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VAUGHAN, ON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CannTrust Holdings Inc. ("CannTrust" or the "Company") (unlisted), today announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an order extending the time for CannTrust to call the next annual meeting of its shareholders to a date no later than November 30, 2022.
Further details are available on CannTrust's investor relations page at https://phoena.com/investors/ and on the website of the Monitor for CannTrust's proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") proceedings at https://www.ey.com/ca/canntrust.
CannTrust is a holding company and its primary asset is comprised of an approximate 10% equity interest in Phoena Holdings Inc. Although CannTrust is a reporting issuer under the laws of each of the Canadian provinces except for Quebec, it remains subject to the CTO and its common shares have been delisted by the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable United States safe harbor laws, and such statements are based upon CannTrust's current internal expectations, estimates, projections, assumptions and beliefs and views of future events.
Forward-looking information and forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes", "expect", "likely", "may", "will", "should", "intend", "anticipate", "potential", "proposed", "estimate" and other similar words, including negative and grammatical variations thereof, or statements that certain events or conditions "may", "would" or "will" happen, or by discussions of strategy.
The forward-looking information and statements in this news release include statements relating to the Company's efforts to resolve certain securities regulatory and stock exchange issues, some of which have not been finalized and remain subject to completing further analyses, obtaining shareholder and creditor approval and satisfying the requirements of securities regulators and a stock exchange. Forward-looking information and statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks, including, without limitation: the risk that, if Phoena requires additional equity, the Company's investment in Phoena could be diluted further; the risk that Phoena or its affiliates could default under its credit facilities from Cortland Credit Lending Corporation or Marshall Fields International B.V., which are secured against substantially all of Phoena and the Company's assets; the risk that the Company will not be able to cure its disclosure defaults under securities laws and obtain an order from the OSC to revoke the CTO, on commercially reasonable terms, or at all; the impact of any regulatory and other investigations or proceedings; the risks associated with general economic conditions and/or adverse industry events; the risk of loss of markets; the risk of future legislative and regulatory developments in Canada, the United States and elsewhere; the state of the cannabis industry in Canada generally; the ability of the Company to attract and retain suitable directors, officers and employees; the risks that, even if the CTO can be revoked, the Company will be unable to obtain a stock exchange listing for the Company's common shares; the risk that neither the Company nor Phoena will be able to satisfy the requirements of such exchange; and the ability of Phoena to successfully implement its business strategies.
Any forward-looking information and statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and, except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information or statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all such factors. When considering these forward-looking information and statements, readers should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in the Company's Annual Information Form dated March 28, 2019 (the "AIF") and filed with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and filed as an exhibit the Company's Form 40-F annual report under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on EDGAR at www.sec.gov (the "March 2019 Form 40-F"). The risk factors and other factors noted in the AIF could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those described in any forward-looking information or statements. Readers are also reminded that the Company remains in default of its periodic disclosure requirements under applicable securities laws and stock exchange requirements, that its most recent AIF, Form 40-F and other disclosures do not reflect all risk factors that currently face the Company, and that the Company has not completed or filed the restatements of the financial statements included in the AIF or the March 2019 Form 40-F or otherwise filed an amendment to such Form 40-F, and that the Company was permitted by the Initial Order of the Superior Court of Justice to not to correct its prior filings or make any further filings in respect of periodic disclosure requirements under applicable securities laws and stock exchange requirements. None of the Company's securities is listed for trading on any stock exchange in any jurisdiction and, in Canada, trading in the Company's securities is subject to a cease-trade order issued on April 13, 2020 by the Ontario Securities Commission for CannTrust's failure to comply with its disclosure obligations under applicable securities laws.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 24, 2022
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FROST ADVISORY
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National Weather Service Binghamton NY
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* WHAT...Temperatures between 33-37 degrees will result in frost
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* WHERE...Northern Oneida, Otsego, Delaware and Sullivan
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* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if
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* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Coldest temperatures expected in sheltered
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MADISON, Wis. — Republicans on Friday chose Milwaukee in swing state Wisconsin to host the 2024 national convention, beating out Nashville in deep-red Tennessee.
The decision in favor of Milwaukee was announced at the Republican National Committee’s summer meeting in Chicago, follows months of wrangling by Wisconsin and Tennessee to land the convention where the party’s next presidential candidate will be officially nominated.
Milwaukee was the pick of the RNC’s site selection committee in July. Awarding the convention to Milwaukee was all-but sealed after opposition in Nashville lead to that city’s council on Tuesday rejecting a draft agreement for hosting the event.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper and others expressed concerns about security, the economic trade-off of having to mostly shut down the bustling downtown except for convention activity as well as the implications of tying up city resources for the event.
Milwaukee, a Democratic stronghold, was selected to host the 2020 Democratic National Committee convention, but that moved almost entirely online due to the coronavirus pandemic. President Joe Biden accepted the nomination in Delaware, not Milwaukee. The city used its preparations for that convention to argue to Republicans that it had a “turnkey” operation ready to host for real in 2024.
City leaders in Milwaukee joined together with Republican power brokers, including former RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, to make the pitch for hosting the 2024 Republican convention. Priebus, a former White House chief of staff under former President Donald Trump and Wisconsin state GOP chairman, leads the local committee for the convention.
Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016, but lost to Biden by a nearly identical margin in 2020.
Wisconsin could determine who wins in 2024, while Tennessee has not backed a Democrat for president since 1996. But choosing Milwaukee is in line with recent Republican choices for the convention. For two decades, Republicans have placed their nominating convention in swing states — North Carolina, Ohio and Florida.
Wisconsin Republican Party Chair Paul Farrow, who was in Chicago for the RNC meeting, said having the convention come to Milwaukee will “energize our base even more to realize we’re a very important hinge in the entire country.” The winner in Wisconsin has been elected president the past four elections. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/milwaukee-2024-convention/507-a4ab3471-8cdd-4def-b286-88374b242627 | 2022-08-05 17:00:10 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/milwaukee-2024-convention/507-a4ab3471-8cdd-4def-b286-88374b242627 |
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The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission has appointed Brenda Ortigoza Bateman to serve as the next director for the Department of Land Conservation and Development. She succeeds Jim Rue, who has served as DLCD’s director for 11 years. Bateman previously served Business Oregon as the chief operating officer/assistant director for operations. During her 30-year career, she has served in strategic planning, implementation and management roles, with a focus on natural resources policy.
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ARKANSAS. (KTVE/KARD) — Arkansas golfer John Daly has joined rapper Snoop Dogg and travel expert Rick Steves in their endorsement of Issue 4 on the Arkansas midterm ballot. The issue will legalize recreational marijuana in the state.
In a tweet from November 5, 2022, Daly posted a video of himself supporting the issue and giving reasons why the issue should be passed. In the video, he says, ““I know there’s been a lot of talk out there about Issue 4. I’m sure you’ve seen the ads, bottom line this is pretty simple in my opinion. Issue 4 would safely legalize cannabis here in our beautiful state of Arkansas. This has happened in 19 states, and the sky didn’t fall. Personally, I don’t feel that this is any different than buying a beer.”
John also mentioned how Issue 4 would create millions in funding and jobs in Arkansas. “A vote for Issue 4 would increase access all across our beautiful state, tripling the amount of stores and more than doubling the amount of growing facilities, creating millions of new funding for our police,” he says. “Creating thousands of good jobs – revenue for our state. The list goes on and on. So join me, John Daly, by voting for Issue 4 on Tuesday, November 8th.”
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PHOENIX — It's being billed as a method to get more rapid election results.
But a measure awaiting Senate debate would strip people who get early ballots in the mail of the option to hang on to them until the last minute and then simply drop them off at a polling place on Election Day.
SB1135 would require last-minute voters who received early ballots to stand in line, surrender the early ballot, produce identification and then wait their turn to fill in the ballot again.
No ID? They would have to go home and get it if they want that new ballot to be counted.
State Sen. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, is pushing for the change. He noted that early ballots dropped off at polling places can't be counted until after all other ballots are tallied and that slows up results.
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If people want the convenience of early ballots, Kavanagh said, they would still have the option of mailing them back — so long as that mail arrived at county offices by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
But there's something else at play. Many Republican lawmakers contend early balloting is subject to fraud. Kavanagh sketched out a scenario where his early ballot might be stolen by "an election fraudster'' who picked it up while repairing his air conditioning.
He and other foes of early voting are unconvinced by requirements that county election officials compare the signature on the ballot envelope with the voters' signatures already on file.
"That is unreliable,'' Kavanagh said.
Popular option with voters
Only thing is, efforts to outlaw early voting entirely have not gained traction at the Legislature, at least in part because nearly 90% of Arizonans like to have that option. Lawsuits by the Arizona Republican Party to have the process declared illegal have faltered.
SB1135 would give early voting foes a partial victory by reducing the number of early ballots cast.
If lawmakers approve, it would end an option used by hundreds of thousands of Arizonans who get early ballots but want to wait until the last possible minute to vote. Even former Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, showed up at his polling place on Election Day last year with his early ballot already sealed in its envelope.
At least part of the issue comes down to the question of convenience versus speedy returns.
This past election more than 290,000 residents of Maricopa County alone decided not to put their early ballots in the mail or place them in drop boxes, deciding instead to take them directly to polling places.
Some of that was due to exhortations by Kelli Ward, then the chair of the Arizona Republican Party, that people should "wait in line and vote in person.'' That plugged into claims by former President Donald Trump and others that early voting was inherently insecure and subject to fraud.
But early ballots brought to polling places are not counted until after those that are voted in person are tallied. That delay in final counts for more than a week only added fuel to claims that there was something amiss in the process. Those claims are still being pursued by some unsuccessful GOP candidates, despite court rulings there's no evidence of such fraud.
Kavanagh wants to effectively eliminate those same-day drop-offs of early ballots.
People could still show up at polling places with early ballots. But then the ballots would be "spoiled'' — made uncountable — and the voter would be handed a new ballot after presenting the same identification already required of those who go to the polls now.
Sen. Priya Sundareshan, D-Tucson, said she's not sure the change is appropriate.
"It would be taking away the option that many people currently understand is a way to quickly get your ballot dropped off on the day of the election,'' she said.
Voters 'can't have it both ways'
Kavanagh, however, disputes the idea that early ballots are meant to be dropped off.
"Early ballots come with a return envelope,'' he said. "It's clear that the purpose of the early ballot is to give people the convenience of not having to go into a polling place. When you take the early ballot option and instead show up on Election Day, you're simply slowing down the election and causing more work at the polling place, which further slows down the actions of other people who are there.''
He said people need to decide whether they want to vote early or vote on Election Day.
"You can't have it both ways,'' Kavanagh said. "It's causing confusion at the polls and it's slowing election results.''
Sundareshan wasn't buying the argument that those "late-early ballots'' gum up the works at polling places.
"You walk in with that early ballot in the envelope as signed and you simply drop it off,'' she said. "There is no standing in line as would now need to occur'' under Kavanagh's plan,'' Sundareshan continued. "You would have to spoil it, have to provide ID, have to then vote a standard ballot.''
Kavanagh said she is missing his point. "The main logjam is election results,'' he said. "We waited for days with elections being undetermined. And people don't want that.''
'Why would I have your ballot?'
What was not discussed, however, is there are those who, despite getting an early ballot by mail, purposely wait until the last minute — and not just to see whether there is any late-breaking news about a candidate.
In the 2016 Republican presidential preference primary, Marco Rubio dropped out a week before Election Day. That left Rubio supporters who voted early out of luck as there is no way to recall and re-vote those mail-in early ballots.
Another issue is that Kavanagh crafted SB1135 in a way to require those who now show up with early ballots in signed, sealed envelopes to not just have to exchange them for regular ballots but also to produce identification. That is not now required of those who simply drop off their early ballots.
Kavanagh made it clear that, issues of delayed election results aside, he doesn't like that voters can drop off ballots without showing ID.
"If you don't have ID, we don't even know if that's your early ballot,'' he said. "How do I know you didn't find that early ballot on the street or you stole it from a friend's house?''
"Why would I have your ballot?'' asked Sen. Juan Mendez, D-Tempe.
"Because you're an election fraudster,'' Kavanagh responded. "You stole it from my house when you were repairing my air conditioner.''
Mendez asked, "So this whole bill is from the idea that someone's going to rob you of your ballot and go try to drop it off?''
Mendez noted that under the current situation, people who sign a request can get an early ballot in the mail once county election officials determine they are eligible to vote. And regardless of whether it is mailed back or dropped off, that ballot is not counted until those same county election officials compare the signature on the envelope with others from the voter they have on file.
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email azcapmedia@gmail.com. | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/you-might-lose-option-of-dropping-off-early-ballot-on-election-day/article_3b8973d2-c41e-11ed-ab39-0f4cd88d5bc9.html | 2023-03-19 22:06:21 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/you-might-lose-option-of-dropping-off-early-ballot-on-election-day/article_3b8973d2-c41e-11ed-ab39-0f4cd88d5bc9.html |
TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Mel Brooks, wrote and directed such hilarious film comedies as "Blazing Saddles," a spoof of Westerns; "High Anxiety," his comic homage to Alfred Hitchcock; "Young Frankenstein," his version of a classic horror film; and "History Of The World, Part I," his sendup of Hollywood spectacles. His film "The Producers" was adapted into a Broadway musical mega-hit that won a record-breaking 12 Tonys, including best musical. His latest project is his new memoir, "All About Me!"
Brooks is one of the few EGOTs, meaning he's received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. To top it off, he was a Kennedy Center honoree, received a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute and a National Medal of Arts, presented by President Obama. I love his work, and I love talking to him, and I'm grateful his memoir provided another opportunity to have him on our show. We recorded the interview last week, and one of the things we talked about is what his life is like now at age 95.
Let's start with his most hilarious and intentionally tasteless song, "Springtime For Hitler." It's from "The Producers," which is about two theater producers who figure out a scheme to make more money from a flop than they could make from a hit. They stage a musical called "Springtime For Hitler," which is in such bad taste it's bound to be the flop their scheme requires. The title song is a big production number featuring singing and dancing Nazis. Here's the version from the 1967 film.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PRODUCERS")
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) Germany was having trouble. What a sad, sad story. Needed a new leader to restore its former glory. Where, oh, where was he? Where could that man be? We looked around, and then we found the man for you and me. And now it's...
MICHAEL DAVIS: (As Lead Tenor Stormtrooper, singing) Springtime for Hitler and Germany. Deutschland is happy and gay.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) We're marching to a faster pace. Look out. Here comes the master race. Springtime for Hitler and Germany.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: Mel Brooks, welcome back to FRESH AIR. It is such a great pleasure to have you back. And congratulations on the new memoir.
MEL BROOKS: Oh, thank you. Thank you.
GROSS: In writing this book, what was the process of reviewing your life like for you emotionally - going back through the ups and downs of your life?
BROOKS: Well, it was a little crazy. Sometimes I'd be remembering a childhood episode, and suddenly I'd find myself crying. And I said, I mean, that's not like me. But you never know what's going to, you know - how you're going to be assailed and assaulted by memories.
GROSS: What made you cry?
BROOKS: Well, I think it was a happy moment, and I don't know why I cried. It was getting a box of chocolates after being run over by a car, a box of chocolates in the hospital. And I said - I remember saying, boy, it was worth it when I got that box of chocolates. And then for some reason, that made me cry. I mean, just thinking of this little naive kid who equated chocolates with heaven or something. It was just - I don't know. You never know. You never know.
GROSS: Well, you very casually mentioned getting run over by a car. You were roller-skating and in the street, and a car that you didn't see just kind of - one tire ran over your stomach.
BROOKS: Yes.
GROSS: And I'm reading that thinking, oh, my God, like, that could have killed you.
BROOKS: Yes, absolutely. It knocked the wind out of my sails - I'll tell you that.
GROSS: Well, how - you know, how afraid were you? I mean, what a terrifying thing.
BROOKS: I was 8 years old. I wasn't scared at all. I just - it's just a thing that happened. I was practicing my eagle turn, and I think I must have had my eyes closed in order to feel the eagle turn properly, and then suddenly I was knocked down by this car. Luckily, it was kind of like a tin Lizzie, a very light Ford. And I remember being knocked down, and I remember the wheel, the left front tire, bouncing (laughter) on my stomach and then bouncing back again. And I remember saying, woof (ph) - you know, just a lot of air leaving me.
GROSS: So your father died when you were 2 of tuberculosis, and it wasn't until you were 6 that you realized other kids had fathers and you didn't. And you write, it was a brushstroke of depression that never left me. A lot of comics have dealt with depression. Has depression been something that you've dealt with over the years, beneath all the comedy?
BROOKS: Not so much. Not so much. When I'm asked what was the happiest time of your life - was it marrying Anne Bancroft? Was it winning the Academy Award? Was it writing your first sketch for Broadway for "New Faces"? I cut them off, and I say, I was the happiest - and to this day - probably the happiest in my life from 5 years old to 9. Those four years were blessed with running, Johnny on the pony, kick the can.
GROSS: Getting run over by a car.
(LAUGHTER)
BROOKS: Getting run over by a car, playing with my gang, you know, in the streets and just being free and careless and reckless and just a happy, happy child. So there was a lot more happiness than there was depression. There was a brushstroke, I said, just when kids in school talked about their mother and father, and I could only talk about my mother. But they'd say, from 4 to 9, I mean, what happened at 9?
GROSS: I was going to ask you that. Yeah. What happened at 9? Yeah (laughter).
BROOKS: And I would usually say, homework.
GROSS: Oh, right.
BROOKS: And homework - and I realized, they want something back. They don't let you get away with it. You can't leave school and then run in the streets and be reckless and wild and happy. They want something back. So they want an hour or so out of your life, a very important time, right after school so you could see your pals, your buddies. And that homework was the first realization that you had to give something back to the world to earn your space in it.
GROSS: You wrote that most of the kids in your neighborhood - and it was a largely Jewish neighborhood - grew up to work in the garment district in Manhattan, moving racks of clothes. My father worked in the garment district. What made you think you could carve out a different life, one in show business?
BROOKS: Well, it happened one fateful night when my Uncle Joe took me to see my first Broadway musical. And it was a Cole Porter, a wonderful show called "Anything Goes," starring Ethel Merman. And he knew the parking attendant in front of the theater, who actually got him the two seats, and we were way up in the second balcony. And when Ethel Merman sang, you know, "You're The Top," I mean, she was a mile away, and there were no mics in those days, and I told my Uncle Joe, boy, she's loud. I mean, that's how loud she was. That's how definite she was. She was amazing. But that show changed me and changed my life. And my hands stung from screaming and applauding so much after it was over.
And I remember going back in Uncle Joe's cab, and I remember saying, you know, as he was driving me back home to Williamsburg, Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe, I want to be part of that show. I want to be in show business. I'm not going to enter the garment center. I'm not going to be pushing a rack of clothing to the post office. I'm going to write songs. I'm going to sing songs. I'm going to go into show business. And I knew it. And I never deviated. Of course, I took many different jobs before I finally, you know, got to do that. But I knew it then and there, formed, an arrow heading for show business.
GROSS: After you got out of the service, eventually, you got to write a couple of the first really big TV shows in TV history in the early days. And these were the Sid Caesar shows. It was "Your Show Of Shows," and before that - what's it called? - the "Admiral Variety Hour."
BROOKS: Admiral - very good, good for you.
GROSS: In spite of you being a writer on an incredibly successful show, you started getting anxiety attacks, like, bad anxiety attacks. And so, like, your showbiz dream is coming true, but there's so much pressure doing this weekly show that you're getting these anxiety attacks. How did you get through that?
BROOKS: Well, it was early on in the show. There was only Lucille, Mel Tolkin and myself writing all the comedy for an hour-and-a-half variety show that went on once a week. It was truly an impossible task. It couldn't be done. I don't know how we did it. But I started to get nervous, and I thought I wasn't holding my end up because Lucille and Mel were killing themselves to come up with enough material, and I felt I was falling behind. I couldn't manufacture enough, come up with enough comedy.
So I began getting very anxious, acutely depressed, nervous. And I would - I remember saying to Mel Tolkin, Mel, I'm vomiting between parked cars. I can't do this. I can't sleep. It's impossible. He said, relax, you're an animal. You're not a person yet. You're still from Brooklyn. He said, but you have the makings of a very bright human being. And he said, you need analysis. I said, what is that? He said, what - lie down on a couch, and you tell your troubles to somebody who figures out what's wrong with you and helps you. I said, that sounds pretty stupid. He said, no, it works. It works. I said, oh, is that Freud? And he said, yeah, that's the whole Freud.
So he sent me to somebody, the guy - Bronstein - didn't have room for me, so he sent me to a guy who was just starting, Klement Staff - S-T-A-F-F. I remember the name because he was wonderful. He filled me with courage and with a feeling of - that I really wasn't losing, that I was actually winning. And he actually had me ask Max Liebman for a raise when we moved to - from the "Admiral Broadway Revue" to the "Show Of Shows." So it was amazing, amazing. That was all Mel Tolkin getting me into psychoanalysis, which kind of saved me.
GROSS: So let's talk a little bit about your songwriting process because I love the song satires in your movie, including the song "High Anxiety" from "High Anxiety" and, you know, "Springtime For Hitler" from "The Producers" and "The Inquisition (What A Show)" from "History Of The World, Part I" and "Jews In Space."
(LAUGHTER)
BROOKS: Yeah.
GROSS: So tell me something about your songwriting process. Like, when you would sit down to write a lyric, the lyrics were often, like, the parody of a genre, and it might be the parody of a film genre or of a song genre. So, like, would you, like, listen to a lot of songs of the period you were satirizing or, you know, read, like, books of that period to get, like, the language in your mind? Like, what would you do?
BROOKS: I think I get the words first, or at least the first - I remember in - when I was doing - it was 12 - "The Twelve Chairs," I wanted a title song that would say who these people are. They're - you know, they're - a lot of peasants, a lot of people, emotional people, were characters in the movie. But I needed a song to capture all of this emotional expanse of the movie. And I - it hit me. Hope for the best, expect the worst - I just had that. And then I got that second line - you never know what's going to happen so (singing) hope for the best, expect the worst, you could be Tolstoy or Fannie Hurst, no way of knowing - and I went - you know, I talked a lot about chance and about how you never know. You never know how your life is going to go. And I needed a tune, and I heard - I think I heard something from Brahms. But it also - Brahms had stolen it from some Hungarian tunesmith, and I loved just the basic (singing) bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah (ph). It fit my title. And from then on, it just flowed. It just flowed. It just - it was like Niagara Falls. It just flowed.
GROSS: I love that song, and I've adopted hope for the best, expect the worst as my motto.
(LAUGHTER)
BROOKS: I wrote a brilliant - I got to give - pat myself on the back. I wrote a brilliant release, my own tune also, the middle - the release - interlude between the choruses. (Singing) I met a man who made a fortune that was splendid. Then he died the day he went to go and spend it, shouting live while you're alive, no one will survive. Life is sorrow, here today and gone tomorrow. Live while you're alive, no one will survive. There's no guarantee. Hope for the best.
And it goes on. But that middle part I am so proud of - live while you're alive, no one will survive. That's a great, simple, profound, wonderful lyric. Thank you, Mel. You're welcome.
GROSS: We'll hear more of my interview with Mel Brooks after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF GOLDENBOY SONG, "KITTENS OF LUST")
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to my interview with Mel Brooks. His new memoir is called "All About Me!" Let's hear another of his songs. This is from "High Anxiety," which he wrote and directed. He starred as a psychiatrist who's afraid of heights. In one scene, the psychiatrist performs a song called "High Anxiety". Mel Brooks wrote the lyrics. This performance is his homage to Sinatra.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "HIGH ANXIETY")
BROOKS: (As Dr. Richard Harpo Thorndyke, singing) High anxiety whenever you're near. High anxiety, it's you that I fear. My heart's afraid to fly. It's crashed before. But then you take my hand. My heart starts to soar once more. High anxiety, it's always the same. High anxiety, it's you that I blame. It's very clear to me, I've got to give in. High anxiety, you win.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: I want to quote something from the book. You write, (reading) even though it seems foolish and silly and crazy, comedy has the most to say about the human condition because if you laugh, you can get by. You can survive when things are bad if you have a sense of humor.
I want to talk with you a little bit about being 95, which is what you are now. Are there things about aging that you can laugh at, that laughter is helpful at and things that you can't laugh about, about being 95?
BROOKS: Yeah, well, that's a good question. I don't have a ready answer for that, but I - it's true that, you know, I'm so grateful to be able to eat scrambled eggs and toast and - for breakfast and sometimes a roast beef sandwich for dinner. I'm so happy that I still have somewhat of an appetite. I'm having trouble sleeping. That's a problem. But otherwise, things are pretty good for being 95, and I'm getting around fairly well. And my basic - I don't know. My basic emotional attitude is still more positive than negative. I'm still saying - well, I'm still looking forward to talking to people, to meeting people, to having dinner with people, to - you know, and I was looking forward to FRESH AIR. I was looking forward to talking to you and - you know, and I knew it would be good because you're always so damn good.
GROSS: Oh, well, thank you (laughter). Thank you very much.
BROOKS: Well, I always listen to FRESH AIR when it's not even me. That's how much I love you.
GROSS: (Laughter) I want to get back to sleeping. When you're having trouble sleeping, what do you do? Do you read a book? Do you pace? Do you lie there hoping eventually you'll fall asleep?
BROOKS: I put on a sleep mask, and I put on the TV so that the light from the TV doesn't bother me. And I try to play a movie I'm not interested in so I don't follow the plot (laughter). I try to - you know? And unfortunately, Ben Mankiewicz ruins me because he plays so many - late at night, so many wonderful movies.
GROSS: I love Turner.
BROOKS: Yeah, and I do get Turner Classic Movies. And he does such a great job. He's part of my Friday - I have a Friday luncheon club. I've been away from it now because I'm afraid of the - you know, the autograph hounds, COVID bothering me, you know, so...
GROSS: Well, you used to have dinner with Carl Reiner every night, right? And so you must miss him a lot.
BROOKS: I miss him so much, every single night. And Carl was, you know - Carl was remarkable. He was a remarkable person.
GROSS: My guest is Mel Brooks. His new memoir is called "All About Me!" We'll hear more of the interview after a break. Here's a song from his film, "The History Of The World, Part I," in a scene about the Spanish Inquisition in the late 1400s, when those who didn't embrace Christianity, such as Jews, were interrogated and tortured. The infamous grand inquisitor Torquemada, played by Mel Brooks, sings the lead in a big song and dance number. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I")
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) The Inquisition.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) Let's begin...
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) The Inquisition.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) Look out, sin.
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) We have a mission to convert the Jews.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jews.
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) We're gonna teach them.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) Wrong from right.
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) We're going to help them...
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) See the light.
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) ...And make an offer that they can't refuse.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) That the Jews just can't refuse.
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) Confess.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) Confess, confess
BROOKS: (As Torquemada, singing) Don't be boring. Say...
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's get back to the interview I recorded last year with Mel Brooks after the publication of his memoir, "All About Me!" It's now out in paperback.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: Being Jewish has always been part of your humor and kind of most dramatically in "The Producers" and production numbers like "Springtime For Hitler." You grew up pretty secular. Your grandmother was observant, but your mother, not so much.
BROOKS: Yeah. Right. We used to hide the ham from my grandmother. Thank God the tenements...
GROSS: Oh, the non-kosher ham. Yeah (laughter).
BROOKS: Yeah. Right, right.
GROSS: So what does it mean to be Jewish now for you at age 95? Have you become any more or less observant? And do you - is, like, religion something you want at this point in your life, or are you remaining as secular as you've always been? Is there any kind of difference to you?
BROOKS: No. Being afraid I'm going to die has not made me more religious. I'm still - I'm tribal. I love being a Jew, and I love Jewish humor, and I loved the - I don't know, the je ne sais quoi that the Jews - they have a wonderful attitude. You know, I guess it's called survival. But I was - never been - for instance, I was so glad to not drink Manischewitz wine anymore.
GROSS: Oh.
BROOKS: When Gene Wilder introduced me to Nuits-Saint-Georges one night at dinner at his house, I said, what is this? I said, is this wine 'cause I thought wine was just this tepid, kind of sweet...
GROSS: Like grape juice with alcohol in it.
BROOKS: Yeah, yeah. That was Manischewitz. He said, no, this is a burgundy. It's from, you know, France. I said, wow. But Gene saved my life - no more Manischewitz. But actually, it has to do with - it really started with when the synagogues in Brooklyn charged money on the High Holy Days - not much, I think maybe $5 a family; it wasn't much - to keep the synagogue going. My mother simply didn't have the money. Therefore, we were very rarely in a synagogue because it cost five bucks on the High Holy Days, so - but I loved going to Passover dinners at my grandfather's house in Bensonhurst. I love the trappings of being a Jew.
GROSS: The culture...
BROOKS: The dinners. Yeah.
GROSS: ...The ceremonies, the jokes (laughter).
BROOKS: Yeah, the jokes, exactly.
GROSS: The jokes, the jokes.
BROOKS: The youngest of my male uncles was Uncle Lee. They were all Kaminskys, Lee Kaminsky. And Lee sat down near the children's table when we had Passover dinner. He was the youngest, so he sat down close to us. And then when my grandfather would read from the books in Hebrew and we didn't understand a word - but, you know, we were - we paid attention - Uncle Lee said, relax, I'll translate for you. And he was so good, so funny, so wonderful. When my grandfather would say, but I've never really - you know, going on in Hebrew, Lee would say, it's a high fly ball. Camilli (ph) gets underneath.
GROSS: (Laughter).
BROOKS: And he would just do a ballgame for us, and we would just be hysterical.
GROSS: What kind of reviews did you get from rabbis about your Jewish humor in - especially your more sacrilegious (laughter) Jewish humor in movies?
BROOKS: Boy, boy. When I did "The Producers," I got a thousand letters, mostly from rabbis and Jewish organizations. How dare you? It's the Holocaust, you know? And they were right, and they were wrong. And I would say, you're not wrong. You're absolutely right to take offense at it. But let me tell you this. If we're going to get even with Hitler, we can't get on a soapbox because he's too damn good at that. We got to ridicule him. We got to laugh at him. Then we can get even. And sometimes I get a letter back saying, maybe you're right, you know? It was OK.
GROSS: This is something kind of off-topic, but you've done some wild things, like, during your years, like pranking people in the studio when you were getting your start and, you know, a crazy outburst sometimes. So when you got, from President Obama - when you got your medal in the arts...
BROOKS: Wait a minute. When you got your medal...
GROSS: Yeah. Well, we were both there at the ceremony because you got a medal in the arts, and I got a medal in the humanities from Obama. And you were - as I recall, we were in, like, the - I forget which room it was, but it's the room where some ceremonies were. And the ceremony was being held there. And we were all seated, you know, waiting for Obama to come out.
BROOKS: I called it the yellow room because it was painted yellow. And I'd been there before. Here I am back in the yellow room. Yeah, right.
GROSS: When Obama gave you the medal and put it around your neck, you kind of like...
BROOKS: It was heavy.
GROSS: ...Drooped forward as if, like, this medal is so heavy I can't even bear the weight around my neck. Did you plan to do - was that spontaneous? Or did you think, like, I know what I'm going to do. When he gives me the medal, I'm just going to act like it's too heavy.
BROOKS: That's a good question. The truth is I didn't know what I would do. I wanted to do something. But as soon as I felt the weight, I knew I was right in dropping, falling and grabbing him for - nearly took his pants off...
GROSS: (Laughter).
BROOKS: ...Pulling him down with me. So it worked.
GROSS: I will say, you got a Kennedy Center honor from Obama, but you were offered one from President George W. Bush, and you declined because of the war in Iraq. How public did you want to be about that? How much of a public statement did you want to make about that? And how much did you just want to quietly decline?
BROOKS: I wanted to quietly decline. I didn't want to make a big deal of it. And I just didn't - I thought that pursuing that war in Iraq, I thought, was all wrong. I'd been a soldier myself. And I said, why are these guys going? Why do they - why? It just didn't make sense to me. And when I got the one from Obama, I asked - I said, can I get two? I turned the - last year, I turned the other one down. Do I - can I get two? And Obama said, one to a customer.
GROSS: (Laughter).
BROOKS: So it was very sweet. Yeah. Right.
GROSS: Are there any jokes that you wish you could take back?
BROOKS: No, not - I can't - not really. I would - not one would I take it back. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty upset about some jokes that I took back, that I didn't let go, that I thought, well, that's a little, you know, outside the pale. That's a little too, you know, risque, and I kept, you know? But there were plenty of jokes I should have just exploded with. And I said, maybe, that's a bit too much for the kids or whatever.
GROSS: Can you give us an example?
BROOKS: I can't. I could give you one, but it was just too dirty.
GROSS: Oh, too dirty.
