof disposable camera for the money
Agfa LeBox Ocean 400 Disposable Camera
What you need to know: Using the standard 35-millimeter photographic film, you can take up to 27 photos.
What you’ll love: It has a robust clear casing with a big wheel at the top to wind the film along. This makes it easy for children to operate, as it also has a sturdy wristband.
What you should consider: It has an ISO of 400, which is common for disposable cameras, but insufficient in low-light conditions.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Kodak Max Water and Sport Disposable Camera
What you need to know: If you want to take photos at deeper depths than with most waterproof disposable cameras, this is a perfect choice.
What you’ll love: Working at a depth of 50 feet, this camera is a great choice for reef diving or snorkeling along the coast. You can take up to 27 photos on the 35-millimeter film and it comes with a detachable wrist strap.
What you should consider: Some users said the camera produced poor-quality photos out of the water.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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(KRON) – The days of renting a VHS from a Blockbuster, Movie Gallery or other regional video rental store are a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean the old tapes have been completely forgotten.
In fact, some movie buffs and collectors are keeping the love of VHS alive — or in some cases, undead.
This Halloween, horror fans and Hollywood historians will have the chance to bid on and take home some iconic horror and thriller films during Heritage Auction‘s VHS Horror Showcase auction.
The October auction features more than 100 lots of classic VHS tapes with some of the most iconic monster, slasher, demon and zombie flicks in history, each one “sealed, slabbed and graded.”
Included are some one-of-a-kind items, like an early copy of Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead,” Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” and one of three known Betamax copies of John Carpenter’s original “Halloween.”
The lot actually includes two of the earliest “Halloween” releases ever: both the Beta edition from 1978 and a rare 1981 VHS featuring an infamous misspelling of Michael Myers’ name on the back.
There are also extremely rare copies of “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes,” “Carrie,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and John Carpenter’s other iconic thriller, “The Thing.”
Because the tapes are still sealed and in pristine condition, Heritage describes this auction as a chance to own some truly rare pieces that honestly have no right being in their current condition.
“They were meant to be opened and watched repeatedly, especially those early tapes, which were rented out of strip-mall mom-and-pop shops and cost upwards of $100 to own,” Heritage writes of the collection. “None of these were meant to last safe and watermark-sealed well into the 21st century.”
To see the collection, and to place a bid if you dare, click here. The auction is scheduled to end on Oct. 31.
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Jordynn Cromartie entered her senior year of high school facing a daunting choice, one countless other Black gymnasts have faced for decades.
“He and my aunt were like, ‘Oh you haven’t made a decision, you should come to Fisk,’” Cromartie said. “I’m like, ‘Well, they don’t have a gymnastics team.’ To go to a college that doesn’t have what I would be working for forever was crazy to me.”
Simmons, stunned, made a promise to his niece.
“Watch,” he told her. “I’ll make it happen.”
He wasn’t kidding.
In the span of a few weeks, Simmons connected Derrin Moore — the founder of Atlanta-based Brown Girls Do Gymnastics, an organization that’d been trying to drum up support for an HBCU for years — with Fisk’s trustees. One trustee listened to Moore’s pitch and offered to make a $100,000 donation on the spot if Fisk adopted the sport.
And seemingly in a flash, all the roadblocks and misconceptions Moore had encountered while spending the better part of a decade trying to convince an HBCU to take the leap on an increasingly diverse sport evaporated.
On Friday afternoon at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, barely 14 months after Fisk committed to building a program from the ground up, Cromartie — now a freshman at her uncle’s alma mater — and the rest of her teammates will make history when they become the first HBCU to participate in an NCAA women’s gymnastics meet. The Bulldogs will compete against Southern Utah, North Carolina and Washington as part of the inaugural Super 16, an event that also includes perennial NCAA powers like Oklahoma, UCLA and Michigan.
“I feel like it’s nice to show that Black girls can do it too,” Cromartie said. “We have a team that’s 100% of people of color and you’ve never seen that before anywhere. ... I feel like we have a point to prove.”
The face of high-level women’s gymnastics is changing. While athletes of color have excelled at the sport’s highest level for decades, participation among Black athletes in particular has spiked over the last 10 years thanks in part to the popularity of Olympic champions Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles.
Black gymnasts account for around 10% of scholarships at the NCAA Division I level, an increase from 7% in 2012 when Douglas became the first Black woman to Olympic gold. More than 10% of USA Gymnastics members self-identify as Black.
It’s a massive jump from when Corrinne Tarver became the first Black woman to win an NCAA all-around title at Georgia in 1989.
“When I first went to school, there were a scattering of (Black gymnasts),” said Tarver, now the head coach and athletic director at Fisk. “One on this team, one on that team ... there wasn’t a lot of African-American gymnasts around back then compared to today.”
Still, it caught Umme Salim-Beasley off guard when she began exploring her college options in the early 1990s. Salim-Beasley grew up in the Washington, D.C., area and competed in the same gym as four-time Olympic medalist Dominique Dawes. Salim-Beasley wanted to go to an HBCU. When she approached an HBCU recruiter at a college fair and told the recruiter she was a gymnast, the response she received shocked her.
“They didn’t see it as a sport for women of color,” said Salim-Beasley, who ended up competing at West Virginia and is now the head coach at Rutgers. “And that was the perception, that gymnastics was not a sport that was welcoming or had enough interest from women of color.”
Which has made the response to Fisk’s inaugural class all the more rewarding.
For years, Moore and Salim-Beasley — a member of the advisory council at Brown Girls Do Gymnastics — would struggle just to set up exploratory interviews with HBCU athletics officials. In the months since Fisk’s program launched, Moore and Salim-Beasley have talked to presidents at nine HBCUs.
“People are really interested,” Moore said. “They still have a lot of questions and still not pulling the trigger, but they are reaching out.”
All of which puts Fisk in an enviable if challenging spot. The program is a beta test of sorts as other HBCUs watch from afar to see how Fisk handles the massive logistical and economic hurdles that come with launching a program.
The Bulldogs don’t have an on-campus facility and are currently training at a club gym a few miles from campus, though they are fundraising in hopes of remedying that soon. They are competing this year as an independent while waiting to get their NCAA status sorted out.
And Tarver immediately threw the program into the deep end of the pool. Their inaugural schedule includes meets at Michigan, Georgia and Rutgers.
“It would have been really easy to just put in schools that were not as strong and then make our whole schedule like that and then just hope for the best,” Tarver said. “But I didn’t want to do that. I wanted them to realize that they belong on that stage.”
In that way, Tarver is following through on her recruiting pitch last spring, when she spent hours on Zoom asking young women of color to believe in something that had never existed before.
“Basically I pitched them on the dream,” Tarver said. “I told them they’ll be a part of history. Their names will go down in history as the first HBCU ever.”
It proved to be a far easier sell than Tarver imagined.
Morgan Price initially committed to Arkansas so she could compete with her older sister, Frankie. Yet once Fisk announced it was going to take the ambitious step of competing in 2023, Price felt drawn to the opportunity.
“Since we are the first, it’s kind of special,” Price said. “We get to build it from the ground up.”
And yes, the perks of being the first don’t hurt. Several Bulldogs appeared on “The Jennifer Hudson” talk show in the fall. An Emmy-winning documentarian is following them throughout the season. The splash on social media has been sizable.
So has the splash in real life. When Price returned to her club gym in Texas shortly after committing to Fisk, the energy she felt from younger gymnasts of color as they peppered her with questions was palpable.
“They were telling me, ‘I can’t wait until I can be recruited so I can be an HBCU gymnast as well,’” Price said.
That’s the big-picture plan. Moore is optimistic several HBCU schools will follow in Fisk’s footsteps in the near future.
They just won’t be the first. That honor will go to the women in the blue-and-gold leotards who will salute the judges for the first time on Friday, as the team filled with athletes who “come from backgrounds where they were kind of told that they weren’t as good,” as Tarver put it, makes history.
Athletes who no longer have to choose between heritage and opportunity.
“Already being an HBCU, we’re the underdogs,” Cromartie said. “We haven’t had much time to practice. We don’t have the resources of other schools yet ... but we are eager to prove we can keep up with everyone else. That we belong.”
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Monday condemned incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked, mostly with fireworks.
People across Germany on Saturday resumed their tradition of setting off large numbers of fireworks in public places to see in the new year. That followed two years in which sales of fireworks were banned as part of efforts to avoid overloading hospitals and discourage large public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The celebrations were accompanied by a large number of cases in which emergency officials were assailed with fireworks. In Berlin, the fire service counted at least 38 such attacks and said 15 officers were injured. Police said they had 18 injured officers, German news agency dpa reported.
Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said that “this scale of readiness to use violence and destruction … damages our city.” She tweeted that her administration will discuss expanding the number of areas in which fireworks are banned.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who thanked police for intervening with more than 100 arrests in Berlin alone, said that “the perpetrators must now feel the legal consequences clearly.”
Government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his administration “of course condemn in the strongest terms these, in some cases, massive assaults.”
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SACATON, Ariz. — A Sacaton man has been sentenced to spend over 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering two people in separate instances occurring nearly three years ago.
Jordan Antonio Sullivan, 24, of the Gila River Indian Community was recently sentenced to spend 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office of Arizona.
In March 2020, Sullivan shot the victim in the neck with a shotgun and then used the victim's car to run over the person to make sure they were dead, prosecutors said.
Sullivan's 25-year sentence won't start until he finishes a separate 18-year sentence for another murder case.
In April 2020, Sullivan was arrested by Chandler police after he shoved an elderly man to the ground and stole his car outside a Circle K near Arizona Avenue and Riggs Road.
The victim of the carjacking died a few days later from injuries he sustained from the incident.
Sullivan was sentenced in early 2021 for the fatal carjacking. After completing both prison terms, the defendant will be placed on supervised release for five years.
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HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI), today announced the following monthly distributions:
The amounts of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that is managed by Stone Harbor Investment Partners. The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about the Fund's investment objective and risks, please see the Fund's annual report. A copy of the Fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the end of this press release.
Stone Harbor Investment Partners is a global institutional fixed-income investment manager specializing in credit and asset allocation strategies. The firm manages institutional clients' assets in a range of investment strategies including emerging markets debt, global high yield, bank loans, as well as multi-sector credit products including unconstrained and total return approaches. The firm's investment strategies are based on fundamental insights, derived from a combination of proprietary research and the in-depth knowledge and specialized experience of the firm's team. Founded in 2006, it is based in New York City with additional offices in London and Singapore. Stone Harbor Investment Partners is a division of Virtus Fixed Income Advisers, LLC, a registered investment adviser affiliated with Virtus Investment Partners. For more information, visit shipemd.com.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
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An attack on power substations in North Carolina is putting a spotlight on the physical vulnerability of the electric grid in the United States.
Law enforcement officials said that two power substations were damaged by gunfire on Sunday night in what they believe was an “intentional” attack on the power grid. The FBI has joined the investigation into the “the willful damage,” authorities said.
As of Tuesday afternoon, authorities had not named any suspects or detailed a motive. Utility company Duke Energy said Thursday that around 35,000 people remained without power, while electricity had been restored for about 10,000.
The company anticipates that “nearly all” customers would have their power back by Thursday.
The incident prompted some experts to renew calls for change to protect the grid.
“Ever since the [congressional Office of Technology Assessment] did a report on this topic back in 1990, experts have been telling the Congress that the grid is physically very vulnerable,” Granger Morgan, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, said in an email.
“We need a coordinated national strategy,” added Morgan, who chaired three recent studies on the U.S. power system by the U.S. National Academies.
The U.S. power grid is largely decentralized and is made up of individual components such as power generators, transmission lines and substations that help to control voltage.
Ross Baldick, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, said that it would be difficult to attack a generating station but that other parts of the grid are likely to be more vulnerable.
“If we turn to transmission and distribution lines, the wires, and we turn to substations, they are very easy to attack,” said Baldick, whose research has included work on vulnerability of electric grids to terrorist attacks.
“You can imagine an entity coordinating multiple, simultaneous attacks to cause widespread damage and if you damage enough stuff, most particularly devices called power transformers, generally there are only limited spares,” he added.
Morgan said that implementing a coordinated national strategy will be difficult since it would involve getting various state and federal entities on the same page, some of which would be controlled by different constituencies.
Yet he said it was also crucial to do so.
“Congress and the administration need to work together to solve this messy problem before we have a major nationwide catastrophe,” Morgan said.
In a follow-up call, he told The Hill that the issue is “partly a technical problem, but it’s mainly a political science problem with all the different parties with responsibilities.”
“Other than put the right people in a room together and tell them ‘Look, you’ve got to figure out some politically feasible way to sort this out between federal and states rights and all those other issues,’ I don’t know what the answer is,” he said.
Baldick said federal and state authorities could take steps to protect transmission lines and increase surveillance to deter potential threats.
Generally, Baldick said, it’s difficult to defend substations since many of them are protected only by barbed wire.
“Unless you move to putting it in a secure building that’s inaccessible, which may not be very easy to do, it’s pretty hard to defend against a determined adversary.”
He added that transmission and distribution lines are “even less defensible” since they run through the countryside and could be accessed.
“You could imagine someone just driving to a transmission line roughly where it crosses a road. They could walk in a ways to be away from a road and away from anybody looking at what they’re doing and they could mount some explosives,” he said.
Asked about whether there should be more federal regulations, Baldick said the situation is complicated.
“If it were free to institute a lot of hardening, then obviously the answer would be yes,” he said. “The hardening is not free. … You have to decide whether or not the expenditure … is going to be worth it in the context of a prospective terrorist attack.”
In an increasingly digital world, the electric grid also faces cybersecurity threats.
“A single cyberattack can shut down hundreds if not thousands of substations at once,” said Rajit Gadh, director of UCLA’s Smart Grid Energy Research Center.
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Bacon Rebate aims to help build a more sustainable planet for consumers, from a proudly carbon neutral brand
ELMHURST, Ill., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenfield Natural Meat Co. a sustainable meat brand produced by the world's first major carbon neutral food company Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. (TSX:MFI), has introduced a Bacon Rebate to help Americans have their bacon, get paid, and help protect the planet.
Around the world, people earn rewards for making sustainable choices for the health of our planet. Energy efficient appliances? Rebate. Eco-friendly car? Rebate. Now, choosing sustainable bacon earns its own rewards. Claiming the Bacon Rebate is as simple as it sounds: just look for Greenfield Natural Meat Co. bacon and its carbon zero label at your local Publix, Kroger, Sam's Club, Albertsons and affiliate stores, and other participating retailers. Every customer who purchases a participating product can claim their $2 USD rebate that is directly deposited in their Venmo account.
The Bacon Rebate: How to help save the planet, eat bacon, and get paid.
American bacon lovers can claim their Bacon Rebate in three easy steps:
1) BUY any Greenfield Natural Meat Co. bacon
2) TEXT a photo of your receipt to 811811 using the keyword: BACON
3) EARN a $2 USD rebate. After your receipt is validated, you will receive a text with your Venmo deposit link
"We are proud to offer consumers great tasting, sustainable bacon that they can feel good about eating," says Kate Beresford, VP Marketing, Sustainable Meat, Greenfield Natural Meat Co. "Our new Bacon Rebate takes our sustainability efforts to the next level by mirroring other green rebate programs, like those available for purchasing energy efficient appliances, to financially reward people for making choices that are good for the planet. Even better? Conscious carnivores don't have to give up the foods they love."
Proudly Carbon Neutral since 2019
The Bacon Rebate is part of a larger campaign aimed at helping Americans "have their meat and eat it too," showing meat eaters that they can be part of a greener solution without sacrificing their favorite foods. Greenfield Natural Meat Co., a Maple Leaf Foods brand that is proudly carbon neutral since 2019 and Green Circle Certified, works to avoid and reduce emissions, and to offset unavoidable emissions with high quality, verifiable environmental projects throughout North America that bring the company's net carbon footprint to zero.
"More than 95% of the population consumes meat, and we see an opportunity to help conscious carnivores feel good about their choice when they choose Greenfield Natural Meat Co. bacon," says Beresford. "We know our audience, they are constantly inundated with sustainability messaging from brands that don't always back it up. Greenfield Natural Meat Co. is purpose driven with an ambitious sustainability vision. Through this campaign, we aim to educate our consumer on what the Greenfield brand is all about and to incentivize them to try our products for themselves."
Greenfield Natural Meat Co. is committed to further reducing its environmental footprint by 50 percent by 2025, further improving on the brand's already net zero carbon footprint.
Starting July 18, text 811811 using the keyword: BACON to claim $2 USD. The Bacon Rebate offer is valid for a limited time, until October 14, 2022 while supplies last on purchases of 12-36oz. Greenfield bacon products. Limit of one redemption per person. For Terms & Conditions and more information about where to buy Greenfield Natural Meat Co. bacon, visit www.baconrebate.com.
About Greenfield Natural Meat Co.
Greenfield is on a mission to make the world a better place by making meat right. This means producing meat in a more natural way, using simple natural ingredients, no antibiotics or hormones in raising animals and advancing high standards of care.
For more information please visit: www.greenfieldmeat.com
About Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Maple Leaf Foods is a carbon neutral company with a vision to be the most sustainable protein company on earth, responsibly producing food products under leading brands including Maple Leaf®, Maple Leaf Prime®, Maple Leaf Natural Selections®, Schneiders®, Schneiders® Country Naturals®, Mina®, Greenfield Natural Meat Co.®, Lightlife® and Field Roast™. The Company employs approximately 13,500 people and does business primarily in Canada, the U.S. and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and its shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MFI).
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BEIJING, Nov. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TuanChe Limited ("TuanChe" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TC), a leading integrated automotive marketplace in China, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering with investors for the purchase and sale of (1) 5,454,546 of the Company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") (or pre-funded warrants to purchase ADSs ("ADS Equivalent") in lieu thereof) and (2) warrants to purchase 5,454,546 ADSs, at a combined purchase price of $2.75 per ADS (or $2.749 per ADS Equivalent) and the associated warrant. Each associated warrant is exercisable to purchase one ADS for $2.75. Each ADS represents sixteen (16) Class A ordinary shares of the Company. The warrant has a term equal to five years from the issuance date. The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company are approximately $15.0 million.
Aegis Capital Corp. acted as the Exclusive Placement Agent.
The registered direct offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-264942) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and declared effective by the SEC on September 8, 2022. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the proposed offering has been filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Attention: Syndicate Department, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 27th floor, New York, NY 10105, by email at syndicate@aegiscap.com, or by telephone at (212) 813-1010.
Before investing in this offering, interested parties should read in their entirety the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in such prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, which provide more information about the Company and such offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About TuanChe
Founded in 2010, TuanChe Limited (NASDAQ: TC) is a leading integrated automotive marketplace in China. TuanChe offers services to connect automotive consumers with various industry players such as automakers, dealers and other automotive service providers. TuanChe provides automotive marketing and transaction related services by integrating its online platforms with offline sales events. Through its integrated marketing solutions, TuanChe turns individual and isolated automobile purchase transactions into large-scale collective purchase activities by creating an interactive many-to-many environment. Furthermore, leveraging its proprietary data analytics and advanced digital marketing system, TuanChe's online marketing service platform helps industry customers increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their advertising placements.
For more information, please contact ir@tuanche.com.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is still showing no concussion symptoms after a hit against the Jets on Sunday caused him to leave the game, but he remains in the concussion protocol after the NFL’s revised concussion rules.
Bridgewater has to clear the NFL’s five-step process to return to football activities. Although there is no definitive timeframe for his return, coach Mike McDaniel said the earliest Bridgewater could return to practice would be Thursday.
Starter Tua Tagovailoa is still in the concussion protocol and is “not ready to take the step to do football stuff,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel also did not commit to rookie quarterback Skylar Thompson, who entered Sunday’s game after Bridgewater left, as the Dolphins starter Sunday against the Vikings.
“It’s too soon for me to really pinpoint that,” McDaniel said, “I kind of have to wait and assess the whole situation, which I do not have in scope.”
So the Dolphins will enter this week’s preparation for the Vikings in a precarious situation as their quarterbacks have taken big hits in three consecutive games.
“It’s a nice challenge,” McDaniel said. “But nothing that myself and the rest of the coaching staff isn’t paid to do. No one really cares how hard it is.”
Bridgewater took a hard hit from Jets cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner on the Dolphins first offensive snap. The veteran quarterback was listed with a head and elbow injury and was immediately taken to the locker room and evaluated for a concussion.
McDaniel said after the game that Bridgewater didn’t show any concussion symptoms and passed tests, but a spotter saw Bridgewater stumble after the play.
Bridgewater was ruled ineligible to return because of the NFL’s revised protocols put into place after Tagovailoa took a hit against Buffalo last month.
When asked what exactly was observed from Bridgewater that triggered the “no-go” rule, McDaniel said he didn’t see it.
“I was there at the game. I was watching him intently. I didn’t see him stumble,” McDaniel said. “I’m also not really in the business of grading and coaching spotters.”
Against the Bills, Tagovailoa wobbled when he got up after slamming hard to the turf, but he was cleared to return at the start of the third quarter, to the surprise of many. Tagovailoa was later found to have a back injury, not a concussion.
On Saturday, the NFL and NFL Players Association agreed to make changes to the league’s concussion protocol following a joint investigation into the handling of Tagovailoa’s injury. The league and players’ union said in a joint statement that while the Dolphins followed protocol after the injury, the outcome of the Tagovailoa case “was not what was intended when the Protocol was drafted.”
As a result, they added language addressing abnormality of balance/stability to the league’s list of symptoms that would keep a player from returning to the game.
Bridgewater’s perceived stumble triggered the “ataxia” term, causing him to immediately be put in the concussion protocol.
Bridgewater started Sunday in place of Tagovailoa, who suffered a concussion in Miami’s Sept. 29 game against Cincinnati, four days after taking the hit against Buffalo. He was stretchered off the field and taken to a hospital and remains in the concussion protocol.
Thompson finished 19 of 33 for 166 yards and an interception in his NFL debut.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (Oct. 11, 2022) – ETSU’s Archie Davies (Carlisle, England) and Mats Ege (Kristiansand, Norway) posted top-10 finishes and the Buccaneers placed third overall as the 24th annual Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate came to an end on Tuesday at the Blackthorn Club in Jonesborough.
Davies recorded his first top-10 finish this fall as he tied for seventh at 7-under-par 209, while Ege enjoyed his second straight top-10 showing at 6-under-par 210. Davies, who registered his 15th career top-10 finish, led the Blue and Gold in Tuesday’s final round as he fired a 3-under 69, thanks to some clutch putting on the back nine. Davies had four of his six birdies on the day come in the final nine holes, which he played at three-under.
For the tournament, the Bucs totaled the second-most birdies (60) and boasted the second-lowest score on the par-4s (+3). Davies led the entire field with 16 made birdies.
The Bucs now gear up for the prestigious Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, which gets underway Friday, Oct. 21 in Atlanta.
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ATLANTA — Some of the community's smallest members rang in former President Jimmy Carter's 98th birthday with some paint and peace on Saturday.
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum celebrated the opening of The Colors of Peace: President Carter's Vision Through the Art of Children exhibit. Installation pieces included artworks created at the museum with organizers asking children to help cover the windows and sidewalks with their vision of peace.
Carter Museum Colors of Peace event
Children were also encouraged to create a birthday card for Carter. Attendees also participated in window painting, sidewalk chalk art, reveled at balloon twisting and opted for face painting.
The event was free for people 16 and younger. Older eventgoers were asked to pay $0.98 to honor Carter's 98th birthday.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Ridge Construction Capital LLC ("BRCC"), in partnership with incoming CEO Matthew Wayman and founder Dan Essig, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Artistic Paver Manufacturing, Inc. ("Artistic").
Artistic, based in N. Miami Beach, FL, is a manufacturer of premium interlocking, decorative concrete pavers sold for outdoor living applications. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Miami and Phoenix and serves the fast growing Southeastern and Southwestern geographic markets.
Dan Essig, who founded Artistic in 2000 and served as President and CEO, will transition to a full-time advisor role and join the Board of Directors. Dan stated, "I am really proud of the successful 22-year history of Artistic and even more excited to work with Matt and Blue Ridge to build the Company into a category leader."
As a part of the Artistic acquisition, industry veteran Matthew Wayman will join the executive team as CEO. Wayman recently acted as the Senior Vice President and General Manager over Forterra, Inc.'s East Region, responsible for full commercial and operational oversight for a 12-plant, 500-team member operation serving 5,000+ customers.
Artistic CEO Matthew Wayman stated, "Artistic is at an important inflection point. The brand and product offering are widely respected by contractors and consumers and the recent expansion in Miami positions the Company for tremendous growth."
BRCC Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Casey Rentch, commented, "Dan has built a best-in-class concrete paver company and we are thrilled to partner with him and Matt to expand on the Company's incredible momentum."
Ben Hughes, Partner and Co-Founder of BRCC, stated, "We are excited to add Artistic to the Blue Ridge portfolio. The Company's unique growth and profitability profile are consistent with our goal of partnering with founders to acquire exceptional building products companies."
Blue Ridge Construction Capital is a building products focused private equity firm investing in family and founder owned businesses that are seeking a collaborative, experienced partner to empower growth.
Artistic Pavers Manufacturing, Inc. is a premium paver manufacturer serving residential and commercial markets across Southeastern and Southwestern U.S. markets.
For more information, please contact:
Casey Rentch
Managing Partner
casey@blueridge-cc.com
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FORT KENT, Maine — Maine’s Red Cross is seeking more racially diverse donors to be among the 3 percent of the state’s population that gives blood regularly.
Most people are aware of the four main blood types of A, B, O and AB, but it’s the antigens — the substance that stimulates the body to build up immunity to disease — that determine the specific blood type and are needed to treat diseases that require blood transfusions.
Genetically inherited medical conditions such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia affect specific populations, and treatment can include frequent blood transfusions.
Although fewer than 500 people in Maine have sickle cell, that number is likely to grow as asylum seekers, mostly from African countries, continue to move to the whitest state in the union. Portland in particular attracted more than 1,000 asylum seekers last year, which was more than double the year before.
“The country is becoming more and more diverse, and we need to have a blood supply that’s diverse,” said Thomas Hinman, market manager for Northern New England Blood Services of American Red Cross.
A patient who receives a blood transfusion of a type that is not a close match may form antibodies against the mismatched antigens. To help avoid transfusion-related complications, a patient is more likely to find the most compatible blood match from a donor of the same race or similar ethnicity, according to the American Red Cross.
There are more than 600 known antigens, some of which are unique to specific racial and ethnic groups such as African Americans or other people of African descent who have rare blood types like U negative and Duffy negative, according to redcrossblood.org.
The majority of people with sickle cell disease are of African descent. It is also more commonly found in people of Hispanic, Indian, Asian or Middle Eastern ancestry.
Patients can receive up to 100 blood transfusions each year, and their health outcomes are significantly improved when that blood comes from a person of the same race, according to the Red Cross.
Of the more than 1.3 million people living in Maine, 1.8 percent were Black or African American in July 2021, the most recent year for which census information was available. The number is slightly smaller in Aroostook County, with 1.2 percent of its 66,859 residents identifying as Black or African American.
The need for racially diverse blood donations isn’t just an issue in Maine. Across the country, African Americans make up 13 percent of the population but less than 3 percent of blood donors, according to the Red Cross.
Hinman said people of all races who do not donate blood may be overlooking an individual benefit they gain from the process.
Before blood is drawn, donors first undergo a short medical screening that includes answering questions about their health. They also have their blood pressure, iron levels, pulse and temperature examined.
Hinman said he knows of people who have identified health issues through the Red Cross screenings.
“It is like getting a free mini-physical,” he said.
In Aroostook County, Brian Bouley, the only Red Cross employee north of Bangor, organizes blood drives that take place the third week of every other month, or six times per year. The drives are held on Tuesdays in Presque Isle, Wednesdays in Fort Kent, Thursdays in Caribou and Fridays in Houlton.
Bouley donated last week at a drive in Fort Kent.
“When I get out of bed in the morning, I feel I’m making a difference. That’s a lot better than just punching a clock in my opinion,” he said about his job.
For information about donating blood in Maine or organizing a blood drive visit redcrossblood.org.
