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Vick, Fitzgerald and Suggs among stars on College Football Hall of Fame ballot for first time
(AP) - Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald and Terrell Suggs are among the college football stars who will be considered for induction to the Hall of Fame for the first time this year.
The National Football Foundation released Monday a list of 78 players and nine coaches from major college football who are on the Hall of Fame ballot. There also are 101 players and 32 coaches from lower divisions of college football up for consideration.
Vick, who led Virginia Tech to the BCS championship game against Florida State as a redshirt freshman in 1999, is among the most notable players appearing on the ballot in his first year of eligibility.
Vick finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1999. He played one season of college football before being drafted No. 1 overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2001. Vick’s professional career was interrupted when he served 21 months in prison for his involvement in dog fighting.
Fitzgerald was the Heisman runner-up in 2003 to Oklahoma quarterback Jason White. He scored 34 touchdowns in just two seasons at Pitt.
Suggs led the nation in sacks with 24 in 2002 for Arizona State.
The 2024 Hall of Fame class will be chosen by the National Football Foundation’s Honors Court and announced in January. Induction into the Atlanta-based hall is the following December.
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Colorado police officer accused of attacking disabled woman
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A police officer in suburban Denver is facing a felony charge after allegedly punching a disabled woman who was walking her dog outside his apartment complex while he was off-duty.
Aurora officer Douglas Harroun, 32, was charged with third-degree assault against an at-risk adult following Wednesday’s encounter, Sentinel Colorado reported. He is represented by the state public defender’s office, which does not comment on open cases.
According to an arrest affidavit, Harroun and his wife were driving up to the apartment complex as the disabled woman was walking her unleashed dog in the middle of the road, forcing Harroun to drive slowly behind her as he approached the parking garage.
The woman yelled at Harroun for following her, and he and his wife then got into a verbal argument with her, according to the affidavit. Witnesses told investigators Harroun then punched the woman in the face and four for five additional times in the head after she fell to the ground.
The 49-year-old woman, who has a chronic pain disorder that affects the nerves in half of her body, was taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries.
Harroun has been suspended indefinitely without pay, according to the police department, which is opening an internal affairs investigation.
Harroun was hired in 2020 and was placed on paid administrative leave after his involvement in a non-fatal shooting while he was on-duty New Year’s Eve, according to the department. He was still on administrative leave from that shooting at the time of his arrest following Wednesday’s confrontation.
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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — A 25-year-old woman has been charged with first degree murder after Baltimore County Police say she struck a man with her vehicle before fleeing.
At around 3 p.m. on Sunday, officers responded to the 1200 block of Maiden Choice Lane for a motor vehicle collision with injuries. When they arrived, they found 52-year-old Joseph Dawson.
Dawson was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Detectives determined that Dawson was involved in an argument with suspect Katie Foster and that during the argument, she struck him with a vehicle and then left the location.
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Elle trailblazes transformation for Washington DC's central business district
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID) announced today a groundbreaking for a major office to residential conversion in the Golden Triangle. Construction of the Elle apartments has begun at 1111 20th Street NW, also known as the Vanguard building and former home to the Peace Corps headquarters.
Family-owned developer Willco originally constructed the Vanguard building in 1965 as one of DC's largest development projects and the first high rise office building in the neighborhood. The Vanguard building is now leading the way with its large-scale office to residential conversion in the Golden Triangle.
"Willco's pivot to convert a vacant office building into class A apartments will extend the West End and transform the Golden Triangle into a vibrant and attractive place to live, work, and play," said Gary Cohen, Chairman of Willco, and Golden Triangle BID board member.
As the long-term impacts of COVID altered the downtown core, this large-scale office to residential conversion marks an important milestone in the Golden Triangle. Following a year-long, collaborative strategic planning process, the Golden Triangle BID recently developed a refreshed vision for the future of the neighborhood. This vision reimagines a new and innovative central business district and transitions the Golden Triangle to a world-class, mixed-use neighborhood.
"For decades, the Golden Triangle has been home to an eclectic mix of dining and shopping options, green and dynamic public gathering spaces, and several cultural and entertainment venues, making it an ideal spot to reside," said Leona Agouridis, Executive Director of the Golden Triangle BID.
Elle will feature 163 units across 185,000 square feet, and ground-floor retail across 8,000 square feet. The building will be Silver LEED certified, and include a restaurant, rooftop pool, and a dog park.
Formed in 1998, the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID) enhances Washington, DC's central business district, the 44-square-block neighborhood stretching from The White House to Dupont Circle. The BID provides a clean, safe, and beautiful environment, while supporting economic vitality through capital projects, public art, sustainability, and events. For more information, visit: goldentriangledc.com and connect on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — Sheetz is making headlines after it was revealed that the convenience store chain may be using a person’s bad teeth as basis for declining employment based on a policy in their handbook.
The unusual policy is tucked away in the company’s employee handbook, according to Business Insider, which obtained a written version of the policy.
The report said that Sheetz’s employee handbook states applicants with “obvious missing, broken, or badly discolored teeth (unrelated to a disability) are not qualified for employment with Sheetz.”
As for current employees, the handbook reads that they have 90 days to solve the issue.
A former employee told Insider they feel the policy is “disgusting and classist.”
Sheetz confirmed the policy is now under review.
“Your inquiry has prompted a more specific review to ensure our policies are aligned with Sheetz’s commitment to foster a culture of respect,” Nick Ruffner, a public-relations manager for Sheetz told Insider.
In a statement sent to Nexstar’s WTAJ, Sheetz touted its benefits, including “financial assistance” for employees. The company also said that throughout its history, Sheetz has “embraced an appearance policy,” saying they believe a smile is important for customers.
You can read the full response from Sheetz below:
“When Bob Sheetz founded Sheetz in 1952, he built a company based on community and taking care of people. We’re a company who cares, we care about our employees, we care about our customers and we care about the communities we serve. As a family-owned and operated company, our employees and communities are the core of Sheetz. If someone is struggling, we’re there to help with paid time off, flexibility and more. When someone has a baby, we’re there to foster that precious time with 12 weeks of fully paid time off. If someone is sick or needs dental care, we’re proud of our benefits but, if necessary, will provide financial assistance as well.
Throughout our history to date we have embraced an appearance policy, because we know how important a smile is to the customer experience when serving hospitality. However, we are always reviewing our standing policies to make sure they best deliver on our values and our commitment to our customers and employees. Therefore, this appearance policy will continue to be under review.
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The modified agreement requires less cash and equity, and the Company has received several options for financing
AUSTIN, Texas, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Brands Group, Inc. ("we", "us", "DBG"or the "Company") (NASDAQ: DBGI), a curated collection of luxury lifestyle, digital-first brands, today announces that the Company and Sunnyside, LLC ("Sundry") revised their previously disclosed definitive acquisition agreement to require less cash and equity to close the transaction.
Under the terms of the revised agreement, holders of Sundry membership interests will exchange all such interests for (i) $5.0 million in cash, (ii) $7.0 million paid in either cash or equity, at the option of the Sellers at the Issuance Price, and (iii) $20.0 million in equity valued at the Issuance Price. Please refer to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to review the details and specifics of the acquisition agreement.
The Company has received several options for debt financing to cover the capital cost of the acquisition. Company stockholder approval will be required to close the transaction. The Company believes the transaction should close in the third quarter.
Sundry Acquisition Highlights:
- The acquisition is expected to be accretive to EBITDA immediately upon completion;
- Sundry generated $22.8 million in revenue in 2021 versus $19.9 million in 2020, a 14.5% increase year-over-year;
- The Company believes the acquisition should drive more brand awareness and customer demand, which should fuel future growth across its platform, brands, and customers; and
- The Company believes the acquisition should create meaningful synergies between all its portfolio brands, significantly lowering customer acquisition costs and increasing customer retention, annual spend per customer and lifetime value per customer.
"We are excited about the significant revenue scale we will achieve between combining our revenues with Sundry's revenues. In addition, this changes our cash flow meaningfully," said Hil Davis, Chief Executive Officer of DBG. "The Sundry acquisition will truly transform Digital Brands Group."
Sundry is an omnichannel women's lifestyle apparel brand inspired by Mattieu Leblan's upbringing and ocean lifestyle. Founded in 2011, Sundry offers distinct collections of women's clothing, including dresses, shirts, sweaters, skirts, shorts, athleisure bottoms and accessories. Sundry's products are coastal casual and consist of soft, relaxed, and colorful designs that feature a distinct French chic, resembling the spirits of the French Mediterranean and the energy of Venice Beach in Southern California.
We offer a wide variety of apparel through numerous brands on a both direct-to-consumer and wholesale basis. We have created a business model derived from our founding as a digitally native-first vertical brand. Digital native first brands are brands founded as e-commerce driven businesses, where online sales constitute a meaningful percentage of net sales, although they often subsequently also expand into wholesale or direct retail channels., Unlike typical e-commerce brands, as a digitally native vertical brand we control our own distribution, sourcing products directly from our third-party manufacturers and selling directly to the end consumer. We focus on owning the customer's "closet share" by leveraging their data and purchase history to create personalized targeted content and looks for that specific customer cohort. We have strategically expanded into an omnichannel brand offering these styles and content not only on-line but at selected wholesale and retail storefronts. We believe this approach allows us opportunities to successfully drive Lifetime Value ("LTV") while increasing new customer growth.
Certain statements included in this release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the acquisition and the ability to meet the closing conditions required to complete the acquisition. Forward-looking statements are made based on our expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting DBG and therefore involve several risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as "will," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "should," and "may" and other words and terms of similar meaning or use of future dates, however, the absence of these words or similar expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. We caution that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. DBG undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Potential risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: : (i) the risk that the transaction may not be completed at all, which may adversely affect the price of the Company's securities, (ii) the risk that the transaction may not be completed by the business combination deadline, (iii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, including the adoption of the Acquisition Agreement by the shareholders of the Company, (iv) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Acquisition Agreement, (v) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Sundry's business relationships, operating results and business generally, (vi) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations of Sundry and potential difficulties in Sundry employee retention as a result of the transaction, (ix) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company related to the Acquisition Agreement or the transaction, (vii) the ability to maintain the listing of the Company's securities on Nasdaq, (viii) the price of the Company's securities may be volatile due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which the Company operates, variations in operating performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting the Company's business and changes in the combined capital structure, (ix) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations after the completion of the proposed transaction, and identify and realize additional opportunities, (x) risks arising from the widespread outbreak of an illness or any other communicable disease, or any other public health crisis, including the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic; (xi) the level of consumer demand for apparel and accessories; disruption to DBGs distribution system; the financial strength of DBG's customers; fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of raw materials and contracted products; disruption and volatility in the global capital and credit markets and global supply chain; (xii) DBG's response to changing fashion trends, evolving consumer preferences and changing patterns of consumer behavior; intense competition from online retailers; manufacturing and product innovation; increasing pressure on margins; DBG's ability to implement its business strategy; (xiii) DBG's ability to grow its wholesale and direct-to-consumer businesses; retail industry changes and challenges; (xiv) DBG's and its vendors' ability to maintain the strength and security of information technology systems; the risk that DBG's facilities and systems and those of our third-party service providers may be vulnerable to and unable to anticipate or detect data security breaches and data or financial loss; (xv) DBG's ability to properly collect, use, manage and secure consumer and employee data; (xvi) stability of DBG's manufacturing facilities and foreign suppliers; continued use by DBG's suppliers of ethical business practices; DBG's ability to accurately forecast demand for products; continuity of members of DBG's management; (xvii) DBG's ability to protect trademarks and other intellectual property rights; possible goodwill and other asset impairment; (xviii) DBG's ability to execute and integrate acquisitions; changes in tax laws and liabilities; legal, regulatory, political and economic risks; (xix) adverse or unexpected weather conditions; (xx) DBG's indebtedness and its ability to obtain financing on favorable terms,; and (xxi) climate change and increased focus on sustainability issues. More information on potential factors that could affect DBG's financial results is included from time to time in DBG's public reports filed with the SEC, including DBG's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Forms 8-K filed or furnished with the SEC.
This document relates to a proposed transaction between the Company and Sundry. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or exchange, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or exchange, any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or exchange would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The Company intends to file a proxy statement with the SEC. This proxy statement will be sent to all the Company shareholders. The Company has filed and will also file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of the Company are urged to read the proxy statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction as they become available because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction.
Company security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by the Company through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
The documents filed by the Company with the SEC also may be obtained free of charge at the Company's website here (https://ir.digitalbrandsgroup.co/sec-filings/all-sec-filings), from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, or upon written request to invest@digitalbrandsgroup.co.
The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company's shareholders in connection with the proposed transaction. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described in the preceding paragraph.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.
Digital Brands Group, Inc. Company Contact
Hil Davis, CEO
Email: invest@digitalbrandsgroup.co
Phone: (800) 593-1047
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A winter storm is headed toward New Mexico and could impact many areas of the state, including Albuquerque. Here's what you need to know about the storm. Timing and impactsThe storm is expected to arrive in New Mexico late Sunday night and impact New Mexico as early as Monday. Some impacts could be seen as late as Tuesday.Rain and snow will begin in western New Mexico and expand east toward Albuquerque. Strong winds will also be possible with the upcoming storm. Due to the upcoming storm, the KOAT 7 Weather team has made Monday an Impact Weather Day for strong winds and the chance of rain and snow. At this time, rain and snow are expected to fall in the western half of the state. Albuquerque could see some snow as the storm rolls through. Rain, snow and windThe potential exists for a dusting to several of snow to fall in the northern mountains and in western parts of New Mexico starting Sunday night and lasting through Tuesday. Precipitation in Albuquerque could start as rain on Monday and may transition to snow on Monday night into Tuesday morning. The heaviest snow will fall when a cold front arrives on Monday. When the cold front begins to move through New Mexico, it will bring strong winds with it. Wind gusts could range between 45-65 mph on Sunday night and Monday. The wind will spread east through the state on Monday night and Tuesday. Winds could also cause blowing snow in some areas of the state. Areas of northern and western New Mexico that don't see snow could be impacted by rain. TemperaturesTemperatures will begin to fall on Monday and cold conditions will last through at least Tuesday and even Wednesday. Most areas will see temperatures ranging from 5 to 15 degrees below normal on Tuesday with even colder temperatures possible on Wednesday.
A winter storm is headed toward New Mexico and could impact many areas of the state, including Albuquerque.
Here's what you need to know about the storm.
Timing and impacts
The storm is expected to arrive in New Mexico late Sunday night and impact New Mexico as early as Monday. Some impacts could be seen as late as Tuesday.
Rain and snow will begin in western New Mexico and expand east toward Albuquerque. Strong winds will also be possible with the upcoming storm.
Due to the upcoming storm, the KOAT 7 Weather team has made Monday an Impact Weather Day for strong winds and the chance of rain and snow.
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At this time, rain and snow are expected to fall in the western half of the state.
Albuquerque could see some snow as the storm rolls through.
Rain, snow and wind
The potential exists for a dusting to several of snow to fall in the northern mountains and in western parts of New Mexico starting Sunday night and lasting through Tuesday.
Precipitation in Albuquerque could start as rain on Monday and may transition to snow on Monday night into Tuesday morning.
The heaviest snow will fall when a cold front arrives on Monday.
When the cold front begins to move through New Mexico, it will bring strong winds with it. Wind gusts could range between 45-65 mph on Sunday night and Monday. The wind will spread east through the state on Monday night and Tuesday.
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Winds could also cause blowing snow in some areas of the state.
Areas of northern and western New Mexico that don't see snow could be impacted by rain.
Temperatures
Temperatures will begin to fall on Monday and cold conditions will last through at least Tuesday and even Wednesday.
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'Abortion is health care': What Supreme Court reversal means for doctors, nurses, patients
Born into a world in which Roe has always been the law of the land, Indiana University medical students Sydney DiGregory and Lucy Brown find themselves at a crossroads.
The two fourth-year students plan to enter the field of obstetrics and will soon choose where to spend four years of their lives in training.
Last week, the Supreme Court made that an even more wrenching decision with a ruling that will likely bifurcate the country into states where abortion is legal and states where it is outlawed. So now when students like DiGregory and Brown apply for residency, states with abortion rights will be front and center.
So Wednesday night the two young women addressed a rally of hundreds of health care providers and other abortion-rights supporters who gathered on the green in front of Eskenazi Health to protest the recent Supreme Court ruling. Speaker after speaker painted a picture of what the decision could mean for many in the medical profession, from those who have practiced for years to future providers.
“We will have to make essential compromises about our future,” DiGregory said. “It threatens all of our rights to decide how and where to perform our professional obligation. It seems like the trajectory of our lives is in the hands of state legislatures.”
'Abortion is health care,' crowd chants
The Indiana General Assembly will hold a special session July 25 — lawmakers Wednesday pushed it back two weeks from the initial July 6 start date — by in which lawmakers will discuss inflation relief along with abortion restrictions. Legislators have declined to give specifics about what the measures they will consider, but have made it clear that they want Indiana to limit abortions if not ban them outright.
The protesters, many dressed in blue scrubs and white coats, carried signs, bullhorns and a few cradled babies in their arms. Many in the crowd like DiGregory and Brown were still in medical school; others had been in health care for decades.
All came to support the concept that “abortion is health care,” the dominant chant as the crowd snaked around the green in a circle that nearly stretched end to end. Fewer than a dozen counter protesters stood silently by, holding signs of their own.
Speaker after speaker detailed how restricting abortion would have what they described as devastating effects on both providers and the patients for whom they care.
Restricting abortions will affect more than just the patients, said Dr. Carrie Rouse, a maternal fetal medicine specialist with IU Health, who defined her job as meaning that she may see patients on the worst day of their lives.
The medical risk to losing abortion access
If abortion policies shift, patients will die of pregnancy-related complications after being denied access to abortion, she said. Others may develop uterine infections that lead to sepsis and require intensive care or blindness if they experience severe hypertension as a pregnancy complication.
“Access to abortion services is part of comprehensive health care,” she said, a message for state legislators: “Stay out of my clinic, stay out of my exam rooms.”
More:'It's your problem not mine.' Hoosiers share why they had abortions after Roe reversed.
Indiana already has the third highest maternal mortality rate in the country; limiting access to abortion will likely lead to a dramatic increase, said Dr. Brett Barnes, an anesthesiologist who often treats patients undergoing reproductive health procedures.
Studies suggest that 80% of maternal mortality deaths are preventable, Barnes said. As more states overturn Roe, more pregnant people will find themselves at risk.
“Women will die without access to care,” he said. “A woman's health, not politics, should guide important medical decisions during pregnancy.”
As a second year internal medicine resident treating numerous COVID-19 patients, Dr. Molly Lee has often found herself faced with family members of patients pleading with her, 'Isn’t there something else you can do?'
With COVID-19, doctors are already doing all they can, Lee said. But in the future, she said, she may have similar conversations with the family members of pregnant patients whose lives might be saved by what could become an illegal procedure.
“How do we explain to those same families that ask us to do everything that yeah, there is more we can do,” she said. “But the procedure has been forbidden.”
Allowing her to suffer not an option
Second-generation labor and delivery nurse Corrina Morris shared the heartbreaking work of caring for patients who have made the difficult decision to end their pregnancies due to complications to the fetus.
Some, she said, have already chosen a name. Some are saving to buy an expensive car seat, money that now goes to bury the fetus. Some may have developed life-threatening illness and the medication they must take to save their own lives will irrevocably harm their fetus.
“Loving parents do what is best for their children,” she said. “My patients have already endured so much to obtain this safe, legal and merciful procedure. They should not have to also bear the burden of convincing their legislators that their grief is valid and their choice is kind.”
Nurse Danielle Spry has been both patient and provider. Spry, a nurse for the past 12 years, was delighted in 2019 when she learned she was pregnant with her second child, Charlotte. She and her husband sold their house and started building a new home.
Then, at her 20-week appointment the ultrasound revealed Charlotte had a large hole in her diaphragm, pressing together her abdominal organs. Her heart was deformed and her lungs would not develop. If Spry carried the pregnancy to term, Charlotte would suffocate once she exited the womb. With the clock ticking, Spry and her husband had only six days to decide what to do.
“My husband and I knew that as much as we loved her and as much as we wanted to bring her home allowing her to suffer was not an option,” Spry said.
At 21 weeks and six days, the latest Spry could do so under Indiana law, she underwent a dilation and evacuation procedure. Now she works in labor and delivery.
'I need to stay doing this'
States like Indiana, however, may wind up losing some who seek careers caring for those who became pregnant, said Dr. Nicole Scott, who heads the obstetrics-gynecology residency program for Indiana University School of Medicine.
About half of all OB/GYN residents, or about 3,000 people, will now train in states that will not allow abortion, she said. Programs like those in Indiana will now have to send residents 100 miles away to an abortion-friendly state for training.
More:Indiana poised to limit abortion access after Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
Fewer people may opt to enter OB/GYN as a specialty and fewer people may choose Indiana as a place to do their residency, she said.
“As an educational and research institution, we will not attract the best of the best students and trainees in a state that takes away rights of over half the population,” she said.
Those already in the labor and delivery field say that if anything the discussion over Roe has confirmed their commitment to be the bedside of pregnant people.
Anna Bailey, a labor and delivery nurse, who attended Wednesday’s rally along with two colleagues said she had expected the ruling would arrive some day but not this soon.
“It solidified the fact that I need to stay doing this,” she said.
But her friend added that all of the controversy surrounding abortion and the potential policies that state legislators might impose can sometimes lead to second thoughts.
“It does scare you about what repercussions might come when you’re doing your job,” said Breanna Schultz, a labor and delivery nurse for two and a half years.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of FTX Token USD ("FTX" or the "Company") (CCC: FTT-USD). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether FTX and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On November 8, 2022, market analysts reported growing concerns over the finances of Alameda Research, a hedge fund owned by Sam Bankman-Fried, who also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of FTX. On this news, the price of FIX tokens fell $16.62 per token, or 66.7%, to close at $5.52 per token on November 8, 2022. Then, on November 9, 2022, Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, disclosed that it was backing out of a plan announced the prior day to acquire FTX, after an initial review of FTX's books and amid reports about government investigations and mishandled customer funds. In a Tweet discussing this decision, Binance stated, "[i]n the beginning, our hope was to be able to support FTX's customers to provide liquidity, but the issues are beyond our control or ability to help."
On this news, the price of FIX tokens fell $3.22 per token, or 58.33%, to close at $2.30 per token on November 9, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 3DAPARTMENT.com is revolutionizing the property search experience by employing cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology to create immersive, interactive shopping journeys for tenants and buyers.
As remote work continues to transform industries, technologies like VR and AR are changing how we search and visualize properties. 3DAPARTMENT.com is leading the field by enabling customers to explore properties in three dimensions, take virtual tours, and even virtually stage rooms with your own furniture.
"3DAPARTMENT.com is not only transforming how people search for properties but also how they envision and experience them," said Gregory Ardbelava, CEO of 3DAPARTMENT.com. "By integrating AR and VR into every listing, we're setting a new standard for property search."
In 2022, over 1.1 billion people accessed AR through their smartphones, and in 2021, digital tools facilitated 24% of all transactions in the form of sight-unseen deals. 3DAPARTMENT.com is at the forefront of this trend, offering an innovative range of features to enhance the customer experience:
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The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in 27 cases that it heard this term, and has about four weeks left to release them.
Opinions usually are scheduled for Thursday, but with time running out, the court will likely add days in which it will release its decisions.
Here are the major cases NPR is watching:
Affirmative Action
Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina
At issue are affirmative action programs at the the University of North Carolina, which until the 1950s did not admit Black students, and Harvard University, which was the model for the Supreme Court's 1978 decision declaring that colleges and universities may consider race as one of many factors, from the applicant's geographical and family background, to their special talents in science, math, athletics, and even whether the applicant is the child of the school's alumni.
The two cases overlap. Because UNC is a state school, the question is whether its affirmative-action program violates the 14th Amendment's guarantee to equal protection of the law. And even though Harvard is a private institution, it still is covered by federal anti-discrimination laws because it accepts federal money for a wide variety of programs. The cases were argued last October.
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Voting Rights Act
Merrill v. Milligan
At issue in Alabama's congressional redistricting plan adopted by the Republican state legislature after the 2020 census. More than a quarter of the state's population is African American, but in only 1 of 7 districts do minority voters have a realistic chance of electing the candidate of their choice. Black voters are either concentrated in that district so they are a supermajority there or spread out across the remaining six districts so that their voting power is diluted. It's a practice known as packing and cracking.
In January 2022, a three-judge federal court panel ruled unanimously that Alabama could and should have created two compact congressional districts with a majority, or close to a majority, of Black voters: two districts instead of just one. Two of the judges on the panel were Trump appointees, the third a Clinton appointee.
The state appealed to the Supreme Court, which by a 5-4 vote blocked the lower court ruling, which ordered a new map for the 2022 election, then nine months away. That was too much for Chief Justice John Roberts, a longtime critic of the Voting Rights Act, but who this time dissented along with the court's three liberals. He said he could find "no apparent errors" in the way the lower court applied existing precedents. What he didn't say was whether the court should revisit some of those precedents. The case was argued in October.
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Indian Child Welfare Act
Haaland v. Brackeen
The case pitted several prospective adoptive parents and the state of Texas against the Indian Child Welfare Act — a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes.
Texas and several families who are adopting American Indian children challenged the law in court. They contended it amounts to an unconstitutional racial preference, and that the federal law impermissibly intrudes on state autonomy. The case was argued in November.
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LGBTQ rights
303 Creative v. Elenis
The case pits two constitutional principles against each other. On one side are laws that guarantee same-sex couples equal access to all businesses that offer their services to the public. On the other are business owners who see themselves as artists and don't want to use their talents to express a message that they don't believe in.
The plaintiff in the case is a Colorado web designer who argues that Colorado's public accommodations law prevents her from doing what she wants to do most — custom web designs for weddings. The reason: She believes that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. The case was argued Dec. 6.
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Independent state legislature theory
Moore v. Harper
At issue is the so-called independent state legislature theory, put forth in this case by the North Carolina Republican state Legislature. If adopted, it would give state legislatures the power to put in place all manner of election laws and rules without any review by the state courts. At its most extreme, the theory could eliminate not just state judicial power over elections, but governor's vetoes. And it might allow state legislatures to certify presidential electors who were not approved by the voters — an idea that Donald Trump tried unsuccessfully to put forth in 2020.
In the particular case before the justices, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the Republican-dominated state Legislature, in drawing new congressional districts after the 2020 census, violated the state constitution with an extreme partisan gerrymander.
The case was argued Dec. 7.
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Sunday work at USPS
Groff v. DeJoy
Case tests how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of employees.
Forty-six years ago, the court, by a lopsided margin, ruled that an employer need not accommodate a worker's desire to avoid work on the Sabbath if that would mean operating shorthanded or regularly paying premium wages to replacement workers. The court went on to say that employers should not have to bear more than what it called, quote, "a de minimis," or trifling, cost.
The de minimis language has sparked lots of criticism over the years, but Congress has repeatedly rejected proposals to provide greater accommodation for religious observers, including those who object to working on the Sabbath. Now, however, religious groups of every kind are pressing a new and more conservative group of justices to overturn or modify the court's earlier ruling. The case was heard in April.
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Student loans
Biden v. Nebraska
A handful of Republican-dominated states – Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and South Carolina – have asked the Supreme Court to permanently block the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program. The states contend that the president exceeded his legal authority when he implemented a program to cancel up to $20,000 in debt for people holding federal student loans.
The merits of the case are fairly straightforward. Does the 2003 law, known as the HEROES Act, give the president and his secretary of education the power to authorize federal student loan forgiveness? The case was argued in February.
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True threats
Counterman v. Colorado
The Supreme Court this term revisits a question the court has never answered: When is a threat a "true threat?" What does the prosecution have to prove? Does it have to show that the defendant intended to frighten his target, or is it enough to show that his words would have that effect on a reasonable person?
The case involves Coles Whalen, a singer-songwriter from Colorado, and Billy Counterman, a man convicted and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for "stalking" Whalen and making "true threats" against her. The case was heard in April.
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More Nebraskans are working remotely, and it seems more businesses appear comfortable with the arrangement.
That was the conclusion of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln survey released recently.
The Bureau of Business Research conducted the survey from June through September to examine the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial real estate usage and remote work in Nebraska.
The survey found changes in attitudes about working from home and the frequency of employees doing so, yet little change in the usage of office space.
On average, 16.5% of workers are fully remote or have a hybrid work schedule according to the survey, compared with 10.7% before the pandemic. The survey also found that 27.6% of businesses are more comfortable with remote work now than they used to be, while 13.3% are less comfortable.
