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While the origin story of the ubiquitous real estate phrase "Location, location, location" is subject to debate, the wisdom of the idiom is timeless, suggesting the most important aspect of any lot or building is proximity.
Cody and Kellie Oden's lifestyle reinforces this age-old rule, but likely not in the static sense the founders intended. For the Odens, who for the past two years have lived an itinerant influencer lifestyle in their camper, location is relative.
"In 2021, we ended up selling our house, my car, and we bought a little gear trailer that had a water tank in it, and we just packed everything that we needed, and we just hit the road," Kellie says. "We left Little Rock and we headed west and we stopped in New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming that year. We're hitting all of the lower 48 states to experience not only the beauty of Arkansas, because we do that every chance we get, but the beauty of America."
Thus began an existence where the Odens can wake up in a forest one day, the desert the next and on the beach the next, limited only by the number of miles they choose to drive between ecosystems and the whims of Mother Nature.
"The biggest driving force in where we end up is weather," Cody says. "We have left and driven 14 hours to get out of heat to be in the mountains; we were visiting Michigan and there was a heat wave last summer and we left there and ended up going to Colorado and Wyoming.
"We were going to be going to Mississippi a few days ago, but it was supposed to rain and be really dangerous in that part of the South, so we decided to stay in Arkansas. It's all dependent on the weather."
As of about a month ago, the Odens had only Nebraska, North Carolina and Virginia left to camp in and cross off the list of U.S. states. As they do so, home is a 2017 Ford F350 fitted with a 2022 Palomino hard side HS2901 truck camper. Amenities include a queen-size bed, a full kitchen and a 45-gallon water tank. Neither one of them knows the exact square footage, but "cozy" is a good adjective.
"[The space] has never been an issue with us," Kellie says. "A main reason we wanted to do this was because we wanted to be together and have something we can do together, every day. We're best friends. We have disagreements, but we always talk about it. It's definitely made our relationship better."
FOLLOWING THE LEAD
Across the country, more and more people are following the Odens' lead, ditching their terrestrial possessions over what they can take with them to experience the open road, state parks, campgrounds and the various wild areas still remaining in America.
"Van lifers" -- people who live full or part time out of their stock or customized vans or campers -- grew from a minuscule population to more substantial numbers during the pandemic, when people were looking for ways to get out of their four walls and move about safely. The trend has shown staying power since; in February, Bankrate.com reported numbers have increased in the United States by 63% in just the last couple of years. The site reported there were 3.1 million such wanderers in 2022, up from 1.9 million in 2020.
ThriveMyWay.com, a website for budding online entrepreneurs, didn't place the total number of van lifers nearly that high in a May article but did note other statistical attributes. More than half of van lifers live full time in their rides, for instance, and the majority of them are between the ages of 25 and 44.
Regardless of the actual number, most van lifers are enabled by a common set of circumstances, namely the post-pandemic ability to work remotely to pay for their adventures. In the Odens' case, this meant leaning into their outdoor clothing line, which reflects their Dome Life brand, and monetizing the steady stream of social media content on their YouTube channel. The couple makes videos chronicling their outdoor activities and adventures as well as documenting life in and around the camper.
"A lot of YouTubers never come out and say their income is their YouTube channel, but we know that that's their income because we've been watching YouTube for 10-plus years," Kellie says. "That's why we started doing [our channel] -- because we know that you can make a living from your YouTube channel.
"Anytime you hear about us having a sponsorship, we do make a little bit of income off that, but it's not anything substantial enough to pay the bills. It's more so because we like the product and we use it ourselves. The bulk of our income comes from producing videos. If we don't make a video, we don't get paid, and that's pretty much a driving force for creating content for people to watch."
WHOLE NEW WORLD
Though you wouldn't know it to see them now, the Odens' path to the open road wasn't a direct one, at least as far as Kellie was concerned. She didn't grow up hiking and camping the way Cody did, but by following his lead, she discovered the whole new world that lay just outside her door, waiting to be explored.
"Cody and I moved to Little Rock and it was our wedding anniversary and we really didn't have a lot of money to do anything," she says. "He was like, 'Thirty minutes down the road there's this beautiful creek. Let's get a snack, a couple beers and let's just go hang out. You might like it.' I was like, 'OK, let's go. We'll do it.' I wasn't really excited about it, I'll be honest. But I was like, we're not doing anything anyway, let's just go. Who knows?
"We go there for the day, and I fall in love with the creek and the water and the rocks and the birds and the trees and everything about it. That following week he went to work and told one of his co-workers and she was like, 'Y'all can borrow all of my tent gear.' We borrowed it the following weekend and went to the Buffalo [River] with some friends and loved it. And that next week we went out and bought everything we needed to go tent camping. It just kind of escalated from there."
From there the couple went out into the wild as regularly as their jobs would allow -- she working in a dental office and he working as an accountant -- during which time they also started filming their excursions. Still, the agreement to live out of a camper full time came as something of a surprise.
"We were starting to get to the point where we weren't satisfied with our short trips," Cody says. "One trip, Kellie and I were coming back from Tucson and this was December to January 2020 to 2021 and she jokingly said, 'I don't want to go back home. I would rather us continue living in this tent. We've got everything kind of figured out; I think we can do it.'
"I didn't really think that much about it or that we would actually do it because the first 10 years we were together Kellie didn't like going outdoors at all. So, for her to even have the idea to sell everything and go full time blew my mind. But I said, 'OK.'"
From there the dominoes fell rather neatly -- every time the couple jokingly mentioned their intentions, someone willing to buy their house and extra car seemed to be within earshot. As for parting with such possessions, says Cody, it was good riddance.