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At 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, March 31, the Bay County Historical Museum and Delta College Planetarium will host "Madonna 40," a multi-media event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Bay City native Madonna’s first hit single.
The event will take place inside the Planetarium’s Dome360 Theater in downtown Bay City. In 1983, Madonna, a Bay City native, reached Billboard's Hot 100 for the first time with her hit single "Holiday." In the 40 years since, she has had 38 top-10 singles, including 12 that reached # 1.
Madonna has also released 32 top-10 albums, nine of which reached # 1. She has sold well over 300 million records during the past four decades and is the best-selling female artist of all time. "Madonna 40" is a celebration of those achievements, with several of her music videos and the short film Smelly Little Town being screened in the Planetarium’s Dome360 Theater.
The documentary Smelly Little Town premiered in Bay City at the 2021 Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival, where it won the award for Best Michigan Film and the Audience Choice Award. The documentary detailed Bay City's decades-long drama over whether to capitalize on its most famous native, Madonna, who called Bay City a "little smelly town in northern Michigan" in a 1987 interview on the Today show.
The film also won the Best of Festival Shorts Award at the 2021 Freep Film Festival in Detroit. The festival's jury singled out the film for the way filmmaker Zach Neumeyer “cleverly peeled back the layers of this lasting controversy while capturing the people and history that make Bay City unique.”
Sam Fitzpatrick, Education Coordinator at the Historical Museum of Bay County, will make a special introduction. Zach Neumeyer, Director and Producer of the documentary, will be available for a Q&A following the showing. Gary Johnson, curator of the Historical Museum’s new Michigan Rock & Roll Legends Hall of Fame exhibit, and a participant in the documentary, will also be on hand for questions.
“We are thrilled to provide a unique venue for this event, as the wrap-around environment of the dome theater creates a more intimate space for such an experience,” said Mike Murray, Delta Planetarium manager.
Tickets are $10 per seat, available online at www.delta.edu/planetarium. The Delta College Planetarium is located in downtown Bay City at 100 Center Avenue.
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What are the best Singles’ Day T-shirts?
Singles’ Day is an unofficial holiday that started in China. It takes place on Nov. 11 each year. The ones in the date (11/11) represent the single population. Nanjing University students kicked off the holiday in the 1990s, and it has since grown into the single largest online shopping extravaganza. It is typically observed by spending money on a luxury item that will make you happy.
Like most holidays, there are tons of clothing items and memorabilia made specifically for Singles’ Day, though a lot of it is in Mandarin. The Single Definition Shirt is one of the best shirts for Singles’ Day because it is both handmade and brimming with the sarcasm and the spirit of the single life.
What to know before you buy a T-shirt for Singles’ Day
Does the person you are shopping for appreciate the humor?
Many Singles’ Day shirts are humorous or sarcastic. When it comes to clothing, everyone has preferences and lifestyles. While some people will adore the hilarious messages found on many Singles’ Day T-shirts, they might be a turnoff instead for some people, especially professionals who need to keep a clean appearance. On the other hand, some Singles’ Day T-shirts are less provocative, like the Singles’ Day Awareness shirt. It’s always important to consider what the person wearing the gift will think of the message on the front of the shirt.
Does the person you are shopping for know what Singles’ Day is?
Despite many Western companies taking advantage of the profit potential of Singles’ Day, the day hasn’t fully penetrated the Western Hemisphere yet. While the Chinese — as well as those in many other Asian countries — celebrate Singles’ Day, those who aren’t familiar with the holiday could easily be confused. Many Singles’ Day shirts could also double as Valentine’s Day shirts for people who are single.
Does the person you are shopping for wanting to be in a relationship?
Singles’ Day is a little confusing in that many people who celebrate the day actually want to be in a relationship. People’s views on being single vary, though. Some people tout the benefits and freedom of not being in a relationship, while others lament that they have to spend another year without a significant other. Singles’ Day is all-encompassing, and anyone who is single can enjoy the holiday if they want.
What to look for in a quality Best T-shirt for Singles’ Day
Tone
Singles’ Day T-shirts have messages that vary from tame to sarcastic to suggestive. There are tons of shirts on the market that celebrate being single, so finding the shirt with the right message is important. Similarly, it may not be wise to buy a shirt with a reference to alcohol for a teenager, but such a shirt might be great for the right adult.
Color options
Most Singles’ Day T-shirts come in many different colors. Conventional colors are available, but many heather options are available as well. Heather refers to a muted color that is created by combining different fabrics. One example could be a redshirt with specks of black in it due to having red and black fabric mixed into one yarn. Heather options increase the range of colors available and add a complexity that some people prefer over solid colors.
Material
When buying a T-shirt, it is important to consider what materials are used. This will affect the overall quality of the T-shirt, as well as its wash or care requirements. Most Singles’ Day shirts are made of polyester and/or cotton. Usually, it is best to wash polyester or cotton shirts inside out in cold water. It is best to avoid directly washing or ironing the design on the front, and you should not dry-clean them.
Best T-shirt for Singles’ Day FAQ
Is Singles’ Day for men or for women?
A. Singles’ Day can be celebrated by anyone. Some East Asian countries like China, Korea and Taiwan do have separate Valentine’s Days for men and women, but Singles’ Day is unrelated to those days.
Do Western companies have Singles’ Day Sales?
A. While Alibaba is the lead Singles’ Day retailer, many Western companies have gotten on board with Singles’ Day sales. Companies like The North Face, Amazon, iHerb and others have already listed Singles’ Day sales for 2021, and more and more retailers are joining in every year.
What’s the best T-shirt for Singles’ Day to buy?
Top T-shirt for Singles’ Day
What you need to know: This is a hilarious shirt made for people proud to be single that anyone can wear.
What you’ll love: There are both unisex and women’s options. Choose from black, white or heather color options. This shirt is sarcastic and perfect for Singles’ Day, but also appropriate for any audience.
What you should consider: The fitting might be slightly large for some people, so it might be wise to contact the seller before buying.
Where to buy: Sold on Etsy.
Top T-shirt for Singles’ Day for the money
What you need to know: This is the perfect Singles’ Day shirt for people who want to have a drink while flaunting their singlehood.
What you’ll love: There are tons of colors to choose from, including solids and heathers. Each shirt is handmade and receives a professional-grade heat press. Vodka and alcohol lovers will find this shirt perfect for Singles’ Day.
What you should consider: Despite having youth sizing options, the shirt might not be appropriate for those under the legal drinking age.
Where to buy: Sold on Etsy.
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This is the ultimate handmade Singles’ Day shirt for people who are seeking a relationship. Show the world that you are still available and looking for love while keeping a sense of humor.
What you’ll love: There are solid and heather colors available. The unisex options make this shirt perfect for men and women.
What you should consider: There are not quite as many color options as the other T-shirts on the list.
Where to buy: Sold on Etsy.
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After a steep fall, used car prices poised to rise again
The price of used cars has been falling steadily, and steeply, for much of the last year. Unfortunately for car buyers, that could be about to change.
Wholesale prices for used cars being sold at auction have risen sharply in the last few weeks, according to industry data. Higher retail prices on used car dealer lots are likely to be close behind.
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According to data from Manheim, the largest wholesale automotive marketplace, prices jumped 4% in just the last two weeks, an unusually large increase in such a short time period. While many in the industry expected the drop in prices wouldn't last, the sudden increase caught many by surprise.
"We did not anticipate that prices would jump as much as they have," said Chris Frey, senior industry insights manager at Cox Automotive, which owns Manheim. "It made my eyes jump out."
Dealers started pulling back on their inventory of used cars as prices were declining late last year and into January. Much of the decline began late last year as a larger supply of new cars became available for purchase.
A shortage of parts, particularly computer chips, caused automakers to scale their production back far below the demand for new vehicles, and push potential new car buyers, even rental car companies, into the used car market. That shortage of new car inventory helped drive both new and use car prices to record levels earlier last year.
But part supplies and computer chip inventory improved in the last half of 2022, and with that used car prices started to decline. In January used car prices were down 11.6% from the year earlier, according to the Consumer Price Index, the government's key inflation reading -- the biggest 12-month decline since the depths of the Great Recession in early 2009.
Busy season for used car sales ahead
The busy selling season for used cars is only months away — it's tied to when potential buyers get their tax refunds. Now dealers are scrambling to rebuild inventories, and that is driving up prices.
The strong labor market, with employers unexpectedly adding more than 500,000 jobs in January, is also driving demand for used cars.
"If you want to point at one factor that drives demand for cars, it's jobs," said Ivan Drury, director of insights at Edmunds. "If you've got a job, you've got a car."
Part of the problem in the months ahead can be traced to the early days of the pandemic three years ago. The disruptions to the new car market at that time are about to be felt by today's used car market.
In March and April of 2020, auto plants across the nation were shut by stay-at-home orders, and many dealerships were closed. Demand for cars also fell off a cliff amid record job losses and millions of additional workers shifted to working from home rather than commuting.
So the 2020 plunge in car sales meant that few people were signing up for three-year leases on new vehicles, contracts that would normally be coming to an end now and in turn feed those vehicles into the supply of used cars on the markets.
"The repercussions of the pandemic are coming through," Drury said. "The supply is definitely not going to be there." The disruptions in the car markets in 2020 and early 2021 could affect used car prices much of the year.
"We are entering a period of tight supply on 3- and 4-year-old vehicles, which make up the majority of [used] car sales," said Michael Manley, CEO of AutoNation, the nation's largest car dealership, in a call with investors Friday. "And that's going to impact wholesale prices and ultimately, retail prices."
It's tough to know how long the rise in used car prices will last.
The labor market and consumer spending is strong at the moment, but there are still worries about a possible recession. The Federal Reserve appears likely to keep raising interest rates, at least in the near term, which in turn will raise the cost of car loans, and for the financing that car dealers use when purchasing their own inventories.
The drop in used car prices has been a major factor in the slowing of inflation, but a sustained rise in used car prices could make it more difficult for the Fed to pull back on rate hikes.
Overall prices are up 6.4% over the last 12 months, according to CPI, but that reading has fallen for seven straight months. And prices would have risen 6.9% over the same 12 month period if used car prices had posted such a steep decline and instead just stayed unchanged.
So broader economic conditions in the U.S. economy are certain to have an effect on supply, demand and pricing of used cars, which makes forecasting future prices very difficult, said Frey.
"I don't think this latest increase is a blip. But I imagine prices could come down after spring and tax refunds land," said Frey. But he added that forecasts are tough to make in the current market.
"We've been calling for a 4% decline in prices from December last year to December this year," Frey said. "We may have to revise that."
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A Republican has filed paperwork to run in the 2024 congressional race to represent the Lehigh Valley and parts of the Poconos.
Maria Montero filed campaign finance reporting information with the Federal Election Commission in the race for Pennsylvania's 7th District.
Democrat Susan Wild, who currently holds the U.S. House seat, is also running in the race.
The 7th District covers Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon counties, as well as part of Monroe County.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Outgoing Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Rogers is now running for chair of the Kansas Democratic Party.
A spokesman for Rogers confirmed the news with the Capitol Bureau.
Rogers is launching his campaign for party chair after losing his state treasurer seat in the 2022 Midterm Election.
Before becoming state treasurer, Rogers served as lieutenant governor from 2019-2021.
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and GEOFF MULVIHILL
Associated Press
The U.S. government failed to take basic steps at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid program intended to help small businesses, depleting the funds and making Americans more vulnerable to identity theft, the head of a congressional panel examining the payouts said Tuesday.
Democratic Rep. James Clyburn blamed the Trump administration for the problems in the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, overseen by the U.S. Small Business Administration, amid revelations that as much as 20% of the money — tens of billions of dollars — may have been awarded to fraudsters. Clyburn said the Biden administration has implemented measures to identify potential fraud and directed loan officers to address indications of fraud before approving loans, while Congress has invested in fraud prevention and accountability.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said the Trump administration and Congress worked together at the beginning of the pandemic, when uncertainty was rampant and much of the economy was locked down, to deliver “much needed relief as fast as we could to help save as many jobs as we could” and prevent the economy from crashing.
Scalise, R-La., said Democrats are undermining the successes, and he asked why the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis wasn’t looking into the enhanced unemployment insurance program that was plagued by “egregious and unprecedented fraud” and is a “leading contributor” to the high inflation rates.
“I hope that in our oversight of pandemic programs, my Democratic colleagues will be able to recognize the difference between what was needed to save the economy during an unprecedented pandemic versus pushing a partisan, inflation-inducing agenda,” he said.
Clyburn, of South Carolina, said the subcommittee will determine what more must be done to bring perpetrators of fraud to justice and how to protect future emergency programs.
Clyburn said he supports extending the statute of limitations for this kind of fraud case to give investigators more time to untangle complex potential crimes. Witnesses at the hearing suggested standardizing the data collected by states to make it easier for federal authorities to spot possibly fraudulent patterns.
The SBA’s Office of the Inspector General has estimated that at least $80 billion distributed from the $400 billion EIDL program could have been fraudulent, much of it in scams using stolen identities. Separately, staff for the select subcommittee on Tuesday issued a report that found that some 1.6 million applications for the loans may have been approved without being evaluated.
The subcommittee’s staff found that those loans were approved in batches of up to 500 applications at a time. Applications were allowed to move through even if they had certain red flags for fraud — such as international client locations or phone numbers not associated with the business or the owner — so long as they weren’t too many of them. The process meant that while software analyzed the applications, they were not even opened by officials before being greenlighted for funding.
The SBA’s inspector general, Hannibal “Mike” Ware, said initially there was a huge struggle at the agency about the “need for speed versus the need for controls.” He said he was “screaming” about the need for fraud controls. He said the most concerning thing was self-certification, which meant applicants could say they had a business or a certain number of employees and get money.
The subcommittee hearing also tackled broader fraud concerns with the flood of pandemic aid from multiple federal government programs for states, local governments, businesses and the unemployed. The $5 trillion in total aid, delivered in a series of bills signed by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden, have come with numerous complications.
Fraud overwhelmed enhanced unemployment insurance programs funded by the federal government and administered by the states. There was so much aid to governments that many struggled to find a way to spend it all under the original regulations. And there have been questions about whether the Paycheck Protection Program to keep employees working was worth it.
The Secret Service said in December that nearly $100 billion has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs, basing that estimate on its cases and data from the Labor Department and the Small Business Administration. The White House downplayed the estimate, saying it was based on old reports.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency may have been double-billed for the funerals of hundreds of people who died of COVID-19, the Government Accountability Office said in April. States and cities continue to be slow to spend their pandemic relief money.
The select subcommittee said Tuesday that more than $10 billion allocated under two massive business loan programs has been returned because of investigations and bank actions. Federal prosecutors have charged nearly 1,500 people with crimes related to fraud against the government over the business loans and enhanced unemployment insurance programs.
The government’s Pandemic Response Accountability Committee says inspectors general for various federal agencies have at least 1,150 ongoing investigations into fraud from the different aid funds. Officials say it could take years to untangle all the problems.
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McDermott reported from Providence, Rhode Island, and Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
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Janet McGowan and Steven Roof both live in the town of Amherst, Mass., and they have a lot in common.
They live on the same road, in old houses built amid rolling farmland and maple and birch trees. Both care deeply about the environment and understand that climate change poses a profound threat to people and ecosystems. But they are split over how their community should rein in the emissions making the planet hotter.
Amherst is writing its bylaws for where and how to locate solar projects in the town, and McGowan, a mediator and lawyer who is on the working group to help write those bylaws, has concerns. McGowan says she isn't anti-solar, but like many other residents, she worries about the town's farmland and forests getting converted into solar projects. "To me, it just seems viscerally wrong and counterintuitive," she says. "It just seems really odd to me to cut down a forest to put up a solar facility."
Roof is overcome with a different worry. A professor of earth and environmental science at Hampshire College, he travels with students to the Arctic to study the effects of global warming. He worries that local fears about conserving farms and forests could lead Amherst to enact overly restrictive regulations that limit the town's role in tackling climate change.
"We're at a tipping point," Roof says. "If we don't turn to renewable energy and stop burning fossil fuels, in 10 or 15 years our ecosystems are going to be ravaged from climate change, and there's going to be much greater costs."
McGowan and Roof are like lots of neighbors across the U.S. who are increasingly at odds over where to locate larger solar projects. Sometimes these disagreements are between people who deny climate science and those who accept that human-caused climate change is happening. But these days, the disputes are often between people like McGowan and Roof, who both accept climate science. "It's environmentalist versus environmentalist," McGowan says.
For some people, addressing climate change is paramount, and building large renewable energy projects is worth certain trade-offs because of the greater harms that loom if our grid continues to be dominated by planet-heating fossil fuels. For others, conserving land, habitats or biodiversity is their core value, and they push for larger renewable projects to be built somewhere else.
A new report from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University identified more than a dozen solar projects that encountered opposition from local conservation groups and environmentalists. Many projects were ultimately delayed, canceled or significantly reduced in size as a result.
The sometimes-difficult choices over solar stem from the fact that society has delayed climate action too long to save everything we want to save, says Michael Gerrard, environmental law professor at Columbia University. While some disagreements between neighbors over what to conserve are inevitable, he says these conflicts can delay renewable energy projects just as climate science demands their urgent adoption.
"There's some very tough trade-offs that have to be involved," Gerrard says. "We are now in the midst of the sixth extinction in geologic time. It's going to get much worse as the climate worsens. If we don't act in a very strong way, we're going to lose far more species. We have to make some sacrifices now in order to avoid far greater losses in the years and decades to come."
Conservationists worry about maintaining the integrity of habitats
Among conservationists in Amherst there isn't a lot of disagreement that the climate emergency is real, says Stephanie Ciccarello, sustainability director for the town. "Everybody seems to be on the same page that yes, climate change is an issue. It's an emergency. We have to do something to address it. But at the same time, how we get to that point, there's some — maybe, I would say — differing opinions," Ciccarello says.
The town of Amherst has a goal of carbon neutrality, or getting planet-heating emissions to zero, by 2050. That will require renewables, including solar, but the question is where. Proposals for large solar, especially near homes, have historically faced opposition in Amherst, Ciccarello says. In 2016, a solar array on top of a landfill got scrapped because it was identified as being a habitat of the endangered grasshopper sparrow. Ultimately, the town built a solar array on a different landfill, but it took seven years.
Today, people in the town still worry about solar disturbing habitats for local animals, and recreation areas, says longtime resident Rob Kusner, professor of mathematics at UMass Amherst who considers himself a conservationist. "One can find oneself in a forest without anyone else around other than moose and deer and the sounds of birds," he says. "The top concern is [solar] interrupts the integrity of the forest."
Amherst already permanently conserves about 30% of its forest, agricultural and open space lands. The town's Energy & Climate Action Committee estimates the amount of land needed for solar on the ground would be comparatively small — about 1%-2% of the town's total land area.
Kusner also fears that solar built in the town's forests could cause erosion and contaminate drinking water supplies. He points to a nearby town, Williamsburg, Mass., where a solar developer paid more than $1 million to settle allegations that it damaged local wetlands and polluted part of a river when constructing a solar project in 2018. That project was built on a former sand and gravel pit.
But most U.S. solar projects in forested areas do not cause erosion and pollution to the water supply, says Jordan Macknick, lead energy-water-land analyst for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a research organization primarily funded by the Department of Energy. "Most solar projects that are going to be built are not going to be on those steep hillsides. They're not going to be on former sand and gravel pits, which might be a little bit more vulnerable," Macknick says.
He adds: "We haven't seen this happening even in other projects that we've seen developed near wetlands or on wetlands. Or even projects that have been developed on former forest land."
Debating how trees and solar reduce planet-heating emissions
McGowan also worries about cutting down forests, because trees store carbon. "It's holding carbon in the wood, but also there's a ton of carbon being held in the soil, in the ground, and they're not even sure how much is in the roots," she says.
But when it comes to reducing net greenhouse gas emissions, solar typically reduces more emissions than forests, according to Jonathan Thompson, research director at Harvard Forest, a department of Harvard University.
The town of Amherst recently invited Thompson to a Zoom meeting to talk about the benefits of solar compared to forests, and forests compared to solar. Thompson told the group that forests provide key benefits for biodiversity, water systems and recreation. But to the surprise of some in the meeting, Ciccarello says, the forest ecologist gave strong arguments in favor of solar, strictly from an emissions-reduction perspective. That's because putting solar on the grid can displace fossil fuel plants that often make more emissions than forests can absorb and store.
Conservationists often want rooftop solar. Will that be enough?
Many community members in Amherst who favor conservation say they don't oppose solar. But they want it on residential and commercial rooftops and parking lots, arguing that these spaces have already been taken out of use as fields and forests.
"I would think most people would instinctively think that you'd put it on the built environment first, and then reach for the farms and the forest second or last," McGowan says. "To cut it all down to put up a solar array makes zero sense to me when you can just put it over Target."
But while rooftop solar will be part of the climate solution, it will not be enough to meet clean energy needs going forward, says Jesse Jenkins, professor of engineering at Princeton University who has studied scenarios to reduce emissions. He says for the U.S. to reach its climate goals, the country will need to take lots of land out of commission — at least temporarily — for new solar projects.
That's because the country isn't just going to need renewables to replace fossil fuel power from coal and gas plants. The energy transition is going to mean a lot more new demand for electricity — because of the growing adoption of things like electric vehicles instead of combustion cars, and electric heat pumps instead of gas furnaces, Jenkins says. "What our research shows is that we need to be deploying tens of gigawatts of new solar every year for the next few years, scaling up to hundreds of gigawatts by 2030," he says. "We're not going to get there with rooftops alone."
(A gigawatt is enough electricity to power about 750,000 homes, according to the Energy Information Administration.)
Another obstacle for rooftop solar is cost. Solar power created from rooftops or parking lot canopies is often a lot more expensive than power from the kind of larger solar projects on the ground that towns like Amherst are considering, says Dwayne Breger, director of the Clean Energy Extension at UMass Amherst and, along with McGowan, a member of the group writing the town's solar bylaws. (He's also on the town's Energy & Climate Action Committee, along with Roof.)
According to a recent report from the financial services firm Lazard, installing and operating residential rooftop solar can be about 70% more costly than community and commercial scale solar because of factors like economies of scale and a lower ability to orient the panels toward the sun.
Because solar has a much larger land footprint than fossil fuel plants and because of projections of greater electricity demand, Breger thinks his community needs to realize the energy transition will require more land for solar. "People don't really have a good grasp of how big that is," he says.
"In my mind, quote-unquote 'sacrificing' a small percentage of our open land to solar is a small price to pay for contributing what we — the town, the commonwealth and the nation, the world — need to address climate change."
Engaging conservationists early on can sometimes work
Whether the U.S. reaches its climate goals could come down to places like Amherst, where environmentalists don't always agree on how to deploy renewables. Jason Albritton, program director for North America climate change mitigation at the Nature Conservancy, a conservation nonprofit, says it is possible to have better outcomes for potential land conflicts by engaging conservationists early on, and trying to reduce the overall footprint of renewable projects.
In a recent study, the Nature Conservancy found that one solution for reducing land impacts is "agrivoltaics," or solar projects that are elevated high enough to allow for working farmland or animal grazing underneath the panels. Developers can also plant pollinator-friendly flowers under solar panels to help endangered bee populations.
Albritton says his study calls for more community engagement, especially with conservationists. Without that buy-in, he says, "we just won't reach our climate goals."
In Amherst, the town recently completed a survey to get the community's thoughts and perspectives on solar. About 90% of the over 500 respondents ranked putting solar on parking lot canopies or rooftops as their top choices for solar development. More than a quarter of respondents wrote that conserving forest was one of their top concerns; about a fifth said conserving farmlands was one of their top concerns.
Breger takes some comfort in the fact that last year the town council considered a moratorium on all solar development, but voted against it. Instead, Amherst decided to make new solar bylaws and a map outlining where solar can go. Breger and McGowan say they hope to have the drafts of the bylaws done by the end of the summer.
Breger hopes the town will not write severely restrictive regulations like some neighboring communities. "We want to be careful with our solar development," he says, "but not be over restrictive. We want to address our climate emergency."
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — An Connecticut police officer will not be charged for fatally shooting a female black bear outside his Newtown home while off duty in May.
The state's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) said in a news release issued Friday that it did not find sufficient evidence to bring charges against the man, who was suspended from the police department in nearby Ridgefield after the May 12 shooting, but has since been reinstated.
“The investigation determined that the homeowner had numerous encounters with the same bear over multiple days that caused him to fear for the safety of his family, for himself, and for his livestock,” the DEEP said.
DEEP officials said they determined the bear had lost its fear of people and learned to associate humans with sources of food.
The bear, known as Bobbi to local residents, was captured, tagged and relocated on two separate occasions in 2017. In subsequent years, it had more than 175 documented human interactions, most occurring in the Southbury, Redding and Newtown areas, according to the DEEP.
The shooting orphaned two cubs, who were captured a week after the shooting and sent to a wildlife rehabilitation facility in New Hampshire.
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BRISTOL, England, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Imperial Brands Finance PLC (the "Offeror") announces today an offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding U.S.$1,000,000,000 3.500% Notes due 2023 (the "Securities"), issued by the Offeror and guaranteed by Imperial Brands PLC (formerly known as Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, the "Parent Guarantor", and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") and Imperial Tobacco Limited (together with the Parent Guarantor, the "Guarantors"), for cash (the "Offer"). The terms and conditions of the Offer are described in an offer to purchase dated July 20, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this announcement have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Offer to Purchase.
Holders are advised to read carefully the Offer to Purchase for full details of, and information on the procedures for participating in, the Offer.
The following table sets forth certain information relating to pricing for the Offer.
The Offeror is making the Offer as part of a refinancing of certain of its existing debt. The Offer, together with the proposed concurrent offering of one or more series of debt securities, is intended to extend the Offeror's debt maturity profile. Securities purchased in the Offer will be retired and cancelled.
The Offeror will pay a purchase price of U.S.$1,000.50 (the "Purchase Price") per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Deadline (including those validly tendered in accordance with the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures) and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer.
In addition to the payment of the Purchase Price, each Holder whose Securities are validly tendered and delivered (and not validly withdrawn) (including those validly tendered in accordance with the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures) and accepted for purchase will also be paid Accrued Interest equal to interest accrued and unpaid on the Securities from (and including) the immediately preceding interest payment date for the Securities to (but excluding) the Settlement Date.
Accrued Interest will cease to accrue on the Settlement Date, and (in the case of Securities for which the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures are used) no additional accrued interest will be paid in respect of the period from the Settlement Date to the Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date.
The Purchase Price and the Accrued Interest for the Securities validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in the Offer will be paid on the Settlement Date or the Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date, as applicable (subject to any postponement of the applicable Settlement Date or the Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date, as applicable, as described in the Offer to Purchase).
The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum amount of Securities being tendered.
The Offeror's obligation to accept and pay for Securities in the Offer is, however, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions described in "Terms and Conditions of the Offer—Conditions of the Offer" of the Offer to Purchase, including the condition that the Offeror shall have completed prior to the Expiration Deadline an offering of one or more series of debt securities, on terms and subject to conditions satisfactory to the Offeror in its sole discretion (collectively, the "Financing Condition"), contained in the Offer to Purchase. Subject to applicable securities laws and the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, the Offeror reserves the right, with respect to the Offer made by it, (i) to waive or modify in whole or in part any and all conditions to the Offer, (ii) to extend the Withdrawal Deadline or the Expiration Deadline, (iii) to modify or terminate the Offer or (iv) to otherwise amend the Offer in any respect.
Announcements in connection with the Offer will be made by the delivery of a press release to a widely disseminated news or wire service. Copies of all announcements, notices and press releases will be available from the Information & Depositary Agent. All documentation relating to the Offer, together with any updates, will also be available on the Offer website (https://www.gbsc-usa.com/imperial/) operated by the Information & Depositary Agent for the purpose of the Offer.
A tender of Securities for purchase pursuant to the Offer should be made by the submission of a valid Tender Instruction. If any Holder wishes to tender its Securities but such Holder cannot comply with the procedures for the submission of a valid Tender Instruction prior to the Expiration Deadline, such Holder may tender its Securities according to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures, as set out in the Offer to Purchase.