Despite the increase in remote work, the survey found that very few businesses have reduced their physical footprint.
In fact, the survey found that more businesses (7.3%) increased space than reduced it (3.7%). The rest kept the same amount of space.
Eric Thompson, director of Bureau of Business Research, said there are likely a couple of reasons for the lack of downsizing. For one, 52% of businesses said they believe it is vital to maintain office space for remote workers on occasions when they come into the office.
“Many surveyed businesses also own their own building and do not rent out space. These businesses would have difficulty quickly changing office space use,” Thompson said.
The survey was conducted for the Nebraska Business Development Center and funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. It was sent to 1,599 Nebraska businesses and had an 18.9% response rate.
Investment spurs big returns
Another report from the Bureau of Business Research shows that the state’s Business Innovation Act has been very successful in supporting Nebraska-based startup companies.
The report, released earlier this month, analyzed the overall economic impact the innovation programs have had by spurring the growth of Nebraska startups.
According to the report, every $1 of Business Innovation Act funds invested generated $10.68 in private capital investment. In addition, companies that received the funds generated $12.23 in revenue for every $1 of innovation funds received.
The report also found that businesses taking part in the Innovation Act programs have added 1,604 jobs and created more than $104.7 million in annual wages since their inceptions. In 2022, Innovation Act-supported businesses had a combined economic impact of $752.3 million, resulting in $16.3 million of state and local tax receipts.
“Nebraska’s startup scene is as strong as ever, thanks in large part to the Business Innovation Act,” Joe Fox, director of business development for the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, said in a news release. “BIA programs have sparked investment in innovative Nebraska companies, providing key funding to support entrepreneurship. BIA programs are a valuable tool for the state to invest in high-potential, high-tech small businesses at every stage of growth — from seed funding to prototype development to product commercialization.”
Google project still a go
It appears Google’s plans for a data center near the 56th Street exit on Interstate 80 are still crawling along.
A representative of Olsson filed an application earlier this month for an administrative amendment on behalf of the yet-unnamed developer to update its approved use permit “to provide street profiles, grading and drainage, and water quality information so the applicant may proceed with a building permit and/or final plat.”
Google has never been publicly linked with the development, but state tax incentive applications related to the project were filed in 2020 by XXVI Holdings, which is a subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet.
The Lincoln data center was originally proposed in the summer of 2019, and documents submitted to the city at the time suggested that at full build-out it could encompass 2 million square feet of buildings and have nearly 1,000 employees.
The documents estimated construction would start in 2020, with the potential for 160 people to be working in the first buildings by 2022.
It’s obvious that timeline was upended by the coronavirus pandemic, but the lack of any announcements surrounding the project, combined with Google’s announcement last year that it plans a data center on the northwest side of Omaha — which will be its third in the Omaha metro area — led to some speculation that the company may have changed its plans for Lincoln.
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, usually provides an update on the company’s annual investment plans in late winter or early spring, so it’s possible there could be some announcement on the Lincoln plans coming in the next couple of months.
Listing the lists
Regular readers of this column know I like to end it with a rundown of recent rankings of Lincoln and/or Nebraska in national reports. The latest:
* Fifth-best state capital for safety and more (WalletHub)
Affordable Cities With Large Populations of Young People
Affordable Cities With Large Populations of Young People
Young adults are living with family or roommates more and more
Rental housing has become unaffordable for the typical renter since the pandemic
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Old National Bancorp (ONB) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $146.6 million.
The Evansville, Indiana-based bank said it had earnings of 49 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 54 cents per share.
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The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 52 cents per share.
The holding company for Old National Bank posted revenue of $566.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $457.8 million, which did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $457.9 million.
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The NBA Draft and its Alabama hopefuls
June 21, 2023
The amount of talent on this past season’s Crimson Tide Basketball team is no secret to Alabama fans and definitely not to NBA scouts, and tonight, a few former Crimson Tide standouts will find out where they will continue their basketball journeys.
Brandon Miller
Brandon Miller was a highly touted 2023 NBA prospect before he even arrived at Alabama. However, not everyone knew just how special he was until he dawned the crimson jersey. Miller immediately caught the attention of scouts with his incredible ability to score and make plays for his teammates.
However, his ability to hit from three so consistently will be his strongest attribute in a league where consistent 3-point shooting is a necessity to win games.
Projected by almost every analyst to be a top-three pick, Miller has worked out for the Charlotte Hornets and the Portland Trail Blazers, which possess the second and third picks respectively. Miller would be an interesting fit for either team, as well as a much-needed second or third option for either LaMelo Ball in Charlotte or Damian Lilliard in Portland.
However, there have been talks of multiple teams potentially trading up in the draft, so these two teams are not guaranteed landing spots for the SEC player of the year.
Noah Clowney
Noah Clowney was a bit more under the radar heading into this past season than his teammate Miller, but was able to prove himself to scouts this year with his shot-blocking ability and athleticism for his size. Standing at 6 feet, 10 inches with a 7-foot-2-inch wingspan, Clowney is the perfect blueprint for a modern-day power forward in the NBA. If he adds a bit more size while working on his 3-point shot, he will have the potential to be a significant force on a winning team.
Analysts have Clowney falling somewhere toward the end of the first round and beginning of the second. He will fit best in an organization that will be dedicated to his development, and not in need of a “win now”-type player.
Charles Bediako
Similar to Clowney, Bediako’s best attribute at the next level will be his defense. He has a solid ability to score in the paint, but his offensive game kind of begins and ends there. He is a bit undersized for the center position and will have to add some size to be able to compete at the next level.
Most analysts have Bediako potentially landing late in the second round or going undrafted. Like his teammate Noah Clowney, Bediako is more of a project and will best fit with a team that is willing to take its time in letting him develop his game and his body.
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One of the First UK Licenses for Commercial Manufacturing of Cell Therapy Products;
Allows Global Delivery of the Products
BETHESDA, Md., March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, and Advent BioServices, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in the UK, jointly announce that a MIA license has been approved and issued by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for commercial manufacturing of cell therapy products at the GMP facility in Sawston, U.K.
This MIA is one of the first licenses for commercial manufacturing of cell therapy products in the U.K. To the companies' knowledge, there are only two other such licenses, one of which was just granted as well.
This license is the culmination of more than 3 years' work, including development of the facility, the teams of specialized personnel, the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and systems, well over 1,650 regulatory documents, and a successful operating history under the initial manufacturing licenses previously obtained to produce cell therapies in the Sawston facility for clinical trials and compassionate use. All of this work was carried out by Advent BioServices under contract with NW Bio.
Under this commercial manufacturing license, cell therapy products manufactured in the Sawston facility may be exported globally. Products (e.g., immune cells) may also be imported into the U.K. for production or release of cell therapy products under the facility's licenses.
Linda Powers, CEO of NW Bio, commented, "We are very excited to reach this major milestone, as it is an essential step towards submission of our application for regulatory approval of our lead product, DCVax®-L. It is especially exciting to be able to operate globally from this base in the U.K."
Dr. Mike Scott, President of Advent BioServices, commented, "It is always challenging to be one of the trailblazers. The field of personalised cell-based immunotherapy is rapidly evolving and we are collectively navigating our way through the regulatory landscape. We are therefore thrilled that the extensive preparatory work undertaken by our skilled and dedicated team has met the extremely high standards set for this commercial level of manufacturing license."
About Northwest Biotherapeutics
Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing personalized immunotherapy products designed to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both North America and Europe. The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax® dendritic cell-based vaccines. The Company's lead program is a 331-patient Phase III trial of DCVax®-L for newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, and is an "orphan disease." This Phase III trial has been completed, and the results have been presented in scientific meetings and published in JAMA Oncology. The Company has also developed DCVax®-Direct for inoperable solid tumor cancers. It has completed a 40-patient Phase I trial and, as resources permit, plans to pursue Phase II trials. The Company previously conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax-L for advanced ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania.
About Advent BioServices
Advent BioServices is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Sawston, U.K. The Company operates the 88,000 square foot GMP facility in Sawston, which includes a large, HTA licensed, cryostorage facility capable of storing several million vials of tissues and cells, and includes capabilities for all stages of cell therapy development and production. During the past three-plus years, the Company has recruited staff members with a wide spectrum of specialist skills in the cell therapy space. The Process Development and QC teams provide significant expertise in complex assay development, GMP manufacturing, product release and GMP-related monitoring which has underpinned the work leading to MHRA licensing for commercial manufacturing, as well as the prior licenses for manufacturing for clinical trials and compassionate use (Specials).
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Editor’s note: If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Columbia University professor and director of suicide prevention training at New York State Psychiatric Institute Barbara Stanley died earlier this year at the age of 73. Stanley left behind a simple, but staggeringly effective interview to prevent suicides: having patients who had thoughts of self-harm create detailed “crisis plans” listing ways to cope, distract themselves and also who to reach out to for support.
The suicide prevention plans were meant as a short-term strategy for adolescents waiting for long-term therapy, but they proved so effective that they became important interventions on their own.
Among those who have implemented the plans with their patients is Dr. Paul Nestadt, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He joins host Robin Young to discuss the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning intervention and why it works.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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DELTONA, Fla. – Deputies with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office arrested an 18-year-old accused of firing at a car on State Road 415 Thursday morning in an apparent road rage incident.
The sheriff’s office said the shooting happened before 6 a.m. The victim told them she was traveling south on SR-415 when a car came up behind her erratically with no headlights on, even forcing another car to drive onto the shoulder.
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The victim told deputies that the suspect’s vehicle drove alongside hers for several minutes before a gun was fired out of the driver’s window. The victim’s vehicle was struck by bullets seven times, but deputies said she was not injured.
Deputies said they tracked the suspect’s vehicle using license plate reader technology to a home on Arcadia Street in Deltona. Deputies said Bryan Holmes, 18, entered the vehicle and tried to pull out of the driveway when they approached him.
According to deputies, Holmes claimed he did not have a gun on him, but when his hands moved to his waist, a deputy grabbed Holmes’ arms, and body camera video shows a handgun fell to the driveway.
Deputies said Holmes told them the victim had cut him off in traffic, and he had hit the vehicle’s rear bumper. Holmes reportedly told deputies that he was trying to shoot the tires and disable the vehicle.
Holmes faces several charges, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shooting into an occupied vehicle. He was taken to the Volusia County Jail with a $40,000 bond.
Deputies released body camera video of the arrest Thursday, which can be viewed by clicking the media player below.
Thanks to License Plate Readers, a road-rage driver who fired several shots at a woman’s vehicle Thursday morning on SR 415 was quickly identified and located by Volusia sheriff’s deputies, and his gun fell to the ground as he was taken into custody. https://t.co/CfaDRwekRS pic.twitter.com/O0qOMTqMby
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GARRETT —Jack Allen Wappes, 82, of Garrett, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, at Parkview DeKalb Hospital.
Jack was born Dec. 7, 1939, in Garrett to William I. and Mildred L. (Renkenberger) Wappes.
He married Jean M. Freeman on Feb. 10, 1962, in the United Methodist Church in Churubusco.
Jack worked in assembly at International Harvester, retiring in 1981. Jack was an avid Purdue fan and enjoyed putting out his Christmas lights each year, He enjoyed doing Seek-A-Word word search books and was a farmer.
Jack is survived by his wife: Jean M. Wappes, Garrett; daughters, Dawn (Rodney) Lemish, Garrett, and Deanna (Bruce) Delauder, Garrett; brother, George (Helen) Wappes, Auburn; sister, Shirley (Richard) Griffin, Garrett; grandchildren: Kayleigh (Lance) Conrad, Garrett; Zachary (Kirston) Delauder, Garrett; Jessica (Corey) New, Garrett; Keaton (Sierra) Lemish, Fort Wayne; and great-grandchildren, Jace Delauder, Harper New and Rylee Delauder.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, William I. and Mildred L. Wappes; brothers, William “Billy” Wappes, Merlin Wappes and Max Wappes; and sisters, Dorothy Loft and Ora McFarland.
Visitation will take place from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at Thomas Funeral Home, 1277 C.R. 56, Garrett.
Services will take place at 11 a.m. at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev. Shalimar Holderly officiating.
Burial will take place in Cedar Creek Cemetery, rural Auburn.
Memorials are to the DeKalb County 4-H Council or Garrett United Methodist Church.
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A woman and her two dogs were struck and killed by lightning Wednesday morning while walking along a Los Angeles-area riverbed, officials said.
Around 8:50 a.m., deputies responded to a call regarding a woman possibly struck by lightning along the San Gabriel River, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told Nexstar’s KTLA.
The woman was found deceased in the pathway with both the dogs, city manager Steve Carmona said. Paramedics tried to perform CPR but authorities say they believe the death was instant.
“This was due to the result of a lightning strike,” Carmona said.
Neither the woman nor the dogs survived, the Sheriff’s Department said.
As of Wednesday morning, Carmona said the woman’s family had not yet been notified. The woman was a Pico Rivera resident in her 50s, officials said.
The incident occurred as an overnight summer storm that brought rain, thunder and lightning to much of Southern California amid an ongoing heat wave.
Area residents are being urged to stay indoors as a precaution.
Mary Perez, who lives near the riverbed, said she heard police cars zooming by in the morning.
“A little before that, it was thundering a lot,” she explained. “For about half an hour, it was pretty close. You could see it and hear it, very loud.”
Perez added that she’s scared now, and won’t let her daughter walk to school when there’s thunder anymore. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/woman-2-dogs-killed-by-lightning-near-los-angeles/ | 2022-06-22 23:10:14 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/woman-2-dogs-killed-by-lightning-near-los-angeles/ |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The family of the victim in the murder case chronicled in the first season of the “Serial” podcast has asked Maryland’s intermediate appellate court to halt Adnan Syed’s court case pending the family’s appeal of a judge’s overturning of Syed’s murder conviction.
Young Lee, the brother of victim Hae Min Lee, asked the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in a six-page motion filed late last month to suspend further proceedings, including an Oct. 18 deadline by which prosecutors must decide whether to drop the charges against Syed or retry him for the killing. He contends that the family was not given enough notice about a court hearing last month over whether Syed’s conviction should be overturned.
“The Lee family is not seeking, through this motion or through the appeal, to impact Mr. Syed’s release from custody,” said the family’s attorney, Steve Kelly. “If the wrong person has been behind bars for 23 years, the Lee family and the rest of the world want to understand what new evidence has led to that conclusion.”
Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn overturned Syed’s conviction on Sept. 19. The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office said it found evidence that should have been disclosed to Syed’s attorneys.
Prosecutors moved to vacate Syed’s conviction on Sept. 14. That followed a yearlong investigation and was two days after they notified the Lee family, the family’s motion says. Then on Sept. 16, Syed’s attorneys and prosecutors discussed the motion at a meeting in Phinn’s chambers.
Phinn ordered a new trial, but prosecutors were given 30 days — until Oct. 18 — in which to dismiss the charges or proceed with a new trial.
Syed has always maintained his innocence. His case captured the attention of millions in 2014 when the debut season of “Serial” focused on Lee’s killing and raised doubts about some of the evidence prosecutors had used, inspiring heated debates across dinner tables and water coolers about Syed’s innocence or guilt.
Syed was serving a life sentence after he was convicted of strangling 18-year-old Lee, whose body was found buried in a Baltimore park.
Prosecutors said a reinvestigation of the case revealed evidence regarding the possible involvement of two other possible suspects. The two suspects may be involved individually or may be involved together, the state’s attorney’s office said. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-family-of-victim-in-serial-case-asks-court-to-halt-case/ | 2022-10-07 15:49:44 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-family-of-victim-in-serial-case-asks-court-to-halt-case/ |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, April 10, 2023
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
236 PM CDT Mon Apr 10 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Edwards and southwestern Real Counties through 315 PM CDT...
At 235 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Vance, or 14 miles southeast of Rocksprings, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Camp Wood, Vance and Barksdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2992 9989 2962 9990 2962 10000 2968 10025
2997 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 014DEG 14KT 2988 10002
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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In Xi’s China, even internal reports fall prey to censorship
By DAKE KANG
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has long relied on a critically important and secretive internal reporting system to learn about issues considered too sensitive for the public to know. But as Chinese leader Xi Jinping tightens censorship and consolidates his rule, Chinese academics and journalists say even this internal system is struggling to give frank assessments. They say with few channels of information, Beijing is increasingly making top-down decisions with little feedback from below, damaging China’s interests. It’s reflected in everything from China’s stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to its approach to the coronavirus. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/10/30/in-xis-china-even-internal-reports-fall-prey-to-censorship-2/ | 2022-10-31 08:22:54 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/10/30/in-xis-china-even-internal-reports-fall-prey-to-censorship-2/ |
President Biden is set to announce an executive order on Friday that will create a new office in the White House focused on environmental justice efforts.
The order will launch an Office of Environmental Justice, which will work within the White House Council on Environmental Quality and be led by a federal chief environmental justice officer tasked with coordinating implementation of environmental justice policies.
The order will also instruct agencies to look at gaps in science and data “to better understand and prevent the cumulative impacts of pollution on people’s health,” according to a White House official.
Additionally, it will require agencies “to notify nearby communities in the event of a release of toxic substances from a federal facility,” the official said.
The order aims to better protect overburdened communities from pollution, confront existing and legacy barriers and injustices, promote the latest science, and create accountability. The Biden administration plans to publish the first-ever Environmental Justice Scorecard, launch a White House campaign for environmental justice, and work to combat plastic pollution in communities, among other new actions.
The president’s announcement on Friday afternoon will be alongside environmental justice leaders, climate advocates, and community leaders in the Rose Garden. Meanwhile, Vice President Harris will be in Florida to announce new steps to strengthen coastal resilience to climate change impacts and extreme storms, according to the White House.
The president, during his announcement, will also highlight his investments in climate in comparison to the House Republican debt limit proposal that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced earlier this week. The proposal target aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act, which is a keystone to Biden’s domestic agenda and that Democrats passed without GOP support last year, including aiming to end the green energy tax credits.
“While we’re lowering costs for American families through clean energy tax credits, extreme MAGA Republicans are safeguarding handouts for Big Oil companies,” a White House official said.
“While we’re plugging millions of orphaned wells that emit methane and other dangerous gases, extreme MAGA Republicans would allow mining and energy companies to store hazardous waste without a permit,” the official added. | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/biden-to-announce-executive-order-to-promote-environmental-justice/ | 2023-04-21 12:26:45 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/biden-to-announce-executive-order-to-promote-environmental-justice/ |
A 28-year-old Boise man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for a road rage incident and shooting a man outside of a Boise concert venue.
Ethan Byrd was sentenced in two cases that occurred in September 2021 less than 30 minutes apart from each other, according to a news release from the Ada County Prosecutor's Office. Ada County District Judge Cynthia Yee-Wallace sentenced Byrd to up to 30 years in prison. He must serve seven years before he is eligible for parole.
In the first incident, law enforcement was dispatched to a report of a man, later identified as Byrd, who was swerving his vehicle at another vehicle and brandishing a firearm.
Shortly after that call came in, a Boise Police patrol officer spotted a man matching the calling party’s description outside The Shredder, a Boise concert venue. The officer then heard a gunshot and saw Byrd holding a firearm. Byrd fled on foot and was apprehended moments later near the venue.
After conducting an investigation, law enforcement determined Byrd had fired his gun at music performer Darin Wall, bassist for Seattle-based heavy metal band Greyhawk, who was hit in the leg and injured. Wall told police he noticed Byrd acting aggressively outside the venue and that he rushed Byrd when he spotted his gun. Law enforcement found two firearms and additional loaded magazines in Byrd's possession during their investigation.
In August 2022, a jury found Byrd guilty of aggravated battery, with an enhancement for using a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime, and misdemeanor concealed carry under the influence. After the trial, Byrd pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for threatening those in the vehicle. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-man-sentenced-for-september-2021-shooting-outside-concert/article_80cd45ac-9c39-11ed-818e-c7093e0bd558.html | 2023-01-25 00:38:09 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-man-sentenced-for-september-2021-shooting-outside-concert/article_80cd45ac-9c39-11ed-818e-c7093e0bd558.html |
“Advika and the Hollywood Wives” by Kirthana Ramisetti (Grand Central)
Evening. Interior. We open on an Oscars afterparty, where Advika Srinivasan is making drinks for half of Hollywood while barely holding on to a measured, service industry demeanor despite the belligerence and entitlement of the tipsy, trophy-toting guests.
But the evening takes a wild turn when a handsome producer takes an interest in Advika, marking a complete shift in the 26-year-old’s life as she falls hard for the Oscar-winning — and much older — Julian Zelding. And, let’s face it, it doesn’t hurt that he has extensive Hollywood connections that might help Advika break into the industry to become a renowned Indian screenwriter. Almost before she knows it, Advika is married to Julian.
When Julian's first ex-wife dies shortly after, her will promises Advika $1 million if she divorces the man. Kirthana Ramisetti’s second novel, “Advika and the Hollywood Wives,” follows Advika as she sleuths to uncover everything she can about Julian’s three ex-wives.
Given the abundance of forewarnings — like Advika and Julian's 41-year age difference and their gaping power imbalance — it’s kind of shocking it takes this mysterious proposition from a dead actress to kick the newlywed's curiosity into gear. But Ramisetti’s writing is persuasive and, for a while, the red flags are dismissible. The benefits of Advika’s new fling far outweigh the risks, and it’s easy to empathize with her staying when all the signs (and friends and family and the internet) point to leaving. Signs like Julian's proposal with a "coffin-shaped diamond.” Never mind the Larry Fortensky reference and the voice of Advika's dead twin telling her to run.
What’s that? Oh, right. Advika’s twin, Anu, died suddenly in a tragic accident two years ago. Death hangs over the text like a comfy T-shirt, loathe to be shed from the first chapter all the way to the novel's conclusion.
But it’s not all doom and gloom. While Advika often falls into the patriarchal trap of doing things and saying yes because she’s expected to, she does sometimes give a clear, resolved “no,” yanking back her agency. Cue audience applause.
With its smart, beautiful cover design, “Advika and the Hollywood Wives” is a page-turner packed with mystery, drama and romance. In a world filled with books by and for bookworms, Ramisetti has penned one for film fanatics — with a particular affinity for rom-com. Each chapter is named for a romantic comedy, creating an impressive collection spanning around 100 years. The novel plays with the medium, dipping into screenplays, text conversations and TV show excerpts, its stream of Hollywood references consistent throughout.
For better or worse, Ramisetti’s ending is also very Hollywood movie-like: The final chapters tie up an inordinate number of loose ends that honestly didn’t need tying, yet act like a key element was addressed when it wasn’t.
But hey, that’s rom-com for you. | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/review-a-book-for-movie-lovers-with-romance-17889162.php | 2023-04-10 20:49:21 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/review-a-book-for-movie-lovers-with-romance-17889162.php |
2,500 respondents show range of opinions on COVID-19 risk, vaccines, treatments and mandates
NEW YORK, Aug 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation follows new CDC recommendations to relax COVID-19 restrictions, a new survey of 2,500 New Yorkers conducted by the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) revealed clear differences among the boroughs in vaccine and booster uptake, childhood vaccination, treatment when sick and general trust in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. The range of full vaccine and booster coverage across the five boroughs was 60% in Manhattan to 34% in the Bronx, with Queens at 55%, Staten Island at 47%, and Brooklyn at 42%.
"These survey findings help us to examine the blind spots within our communities regarding the continued risks of COVID-19 exposure and need for vigilance in protection," says Dr. Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean of CUNY SPH. "With recent guidelines of the CDC loosening requirements for COVID-19 quarantining and isolation, more responsibility has been placed on the shoulders of individuals to make better choices for themselves and their families. We as public health advocates must double down on education about testing, prevention and treatment for those at high risk."
The survey showed adherence to protective measures among most New Yorkers, even amidst general COVID-19 fatigue. The majority of respondents (86%) have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 60% have had their children vaccinated. Respondents also supported public health initiatives such as vaccine mandates among employers (66%), schools (62%), indoor activities (63%) and international travel (71%). Three-quarters (74%) of New Yorkers stated they would prefer to rely on the vaccine alone or combine it with treatment if they become ill.
Yet when asking about their beliefs, the survey showed pockets of resistance. Only 66% of Staten Islanders agreed that the risks of COVID-19 are greater than the risks of the vaccine. This compared to 76% of respondents in Manhattan, followed by Queens at 75%, Brooklyn at 72% and the Bronx at 70%.
When asked if they trust the science behind COVID-19 vaccines, respondents from Manhattan led the affirmation at 78%, in stark contrast with those from Staten Island at 61%. Falling in between were Queens at 73%, the Bronx at 68% and Brooklyn at 66%.
Furthermore, there remains a gap over the safety of the vaccine: 82% of Manhattanites believe in it, compared with only 72% in Staten Island and 71% in Brooklyn.
When it comes to taking action through vaccine uptake or future treatment plans, the survey also showed a significant difference among boroughs:
- 69% of parents in Manhattan have had a child vaccinated, compared to 55% in the Bronx.
- Queens respondents were most likely to consider both vaccination and treatment (80%) as preferred interventions, while Staten Island residents were least likely to accept both (66%).
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a 493-foot home run Friday night — the longest of his major league career — to become the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1.
The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way superstar drove a slider from Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Tommy Henry to right field in the sixth inning to get the Angels within 5-1. It was the longest home run in the majors this year.
Ohtani became the first player since Baltimore’s Chris Davis in 2013 to hit 30 homers by the end of June. Davis had 31.
Babe Ruth, Ken Griffey Jr. and Sammy Sosa each did it twice. The others are Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Luis Gonzalez and Albert Pujols. Bonds had 39 by July 1 in 2001 en route to setting the single-season record with 73.
Ohtani has hit 15 home runs in June. Besides being an Angels record for the most in any month, he tied Babe Ruth (1930 Yankees), Bob Johnson (1934 A’s) and Roger Maris (1961 Yankees) for the AL mark in June.
Ohtani’s three longest homers have come at Angel Stadium. His previous best was a 470-foot drive off Kansas City’s Kris Bubic in 2021. It was also Ohtani’s fifth long ball this week.
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Biden: G-7 countries to ban Russian gold imports
President Joe Biden on Sunday praised the continued unity of the global alliance confronting Russia, as he and other heads of the Group of Seven leading economies strategized on sustaining the pressure in their effort to isolate Moscow over its months-long invasion of Ukraine.
Biden and his counterparts were meeting to discuss how to secure energy supplies and tackle inflation, aiming to keep fallout from the war from splintering the global coalition working to punish Moscow. They were set to announce new bans on imports of Russian gold, the latest in a series of sanctions the club of democracies hopes will further isolate Russia economically over its invasion of Ukraine.
Leaders also were coming together in a new global infrastructure partnership meant to provide an alternative to Russian and Chinese investment in the developing world.
RELATED: Wheat and barley shortage: How Russia-Ukraine war triggered a global food crisis
"We’ve got to make sure we have us all staying together," Biden said during a pre-summit sit-down with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who holds the G-7′s rotating presidency and is hosting the gathering. "You know, we’re gonna continue working on economic challenges that we face but I think we get through all this."
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - JUNE 26: U.S. President Joe Biden attends the first day of the three-day G7 summit at Schloss Elmau on June 26, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup - Pool/Getty Images)
Scholz replied that the "good message" is that "we all made it to stay united, which Putin never expected," a reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who sent his military across the border into Ukraine in late February.
"We have to stay together, because Putin has been counting on, from the beginning, that somehow NATO and the G-7 would splinter, but we haven’t and we’re not going to," Biden replied, as he and Scholz sat on a terrace that overlooked the picturesque Bavarian Alps.
"We can’t let this aggression take the form it has and get away with it," added Biden.
Hours before the summit formally opened, Russia launched missile strikes against the Ukrainian capital Sunday, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. They were the first such strikes by Russia in three weeks.
Biden condemned Russia's actions as "more of their barbarism."
Other leaders echoed Biden's praise of coalition unity.
The head of the European Union’s council of governments said the 27-member block maintains "unwavering unity" in backing Ukraine against Russia’s invasion with money and political support, but that "Ukraine needs more and we are committed to providing more."
European Council President Charles Michel said EU governments were ready to supply "more military support, more financial means, and more political support" to enable Ukraine to defend itself and "curb Russia’s ability to wage war."
The EU has imposed six rounds of sanctions against Russia, the latest one being a ban on 90% of Russian crude oil imports by the end of the year. The measure is aimed at a pillar of the Kremlin’s finances, its oil and gas revenues.