BROOKS: Now you got to hear it, right?
GROSS: (Laughter) I got to hear it. Right.
BROOKS: Well, it had to do with Madeline Kahn going into Cleavon Little's dressing room after the show during "Blazing Saddles." And...
GROSS: And this is your spoof of Westerns?
BROOKS: Yeah, spoof of Westerns. And then she says something like, relax, you know? And then she says, oh, how are you - you know, you're - how are you built? Oh, you're - oh, how beautiful. Oh, how - you know? And the joke was something about - it's true. It's true, the way you're built, your people are built, you know? And it was too much. And she's - and he says, I'm sorry to disappoint you, Ms. Von Shtupp. You're biting my arm, you know? So...
(LAUGHTER)
BROOKS: So it was a big - it would've been, you know - today, I think, I could've gotten away with it, but never then. Yeah.
GROSS: So you took the arm part out of the movie?
BROOKS: Yeah. I took - I kept them in the dark. But I never did that joke.
GROSS: That is so funny. You hired Richard Pryor to be a writer on that film?
BROOKS: Absolutely. I mean, Richard Pryor was so good. And I expected him to play Black Bart, the Black sheriff. And then when Warner Brothers said, no, under no circumstances. We can't get any insurance on Richard because of the drug problems. And he's been in jail. And I said, OK. And I said to Richard, Richard, we're not doing this movie. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. And he said, nonsense, stupidity. We're going to do it. And you and I are going to find the right Black sheriff to play the lead. And the casting agents found this actor, Broadway actor. His name was Cleavon Little. And he flew out. And he auditioned for me. And I kissed him and said, you're the guy. And Richard said, we lucked out. We took a good bounce here.
GROSS: Did you remain friends after the movie?
BROOKS: Yes. We sure did, you know? And then he became ill. And it was very sad, losing such an incredible, truly incredible talent. I mean, he was the best stand-up comic that ever lived. That's saying a lot. There were thousands that were really good, but he was the best.
GROSS: My guest is Mel Brooks. He has a new memoir called "All About Me!" We'll be right back. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF GWENDOLYN DEASE'S "PORKCHOP'S BLUES")
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to my interview with Mel Brooks. His new memoir is called "All About Me!"
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: So you were married to Anne Bancroft for many years until her death in 2005. Some people thought of you as opposites because she was, you know, like, a serious actress, and you were, like, a comic actor and writer. And, you know, so I'm just wondering - there were probably sides of both of you that the public didn't know about, like the more serious Mel Brooks and the more humorous...
BROOKS: Yes.
GROSS: ...Anne Bancroft.
BROOKS: There you go. There you go. There was that whole other side of me that was maybe slightly, you know, well-read, intellectual, emotional and wasn't funny and was serious about life. And there was that whole other side of her, where she - I said, you're like a shortstop on the Yankees. You catch every ball, and you got pepper. You've got such pepper in the infield. And you're like a Jew mountain comic. And nobody knows that, you know? And they never knew the other side of her. They only - but there was that one side of her that was heavenly. It was sweet, and it was comforting, and it was supportive, and it was, I guess, so lovely it's indescribable. And I was very, very lucky. And I - if I believed in God, I would thank God every night for giving me Anne Bancroft.
GROSS: So I have one last question for you. You're 95 now. You've lived a long time. What is the meaning of life?
BROOKS: I haven't figured it out yet.
GROSS: You're 95. You've got to know. How else are we going to know if you don't know?
BROOKS: That's a very good question. And maybe in my second book.
GROSS: Yeah (laughter).
BROOKS: You know, history...
GROSS: Yeah.
BROOKS: Yeah. The sequel, you know?
GROSS: Volume 2.
BROOKS: Volume 2, you know? The history of Mel Brooks, Part 2, you know? Maybe I'll figure it out. But so far, I haven't. But I don't want to get, you know, too close. In case the answers are negative, I don't want to know, you know? I want it to be up and at 'em and positive and fun. And I still love comedy. It's my delicious refuge from the world. You know, I hide in humor and comedy. I love it.
GROSS: You like being funny, and you like hearing people be funny?
BROOKS: And I love people being funny, even Henny Youngman.
GROSS: Oh. Take my wife, please. Yeah.
BROOKS: Yeah. Right.
GROSS: King of the one-liners
BROOKS: Even the bad jokes. But once in a while, there'd be a standard Borscht Belt comic that - like Myron Cohen. And there'd be a joke there. I said, my God, that's a good joke, 'cause usually they were just terrible. You know, my wife said, you never take me anywhere. I never go anywhere. I'd like to go somewhere I've never been. So I took her to the kitchen. You know, those kind of - those were the...
GROSS: (Laughter) Those jokes were so sexist.
BROOKS: Those were the jokes. And finally - but Myron Cohen thrilled me with some of his comedy. He said he went into a - he said, I went to a grocery store, and I said, I want - give me a quarter of a pound of lox. Give me some cream cheese. I want - then he stopped and said, salt - you got salt on every shelf in your store. I see red boxes of salt. Salt on the first shelf, salt on the second, salt on the - you've got a hundred boxes of salt. Do you sell a lot of salt? And he said, no, if I'll sell a box of salt a week, it's a lot. I don't sell a lot of salt. But the guy that sells me salt, boy, can he sell salt. And that's a brilliant idea from Myron Cohen, you know?
GROSS: Yeah, he did a lot of Yiddish humor, too.
BROOKS: Oh, yeah. He was wonderful.
GROSS: Did you get the punchlines? Did you know enough Yiddish to get the jokes?
BROOKS: No, I never knew. You know, it always - for me, it always - (speaking gibberish). Whatever. I never...
GROSS: Whatever, yeah (laughter).
BROOKS: I never knew what the punchline was - (speaking gibberish). It sounded good. It was a nice rimshot, but I didn't know what the hell they were talking about.
GROSS: And for people who don't know the difference, like, you're just making up syllables that sound vaguely like Hebrew or Yiddish - yeah (laughter).
BROOKS: Yeah, yeah. I'm just mimicking.
GROSS: OK.
BROOKS: Mimicking, yeah. Anyway, it's always good to talk to you.
GROSS: It's always good to talk with you. You've been so generous with your time. Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to talk with you. And thank you for writing your memoir.
BROOKS: Oh, please. It was a pleasure.
GROSS: And please send my regards to your son Max.
BROOKS: I will. I will. I intend to. And I intend to, you know, make a copy of this thing and memorialize it and, you know, send it to Max and everybody, send it to my pals and - you know? But a lot of people listen to FRESH AIR. Believe it or not, a lot of people listen to you. I don't want to scare you and inhibit you.
GROSS: (Laughter) I like the way you say, believe it or not, like...
BROOKS: Yeah. I know, right? Yeah.
GROSS: ...It's really hard to understand, but - it's incomprehensible, but (laughter) people listen to your show.
BROOKS: You know, you're one of the few I could do that with without hurting feelings 'cause you understand humor, and you understand comedy and its rhythms and how it works. You know. You understand it. You're great.
GROSS: Well, I love your humor. So it's (laughter) - you've made me laugh so many times over the years, and I'm so grateful to you for that. So it's been a pleasure talking with you, and I wish you all good things.
BROOKS: Oh, bless you. Thank you so much. Terry Gross, I love you. Thanks.
GROSS: My interview with Mel Brooks was recorded last year after the publication of his memoir "All About Me!" It's now out in paperback. Let's hear one more song. Mel Brooks co-starred with his late wife Anne Bancroft in the 1983 remake of the film "To Be Or Not To Be," set during World War II in Poland. They got to sing this duet of "Sweet Georgia Brown" in Polish.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "TO BE OR NOT TO BE")
MEL BROOKS AND ANNE BANCROFT: (Singing in Polish).
GROSS: Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft from the film "To Be Or Not To Be." After we take a short break, TV critic David Bianculli will review "The Addams Family" spinoff series on Netflix. This is FRESH AIR.
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Listening to America: High-Speed Internet Access
Published: Apr. 17, 2023 at 4:23 PM EDT|Updated: 15 minutes ago
Hinds County, Miss. (Gray) – Peter Zampa is traveling the country, asking people about the issues that matter to them. This week, he travels to Mississippi, a state with one of the worst ratings for internet access. Peter asks a teacher and Hinds County resident how the digital divide is impacting schools and the community as a whole.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Members of the Islamic State group have kidnapped dozens of people in a central province and the bodies of some have been found with their throats slits, an opposition war monitor and pro-government media reported Friday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the extremists kidnapped about 40 people Thursday and killed at least 15 people whose bodies were discovered Friday in the central province of Hama. The Observatory said the dead included seven civilians and eight armed tribesmen.
The pro-government Sham FM radio station said the extremists attacked farmers who were collecting truffles in the eastern countryside of Hama province. It added that some of the kidnapped “were martyred” while contact was lost with others.
Despite their defeat in Syria in March 2019, the militant group’s sleeper cells still carry out deadly attacks both in Syria and Iraq where they once declared a “caliphate.”
Last month, IS sleeper cells attacked workers collecting truffles near the central town of Sukhna, killing at least 53 people, mostly workers but also some Syrian government security forces.
The truffles are a seasonal delicacy that can be sold for a high price. Since the truffle hunters work in large groups in remote areas, IS militants in previous years have repeatedly preyed on them, emerging from the desert to abduct them, kill some and ransom others for money. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/world/article/reports-islamic-state-kidnaps-dozens-in-syria-17858722.php | 2023-03-24 19:02:01 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/world/article/reports-islamic-state-kidnaps-dozens-in-syria-17858722.php |
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Luke Combs brings young cancer survivor on stage to sing ‘Fast Car’
(Circle) - Luke Combs made a little boy’s dreams come true by inviting him on stage to sing “Fast Car.”
Eight-year-old Cooper Massengil, who recently beat cancer, has a deep admiration for Combs’ music, and meeting his favorite singer was at the top of his wish list.
When hearing about Cooper and his goal, Combs warmly welcomed him on stage during his performance in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Saturday, July 22, CBS Boston reported.
Diagnosed with leukemia at 3 years old, Cooper has been courageously battling the illness, going through numerous surgeries throughout his journey.
“It was a lot. To watch your child go through what he had to go through was unbelievable,” Cooper’s mother Melissa Massengill told CBS Boston.
When Make-A-Wish caught wind of his journey, they knew they wanted to grant him the very special wish of meeting Combs in person.
“When I was walking up, everyone was shouting my name. It felt great,” Cooper said.
Luke Combs will continue his 2023 World Tour with a series of exciting shows lined up until mid-October.
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Services for John Wilburn Jackson, 60, of Temple will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple.
Mr. Jackson died Thursday, June 15, at a local hospital.
He was born July 28, 1962, in Temple to Wilburn and Gloria Meyer Jackson. He lived in Temple his whole life. He was a Baptist. He graduated from Temple High School in 1980. He married Tonya Michelle Clark in February 2007 in Temple. He worked for Pactiv for 18 years. After Pactiv he continued to work in maintenance at several other places until he retired in 2014. He was a part of the Arbor Foundation.
Survivors include his wife of Temple; a son, John Mathew Jackson of Temple; a daughter, Bobby Joe Motloch of Temple; a stepson, Kristopher Schneider of Troy; a stepdaughter, Kasey Schneider of Temple; his mother of Temple; two sisters, Kim Jackson and Michelle Anderson, both of Temple; and 11 grandchildren. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_95a70668-0feb-11ee-8439-5f594a0dd7d3.html | 2023-06-21 07:28:58 | 0 | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_95a70668-0feb-11ee-8439-5f594a0dd7d3.html |
High-rise homicide suspect attempts to escape, gets stuck in window, police say
Published: Dec. 12, 2022 at 3:15 PM CST|Updated: 29 minutes ago
BOSTON (WCVB) – Police in Boston say a suspect in a murder at a high-rise apartment building got stuck trying to dive out of a window.
The incident began when officers were called overnight to a 12th floor apartment.
Police said a body was found inside the apartment. A suspect was also found inside, and a standoff followed.
The suspect attempted to dive out of a window, but police said they got stuck and wound up hanging from the window.
SWAT officers pulled the suspect down from the window to the floor below.
The suspect was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The incident is under investigation.
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Tropical Storm Bret barrels toward eastern Caribbean at near-hurricane strength
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A hurricane watch was issued for St. Lucia as Tropical Storm Bret barreled toward the eastern Caribbean Thursday at near-hurricane strength.
The storm was located about 170 miles (265 kilometers) east of Barbados on Thursday morning and was moving west at 15 mph (24 kph). It had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), just below the 74 mph (119 kph) winds of a Category 1 hurricane.
Airports, businesses, schools and offices were closing in St. Lucia and Dominica as forecasters warned of torrential downpours, landslides and flooding.
“Protect your lives, property and livelihoods,” urged St. Lucia Prime Minister Philip Pierre.
A tropical storm warning was in effect for Dominica, St. Lucia and Martinique, while a tropical storm watch was issued for Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The storm was expected to start affecting islands in the eastern Caribbean late Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Andre Joyeux, director of St. Lucia’s Meteorological Services, said Bret is expected to cut directly through the island.
“So we are hoping that persons take heed,” he said.
Up to 10 inches (3 centimeters) of rain forecast for the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe south to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, including Barbados, the hurricane center said. Waves of up to 13 feet (4 meters) also were forecast for Guadeloupe, according to local meteorologists.
Bret is expected to lose strength once it enters the eastern Caribbean Sea, and it is forecast to dissipate by the weekend.
However, the Caribbean is closely watching a tropical depression that is trailing Bret and has a 90% chance of formation. Early forecasts expect it to become Tropical Storm Cindy on Thursday and take a path northeast of the Caribbean through open waters.
If the depression strengthens into a storm, it would be the first time since record-keeping began that two storms form in the tropical Atlantic in June, according to meteorologist Philip Klotzbach at Colorado State University.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast 12 to 17 named storms for this year’s hurricane season. It said between five and nine of those storms could become hurricanes, including up to four major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher.
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CHICAGO (WGN) — Actor Jamie Foxx was recorded in public Sunday for the first time since he was hospitalized in April for a medical complication.
Video from TMZ shows the Oscar winner on a luxury boat cruising down the Chicago River on Sunday afternoon. The video shows Foxx with members of his family, waving and smiling at other boats.
“Boat life,” Foxx tweeted Sunday. “Celebrating summer with @brownsugarbbn. Stay blessed!”
Foxx has reportedly been seeking treatment at a major medical facility in the city for the undisclosed condition.
This is Foxx’s first public sighting since his health issues were initially reported back in April.
The actor was filming the movie “Back in Action” with Cameron Diaz before he was hospitalized. | https://phl17.com/nmw/video-captures-jamie-foxx-on-chicago-river-in-first-public-sighting-tmz/ | 2023-07-10 22:18:01 | 0 | https://phl17.com/nmw/video-captures-jamie-foxx-on-chicago-river-in-first-public-sighting-tmz/ |
PURCHASE, N.Y., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PepsiCo, and its philanthropic arm, the PepsiCo Foundation, announced partnerships with World Central Kitchen and Save the Children to provide meals, potable water and disaster relief to those impacted by severe flooding in eastern Kentucky.
Mobilizing quickly with their partners and those within the community, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation will provide nearly 50,000 meals, among other urgently needed items, through a variety of pathways, including:
- A $150,000 donation in support of the World Central Kitchen toward efforts to deliver fresh, hot meals to those in need.
- 10,000 shelf stable Food for Good breakfast meals delivered in partnership with Amazon Disaster Relief to be distributed by Save the Children at emergency shelters in the area.
- An additional $150,000 in support of Save the Children's relief efforts that include clean drinking water, hygiene kits, diapers, infant care supplies, and cribs for families.
- Donated nearly ninety thousand bottles of water to areas where water access connections have been impacted.
"The current crisis is impacting thousands, leaving many without adequate essential supplies or a safe place to stay, but our partners on-the-ground—World Central Kitchen and Save the Children—have swiftly responded," said Jon Banner, PepsiCo Executive Vice President, Global Communications, and PepsiCo Foundation President. "PepsiCo has a long history in Kentucky and 1,400 of our employees call it home. Our roots are planted deep and we're heartbroken to see so many families, including 27 of our own, displaced by this disaster."
"World Central Kitchen is a team of food first responders who know that a hot meal is so much more than a plate of food—it's hope, it's dignity, it's a sign that someone cares," said Jason Collis, Vice President of Relief, World Central Kitchen. "We're grateful to count on the PepsiCo Foundation, not only for monetary support, but for their eager belief in our mission and willingness to roll up their sleeves and help communities in Kentucky which were devastated by the flooding."
"Save the Children began working in Kentucky communities 90 years ago and remains committed to supporting children impacted by the recent devastating flooding – now and well into the future," said Betsy Zorio, vice president of U.S. Programs for Save the Children. "We are deeply grateful for PepsiCo's support in getting the essential supplies and meals Kentucky kids and families need to begin to recover during this harrowing time."
To help further support relief efforts, the PepsiCo Foundation will also match employee donations to organizations providing critical relief for impacted communities and has activated PEPhelp, an employee-to-employee program to that provides financial assistance to PepsiCo employees affected by natural disasters. PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation also are providing employees with dinner donations, hotel stays, grocery gift cards, and time off for the necessary recovery.
The PepsiCo Foundation also has a longstanding history of community relief efforts and is a member of the American Red Cross' Annual Disaster Giving Program, granting at least $500,000 annually to ensure the Red Cross can pre-position supplies, secure shelters, maintain vehicles, train volunteers and prepare for future disasters.
PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation urges others to offer their support. Donations can be made online in support of flood relief to Save the Children, World Central Kitchen, and the American Red Cross.
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.
Established in 1962, the PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, invests in the essential elements of a sustainable food system with a mission to support thriving communities. Working with non-profits and experts around the globe, we're focused on helping communities obtain access to food security, safe water and economic opportunity. We strive for tangible impact in the places where we live and work—collaborating with industry peers, local and international organizations, and our employees to affect large-scale change on the issues that matter to us and are of global importance. Learn more at https://www.pepsico.com/our-impact/philanthropy/pepsico-foundation.
Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. WCK has served more than 100 million fresh meals to people impacted by natural disasters and other crises around the world. WCK's Resilience Programs strengthen food and nutrition security by training chefs and school cooks; advancing clean cooking practices; and awarding grants to farms, fisheries, and small food businesses while also providing educational and networking opportunities. Learn more at wck.org.
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, we've changed the lives of more than 1 billion children. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) – Need plans for spring break? Look no further as Clearwater Beach officially announced the return of the free park-and-ride service for spring breakers.
Ahead of the spring break season, the city of Clearwater teamed up with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority to make guests’ trips to the beach a little easier.
The Park & Ride program allows guests to park in a free designated lot. From there, beachgoers can ride the trolley to the beach for free.
According to the city of Clearwater, the Park & Ride service operates on the following schedule:
- Monday through Thursday, every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Friday to Sunday, every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and until 10 p.m. on Sundays
Visitors can park for free any day of the week at the former Clearwater City Hall located at 112 S. Osceola Ave., and board for free there, at the Clearwater Beach Transit Center or the Clearwater Beach Marina.
The city stated that the return service to the parking lot boards at the Clearwater Beach Marina located at 25 Causeway Blvd. in Clearwater.
“Clearwater Beach continues to thrive as one of the top destinations in the state of Florida. While there is plenty of room to spread out over three miles of our sugar sand beaches, finding a place to park your vehicle can be challenging at times,” Lisa Chandler, operator of the Pier 60 concessions and founder of the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival said in a statement. “Alternative modes of transportation like the Jolley Trolley, buses and water taxi services are crucial to the success of our barrier-island economy and vitality, as they offer a convenient, cost-effective way to experience the best of Clearwater Beach.”
The Park & Ride service begins on March 1 and runs until April 30, 2023.
Additional parking is available Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the following locations:
- 310 Court Street (County Garage)
- 450 Oak Avenue
- 440 Court St.
For information on other ways to get around, visit ClearwaterFerry.com, Uber.com, Lyft.com, Go777Taxi.com, and other options. | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/where-to-park-for-free-at-clearwater-beach-heres-what-you-need-to-know-before-spring-break/ | 2023-02-27 18:25:07 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/where-to-park-for-free-at-clearwater-beach-heres-what-you-need-to-know-before-spring-break/ |
STATESBORO, Ga. — Ben Stanley’s 22 points helped Old Dominion defeat Georgia Southern 81-75 in overtime on Saturday.
Kaden Archie led the Eagles (10-7, 3-1) in scoring, finishing with 18 points. Tyren Moore added 12 points for Georgia Southern. Kamari Brown also put up 12 points.
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CA Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Zone Forecast for Thursday, September 29, 2022
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696 FPUS56 KLOX 300954
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Zone Forecast Product for California
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
CAZ364-010045-
Los Angeles County Beaches-
Including LAX, Long Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach,
Santa Monica, and Torrance
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 70s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the upper 50s to
mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from around 70 at the beaches to around 80 inland. Southwest
winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the mid 70s at the beaches to the mid 80s inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the mid 70s to around 80 at the beaches to the mid 80s inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the mid 70s at the beaches to the mid 80s inland.
$$
CAZ365-010045-
Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles-
Including Beverly Hills, Compton, Culver City, Downey, Hollywood,
Lakewood, and Norwalk
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 70s to around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to lower 80s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the lower to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 80s to around 90.
$$
CAZ362-010045-
Malibu Coast-
Including Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and Zuma Beach
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower 60s to around 60.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the lower to mid 70s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid to upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
$$
CAZ354-010045-
Ventura County Beaches-
Including Oxnard, Point Mugu, Port Hueneme, and Ventura
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.TONIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to
lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the upper 60s at the beaches to the upper 70s inland.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to
lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from around 70 at the beaches to around 80 inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to around 80 inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to around 80
inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to the lower 80s inland.
$$
CAZ355-010045-
Ventura County Inland Coast-
Including Camarillo and East Ventura
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the lower to mid 70s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the lower to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the lower to mid 70s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to around 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows in the lower 60s to around 60.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
around 80.
$$
CAZ547-010045-
Los Angeles County San Fernando Valley-
Including Burbank, Northridge, Universal City, and Woodland Hills
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the upper 70s and 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s except around 50 western
valley.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 80s to around 90. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the 60s.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the upper 80s and 90s.
$$
CAZ363-010045-
Santa Monica Mountains-
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to around 80.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s except the mid 40s
to around 50 colder valleys.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to around 80. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog. Lows in
the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the 80s except the mid to upper 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the 80s except the mid to upper 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and
fog after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
$$
CAZ548-010045-
Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley-
Including East Los Angeles, El Monte, Pasadena, Pomona,
and San Gabriel
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the lower to mid 80s.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the lower to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds and
fog. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 70s to mid 80s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds and
fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid to upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 80s to around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 80s to around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
around 90.
$$
CAZ088-010045-
Santa Clarita Valley-
Including Castaic Lake, Newhall, Santa Clarita, and Valencia
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 20 mph
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
$$
CAZ358-359-010045-
Central Ventura County Valleys-Southeastern Ventura County Valleys-
Including Fillmore, Piru, Santa Paula, Moorpark, Newbury Park,
Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the morning.
Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TONIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 80s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s to around 90.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog after
midnight. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
$$
CAZ357-010045-
Ojai Valley-
Including Oak View and Ojai
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the
lower to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to around 90.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90.
$$
CAZ356-010045-
Lake Casitas-
Including Meiners Oaks
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s except the lower
to mid 70s closer to the coast.
.TONIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds and fog.
Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to mid 80s except the upper 60s to mid 70s closer to
the coast.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s to around 60.
.MONDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s except the lower to mid 70s
closer to the coast.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.TUESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 80s except the mid to upper 70s closer to the coast.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 80s except the mid to upper 70s closer to the coast.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 80s to around 90 except the mid to upper 70s closer to
the coast.
$$
CAZ053-010045-
Ventura County Mountains-
Including Lockwood Valley and Mount Pinos
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s at low elevations to the
mid 70s to around 80 at high elevations.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows from the mid 50s to lower 60s at low
elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs from the lower to mid 80s at low
elevations to the 70s at high elevations.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the mid 50s to lower 60s at low
elevations to the upper 30s to mid 40s in colder valleys and peaks.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs from the upper 70s and 80s at low elevations
to the upper 60s to mid 70s at high elevations. South winds 10 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the mid 50s to mid 60s at low
elevations to the 40s in colder valleys and peaks.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low elevations
to the lower to mid 70s at high elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the mid 50s to mid 60s at low
elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 in colder valleys and peaks.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low elevations
to the 70s at high elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the upper 50s to mid 60s at low
elevations to the mid 40s to around 50 in colder valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to the 70s to around 80 at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 50s and 60s at
low elevations to the mid 40s to lower 50s in colder valleys and
peaks.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to the 70s to around 80 at high elevations.
$$
CAZ054-010045-
Los Angeles County Mountains-
Including Acton and Mount Wilson
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s at low elevations to the 70s at
high elevations. South winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. South winds
10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs from the upper 70s to mid 80s at low
elevations to the lower to mid 70s at high elevations. South winds
10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the lower to mid 60s at low
elevations to the 50s in colder valleys and peaks. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs from the upper 70s to mid 80s at low
elevations to the upper 60s to mid 70s at high elevations.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low elevations
to the upper 60s to mid 70s at high elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low elevations
to the upper 60s to mid 70s at high elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the mid to upper 60s at low
elevations to around 60 in colder valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to the upper 60s to mid 70s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid to upper 60s at
low elevations to around 60 in colder valleys and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to the lower to mid 70s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ059-010045-
Antelope Valley-
Including Lancaster and Palmdale
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Southwest
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
$$
CAZ350-010045-
Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast-
Including Carpinteria, Goleta, Montecito, and Santa Barbara
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.TONIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid to upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to around 80.
$$
CAZ352-010045-
Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range-
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the mid
70s to lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to around 70.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s.
$$
CAZ349-010045-
Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast-
Including El Capitan State Beach, Gaviota, Jalama Beach,
and Refugio State Beach
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the morning.
Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid to upper 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the 50s to around 60.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 60s to mid 70s. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 70s to around 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the mid 50s to around 60.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to lower 80s.
$$
CAZ351-010045-
Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range-
Including San Marcos Pass
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to around 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
$$
CAZ353-010045-
Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains-
Including Big Pine Mountain, Figueroa Mountain,
and San Rafael Mountain
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 50s to mid 60s
at low elevations to the lower to mid 50s in colder valleys
and peaks.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 50s to
mid 60s at low elevations to the lower to mid 50s in colder
valleys and peaks.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Southwest
winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the lower to mid 60s
at low elevations to the 50s in colder valleys and peaks.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the lower to mid 60s
at low elevations to the mid to upper 50s in colder valleys
and peaks.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the 60s at low elevations
to the mid 50s to around 60 in colder valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid to upper 60s
at low elevations to the mid 50s to around 60 in colder valleys
and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs from the mid 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to the mid 70s to lower 80s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ346-010045-
Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches-
Including Lompoc and Vandenberg Space Force Base
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower 70s inland.
.TONIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the lower 60s at the beaches to the lower 70s inland. West winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid to upper 60s at the beaches to the lower to mid 70s inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid 60s to around 70 at the beaches to the mid to upper 70s
inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the mid 60s to around 70 at the beaches to the mid to upper
70s inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from around 70 at the beaches to the upper 70s inland.
$$
CAZ340-010045-
San Luis Obispo County Beaches-
Including Arroyo Grande, Avila Beach, Cambria, Morro Bay,
and Pismo Beach
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid 60s at the beaches to the mid 70s inland.
.TONIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower
to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 60s to around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 40s to lower
50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
around 60 at the beaches to around 70 inland. West winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid to upper 60s at the beaches to the lower to mid 70s inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid 60s to around 70 at the beaches to the mid 70s inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the mid 60s at the beaches to the mid 70s inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the mid 60s at the beaches to the mid 70s inland.
$$
CAZ347-010045-
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast-
Including Buellton and Santa Maria
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 60s and 70s.
.TONIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the upper 40s to mid
50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 60s and 70s. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 60s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to mid 80s.
$$
CAZ348-010045-
Santa Ynez Valley-
Including Lake Cachuma, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, and Solvang
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower
to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
upper 40s to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 70s and 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 80s to around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 80s to around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 80s to around 90.
$$
CAZ341-010045-
San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast-
Including Lopez Lake, Nipomo, and San Luis Obispo
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 60s and 70s.
.TONIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 40s to around
50.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 60s to mid 70s. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 60s and 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to lower 80s.
$$
CAZ342-010045-
Santa Lucia Mountains-
Including Hearst Castle and Irish Hills
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the morning.
Highs in the upper 70s and 80s except the lower to mid 70s cooler
coastal slopes. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low clouds and
fog. Lows in the 50s to around 60. West winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s except the mid 60s to
around 70 cooler coastal slopes. Southwest winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog. Lows
in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.SUNDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s except around 70 cooler coastal
slopes. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
50s to around 60.
.MONDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 80s except the lower to mid 70s cooler coastal slopes.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s except the mid to upper 70s
cooler coastal slopes.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s except the mid to upper 70s
cooler coastal slopes.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 80s to around 90 except the mid to upper 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
$$
CAZ343-010045-
Southern Salinas Valley-
Including Atascadero, Lake Nacimiento, Paso Robles, San Miguel,
and Templeton
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90. West winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Southwest winds
around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Southwest
winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s to around 50.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s. Southwest winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 80s to lower 90s.
$$
CAZ344-010045-
San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys-
Including Carrizo Plain, Creston, and Shandon
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. West winds around
15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 80s. West winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s. West winds
around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Northwest winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
$$
CAZ345-010045-
San Luis Obispo County Mountains-
Including Caliente Range, La Panza Range, and Santa Margarita Lake
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs from the mid 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to around 80 at high elevations. East winds around
15 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from around 60 at low elevations to
the lower to mid 50s in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s at low elevations to the mid
70s to around 80 at high elevations. West winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 50s to mid 60s
at low elevations to the upper 40s to mid 50s in colder valleys and
peaks. West winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 80s at low elevations to the mid to
upper 70s at high elevations. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from around 60 at low elevations
to the lower to mid 50s in colder valleys and peaks.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs from the mid 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to around 80 at high elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 50s to mid 60s at
low elevations to the mid 50s in colder valleys and peaks.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the mid 80s to around 90 at low
elevations to the lower to mid 80s at high elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs from around 90 at low elevations to the
lower to mid 80s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the lower to mid 60s at
low elevations to the mid to upper 50s in colder valleys and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs from around 90 at low elevations to the
lower to mid 80s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ038-010045-
Cuyama Valley-
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90. North winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
$$
CAZ087-010045-
Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands-
Including Avalon and Two Harbors
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 60s to mid 70s.
.TONIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the upper 50s to mid
60s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog clearing to the beaches in the
afternoon. Highs from the upper 60s to mid 70s near the coast to
around 80 interior.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog clearing to the beaches in the
afternoon. Highs from the lower to mid 70s near the coast to the
lower 80s interior.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog near the coast early spreading
inland. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog clearing to the beaches in the
afternoon. Highs from the mid to upper 70s near the coast to the
lower to mid 80s interior.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog near the coast early spreading
inland. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog clearing to the beaches in the
afternoon. Highs from the mid to upper 70s near the coast to the
lower to mid 80s interior.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Low clouds and fog near the coast early
spreading inland. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog clearing to the beaches in the
afternoon. Highs from the mid to upper 70s near the coast to the
mid 80s interior.
$$
CAZ550-010045-
Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands-
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the morning.
Highs from around 70 near the coast to around 80 interior.
.TONIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid to
upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from around 70 near the coast to around 80 interior.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
around 70 near the coast to around 80 interior.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the upper 60s to mid 70s near the coast to the lower to mid 80s
interior.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the lower to mid 70s near the coast to the lower to mid 80s
interior.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the lower to mid 70s near the coast to the lower to mid 80s
interior.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the lower to mid 70s near the coast to the lower to mid 80s
interior.
$$
CAZ549-010045-
San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands-
254 AM PDT Fri Sep 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the morning.
Highs from the mid 60s near the coast to the mid 70s interior.
.TONIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s
to around 60.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the mid 60s to around 70 near the coast to the mid 70s
interior.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid 60s to around 70 near the coast to the mid 70s interior.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid 60s to around 70 near the coast to the mid 70s interior.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the mid 60s to around 70 near the coast to the mid to upper 70s
interior.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from around 70 near the coast to the upper 70s interior.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog.
Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from around 70 near the coast to the upper 70s interior.
$$
Thompson
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Texas can enforce its abortion ban from 1925, the state Supreme Court ruled late Friday evening, a decision that exposes abortion providers to lawsuits and financial penalties if they continue to perform the procedure.
The court overruled a district judge in Houston, who on Tuesday had temporarily blocked the state’s old abortion law from going into effect. That law made performing an abortion, by any method, punishable by two to 10 years in prison.