"We weren't ever home to begin with before this occurred," Cody says. "We were going to work to pay for a house we were never in, because right when work was over, we left and were gone the whole time until we had to go back to work. We had no attachment to any of the material things anymore because we didn't have anything that increased in value and it didn't bring us the joy as much as traveling and going on adventures."
'A LOT EASIER FOR US'
"So that part was really a lot easier for us than for some people. Matter of fact, it was such a whirlwind with the house and trying to get all this wrapped up it didn't settle in what we had really done until we were in Colorado. Then it hit me; instead of a two-week trip, we're not going back home. We can go anywhere we want."
What's more, giving away or donating excess possessions -- and in the process, moving closer to the threshold of their new life -- was more cathartic than either of them could have imagined.
"Even before we did this, we both really didn't have that many things," Kellie says. "Now, I did come from having a lot of clothes and a lot of shoes; I love going shopping for shoes and dressing up. That was my thing. Everybody's like, I still can't believe Kellie lives like we do now.
"But at some point you realize why do you need all those? I'm just going to dinner, I'm not going to a fashion show. I still love to dress up when I can, but now it's like, I have one pair of shoes I wear when I dress up and I have my hiking boots. You just realize you don't need all that."
Throughout their travels, the Odens have met their share of interesting people chasing the same things they are, more in some parts of the country, such as California, than others.
"In the Midwest [van living] is very uncommon," Cody says. "It does occur but it's not very common. When you go out west where there's a lot of public land, it's just life. It's a normal life. There's thousands and thousands of people doing it, especially in winter. You go into south Arizona, you see license plates from Canada and other countries where people have shipped their vehicles over. You see people from all over our country. You hear so many different languages. This is becoming a really common thing."
Circulating as widely as they have has clued the couple in to some useful do's and don'ts. They've also learned to roll with the punches that come with their chosen lifestyle.
'ADAPT AND OVERCOME'
"Have patience, adapt and overcome," Cody says. "Nothing goes as planned, that's the biggest thing. A lot of people think it's just fun all the time and you're just living this great life. And in all honesty, we love it; it's great. But they forget about the hardships. For example, we never thought in a million years our trailer would get stolen. We never thought that we would be in three hailstorms in a month in the tent. We never thought we'd have a moose come in our camp several times, the same moose, and cause issues."
"I would also say there's a lot of females, specifically, who think they couldn't live this lifestyle because they were like me," Kellie says. "They have to have a shower every day or maybe they don't like to get dirty. I was the exact same way. I think that just going out and trying it, you might fall in love. You might hate it. But you don't know until you do it."
Most of all, the couple has made their adventure about the journey itself, taken with the one person they love most. From that posture, every sunset is seen anew and every unfamiliar horizon beckons. And now that they're about to knock out their last few states and their thoughts turn to what's next, they might turn the truck south and travel through Mexico and Central America or they may head north and check out Canada during the warm months. Only time will tell.
And while they may not know when the finish line will be upon them, both Cody and Kellie seem to agree on where it lies.
"In all honesty, Arkansas is the best place we've been. We want to buy property in the Ouachitas one day," Cody says. "Arkansas' our favorite. We love home."
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Dome Life
Cody and Kellie Oden's YouTube series has been viewed more than 10 million times since its inception in 2016, according to YouTube. They have more than 70,000 subscribers and have posted 249 videos (as of press time) of their camping adventures. You can also follow them on Facebook.
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PRINCE, W.Va. — Remnants of coal mines, coke ovens and mining communities are not the only examples of 19th and 20th century American history being reclaimed by a resurgent forest and the forces of nature in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
Near the center of the park, encompassed by a sharp bend in the New River that forms the peninsula known as Stretcher Neck, the ruins of a Korean War-era Army training camp can be glimpsed just off the road leading to an aptly named National Park Service campground -- Army Camp.
Army Camp, officially known as Camp Prince Army Station, was built on a strip of flat former farmland perched on a low bluff a few hundred feet off the New River shoreline within a 700 acre tract of land the Army bought from the James T. McCreery Company of Hinton in 1950.
Camp Prince, named for the nearby town of Prince, was built to serve as a field station for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The new installation's primary mission was to test floating bridges of all sizes, in all stream flow conditions, for military use. At Fort Belvoir, only a flatwater reservoir was available for such testing.
Stretcher Neck was chosen as the site for the Army station because of the wide variety of rapids and pools available for testing scenarios within a half-mile stretch of New River adjacent to the camp. The site also had the ability to increase or decrease stream flow on demand, through an arrangement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Bluestone Dam, about 35 miles upstream, creating river levels ranging from near-drought to near-flood stage.
When the camp was completed in 1951, the first Army unit to occupy it was the 1428th Engineer (Float Bridge) Company of the Ohio National Guard, which had been placed on active duty status the previous year, three months after the Korean War began.
In early 1952, Charleston Gazette reporter Wallace E. Knight visited Camp Prince for a story that appeared in the newspaper's now-defunct Sunday tabloid "State Magazine."
"The physical setup of the camp is functional but quite agreeable," Knight wrote. "Two rows of prefabricated buildings, living quarters for the soldiers, dominate the scene, while nearby are other buildings for communications, arms, supplies and offices. The camp has its own water and electrical distribution system.
"The entire area of the camp is about 700 acres," Knight continued, with a small portion of the property extending across the New River and partially up a slope near the community of Terry, where soldiers "will string a 3,300-foot aerial tramway for test purposes this summer."
GIs at Camp Prince conducted tests to determine maximum loads and stress limits for floating bridge components produced by civilian manufacturers hoping to sell them to the Department of Defense, to determine if they were compatible with military applications and were worth buying.
The barracks buildings housing the soldiers were also supplied by prospective contractors and tested by months of use by soldiers stationed at the camp.