Biden and the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, plus the EU, were spending Sunday in both formal and informal settings, including working sessions on the war’s effects on the global economy, including inflation, and on infrastructure.
G-7 to ban Russian gold imports
Biden, who arrived in Germany early Sunday, said G-7 nations, including the United States, will ban imports of gold from Russia. A formal announcement was expected Tuesday as the leaders hold their annual summit.
RELATED: Ukraine should be candidate for EU membership, European Commission says
Senior Biden administration officials said gold is Moscow's second biggest export after energy, and that banning such imports would make it more difficult for Russia to participate in global markets. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details before the announcement.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the ban will "directly hit Russian oligarchs and strike at the heart of Putin’s war machine."
"Putin is squandering his dwindling resources on this pointless and barbaric war. He is bankrolling his ego at the expense of both the Ukrainian and Russian people," Johnson said. "We need to starve the Putin regime of its funding."
Gold, in recent years, has been the top Russian export after energy — reaching almost $19 billion or about 5% of global gold exports, in 2020, according to the White House.
Of Russian gold exports, 90% was consigned to G-7 countries. More than 90% of those exports, or nearly $17 billion, was exported to the UK. The United States imported less than $200 million in gold from Russia in 2019, and under $1 million in 2020 and 2021.
U.S. President Joe Biden (L) looks on as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures after the G7 group photo on the first day of the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau on June 26, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Imag
Among the issues to be discussed are price caps on energy, which are meant to limit Russian oil and gas profits that Moscow can pump into its war effort. The idea has been championed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
RELATED: Russia-Ukraine war could last years, NATO chief warns
Michel said price caps on Russian oil imports were under discussion. But he said "we want to go into the details, we want to fine-tune ... to make sure we have a clear understanding of what are the direct effects" if such a step were to be taken by the group.
Leaders were also set to discuss how to maintain commitments addressing climate change while also solving critical energy supply needs brought on by the war.
"There’s no watering down of climate commitments," John Kirby, a spokesman for Biden's National Security Council, said Saturday as the president flew to Germany.
Biden is also set to formally launch a global infrastructure partnership designed to counter China’s influence in the developing world. He had named it "Build Back Better World" and introduced the program at last year’s G-7 summit.
Biden and other leaders will announce the first projects to benefit from what the U.S. sees as an "alternative to infrastructure models that sell debt traps to low- and middle-income partner countries," Kirby said. The projects are also supposed to help advance U.S. economic competitiveness and our national security," he said.
After the G-7 summit concludes on Tuesday, Biden will travel to Madrid for a summit of the leaders of the 30 members of NATO to align strategy on the war in Ukraine. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/biden-g-7-countries-to-ban-russian-gold-imports | 2022-06-26 16:06:52 | 0 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/biden-g-7-countries-to-ban-russian-gold-imports |
BERLIN (AP) — Daniel Barenboim was made a citizen of honor of Berlin on Friday, months after he ended his three-decade tenure as the general musical director of the Berlin State Opera for health reasons.
Mayor Franziska Giffey paid tribute to Barenboim’s musical talent and his commitment to communication between Israelis and Palestinians in a ceremony at city hall.
Giffey said that Barenboim “demonstrates incomparable mastery both at the grand piano and at the conductor’s stand,” German news agency dpa reported. She told him that “as an artist and as a person, you are truly a figure of the century.”
Barenboim, 80, was born in Argentina and raised there and in Israel. He has had long associations with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and with the Berlin State Opera, or Staatsoper, which he led from 1992 until early this year. He also co-founded the the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which united musicians from Israel and the Arab world.
Giving up the Berlin post in January, he said that his health had worsened significantly over the past year and he could “no longer deliver the performance that is rightly demanded of a general music director.” But he has made clear that he’s determined to keep conducting as much as possible, saying in February that he “will take it day by day.”
Barenboim is Berlin’s 123rd citizen of honor, joining a list that includes actress and singer Marlene Dietrich and post-World War II West Germany’s first leader, Konrad Adenauer. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/barenboim-made-berlin-citizen-of-honor-after-long-tenure/ | 2023-04-21 23:55:57 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/entertainment-news/barenboim-made-berlin-citizen-of-honor-after-long-tenure/ |
#Dadication PSAs for Father's Day
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new series of public service announcements (PSAs) in English and Spanish have been created for this Father's Day to highlight fatherhood involvement. The PSAs were developed by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the Ad Council and the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC).
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9094552-ad-council-fathers-day-dadication-psas/
These latest installments to the annual #Dadication PSA campaign aim to showcase, encourage and celebrate the efforts of fathers to overcome parenting challenges so they can be active and present in their children's lives.
"This national fatherhood media campaign reminds us that fathers come from all walks of life," said ACF Assistant Secretary January Contreras. "Fathers are essential, and they play a critical role in ensuring their children thrive, which is why our office works hard on these national public service announcements to reach dads around the country."
The new #Dadication PSAs showcase Oscar, a Mexican American father of three, who shares his experiences as a parent, complimented with home footage and family photos. Oscar talks about the challenges and joys of parenting while reflecting on the lessons he learned from his father. He emphasizes the significance of expressing emotions to his children during happy and challenging moments, as it helps them learn and grow together.
"These are challenging times. It's important that fathers know it's okay to struggle and they can share how they're doing with their children," said Heidi Arthur, chief campaign development officer at the Ad Council. "This new creative will build on our efforts to support and empower fathers to recognize their important role in their children's lives."
According to the #Dadication campaign's tracking survey fielded by Ipsos in March 2023, fathers who were aware of the Fatherhood Involvement campaign PSAs were significantly more likely to have sought out information about increasing their involvement with their children over the past six months compared to fathers who were not aware of the PSAs (61% of ad-aware fathers versus 26% of not aware fathers). The new PSAs seek to build on this positive momentum and continue inspiring fathers to pursue resources that facilitate active engagement with their children, even in the face of struggle.
"Like with past campaign efforts, we are seeking to inspire a renewed commitment among fathers—to reignite the flame of responsible fatherhood," said Kenneth Braswell, Project Director at the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse and Chief Executive Officer for Fathers Incorporated. "We know these past few years have been extra challenging for everyone, including dads, and we want to encourage them to keep going no matter how hard it might seem because their involvement matters a great deal."
The Fatherhood Involvement media campaign has been incredibly successful, receiving an impressive $334 million in donated media and generating over 27.1 billion audience impressions nationwide since 2013. The campaign's central concept, "#Dadication," highlights the unwavering commitment of fathers to their children. Thanks to donated time and space, the new PSAs will be widely available in TV and online video formats and broadcast nationwide.
To view the new fatherhood PSAs, click here to view the English version and click here to view the Spanish version.
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President Biden on Friday told Group of Seven (G-7) leaders that the United States will support a joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter aircrafts, a senior administration official told The Hill.
The U.S. is hopeful the training can begin in the “coming week,” the official said, and it will require months to complete. It will occur outside Ukraine at sites in Europe.
The countries participating in the effort will decide when to actually provide the jets, how many will be provided and who will provide them, the official said.
The president is in Hiroshima, Japan, for the G-7 summit, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reportedly expected to make an in-person appearance this weekend.
The F-16 is a fourth-generation aircraft that is far superior to the Soviet-era jets Ukraine is operating. Training Ukrainians on the aircraft is an effort to further strengthen and improve the capabilities of the country’s air force and is part of the U.S.’s long-term commitment to Ukraine’s self-defense, according to the official.
“Together with the short-term and medium-term security assistance packages we are providing Ukraine, President Biden is sending a powerful signal of how the United States and our allies and partners are fully united in ensuring Ukraine remains sovereign, independent, and secure with the ability to defend against and deter future attacks,” the official said.
Ukraine has wanted to receive Western fighter jets like the American F-16 since the outset of the Russian invasion. Kyiv ramped up its pressure earlier this year to secure the warplanes, and Zelensky last month said he “raised the issue” of F-16 fighter jets during a call with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
The U.S. is also expected to unveil a “substantial” sanctions package against Russia on Friday while Biden is in Japan. Sanctions being issued by the U.S. will include blacklisting 300 individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft across Europe, the Middle East and Asia and an expanded sanctions authority to target sectors of the Russian economy. | https://cbs4indy.com/hill-politics/biden-tells-g7-leaders-us-will-support-effort-to-train-ukrainian-pilots-on-f-16s/ | 2023-05-19 17:19:33 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/hill-politics/biden-tells-g7-leaders-us-will-support-effort-to-train-ukrainian-pilots-on-f-16s/ |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lizzo and Ed Sheeran are among the headliners at this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which takes place over two weekends beginning April 28.
The lineup released Friday also includes Dead & Company, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Santana, Jon Batiste, Jill Scott, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Kane Brown, H.E.R., the Steve Miller Band and Ludacris.
Quint Davis, the festival’s producer, said he’s really excited about this year’s event.
“This one is special,” Davis told The Associated Press by phone. “We’ve got something for everybody. Don’t just read through the first few names on the list. Read down through it. There’s some great stuff all over it. If there’s someone scheduled that you haven’t heard of, go to YouTube or Google them. There’s buried treasure in this festival.”
Batiste, a New Orleans-area native and former band leader for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” is one of many performers with Louisiana roots who will perform. Other New Orleans-anchored acts include Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Radiators.
The festival, which features hundreds of acts and draws tens of thousands of visitors daily, unfolds on more than a dozen music stages on the infield and surrounding structures of the historic Fair Grounds horse track. It also features scores of food booths that offer delicacies from Louisiana and beyond, plus numerous art and craft exhibitions.
“We’re appealing to all ages, tastes and communities with this one,” Davis said. “What festival has Ludacris and Tom Jones on the bill, I ask you? None.”
Festival organizers said this year’s event also will include a celebration of Puerto Rico, with artist demonstrations, live music and dance showcases, parades, cultural displays, photo exhibits and authentic cuisine.
Asked why the festival attracts such eclectic talent, Davis said its reputation has a lot to do with it.
“These acts hear about us through conversations with other groups who tell them how it was handled, how the audiences are, how their energy feeds into theirs. The managers tell us their artists had the best show ever and the audiences responded. That makes it great for all who go,” he said.
Full schedules haven’t yet been released, but Friday’s announcement said Sheeran, Lizzo, Plant & Krauss, the Steve Miller Band, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Gary Clark Jr., Jill Scott, Kenny Loggins and the Wu-Tang Clan will be among the first weekend’s acts.
The second weekend will include Dead & Company, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Santana, Batiste, H.E.R., Kane Brown, Trombone Shorty, Ludacris, Leon Bridges, Tom Jones, Herbie Hancock, Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas, Melissa Etheridge, NE-YO and Galactic, among many others.
Davis encouraged fans to go to the festival’s website for information on tickets, hotels, travel packages and more.
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You're only young once. Just ask Kaja, a critically endangered Sumatran who celebrated his first EVER birthday on Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo.
Kaja lives with his mom, 36-year-old Indah, and big sister Aisha, who's now 8 years old herself.
Sadly, Kaja never knew his father, Satu, a 26-year-old orangutan who died just before Christmas 2021.
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The zoo's favorite baby ginger spent his big day, like any good baby primate would, hanging out with his mom. Zookeepers made a special day of it, though, bringing out wreaths and cakes for everyone to investigate and nosh on, reports dedicated zoo-goer Rosemary Bystrak, who keeps her music blog, SDDialedIn, up-to-date at the park when she's not animal loving.
Kaja was named for an island in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, on Jan. 4, 2022, which makes him a Capricorn, if you wondered.
"To witness the birth of such a majestic critically endangered animal is a remarkable experience and brings us hope for the future," Erika Kohler, then the zoo's interim executive director, said at the time of Kaja's birth. "His birth increases the population by one and that is a necessary step in our ongoing efforts to gain a deeper understanding of orangutans so we can conserve the species where they live."
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"From now on, today will be known as Kaja day 🎂," the zoo tweeted out.
"Due to some complications following his birth last year, Kaja’s mother, Indah, was separated from him while she recovered. Wildlife Care Specialists quickly stepped in to care for and nurture Kaja during the early weeks of his life. Once Indah was fully healed, Kaja was re-introduced and slowly their bond began to grow. The inseparable pair can now be seen on habitat eating, swinging, and playing with the rest of the apes from the troop," the zoo posted on Instagram.
Kaja can be seen on the regular at the Orangutan enclosure most mornings from opening time till 11:30 a.m. or so. While he's spent the past year most above ground, he's now exploring the "forest" floor, so one-on-one time with the redhead is possible if you're very, very lucky.
Sumatran and Bornean orangutans are listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. According to IUCN, the decline in their population is mainly due to illegal wildlife trafficking and habitat loss from rampant deforestation, which forces them into closer contact with people. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/ohmygodheissooooooocute-san-diego-zoos-baby-orangutan-kaja-turns-1/3163701/ | 2023-01-06 06:43:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/ohmygodheissooooooocute-san-diego-zoos-baby-orangutan-kaja-turns-1/3163701/ |
The $8 million draw will further CPF's mission of providing homeownership within Hispanic communities
DALLAS, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Plus Financial, a community development financial institution, certified B Corp and wholly owned subsidiary of Crossroads Impact Corp, made the first draw on its $125 million bond from the United States Treasury Department's CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
CPF made the $8 million draw Feb. 28. The cash proceeds will be used to refinance higher-priced leverage originally used to fund mortgages originated by the company.
"The cash proceeds from our initial draw will continue our efforts of expanding opportunities to qualified homebuyers within the Hispanic community," said Farzana Giga, the company's chief financial officer. "We are excited to continue the mission-driven work of CPF and provide the opportunity for underrepresented populations to own affordable homes."
CPF was awarded the bond last year, one of three guarantees totaling $355 million that the U.S. Treasury agreed to issue under the fiscal year 2022 round of the program, which injects new and substantial capital into the nation's most distressed communities.
As a bond recipient of the highly selective and competitive program, CPF will better serve its borrowers by providing long-term, fixed-rate cost of debt capital. Capital Plus Financial is one of only five CDFIs nationwide selected.
About Capital Plus Financial
Certified by the U.S. Treasury as a CDFI, Capital Plus Financial believes minority-owned small businesses and people of color are entitled to equal opportunities in the banking system and is committed to breaking down barriers in communities that have been disenfranchised, underserved, underbanked, and underfunded. Capital Plus is the wholly owned subsidiary of Crossroads Impact Corporation (OTCQX: CRSS), a holding company focused on investing in businesses that promote economic vitality and community development.
About Crossroads Impact Corp
Crossroads Impact Corp (OTCQX: CRSS) Crossroads Impact Corp's mission is to promote economic vitality through community development and equitable access to capital; harnessing the power for good to tackle systemic issues within underserved communities. Building on our history of serving minority individuals and small businesses through environmental and responsible social lending, we look to be the leader in providing innovative and sustainable lending solutions.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
9-3-3
(nine, three, three)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
9-3-3
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- WALLIX, the cybersecurity firm named a leader by Gartner, announced its continued growth plans across the USA, underpinned by two strategic hires ➡ Let's meet at the Gartner IAM Summit, in Las Vegas, on August 22nd to 24th !
- WALLIX has recruited two US-based executives and is in the process of developing key strategic alliances and forging new reseller partnerships to reinforce its "Channel First" sales model in the Americas.
- New executives Walter Lewis, SVP Americas Sales, and Richard A Weeks, SVP Global Alliances & Americas Channels, will expand WALLIX revenue and market presence in the United States of America and Canada.
PARIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WALLIX, (Euronext: ALLIX) a European cybersecurity software publisher and expert in access and identity solutions, creator of the WALLIX PAM4ALL unified solution, has today announced its continued growth plans across the USA, underpinned by two strategic hires. The company has recruited US-based executives and is in the process of developing key strategic alliances and forging new reseller partnerships to reinforce its "Channel First" sales model in the Americas. New executives Walter Lewis, SVP Americas Sales, and Richard A Weeks, SVP Global Alliances & Americas Channels, will expand WALLIX revenue and market presence in the United States of America and Canada.
"We are extremely pleased to announce that Walter and Richard have joined the WALLIX Team." said Didier Lesteven, Senior VP Sales Operations - Strategic Countries at WALLIX. "Bringing this level of executive talent on board will help us realize our goal of expanding revenue and market presence in the USA and Canada. Our expectation is to increase our international turnover by a factor of 7.5 by the end of 2025, mainly driven by our expansion in the Americas. Their experience in Identity Security sales, alliances and channels will help both our credibility and sales acceleration."
Walter Lewis is an experienced security sales executive, who started his career in technical project management, before making the move to professional services delivery leadership. Walter's transition from delivery into go-to-market responsibilities began while leading the North America information security practice, focusing on Identity and Access Management, Threat Vulnerability Management, and Governance, Risk and Compliance.
"I'm honored to join WALLIX at this critical point to help lead our sales and marketing expansion across the Americas and Canada." said Walter Lewis, Senior VP Sales USA at WALLIX. " Our scalable, integrated PAM4ALL solution is perfectly positioned to help both traditional IT, as well as operational technology (OT) customers on their Zero Trust journey, by simplifying Privileged Access Management (PAM) deployments, while providing the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in the PAM market. Our 2022 plan includes continued expansion of key reseller and Managed Service Provider (MSP) relationships, adding territory sales staff and scaling our geographical coverage."
Richard Weeks is an Identity Security indirect sales veteran, with a history of creating and managing effective technology alliances and implementing channel sales programs for global cyber firms. Richard began his tech career as a secure mainframe computer operator in the US Air Force and has represented well-known identity focused firms for the past twenty years.
"It's my privilege to join the team at WALLIX and help drive the increased visibility and market acceptance of the award winning PAM4ALL solution across our global technology alliances and Americas channel partners." said Richard Weeks, SVP Global Alliances & Americas Channels at WALLIX. "I am fortunate to have been involved as a pioneer with many of the early PAM market vendors and I have experienced firsthand the explosive growth of the Identity Security industry. The forecast for continued exponential growth in the global PAM market bodes well for WALLIX, considering our product simplicity and ease of deployment, our channel-first reputation and acknowledged European PAM market leadership. These factors will help us aggressively expand our presence across the USA and Canada."
Let's meet at the Gartner IAM Summit:
- In Las Vegas
- On August 22nd to 24th
- Booth #629
- Don't miss Didier Lesteven and Richard A Weeks speaking in an Executive Technology Strategy Session: "How to Overcome PAM Complexity & Reduce Cost" on 24th August at 9:45 am
- Discount code: IAM17EDC
ABOUT WALLIX
A software company providing cybersecurity solutions, WALLIX is the European specialist in digital Identity and Access Security Solutions, named a leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management. WALLIX PAM4ALL, the unified privilege management solution, enables companies to respond to today's data protection challenges. It guarantees detection of and resilience to cyberattacks, which enables business continuity. The solution also ensures compliance with regulatory requirements regarding access to IT infrastructures and critical data. WALLIX PAM4ALL Recognized as the Best PAM Solution on the Market by the US Analyst Firm Frost & Sullivan. WALLIX PAM4ALL is distributed through a network of more than 300 resellers and integrators worldwide. Listed on the Euronext (ALLIX), WALLIX supports more than 2000 organizations in securing their digital transformation.
WALLIX affirms its digital responsibility and is committed to contributing to the construction of a trusted European digital space, guaranteeing the security and confidentiality of data for organizations as well as for individuals concerned about the protection of their digital identity and privacy. Digital technology, whether for professional or personal use, must be ethical and responsible in order to pursue a secure societal digital transformation that respects individual freedoms.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, June 12, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
718 PM EDT Sun Jun 12 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Seneca
and west central Cayuga Counties through 745 PM EDT...
At 718 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Geneva, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Romulus, Fayette, Union Springs, Aurora,
Canoga, Border City, Rose Hill and Cayuga Lake State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4287 7696 4292 7696 4290 7665 4270 7673
4279 7698 4287 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 289DEG 17KT 4286 7694
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Updated August 7, 2022 at 8:01 PM ET
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Authorities investigating whether the killings of four Muslim men are connected said Sunday that they need help finding a vehicle believed to be connected to the deaths in New Mexico's largest city.
Albuquerque police said they released photos of the vehicle suspected of being used in the four homicides, hoping people could help identify the car. Police said the vehicle sought is a dark gray or silver four-door Volkswagen with dark tinted windows, and appears to be a Jetta.
Police did not say where the images were taken or what led them to suspect the car was involved in any of the crimes.
"We have a very, very strong link," Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said Sunday. "We have a vehicle of interest. ... We have got to find this vehicle."
Police still are trying to determine if there are any connections among the killings. A Muslim man was killed Friday night in Albuquerque and ambush shootings killed three Muslim men over the past nine months.
Police said Saturday that the victim in the latest killing was a Muslim from South Asia who is believed to be in his mid-20s.
The man, whose identity hasn't yet been confirmed by investigators, was found dead after police received a call of a shooting.
Earlier this week, police confirmed that local detectives and federal law enforcement officers were looking for possible ties among the separate crimes.
Two of the men — Muhammed Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41 — were killed in the past week, and both were from Pakistan and members of the same mosque. The third case involves the November killing of Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, a Muslim man of South Asian descent.
Police declined to say whether Friday night's homicide was carried out in a way similar to the other deaths.
Authorities said they can't say yet if the shootings were hate crimes until they have identified a suspect and can determine a motive.
"We will bring this person or these persons to justice," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Sunday.
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Colorado Mesa's Kiley Davis scored a career-high seven goals and Taylor Jakeman chipped in a season-high five Tuesday in the Mavs' 17-7 victory over Rockhurst at Community Hospital Unity Field.
Only four Mavericks scored as Justine Anderson scored a career-high four goals and Brianna Anderson one as CMU had a 36-23 shots advantage and had 26 shots on goal compared to 12 for Rockhurst.
The Mavericks outscored the Hawks 11-4 in the second half after a goalie change created a momentum swing. Rockhurst starting goalie Sydney Shindler made seven saves against seven goals allowed in the first 30 minutes, but the Hawks opted to pull her at halftime in favor of Madeline Morrison. The move seemed to backfire, as Morrison allowed 10 goals and only made only one save in 20 minutes before the Hawks put Shindler back in.
Four of Jakeman's goals came in the first half as CMU led 6-3 at halftime. Davis took over in the third quarter, scoring four of her seven goals to put the Mavs up 12-6 entering the fourth quarter. Justine Anderson scored three goals in the fourth quarter, including one shorthanded, before assisting on Brianna Anderson first goal of the season.
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CMU's Bradford selected as RMAC player of the week
Colorado Mesa's Ashley Bradford was selected Tuesday as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference's Softball player of the week.
Bradford, the 2022 RMAC player of the year, was 12 for 18 with four doubles, a triple and three home runs to help lead the Mavericks to a convincing weekend series sweep at New Mexico Highlands.
In Saturday's doubleheader, Bradford was 8 for 10 with six extra-base hits — three home runs and three doubles — and had eight RBI. The fifth-year senior also had four RBI in a 3-for-4 effort with a double and triple during the Mavs' 15-0 win in Sunday's first game. | https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/colorado-mesa-briefs-march-14-2023/article_918673ce-c2d0-11ed-9584-57322ca97a9b.html | 2023-03-15 06:42:40 | 1 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/colorado-mesa-briefs-march-14-2023/article_918673ce-c2d0-11ed-9584-57322ca97a9b.html |
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to protect face masks in the washing machine and dryer," said an inventor, from Pineville, N.C., "so I invented the MASK BUDDY. My design helps to prevent damage and it could allow you to wash masks more frequently."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to launder face masks. In doing so, it helps to prevent damage to the strings or ear loops. As a result, it provides added protection and peace of mind and it eliminates the need to purchase replacement masks. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Charlotte sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CNC-888, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a major political conference dedicated to agriculture, state media reported Monday, amid outside assessments that suggest the country is facing a serious shortfall of food.
South Korean experts estimate that North Korea is short around 1 million tons of grain, 20 percent of its annual demand, after the pandemic disrupted both farming and imports from China.
Recent, unconfirmed, reports have said an unknown number of North Koreans have died of hunger. But observers have seen no indication of mass deaths or famine in North Korea.
During a high-level meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party that began Sunday, senior party officials reviewed last year’s work on state goals to accomplish “rural revolution in the new era,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported.
The report said that the meeting of the party’s Central Committee will identify “immediate, important” tasks on agricultural issues and “urgent tasks arising at the present stage of the national economic development.”
KNCA didn’t say whether Kim spoke during the meeting or how long it would last. Senior officials such as Cabinet Premier Kim Tok Hun and Jo Yong Won, one of Kim’s closest aides who handles the Central Committee’s organizational affairs, were also attending.
The meeting is the first time the party has convened a plenary session only to discuss agriculture. Monday’s report didn’t elaborate on its agenda, but the party’s Politburo said earlier this month that a “a turning point is needed to dynamically promote radical change in agricultural development.”
Most analysts North Korea’s food situation today is nowhere near the extremes of the 1990s, when hundreds of thousands of people died in a famine. However, some experts say its food insecurity is likely at its worst since Kim took power in 2011, after COVID-19 restrictions further shocked an economy battered by decades of mismanagement and crippling U.S.-led sanctions imposed over Kim’s nuclear program.
In early 2020, North Korea tried to shield its population from the coronavirus by imposing stringent border controls that choked off trade with China, its main ally and economic lifeline. Russia’s war on Ukraine possibly worsened the situation by driving up global prices of food, energy and fertilizer, on which North Korea’s agricultural production is heavily dependent.
North Korea reopened freight train traffic with China and Russia last year. More than 90% of North Korea’s official external trade goes through its border with China.
Last year, North Korea’s grain production was estimated at 4.5 million tons, a 3.8% drop from 2020, according to South Korean government assessments. The North was estimated to have produced between 4.4 million tons to 4.8 million tons of grain annually from 2012-2021, according to previous South Korean data.
North Korea needs about 5.5 million tons of grain to feed its 25 million people annually, so it’s short about 1 million tons this year. In past years, half of such a gap was usually met by unofficial grain purchases from China, with the rest remaining as unresolved shortfall, according to Kwon Tae-jin, a senior economist at the private GS&J Institute in South Korea.
Kwon says trade curbs due to the pandemic have likely hindered unofficial rice purchases from China. Efforts by North Korean authorities to tighten controls and restrict market activities have also worsened the situation, he said.
It’s unclear whether North Korea will take any action to quickly address its food problems. Some experts say North Korea will use this week’s plenary meeting to boost public support of Kim during his confrontations with the United States and its allies over his nuclear ambitions.
Despite limited resources, Kim has been aggressively pushing to expand his nuclear weapons and missile programs to pressure Washington into accepting the idea of the North as a nuclear power and lift international sanctions on it. After a record year of weapons testing activities in 2022, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile and other weapons in displays this month. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-north-korea-holds-rare-meeting-on-farming-amid-food-shortage/ | 2023-02-27 11:06:15 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-north-korea-holds-rare-meeting-on-farming-amid-food-shortage/ |
WAYNE, Pa., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tammac Holding Corporation unveils its all-new, state-of-the-art consumer educational website to help customers better understand the value of manufactured housing and provide much needed insight into the home buying process. This new platform allows Tammac to share what they have learned and experienced over their 45 years in the manufactured housing industry. The focus is on empowering consumers with knowledge, to help educate potential homebuyers by sharing the organization's comprehensive loan servicing and financial programs for manufactured housing. Consumers will have the ability to browse the latest models, features and amenities available on today's modern manufactured home.
In an effort to support consumers Tammac has initiated the FAST program. "Fast Application Support Team," program provides the consumer quick access to our experienced Fast Application Support Team members. Consumers will be able to gain valuable insight and customized education into their personal homebuyer profile and personalized quotes for manufactured home loans and mobile home loans.
"Tammac's new website is an extension of our team philosophy of taking a personal interest and guiding the homebuyer to their homeownership destination. Our intent is a renewed interest in impactful homeownership outcomes," said Troy Cavallaro, President and CEO of Tammac. "This engaging, forward-thinking design creates a portal through which customers can become homebuyers — and not have to do it alone."
For almost 50 years, Tammac Holdings Corporation has worked closely with the manufactured home buyer to accomplish the goal of homeownership. We finance new and pre-owned (1976+), and offer loans in the following states: Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. Land/Home Financing is offered in the following states: Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Additional states are granting licenses every day, as Tammac expands nationwide. Tammac Holdings Corporation NMLS #2663, an Equal Housing Lender.
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, May 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
720 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Tom
Green and northeastern Irion Counties through 800 PM CDT...
At 720 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Arden, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and penny 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...