Friday’s decision does not permit prosecutors to bring criminal cases against abortion providers, but it exposes anyone who assists in the procurement of an abortion to fines and lawsuits.
The federal Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that asserted that access to abortion is protected under the constitution. The Texas Legislature last year passed a “trigger law” that would automatically ban abortion from the moment of fertilization 30 days after a judgment from the Supreme Court, which typically comes about a month after the initial opinion.
Abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit Monday in hopes of extending the period the procedure remains legal in Texas. They argued the 1925 ban was effectively repealed when the Supreme Court rendered its decision in Roe v. Wade, and thus cannot be enforced now.
“These laws are confusing, unnecessary, and cruel,” Marc Hearron, Senior Counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is not part of the lawsuit, said in a statement. “Texas’s trigger ban is not scheduled to take effect for another two months, if not longer. This law from nearly one hundred years ago is banning essential health care prematurely, despite clearly being long repealed.”
Since the Legislature never repealed its pre-Roe statute banning abortion, however, some conservative lawmakers and legal scholars argued abortion again became illegal in Texas the moment the Supreme Court announced its ruling.
“Although these statutes were unenforceable while Roe was on the books, they are still Texas law,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said June 24. “Under these pre-Roe statutes, abortion providers could be criminally liable for providing abortions starting today.”
Texas clinics began turning away patients the day of the federal court ruling. Nonprofits that help people access and afford abortions have stopped distributing aid.
Some clinics resumed providing abortions on Tuesday, after the Houston judge temporarily halted enforcement of the pre-Roe state ban, though Paxton said he still would attempt to prosecute them if the state Supreme Court overruled that temporary restraining order, which it did Friday.
A hearing is scheduled on July 12 to decide on a more permanent restraining order. The case will eventually be heard on its merits, though effectively the trigger law set to take effect in about two months will ensure abortion is banned in Texas regardless of whether the 1925 law is enforced.
Some conservative lawmakers have said they intend to continue to legislate around abortion in the coming session, which begins in January. With abortion illegal in Texas, except in rare cases to save the life of the mother, the lawmakers said they will turn their attention on improving adoption programs and preventing pregnant Texans from leaving the state to receive the procedure. | https://dentonrc.com/news/state/texas-can-enforce-1925-abortion-ban-state-supreme-court-says/article_ebc0b662-1277-5c1b-b661-8789dc4267f9.html | 2022-07-02 22:22:11 | 1 | https://dentonrc.com/news/state/texas-can-enforce-1925-abortion-ban-state-supreme-court-says/article_ebc0b662-1277-5c1b-b661-8789dc4267f9.html |
- Driver Alex Bowman will race in the paint scheme featuring Milestone Super Hero Static on July 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Unique design and Ally's "Heroically" theme also integrated into fire suit and helmet
DETROIT and BURBANK, Calif., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally Financial, Milestone Media, DC, and Warner Bros. Discovery today unveiled a new paint scheme for the Ally-sponsored No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE of Hendrick Motorsports, in support of their joint program, The Milestone Initiative. Driver Alex Bowman will race in the electrifying paint scheme for the Quaker State 400 on July 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. In addition, Bowman will wear a custom fire suit and hand painted Milestone helmet.
Announced in 2021, The Milestone Initiative is collaborative program between Ally, DC, Milestone Media and Warner Bros. Discovery to mentor and train the next generation of comic book storytellers from Black and diverse backgrounds, both professionally and financially. Founded in 1991, Milestone Media is the first Black owned comic book and media company, famous for creating Super Heroes Static, Icon & Rocket, Hardware, and Blood Syndicate. DC is the publishing partner for Milestone comic books; the company initially published titles under the Milestone imprint from 1993 to 1997, then renewing the relationship in recent years and publishing new, updated versions of their core Milestone Super Heroes.
Designed in collaboration with DC's creative services team, the car features Milestone Super Hero Static to drive awareness and interest for The Milestone Initiative among NASCAR fans. As Milestone's electricity-wielding Super Hero, the designers leaned into incorporating Static's electrical effects into the overall design, with the electricity emanating from the character's hands on the hood integrated into not only the paint scheme, but the fire suit and helmet as well. The Milestone Initiative, sponsored by Ally, is a continuation of the mission of Milestone's founders, ensuring a talent pool of diverse creators who can impact our culture in incredible ways through storytelling.
"Ally believes representation matters which is why we teamed up with Milestone Media, DC and Warner Bros. Discovery to share the stories and history of Milestone Comics with a new generation," said Andrea Brimmer, chief marketing and public relations officer for Ally. "We're committed to being a catalyst for change and celebrating diversity in everything we do. Our hope is that this incredible paint scheme, featuring an iconic Black Super Hero, will help make the sport we love a more inclusive space for all."
"From its earliest days, Milestone has always been about mentorship, storytelling and shifting the paradigm when it comes to comic books and entertainment through our characters," said Milestone Media partner and award-winning producer Reggie Hudlin. "To have both The Milestone Initiative and our most popular Super Hero represented on the NASCAR stage is an incredible opportunity to share our vision and expose our mission to a new and evolving audience."
"Working with Ally and Milestone Media on The Milestone Initiative has been an incredible experience," said Anne De Pies, DC SVP and General Manager. "DC and Milestone are passionate about inclusive storytelling that speaks to everyone and being able to share that message on the #48 car with NASCAR fans in addition to our core comic book fans is a great opportunity."
"Ally does a really good job of bringing the NASCAR community together and having Static on the car is another way Ally is doing it right," said Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. "I think it is really neat to have a superhero on the No. 48 Ally Chevy at Atlanta and to be able to help with Ally's goal of making NASCAR more inclusive is a unique opportunity that I am proud to be a part of."
For further images and news on Ally, please visit http://media.ally.com. For more information on The Milestone Initiative, visit the website at www.dcuniverse.com/milestone. For the latest news on all of DC's Super Heroes, visit the main site at www.dccomics.com, and follow @DCComics and @thedcnation on social media. The DC UNIVERSE INFINITE digital subscription service offers a combination of classic Milestone titles from the early 90's, as well as some of the current comics available in comic book stores. DC UNIVERSE INFINITE is not intended for children and is not available in all countries. For more information and a free trial (where applicable), check out www.dcuniverseinfinite.com.
About Ally Financial
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a digital financial services company committed to its promise to "Do It Right" for its consumer, commercial and corporate customers. Ally is composed of an industry-leading independent auto finance and insurance operation, an award-winning digital direct bank (Ally Bank, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender, which offers mortgage lending, point-of-sale personal lending, and a variety of deposit and other banking products), a consumer credit card business, a corporate finance business for equity sponsors and middle-market companies, and securities brokerage and investment advisory services. Our brand conviction is that we are all better off with an ally, and our focus is on helping our customers achieve their strongest financial well-being, a notion personalized to what is important to them. For more information, please visit www.ally.com and follow @allyfinancial.
For more information and disclosures about Ally, visit https://www.ally.com/#disclosures.
About Milestone Media
Milestone Media produces film, television, publishing, and other forms of entertainment spotlighting diverse storytelling by creative voices. Fan-favorite characters from the Milestone universe include Static and the Static Shock animated series, Icon, Rocket, Hardware, Blood Syndicate and more. Milestone Media was co-founded in 1993 by celebrated writer Dwayne McDuffie and award-winning artist Denys Cowan, along with Black Enterprise magazine SVP and Editor-In-Chief Derek Dingle, and artist/educator Michael Davis. In 2015, award-winning writer, director and producer Reginald Hudlin joined Milestone co-founders Denys Cowan and Derek Dingle as a partner, helping to drive forward the company's multimedia initiatives spotlighting Milestone characters.
About DC
DC is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics and graphic novels in the world and home to some of the most iconic and recognizable characters ever created. As a creative division, DC is charged with strategically integrating its stories and characters across film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, interactive games, and the DC UNIVERSE INFINITE digital subscription service and community engagement portal. For more information visit dccomics.com and dcuniverseinfinite.com.
About Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
Contacts:
Cristi Vazquez for Ally:
cristianna.vazquez@ally.com
Michael Shelling for DC:
michael.shelling@dcentertainment.com
Kirsten McKenna for Warner Bros. Discovery:
kirsten.mckenna@warnermedia.com
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating potential derivative claims on behalf of shareholders of Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) relating to possible false and misleading statements to investors and other alleged misconduct concerning the company's growth strategy, listing practices, potential bankruptcy exposure of customer assets, and an alleged proprietary trading scheme.
Coinbase and certain of its directors and executive officers are currently subject to multiple class action securities lawsuits in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California, the Southern District of New York, and the District of New Jersey alleging false and misleading statements and other possible misconduct concerning several independent issues. Plaintiffs in the Northern District of California allege that Coinbase misled investors about the company's growth strategy ahead of its April 2021 direct listing on Nasdaq. Plaintiffs in the Southern District of New York allege that Coinbase listed dozens of coins on its platform that constitute securities under federal law but failed to register as a securities exchange. Additionally, plaintiffs in the District of New Jersey allege that Coinbase misled investors about the potential bankruptcy exposure of customer assets and an alleged proprietary trading scheme whereby Coinbase allegedly traded coins on its own platform for profit.
Coinbase is also subject to at least two regulatory investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Department of Financial Services. According to the company, the SEC is investigating certain of Coinbase's customer programs, operations, and existing and intended future products, including its processes for listing assets, the classification of certain listed assets, its staking programs, and its stablecoin and yield-generating products. NYDFS is investigating the company's subsidiary, Coinbase, Inc., relating to its compliance program including its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions laws, cybersecurity, and customer support.
The Schubert Firm is investigating potential breaches of fiduciary duty by Coinbase's officers and directors in connection with these allegations.
If you own stock in Coinbase and wish to obtain additional information about your legal rights, please contact us today or visit our website at https://www.classactionlawyers.com/coinbase.
About Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP
Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe represents shareholders, employees, and consumers in class actions against corporate defendants, as well as shareholders in derivative actions against their officers and directors. The firm is based in San Francisco, and with the help of co-counsel, litigates cases nationwide.
Contact
Amber L. Schubert
Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP
aschubert@sjk.law
Tel: 415-299-8257
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The National Latina Business Women Association Inland Empire Institute (NLBWA-IE) and OCIESBDC have collaborated to bring $5K-$10K scholarships for 32 Emerging Latinas in Business through the CA Dream Fund program.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Latina Business Women Association Inland Empire Insitute In partnership with OCIE-SBDC, Riverside County Economic Development Agency, and County of Riverside. The NLBWA-IE institute support women to take advantage of opportunities and accelerate their businesses so they can achieve their goals.
This effort is designed to promote entrepreneurship and small business creation among segments of the state's population that face significant barriers to entry in today's technology-driven economy.
The Emerging Latina Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program is an intensive training 8 weeks, 2-hour sessions per week through select participating centers of the Technical Assistance Expansion Programs (TAEP). This program seeks to enable and empower new small business owners – especially minority women in the Inland Empire – with the skills, knowledge, and support necessary to build and maintain a thriving business.
Graduates of the Emerging Latina Entrepreneur and Leadership program will have the opportunity to present their business plan to a panel of Access to Capital partners including; SBA, Bank of America, Chase, AMPAC, Accessity, and local small businesses. The roundtable discussion event entitled: "Financiando Tu Sueño: Acceso a Capital Empresarial" will be held at ExCITE Riverside on June 30 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
The goal of this program is to promote the growth of Latina/o, Women of Color, and the small business community in the county of Riverside by providing technical assistance, free consulting services and resources.
For more information, contact:
NLBWA-IE
info@nlbwa-ie.org
Phone: (909) 204-7450
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CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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314 FPUS51 KALY 310727
ZFPALY
Zone Forecast Product for Eastern New York and Western New England
National Weather Service Albany NY
327 AM EDT Wed Aug 31 2022
CTZ001-312015-
Northern Litchfield-
Including the city of Torrington
327 AM EDT Wed Aug 31 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening.
Lows around 60. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.LABOR DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
$$
CTZ013-312015-
Southern Litchfield-
Including the cities of Oakville, New Milford, Terryville,
and Woodbury
327 AM EDT Wed Aug 31 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northeast winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.LABOR DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance
of showers. Highs around 80. Lows in the lower 60s.
$$
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A broadcast reporter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge filed after he made a prank phone call using South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s personal cell phone number.
Reporter Austin Goss pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor that stemmed from a pre-recorded prank call he made Jan. 22 to Dan Lederman, the former chairman of the South Dakota Republican Party. The call, which came from a website called PrankDial, made it appear it was coming from Noem’s cell phone.
Goss was fired from his job as the Capitol bureau reporter for Dakota News Now after the news organization learned of the matter. He initially was charged with a misdemeanor count of making threatening, harassing or misleading contacts, which carried a maximum penalty of one year’s imprisonment and $2,000 in fines.
Goss’ lawyer, Jason Glodt, called the call a “practical joke” between Goss and a friend.
“The Court granted Mr. Goss a suspended imposition of sentence so there will be no conviction on his record,” Glodt said in a statement. “I believe it is unfortunate he was charged in the first place, but appreciate the willingness of the State’s Attorney to reduce the charge.”
Reached by phone, Goss declined to give a comment about the call or his plea.
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DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has put together one of the greatest individual seasons in NCAA history with eye-popping offensive numbers.
Iowa's junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game's biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four for the first time in 30 years.
Clark was honored Thursday as The Associated Press women's basketball Player of the Year. She received 20 votes from the 28-member national media panel that votes on the AP Top 25 each week. Voting was done before March Madness began.
“It’s a huge honor,” Clark said. “I picked a place that I perfectly fit into and that’s allowed me to show my skill set. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t mean something. It’s not the reason you play basketball, it’s just something that comes along with getting to do what you love.”
The Iowa coaching staff surprised Clark by sharing that she won the award while they were visiting the Iowa Children’s Hospital — a place near and dear to her. It also has huge ties to the Hawkeyes athletic department.
They put together a video of some of the children in the hospital congratulating Clark on an outstanding season, and in the middle of it, Iowa coach Lisa Bluder popped on the screen to tell her she won.
"I’m there for inspiring the next generation and being there for the people that you know are going through a hard time,” said Clark, who grew up in Iowa. “Being able to give joy to people that watch you play and watch your team play is amazing.”
She averaged 27.0 points, 8.3 assists and 7.5 rebounds during the season to help Iowa go 26-6. Clark has 984 points, the sixth-most in a season by any player in Division I women’s history. She also has over 300 assists.
“She is spectacular. I don’t know how else to describe what she does on the basketball court,” Bluder said.
Next up for the Hawkeyes is undefeated South Carolina in the national semifinals. The Gamecocks are led by Aliyah Boston, last season's winner of the award. She garnered the other eight votes this season.
“There’s so many great players, more than just me and (Aliyah),” Clark told the AP. “You can go on and on and list the tremendous players. I think that’s really good for our game when there’s a lot of great players. That’s what is going to help this game grow more than anything else.”
Whether it’s hitting deep 3s from the Hawkeye logo at home games, hitting off-balance game-winning shots or throwing pinpoint passes to teammates for easy baskets, Clark has excelled on the court this year to get Iowa to a place it hasn’t been in a long time.
“It’s funny, because the better the opponent, almost the better she plays," Bluder said. "It’s like she locks in on those, when we’re playing against Top 25 teams. That’s when her statistics even go up even more, against great opponents.”
Clark is the second Iowa player to win the AP award in the past few seasons, joining Megan Gustafson who won it in 2019.
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Advocates for a paid family and medical leave initiative have started collecting signatures to put the issue on the ballot in Maine. The move comes as a legislative commission is working on a statewide plan for paid leave.
The referendum effort is being led by the Maine People's Alliance and the Maine Women's Lobby. If they're successful in gathering signatures, the earliest the issue would go on the ballot is Nov. 2023.
The groups say that will give the Legislature time to approve a plan being developed by a special commission on paid family and medical leave that must be submitted later this year. But the groups say the need is urgent, and that all options must be explored.
Their proposed referendum would allow workers to take up to 16 weeks of paid leave per year. Covered events would include a birth, adoption or fostering of a child, recovery from a physical or mental health condition, as well as the need to care for a loved one who requires significant support due to health issues or trauma.
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Americans have tons of stuff, making it tough to stay organized. According to the self-storage operator Neighbor, the average storage facility has 92 percent of its spaces rented out. The average rental is more than a year, and Americans spend an average of $90 a month on renting storage space.
Another option is paying an organizer to help declutter.
“The more organized you are to begin with, the less useful the services are going to be to you,” said Kevin Brasler, executive editor of Consumers' Checkbook. “And then the less organized you are, the ones who are living with, you know, sometimes chaos, they found organizers were tremendous help.”
Consumers' Checkbook hired personal organizers for six different projects, from cleaning out the garage to a graphic designer's digital mess. They found they can be especially helpful when you connect well with the person.
“Because it is this is a very personal task, right? I mean, you don't want somebody's going to come in and feel like you're being judged for your mess,” he said.
Prices can vary a lot for personal organizers, from a couple of hundred dollars for a few hours of work to others charging thousands in deposits.
“Quite a few of them would kind of come out and look over the job, to begin with, and kind of give some recommendations and give some thoughts in advance before charging a dime, and that's a great solution also,” he said.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prisoner serving a life sentence for murder orchestrated killing a man he thought robbed a drug runner for a methamphetamine ring the inmate was running from behind bars, federal prosecutors said.
Daniel Allen Shannon was sentenced to life in federal prison earlier this month for the killing, but the only way he will end up in federal custody is if he is released from his life-without-parole sentence in state court from a 2001 murder.
Shannon ran his drug ring from prison using contraband cellphones. The director of South Carolina’s prisons has spent more than nine years trying to convince the federal government to allow states to jam cellphone signals inside prison walls.
“This is yet another example of prisoners using contraband cellphones from behind state prison fences to continue committing crimes,” South Carolina Department of Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said.
Stirling has plenty of examples. There was a 2018 gang riot — orchestrated through illegal cellphones — that ended with seven prisoners killed. A state prison guard was ambushed and seriously injured in a hit planned and ordered from inside the prison.
And there has been an extortion ring where inmates trick people outside into sending nude photos of themselves, then the solicitors claim to be underage and demand money to not go to police. Stirling has appeared with the parents of a man who died by suicide after being targeted by that scam.
Shannon, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. A judge linked the 2019 killing of Cletis “Eddie” Baker in Kershaw County to the drug ring and accepted the proposed life sentence, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Shannon ordered Baker killed because he thought Baker stole from one of his drug couriers. Baker was shot in a drug house, which was then burned to the ground. His body was dumped several miles away, prosecutors said.
Shannon ran a large drug ring in Lancaster and Kershaw counties with nearly a dozen co-defendants listed in his case. At his guilty plea, a judge also ordered Shannon to forfeit more than $127,000 in cash.
“We will not sit by as inmates use these phones to perpetrate violence, drug trafficking, sex crimes, and fraud,” U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Adair Boroughs said.
Shannon has been in prison since 2003.
In 2001, he and a friend followed a Lexington County restaurant manager home after closing, kidnapped the man and forced him back to the restaurant to steal money. The victim was taped to a chair, shot five times in the head and left for the morning crew to find, authorities said.
During his 20 years behind bars, Shannon has tried to escape three times. Over the past eight years, he has faced discipline for breaking prison rules 23 times, including nine times for having a cellphone, according to prison records.
In 2012, Shannon sued the prison system and employees, saying he was unfairly placed in maximum security because he ran a credit card fraud ring, threatened prison employees in letters to his family and friends, was a gang member and had the home addresses and phone numbers of prison workers in his cell. He said got the numbers through public records.
The suit was eventually dismissed because Shannon stopped responding, but not before he filed dozens of pages, saying his free speech rights were violated because he was punished for what he termed complaints, not threats, toward prison workers and a refusal to take his word that he had renounced his gang affiliation.
“The hardships I am suffering is atypical, and significant in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life,” Shannon wrote in one court filing. “I am being treated like a mass murderer.” | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/south-carolina-prisoner-faces-2nd-life-sentence-for-using-a-cellphone-to-arrange-killing/ | 2023-06-13 17:34:27 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/south-carolina-prisoner-faces-2nd-life-sentence-for-using-a-cellphone-to-arrange-killing/ |
2 teens caught trying to steal car using method they learned on TikTok, police say
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN/Gray News) – Two teenagers in Nebraska tried to steal a car from a zoo’s parking lot using a method they learned on TikTok, according to police.
The Lincoln Police Department said the car was parked at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo on Tuesday evening.
Officers were called to the parking lot for reports of vandalism in progress. Police said they found a 13-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy trying to steal the car.
A witness told police the teens were recording themselves on their phones while trying to steal the vehicle.
Police said both boys admitted to taking part in a viral social media challenge on TikTok about stealing vehicles. Police said they both admitted to stealing another car on July 9.
The boys were taken into custody for possession of burglar’s tools and theft by unlawful taking and were released to their parents, authorities said.
Police said the teens caused $500 in damage to the car. Investigators are working to learn if the teens are connected to any other stolen vehicle cases.
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California has approved a $2.9 billion plan that will more than double the number of EV chargers in the state, and will greatly expand charging infrastructure for electric buses and commercial trucks.
“California is bringing our roads and highways into the 21st century with electric vehicle chargers in every community, in every corner of our state,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
The new funding represents an increase of 30 times from 2019 levels, and will go toward the installation of 90,000 new chargers in the state, according to a press release from the California Energy Commission (CEC), the regulatory agency that approved the funding.
Along with the 80,000 chargers already installed in California, the new chargers will bring the total number to 170,000 chargers. This pushes California much closer to a goal of 250,000 chargers by 2025, in combination with other programs, such as those funded by the $7.5 billion federal EV charging network.
The plan specifically includes $1.7 billion for “medium- and heavy-duty ZEV infrastructure,” likely to be used by commercial trucks and buses, something that California has been backing, even as the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) starts to take form.
Not all of the funding will go to EV charging, however. The plan earmarks $90 million for hydrogen refueling infrastructure, $15 million for “zero- and near-zero carbon fuel production and supply,” and $15 million for “low-carbon fuels.” When it comes to passenger cars, though, California’s main focus will be battery-electric vehicles and their charging needs.
California governor Newsom announced in 2020 that it would ban the sale of new gasoline-powered (non-plug-in) light vehicles by 2035. And since then, that’s a move that the state has stepped up to back with policy.
Even before 2035, the expanded charging network will benefit the relatively large number of EVs already on California roads.
Fully electric vehicle sales in the state lead those of any other state, and earlier this year they cracked 15% of the new-vehicle market there. As of earlier in the year, California figured out to be roughly one-eighth of Tesla’s global market.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes planned to rally Monday with union members as part of a final push to get out Democratic voters, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson continued to blanket the state on the last day of campaigning before Election Day.
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Polls show both races to be about even. Each carries massive consequences in the battleground state leading into the 2024 presidential election.
An Evers win would put him in position to continue to block the Republican-controlled Legislature, unless the GOP achieves supermajorities that could overturn Evers' vetoes. Michels, who is backed by former President Donald Trump, has promised to sign more than 120 bills Evers vetoed, including a package that would make it more difficult to vote absentee.
A Johnson win would help Republicans as they seek to take over majority control of the Senate. Barnes, the current lieutenant governor, is seeking to become the first Black senator from Wisconsin.
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Other notable races on the ballot include Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul against Republican Fond du Lac District Attorney Eric Toney and Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette versus Republican Amy Loudenbeck.
Republicans have tried to focus on inflation, the economy and crime while Democrats have tried to make the election a referendum on abortion.
Michels was continuing a statewide tour Monday with stops taking him from the Green Bay area west to around Wausau, then to Eau Claire and La Crosse in western Wisconsin before finishing in Kenosha, in southeast Wisconsin. Michels has made Evers' response to the sometimes violent riots in Kenosha in 2020 a major part of his argument for defeating Evers.
Evers was focusing on the Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Madison on the final day. He needs strong turnout there to blunt Republican voters in the suburbs and more rural parts of the state. Barnes planned stops in the Milwaukee suburb of Glendale and Green Bay before ending the day in the Madison area.
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Evers, along with Barnes and other Democratic candidates, planned to hold a “Wisconsin Workers' Rights” rally Monday afternoon at the state Capitol with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Teamsters President Sean O'Brien planned to be there, one of many surrogates who have been blanketing the state in recent days.
Johnson was campaigning with former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday, as he made stops in Stevens Point, Janesville, Waukesha and Milwaukee before ending the day in his hometown of Oshkosh.
Other surrogates who have been through the state include former President Barack Obama, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Neither President Joe Biden nor Trump campaigned in Wisconsin in the general election. Polls have shown both Biden and Trump to be unpopular with voters. Biden won Wisconsin in 2020 by just over half a percentage point, while Trump carried it in 2016 by a similar margin.
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The NFL’s handling of concussions has evolved dramatically from the days when players were given smelling salts on the bench and sent back into the game.
The league and the NFL Players Association have implemented extensive protocols and hired unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants (UNC) to work with team physicians at each game to diagnose concussions.
Still, football is a violent sport and injuries similar to the frightening one Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered Thursday night seem unavoidable unless the NFL bans tackling and turns the game into flag football like it did for the Pro Bowl.
That’s not happening, and the most effective means of protecting players remains enforcing strict concussion protocols, which players, fans and others are concerned didn’t happen with Tagovailoa.
It would be difficult to prevent what happened to Tagovailoa when 6-foot-3, 340-pound Bengals defensive tackle Josh Tupou slammed him backward into the turf. The main question is why he was even playing just four days after he stumbled off the field and was unable to walk following a hit to his head during a home game against Buffalo.
Tagovailoa’s hands froze up and his fingers flexed awkwardly in front of his facemask for several seconds as he laid on the turf in Cincinnati, a scary scene witnessed by millions of viewers. He remained on the ground for several minutes until he was taken away on a stretcher and sent to a hospital.
This time — unlike Sunday when he seemed to exhibit concussion symptoms but was cleared by a team physician and UNC to return — Tagovailoa was diagnosed with a concussion. He was released from the hospital and flew home with the team. Flying hours after suffering a concussion raised questions, but NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said the hospital makes that decision.
Tagovailoa’s quick return Sunday prompted a joint review by the NFL and NFLPA. The interview process has started and results aren’t expected for at least another week. Tagovailoa and the team explained his legs were wobbly because of a back injury.
It’s unknown whether there’s any correlation between the two incidents. Concussions are common in the NFL, especially when a player is thrown to the ground by a man Tupou’s size and his head hits the turf.
Sills said “it’s impossible to know” if the injury Tagovailoa sustained Thursday was exacerbated by the hit he took Sunday.
“That’s one of the factors that we want to look at,” Sills said on NFL Network. “Every injury is one we want to prevent.”
Chris Nowinski, a founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation who played football at Harvard, is adamant Tagovailoa sustained a concussion against Buffalo and shouldn’t have played at Cincinnati.
“Tua showed five distinct signs of concussion,” Nowinski told The Associated Press. “Anybody who has any training on concussions or cares about Tua as a human is not putting him on field four days after what he showed on Sunday, so this makes it so much worse because we know that this could be career-ending or season-ending. It should be season-ending, in my opinion. And it just shows just a lack of care for him as a human being.”
The league and the NFLPA instituted concussion protocols in 2011 when Colt McCoy took a helmet-to-helmet hit in a game and returned without being tested for a concussion. The protocols have been expanded since.
There are three UNCs, who are paid jointly by the NFL and NFLPA, at each game. They work in conjunction with team physicians to diagnose whether a player has a concussion. Independent certified athletic trainers (ATC spotters) sit in a booth and monitor the players on the field to have someone removed from the game if they see an impact to the head. Team trainers, coaches or physicians, teammates, game officials, sideline UNCs or booth ATCs also can initiate the protocol.
All players who undergo any concussion evaluation on game day must have a follow-up evaluation conducted the following day by a member of the medical staff. Sills said Tagovailoa was evaluated every day leading up to the game, even though he wasn’t in concussion protocol.
Several players have spoken about passing protocol even when they had concussions. Andrew Whitworth, the former Rams offensive lineman, said on Amazon’s broadcast he once played through a concussion during a game until a teammate noticed he wasn’t right and alerted doctors.
The league has experimented with other means to mitigate head injuries. This year, offensive linemen, defensive linemen, tight ends and linebackers were required for the first time to wear Guardian Caps — a soft-shell, padded covering on top of their helmets — during practices from the start of training camp until the second preseason game.
The average number of concussions among those positions groups dropped from 23 over the previous three-year period to 11 this summer, the league said. Of those 11 concussions, six resulted from blows to the facemask, which didn’t have added protection.
Tagovailoa is under pressure to perform this season and has battled injuries in the past, so it’s natural for him to want to play regardless of injury. Former players who have criticized the decision to let him play Sunday say they want to protect players from themselves.
“We are all outraged by what we have seen the last several days and scared for the safety of one of our brothers,” NFLPA president JC Tretter wrote on Twitter. “What everyone saw both Sunday and last night were ‘no-go’ symptoms within our concussion protocols. The protocols exist to protect the player and that is why we initiated an investigation. Our job as the NFLPA is to take every possible measure to get the facts and hold those responsible accountable. We need to figure out how and why the decisions were made last Sunday to allow a player with a ‘no-go’ symptom back on the field.
“Until we have an objective and validated method of diagnosing brain injury, we have to do everything possible, including amending the protocols, to further reduce the potential of human error. A failure in medical judgment is a failure of the protocols when it comes to the well being of our players. We have come a long way over the past 15 years but the last week proves how far we have left to go.”
The decision to allow Tagovailoa to return Sunday was made by the team physician and UNC. It was determined Tagovailoa’s instability was caused by a back injury. The joint review by the league and NFLPA will examine the steps taken and a report will be issued.
“Based on everybody I’ve talked to and I know a lot of doctors who are brain injury people and sports medicine people, I don’t know anybody who thinks it’s sound medicine just based on the observation of what was seen on the field and him stumbling afterward to say it’s OK for him to play again in that game and then four days later,” said attorney Brad Sohn, who has represented hundreds of players in concussion litigation and is among the possible successors to NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith.
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said there has never been an incident where a team physician and the UNC disagreed about a concussion.
In 2017, Seattle was fined $100,000 and the coaching and medical staffs were required to attend remedial training regarding the protocol after a joint review determined the team didn’t follow the protocol when Russell Wilson was directed to the sideline for an evaluation after the referee, Walt Anderson, concluded that a medical examination was warranted.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, June 13, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1100 AM PDT Mon Jun 13 2022
...The National Weather Service in Spokane WA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Washington...Idaho...
Pend Oreille River below Albeni Falls affecting Pend Oreille and
Bonner Counties.
For the Pend Oreille River...including Albeni Falls...Minor flooding
is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
this evening at 700 PM PDT.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Pend Oreille River below Albeni Falls.
* WHEN...From this evening until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 100000.0 cfs, Beehive Lane and Bear Paw Dr will be
flooded at low spots. Water will be up to several homes on Yergens
Rd, Riverbend Loop Road, and on Highway 20 near Deeter Road. Water
will be up to the south end of Riverbend Loop Road. Many yards,
outbuildings, and recreational sites along the river between
Newport and Ione will be flooded. This flow corresponds
approximately to 2042.5 feet (river rising 5/16/1997) to 2045 feet
(river receding 6/24/1997) at the Cusick gage, based on 1997
records.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM PDT Monday the flow was 93300.0 cfs.
- Forecast...It will then rise above flood stage this evening
to 96083.4 cfs late tomorrow morning. It is expected to rise
the next several days and reach 100000 cfs by Thursday.
- Flood flow is 95000.0 cfs.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
100700.0 cfs on 06/03/1971.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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NEW DELHI (AP) — With the foreign ministers of the Group of 20 leading economies meeting Thursday in New Delhi, host India is promoting itself as a rising superpower while leveraging its position on the global stage to bridge the gap between the West and Russia.
Experts expect India to be at the center of bitter global divisions, particularly over Russia’s war in Ukraine. But it’s also an opportunity for the South Asian nation to position itself as the voice of the Global South and as a potential mediator between the West and Moscow.
India is expected to adopt a neutral stance on Ukraine, as it has in the past. The event is likely to be overshadowed by the war in Europe and its impact on global energy and food security. However, senior foreign ministry officials said Wednesday that India was determined to focus on “equally important” issues of rising inflation, debt stress, health, climate change and food and energy security in developing nations.
“I really do believe that India stands the best chance of all countries to try to hold peace negotiations between Russia and not just the U.S., but the West, actually,” said Derek Grossman, an analyst focused on the Indo-Pacific at the RAND Corporation.
He credited India’s non-alignment and its rise as a global power for why it could be a potential peacemaker.
But the South Asian country has its own challenges, particularly with regional rival China. Tensions between New Delhi and Beijing remain high after a deadly border clash in 2020.
On Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the country’s foreign minister would be attending the G-20 meeting, and that “China attaches great importance with India.” She added maintaining good ties between the two countries is fundamental to their interests.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar “have done a good job of steering this middle path in very turbulent times,” Grossman said.
“You now have American, Russian and even Chinese diplomats supporting India. The country really is at the geopolitical crossroads of everything now that involves the Global South,” he added.
So far, India has refrained from directly criticizing Russia. The two have been allies since the cold war era and New Delhi depends on Moscow for nearly 60% of its defense equipment. India has increasingly scooped up Russian oil since the invasion a year ago, initially facing scrutiny from the U.S. and other allies over its growing purchases. That pressure has since waned and India has continued to abstain from voting in U.N. resolutions that condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“It may appear unfathomable to many in the West that the reaction of the world’s largest democracy to such a cold-blooded, egregious aggression would be so subdued. But for anyone who understands India’s foreign policy, it’s not surprising at all,” said Michael Kugelman, director of the Wilson Center’s South Asia Institute.
“New Delhi has a special relationship with Moscow, and it’s not about to jeopardize it by turning on a longstanding partner,” he said.
Thursday’s meeting will nonetheless be challenging for India, especially after it was forced to issue a compromised chair’s summary at the conclusion of the G-20 finance ministers meeting last week. Russia and China objected to a joint communique that retained language on the war in Ukraine drawn directly from last year’s G-20 leaders summit declaration in Indonesia.
India has said that it stands by the Bali declaration in which major world powers strongly condemned the war in Ukraine, warning that the conflict was intensifying fragilities in the world’s economy.
Grossman said it was concerning that the final statement issued in Bengaluru last week was watered down from the Bali declaration at the insistence of China and Russia. He said New Delhi allowing that to happen was worrisome, but India’s “awkward predicament” to ensure a successful G-20 with everyone there, including Russia and China, meant the country has to make “compromises.”
“I think that’s what India is trying to do now,” he said.
The summits are particularly important for Modi and his ruling party ahead of the 2024 general elections. A strong show during India’s year as G-20 president will allow Modi’s party to signal its diplomatic reach and project power both at home and abroad.
Kugelman said the summit, due later this year, will advance important domestic political goals for New Delhi, and Modi’s ultimate goal would be to “successfully manage the myriad geopolitical rivalries within the G-20, signal that India can rise above intense great power competition and seemingly intractable issues like the Ukraine war, and guide the prestigious club toward tangible achievements.”
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FAENZA, Italy (AP) — Rescue crews worked Thursday to reach towns and villages in northern Italy still isolated by heavy rains and flooding, as the death toll rose to 13 and authorities began mapping out cleanup and reconstruction plans.
The extreme weather behind this week’s disaster — a prolonged drought punctuated by 36 hours of intense rainfall, two weeks after another downpour — led to two dozen rivers and tributaries bursting their banks. The force of water sent torrents of mud tearing through entire towns in Emilia-Romagna, flooding storefronts and basements.
Local mayors warned that some remote villages were still completely cut off because landslides had made roads impassable and phone service remained severed. That has prevented rescue teams from reaching residents and authorities from understanding the full scope of their needs, said Mercato Seraceno Mayor Monica Rossi.
“If it rains any more, the situation will be tragic,” Rossi warned on Sky TG24, standing on a road with a chunk missing from a landslide.
The death toll rose to 13 after more bodies were discovered Thursday in the hard-hit province of Ravenna, state-run RAI television reported, citing the Ravenna prefecture. Among them: a couple in their 70s found dead in their flooded apartment in Russi after their son sounded the alarm that he had lost contact with them.
By Thursday morning, some parts of the city of Faenza were still underwater, with cars submerged and basements swamped by thick, gooey mud. One family standing on their balcony said they didn’t have electricity, gas or food. Other residents took shelter at a local gymnasium, where soldiers set up cots on the basketball court for new arrivals.
“At some point they told us all to leave the area, and about one hour later we heard a loud boom,” 29-year-old Faenza resident Claudia said Thursday, recalling the moment early Wednesday that the nearby Lamone river burst its banks. “The water just flooded all over.”
More than 10,000 people fled their homes, some plucked from rooftops or balconies by rescue helicopters and others ferried out on dinghies. One family with a 20-day-old baby was rescued Thursday morning, said Cesena Mayor Enzo Lattuca. Another packed their belongings into an inflatable pool which they floated down the thigh-high river of mud that was previously a street.
But residents in other towns, such as Castel Bolognese, started cleaning up as the waters receded, with residents shoveling out mud-filled basements and storefronts.
The drought-parched region had already estimated some 1 billion euros in losses from heavy rains earlier this month, but the regional president, Stefano Bonaccini, said the losses now reached multiple billions given the widespread damage to farmland, storefronts and infrastructure.
Italian farm lobby Coldiretti said more than 5,000 farms with greenhouses, nurseries and stables had been flooded, covering thousands of acres of vineyards, fruit groves, vegetables farms and grain fields. It said the damage was “incalculable,” because not only current harvests but future ones could be affected, given the permanent damage to roots from the “suffocating” mud of the runoff.
Bonaccini has called for the national government to declare a state of emergency, something that is likely when the Cabinet meets next week following Premier Giorgia Meloni’s return from the Group of Seven summit in Japan. Already, the region has said it is looking to reconstruction efforts and restoration of vital infrastructure.
“It will take gigantic work” to recover, Bonaccini told a daily briefing.
The Superior Institute for Environmental Protection and Research has identified Emilia-Romagna as one of the most at-risk Italian regions for flooding, where both territory and populations face a greater danger of “hazard scenarios” than the rest of the country.
The hardest-hit eastern part of the region, sandwiched between the Apennine mountain chain and the Adriatic Sea, was first hit by intense rain earlier in May. The second downpour tested the ability of drought-parched soil to absorb water, the institute said, adding that high sea elevations and bora winds against the coast may have contributed to the flooding of rivers and tributaries.
Pope Francis sent a telegram of condolences to the people of Emilia-Romagna, assuring them of his prayers, the Vatican said Thursday.
Italy wasn’t alone in coping with heavy rainfall, as parts of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia also reported flooding and landslides that required evacuations.
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Nicole Winfield contributed to this report from Rome. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-crews-work-to-reach-italian-towns-isolated-by-floods-as-toll-rises-to-13-and-cleanup-begins/ | 2023-05-18 21:38:59 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-crews-work-to-reach-italian-towns-isolated-by-floods-as-toll-rises-to-13-and-cleanup-begins/ |
Work of Artist Elsie Husom on Display at Brainerd Public Library
A new art exhibit featuring the work of Elsie Husom is on display at the Brainerd Public Library through the end of June.
The exhibit includes 20 pieces of both abstract and representational art. Husom works in a number of mediums, from acrylic paint to alcohol ink and collage, but her favorite medium is assemblage, which combines multiples elements made up of everyday objects and mixes them with otherwise normal paintings.
“My first attempts were not great, but it was fun, and that’s what counted,” said Husom. “I like the unexpected, but I also like something to turn out the way I want it to turn out, so there’s maybe a battle inside me each time, and I can keep moving things around, and then I usually leave it for at least a day, and I might go back and just move one little piece or two pieces or whatever, until I get it the way I think, ‘Okay, I can handle that.'”
Husom began making art as a hobby after retiring from teaching despite never taking formal art classes.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Strong sales boosted a Powerball jackpot Friday to an estimated $1.6 billion, making it the largest lottery prize in history.
A drawing will be held tonight for the Powerball prize, which hasn't been won in more than three months. That string of 39 consecutive drawings without a winner is a reflection of the tough odds of winning a jackpot, at 1 in 292.2 million.
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's Powerball ticket sales totaled $5.5 million during an eight-day period from Oct. 27 through Thursday, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration said Friday.
The lottery's Powerball ticket sales comprised 31.09% of the lottery's total sales of $17.8 million during this period, finance department spokesman Scott Hardin said.
From Oct. 27 through Thursday, the lottery's Powerball sales peaked at $1.8 million Wednesday, the day of the last Powerball drawing, and made up 51.74% of the lottery's total sales of $3.5 million that day, according to figures provided by Hardin.
The Powerball jackpot was projected to be $1.2 billion Wednesday.
The lottery's Powerball sales also exceeded $1.3 million Monday, when another Powerball drawing was held, and comprised 46.46% of the lottery's $2.8 million in the day's total sales on that day, according to state data. The Powerball jackpot was projected to be $1 billion Monday.
The advertised jackpot is the prize for a winner who chooses an annuity, paid annually over 29 years. Almost all winners instead opt for the cash prize, which for tonight's drawing would be an estimated $782.4 million.
The new jackpot tops the previous record prize of $1.586 billion won in 2016 by three Powerball players in California, Florida and Tennessee.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Thinking of Starting a Business? Consider Buying One Instead
By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet
Starting a business is, famously, very difficult. If you long for entrepreneurship, consider buying an existing business instead. They come with intellectual capital, existing customers, supplier relationships and cash flow. Business buyers may be able to get bank or SBA loans, which usually aren’t available to startups — and financing may mean you can start paying yourself sooner. You can do your due diligence to make sure the business runs as it should. And if you’re a key employee or competitor, you may already know the business’s operations and customers well, and be well positioned to take it over. | https://localnews8.com/news/2023/04/27/thinking-of-starting-a-business-consider-buying-one-instead/ | 2023-04-27 13:50:10 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/news/2023/04/27/thinking-of-starting-a-business-consider-buying-one-instead/ |
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PARIS (AP) — PSG forward Neymar was forced off the field on a stretcher Sunday after twisting his right ankle in a hard-fought 4-3 win against Lille in the French league.
Neymar picked up the injury at the start of the second half after the Brazil forward scored PSG's second goal before the interval.
PSG led 2-1 when Neymar was injured following contact with Lille's Benjamin Andre.
PSG has been struggling since the start of the year, with stars Neymar and Lionel Messi underperforming. Neymar has been on the end of sharp criticism for a perceived lack of commitment after French media reported that he attended a poker tournament and dined at a fast-food restaurant a day after PSG lost to Bayern Munich 1-0 at the Parc des Princes in the Champions League round of 16.
Neymar, who damaged the same ankle at the World Cup in Qatar, gave PSG a 2-0 lead at the end of a fast-developing collective move he also started, slotting the ball into an empty net from Vitinha's assist.
It's unclear whether Neymar will be able to play next Sunday against Marseille in French soccer's biggest match.
“He sprained his right ankle. He is undergoing tests to know the extent," PSG coach Christophe Galtier said.
PSG lost another key player against Lille, with Nuno Mendes going off near the half-hour mark. Mendes, who played on the left side of PSG's backline against Lille, was substituted after colliding with winger Jonathan Bamba. Galtier said Mendes' injury does not look to be serious.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax.
The Food and Drug Administration said the new booster option is for people 18 and older who can’t get the updated omicron-targeting Pfizer or Moderna boosters for medical or accessibility reasons — or who otherwise would not receive a COVID-19 booster shot at all.
The FDA specified the additional Novavax shot was to be used as a first booster — not for people who’ve already had one or more booster doses already — at least six months after completing their primary shots.
Novavax’s initial two-dose shots have been available since the summer. Novavax is a protein-based vaccine unlike the other COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. including Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson.
About 48 percent of Americans who received their primary vaccinations have never received that all-important first booster.
“Offering another vaccine choice may help increase COVID-19 booster vaccination rates for these adults,” said Novavax CEO Stanley Erck in a statement.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also signed off on the decision after the FDA.
U.S. health officials have been encouraging Americans to get those updated Pfizer and Moderna boosters to bolster protection against the most common omicron strains ahead of an expected winter surge.
The new Novavax booster is made with that company’s original formula; it still is testing an omicron-targeted recipe.
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(NewsNation) — A gunman opened fire Sunday in a Colorado Springs LGBTQ club, killing at least five people and injuring dozens more.
Colorado Springs Police have identified those killed during the attack, which is being investigated as a bias-motived crime.
Below are their identities and the way their loved ones remember them.
Derrick Rump
Pennsylvania native Derrick Rump, 38, worked as a bartender at Club Q and “became a staple of the LGBTQ bar,” CBS Philadelphia reported, citing a personal friend of Rump’s. The friend described Rump as “loving, supportive, with a heavy hand in his drink pouring, and just a really good listener.”
Rump’s mother described her son to ABC News as a “kind, loving person who had a heart of gold” who was always there for the people he loved when they needed him.
Ashley Paugh
Ashley Paugh, 35, was “a loving mother and wife” who found joy in fishing and hunting, her sister Stephanie Clark told NBC News in an exclusive interview.
A statement on behalf of her family, written by her husband, Kurt Paugh, said, “We’re absolutely devastated by the loss of Ashley. She meant everything to this family, and we can’t even begin to understand what it will mean to not have her in our lives.”
Paugh is described by her husband as a “loving wife – she was my high school sweetheart – and she was just an amazing mother.”
She is survived by her 11-year-old daughter.
Although she wasn’t a member of the LGBTQ community, Paugh planned to see a stand-up comedy act with her friend at the club, according to NBC News.
Kelly Loving
The New York Times reported that Kelly Loving, 40, was at the club Saturday night during a weekend trip from Denver.
Those who knew Loving described her to the New York Times as a loving and caring person “always trying to help the next person out, instead of thinking of herself.”
A statement on behalf of the family of Kelly Loving was written by her sister, Tiffany Loving, and reads, “My condolences go out to all the families who lost someone in this tragic event, and to everyone struggling to be accepted in this world. My sister was a good person. She was loving and caring and sweet. Everyone loved her. Kelly was a wonderful person.”
Loving was on FaceTime call with a friend when the shooting began, the newspaper reported. The friend’s final words to Loving were, “Be safe. I love you,” the paper reported.
Daniel Aston
Daniel Aston, a 28-year-old transgender man was a self-proclaimed “Master of Silly Business,” the Associated Press reported.
Aston also was a performer, who his mother told the AP “lit up a room” and “was always smiling, always happy and silly.”
Raymond Green Vance
A statement on behalf of the family of Raymond Green Vance said in part that Vance, “went to Club Q to enjoy a show with his longtime girlfriend, her parents, and her parents’ friends; they were celebrating a birthday.”
Vance was born in Chicago, but grew up in Colorado Springs and was a 2018 graduate of Sand Creek High School. His mom describes him as “a popular, well-liked young man who never got into any trouble and had plenty of friends.”
The family’s statement went on to read that the 22-year-old had never been to Club Q before, and “although he is supportive of the LGBTQ community, he himself is not a member of it. Unfortunately, he never left the club.”
Vance is remembered as a “kind, selfless young adult with his entire life ahead of him.” His closest friend, according to family, “describes him as gifted, one-of-a-kind, and willing to go out of his way to help anyone.” | https://who13.com/news/national-news/victims-of-colorado-springs-club-q-shooting-identified/ | 2022-11-22 02:10:34 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/victims-of-colorado-springs-club-q-shooting-identified/ |
With inflation at its highest point in decades, many families are working to save money any way they can.
Some are buying things earlier in the year, anticipating even higher price increases down the road in what is known as inflationary psychology.
"It shifts inflation that would've happened in the future into present,” said Daniil Manaenkov, the head of national economic forecasting at the University of Michigan.
Inflationary psychology is a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts, and it makes complete sense, logically. It plays on our overall worry that if we do not buy a purchase we had planned months in advance, say a new car, right now, we will pay more later and thus our fears drive us to physically cause inflation to spike faster. Manaenkov says it happens with large purchases such as a home, car, or non-perishable items.
"Food is expected to rise in price in the next several months, but if you were to look at agricultural commodities- so wheat, corn, soybeans- their prices are up significantly because they're storable and people are expecting them to increase in price,” said Manaenkov.
Much like inflation itself, inflationary psychology is a phenomenon that we consumers drive, but we are also the ones who determine if those prices stick around.
If wages increase, and workers have the bargaining power to demand it right now. People have more money and it is more likely they can afford the higher prices.
But according to the Brookings Institution, wage growth is not keeping up with inflation (8.8% nominal wage growth vs. 11.1% inflation since the start of 2020), so there is no clear answer on how long inflated prices might stick around.
“Economics is hard and psychology, studying human behavior, is even harder,” said Manaenkov. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/inflationary-psychology-could-be-pushing-the-prices-of-goods-up-faster | 2022-04-22 20:02:34 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/inflationary-psychology-could-be-pushing-the-prices-of-goods-up-faster |
Mick Moloney, an Irish-American musicologist and multi-instrumentalist who was a driving force in playing, recording, producing and teaching Irish folk music at concerts and arts and dance festivals across the United States, died July 27 at his apartment in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. He was 77.
New York University, where he retired as global distinguished professor of music and Irish studies, announced his death, citing Mr. Moloney’s family. No cause was provided.
As a performer and lecturer, Mr. Moloney played a key role in elevating Irish music from the Guinness-fueled pubs and ceilidhs (sing-and-dance-and-storytelling evenings) of his childhood to a global audience. He recorded or produced more than 70 albums of Irish music and organized countless Irish festivals across the United States. He played in packed concert halls, often with the ensemble Green Fields of America, which he co-founded in 1977.
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In 1999, he received "for his work in public folklore," a National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, handed to him by first lady Hillary Clinton.
His love was of traditional Irish music, some of it going back 200 years or more, much of it never recorded or even written down. He drew a sharp contrast between that trove of historical sound and the modern image of Irish music that often emerges among the diaspora every St. Patrick's Day with nostalgic songs such as "Danny Boy" and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling."
Much like the ethnomusicologist and folklorist Alan Lomax did for American folk music and blues in the 20th century, Mr. Moloney revived centuries-old Irish songs and stories and reincarnated them through his own recordings or worked with record companies to convert them from scratchy old 78 rpm vinyl to CDs.
In his music, playing, writing and teaching, he explored the little-known historic links between Irish music and music from Appalachia, the Spanish region of Galicia, and Africa. He also investigated the diverse native versions of the fiddle, the banjo and the bagpipes. He researched the similarities, and artistic collaborations, between Irish immigrants to the United States in the mid-19th century and European Jews who arrived soon afterward, describing how artistically inclined members of both communities ended up as collaborative entertainers on Broadway.
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One of Mr. Moloney’s best-known albums, “McNally’s Row of Flats” (2006), was based on 19th-century songs co-written in the United States by an Irish immigrant, Ed Harrigan, and his Jewish immigrant friend David Braham. The title track, dating to 1882, vividly describes immigrants from around the world living in poverty on Manhattan’s Lower East Side: “And it’s Ireland and Italy/Jerusalem and Germany/Chinese and Africans and a paradise for rats/All jumbled up together in the snow and rainy weather/They constitute the tenants in McNally’s row of flats.”
One of Mr. Moloney’s more lighthearted vaudeville songs, “If It Wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews,” included a verse about immigrants as foundational to the country’s success: “What would this great Yankee nation really really ever do/If it wasn’t for a Levy, a Monahan or Donohue/Where would we get our policemen/Why Uncle Sam would have the Blues/Without the Pats and Isadores, there’d be no big department stores/If it wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews.”
In addition to highlighting songs about mass immigration to the United States after Ireland's potato famine in the mid-19th century, he also sang and wrote about what he considered significant parallels between the Irish and African American communities in the United States, both forced out of their homelands by colonialist force or neglect.
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In 2002, Mr. Moloney released the book “Far From the Shamrock Shore: The Story of Irish-American Immigration Through Song,” considered a seminal survey of Irish American music from the Civil War era forward and that was backed up by a separately released CD. He was working on a follow-up book when he died.
Michael Moloney was born in Limerick, southwestern Ireland, on Nov. 15, 1944. As a teenager, he listened to American folk singers, particularly the Weavers and Burl Ives, and started playing tenor banjo when he was 16, later adding guitar and mandolin. Because he found little traditional music around his home at the time, he would hitchhike or take a bus over the river Shannon, to County Clare, where he would tape-record local folk singers and musicians and copy them at home.
As a young man, he graduated from University College, Dublin, and played for five years in the contemporary folk band, the Johnstons, before immigrating to the United States in 1973. Although the group has long since disbanded, there is an annual Johnstons Folk Festival in Ireland; Mr. Moloney performed there, in Slane Castle, in May 2022 with the Green Fields of America, appearing with Athena Tergis, former lead fiddle player with the “Riverdance” theatrical show.
Having fallen in love with the United States while touring and singing in the 1960s, he first moved to Philadelphia to study folklore and folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a master’s degree and eventually a doctorate in 1992, although he did not take kindly to people addressing him as Dr. Moloney. Over the years, he taught ethnomusicology, folklore and Irish studies courses at Penn as well as Georgetown and Villanova universities. He became a U.S. citizen.
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Both of his marriages, to Philomena Murray and Judy Sherman, ended in divorce. For the past few years, Mr. Moloney split his time between his Greenwich Village flat and the Thai capital, Bangkok, where he lived with his partner, Sangjan Chailungka. Other survivors include a son from his first marriage, Fintan Moloney of West Chester, Pa.; a brother; and three sisters.
When in Thailand, Mr. Moloney largely hung up his banjo and joined an old Irish friend of his, Father Joe, to raise funds for orphans at the Mercy Center in Bangkok.
One of Mr. Moloney’s colleagues at NYU, Michael Beckerman, chairman of the music department, recalled: “Once I was teaching a class on musical impressionism and was about to play some gossamer delicate Debussy. I had prepped the students to listen with the greatest subtlety. I put on the recording and suddenly there was a wild stomping on the ceiling. . . . We thought it would come down. I went upstairs, and it was Mick’s Irish dancing demo . . . and since it was impossible to teach underneath, my entire class came up and learned amazing things about Irish dancing.”
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Rock, Paper, Scissors, the First Series to Be Greenlit from Original 2019 Program, Makes Worldwide Short Debut at Annecy International Animation Film Festival
2.0 Program to be Overseen by Nickelodeon Executives Daniel Wineman and Chris Rose
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BURBANK, Calif., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon's Intergalactic Shorts Program 2.0 is opening its search for new and diverse creators from across the globe, focusing on new voices and nurturing their vision for original comedy-driven content with an eye toward representation. Today's announcement was made by Ramsey Naito, President, Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Animation.
Originally launched in 2019, Rock, Paper, Scissors marks the first finalized short to be greenlit for series from the inaugural program. In the short, the iconic trio of Rock, Paper, and Scissors lovingly compete with one another in this buddy comedy about the joy and messiness of friendship. Six additional projects from 2019 are currently in production at Nickelodeon. Additional information will be available soon.
Nickelodeon will debut Rock, Paper, Scissors during a special Nickelodeon Animation presentation at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Thursday, June 16.
"We knew we were onto something special with creators Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman and their hilarious characters in Rock, Paper, Scissors, which we are so proud to bring to series," said Naito. "Finding and growing talent through the process of pitch to hit is what powers our Intergalactic Shorts Program, and we can't wait to get started finding the next great creator in animation through our program's just-launched second phase."
The original Rock, Paper, Scissors short and series are created, written, and executive produced by Kyle Stegina (Robot Chicken) and Josh Lehrman (Robot Chicken), with Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party) and Bob Boyle (The Fairly OddParents) serving as executive producers on the series.
Through the 2022 Program, Nickelodeon will accept ideas from a global pool of storytellers and creative visionaries including artists, writers, and directors. Shorts will run on Nickelodeon's platforms and are in the process of being developed into long-form animated series.
Shorts should feature one-of-a-kind, character-driven comedy and surprising storytelling, combining humor with action-adventure, mystery, sci-fi, and more. In line with Nickelodeon's mission to make the best, original humor-driven content for kids, these creator-driven shorts offer content that is appealing to all members of the family, featuring a co-viewing lens of preschool (K 2-5) and big kids (K 6-11).
Nickelodeon's Intergalactic Shorts Program launched in June 2019 and was overseen by Kari Kim, Vice President, Animation Development, Nickelodeon Animation, with Conrad Vernon serving as the program's executive producer and Paul Watling (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) as co-executive producer. Daniel Wineman, Vice President, Animation Development, Nickelodeon Animation and Chris Rose, Vice President, Production & Development, Kids & Family, Global will oversee the 2022 Intergalactic Shorts Program 2.0.
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Nickelodeon, now in its 43rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.
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Casper Ruud 2023 Hamburg European Open Odds
Casper Ruud begins the Hamburg European Open in Hamburg, Germany after falling just short at the Nordea Open, dropping the final to Andrey Rublev. Ruud's opening match is against Sebastian Baez (in the round of 32). At +400, Ruud is the favorite to win this tournament at MatchMaker Sports Gmbh.
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Ruud at the 2023 Hamburg European Open
- Next Round: Round of 32
- Tournament Dates: July 21-30
- Venue: MatchMaker Sports Gmbh
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Court Surface: Clay
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Ruud's Next Match
In his opening match at the Hamburg European Open, on Tuesday, July 25 (at 5:00 AM ET) in the round of 32, Ruud will play Baez.
Ruud has current moneyline odds of -400 to win his next match versus Baez. Check out the latest odds for the entire field at BetMGM.
Casper Ruud Grand Slam Odds
- US Open odds to win: +1600
- Hamburg European Open odds to win: +400
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Ruud Stats
- Ruud last played on July 23, 2023, a 6-7, 0-6 defeat by No. 7-ranked Rublev in the finals of the Nordea Open.
- Ruud is 40-22 over the past 12 months, with two tournament victories.
- Ruud has won two tournaments on clay over the past 12 months, with a match record of 21-7.
- Ruud has played 27.7 games per match in his 62 matches over the past 12 months across all court types.
- Over the past 12 months, Ruud has played 28 matches on clay, and 25.4 games per match.
- Ruud has won 25.1% of his return games and 83.0% of his service games over the past year.
- Ruud has claimed 84.6% of his service games on clay over the past 12 months and 28.1% of his return games.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) A person of interest in the fatal shooting of a deli worker in Manhattan was taken into police custody Thursday, according to sources.
The gunman, who was wearing a hazmat suit, walked into a deli near East 81st Street and Third Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Friday and fatally shot a 67-year-old worker in the head during a robbery, authorities said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe the suspect is connected to three other armed robberies throughout New York City.
In one incident, a deli on Melrose Avenue near East 160th Street in the Bronx was robbed at gunpoint by a man in a white hazmat suit and a face mask, officials said.
The worker handed over about $1,200, cigarettes, and assorted merchandise, and the crook fled on a scooter, police said. No one was injured in the Bronx incident.
The person of interest was taken into custody in the Bronx around 10:50 a.m., police sources told PIX11 News.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ and on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/person-of-interest-nabbed-in-nyc-fatal-deli-shooting-sources/ | 2023-03-09 19:56:27 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/person-of-interest-nabbed-in-nyc-fatal-deli-shooting-sources/ |
Stars vs. Kraken NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 3: Odds, total, moneyline and other Vegas lines
The Dallas Stars take the ice in Game 3 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Sunday, May 7, beginning at 9:30 PM ET on TBS, SportsNet, and TVAS. The series record is tied 1-1. Bookmakers favor the Stars in this matchup, giving them -145 odds on the moneyline against the Kraken (+120).
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- When: Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of followers of the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr briefly stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday in protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden.
An Iraqi security official said the Swedish Embassy was evacuated by security forces after the protesters breached the building, raising pictures of Sadr and flags of his militia, the Mahdi Army. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media.
Some of the protesters also burned rainbow flags, a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride.
Iraqi officials didn’t make any public statement on the storming of the embassy.
On Wednesday, a man who identified himself in Swedish media as a refugee from Iraq burned a Quran outside a mosque in central Stockholm.
The Iraqi security official said the man was an Iraqi Christian who had previously fought in a Christian unit of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a collection of mostly Shiite militias that were incorporated into the country’s armed forces in 2016.
Police authorized the protest, citing freedom of speech, after a previous decision to ban a similar protest was overturned by a Swedish court.
The act, coming during the Eid al-Adha holiday, drew widespread condemnation in the Muslim world. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday suggested that the incident would pose another obstacle to Sweden’s bid for NATO membership.
Sadr posted a message Thursday to his Twitter followers, calling on them to protest at the Swedish Embassy. He asked them to demand the expulsion of Sweden’s ambassador to Iraq and for the man who burned the Quran to be prosecuted in absentia and have his nationality withdrawn.
The cleric has called for another protest to be held in front of the embassy on Friday.
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it had summoned the Swedish ambassador and called on Sweden’s government “to take the necessary measures to stop the repeated insults to the Holy Quran.” The ministry also called on Sweden to extradite the man who had burned the Quran for prosecution in Iraq.
“Legal justifications and freedom of expression do not justify allowing offense to religious sanctities,” the statement said. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-protesters-briefly-storm-the-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-in-protest-over-quran-burning/ | 2023-06-29 22:25:55 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-protesters-briefly-storm-the-swedish-embassy-in-baghdad-in-protest-over-quran-burning/ |
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - As the housing market fluctuates, La Crosse County hopes to add new projects to the area.
The Acquisition and Demolition Grant, which started in 2016, allows for developers to be compensated for projects on specific areas of land that the county designates as being dilapidated. The project was expanded in 2022 to include several properties in the county. Before that, only three neighborhoods in the city of La Crosse were eligible for the grant.
A total of $50,000 would be given for single family homes and $100,000 would be given for multi-family housing projects. The money is designed to be used for the purchasing of land and the demolition of structures on it, not for construction after being acquired.
Community Development Specialist Sam Bachmeier says the county's intentions are clear.
"The ultimate goal is to replenish the existing housing stock in La Crosse County," Bachmeier said. "Recognizing that finding land for new housing developments is getting tougher. We have a plethora of housing opportunities in La Crosse County, but much of it is dilapidated. It's not fit for residential living."
Bachmeier added that two grants were given out last year. | https://www.wxow.com/news/la-crosse-county-offering-grant-to-land-developers/article_d8074d50-a651-11ed-acf5-b7fd77098f9c.html | 2023-02-06 23:17:46 | 0 | https://www.wxow.com/news/la-crosse-county-offering-grant-to-land-developers/article_d8074d50-a651-11ed-acf5-b7fd77098f9c.html |
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called former President Trump’s criticism of his campaign visit to New Hampshire “bizarre” during an interview Wednesday.
“That’s bizarre. It’s a big state, there’s a lot of voters,” DeSantis told Fox News’s Martha MacCallum on “The Story.”
Trump and DeSantis both held presidential campaign events Tuesday in the Granite State, along with fellow Republican candidates former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump was speaking at the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women’s (NHFRW) Lilac Luncheon in Concord, while DeSantis held a town hall an hour away in Hollis, N.H.
It’s not unusual for candidates to hold events in a state on the same day, particularly when it’s an early-voting state. However, last week the NHFRW issued a statement asking DeSantis to reschedule his event, arguing that it was a distraction. Two members of the group resigned over the statement.
Trump himself broached the subject while speaking to his supporters Tuesday in New Hampshire.
“By the way, he’s holding an event right now which is considered not nice,” Trump said of DeSantis. “He’s holding an event right now to compete with us. Well, guess what? Nobody showed up.”
While DeSantis did indeed see a crowd at his town hall Tuesday, he continues to trail Trump nationally and in New Hampshire, according to polls. A St. Anselm College Survey Center poll shows that 47 percent of respondents said they supported Trump, marking a 5-point increase since the last St. Anselm survey in March. DeSantis, on the other hand, saw his support fall by 10 points, bringing it down to 19 percent overall.
When asked by MacCallum about his low poll numbers, DeSantis said, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
“A lot of these voters will pay more attention when we get into the fall and the winter. That’s just the reality,” DeSantis said. “I think we have a better presence on the ground than any other candidate has.” | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/desantis-calls-trump-criticism-of-dueling-new-hampshire-events-bizarre/ | 2023-06-28 23:12:27 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/desantis-calls-trump-criticism-of-dueling-new-hampshire-events-bizarre/ |
After months of hearing evidence in the seditious conspiracy trial against members of the Proud Boys, jurors have begun their deliberations in the landmark case.
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The rising cost of taking care of reptiles is forcing many owners to dump them.
"I hear people say stuff like, 'I’m moving, and I can’t take care of this dragon.' It’s probably because the dragon isn’t feeling good so they can’t afford their vet bill. Some people say my kids just don’t play with it anymore. That’s a really big one," said Alonna Geerts, owner of Dragon Smart, a pet store in McMinnville, Tennessee.
"We get calls all the time about picking up reptiles and a bunch of exotics to help rescue them," Geerts said.
Owning an exotic pet is a major responsibility. They need food, water and care— just like any other pet.
Geerts said some people aren't ready for the responsibility. She recently received a call from a landlord who asked if they could remove neglected reptiles from a home.
"I was looking around like, 'Oh my gosh.' There was some, unfortunately, deceased," Geerts said.