The following timetable sets out the expected dates and times of the key events relating to the Offer. This is an indicative timetable and is subject to change.
The above dates and times are subject, where applicable, to the right of the Offeror to extend, re-open, amend, and/or terminate the Offer, subject to applicable securities laws and the terms set within the Offer to Purchase. Holders of Securities are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or other intermediary through which they hold Securities when such intermediary would require to receive instructions to participate in, or withdraw their instruction to participate in, the Offer before the deadlines set out above.
Holders of Securities are advised to read carefully the Offer to Purchase for full details of and information on the procedures for participating in the Offer.
Holders of Securities may access the Offer to Purchase and the form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery at https://www.gbsc-usa.com/imperial/.
Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the Offer may be directed to the Dealer Managers:
Questions and requests for assistance in connection with the tender of Securities including requests for a copy of the Offer to Purchase may be directed to:
This press release is neither an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Securities or any other securities. The Offeror is making the Offer only by, and pursuant to, the terms of the Offer to Purchase. The Offer is not being made in any jurisdiction in which the making of or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities laws, blue sky laws or other laws of such jurisdiction. None of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers or the Information & Depositary Agent is making any recommendation as to whether Holders should tender or refrain from tendering their Securities in response to the Offer or how much they should tender. Each Holder must make his, her or its own decision as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering Securities and, if a Holder determines to tender, as to how many Securities to tender.
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. If any Holder is in any doubt as to the contents of the Offer to Purchase or the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own legal, accounting and financial advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, from its broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Securities are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee must contact such entity if it wishes to tender such Securities pursuant to the Offer.
This announcement is released by the Offeror and contains information that qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the EUWA ("UK MAR"), encompassing information relating to the Offer described above. For the purposes of UK MAR and Article 2 of the binding technical standards published by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to MAR as regards Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Matthew Slade, Director of the Offeror.
This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the Offeror's intent, beliefs or current expectations about the future and can be recognized by the use of words such as "expects," "will," "anticipate," or words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of any future performance and are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of the senior management of the Offeror and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. As a consequence, these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in the forward-looking statements, which include, without limitation, the risk factors set forth in the Offer to Purchase. The Offeror cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although they believe they have been prudent in their respective plans and assumptions. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may prove to be inaccurate. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. The Offeror undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by applicable law.
This announcement and the Offer to Purchase do not constitute an offer or an invitation to participate in the Offer in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such offer or invitation or for there to be such participation under applicable laws. The distribution of this announcement and the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement or the Offer to Purchase comes are required by each of the Offeror, the Dealer Managers and the Information & Depositary Agent to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.
The communication of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Offer are not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, persons in the United Kingdom other than (i) to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined by Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 ("Financial Promotion Order")), (ii) to those persons falling within Article 43(2) of the Financial Promotion Order, or (iii) to any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order.
In the EEA, the Offer will not, directly or indirectly, be made to, or for the account of, any person other than to qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation. None of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documentation or material relating to the Offer has been or will be submitted to a competent authority in the EEA for approval. Therefore, none of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documentation or material relating to the Offer qualifies as an approved prospectus as meant in Article 6 of the Prospectus Regulation.
With regard to the EEA, this announcement and the Offer to Purchase have been transmitted only for personal use by the aforementioned qualified investors and only for the purpose of the Offer. Accordingly, the information contained in this announcement and the Offer to Purchase may not be used for any other purpose or be transmitted to any other person in the EEA.
None of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offer have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Financial Services and Markets Authority (Autorité des services et marchés financiers / Autoriteit voor financiële diensten en markten) and, accordingly, the Offer may not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of April 1, 2007 on public takeover bids as amended or replaced from time to time. Accordingly, the Offer may not be advertised and the Offer will not be extended, and none of this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offer (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) have been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than "qualified investors" in the sense of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation, acting on their own account. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase have been issued only for the personal use of the above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Offer. Accordingly, the information contained in this announcement and the Offer to Purchase may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.
This announcement, the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or offering materials relating to the Offer may not be distributed in the Republic of France except to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) as defined in Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase have not been and will not be submitted for clearance to the Autorité des marchés financiers.
None of the Offer, this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any other documents or materials relating to the Offer has been or will be submitted to the clearance procedure of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB"), pursuant to applicable Italian laws and regulations. The Offer is being carried out in the Republic of Italy ("Italy") as an exempted offer pursuant to article 101- bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of February 24, 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended (the "Issuers' Regulation"). The Offer is also being carried out in compliance with article 35-bis, paragraph 7 of the Issuers' Regulation. Holders or beneficial owners of the Securities that are located in Italy can tender the Securities through authorized persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 20307 of February 15, 2018, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority.
The Offer does not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell Securities in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and any of the Dealer Managers or, where the context so requires, any of their respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of the Offeror by such Dealer Manager or affiliate (as the case may be) in such jurisdiction.
Each Holder participating in the Offer will be deemed to give certain representations in respect of the jurisdictions referred to above and generally as set out in "Procedures for Participating in the Offer" in the Offer to Purchase. Any tender of Securities for purchase pursuant to the Offer from a Holder that is unable to make these representations may be rejected. Each of the Offeror, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers and the Information & Depositary Agent reserves the right, in their absolute discretion, to investigate, in relation to any tender of Securities for purchase pursuant to an Offer, whether any such representation given by a Holder is correct and, if such investigation is undertaken and as a result the Offeror determines (for any reason) that such representation is not correct, such tender may be rejected.
Please see the Offer to Purchase for certain other important information on offer restrictions applicable to the Tender Offer.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured the fiercely contested salt-mining town of Soledar in what would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin after a series of setbacks in its war in Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities said the fight for the town continued.
Moscow has painted the battles for Soledar and nearby Bakhmut as key to capturing the entire eastern region of the Donbas — and also as a way to grind down the best Ukrainian forces and prevent them from launching counterattacks elsewhere. But that cuts both ways, and Ukraine has said its fierce defense of the eastern strongholds has helped tie up Russian forces.
Western officials and analysts say the two towns’ importance after months of bloody fighting is more symbolic than strategic.
Since its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Moscow has prioritized taking full control of the Donbas — a region made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, where it has backed a separatist insurgency since 2014. Russia has seized most of Luhansk, but about half of Donetsk remains under Ukraine’s control.
There have repeatedly been conflicting reports over who controls Soledar. The Associated Press could not independently confirm either side’s claim.
“The liberation of the town of Soledar was completed in the evening of Jan. 12,” said Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman, calling the development “important for the continuation of offensive operations in the Donetsk region.”
Taking control of the town would allow Russian forces to cut supply lines to Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, and then “block and encircle the Ukrainian units there,” Konashenkov said.
But Serhii Cherevaty, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army in the east, denied the town had fallen, telling the AP “there are still Ukrainian units in Soledar.”
And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Friday, “The tough battle for Donetsk continues. The battle for Bakhmut and Soledar, for Kreminna, for other towns and villages in the east of our state continues.”
Zelenskyy told the Lithuanian parliament earlier in the day that Kyiv did not intend to give any “breathing space” to Russian forces, and that the coming months will be “decisive” for Ukraine’s fight to defend itself.
The Institute for the Study of War, a think tank in Washington, said the fall of Soledar wouldn’t mark “an operationally significant development and is unlikely to presage an imminent Russian encirclement of Bakhmut.”
The institute said Russian information operations have “overexaggerated the importance of Soledar,” a small settlement. And it argued that the long and difficult battle has contributed to the exhaustion of Russian forces.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Thursday also downplayed the significance of potential Russian gains in the area.
“Even if both Bakhmut and Soledar fall to the Russians … it’s not going to have a strategic impact on the war itself,” Kirby said. “And it certainly isn’t going to stop the Ukrainians or slow them down in terms of their efforts to regain their territory.”
Just hours before Russia’s claim, Ukraine reported there had been a heavy night of fighting. In a Telegram post early Friday, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, Hanna Maliar, said Moscow “had sent almost all (its) main forces” to secure a victory in the east.
“This is a difficult stage of the war, but we will win,” Maliar added.
A Ukrainian officer, who asked for anonymity for security reasons, previously told the AP that in the battle for Soledar, the Russians have sent a first wave of soldiers, including many from the private Russian military contractor Wagner Group, who take heavy casualties but exhaust the Ukrainian defenders. Then the Russians have sent in another wave of highly trained soldiers, paratroopers or special forces, the officer said.
Konashenkov said the storming of Soledar became possible thanks to massive air and artillery strikes and airborne troops’ maneuvers to envelop the city. He didn’t mention the Wagner Group, which previously took credit for capturing Soledar. There have been signs of tensions between the army and the Wagner Group, led by millionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin.
After Prigozhin angrily accused the Defense Ministry of “constantly trying to steal Wagner’s victory,” the Defense Ministry changed course and acknowledged the group’s ”courageous and selfless action” to capture Soledar.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian central security agency announced Friday that it is holding counter-sabotage exercises along a section of the border with Belarus. The move comes amidst heightened concern about Belarus’ possible involvement in the war. The country has provided a base for about 10,000 Russian soldiers, and the two countries are to conduct joint military air exercises next week.
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Don't cry for Opportunity, Spirit, Messenger, Cassini or Rosetta. Their final images may feel heartbreaking, but they're testaments to ingenuity, daring and perseverance. These spacecraft and rovers led fascinating lives and enriched our understanding of the universe.
NASA expects this InSight selfie from April 24, 2022 to be the lander's last. With dust coating its solar panels, the Mars emissary is entering its final days. NASA turned off instruments to save power and to prioritize the work of the marsquake-finding seismometer. InSight had a good run after landing in 2018 and discovering new information about the interior of Mars.
Before we get to the final image snapped by NASA's asteroid-smacking DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft, it's worth it to linger on its penultimate image. DART, a planetary defense mission, smashed into the moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022 in an effort to nudge the moonlet's orbit around larger asteroid Didymos.
DART's camera captured the view as it plunged to its doom. This was its last complete image. Stay tuned for its true final view.
DART's truly final image before it struck the surface of asteroid moonlet Dimorphos was this truncated view of the rocky surface. This look came from roughly 4 miles (6 kilometers) away and a mere second before impact. The spacecraft only sent back a partial picture. The DART mission was a success as the spacecraft's sacrifice made a notable change in the moonlet's orbit. The same concept might one day be applied to an asteroid that threatens Earth.
Beresheet, the first privately funded spacecraft to reach moon orbit, didn't make it safely down to the lunar surface during its landing operation in early 2019. Before it crashed, it took this last look at the craters below from a distance of just over 9 miles (15 kilometers). SpaceIL, the Israeli nonprofit behind Beresheet, said it'll try again with the Beresheet 2 mission.
This composite image reveals the final view from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. Kepler ran out of fuel in 2018 and went into a permanent sleep mode. It had a good run, launching in 2009 and providing nearly a decade of space discoveries. The missing tiles are due to parts of the camera that failed.
This might look like static, but it's actually the last Mars image sent back by NASA's dearly departed Opportunity rover. The plucky and likable rover reached the end of its mission after a massive dust storm blotted out its solar panels in 2018. NASA declared it officially dead in early 2019.
While Opportunity's final image wasn't much to look at, the rover also gifted us with this stunning panorama view of its home away from home in Perseverance Valley on Mars. The panorama brings together 354 images captured by the rover's camera between May and June 2018.
Opportunity's sibling rover Spirit didn't last as long as its friend. Spirit got stuck in the dirt on Mars and ran out of power. NASA gave up on attempts to contact Spirit in early 2011. This farewell panorama shows a view of the Gusev Crater from February 2010.
Elon Musk sent his personal Tesla roadster into space aboard the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in early 2018. We got to enjoy a live view of the car and its mannequin pilot Starman heading into space. The feed cut off after four hours of footage, leaving us with this last look over Starman's shoulder into the pitch black beyond.
NASA's Messenger spacecraft sent back its last glance at Mercury on April 30, 2015. Messenger outlived its original one-year mission and spent over four years studying the planet. The spacecraft went out with a bang by crashing into Mercury's surface. Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn was a triumph, but it came to an expected end in late 2017 when the spacecraft destroyed itself in the planet's atmosphere. On the way to its planned demise, it sent back this view of Saturn from a distance of 394,000 miles (634,000 kilometers) away.
The two images show a monochrome and a natural-color version of the last picture.
Cassini's actual last view of Saturn might not be much of a looker, but the NASA spacecraft's final full mosaic of the ringed planet has plenty of wow factor. The natural-color mosaic is made up of 42 Cassini images. The shot also includes six of Saturn's moons, though they're hard to spot.
This fuzzy close-up of a rocky landscape was an unexpected bonus from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, which landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Sept. 30, 2016. Scientists analyzed the spacecraft's last data sent back before impact and reconstructed this image of the comet's rocky surface.
This might resemble Earth's moon, but it's actually a view of dwarf planet Ceres and a landmark feature called Ahuna Mons. This was one of the final images sent back by NASA's Dawn spacecraft before completing its mission in late 2018. Dawn ran out of fuel, but left behind a legacy of exploration that gave us close looks at Ceres and the asteroid Vesta.
Space shuttle Atlantis touched down after its final mission in July 2011. This image comes from a sequence of landing shots and shows the shuttle's drag chute that was used to slow it down. This touchdown also marked the end of NASA's iconic space shuttle program.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft isn't dead. It's still out exploring the cosmos far from home. In 1990, NASA instructed Voyager 1 to capture a solar system family portrait for its final imaging assignment. It's hard to see, but Earth appears in this image as a small speck. The mosaic is made up of 60 frames taken at a distance of over 4 billion miles from Earth.
Voyager 1 launched in 1977. It's no longer sending back pictures, but it and its sibling, Voyager 2, are visiting interstellar space.
NASA's NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) Shoemaker spacecraft launched in 1996 on a mission to study asteroid 433 Eros up close. In early 2001, NEAR descended to the surface of Eros, sending back some final images along the way. This last look is a rocky view of the landing site, while the streaks are the result of signal loss during transmission.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Rescue operations at a coal mine in central Colombia that collapsed earlier this week ended Thursday and officials said the accident had left 21 workers dead.
The mine near the town of Sutatausa collapsed late Tuesday following an explosion that blocked several of its entrances. Rescue teams worked nonstop for more than 30 hours to find survivors and retrieve bodies.
Nicolás García, the governor of Cundinamarca province, said nine workers survived the accident and had been released from hospital, while the relatives of miners who were killed were receiving psychological support. Officials said all of the workers who were at the mine at the time of the accident had been accounted for.
Colombian Minister of Mines Irene Velez said Thursday that the explosion was caused by methane inside the mine. She said the complex would remain closed until officials investigate how the explosion occurred.
Mining accidents are common in Colombia, particularly in coal and gold mines. Last year 117 accidents were registered at mines throughout the country by the National Mining Agency, which says that 146 workers were killed in those incidents.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday setting the path to sanction individuals involved in the recent violence in Sudan that’s left hundreds dead and thrown the African nation into chaos.
Biden said in a statement that his order will “hold individuals responsible for threatening the peace, security, and stability of Sudan; undermining Sudan’s democratic transition; using violence against civilians; or committing serious human rights abuses.”
The president said the violence taking place in Sudan is “a tragedy — and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s clear demand for civilian government and a transition to democracy.”
Sudan’s fighting broke out April 15 between two commanders who just 18 months earlier jointly orchestrated a military coup to derail the nation’s transition to democracy.
The power struggle between the armed forces chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has millions of Sudanese cowering inside their homes and has already displaced hundreds of thousands.
“I join the peace-loving people of Sudan and leaders around the world in calling for a durable ceasefire between the belligerent parties,” Biden said.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the Biden administration had not settled on whether sanctions will be issued against the warring generals.
“I wouldn’t read it as a warning,” Kirby said of the executive order. “It’s the president setting up the proper authorities in case we want to use those kinds of tools.”
He said the administration and the Sudanese people want the generals to “put down their arms, stop fighting, get back to the table to to work on a transition to civilian authority.”
Several countries have been racing to evacuate their citizens from the troubled nation though millions remain there amid a fragile ceasefire.
The United Nations warned on Wednesday that the country’s people are “facing a humanitarian catastrophe.”
The conflict has killed at least 550 people, including civilians, and wounded more than 4,900. At least 334,000 people have been displaced inside Sudan and tens of thousands more to neighboring countries Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia, according to U.N. agencies.
Thousands of U.N. workers were evacuated a week into the fighting, and some U.N. agencies paused their services. The World Food Program suspended operations after three of its workers were killed in fighting in southern Sudan, but the agency has since said it will resume its work.
The fighting has included unprecedented urban warfare in the capital, Khartoum.
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Power in a North Carolina county has finally been restored after thousands of residents in Moore County were without it when two power substations were damaged by gunfire Saturday evening.
According to poweroutage.us, no Duke Energy customer is without power as of 11 a.m. Thursday. At its peak, more than 45,000 customers were without power, the power company said in a news release Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Duke Energy said in a news release that crews worked 24-hour shifts to repair the equipment damaged at the substations and hoped to have had all customers' power restored by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said in a press conference Sunday that the outages began just after 7 p.m. Saturday after someone pulled up and opened fire on the substations, the Associated Press reported.
According to an FBI notice, the agency was seeking information about the incident at substations about 10 miles apart in West End and Carthage.
A motive or what kind of gun was used has not been released, the Associated Press reported.
The outages also affected schools, which were closed through Thursday.
The Moore County School District announced on its Facebook page that it would announce Thursday by 4 p.m. if schools would remain closed on Friday.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Used aircraft values continued rising in September as inventory levels exhibited an ongoing recovery, according to the latest Sandhills Global aviation industry market reports covering pre-owned turboprop, piston, and jet aircraft in Sandhills marketplaces. "Aircraft market segments continue to show strength despite a weakening economic outlook," says Controller Department Manager Brant Washburn. This trend is exemplified by the used turboprop segment, in which asking values in September exceeded recent highs posted in May. The extended run of inventory increases, meanwhile, follows historic lows reached in early 2022.
Sandhills' aviation products include Controller, Controller EMEA, Executive Controller, Charter Hub, AviationTrader, Aircraft Cost Calculator, and AircraftEvaluator. AircraftEvaluator is Sandhills' proprietary asset valuation tool for all types of aircraft, built using the same technology behind FleetEvaluator. Widely used and trusted across equipment, truck, and trailer industries, FleetEvaluator identifies asset values with unparalleled accuracy.
The key metric used in all of Sandhills' market reports is the Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI). Buyers and sellers can use the information in Sandhills EVI to monitor equipment markets and maximize returns on acquisition, liquidation, and related business decisions.
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This report includes detailed analysis of asking values and inventory trends in used aircraft markets along with charts that help readers visualize the data. It describes and quantifies important trends in the buying and selling of used piston single, turboprop, and jet aircraft.
U.S. and Canada Used Turboprop Aircraft
- Inventory of turboprop aircraft has now increased for seven consecutive months, typically increasing 5% to 10% each month.
- In September, used turboprop aircraft inventory increased 4.3% month-to-month but remains lower than last year, down 30.4% year-over-year.
- Turboprop aircraft asking values reached new highs in September. Asking EVI increased 3.5% M/M and 33% YOY.
Global Used Jet Aircraft
- In September, used jet inventory levels increased 3.7% M/M, marking eight consecutive months of increases. Inventory was up 14% YOY.
- Asking values for used jet aircraft this September approached, but did not quite exceed, May 2022 highs. Asking EVI increased 3.4% M/M and 22.4% YOY.
U.S. and Canada Used Piston Single Aircraft
- Piston single aircraft asking values and inventory levels held steady in September.
- Used inventory decreased 3.1% M/M and increased 33% YOY, while asking EVI decreased 0.4% M/M and increased 15.8% YOY.
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The Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI) is a principal gauge of the estimated market values of used assets—both currently and over time—across the construction, agricultural, commercial trucking, and aviation industries represented by Sandhills Global marketplaces, including Controller.com, AuctionTime.com, TractorHouse.com, MachineryTrader.com, TruckPaper.com, and other industry-specific equipment platforms. Powered by FleetEvaluator and AircraftEvaluator, Sandhills' proprietary asset valuation tools, Sandhills EVI provides useful insights into the ever-changing supply-and-demand conditions for each industry.
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A new report suggests ways Providence, Rhode Island, can atone for its extensive ties to the transatlantic slave trade and centuries of racism and discrimination by, among other things, establishing home repair funds, launching financial literacy programs and boosting aid to Black and Indigenous organizations.
The report, issued Monday by the Providence Municipal Reparations Commission, notably doesn’t recommend giving out direct payments to Black and Native American residents, as some had called for.
Instead, it defines “reparations” as efforts that close the “present-day racial wealth and equity gaps,” and outlines 11 areas for the city to focus its reparations work, including criminal justice reform, neighborhood development, health equity and improving educational and cultural opportunities.
Providence’s reparations effort was launched the same year Rhode Island voters approved a ballot referendum getting rid of the words “and Providence Plantations” from the state’s formal name because of its slavery connotations.
The new report suggests creating a dedicated fund to support residents impacted by urban renewal policies that displaced and negatively impacted communities of color. It also calls for forgiving certain municipal court debts; ending police use of so-called “no-knock” warrants; decriminalizing consumption of alcohol in public; and creating a school curriculum based on the city’s research into its racist and discriminatory policies.
But the report doesn’t suggest how much money should be spent on the many specific initiatives it lists, or which should take priority over others. Mayor Jorge Elorza, who launched the reparations effort two summers ago and is leaving office at the end of the year, is expected to address next steps in the process Thursday, including how he proposes to spend $10 million in federal coronavirus pandemic funds the city has specifically earmarked for reparations-related work.
The report recommends limiting eligibility for reparations-related efforts to those with Indigenous heritage or ancestors originating from sub-Saharan Africa, residents of neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, and low income households earning less than 50% of the area median income.
Rodney Davis, chair of the commission, said in a statement that he hopes the report helps advance new city policies and programs and inspires outside institutions to also get involved.
“Our recommendations are centered on the objective of moving people, institutions, and businesses in a similar direction towards universal equity,” he said.
Last year, Elorza's administration released a historical report tracing the city’s racist and discriminatory practices and their legacy, from colonial through modern times. The reparations commission has been meeting since the spring with members appointed by the mayor and city council.
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Company recognized for footprint, scalability, and innovation of its solutions that help businesses acquire the qualified contingent talent they need.
ATLANTA, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global talent solutions provider Randstad Sourceright today announced that it has been named a "Leader" in five categories of NelsonHall's "NEAT vendor evaluation for contingent workforce services (CWS) and managed service program (MSP)."
Randstad Sourceright was recognized as a Leader in the Overall, Geographic Footprint & Scalability, Services Procurement/SOW, Services Innovation and Technology Innovation categories, highlighting the strength of its CWS and MSP solutions in helping businesses optimize their use of contingent workers to meet key strategic goals.
"As more businesses turn to contingent talent to remain agile in today's complex talent landscape and address areas of critical skills shortages, Randstad Sourceright is pleased to deliver data-driven contingent workforce solutions that help them make well-informed decisions on how to get work done by attracting flexible talent with the right capabilities, in the right locations, in the right modes of employment and at the right cost," said Michael Smith, global CEO of Randstad Sourceright. "We are honored that we have been named a Leader for our CWS and MSP solutions by NelsonHall. Such recognition validates the hard work the team puts into developing these offerings, while encouraging us to continue driving innovation across the holistic talent ecosystem."
NelsonHall's Evaluation & Assessment Tool (NEAT) is a method by which strategic sourcing managers can evaluate outsourcing vendors and is part of NelsonHall's Speed-to-Source initiative. The NEAT tool sits at the front-end of the vendor screening process and consists of a two-axis model: assessing vendors against their 'ability to deliver immediate benefit' to buy-side organizations and their 'ability to meet client future requirements.' The latter axis is a pragmatic assessment of the vendor's ability to take clients on an innovation journey over the lifetime of their next contract.
Vendors are categorized as Leaders, High Achievers, Innovators, or Major Players and scoring is based on a combination of analyst assessment and feedback from interviewing of vendor clients.
Nikki Edwards, principal analyst with NelsonHall's HR Technology & Services practice, said, "Randstad Sourceright enables organizations to meet future business and talent needs by creating value through proven processes and high-output technology to deliver efficiency, scalability, and flexibility. An agile approach that goes beyond geographical boundaries, while bringing together different mixes of programs to meet an organization's maturity level, has also contributed to the company's CWS and MSP solutions earning their position as a Leader."
Randstad Sourceright's Leader designation in five market segments reflects its advanced capabilities in CWS and MSP staffing, including employer branding, talent marketing, direct sourcing, talent pooling, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Featuring as a Leader in the Technology Innovation market segment reflects Randstad Sourceright's ability to meet future client requirements as well as delivering immediate benefits to clients, with specific capability in delivering innovation through continued investment in market-leading technology. This covers developments in platforms, data, analytics, and any proprietary or third-party technology or tools used to underpin or enhance the CWS & MSP hiring process.
Additionally, the company's ranking as a Leader in the Services Procurement/SOW category impressively follows the launch earlier this year of Services Procurement 360 – an enhanced statement of work (SOW) management service.
For more information about Randstad Sourceright's MSP solutions, click here. To learn more about its SOW solutions, click here.
Randstad Sourceright is a global talent solutions leader, driving the talent acquisition and human capital management strategies for the world's most successful employers. We empower companies by leveraging a Human Forward strategy that balances the use of innovative technologies with expert insights, supporting both organizations and people in realizing their true potential.
As an operating company of Randstad N.V. — the world's leading global provider of HR services with revenue of € 24.6 billion — Randstad Sourceright's subject matter experts and thought leaders around the world continuously build and evolve our solutions across recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), managed services programs (MSP) and total talent solutions. For more information, visit www.randstadsourceright.com.
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Fantasy football 2022: Top 10 busts to avoid in your draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Now that we've covered the top 10 sleepers to target in your 2022 fantasy football draft, it's time to highlight the players you should avoid.
Few things are worse than buying into a player's preseason hype, only for them to underperform and derail your fantasy season. That's why it's important to ignore the noise and identify players who are being overvalued based on their average draft position (ADP).
More fantasy football rankings: QB | WR | RB | TE | D/ST | K
The question is, how can you tell if a player is being overvalued? There are a number of factors to consider, including their injury history, team situation, offensive line, and surrounding talent such as a quarterback for a wide receiver and vice versa. Before you decide to draft a player with an early pick, you'll want to ask yourself: are they in a position to carry your team to a fantasy championship?
With all of those factors in mind, here are 10 potential busts to avoid for the 2022 fantasy football season, based on their current ADP.
Kyler Murray, QB, Arizona Cardinals (Bye Week: 13)
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Murray was an MVP favorite for the first half of the 2021 season but his production fell off a cliff toward the end of the year. This is becoming a trend for the Cardinals quarterback, and that's a giant red flag given his unreliability in the fantasy playoffs. He's being drafted as a top-five fantasy QB due to his allure as a rusher, but his rushing numbers decreased significantly in 2021 compared to 2020. Murray's rushing attempts dropped from 133 to 88, yards from 819 to 423, and touchdowns from 11 to five.
To put the icing on the cake, Murray's No. 1 target DeAndre Hopkins will miss the first six games of the campaign due to a suspension. Consider him a low-end QB1, not an elite option at the position.
Cordarrelle Patterson, RB, Atlanta Falcons (Bye Week: 14)
Patterson was a league-winner for plenty of fantasy owners last season. The jack of all trades became the Falcons' top running back and tallied more than 1,100 total yards from scrimmage. He'll have a chance to duplicate his efforts as the top RB on the depth chart this year, but don't count on it with quarterback Matt Ryan out of the picture.
Darren Waller, TE, Las Vegas Raiders (Bye Week: 6)
We won't blame you for snagging Waller as your tight end. He's clearly one of the most talented players in the NFL at the position. We will blame you, however, if you select Waller at his current ADP of No. 47 overall.
Raiders QB Derek Carr has a shiny new toy in former college teammate Davante Adams. Carr also built a rapport with Hunter Renfrow last season, taking even more targets away from Waller. There will be some monster weeks from Waller this season, but we doubt there will be enough consistency to warrant an early draft pick.