Arden and Us-67 Near The Irion-Tom Green County Line.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3137 10105 3156 10103 3159 10064 3128 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 275DEG 9KT 3146 10091
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Hundreds of people have been buried under rubble and many feared dead –– after a powerful earthquake shook parts of eastern Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
The Taliban's state-run news agency says more than 280 people have been killed and as many as 600 more injured. It was not possible to immediately confirm that number, because the earthquake hit remote areas.
The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. Authorities had to dispatch rescue workers by helicopter to dig people out.
A video shared by the news agency featured a man pointing at homes around him in the early light.
Another man in a neighboring province told NPR they were hearing reports that dozens of people had been buried under their homes – and were feared dead – in other remote villages near the Pakistani border.
The earthquake comes as a hunger crisis grips Afghanistan: around half the population of 40 million people need food aid to avert starvation, and the U.N. reports that nearly 95% of Afghans are not eating enough.
Another massive earthquake previously struck the country in 2015, where more than 300 people died and more than 2,000 were injured.
NPR's Ayana Archie contributed to this report.
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Cerevel and Pfizer are using the Target and Lead Identification Suite—and Colossal Biosciences is adopting the Multiomics Suite—to bring therapeutics to market faster
BOSTON, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the Bio-IT World Conference, Google Cloud announced two new AI-powered life sciences solutions to accelerate drug discovery and precision medicine for biotech companies, pharmaceutical firms, and public sector organizations. Available worldwide today, the Target and Lead Identification Suite helps researchers better identify the function of amino acids and predict the structure of proteins; and the Multiomics Suite accelerates the discovery and interpretation of genomic data, helping companies design precision treatments.
"We've long been involved with creating new tools for understanding and working with the code of life, like high performance computing for genomic analytics, and artificial intelligence that can predict three-dimensional models of proteins," said Shweta Maniar, global director, Life Sciences Strategy and Solutions, Google Cloud. "These new solutions launching today can transform life sciences organizations by accelerating drug discovery and bringing therapeutics to market faster. When patients are waiting for that life-saving treatment in cancer care or that quality-of-life medicine for migraine headaches, this faster time-to-market can have an incredibly positive impact on lives."
Accelerating drug discovery with the Target and Lead Identification Suite
Speeding up target and lead identification is critical for the race to drug discovery. Currently, developing a new drug from an original idea to the launch of a finished product is a complex process that can take 12–15 years and cost more than $1 billion, according to the British Journal of Pharmacology. In addition, identifying a biological target involved in the disease that is viable for drug intervention can take up to 12 months (NIH, National Center for Biotechnology Information). at the same time, most companies use X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to determine protein 3D structures, but this has a high ratio of failures. Finally, once the drug discovery process is underway, it's not easy to scale supporting technology up or down based on demand.
Google Cloud's Target and Lead Identification Suite enables biopharma companies to bring therapeutics to market faster by enabling more efficient in silico drug design. Its target identification will help companies quickly predict antibody structures, assess the structure and function of amino acid mutagenesis, and accelerate de novo protein design. This solution also enables lead optimization that can be used to discover novel, high-quality candidates at low cost for Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) studies or for Free Energy Perturbation (FEP) calculations.
The Target and Lead Identification Suite includes:
- Data ingestion: Allows companies to streamline the ingestion, sharing, and management of data, including discovering more data for research through public datasets and securely exchanging data assets with other organizations using Google Cloud's Analytics Hub.
- Target identification: Using AlphaFold2 and Vertex AI pipelines, organizations can more accurately predict protein structure, minimizing the high ratio of failures from traditional methods.
- Lead identification: With cost-effective high-performance computing resources, the solution accelerates target discovery, preparation of lead candidates, and virtual high-throughput screening, to find the most promising lead candidate molecules to start a successful drug discovery pipeline.
Early adopters for the Target and Lead Identification Suite include multinational pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer, and industry leading biotech companies like Cerevel.
"We are partnering with Google on exploring how AlphaFold2 can potentially accelerate our drug discovery process, speeding up our researchers' ability to conduct their experiments on Google Cloud's scalable, accelerator-optimized compute platform," said Nicholas Labello, sr. principal computational scientist at Pfizer, Inc.
"At Cerevel we aim to unravel the mysteries of the brain to solve some of the most difficult to treat neuroscience diseases, including evaluating novel therapies for schizophrenia, epilepsy, and Parkinson's disease. The Target and Lead Identification Suite with AlphaFold gives us a valuable tool to more efficiently evaluate and improve our discovery efforts," said Claude Barberis, vice president, Medicinal Chemistry at Cerevel. "The deeper understanding and insights we will be able to derive could ultimately get treatments for the most devastating neuroscience diseases onto the market faster, improving the day-to-day lives of millions of people."
Multiomics Suite
Genomic differences can affect susceptibility to certain diseases and the way that people respond to medicines, and increasing the diversity and pool of genomic understanding can help realize the potential of precision medicine. But harnessing the exponential growth in genomic data requires significant resources that many organizations are not able to support. In addition, there are high costs associated with acquiring, storing, distributing, and analyzing genomic data as the volume of data continues to increase, doubling every 7-12 months (BMC Bioinformatics).
Google Cloud's Multiomics Suite advances precision medicine care by transforming multiomics data into insights to advance scientific discoveries. Organizations can use this solution to streamline and accelerate analysis of genomic data, design clinical genomics, accelerate personalized medicine, and interpret genomic data to unlock new discoveries. The solution also provides structure and processes for researchers and data scientists to collaborate, saving time on developing net new paths, algorithms, or methods.
What sets the Multiomics Suite apart is that it is cloud agnostic, allowing organizations to leverage existing investments in multiomics in a simplified environment. It also offers complete traceability through Vertex AI, so customers can organize millions of artifacts in their cloud environments. Finally, it leverages the power of Google Research to transform hundreds of thousands of files, samples, and records to load variant call format (VCF) files from Google Cloud Storage into BigQuery for analysis.
"Google Cloud life science customers can benefit from our long experience in this domain. Vertex AI Pipelines and Datasets features are what provide this important, complete traceability for advanced experiments," said Maniar.
The Mutiomics Suite includes:
- Data ingestion and analytics: Allows organizations to streamline the ingestion, sharing and management of data, discover more data for research through public datasets using dataset dashboards from Collibra, and it enables customers to securely exchange data assets with other organizations using Analytics Hub.
- Secondary analysis: Enables organizations to ingest raw sequence files with genome-wide association study (GWAS) pipelines into Google Cloud Storage, extract variants using Batch API and NVIDIA's Parabricks for accelerated genomic analysis with tools like GATK and Google's DeepVariant, and accelerate processing using Compute Engine to turn raw sequencing (DNA/RNA) data into actionable insights in a scalable, secure, and cost-effective way.
- Tertiary analysis: Allows customers to identify genes associated with a particular disease or trait to be integrated into multimodal datasets, process and analyze variants using Variant Transform and BigQuery, scale AI and machine learning with Vertex AI, and visualize insights with Looker.
"Combining the science of genetics with the business of discovery, we endeavor to advance the economies of biology and healing through genetics," said Dr. Alexander Titus, vice president of Strategy & Computational Sciences at Colossal Biosciences. "With Google Cloud's Multiomics Suite, Colossal was able to see 52% reduction in overall cost and an 88% reduction in time to execute whole genome sequence analysis when compared with open-source tools—demonstrating dramatic improvements in overall computational efficiency. This accelerates our ability to solve critical problems for all life on Earth."
Google Cloud's ecosystem of delivery partners provides expert implementation of services for Target and Lead Identification Suite and Multiomics Suite to help life sciences organizations deploy at scale. These partners include EPAM Systems, Inc., Form Bio, Max Kelsen, Omnigen, Quantiphi, and others.
Privacy and security
Privacy and security are of the utmost importance in all aspects of Google Cloud's products and solutions. Through the implementation of Google Cloud's reliable infrastructure and secure data storage that support HIPAA compliance—along with each customer's layers of security, privacy controls and processes—customers are able to protect the access and use of patient data.
For more information on the Target & Lead Identification Suite and the Mutiomics Suite, visit https://cloud.google.com/life-sciences-solutions, or join the Google Cloud session at BioIT World on May 18, 2023 (for more information: https://www.bio-itworldexpo.com/drug-discovery-informatics#ShwetaManiar.)
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
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Fiscal Second Quarter Total Revenues of $1.54 Billion, Up 21.9% Year Over Year
Subscription Revenues of $1.37 Billion, Up 22.8% Year Over Year
24-Month Subscription Revenue Backlog of $8.37 Billion, Up 21.7% Year Over Year
Total Subscription Revenue Backlog of $13.47 Billion, Up 27.4% Year Over Year
PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced results for the fiscal 2023 second quarter ended July 31, 2022.
Fiscal 2023 Second Quarter Results
- Total revenues were $1.54 billion, an increase of 21.9% from the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Subscription revenues were $1.37 billion, an increase of 22.8% from the same period last year.
- Operating loss was $34.1 million, or negative 2.2% of revenues, compared to an operating loss of $1.1 million, or negative 0.1% of revenues, in the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $301.6 million, or 19.6% of revenues, compared to a non-GAAP operating income of $291.8 million, or 23.2% of revenues, in the same period last year.1
- Basic and diluted net loss per share was $0.25, compared to basic and diluted net income per share of $0.43 and $0.41, respectively, in the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per share was $0.86 and $0.83, respectively, compared to non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per share of $1.29 and $1.23, respectively, in the same period last year.2
- Operating cash flows were $114.4 million compared to $198.5 million in the prior year.
- Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $6.29 billion as of July 31, 2022.
Comments on the News
"We continue to see a strong global demand for our products, underscoring how organizations are continuing to drive digital transformation across finance and HR to support the changing world of work," said Aneel Bhusri, co-founder, co-CEO, and chairman, Workday. "Thanks to our incredible employees and their ongoing commitment to customer service and innovation, I am confident in our ability to deliver continued value to our global customer community and capitalize on the great opportunity in front of us."
"Our continued momentum is a testament to our strategy, which focuses on delivering significant value to our customers and helping them adapt and grow in today's dynamic environment," said Chano Fernandez, co-CEO, Workday. "As we look to the future, we will continue to invest in key industries and our global opportunity, as well as grow our footprint with existing customers and our partner ecosystem."
"We delivered strong second-quarter results with healthy growth across the business, as enterprises of all sizes increasingly realize the need for a flexible, modern finance and HR solution to navigate their businesses and drive change during these uncertain times," said Barbara Larson, chief financial officer, Workday. "Our updated outlook reflects the momentum in our business and the mission-critical nature of our solutions, while also balancing the current macro environment. As a result, we are maintaining our guidance for fiscal 2023 subscription revenue to be in the range of $5.537 billion to $5.557 billion, representing 22% year-over-year growth. We expect third quarter subscription revenue of $1.418 billion to $1.420 billion, growth of 21%. We are raising our fiscal 2023 non-GAAP operating margin guidance to 19.0%, reflecting the scalability of our model and our commitment to longer-term margin expansion."
Recent Highlights
- Workday achieved FedRAMP Authorized status at the Moderate security impact level, marking the company's official entry into the U.S. federal government market.
- Workday was positioned by Gartner® in the Leaders quadrant of the inaugural 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.3
- Workday announced that Wayne A.I. Frederick, M.D., president of Howard University, has been elected to its board of directors as an independent director.
- Workday was included in JUST Capital's 2022 Workforce Equity and Mobility Ranking, which highlights companies that perform best on key disclosure and performance metrics that address racial equity and advance workforce opportunity and mobility.
Earnings Call Details
Workday plans to host a conference call today to review its fiscal 2023 second quarter financial results and to discuss its financial outlook. The call is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET and can be accessed via webcast. The webcast will be available live, and a replay will be available following completion of the live broadcast for approximately 90 days.
Workday uses the Workday Blog as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.
1 Non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin exclude share-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions, and amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets. See the section titled "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in the accompanying financial tables for further details.
2 Non-GAAP net income per share excludes share-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions, amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets, and income tax effects. See the section titled "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in the accompanying financial tables for further details.
3 Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises," by John Van Decker, Denis Torii, Tim Faith, Sam Grinter, Patrick Connaughton, July 12, 2022.
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About Workday
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics have been adopted by thousands of organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
© 2022 Workday, Inc. All rights reserved. Workday and the Workday logo are registered trademarks of Workday, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to Workday's financial results as determined in accordance with GAAP are included at the end of this press release following the accompanying financial data. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures, including the reasons management uses each measure, please see the section of the tables titled "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures." A reconciliation of our forward outlook for non-GAAP operating margin with our forward-looking GAAP operating margin is not available without unreasonable efforts as the quantification of share-based compensation expense, which is excluded from our non-GAAP operating margin, requires additional inputs such as the number of shares granted and market prices that are not ascertainable.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding Workday's full-year fiscal 2023 subscription revenues and non-GAAP operating margin, third quarter subscription revenue, growth, innovation, opportunities, demand, momentum, pipeline, and investments. These forward-looking statements are based only on currently available information and our current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. If the risks materialize, assumptions prove incorrect, or we experience unexpected changes in circumstances, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not rely on any forward-looking statements. Risks include, but are not limited to: (i) our ability to implement our plans, objectives, and other expectations with respect to any of our acquired companies; (ii) the impact of recent macroeconomic events on our business, as well as our customers, prospects, partners, and service providers; (iii) breaches in our security measures or those of our third-party providers, unauthorized access to our customers' or other users' personal data, or disruptions in our data center or computing infrastructure operations; (iv) service outages, delays in the deployment of our applications, and the failure of our applications to perform properly; (v) our ability to manage our growth effectively; (vi) competitive factors, including pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors and new applications, advancements in technology, and marketing initiatives by our competitors; (vii) the development of the market for enterprise cloud applications and services; (viii) acceptance of our applications and services by customers and individuals, including any new features, enhancements, and modifications, as well as the acceptance of any underlying technology such as machine learning and artificial intelligence; (ix) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (x) the regulatory, economic, and political risks associated with our domestic and international operations; (xi) the regulatory risks related to new and evolving technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence; (xii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; and (xiii) changes in sales, which may not be immediately reflected in our results due to our subscription model. Further information on these and additional risks that could affect Workday's results is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2022, and our future reports that we may file with the SEC from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. Workday assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
Any unreleased services, features, or functions referenced in this document, our website, or other press releases or public statements that are not currently available are subject to change at Workday's discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase Workday services should make their purchase decisions based upon services, features, and functions that are currently available.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide investors and others with additional information regarding Workday's results, we have disclosed the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share. Workday has provided a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure used in this earnings release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) and non-GAAP operating margin differ from GAAP in that they exclude share-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions, and amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets. Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share differs from GAAP in that it excludes share-based compensation expenses, employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions, amortization expense for acquisition-related intangible assets, and income tax effects.
Workday's management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting and forecasting purposes, for short- and long-term operating plans, and to evaluate Workday's financial performance. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures reflect Workday's ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful period-to-period comparisons and analysis of trends in Workday's business. Management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating Workday's operating results and prospects in the same manner as management and in comparing financial results across accounting periods and to those of peer companies.
Management believes excluding the following items from the GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations is useful to investors and others in assessing Workday's operating performance due to the following factors:
- Share-based compensation expenses. Although share-based compensation is an important aspect of the compensation of our employees and executives, management believes it is useful to exclude share-based compensation expenses to better understand the long-term performance of our core business and to facilitate comparison of our results to those of peer companies. Share-based compensation expenses are determined using a number of factors, including our stock price, volatility, and forfeiture rates, that are beyond our control and generally unrelated to operational decisions and performance in any particular period. Further, share-based compensation expenses are not reflective of the value ultimately received by the grant recipients.
- Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses includes employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions and amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets. The amount of employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions is dependent on our stock price and other factors that are beyond our control and do not correlate to the operation of the business. For business combinations, we generally allocate a portion of the purchase price to intangible assets. The amount of the allocation is based on estimates and assumptions made by management and is subject to amortization. The amount of purchase price allocated to intangible assets and the term of its related amortization can vary significantly and are unique to each acquisition and thus we do not believe it is reflective of ongoing operations. Although we exclude the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets from these non-GAAP measures, management believes that it is important for investors to understand that such intangible assets were recorded as part of purchase accounting and contribute to revenue generation.
- Income tax effects. We utilize a fixed long-term projected tax rate in our computation of the non-GAAP income tax provision to provide better consistency across the reporting periods. In projecting this long-term non-GAAP tax rate, we utilize a three-year financial projection that excludes the direct impact of share-based compensation and related employer payroll taxes, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, and amortization of debt discount and issuance costs. The projected rate considers other factors such as our current operating structure, existing tax positions in various jurisdictions, and key legislation in major jurisdictions where we operate. For fiscal 2023 and 2022, we determined the projected non-GAAP tax rate to be 19%, which reflects currently available information, as well as other factors and assumptions. We will periodically re-evaluate this tax rate, as necessary, for significant events, based on our ongoing analysis of the 2017 U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, relevant tax law changes, material changes in the forecasted geographic earnings mix, and any significant acquisitions.
The use of non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP operating margin, and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share measures have certain limitations as they do not reflect all items of income and expense that affect Workday's operations. Workday compensates for these limitations by reconciling the non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Further, these non-GAAP measures may differ from the non-GAAP information used by other companies, including peer companies, and therefore comparability may be limited. Management encourages investors and others to review Workday's financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Yuchai International Limited (NYSE: CYD) ("China Yuchai" or the "Company") a leading manufacturer and distributor of engines for on- and off-road applications in China through its main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited ("GYMCL"), announced today it won an order for 100 heavy-duty truck engines from Jianghuai Heavy Duty Truck ("JAC HD Truck").
This large order is mainly for Yuchai's YCK08 and YCK11 engines to power JAC HD Truck's 8×4 heavy-duty trucks and dump trucks as well as JAC HD Truck's 6×4 semi-trailers. Additionally, Yuchai's YCK11 and YCK12 engines will also power JAC HD Truck's 6×4 semi-trailers. These vehicles are expected to be deployed in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and Hebei Provinces, and other key domestic logistics areas.
The partnership with JAC HD Truck has a long history and now is extending to National VI-compliant models YCS04, YCK05, YCS06, YCK08, YCK11 and YCK12 diesel engines.
With low fuel consumption, low noise, and high reliability, Yuchai engines have won unanimous recognition by JAC HD Truck and its customers. Since beginning of this year, JAC's heavy-duty trucks powered by Yuchai engines have been particularly well received by their customers in northern China.
Weng Ming Hoh, President of China Yuchai, commented, "This new order from JAC HD Truck is a testament to the performance and quality of our National VI engines to meet the needs of one of China's large commercial vehicle manufacturers, its distributors and end user customers. Our conventional products continue to generate high interest among customers."
About China Yuchai International
China Yuchai International Limited, through its subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited ("GYMCL"), engages in the manufacture, assembly, and sale of a wide variety of light-, medium- and heavy-duty engines for trucks, buses, passenger vehicles, construction equipment, marine and agriculture applications in China. GYMCL also produces diesel power generators. The engines produced by GYMCL range from diesel to natural gas and hybrid engines. Through its regional sales offices and authorized customer service centers, GYMCL distributes its engines directly to auto OEMs and retailers and provides maintenance and retrofitting services throughout China. Founded in 1951, GYMCL has established a reputable brand name, strong research and development team and significant market share in China with high-quality products and reliable after-sales support. In 2021, GYMCL sold 456,791 engines and is recognized as a leading manufacturer and distributor of engines in China. For more information, please visit http://www.cyilimited.com.
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CAZ014-110830-
Burney Basin / Eastern Shasta County-
Including the city of Burney
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow early in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with snow late in the morning. Mostly sunny in
the afternoon. Windy. Highs 34 to 42. Snow accumulation up to
1 inch lower elevations...except 1 to 4 inches higher elevations.
Snow level 3500 feet. Prevailing southwest winds 20 to 30 mph
with gusts to around 55 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph with gusts
to around 35 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 16 to 23. Prevailing south
winds up to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers in
the afternoon. Highs 35 to 43. Little or no snow accumulation
lower elevations...up to 1 inch higher elevations. Snow level
4000 feet in the afternoon. Prevailing southeast winds up to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow showers. Lows 29 to 36. No snow
accumulation lower elevations...up to 2 inches higher elevations.
Snow level 4500 feet. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers and heavy snow showers in the morning,
then rain showers in the afternoon. Highs 39 to 48. No snow
accumulation lower elevations...up to 1 inch higher elevations.
Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 32 to 40.
.MONDAY...Rain showers. Highs 41 to 51.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain showers. Breezy. Lows 32 to 40.
Highs 40 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely.
Colder. Light snow accumulations possible. Lows 25 to 33.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 37 to 48.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 17 to 25.
Highs 41 to 54.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
BURNEY 41 20 41 / 80 0 70
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CAZ015-110830-
Northern Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Redding and Red Bluff
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then
mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs 52 to 60. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to 39. North winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Highs 46 to
52. Light winds becoming south up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 40 to 46. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers. Highs 51 to 59. Northwest winds up to
10 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon. Gusts up to
25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 46 to 52.
.MONDAY...Rain showers. Breezy. Highs 55 to 63.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Breezy. Lows 47 to 53.
.TUESDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Breezy. Highs 55 to 61.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers.
Colder. Lows 39 to 45.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
around 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 36 to 42.
Highs around 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
REDDING 56 34 49 / 40 10 80
RED BLUFF 59 36 50 / 30 0 70
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CAZ016-110830-
Central Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Chico, Oroville, and Marysville/Yuba City
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms early in the morning, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of rain late in the morning. Mostly sunny in the
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall early in
the morning. Highs 56 to 61. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up
to 40 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 37 to 45. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to
the northeast after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Highs 48 to
54. Northeast winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows 43 to 50. Southeast winds up to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph
after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Not
as cool. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the
morning. Highs 56 to 63. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows around 52.
.MONDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Breezy. Highs 58 to 64.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Breezy. Lows 50 to 55.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Windy. Highs around
60. Lows 45 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
around 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
Highs around 63.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
CHICO 59 40 51 / 50 10 90
OROVILLE 59 42 52 / 70 10 90
MARYSVILLE/YUBA CITY 60 43 53 / 60 10 80
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CAZ017-110830-
Southern Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Sacramento
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Breezy. Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms early in the morning, then rain late in the
morning. A slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall early in the morning.
Highs 55 to 61. Southwest winds 10 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph
decreasing to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers.
Lows 40 to 46. South winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce
heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 60. Southeast winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the northeast around 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...A chance of rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may
produce heavy rainfall. Lows 47 to 52. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs
56 to 63. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows around 52.
.MONDAY...Rain showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs 57 to 65.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows around 54.
.TUESDAY...Rain showers. Windy. Highs 57 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain showers likely. Breezy,
colder. Lows around 44.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
56 to 62.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
Highs around 63.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SACRAMENTO 59 45 56 / 80 20 80
SAC EXEC AIRPORT 60 43 57 / 80 20 80
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CAZ018-110830-
Carquinez Strait and Delta-
Including the city of Fairfield/Suisun
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and a chance of
thunderstorms early in the morning, then rain late in the
morning. A slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall early in the morning.
Highs around 57. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph
in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
evening, then a slight chance of rain showers after midnight.
Lows around 44. Southwest winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may
produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs 55 to 61.
Southeast winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers
and a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Lows around 51.
Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers in the morning, then rain showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 59 to 65.
South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows around 52.
.MONDAY...Rain showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Highs 60 to 65.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows around 54.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Breezy. Highs around
61. Lows 45 to 54.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
around 61.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 41.
Highs around 63.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
FAIRFIELD/SUISUN 60 42 57 / 80 20 70
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CAZ019-110830-
Northern San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Stockton and Modesto
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Breezy. A chance of thunderstorms early in the morning.
Rain showers until late afternoon. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the late morning and early afternoon, then a
chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms
may produce heavy rainfall early in the morning. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the late morning and
early afternoon. Highs 54 to 60. South winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts to around 40 mph shifting to the northwest around 10 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of rain showers
and a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Lows 44 to 50.
Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce
heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs 58 to 66. Southeast winds
up to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms
may produce heavy rainfall in the evening. Some thunderstorms may
produce heavy rainfall after midnight. Lows 48 to 53. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph shifting to the
southeast with gusts to around 20 mph after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then rain showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may
produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs 57 to 66. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 48 to 54.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain showers likely and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs 59 to 67.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 51 to 57.
.TUESDAY...Rain showers. Breezy. Highs 56 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain showers likely. Colder.
Lows 42 to 48.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
54 to 62.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 43.
Highs 58 to 64.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
STOCKTON 60 46 64 / 90 40 70
MODESTO 57 48 66 / 100 70 80
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CAZ063-110830-
Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County-
Including the city of Alder Springs
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. At lower
elevations, a chance of rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms
early in the morning, then a slight chance of rain late in the
morning. At higher elevations, a chance of rain and snow early in
the morning, then a chance of snow late in the morning. Windy.
Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall early in the
morning. Highs 30 to 45 higher elevations...46 to 54 lower
elevations. No snow accumulation lower elevations...up to 1 inch
higher elevations. Snow level 4000 feet in the morning.
Prevailing west winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 55 mph
decreasing to 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 19 to 34 higher
elevations...31 to 37 lower elevations. Prevailing west winds up
to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...At lower elevations, a chance of rain showers in the
morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. At higher
elevations, a chance of rain and snow showers in the morning,
then rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs 31 to
43 higher elevations...42 to 48 lower elevations. No snow
accumulation lower elevations...up to 3 inches higher elevations.
Snow level 3000 feet increasing to 5000 feet in the afternoon.
Prevailing southwest winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 30 to 45. Prevailing south
winds up to 10 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers. Not as cool. Highs 35 to 50 higher
elevations...48 to 56 lower elevations. Prevailing south winds
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 35 to 50.
.MONDAY...Rain showers. Highs 41 to 56.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Breezy. Lows 34 to 49.
.TUESDAY...Rain showers. Breezy. Highs 40 to 55.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely.
Colder. Light snow accumulations possible. Lows 28 to 43.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 40 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 26 to 41.
Highs 44 to 59.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
ALDER SPRINGS 38 26 37 / 20 10 90
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CAZ066-110830-
Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Paradise
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms early
in the morning, then cloudy with rain likely late in the morning.
Mostly sunny in the afternoon. Breezy. Some thunderstorms may
produce heavy rainfall early in the morning. Highs 43 to 55.
Prevailing southwest winds 10 to 25 mph with gusts to around
45 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 29 to 41. Prevailing east winds up
to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain showers in the morning, then rain
showers in the afternoon. Highs 40 to 50. Prevailing southeast
winds up to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 37 to 47. Prevailing
southeast winds up to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers in the morning, then rain showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 45 to 55.
Prevailing south winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 42 to 52.
.MONDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Breezy. Highs 46 to 58.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Windy. Lows 43 to 53. Highs 48 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Colder. Lows 35 to 47.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
48 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 42.
Highs 53 to 63.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
PARADISE 50 38 47 / 80 10 90
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CAZ067-110830-
Motherlode-
Including the cities of Grass Valley and Jackson
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Windy. Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms
early in the morning, then rain late in the morning. A slight
chance of rain showers early in the afternoon, then a chance of
rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall early in
the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall late
in the afternoon. Highs 45 to 55. Prevailing south winds 15 to
30 mph shifting to the southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce
heavy rainfall. Lows 35 to 49. Prevailing southeast winds up to
10 mph.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then rain showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may
produce heavy rainfall. Highs 44 to 54 higher elevations...48 to
60 lower elevations. Prevailing southeast winds up to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows 40 to 50. Prevailing south winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs
46 to 58. Prevailing south winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 41 to 51.
.MONDAY...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Highs 48 to 62.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 44 to 54.
.TUESDAY...Rain showers. Windy. Highs 48 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Colder. Lows 37 to 45.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs
48 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
showers. Lows 34 to 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 54 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
GRASS VALLEY 47 36 46 / 100 20 100
JACKSON 52 44 55 / 100 70 90
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CAZ068-110830-
Western Plumas County/Lassen Park-
Including the cities of Chester and Quincy
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Windy. Rain
showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms early in the
morning. Heavy snow in the morning. Rain late in the morning,
then a slight chance of snow showers early in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall early in the morning.
Highs 31 to 46. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches lower
elevations...except 1 to 6 inches higher elevations. Snow level
5500 feet in the morning. Prevailing southwest winds 25 to 35 mph
with gusts to around 65 mph decreasing to 5 to 15 mph with gusts
to around 35 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder. Lows 16 to 31. Prevailing southwest winds up to
10 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.