"Several are metal prefabs while others are plywood, and periodically they are taken down, hauled over the countryside and then erected again," Knight wrote. "Most of them have been up and down five or six times since last June."
The camp was also used for training purposes, according to a history of the camp by Raleigh County Historical Society member Merle T. Cole that appeared in "Military Collector & Historian" in 2015.
Two Army Reserve floating bridge engineer companies from Ohio and one from Pennsylvania trained at the camp in 1954 and 1955, performing "all phases of engineer work, including bridging, demolition, map-reading and related subjects," according to Cole's article.
The Army's Signal Corps Pictorial Service spent three months at the camp in 1954 shooting four training films.
While the camp was far from the front lines, its occupants were not free from danger, according to Cole's article. One soldier drowned after he fell off a pontoon bridge as it was being deployed across the New River in 1952. Three years later, two soldiers from a unit stationed at Fort Belvoir who had arrived at the camp to assist with a bridge testing project drowned while attempting to swim across the New.
The camp and its soldiers soon developed a close relationship with Beckley, the nearest incorporated city. The camp pumped several hundred thousand dollars annually into the Beckley area's economy in terms of goods, services and payroll. Camp Prince soldiers fielded softball, basketball and bowling teams to compete in league play and marched in Armed Forces Day parades in the Raleigh County city. They also responded to flood disasters in Richwood and Wyoming County.
In 1955, the 100th Engineer Company, an active-duty Army unit, replaced the 1428th Engineer Company as Camp Prince's resident unit.
In a 1956 interview that appeared in the Raleigh Register, the camp's new commanding officer praised Beckley's "unusually friendly attitude toward soldiers," observing that about 30 soldiers at the camp had married Beckley area women.
In another interview that year, the camp's commander announced a plan by the Army to upgrade Camp Prince, allowing it to increase its troop strength from 150 to 250. But only nine months later, the Army opted to close its only active-duty installation in the state, citing the higher support and maintenance costs of operating a small, isolated camp, as opposed to operating as part of a larger base.
After the Army abandoned the camp in the summer of 1957, the West Virginia Army National Guard sought, but was denied, permission to use the site as a headquarters and training site for the newly formed 101st Special Forces Operational Detachment.
Later, the idea of re-using the camp as a residence and training center for foster children was discussed, but fell by the wayside.
In 1986, the National Park Service bought a portion of the Camp Prince property for inclusion in the New River Gorge National River -- now New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. The tract encompasses the park's Army Camp Campground.
Soon after the road to the campground (Army Camp Road-Secondary 41/39) turns from asphalt to dirt, a concrete water tank once used to supply Camp Prince appears to the left, and rows of low concrete piers that once supported the camp's barracks can be glimpsed to the right.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ENZU, the "Born in the Cloud" provider of private cloud, infrastructure, and managed services and home of the TruCloud® platform, is excited to announce the launch of its new Channel Partner headed by industry veteran, Dustin Young.
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For Partners, the Enzu ecosystem creates a simplified commission structure and provides opportunity protection for one year after an opportunity may cancel, allowing the partner to re-earn that business and keep getting paid. The program also utilizes a Partner Relationship Management platform directly connected to our corporate Salesforce solution. This means full transparency on every opportunity, including deal-flow notifications, contract access, timelines, and seller/partner joint input. No more wondering what notes have been made about your prospect and where it is in the process with a provider.
The Edge-Computing/Bare-Metal space is exploding. Enabled by the growth of containerization, WEB3, Blockchain, and all high-performance computing needs around the globe.
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"While the hyper-scalers enable services in primary markets. Enzu has primary, secondary, and tertiary markets covered today. We also build-to-order for clients trying to solve problems in regions that are challenging for them. In a hybrid-computing, low-latency demanding world, we believe we build solutions with less compromise and more performance." Dustin said.
Enzu also enables the data center network service layers in organizations like CoreSite and DRT. This expands the reach for your existing customers to maintain their current primary location and achieve a global presence that keeps critical services, such as ERP and Manufacturing, close to the end-user. In some cases, this means right on the customer premise as well.
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BAODING, China, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IT Tech Packaging, Inc. (NYSE American: ITP) ("IT Tech Packaging" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products in North China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
Mr. Zhenyong Liu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented, "In the first quarter of 2023, we had the revenue increased by 27.83% to approximately $19.79 million. As the Chinese government carried out a serious economic stimulus and support policies, this will definitely improve the demand and overall operating environment for paper-making industry. We will seize the chance by taking management measures, such as optimizing raw material procurement, diversifying the product structure and reducing cost to improve the profitability and prepare for the market recovery."
- Revenue increased by 27.83% to approximately $19.79 million, mainly due to the increase in sales volume of corrugating medium paper ("CMP"), partially offset by the decrease of average selling prices of CMP.
- Gross loss was approximately $0.28 million, compared with gross profit of $0.31 for the same period of last year. Total gross loss margin decreased by 3.41 percentage point to negative 1.40%.
- Loss from operations was approximately $2.77 million, compared to approximately $2.99 million for the same period of last year.
- Net loss was approximately $2.73 million, or loss per share of $0.27, compared to approximately $2.49 million, or loss per share of $0.25, for the same period of last year.
- Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") was approximately $1.21 million, compared to$1.20 million for the same period of last year.
Revenue
For the first quarter of 2023, total revenue increased by 27.83%, to approximately $19.79 million from approximately $15.48 million for the same period of last year. This was mainly due to the increase in sales volume of corrugating medium paper ("CMP"), partially offset by the decrease of average selling prices of CMP.