She also had a neglected bearded dragon dropped off recently. It was left outside a Petsmart. Geerts said a Good Samaritan drove the reptile to her shop in hopes of giving it a fighting chance at survival.
"When he chews, it takes him a long time. Bearded dragons have sharp teeth. He doesn't have any," Geerts said.
Geerts believes people need to do more research before purchasing an exotic pet. She adds that abandoning an animal is never the right choice.
"If you can’t take care of your animal, reach out to someone that can and who is knowledgeable about that," Geerts said.
Geerts said they've rescued hundreds of animals in the last year and been able to provide great homes for them.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Donald Trump-backed Ohio Republican whose military record was called into question during his unsuccessful 2022 congressional campaign says he is abandoning plans to run again next year.
J.R. Majewski tweeted Tuesday that he is bowing out of his latest effort to win the GOP nomination and take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur due to his mother’s health.
“Last cycle, I lost my father before the primary election and I can’t risk not giving my full attention to my family,” he said on Twitter. “But don’t fret, I love this country too much to stay idle.”
He had planned to focus his campaign on working-class citizens and “putting America first.”
Majewski, of Port Clinton on Lake Erie, first drew public attention for drawing a sprawling banner supporting Trump across his lawn, and the former president went on to promote Majewski’s political future at a rally in southwest Ohio in November.
The former nuclear power industry worker was the surprise winner of last year’s four-way Republican primary for the Toledo-area 9th Congressional District, winning just under 36% of the vote. He bested two sitting Republican state lawmakers and a third rival to secure the nomination, but ultimately lost to Kaptur, the longest serving woman in Congress, by more than 13 percentage points.
Ahead of the election, The Associated Press reported that Majewski had misrepresented his military record to voters. He claimed he has served in the Air Force in Afghanistan, but public records indicated he had never deployed there and instead spent six months on a base in Qatar. Majewski denied the report and defiantly remained in the race, saying his deployment was classified and therefore not present in public records.
The AP later reported that Majewski was demoted in the military for driving drunk on an air base, another contradiction to his previous statements. | https://pix11.com/ap-political/ohio-republican-j-r-majewski-abandons-2nd-congressional-bid-citing-mothers-health/ | 2023-06-01 11:36:34 | 0 | https://pix11.com/ap-political/ohio-republican-j-r-majewski-abandons-2nd-congressional-bid-citing-mothers-health/ |
NEW YORK, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Specialty Food Association (SFA) hosted eight students from the Drexel Food Lab/Certificate in Food Entrepreneurship and Innovation program during the 2023 Summer Fancy Food Show, June 25-27 at the Javits Center in New York City. These future food industry professionals served as Junior Trendspotters, identifying products and flavors that will influence the food industry in the months ahead.
The following Drexel Food Lab students, under the guidance of Chef Rachel Sherman and Dr. Jonathan Deutsch, served as Junior Trendspotters:
- Gabe Thayer
- Adam Gladstone
- Victoria Sanchez Galarza
- Gabriel Marchiony
- Janis Niv
- Rodaina Ahmed
- Cynthia Huang
- Natalia Lopez
- DeAndra Forde
The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest specialty food industry event in North America, and this year's Show featured more than 2,200 exhibiting companies and more than 100,000 high-quality, artisan food and beverage products.
"While we teach food product development in an engaging and hands-on way at Drexel, nothing beats the experience of being immersed in the landscape of thousands of specialty food products from around the world, from artisan and traditional to high tech and new. The students are not only emerging professionals in the food industry, but also the target market for many of the brands at the show. There was a very meaningful exchange among students and exhibitors regarding careers, taste preferences, and the future of the food industry. It was a joy to watch and a pleasure to experience. The Junior Trendspotters developed their trend report independently of the "Senior" Trendspotter panel and I'm fascinated by the overlap in some areas and unique perspectives in others."
"The Junior Trendspotter selections are not only on target with the prevalent themes at the Show but also have wide appeal to the younger consumer demographic these trendspotters represent," said Denise Purcell, vp, resource development for SFA. "Gen Z is increasingly exploring the sober-curious movement, embracing plant-based alternatives, and demanding global flavor and ingredient experiences in their everyday meals and snacks. We expect to see more products related to these trends hitting store shelves and menus in the coming year."
The Summer Fancy Food Show Junior Trendspotters identified the following top trends:
- Frozen International Foods: The frozen section has gone international, and consumers can now explore new cultures and cuisines from all over the world in the comfort of their own home. Khazana's Nepalese momos, Alexandra Food's Polish pierogis, Chef Bombay's Indian samosas, Dumpling Daughter's Chinese dumplings, and more: one person can make a whole buffet using just a microwave. Snacks are also an increasingly popular medium of introducing international flavors, such as Mochidoki's black sesame mochi ice cream. It's an effortless way to be introduced to a new culture and potentially foster interest in learning more.
- Infused Honey: Following the ever-growing push to steer away from refined sugar, honey has become increasingly popular as a seemingly healthy, natural alternative. Assorted flavors of infused honey are becoming more widely available and enable consumers to add an increased depth of flavor to their food. Whether people want a spicy kick, a subtle herbal tone, a fragrant floral note, or something bright and fruity, they can easily find almost any flavor they can imagine being sold in the market. Barreled Bee, Honey Blossom, and Savannah Bee Company are just a few of the many companies bringing more unique flavors to the market.
- Crunchy Snacks: Healthier snacks have been taking over the market with a twist, crunchy snacks. The versatility of the ingredients to create these snacks has been innovative and highlighted sustainability. Yolélé fonio chips are made with the ancient West African grain, fonio, that is sustainably grown and gluten-free. Another example includes Yuca Balls made of cassava focusing on agribusiness and healthy eating as well as Barnana plantain scoops, rind and all. The assorted use of various spices and ingredients makes this trend one that everyone can find a favorite snack.
- Mocktails: Tired of feeling lethargic after drinking or just wanting to take a break from alcoholic beverages? This is the time to try new mocktail recipes utilizing alternatives ranging from vinegar based shrubs, cocktail bitters, low-calorie mixers and numerous zero-proof options. The innovative brand Sayso launched the first ever mocktail tea bag using natural dehydrated ingredients creating an infused low-calorie/sugar drink in only a few minutes of steeping. A local Pennsylvania farm is where Bluestem Botanicals came to be as they invite us to "Drink your garden!" via their handcrafted organic mocktail kits making it easier than ever to be alcohol-free. Fauxmosa created alcohol-free mimosas for drinkers who want to be more mindful of both their alcohol and calorie intake with only 100 calories per can. All of these options show the continuously growing trend of being sober while not compromising on the taste and still feeling included during social gatherings.
- Improved plant based alternatives: I can't believe it's not (insert animal based product here)! Plant based alternative products have come a long way recently, in terms of both quality and variety. There's a plant-based version of almost every single protein now, including tuna, pork, beef, and chicken, and oftentimes it is truly hard to tell that they aren't the genuine article. The sheer breadth of plant based milks is staggering, ranging from the commonly seen almond milk to much newer concepts like Wholly Nuts's pistachio milk and Milkademia's macadamia milk. Following that trend, plant based ice creams such as from Nutty Bunny are rising in popularity, and they are just as creamy and tasty as the traditional dairy based ice creams. Armored Fresh's almond milk cheese is as melty in a grilled cheese as the real thing. Whether for religious, ethical, or health reasons, people who avoid animal based products have an ever increasing arsenal of delicious foods they can enjoy.
A full Trendspotter Panel report from the Summer Fancy Food Show can be found online.
The next Fancy Food Shows are the 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show, January 21-23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and the 2024 Summer Fancy Food Show, June 23-25 at the Javits Center in New York City. Open only to food industry professionals, the Fancy Food Shows require registration and qualification. For additional information visit specialtyfood.com.
About the Specialty Food Association
The not-for-profit Specialty Food Association (SFA) is the leading membership trade association and source of information about the $194 billion specialty food industry. Founded in 1952 in New York City, the SFA prides itself on being an organization by the members and for the members, representing thousands of specialty food makers and manufacturers, importers, retailers, buyers, distributors, brokers, and others in the trade. The SFA owns and operates the Fancy Food Shows—which are the largest specialty food industry events in North America—as well as the sofi™ Awards—which have honored excellence in specialty food and beverage annually since 1972. The SFA produces the Trendspotter Panel annual predictions, the State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, Today's Specialty Food Consumer research, the Spill & Dish podcast, year-round educational programming for professionals at every stage in their business journey, and SFA Feed, the industry's go-to daily source for news, trends and new product information. Find out more online and connect with SFA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
About Drexel Food Lab
Drexel Food Lab in Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University in Philadelphia is a food product design and culinary innovation lab that applies culinary arts and science to improve the health of people, the planet and economies. We do this through research and programming that help us understand consumers, develop new food products, and introduce new products to market. In doing so, we not only develop new food products and menu items with entrepreneurs, industry, non-profit, and government partners, but also develop our flagship "product," graduates across disciplines who are poised to improve the food system. Students in the lab also enroll in the Certificate in Food Entrepreneurship (undergraduate) or Certificate in Food Innovation (postgraduate) to develop the skills they need to bring their own ideas to market.
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RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The European Commission vowed Friday to step up its work with Morocco to fight human smugglers who are using “new, extremely violent methods” — a move that comes two weeks after 23 people died at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson and Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska met with Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit in Rabat to discuss the events of June 24, when hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants and asylum-seekers attempted to storm through a border post and scale a border fence into Melilla. In addition to the deaths, some 200 Moroccan and Spanish law enforcement officers and more than 70 civilians were injured.
“We have discussed how we can further cooperate on fighting the smugglers, preventing such violent and dangerous situation as we saw two weeks ago,” Johansson said in a video message after the meeting.
There were no further details on what exactly the new, violent methods being used by smugglers were but the European Commission said it would enhance police cooperation with Morocco, including with joint investigations.
Mustafa Baitas, a spokesman for the Moroccan government, said Thursday the events at the Nador-Mellila border were “planned and orchestrated” in a way that was not typical of other attempts to storm the border into Spain.
At the time, Moroccan authorities said the migrants had died as a result of a stampede. But several human rights organizations have called for an independent investigation into the deaths and condemned authorities on both sides of the border for excessive use of force. Morocco’s Human Rights Association says 27 migrants died, four more than Morrocan authorities have reported. Many of the victims were believed to be Sudanese, it tweeted.
“The Commissioner and the two ministers welcomed the fact-finding commission set up by the Moroccan National Human Rights Council,” the EU Commission statement said. Spanish prosecutors also announced last week they had launched an investigation into June 24.
Videos showing countless Black men lying on the ground that day, some motionless and bleeding as Moroccan officers stood over them, sparked public outrage and condemnation from the United Nations chief. Other images showed groups of men climbing a fence while hurling rocks at Moroccan anti-riot police and then collapsing on the ground.
“We profoundly lament the death of those migrants,” Grande-Marlaska said Friday while calling the events “a violent assault on our borders.”
Both Grande-Marlaska and Johansson praised Morocco for its work, which according to the European Commission has prevented 26,000 irregular departures and dismantled around 100 criminal trafficking networks.
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Richmond-area transit riders will soon be boarding 19 new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses that GRTC will purchase with $10 million in federal funding.
The funding will come from the U.S. Department of Transportation after the passage of legislation that includes an additional $952,000 for GRTC Transit System to build a vehicle storage facility by its headquarters on East Belt Boulevard and $565,000 for the city of Suffolk to purchase new electric buses and charging stations.
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrats, announced the federal award this week, saying that the money is part of a federal program intended to provide funding for local and state governments to buy zero- or low-emission vehicles and related facilities.
“Electric and natural gas vehicles offer a clean and affordable alternative to traditional fuel vehicles,” the senators said in a joint news release. “We are glad to see Virginia receive this funding to support the adoption of more energy efficient vehicles and the needed infrastructure to continue our transition to a transportation system with a significantly lower impact on the environment.”
GRTC first started moving toward acquiring CNG buses about 10 years ago. Richmond and GRTC officials at the time said the transition would help reduce fuel costs, improve air quality and make buses quieter.
Mike Frontiero, GRTC’s spokesman, said the $10 million grant will be used to replace 19 diesel buses.
“The newly funded vehicles will replace buses that will be at the end of their useful lives when delivery of the new buses is projected to occur,” he said. “Useful life is generally 12 years.”
He said the additional funding for the new facility will be used to demolish an existing building, conduct site remediation and pave new space for vehicles.
“Demolishing and remediating the existing building will remove sources of potential pollution from the surrounding community, and new paving will allow GRTC to leverage millions of additional dollars to expand its fleet to meet growing ridership,” he said. | https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/grtc-to-purchase-19-new-buses-build-new-vehicle-facility-with-11m-in-federal-funding/article_0a6c08eb-1ad4-55a3-a514-3fe5a1edb471.html | 2022-08-13 00:57:46 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/grtc-to-purchase-19-new-buses-build-new-vehicle-facility-with-11m-in-federal-funding/article_0a6c08eb-1ad4-55a3-a514-3fe5a1edb471.html |
BUTTE — The Praxis Center, coming to Uptown Butte, was recently awarded a $300,000 job creation grant from the Montana Department of Commerce.
The CEO of the center, Raymond Rogers, says the funding will bring 40 full-time job openings to the area.
The Praxis Center will be a medical training center, located at the corner of Park and Arizona streets. It will be the nation's first simulation training center dedicated specifically to the needs of rural healthcare providers.
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Edward Tian, 22, used his winter break to create an app that helps teachers detect AI-generated essays. It comes at a time when schools are growing more concerned about the use of this technology.
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Deon (Geisler) Reed, 83, passed away January 11, 2023. She was born October 6, 1939, to Clyde and Inez Geisler. She grew up in the Annis, Idaho area near the Annis Butte and the Snake River. She attended schools in Annis and then attended Rigby High School. She married her sweetheart, Paul Wayne Reed on April 2, 1958. They purchased the Reed Family homestead where they farmed and raised cattle. Deon was a beautician and operated her own salon from her home. Paul and Deon were blessed with two children, Renae Mueller and Darwin Reed. Deon enjoyed conversation and visiting with friends and family. She was an extraordinary listener. She taught her family how to make things beautiful and see the beauty in life. She spent several summers working with her friends at Queen of Hearts Nursery Garden, where she shared her knowledge. She kept beautiful flower beds and an expansive vegetable garden. She had a love of sports. She was always in attendance for sports and recitals for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Deon always enjoyed an intense lightning storm. She was known to be up watching all hours of the night, but most of all, she enjoyed warm weather and sunshine and enjoyed it best from her patio in St George, UT. It is no secret why Paul called her his sunshine. Deon enjoyed spending time with her family and would travel all over the states to visit her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Deon enjoyed her church family as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After retirement, Deon and Paul served a mission in Houston, Texas, and a second mission in St George, Utah. They decided to spend the last chapter of their lives soaking up the sunshine for 27 years and had recently returned to Idaho to be closer to family. She is survived by her children; Renae (Blake) Mueller, Darwin (Lisa) Reed (Grandchildren: Megan Herbert, Amy Boll, Amber Young, Tiffany Reed, Breanna Croke, Mylaac Reed, Gabriel Reed, Jazzleena Reed, and Kilam Reed), Brother, Kirk Geisler (Sally), and 22 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul, parents, and brothers, Max and Kent. Funeral Services for Deon will be held Friday, January 20, 2023, at 11:00am. Visitation prior to service from 9:30-10:45am at the LaBelle 4th Ward LDS Church (4223 E 528 N Rigby, Idaho 83442). Internment at the Annis Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family online at Eckersellfuneralhome@gmail.com Deon 10/6/1939 - 1/11/2023Geisler Reed
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Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the night. Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said in a statement she would sign Friday.
The bill passed with exclusively Republican support in a rare, one-day legislative burst lasting more than 14 hours over the vocal – and sometimes tense – objections from Democratic lawmakers and abortion advocates protesting at the Capitol.
Just after 11 p.m., lingering protesters in the gallery booed and yelled “shame” to state senators in the minutes after the bill was approved.
Reynolds ordered the rare session after the state Supreme Court declined in June to reinstate a practically identical law that she signed in 2018.
“The Iowa Supreme Court questioned whether this legislature would pass the same law they did in 2018, and today they have a clear answer,” Reynolds said in a statement. “The voices of Iowans and their democratically elected representatives cannot be ignored any longer, and justice for the unborn should not be delayed.”
Abortion is currently legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. The legislation will take immediate effect with the governor’s signature on Friday. It will prohibit almost all abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.
Preparations were already underway to quickly file legal challenges in court and get the measure blocked, once Reynolds signs it into law.
“The ACLU of Iowa, Planned Parenthood, and the Emma Goldman Clinic remain committed to protecting the reproductive rights of Iowans to control their bodies and their lives, their health, and their safety —including filing a lawsuit to block this reckless, cruel law,” ACLU of Iowa Executive Director Mark Stringer said in a statement.
In the meantime, Planned Parenthood North Central States has said they will refer patients out of state if they’re scheduled for abortions in the next few weeks. The organization, the largest abortion provider in the state, will continue to provide care to patients who present before cardiac activity is detected.
There are limited circumstances under the measure that would allow for abortion after that point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected — such as rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality “incompatible with life;” and if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman.
For much of the morning and afternoon, chants from abortion advocates echoed through the rotunda and could be heard from rooms where state representatives and senators were meeting in the morning and afternoon. Members of the public for and against the bill alternated conveying their viewpoints to lawmakers from both chambers for nearly four hours in total.
Sara Eide of the Iowa Catholic Conference encouraged lawmakers to vote in favor.
“The unborn child is a distinct human life with her own value, with her own DNA, and with her own right to life and right to legal protections,” she said. “As a state and as a society, we should commit ourselves to protect all vulnerable populations wherever we find them.”
Hilary McAdoo, a fertility nurse, said her two daughters motivated her to voice her opposition Tuesday.
“Just because a person has the ability to become pregnant does not mean they should be forced to become a mother,” she said. “The people before me want to govern women’s bodies without understanding how they work.”
McAdoo called the six-week cutoff “impossible and irresponsible.”
Laws such as Iowa’s ban abortion when a “fetal heartbeat” can be detected, a concept that does not easily translate to medical science. That’s because at the point where advanced technology can detect that first visual flutter, the embryo isn’t yet a fetus, and it doesn’t have a heart. An embryo is termed a fetus beginning in the 11th week of pregnancy, medical experts say.
A district court found the 2018 law unconstitutional in 2019 based on rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and Iowa’s Supreme Court that had affirmed a woman’s fundamental constitutional right to abortion.
After both bodies overturned those rulings last year, the governor sought to reinstate the 2018 law. But the state’s high court deadlocked last month without ruling on the merits of an abortion ban, leaving the law permanently blocked.
And so Reynolds called lawmakers back to Des Moines.
Democratic lawmakers proposed amendments to the language to expand the exceptions, which were swiftly rejected.
“Iowa women are less free than they were a week ago and it’s because of the work of Republicans in the legislature and the governor,” said House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst, who voiced concerned that there will be instant chaos and confusion if and when the bill is signed into law.
“We will spend every day between now and Election Day letting voters know that the Republican Legislature was too extreme, went too far and voted against the interests of everyday Iowans,” she added.
Most Republican-led states have drastically limited abortion access in the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and handed authority on abortion law to the states. More than a dozen states have bans with limited exceptions and one state, Georgia, bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected. Several other states have similar restrictions that are on hold pending court rulings.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Brandon Rush had 18 points in Youngstown State’s 74-56 win against Northern Kentucky on Saturday night.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Hundreds of asylum seekers filed into a basketball arena in Portland on Monday as Maine's largest city deals with a months-long surge in immigration that has taxed its already limited housing market.
It's the second time in recent years that Portland has repurposed the Portland Exposition Building -- a century-old red-brick gym that houses a minor league basketball team and has hosted everyone from President John F. Kennedy to the Beach Boys -- to serve migrants. The floor of the arena was lined with cots as families carried in bags of clothes, food and personal possessions.
Communities around the country have been dealing with growing numbers of asylum seekers, and pending rule changes could mean more are coming. A COVID-19 pandemic rule that has suspended rights to seek asylum for many is slated to end in May.
It was a massive undertaking to make Portland's temporary shelter ready for asylum seekers, but it was not as frantic as in 2019, when the city ramped up in 24 hours, said Kristen Dow, Portland's director of health and human services.
But the local situation is nonetheless dire.
More than 1,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Portland so far this year, and the city is has been sheltering about 1,200 people per night. A new emergency shelter with 208 beds filled to capacity on its opening night last month, and, including the Exposition Building, the city has no more large spaces to use, Dow said.
Many of the asylum seekers are from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dow said.
Luvumbu Osvaldo, an immigrant from Angola, waited to enter the shelter on Monday while holding a child's backpack. Osvaldo said he's grateful for the safe housing.
“It is very good to be here,” Osvaldo said. “Definitely.”
The temporary shelter, open through August, will house up to 300 people per night, offering them a bed, three meals a day, health care screenings and immunizations.
“Once it fills up, the city doesn't have another space to open,” Dow said. “This is a temporary emergency shelter. There are a lot of smaller shelters around serving this population and we are grateful.”
The city wants newcomers to be realistic about services that it can provide, Dow said, adding she hopes another solution is found between now and August. For example, MaineHousing, an independent state housing authority, has provided funding to some local agencies to open a 280-bed space for asylum seekers.
Papy Bongibo, a leader in the city's Congolese community, said the reopening of the Portland Exposition Building shelter is a good short-term solution, but finding permanent housing for asylum seekers will be more challenging because apartments in the Portland area are scarce and often expensive.
“The problem is the housing. I understand they can't build housing in a day, right away,” he said. “But if you look at rents now, you can't rent in Portland.”
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Judge ends lobbying suit against casino developer Steve Wynn
By ERIC TUCKER
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to force longtime casino developer Steve Wynn to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work it said he conducted at the behest of the Chinese government during the Trump administration.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg did not address in his 20-page order whether Wynn was functioning as a Beijing agent. Instead, he said he agreed with Wynn’s lawyers that the department could not compel him now to register as a foreign agent because any relationship Wynn had with the Chinese government ended in 2017.
The order is a setback for stepped-up Justice Department efforts to enforce a decades-old law known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act. It requires anyone who lobbies on behalf of a foreign government or entity to register their work with the U.S. government.
“We are delighted that the District Court today dismissed the government’s ill-conceived lawsuit against Steve Wynn,” his lawyers, Reid Weingarten and Robert Luskin, said in a statement. “Mr. Wynn never acted as an agent of the Chinese government and never lobbied on its behalf.”
The Justice Department has said that it repeatedly advised Wynn over the past four years to register. It sued him in May to try to force him to do so, describing the suit as the first of its kind in more than three decades.
Wynn resigned in 2018 as chairman and CEO of the casino and resorts company bearing his name, after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
The complaint alleged that Wynn, a prolific Republican donor and onetime finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, lobbied then-President Donald Trump and members of his administration for several months in 2017 to expel from the United States a Chinese citizen who had been charged with corruption in China and was seeking political asylum in America. Efforts to send the man back to China were ultimately unsuccessful.
According to the complaint, the lobbying effort was conducted on behalf of senior Chinese government officials, including Sun Lijun, the then-vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security who sought Wynn’s help in trying to get the Chinese man’s new U.S. visa application denied.
The lobbying effort also included conversations over dinner with Trump and by telephone, and multiple visits to the White House by Wynn for apparently unscheduled meetings with the issue was discussed.
The complaint said Wynn was motivated to protect his business interests in China. At the time, his company owned and operated casinos in the Chinese territory of Macau. The government in Macau had restricted the number of gaming tables and machines that could be operated at Wynn’s casino, the Justice Department said, and he was scheduled to renegotiate licenses to operate casinos in 2019.
Lawyers for Wynn denied at the time of the suit that he had acted as an agent of the Chinese government or that he had had an obligation to register. They later moved to dismiss the lawsuit, noting that his relationship with the Chinese government had ended in 2017.
Wynn’s team cited a 1987 appeals court opinion suggesting that the obligation to register as a foreign agent terminates once the relationship with foreign entity has ended.
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Over a week after an off-duty cop attacked a Black candidate in Rhode Island, another Black leader in the state faces a targeted online harassment campaign. Rhode Island state Sen. Tiara Mack became a topic of conversation after a video of her twerking on a beach before jokingly signing off with “vote for Senator Mack” went viral.
There’s no mistaking this short clip for an official campaign video, or a serious ask for votes. State legislator or not, state Sen. Tiara Mack is not here for the online ridiculousness. In Tweets Monday, Mack seemingly shrugged off the faux outrage contrived in a political hit by conservative accounts across social media platforms.
But she quickly flipped the script and wondered why her twerking on her day off was the news versus any other significant moment in her short career in the Rhode Island legislature. NewsOne sent the senator a request for an interview and looks forward to chatting more about her first term in office and re-election campaign.
Focusing on the twerking and the joy with friends instead of why there is this alleged outrage feeds into misogynoir, essentially racist and sexist prejudice targeted at Black women. How dare a Black 28-year-old hang at the beach with her friends and “twerk something, shake something.”
Up until recent history, voters would be asked questions about which politician, usually presidential candidates, they would want to drink a beer with. There is an ingrained racial and gendered bias in who is entitled to be seen as fun and relatable as an elected official.
It’s also ridiculous that people feign fake outrage and denigrate Mack while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is subjecting public university students and staff to the modern-day thought police, among other things. All of this right after celebrating a holiday supposedly dedicated to freedom and independence.
Freedom of speech but just not for Tiara Mack.
But seriously, anyone covering the viral conversation around Mack should not only focus on her twerking on the beach as a part of a series of “silly day off” videos with friends. The context of why this has been blown out of proportion absolutely matters.
And the same types of people who will whine about freedom of speech and censorship are attacking a young Black woman for expressing herself. It’s hard work trampling on constitutional rights, but here’s a quick reminder that the First Amendment protects speech and expression.
The real question for voters and Mack’s supporters is where she stands on the issues.The reproductive justice advocate is a graduate of Brown University. Mack ran and defeated incumbent Harold Metts in the 2020 Democratic primary.
According to Ballotpedia, she won the 2020 general election in a landslide victory, beating her opponent by over 5,000 votes. Mack is now running for re-election. Rhode Island’s primary election is set for Sept. 13, 2022.
Supporters for a Republican running in the same district latched onto the outrage seizing the moment to try to gain more followers because *gasp* the queer Black elected official was twerking. Various accounts filled her social media with comments about how they wouldn’t vote for her or that she shouldn’t be elected.
“I literally won my election 60 percent to 40 percent,” she said to one troll. “I’m looking to get re-elected. Bye.”
The alleged outrage over a young senator having a bit of harmless fun is really about Mack’s politics. Without any context or information, the Libs of TikTok account tweeted the video to its over one million followers along with a note about Mack supporting pleasure-based sex-ed.
In a February interview with the Providence Journal, Mack explained that sex education should not come from a place of fear. She also wanted sex education to “affirmatively recognize pleasure-based sexual relations.” Parents had the opportunity to opt their children out.
Mack told the Providence Journal it was about helping students understand about having healthy boundaries and trusting their judgment, not usurping parents’ roles or any of the other accusations thrown around. The bill did not mandate a specific curriculum and could be tailored by the district.
Creating more inclusive sex-ed is not a new concept.
As explained in the February 2020 American Journal of Public Health, sex ed needs to provide students with more support to make healthy decisions. The journal advocates for U.S.-based sex education expanding to a sexual health framework than risk-focused.
“Sex education is the one school subject that is supposed to provide adolescents with the information and skills they need to navigate relationships, understand sex and sexuality, and find the resources they need for obtaining additional information and relevant health services,” read the article.
People reacting to the concept are putting their adult fears and idea of the word pleasure instead of considering how it is used in a technical sense. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has technical guidance on teaching about pleasure in human contact, including sex.
Other national standards suggest including language to help youth learn how to communicate and set healthy boundaries. Another reason for at least broaching the idea of pleasure in a controlled learning environment is to prevent youth from being misguided, noting the failure to use condoms for fear of “reducing pleasure.”
None of this means graphic or pornographic conversations, which is always the insinuation from the right. Particularly when rights to bodily autonomy are being attacked, younger people should have age-appropriate information to make better decisions.
Outrage fueling harassment of Tiara Mack is the point.
Even if you disagree with the idea, distorting the intent without fully understanding the potential harm is a problem. As previously reported by the Washington Post, the Libs of Tik Tok social media accounts are leveraged to stoke outrage and, in some cases, have encouraged harassment against various liberal and progressive candidates, causes and organizations. Ironically the account’s creator has expressed feeling concerned with targeting after helping to build a brand that has led to targeted harassment of many predominantly LGBTQ+ people around the country.
The account is a part of a broader online trend used to enrage conservatives in a one-sided “culture war” that is really about denying people their autonomy and humanity. It’s also about removing people in positions of power that do not align with their restrictive view of everything.
Also, the Twitter user that shared the video with Libs of TikTok is associated with a conservative Rhode Island parents group demanding state Senate leaders address Mack’s video. It’s clearly an election year grasp at straws.
But more to the point, many of the same environments that serve as a breeding ground for a conservative outrage are an entry point into the online spaces that fuel hate and violence of individuals like Buffalo and Highland Park shooters. Online hate is dangerous and increasingly targeting otherwise vulnerable communities.
The media shouldn’t feed trolls but give context where needed.
Sites purporting to provide news and information that simply posts this video or others without the context of the clear attack happening and why it’s even being blown up only further harassment. Posting about Mack’s twerk video without acknowledging the broader digital ecosystem at play is reckless.
It’s not enough to get people talking and being provocative when people’s real lives and work are at stake. Given all the things elected officials and candidates could do, twerking on their day off is the least of our concerns.
Similar attacks happened after Dr. Tarece Johnson was named chair of the Gwinnett County School Board. A compilation video of out-of-context TikToks was used to stoke fear and raise “concerns” among conservative parents and others.
Joy and fun aren’t new to civic engagement.
And while Mack’s clearly just having fun in the beachside video, there’s nothing wrong with talking about voting while twerking or dancing in general. Also, tapping into cultural references to connect with particular groups is not new. But culture organizing took center stage as a part of the organizing in the 2020 presidential election.
“Get Your Booty to the Poll” was launched by a group of exotic dancers in Atlanta who wanted to reach people who frequented strip clubs. The campaign drew criticism from many ahead of the 2020 election, but the dancers were undeterred. Respectability politics and politics of appeasement often leave voters behind.
Not everything is for everybody, and we shouldn’t expect people to hide who they are just to get elected. For all the clamoring about free speech and bodily autonomy that clearly only applies to people who don’t care about public health and safety or want the ability to denigrate and harass others.
As candidates get more diverse, with younger people coming into leadership, there are likely to be moments of joy being expressed in various age-appropriate ways. Maybe if more people could twerk upside down, including the person who snitched on Tiara Mack and put the video on the radar of right-wing trolls, the world would be a better place.
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WASHINGTON — To see full coverage of the 2023 State of the Union address, click here.
The text of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery, provided by the White House:
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Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second Gentleman.
Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our military.
Mr. Chief Justice, Associate Justices, and retired Justices of the Supreme Court.
And you, my fellow Americans.
I start tonight by congratulating the members of the 118th Congress and the new Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy.
Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working together.
I also want to congratulate the new leader of the House Democrats and the first Black House Minority Leader in history, Hakeem Jeffries.
Congratulations to the longest serving Senate Leader in history, Mitch McConnell.
And congratulations to Chuck Schumer for another term as Senate Majority Leader, this time with an even bigger majority.
And I want to give special recognition to someone who I think will be considered the greatest Speaker in the history of this country, Nancy Pelosi.
The story of America is a story of progress and resilience. Of always moving forward. Of never giving up.
A story that is unique among all nations.
We are the only country that has emerged from every crisis stronger than when we entered it.
That is what we are doing again.
Two years ago, our economy was reeling.
As I stand here tonight, we have created a record 12 million new jobs, more jobs created in two years than any president has ever created in four years.
Two years ago, COVID had shut down our businesses, closed our schools, and robbed us of so much.
Today, COVID no longer controls our lives.
And two years ago, our democracy faced its greatest threat since the Civil War.
Today, though bruised, our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken.
As we gather here tonight, we are writing the next chapter in the great American story, a story of progress and resilience. When world leaders ask me to define America, I define our country in one word: Possibilities.
You know, we’re often told that Democrats and Republicans can’t work together.
But over these past two years, we proved the cynics and the naysayers wrong.
Yes, we disagreed plenty. And yes, there were times when Democrats had to go it alone.
But time and again, Democrats and Republicans came together.
Came together to defend a stronger and safer Europe.
Came together to pass a once-in-a-generation infrastructure law, building bridges to connect our nation and people.
Came together to pass one of the most significant laws ever, helping veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
In fact, I signed over 300 bipartisan laws since becoming President. From reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, to the Electoral Count Reform Act, to the Respect for Marriage Act that protects the right to marry the person you love.