.SATURDAY...A chance of rain and snow showers in the morning,
then heavy rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs 30 to
45. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches lower elevations...except
1 to 7 inches higher elevations. Snow level 4500 feet. Prevailing
south winds up to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and heavy snow showers. Lows 26 to
41. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch lower elevations...except 3 to
9 inches higher elevations. Snow level 5500 feet. Prevailing
south winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers and heavy snow showers. Not as cool. Highs
33 to 48. Little or no snow accumulation lower elevations...3 to
9 inches higher elevations. Snow level 5500 feet. Prevailing
south winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and heavy snow showers. Moderate
snow accumulations possible. Lows 27 to 42.
.MONDAY...Rain showers and heavy snow showers. Breezy. Moderate
snow accumulations possible. Highs 34 to 49.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers, heavy snow showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Windy. Heavy snow accumulations
possible. Lows 29 to 44.
.TUESDAY...Rain showers and heavy snow showers. Windy. Moderate
snow accumulations possible. Highs 35 to 50.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers with heavy snow showers likely.
Breezy, colder. Moderate snow accumulations possible. Lows 23 to
38.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 33 to 48.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow showers. Colder. Lows 18 to 33.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool. Highs 37 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
QUINCY 46 25 45 / 100 0 90
CHESTER 42 15 41 / 100 0 90
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CAZ069-110830-
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-
Including the city of Blue Canyon
1127 PM PST Fri Mar 10 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Very windy. At lower elevations, heavy rain showers and
a slight chance of thunderstorms early in the morning, then heavy
rain late in the morning. Rain showers early in the afternoon,
then a chance of rain showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms late in the afternoon. At higher elevations, heavy
rain showers, heavy snow showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms early in the morning, then heavy rain and heavy
snow late in the morning. Heavy snow showers and heavy rain
showers in the afternoon. A slight chance of thunderstorms late
in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall
early in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy
rainfall late in the afternoon. Highs 30 to 44 higher
elevations...40 to 48 lower elevations. No snow accumulation
lower elevations...13 to 18 inches higher elevations. Snow level
above 8000 feet decreasing to 6500 feet in the afternoon.
Prevailing southwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around
70 mph decreasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 55 mph in
the afternoon. Over ridges, prevailing southwest winds 40 to
60 mph with gusts to around 75 mph decreasing to 30 to 45 mph
with gusts to around 60 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms at
lower elevations...and heavy snow showers, rain showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms at higher elevations. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Lows 22 to 37 higher
elevations...29 to 43 lower elevations. No snow accumulation
lower elevations...8 to 13 inches higher elevations. Snow level
6000 feet. Prevailing southwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph. Over ridges, prevailing southwest winds 30 to
40 mph decreasing to 20 to 30 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...At lower elevations, rain showers, snow showers
likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then
rain showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. At higher elevations, heavy rain and snow showers in
the morning, then heavy snow showers, rain showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may
produce heavy rainfall. Highs 29 to 44 higher elevations...39 to
49 lower elevations. Little or no snow accumulation lower
elevations...6 to 12 inches higher elevations. Snow level
6500 feet. Prevailing southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to
around 40 mph...except southwest 10 to 30 mph over ridges.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers, heavy snow showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy
rainfall. Lows 24 to 38 higher elevations...35 to 43 lower
elevations. No snow accumulation lower elevations...7 to
13 inches higher elevations. Snow level 6500 feet. Prevailing
southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph...except
southwest 10 to 30 mph over ridges.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers, heavy snow showers and a slight chance of
thunderstorms. Breezy. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy
rainfall in the morning. Highs 29 to 44 higher elevations...40 to
50 lower elevations. No snow accumulation lower elevations...5 to
11 inches higher elevations. Snow level 6000 feet. Prevailing
south winds 10 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers, heavy snow showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Moderate snow accumulations possible.
Lows 28 to 43.
.MONDAY...Rain showers and heavy snow showers. Moderate snow
accumulations possible. Highs 34 to 49.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain showers and heavy snow showers.
Windy. Heavy snow accumulations possible. Lows 30 to 45. Highs
34 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers, heavy snow showers and a slight
chance of thunderstorms. Breezy, colder. Heavy snow accumulations
possible. Lows 24 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Highs 33 to 48.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow
showers. Colder. Lows 18 to 33.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool. Highs 38 to 53.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
BLUE CANYON 41 32 39 / 100 40 100
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Dad dies in house fire while trying to save family dogs, firefighters say
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) – A father was killed in a Mississippi house fire while attempting to rescue the family’s dogs, officials said.
Tragically, all 10 dogs – two adults and eight puppies – also died in the fire.
According to the Jones County Fire Council, the fire happened Monday around 12:40 a.m. at a home in Soso.
Three adults were in the house at the time of the fire – 56-year-old Khanh Van Duong, his wife and their daughter.
Investigation revealed that Duong had alerted his wife and daughter to the fire and told them to escape, which firefighters said saved their lives. The two were not injured.
However, Duong then tried to save the dogs, but got caught up in the smoke.
Firefighters tried to rescue Duong, but it was too late.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. According to the Jones County Fire Council, it originated in an addition to the house that served as a storage area.
Officials said the home is a total loss.
One firefighter also sustained minor injuries. He was treated on scene by paramedics and declined transport to the emergency room.
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After OPEC+ announced on Wednesday it would cut oil production to boost sagging oil prices, the White House said it would look at ways to boost domestic production.
President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was "disappointed," and there are “a lot of alternatives” to lower prices. He said no decisions have been made.
OPEC+ said it would cut production by 2 million barrels per day on the market. OPEC+ comprises of 13 major oil-producing nations plus several other non-member nations that participate in the group’s policy objectives.
The U.S. gets about 11% of its oil from these nations, but much of the world relies on oil produced by OPEC+ nations.
Generally, gas prices are dictated by the supply and demand of crude oil. When the oil supply is reduced, gas prices generally go up. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said OPEC+’s decision is a “mistake.”
“It's no secret that the president believes that energy supply should meet energy demand and that it is important for the global economy as it faces global challenge,” she said.
As gas prices surged in the spring and early summer, the White House announced it would release 1 million barrels of oil daily from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The release was the largest ever from the reserve and brought the amount of oil in storage down to its lowest level in more than three decades after the government sold 180 million barrels to the open market.
Jean-Pierre said it is also up to domestic oil producers to bring down the cost of oil as the U.S. has ramped up oil production in recent years.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after it lost out to SpaceX.
Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract Friday to lead a team to develop a lunar lander named Blue Moon. It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029, following a pair of crew landings by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
NASA will get astronauts to lunar orbit using its own rockets and capsules, but wants private companies to take over from there.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the agency wants different landing options as it seeks a return to the moon more than a half-century after the end of the Apollo moonshots.
Blue Origin is kicking in billions of dollars, on top of the NASA contract, to help establish a permanent presence on the moon.
“We have a lot to do before we successfully land and return astronauts,” said John Couluris, a Blue Origin vice president.
Two years ago, Blue Origin sued after NASA awarded SpaceX the contract for the first lunar landing. A federal judge upheld the space agency’s decision.
NASA’s Artemis program, which follows the 1960s and 1970s Apollo moonshots. kicked off with a successful test flight late last year. Launched atop NASA’s new moon rocket, an empty Orion capsule went into lunar orbit before returning home.
The next Artemis flight will come late next year when one Canadian and three U.S. astronauts fly to the moon and back, but not land. Two Americans would descend to the lunar surface aboard a SpaceX Starship on the mission after that, no earlier than late 2025.
Like SpaceX, Blue Origin plans to practice landing on the moon without a crew, before putting astronauts on board.
While the shiny, stainless steel Starship has a science fiction look, Blue Moon resembles more of a traditional capsule perched atop a tall compartment with legs. The latter will stand 52 feet (16 meters) on the moon.
Both companies’ landers are meant to be reusable.
Blue Origin will use its still-in-development New Glenn rocket to launch its lunar missions from Cape Canaveral. Starship, the world’s largest rocket, made its debut last month from South Texas; the test flight ended in an explosive fireball a few minutes into flight.
Blue Origin’s team includes five partners: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Draper, Astrobotic Technology and Honeybee Robotics.
Only one other bid was submitted for the contract competition, according to NASA.
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Dr. Mark McKenzie appointed to drive clinical trials at community research sites
DURHAM, N.C., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EmVenio Research today announced the appointment of Dr. Mark McKenzie, M.D. as its chief medical officer. In this role, Dr. McKenzie will lead and strategize new initiatives in the clinical and therapeutic areas. He will also provide medical and clinical oversight to EmVenio's team of principal investigators involved in trials at community research sites globally.
"Dr. McKenzie's vision for the future of clinical research directly aligns with what we are striving to achieve at EmVenio Research," said Thad Wolfram, EmVenio president. "We're thrilled that he has joined our team, and I look forward to what he'll accomplish with creating new pathways for underserved communities to participate in clinical trials and putting EmVenio on the forefront of the clinical research sector."
Dr. McKenzie has an extensive background in clinical research, facilitating a range of clinical trials in his career. He will be essential in supporting EmVenio's mission to bring clinical education and clinical research opportunities to underrepresented communities and build trust in clinical research among the general public. He most recently served as the vice president of clinical affairs at M-3 Wake Research. Prior to that, Dr. McKenzie was the regional medical director and principal investigator at ClinSearch. He is a Certified Principal Investigator® through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.
Dr. McKenzie succeeds Dr. Daniel Castillo, M.D., one of EmVenio's original founders, who has transitioned to an operating partner. In his new role, Dr. Castillo will focus on identifying and cultivating new partnership opportunities with health care organizations, specialty medical groups and research sponsors to further drive EmVenio's growth.
"Dr. Castillo was instrumental in bringing the idea of EmVenio Research into a full reality and solidifying the foundation for what we want to achieve in the years to come," Wolfram said. "He's a well-respected leader in our industry, and he will be essential in building upon the momentum we have accomplished since EmVenio's launch late last year."
EmVenio is currently operating mobile community research sites strategically located among diverse populations across the United States. This innovative and sustainable solution allows EmVenio to uniquely deliver trial access to diverse and economically underserved communities. The model also allows EmVenio to bring rapid and scalable clinical trials directly to the center of communities.
EmVenio Research provides rapid and scalable mobile community research site solutions to better reach and recruit diverse, underserved and high-risk communities. EmVenio Research's global network of skilled clinicians, principal investigators and state-of-the-art mobile community research sites enable us to provide robust clinical research services via home visits, on-site support at medical facilities, virtual visits and mobile sites. Visit emvenio.com to learn more.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.
He said the tentative deal “will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy.”
The Democratic president believes unions built the middle class, but he also knew a rail worker strike could have badly damaged the nation’s economy. That left him in the awkward position of espousing the virtues of unionization in Detroit, a stalwart of the labor movement, while members of his administration went all-out to keep talks going in Washington between the railroads and unionized workers in hopes of averting a shutdown.
But after a long night, the talks succeeded and Biden announced Thursday that the parties had reached a tentative agreement to avoid a shutdown that would go to union members for a vote. He hailed the deal in a statement for avoiding a shutdown and as a win for all sides.
“These rail workers will get better pay, improved working conditions, and peace of mind around their health care costs: all hard-earned,” Biden said. “The agreement is also a victory for railway companies who will be able to retain and recruit more workers for an industry that will continue to be part of the backbone of the American economy for decades to come.”
It looked far more tenuous for the president just a day earlier.
United Auto Workers Local 598 member Ryan Buchalski introduced Biden at the Detroit auto show on Wednesday as “the most union- and labor-friendly president in American history” and someone who was “kickin’ ass for the working class.” Buchalski harked back to the pivotal sitdown strikes by autoworkers in the 1930s.
In the speech that followed, Biden recognized that he wouldn’t be in the White House without the support of unions such as the UAW and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, saying autoworkers “brung me to the dance.”
But back in Washington, officials in his administration at the Labor Department were in tense negotiations to prevent a strike — one of the most powerful sources of leverage that unions have to bring about change and improve working conditions.
Without the deal that was reached among the 12 unions, a stoppage could have begun as early as Friday that could halt shipments of food and fuel at a cost of $2 billion a day.
Far more was at stake than sick leave and salary bumps for 115,000 unionized railroad workers. The ramifications could extend to control of Congress and to the shipping network that keeps factories rolling, stocks the shelves of stores and stitches the U.S. together as an economic power.
That’s why White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, speaking aboard Air Force One as it jetted to Detroit on Wednesday, said a rail worker strike was “an unacceptable outcome for our economy and the American people.” The rail lines and their workers’ representatives “need to stay at the table, bargain in good faith to resolve outstanding issues, and come to an agreement,” she said.
Biden faced the same kind of predicament faced by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 with coal and Harry Truman in 1952 with steel — how do you balance the needs of labor and business in doing what’s best for the nation? Railways were so important during World War I that Woodrow Wilson temporarily nationalized the industry to keep goods flowing and prevent strikes.
Inside the White House, aides don’t see a contradiction between Biden’s devotion to unions and his desire to avoid a strike. Union activism has surged under Biden, as seen in a 56% increase in petitions for union representation with the National Labor Relations Board so far this fiscal year.
One person familiar with the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss White House deliberations on the matter, said Biden’s mindset in approaching the debate was that he’s the president of the entire country, not just for organized labor.
With the economy still recovering from the supply chain disruptions of the pandemic, the president’s goal is to keep all parties so a deal could be finalized. The person said the White House saw a commitment to keep negotiating in good faith as the best way to avoid a shutdown while exercising the principles of collective bargaining that Biden holds dear.
Biden also knew a stoppage could worsen the dynamics that have contributed to soaring inflation and created a political headache for the party in power.
Eddie Vale, a Democratic political consultant and former AFL-CIO communications aide, said the White House pursued the correct approach at a perilous moment.
“No one wants a railroad strike, not the companies, not the workers, not the White House,” he said. “No one wants it this close to the election.”
Vale added that the sticking point in the talks was about “respect basically — sick leave and bereavement leave,” issues Biden has supported in speeches and with his policy proposals.
Sensing political opportunity, Senate Republicans moved Wednesday to pass a law to impose contract terms on the unions and railroad companies to avoid a shutdown. Democrats, who control both chambers in Congress, blocked it.
“If a strike occurs and paralyzes food, fertilizer and energy shipments nationwide, it will be because Democrats blocked this bill,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
The economic impact of a potential strike was not lost on members of the Business Roundtable, a Washington-based group that represents CEOs. It issued its quarterly outlook for the economy Wednesday.
“We’ve been experiencing a lot of headwinds from supply chain problems since the pandemic started and those problems would be geometrically magnified,” Josh Bolten, the group’s CEO, told reporters. “There are manufacturing plants around the country that likely have to shut down. … There are critical products to keep our water clean.”
The roundtable also had a meeting of its board of directors Wednesday. But Bolten said Lance Fritz, chair of the board’s international committee and the CEO of Union Pacific railroad, would miss it “because he’s working hard trying to bring the strike to a resolution.”
Back at the Labor Department, negotiators ordered Italian food as talks dragged into Wednesday night and the White House announced the agreement at 5:05 a.m. on Thursday. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/tentative-railway-labor-deal-reached-to-avert-strike-biden-says/ | 2022-09-15 11:12:28 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/tentative-railway-labor-deal-reached-to-avert-strike-biden-says/ |
BALTIMORE (AP) — All Tyler Huntley and the Baltimore Ravens needed was one great drive.
That was enough to reverse the team’s trend of late-game angst and keep the Ravens atop the AFC North.
Huntley led Baltimore 91 yards in 16 plays on its final possession, capping it with a 2-yard touchdown run with 28 seconds remaining that gave the Ravens a 10-9 win over the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Huntley took over when Lamar Jackson left the game with a knee injury after the first quarter.
Coach John Harbaugh said it is not a season-ending type of injury, and Jackson could be back as soon as next weekend.
“That was a great win. December football, you’ve got to find a way to win the game and I’m proud of our team,” Harbaugh said. “I’m proud of every single guy.”
With or without Jackson, the Ravens (8-4) were mostly shut down offensively. Neither team managed 300 total yards, but when it needed to, Baltimore drove almost the whole length of the field. The Ravens were aided by two big penalties — for unnecessary roughness and pass interference — on the Broncos.
Once in the red zone, Huntley converted on fourth-and-2 from the Denver 18 with a short run. Then he slipped a pass to Kenyan Drake along the sideline for 13 yards and scored his touchdown on the next play.
“We had to stay calm, focus on the play that was called at that time and just try to execute the best we could,” Huntley said. “I was just thinking about the game. Looking at the clock, how much time we had left in the game. That was my focus at that moment.”
Russell Wilson led the Broncos (3-9) back into Baltimore territory, but Brandon McManus came up short on a 63-yard field goal as time expired.
Denver’s offense couldn’t shake out of its season-long funk, and three field goals by McManus weren’t enough. The Broncos have lost four straight, scoring only 45 points in that span.
“I talked to the guys afterward in the locker room, and I’m just telling them that at the end of the day, the two things we can control is our attitude and our energy,” Wilson said. “If we can control those two things in the midst of the storm, we can turn this thing around.”
Baltimore’s four losses were all by four points or fewer, and the Ravens were coming off a 28-27 defeat in which Jacksonville scored the winning touchdown and 2-point conversion with 14 seconds to play. This was a happier finish for Baltimore.
“Nobody flinched, nobody batted an eye,” Harbaugh said. “These guys were bringing blitzes from everywhere. Our tackles, our offensive line, stepped up. Every single guy on this offense made plays.”
Jackson left after being sacked by Jonathon Cooper on the last play of the first quarter. The 2019 NFL MVP didn’t seem as though he was in too much distress when he exited the sideline tent and walked to the tunnel, but he didn’t come back in the game.
Huntley went 27 of 32 for 187 yards with an interception. Wilson was 17 of 22 for 189 yards.
McManus made a 52-yard kick on the game’s first possession, but Huntley led Baltimore to a field goal on his first full drive. McManus connected from 41 near the end of the half and 50 in the third quarter.
The Ravens finally had another promising drive going in the fourth, but that ended when they ran a reverse pass on second down at the Denver 29. James Proche II threw deep into heavy coverage, and the pass was intercepted in routine fashion by Justin Simmons.
NOT ENOUGH POINTS
The Broncos have been playing low-scoring games all season. They’ve allowed the fewest points in the AFC, but they’ve failed to take advantage.
“We’ve got to finish. The guys know that,” Denver coach Nathaniel Hackett said. “Everybody’s trying to do everything they can to win, so I give them credit for that, but it hurts to lose, especially that way.”
SNAPPED
The Ravens failed to force a turnover for the first time in 14 games. They also had fewer than three sacks for the first time in eight.
INJURIES
Baltimore LB Patrick Queen was carted off in the fourth quarter with a thigh injury, but Harbaugh said X-rays were negative and it’s a bruise. … Ravens LB Kristian Welch was evaluated for a concussion. … Patrick Mekari injured his foot, forcing the Ravens to go further down the depth chart at LT with Ronnie Stanley (ankle) inactive. … Denver WR Courtland Sutton injured a hamstring, but WR Jerry Jeudy (ankle) returned after missing the previous two games. Jeudy had four catches for 65 yards.
UP NEXT
Broncos: Host Kansas City next Sunday.
Ravens: Play at Pittsburgh.
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Jurors: Vineland, NJ police didn’t violate rights of man who died
CAMDEN — A federal court jury has decided that Vineland police did not violate the civil rights of a man who died shortly after a physical altercation during his arrest 7 1/2 years ago.
After a trial, jurors in federal court in Camden sided with the city Oct. 19 in a lawsuit filed by relatives of Phillip White, 32, of Vineland, according to court records.
Officers had responded in March 2015 to reports of a man “freaking out” on the street and eventually subdued White after a struggle captured on video by a bystander. The video showed an officer hitting White and a police dog being used during the arrest.
White died on the way to the hospital, and an autopsy cited a toxic level of the drug Phencyclidine, or PCP, in his system. Injuries from the K9’s actions were noted but deemed superficial by a medical examiner.
Cumberland County prosecutors said in 2016 that a grand jury had declined to indict the two Vineland officers involved. White's relatives filed a $10 million lawsuit against the city and the two officers, one of whom was later dismissed as a defendant.
“We believe very strongly in our client and our client’s cause, but the jury didn’t see it that way,” said Michael Galpern, an attorney for White’s mother, Pamela, told NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. He said the defense was considering whether to appeal.
An attorney for Vineland and its police department declined comment, NJ.com reported. | https://nj1015.com/jurors-vineland-nj-police-didnt-violate-rights-of-man-who-died/ | 2022-10-30 23:55:07 | 0 | https://nj1015.com/jurors-vineland-nj-police-didnt-violate-rights-of-man-who-died/ |
Woman charged after 3 kids caught in car fire as she was allegedly shoplifting
OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) - A Florida woman faces charges of aggravated child neglect and arson after her car became engulfed in flames while she was allegedly shoplifting at a mall, according to an arrest report.
Alicia Moore, 24, parked her car in a parking lot outside a Dillard’s department store at Oviedo Mall on May 26, according to an arrest report filed by the Oviedo Police Department. The report indicated Moore left children inside the vehicle. Their names and ages were redacted.
Security saw Moore and an unknown man shoplifting in Dillard’s, according to the report. After about an hour, Moore began leaving Dillard’s to see her car engulfed in flames and dropped the merchandise before she left the store.
Bystanders at the mall saw the car and rescued the children inside trying to escape the flames. The children were taken to Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. One child suffered first degree burns “to her face and ears,” the arrest report said.
Moore has been charged with aggravated child neglect for allegedly allowing children who could not care for themselves alone inside the vehicle, according to the report.
Police said they don’t know what caused the fire but said it’s unlikely the children would have been injured if Moore “was not being neglectful.” Moore was charged with arson because the fire occurred while she was allegedly committing a felony, the arrest report said.
The public defender’s office was representing Moore, according to court records. An email seeking comment sent to the office late Saturday was not immediately returned.
Moore is being held on $40,000 bail. A public defender filed a motion on Friday asking for Moore to be released without bail or to have the bail amount reduced “to a reasonable and affordable amount.”
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JACKSON, Calif. — Evacuation orders were expanded Tuesday for remote California communities near a wildfire that may have been sparked by fireworks or a barbecue on the Fourth of July in a mountainous region that's a top tourism destination.
The Electra Fire in Sierra Nevada Gold Country broke out Monday afternoon and tripled in size to about 6.1 square miles (15.8 square kilometers). It was 5% contained Tuesday night.
The fire was making short, uphill runs, fire officials said.
"The rate of spread isn't what it was like yesterday, but it is still spreading," said Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman. He said firefighters were working to keep flames confined to unpopulated canyon areas.
Mandatory evacuation orders and warnings combined affected up to 700 residents in Amador County and 300 to 400 people in Calaveras County, Redman said. Evacuation centers were set up for people and animals.
The fire started at a recreation area that was packed with people, forcing 85 to 100 celebrating the holiday at a river to take shelter at a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility, Redman said. All were later safely evacuated.
"This was the closest I've ever been to a fire. It was literally within feet of us," said Milka Mikula of Valley Springs, who had gone to the river with her husband, her 5-year-old daughter and her 1-year-old son.
They had to wait about six hours before they could finally start for home, she told KCRA-TV.
"I just wanted to get home. I just wanted to get out of there with my babies. I was shaking really, really bad for quite some time," Mikula said.
Redman said the cause of the fire was not known, but that it started in the Vox Beach area of the North Fork Mokelumne River. He said that could suggest fireworks or a barbecue as a potential cause.
More than 100 fire engines, 1,200 firefighters and 14 helicopters were sent to the fire, which was a threat to power infrastructure, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The terrain was described as steep and rugged.
Cal Fire activated an incident management team for the fire. The teams "are made up of trained personnel who provide operational management and support to large-scale, expanding incidents," Cal Fire said.
One firefighter from the local fire protection district suffered burn injuries, Redman said.
Vox Beach is about 55 miles (89 kilometers) east of Sacramento in the heart of the Sierra Nevada region that is steeped with the history of the mid-1800s Gold Rush.
Several other small fires were burning in the state.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday accused his predecessor Scott Morrison of “trashing democracy” after revealing that while Morrison was in power, he took on five ministerial roles without the knowledge of most other lawmakers or the public.
Albanese said Morrison had been operating in secret, keeping the Australian people in the dark and misleading Parliament over who was in charge of what portfolios.
“This has been government by deception,” Albanese said.
Adding to revelations first detailed over the weekend by News Corp. media, Albanese said that between March 2020 and May 2021, Morrison was appointed minister of health, finance, home affairs, treasury and industry — moves which appeared to have given Morrison equal powers to the ministers already appointed to those positions.
“It is completely extraordinary that these appointments were kept secret by the Morrison government from the Australian people,” Albanese told reporters in Canberra.
Speaking on Sydney radio station 2GB, Morrison defended taking on the extra portfolios, saying they were a safeguard during the coronavirus pandemic and that he would have made the appointments public had he needed to use the powers involved.
“Sometimes we forget what was happening two years ago and the situation we were dealing with. It was an unconventional time and an unprecedented time,” Morrison told the radio station.
He pointed to the coronavirus hospitalization of the then-British prime minister.
“Boris Johnson almost died one night," Morrison said. "We had ministers go down with COVID.”
Morrison used his additional powers on at least one occasion, to overturn a decision by former minister Keith Pitt to approve a contentious gas project off the New South Wales coast.
Pitt said in a statement he was unaware Morrison had joint oversight over his ministerial portfolio and that he stands by the decisions he made at the time.
In a more detailed account published on Facebook later Tuesday, Morrison wrote that the gas project was the only matter he got directly involved with and that “I believe I made the right decision in the national interest.”
Morrison said that “for any offense to my colleagues, I apologize.”
But Karen Andrews, who served as home affairs minister under Morrison, said Morrison never told her that he was also being appointed to the portfolio. She said Morrison, who remains in Parliament on the opposition benches, should resign.
“The Australian people have been let down, they have been betrayed,” she said. “For a former prime minister to have behaved in that manner, to secretly be sworn into other portfolios, undermines the Westminster system, it’s absolutely unacceptable."
Albanese said he was seeking an opinion from the solicitor-general as to the legality of some of Morrison's moves, including on the gas project, and expected to get that on Monday.
“This is a sad indictment of not just Mr. Morrison, but all those Cabinet colleagues of his who sat back and allowed this to happen. It has undermined our democracy, it’s an attack on the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy as we know it," Albanese said. “And not just Mr. Morrison, but others who were involved in this need to be held to account.”
Morrison's moves have left legal scholars scratching their heads.
Professor Anne Twomey, a constitutional law expert at the University of Sydney, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that it was reasonable that Morrison might want to have a second person who was able to take over if the first person was incapacitated.
But she said any ministerial appointments would typically be recorded and published in the government gazette.
“Doing that kind of thing in secret? Very, very odd,” Twomey said.
Morrison's moves were signed off by Governor-General David Hurley.
A spokesperson for Hurley said the governor-general followed processes consistent with the constitution.
“It is not uncommon for ministers to be appointed to administer departments other than their portfolio responsibility,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “These appointments do not require a swearing-in ceremony. The governor-general signs an administrative instrument on the advice of the prime minister.”
Morrison was the prime minister at the time who was giving that advice. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Former-Australian-PM-Morrison-took-on-extra-17375909.php | 2022-08-16 04:46:08 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Former-Australian-PM-Morrison-took-on-extra-17375909.php |
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus said Tuesday that an alleged Ukrainian saboteur and more than 20 accomplices were detained over an attack on a Russian warplane stationed near his country’s capital.
President Alexander Lukashenko said a Beriev A-50 parked at the Machulishchy Air Base near Minsk was attacked on Feb. 26. It was the first official acknowledgement of the incident, which Belarusian opposition activists first reported last week.
Belarusian guerrillas from the Association of Security Forces of Belarus claimed responsibility for the attack last week, saying the group, also known as BYPOL, used two armed drones to damage the early warning aircraft known for its distinctive “rotodome” above the fuselage.
Both Russia and India’s air forces have A-50s in service. About 40 of the planes have been built.
Lukashenko said Belarusian security forces detained the suspects and that the main one allegedly has ties to Ukrainian security services. The Belarusian leader accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s Security Service and the CIA of plotting the attack on the plane.
Ukraine and guerrilla activists in Belarus rejected the accusation.
In a tweet, Ukraine’s presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak described the attack as “an anti-terrorist act carried out, by the way, by local partisans.”