Dawson Knox, TE, Buffalo Bills (Bye Week: 7)
Knox enjoyed a breakout season as one of Josh Allen's go-to targets in 2022. The 25-year-old caught 49 passes for 587 yards and a whopping nine TDs. Those are rock-solid numbers for a fantasy tight end, but relying on him to be your go-to guy in 2022 is risky business. It's more likely than not that lofty TD total was an anomaly. If so, you'll regret investing in Knox at his current ADP of No. 101.
Amari Cooper, WR, Cleveland Browns (Bye Week: 9)
There's no denying Cooper's talent, but he's the perfect example of a big-name player whose fantasy stock will suffer due to his team situation. The Browns will be without quarterback Deshaun Watson for at least the first six games of the 2022 season. Cleveland's offense could be a serious mess, so it's best to stay clear of Cooper in the early rounds.
J.K. Dobbins, RB, Baltimore Ravens (Bye Week: 10)
Dobbins did not play in 2021 due to an ACL tear. The former Ohio State star appears good to go for Week 1, but we wouldn't count on him to be anything more than a solid flex play this season. There's simply too much competition for carries in the Ravens backfield with Gus Edwards, Mike Davis, and rookie Tyler Badie in the mix. You're asking for trouble if you select Dobbins at his current ADP of No. 52.
Josh Jacobs, RB, Las Vegas Raiders (Bye Week: 6)
Jacobs hasn't quite lived up to his first-round draft pick status and it's hard to believe that will change in 2022, especially under Josh McDaniels. The former New England Patriots offensive coordinator will look to air it out with Davante Adams joining Hunter Renfrow and Darren Waller as Derek Carr's top targets. We'd pass on drafting Jacobs this season, especially in PPR formats.
Tyreek Hill, WR, Miami Dolphins (Bye Week: 11)
Hill has the potential to win a fantasy football week by himself, but his status as a true WR1 is in question heading into his debut season in Miami. He'll have to adjust to a major quarterback downgrade from Patrick Mahomes to Tua Tagovailoa. That alone makes him a risky pick if you're relying on him to be your top wideout.
Michael Thomas, WR, New Orleans Saints (Bye Week: 14)
Thomas was unstoppable in 2019, but he's hardly seen the field since and can't be counted on to stay healthy in 2022. He also won't have Drew Brees as his quarterback, and he'll have competition for targets with Jarvis Landry and rookie Chris Olave in the fold. Thomas is a high-risk, potentially high-reward pick at his ADP of No. 69.
DK Metcalf, WR, Seattle Seahawks (Bye Week: 11)
This also applies to Metcalf's teammate, Tyler Lockett. The Seahawks quarterback situation is a mess with Geno Smith and Drew Lock competing for the starting job. While Metcalf and Lockett are two of the most talented wideouts in the league, we'd avoid them at all costs in fantasy drafts unless a significant quarterback upgrade is made before the season.
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Twitter owner Elon Musk publicly slammed Apple on Monday for suspending some of its advertising on the social media platform, asking if leaders of the tech company “hate free speech.”
“Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter,” Musk announced.
“Do they hate free speech in America?”
Musk called out Apple CEO Tim Cook in a second tweet, writing: “What’s going on here @tim_cook?”
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who acquired Twitter in a $44 billion deal closed last month, has described himself as a “free speech absolutist” and promised to advocate for it using his ownership of the platform.
Racist language and misinformation have reportedly surged on Twitter since Musk’s acquisition, and left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America found that 50 of Twitter’s leading 100 advertisers appear to have halted their work with the site.
Those 50 companies made up $750 million in spending on Twitter over the course of 2022, according to the analysis.
Musk claimed that Apple “has also threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why.”
The Hill has reached out to Apple for comment on the alleged threats.
Musk posted a parade of tweets criticizing Apple for its “monopoly” on tech products and its censorship of some language.
Content sharing and publishing platform LBRY posted over its official Twitter account that “Apple may make good products, but they have been opposed to free speech for some time.”
“During Covid, Apple demanded our apps filter some search terms from being returned. If we did not filter the terms, our apps would not be allowed in the store,” the account wrote in response to Musk’s question about Apple and free speech.
“Who else has Apple censored?” responded Musk.
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MOORE — Taylor Painter, a Moore Public Schools middle school science teacher, was taken back when he learned that he was selected as a Top 20 Teacher by Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas.
The committee received over 500 nominations from teachers around the state who support their communities by engaging with their students on a daily basis.
Winners included those who creatively work to support students in their learning styles and strive to build rapport with them.
Painter received a $5,000 award and his school, Highland West Junior High, received $2,000 that will be used for science and math supplies.
Principal Laura Rousseau said that she, too, was caught off guard.
“This award was as much a surprise to me as it was to Mr. Painter. I received a call from the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board a week before the announcement was made to inform me of the award,” Rousseau told The Transcript.
”I was so excited for Mr. Painter that I may have let out a little scream in my office while on the phone.”
Painter isn’t exactly sure why he was selected, but thinks it is because of his teaching methods.
He is particularly sensitive to students who experience learning disabilities, and he goes out of his way to integrate a swath of learning methods to ensure that all kids have a chance to take in information in a manner that suits their learning styles.
“I feel like [students with learning disabilities] can learn just like any other student. I feel like it’s important to reach all kinds of learning styles. We have some days where they spend time reading about a topic. Other days, we spend time doing hands-on activities, and some prefer that,” he said.
Painter, who attended college on a disability scholarship, inspires his students by reminding them that they can do anything they set their minds to.
Rousseau called Painter a “one-of-a-kind” teacher who creatively adapts his lessons to those he teaches.
“He consistently has students engaging in topics that get them up and moving while focusing on science. My favorite quality of Mr. Painter is that he is a lifelong learner,” she said.
”His drive for success through hard work and research can be found daily in his instruction and interactions with students and staff alike. We are truly lucky to call him a Panther.”
Moore Public Schools Superintendent Robert Romines attributes the district’s success to the hard work of teachers like Painter.
“I was thrilled to learn of Mr. Painter’s recognition and award. I know he works hard with his students and makes a difference in their lives each day,” Romines said. “I believe we not only have the best and brightest students, but that we also have the most innovative and dedicated teaching staff in the state. My heartfelt congratulations to Taylor on his award.”
Painter plans to use his resources to benefit his students. He understands the challenges that many children face today, and he said that it is important to encourage them by giving them goals that they can work toward.
“I had teachers who encouraged me, especially one when I went to college. I went not knowing if I’d be good at it. Afterward, I realized I could do it. I just had to work hard at it,” he said.
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BETHESDA, Md., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it facilitated the sale of East Bank at Richwood Village, a 200-unit luxury apartment complex located in Richwood, Texas. The property represented a rare opportunity to invest in a high-quality asset within the greater Lake Jackson submarket, a fast-growing area with limited multifamily stock.
Ryan Epstein and Jennifer Ray led the Walker & Dunlop team in facilitating the disposition from the seller, Pensam Capital, LLC to the buyer's representative, BR Premier Properties. The team assisted the client throughout the entire transaction, ensuring a favorable sale price.
"Demographic and employment trends within the Lake Jackson area have been extremely positive over the past several months," said Managing Director, Ryan Epstein. "Occupancy and rent growth in the immediate area have both been increasing significantly, making East Bank an excellent investment opportunity."
With premium garden-style multifamily residences, East Bank at Richwood Village caters to the Alvin, Angleton, and Lake Jackson submarkets. The community's amenities include a cybercafé, fitness center, clubhouse, outdoor firepit, and dog park. In addition, Dow Chemical, the largest employer in the Lake Jackson area with nearly 4,000 employees, is located less than five miles west of East Bank at Richwood Village. The broader Brazoria County area also offers employment in many different industries, with oil, gas, and chemical companies at the top of the list of employers.
Walker & Dunlop is a leader in multifamily property sales, having completed $19.3 billion in property sales volume in 2021 alone, up 214% from 2020. Visit our website for information about multifamily properties available for sale via Walker & Dunlop's property sales platform.
About Walker & Dunlop
Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) is one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where Americans live, work, shop and play — to life. The power of our people, premier brand, and industry-leading technology makes us more insightful and valuable to our clients, providing an unmatched experience every step of the way. With more than 1,400 employees across every major U.S. market, Walker & Dunlop has consistently been named one of Fortune's Great Places to Work® and is committed to making the commercial real estate industry more inclusive and diverse while creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities.
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5X GRAMMY Award-winning legendary singer recognized for her advocacy on behalf of music creators
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SoundExchange, the premier music tech organization powering the future of music, announced today that five-time GRAMMY Award-winning legendary singer Dionne Warwick has been honored with the SoundExchange Music Fairness Award. The accolade recognizes Warwick's advocacy work with SoundExchange and the musicFIRST coalition in support of the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA), a bill endorsed by SoundExchange, which would ensure artists are paid when their music is played on terrestrial radio.
"Dionne Warwick has been a fearless advocate and driving force in the fight to recognize that performers have been denied compensation for their work for more than a century," said Michael Huppe, President and CEO of SoundExchange. "There's no doubt that her enduring popularity and stature in the music industry, as well as her legacy of advocacy, has been critical in getting politicians, organizations, and her fellow musicians to pay attention to the issue. We are proud to honor Dionne for all her contributions to ensuring a fairer music industry."
Warwick was recently presented with the SoundExchange Music Fairness Award in New York City.
Photo: Legendary singer Dionne Warwick receives a SoundExchange Music Fairness Award in NYC.
Warwick was front and center for the American Music Fairness Act Bill Launch Event in June 2021 and has been a committed advocate since. The "I Say A Little Prayer" singer authored an op-ed for USA Today urging radio stations to pay creators for the music played on their stations.
Warwick's SoundExchange Music Fairness Award honor comes in conjunction with the company's ongoing 20th-anniversary celebration. R&B singer Usher recently received the first SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award in recognition of being among the most streamed artists in the company's 20-year history.
About SoundExchange
SoundExchange is the premier music tech organization on a mission to power the future of music. It was independently formed in 2003 to build a fairer, simpler, and more efficient music industry through technology, data, and advocacy. The only organization designated by the U.S. government to administer the Section 114 sound recording license, SoundExchange collects and distributes digital performance royalties on behalf of 650,000 music creators and growing. Through proprietary music tech solutions that turn data into accurate revenue, SoundExchange has paid more than $10 billion in distributions to date. For more information, visit soundexchange.com.
About Dionne Warwick
The legendary five-time GRAMMY Award-Winning singer has become a cornerstone of American Pop music and culture for the past 50 years. Warwick has earned more than 60 charted hit songs and sold over 100 million records. She began singing professionally in 1961 after being discovered by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Her first hit was "Don't Make Me Over" in 1962. Less than a decade later, she had released more than 18 consecutive top 100 singles. Warwick and her songwriting team (Bacharach and David) racked up more than 30 hit singles and close to 20 best-selling albums.
Throughout her illustrious career, Warwick has supported and campaigned for many causes and charities close to her heart, including AIDS, The Starlight Foundation, Children's Hospitals, World Hunger, Disaster Relief, and Music Education. Warwick has lent her powerful voice on Capitol Hill in favor of the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA), a bill that would ensure artists are paid when their songs are played on terrestrial radio.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with photographer Boris Elgadsen about his decision to reject a photography award he received for an image he created using AI.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with photographer Boris Elgadsen about his decision to reject a photography award he received for an image he created using AI.
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Idaho murders: Police officers being offered counseling amid ongoing investigation into student deaths
MOSCOW, Idaho - The Moscow Police Department is offering their officers counseling in the wake of the murders of four local university students who were found brutally stabbed over six weeks ago, Fox News has confirmed.
Over a month and a half since the quadruple homicides of University of Idaho students, a spokesperson for the Moscow Police Department (MPD) told Fox News the agency’s officers are consistently offered counseling and other forms of support.
"Moscow Police Officers are offered several different avenues of support, not only during this investigation, but always," Moscow Police Capt. Anthony Dahlinger wrote in an email late Tuesday.
Police search a home in Moscow, Idaho on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 where four University of Idaho students were killed over the weekend in an apparent quadruple homicide. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
MPD consists of 36 "commissioned police officers and civilian personnel," according to the agency’s website. Six MPD detectives, five members of the support staff and an unspecified number of communications personnel are currently assigned to the University of Idaho murder investigation. Dozens more investigators and personnel from the Idaho State Police and the FBI are aiding MPD in its investigation.
Sunday marked six weeks since the four students were discovered fatally stabbed inside an off-campus home located at 1122 King Road.
Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, along with the women's two other roommates in Kaylee Goncalves' final Instagram post, shared the day before the slayings. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)
Officials have said they believe the victims were asleep when they were attacked between 3 and 4 a.m. inside the home at 1122 King Road. Each victim suffered several stab wounds, and some showed signs of trying to defend themselves.
The attack was carried out on the second and third floors. Two other roommates were on the bottom floor of the home and were unharmed, police said.
Officials have said they believe the victims were asleep when they were attacked between 3 and 4 a.m. inside the home at 1122 King Road. Each victim suffered several stab wounds, and some showed signs of trying to defend themselves.
The attack was carried out on the second and third floors. Two other roommates were on the bottom floor of the home and were unharmed, police said.
The home where four University of Idaho students were murdered Nov. 13. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Moscow police officers responded around 11:58 a.m. to a report of an "unconscious person" at the address, but several people had gathered at the crime scene by the time police arrived, officials said.
The 911 call "originated from inside the residence" and came from one of the surviving roommates' cellphones, police said. Multiple people allegedly spoke to the dispatcher before officers arrived.
State police forensics look for clues in Moscow, Idaho on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
On Dec. 7, police revealed they had gathered information through tips and leads about a 2011-2013 white Hyundai Elantra "being in the immediate area of the King Street residence during the early morning hours of Nov. 13." They added that they believe the people inside the vehicle could have "critical information" related to the case.
Investigators are now "sorting through" information on approximately 22,000 Hyundai Elantras that match the description of the one seen near the crime scene at the time of the murders. It was white, and its model year was between 2011 and 2013, police have said.
Moscow, Idaho detectives are interested in speaking with the occupant(s) of a white 2011 to 2013 Hyundai Elantra, with an unknown license plate in relation to the investigation of a quadruple homicide on November 13, 2022. This image is not the car i
Police are analyzing 113 pieces of physical evidence and about 4,000 photos from the scene. They had received an estimated 10,000 tips and leads as of last week.
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The Moscow Police Department is urging the public to submit any images or information that they think could be important or useful to their investigation. They can do so by calling 208-883-7180, submitting tips through tipline@ci.moscow.id.us and sending digital media here.
Authorities have also created a dedicated webpage related to the King Road attack.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
6C-4D-5H-7H-4S
(6C, 4D, 5H, 7H, 4S)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
6C-4D-5H-7H-4S
(6C, 4D, 5H, 7H, 4S)
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NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police have charged two people with cutting more than 2,000 fiber optic cables, leaving over 40,000 homes and businesses without internet service in the southwestern part of the state.
Norwalk police said they arrested Asheville, North Carolina, residents Jillian Persons and Austin Geddings on Saturday during a surveillance operation. Both were charged with larceny and criminal mischief crimes, as well as interfering with police. Persons also was accused of giving a false statement to police.
Both were detained on $200,000 bail. It was not immediately clear if they have lawyers who could respond to the allegations.
Police said they responded to the reported damage of the Optimum cables on March 24 in Norwalk and quickly identified suspects and their vehicle. Authorities did not release details of how they made the identifications.
Officers arrested Persons while staking out a business in Bridgeport, and Geddings was found a short time later in a wooded area in Stratford, police said Sunday.
Police said Persons and Geddings are scheduled to appear in court April 11.
The outages caused by the cable cutting have since been restored, according to Optimum’s website.
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- Firefly Aerospace is raising more money as it expands its operations.
- The rocket startup has been turning to acquisitions to meet demand.
Since launching its first successful orbital launch in October, Firefly Aerospace has kept busy — and is on the cusp of raising more cash.
The Austin, Texas-based rocket builder and in-space services company is close to announcing the closure of an oversubscribed capital raise, its CEO Bill Weber told CNBC's Manifest Space. The startup, now valued at over $1 billion, gained more commitments to invest than initially planned at a time when many space startups struggle with diminishing funds and a broader downturn in investments.
Firefly can currently launch its medium-launch rocket, Alpha, every two months. The company hopes to increase that pace to one launch a month.
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"Alpha has a demand signature for the next three to four years, which is more than good enough for what we want to do with it," Weber told CNBC.
To match the expected increase in launch frequency, Firefly has turned to acquisitions. It bought launch and space transportation startup Spaceflight Inc. and assets from the recently bankrupt Virgin Orbit, while also doubling the size of its facilities in Austin.
The proximity of the company's design, engineering, manufacturing and testing facilities allows it to rapidly develop its technology compared to competitors.
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Firefly's growth is necessary to prove consistency and dependability to its customer base, which is predominantly government contractors, Weber said.
The company will provide launch services to the U.S. Space Force next month for its Space Systems Command's VICTUS NOX mission. Firefly's lunar lander, Blue Ghost (named after the North Carolina lightning bug), will head to the moon next year. Weber told CNBC the company is also in talks with the intelligence community about classified payloads.
Weber believes that government contracts are essential to proving the company's reliability to commercial players.
"The scrutiny that the U.S. Space Force puts Firefly through and the amount of exacting standards we have to meet in order to fly for NASA ... there isn't a customer out there that would say our standards are even more robust than that," he said. "There are some that would match. It's a perfect place for us to prove out that this isn't a risky venture."
Firefly's client base has expanded to include defense contractors. Firefly recently agreed to launch a tech demonstration for Lockheed Martin. Northrop Grumman has partnered with the startup to develop MLV, designed to replace the Antares rocket that is currently built in Ukraine and powered by Russian engines.
The company's total addressable market exceeds $8 billion, according to Weber.
While many investors are concentrated on SpaceX's mega rocket Starship and how the heavy-lift launcher will disrupt small-to medium-lift markets, Weber insists those fears are a "gross oversimplification" of the launch market. There will still be a need for smaller players to focus on precise launches to send fewer payloads to space, he said. If anything, it also speaks to the need for tools like the company's Space Utility Vehicle to move objects like national security payloads or replacement sets to a specific location.
As for plans to go public, Weber, who has helmed public companies and founded a special purposes acquisition company, or SPAC, said he believes the company will be a great candidate, adding that the macro environment, which has largely stunned public space companies, will help to decide timing.
"There are a lot of companies out there that shouldn't be public that are public right now. And I think they're facing the difficulty of that," Weber said. "My expectation though is whether we are a public offering or we remain private, good execution today is going to set up whatever that outcome is."
"Manifest Space," hosted by CNBC's Morgan Brennan, focuses on the billionaires and brains behind the ever-expanding opportunities beyond our atmosphere. Brennan holds conversations with the mega moguls, industry leaders and startups in today's satellite, space and defense industries. In "Manifest Space," sit back, relax and prepare for liftoff.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man accused of running over and killing his on-and-off girlfriend during an argument has been sentenced to life in prison.
James Grilli, 39, was sentenced on Monday after pleading no contest to second-degree murder and leaving the scene in the 2020 death of Erika Belcourt, according to a statement from the attorney general's office.
The pair had been arguing on the evening of Aug. 22, 2020, when Belcourt asked Grilli to remove his belongings from her Woonsocket apartment, prosecutors said.
The argument escalated when Grilli broke down the front door, prompting Belcourt to call police.
As she stood outside on the phone in front of Grilli's vehicle, he revved the engine several times before running her over and driving from the scene, prosecutors said. Her two sons were inside the apartment at the time.
She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
“This extraordinary act of domestic violence took the life of a mother of two, who had much to live for. The defendant’s outrageous conduct has now landed him precisely where he belongs: in state prison, for decades to come,” Attorney General Peter Neronha said in a statement.
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What color were the dinosaurs? Watching the Jurassic Park movies, the answer seems clear: gray, brown or, at best, dull green.
in a new book, British paleontologist David Hone dryly asks: "Has there ever been a more tediously colored set of animals than as seen across those movies?"
In How Fast Did T. rex Run?, Hone sets the record straight. Some dinosaurs sported red, white, or iridescent black colors, and showed patterns of colorful patches, spots, or stripes. A small dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx from China, for instance, is described as "'ginger' with white stripes."
How do scientists reconstruct colors of animals that have been extinct (except for birds, and more on them in a moment) for 65 million years? The key, Hone explains, are "packages of pigments" called melanosomes found in cells. Many living animals, including humans, have melanosomes and they also are found in rock formations that contain preserved dinosaur skins or feathers. It's extraordinarily fortunate that a melanosome's shape reflects exactly its color type: "So while the fossil melanosomes have no color now, we know what they should have held and from that we can work out the colors."
Hone set out to write a book that stresses what isn't yet known about dinosaurs as much as what is known. (Regarding the title, how fast T. rex ran is one of the unknowns.) He achieves this balance beautifully. The volume is jam-packed with gripping descriptions of advances in dinosaur science, while also serving as a handbook for anyone wishing to identify central gaps in our knowledge. Regarding color information, for instance, he laments the "frustratingly incomplete" nature of the data: Whether colors were muted or bright is unclear — and only about six dinosaurs have been studied so far. We have no idea of the range of color variation across species, sexes, or individuals over time.
Though I am thrilled with observing or learning about almost any animal, dinosaur fever, in childhood or adulthood, somehow eluded me — until now. I was captivated by Hone's inviting manner in laying out everything from the basics to the more advanced aspects of dinosaur science.
During their reign on Earth, dinosaurs — around 1,500 species of them — lived in nearly every ecosystem on the planet. Though the stereotype of tropical swamp-living creatures is firmly embedded in popular culture, in fact dinosaurs lived "on mountains, in deserts, lakes and seashores, temperate and coniferous forests, and across all manner of temperatures, rainfall, snow, winds, and other variations in both climate and weather."
Dinosaurs are divided into three types or clades. Theropods are bipedal, often carnivorous dinosaurs including Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor. Sauropodomorphs like Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus walked on all fours, and had huge bodies and long necks. Ornithischians are plant-eaters, often displayed bony plates and crests, and included Stegosaurus and Triceratops.
How long was the dinosaurs' reign? Here, I offer a complaint. Hone at various points says that dinosaurs were around for "130-something" million years, 150 million years, or "180-ish million years." An unexplained discrepancy of 50 million years is not trivial even in a book on what's not fully known in dinosaur science, and is confusing for readers.
But when he delves into the details, Hone is superb. In addition to dinosaur appearance, he covers extinction, origins, preservation, diversity, evolutionary patterns, habitats, anatomy, mechanics, physiology, coverings, reproduction, behavior, ecology, dinosaur descendants, and changing aspects of research and communication. It's difficult to choose favorites here, but the chapter on reproduction was among the most mind-blowing.
Hone includes in that chapter an image, taken by himself in China, of a nest of eggs laid and curated by a giant oviraptorosaur. The caption underscores what we can see in the photograph: "The eggs are laid in multiple layers in a ring and the animal likely sat in the middle." There's an irony to be found in the fact that this dinosaur exhibits parental care of the eggs: "Oviraptorosaur" means "egg thief." When researchers first uncovered skeletons of this dinosaur in association with eggs, the assumption was eating of other dinosaurs' eggs, not brooding. Dinosaurs called titanosaurs apparently didn't brood but instead, judging from the location of their egg beds and the composition of the eggshells, warmed the eggs by volcanic heat. That behavior is "utterly unexpected," Hone notes.
There's much we still don't understand about dinosaur reproductive biology. Did the female or the male sit on the eggs, or did they trade off? Backing up a bit to the moments of mating, Hone again exhibits some dry humor: "How on earth are you supposed to get two ungainly and very prickly ankylosaurs together, or some of the giant multi-ton bipedal theropods, or the biggest of the sauropods?"
Ten thousand dinosaur species are alive today: the birds, of course. Hone has a lot to say about the origin of the bird lineage, again balancing strong evidence with open questions. Birds and dinosaurs co-existed for around 100 million years, so we do know that birds did not originate only after the famous extinction event of 65 million years ago. Flying reptiles called pterosaurs and the non-avian dinosaurs all vanished at that point, and "very large numbers" of bird lineages as well. The bird survivors were the species largely confined to the ground but still capable of flight, apparently pointing to the fact that arboreal birds experienced more severe habitat loss.
And what of that extinction event? Yes, the asteroid that hit Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula remains the leading contender to explain dinosaur loss. But Hone intriguingly complicates that story. He raises the possibility that if the asteroid "had sailed past Earth without so much as a scratch" the dinosaurs might well have gone extinct anyway because they were already struggling to survive in world severely altered by earlier volcanic eruptions.
Tucked away at the back of the book, past the references section, is a request by Hone for readers to fill out a brief online survey that seeks to discover who may have become inspired to learn more about dinosaurs. "Keeping track of what impact my work has on the general public helps me to keep doing it," Hone notes. I predict he's going to hear lots of good news very soon.
Barbara J. King is a biological anthropologist emerita at William & Mary. Animals' Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity is her seventh book. Find her on Twitter @bjkingape
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If you missed last month’s supermoon, you have another chance.
This month’s full moon is Wednesday. At the same time, the moon’s orbit will bring it closer to Earth than usual. This cosmic combo is called a supermoon.
That can make the moon appear slightly bigger and brighter, weather permitting.
One name for Wednesday’s full moon is the “Buck moon” — a reference to the time of year when new antlers are growing on male deer, or bucks.
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The 2024 Audi Q8 E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback are updated versions (with new names) of the battery-electric SUV and “coupe SUV” the German luxury brand has sold since 2019 and 2020, respectively. Not only do they have revised front styling, but they also get a higher-capacity battery that provides a substantial range boost—including one version expected to clear the crucial 300-mile rating.
EV time moves fast, and Tesla has sold roughly half the 2 million or so all-electric vehicles now on U.S. roads. Audi was late to the EV party, first offering the E-Tron SUV for the 2019 model year, and many long-time owners bought their first long-range electric vehicle from Tesla when Audi had no EVs to sell. Tesla sales in the U.S. now outnumber those of Audi’s entire lineup.
I drove both Q8 E-Trons a total of about 175 miles through the forests and back roads of northern California, though I didn’t sample the more powerful SQ8 E-Tron powered by three motors rather than two. My goal was to answer the question: Is this updated pair of Audi E-Tron SUVs sufficiently better to lure drivers of Tesla Model X or Model Y crossover utilities?
The answer is a qualified “Maybe.” More on that later.
Audi Q8 E-Tron: Looks more like an ICE SUV
Audi’s updated naming convention for its SUVs (the “Q” ranges) and sedans (the “A” ranges) assign even numbers to EVs, while models with an internal combustion engine (ICE) get odd numbers. So, the range-topping electric SUV formerly known as “E-Tron” is now the Q8 E-Tron. There’s just one problem: an ICE Q8 is already in the lineup and it will coexist with the Q8 E-Tron in defiance of the new naming convention.
To blend the two different vehicles into a single lineup, the electric Q8 has an updated front end that echoes that of the gas version. That means it has a more defined grid pattern in deeper relief, in black or body color, that could pass for the grille of a combustion vehicle. The earlier E-Tron’s flat silver blanking panel suggested its electric powertrain, but it seems that’s no longer the goal.
The overall effect is subtle, but somehow makes the squarer SUV version of the Q8 E-Tron seem a bit sleeker, despite its substantial presence and bulk. The tall “coupe” tail of the Q8 E-Tron Sportback remains an acquired taste, but it’s more popular outside North America. Sales of the E-Tron Sportback were only 10-15% of the total in previous model years.
Other changes include new wheel designs (in 20-, 21-, and 22-inch sizes) and Q8 badging on the pillars between the doors, and on the tailgate—now in glossy black rather than the traditional chrome. The interior hasn’t changed much; it will be reassuringly familiar to Audi drivers and owners of the earlier E-Tron in particular.
Audi Q8 E-Tron: Performance evolved, not redefined
Audi had several goals in updating the drive software of its big EVs. Among them were better differentiation among drive modes (Efficiency, Comfort, Auto, Off-road, and All-road) and a sportier feel. Revised bushings and control arms, along with a quicker steering ratio (14.6:1 versus the old 15.8:1) make these heavy SUVs less numb and appliance-like than the previous versions.