To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is no reason we can’t work together in this new Congress.
The people sent us a clear message. Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere.
And that’s always been my vision for our country.
To restore the soul of the nation.
To rebuild the backbone of America, the middle class.
To unite the country.
We’ve been sent here to finish the job.
For decades, the middle class was hollowed out.
Too many good-paying manufacturing jobs moved overseas. Factories at home closed down.
Once-thriving cities and towns became shadows of what they used to be.
And along the way, something else was lost.
Pride. That sense of self-worth.
I ran for President to fundamentally change things, to make sure the economy works for everyone so we can all feel pride in what we do.
To build an economy from the bottom up and the middle out, not from the top down. Because when the middle class does well, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy still do very well. We all do well.
As my Dad used to say, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about being able to look your kid in the eye and say, “Honey –it’s going to be OK,” and mean it.
So, let’s look at the results. Unemployment rate at 3.4%, a 50-year low. Near record low unemployment for Black and Hispanic workers.
We’ve already created 800,000 good-paying manufacturing jobs, the fastest growth in 40 years.
Where is it written that America can’t lead the world in manufacturing again?
For too many decades, we imported products and exported jobs.
Now, thanks to all we’ve done, we’re exporting American products and creating American jobs.
Inflation has been a global problem because of the pandemic that disrupted supply chains and Putin’s war that disrupted energy and food supplies.
But we’re better positioned than any country on Earth.
We have more to do, but here at home, inflation is coming down.
Here at home, gas prices are down $1.50 a gallon since their peak.
Food inflation is coming down.
Inflation has fallen every month for the last six months while take home pay has gone up.
Additionally, over the last two years, a record 10 million Americans applied to start a new small business.
Every time somebody starts a small business, it’s an act of hope.
And the Vice President will continue her work to ensure more small businesses can access capital and the historic laws we enacted.
Standing here last year, I shared with you a story of American genius and possibility.
Semiconductors, the small computer chips the size of your fingertip that power everything from cellphones to automobiles, and so much more. These chips were invented right here in America.
America used to make nearly 40% of the world’s chips.
But in the last few decades, we lost our edge and we’re down to producing only 10%. We all saw what happened during the pandemic when chip factories overseas shut down.
Today’s automobiles need up to 3,000 chips each, but American automakers couldn’t make enough cars because there weren’t enough chips.
Car prices went up. So did everything from refrigerators to cellphones.
We can never let that happen again.
That’s why we came together to pass the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act.
We’re making sure the supply chain for America begins in America.
We’ve already created 800,000 manufacturing jobs even without this law.
With this new law, we will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs across the country.
That’s going to come from companies that have announced more than $300 billion in investments in American manufacturing in the last two years.
Outside of Columbus, Ohio, Intel is building semiconductor factories on a thousand acres – a literal field of dreams.
That’ll create 10,000 jobs. 7,000 construction jobs. 3,000 jobs once the factories are finished.
Jobs paying $130,000 a year, and many don’t require a college degree.
Jobs where people don’t have to leave home in search of opportunity.
And it’s just getting started.
Think about the new homes, new small businesses, and so much more that will come to life.
Talk to mayors and Governors, Democrats and Republicans, and they’ll tell you what this means to their communities.
We’re seeing these fields of dreams transform the heartland.
But to maintain the strongest economy in the world, we also need the best infrastructure in the world.
We used to be #1 in the world in infrastructure, then we fell to #13th.
Now we’re coming back because we came together to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the largest investment in infrastructure since President Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System.
Already, we’ve funded over 20,000 projects, including at major airports from Boston to Atlanta to Portland.
These projects will put hundreds of thousands of people to work rebuilding our highways, bridges, railroads, tunnels, ports and airports, clean water, and high-speed internet across America.
Urban. Suburban. Rural. Tribal.
And we’re just getting started. I sincerely thank my Republican friends who voted for the law.
And to my Republican friends who voted against it but still ask to fund projects in their districts, don’t worry.
I promised to be the president for all Americans.
We’ll fund your projects. And I’ll see you at the ground-breaking.
This law will help further unite all of America.
Major projects like the Brent Spence bridge between Kentucky and Ohio over the Ohio River. Built 60 years ago. Badly in need of repairs.
One of the nation’s most congested freight routes carrying $2 billion worth of freight every day. Folks have been talking about fixing it for decades, but we’re finally going to get it done.
I went there last month with Democrats and Republicans from both states to deliver $1.6 billion for this project.
While I was there, I met an ironworker named Sara, who is here tonight.
For 30 years, she’s been a proud member of Ironworkers Local 44, known as the “cowboys of the sky” who built the Cincinnati skyline.
Sara said she can’t wait to be ten stories above the Ohio River building that new bridge. That’s pride.
That’s what we’re also building – Pride.
We’re also replacing poisonous lead pipes that go into 10 million homes and 400,000 schools and childcare centers, so every child in America can drink clean water.
We’re making sure that every community has access to affordable, high-speed internet.
No parent should have to drive to a McDonald’s parking lot so their kid can do their homework online.
And when we do these projects, we're going to Buy American.
Buy American has been the law of the land since 1933. But for too long, past administrations have found ways to get around it.
Not anymore.
Tonight, I’m also announcing new standards to require all construction materials used in federal infrastructure projects to be made in America.
American-made lumber, glass, drywall, fiber optic cables.
And on my watch, American roads, American bridges, and American highways will be made with American products.
My economic plan is about investing in places and people that have been forgotten. Amid the economic upheaval of the past four decades, too many people have been left behind or treated like they’re invisible.
Maybe that’s you, watching at home.
You remember the jobs that went away. And you wonder whether a path even exists anymore for you and your children to get ahead without moving away.
I get it.
That’s why we’re building an economy where no one is left behind.
Jobs are coming back, pride is coming back, because of the choices we made in the last two years. This is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America and make a real difference in your lives.
For example, too many of you lay in bed at night staring at the ceiling, wondering what will happen if your spouse gets cancer, your child gets sick, or if something happens to you.
Will you have the money to pay your medical bills? Will you have to sell the house?
I get it. With the Inflation Reduction Act that I signed into law, we’re taking on powerful interests to bring your health care costs down so you can sleep better at night.
You know, we pay more for prescription drugs than any major country on Earth.
For example, one in ten Americans has diabetes.
Every day, millions need insulin to control their diabetes so they can stay alive. Insulin has been around for 100 years. It costs drug companies just $10 a vial to make.
But, Big Pharma has been unfairly charging people hundreds of dollars – and making record profits.
Not anymore.
We capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare.
But there are millions of other Americans who are not on Medicare, including 200,000 young people with Type I diabetes who need insulin to save their lives.
Let’s finish the job this time.
Let’s cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it.
This law also caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare at a maximum $2,000 per year when there are in fact many drugs, like expensive cancer drugs, that can cost up to $10,000, $12,000, and $14,000 a year.
If drug prices rise faster than inflation, drug companies will have to pay Medicare back the difference.
And we’re finally giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. Bringing down prescription drug costs doesn’t just save seniors money.
It will cut the federal deficit, saving tax payers hundreds of billions of dollars on the prescription drugs the government buys for Medicare.
Why wouldn’t we want to do that?
Now, some members here are threatening to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act.
Make no mistake, if you try to do anything to raise the cost of prescription drugs, I will veto it.
I’m pleased to say that more Americans have health insurance now than ever in history.
A record 16 million people are enrolled under the Affordable Care Act.
Thanks to the law I signed last year, millions are saving $800 a year on their premiums.
But the way that law was written, that benefit expires after 2025.
Let’s finish the job, make those savings permanent, and expand coverage to those left off Medicaid.
Look, the Inflation Reduction Act is also the most significant investment ever to tackle the climate crisis.
Lowering utility bills, creating American jobs, and leading the world to a clean energy future.
I’ve visited the devastating aftermaths of record floods and droughts, storms and wildfires.
In addition to emergency recovery from Puerto Rico to Florida to Idaho, we are rebuilding for the long term.
New electric grids able to weather the next major storm.
Roads and water systems to withstand the next big flood.
Clean energy to cut pollution and create jobs in communities too often left behind.
We’re building 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations installed across the country by tens of thousands of IBEW workers.
And helping families save more than $1,000 a year with tax credits for the purchase of electric vehicles and energy-efficient appliances.
Historic conservation efforts to be responsible stewards of our lands.
Let’s face reality.
The climate crisis doesn't care if your state is red or blue. It is an existential threat.
We have an obligation to our children and grandchildren to confront it. I’m proud of how America is at last stepping up to the challenge.
But there’s so much more to do.
We will finish the job.
And we pay for these investments in our future by finally making the wealthiest and the biggest corporations begin to pay their fair share.
I’m a capitalist. But just pay your fair share.
And I think a lot of you at home agree with me that our present tax system is simply unfair.
The idea that in 2020, 55 of the biggest companies in America made $40 billion in profits and paid zero in federal income taxes?
That's simply not fair.
But now, because of the law I signed, billion-dollar companies have to pay a minimum of 15%.
Just 15%.
That’s less than a nurse pays. Let me be clear.
Under my plan, nobody earning less than $400,000 a year will pay an additional penny in taxes.
Nobody. Not one penny.
But there’s more to do.
Let’s finish the job. Reward work, not just wealth. Pass my proposal for a billionaire minimum tax.
Because no billionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a school teacher or a firefighter.
You may have noticed that Big Oil just reported record profits.
Last year, they made $200 billion in the midst of a global energy crisis.
It’s outrageous.
They invested too little of that profit to increase domestic production and keep gas prices down.
Instead, they used those record profits to buy back their own stock, rewarding their CEOs and shareholders.
Corporations ought to do the right thing.
That's why I propose that we quadruple the tax on corporate stock buybacks to encourage long term investments instead.
They will still make a considerable profit.
Let's finish the job and close the loopholes that allow the very wealthy to avoid paying their taxes.
Instead of cutting the number of audits of wealthy tax payers, I signed a law that will reduce the deficit by $114 billion by cracking down on wealthy tax cheats.
That’s being fiscally responsible.
In the last two years, my administration cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion - the largest deficit reduction in American history.
Under the previous administration, America’s deficit went up four years in a row.
Because of those record deficits, no president added more to the national debt in any four years than my predecessor.
Nearly 25% of the entire national debt, a debt that took 200 years to accumulate, was added by that administration alone.
How did Congress respond to all that debt?
They lifted the debt ceiling three times without preconditions or crisis.
They paid America’s bills to prevent economic disaster for our country.
Tonight, I’m asking this Congress to follow suit.
Let us commit here tonight that the full faith and credit of the United States of America will never, ever be questioned.
Some of my Republican friends want to take the economy hostage unless I agree to their economic plans. All of you at home should know what their plans are.
Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset every five years.
That means if Congress doesn’t vote to keep them, those programs will go away.
Other Republicans say if we don’t cut Social Security and Medicare, they’ll let America default on its debt for the first time in our history.
I won’t let that happen.
Social Security and Medicare are a lifeline for millions of seniors.
Americans have been paying into them with every single paycheck since they started working.
So tonight, let’s all agree to stand up for seniors. Stand up and show them we will not cut Social Security. We will not cut Medicare.
Those benefits belong to the American people. They earned them.
If anyone tries to cut Social Security, I will stop them. And if anyone tries to cut Medicare, I will stop them.
I will not allow them to be taken away.
Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.
Next month when I offer my fiscal plan, I ask my Republican friends to offer their plan.
We can sit down together and discuss both plans together.
My plan will lower the deficit by $2 trillion.
I won’t cut a single Social Security or Medicare benefit.
In fact, I will extend the Medicare Trust Fund by at least two decades.
I will not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year. And I will pay for the ideas I’ve talked about tonight by making the wealthy and big corporations begin to pay their fair share.
Look, here’s the deal. Big corporations aren’t just taking advantage of the tax code. They’re taking advantage of you, the American consumer.
Here’s my message to all of you out there: I have your back. We’re already preventing insurance companies from sending surprise medical bills, stopping 1 million surprise bills a month.
We’re protecting seniors’ lives and life savings by cracking down on nursing homes that commit fraud, endanger patient safety, or prescribe drugs they don’t need.
Millions of Americans can now save thousands of dollars because they can finally get hearing aids over-the-counter without a prescription.
Capitalism without competition is not capitalism. It is exploitation.
Last year I cracked down on foreign shipping companies that were making you pay higher prices for everyday goods coming into our country.
I signed a bipartisan bill that cut shipping costs by 90%, helping American farmers, businesses, and consumers.
Let’s finish the job.
Pass bipartisan legislation to strengthen antitrust enforcement and prevent big online platforms from giving their own products an unfair advantage.
My administration is also taking on “junk” fees, those hidden surcharges too many businesses use to make you pay more.
For example, we’re making airlines show you the full ticket price upfront and refund your money if your flight is cancelled or delayed.
We’ve reduced exorbitant bank overdraft fees, saving consumers more than $1 billion a year.
We’re cutting credit card late fees by 75%, from $30 to $8.
Junk fees may not matter to the very wealthy, but they matter to most folks in homes like the one I grew up in. They add up to hundreds of dollars a month.
They make it harder for you to pay the bills or afford that family trip.
I know how unfair it feels when a company overcharges you and gets away with it.
Not anymore.
We’ve written a bill to stop all that. It’s called the Junk Fee Prevention Act.
We’ll ban surprise “resort fees” that hotels tack on to your bill. These fees can cost you up to $90 a night at hotels that aren’t even resorts.
We’ll make cable internet and cellphone companies stop charging you up to $200 or more when you decide to switch to another provider.
We’ll cap service fees on tickets to concerts and sporting events and make companies disclose all fees upfront.
And we’ll prohibit airlines from charging up to $50 roundtrip for families just to sit together.
Baggage fees are bad enough - they can’t just treat your child like a piece of luggage.
Americans are tired of being played for suckers.
Pass the Junk Fee Prevention Act so companies stop ripping us off.
For too long, workers have been getting stiffed.
Not anymore.
We’re beginning to restore the dignity of work.
For example, 30 million workers had to sign non-compete agreements when they took a job. So a cashier at a burger place can’t cross the street to take the same job at another burger place to make a couple bucks more.
Not anymore.
We’re banning those agreements so companies have to compete for workers and pay them what they’re worth.
I’m so sick and tired of companies breaking the law by preventing workers from organizing.
Pass the PRO Act because workers have a right to form a union. And let’s guarantee all workers a living wage.
Let’s also make sure working parents can afford to raise a family with sick days, paid family and medical leave, and affordable child care that will enable millions more people to go to work.
Let’s also restore the full Child Tax Credit, which gave tens of millions of parents some breathing room and cut child poverty in half, to the lowest level in history.
And by the way, when we do all of these things, we increase productivity. We increase economic growth.
Let’s also finish the job and get more families access to affordable and quality housing.
Let’s get seniors who want to stay in their homes the care they need to do so. And give a little more breathing room to millions of family caregivers looking after their loved ones.
Pass my plan so we get seniors and people with disabilities the home care services they need and support the workers who are doing God’s work.
These plans are fully paid for and we can afford to do them.
Restoring the dignity of work also means making education an affordable ticket to the middle class.
When we made 12 years of public education universal in the last century, it made us the best-educated, best-prepared nation in the world.
But the world has caught up.
Jill, who teaches full-time, has an expression: “Any nation that out-educates us will out-compete us.”
Folks, you all know 12 years is not enough to win the economic competition for the 21st Century.
If you want America to have the best-educated workforce, let’s finish the job by providing access to pre-school for 3- and 4-year-olds.
Studies show that children who go to pre-school are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a 2- or 4-year degree, no matter their background.
Let’s give public school teachers a raise.
And we’re making progress by reducing student debt and increasing Pell Grants for working- and middle-class families.
Let’s finish the job, connect students to career opportunities starting in high school and provide two years of community college, some of the best career training in America, in addition to being a pathway to a four-year degree.
Let’s offer every American the path to a good career whether they go to college or not.
And folks, in the midst of the COVID crisis when schools were closed, let’s also recognize how far we’ve come in the fight against the pandemic itself.
While the virus is not gone, thanks to the resilience of the American people, we have broken COVID’s grip on us.
COVID deaths are down nearly 90%.
We’ve saved millions of lives and opened our country back up.
And soon we’ll end the public health emergency.
But we will remember the toll and pain that will never go away for so many. More than 1 million Americans have lost their lives to COVID.
Families grieving. Children orphaned. Empty chairs at the dining room table.
We remember them, and we remain vigilant.
We still need to monitor dozens of variants and support new vaccines and treatments.
So Congress needs to fund these efforts and keep America safe.
And as we emerge from this crisis stronger, I’m also doubling down on prosecuting criminals who stole relief money meant to keep workers and small businesses afloat during the pandemic.
Before I came to office many inspector generals who protect taxpayer dollars were sidelined. Fraud was rampant.
Last year, I told you the watchdogs are back. Since then, we’ve recovered billions of taxpayer dollars.
Now, let’s triple our anti-fraud strike forces going after these criminals, double the statute of limitations on these crimes, and crack down on identity fraud by criminal syndicates stealing billions of dollars from the American people.
For every dollar we put into fighting fraud, taxpayers get back at least ten times as much.
COVID left other scars, like the spike in violent crime in 2020, the first year of the pandemic.
We have an obligation to make sure all our people are safe.
Public safety depends on public trust. But too often that trust is violated.
Joining us tonight are the parents of Tyre Nichols, who had to bury him just last week. There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a child.
But imagine what it’s like to lose a child at the hands of the law.
Imagine having to worry whether your son or daughter will come home from walking down the street or playing in the park or just driving their car.
I’ve never had to have the talk with my children – Beau, Hunter, and Ashley – that so many Black and Brown families have had with their children.
If a police officer pulls you over, turn on your interior lights. Don’t reach for your license. Keep your hands on the steering wheel.
Imagine having to worry like that every day in America.
Here’s what Tyre’s mom shared with me when I asked her how she finds the courage to carry on and speak out.
With faith in God, she said her son “was a beautiful soul and something good will come from this.”
Imagine how much courage and character that takes.
It’s up to us. It’s up to all of us.
We all want the same thing.
Neighborhoods free of violence.
Law enforcement who earn the community’s trust.
Our children to come home safely.
Equal protection under the law; that’s the covenant we have with each other in America.
And we know police officers put their lives on the line every day, and we ask them to do too much.
To be counselors, social workers, psychologists; responding to drug overdoses, mental health crises, and more.
We ask too much of them.
I know most cops are good. decent people. They risk their lives every time they put on that shield.
But what happened to Tyre in Memphis happens too often.
We have to do better.
Give law enforcement the training they need, hold them to higher standards, and help them succeed in keeping everyone safe.
We also need more first responders and other professionals to address growing mental health and substance abuse challenges.
More resources to reduce violent crime and gun crime; more community intervention programs; more investments in housing, education, and job training.
All this can help prevent violence in the first place.
And when police officers or departments violate the public’s trust, we must hold them accountable.
With the support of families of victims, civil rights groups, and law enforcement, I signed an executive order for all federal officers banning chokeholds, restricting no-knock warrants, and other key elements of the George Floyd Act.
Let’s commit ourselves to make the words of Tyre’s mother come true, something good must come from this.
All of us in this chamber, we need to rise to this moment.
We can’t turn away.
Let’s do what we know in our hearts we need to do.
Let’s come together and finish the job on police reform.
Do something.
That was the same plea of parents who lost their children in Uvalde: Do something on gun violence.
Thank God we did, passing the most sweeping gun safety law in three decades.
That includes things that the majority of responsible gun owners support, like enhanced background checks for 18 to 21-year-olds and red flag laws keeping guns out of the hands of people who are a danger to themselves and others.
But we know our work is not done.
Joining us tonight is Brandon Tsay, a 26-year-old hero.
Brandon put off his college dreams to stay by his mom’s side as she was dying from cancer. He now works at a dance studio started by his grandparents.
Two weeks ago, during Lunar New Year celebrations, he heard the studio’s front door close and saw a man pointing a gun at him.
He thought he was going to die, but then he thought about the people inside.
In that instant, he found the courage to act and wrestled the semi-automatic pistol away from a gunman who had already killed 11 people at another dance studio.
He saved lives. It’s time we do the same as well.
Ban assault weapons once and for all.
We did it before. I led the fight to ban them in 1994.
In the 10 years the ban was law, mass shootings went down. After Republicans let it expire, mass shootings tripled.
Let’s finish the job and ban assault weapons again.
And let’s also come together on immigration and make it a bipartisan issue like it was before.
We now have a record number of personnel working to secure the border, arresting 8,000 human smugglers and seizing over 23,000 pounds of fentanyl in just the last several months.
Since we launched our new border plan last month, unlawful migration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela has come down 97%.
But America’s border problems won’t be fixed until Congress acts.
If you won’t pass my comprehensive immigration reform, at least pass my plan to provide the equipment and officers to secure the border. And a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, those on temporary status, farm workers, and essential workers.
Here in the people’s House, it’s our duty to protect all the people’s rights and freedoms.
Congress must restore the right the Supreme Court took away last year and codify Roe v. Wade to protect every woman’s constitutional right to choose.
The Vice President and I are doing everything we can to protect access to reproductive health care and safeguard patient privacy. But already, more than a dozen states are enforcing extreme abortion bans.
Make no mistake; if Congress passes a national abortion ban, I will veto it.
Let’s also pass the bipartisan Equality Act to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity.
Our strength is not just the example of our power, but the power of our example. Let’s remember the world is watching.
I spoke from this chamber one year ago, just days after Vladimir Putin unleashed his brutal war against Ukraine.
A murderous assault, evoking images of the death and destruction Europe suffered in World War II.
Putin’s invasion has been a test for the ages. A test for America. A test for the world.
Would we stand for the most basic of principles?
Would we stand for sovereignty?
Would we stand for the right of people to live free from tyranny?
Would we stand for the defense of democracy?
For such a defense matters to us because it keeps the peace and prevents open season for would-be aggressors to threaten our security and prosperity. One year later, we know the answer.
Yes, we would.
And yes, we did.
Together, we did what America always does at our best.
We led.
We united NATO and built a global coalition.
We stood against Putin’s aggression.
We stood with the Ukrainian people.
Tonight, we are once again joined by Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States. She represents not just her nation, but the courage of her people.
Ambassador, America is united in our support for your country. We will stand with you as long as it takes.
Our nation is working for more freedom, more dignity, and more peace,
not just in Europe, but everywhere.
Before I came to office, the story was about how the People’s Republic of China was increasing its power and America was falling in the world.
Not anymore.
I’ve made clear with President Xi that we seek competition, not conflict.
I will make no apologies that we are investing to make America strong. Investing in American innovation, in industries that will define the future, and that China’s government is intent on dominating.
Investing in our alliances and working with our allies to protect our advanced technologies so they’re not used against us.
Modernizing our military to safeguard stability and deter aggression.
Today, we’re in the strongest position in decades to compete with China or anyone else in the world.
I am committed to work with China where it can advance American interests and benefit the world.
But make no mistake: as we made clear last week, if China’s threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country. And we did.
And let’s be clear: winning the competition with China should unite all of us. We face serious challenges across the world.
But in the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker.
Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.
America is rallying the world again to meet those challenges, from climate and global health, to food insecurity, to terrorism and territorial aggression.
Allies are stepping up, spending more and doing more.
And bridges are forming between partners in the Pacific and those in the Atlantic. And those who bet against America are learning just how wrong they are.
It’s never a good bet to bet against America.
When I came to office, most everyone assumed bipartisanship was impossible. But I never believed it.
That’s why a year ago, I offered a Unity Agenda for the nation.
We’ve made real progress.
Together, we passed a law making it easier for doctors to prescribe effective treatments for opioid addiction.
Passed a gun safety law making historic investments in mental health.
Launched ARPA-H to drive breakthroughs in the fight against cancer,
Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and so much more.
We passed the Heath Robinson PACT Act, named for the late Iraq war veteran whose story about exposure to toxic burn pits I shared here last year.
But there is so much more to do. And we can do it together.
Joining us tonight is a father named Doug from Newton, New Hampshire.
He wrote Jill and me a letter about his daughter Courtney. Contagious laugh. Her sister’s best friend.
He shared a story all too familiar to millions of Americans.
Courtney discovered pills in high school. It spiraled into addiction and eventually her death from a fentanyl overdose.
She was 20 years old.
Describing the last eight years without her, Doug said, “There is no worse pain.”
Yet their family has turned pain into purpose, working to end stigma and change laws.
He told us he wants to “start the journey towards America’s recovery.”
Doug, we’re with you.
Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year.
Let’s launch a major surge to stop fentanyl production, sale, and trafficking, with more drug detection machines to inspect cargo and stop pills and powder at the border.
Working with couriers like Fed Ex to inspect more packages for drugs. Strong penalties to crack down on fentanyl trafficking.
Second, let’s do more on mental health, especially for our children. When millions of young people are struggling with bullying, violence, trauma, we owe them greater access to mental health care at school.
We must finally hold social media companies accountable for the experiment they are running on our children for profit.
And it’s time to pass bipartisan legislation to stop Big Tech from collecting personal data on kids and teenagers online, ban targeted advertising to children, and impose stricter limits on the personal data these companies collect on all of us.
Third, let’s do more to keep our nation’s one truly sacred obligation: to equip those we send into harm’s way and care for them and their families when they come home.
Job training and job placement for veterans and their spouses as they return to civilian life.
Helping veterans afford their rent because no one should be homeless in this country, especially not those who served it.
And we cannot go on losing 17 veterans a day to the silent scourge of suicide.
The VA is doing everything it can, including expanding mental health screenings and a proven program that recruits veterans to help other veterans understand what they’re going through and get the help they need.
And fourth, last year Jill and I re-ignited the Cancer Moonshot that President Obama asked me to lead in our Administration.
Our goal is to cut the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years. Turn more cancers from death sentences into treatable diseases. And provide more support for patients and families.
It’s personal for so many of us.
Joining us are Maurice and Kandice, an Irishman and a daughter of immigrants from Panama.
They met and fell in love in New York City and got married in the same chapel as Jill and I did.
Kindred spirits.
He wrote us a letter about their little daughter Ava.
She was just a year old when she was diagnosed with a rare kidney cancer.
26 blood transfusions. 11 rounds of radiation. 8 rounds of chemo. 1 kidney removed.
A 5% survival rate.
He wrote how in the darkest moments he thought, “if she goes, I can’t stay.”
Jill and I understand, like so many of you.
They read how Jill described our family’s cancer journey and how we tried to steal moments of joy where you can.
For them, that glimmer of joy was a half-smile from their baby girl. It meant everything.
They never gave up hope.
Ava never gave up hope. She turns four next month.
They just found out that Ava beat the odds and is on her way to being cancer free, and she’s watching from the White House tonight.
For the lives we can save and for the lives we have lost, let this be a truly American moment that rallies the country and the world together and proves that we can do big things.
Twenty years ago, under the leadership of President Bush and countless advocates and champions, we undertook a bipartisan effort through PEPFAR to transform the global fight against HIV/AIDS. It’s been a huge success.
I believe we can do the same with cancer.
Let’s end cancer as we know it and cure some cancers once and for all.
There’s one reason why we’re able to do all of these things: our democracy itself.
It’s the most fundamental thing of all.
With democracy, everything is possible. Without it, nothing is.
For the last few years our democracy has been threatened, attacked, and put at risk.
Put to the test here, in this very room, on January 6th.
And then, just a few months ago, unhinged by the Big Lie, an assailant unleashed political violence in the home of the then-Speaker of this House of Representatives. Using the very same language that insurrectionists who stalked these halls chanted on January 6th.
Here tonight in this chamber is the man who bears the scars of that brutal attack, but is as tough and strong and as resilient as they get.
My friend, Paul Pelosi.
But such a heinous act never should have happened.
We must all speak out. There is no place for political violence in America. In America, we must protect the right to vote, not suppress that fundamental right. We honor the results of our elections, not subvert the will of the people. We must uphold the rule of the law and restore trust in our institutions of democracy.
And we must give hate and extremism in any form no safe harbor.
Democracy must not be a partisan issue. It must be an American issue.
Every generation of Americans has faced a moment where they have been called on to protect our democracy, to defend it, to stand up for it.
And this is our moment.
My fellow Americans, we meet tonight at an inflection point. One of those moments that only a few generations ever face, where the decisions we make now will decide the course of this nation and of the world for decades to come.
We are not bystanders to history. We are not powerless before the forces that confront us. It is within our power, of We the People. We are facing the test of our time and the time for choosing is at hand.
We must be the nation we have always been at our best. Optimistic. Hopeful. Forward-looking.
A nation that embraces, light over darkness, hope over fear, unity over division. Stability over chaos.
We must see each other not as enemies, but as fellow Americans. We are a good people, the only nation in the world built on an idea.
That all of us, every one of us, is created equal in the image of God. A nation that stands as a beacon to the world. A nation in a new age of possibilities.
So I have come here to fulfil my constitutional duty to report on the state of the union. And here is my report.
Because the soul of this nation is strong, because the backbone of this nation is strong, because the people of this nation are strong, the State of the Union is strong.
As I stand here tonight, I have never been more optimistic about the future of America. We just have to remember who we are.
We are the United States of America and there is nothing, nothing
beyond our capacity if we do it together.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council (MACRC) today announced a major victory in the fight against wage theft and tax fraud in the building trades. Acting on information provided by the MACRC, the Illinois Department of Labor is requiring a bulk storage contractor to pay nearly $500,000 back to its workers for failing to meet state-certified prevailing wage and benefit rates.
The case involves Beecher-based Bulk Storage, Inc. which specializes in bulk storage structures for salt, sand, and fertilizer. The Illinois Department of Labor (DOL) reached a settlement with Bulk Storage ordering the company to provide back pay to their employees after the MACRC filed charges alleging multiple violations of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act. The charges stem from Bulk Storage projects funded with taxpayer dollars. Some of the projects where Bulk Storage was caught paying less than prevailing wage include a storage dome facility for the City of West Chicago, a salt barn for Dundee Town Road District, and a public works building for Elk Grove Village.
Under DOL's terms, Bulk Storage is forced to pay its workers an additional $483,828, plus $85,000 in penalties to the DOL.
"Wage theft and the loss of tax revenue hurts us all," said MACRC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Gary Perinar. "It exploits workers, many of whom are unaware of their right to receive fair wages and benefits to support themselves and their families. It puts signatory union contractors at a disadvantage against unscrupulous contractors who lowball bids through fraudulent practices. And it cheats communities out of much-needed tax dollars to fund new projects and public services. Thanks to our research team for uncovering these injustices against working families and to the Department of Labor for enforcing the law."
The Prevailing Wage Act requires contractors and subcontractors to pay laborers, workers and mechanics employed on PUBLIC WORKS construction projects no less than the general prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar character in the county where the work is performed.
"The Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council is proud of the wins we've helped facilitate against contractors who try to cheat the system," said Perinar. "Our tax fraud department is dedicated to rooting out cases of wage theft and we will continue to pursue them aggressively."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal that would require him to testify about illicit business practices at the former president's company, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the Trump Organization over several years, including untaxed perks like rent, car payments and school tuition.
The plea deal would require the Weisselberg speak in court Thursday about the company's role in the alleged compensation arrangement and possibly serve as a witness when the Trump Organization goes on trial in October on related charges, the people said.
The two people were not authorized to speak publicly about the case and did so on condition of anonymity.
Weisselberg, 75, is likely to receive a sentence of five months in jail, to be served at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island complex, and he could be required to pay about $2 million in restitution, including taxes, penalties and interest, the people said. If that punishment holds, Weisselberg would be eligible for release after about 100 days.
Messages seeking comment were left with the Manhattan district attorney’s office and lawyers for Weisselberg and the Trump Organization.
Weisselberg is the only person to face criminal charges so far in the Manhattan district attorney's long-running investigation of the company's business practices.
Long seen as one of Trump's most loyal business associates, Weisselberg was arrested in July 2021. His lawyers have argued the Democrat-led district attorney’s office was punishing him because he wouldn’t offer information that would damage Trump.
The district attorney has also been investigating whether Trump or his company lied to banks or the government about the value of its properties to obtain loans or reduce tax bills.
Former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who started the investigation, last year directed his deputies to present evidence to a grand jury and seek an indictment of Trump, according to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who previously led the probe.
But after Vance left office, his successor, Alvin Bragg, allowed the grand jury to disband without charges. Both prosecutors are Democrats. Bragg has said the investigation is continuing.
The Trump Organization is not involved in Weisselberg's expected guilty plea Thursday and is scheduled to be tried in the alleged compensation scheme in October.
Prosecutors alleged that the company gave untaxed fringe benefits to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
Under state law, punishment for the most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, could carry a penalty as high as 15 years in prison. But the charge carries no mandatory minimum, and most first-time offenders in tax-related cases never end up behind bars.