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said the ministry “categorically” denies Kyiv’s involvement, calling Lukashenko’s claims “another attempt at creating an artificial threat from Ukraine to justify his support of Russia’s aggression.”
Belarusian authorities did not comment on the incident before Tuesday, but Lukashenko held a meeting with military and security officials shortly after it was reported. He urged them to strengthen discipline in the ranks and to stand ready to quickly respond to any sign of aggression along Belarus’ 1,000-kilometer border with Ukraine.
Lukashenko insisted Tuesday that the aircraft “hasn’t suffered any significant damage, aside from, as they say, scratches and a hole in the body (of the plane), which doesn’t hinder a war plane from carrying out its duties.”
He said he had asked Moscow to supply him with the plane “for control along the perimeter of our Belarusian border.” Following the attack, Belarusian authorities “asked the Russians to take this plane for maintenance works and send another one to us.” Lukashendo added. “And that is what happened.”
Russia has used the territory of its ally Belarus to invade Ukraine a year ago. Belarus has continued to host a contingent of Russian troops, warplanes and other weapons. — including the A-50 plane that
While hailing the importance of his country’s defense cooperation with Russia and expressing support for the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine, Lukashenko has emphasized that he would only send troops into Ukraine if Belarus were attacked.
The Belarusian president alleged that “hundreds, if not thousands” of security and military operatives were involved in chasing the drone operator, and they managed to detain more than 20 of his accomplices.
Lukashenko said the main suspect was an IT specialist with Russian and Ukrainian passports who was born in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih and lived in Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.
In a Tuesday interview with The Associated Press, BYPOL leader Aliaksandr Azarau rejected Lukashenko’s account of the attack and its aftermath.
“We are not familiar with the person Lukashenko talked about,” Azarau said. “There has been no coordination with the Ukrainians during this operation.”
Those involved in the attack are Belarusian citizens who all “have departed abroad and are safe,” the activist said. He refused to disclose how many people were involved.
Azarau said Belarusian authorities have carried out mass arrests of demonstrators, drone owners and residents of the Machulishchy area.
The BYPOL project was founded after mass protests in Belarus in 2020, with former military forming its core, and created an underground network of anti-government activists. According to Azarau, this network, dubbed Peramoha — “Victory” in Belarusian — has some 200,000 participants, and two-thirds of them remain in Belarus.
“Lukashenko has something to be afraid of,” Azarau said.
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BEIJING, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
Adhering to an equal emphasis on traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the government of the Tibet autonomous region has increased financial investment, formulated supportive policies and promoted the development of Tibetan medicine over the past decade for the high-quality development of traditional Tibetan medicine, said the region's health commission on Wednesday.
"Tibetan medicine has achieved comprehensive and historic achievements, making positive contributions to the long-term stability and high-quality development of the region's economy and society," Kelsang Yudron, director of the commission, said at a conference on the development of Tibetan medicine.
Statistics from the conference showed that the region has invested more than 900 million yuan ($130 million) over the last decade to improve the service capacity of Tibetan medicine. Five key clinical specialties at the national level, 17 key specialties of the Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 11 key specialties at regional level have been established.
The number of annual outpatient visits to the region's Tibetan hospitals reached 3.34 million last year, and the number of inpatient beds in the region's public Tibetan hospitals has hit 2,895, according to the statistics.
"The region has been making efforts to build new Tibetan hospitals and renovate some existing ones over the past decade, with the region's number of public Tibetan medicinal hospitals reaching 49," said Kelsang Yudron.
"The coverage rate of Tibetan medicine services at community health service centers has increased from 50 percent in 2012 to 100 percent," she said.
"Meanwhile, we also have been supporting social forces to operate medical services in the field, and the number of private Tibetan hospitals has increased from two in 2012 to 13," she added.
Dang Jing, head of the region's education department, said that in recent years, the regional government has supported the collaborative development of healthcare, education, scientific research and Tibetan medicine.
"We have been constructing more Tibetan medicinal cultural heritage bases, digitizing more ancient literature of Tibetan medicine, and promoting the inheritance and protection of Tibetan medicine," said Dang.
Kelsang Norbu, director of the Strategic Investment Department of Ganlu Tibetan Pharmaceutical Co, said one can learn from the conference that the central and regional governments attach great importance to the development of Tibetan medicine.
"We feel we are obligated to make good use of modern science and technology to accelerate the promotion and application of the scientific and technological achievements of Tibetan medicine," said Kelsang Norbu.
"As a Tibetan medicinal company with both Tibetan medicinal herbs and Tibetan medical professionals, we will continue to work hard to adopt Tibetan medicine to safeguard the health of people within the region and all around the world."
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade and the latest gruesome moment for a country scarred by a string of massacres. The attacker was killed by law enforcement.
The death toll also included two adults, authorities said. Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two was a teacher.
The assault at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino town of Uvalde was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
Hours after the attack, families were still awaiting word on their children.
Outside the town civic center, where families were told to await news about their loved ones, the silence was broken repeatedly by screams and wailing. “No! Please, no!” one man yelled as he embraced another man.
“My heart is broken today,” said Hal Harrell, the school district superintendent. “We’re a small community, and we’re going to need your prayers to get through this.”
Adolfo Cruz, a 69-year-old air conditioning repairman, was still outside the school as the sun set, seeking word on his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Elijah Cruz Torres.
He drove to the scene after receiving a terrifying call from his daughter shortly after the first reports of the shooting. He said other relatives were at the hospital and the civic center.
Waiting, he said, was the heaviest moment of his life.
“I hope she is alive,” Cruz said.
The attack came just 10 days after a deadly, racist rampage at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that added to a yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores. And the prospects for any reform of the nation’s gun regulations seemed as dim, if not dimmer, than in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook deaths.
But President Joe Biden appeared ready for a fight, calling for new gun restrictions in an address to the nation hours after the attack.
“As a nation we have to ask, when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God’s name are we going to do what has to be done?” Biden asked. “Why are we willing to live with this carnage?”
Many of the wounded were rushed to Uvalde Memorial Hospital, where staff members in scrubs and devastated victims’ relatives could be seen weeping as they walked out of the complex.
Officials did not immediately reveal a motive, but they identified the assailant as Salvador Ramos, a resident of the community about 85 miles (135 kilometers) west of San Antonio. Law enforcement officials said he acted alone.
The attack came as Robb Elementary was counting down to the last days of the school year with a series of themed days. Tuesday was to be “Footloose and Fancy,” with students wearing nice outfits and shoes.
The school has nearly 600 students in second, third and fourth grades. The vast majority of the students are Latino.
Ramos had hinted on social media that an attack could be coming, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who said he had been briefed by state police. He noted that the gunman “suggested the kids should watch out.”
Before heading to the school, Ramos killed his grandmother with two military-style rifles he purchased on his birthday, Gutierrez said.
“That was the first thing he did on his 18th birthday,” he said. Other officials said later that the grandmother had survived, and was being treated, through her condition was not known.
Investigators believe Ramos posted photos on Instagram of two guns he used in the shooting, and they were examining whether he made statements online alluding to the attack in the hours before the assault, a law enforcement official said.
Law enforcement officers were serving multiple search warrants Tuesday night and gathering telephone and other records, the official said. Investigators were also attempting to contact Ramos’ relatives and were tracing the firearms.
The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The attack began about 11:30 a.m., when the gunman crashed his car outside the school and ran into the building, according to Travis Considine, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. A resident who heard the crash called 911, and two local police officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter.
Both officers were shot, though it was not immediately clear where on the campus that confrontation occurred, or how much time elapsed before more authorities arrived on the scene.
Meanwhile, teams of Border Patrol agents raced to the school, including 10 to 15 members of a SWAT-like tactical and counter-terrorism unit, said Jason Owens, a top regional official with the Border Patrol.
One Border Patrol agent who was working nearby when the shooting began rushed into the school without waiting for backup and shot and killed the gunman, who was behind a barricade, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it.
The agent was wounded but able to walk out of the school, the law enforcement source said.
Owens confirmed that an agent suffered minor injuries, but would not provide details of that confrontation.
He said some area agents have children at Robb Elementary.
“We have Border Patrol kids that go to this school. It hit home for everybody,” he said.
It was not immediately clear how many people were wounded, but Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo said there were “several injuries.” Earlier, Uvalde Memorial Hospital said 13 children were taken there. Another hospital reported a 66-year-old woman was in critical condition.
Uvalde, home to about 16,000 people, is about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from the border with Mexico. Robb Elementary is in a mostly residential neighborhood of modest homes.
The tragedy in Uvalde was the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, and it added to a grim tally in the state, which has been the site of some of the deadliest shootings in the U.S. over the past five years.
In 2018, a gunman fatally shot 10 people at Santa Fe High School in the Houston area. A year before that, a gunman at a Texas church killed more than two dozen people during a Sunday service in the small town of Sutherland Springs. In 2019, another gunman at a Walmart in El Paso killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanics.
The shooting came days before the National Rifle Association annual convention was set to begin in Houston. Abbott and both of Texas’ U.S. senators were among elected Republican officials who were the scheduled speakers at a Friday leadership forum sponsored by the NRA’s lobbying arm.
In the years since Sandy Hook, the gun control debate in Congress has waxed and waned. Efforts by lawmakers to change U.S. gun policies in any significant way have consistently faced roadblocks from Republicans and the influence of outside groups such as the NRA.
A year after Sandy Hook, Sens. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, and Patrick J. Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican, negotiated a bipartisan proposal to expand the nation’s background check system. But the measure failed in a Senate vote, without enough support to clear a 60-vote filibuster hurdle.
Then-President Barack Obama, who had made gun control central to his administration’s goals after the Newtown shooting, called Congress’ failure to act “a pretty shameful day for Washington.”
Last year, the House passed two bills to expand background checks on firearms purchases. One bill would have closed a loophole for private and online sales. The other would have extended the background check review period. Both languished in the 50-50 Senate, where Democrats need at least 10 Republican votes to overcome objections from a filibuster.
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Eugene Garcia and Dario Lopez-Mills in Uvalde, Jake Bleiberg in Dallas, Ben Fox, Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker in Washington, Paul J. Weber in Austin, Juan Lozano in Houston, Gene Johnson in Seattle and Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
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A massive explosion obliterated a home in Pottstown last week, killing five people — four children and an adult — and leaving the tight-knit community in shock.
The explosion left a crater filled with gnarled metal and splintered lumber where a home once stood and many questions remain unanswered. Here’s what we know and don’t know.
What happened?
At around 8 p.m. Thursday, an explosion destroyed two houses and damaged at least six other houses.
Neighbors described a thundering boom and said it felt like a bomb had gone off.
» READ MORE: 4 children and 1 adult were killed in a ‘horrific’ Pottstown home explosion. The cause remains unknown.
Francine White, 67; Alana Wood, 13; Jeremiah White, 12; Nehemiah White, 10; and Tristan White, 8, were killed in the explosion, Pottstown police said Friday.
Eugene White, 44, and Kristina Matuzsan, 32 — who were married — were injured and remain in critical condition.
The children’s father, Eugene White, grew up in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia with his mother, Francine; attended Simon Gratz High School; and met Matuzsan about 10 years ago, according to his social media posts.
Matuzsan grew up in Pitman, Gloucester County. They were married in 2019 and lived in Philadelphia’s Crescentville neighborhood before moving to Pottstown last year.
The family lived in the home they bought a year ago on the 400 block of Hale Street in the Montgomery County borough, officials said. The adjoining twin home was vacant.
The explosion sent debris flying as far away as a block from the house, covering much of the neighborhood in insulation material.
What caused the explosion?
As of Tuesday morning, the source and origin point of the explosion had not been released.
Many in the area raised questions about the possibility of a gas leak. Four current or former residents — including former residents of the adjoining twin unit of the house that exploded — said the neighborhood had frequently smelled gas in the past and that they had sometimes called inspectors to the area.
What is the condition of the injured residents?
As of Tuesday morning, officials had not released updates on the condition of White and Matuzsan. A man who identified himself as Michael Matuzsan, the father of Kristina Matuzsan, visited the site on Saturday and was distraught over what had happened.
» READ MORE: The Pottstown family that lost 5 members in a house explosion relocated from Philly for a better life
“Kristina was so happy to finally buy a house and get out of the city,” he said to neighbors who had gathered Saturday.
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A powerful typhoon churned over the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and lashed the island with wind and rain.
Typhoon Mawar is the strongest to hit the U.S. territory of roughly 150,000 people since 2002. The typhoon briefly made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 4 storm at Andersen Air Force Base on the northern tip of the island.
A few commonly used weather terms and their definitions, which rely on material from the National Weather Service:
atmospheric river — Long and wide plumes of moisture that form over an ocean and flow through the sky over land.
blizzard — Wind speeds of 35 mph (56 kph) or more and considerable falling and/or blowing of snow with visibility of less than one-quarter mile (0.40 kilometer) for three or more hours.
cyclone — A storm with strong winds rotating about a moving center of low atmospheric pressure. The word sometimes is used in the United States to mean tornado and in the Indian Ocean area to mean hurricane.
derecho — A widespread and usually fast-moving straight-line windstorm. It is usually more than hundreds of miles long and more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) across.
El Nino, La Nina — El Nino is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that starts with unusually warm water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific and then changes weather worldwide. The flip side of El Nino is La Nina. It is an occasional but natural cooling of the equatorial Pacific that also changes weather worldwide.
hurricane or typhoon — A warm-core tropical cyclone in which the minimum sustained surface wind is 74 mph (119 kph) or more. Hurricanes are spawned east of the international date line. Typhoons develop west of the line. They are known as cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Australia.
microburst — Occurs when a mass of cooled air rushes downward out of a thunderstorm, hits the ground and rushes outward in all directions.
polar vortex — Usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region, enveloping the North Pole (but it can apply to the South Pole, too). It is a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and keeps some of the coldest weather bottled up near the North Pole. The jet stream usually pens the polar vortex in and keeps it north. But at times some of the vortex can break off or move south, bringing unusually cold weather south and permitting warmer weather to creep up north.
snow squall — An intense but short-lived period of moderate to heavy snowfall, with strong winds and possible lightning.
storm surge — An abnormal rise of water above the normal tide, generated by a storm.
super typhoon — A typhoon in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 150 mph (241 kph) or more.
tornado — A violent rotating column of air forming a pendant, usually from a cumulonimbus cloud, and touching the ground. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena. Tornadoes can appear from any direction, but in the U.S. most move from southwest to northeast. Measured on F-scale from EF0 to EF5, which considers 28 different types of damage to structures and trees. An EF2 or higher is considered a significant tornado.
tornado warning — National Weather Service issues to warn public of existing tornado.
tornado watch — Alerts public to possibility of tornado forming.
tropical depression — A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 38 mph (61 kph) or less.
tropical storm — A warm-core tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface winds range from 39 mph (63 kph) to 73 mph (117 kph).
tsunami — A great sea wave or seismic sea wave caused by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide or volcano.
nor’easter — The term used by the National Weather Service for storms that either exit or move north along the East Coast, producing winds blowing from the northeast.
waterspout — A tornado over water.
wind chill factor — A calculation that describes the combined effect of the wind and cold temperatures on exposed skin.
wind shear — A sudden shift in wind direction and/or speed.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — When 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva needed some advice after losing in the third round at her first major tennis tournament, she didn’t have to go far.
Sure, her parents and coaches have played huge roles in helping her become the latest teen sensation in tennis. But Andreeva knows herself better than anyone else does, so the conversation after this year’s French Open stayed internal as she prepared for Wimbledon.
“Honestly, after Paris I just had quite a long talk with myself, just me and myself, and that’s it. I talked to myself. I just talked,” Andreeva said. “I don’t know, just in my head I realized some things. I took some decisions that I think are now important for me.”
In her second major tournament, Andreeva has already done one better, advancing to the fourth round at Wimbledon following a 6-2, 7-5 victory over 22nd-seeded Anastasia Potapova on No. 3 Court.
“I did a good job because now everything is working so far,” said the Russian teen who trains in France. “Yes, I just talked with myself, and I decided everything what I have to do next. So far it’s working.”
Andreeva became the youngest player to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon since Coco Gauff in 2019. She will next face will No. 25 Madison Keys for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Pretty heavy stuff for a teenager who is being touted as a potential superstar on the tennis circuit.
“Actually, I think I’m just a normal teenager, like normal girl. I do, I think, everything that the girls my age do. I love to watch some series. I have to do my school. I have no choice. I have to suffer for two more years, and that’s it,” Andreeva said, smiling at that last part. “Sometimes it depends on my mood, but sometimes I prefer to be alone, just with myself, yes.”
For such a young player, her maturity came through on court. After winning the first set on Sunday, she found herself trailing 4-1 in the second. Keeping her cool, she was able to regroup and take back control.
“Today, honestly, even if I wanted to show some emotions, I honestly, I couldn’t because I was out of breath almost every point,” Andreeva said in an on-court interview. “I really couldn’t show any emotions.”
They came out after, though, when she sat in her chair and pulled her purple Wimbledon towel up over her face for a few seconds to regain her composure.
The pressure at the oldest Grand Slam tournament will only intensify. After six straight victories in her only six times playing on grass — three in qualifying and three in the main draw — Andreeva is now looking to emulate 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu and become only the second qualifier in history to win a major tournament.
“Of course, in 2021 she did amazing job. Everyone was impressed,” Andreeva said of Raducanu, a British player who is missing Wimbledon this year because of injuries. “But me, I just try to not think about it. I think it will disturb me, all these thoughts. I just try to play every match and don’t think how far I have gone already or which round I’m playing, against who I’m playing.”
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has already helped block one of former President Donald Trump’s allies from winning the Republican nomination for governor in a crucial battleground state. Now he’s hoping for a repeat in his own backyard.
Ducey is part of a burgeoning effort among establishment Republicans to lift up little-known housing developer Karrin Taylor Robson against former television news anchor Kari Lake, who is backed by Trump. Other prominent Republicans, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, have also lined up behind Robson in recent days.
On Monday, Robson’s campaign announced the endorsement of former Vice President Mike Pence, who will campaign with her on Friday — the same day Trump is scheduled to hold a rally for Lake, creating a split-screen moment underscoring the divide between the GOP establishment and Trump.
The push is reminiscent of how many leading Republicans rallied around Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in the final stretch of his ultimately successful bid to fend off a Trump-endorsed primary challenger.
Few states have been as central to Trump’s election lies as Georgia and Arizona, the two closest 2020 battlegrounds where he pushed aggressively to overturn the results and fumed when Kemp and Ducey refused to go along. Trump has already faced a setback in Georgia, and the Aug. 2 race in Arizona is among his last opportunities to settle scores and install allies to lead states that may prove decisive if he decides to run again in 2024.
“In Arizona, people are independent minded, much like they are in Georgia, and they pick the person that they think will be best for the responsibility,” Ducey told The Associated Press. “In Georgia, the voters said Brian Kemp, and I’m hopeful in Arizona, they’ll say Karen Taylor Robson.”
As an incumbent seeking reelection, Kemp had an advantage over his primary rival, David Perdue, and ultimately defeated him by nearly 52 percentage points. Without an incumbent on the ballot — Ducey faces term limits — the GOP contest in Arizona will likely be much closer.
But what once looked like an insurmountable lead for Lake could end in a more competitive finish. With early voting already underway, Robson is drawing on her family’s vast fortune to drown out Lake who, despite Trump’s endorsement, has lagged in fundraising. Robson had outspent Lake more than 5 to 1 as of the end of June.
The final maneuvering by some leading GOP figures could prove significant in a close race. Beyond Ducey and Christie, Robson has lined up support from former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon, who dropped out of the governor’s race and endorsed her. The Border Patrol union, meanwhile, broke with Trump and backed Robson, citing in part Lake’s prior statements supporting a pathway to citizenship for people living in the country illegally.
Pence, who notably split with Trump in Georgia and campaigned alongside Kemp, praised Robson as “the only candidate for Governor that will keep Arizona’s border secure and streets safe, empower parents and create great schools, and promote conservative values.” Pence said he was ”proud to support her.”
For her part, Lake is an unlikely MAGA champion.
A well-known former local news anchor who donated to Barack Obama and for years hung around with drag queens at a gay bar near the television station, Lake once was the antithesis of Trump’s brand of politics.
Yet she rocketed to the top of the field since she walked away from her three-decade television career, declared “journalism is dead” and took a sledgehammer to a pile of TVs.
She built on the powerful connection she’d formed with viewers in the Phoenix media market over 27 years with the local Fox affiliate and created a uniquely strong bond with the base that propelled Trump to the White House in 2016 and still doesn’t believe he lost in 2020.
Even Trump seemed impressed by the ovation her name inspired when he mentioned it during a rally in Phoenix last year. He endorsed her a short time later.
She, in turn, has adopted his combative style, his narrative about the 2020 election — she falsely says it was corrupt and stolen — and his get-tough approach to border security. She’s walked away from her close ties with John McCain’s family and now feuds with the late U.S. senator’s children.
“We’re either gonna go the way of the past, which is the McCain mafia running the show, or we’re gonna go with America first,” Lake told a crowd of hundreds at a country western bar in Tucson last week. Many arrived well over an hour early and waited in the Southern Arizona heat for a chance to get inside.
Lake, 52, routinely berates journalists trying to question her and releases the footage on social media.
Last year, she said she wants to put cameras in classrooms to monitor teachers, nodding to the backlash on the right to teachings on race and history in public schools.
If elected, she says, she’d immediately invoke an untested legal theory that illegal immigration constitutes an “invasion” of the United States and gives the governor war powers to remove people from the country without proceedings in immigration courts.
Since Robson and her allies began their full-court press, Lake has claimed without evidence that “they might be trying to set the stage for another steal.”
“They have been such RINOs for so long, and I don’t trust that they have our country as a priority,” said Rosa Alfonso, a 60-year-old speech language pathologist in Tucson. “That’s a big deal.”
Robson, 57, is making her first run for office, though she has lifelong ties to GOP politics. He father and brother both held elected office as Republicans.
An attorney for real estate developers, she has been at the center of the suburban sprawl that has propelled the Phoenix area’s prodigious growth. Ducey appointed her to the board overseeing Arizona’s three public universities, her most high-profile public role before she quit to run for governor.
“These are serious times,” Robson said during a recent debate. “We need a serious candidate with a record of accomplishment.”
Her husband, housing developer Ed Robson, 91, is one of the state’s richest residents, amassing a fortune building master planned retirement communities. She says the 2020 election was “unfair” but has stopped short of calling it fraudulent. Like Lake, she’s running as a border hawk.
She brands her rival “Fake Lake,” highlighting a $350 donation she gave to Obama’s 2008 campaign, though Robson has herself contributed large sums to Democrats.
“It’s all an act,” Ducey said of Lake. “The campaign she’s been running bears no resemblance to the life she’s lived for the past three decades, nor to the interactions that she’s had with me. She’s putting on a show. We’ll see how many people buy it.”
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Michigan’s Republican Party is grappling with disunity and disarray as it looks to regain lost political ground ahead of 2024.
The state party is facing a slew of negative headlines painting a picture of warring factions in dire financial straits. Last week, reports surfaced that an alleged fight broke out between allies of the party’s new chair, Kristina Karamo, and her former opponent for the position, Matthew DePerno.
On top of that, Karamo has faced criticism of her own from both inside and outside the GOP for a number of remarks, including for comparing gun control restrictions to the treatment of Jewish people during the Holocaust.
“I think the state party is dead,” former Rep. Dave Trott (R-Mich.) told The Hill.
The barrage of negative press has many Michigan Republicans worried that the state of the party will hinder their efforts in what is expected to be a major political battleground next year.
Last week, video surfaced of a confrontation that turned physical between Kalamazoo Republican Party Chair Kelly Sackett, a DePerno ally, and Macomb County GOP Secretary Melissa Pehlis, a Karamo ally. According to Bridge Michigan, the two local party officials were clashing over an alleged move by Sackett to remove Karamo backers from the Kalamazoo Republican Party. The incident allegedly took place at a hotel bar the night before a Michigan GOP leadership summit, and local police were called.
“I think the rifts are deep and it’s going to become increasingly problematic,” said Jason Cabel Roe, a GOP strategist and former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party. “What they should do and what they are doing are two different things. Obviously, you want to unite under a common banner, but right now there’s no faction within the party that’s particularly interested in uniting.”
There are also questions about the cash-strapped state party’s ability to fundraise ahead of a presidential year. The party reported a $2.3 million debt in its state campaign as of November of last year, according to Bridge Michigan.
Meanwhile, Democrats swept the state in last year’s midterm elections, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) winning reelection and down-ballot Democrats taking complete control of both of the state’s legislatures. The impact of those victories on Michigan has been striking. Earlier this month, Whitmer signed stricter gun control restrictions into law and struck down a 1931 abortion ban.
“Losing control of any of the branches of government puts you in a vulnerable spot, but I don’t think anyone foresaw the aggressiveness that Democrats would be steamrolling through a very progressive legislative agenda,” Roe said.
And Democrats say they are full-steam ahead going into 2024, hoping to fill Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s (D-Mich.) seat with another Democrat and continue to make gains down ballot.
Republicans critical of the state party have expressed doubt that they will be able to right the ship given the party’s financial issues and infighting.
“If I was [Rep. Elissa] Slotkin [D-Mich.], I would start to think about what committees I want to be on,” Trott said. “There’s no Republican that will be able to challenge Slotkin, and there’s no state party organization that can organize the grassroots or raise money for any statewide candidate.”
Other Republicans are not as convinced the situation is as cut and dry, arguing that GOP candidates do not have to be completely reliant on their state party.
“The party is the infrastructure, the party is the coordinating body, it’s helpful to have a good, strong party, but it’s not unusual to have people work around the party,” said former Michigan GOP Chair Saul Anuzis, who chaired the party from 2005 to 2009. “We’ve had infighting since I’ve been involved since the late ‘70s so this is not unique. You’ve got a contentious race, you’ve got a divided grassroots, and you’ve got a lot of questions with regard to the ability to raise money and put something together to be helpful.”
When asked about Karamo’s leadership, Anuzis pointed out that she’s only two months into the job.
“The new chairman has got to get her feet on the ground and figure out how she’s going to run the party and what she’s going to do,” Anuzis said. “Clearly she’s coming from the outside, so she’s got more challenges.”
Karamo echoed this sentiment in an interview with The Hill.
“Those divisions existed long before I became chair,” Karamo said. “The individuals claiming that somehow I’m responsible, that’s nonsense. I’ve only been chair for two months.”
Karamo defeated DePerno and nine other Republicans in the race to lead the state party in February. Former President Trump backed DePerno in the race, but Trump and Karamo are still considered allies.
The state party chairwoman said she is working to smooth over those divisions through bringing Republicans together under the party’s umbrella.
“My philosophy is I don’t entertain conflict or petty grievances because if you have a large organization or a large group with thousands of people, you’re going to have people disagree and have conflict. It’s all about how you handle it,” she said.
“We are looking to work with anyone who is actually concerned about the issues that are facing our children and who wants to solve problems,” she continued. “I do not have a vindictive nature or an agenda, nor am I looking to pay people back or put people down or exclude people from the party. My objective is to bring all Republicans together to fight for our country.”
Still, Karamo is considered a controversial figure in Michigan politics and has been the subject of negative national headlines. In addition to her comments comparing on gun control, CNN reported that in 2020 Karamo said abortion is “child sacrifice” and a “satanic practice.”
Karamo says the stories written up about her by mainstream outlets show that the media is “obsessed” with her.
“I don’t think there’s any state chair, whether Republican or Democrat, that gets as much media coverage as me,” Karamo said. “It’s because these individuals are terrified of a person who actually wants to solve problems in government and not just fuel the controversy and the decline of this country.”
And Karamo has staunch backers within Michigan’s Republican sphere who argue that establishment and moderate forces within the party are targeting Karamo and her allies.
“All we want is for our party to follow its platform,” Lisa Mankiewicz, vice chairwoman of the Macomb County GOP, told The Hill during a joint interview with Macomb County Chairman Mark Forton. “If they’re true Republicans, they will respect and follow and honor our platform and our constitution and they’re not all doing that.”
When asked if they could name which Republicans they were talking about, Forton accused Democrats of diluting the state’s GOP presence through its open primary.
“Every time we get a Republican governor, it’s a liberal governor,” Forton said. “Democrats move into our primary, they vote for who they like.”
The Michigan GOP has floated the possibility of changing its presidential primary to a closed caucus or a convention. Karamo said discussions surrounding that decision are taking place internally.
Others argue that Republicans must cater their message to swing voters in order to be successful in a Michigan general election.