As before, all models come with air suspension and adaptive dampers that combine to handle most road conditions well. My only complaint was a bit of head toss and body roll over imperfections in some of the two-lane forest roads on the drive. The Q8 E-Tron powers its rear wheels by default, with the front motor kicking in (faster, Audi says) when needed for traction or cornering performance. It’s all sufficiently seamless and I never detected the transitions.
Acceleration from the higher-capacity battery remains the same, at 5.6 seconds in the 60 mph run. Audi has stayed away from the explosive acceleration offered by Tesla. The front and rear motors combine to produce 355 hp and 414 lb-ft of torque, which ratchets up to 402 hp and 490 lb-ft in the shifter’s Sport mode.
The regenerative braking is largely done through the brake pedal; no setting exists for the “one-pedal driving” preferred by experienced EV drivers. That said, the “Auto” setting for regenerative braking (called “recuperation” by German makers) boosts the regen when following another vehicle or based on map data. It takes a bit of acclimatization, but it’s surprisingly useful in certain types of driving.
Overall, the electric Q8’s dynamics are an evolution of the E-Tron rather than a redefinition. For the record, both early-production Q8 E-Trons I drove were superbly screwed together.
Audi Q8 E-Tron: Still inefficient but less so
The Achilles’ heel of the E-Tron when it launched launch was its inefficiency, which produced a rated range of only 204 miles from its 95-kwh battery pack. This was especially pronounced at highway speeds. Over a month-long loan of a 2020 E-Tron SUV, I never observed efficiency of more than 1.9 to 2.0 miles per kwh at highway speeds—and my month-long efficiency number was just 2.1 mi/kwh.
That compared to roughly 3.0 mi/kwh for a Tesla Model X, also reflected in the competitors’ EPA-rated efficiencies: 74 MPGe for the 2019 Audi E-Tron SUV versus 96 MPGe for the Tesla Model X Long Range of the same year, which had an EPA-rated at 325 miles of range. (Miles Per Gallon Equivalent, or MPGe, is the distance an electric car can travel on the energy contained in 1 gallon of gasoline, or 33.7 kwh.)
For 2024, Audi has made multiple updates to boost the big SUVs’ efficiency, including active grille shutters and special attention to airflow around the wheels and under the vehicle. Overall, the drag coefficients have fallen by 0.02, to 0.29 for the SUV and 0.27 for the Sportback. Equally important, the new nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) cells in the bigger 114-kwh battery (106 kwh usable) deliver an estimated EPA range rating of 300 miles for at least one version.
Indeed, in my 175 miles of driving, I observed better efficiencies: 2.3 to 2.4 mi/kwh. But—and it’s a big but—the drive route contained less than 15 miles of freeway driving, meaning the bulk of the trip was done at speeds closer to 55 mph than the 75-80 mph that’s customary on California highways. In December, Green Car Reports recorded 2.5 mi/kwh in various Q8 E-Tron versions in a drive event on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands—at even lower average speeds.
Audi has raised the charging rate of the new Q8 E-Tron to keep charge times roughly the same, even with the higher-capacity battery pack. The onboard Level 2 charger is rated at 11 kw, though some plugs may not be able to provide that. We didn’t get a chance to fast-charge the test cars, but Audi says it has raised the peak DC charging rate of its 400-volt electrical architecture from 150 kw to 170 kw. As before the Q8 E-Trons can charge from 10-80% in as little as 31 minutes.
Chalk up a qualified improvement in efficiency, but with an asterisk. EPA efficiency ratings aren’t yet available. We’ll wait for the EPA numbers and a week-long test drive that includes highways before passing final judgment.
Can Audi beat Tesla?
With sales of 1,530 units in 2023, the big E-Tron SUV pair—now stickering from $76,000 including delivery—has become the pricier elder sibling of the higher-volume Q4 E-Tron range that starts at about $51,000.
Could the updated E-Trons lure away luxury buyers whose Model X SUVs are now several years old? Certainly the Audis are more traditionally luxurious, and they offer an established nationwide network of dealers to provide service where needed.
The problem is that Tesla drivers have become used to the ubiquitous, seamless, ultra-reliable Supercharger fast-charging network that may now be the single biggest advantage of owning a Tesla. The Audis—and every other non-Tesla EV—rely on a patchwork collection of competing DC fast-charging networks now engaged in a land grab that prioritizes new installations over keeping the stations actually running and capable of charging any EV that drives up.
When a pair of EV reporters asked Audi executives how it planned to compete with Tesla’s Supercharging advantage at the drive program, they pointed to the two years of unlimited free fast charging on the fast-expanding Electrify America network that comes with any Q8 E-Tron. Questioned in detail about that network’s rising unreliability, with more than one in five charging attempts unable to complete as measured by JD Power in a March 2023 report, the execs suggested Audi’s EV owners will do the bulk of their charging at home.
That’s true, but it misses the point. A Tesla SUV can do a long road trip without the driver having to worry that a scheduled charging stop will land them at chargers that are dead, damaged, under repair, or downrated. Audi EV owners do not presently have that confidence.
Audi’s response? “Our buyers have multiple vehicles, so they can always choose to use a gasoline model for those occasional long trips. They’ll enjoy an excellent electric car for daily use.” That’s discouraging for 2023, but it helps answer my original question: Tesla owners may be attracted to the Q8 E-Tron’s features, performance, and other factors, but many of them won’t switch until nationwide CCS fast-charging is as reliable and ubiquitous as Supercharging.
Today, that seems a long way away.
Audi provided airfare and lodging for Motor Authority to bring you this firsthand drive report.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Megabucks Doubler" game were:
07-16-18-20-37-41, ST: 1
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MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. ("Maple Leaf" or the "Company") (TSX: MFI) announced today that it has completed an extension of its existing $2 billion sustainability-linked credit facility with its existing banking syndicate. The credit facility consists of a CDN$1.3 billion unsecured committed revolving line of credit maturing on June 29, 2027 and two unsecured committed term facilities in the amounts of US$265.0 million and CDN$350.0 million, maturing on June 29, 2027 and June 29, 2026, respectively.
"Three years ago, we launched the first sustainability-linked loan in Canada," said Geert Verellen, Chief Financial Officer. "By extending the facility, not only are we continuing to integrate Maple Leaf's sustainability commitments into all aspects of our business, we are also solidifying our access to capital as we complete near term projects like our state-of-the-art poultry facility in London, Ontario, and position ourselves to capitalize on future growth opportunities."
The sustainability-linked metrics incorporated into the credit facility are made up of annual environmental targets directly influenced by Maple Leaf's actions. These targets include greenhouse gas emissions, electricity usage, water usage, and solid waste generated. Maple Leaf may incur positive or negative pricing adjustments on drawn credit spreads and standby fees based on its performance versus the targets that have been set.
The facility bears interest based on short-term interest rates and is intended to meet the Company's remaining funding for the completion of its state-of-the-art poultry facility in London, Ontario, in addition to providing appropriate liquidity levels for the Company and general corporate purposes.
The lending syndicate for the new facility comprised of nine financial institutions with BMO Capital Markets acting as Sole Book Runner and Sustainability Structuring Agent, and BMO Capital Markets, RBC, Scotiabank, CIBC, and Rabobank Canada as Co-Lead Arrangers. Four additional lenders participated.
This document contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities law. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which the Company operates, as well as beliefs and assumptions made by Management of the Company. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to objectives and goals, in addition to statements with respect to beliefs, plans, objectives, expectations, anticipations, estimates, and intentions. Specific forward-looking information in this document includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to: construction of new manufacturing facilities, source of funds for ongoing business requirements; capital investments and expectations regarding capital expenditures. Words such as "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "may", "will", "plan", "believe", "seek", "estimate", and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking information. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties that are difficult to predict, including among other things: the impact of the Company's debt service and compliance with debt covenants and other. Additional factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from the results expressed, implied or forecasted by the forward-looking statements are discussed more fully in the Company's filings made with the Canadian securities regulators including in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2021. All of such filings are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
The Company does not intend to, and the Company disclaims any obligation to, update any forward- looking statements (including any financial outlooks), whether written or oral, or whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Maple Leaf Foods is a carbon neutral company with a vision to be the most sustainable protein company on earth, responsibly producing food products under leading brands including Maple Leaf®, Maple Leaf Prime®, Maple Leaf Natural Selections®, Schneiders®, Schneiders® Country Naturals®, Mina®, Greenfield Natural Meat Co.®, Lightlife® and Field Roast™. The Company employs approximately 13,500 people and does business primarily in Canada, the U.S. and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and its shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MFI).
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with David Hogg, a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, about ending gun violence in the U.S.
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'Duck Dynasty' brothers break down their new adventure on Fox Nation's 'Duck Family Treasure'
The Robertson brothers say this time they are out looking for lost treasure
Fox News host Jesse Watters was joined by "Ducky Dynasty" stars Jase and Jep Robertson as they detailed what inspired their new Fox Nation series and shared what viewers can expect from "Duck Family Treasure" on "Jesse Watters Primetime."
THE ROBERTSONS RETURN WITH NEW ‘DUCK FAMILY TREASURE’ LAUNCHING ON FOX NATION THIS JUNE
JASE ROBERTSON: Well, you know, we did the duck show, and then we got into a hobby of treasure hunting and the next thing you know, Jep and I are out there with our good buddy Murray, who's kind of a history expert, and we're looking for lost treasure.
JESSE WATTERS: All right, have you found anything yet?
JEP ROBERTSON: Oh, we found some cool stuff.
JESSE WATTERS: Yeah?
JEP ROBERTSON: We found something not from this planet.
JESSE WATTERS: Not from this planet?
JEP ROBERTSON: That's right.
JASE ROBERTSON: That is true.
JESSE WATTERS: Okay, well, that is what we call a tease, gentlemen.
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SMACKOVER, Ark. (KTVE/KARD)–Parents are expressing concern about their children who are enrolled in the Smackover-Norphlet School District after a Facebook post caught many people’s attention.
The post showed a photo of what appeared to be a student’s lunch plate that contained a small portion of chips, meat, corn and a milk carton. This sparked concern for parents in the county that feel children deserve to have more food options while they are at school.
“We trust our kids to the school for 7 to 8 hours a day and then my children even have after school because they are in sports so it’s a long time for them to be under the care of the school for them to be so hungry. I don’t think they are deprived, I love our school district but I just feel like something needs to be done,” said Amanda Jones, a parent to three children at Smackover High School.
Parents and hungry students hope this issue can be fixed before the next school year.
“I’ve seen that a lot of parents did not know the severity of the issue. I think bringing light to it now, maybe that’s what it will take for change to be made.”
District Superintendent Robby Frizzell released a statement Friday in response:
“The health and safety of our students is our highest priority. We are aware of the claims that have been made with regard to our lunches and continue to investigate these claims. Our cafeterias continue to be in full compliance with National School Lunch Program guidelines.”
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Superintendent Smackover-Norphlet School District
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Recognized by the Customer Relationship Management Institute for Supporting Students and Educators with a Superior Service Experience
BOSTON, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Education technology provider Cengage today announced it has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award for excellence in customer support for the fifth year in a row. Recognized as one of the most prestigious customer service awards because it is based solely on customer feedback, the ScoreBoard Award is presented annually by the Customer Relationship Management Institute (CRMI).
"As educators and students continue to navigate new and changing learning modalities, effective customer support is more important than ever in creating a successful learning experience," said Dawn Gerrain, Senior Vice President, Cengage Academic Service Experience. "At Cengage, we put a tremendous focus on delivering high quality, affordable digital learning products that are easy to use, and on being here for our customers. Whether it's helping an instructor set up a last-minute course assignment or troubleshooting with a student during virtual office hours, instructors, administrators and students know they can depend on Cengage for an exceptional support experience."
Part of the Service Experience team's success can be attributed to its approach and belief that a contact center is about more than just a transaction; it's about addressing customer concerns with empathy. The service team challenged the traditional ways that contact centers are managed by focusing on meeting customers' needs related to reliability, value, time, dignity and success.
Some of the other unique features of the Cengage experience include:
- Digital Success Specialists: personal, proactive support to set up digital courses ahead of the semester, and address any ongoing questions.
- Start Strong and Virtual Office Hours: start of the semester sessions to help students choose the most affordable option and register their digital products, and Zoom office hours with a local Cengage representative to answer student questions during the semester.
- Transparency: proactively sharing how our platforms are performing via techcheck.cengage.com so customers can see if a platform is experiencing an issue (99.9% uptime in 2021).
- Expanded support channels: customers have multiple ways to reach support to address an issue including: phone, web-created case/email, live and automated chat and through social media (@CengageHelp)
- Quality self-service materials and support: at support.cengage.com customers can find 300+ self-serve articles based on commonly asked questions, and the ability to initiate simple transactions (i.e. request a refund).
"The NorthFace ScoreBoard Service Award is widely recognized as the most prestigious award for customer service excellence due to its unique customer only vote criteria. The award recognizes organizations that not only offer exemplary customer service but those who have chosen to make their CX Strategy a key component of their company's DNA," said John Alexander Maraganis, President & CEO of CRMI.
For more information on Cengage's support services, visit: https://www.cengage.com/services/.
For more information on awards and this year's winners, visit https://www.crmirewards.com/.
Cengage, the U.S. Higher Education business of global education technology company Cengage Group, serves millions of instructors, learners and institutions. We deliver affordable, high-quality digital products and personalized support to power learning individually and at scale. Our customer-centered approach enables innovation, including Cengage Unlimited, the first and only all-access digital subscription for textbooks and course materials. Our textbooks, homework tools, and flagship online learning platforms, MindTap and WebAssign, help educators and students achieve their goals. Visit us at www.cengage.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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Florida's Anthony Richardson explains dropping 'AR-15' nickname: 'It was pretty much a business decision'
Anthony Richardson is competing for the starting job
Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson talked at SEC Media Days on Wednesday about his decision to distance himself from the "AR-15" nickname.
Richardson announced the rebrand over the weekend. He said at the time he did not want to be associated with a weapon used in mass shootings. He told reporters he is "just trying to rebrand myself and become a better person" and was thinking of the "future" when he made the decision.
"I’m not going to be able to play football for the rest of my life," the Gators quarterback said. "I feel it was pretty much a business decision. There’s a lot going on and that kind of played a part in it. Just trying to understand like who I am as a person.
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"AR-15 doesn’t necessarily describe who I am. I’m Anthony Richardson and that’s who I’ve been since I was born."
Richardson went by "AR-15" because of the initials in his name and the number he wears on the football field. He changed his number from the 2020 season to the 2021 season. He was No. 2 during his first year with Florida and last year he was No. 15.
The initial statement was posted on his website.
VANDERBILT FOOTBALL WILL BE ‘BEST PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY’ IN TIME, ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH CLARK LEA
"After discussions with my family and much thought, I have decided to no longer use the nickname ‘AR-15’ and the current apparel line logo, which features a scope reticle, as part of my branding. While a nickname is only a nickname and ‘AR-15’ was simply a representation of my initials combined with my jersey number, it is important to me that my name and brand are no longer associated with the assault rifle that has been used in mass shootings, which I do not condone in any way or form," he wrote on the site.
"My representatives and I are currently working on rebranding, which includes the creation of a new logo and transitioning to simply using ‘AR’ and my name, Anthony Richardson."
Richardson is entering his third season at Florida. He played seven games last season, had 529 passing yards and six touchdown passes.
Florida will be entering the 2022 season under new head coach Billy Napier.
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Richardson is not a shoo-in to begin the year as the starting quarterback. He is competing with Ohio State transfer Jack Miller for the job.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Grab early Prime Day deals on games and gaming gear
Prime Day falls on July 11 and 12 this year, and it marks the perfect opportunity to stock up on games and gaming gear. Whether you’re a keen gamer yourself or you’re hoping to pick up a bargain for a gamer in your life, you’ll find some excellent deals.
There are early Prime Day deals galore on everything from games and consoles to gaming laptops and gaming chairs, so whatever you’re in the market for, you’re bound to find it. You can even pick up free digital games as part of Prime Gaming.
The deals below were last updated on July 3, 2023, at 10 a.m. EST.
Shop this article: Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop, Logitech G335 Wired Gaming Headset and Official Luna Wireless Controller
How to get free games on and around Prime Day
You might expect discounts around Prime Day, but how about getting something for nothing? Prime Gaming is one of the offerings you get with Amazon Prime membership (which you’ll need in order to take advantage of many Prime Day deals).
On Prime Day and in the lead-up to the event, you’ll find some extra games for free. Titles vary across the sale period and new ones are likely to be added on Prime Day itself. But at present, you can get several free full games with Prime Gaming, including Prey and Baldur’s Gate II.
What gaming deals are available on Prime Day?
If you’re still wondering what gaming deals you might find this Prime Day — and early deals leading up to the event — be prepared for a range of options. You’ll find many games at a discount for PC and all popular consoles. As for consoles themselves, there are usually discounts on the Nintendo Switch on Prime Day. Now that their stock levels are reliable, you may also find reductions on the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X and Series S.
Then there are all kinds of gaming peripherals, including gaming mice and keyboards, gaming chairs and gaming desks. Basically, if it has anything to do with gaming, you’ll probably find a discount on or before Prime Day.
Best early Prime Day gaming deals
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 17% OFF
Link is back for a new adventure, this time with the ability to soar the skies above Hyrule, as well as having the freedom to explore the depths below the surface. You can combine and fuse objects to create new weapons, vehicles and more, so let your imagination run wild.
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“Star Wars” Jedi: Survivor UP TO 21% OFF
This stunning game from the “Star Wars” universe is available at a discounted price for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. You play as a Jedi Knight called Cal, exploring the galaxy and fighting on the side of the light. The graphics are stunning, and it’s a must for “Star Wars” fans who love gaming.
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Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop 22% OFF
If you’re looking for a powerful gaming laptop, this one has a super-fast six-core processor and an impressive graphics card with 6 gigabytes of dedicated video RAM. This means it can keep up with even the most power-hungry games without noticeable blur or lag.
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Logitech G335 Wired Gaming Headset 35% OFF
Although you have to deal with wires, you get much more for your money with this wired gaming headset than you would with a wireless equivalent. It offers crisp, clear sound to help you immerse yourself in the gaming world, plus a handy flip-to-mute mic. It’s light and comfortable to wear.
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Logitech G Cloud Handheld Portable Gaming Console 14% OFF
This handheld cloud gaming console lets you take your favorite titles on the road. It’s compatible with a number of cloud gaming services, including Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now. You can also download and play Android games from the Google Play Store.
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Official Luna Wireless Controller 43% OFF
If you use Luna, Amazon’s cloud gaming service, you might be interested in the official Luna controller. It’s designed to give you the best possible gaming experience on Luna and also integrates Alexa to let you open games hands-free. It connects via Bluetooth and is compatible with any Bluetooth device, including Windows laptops, MacBooks, Android phones, iPhones and Fire TV.
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Logitech G703 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse 37% OFF
When you use a standard mouse for gaming, you can be plagued by latency and responsiveness issues. This super-fast gaming mouse solves that problem. You can also buy it with a wireless charging system so it doesn’t run out of battery while you play.
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SteelSeries Apex 3 RGB Gaming Keyboard 50% OFF
With its whisper-quiet keys, it’s the ideal keyboard for anyone who gets annoyed with keyboard clicking or wants to be considerate of household members during late-night gaming sessions. It also has backlit keys and a wrist rest for ergonomic support to minimize the risk of repetitive strain injury.
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Dowinx Gaming Chair 6% OFF and $20 COUPON
If you’re sick to death of back pain or other discomfort from gaming, you might need to invest in a gaming chair. This chair features moveable lumbar support and a headrest to customize your experience and keep you comfortable. The mesh fabric is breathable, so you won’t feel sticky on hot days.
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Homall L-Shaped Gaming Desk $15 COUPON
Anyone serious about PC gaming knows the importance of a quality gaming desk. Thanks to its L-shaped design, this one gives you plenty of room for both work and play. The large surface means there’s room for a desktop computer, multiple monitors and even consoles if you want to create a single gaming zone.
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Products to watch this Prime Day
- Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset
- Nintendo Switch with Neon Blue and Neon Red Joy‑Con
- Xbox Series X
- PlayStation 5 Console
- Dead Island 2: Day 1 Edition
- Final Fantasy XVI
- God of War Ragnarok
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(WHTM) – The terms frost and freeze are used a lot when it comes to plants and the growing season.
While both are bad for plants, they don’t necessarily mean the same thing.
The National Weather Service (NWS) says that a frost can form when the temperature falls below 36 degrees Fahrenheit, with it being more than likely in rural areas. Frost becomes more widespread when the temperature falls below 32 degrees. But this is also where freeze can occur.
The NWS usually issues advisories, watches, and warnings for both frost and freezes. Below are definitions the weather services use to alert the public:
Frost Advisory
A frost advisory is issued when the minimum temperature is forecast to be between 33 and 36 degrees Fahrenheit on clear and calm nights during the growing season.
Freeze Watch
A freeze watch is issued when significant and widespread freezing temperatures are expected, sometime within the next 24 to 36 hours.
Freeze Warning
This is issued when significant, widespread freezing temperatures are expected more imminently.
Both events mean bad news for your outside plants.
GardeningKnowHow.com, an online gardening resource, further defines frost as occurring when a plant is exposed to temperatures of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below. These temperatures may only last for a short time, but frosts can still damage very delicate plants, such as vegetable plants.
A freeze is more impactful, and occurs when the interior temperature of the plant reaches 32 degrees Fahrenheit, GardeningKnowHow noted. The frozen inside of the plant warms during the day and the cells release water and break down. This results in brown and black spots, as well as mushy areas that result in the death of annual plants.
The simplest protection you can do is cover them with an old sheet, or a light tarp.
When frost begins to occur, however, one thing is certain: Winter is on its way, which means it might be time to begin preparing your garden for next year.
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- CATL won the Daimler Truck Supplier Award for state-of-the-art battery systems, which will be used on the newly released eActros LongHaul
- A strategic partnership agreement is reached between CATL and Trailer Dynamics to promote long haul e-transportation for zero emissions logistics in Germany
- CATL also signed an MOU for distribution with KYBURZ Switzerland to promote electrification of various commercial applications
HANOVER, Germany, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At IAA Transportation 2022, CATL, a global leader of new energy innovative technologies, reached cooperation agreements with multiple leading OEM customers and won Daimler Truck Supplier Award at the fair, further demonstrating its innovative capabilities and achievements in the new energy industry.
"At CATL, we are dedicated to delivering innovative technologies and solutions that enable a more sustainable future for mankind and our partners. IAA Transportation 2022 presents an important opportunity to demonstrate technological and product strengths and further expand our global partnership network," said Li Xiaoning, Executive President of Overseas Commercial Application, CATL. "We are proud to be one of the key drivers advancing the vibrant commercial vehicle industry along with other global leaders."
CATL won the Daimler Truck Supplier Award in the category "Innovation" for the development and production of state-of-the-art high-voltage battery systems with a range of up to 500 kilometers, extremely long service life and fast-charging capability. The battery systems will be used in the new eActros LongHaul, which was unveiled at IAA this year.
It is the first time that Daimler Truck presents its Supplier Award as an independent company. With the award, it recognizes CATL for above-average performance and cooperation in a spirit of partnership.
At the exhibition, CATL has strengthened cooperation with multiple leading OEMs in the sector. It signed a strategic partnership agreement with Trailer Dynamics, the German startup that is shaping long haul e-transportation for zero emissions logistics with the e-Trailer. Trailer Dynamics intends to use CATL platform-based system products in its e-Trailer projects with configurations in different kWh capacity dimensions.
Equipped with CATL's CTP-based LFP battery system, which features exceptionally long battery life and high thermal stability, the semitrailer offers increased efficiency and vehicle performance, lower fuel consumption and consequently lower carbon emission.
Trailer Dynamics and CATL also plan to collaborate closely to extend the e-Trailer products into dedicated major markets, to explore battery swapping solutions for e-Trailers, and to bring in more coordinated actions to achieve reduction of carbon emission.
During this year's IAA exhibition, CATL also signed an MOU for distribution with KYBURZ Switzerland, the largest manufacturer of electric vehicles in Switzerland. The two companies intend to enter into a distribution agreement to promote the sales of CATL products.
Based on the practical needs of business development in Switzerland, the two parties also intend to extend current cooperation to more electrification applications projects, thus promoting the electrification of transportation in Europe.
KYBURZ develops, produces and distributes high-quality electric vehicles for delivery companies, industry and private individuals. The company's 3-wheeled electric vehicles for postal delivery have become an integral part of the road scape in many countries.
Featuring high energy density, long service life, high reliability and adaptability to various hard environments, CATL's offerings at the show will be an opportunity advance electrification in the transportation sector with partners worldwide. CATL will announce more partnerships in the electrification of commercial applications in the near future.
CATL's innovative technologies and products have been well received by the market, and it has established and strengthened partnership with top-tier OEMs of commercial applications including Daimler Truck, VWCO, Yutong, FAW Group, Dongfeng and King Long.
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Week 1 of the 2022 high school football season is only a few days away, and the Journal today begins a series of preview stories leading into opening night with a look at Class 4A, 3A, 2A plus 8-Man.
Class 4A
There seems to be a consensus on two things — defending champion Lovington should be favored, and also that there are perhaps as many as eight or nine teams that could eventually make noise in November.
“There’s going to be a lot of close games and I think it’ll be a really competitive season,” Moriarty coach Gabe Romero said.
The Wildcats top the list. But there are some quality groups that are equally confident, including Bloomfield, Moriarty and Silver, and definitely Albuquerque Academy. The preseason MaxPreps.com rankings have the Chargers rated No. 2 behind Lovington.
The Wildcats beat Ruidoso in last year’s 4A final.
“It’s funny, the next day, I got up in the morning, and my wife asked me, ‘Do you think you can take a breath of fresh air?’ I said, ‘No, I’m even more hungry to try and win another one,’ ” Lovington coach Anthony Gonzales said with a laugh. “That’s the mentality our kids have taken.”
Senior quarterback Ashton Aranda is among the offensive starters returning for the Wildcats. Two freshmen last year, tailback Ondalis Cardeñas and slot Alec Holguin, both were contributors last year. Defensive tackle Brennen Garcia has already been invited to participate in a Blue-Grey All-American Bowl later this year, Gonzales said.
Lovington is in a new district that now features Portales, Bernalillo — and Academy. The Chargers have a Week 10 road game in Lovington.
Academy returns 13 starters, including a dynamic offensive trio in quarterback A.J. Rivera, power running back Cole Conway and receiver Kellan Gehres. The defense is led by outstanding junior Brody Whitaker who is switching to linebacker this fall.
“We feel really good about this group,” Academy coach Shaun Gehres said. “I think we can win a state championship, but I don’t want our team to get ahead of itself.”
Bloomfield and Silver are two teams where expectations are also high.
The Bobcats, a state semifinalist last year, bring back solid QB Ryan Sharpe a couple of veteran receivers in Drew Perez and George Rascon. This is a big football team with plenty of experience and a high-scoring offense.
“It’s a lightning-bolt crew,” Bloomfield coach Mike Kovacs said. “They can light it up instantly. I’m actually very excited about our chances. I think we have the players and the pieces in place to make a deep run.”
In Silver City, the Colts, who lost in the quarterfinals to Lovington, have a star running back in junior Aiden Granado, who gained over 1,600 yards last season. Silver also figures to be very stingy defensively, coach Jerome Ortiz said.
“All roads, I think, still are going to lead to Lovington,” Ortiz said.
Moriarty was also a state semifinalist last year, and its run-heavy, physical style continues to serve the Pintos well. Erik Grey Wolf, a senior, and Matthew Romero are among the solid running backs returning in that Moriarty backfield.
Other solid teams in 4A could and should include Taos, St. Pius, Bernalillo and Valencia.
The Spartans are an interesting story; they’ve qualified for the playoffs in the last three full seasons, and were loaded in that COVID-erased season of 2020. Bernalillo must solve this major issue: the Spartans lost five games a year ago in which their excellent defense didn’t surrender more than 14 points. So getting into the red zone and cashing in is of vital importance to Bernalillo, which has 17 seniors returning, including QB Jacob Pino and David Llanez, who leads a three-headed rushing attack.