The following table summarizes revenue, volume and ASP by product for the first quarter of 2023 and 2022, respectively:
Revenue from CMP, including both regular CMP and light-Weight CMP, increased by 29.96%, to approximately $19.53 million and accounted for 98.67% of total revenue for the first quarter of 2023, compared to approximately $15.03 million, or 97.06% of total revenue for the same period of last year. The Company sold 49,682 tonnes of CMP at an ASP of $393/tonne in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 29,086 tonnes at an ASP of $517/tonne in the same period of last year.
Of the total CMP sales, revenue from regular CMP increased by 25.72%, to approximately $16.47 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to revenue of approximately $13.10 million for the same period of last year. The Company sold 41,663 tonnes of regular CMPat an ASP of $395/tonne during the first quarter of 2023, compared to 25,245 tonnes at an ASP of $519/tonne for the same period of last year. Revenue from light-weight CMP increased by 58.77%, to approximately $3.06 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to revenue of approximately $1.93 million for the same period of last year. The Company sold 8,019 tonnes of light-weight CMP at an ASP of $382/tonne for the first quarter of 2023, compared to3,841 tonnes at an ASP of $502/tonne for the same period of last year.
Revenue from offset printing paper was $nil for the first quarter of 2023 and 2022.
Revenue from tissue paper products decreased by 44.04%, to approximately $0.22 million for the first quarter of 2023, from approximately $0.40 million for the same period of last year. The Company sold 191 tonnes of tissue paper products at an ASP of $1,167/tonne for the first quarter of 2023, compared to 397 tonnes at an ASP of $1,003/tonne for the same period of last year.
Revenue from face masks decreased by 37.03%, to approximately $35,637 for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023, from $56,596 for the same period of last year. The Company sold 1,105 thousand pieces of face masks for the first quarter of 2023, compared to1,160 thousand pieces of face masks for the same period of last year.
Gross Profit (Loss) and Gross Margin
Total cost of sales increased by 32.30%, to approximately $20.02 million for the first quarter of 2023 from approximately $15.13 million for the same period of last year. The increase in overall cost of sales was mainly due to the increase in sales quantity of CMP, partially offset by the decrease in material costs of CMP. Costs of sales per tonne for regular CMP, light-weight CMP, offset printing paper, and tissue paper products were $388, $367, $nil and $4,865, respectively, for the first quarter of 2023, compared to $491, $461, $nil and $2,424, respectively, for the same period of last year.
Total gross loss was approximately $0.28 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to the gross profit of approximately $0.31 million for the same period of last year as a result of factors described above. Overall gross loss margin was 1.40% for the first quarter of 2023, compared to gross profit margin that was 2.01% for the same period of last year. Gross profit (loss) margins for regular CMP, light-weight CMP, offset printing paper, tissue paper products and face mask products were 1.93%, 3.96%, nil%, -316.80% and -7.97%, respectively, for the first quarter of 2023, compared to 5.35%, 8.15%, nil%, -141.51% and 29.47%, respectively, for the same period of last year.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses ("SG&A") decreased by 24.40%, to approximately $2.50 million for the first quarter of 2023 from approximately $3.30 million for the same period of last year.
Loss from Operations
Loss from operations was approximately $2.77 million for the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 7.29%, from $2.99 million for the same period of last year. Operating loss margin was 14.01% for the first quarter of 2023, compared to 19.32% for the same period of last year.
Net Loss
Net loss was approximately $2.73 million, or loss per share of $0.27 for the first quarter of 2023, compared to $2.49 million, or loss per share of $0.25 for the same period of last year.
EBITDA
EBITDA was approximately $1.21 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to $1.20 million for the same period of last year.
Note 1: Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to our U.S. GAAP results, this press release includes a discussion of EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Company defines EBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is a key measure used by management to evaluate our results and make strategic decisions. Management believes this measure is useful to investors because it is an indicator of operational performance. Because not all companies use identical calculations, the Company's presentation of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, and should not be viewed as an alternative to measures of financial performance or changes in cash flows calculated in accordance with the U.S. GAAP.
Cash, Liquidity and Financial Position
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had cash and bank balances, short-term debt (including bank loans, current portion of long-term loans from credit union and related party loans), and long-term debt (including related party loans) of approximately $16.75 million, $11.67 million and $6.51 million, respectively, compared to approximately $9.52 million, $11.16 million and $4.20 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2022.
Net accounts receivable was approximately $2.23 million as of March 31, 2023, compared to approximately $nil million as of December 31, 2022. Net inventory was approximately $5.97 million as of March 31, 2023, compared to approximately $2.87 million as of December 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had current assets of approximately $51.48 million and current liabilities of approximately $18.13 million, resulting in a working capital of approximately $33.35 million. This was compared to current assets of approximately $47.17 million and current liabilities of approximately $17.64 million, resulting in a working capital of approximately $29.53 million as of December 31, 2022.
Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $4.81million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to approximately $4.41 million for the same period of last year. Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $0.30 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to approximately $7.18 million for the same period of last year. Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $2.56 million for the first quarter of 2023, compared to approximately $6.89 for the same period of last year.
About IT Tech Packaging, Inc.
Founded in 1996, IT Tech Packaging, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of diversified paper products and single-use face masks in North China. Using recycled paper as its primary raw material (with the exception of its tissue paper products), ITP produces and distributes three categories of paper products: corrugating medium paper, offset printing paper and tissue paper products. With production based in Baoding and Xingtai in North China's Hebei Province, ITP is located strategically close to the Beijing and Tianjin region, home to a growing base of industrial and manufacturing activities and one of the largest markets for paper products consumption in the country. ITP has been listed on the NYSE American since December 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.itpackaging.cn/.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jessika Carter had 22 points, nine rebounds and four blocks, Anastasia Hayes added 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists and Mississippi State beat Illinois 70-56 on Wednesday night to begin the NCAA Tournament in a First Four game.