“I think some of it is a reaction to the ongoing MAGA Trump messaging that is offputting to the largest block of voters which is Independent,” Trott said. “Michigan has always been a kind of a state that leans blue and that’s probably all it took for Michigan to end up solidly in the Democratic column.”
But Democrats say they aren’t taking anything for granted.
“We’re a battleground state,” said Lavora Barnes, chairwoman of the Michigan Democratic Party. “I may never call it a blue state because it’s a state where you’re going to have to work for each and every vote.” | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/michigan-gop-faces-existential-crisis-the-state-party-is-dead/ | 2023-04-26 13:18:16 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/michigan-gop-faces-existential-crisis-the-state-party-is-dead/ |
LAS VEGAS, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iPreg Incorporation (iPreg), an award-winning biomedical device manufacturer in the field of reproductive medicine, has developed a new and enhanced solution for infertility. The "Sperm Sorting Chip'' is expected to increase fertility rate and fill in the blind spots that come with the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process, the technology was showcased at CES 2022
The research and development team at iPreg designed the "Sperm Sorting Chip'' using microfluidic technology which allows the fluid mechanics of sperm to swim in the microfluidic chip and create an environment that allows the sperms to race in the chip. This uniquely designed chip also increases the purity of healthy sperm to 90% while posing minimum damage to the DNA.
Sperm preparation by iPreg sorting chip increases the healthy sperm ratio to 90% in 15 minutes while maintaining the patient's safety as well as high recovery and efficiency. This plays an important role in assisting reproduction that speeds up the crucial stage of sperm screening in the IVF process.
With current infertility rates hanging at an average of 15% globally, IVF is believed to be the most efficient solution on the market with the ability to increase the pregnancy rate to 37.4%. On the other hand, the live birth rates of an IVF cycle with a woman's eggs at age 40-44 is down to a staggering 4.7%.
Through the many stages of fertility, from increasing the ratio of healthy sperm to the early formation of the blastocyst, the sperm sorting chip is expected to improve the success of pregnancy.
Currently, swim up and discontinuous density gradients are the most utilized in fertility clinics to select the fraction of motile spermatozoa. However, both methods have negative effects on sperm viability and can result in sperm DNA fragmentation and consequently lead to a low success rate of pregnancy in IVF therapy. Since health sperm is critical to the success of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures, iPreg developed a novel device intended for preparing motile sperm from semen.
"iPreg aims to increase the fertility rate and provide modern day parent(s) the opportunity of building a family. With today's lifestyle, medical procedures need to be refined further to cope with the continuous change that poses an obstacle. We are looking to break barriers and provide a fighting chance to parent(s) across the globe," said Chen-Yen Chung, Chief Executive Officer of iPreg Inc.
As women's age at first childbearing increases year by year, the infertility situation is getting worse. Therefore, we believe that the research of IVF treatment urgently needs more investment in new technology. We expect that the application of iPreg chip can increase the fertilization rate and further increase the pregnancy rate of IVF. In addition, the future iPreg chip can also be extended towards tumor diagnosis, immune cell purification and animal husbandry industry, making this technology applicable to more fields.
Going global to make a change
Ever since its establishment, iPreg has been focusing on the in Vitro fertilization market and seeks to continuously improve the new generation of sperm sorting methods to help keep the fertility rate high and the infertility rate as low as possible. In the coming years, the company aims to set up footprint in Southeast Asia, North America and Europe.
iPreg Incorporation will be showcasing its technology at the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) Pavilion at Eureka Park, Venetian Expo 1F (Former Sands expo), booth no: 61423.
For more information, visit https://www.ipreginc.com/.
About iPreg Incorporation
Founded by Dr. CY Chung, who holds a Ph.D. in Immunology, in 2018. iPreg Incorporation is a biomedical device manufacturer focusing on reproductive medicine. The newly invented iPreg sperm sorting chip helps facilitate the IVF process in the key step of sperm screening and to further improve the success rate of assisted reproduction. iPreg Incorporation and the sperm sorting chip have won several awards in Taiwan including the 2020 Global Hack Startup, 17th National Innovation Award and the 2020 From IP to IPR Program.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Pensacola elementary school teacher reportedly quit the day before school started after a district employee allegedly took down pictures of Black heroes he had on the wall of his classroom.
According to the Pensacola News Journal, Michael James, formerly a teacher at O.J. Semmes Elementary School, sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Escambia County Superintendent Tim Smith Monday calling the incident “racist behavior” by the district employee, who allegedly said the posters were “age inappropriate.”
He resigned Tuesday morning as an exceptional student education teacher, just one day before the 2022-23 school stated.
Pictures of Martin Luther King Jr., Colin Powell, Harriett Tubman and George Washington Carver were reportedly some of those removed from the classroom.
James told PNJ he put up those posters because a majority of his students were Black and he wanted to motivate them with inspirational people they could “look up to and see themselves.”
The district’s superintendent responded to the incident, telling the news outlet that teacher are allowed to decorate their classrooms with educational materials and was unaware of a policy that would have stopped him from putting up pictures of “inspirational American heroes.”
The district gave a statement that said they’re going to investigate the incident.
The employee, James reportedly identified as a board certified behavior analyst for the district, allegedly came into James’ classroom on Monday to help him set up the his classroom for the upcoming school year. At one point James turned around and saw the employee taking the pictures down.
James told PNJ when he asked the employee what they were doing they said the pictures were “age appropriate.”
James said the employee also took a picture of Barack Obama off his desk.
James resigned shortly after the incident, saying he couldn’t work for a district that would “condone such behavior,” a report said.
He quit as many schools in Florida and nationwide are experiencing teacher shortages.
James is now looking for a new teaching job. | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-teacher-quits-after-staff-takes-down-his-black-heroes-posters-report-says/ | 2022-08-10 21:41:20 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-teacher-quits-after-staff-takes-down-his-black-heroes-posters-report-says/ |
Court: 70-year-old indicted on capital murder charges in Alabama church triple slaying
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama grand jury has indicted a 70-year-old man on capital murder charges in the fatal shootings of three people at a church potluck dinner in June, according to court records made public Friday.
The Jefferson County grand jury indicted Robert Findlay Smith this week in connection with the June 16 shootings of Walter “Bart” Rainey, 84, of Irondale; Sarah Yeager, 75, of Pelham; and Jane Pounds, 84, of Hoover, al.com reported.
Police responded June 16 to a report of an active shooter at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills, a wealthy suburb of Birmingham. About 25 people, including Smith, had gathered late that afternoon for a “Boomers Potluck” dinner. He had previously attended some worship services and at least one of the previous potluck dinners there, authorities said.
Jefferson County prosecutors on Thursday presented the case to the grand jury, which returned indictments against Smith.
“Smith has been indicted for capital murder for killing two or more people,’′ District Attorney Danny Carr told al.com Friday. “It is still very early in the prosecution of this case. We will be working closely with the families of those who lost their lives that terrible day ... as we progress toward holding Smith accountable.”
Smith is being represented by attorneys Emory Anthony and Moses Stone. Anthony did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment. Stone’s telephone listing went unanswered. Smith remains without bond in the Jefferson County Jail. A trial date has not yet been set.
Smith was seated alone at the dinner when a longtime church member approached him and invited him to sit with others at a table, said the Rev. Doug Carpenter, who founded the church in 1973 and retired in 2005. Smith refused the offer, but then pulled out a handgun and shot three people, authorities and reports said.
A church member rushed the gunman, struck him with a chair and held him until officers arrived, according to police.
Rainey was pronounced dead on the scene. Yeager and Pounds were taken to a hospital where they later died.
Authorities said they have not yet identified a motive in the slayings.
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Birth marks a significant milestone in saving the critically endangered species
ALULA, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) announces the birth of two Arabian leopard cubs, in a milestone moment for RCU's conservation captive-breeding program.
The cubs, now part of our pride of Arabian Leopards, were born in a captive-breeding programme at the Arabian Leopard Breeding Center in Taif, Saudi Arabia
The leopard's habitat, which formerly spanned the Arabian Peninsula and reached into the Levant, is now restricted to three countries: Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen. While species numbers are estimated as fewer than 200 in the wild after centuries of habitat loss and poaching.
Through RCU's captive breeding program and conservation initiatives, which aim to restore the population through the breeding programme and prepare a suitable habitat in which the leopards can thrive, the species will eventually be reintroduced into the wilderness in the mountains of AlUla.
To learn more, visit https://www.rcu.gov.sa/en/meetourcub
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About the Royal Commission for AlUla
The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) was established by royal decree in July 2017 to preserve and develop AlUla, a region of outstanding natural and cultural significance in north-west Saudi Arabia. RCU's long-term plan outlines a responsible, sustainable, and sensitive approach to urban and economic development, that preserves the area's natural and historic heritage, while establishing AlUla as a desirable location to live, work, and visit. This encompasses a broad range of initiatives across archaeology, tourism, culture, education, and the arts, reflecting a commitment to meeting the economic diversification, local community empowerment, and heritage preservation priorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 programme.
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NATO seeks to ease war impact on Bosnia, Georgia, Moldova
LORNE COOK, STEPHEN McGRATH and ELLEN KNICKMAYER
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BUCHAREST (AP) — NATO turned its attention on Wednesday to three countries shaken by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — Bosnia, Georgia and Moldova — as the military alliance struggles to extend its security umbrella across Europe.
At talks in Romania, the foreign ministers of the three countries met with their NATO counterparts to discuss ways that the world’s biggest security organization might be able to help, as the war in Ukraine exposes them to political, energy and territorial uncertainty.
While the cause of the problems facing Bosnia, Georgia, and Moldova is clear, their needs and the way that NATO might be able to help them are not. No straightforward proposals about what might be done were offered by NATO ministers as they arrived at the Palace of the Parliament in the capital Bucharest.
Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said the meeting is aimed at ensuring “more safety and security on the European continent,” and “is a signal … on how important it is to create stability not only for NATO countries itself, but also beyond.”
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky told reporters that it was important not to let a “gray zone be here, to be taken over by other forces.”
Bosnia has long been wracked by political instability, but protests rocked the Bosnian Serb half of the ethnically divided country last month after some voters alleged that a pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader rigged an election in the Serb entity, Republika Srpska.
Bosnian Foreign Minister Bisera Turkovic said her country, where a government is in the process of being formed following the elections, “is very concerned about the future.”
“We have proxies, or we had the proxies, in our government, Russian proxies. So division in the country is deep and we hope that we will be able to overcome it. NATO’s presence is extremely important for Bosnia-Herzegovina because it is a guarantor of our security,” she said.
NATO has promised Georgia that, like Ukraine, it will join the 30-nation alliance one day, but Russian troops swept into Georgia after that pledge was made 14 years ago. A breakaway Georgian region has this year threatened to hold a referendum on joining Russia.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has had a troubling effect on Moldova, which is currently facing a severe energy crisis due to its reliance on Russian energy.
In recent weeks it has suffered massive power outages as a result of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid. Russian missiles have also traversed its skies, and in April blasts occurred in the country’s Russian-backed breakaway region of Transnistria — where Moscow bases around 1,500 troops.
Things are moving more positively in other parts of Europe. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said that he and his counterparts from Finland and Turkey had held “a very good” meeting aimed at unblocking Turkish opposition to his country joining NATO.
Billstrom said that he plans to travel to Ankara soon for further talks. NATO is eager to add the two Nordic nations to its ranks. They applied to join in April, amid concern that Russia might target them next. Turkey and Hungary are the holdouts on ratifying their applications. The 28 other member nations have already done so. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/30/nato-seeks-to-ease-war-impact-on-bosnia-georgia-moldova/ | 2022-11-30 09:48:42 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/30/nato-seeks-to-ease-war-impact-on-bosnia-georgia-moldova/ |
Did you lose money on investments in Amazon.com? If so, please visit Amazon.com, Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds investors of the deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in a securities class action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMZN) between February 1, 2019 and April 28, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Amazon is a multinational technology company that engages primarily in the businesses of e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. On the Company's Amazon.com e-commerce platform, Amazon sells both third-party merchandise and Amazon's own private-label products. As the owner and operator of the Amazon.com e-commerce platform, Amazon has access to certain non-public data of the third-party sellers that use the Amazon.com platform.
Plaintiff alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made misleading statements about Amazon's business because: (i) Amazon engaged in anticompetitive conduct in its private-label business practices, including giving Amazon products preference over those of its competitors and using third-party sellers' non-public data to compete with them; (ii) the foregoing exposed Amazon to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; and (iii) Amazon's revenues derived from its private-label business were in part the product of impermissible conduct and, thus, unsustainable.
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In the course of the Subcommittee Investigation, the Subcommittee held several oversight hearings in which various officers of the above referenced companies, including their respective Chief Executive Officers, offered witness testimony on topics such as the effect of market power on the press, innovation, privacy, and the market dominance of the firms under investigation. After each of the hearings, members of the Subcommittee submitted questions for the record to the witnesses.
On March 9, 2022, media outlets reported that the House Judiciary Committee had requested that the U.S. Department of Justice open a criminal investigation into Amazon and certain of its executives for allegedly lying to Congress about its business practices during the course of the Subcommittee Investigation.
On April 6, 2022, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled, "SEC Is Investigating How Amazon Disclosed Business Practices." The article reported, inter alia, that the SEC's probe has been underway for more than a year and focuses on Amazon's disclosures regarding its use of third-party seller data for its own private-label business. On this news, the price of Amazon stock price declined 3.2% to close at $3,175.12 per share on April 6, 2022.
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — In remote northern California, only a few miles from the Oregon border as the crow flies, a troubling but all too familiar scene is unfolding.
Another deadly wildfire has upended the lives of people who lived here because they liked the woods and seclusion, but also because they had few other options: It's one of a few places left on the West Coast that's still affordable.
From devastating flooding in Kentucky to wildfires in the West, extreme weather events made worse by climate change are hitting some of the poorest parts of America hard.
Experts say many of the hardest-hit victims of natural disasters tend to be people who were already living on the economic margins, and often in high-risk places. Recovering from them this summer will be extra difficult at a time of high prices due to record inflation.
In California, the McKinney Fire chewed through dense, dry forests and into remote, rural communities that are now often dubbed as "high risk" by insurance providers.
"I didn't have insurance because I lived on Social Security," says Harlene Schwander, 82. "People can hardly live on Social Security."
Schwander, who had only just moved down the Klamath River Canyon a month ago to live by her son, lost everything in the fire. For now, she's living in a shelter for wildfire survivors in nearby Yreka, Calif. Shaken and standing next to her minivan, she's clutching a small purse stuffed with a few hundred dollars in savings from breeding puppies a couple years ago.
"I knew this was good for something, it's not leaving my side," Schwander says. "Not a lot, but enough to get me through a couple months."
She's worried about how she'll even begin to recover. Her daughter, a school teacher in Santa Barbara, has been searching frantically to find some place Schwander could move to temporarily.
Everything from housing to gas to even just basic toiletries is so expensive. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for most household items in the western United States have risen close to 10 percent since last year. People were already scraping by in Siskiyou County before the McKinney Fire. Close to one in four people here live below the federal poverty line. Rising homelessness was already a concern in the region before this fire.
"I went to Walmart to replenish my cosmetics and it was ridiculous," Schwander says. "So I [just] bought a few things."
The "little guy is getting squeezed"
About 25 miles to the northwest of the shelter in Yreka, Calif., a firefighting chopper is scooping a bucket into the muddy, fire-debris-strewn Klamath River then dropping water on nearby hot spots. The McKinney Fire, which killed four people and is believed to have destroyed at least 100 homes and a cherished community center, is mostly contained, though it won't be out until the expected fall rains arrive.
One recent afternoon, Jason Fischer was running sprinklers and generators to try to save his cattle on the family's sixth-generation farm, as well as a nearby RV park where several local families live. He defied evacuation orders and stayed behind to help firefighters with structure protection. It paid off, but many of his neighbors weren't so lucky.
"They're underinsured," Fischer says. "The insurance companies might pay for what they think your house was worth, but they don't take into account it's going to cost $50,000 to clean up your spot to rebuild."
Fischer says it feels like the little guy is getting especially squeezed around here. Mostly the only jobs tend to be with the local sheriff or U.S. Forest Service, he says. Many of the area's timber mills have closed.
"I don't know how we recover from this as a community," Fischer says. "It's going to be really difficult because the price of lumber, the price of fuel, everything is just exponentially more expensive now."
Gas prices have dipped some in California, but in the rural "North State" as it's often called, they're still averaging around $5 a gallon. Prices for building materials including lumber are up by about 35% since January 2020.
For some it's nearly impossible to rebuild
This corner of the West has already suffered the most destructive — and deadly — wildfires in the country in recent years. A short drive from the Klamath River Canyon is Ashland, Ore., where some of the scenic mountain town's more affordable bedroom communities were wiped out in the 2020 Alameda Fire. Along Interstate 5 in Talent, Ore., people are still living in RVs in the footprint of the deadly blaze that leveled trailer parks and homes.
Even before the disasters, it was hard to get a contractor or enough labor in rural America. Erin Hillman lost her home in the 2020 Slater Fire, a complex of fires that burned more than 157,000 acres not far from where this summer's McKinney Fire ignited.
Standing at her home construction site in a narrow river valley surrounded by steep hills covered in burned trees, Hillman points out the handful of flat, empty lots that used to be home to neighbors.
"Gentleman that lived back there, he's not coming back. The young couple and their children back here, I think they're trying to get their house built," she says.
Hillman is just now rebuilding, after a struggle to find contractors and materials.
The McKinney Fire sparked just as the new foundation was finally being poured, and Hillman briefly panicked that she'd once again lose everything. But Hillman, who is a descendent of the Karuk tribe, doesn't want to leave her ancestral lands.
"For Karuk people that live here, this is their home. They grew up here. This is where we're from, and they don't want to leave," she explains.
She had insurance, and considers herself lucky that she can afford to stay and rebuild. Still, the cost of putting up a new structure has increased so much that Hillman won't have enough insurance money left over to replace some of the items that burned with the house, like her husband's power tools and their furniture.
The new house was supposed to be ready by winter, Hillman says. But with yet another fire creating even higher demand for building materials in the area, she's not sure they'll be home for Christmas.
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Second hiker found in area in California where Julian Sands is missing
Jin Chung, 75, was rescued by searchers on Tuesday
Searchers rescued an elderly hiker after being lost on the same snow-covered mountain in California where actor Julian Sands is missing.
Jin Chung, 75, was seen being loaded into an ambulance Tuesday afternoon. He suffered a leg injury and weather-related injuries but could walk with assistance. He was transported to a hospital for treatment, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
The sheriff’s department launched the search after Chung failed to return from a hike Sunday on the more than 10,000-foot Mt. Baldy.
Chung had carpooled to the mountain with two others people. The group planned to meet back at the vehicle at 2 p.m., but Chung did not show up, according to the sheriff's department.
CALIFORNIA RESCUE TEAM LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR 2ND HIKER IN AREA WHERE JULIAN SANDS IS MISSING
Rescuers continued searching the mountain for Sands, 65, over the weekend but have yet to locate him.
"Helicopters and drones continued to use infrared devices during the search however, all were negative for any signs of Sands," the sheriff's department said in the statement.
Sands was reported missing on Jan. 13 after he went for a hike. Search and rescue crews began looking for him on the highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, located about 40 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
JULIAN SANDS' SEARCH CONTINUES, 'AIR CREW' DEPLOYED TO FIND ACTOR MISSING IN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS
"No evidence of his current location has been discovered," the sheriff's department said of the search for Sands. "The search will continue, weather and ground conditions permitting."
Storms have covered the mountain with heavy snow and ice, leading searches to be thwarted by the threat of avalanches and powerful winds.
Authorities said mountain conditions are extremely dangerous. Two hikers have died in recent weeks, including one who fell at least 500 feet down an icy slope.
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Among his roles in film, Sands starred in the 1985 British romance "A Room With a View," as well as "Warlock" in 1989, "Arachnophobia" in 1990, "Naked Lunch" in 1991, "Boxing Helena" in 1993 and "Leaving Las Vegas" in 1995.
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US hiring may have slowed to a still-solid pace in October
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. jobs report for October will be closely watched Friday for any indication that employers are slowing their hiring — a prospect the Federal Reserve would likely welcome as a sign that the high inflation that is gripping the economy might soon begin to ease.
Economists expect the report to show that employers added 200,000 jobs last month, down from an average of 372,000 in the previous three months, according to a survey by the data provider FactSet.
That total would still represent a healthy gain and would suggest that employers still feel the need to fill many jobs. A substantial hiring gain, though, would also mean that wages will likely keep rising and continue to fuel inflation.
Chronic inflation is hammering the budgets of many households and has shot to the top of voter concerns in the midterm congressional elections that will end Tuesday. Republican candidates across the country have attacked Democrats over inflation in their drive to regain control of Congress.
Friday’s jobs report is also expected to show that the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6% in October from a five-decade low of 3.5%. Hourly pay, too, is expected to have risen at a brisk pace, though it might have weakened a bit from September.
All those trends underscore the challenges the Fed faces as it raises interest rates at the fastest pace since the early 1980s to try to bring inflation down from near a 40-hear high. A low unemployment rate and solid wage gains are good for workers. But sizable pay raises, especially without gains in workers’ efficiency, can contribute to higher inflation.
At a news conference Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell noted that the strong job market is feeding inflationary pressures as businesses seek to attract and keep workers by raising pay. In September, average wages rose more than 6% from 12 months earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. That was the fastest such pace in 40 years, though it still trailed inflation.
Powell spoke after the Fed announced a fourth straight three-quarter-point increase in its benchmark rate — a series of unusually large hikes that have made mortgages and other consumer and business loans increasingly costly and heightened the risk of a recession.
The Fed’s policymakers did open the door Wednesday to the possibility of a smaller rate hike when they next meet in December. But Powell also said that in order to tame inflation, the central bank would likely have to raise rates high enough to weaken the job market. That could mean that hiring will slow in coming months or even that many employers will cut jobs and increase the unemployment rate.
“The broader picture is of an overheated labor market where demand (for workers) substantially exceeds supply,” Powell said.
The policymakers want to see signs that job growth and wages are easing, he said, “but I don’t see the case for real softening just yet.”
Many economists say that wages tend to follow inflation higher as workers seek to keep up with price increases. Those pay raises, in turn, can keep inflation higher if companies pass on at least part of their higher labor costs to their customers in the form of higher prices.
So far this year, the Fed has raised its key short-term rate six times — from near zero in early March to a range of 3.75% to 4%, the highest level in 14 years.
For now, the economy is still growing. It expanded at a 2.6% annual rate in the July-September quarter after having contracted in the first six months of the year. But much of last quarter’s growth was due to a spike in U.S. exports. By contrast, consumers — the primary driver of the economy — only modestly increased their spending beyond the rate of inflation.
With inflation still painfully high and the Fed making borrowing increasingly expensive for consumers and businesses, most economists expect a recession by early next year.
Housing has, so far, absorbed the worst damage from higher borrowing costs. The Fed’s rate hikes have sent average long-term mortgage rates surging to around 7%, the highest level in two decades. Home sales have cratered as a result, and once-soaring home prices have started to slow.
Many technology companies are also experiencing slowdowns in their businesses. Ride-hailing provider Lyft and fintech firm Stripe have said they are cutting jobs. And on Thursday, Amazon said it would pause hiring in its corporate offices.
Yet much of the rest of the economy has so far remained resilient, with companies in travel, restaurants, manufacturing and health care still hiring. Southwest Airlines told investors last week that it was on track to hire 10,000 employees this year, including 1,200 pilots.
And Adam Schechter, CEO of testing firm Laboratory Corporation of America, told investors, “We have huge efforts underway to try to hire as many people as we can.”
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
742 PM CDT Tue May 24 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY...
At 742 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles northeast
of Big Lake, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Big Lake and Reagan County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANDREWS BORDEN CRANE
DAWSON DICKENS ECTOR
GAINES GLASSCOCK HOWARD
KENT KING LOVING
MARTIN MIDLAND MITCHELL
REAGAN SCURRY STONEWALL
UPTON WARD WINKLER
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Edwards County in south central Texas...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
of Rocksprings, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Rocksprings and Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area.
Large hail, damaging winds, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Four sold-out shows at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre. A new band member and an expanded live set. Momentum from unlikely followers gained while the band was on hiatus.
Pavement, reunited for the first time in 12 years, is back at it — again — and more popular than ever.
Pavement was once the ’90s quintessential indie rock band, effusing an air of equal parts defiance and nonchalance, half-singing erudite lyrics while flashing an in-the-know glance.
“It’s pretty amazing to see the energy that people — or Pavement fans, I suppose — have for this band, over 30 years since its inception,” said percussionist Bob Nastanovich. “I mean, it’s not like we weren’t liked. We’ve always had very loyal fans. In droves seems to be the different aspect.”
Launched in Stockton, California, in the late 1980s by guitarist/singer Stephen Malkmus, guitarist Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg and studio owner/drummer Gary Young, Pavement referenced everything from Swell Maps to The Eagles in their songs. But it was always more about how they translated those influences into their own sonic language.
Throughout their 10-year run, during which they grew to include Nastanovich, bassist Mark Ibold and drummer Steve West, they released five albums and earned cult status among fans. They were loved for their loose approach, tangled resonance, shrouded pop sensibility and seemingly off-the-cuff mindset in live shows.
Still, aside from the semi-hit “Cut Your Hair,” they never got too big, and the band split up at the turn of the century as Malkmus set off on his own career, now nine albums deep. His guitar playing has moved into master-class territory, and he now runs a tighter ship on stage with his band The Jicks.
After years of indicating they would never get back together, Pavement reconvened for a world tour in 2010, and then went separate ways again. Kannberg has stayed in bands and released his own music and that of others, while West is a stonemason in Richmond, Virginia, and Ibold is a bartender in Brooklyn.
Nastanovich, based in Des Moines, Iowa, has a podcast called “3 Songs” and works in horse racing. To prove to people in the racing industry that he was in Pavement, he sometimes had to Google the band and show them pictures.
But then something unexpected happened: TikTok. “Harness Your Hopes” — a B-side released in 1999 — went viral with more than 10 million views of people dancing, lip-syncing or posting about the song. It’s also the top Pavement track on Spotify.
“Maybe in hindsight it would have been a successful single, but it’s always good to let your audience figure out what your hits are,” Nastanovich said.
Malkmus joked during one of the recent Brooklyn shows that no one told the band members back in the day that “Harness Your Hopes” was a hit. Adds Nastanovich, “It’s kind of nice to have sort of a funny song that we play every night that makes people smile and dance.”
The band also added a new member, keyboardist Rebecca Cole, also of the band Wild Flag. “She is a very good vibe, and she allows us to play about 15 to 20 more songs well than what we played in 2010,” said Nastanovich.
An international museum exhibition, “Pavements 1933-2022,” opened at a gallery in lower Manhattan this month tracing the band’s history though flyers, artwork, notebooks and videos. A few advertisements showed the band’s reach — and depth — in the 1990s. There’s Malkmus strumming a broom like a guitar for Apple’s “Think Different” campaign, a play on their “Wowee Zowee” album cover art for Absolut Vodka, and promotions for “Got Milk?” and America’s Libraries.
Younger artists Snail Mail, Lucy Dacus and Soccer Mommy played Pavement songs at the exhibition.
“More than anything else, it seems like the people who care about the band are very genuine and it’s just interesting to see such an amazing span of ages,” Nastanovich enthused. “It’s just amazing to me that over the past 12 years, Pavement has for some reason continued to gather steam.” | https://www.cenlanow.com/entertainment-news/ap-reunited-once-again-pavement-is-more-popular-than-ever/ | 2022-10-12 16:01:15 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/entertainment-news/ap-reunited-once-again-pavement-is-more-popular-than-ever/ |
By RICHARD J. MARCUS
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Padres are giving reliever Josh Hader a break from the closer role after ninth-inning meltdowns on Thursday and Friday resulted in San Diego losses.
Padres manager Bob Melvin said before Saturday’s game against the Washington Nationals that the left-handed Hader would be given time to try to work out his issues.
“We will probably give him a break from that (closer) in the interim here, let him work on some things,” Melvin said. “But, our best team, obviously, is with Josh Hader in the closer’s role and that’s why we got him. So, we will give him a little break for now.”
Melvin said the Padres closer role would be based on matchups game by game, basically closer by committee. With Hader out as closer for now, the role will may likely be shared by Padres right-handers Luis Garcia and Robert Suarez and lefties Adrian Morejon and Nick Martinez.
At 66-56, San Diego enters Saturday’s game battling for the third and final National League wild-card spot. Since the trade deadline, the Padres are 6-10, and 25-32 in their past 57 games.