“We set expectations, and those are that we want to take care of business in the preseason and compete for a district title and the playoffs,” Spartans coach John Cobos said.
Valencia was a playoff team last year and reached the quarterfinals. The Jaguars have a solid set of skill-position athletes to challenge the likes of Silver and St. Pius in a newly-formed district that also includes Grants.
Up north, Taos will not have any home games this year as the school gets a new turf. The Tigers will play home games at nearby Questa. But expectations are that Taos will be in the mix.
On the West Side, St. Pius, a 3 seed in last year’s playoffs that was upset by Ruidoso in the quarterfinals, will be slightly less experienced this season, but “I really like our group that we have,” coach Dave Montoya said, adding that the Sartans are very athletic. QB Alejandro Sapien returns, and three-year receiver Chris Coash is a versatile target.
Also in 4A, Portales, young last season en route to 2-8, should be much improved, and Aztec could perhaps give Bloomfield a push in that district.
Class 3A
Defending state champion Robertson brings back 20 starters, but the Cardinals’ MVP, quarterback Matthew Gonzales, is not one of them, and he was 3A’s most electrifying player.
Ace Gonzalez, the son of head coach Leroy Gonzalez, is moving into the QB spot. He was playing center last season.
Twins, Jesse James Gonzales (RB) and Nathaniel Gonzales (WR), are both sophomores who played key roles as ninth-graders in Robertson’s 2021 championship season.
“Everyone wants to knock you off,” coach Gonzalez said. “I think the target is on our back.”
There could be any number of other contenders in 3A, including St. Michael’s (which fell in the state final to the Cardinals), plus Socorro, Ruidoso, West Las Vegas, Raton, New Mexico Military Institute, Cobre and Hope Christian.
“Walking off the field after that championship game left a hunger in them,” Horsemen coach Joey Fernandez said. His team returns nine overall starters, and St. Mike’s, he said, has a more solidified offensive line and more depth at the skill positions than it did last season. A strong defensive line should be an additional bonus, Fernandez said.
The Robertson/St. Mike’s district also includes West Las Vegas and Raton. And that district comprised four of the top six seeds in the 3A playoffs last November, led by No. 1 seed Raton.
The Tigers’ Cayden Walton, a 5-9, 180-pound senior, is one of the state’s top returning running backs. He went for 1,900 yards and 24 touchdowns last season. But Raton has some holes to fill on the offensive side of the ball, coach Tory Giacomo said. The defense remains stout.
West Las Vegas’ C.J. Perea already has a year under his belt as a starting quarterback, and he leads the Dons, who are relatively young with a nucleus of sophomores.
Although Socorro coach Damien Ocampo believes he has one of the best teams in 3A, “the jury is still out on us.” The Warriors have had to overhaul their offensive line, but do return senior quarterback Marcus Armijo, who is an excellent athlete, Ocampo said.
The other Warriors, Ruidoso, were in the 4A state championship game last year, and their presence in 3A is sure to be impactful. Ruidoso graduated 18 seniors; among the top returners are QB Cooper Pritchett and 6-6, 250-pound tight end/defensive end Dalton Trapp, who already has some Division II offers and is being watched by UNM and New Mexico State, coach Kief Johnson said.
Ruidoso used to be one of the smallest 4A schools; now the Warriors are one of the largest in 3A.
Hope coach Fernando Salinas has 13 starters returning, including most of their skill-position athletes. That includes QB Brent Miller, converted from running back. Other key pieces for the Huskies include center Jacob Baca, guard/nose tackle Zach Lapierre and running back Cade Johnston.
“We’ve got enough people in the right positions that can help us get over the hump,” Salinas said. His team lost to Raton in the state quarterfinals.
Class 2A
Eunice is chasing a fifth straight blue trophy — in a full season. Cardinals coach Greg Jackson likes to think his team would have been the state champ in the fall of 2020 had that season played out as planned.
The Cards graduated 18 seniors off the team that beat Jal 28-15 in the state final last season.
“It’s been a reload year,” Jackson said. “We’ll reload on the fly with these young kids, and we’ll have some inexperience, but we have a lot of athletes.”
Top returners in Eunice include junior all-state receiver Ashton Thompson who caught 12 touchdowns, and senior all-state middle linebacker Brandon Trevino.
Rival Jal is perhaps best poised to interrupt the Eunice title chain. The Panthers bring back their two leading rushers in quarterback Alexavier Carreon and tailback Jacob Lujan. Those two combined to rush for more than 3,200 yards and 52 TDs last season.
The Panthers return a bulk of their starting lineup.
“We have an exciting opportunity to take a step forward, even from where we were last year,” Jal coach Dusty Giles said.
8-Man/6-Man
Legacy Academy in Albuquerque is the metro’s newest football-playing school; the 8-Man Silverbacks will host home games at Menaul this fall.
Legacy is being coached by former Lobo QB Bryan Clampitt, the second ex-Lobo to be joining the metro coaching ranks this season, along with Landrick Brody at West Mesa.
Legacy Academy has nearly 30 athletes in the program, Clampitt said; most do not have any football experience.
“They’ve come a long way,” he said. “I think we’ll put together a solid team.”
The program opener is daunting, as the Silverbacks travel to Melrose, last year’s 8-Man state runner-up to Tatum.
Menaul is coming off a 5-3 season for longtime coach Josh Baca, and the Panthers had no seniors last season. “We’re a little further ahead than where we normally are,” Baca said. Top returners include RB/DE Garrett Lerch and QB/LB Anthony Jones.
Gateway Christian out of Roswell is the defending 6-Man state champ.
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The Nation's Weather for Saturday, March 4, 2023
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
As a storm forms off the mid-Atlantic coast and strengthens
today, a vast area of snow will extend from central and
northern New England to parts of the central Appalachians.
Rain or a wintry mix will occur in southern New England with
rain for a time along the mid-Atlantic coast. Clouds and a
few showers will affect the Florida Peninsula. A batch of
colder air is forecast to advance from the northern Plains
to the Upper Midwest and will lead to a round of snow from
the northern Rockies later this weekend. Meanwhile, the
latest storm from the Pacific will reach coastal areas from
Washington and Oregon to Northern California with rain at
low elevations and snow at intermediate and high elevations.
The storm is forecast to go on to bring a few feet of snow
to the southern Cascades and northern Sierra Nevada.
SPECIAL WEATHER
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DAILY EXTREMES
National High Friday 92 at Melbourne, FL
National Low Friday -13 at Crested Butte, CO
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended another wobbly day mostly lower on Wall Street Monday, extending a losing streak for markets. The S&P 500 couldn’t hold on to an afternoon gain and ended down 0.4%. The benchmark index is coming off a six-week losing streak. Tech companies were among the biggest losers, pulling the Nasdaq down 1.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended barely in the green. Spirit Airlines jumped after JetBlue said it would make a hostile offer for the budget carrier. ManTech surged after investment firm Carlyle Group said it will buy the defense contractor. Bond yields fell.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher on Wall Street Monday, but trading remains choppy as the market comes off six straight weeks of declines.
The S&P 500 was up 0.3% as of 2:49 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 222 points, or 0.7%, to 32,419 and the Nasdaq fell 0.3%.
Energy stocks and health care companies gained ground. Chevron rose 4.1% and Eli Lilly rose 3.1%.
Retailers had some of the biggest losses and tempered gains elsewhere. Amazon slipped 1% and Starbucks fell 3.1%.
Technology stocks have been pushing and pulling the broader market throughout most of the day and were mixed by late afternoon. Big tech companies, with their pricey values, tend to push the broader market both up or down. The sector has been a particularly heavy weight as investors worry about high inflation and rising interest rates.
Bond yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.88% from 2.94% late Friday.
Spirit Airlines rose 13.3% after JetBlue said it would make a hostile offer for the budget carrier after Spirit rebuffed its earlier bids.
Defense contractor ManTech jumped 15.2% after investment firm Carlyle Group said it will buy the defense contractor.
The broader market is in the midst of a slump as investors try to gauge how companies and consumers are dealing with higher prices and whether central banks can help ease the problem.
“Time is the most important factor here,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. “Right now sentiment and emotion is winning but eventually the reality of a fundamentally good backdrop will take over.”
Corporate earnings have been mostly good, he said, and consumer spending is holding up in the face of inflation pressure. But, the market will likely remain volatile and could experience more losses until some of the worries over inflation lessen.
The Federal Reserve is in the process of pulling its benchmark short-term interest rate off its record low near zero, where it spent most of the pandemic. It also said it may continue to raise rates by double the usual amount at upcoming meetings. Investors are concerned that the central bank could cause a recession if it raises rates too high or too quickly.
Lingering supply chain problems continue to feed inflation, and China's recent COVID-19 lockdowns have raised concerns that they may worsen. Russia's war against Ukraine has made already high energy prices even more volatile, which could also draw out rising inflation.
U.S. crude oil prices rose 2.9% Monday and are up more than 50% for the year. Natural gas prices rose 3.9% and have more than doubled in 2022.
Wall Street is closely watching how consumers react to pressure from inflation and will get several updates from the U.S. government and key retailers this week. The Commerce Department on Tuesday will release its retail sales report for April.
Home Depot and Walmart will report their latest financial results on Tuesday and Target will report its results on Wednesday.
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Substances fuel record number of deaths among unhoused people in Portland, Ore., area
A record 193 homeless people died in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in 2021, a 53% increase from the previous year, according to a new county report released Wednesday.
Substances contributed to about 60% of those deaths, the report found, which mirrored trends seen across the country.
Much like in 2020, methamphetamine was the most common drug noted in the county’s fatalities. But the number of deaths involving fentanyl or a combination of opioids and meth saw the biggest increases.
“Polysubstance, meth and fentanyl are the key takeaways,” said regional health officer Dr. Jennifer Vines, adding that fentanyl use exploded during the pandemic.
“For a long time, we imagined that fentanyl was sort of a drug contaminant that people would kind of stumble upon accidentally, and it would be something that might move through the drug supply,” she said in a news conference. “What we weren’t prepared for was simply the use of fentanyl as a drug that became cheap, that became highly available, and that is so potent and short-acting that people actually develop an addiction and seek out the drug itself.”
The number unhoused people in the county whose deaths involved fentanyl jumped more than eightfold from 2020 to 2021 — from four deaths to 36. Deaths stemming from combined opioid and meth use rose from 27 to 47.
Portland, Ore., long a famously progressive city, faces a crisis of confidence as it grapples with homelessness and crime. Residents can’t agree on solutions.
Meth, however, remained the deadliest drug overall. It was involved in 93 deaths — 82% of substance fatalities — continuing the trend from 2020.
County health officials say they have had difficulty responding to the increase in meth use because there is no medication that can reverse a meth overdose the way that naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose.
“It’s been really hard and really scary,” said Haven Wheelock, program supervisor at Outside In, a Portland-based nonprofit that provides addiction and homelessness services. “For many years, it’s been an uphill battle to have these conversations ... about overdose deaths as the public health crisis that it is, and homelessness as the crisis that it is.”
The report relied on the findings of medical examiners, so the 193 deaths are likely an undercount, county health officials said. Medical examiners generally investigate nonnatural deaths, including those caused by suspicious or unknown circumstances, such as homicide and suicide, and those caused by injuries and accidents, such as overdoses.
The number of unhoused people who died by homicide more than doubled from 2020 to 2021, reaching a new high of 18, or nearly 10% of all homeless deaths. The majority of those homicides involved guns. The increase tracks with a citywide trend in Portland, which has reported record homicides for the last two years amid a surge in gun violence.
Extreme weather events were another factor in the number of homeless deaths, the report found. Four unsheltered people died during the devastating summer 2021 “heat dome,” and eight died of hypothermia during the winter months.
Although 2021 was the first full year of the pandemic, COVID-19 was found to have killed only two homeless people. But the report says that is probably also an undercount, as medical examiners don’t investigate the deaths of people hospitalized for more than 24 hours prior to a natural death. No COVID-19 deaths were identified by medical examiners in 2020.
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska lawmakers have begun a second round of debate on a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors that has proved to be so contentious, it’s led opponents filibuster every single bill before the Nebraska Legislature since late February.
Lawmakers entered the debate Thursday already raw from a contentious all-day showdown Wednesday over a bill that would greatly restrict abortion access in the state. That bill, which advanced on the slimmest of margins over strident objections from opponents, would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo, which is generally around the sixth week of pregnancy and before most women even know they are pregnant.
The transgender health proposal has proved to be even more polemic. It advanced from the first eight-hour round of debate last month after supporters and opponents angrily accused each other of lacking collegiality.
Even before Thursday’s debate began, opponents signaled that deliberations would become heated. Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt lashed out at supporters of the trans health ban Wednesday night. For Hunt, the debate is deeply personal; she shared on the floor of the Legislature during the first debate on the bill that her teenage son is transgender. She has since refused to speak to lawmakers who voted to advance the proposal.
“Unless the bill is killed, every bill will be filibustered, and we will talk about LB574 every day on every bill,” Hunt said on the floor Wednesday night.
The bill by Republican Sen. Kathleen Kauth, a freshman lawmaker in the officially-nonpartisan state Legislature, would outlaw gender-affirming therapies such as hormone treatments, puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery for those 18 and younger.
It was cited as the genesis of a nearly three-week, uninterrupted filibuster carried by Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, who followed through on her vow in late February to filibuster every bill before the Legislature — even those she supported — declaring she would “burn the session to the ground over this bill.” When the bill advanced anyway last month, several other lawmakers joined in the filibuster.
The Nebraska bill, along with another that would ban trans people from using bathrooms and locker rooms or playing on sports teams that don’t align with the sex listed on their birth certificates, are among roughly 150 bills targeting transgender people that have been introduced in state legislatures this year.
The bill must get 33 votes Thursday and again in a later third round of debate to overcome filibusters and pass. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen has said he will sign the bill if it passes.
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Alek Thomas Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Padres - April 22
Published: Apr. 22, 2023 at 11:25 AM MST|Updated: 1 hour ago
Alek Thomas -- hitting .182 with three doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBI in his past 10 games -- will be in action for the Arizona Diamondbacks versus the San Diego Padres, with Joe Musgrove on the mound, on April 22 at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a hitless performance in his last game (0-for-3) against the Padres.
Alek Thomas Game Info & Props vs. the Padres
- Game Day: Saturday, April 22, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Padres Starter: Joe Musgrove
- TV Channel: BSAZX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +825)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +185)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +185)
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Alek Thomas At The Plate
- Thomas has three doubles, a triple, a home run and five walks while batting .190.
- Thomas has reached base via a hit in six games this season (of 19 played), and had multiple hits in three of those games.
- He has hit a long ball in one of 19 games, and in 1.6% of his plate appearances.
- In four games this year, Thomas has picked up an RBI, with more than one RBI once.
- In six games this year (31.6%), he has scored, including multiple runs twice.
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Alek Thomas Home/Away Batting Splits
Padres Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Padres has a collective 8.7 K/9, which ranks 16th in the league.
- The Padres have a 4.43 team ERA that ranks 16th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Padres pitchers combine to give up 21 total home runs at a clip of one per game (to rank 13th in the league).
- Musgrove will start for the Padres, his first this season.
- The 30-year-old righty last appeared Friday, Oct. 21 against the Philadelphia Phillies, when he started and went 5 2/3 innings.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors last season he ranked 15th in ERA (2.93), 18th in WHIP (1.083), and 13th in K/9 (9.1).
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When this school year began, Issac Moreno just couldn't get himself to go. During the pandemic, he'd gotten used to learning from his family's home in Los Angeles. Then, last fall, he started junior high, five days a week, in person.
"It was a lot," he says.
The last fully normal school year Issac remembers is third grade. Now, he's in seventh, with multiple classes each day, a busier schedule and new classmates.
Issac's mother, Jessica Moreno, says it's been a struggle to get Issac back into the routine of going to school. Her eyes well up as she describes it: "Three days a week or four days a week, he will say to me, 'I'm sick. I don't feel OK. Can you just pick me up? I don't want to be here.' "
She says Issac has already missed 10 days of school this year, which means he's at risk of becoming chronically absent.
And Issac is not alone. Before the pandemic, about 8 million U.S. students were considered chronically absent, according to the research group Attendance Works. That's when a student misses 10% or more of the school year. By spring 2022, that number had doubled to around 16 million.
Federal attendance data only comes out annually, so it's hard to get a full picture of where things stand at this point in the school year, but Hedy Chang, the executive director of Attendance Works, says she hasn't seen the kind of recovery she'd hoped for.
Three days a week or four days a week, he will say to me, "I'm sick. I don't feel OK. Can you just pick me up? I don't want to be here."
"I think people have been a little bit under the false impression that when COVID became more endemic, that that would then result in a significant improvement in attendance. And I'm not seeing that."
In a survey of 21 school districts in rural, suburban and urban areas, NPR found most districts – from New York City to Austin, Texas, to Lawrence, Kan. – still had heightened levels of chronic absenteeism.
Students who are chronically absent are at higher risk of falling behind, scoring lower on standardized tests and even dropping out. And as often happens in education, students who struggle with attendance are also more likely to live in poverty, be children of color or have disabilities.
Chang worries the kids missing out on school are the same ones who need it the most.
"Showing up to school makes sure that you have access to resources," she says, "whether that's food and nutrition, whether that's after school and engaging learning experiences, whether that's access to health care."
Why students aren't showing up to class
In Anne Arundel County Public Schools, outside Baltimore, chronic absenteeism has worsened over each of the last three years.
"Transportation has been our number one issue," says Ryan Voegtlin, director of student services for the large Maryland district. He says a bus driver shortage has made it hard to cover all the bus routes and guarantee transportation for every student.
"That impacts a lot of our higher poverty areas where some of our parents don't have as flexible of jobs, where they may not have their own transportation."
According to Voegtlin, increased mental health concerns and heightened caution around sending kids to school when they're not feeling well have also taken a toll on attendance.
In rural San Juan County, New Mexico, Superintendent Steve Carlson says attendance numbers have improved this year, but they haven't returned to pre-pandemic levels. He echoes the challenges Voegtlin described, with one exception: His school district, Central Consolidated, is partially in Navajo Nation, and his schools serve Native American communities that were disproportionately affected by COVID, with higher infection and hospitalization rates compared to other groups. Families in his district are still recovering emotionally, and the schools still have mask mandates. There's also still fear around large gatherings of people, which are hard to avoid in schools. Moreover, given the history of boarding schools, Carlson says his district's Native families don't generally think of school as a safe place.
"It's really difficult to get those families to say, 'Yeah, sure, we'd love to send our kids back to school.' "
[Students have] lost connections to peers, they've lost connections to adults ... But that means we need to be even more intentional about relationship building, connecting to kids.
In Issac Moreno's district, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), attendance has improved compared to last school year, but Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says it hasn't yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.
"Much needs to be fixed alongside the attendance issue, because there are root causes that are keeping kids from school," he says.
Carvalho describes the same attendance challenges NPR heard from multiple districts around the country: a youth mental health crisis, heightened fear around health concerns, transportation difficulties and poverty and homelessness, which can make it difficult for students to keep a routine around going to school.
Several school leaders also told NPR they worry their students have lost a sense of belonging in the classroom after so much time away. Hedy Chang of Attendance Works shares those concerns:
"[Students have] lost connections to peers, they've lost connections to adults, and it has certainly been exacerbated by very challenging staffing issues in schools. But that means we need to be even more intentional about relationship building, connecting to kids."
What schools can do to improve attendance
Carvalho says, "Money is not an issue ... The entire nation is currently flooded with federal [COVID] assistance money."
And many districts – including LAUSD, Anne Arundel County and Central Consolidated – are using that money to address absenteeism.
Home visits are one proven strategy schools are investing in. The state of Connecticut put close to $10.7 million of its federal relief aid toward a robust home-visit program; six months later, attendance improved by about 15 percentage points among students in the program.
Chang says, while home visits are effective, "how you do them matters a lot." She says the most successful home-visit programs involve trained school staff or teachers who make repeated visits and maintain ongoing relationships throughout the year.
LAUSD recently started using its home-visit program to target children experiencing housing insecurity. "The most vulnerable kids who are absent the most [in L.A.] happen to be homeless children," Carvalho told NPR after touring a crisis center where such children sought shelter.
His district has also hired more attendance counselors and "community navigators" to help caregivers tap into district resources, and it's providing concierge transportation for students with unstable housing.
In New Mexico, Steve Carlson is investing in more mental health resources, including extra counselors. And in Maryland, Voegtlin has hired more bus-drivers, though he still doesn't have enough for every bus route. Voegtlin's district is also reaching out to families before students become chronically absent, and he and his team are working to educate caregivers about the long-term impacts of kids missing school.
"It's not a quick process," he explains, "but it's a process that [has allowed] people to start understanding that everyone owns attendance, and not just when it gets to the chronic point."
He says his district tries to avoid the punitive approaches of years past. For example, they only file charges in truancy court as a last resort after exhausting other attempts to connect with families.
Chang says another way to improve attendance is to gather regular, transparent data throughout the school-year, rather than only once, at the end of the year.
"When you look at your data regularly on an individual level, it can allow you to reach out to students before the challenges are so entrenched that you can't turn them around," she says.
In Michigan, Grand Rapids Public Schools collects and analyzes data multiple times a month. Mel Atkins, who leads attendance efforts there, has found sharing that data widely can make a difference.
"I know you need the data to know where we're going and how big the problem actually is," he explains. "So we share the data with community partners, parents."
Before the pandemic, he says his district used 8-foot leaderboards to display monthly attendance data. "It wasn't always good, but what it did was spark a conversation."
That data-driven program helped cut chronic absenteeism by more than half in his district. The pandemic hampered much of that progress, but Atkins says he and his team are focused on restarting those efforts, and getting back to a playbook they already know works.
Giving students a sense of belonging at school
Nearly every educator NPR spoke to for this story said they want to provide a school environment that gives students a sense of belonging – one that hopefully gets them back into the classroom.
"We want to provide environments where students want to be, so when they walk in the door, they feel safe and they say, 'I'm welcome here and I want to learn,' " says Carlson of New Mexico.
One way to create environments where students want to be is to give them some say. At Brooklyn Center Middle and High School, just outside Minneapolis, students asked for more classes outside the traditional curriculum, and the school responded by offering two class periods a week in which students get to pick from classes like "Create Your Own Video Game," "Art in the Garden" and "Dungeons and Dragons."
Between December 2021 and December 2022, the school cut absenteeism by more than half. Principal Josh Fraser says his team hasn't yet collected enough data to prove the new classes directly led to better attendance, but he says the vast majority of students have found a subject they identify with, and that has been key.
"The value of students seeing the power and voice they have, and it actually reflecting in decisions that hugely impact their day-to-day...I think it's something that creates belonging," he says.
A sense of belonging has started to make a difference for Issac Moreno, in L.A. His middle school recently launched a new sports program, which he was eager to join.
"That's something that kind of made school fun again," says Issac, in his L.A. Lakers jersey. He's been playing basketball and says the "fun" parts of the school day have motivated him to show up more.
"I'm a very social person and I'm very glad that [at school] you can talk to people and just be a lot more active," he says.
His mom says she's seen a difference in Issac since the sports program opened up. "He's playing basketball again, he now has friends...and it is giving him his life back."
A life that's starting to look much closer to normal.
Edited by: Nicole Cohen
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Once daily extended release provides early onset and full day coverage
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. , Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tris Pharma, Inc. (Tris) a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with a robust portfolio of CNS products announced today that DYANAVEL® XR (amphetamine) extended-release tablets, for oral use, CII are now available in pharmacies. DYANAVEL XR was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in patients 6 years and older.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose Phase 3 study in adults with ADHD, DYANAVEL XR tablets demonstrated statistically significant improvement versus placebo in mean Permanent Product Measure of Performance Total (PERMP-T) scores averaged across all measured post-dose time points (0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 14 hours post-dose). The PERMP-T is a validated and FDA-accepted, skill-adjusted, timed math test that is used to assess attention in people with ADHD. The most common adverse events included headache, decreased appetite, irritability, initial insomnia, insomnia, dry mouth, anxiety, dizziness, tachycardia, fatigue, and nausea. Most treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) were mild to moderate in severity, and no SAEs were reported during the study. These finds were recently published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Cutler, et al. J Clin Psychiatry 2022. 83(00):22m14438).
In another clinical study in healthy adults, DYANAVEL XR extended-release tablets were deemed to be bioequivalent to DYANAVEL XR (amphetamine) extended-release oral suspension CII, which in a Phase 3 clinical study of children aged 6 to 12 years with ADHD, demonstrated ADHD symptom improvement within 1 hour, that lasted through 13 hours after once-daily dosing. Further, in a separate exploratory study, DYANAVEL XR oral suspension appeared to improve ADHD symptoms as soon as 30 minutes after dosing (Pardo, et al. CNS Spectrums 2020 Dec:25(6):774-781).
"The Dyanavel XR tablet represents an important treatment option for patients with ADHD," said Andrew J. Cutler, CMO, Neuroscience Education Institute and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University. "Knowing that ADHD in adults presents differently than in children, and as different adults have different treatment goals, DYANAVEL XR once-daily tablet was designed and developed with the intent to provide adults with ADHD a treatment option that kicks in quickly and lasts throughout their workday and beyond."
The approval of DYANAVEL XR extended-release tablets expands Tris's ADHD portfolio and highlights Tris's commitment to address the unmet needs of the ADHD community. Nearly 10 million adults in the U.S. have ADHD. Over 90% of cases are untreated and at least 75% of adults who have ADHD don't know it. Offering DYANAVEL XR in a tablet formulation gives healthcare professionals a new option when treating adults with ADHD.
"Tris is committed to bring innovative ADHD products to all patients. Due to Tris's proprietary LiquiXR technology, this is the first ADHD product that gives adult patients a choice when an early onset is desired without sacrificing full day coverage.," said Dr. James Hackworth, President of the Tris Branded Products Division. "We expect that this product will fill a big current gap in treatment options and help patients to not have to choose between early morning and evening coverage."
DYANAVEL XR is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it contains amphetamine that can be a target for people who abuse prescription medicines or street drugs. Keep DYANAVEL XR in a safe place to protect it from theft. Never give your DYANAVEL XR to anyone else because it may cause death or harm them. Selling or giving away DYANAVEL XR may harm others and is against the law. See additional important safety information below.
Tris is a fully integrated, innovation-driven CNS company that provides a differentiated approach to target unmet medical needs, including the application of novel technologies designed to enhance patient benefits across therapeutic categories. Tris's CNS portfolio includes treatments for pain; addiction; spasticity in multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy; narcolepsy; and ADHD. For more information, please visit www.trispharma.com and www.trismedical.com.
DYANAVEL XR is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant prescription medicine used for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in people 6 years and older. DYANAVEL XR may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in people with ADHD.
It is not known if DYANAVEL XR is safe and effective in children under 6 years of age.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
DYANAVEL XR is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it can be abused or lead to dependence. Keep DYANAVEL XR in a safe place to prevent misuse and abuse. Selling or giving away DYANAVEL XR may harm others and is against the law.
Tell your physician if you, your child, or any family members have ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines, or street drugs.
DYANAVEL XR should not be taken if you or your child are allergic to amphetamine or any of the ingredients in DYANAVEL XR or are taking or have taken within the past 14 days an anti-depression medicine called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor or MAOI.
DYANAVEL XR can cause serious side effects. Tell the doctor:
- if you or your child have heart problems, heart defects, high blood pressure, or a family history of these problems. This is important because sudden death has occurred in children 6 to 17 years old with heart problems or defects, and sudden death, stroke, and heart attack have happened in adults. Your doctor should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting DYANAVEL XR. Since increases in blood pressure and heart rate may occur, the doctor should regularly check these during treatment. Call the doctor right away if you or your child have any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting while taking DYANAVEL XR.
- if you or your child have mental problems, or a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression. This is important because new or worsening behavior and thought problems or bipolar illness may occur. New symptoms such as seeing or hearing things that are not real, believing things that are not true, being suspicious, or having new manic symptoms may occur. Call the doctor right away if there are any new or worsening mental symptoms during treatment.