Mississippi State (21-10) advances to the field of 64 to take on No. 6 seed Creighton. The Bulldogs improved to 14-3 in the NCAA Tournament since the 2016-17 season.
Freshman Debreasha Powe scored four points during Mississippi State’s 11-2 run to begin the third quarter for a 42-32 lead. The Bulldogs extended it to 52-38 at the end of the quarter after shooting 53%. Kourtney Weber sank a 3-pointer to cap a 9-1 run to begin the fourth quarter for a 61-39 lead.
After Mississippi State’s lead was cut to 12 points with 4:19 left, Carter scored four straight points to reach 20-plus for the sixth time this season.
JerKaila Jordan also scored 11 points for Mississippi State. Weber finished with eight points.
Carter scored 10 points in the first half to help build a 31-30 lead. Makira Cook scored 11 points for Illinois, which shot 48% from the field but didn’t attempt a free throw compared to Mississippi State’s 10 of 12.
Cook, averaging 18.2 points per game, scored 21 points and Genesis Bryant added 17 for Illinois (22-10), which had one of the best turnarounds in the country after finishing last season with a record of 7-20. Illinois’ first free throws of the game came with 5:35 left in the third quarter.
The Illini were making their eighth trip to the NCAA Tournament, the first since 2003.
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Trump grand jury poised to take pre-planned hiatus from case
NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf is scheduled to consider other matters next week before taking a previously scheduled two-week hiatus, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. That means a vote on whether or not to indict the former president likely wouldn’t come until late April at the earliest.
The break, which was scheduled in advance when the panel was convened in January, coincides with Passover, Easter and spring break for the New York City public school system.
The person who confirmed the grand jury’s schedule was not authorized to speak publicly about secretive grand jury proceedings and did so on condition of anonymity. A message left with the district attorney’s office was not immediately returned.
In a statement released through a lawyer, Trump said: “I HAVE GAINED SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THIS GRAND JURY.”
The grand jury has been meeting regularly Monday and Wednesday afternoons. It met Monday and a longtime Trump friend and potential key witness in the investigation was seen leaving the building where the grand jury has been meeting. The grand jury was not scheduled to meet Wednesday.
News earlier this month that Trump had been invited to appear before the grand jury fueled widespread speculation that an indictment would soon be forthcoming. Trump himself added to that anticipation with a post on his social media platform saying that he expected to be arrested soon, though his representatives later said that they had not received any such indication from prosecutors.
But the district attorney’s office has made no public statements on the timing of any possible indictments, continuing its work in secret over the last two weeks. On March 20, the grand jury heard from a witness favorable to Trump.
People familiar with how grand jury processes typically unfold cautioned that the schedule could change and that prosecutors could still ask jurors to consider charges or vote on an indictment on one of the days they’re expected to meet on other matters.
Few people — Manhattan District Alvin Bragg and the prosecutors in charge of the grand jury investigation — know precisely how the grand jury investigation is proceeding and at what pace. They control when witnesses are called to testify and will be the ones deciding whether, and when, to seek an indictment.
Since Trump’s March 18 post, authorities ratcheted up security, deploying additional police officers, lining the streets around the courthouse with barricades and dispatching bomb-sniffing dogs.
They’ve also had to respond to myriad threats, including bomb and death threats, a suspicious powder scare and a protester who was arrested Tuesday after witnesses say she pulling a knife on passersby outside the courthouse.
The grand jury is investigating money paid during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign to two women who alleged that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him. Trump has denied the allegations.
Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who has testified as a key prosecution witness, paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 through a shell company he set up and was then reimbursed by Trump, whose company logged the reimbursements as legal expenses.
Earlier in 2016, Cohen also arranged for former Playboy model Karen McDougal to be paid $150,000 by the publisher of the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer, which squelched her story in a journalistically dubious practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
Meanwhile, other Trump investigations have been busily proceeding with crucial wins for prosecutors.
A Trump lawyer appeared last week before a federal grand jury in Washington investigating Trump’s possible mishandling of classified documents after prosecutors were able to persuade a judge they had evidence that the former president was using his legal representation in furtherance of a crime.
And a judge has also ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence must provide some grand jury testimony in a separate investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.
If the Manhattan grand jury’s schedule holds, that panel wouldn’t return to the Trump matter until April 24. That’s five days after Trump’s longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg is slated to be released from jail for his role in a unrelated tax fraud scheme involving fringe benefits from Trump’s company.
Weisselberg made key decisions in how Trump and his Trump Organization kept their books, and Cohen alleges he was involved in the hush-money arrangements, but Weisselberg does not appear to be cooperating with the grand jury investigation.
Meanwhile, a former magazine columnist’s rape lawsuit against Trump is set to go to trial April 25 at a federal courthouse steps away from where the hush-money grand jury has been meeting. Both Trump and rape accuser E. Jean Carroll are expected to testify in the civil trial.
She alleges he raped her in a luxury department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. He denies it and says he had no idea who she was before she went public with the allegation in 2019.
The AP does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly.
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MINNEAPOLIS, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- At Home, the Home and Holiday Superstore, selected Ovative Group to accelerate growth with a customer-centric approach to paid media and measurement. Ovative's team of data-driven, full-funnel media experts are a perfect fit to help At Home optimize their media and measurement capabilities at a national and local level, driving scale and efficiency to support the over 260 At Home locations in 40 states.
Ovative will develop and execute best-in-class media strategies across Paid Search, Paid Social, Display, Video, and Affiliate channels. Ovative will also deploy MAP, Ovative's proprietary measurement technology, to understand the impact of marketing efforts on all sales channels. MAP utilizes an industry-leading approach, unifying Media Mix Modeling (MMM), and Multi-Touch Attribution (MTA) capabilities to measure the impact of both digital and traditional marketing on overall business. MAP is custom-built to help marketers accelerate growth in times when every dollar matters, and customer data and privacy are top of mind.