The tax fraud charges against the Trump Organization are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe. The Republican has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
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GREENSBORO — Guilford County commissioners haven't given up on the idea of getting voters to approve a sales tax increase, even after voters rejected one in May's election.
At the request of the commissioners, local legislators are trying again to pass a bill — for Guilford County only — that might make an increase more appealing to voters by allowing the county to specify that the increase would be used for schools. The sales tax increase that failed in May was intended to help pay for $1.7 billion in bonds for school construction that voters approved that same election.
Melvin "Skip" Alston, chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, said that if the bill passes, commissioners would seek a sales tax referendum in 2023.
Alston said he favors a sales tax increase as a way to spread out the burden of paying for school construction. Only property owners pay property taxes, but other county residents and people who come to the county to make purchases also pay sales tax, he said.
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He said that if voters would approve a sales tax increase, he would support decreasing property taxes by the same amount.
Local leaders have long theorized that voters would be more likely to agree to a sales tax increase to help pay for school construction debt if they could say on the ballot that it would go to the schools.
Right now that's not legally possible, despite repeated attempts by local legislators of both parties to get bills passed in the North Carolina legislature to allow it.
N.C. Sen. Michael Garrett, D-Greensboro, is trying again this session, with a bill co-sponsored by fellow Greensboro Democrat, Sen. Gladys Robinson. Senate Bill 913 would allow the county to bind itself to use money from a potential future quarter-cent sales tax increase solely for the purpose of capital outlay for public schools. Capital outlay is money spent on assets like buildings or equipment.
If the commissioners chose to do so, the ballot language would specify the use as for "only public school capital outlay purposes."
In that circumstance, the bill would also require the county to maintain at least the level of capital outlay expenditures for public schools as it had in the fiscal year prior to the referendum.
Garrett's bill also includes a provision that the General Assembly give $25,000 to Guilford County to prepare for a referendum. He said he included that because he said every bill has to be a budget item for the legislature's summer short session.
He said he assumed that if the bill passed, commissioners would forward the money to the Guilford County Board of Elections, to be used for expenses like printing sample ballots.
Garrett said that he filed the bill at the request of the county commissioners and that he supports the measure because he thinks it would bring better transparency to voters.
A similar bill, House Bill 120, filed by Rep. Jon Hardister, R-Whitsett, passed the House last year but has remained stuck in the Senate since.
Garrett said that he and other members of Guilford County's delegation have been working to try to persuade other lawmakers to support the measure. He said one of the previous issues the bill has faced is some legislators thinking that the bill itself is a tax increase. He said they are trying to do a better job of educating lawmakers about that this time around, and to share their motivation about supporting transparency.
Since 2020, Guilford County commissioners have twice placed school bond referendums and sales tax increases on the same ballot. The first was when Republicans had the majority of the board and the second was after Democrats became the dominant party on the board.
In both circumstances, the school bond referendums passed while the sales tax meant to help pay for them did not, despite efforts in both cases by county commissioners and others to let people know that the commissioners planned to use the money to pay for the school bonds.
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With expectations reaching otherworldly levels after Lionel Messi’s injury-time heroics in his debut, the magic maestro gets set to take on Atlanta United in his second match as an Inter Miami player.
Messi’s last-gasp, long-range free-kick winner on Friday against Cruz Azul perfectly encapsulated his unrivaled ability to to turn fantasy into reality, making the improbable look elementary.
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Inter Miami vs. Atlanta United Leagues Cup odds: Lionel Messi best props
High expectations follow elite players everywhere they go.
But Messi isn’t your typical top-tier player. He creates an aura of inevitability; his mere presence is matched only by his unparalleled skill set and ability to harness the untold pressure most mortals would crumple under.
Messi’s winner on Friday was the 63rd free-kick goal of his decorated career. Many expected his long-range effort to find the goal, a testament to his god-like aptitude. Even during training scoring a free kick from that distance is not a simple feat.
Sprinkle in the other complexities, like the sweltering heat, his first Inter Miami action, the timing of the strike, and the fact the outcome of the match was riding on that single moment, puts into focus the feat’s hair-raising grandiosity.
So what should sports bettors expect from Messi’s encore performance when he suits up against Atlanta United in Tuesday’s Leagues Cup encounter?
Messi’s debut saw him introduced in the 56th minute, providing the diminutive maestro just 34 minutes plus stoppage time to impact proceedings. The same scenario will not occur tonight, as Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino will invariably select Messi as the first player on Inter Miami’s team sheet.
Starting the match will provide Messi the platform to dictate ongoings from kick-off, a foreboding prospect for visiting Atlanta, who have the MLS’ most porous defense.
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Lionel Messi props: Anytime goalscorer (-120 or better)
Atlanta United has conceded 39 goals in 24 MLS matches. While tonight’s encounter is a cup match, don’t expect the visitors to improve their shoddy defensive body of work. Even Inter Miami, the bottom feeder of the entire league, has a better defensive record.
Expect Messi to feast on United’s lackluster defense like a famished lion with an injured fawn in his crosshairs. He had .26 XGs against Cruz Azul during his 36-minute cameo on Friday but still managed to score. His expected goals tally will probably never be that low again, especially considering he’ll take his rightful place in the starting 11.
If you’re feeling a bit more bold, and who wouldn’t with Messi pulling the strings, back the magician scoring two goals, which yields a return of at least $550 on a $100 wager.
Lionel Messi props: Three or more shots on target (+180 at DraftKings)
If you’re looking for a slightly safer option, Messi to get at least two shots on target sits at -175. Before playing it safe, consider this. Messi notched two shots on target in 34 minutes of action during his debut. Now he’s had time to warm up and adapt to his new environment. In addition, he should be on the pitch for at least 60 minutes, maybe more.
And for the piece de resistance: Messi is playing against arguably North America’s worst, most penetrable collective defensive unit. Now ask yourself, would Messi take the safer option?
Lionel Messi props: Race to five corners (+100 or better)
Ok, so this pick isn’t explicitly considered a Messi prop, but its outcome is based significantly on the magician’s on-field impact. With his outlandish ability to boss the ball, especially against an inferior rearguard, Messi should consistently put Atlanta United on the back foot.
In theory, that should directly correlate to an increased number of corners from the home side, at least in the opening half. Messi might be withdrawn at some point during the second half, but Inter Milan should have already won the race to five corner kicks by then.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge rang in opening day the same way he marked many nights last season: with a home run.
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In his first game as New York Yankees captain, Judge hit a solo drive in the first inning off San Francisco's Logan Webb on Thursday, a 422-foot shot into the netting above Monument Park in center field.
Judge took a strike on the 39-degree day at Yankee Stadium, then hit a thigh-high cutter on the outside part of the plate for a 109 mph drive and his first opening day home run.
Judge hit an American League record 62 home runs last year, one more than Roger Maris' total with the 1961 Yankees.
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He became a free agent and considered signing with his home-area Giants, then struck a $360 million, nine-year deal to remain with the Yankees.
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If the third episode of this season of ‘P-Valley‘ showed us anything, it’s that things are definitely about to change for the Pynk and those who are involved with it. One person this is surely the case for is the one time main attraction of the club, Mercedes (Brandee Evans). Early in the episode, she was forced to make a decision she probably hoped she’d never have to. With her injury still healing and seeing her dance studio dreams quickly slip away, she took Coach up on his offer that he made her in the first season. The deal was for Mercedes to have sex with Coach on the weekends in exchange for ten thousand dollars. Mercedes made sure to emphasize that she wanted his wife, Farrah there to be included in any agreement they made. Although their introduction was rocky (they made Mercedes sign an NDA), the two ladies eventually hit it off after Mercedes admired Farrah’s artistic skills and had a somewhat deep conversation to clear the air on the situation and where they stood. They hit it off so well that Coach suggested Farrah stay and watch Mercedes show her skills. Farrah agreed and the situation quickly became a steamy threesome.
The fun didn’t last long as Mercedes received a call from her daughter Terricka (A’zaria Carter), who had been arrested for underage driving her other mother Shelle. Earlier in the episode, we see Terricka pulling up to her grandmother’s church to pick up food. She asks for an extra box for a “neighbor” which is a bit suspicious, but her grandmother Patrice (Harriett D. Foy) doesn’t seem to worried that her granddaughter is lying. In another instance before her arrest, Terricka calls Mercedes to ask when she would start teaching cheerleading again. At that point, we get our first glimpse of Shelle passed out on the couch. Once she makes sure that her daughter and Shelle don’t go to jail, Mercedes helps Shelle sober up by spraying her face full of water. They have a discussion about Terricka’s past. It is revealed that Mercedes lied about her age to Terricka’s father Cortez. Shelle admits that she only kept Terricka all the time she has because Cortez specifically asked her to. He also didn’t want Mercedes to have anything to do with Terricka. Terricka overheard the entire conversation and decided to approach her birth mother and get some answers. Mercedes couldn’t deny the fact that her daughter was right for being upset that she never came back to get her. She couldn’t offer any more excuses and confessed to her faults. So what happens next with Terricka? Is the day she’s been waiting for when she can move in with her mother approaching? What’s the status on Mercedes, Coach and Farrah’s agreement since Mercedes left in the middle of their wild night? We will definitely have to see.
In a completely different state, the Dirty Dozen tour kicked off. The first stop of the tour was in New Orleans and Lil Murda (J. Alphonse Nicholson) and Keyshawn (Shannon Thornton) got a special introduction from Big Freedia. The tour seemed to be going very well as the performers traveled through the South turning up club after club. Keyshawn was enjoying the freedom she was getting by not having to be up under her abusive baby father, Derrick. The positivity came to a screeching halt when the tour got to Memphis though. Lil Murda’s security, Big Teak (John Clarence Stewart) gets into a scuffle with ex gang member turned enemy, Pico. Pico makes a comment about Lil Murda’s sexuality that causes the altercation in which Teak is shot. After the violence subsides, we learn more about the two men’s history. Teak apparently killed someone in jail who stabbed Lil Murda. He expressed how the only reason he made it through was because of Lil Murda’s raps. The two have a touching relationship and it’s fair to question if it’s strictly as bros or if there’s something more. We know it’s the latter for Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan). Keyshawn and Lil Murda share a heartwarming moment where Lil Murda is at a loss for words trying to write a postcard. He can’t come up with the words to say and Keyshawn basically lets him know to follow his heart. As the episode ends, we see that the postcard from New Orleans isn’t the first. Lil Murda has been sending postcards the whole time he’s been on tour. How will things play out for Lil Murda with Uncle Clifford once he returns to Chucalissa? In the same vein, will him and Teak have to answer to anyone for the violence that took place in Memphis?
Before receiving the postcard at the end of the episode, Uncle Clifford had other issues to deal with. Her and Hailey (Elarica Johnson) finally seemed to be on the same page. The two agree to a 69-31% split of ownership. Their first official decisions together come when they assign Big Bone (Miracle Watts) to be the new acting DJ at the Pynk and fellow new girls Whisper (Psalams Salazar) and Roulette (Gail Bean) as the new headliners until Mercedes injury is completely healed. These two, Roulette specifically, continue to do whatever they want at the Pynk. The episode starts with Roulette deciding to break one of Uncle Clifford’s rules by giving a man “sloppy top” in one of the private rooms. Word gets out and before you know it, customers are requesting her services aloud to other strippers. She breaks another one of Clifford’s rules when she exposed her breasts on the main stage. We could also be seeing the beginning of a new relationship between her and Duffy (Gidget’s boyfriend from the first season). The two share two moments where it seems as if they’re both each other’s type of trouble. Does Roulette have a drug problem we don’t know about yet? How much more does Whisper know that she’s not telling at the moment? How will Uncle Clifford and Hailey handle the new girls and the Pynk overall moving forward?
Another decision Uncle Clifford and Hailey made was that they would continue holding out on selling the Pynk until they got the absolute right offer. This didn’t sit well with Andre (Parker Sawyers) and Corbin (Dan Johnson), who seem to have their own plan hatching that includes Andre running to be the mayor or Chucalissa against Corbin’s brother Wayne (Josh Ventura) and Corbin footing the bill. Speaking of Wayne, he had an eventful episode beefing with Patrice. First, she interuppted his speech as he was trying to gather support of the new casino they were still looking to build. He believes it will bring a lot of money to town but Patrice believes that it won’t help the community at all. After Patrice makes a spectacle and leaves the other church ‘s leaders in a confused state of mind, Wayne strikes back. He comes to her church and has it shut down immediately due to the fact that they were breaking COVID guidelines for social distancing. How will the power struggle for the mayor Chucalissa play out? Is the casino going to happen and if so, where does that leave the Pynk? There are so many questions we still need answered and in the coming weeks, we will surely see a lot of these situations play out.
What’d you think about this week’s episode and what are you expecting to happen next week? Slide in the comments and let us know! We’ll be back next week for the recap of Episode 4!
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Biden to open Summit of the Americas with economic pitch amid tensions over guest list
President Biden arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday to formally open the Summit of the Americas with a plan to revive Latin American economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as his administration is navigating fallout from a partial boycott of the conference by key regional leaders.
In remarks officially kickstarting the summit, Biden is set to unveil an economic framework that the White House asserts will mobilize private investment in the region, strengthen supply chains, create clean energy jobs and address climate change, according to a senior administration official.
The president is also expected to lay out plans to reinvigorate the Inter-American Development Bank and strengthen health security, including training 500,000 public health and medical professionals within five years.
The Latin American and Caribbean region was among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for more than 40% of the total global reported deaths, according to the White House. The region has also grappled with economic collapse, amplified by global inflation, as well as environmental disasters and political instability.
Biden will take the stage at Microsoft Theater before at least 23 heads of state from the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, Brazil and Argentina. Notably missing will be Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who announced Monday he would skip the event and instead send his foreign minister. Obrador is boycotting the summit over the White House decision to exclude antidemocratic leaders from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
The leaders of Bolivia, Guatemala and Honduras are also not attending — dealing a blow to Biden’s efforts to reassert U.S. leadership in the region on issues of economic cooperation, migration and climate change.
White House officials insist the controversy over the guest list will not undermine the president’s efforts to boost the region’s economies. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced nearly $2 billion in new private investment in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, bringing the total in corporate pledges for investment in the region to $3.2 billion since she began the initiative last year.
The president’s economic framework, however, is unlikely to satisfy those looking for more trade access. Administration officials emphasized that it builds on existing free trade agreements but declined to say how much the U.S. would invest in the plan. The framework has yet to have any countries sign on as participants.
“We’re not negotiating a trade agreement that would go to Congress but rather building on existing agreements to actually promote a race to the top,” a White House official said, insisting that the plan will receive widespread support among some countries in the region.
U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters aboard Air Force One that Biden would make a financial commitment to the private sector financing arm of the Inter-American Development Bank. That funding would be used to enhance the region’s infrastructure and clean energy, as well as access to digital technology.
Biden is also expected to preview in his speech a migration declaration that will be unveiled on Friday. The declaration comes as a caravan of thousands of migrants, mostly from Central America, Venezuela and Haiti, sets off near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala earlier this week to protest their conditions.
The administration has struggled to manage a record flow of migrants at the U.S. southern border over the last year. Border officials made nearly 202,000 apprehensions in April, a slight drop from March but a 22-year high.
The declaration is expected to include commitments from the region’s leaders to host the record number of migrants moving through their countries, White House officials said. It’s unclear which countries will end up signing on to the plan. White House officials are adamant that Mexico, Latin America’s second-most populous country and a key U.S. partner in migration management, will participate.
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Suspect breaks window to steal Kia from Tremont, Cleveland Police say
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A car theft suspect is on the loose after stealing a woman’s Kia while she was at work in Tremont, Cleveland Police confirmed.
The woman parked her 2020 Kia Forte in the 2200 block of Literary Road on July 11 and went to work, said police.
She returned at 11 p.m. to find that her car was stolen, according to police.
Police said a video captured a suspect pulling up in a black 2013 Hyundai Sonata around 9 p.m. before breaking the window of the Kia and stealing it.
Take a close look at the surveillance photos of the suspect shared by the Cleveland Division of Police Second District Community Relations Committee:
Call Det. Murphy at 216-623-5217 if you recognize this suspect or have any other information on this car theft.
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DETROIT (AP) — The Buffalo Bills crashed Detroit’s Thanksgiving party, making themselves at home for their second victory in five days at Ford Field.
Tyler Bass made a tiebreaking 45-yard field goal with 2 seconds left after missing an extra point late in the fourth quarter, lifting Buffalo to a 28-25 win over Detroit on Thursday.
“It was very deja vu-ish,” said Josh Allen, who set up the game-winning kick by starting the drive with a 36-yard pass to Stefon Diggs and running twice for 12 yards. Allen led the Bills with 78 rushing yards.
The Bills were back in the Motor City after the NFL moved their previous home game against Cleveland because a winter storm dumped several feet of snow in western New York.
Buffalo became the third NFL team to play two games in five or fewer days on the road in the same stadium, and the first to win both.
And the Bills equaled the number of wins Detroit has this season at its indoor stadium.
Buffalo (8-3) has won two straight — after losing two in a row — to move a half-game ahead of Miami in the AFC East.
After Bass made the game-winning kick, Allen and Diggs embraced on the sideline.
“Let’s get back to having fun again,” Diggs recalled telling Allen after making eight catches for 77 yards and a score. “We got away from that a little bit.”
Allen threw a go-ahead, 5-yard touchdown pass to Diggs with 2:40 left, but Bass missed the extra point to make it 25-22 after the kicker matched his and the franchise record with six field goals in an eight-point win over the Browns on Sunday.
Allen had a passing and rushing touchdown in the first half, finishing 24 of 42 for 253 yards to more than make up for throwing his 11th interception of the season. He has accounted for 162 touchdowns, trailing only Hall of Famer Dan Marino’s total of 171 for the most by an NFL player in his first five seasons.
The Lions converted fourth-and-1 from midfield with Amon-Ra St. Brown’s 7-yard end-around to set up Michael Badgley’s game-tying, 51-yard field goal with 23 seconds to go. Badgley missed a 29-yard field goal late in the third and Jared Goff took a sack for a safety in the same quarter and those mistakes proved to be costly.
Detroit (4-7) missed an opportunity to win four straight games for the first time since 2016 and lost a franchise-record sixth straight game on Thanksgiving.
”I told them this one should sting,” coach Dan Campbell said. “We had a chance to win and we didn’t make it, but I don’t think this was a step backward. I’m frustrated, but we’re getting better. ”
PIVOTAL PLAYER
Buffalo defensive tackle Ed Oliver forced and recovered a fumble in the first half, leading to Allen’s tiebreaking, 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Oliver also sacked Goff for a safety, three plays after Allen threw an interception at the Detroit 4, to put the Bills ahead 19-14 early in the third quarter.
INSTANT IMPACT
The Lions promoted linebacker James Houston from the practice squad and he became the first player in franchise history to have more than one sack in his NFL debut.
CODE RED
Allen’s interception in the third quarter was the sixth turnover for Buffalo in the red zone, surpassing the total it had the previous three seasons.
INJURIES
Bills: Edge rusher Von Miller (right knee) and LT Dion Dawkins (knee) left the game with injuries, and coach Sean McDermott said he didn’t have an update on their status.
Lions: DE Julian Okwara (elbow) was hurt during the game and Campbell said CB Jerry Jacobs left the game after he felt dizzy.
UP NEXT
Bills: Play at New England on Thursday night.
Lions: Play Jacksonville at home on Dec. 4.
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NEW YORK -- Elizabeth Whelan -- the sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been detained in Russia for more than four years -- attended the UN Security Council meeting that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired on Monday, CNN reported.
"I am here to tell Russia: free Paul Whelan," Elizabeth Whelan said in remarks prior to the meeting.
Lavrov arrived to address the international body as Russia continues its brutal invasion of Ukraine, and less than a month after Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The US State Department has designated both Gershkovich and Whelan as wrongfully detained.
Russia, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month, scheduled the meeting to highlight the principles of the UN charter. Each month the Security Council's presidency rotates among the 15 members.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has described Russia's Security Council presidency this month as "an April Fool's joke." She said the US would move to push back on Russia seeking to use its presidency to spread disinformation.
Speaking ahead of Monday's meeting, Elizabeth Whelan said that her brother "has not committed a crime, but a crime has been committed against him."
She was joined by Thomas-Greenfield, as well as the Irish and Canadian ambassadors to the UN. Paul Whelan has US, Irish, Canadian and British citizenship.
"Paul was a corporate security director. He had a job he loved, a home, a life of hope and opportunity. All that has been taken away from him by Russia, a country that revels in its culture of lies, its tradition of hostage diplomacy," Elizabeth Whelan said.
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"I am here today to tell the global community that one way to engage in effective multilateralism is to confront those countries that resort to hostage diplomacy," she added.
Thomas-Greenfield said in her remarks prior to the meeting that it was "impossible to ignore the giant elephant in the room: Russia."
"Russia, the convener of today's meeting, invaded its neighbors in Ukraine and struck at the heart of the UN Charter. And Russia, time and time again, has violated universal human rights and fundamental freedoms both outside and inside its own borders -- that includes arbitrarily detaining political activists, journalists and opposition leaders as well as the wrongful detention of American citizens," she said.
"There's a human cost to Russia's violation of international norms, to its barbaric practice of using people as political pawns. That cost is borne by those detained but also by their family and friends as Paul's sister here with me today can attest to," Thomas-Greenfield said.
Earlier this month, Thomas-Greenfield spoke with her Russian counterpart at the UN to express the US demand that Gershkovich be released immediately.
The US government was unable to secure Whelan's release last year when it brought home two other Americans who had been wrongfully detained in Russia -- Trevor Reed in April and Brittney Griner in December. Elizabeth Whelan has urged the Biden administration to do more to free her brother.
"Paul Whelan deserves better than he is getting for results. He has the White House attention to his case and now he needs the White House to get the job done," she said in a video posted to Facebook earlier this month.
Elizabeth Whelan also said that her family has "repeatedly seen the US government talk about lines beyond which they will not go to bring Paul Whelan back to Michigan." But she said that such lines had been "erased" to bring Reed and Griner home.
As tensions continue to rise between Russia and the US, Lavrov and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have no plans to meet on the sidelines of Monday's meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Sunday, according to RIA, a Russian state-owned domestic news agency.
"There are no such plans. By and large, we do not have an agenda with the Americans for discussion at the ministerial level at the moment," the deputy minister told reporters, according to RIA's reporting.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Talks to revive Tehran's tattered nuclear accord with world powers in Vienna ended Monday as the parties closed a final text and the Iranian negotiator prepared to return to his capital, diplomats said.
Russian Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov, who has represented Moscow’s interests in the talks, said the European Union had circulated “the final text” of the agreement to revive the landmark nuclear deal, which granted Iran sanctions relief in exchange for tight curbs on its nuclear program.
The parties “now need to decide if the draft is acceptable for them,” Ulyanov wrote on Twitter. “In case of no objection the nuclear deal will be restored.”
Iran struck the nuclear deal in 2015 with the U.S., France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China.
Iran's chief negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, would shortly fly back to Tehran for consultations, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said. At the top of Iran's theocracy is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who would have the final say on any deal.
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Former Republican Senate candidate and Afghanistan war veteran Sam Brown is considering a second bid for the U.S. Senate, this time to unseat Nevada's other vulnerable Democratic senator, Jacky Rosen, a source close to Brown confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday.
Fox also obtained an email invitation Brown sent earlier in the day for a July 10 event in Reno, Nevada, where he will make a "special announcement."
"These last two years I’ve had the honor of traveling around our state and listening to Nevadans one-on-one. Whether at homes, schools, or businesses, they tell me they are deeply concerned with the direction our country is headed," Brown wrote in the invitation.
GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SHREDS ‘IDIOTIC’ CALLS TO END AMERICAN BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
"While everyday families are struggling with inflation, failing schools, and public safety concerns, D.C. politicians are completely disconnected from the reality that families live every day. Something has to change!" he wrote.
"Nevadans see the damage caused by failed politicians, who serve special interests instead of listening to you and me. Their message to me has been loud and clear: they want someone to stand up for them and lead," he added.
Brown is a retired Army captain and a Purple Heart recipient who sustained serious injuries from an IED explosion during a 2008 deployment in Afghanistan, which left his face severely burned.
TRUMP CAMPAIGN RAISES EYE-POPPING AMOUNT WHILE BATTLING DUAL INDICTMENTS, MULTIPLE GOP CHALLENGERS
As a first time Senate candidate in 2022, he came in second to former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt in the Republican primary, losing 56% to 34%. Laxalt went on to lose narrowly to incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
Laxalt, a longtime ally of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s steering the Never Back Down super PAC that’s backing the governor’s 2024 presidential bid, has indicated he won’t make another Senate run next year.
Should Brown enter the race, he will be the fourth candidate to enter the Republican field, which includes former state assemblyman Jim Marchant.
The Nevada Senate seat currently held by Rosen is considered a top target for Republicans in 2024, similar to 2022, as the party looks to capitalize on President Biden's unpopularity across the country. Cortez Masto won re-election with just 49% of the vote and by a margin of less than 8,000 votes. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/wounded-us-army-vet-considering-another-senate-bid-to-unseat-vulnerable-nevada-democrat/article_3cfa894a-e196-57ee-943d-ade36d5bf963.html | 2023-07-06 00:42:03 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/wounded-us-army-vet-considering-another-senate-bid-to-unseat-vulnerable-nevada-democrat/article_3cfa894a-e196-57ee-943d-ade36d5bf963.html |
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, is pleased to announce the promotion of Brad Tingey to Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, as well as the appointment of Randy Herrel Jr. to Group Vice President, Finance. Based in GSF's Irvine, California corporate headquarters and partnering with all GSF business units across the globe, Brad now leads all accounting, tax and financial planning and reporting functions, while Randy oversees operational performance measurement to ensure alignment on growth and operational priorities.
"Brad is a fantastic source of accounting and finance knowledge and a leading change agent within the GSF Global Finance team, as he has strengthened collaboration with business groups across the world," said Joe. "He has developed trusted relationships with our operations leaders across the enterprise. Exemplary of the Creed and Values, he is a servant leader and friend to all of us at GSF."
A GSF associate since 2013, Brad has played a key role in building a team of very talented professionals with the technical skills and business acumen required for effectively guiding the financial affairs of GSF's global portfolio of companies. In his expanded role, Brad collaborates with GSF leadership in pursuit of streamlined, insightful, and actionable management reporting, while continuing to focus on areas such as working capital management.
Brad previously earned a promotion in 2019 to serve as GSF's Corporate Vice President, Finance, after helping lead business analysis and development of various business models for GSF. Earlier in his career, Brad held various managerial roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Southern California and New Jersey over the course of a decade. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree of accountancy.
Prior to joining GSF, Randy led budget and forecast planning, while providing expertise in mergers and acquisitions and operations planning as Vice President, Finance for telematics technology company Spireon, Inc. in Irvine, California. His previous finance leadership experience includes Los Angeles-based roles with Kneon, Inc. and Irwin Naturals, where he worked closely with the CFO to develop a five-year strategic growth plan.
Additionally, Randy worked in a variety of financial analyst and consulting positions in Southern California with Pharmavite LLC, UBS Financial Services, Inc., Oaktree Capital Management, and the Santa Catalina Island Company. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California and his master's degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame.
"We are all excited to have Randy join our high-performing Corporate Finance and Accounting team, as we focus on delivering value to all stakeholders," said Tingey. "Randy's background positions him to lead and to contribute to all of our business groups to deliver even better performance in the future. Randy's values align well with those of our company, so we are confident that he will lead and drive towards our vision of excellence in accordance with our culture."
About Golden State Foods
Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, feeds one billion people every day! Headquartered in Irvine, California, the multi-national company is values-based with proven performance in superior quality, innovation, and customer service. Established in 1947, GSF and its family of companies currently service 200+ leading brands (125,000+ restaurants/stores in more than 50 countries) from its 50 locations on five continents. Its core businesses include: manufacturing of liquid products, protein, produce, dairy/aseptic, and provides custom distribution services. The company employs approximately 6,000 associates and is management-owned and run. Golden State Foods also operates a national non-profit organization, the GSF Foundation.
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, June 3, 2022
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FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Norman OK
1124 PM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022
...The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Flood
Advisory for the following rivers in Oklahoma...Texas...
Red River near Burkburnett affecting Wichita, Jefferson, Tillman,
Clay and Cotton Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around and find an
alternative route.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Red River near Burkburnett.
* WHEN...From this evening to early Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 8.0 feet, Near bankfull conditions extend along the
Red River near Davidson... Oklahoma downstream to areas near
Burkburnett and Taylor... Oklahoma.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 4.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 7.3 feet early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall to 6.3 feet and begin rising
again Friday morning. It will rise to 6.5 feet early Friday
afternoon. It will then fall again and remain below flood
stage.
- Action stage is 7.0 feet.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of northwest Texas, including the following
county, Motley.
* WHEN...Until 100 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
- At 1123 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in and around the city of Matador and along Highway
70 between between Turkey and Matador. Between 1.5 and 2
inches of rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Matador.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Cass County
through 1215 AM CDT...
At 1124 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Linden, or 16 miles west of Atlanta, moving east at 10
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Atlanta, Linden, Queen City, Bivins, Douglassville, Domino, Bryans
Mill and Red Hill.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3329 9446 3328 9442 3326 9439 3326 9435
3325 9428 3324 9426 3324 9423 3326 9424
3323 9409 3291 9417 3307 9454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 280DEG 9KT 3317 9444
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
* WHERE...A portion of the Panhandle of Texas, including the
following counties, Briscoe and Hall.
* WHEN...Until midnight CDT.
- At 1125 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area.
Between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
Turkey, Caprock Canyon State Park and Valley Schools.
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Cerebral palsy football in Ghana offers escape from stigma
Emmanuel Ayamga
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For many children in Ghana, cerebral palsy can mean a lifetime of exclusion, particularly from the world of sports. But one club in the country is trying to change all that.
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"You have to always be alert," says goalkeeper Sayuti Alhassan, who stands smartly in his blue boots and dark gloves. "You know you're deficient on one side. You can dive and save the ball when it's played towards your stronger hand. For the other side, if you don't act fast you concede."
Like many kids from Ghana, Sayuti fell in love with football right from infancy. He used to mooch around the house kicking any object in sight, which forced his parents to buy him a ball as soon as he could take his first steps.
But all that effervescence and ebullience faded when Sayuti was nearing his fourth birthday. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP), the most common motor disability in childhood that affects a person's ability to move and maintain balance and posture, subsequently losing the use of his left arm and leg.
Throughout his time in school, Sayuti was considered a "sickler" by his mates and teachers. His parents also barred him from any physical activities for fear of escalating his condition and, according to him, "they never spared me any time when they caught me playing."
But Sayuti's dream of becoming a footballer would be reinvigorated by the chance sighting of a physically-challenged sportsman. "I saw a goalkeeper for an amputee team and realized he was only using one hand," he told DW.
"That was when it dawned on me that I could also do it. So I started playing again. When I discovered there was a CP football team around, I decided to join them."
Cerebral palsy club offers hope
Sayuti is now one of 30 players on the books of the Ayawaso CP football club, the first and only organized CP team in Ghana.
Founded four years ago by Emmanuel Akpabli, the Nima-based club accommodates footballers with different types of cerebral palsy. The club is on a mission to give young people with CP a purpose, provided they have the passion and talent to play.
With no functioning CP football league in the country, the team usually trains by engaging non-disabled lower-division teams in friendly matches. Akpabli has been running the club with his own finances and although there's been very little support, he maintains that he finds joy in putting a smile on the faces of the players under his care.
Studying sports with cerebral palsy
"When you look at the nature of their disability, they go looking for jobs and nobody wants to give them jobs. So they put their all here [in CP football]," Akpabli said.
Like many professional clubs, Ayawaso CP recruits its players through scouting. Others were also picked from the streets, where they were homeless, while some parents were just happy to bring their children to a place where their conditions are not judged and stereotyped.
"Some of the kids don't have friends to play with," said head coach Abdul Karim Mustapha. "The stigmatisation is so much that, when parents hear we have time for people with special needs, they're surprised, so they quickly call and bring them to join the team."
Such is the talent in the team that Ghana's CP national team draws on a number of its players.
Cerebral palsy rates high in Ghana
According to Ghana's Population and Housing Census data, one child in every three households has a disability and is not in school because of their condition. Cases of cerebral palsy, in particular, are also very high in the country, accounting for one in every 300 newborns.
The Center for Learning and Childhood Development estimates that 85% of children with CP in Ghana have no formal education because they don't meet the basic functional capabilities the government requires for school enrolments.
Sport has often offered an escape but unlike other para-sports like athletics, amputee football, wheelchair cycling and goalball, CP football is quite new in Ghana.