- if you or your child have circulation problems in fingers and toes (called peripheral vasculopathy, including Raynaud's phenomenon). Fingers or toes may feel numb, cool, painful, sensitive to temperature, and/or change color from pale, to blue, to red. Call the doctor right away if any signs of unexplained wounds appear on fingers or toes while taking DYANAVEL XR.
- if your child is having slowing of growth (height and weight); Your child should have his or her height and weight checked often while taking DYANAVEL XR.
- if you or your child have symptoms of serotonin syndrome - agitation, hallucinations, coma, or other changes in mental status; fast heartbeat; sweating or fever; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; high or low blood pressure; problems controlling movements or muscle twitching; muscle stiffness or tightness. Serotonin syndrome may occur when DYANAVEL XR is taken with certain other medicines and may be life-threatening. Stop DYANAVEL XR and call your doctor or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.
- if you or your child are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if DYANAVEL XR will harm your unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you or your child become pregnant during treatment with DYANAVEL XR.
- if you or your child is breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. DYANAVEL XR passes into breast milk. You or your child should not breastfeed while you are taking DYANAVEL XR.
Common side effects of amphetamine products include:
Talk to your doctor if you or your child have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
Avoid drinking alcohol while taking DYANAVEL XR.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning about Abuse and Dependence, and Medication Guide.
References
- Cutler AJ, Childress AC, Pardo A, et al. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of amphetamine extended-release tablets in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2022; 83(00):22m14438. doi:10.4088/JCP.22m14438
- Pardo A, Kando JC, King TR, Rafla E, Herman BK. Single-dose pharmacokinetics of amphetamine extended-release tablets compared with amphetamine extended-release oral suspension. CNS Spectr. 2020;25(6):774-781. doi:10.1017/S1092852919001676
DYANAVEL® and LiquiXR® are registered trademarks of Tris Pharma, Inc. ©2022 Tris Pharma, Inc. All rights reserved.
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In summer 1981, Gene and Marilyn Weinstein's Broadway Theatre Series brought the touring company of a Tony-winning comedy to Little Rock, and people got excited — which is not to say that all were pleased.
Some people objected to a word in the title. The word was "whore," as in "whorehouse."
Although Arkansas Gazette and Arkansas Democrat editors printed "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," TV stations turned on their bleepers. In audio, the show became "Best Little [bleep] House in Texas." Where a title appeared in TV video, "chicken" replaced "whore": "Best Little Chickenhouse in Texas."
The phrase "bleep-house" became a joke among theater fans who found the fuss embarrassing. The show had received similar flak in other places, such as Orlando, Fla., so censorship at Little Rock didn't make national news. But something else happened in Little Rock.
The show opened its six-day run June 16, 1981, at Robinson Hall with all tickets sold out. The next day, Page 1 of the Democrat reported that a morality-minded Little Rock taxi driver had expressed his disapproval in a personal manner.
Staff writer Eric E. Harrison reported that Wayne Caulder, an assistant electrician for the traveling company, said the cabbie who picked him up at the airport dumped him out after learning why he was in town.
Caulder arrived about 9 p.m. from Tucson, Ariz., in a merry mood, having whiled away his stopover in Dallas/Fort Worth at an airport bar. Hailing the cab, he asked to be taken to the Camelot hotel. As they motored along dark streets, the friendly cabbie asked and Caulder told him his occupation. The driver then pulled over to the curb in east Little Rock, handed him his luggage and drove away.
"He said he was a Southern Baptist and they were against the show coming here, and he told me to get out," Caulder said. But "he was very nice about it."
Caulder said he was laughing too hard to get the driver's name or number. But he didn't have to pay for the aborted ride; and after a while another taxi happened past and took him on to the hotel.
An editorial in the Democrat apologized to Caulder on behalf of Little Rock citizens. And a reporter assigned to find out who was in charge of policing taxicab franchises learned that airport monitors had not observed Caulder's arrival.
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- Three-year data from the BE BRIGHT open-label extension study are being presented at the 31st EADV Congress
- Over eight out of 10 patients who achieved complete skin clearance (PASI 100) at week 16 maintained PASI 100 responses and health-related quality of life outcomes through to three years
- Analysis of pooled safety data from up to three years of treatment in Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials showed bimekizumab was generally well tolerated with no new safety signals identified over three years
BRUSSELS and ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced new three-year results from the BE BRIGHT open-label extension (OLE) study evaluating the long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of bimekizumab in adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who completed one of three pivotal Phase 3 studies.1 These data, together with a three-year safety analysis of pooled data from Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies,2 are being presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Milan, Italy, September 7-10. A total of 11 abstracts highlighting data related to bimekizumab in psoriasis are being presented at the congress.
Data presented from the BE BRIGHT OLE study showed that over eight out of 10 patients who achieved complete skin clearance (PASI 100) following 16 weeks of bimekizumab treatment maintained PASI 100 response and health-related quality of life outcomes through to three years with continuous maintenance dosing. In addition, approximately nine out of 10 patients who achieved absolute PASI (PASI ≤2) at week 16 maintained this response through to three years.1 Pooled data from up to three years of treatment in Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials showed that bimekizumab was generally well-tolerated over this period with no safety signals identified.2 Bimekizumab is an investigational product; its efficacy and safety have not been established for any indication in the U.S. and it is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
"These positive results highlight the deep and long-lasting skin clearance achieved with bimekizumab, along with a consistent safety and tolerability profile, and reinforce the positive relationship clearing skin has on patients' quality of life. These new data add to the growing body of evidence supporting longer-term use of bimekizumab in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis," said Emmanuel Caeymaex, Executive Vice President, Immunology Solutions and Head of U.S., UCB.
"The findings presented today show that bimekizumab provided maintenance of completely clear skin and health-related quality of life outcomes in the majority of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis over a three year period," said Dr. Bruce Strober, Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Yale University, New Haven, Conn. "The goal of psoriasis treatment often is complete clearance of skin symptoms, and the availability of long-term data across treatment options is important since it supports healthcare providers and patients to be more informed when making treatment decisions."
All patients who had completed one of the pivotal Phase 3 studies (BE SURE, BE VIVID and BE READY) were eligible to enter the BE BRIGHT OLE study.1 On OLE entry, patients were assigned to bimekizumab 320 mg every four weeks (Q4W) or every eight weeks (Q8W) based on PASI 90 response at the end of the respective Phase 3 study.
In all bimekizumab-randomized patients: 1¥
- Among week 16 PASI 100 responders (N=503), 89.3 percent achieved PASI 100 at year one (week 52) and 82.0 percent at year three (OLE week 96)
- Among week 16 PASI ≤2 responders (N=694), 96.5 percent achieved PASI ≤2 at year one (week 52) and 94.2 percent at year three (OLE week 96)
- Among week 16 PASI 100 responders in BE SURE and BE READY only (N=330), 92.0 percent achieved the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) 0/1 at year one (week 56), and 88.0 percent at year three (OLE week 96)
In bimekizumab-randomized patients (320 mg Q4W for 16 weeks, and then every eight weeks [Q8W] through three years, BE SURE and BE READY only):1¥
- Among week 16 PASI 100 responders (N=147), 93.6 percent achieved PASI 100 at year one (week 52) and 84.4 percent at year three (OLE week 96)
- Among week 16 PASI ≤2 responders (N=189), 98.9 percent achieved PASI ≤2 at year one (week 52) and 96.8 percent at year three (OLE week 96)
- Among week 16 PASI 100 responders (N=147), 95.8 percent achieved DLQI 0/1 at year one (week 56) and 92.5 percent at year three (OLE week 96)
Total bimekizumab exposure was 4245.3 patient-years (PY; N=1789) across the Phase 2 and 3 trials, and 3876.4 PY (N=1495; Q4W: 1965.6 PY; Q8W: 1914.5 PY) in the Phase 3 trials.2 Treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) occurred at an exposure-adjusted incidence rate (EAIR) of 186.1 per 100 PY: serious TEAEs were seen at an EAIR of 5.6 new cases per 100 PY and TEAEs leading to discontinuation at 3.5 new cases per 100 PY.2
The most common TEAEs in the Phase 2 and 3 trials with bimekizumab were nasopharyngitis, oral candidiasis and upper respiratory tract infection at EAIRs of 15.3, 10.2 and 7.1 new cases per 100 PY, respectively.2 The EAIR for oral candidiasis showed a decrease compared with two years of bimekizumab treatment (10.2 versus 12.6 new cases per 100 PY) and was lower with bimekizumab dosed Q8W compared with Q4W (7.1 and 15.9 per 100 PY, respectively).2 The vast majority of oral candidiasis events were mild to moderate (99.4 percent), and none were serious.2 Serious infections occurred at a rate of 1.2/100 PY. The most frequently reported were serious coronavirus infections (0.2 per 100 PY).2
¥ Modified non-responder imputation analyses
Notes to editors :
BE BRIGHT (NCT03598790) is an ongoing, multicenter, open-label extension study assessing the long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of bimekizumab in adult patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.3 Patients who completed one of three bimekizumab Phase 3 studies, BE READY, BE VIVID and BE SURE, were eligible to enroll in the BE BRIGHT study.4 More details on BE BRIGHT can be found at ClinicalTrials.gov.3
BE VIVID, BE READY and BE SURE evaluated the efficacy and safety of bimekizumab in the treatment of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis versus placebo and ustekinumab, versus placebo, and versus adalimumab, respectively.4,5,6
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease with primary involvement of the skin.7 Psoriasis signs and symptoms can vary but may include red patches of skin covered with silvery scales; dry, cracked skin that may bleed; and thickened, pitted or ridged nails.8 Psoriasis also has a considerable psychological and quality-of-life impact, potentially affecting work, recreation, relationships, sexual functioning, family and social life.9 This skin condition affects men and women of all ages and ethnicities.7
Bimekizumab is a humanized monoclonal IgG1 antibody that is designed to selectively inhibit both interleukin 17A (IL-17A) and interleukin 17F (IL-17F), two key cytokines driving inflammatory processes.10,11
In August 2021, bimekizumab was approved in the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) and in Great Britain, for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy.10,12 In January 2022, bimekizumab received marketing authorization in Japan for the treatment of plaque psoriasis, generalized pustular psoriasis and psoriatic erythroderma in patients who are not sufficiently responding to existing treatments.13 In February and March 2022, bimekizumab was approved in Canada and Australia, respectively, for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy.14,15
Bimekizumab is an investigational product; its efficacy and safety have not been established for any indication in the U.S. and it is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Winners of State Fair of Texas’ Big Choice Awards Announced. They are: Cha-Cha Chata, a horchata milkshake (most creative); fried charcuterie board (best taste—savory); and Peanut Butter Paradise, a deep-fried honey bun topped with peanut butter and covered with what looks like a candy aisle.
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MADRID (AP) — A counterterrorism intelligence unit on Friday questioned a suspect accused of killing a Catholic church officer with a machete and wounding four more people, including a priest, in the southern city of Algeciras, Spain's national police agency said.
The Spanish National Police asked for two more days to interrogate the 25-year-old Moroccan suspect in Madrid before he has to face a judge, as is permitted under terrorism legislation. The extension request was granted until Monday evening, Spain’s National Court confirmed.
The suspect, identified by authorities as Yassine Kanjaa, was transferred to the capital and handed over to the General Commissariat of Information, an intelligence unit within the Spanish police which oversees domestic terrorism cases.
Kanjaa is accused of killing sacristan Diego Valencia after he prepared Wednesday night Mass at the Church of Nuestra Senora de La Palma. He is further accused of wounding a priest and three others at another Algeciras church.
Valencia's family and local politicians attended his funeral in the multicultural southern city Friday.
Spain's National Court said Kanjaa was accused of terrorism after “assaulting several people with a large machete, causing the death of one of them and injuries to four others,” according to a statement.
A high-ranking police official with direct knowledge of the case confirmed to The Associated Press that an initial investigation showed evidence of the suspect's “psychological instability” and “recent radicalization.” Spanish media first reported the preliminary findings.
“For now, we don’t have evidence of links with jihadist groups. For now, we don’t have evidence of personal links with other people with Islamist character,” the official, who was not authorized to discuss details of the probe, said. “But the investigation has just begun.”
Algeciras is a cosmopolitan port city and the first point of arrival for many boats and ferries from North Africa, putting it at the center of Spanish debates on irregular migration.
Spain has a general election this year. Right-wing parties have seized upon a deportation order for Kanjaa issued in June 2022 that was never executed.
Left-leaning government officials and media outlets have criticized the head of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, for saying Thursday that it “has been centuries since a Catholic or Christian has killed in name of his religion or beliefs,” before adding: “And there are other countries who have citizens who do.”
More than 880,000 Moroccans live in Spain, according to government statistics, representing the largest single nationality among resident foreigners.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has prioritized relations with Morocco in recent months. Spain and Morocco have colloborated closely on security issues, and Sánchez plans to travel to Rabat next week to meet Morocco's king.
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Ex-Harvard prof to be sentenced for lying about China ties
BOSTON (AP) — A former Harvard University professor convicted of lying to federal investigators about his ties to a Chinese-run science recruitment program and failing to pay taxes on payments from a Chinese university is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday.
Charles Lieber, 64, the former chair of Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, was convicted in December 2021 of two counts of filing false tax returns, two counts of making false statements and two counts of failing to file reports for a foreign bank account in China.
Prosecutors in court documents recommended three months in prison, a year of probation, a $150,000 fine and restitution to the Internal Revenue Service of $33,600.
Lieber’s attorneys asked that their client, who no longer works at Harvard and has a form of incurable blood cancer, be spared prison time and get a probationary sentence or home confinement instead.
Prosecutors said Lieber knowingly hid his involvement in China’s Thousand Talents Plan — a program designed to recruit people with knowledge of foreign technology and intellectual property to China — to protect his career and reputation.
Lieber denied his involvement during questioning from U.S. authorities, including the National Institutes of Health, which had provided him with millions of dollars in research funding, prosecutors said.
Lieber also concealed his income from the Chinese program on his U.S. tax returns, including $50,000 a month from the Wuhan University of Technology, some of which was paid to him in $100 bills in brown paper packaging, according to prosecutors.
In exchange, they say, Lieber agreed to publish articles, organize international conferences and apply for patents on behalf of the Chinese university.
Lieber’s case was one of the most notable to come out of the U.S. Department of Justice’s China Initiative, started during the Trump administration in 2018 to curb economic espionage from China, a program that came under criticism and has since been revamped.
Lieber’s attorneys said their client is remorseful and has been punished enough because of his damaged reputation.
“Professor Lieber is profoundly remorseful for the facts and circumstances that have brought him before this court,” his attorneys said in court documents. “He no longer works at Harvard. Travel to China — which amounted, in total, to no more than a couple of weeks — has shattered his entire life. His reputation has been ruined. At 64 years old, Professor Lieber prays to be able to live out whatever time he has left, at home.”
Treatment for the cancer has left him with a severely compromised immune system that puts him at greater risk of infection and requires that he live in a sterile environment, they said.
Prosecutors said although involvement in the Chinese program was not illegal, Lieber’s “chronic lies” to investigators deserve prison time.
“Lieber purposely — and repeatedly — lied to government agents about his ties to (Wuhan University of Technology) and (Thousand Talents Plan ) in response to direct, unambiguous questions; and he purposely concealed from tax authorities the hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to him by WUT,” prosecutors said in court documents.
The relationship between Lieber and the Chinese university had little to do with legitimate scientific collaboration or discovery but was instead a way for each to burnish their reputation and achieve other goals, which in Lieber’s case included winning a Nobel Prize, prosecutors said.
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The leader in property and casualty insurance will add 1,250 new employees in a state-of-the-art building, designed with the highest standards for sustainability.
Chubb commits to creating and retaining a total of 3,200 jobs in Pennsylvania within the next five years.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb, the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, today announced its plan for a new Philadelphia office that will occupy a state-of-the-art building to be constructed at 2000 Arch Street, reaffirming a commitment to the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that can be traced to 1792. Designed with the highest standards for sustainability, the new 18-floor, 438,000 rentable square foot structure is being developed in partnership with Parkway Corporation. Construction will commence in February 2023. Artist renderings of the building as well as a video of the site and a fact sheet are available here.
Chubb, already a significant employer in the city and elsewhere in the Commonwealth with approximately 1,950 jobs, will create at least 1,250 new positions in Philadelphia following the building's opening in early 2026, making it the company's largest office in North America. Chubb has committed to creating and retaining a total of 3,200 jobs in Pennsylvania within five years following the opening. During the construction phase, the project will also support hundreds of jobs from local unions.
Chubb's expanded workforce in Philadelphia will include new roles in digital technology, finance, underwriting and claims and the proximity of the new location to the city's leading colleges and universities will provide an important pipeline of new talent. There will also be hires into Chubb's newly launched apprentice program, which will offer roles for individuals without a four-year college degree in areas such as claims, underwriting and technology.
The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), provided by the Commonwealth and facilitated by the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, is providing $10 million to fund development and construction costs of the project. Chubb will be the anchor tenant.
Chubb is the largest commercial property and casualty insurer in the U.S., serving businesses of all sizes, from small family-owned businesses and mid-sized companies to the largest national and multinational corporations. The company is also America's largest crop insurer and the leader in providing insurance to successful individuals and families. Chubb's oldest subsidiary, INA, was the nation's first stock insurance company, founded in 1792 at Independence Hall.
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John Keogh, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chubb: "Chubb is a dynamic and growing company that is proud to put a new stake in the ground in Philadelphia, a city that has been part of our history and success since 1792. We believe in this city, its people and the opportunity it provides. Our expanded presence will bring economic benefits to the City and Commonwealth, including new jobs and stimulating broader economic activity. The strong support Chubb is receiving from Governor Wolf, Mayor Kenney, City Council President Clarke, and our development partner is a testament to the sense of community that continues to make Philadelphia a great place to do business."
John Lupica, Vice Chairman, Chubb Group and President, North America Insurance: "As the #1 commercial insurer in the U.S., Chubb is part of the economic life of the communities where we operate, providing insurance protection for business of all sizes, including 97% of the Fortune 1000. Across North America, our network of branches spans 48 cities. Our new Philadelphia building will be a great place for our employees to work and deliver the best of Chubb for our clients and partners. We also believe in the value of people working together in an office, and our new building will have a collaborative, flexible working environment that provides our employees access to all this city offers."
Jim Kenney, Mayor of Philadelphia: "We are very proud that the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty company, Chubb, has chosen Philadelphia for its new largest North America office. This affirms that our city is a dynamic, competitive destination ready to attract and retain companies of all sizes, and further showcases that Philadelphia is a great place for businesses to grow and thrive. I want to thank the Department of Commerce's Business Development team for leading this effort on behalf of the City, solidifying Philadelphia as a great place to work, live and play. Chubb's decision to invest in Philadelphia demonstrates that our unique combination of affordability, cultural amenities, and talented and diverse workforce make us a top choice for innovative and collaborative companies. We thank them for their investment in and commitment to our great city."
Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania: "I'm proud to have invested $13.3 million to support Chubb as they build their largest office in North America in Philadelphia. This investment supports the creation of more than 1,250 jobs, and that's a really big deal. This project is a fitting culmination of all that my Governor's Action Team has done over the past eight years to help businesses expand and relocate in Pennsylvania."
Darrell L. Clarke, Philadelphia Council President (5th District): "This is a tremendous day for Philadelphia. We thank the Parkway Corporation and Joe and Rob Zuritsky for their leadership in bringing this development to Philadelphia. We thank Chubb for its strong, clear commitment to the economy of Philadelphia and to bringing hundreds and hundreds of jobs here. We appreciate the Governor and every city official who's worked to make this day a reality. Philadelphia is a great place to work and live, and Chubb's faith in our city demonstrates that."
Robert Zuritsky, President and CEO of Parkway Corporation: "It has been a fantastic experience collaborating on this project with Chubb, which, like Parkway, has strong roots here in Philadelphia. For nearly a century, Parkway has spearheaded some of the most significant and transformative developments in Philadelphia's history. We're thrilled to bring this development with its positive economic impact and job opportunities to this vibrant neighborhood and we look forward to working with our partners to build the future of this world-class city."
Chubb in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
Chubb currently occupies two locations in Philadelphia at 436 and 510 Walnut Street, steps from Independence Hall where its predecessor company was founded. In Pennsylvania, the company insures $500 billion of property for large companies, including $70 billion in Philadelphia, in industries ranging from healthcare, manufacturing and financial services to construction, retail and media. Chubb is also a leader in providing insurance for mid-sized and small businesses. Through its philanthropy, the company has long supported Pennsylvania nonprofits, schools and other institutions. In the past 20 years, the company made more than $45 million in contributions to over 100 unique local nonprofits in the Commonwealth, including $4.5 million in 2021.
Pennsylvania nonprofits have also received support from the Chubb Rule of Law Fund, a unique corporate initiative that promotes the preservation and the advancement of the rule of law through projects in the U.S. and around the world. The Fund has provided support for the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, which advocates for rights, dignity, equity and opportunity for youth in the child welfare and justice systems, and for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, which has a mission to exonerate those convicted of crimes they did not commit, to prevent innocent people from being prosecuted and convicted, and to help those wrongfully convicted transition to freedom.
About Chubb
Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 34,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.chubb.com
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements made in this press release, such as statements regarding Chubb's office plans and workforce, and Chubb's expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts, reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Additional information regarding factors that could cause differences from these forward-looking statements appears in Chubb's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made.
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Bob Alexander joined the Air Force in 1990, planning to make it his career. He knew there was a big issue to deal with: Alexander was starting to question his sexual orientation. At the time, gay troops weren't allowed in the military. In fact, the ban wouldn't be lifted for another two decades.
"I just decided that I would just follow the rules in terms of not acting on my sexuality. Which meant that for the first 12, 14 years I was alone, celibate, not dating," he says.
Around the same time Stephan Steffanides joined the Navy, just like his father, uncle, grandfather and great uncle, among others.
"My family's been serving this country for all of the last century," Steffanides says.
He served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, stationed at Norfolk, Va. But two years into his enlistment, Steffanides got spotted at a gay bar near his base.
"They cut my locker open and found some gay magazines," he says. Not only was it against the military regulations, gay sex was still illegal in Virginia, and many other states.
"They threw me in the brig, put me on bread and water — it was humiliating --for being gay," says Steffanides.
Advocates estimate that 114,000 troops were pushed out of the service over the decades due to their sexual orientation, often with a less-than-honorable discharge. That means no automatic VA benefits or free VA health care. It makes getting a civilian job tough because employers often ask about military service. Many vets find it easier to omit that they served rather than explain an other-than-honorable discharge. That's what Steffanides received.
And to make matters worse, that's how he was suddenly outed to his family.
"They wanted nothing to do with me. It was all arguments that destroyed my family life," he says.
"I turned to drugs and alcohol as soon as I got out of the Navy, and within a couple of years I was homeless and living in the streets. I spent 20 years in the streets," says Steffanides.
Meanwhile, Bob Alexander spent those 20 years rising through the ranks.
In 1993 President Bill Clinton tried to end the ban, but landed instead on a policy known as "don't ask, don't tell." As long as they kept it secret, gay and lesbian troops could serve.
"Being closeted under 'don't ask, don't tell' was like being a ghost at your own funeral. Being trapped there and having to listen to people say not very nice things about you, right?" Alexander says.
Critics say "don't ask, don't tell" was a false compromise. About 14,000 people were kicked out of the military for their sexual orientation during the 17 years it was enforced. Some troops felt like they'd been ordered to lie, says Alexander.
"The way I handled it mostly was I moved a lot. I never stayed anywhere long enough for people to really get to know me too well," he says.
At least twice he nearly got caught. Rumors sprouted about how he wasn't dating women or had reported on others for using homophobic slurs. Alexander would jump on the next chance to move, even if it wasn't great for his career. One of those jumps happened near the financial crisis of 2008; he couldn't sell his house and had to walk away from the mortgage.
"In the 22 years I was in the military, I think I had 11 separate permanent duty assignments, and that's not including deployments," he said.
Then on Sept. 20, 2011, after a long campaign by activists, the Obama administration ended the ban. In the years since, the integration of gay and lesbian troops has been heralded as a huge success with no effects on unit cohesion or combat readiness, according to the Pentagon. At the time it was uncharted territory, and Alexander, by then a lieutenant colonel, sat in a room full of senior officers talking about how to handle gay service members.
"I said, you know what, 'I'm a gay service member,' " he said. " 'Send them to me and I will handle it.' And that's how I came out."
For the rest of the day, Alexander says, colleagues came up to congratulate him on his courage and his sacrifice over decades. Though he'd already reached his 20-year mark for full retirement, Alexander ended up staying another year and a half.
"The rest of my time in the military was absolutely exceptional. These folks were wonderful, once the fear was gone, once the unknown was unmasked," he said. "After everything I'd been through, that validation in the end was very meaningful."
Alexander knew that validation was missing for untold numbers of other veterans, so he then started a second career: as a lawyer.
Alexander's first project was with the San Francisco-based veterans charity Swords to Plowshares, trying to help gay veterans with other-than-honorable discharges. He just had to find them.
"I put up flyers all over the Bay Area in the gay bars, places I knew that these LGBTQ veterans would frequent. And I got nothing, no response at all," he said.
The reasons for that are complicated. Troops were often kicked out with euphemistic charges like "violation of an order" or "indecent behavior." So it's hard to say exactly how many veterans were expelled and how many might still be alive — and without the benefits they're due.
A Pentagon spokesperson said the military has granted 90% of applications to discharge review boards. But the total figure granted is 1,375, as of March 2023 – a tiny fraction of the number advocates believe are out there.
Besides the lengthy process of a military discharge review board, there's a much simpler path. With most other-than-honorable discharges, the VA can "characterize" a veteran's discharge as honorable for VA health care and most benefits (excluding the GI Bill home loan and education funds.)
"Bottom line, if you're a veteran or survivor or family member who was impacted by 'don't ask, don't tell,' come to VA. We're going to do everything in our power to get you the benefits you've earned and so richly deserve," says Sue Fulton, a VA assistant secretary.
Bottom line, if you're a veteran or survivor or family member who was impacted by 'don't ask, don't tell,' come to VA. We're going to do everything in our power to get you the benefits you've earned and so richly deserve.
The VA says it has changed the "character of discharge" to honorable for 73% of veterans who apply. But VA doesn't track the number of those that involved "don't ask, don't tell."
The Pentagon told NPR it has done extensive outreach in the years following repeal. But several current and former defense officials said that the Pentagon is uniquely able to take a more proactive approach – a deep dive through military records to find people and inform them of the opportunity to claim their benefits.
That's unlikely in the current political climate though. The Pentagon was pushed to ban drag shows on military bases, the VA has been criticized for flying pride flags, and some republicans in Congress are calling the U.S. military "woke" and trying to restrict all military transgender care and diversity initiatives.
Some vets don't want to be found.
There's another complication to repairing the damage done to veterans under "don't ask, don't tell" and earlier bans on LGB troops: Some vets don't want to be found. They may never have told their families. For many, revisiting the past is traumatic.
Bob Alexander learned this in his early attempts.
Alexander spent hours at Pride events in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., handing out his flyers, and he realized even the word "veteran" might have been off putting.
"They probably didn't even look at the flyers. Since they were told by the military, they were told by the VA, told by society that they were not veterans," he says .
Eventually, he looked where the need was most desperate — among the homeless. And that's where he met Stephan Steffanides, 20 years since his discharge from the Navy for being gay.
"I was in the street, living in the gutter, literally behind a trash can," says Steffanides.
Steffanides had no idea the policy had changed in 2011, and that he was now eligible for VA housing and health care and disability. Anything involving the military made him anxious. When he saw Alexander's booth at a homelessness service fair, his boyfriend had to walk him there.
"I think Stephan had a panic attack," Alexander says. "Just approaching a nonprofit veteran service organization was traumatic for him."
Steffanides was shocked when Alexander and his colleagues said they could help.
"They told me, 'You know what? We don't leave our wounded on the battlefield. You served your country for two years and regardless of your discharge, we don't want to see you suffering,' " says Steffanides.
Upgrading Steffanides' paperwork with the Pentagon is still ongoing, but the process with the VA was done in just a matter of months.