At Home's partnership with Ovative will also unlock access to EMR (Enterprise Marketing Return), a next-generation metric replacing ROAS. Ovative will help At Home understand which media channels and tactics will drive bottom-line growth, power traffic and store sales, and exceed growth goals for this growing retail brand.
"Here At Home, our entire focus centers with our customer," says Susan Rodgers, Chief Marketing Officer. "Ovative's powerful audience-management approach that employs efficiency in reaching customer segments with a brand-right, performance-minded message aligns with our goals. At Home offers designer looks for less across every style, room, season and budget. We cover a wide swath of customers and styles and personalizing our messaging by customer efficiently is critical to growth for our brand."
"We are thrilled to bring Ovative on board as our media agency. We are impressed with their people, thought leadership, media expertise, proprietary technology solutions and advanced measurement capabilities. We know they are going to help us reach new and existing customers in ways that drive our business and bring our Home and Holiday superstore to life across all media channels," said Melissa Clark, Sr. Director of Media.
"The At Home team has truly made us feel "at home" from the start of this relationship. We are proud to partner to accelerate At Home's growth focusing on the customer and doubling down on measurement with MAP. We share a relentless focus on driving results and are excited to see the impact." – Jay Eyunni, VP Client Services, Ovative Group
At Home joins a deep roster of brands coming to Ovative seeking a marketing and measurement partner to help transform their business including Coach, Kate Spade, General Mills, Duluth Trading Company, Sleep Number, and more.
At Home, The Home and Holiday Superstore, offers up to 45,000 on-trend home products to fit every room, style, budget or season. From furniture, mirrors, rugs, art and housewares, to tabletop, patio and seasonal décor, At Home offers décor for all, and always for less. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, At Home currently operates 261 stores in 40 states. For more information, please visit us online at athome.com.
Ovative Group is an independent media and measurement firm that helps clients drive and deliver measurable marketing performance. Founded in 2009 by Dale Nitschke, Ovative brings media, measurement, and consulting together under one roof to measure the holistic impact of marketing on clients' total business using its proprietary metric, Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR). Ovative's team of marketing experts serves as a trusted partner for its national world-class client base of marketing leaders across many industries. Ovative is recognized as an industry leader and has received awards including Adweek Fastest Growing Agencies, Star Tribune's Top Workplaces, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's Fast 50, and Inc. 5000. For more information about Ovative, visit ovative.com or follow Ovative on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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Windthorst volleyball wins state title
Published: Nov. 18, 2022 at 5:23 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
WINDTHORST, Texas (KAUZ) - The Windthorst volleyball team won a state title on Friday.
The Trojanettes took down the Lindsay Knights in five sets during a back-and-forth competition.
CHAMPS ONCE AGAIN
— Robyn Hearn (@RobynHearnTV) November 18, 2022
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Windthorst took the first set 25-12, and then lost the second 25-20. Windthorst would then rebound and take the third set 25-23, but Lindsay would answer it with a 25-14 win in the fourth set.
In the end, the Trojanettes would take the fifth set and the championship 15-12.
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Authorities investigating officer-involved shooting in Hancock Co.
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - State authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened in Hancock County.
Deputies from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department were responding to a burglary call near in the area of 28000 Highway 603 in Kiln around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the Department of Public Safety.
While at the scene, shots were fired, with the subject receiving fatal injuries and the officer receiving none. Sheriff Ricky Adam told WLOX that one officer fired at the burglary suspect and that it does not appear the suspect ever shot at deputies.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is currently gathering evidence related to the shooting. When the investigation is complete, agents will share the findings with the Attorney General’s Office.
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For Utah, one era is ending.
For Minnesota, one seems to be beginning.
The Jazz have agreed to trade Rudy Gobert — a three-time defensive player of the year — to the Timberwolves for a massive package of players and draft picks, according to a person with knowledge of the blockbuster deal.
Utah will receive four first-round picks between 2023 and 2029, a first-round pick from this year’s draft in Walker Kessler, along with Patrick Beverley and Malik Beasley, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday on condition of anonymity because the NBA had not approved the deal and neither team could announce it publicly.
ESPN, which first reported the trade, also said Jarred Vanderbilt was going from Minnesota to Utah as part of the deal for Gobert — who now gets paired alongside another elite big man in Karl-Anthony Towns.
“5 firsts …. Sheeeeeshhhhh,” New Orleans guard CJ McCollum posted on Twitter.
Indeed, it is a slew of assets for the Jazz, who made the playoffs in each of the last six seasons and now seem to be resetting in multiple ways. Quin Snyder decided to depart last month after eight years as coach; the Jazz hired Will Hardy, a longtime San Antonio assistant and an assistant for Boston on its run to the Eastern Conference title this past season, to take over on the bench.
And now, Gobert leaves, officially ending his pairing with guard Donovan Mitchell in Utah — an on-court relationship that seemed really good at times, and strained at other moments. And a series of disappointing playoff exits led to the annual question of whether the two could coexist on a title-contending team.
Gobert is part of a new duo now: Twin Towers in the Twin Cities.
He’ll start alongside Towns, forming what arguably will be the best 1-2 big-man punch in the league. Minnesota, barring other moves, could have a starting lineup of D’Angelo Russell, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, along with Gobert and Towns.
Minnesota struck the deal less than 24 hours after coming to an agreement on a $224 million, four-year extension with Towns, who is now under contract for the next six years.
Gobert has four years and $170 million left on a five-year, $205 million deal he signed with the Jazz last summer.
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19-year-old woman dies after becoming trapped under bus near Uptown; driver charged
A fire official said a Heavy Rescue team had to lift the bus off of the woman.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A 19-year-old woman died after she became trapped under a motor-coach-style bus just outside of uptown Charlotte on Sunday evening Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says.