Hader, who was acquired from Milwaukee on August 1st for four San Diego players, including then Padres closer Taylor Rogers, ha struggled since the move. He has been on the mound when the game-winning run for the opponent has scored in each of his last three appearances, and he has allowed six runs in 3 1/3 innings with San Diego.
“There’s a standard that I hold myself to and that’s not result-based, but more executing pitches and getting into a place where I feel dominant,” Hader said after Friday night’s outing in which he failed to record an out while walking a batter, making a throwing error and surrendering a two-run homer to rookie Alex Call. “All the external things don’t affect anything. I go and do my work … just continue to move forward, learn from the mistakes.”
After bursting onto the scene a few years ago for his ability to pitch effectively in just about any relief situation, even going multiple innings at times, Hader had been used pretty almost exclusively as a ninth-inning closer with the Brewers since 2020, at his request. The Padres put him in on Thursday with runners on base, which he rarely did the last few years in Milwaukee.
This season, Hader (2-5) has 63 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings with 29 saves and a 5.30 ERA in 42 games.
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14 people killed in crashes during October in Nebraska
Published: Nov. 15, 2022 at 5:20 PM CST|Updated: 19 minutes ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - During the month of October 2022, fourteen people were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, according to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Transportation.
- These 14 fatalities occurred in 9 fatal crashes.
- Six of the ten vehicle occupants killed were not using seatbelts, three were using a seatbelt, and one had seatbelt usage marked as unknown.
- Four of the fatalities were in rural locations.
- One of the fatalities was on the interstate, three on other highways, and ten on local roads.
- Four of the fatalities were motorcyclists.
- One of the fatalities involved a train.
- There were 29 fatalities in October of 2021.
- Only 53 of the 173 vehicle occupants killed during 2022 were using seatbelts.
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Man charged with threatening Jewish Michigan officials
DETROIT (AP) — A man has been charged with using Twitter to threaten to kill Michigan state government officials who are Jewish.
No names were listed in a criminal complaint unsealed against Jack Carpenter III of Tipton, Michigan. But Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday on Twitter that she was a target.
The FBI said Carpenter was in Texas when he tweeted on Feb. 17 that he was returning to Michigan “to carry out the punishment of death to anyone” who is Jewish in Michigan government “if they don’t leave, or confess, and now that kind of problem.”
“Because I can Legally do that, right?” he wrote.
Carpenter also declared a new country — “New Israel” — around his home, according to the criminal complaint.
Carpenter was arrested in Texas on Feb. 21. He appeared in federal court in Detroit on Wednesday on a charge of using interstate communications to make a threat and remains in custody until a detention hearing Friday. Prosecutors want to keep him locked up while the case is pending.
“When the defendant was arrested in his vehicle, they found approximately a half dozen firearms and ammunition,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Hank Moon, who added that Carpenter might flee if released on bond.
“Without getting into too much detail, the defendant does not believe he is subject to the jurisdiction of this court,” Moon told a judge.
Carpenter asked for a court-appointed lawyer but otherwise said little during the court appearance. A message seeking comment from the federal public defender office was not immediately returned Thursday.
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CHICAGO, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE: RYI), a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, announced today that it will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2023 financial results for the period ended March 31, 2023, on Tuesday, May 2nd, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. The live online broadcast will be available on the Company's Investor Relations website, ir.ryerson.com. Ryerson will report earnings after the market close on Monday, May 1st.
Ryerson Holding Corporation's First Quarter 2023 Earnings Call Details:
An online replay of the call will be posted on the investor relations website, ir.ryerson.com, and remain available for 90 days.
Ryerson is a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China. Founded in 1842, Ryerson has around 4,200 employees in approximately 100 locations. Visit Ryerson at www.ryerson.com.
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Saul Griffith is well known in his native Australia — and in the U.S. — as a renewable energy proponent. He now has plans for a pilot project to rewire a suburb to run entirely on electricity, with rooftop solar as a major element.
Jon Kalish reports.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Antonio Reeves hit five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 23 points as Kentucky beat Texas A&M 76-67 on Saturday, handing the Aggies their first SEC loss of the season.
After getting off to a 1-3 conference start that had created a lot of ire directed at coach John Calipari from fans, Kentucky (13-6, 4-3) has beaten then-No. 5 Tennessee, saw Oscar Tshiebwe post 37 points and 24 rebounds in a win over Georgia and then ended Texas A&M's seven-game winning streak.
Tshiebwe was double- and sometimes triple-teamed by the Aggies and finished with four fouls. He was held to seven points but grabbed 17 rebounds as Kentucky turned to the 3-pointer, going 11 of 32, their most attempts since hoisting 33 against Chattanooga in December 2011. The Wildcats' 11 3-pointers are the most since going 13 of 23 against Florida A&M on Dec. 21.
Reeves was 5 of 11 from the arc. Jacob Toppin scored 17 points, CJ Fredrick added 12 and Cason Wallace 11. The Wildcats were outshot 49%-40% but took 18 more shots with a 17-4 edge on the offensive boards.
Tyrece Radford carried the Aggies (13-6, 5-1) in the second half with 20 of his 22 points. Julius Marble scored 12 points before fouling out. Dexter Dennis and Henry Coleman III had 10 points each. Texas A&M was just 3 of 16 on 3-pointers.
It was frequently a very physical game. With 17 minutes left and the Aggies ahead by a point, Marble and Tshiebwe were given flagrant-1 fouls and Marble an additional personal. Replays showed Tshiebwe hit Marble in the face with an open hand while both were heading the down the floor. Marble then shoved Tshiebwe out of bounds while the Wildcat was trying to score.
Reeves hit a 3-pointer with 8 1/2 minutes to play to break a tie and the Wildcats led the rest of the way though the outcome wasn't certain until Fredrick hit a jumper with 48 seconds left then added two free throws for an eight-point lead. The nine-point margin of victory was the largest of the game for either team.
Marble and Coleman combined to go 7 for 7, scoring all the points in a 14-2 run that was aided by four Kentucky turnovers to take a six-point lead with four minutes left in the first half before Reeves and Toppin tied it with consecutive 3-pointers. Radford had the only points in the final three minutes with a pair of free throws for a 31-29 lead.
Kentucky was 7 of 21 on 3-point tries in the first half, already passing their average per game of 19.
Kentucky plays at Vanderbilt on Tuesday, while Texas A&M is at Auburn on Wednesday.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
02-30-36-39-46, Star Ball: 7, ASB: 2
(two, thirty, thirty-six, thirty-nine, forty-six; Star Ball: seven; ASB: two)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
02-30-36-39-46, Star Ball: 7, ASB: 2
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A record-high percent of Americans in a recent Gallup poll said that local crime in their area has increased over the last year.
Fifty-six percent in the poll released on Friday said there was more local crime than a year ago, the highest the number has been since Gallup began collecting data on the issue five decades ago.
Perception of an increase in crime saw a massive 13-point jump last year, increasing from 38 percent in 2020 to 51 percent in 2021, amid reports of a wave of violent crime. However, despite perceptions on both sides of the aisle of an increase in crime, the FBI reported earlier this month that violent crime and property crime remained largely consistent last year.
The perception of local crime in 2022 breaks down sharply along partisan lines, with 73 percent of Republicans saying local crime has increased compared to the 42 percent of Democrats who said the same.
Perceptions of increasing national crime are also up compared to last year — at 78 percent — but didn’t break Gallup’s record for the statistic.
Republicans are much more likely to believe crime is increasing at the national level as well, with 95 percent saying as much, compared with 61 percent of Democrats.
The high GOP perception of crime coincides with an effort by Republicans to make rising crime a central issue in this year’s midterm elections.
Americans in Friday’s poll also said they have become increasingly worried in the last year that their children could be harmed at school. Those concerns rose 13 points in the last year, from 34 percent in 2021 to 47 percent in 2022. Earlier this year, the U.S. was rocked by a deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two adults.
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HARTFORD, Conn., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (NYSE: ACV) previously announced the following monthly distribution on March 7, 2022:
Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid in part, or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Fund's aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Fund's assets and will constitute a return of the shareholder's capital. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Managed Distribution Plan.
The Fund provided this estimate of the sources of the distributions:
Information regarding the Fund's performance and distribution rates is set forth below. Please note that all performance figures are based on the Fund's NAV and not the market price of the Fund's shares. Performance figures are not meant to represent individual shareholder performance.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
About the Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation, while seeking to provide downside protection against capital loss. The Fund normally invests at least 50% of total managed assets in convertibles. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Allianz Global Investors is its subadviser.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (800) 254-5197, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
Fund Risks
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) doesn’t want federal contracts to go to companies, like Amazon, that allegedly violates labor laws.
“Who as we speak right at this moment is engaged in massive, well funded, anti-union activity,” Sander said.
Sanders says Amazon isn’t following federal discrimination and wage laws.
“To date, there are currently 59 unfair labor cases against amazon pending at the NLRB,” he added.
But Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says Sanders wants to push the country in a dangerous direction.
“Every time I turn around, you’re having a hearing about anybody who makes money is bad,” Graham said.
He accuses Sanders and Democrats of being anti-business and vowed to focus on new issues if Republicans win back the majority.
“You can have oversight hearings all you like, but you have determined that Amazon is a piece of crap company,” Graham explained. “We’re going to talk about how to save social security, keep Medicare from becoming absolvent, how to change the structural problems of our debt.”
But Amazon Labor Union President Christian Smalls says Graham doesn’t recognize what really makes Amazon successful.
“The people are the ones that make these corporations go, it’s not the other way around,” Smalls said in response.
Smalls urges Congress to take action, and pass legislation that protects workers.
“And if that don’t work, imma let you know right now that on behalf of Amazon Labor Union and the hundreds of thousands workers across the country, that we will continue to organize,” Smalls added. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/washington-dc/sen-sanders-calls-out-amazon-for-alleged-labor-law-violations-at-hearing/ | 2022-05-05 22:08:27 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/washington-dc/sen-sanders-calls-out-amazon-for-alleged-labor-law-violations-at-hearing/ |
(NewsNation) — Rising inflation may be flipping traditional wisdom on its head, as it’s becoming cheaper to dine out than cook at home — at least some of the time.
While inflation has slowed a bit in recent months, prices of grocery staples haven’t dropped. Compared to the same time last year, egg prices were up 43 percent in October. Butter and flour prices are up 26.7 percent and 24.6 percent, respectively. Chicken and turkey have also risen by 17 percent since last October.
And while grocery prices have gone up around 11 percent over the past year, restaurant prices haven’t increased as much. In fact, rising inflation led some Americans to book a reservation for their Thanksgiving feasts rather than face the cost of cooking the meal.
But the same ingredients getting more expensive in the grocery aisles are getting more expensive for restauranteurs too. One reason menu prices aren’t going up as fast as grocery prices is because restaurants are trying to offer more deals to get people in the door. Restaurant owners told Marketplace they’re worried if their menu prices rise too high, people will stop eating out entirely.
Of course, whether or not you can save money by eating out depends on where you go. Fancy steakhouses won’t be less expensive than cooking at home, but fast food and smaller, independent restaurants could save you some cash. Some fast food and casual restaurants have been doing their best to lure customers in with value menus offering a meal for less than $10.
It’s also difficult to make direct comparisons because grocery costs vary across the country and the number of people you feed (and if you want leftovers) makes a big difference when comparing costs.
But just because a meal out might be cheaper now doesn’t mean that will last. As inflation eases, some grocery prices could drop and restaurants facing rising costs for labor may be forced to raise prices and pass those costs onto diners.
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After almost three years of criticism from the media and transit advocates about not providing a dedicated funding source for NJ Transit operations, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration said a source that doesn’t expire has existed since 2021 in the fine print of an agreement with the NJ Turnpike Authority.
Administration officials said dedicated funding that has no end date is referenced in a footnote at the very end of an April 2021 memorandum of understanding with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which sent $3.7 billion to NJ Transit through fiscal year 2028.
The answer to what happens after 2028 is contained on bottom of the last page – “This amount will continue unchanged until such time as NJ Transit has fully eliminated its Capital Budget to Operating Budget transfer and can maintain financial stability with a lesser or zero amount.”
In plain language that means the annual Turnpike subsidy continues at the $525 million level until NJ Transit becomes self-sustaining or stops transferring capital funds to fund its operating budget, officials said.
“It doesn’t stop in 2028. That is peak amount,” said Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti in an interview with NJ Advance Media. “The intention is to continue that forever.”
Murphy inherited a budgeting system for NJ Transit’s operating budget that relies on transfers of capital funds to operations, use of federal clean air funds, fares and other revenue generated by NJ Transit and a state subsidy, part of a formula that has been used for years.
Transit advocates and environmentalists criticized that formula for using capital funds that should be used replace aging rail cars, locomotives and buses and to build infrastructure. The diversion of clean air funds has been more sharply criticized lately as being better spent to meet the administration’s clean air goals.
“It’s an important time to clarify and set the record straight on Turnpike Authority for NJ Transit,” Gutierrez-Scaccetti said. “We created this graduated funding to a maximum of $525 million that continues until NJ Transit is self-sustaining or finds a different source to replace Turnpike funding.”
Why wasn’t the dedicated funding promoted as vigorously as other NJ Transit milestones, such as beating a federal deadline to implement the mandated positive train control safety system or building up the ranks of locomotive engineers to full staffing to end train cancelations due to crew shortages?
“Perhaps we should have been more aggressive and beat our chests a little more on this one, but we didn’t,” she said. “We put it in place and the proof will be in the pudding, year in and year out that payment is made.”
The foundation for dedicated funding was in the toll increases that were approved in May 2020 and took effect that September, the commissioner said.
“When we did the toll increase, we treated the transportation system in New Jersey as a whole system, think multi-modal,” she said. “A transportation system only succeeds when there is balance. We are creating balance between the modes.”
Drivers who don’t use NJ Transit still benefit because traffic volume is reduced by transit riders, she said. Roads couldn’t handle all the traffic volume if NJ Transit service stopped, officials said.
Contingency plans for a threatened strike against NJ Transit rail in 2016 revealed that only 40,000 of the 105,000 New York bound rail commuters could have been transported by bus if trains were idled. Experts warned of massive traffic problems if displaced rail commuters took to the roads.
The idea of using revenues from motorists for public transit isn’t universally popular, especially in South Jersey where transit isn’t as plentiful and toll roads such as the Garden State Parkway are relied on.
Bills proposed by State Sen. James W. Holzapfel and Rep. Gregory McGluckin, both R-Ocean, would exclude passenger and freight rail projects from being funded with revenue from the 2016 gas tax increase.
Advocates asked to respond said the dedicated Turnpike funding is a good, needed step, but it doesn’t solve the need as long as other money has to be transferred or raided to prop up NJ Transit operations.
“The Turnpike funding is and should be an ongoing part of NJ Transit’s operating funding because increasing transit use is the only way to decrease traffic on much of our toll roads,” said Zoe Baldwin, Regional Plan Association regional director. “However, it doesn’t cover the full operating gap, so other dedicated sources are still necessary to protect the agency and its riders from the whims of annual appropriations process.”
Others said a Memorandum of Understanding is not permanent and can be changed or overturned by future administrations, unlike constitutional dedication of funds.
“The language of the Memorandum of Understanding, of course, can be superseded by a new MOU which is why MOUs can’t truly be thought of as dedicated,” said Doug O’Malley, Environment New Jersey director.
“Stable dedicated funding would mean that the funding would ensure that capital to operating and the Clean Energy Fund raids would stop. The MOU is part of the solution — it’s not the solution, unless you’re okay with the status quo of raiding funds,” he said.
O’Malley listed several sources where funds could be found to close the funding gap, including reviving an idea proposed former State Senate President Steve Sweeney to dedicate some funds from the soon-to-sunset Corporate Business tax to NJ Transit.
Several advocates called on the state to use its projected $10 billion surplus to eliminate use of the clean air funds. State officials said that money has to be reserved for an emergency and is less than what other states have.
“We would like to see the governor commit to full funding. There is a surplus in this years budget,” said Felicia Park-Rogers, Tri-State Transportation Campaign Director of Regional Infrastructure Projects. " NJ Transit should be made whole to serve the riders of NJ.”
The $10 billion state surplus is 18.9% of the FY 2024 budget, said a governor’s spokesman.
“Per the National Association of State Budget Officials, the national average state surplus is 24.7% of budget - the median surplus is 26.9% and we’re not even close to that average” he said.
The administration also said the clean energy fund has more money in it now than in past years and that “this is the lowest level of diversion since 2011.”
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WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said it’s creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa. The move could result in the U.N. health agency distributing scarce vaccine doses to rich countries that can otherwise afford them.
To some health experts, the initiative potentially misses the opportunity to control monkeypox virus in the African countries where it’s infected people for decades, serving as another example of the inequity in vaccine distribution seen during the coronavirus pandemic.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency is developing an initiative for “fair access” to vaccines and treatments that it hopes will be ready within weeks. The mechanism was proposed shortly after Britain, Canada, France, Germany, the U.S. and other countries reported hundreds of monkeypox cases last month.
WHO has described the outbreak as “unusual” and said the virus’ continuing spread was worrying enough to convene its expert committee next week to decide if monkeypox should be declared a global emergency.
Vaccines for smallpox, a related disease, are thought to be about 85% effective against monkeypox. WHO’s Europe director, Dr. Hans Kluge, said Wednesday he was concerned by the scramble by some rich countries to buy more vaccines without talk of buying supplies for Africa.
Kluge urged governments “to approach monkeypox without repeating the mistakes of the pandemic.” Still, he did not discount the possibility that countries like Britain, which currently has the biggest outbreak beyond Africa, might receive vaccines through WHO.
He said the program was being created for all countries and that vaccines would largely be dispensed based on their epidemiological needs.
“Europe remains the epicenter of this escalating outbreak, with 25 countries reporting more than 1,500 cases, or 85% of the global total,” Kluge noted.
Some African experts questioned why the U.N. health agency has never proposed using vaccines in central and West Africa, where the disease is endemic.
“The place to start any vaccination should be Africa and not elsewhere,” Dr. Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said.
He said the lack of any vaccines to counter monkeypox on the continent, where more than 1,500 suspected cases and 72 deaths have been reported this year, was a more critical concern than the clusters of mostly mild disease being reported in rich countries.
“This is an extension of the inequity that we saw during COVID,” said Ifeanyi Nsofor, a Nigerian infectious diseases physician and consultant at the communications agency Upswell. “We have had hundreds of monkeypox cases in Nigeria from 2017 until now and we’re just dealing with it on our own,” he said. “Nobody has discussed when there might be vaccines available for Africa.”
After the coronavirus pandemic exploded in 2020, global health agencies rushed to set up COVAX, a U.N.-backed effort to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. But rich countries bought up most of the world’s supply, and the COVAX program missed multiple targets to share doses with the world’s poor.
To date, only about 17% of people in poorer countries have received a single dose of coronavirus vaccine. Some experts fear the same thing could happen with monkeypox.
“Just like with COVID, there is no clear path for how poorer countries will be able to get vaccines,” Brook Baker, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in access to medicines, said.
He warned that as WHO attempts to determine how many vaccine doses are available, rich countries that previously promised doses might not cooperate.
“Rich countries will protect themselves while people in the global south die,” Baker predicted.
On Monday, advocacy group Public Citizen sent a letter to the White House, asking if the Biden administration would release the 20 million smallpox vaccines the U.S. pledged in 2004 for WHO’s use in the event of an emergency, like a biological attack.
Asked about the commitment, a senior U.S. official said the government was “exploring all options” to further their efforts to stop monkeypox within the U.S. and globally.
The official said the U.S. had returned more than 200,000 doses of a smallpox vaccine to the manufacturer so they would be available to others. The official declined to say if the U.S. considers the current monkeypox outbreak an emergency that warrants the release of the 20 million pledged vaccines.
According to the health data and analytics firm Airfinity, the U.S. has at least 1.4 million doses of vaccine and has ordered another 13 million. To date, the U.S. has reported 72 monkeypox cases.
Francois Balloux, an infectious diseases expert at University College London, said vaccination efforts in rich countries should prompt an overhaul of future monkeypox response strategies in Africa.
“It really should be a priority to vaccinate people in Africa, where there is a nastier strain that has actually killed people,” he said, adding that more monkeypox spillovers were likely in the future.
“Whatever vaccination happens in Europe, that is not going to solve the problem,” Balloux said.
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Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report.
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Editor: I have long admired individuals who volunteer their time for others, selflessly give of themselves to champion the efforts of others and genuinely serve for the greater good of improving the lives of others. If you were to think of one individual who fits this profile it is Carl Zielinski, a dedicated advocate of Wyoming Area High School student athletes. He is the author of a Facebook post entitled “Verbally Intoxicated” which consists of creative sports shorts using metaphorical expressions based on true facts and statistical figures. The column is dedicated to Wyoming Area athletics.
I have witnessed Carl over the years interact with student athletes. His warm, engaging personality, friendly demeanor, constant smile, positive approach and genuine interest in the person defines this remarkable human being. He is loved and revered by student athletes in particular and the general community. It is not often that you witness greatness in its pure form but when you watch Carl Zielinski greeting and communicating with young people, it is magical.
Not only does this man personally travel to all Wyoming Area sporting events to cover them, he broadcasts the event, takes photographs of the action and then writes wonderful coverage of each event on his Facebook page, all as a volunteer.
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The chair of the Pittsfield Police Advisory and Review Board is calling for the city council to revisit the ordinance that governs it — so that the board can review the final police report on the police shooting of Miguel Estrella.
The advisory board is tasked with providing an impartial review of complaints brought by citizens regarding the police department.
Board Chair Ellen Maxon said when she asked Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn if the board would get to review the final police report on the shooting of Miguel Estrella, she learned because there was no citizen complaint filed, and because the report was not the result of a citizen complaint — under the ordinance — the board is not entitled to review it.
"But what not getting access to that did was really clarify how little involvement or power we have in the situation," she said.
Maxon said she'd like the board to be more involved -- and even have a board member be part of future investigations.
She said she is frustrated about the board's ability to affect change.
"These are all part-time (board) members with jobs, many of them. And I just don't know that this is the best vehicle to to create police reform," she said.
The advisory board was created in response to another shooting by a Pittsfield police officer — the 2017 shooting of 36-year-old Daniel Gillis. | https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2022-08-19/chair-of-pittsfield-police-advisory-board-wants-ordinance-changed-so-it-can-review-estrella-report | 2022-08-19 18:02:15 | 1 | https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2022-08-19/chair-of-pittsfield-police-advisory-board-wants-ordinance-changed-so-it-can-review-estrella-report |
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of Massachusetts lobster fishers has sued the federal government over an emergency closure of fishing grounds that is designed to protect a vanishing species of whale.
The closure, enacted Feb. 1, blocked off about 200 square miles (518 square kilometers) of Massachusetts Bay from lobster fishing until the end of April. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the closure was necessary to protect North Atlantic right whales from dangerous entanglement in fishing rope.
The whales number only about 340 in the world and return to the waters off New England every spring. But the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association contends the closure is illegal and will cause economic harm to the industry, and sued the federal agency in court this month.
The fishing group is waiting to hear about a court date, said Beth Casoni, it's executive director. The group said in court filings that the closure harms and an industry that is “essential to Massachusetts's culture, heritage, identity and economy,” and the court should reopen the fishing grounds.
“This action isn't warranted, it's overreaching and quite frankly it's unacceptable,” Casoni said.
A spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declined to comment on the lawsuit because it's still in court.
The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has said the closures are important “to protect seasonal aggregations of right whales from potential entanglements in buoy lines.” Some environmental groups have also cheered the restriction because they see it as essential to protecting the whale, which has declined in population in recent years.
Lobster fishing in the U.S. takes place mainly off of Maine and Massachusetts, with some lobsters also coming to the docks in New Hampshire, southern New England and farther south. The industry is dealing with economic pressures, such as recent decisions by some retailers to stop selling lobsters because of concerns about the threat to whales. It's also coping with proposed new fishing restrictions designed to protect the whales along the East Coast.
The industry is also more productive than it has ever been. U.S. lobster fishermen caught nearly 135 million pounds of lobster worth about $925 million in 2021. Lobster fishers never topped 100 million pounds in a single year until 2010.
About 110 million pounds of lobster came to the docks in Maine in 2021 and about 17 million in Massachusetts. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/lobster-fishers-sue-to-block-closure-meant-to-aid-17778521.php | 2023-02-11 16:34:16 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/lobster-fishers-sue-to-block-closure-meant-to-aid-17778521.php |
AL DAYYEN, Qatar — Lionel Messi's dream and Argentina are still alive at the World Cup.
The South American powerhouse powered past the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup. Number-three Argentina was determined to win and avoid being the second upset of the day when Croatia defeated top-ranked and tournament favorite Brazil.
Messi's superlatives are unsurpassed. The 35-year-old is one of the finest to ever play the game. But there's one thing missing on his impressive soccer resume: a World Cup title.
Argentina got on the board first thanks to Lionel Messi, of course. In the 35th minute, Messi somehow threaded the ball through three Dutch defenders to Nahuel Molina. Molina poked it with his right foot beyond the towering 6-foot-8 Netherlands goalkeeper Andries Noppert. It was Molina's first-ever international goal.
And then, in the 73rd minute, Messi made his presence really known when he lined up to take a penalty kick. With a swift strike low and to the right, Messi flatfooted the keeper to extend the Argentina lead to 2-0.
Despite being down 2-0, the Dutch did not give up. In the 83rd minute, substitute Wout Weghorst dissected the Argentine defense and pierced the goal to keep the Netherlands close 2-1.
It was a bruising, physical match. Referee Antonio Mateu called 48 fouls and gave out a record 17 yellow cards. Tempers flared not long after Argentina's Leandro Paredes fouled a Dutch player and then fired the ball into the Netherlands bench. Substitutes stormed the field with lots of pushing and shoving. Yellow cards given and then play continued.
Deep into stoppage time (90'+11), Weghorst scored again on a beautiful set piece that evened the score 2-2 just before the referee whistled the end of regulation to force 30-minutes of extra time. It would still not be enough to decide a winner.
The game would go to a penalty kick shootout where the Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez dazzled - blocking the first two Dutch attempts - while Argentina scored on its first three tries to win 2-2 (4-3).
The Netherlands, ranked eighth in the world, had a strong tournament - beating the champions of Africa (Senegal), Asia (Qatar) and CONCACAF (the United States). But they could not find a way past the South American titleholders. And it was essentially a home game too. Lusail Stadium has a capacity of nearly 90,000 and it was mostly a sea of Argentinian blue and white with just a few slivers of Dutch orange.
The Dutch had won their last three quarterfinal matches and are the best team to have never won the World Cup (they've reached the finals three times). The Netherlands came in to this quarterfinal unbeaten in their last 19 international matches. But none of that mattered to Argentina which found ways to slow Dutch stars Memphis Depay, Cody Gakpo and Denzel Dumfries.
Argentina will play Croatia in the semifinals on Tuesday.
Tom Goldman contributed reporting from Al Rayyan, Qatar, and Russell Lewis reported from Birmingham, Ala.
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SELMA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Tuesday, Feb. 7 will mark one week since Selma officer Gonzalo Carrasco was shot and killed in the line of duty. Monday night the community of Selma came together for a vigil at St. Joseph Catholic Church in his memory.
It was a packed house, many coming out to remember officer Carrasco, they say they didn’t know him but they came out to pay their respects.
The service started with a prayer in both Spanish and English It was a sea of softly lit candles, throughout a crowd of strangers a community coming together to remember the 24-year-old officer killed.
“We’re 25 thousand residents but when somebody needs help, we always show up and that’s just something beautiful,” said Joe Alvarez.
Local pastor Alvarez attended the service and says what happened to Officer Carrasco really hits home.
“I have two kids that are sheriffs and every time they put on that uniform on, it’s a scary thought that they’re putting their lives in danger,” said Alvarez.
Officer Carrasco was shot and killed in the line of duty last week, dozens showed up to support their local law enforcement.
“Come to pay my last respects to officer Gonzalo Carrasco that’s the least I could do. it’s sad that his life was cut short,” said Ike Talamantes, who showed up in support.
Carrasco served with the Selma police department for two years and leaves behind a girlfriend carrying what would have been his first child.
“Not all these people come to this church but they came to unite themselves and support our great city and our great officers,” said Alvarez.
“I was raised here in Selma and went to school here in Selma so this is my hometown and we are a close community,” said Ernestine Ortiz, who came out to support. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/the-community-of-selma-came-together-for-officer-carrasco/ | 2023-02-07 14:44:00 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/the-community-of-selma-came-together-for-officer-carrasco/ |
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