"It was a simple letter from them saying ... 'For the purposes of VA, we find your service to be honorable,' " says Alexander. "Just that acknowledgement from the VA that he's a veteran was like a light shown down on him."
"It was spiritual for me," says Steffanides. "I was so, so proud. And it inspired me to be of service to others."
Steffanides now runs a support group in San Francisco for LGBTQ veterans, and records their oral histories.
"I can continue to be the person that I wanted to be when I was much younger and I had joined the service to serve my country. There's still ways I can do that," he said.
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(The Hill) — The Supreme Court struck down a New York law Thursday that made it difficult to obtain a permit to carry a handgun outside the home, marking a major expansion of Second Amendment rights.
The 6-3 decision calls into question similar restrictions in a number of other states across the U.S. that give licensing authorities wide discretion over whether to provide applicants with permits to carry handguns.
Here are the states that could be affected:
California
The West Coast state, which has the strictest gun laws of any state in the country, is a may-issue state in regards to gun permits based on an applicant’s need and suitability, according to the United States Concealed Carry Association.
Any California resident who has not previously reported ownership of a firearm is considered a “personal firearm importer” and must either send a report to the Department of Justice detailing their firearm or transfer the firearm to a licensed dealer or police department.
Concealed carry is only legal in the state with a California concealed carry weapons license, and state residents must be at least 18 years old to obtain the license. However, a licensing authority has the power to require applicants to be older than 18 if they so choose. California also does not recognize any concealed carry permits from other states.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) committed in the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting last month to sign a package that imposed restrictions on the sale of firearms to minors as well as ghost guns, or unlicensed kits to build firearms.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts is a may-issue state that requires a license to purchase a firearm, which is issued through the State Police Firearms Record Bureau. Residents must complete a state-approved firearms training course to obtain a license.
Concealed carry is legal in the state for individuals who have a license and are 21 or older but is prohibited in certain areas like schools and airports. Massachusetts does not recognize permits from other states.
Connecticut
Connecticut, another may-issue state, gives local law enforcement discretion over whether to issue a permit to carry a handgun based on the applicant’s suitability. The suitability requirement applies to applicants seeking new permits as well as those updating existing permits.
Connecticut residents must have a state pistol permit to purchase a handgun, and concealed carry is legal for those who have the permit.
The minimum age for concealed carry is 21, and certain areas including schools and state parks are off-limits. Connecticut does not honor permits from other states and requires a state-approved training course for those attempting to obtain a license.
New Jersey
The Garden State, which Everytown ranked as having the lowest rate of firearm ownership in the U.S., is a may-issue state that gives law enforcement discretion over whether to issue a concealed weapons permit to an applicant.
Applicants are required to obtain approval from their local police chief and then present their application to a superior court judge.
Gun purchases by New Jersey residents must go through a state-licensed dealer or a private resident of the state, both of which require the purchase permit to be sent to the New Jersey Police Firearms Investigations Unit.
Concealed carry is only legal with a New Jersey handgun permits, and the state does not honor permits from other states.
Delaware
Concealed carry is legal in Delaware for residents with a license to carry, though a license is not required to purchase firearms in the state.
Those hoping to obtain a permit must complete a firearms training course as well as five references from residents of their country. Applicants must also publish their application in a local newspaper 10 days before submitting their application.
Maryland
Maryland, another may-issue state, allows the issuing authority to use discretion in regards to issuing permits.
Issuing authorities are only required to issue handgun permits if an investigation finds that the application has not demonstrated a propensity for violence and has substantial reason to carry or transport a handgun.
A permit is required for those hoping to purchase a handgun. Private firearms sellers must process purchases through a licensed dealer or law enforcement agency.
Concealed carry is legal in Maryland only for permit holders, who must be at least 21 years old.
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(The Hill) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) urged Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to “indefinitely postpone” the implementation of the department’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for Army National Guard Troops in a new letter obtained by The Hill on Tuesday.
The letter, which was also signed by Republican Virginia Reps. Bob Good, Rob Whittman, Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith, argues that the mandate will drive members of Virginia’s national guard away.
“This directive will unnecessarily impact troop readiness, at a time when the Virginia National Guard has substantial deployments and as our nation enters hurricane season. These guardsmen deserve the opportunity to continue to serve, and we need them,” the letter reads.
Additionally, the letter cites recently dropped mask and vaccine mandate in other jurisdictions, natural immunity to the virus, and the use of therapeutics as reasons for dropping the mandate.
“We know you share our great appreciation and respect for the brave men and women of our National Guard. Their service and sacrifice reflect their commitment to our country and the principles embodied in our nation,” the letter concludes. “A select number of them have made a decision not to get vaccinated and whether that decision is based on sincerely held religious beliefs, their own medical choices, or another matter of conscience, our nation should respect and accommodate it.”
Other Republican governors, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), have also voiced objections to the vaccine mandate for the National Guard.
Austin has argued that as defense secretary, he has the authority to set medical requirements.
The letter is the latest effort from Republicans to urge Austin to do away with the mandate. Soldiers in the Army Reserve and Army National Guard have until Thursday to receive the vaccine or get an exemption. If they do neither, they could face punishment or removal from service.
Roughly 60,000 Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers are still unvaccinated against COVID-19. According to the Military Times, 3,400 troops have been involuntarily separated from service for refusing to get the shot.
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- The two aircraft delivered will accelerate CMA CGM AIR CARGO's development.
- CMA CGM orders two additional Boeing 777 Freighters, with the aim to have 12 aircraft by 2026.
- As an international air cargo company, CMA CGM AIR CARGO offers complete and agile solutions to the Group's customers.
MARSEILLE, France, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The CMA CGM Group, a global leader in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, announce today the delivery of its two first Boeing 777 Freighters and the purchase of two more.
Four Boeing 777 Freighter will join the CMA CGM AIR CARGO fleet
At a ceremony signing held in Everett, WA, CMA CGM AIR CARGO took delivery of its second Boeing 777 Freighter, after the reception of its first Boeing 777 Freighter on May 31st. These planes both come from the order CMA CGM AIR CARGO placed in Spring 2021. The purchase of two Boeing 777 Freighters was the first direct order since the CMA CGM Group announced the launch of its dedicated air cargo transportation division in February 2021.
CMA CGM AIR CARGO also officially disclosed an order for two additional Boeing 777 Freighters. When delivered, the new planes will complete a fleet of at least 12 Boeing and Airbus aircraft by 2026. This additional order means that the CMA CGM Group will have a total of four Boeing 777 Freighters in its fleet.
A cost-effective investment
The Boeing 777 Freighter will provide CMA CGM AIR CARGO the flexibility to deploy the aircraft across its growing air freight network in Europe, North America and Asia, as the Group pursues its commitment to offer its customers a complete range of transportation and logistics solutions.
As the world's largest, longest range, and most capable twin-engine freighter, the aircraft can carry a maximum payload of 107 tons. With a range of 9,200 kilometers, this plane will allow CMA CGM AIR CARGO to grow its air freight service by offering more international destinations and choice.
The 777 Freighter is Boeing's top-selling freighter of all time. Customers from around the world have ordered more than 300 since the program began in 2005. The market leader in air cargo aircraft, Boeing provides more than 90% of the worldwide dedicated freighter capacity, including new production and converted aircraft.
CMA CGM AIR CARGO provides end-to-end solutions for CMA CGM customers
Launched in March 2021, CMA CGM AIR CARGO is the Group's new division dedicated to air freight. It represents another step forward in the CMA CGM strategic direction set by Rodolphe Saadé, CMA CGM Chairman and CEO, of providing the Group's customers with an offering that harnesses the tight fit between shipping and logistics.
CMA CGM AIR CARGO fleet currently consists of 4 aircraft. By 2026, CMA CGM AIR CARGO fleet will go up to 12, including the 4 B777 Freighters.
Olivier Casanova, CEO of CMA CGM AIR CARGO stated: "The reception of our first two Boeing 777 Freighters, and this new order of two additional aircraft represents a milestone in our fleet expansion. With four Boeing 777 Freighters by 2024, complementing our existing fleet of 4 aircraft, CMA CGM Air Cargo will enlarge its network, linking Europe, Asia and America and provide a tailor-made range of transportation and logistics solutions to our clients, thanks to a modern, technically and environmentally efficient fleet".
Ricardo Cavero, Vice President Europe, Israel & Turkey Sales & Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes said: "We are delighted that CMA CGM AIR CARGO has placed an incremental order for two new Boeing 777 Freighters. With the delivery of its first two freighters, CMA CGM AIR CARGO will deliver on its promise to its customers to provide end-to-end logistics solutions. The Boeing 777 Freighter unrivalled operating efficiency will allow CMA CGM to operate the airplane across an extensive, global air freight network."
About CMA CGM
Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, serves more than 420 ports around the world across 5 continents, with a fleet of 580 vessels. The Group transported 22 million TEU containers (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2021. With its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, a global logistics player which transported 474,000 tons of air cargo and more than 21 million tons of inland freight, and its air cargo division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is constantly innovating to provide customers a comprehensive and increasingly efficient offering, thanks to new shipping, inland, air freight and logistics solutions.
Firmly committed to the energy transition in shipping and a pioneer in its use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a Net Zero-Carbon target for 2050.
Each year, via the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group supports thousands of children as part of its efforts to promote education for all and equal opportunities. The CMA CGM Foundation also intervenes in humanitarian crises requiring an emergency response by calling on the Group's shipping and logistics expertise to deliver humanitarian supplies around the world.
Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs 150,000 people worldwide, including 2,900 in Marseille where its head office is located.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gwendolyn Dean Schofield hoped to live to 100, and she was nearly there.
But on May 15, in what appeared to be a final act of kindness, Schofield and her daughter pulled over on a residential street in the northwestern New Mexico city of Farmington to help a woman who was shot at random, and they, too, were hit by gunfire and died.
“I guarantee they would have stopped in that situation 10 out of 10 times,” said Dallin Dean, Schofield’s grandson.
Schofield, who grew up in the Great Depression and became a teacher during World War II, was a month shy of her 98th birthday. Daughter Melodie Ivie, who ran a preschool with the catchy name “Ivie League,” was 73. The woman they stopped to help, Shirley Voita, was a 79-year-old retired school nurse and regular at morning Mass who volunteered to help people file their taxes.
Each of the women led active professional and civic lives, centered around their families and faith, leaving indelible marks on a city of 50,000 near the point where New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah meet.
Altogether they had 64 grandchildren.
They were laid to rest this week during two days of memorial services in a community still grieving from the impacts of a rampage by an 18-year-old on the eve of his high school graduation that left six others wounded, including two police officers. Officers shot and killed the gunman.
At a joint memorial service Thursday for Schofield and Ivie, Dean looked out into the crowd and told them his aunt and grandmother would have been the first to forgive the gunman had they survived.
Schofield began teaching in the remote lakeside town of Valier, Montana, amid a shortage of teachers during World War II. There she met her first husband, Raymond Dean, a crop-duster pilot. They married in 1946 and had four children.
Schofield moved on to other teaching jobs, gravitating to small towns in Wyoming and Idaho before settling in Farmington to be closer to her family after Raymond Dean died in the 1990s. She remarried but became a widow again 20 years later in 2020.
Dean said his grandmother — affectionately referred to as “Grandma Dean” by her 26 grandchildren — was self-reliant. She loved gardening and growing her own food and always kept a stockpile of canned goods.
At 97, Dean said, his grandmother remained vibrant. Relatives at the memorial service said Schofield did so by living with a “loving mind devoid of anger and criticism” and a “forgiving heart.”
Dean said his family had already been talking about her 100th birthday party before the shooting.
Ivie followed in her mother’s footsteps as an educator. For decades, “Mrs. Ivie” welcomed hundreds of Farmington children into her home, where she ran the Ivie League preschool and prepared generations of kids for kindergarten.
Neighbor Sheldon Pickering, 42, said he grew up a few houses from the Ivie family home and was there often, playing the piano for Ivie whenever she asked to hear a song.
“She really made you feel like part of the family,” Pickering said.
When Pickering became a parent, he enrolled his daughter and son at the Ivie League preschool, where they learned to tie shoes and count, and where Ivie taught Pickering countless lessons that he says changed the way he views parenthood.
On one occasion, Pickering recalled feeling embarrassed after buying his daughter a pack of gum and sending her to school, where gum was forbidden. When Pickering apologized, saying he should have said no when his daughter asked for the candy, Ivie reassured him that a parent should say yes to the little things.
“That’s what your kids will remember,” Pickering remembered Ivie saying. “So say yes to the little things when you can.”
Ivie and her husband, Dennis, raised their eight children in Farmington.
Later in life, the couple served as senior missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana and offered to support students afterward, relatives said. Ivie’s husband died last year.
Ivie and Schofield had grown especially close in recent years after Ivie moved her mother into her home, Dean said.
On the morning of the shooting, they drove together to pick up one of Ivie’s grandchildren from school, Dean said. They never arrived.
Police have said the gunman did not appear to be targeting anyone. Rather, he shot indiscriminately from outside his home before walking around the neighborhood, perforating cars and houses using three different guns. Video recently released by police included a voice authorities believed to be the shooter urging police to kill him.
On Friday, police released a new trove of body and dash camera videos that paint a vivid picture of the shooting. Authorities also provided audio recordings from hundreds of frantic calls to emergency dispatchers by witnesses to the rampage and its aftermath, including a call from one of Voita’s daughters.
Voita, who was hit by gunfire while in her car, started the day with morning Mass at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, part of a routine involving a deep commitment to faith and community service, friends and acquaintances said.
Her memorial service was held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where she had been a member for nearly 50 years. Relatives of Ivie and Schofield were among those who gathered to remember her.
Voita and her husband of 57 years had five children, including the current elected tax assessor for San Juan County, 14 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Mary Johnson, a friend of Voita’s for 25 years through community service events and prayer groups, said Voita “did everything she could to help people.”
That included volunteering at a senior center to help residents file taxes and participating in anti-abortion marches. She also enjoyed skiing, tennis, pickleball and trips to Vallecito Lake in Colorado.
Voita talked with ease about mortality and redemption, Johnson said.
“She just always expressed her love for Jesus and how we all really need to be ready, all the time, that you never know when our time is coming,” Johnson said.
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The House has approved a bill to remove from the Capitol a bust of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored the court’s Dred Scott decision, and replace it with one of former Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first Black member of the court.
The body approved the bill by voice vote on Wednesday after the Senate did so last week, sending the measure to President Biden, who is expected to sign it.
Congressional Democrats had been trying to push for the legislation for a couple years. The House passed a bill to remove Taney’s bust in a 285-120 vote in June 2021, but the Senate did not take up the legislation.
The legislation approved Wednesday, which was sponsored by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), would direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, which is responsible for overseeing the Library of Congress and art works in the Capitol, to remove Taney’s bust from public display within 45 days of the bill being enacted.
The committee then would have to make an agreement to obtain a bust of Marshall within two years of the legislation going into effect.
The legislation notes Taney’s authorship of the court’s 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, in which the court found that enslaved Blacks were not considered citizens and therefore could not sue in federal courts.
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American who sued for his freedom after he was brought to and lived in Illinois, where slavery was prohibited, for a few years. The case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court, which ruled 7-2 that slaves did not have rights as citizens and could not sue.
Taney’s ruling also went further, finding that Congress did not have the authority to ban slavery in a federal territory, according to the National Archives.
The bill mentions abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s response to the ruling, in which he said, “This infamous decision of the Slaveholding wing of the Supreme Court maintains that slaves are within the contemplation of the Constitution of the United States, property; that slaves are property in the same sense that horses, sheep, and swine are property.”
The court’s ruling was eventually overturned by the approval of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
The legislation states that removing Taney’s bust does not “relieve” Congress of its “historical wrongs” that it took to protect slavery, but does mean lawmakers are recognizing one of the most “notorious” wrongs that ever happened in one of its rooms.
The bust of Taney is currently placed in the Capitol’s Old Supreme Court Chamber, where the court met from 1810 to 1860.
The joint committee should prioritize placing Marshall’s bust near that chamber, according to the bill.
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Since the U.S. shut the door to most Venezuelans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum, thousands are stranded in Mexico, camped out on the banks of the Rio Grande.
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were starting to anticipate higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it.
The policymakers also acknowledged, in minutes from their June 14-15 meeting released Wednesday, that their rate hikes could weaken the economy. But they suggested that such steps were necessary to slow price increases back to the Fed’s 2% annual target.
The officials agreed that the central bank needed to raise its benchmark interest rate to “restrictive” levels that would slow the economy’s growth and “recognized that an even more restrictive stance could be appropriate” if inflation persisted. After last month’s meeting, the Fed raised its rate by three-quarters of a point to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% — the biggest single increase in nearly three decades — and signaled that further large hikes would likely be needed.
The Fed has been ramping up its drive to tighten credit and slow growth with inflation having reached a four-decade high of 8.6%, spreading to more areas of the economy. Americans are also starting to expect high inflation to last longer than they had before — a sentiment could embed an inflationary psychology and make it harder to bring inflation back to the Fed’s 2% target.
With midterm elections nearing, high inflation has surged to the top of Americans’ concerns, posing a threat to President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress.
At a news conference after last month’s Fed meeting, Chair Jerome Powell suggested that a rate hike of either one-half or three-quarters of a point was likely when the policymakers next meet late this month. The minutes released Wednesday confirmed that other officials agreed that such a hike would “likely be appropriate.” A rate hike of either size would exceed the quarter-point increase that the Fed has typically carried out.
Last month, the Fed released projections that showed the officials expect to raise their benchmark rate to 3.4% by the end of this year. At that level, the Fed’s key rate would no longer stimulate growth and could weaken the economy.
At the time of last month’s meeting, the policymakers said the economy appeared to be expanding in the April-June quarter, with consumer spending “remaining strong.” Since then, though, the economy has shown signs of slowing, with consumer spending falling in May, after adjusting for inflation, for the first time this year. Home sales are plunging as mortgage rates have jumped, accelerated by the Fed’s rate increases.
The signs of economic sluggishness have intensified fears that high prices and rising interest rates could send the economy into a recession late this year or next year. Such concern has further complicated the Fed’s policymaking because a recession would normally lead it to cut rates to stimulate growth.
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The 2023 NHL Draft lottery, which will determine the order of teams in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, takes place on Tuesday, May 8, 2023 (5/8/23).
Fans can watch the event for free via a trial to fuboTV or via a subscription to Sling, which is offering 50% off your first month.
The winner of the lottery will get the right to draft one of the multiple players worthy of the top pick, including Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli, among others. View the odds at Sporting News here.
Here is what you need to know:
What: NHL Draft Lottery 2023
When: Monday, May 8, 2023
Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Channel finder: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, Cox, DIRECTV,Dish, Hulu, fuboTV, Sling.
Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), ESPN+
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Lottery could alter offseason plans for NHL’s worst teams
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — At one point, Chicago Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson downplayed the importance of the NHL draft lottery on his team’s offseason plans.
Moments later, Davidson allowed himself a wide grin as he pondered the possibilities.
“The top of the draft’s good,” he said with a smile. “Yeah, it’s a special top of the draft. There’s no doubt about it.”
It’s so good that a single ping-pong ball could have a ripple effect beyond the Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets — or another lucky NHL team looking to turn a dismal season into a blue-chip player.
High-scoring forward Connor Bedard is the top prize as the consensus No. 1 overall prospect, but University of Michigan star Adam Fantilli would be quite a return for whichever team gets the No. 2 pick. Matvei Michkov and Leo Carlsson also are expected to go in the top five.
Land one of the those top spots in the May 8 lottery, and a rebuilding team could decide to accelerate its timeline through free agency. The franchise that takes a chance on Michkov, who has a more uncertain future because of his contract with his Russian team, could position itself for another top pick in 2024.
The tantalizing talent of Bedard and Fantilli was an undercurrent throughout a season when the bottom of the standings was almost as interesting as what was going on at the top.
Anaheim (23-47-12) secured the league’s worst record by dropping its last 13 games. The reward is a 25.5% chance of its first No. 1 pick in the draft, and the Ducks are assured of a top-three selection when the lottery is held.
Wherever Anaheim lands in the draft, GM Pat Verbeek is preaching patience when it comes to the team’s prospects — including anyone that arrives via the lottery.
“I’m not going to rush players. Not going to put them in bad situations in order to get them to the NHL before they’re ready,” he said Friday.
Columbus (25-48-9) lost 5-2 to Buffalo on Friday night, clinching the second-best odds for No. 1 at 13.5%. The Blue Jackets were followed by Chicago (26-49-7), which closed its season with a 5-4 overtime loss to Philadelphia on Thursday night.
San Jose (22-44-16) dropped its last six games of the season. It has a 9.5% chance when it comes to winning the lottery, followed by Montreal (31-45-6) at 8.5% and Arizona (28-40-14) at 7.5%
Before falling on hard times, Chicago had a run of three Stanley Cup titles in six seasons that was fueled in part by a pair of top picks. The Blackhawks took Jonathan Toews at No. 3 in 2006, and then drafted Patrick Kane with the top overall selection in 2007.
But Kane was traded to the New York Rangers in February, and Davidson announced Thursday that the team would not re-sign Toews this summer. The upcoming lottery could send a marquee attraction to an Original Six franchise in need of some star power.
“As we sit right now, we’ve got a full board. We’re not taking anyone off,” Davidson said. “We’re looking for the best players. We can’t pass up on talent. That’s the main endeavor is we need to find high-end talent.”
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GUIYANG, China, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. ("FTA" or the "Company") (NYSE: YMM), a leading digital freight platform, announced that the Company's Yunmanman and Huochebang apps resumed new user registration today.
As previously announced by the Company, the Cybersecurity Review Office ("CRO") of the Cyberspace Administration of China initiated a cybersecurity review of FTA's Yunmanman and Huochebang apps last July. FTA has fully cooperated with the CRO in the cybersecurity review and has taken comprehensive measures to address issues identified during the process. The CRO informed FTA that its Yunmanman and Huochebang apps may resume new user registration today.
About Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.
Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YMM) is a leading digital freight platform, connecting shippers with truckers to facilitate shipments across distance ranges, cargo weights and types. The Company provides a range of freight matching services including freight listing service, freight brokerage service and online transaction service. The Company also provides a range of value-added services that cater to the various needs of shippers and truckers, such as financial institutions, highway authorities, and gas stations operators. With a mission to make logistics smarter, the Company is shaping the future of logistics with technology and aspires to revolutionize logistics, improve efficiency across the value chain and reduce its carbon footprint for our planet. For more information, please visit ir.fulltruckalliance.com.
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For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd.
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E-mail: IR@amh-group.com
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Emilie Wu
Tel: +86-21-6039-8363
E-mail: FTA@thepiacentegroup.com
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The Piacente Group, Inc.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is donating $2.75 million to older homeowners in Atlanta to help ensure they’re able to stay in their homes.
A few weeks ago, Perry reached out to Atlanta Mayor Andrew Dickens about providing assistance for those residents on fixed incomes who could lose their homes as a result of rising real estate taxes, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Perry, ranked third among the world’s highest-paid entertainers by Forbes, is going to pay the back property taxes for 300 low-income seniors in Atlanta, the newspaper said.
The assistance will cover city, county and school taxes. Perry will also cover any increase in taxes over the next 20 years for 100 low-income older residents. He has already donated $750,000 for the first year to cover the back taxes and any increase in property taxes, and has pledged $500,000 each year over the next four years to ensure the residents don’t pay any more in such taxes.
The funds will be administered by Invest Atlanta Partnership, the nonprofit wing of Atlanta’s economic development authority.
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How to Watch the Stars vs. Kraken Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 3
Published: May. 6, 2023 at 9:12 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Game 3 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round at Climate Pledge Arena features the Dallas Stars and the Seattle Kraken meeting at 9:30 PM on Sunday, May 7 ET, airing on TBS, SportsNet, and TVAS. The series is tied 1-1.
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The Kraken's matchup with the Stars can be watched on TBS, SportsNet, and TVAS, so tune in to take in the action.
Stars Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TBS, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington
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Stars vs Kraken Additional Info
Stars vs. Kraken Head-to-Head
Stars Stats & Trends
- Defensively, the Stars are one of the stingiest squads in NHL play, conceding 215 total goals (2.6 per game) to rank third.
- The Stars' 281 total goals (3.4 per game) rank seventh in the league.
- In their last 10 matchups, the Stars are 7-1-2 to earn 75.0% of the possible points.
- Defensively, the Stars have allowed 22 goals (2.2 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- They are scoring at a 3.5 goals-per-game average (35 total) over that time.
Stars Key Players
Kraken Stats & Trends
- The Kraken's total of 252 goals conceded (3.1 per game) is 14th in the NHL.
- With 289 goals (3.5 per game), the Kraken have the NHL's fourth-best offense.
- In the past 10 contests, the Kraken have gone 5-5-0 (75.0% of possible points).
- On the defensive side, the Kraken have given up 2.7 goals per game (27 total) in those 10 outings.
- They are scoring at a 2.6 goals-per-game average (26 total) during that time.
Kraken Key Players
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Partnership will leverage Ginkgo's cell programming capabilities to support Syngenta's ongoing seeds R&D pipeline efforts
BOSTON, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, and Syngenta Seeds ("Syngenta"), one of the world's leading agricultural technology companies, today announced a research partnership focused on screening a targeted genetic library for novel trait discovery. The results of this research are intended to inform future seed trait development so that farmers can grow healthier and more resilient crops.
Under the collaboration agreement, Ginkgo and Syngenta will work together by leveraging Ginkgo's extensive protein engineering capabilities and proprietary ultra high-throughput screening technologies to complement and accelerate Syngenta's efforts to design and develop innovative plant traits.
Innovative research partnerships of this kind are becoming more common in agriculture as the industry better understands the value of seeking out collaborations of all types and cross-pollinating expertise and capabilities across diverse industries. Ginkgo and Syngenta's partnership embodies the ethos of collaboration by addressing the challenges facing farmers around the world, leveraging new ideas, novel technologies, and unique partnerships.
"We are excited to leverage our proprietary ultra high-throughput single-cell encapsulation and screening platform to support Syngenta's development efforts to bring the next generation of innovative products to farmers," said Magalie Guilhabert, Vice President, Head of Ag Biologicals, Ginkgo Bioworks. "As we tackle agriculture's greatest challenges, we're excited to partner with global leaders like Syngenta and empower them to solve some of the most pressing challenges facing agriculture worldwide."
For more information on Ginkgo Bioworks' offerings in agriculture, please visit https://www.ginkgobioworks.com/offerings/agriculture.
About Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo Bioworks is the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, providing flexible, end-to-end services that solve challenges for organizations across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to pharmaceuticals to industrial and specialty chemicals. Ginkgo's biosecurity and public health unit, Concentric by Ginkgo, is building global infrastructure for biosecurity to empower governments, communities, and public health leaders to prevent, detect and respond to a wide variety of biological threats. For more information, visit ginkgobioworks.com and concentricbyginkgo.com, read our blog, or follow us on social media channels such as Twitter (@Ginkgo and @ConcentricByGBW), Instagram (@GinkgoBioworks and @ConcentricByGinkgo), orLinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements of Ginkgo Bioworks
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the capabilities and potential success of the partnership and Ginkgo's cell programming platform. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "can," "project," "potential," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) volatility in the price of Ginkgo's securities due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Ginkgo operates and plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, and changes in laws and regulations affecting Ginkgo's business, (ii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and to identify and realize additional business opportunities, (iii) the risk of downturns in demand for products using synthetic biology, (iv) the unpredictability of the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the demand for COVID-19 testing and the commercial viability of our COVID-19 testing business, (v) changes to the biosecurity industry, including due to advancements in technology, emerging competition and evolution in industry demands, standards and regulations, (vi) our ability to realize the expected benefits of merger and acquisition transactions, (vii) the outcome of any legal proceedings against Ginkgo, including as a result of recent acquisitions, (viii) our ability to realize the expected benefits from and the success of our Foundry platform programs, (ix) our ability to successfully develop engineered cells, bioprocesses, data packages or other deliverables, and (x) the product development or commercialization success of our customers. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of Ginkgo's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 13, 2023 and other documents filed by Ginkgo from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Ginkgo assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Ginkgo does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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