The incident was called in around 7 p.m. near the intersection of Cedar Street and 4th Street.
Destiny Vazquez was pinned underneath a 2013 Van Hool Commuter Coach bus and had to be extracted by Charlotte Firefighters. She was later pronounced dead.
The preliminary investigation showed that the victim was in the crosswalk and had the right of way while crossing W 4th Street. At the same time, the driver of the bus, Dominique Massey, 35, proceeded into the intersection after having a green light and attempted to turn onto W 4th Street where the pedestrian was crossing in the crosswalk.
Vasquez was then pinned underneath the bus. The bus had no other occupants on board and speed and impairment do appear to be factors for Massey.
Massey is charged with failure to yield the right of way and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle.
Related: Ambulance hits and kills pedestrian walking along the highway, authorities say
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NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who twice led fights to impeach former President Donald Trump, defeated U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a Democratic primary Tuesday after a court forced the two veteran lawmakers into the same New York City congressional district.
Nadler’s victory ends a 30-year run in Congress for Maloney, who battled to get government aid for people sickened by clouds of toxic soot after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The unusual fight between incumbents who have spent decades working together was the result of a redistricting process that lumped Nadler’s home base on the west side of Manhattan together with Maloney’s on the east side, with neither willing to run in another part of the city.
In his victory speech, Nadler said he and Maloney “have spent much of our adult lives working together to better both New York and our nation. I speak for everyone in this room tonight when I thank her for her decades of service to our city.”
Nadler also defeated Suraj Patel, a 38-year-old lawyer and lecturer at New York University who has now failed to advance out of a Democratic congressional primary in three straight tries.
Nadler, 75, was first elected to Congress in 1992. As chair of the House Judiciary Committee, he led both impeachments of Trump. Nadler was buoyed in the last weeks of the campaign by endorsements from The New York Times and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
He pledged he would go back to Congress “with a mandate to fight for the causes so many of us know to be right,” including abortion access and climate change.
Maloney, 76, also first elected in 1992, is the first woman to chair the House Oversight and Reform Committee. She is known for her longtime advocacy for Sept. 11 first responders seeking compensation for diseases they attribute to contamination from the destruction of the World Trade Center. She wore a firefighter’s jacket on Capitol Hill and at the 2019 Met Gala.
Maloney said women in politics still face “misogyny” today, something she said she experienced herself in her campaign this year.
“I’m really saddened that we no longer have a woman representing Manhattan in Congress,” Maloney added. “It has been a great, great honor and a joy and a privilege to work for you.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Maloney “a champion for integrity" in a statement on the race and said “her longtime public service will be profoundly missed in the Congress."
Pelosi also congratulated Nadler, saying he “has been a commanding force for freedom and justice" and that the country would “greatly benefit from his continued leadership."
Few policy differences between Nadler, Maloney and Patel emerged during the primary campaign.
All support abortion rights, the Green New Deal and tighter restrictions on gun ownership. Patel argued that Nadler’s and Maloney’s generation failed to achieve Democratic goals like codifying Roe v. Wade and should cede to new blood.
Nadler and Maloney countered that their seniority in Congress brings clout that benefits New Yorkers.
Friends for many years, the two Democrats lamented having to run against each other — something that only happened after a court redrew the boundaries of the state’s congressional districts after concluding the legislature botched the process.
“I didn’t want to run against my good friend, Jerry Nadler,” Maloney said at a recent debate. “We have been friends and allies for years. Unfortunately, we were drawn into the same district.”
Still, on the campaign trail Maloney said that as a woman, she would fight harder to protect abortion rights than Nadler.
Asked at a debate how his record differed from that of Maloney, Nadler cited his votes against the Iraq War and the Patriot Act, and in favor of the Iran nuclear deal. Maloney, also elected to Congress in 1992, voted the other way on all three.
Maloney also came under fire from her opponents for her past positions on vaccines, including in 2006 when she introduced legislation directing the federal government to study the debunked theory that vaccines can cause autism. Maloney insisted that she supports vaccines and regretted having ever questioned vaccine safety.
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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas — Someone claiming to be the Mexican drug cartel allegedly responsible for the abduction of four Americans and the killing of two of them has condemned the violence and purportedly turned over its own members who were involved to authorities.
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement source, the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel allegedly responsible for abducting the Americans apologized to the residents of Matamoros, the Mexican woman who died in the shooting and the four Americans and their families.
Drug cartels have been known to issue communiques to intimidate rivals and authorities, but also at times like these to do some public relations work to try to smooth over situations that could affect their business.
“We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline," the letter reads, adding that those individuals had gone against the cartel's rules, which include "respecting the life and well-being of the innocent.”
A photograph of five men face down on the pavement and bound accompanied the letter, which was shared with The Associated Press by the source on condition that they remain anonymous because they were not authorized to share the document.
State officials did not immediately publicly confirm having new suspects in custody.
A separate state security official said that five men had been found tied up inside one of the vehicles that authorities had been searching for, along with the letter. That official also spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the case.
Last Friday, four Americans crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could get a cosmetic surgery procedure. Around midday they were fired on in downtown Matamoros and then loaded into a pickup truck.
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NEW YORK, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of a series celebrating Women's History Month, Cure®, a healthcare innovation campus in New York City, announced it will host a fireside chat with Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ("Dana-Farber"). Moderated by Cure Chief Executive Officer, Seema Kumar, the discussion on March 16 will focus on progress toward the Cancer Moonshot initiative, on the heels of President Biden's recent pledge to improve cancer care and cut the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years. The discussion will also delve into the role of women in science, women in the workforce, and cancer care equity.