But Akpabli says plans are underway to set up more CP football clubs across the country. The goal is to welcome all people with cerebral palsy who wish to play football, irrespective of their location.
Already, Ghana is one of the few African countries with a CP national team. The country's first-ever CP football game was against rivals Nigeria, a match they lost 7-0.
The long-term goal of the Ghana Cerebral Palsy Football Federation is to qualify for the IFCPF World Cup or the IFCPF World Championships, which are the two biggest competitions for CP national team
But CP football remains one of the least financed in the West African country. Internal wrangling amongst the hierarchy of the Ghana Cerebral Palsy Football Federation has also created a leadership crisis that is hurting the development of the sport.
Disability sport struggles for funding
And while Ghana's non-disabled national teams continue to be spoiled with finances — the men's national football team spent $5.1 million at the Qatar 2022 World Cup — CP football and other para-sports get very little support from the government and usually rely on the benevolence of individuals.
"We need more CP football teams around; to even have a league and to promote those interested and bring them out of the streets. There are many of them on the streets, the stigmatisation they face alone is not easy," club coach Mustapha adds.
Meanwhile, Sayuti, whose idol is Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois, says he'll "keep on training and waiting for my opportunity."
It's all he can do for now. CP football is fledgling in Ghana but with no support system in place, all the players have is the dream of bigger stages to showcase their talent. Even if things aren't looking up at the moment. | https://www.dw.com/en/cerebral-palsy-football-in-ghana-offers-escape-from-stigma/a-65157364 | 2023-03-30 08:02:23 | 1 | https://www.dw.com/en/cerebral-palsy-football-in-ghana-offers-escape-from-stigma/a-65157364 |
PITTSBURGH — Editor's note: The above video is from May 27.
The Cleveland Guardians traded infielder Yu Chang to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for cash.
Chang had been designated for assignment last week.
Once a promising prospect for Cleveland, the 26-year-old Chang played in just four games for the Guardians this season and struck out seven times in 10 at-bats. He also missed time after being placed on the COVID-19 list.
Chang batted .228 with nine homers and 39 RBIs in 89 games for Cleveland in 2021. His strong finish — seven homers and 25 RBIs — in the final three months put him in position to win a utility job this season.
However, Owen Miller's strong spring training pushed Chang aside and now he'll get a fresh start with the Pirates.
Chang batted .208 with 10 homers and 46 RBIs in 131 games over four seasons with Cleveland. | https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/pittsburgh-pirates-acquire-yu-chang-cleveland-guardians-mlb-trade/521-d9342a71-a915-4a45-ba14-b932a15072a7 | 2022-05-30 18:59:44 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/pittsburgh-pirates-acquire-yu-chang-cleveland-guardians-mlb-trade/521-d9342a71-a915-4a45-ba14-b932a15072a7 |
The body of a man who was reported missing at the Lucky Peak Reservoir on July 31 has been found, according to the Ada County Coroner's Office.
Jose Nunez, 47, was recovered from the water by Bruce's Legacy, a volunteer organization providing emergency assistance and recovery operations for drowned victims, near the Spring Shores Marina, at the Lucky Peak Reservoir on Aug. 22, around 2:14 p.m.
Nunez's cause of death has yet to be determined, but the Ada County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is investigating the incident.
Nunez was the most recent drowning to be reported at Lucky Peak this summer. According to the ACSO, there have been three people reported missing in their jurisdiction of Lucky Peak.
Shortly after Nunez was reported missing, KTVB spoke with his girlfriend Sarah Gracia Mendoza who recounted the day he went missing.
“We went out to the lake to have fun. I was out on jet skis and he went out with a couple of friends," Mendoza said. "They got off the boat to swim and he went under never came back up."
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Nunez was not wearing a life jacket at the time he went missing.
“He was an amazing person, he was an amazing person," Mendoza told KTVB. "A lot of people loved him. He was always smiling and always happy and it's hard to know that he's just gone."
Mendoza created a GoFundMe to raise money to help cover funeral expenses for Nunez.
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LONDON (AP) — The U.K fell silent for two minutes on Remembrance Sunday as King Charles III led the nation in honoring servicemen and women who lost their lives in past conflicts.
Big Ben chimed 11 times to mark the start of the silence as thousands of veterans, including some who had served during the World War II looked on solemnly under gray London skies.
Their number gets fewer each year – adding poignancy to the appearance of Charles, leading the ceremony for the first time since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September. She had served as a mechanic and truck driver during the last months of World War II, and continued to join the annual commemoration in London well into her 90s.
The veterans, with brightly shined shoes and medals gleaming on their lapels, watched Charles lay a newly designed wreath of poppies at the foot of the Cenotaph, London’s war memorial. Other royals, including the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Wessex, as well as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the leader of the opposition also laid wreaths.
Many thousands thronged the streets of London to watch the occasion and join in the silence, though they applauded when 10,000 veterans later marched past.
Remembrance Sunday is marked every year in the U.K. on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day on Nov. 11 with the wearing of poppies and a national two-minute silence observed at 11 a.m. It marks the moment the guns fell silent in 1918 at the end of World War I.
Officials said this year’s service is dedicated both to fallen soldiers in wars past and to Ukrainians fighting against Russia’s invasion.
“We must never forget those who gave their lives in defense of our values and our great nation,” said Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. “All of us will also be thinking of those brave Ukrainians who are fighting for their very own survival to defend freedom and democracy for all, just as the U.K. and Commonwealth soldiers did in both world wars.” | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-king-charles-iii-leads-remembrance-sunday-to-honor-veterans/ | 2022-11-14 09:56:39 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-king-charles-iii-leads-remembrance-sunday-to-honor-veterans/ |
TEXAS, USA — Governor Greg Abbott appointed Joshua Hamby as the District Attorney for the 118th Judicial District.
The district covers Howard, Martin and Glasscock counties. The term will last until December 31, 2024. Hamby is from Big Spring and has been the Howard County Attorney since 2009.
Hamby received a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from Texas Tech University, and a Juris Doctor from Texas Wesleyan School of Law. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/governor-abbott-appoints-joshua-hamby-as-118th-judicial-district-attorney/513-aff2ec58-8d0a-406b-b603-05ad68b7d3f7 | 2023-05-02 13:15:09 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/governor-abbott-appoints-joshua-hamby-as-118th-judicial-district-attorney/513-aff2ec58-8d0a-406b-b603-05ad68b7d3f7 |
Virtual TechShopz offer fun, interactive learning in programming, databases, coding and more
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Girls in middle school can explore the possibilities of technology to empower their future careers during a series of free, interactive workshops hosted this month by TechGirlz, a program of CompTIA Spark.
Four virtual workshops in a variety of technology skills are planned. The workshops, led by tech industry professionals, community leaders and students, are open to girls in grades 5 through 8.
"TechGirlz' vision is to create a world where girls have a lifelong passion and confidence in their use of technology throughout their lives and future careers," said Charles Eaton, CEO, CompTIA Spark. "Our TechShopz sessions offer hands-on learning for middle school girls to explore a variety of topics, each designed to spark their interest and unlock their potential."
Here is the lineup for January's free TechShopz. (All times Eastern)
Intro to Arduino Programming (Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) – Low-cost microcontrollers, such as the Arduino, have revolutionized the way we connect the real and virtual worlds. The credit-card sized Arduino board can be used in robotics to control sensors or to create wearable technology. In this workshop, students will use the TinkerCAD Arduino simulator to create projects that include LED lights and buzzers. Coding experience is not required.
SQL: Explore & Command Databases (Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) – Did you know that most of the world's data is stored in databases? This includes school grades, Yelp's list of local pizza shops, music downloads, and much more. In this workshop, students will learn about a database structure, and more importantly, how you can get the database to answer your questions! The lesson will be hands-on and focus on standard SQL statements that can be used with any database software.
You Can Code! (Jan. 26, 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) – Girls who are just beginning to code or want to start but don't know where to begin are encouraged to join us and dive right in because coding is A-MAZE-ing! In this workshop, students will use Snap, a drag and drop language to interface with the memory of the computer to build a maze, exploring algorithmic thinking, control structures, and block-based coding.
Introduction to JavaScript (Jan. 31, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) – JavaScript is what makes the web move. JavaScript is used to make apps, interactive websites, responsive animations, web games… pretty much whatever you can think up. In this course, girls will explore the basic concepts of JavaScript, learn to talk directly to a website, and create their own JavaScript program.
Visit https://s.comptia.org/3ZMZWGT for complete details on these programs, including registration and requirements for computers and internet access.
CompTIA Spark, a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, is a social impact organization that works to unlock people's potential though technology. It aims to bringing high quality tech education to youth — whatever their background — making tech exciting, accessible and inclusive while building skills and confidence for life. CompTIA Spark is the first U.S. nonprofit to receive a multi-year grant from The Spectris Foundation, the UK-based registered charity that champions access to a high-quality STEM education around the world. CompTIA Spark was founded in 1998 by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the IT industry and workforce. Learn more at comptiaspark.org.
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Twitter executives put profit ahead of security, opening the platform to infiltration by foreign agents and hackers, the company's former head of security told Congress on Tuesday.
"Twitter leadership is misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators and even its own board of directors," Peiter "Mudge" Zatko told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "The company's cybersecurity failures make it vulnerable to exploitation, causing real harm to real people."
In a federal whistleblower complaint made public last month, Zatko accused the company of lax security practices, neglecting user privacy, misleading regulators in violation of a 2011 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, and knowingly employing foreign government agents who had access to internal systems and data.
The complaint has raised alarm bells in Washington, given the platform's role as a place where government leaders, dissidents and businesses turn to get their message out.
Zatko's disclosures have also thrown a new twist into Twitter's legal battle with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is trying to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the company. The billionaire has seized on Zatko's claims as further justification for walking away from the purchase without penalty.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, revealed at Tuesday's hearing that the FBI had warned Twitter that a Chinese agent was on its payroll, a previously undisclosed detail from Zatko's complaint.
Zatko said Twitter struggled to identify potential infiltration by foreign agents and typically was only able to do so when notified by outside agencies. The company was "unwilling to put the effort in" to hunt down bad actors, he said.
In his testimony, Zatko painted a portrait of a company beset by widespread security issues and unable to understand the extent and implications of the data it collects.
"Twitter was a company that was managed by risk and by crises, instead of one that manages risk and crises. It would react to problems too late," Zatko testified.
Twitter's leaders were unwilling or unable to grapple with the scale of the problem and ignored warnings from him and other employees, Zatko said, accusing them of prioritizing business over security.
He quoted writer Upton Sinclair, saying: "It is difficult to get someone to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding something."
The committee called the hearing soon after Zatko filed his whistleblower complaint.
"Twitter is an immensely powerful platform that cannot afford gaping security vulnerabilities," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the committee chairman, said on Tuesday. He compared Twitter to a bank, saying users reasonably expect the company to protect the information they use when they sign up for accounts.
Grassley, the committee's ranking member, slammed Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal for turning down an invitation to testify alongside Zatko. He said the CEO had declined due to Twitter's court battle with Musk.
"The business of this committee and protecting Americans from foreign influence is more important than Twitter's civil litigation in Delaware," Grassley said. "If these allegations are true, I don't see how Mr. Agrawal can maintain his position at Twitter."
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment on Zatko's testimony on Tuesday. The company has previously said Zatko was fired for poor performance and that his complaint is "riddled with inaccuracies," and "opportunistically seeking to inflict harm."
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Winning Powerball numbers for Saturday, April 29, 2023. No winner, jackpot grows to $60M
The Powerball lottery jackpot is growing once again after nobody matched all six numbers on Wednesday.
Will you be the game's next millionaire?
The numbers are in for the Saturday, April 29 lottery jackpot worth an estimated $51 million, with a cash option of $27.1 million.
Mega Millions numbers:Winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday, April 28, 2023. No winner, jackpot grows to $52M
Powerball winning numbers for 4/29/23
The winning numbers for Saturday night's drawing are 16, 53, 54, 57, 65, and the Powerball is 8. The Power Play was 2X.
Did anyone win Powerball last night, April 29, 2023?
Nobody matched all six numbers to win the Powerball jackpot.
Zero tickets matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million.
Double Play numbers are 3, 13, 36, 50, 61, and the Powerball is 16.
Nobody matched all six numbers. One ticket purchased in Puerto Rico matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $500,000.
How many numbers in Powerball do you need to win a prize?
You only need to match one number in Powerball to win a prize. However, that number must be the Powerball worth $4.
What do I do if I get 2 numbers on Powerball?
Matching two numbers won't win anything in Powerball unless one of the numbers is the Powerball. A ticket matching one of the five numbers and the Powerball is also worth $4.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The Powerball jackpot for Monday rose to an estimated $60 million with a cash option of $32.3 million, according to powerball.com.
Drawings are held three times per week at approximately 10:59 p.m. ET every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
How to play Powerball
Here's how to play Powerball:
Powerball's last jackpot winner
Here is the list of 2023 Powerball jackpot wins, according to powerball.com:
- $754.6 million — Feb. 6; Washington.
- $162.6 million — Mar. 4; Virginia.
- $252.6 million — April 19; Ohio.
Powerball numbers:Winning Powerball numbers for Wednesday, April 26, 2023. No winner, jackpot rises to $51M
Top 10 Powerball lottery jackpots
Here are the all-time top 10 Powerball jackpots, according to powerball.com:
- $2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
- $1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $768.4 million — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
- $754.6 million — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington.
- $731.1 million — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
- $699.8 million — Oct. 4, 2021; California.
- $687.8 million — Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York.
- $632.6 million — Jan. 5, 2022; California, Wisconsin.
- $590.5 million — May 18, 2013; Florida.
Top 10 U.S. lottery jackpots
Here are the nation's all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
- $2.04 billion, Powerball — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
- $1.586 billion, Powerball — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions — Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina.
- $1.35 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 13, 2023; Maine.
- $1.337 billion, Mega Millions — July 29, 2022; Illinois.
- $1.05 billion, Mega Millions — Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan.
- $768.4 million, Powerball — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million, Powerball — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
- $754.6 million, Powerball — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington.
- $731.1 million, Powerball — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2023/04/29/powerball-winning-numbers-4-28-23-lottery-jackpot-drawing-results-saturday-april-28/70165632007/ | 2023-04-30 04:54:02 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2023/04/29/powerball-winning-numbers-4-28-23-lottery-jackpot-drawing-results-saturday-april-28/70165632007/ |
Last June, Jay Comfort flew to the United States from his home in Switzerland to attend his only daughter's wedding. But the week before the ceremony — on a Friday evening — Comfort said he found himself in "excruciating pain."
"I tried to gut it out for three hours because of the insurance situation," said Comfort, a retired teacher and American citizen who has Swiss insurance.
When the pain became unbearable, Comfort called his brother, who drove him and his wife, Nazuna, a few miles to the nearest emergency department, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's hospital in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Every bump of the drive was "like someone taking something and just jabbing it into my abdomen," he said.
At the hospital, Nazuna Konishi Comfort handed over her husband's Swiss insurance card, which confirmed coverage by Groupe Mutuel. Jay recalled the staff making copies of his insurance card and then treating his acute appendicitis. Doctors performed emergency surgery to remove the inflamed appendix.
Diagnostic tests confirmed he had a rare cancer, which doctors in Switzerland later removed with another surgery after he returned home. "It was a miracle," Comfort said, adding that the cancer was completely removed.
After his appendectomy, Comfort recalled vomiting and then waiting in a recovery room. In all, he spent about 14 hours at UPMC Williamsport before being released. He attended his daughter's wedding and, eventually, traveled back to Switzerland.
Then the bill came.
The patient: Leslie "Jay" Comfort, 66, a retired educator who worked in Japan and Switzerland. Comfort pays a monthly fee and deductible for Switzerland's mandatory basic health insurance, which he has with the Swiss-based Groupe Mutuel. His benefits — and the prices for procedures — are defined by the Swiss government.
Medical service: Emergency laparoscopic appendectomy and diagnostic tests, which showed Comfort had a rare subtype of cancer called goblet cell adenocarcinoma.
Service provider: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Williamsport, which is about 3½ hours northeast of Pittsburgh. The UPMC health system is one of the state's largest employers, with 40 hospitals.
Total bill: $42,156.50, covering emergency surgery, scans, laboratory testing, and three hours in a recovery room. His insurer has said it will pay him about $8,184 (7,260.40 in Swiss francs), which is double the procedure's price in Switzerland. This left him to cover the remaining roughly $34,000.
What gives: Although Comfort has health coverage, his Swiss insurance had no contract with the U.S. hospital where he underwent emergency surgery — or with any other provider outside Switzerland.
With what is considered an excellent health system, Switzerland has the highest prices for medical care in Europe. As in the U.S., the country relies on private insurers and hospitals. But the cost of care in Switzerland is substantially lower than what is charged in the U.S., so the reimbursement his insurer offered is a fraction of what Comfort owes the U.S. hospital.
"I'm trying to do the right thing and say I'm willing to pay my responsibility," he said.
Groupe Mutuel does not have agreements with foreign providers, such as UPMC, and does not deal with them directly, said Lisa Flückiger, a spokesperson for Groupe Mutuel. The insurer originally agreed to reimburse Comfort what would have been paid in Switzerland for the same treatment in a public hospital and then double that because it was an emergency in a foreign country — a total of 4,838 in Swiss francs, or about $5,460.
While helpful, Comfort said, that amount wouldn't pay off the $42,156.50 he owes UPMC.
UPMC has expanded its reach throughout Pennsylvania and is now the largest provider of care in many parts of the state. In 2016, it purchased a smaller health system and now runs two majors hospitals, UPMC Williamsport and UPMC Williamsport Divine Providence Campus.
Studies show that in areas where hospital consolidation is high, prices go up. Because there is less competition, hospitals have more power to charge what they want when patients have private insurance or are paying out-of-pocket.
In the U.S. the amounts charged for medical care are "all over the map," said Johnathan Clarke, vice president of strategy and business development at Penfield Care, a medical cost-containment company in Canada. The company negotiates medical bills on behalf of individuals, including international visitors to the U.S., but is not involved in Comfort's case.
Clarke said he would expect an appendectomy to be priced between $6,500 to $18,800, based on his analysis of Medicare payments in the Pittsburgh area. Healthcare Bluebook — which evaluates insurers' claims data to provide cost estimates based on what insurers have paid, rather than what providers charge — says a fair price for a laparoscopic appendectomy in Williamsport is about $14,554.
Comfort said a "reasonable price estimate" based on his own internet research would be between $7,500 and $12,000.
Comfort's care included an X-ray and an EKG, or electrocardiogram for his heart, because "there was no information relating to past medical/surgical history for this patient," wrote Susan Manko, vice president of public relations at UPMC. The staff also conducted pathology work that identified cancer.
But those additional services did not fully explain the gap between cost estimates and what the hospital charged. For instance, UPMC charged $8,357 for Comfort's three-hour stay in the recovery room.
Manko said Comfort's total bill aligns with UPMC's standard charges.
The cost disparities highlight the stark difference in international pricing. Cost estimates last year showed the average amount paid for an appendectomy in the U.S. was "nearly exactly double" that paid in Switzerland, said Christopher Watney, chief executive of the International Federation of Health Plans, an industry association whose members include health insurers on six continents.
Health care in Switzerland, though, is often expensive compared with other European countries, Watney said. The Swiss pay double for an appendectomy compared with Germans, and more than three times that of those in Spain, he said. Across the globe, Watney said, many countries include an overnight stay in the cost of an uncomplicated appendectomy in contrast to Comfort's experience, which was billed as outpatient care.
Comfort, who has dual residency in Switzerland and Japan after nearly three decades working abroad, said he worked in the U.S. long enough to qualify for Social Security benefits and Medicare. He said he had previously tried to gain Medicare coverage at one point but still is not enrolled, after being transferred to a couple of offices and "playing phone tag."
Still, unlike many patients dealing with a five-figure medical bill, Comfort said he is not concerned about UPMC harming his financial reputation. The health system doesn't "seem to put bad marks against people's credit record — and I don't have credit in the United States. I've been out for 30 years."
Manko confirmed that, saying UPMC reviewed and updated its collection policy last year; it states the health system will not engage in "extraordinary collection actions" such as lawsuits, liens on homes, arrests, or reporting to credit agencies.
She said the health system — which, as a nonprofit system, is tax-exempt — maintains a "robust financial assistance program" for patients unable to pay. But "to our knowledge" Comfort has not applied for financial assistance, Manko told KFF Health News.
The resolution: Comfort said he spent months waiting for a bill and finally reached out to UPMC because, if the bill had arrived this year, he would have had to pay his insurance deductible again on top of the charges.
Comfort received a full UPMC bill six months after his surgery. Manko said there was "confusion" at the time of Comfort's ER registration. Comfort's wife provided the insurance information, she said, "but there was no documentation in the patients record for address, policy number or policy holder information."
Once Comfort received his bill, he realized it was much higher than his Swiss insurance reimbursement and, frustrated, contacted KFF Health News.
Flückiger said the original payment amount Comfort's insurer calculated was specifically for the appendectomy and did not include the scan or laboratory costs. After receiving questions from a KFF Health News reporter, Groupe Mutuel "realized that we have not included the laboratory analysis and the CT scan," which are not routinely part of an appendectomy, Flückiger wrote.
After KFF Health News provided a detailed summary of the UPMC bill, the insurer increased the amount it would pay Comfort. In all, the insurer said, Comfort should receive 7,260.40 in Swiss francs, or about $8,184.
Comfort still hopes to negotiate directly with UPMC to reduce what he owes.
"I don't want to try to walk away, saying I don't owe you anything," Comfort said. "That's not right. We're moral people, you know. But if you're going to try to gouge me and play the power trip and think you're going to try to get everything you can out of me, I won't play that game."
The takeaway: Though the Affordable Care Act was meant to provide insurance to more Americans and bring down the cost of care, hospital bills remain extraordinarily high and highly variable.
For a nonemergency, Comfort could have tried to compare prices at other hospitals. But most hospitals in the area where he fell ill are owned by UPMC. And an inflamed appendix can't wait for comparison shopping.
Clarke, the cost-containment expert, said the "only thing" Comfort could have done differently was to purchase a travel health insurance policy before leaving Switzerland. While prices for health care in continental Europe are comparable to Switzerland, the high cost of care in the U.S. means Groupe Mutuel insurance is "insufficient."
That is especially important for visitors to the U.S. since, as Robin Ingle, CEO of travel insurance company Ingle International, said: U.S. prices are "kind of crazy numbers."
KFF Health News, formerly known as Kaiser Health News (KHN), is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF — the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism.
Emmarie Huetteman of KFF Health News edited the digital story, and Taunya English of KFF Health News edited the audio story. NPR's Will Stone edited the audio and digital story.
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried spent a lot of time in Washington and courted lawmakers. At the FTX collapse hearings, he will most likely get a negative response from those lawmakers.
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried spent a lot of time in Washington and courted lawmakers. At the FTX collapse hearings, he will most likely get a negative response from those lawmakers.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlo Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ARLO), a leading smart home security brand, today announced that it had made equity grants to new employees under its 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in accordance with NYSE Rule 303A.08.
On January 27, 2023, Arlo's Compensation and Human Capital Committee granted restricted stock units, or RSUs, to five new non-executive employees covering an aggregate of 27,014 shares of the Company's common stock as an inducement for such employees to join the Company.
The RSU's granted to the five employees, covering an aggregate of 27,014 shares, vest annually in four equal annual installments. In all cases, the RSUs are contingent on each employee's continued service with the Company at the applicable vesting date.
Arlo is the award-winning, industry leader that is transforming the way people experience the connected lifestyle. Arlo's deep expertise in product design, wireless connectivity, cloud infrastructure and cutting-edge AI capabilities focuses on delivering a seamless, smart home experience for Arlo users that is easy to setup and interact with every day. The company's cloud-based platform provides users with visibility, insight and a powerful means to help protect and connect in real-time with the people and things that matter most, from any location with a Wi-Fi or a cellular connection. To date, Arlo has launched several categories of award-winning smart connected devices, including wire-free smart Wi-Fi and LTE-enabled security cameras, audio and video doorbells, and floodlight.
With a mission to bring users peace of mind, Arlo is as passionate about protecting user privacy as it is about safeguarding homes and families. Arlo is committed to supporting industry standards for data protection designed to keep users' personal information private and in their control. Arlo doesn't monetize personal data, provides enhanced controls for user data, supports privacy legislation, keeps user data safely secure, and puts security at the forefront of company culture.
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Concern about Iran's crackdown on antigovernment protesters increases with reports of more people being sentenced to death and some executions taking place.
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Concern about Iran's crackdown on antigovernment protesters increases with reports of more people being sentenced to death and some executions taking place.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
806 PM CDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Nacogdoches County through 830 PM CDT...
At 806 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Douglass, or 11 miles west of Nacogdoches, moving southeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Nacogdoches.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3153 9487 3153 9489 3155 9490 3158 9489
3157 9492 3159 9492 3160 9493 3161 9492
3168 9482 3155 9464 3149 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 323DEG 5KT 3160 9484
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Redington Path II Fly Fishing Combo
- Frogg Toggs Men’s Hellbender Stockingfoot Chest Wader
- Fishingsir Fly Fishing Flies Kit
Fly fishing is different enough from regular fishing to warrant its own category. It’s a level-up, and it adds a degree of difficulty in a variety of ways. Some people relish the challenge, while others are content to fish as they’ve done since they first learned. In short, fly fishing attracts a certain breed of anglers — it’s not for everyone. If you want to step up your game, you need different gear and need to know why they’re important for your success.
Why is fly fishing different?
For every angler you ask you get a different answer, but fundamentally, it’s in the cast. The rod is longer and lighter than a typical rod and the fly is much lighter than the lures and bait you use in other types of fishing. Additionally, the line is heavier. In essence, when you’re fly fishing, you cast the line rather than cast the bait. This can be difficult for beginners and requires a bit of practice to get it right. Some anglers who’ve been at it for many years still have trouble. It’s about presentation and getting the featherweight fly to mimic the behavior of an insect on or in the water, depending if you’re dry fly fishing or wet fly fishing.
Essential pieces of gear for fly fishing
While there’s other gear you may want when fishing, such as sunglasses, sunscreen, insect repellent, a hat, fishing pliers, a landing net and more, this list of items is specific to fly fishing. It includes the basic essentials for the activity.
- Rod: When shopping for a fly fishing rod, look for something that’s lighter, longer, thinner and more flexible than a typical rod. It needs to be flexible to transfer energy to the cast in an almost whip-like motion.
- Reel: A fly fishing reel is a somewhat passive piece of equipment. It holds your line, so it must be a good match for your line and provide a good balance for your rod. It’s important for your reel to have a quality, adjustable drag system. This can keep the line from over-spooling, which can cause tangles when you pull in the line.
- Line: The fishing line you choose ultimately determines how successful you are at fly fishing. There are many factors to consider, such as if you want the line to float or sink, but it’s crucial that the line matches the rod. This is fairly simple, as a 5-weight line is what you need for a 5-weight rod.
- Leader and tippet: In fly fishing, the leader and the tippet make the transition from the thick, brightly colored line — that would scare the fish away — to the fly. The leader starts out heavy and tapers down over about 9 feet, while the tippet is very light but still strong. The goal of the tippet is to have something attached to the fly that the fish doesn’t notice.
- Flies: The flies are what the angler manipulates to trick a fish into thinking there’s a live insect on or in the water that would make a great meal. Lighter flies stay on top of the water for dry fly fishing, while heavier flies are used for wet fly fishing or streamer fly fishing.
- Boxes: Fly boxes are hold and keep your flies organized. If you buy an assortment of flies, many times a fly box comes with them. Many boxes are clear so you can see your flies while they’re still sealed and protected. It’s important for your fly box to be rugged, latch securely and hold your flies firmly in place during transit.
- Waders: It’s possible (and sometimes desirable) to fish from the shore. But at some point, you’re going to want to step into that water and immerse yourself in the sport. To do that, you need a quality pair of fly fishing waders. They keep you warm, safe and dry, whether you only go in up to your ankles or you travel all the way out to waist-deep territory.
- Vests: Fly fishing vests are wearable luggage. They have numerous pockets to carry everything you need to have within arm’s reach, from your phone to a multitool. It also protects you and keeps you comfortable by giving you an added layer of warmth in cool weather and adequate ventilation in warm weather.
Best fly fishing gear
Redington Path II Fly Fishing Combo
If you’re new to fly fishing, this combo comes with a rod, reel and line. You can’t make a mistake by purchasing a noncompatible element. It is portable, has medium-fast action and offers smooth casting. It comes in four pieces for easy transport.
Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Wild Water Standard Fly Fishing Combo Starter Kit
This comprehensive fly fishing set is lightweight and has a 9-foot rod made of black graphite. The kit includes a large-capacity fly box, nine flies, line and a tapered monofilament leader. It’s best for freshwater fishing, such as rivers, streams, lakes and ponds.
Sold by Amazon
Martin Complete Fly Fishing Kit
If budget is the most important thing, this combo kit should top your list. It lets you enter the world of fly fishing for a reasonable price. The rod comes with a reel, line, leader, a six-piece tackle set and a booklet that walks you through getting started.
Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Frogg Toggs Men’s Hellbender Stockingfoot Chest Wader
With this chest wader, you can fish wherever you please. It’s waterproof, breathable, lightweight and abrasion-resistant. The neoprene booties have gravel guards and lace hooks. There’s a large chest pocket along with two zippered hand-warmer pockets.
Sold by Amazon
Field and Stream Men’s Fly Fishing Vest
This stylish khaki vest has a front zipper closure, numerous pockets for small essentials and a hook-and-loop rod holder. It’s available in sizes small through XXL.
Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Fishingsir Fly Fishing Flies Kit
If you’re new to fly fishing, you should try everything. With 120 pieces, this kit lets you do that. You get 45 dry flies, 45 wet flies, 10 streamers, 15 nymphs and five emergers. Also included is an ABS fly box with a silicone seal.
Sold by Amazon
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The deadly crash of Yeti Airlines Flight 691 in Nepal is drawing attention to the country’s air safety record.
“Because of its terrain, because of its weather, because there is a need to fly between places — many of these communities are not connected by roads — it will always be a challenging environment with a higher level of risk than other parts of the world,” aviation safety consultant Adrian Young told The Washington Post.
Here are some reasons Nepal is so challenging for pilots.
Mountains
Nepal is home to eight of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest.
“It is a most challenging operating environment,” aviation safety consultant Ron Bartsch told The Post. Three factors linked to Nepal’s mountainous terrain make flying difficult: High elevation airports, short runways and strong winds.
In a 2019 report, Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority cited the country’s “hostile” topography as one of two main air safety challenges. The other is weather.
Analysts say weather and mountains could explain why so many of Nepal’s air crashes are classified as controlled flights into terrain, or CFITs, when a pilot crashes without appearing to have lost control.
Nearly 3 in 4 air crash fatalities recorded in Nepal over the previous decade were classified by officials as CFITs, the Civil Aviation Authority reported. The majority occurred in mountainous regions.
According to a database maintained by the Airline Safety Network, two of Nepal’s deadliest crashes were CFITs. In 1992, a Pakistani airliner crashed into a rugged Himalayan hill while attempting to land at a Kathmandu airport in a rainstorm, killing all 167 people onboard. Two months earlier, a Thai Airways flight also crashed in heavy rain, killing 113 people, including 11 Americans.
Challenging approaches
Many of Nepal’s airport runways are nestled amid high peaks, which can be particularly dangerous in low-visibility conditions.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the airport historically linked to the highest number of fatal crashes since 1960 is Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla in the country’s northeast, situated at 9,334 feet. The mountainside facility, built under the supervision of Sir Edmund Hillary, is famous as the gateway to Mount Everest Base Camp. It’s accessible only by helicopters and small, short-take-off-and-landing planes.
Landing an aircraft at a mountainous airport means pilots are more dependent on what they can see, Young said.
“If your airport is in a valley, at some point you will have to descend lower than the hills around them,” he said. In low-visibility conditions, pilots tend to rely on onboard equipment or airport assistance to help them land the aircraft, which Young says not all Nepalese airports are equipped to provide.
‘Hot and high’
Nepal’s high altitude poses another challenge for pilots: lower air pressure. According to World Atlas, the country’s average elevation is 10,715 feet.
“The higher you fly, the thinner the air is,” Young said. “If you’re landing at a high altitude, there are some issues of flight performance.
“Some of Nepal’s airports are what we call ‘hot and high,’ so you expect rather hot temperatures plus high elevation. That means there is less air for the wing to work with.”
Young said aviation always contains risk; Nepal adds “special” risks. Still, he said, air “remains a very safe way to travel.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/16/nepal-crash-yeti-air-safety/ | 2023-01-16 19:28:39 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/16/nepal-crash-yeti-air-safety/ |
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