At the special CureX event, Dr. Glimcher will be joined by Gregory A. Petsko, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. The event will take place at Cure, 345 Park Avenue South on Thursday, March 16 from 4:30 – 6:30 PM EST.
"Cure is a special venue, engaging on the most pressing topics of the day, during an unprecedented period of innovation and opportunity in healthcare," said Dr. Glimcher. I appreciate the opportunity to participate in the CureX series and look forward to a stimulating discussion on a range of topics from women in science to equity and improvement in cancer care."
Although death rate from cancer has declined by more than 25 percent in the past decades, cancer remains the number two cause of death in America second only to heart disease, and more research is needed to advance cancer detection, treatment and care.
"Cure is committed to engaging with the world's leading experts and influential changemakers to drive conversations about the grand challenges in healthcare, including cancer," said Seema Kumar, chief executive officer, Cure. "A preeminent female leader with a storied career in oncology and cancer care, Dr. Glimcher brings invaluable perspectives on health equity and the promise of the Cancer Moonshot initiative. We look forward hosting her, as part of our CureX series, which feature Cutting Edge Conversations About Your Health."
Dr. Glimcher is an accomplished doctor, researcher, professor, and corporate executive. She has served as the first female President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since 2016. She is also a member of several of the most distinguished scientific and medical societies in the United States and serves as a board director and advisor to numerous pharmaceutical and life sciences companies. Throughout her career, Dr. Glimcher has been a staunch advocate for improvements to medical education, health policy, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Participants can register here. The in-person event will be held at 345 Park Avenue South in New York City. A livestream of the event will also be made available upon virtual registration.
Stay connected with Cure on LinkedIn for future CureX events.
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Prairie View A&M University president to step down earlier than expected
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (KBTX) - Prairie View A&M University President Ruth Simmons said she’s stepping down from her position at the end of February.
Simmons, who originally was going to exit the role at the end of this school year, announced her decision to leave in March of 2022. The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents named Dr. Tomika P. LeGrande as the sole finalist to become President of Prairie View A&M University in November.
But on Friday morning, Simmons announced her early departure, calling it surprising and unexpected.
“However, I was informed recently that I could only continue as president with limited presidential authority. My immediate response was that I could not and would not agree to being president in name only,” she said in a statement.
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp said when presidents within the system announce they’re leaving, they can’t hire senior staff or deans except on an interim basis. He says this allows the new president to choose the leadership team they will be working with during their term.
“We simply believe new presidents should be able to choose their top staff,” Sharp said in a statement to KBTX. “As an example, Mike Young announced his retirement over a year before he left Texas A&M University, and he could not hire a dean or top staff except on an interim basis. That allowed the new president, Kathy Banks, to fill those slots.”
The Texas A&M University System will name an interim president at a later time. LeGrande will step into her role as president on June 1, as was previously announced.
President Simmons’ full statement:
It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that I will leave my position as president of Prairie View A&M University at the end of February. No one is more surprised than I by this premature end to my tenure. Indeed, I had counted on working assiduously to assure the success of my successor by completing in full and as ably as I can my responsibilities as president. However, I was informed recently that I could only continue as president with limited presidential authority. My immediate response was that I could not and would not agree to being president in name only.
No enduring good can arise from subservience to low standards and expectations. Having been through two previous presidential transitions at leading institutions, I’m aware of how such an important moment in the life of a university must be conducted – with utmost attention to continuing the work unfailingly and with the highest standards. When I agreed almost 6 years ago to become president of Prairie View, I promised that I would be all-in from the moment I commenced my role until the moment I stepped down. I believe that promise to be inviolable. I cannot now become a leader accepting lowered expectations.
I will continue to speak out for high standards and just decisions on behalf of the university and other HBCUs. I will support the efforts of faculty, staff and students who seek the best for themselves and their university. We must not be held hostage to how others choose to see us or treat us, but, instead, continue to chart our own path demonstrating the pride, commitment and integrity that defines us.
I now say to you all what I have said to graduating students in years past: work hard to achieve at the highest level; be strong in your convictions; insist on being treated with the fairness you deserve; and continue, always, to seek justice.
With immense gratitude for your support and friendship,
Ruth J. Simmons
Chancellor Sharp’s full statement:
When Presidents in The Texas A&M University System announce they are leaving, they cannot hire senior staff or Deans except on an interim basis, so that the new President can choose the leadership team he or she will be working with during their term.
This decade-long policy applies to all of our Presidents.
It should be noted that we afforded the same courtesy to Dr. Simmons when George Wright announced his retirement as President of Prairie View A&M University.
We simply believe new Presidents should be able to choose their top staff. As an example, Mike Young announced his retirement over a year before he left Texas A&M University, and he could not hire a Dean or top staff except on an interim basis. That allowed the new president, Kathy Banks, to fill those slots.
I informed Dr. Simmons that we will not make exceptions to this policy and she chose to resign.
I am sorry she chose this path, but I am forever grateful for her service at Prairie View A&M University and look forward to even greater things in the future.
Dr. Tomikia LeGrande will assume her duties as President on June 1, as previously planned.
Chancellor John Sharp
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What is a Tamagotchi toy?
Taking care of a virtual pet, like a Tamagotchi, can be a rewarding experience. Thanks to the game’s clever design, you’ll quickly find yourself genuinely caring about the wellbeing of a creature you know not to be real.
Tamagotchi is the brand that kickstarted the virtual pet craze in the ‘90s with their pocket-sized, pixelated pets, and the toys have evolved significantly ever since. If you’re thinking of getting a Tamagotchi toy, it’s a good idea to review the range of models currently available and how they differ before you buy.
What to know before you buy a Tamagotchi toy
What is a Tamagotchi?
A Tamagotchi is a virtual pet toy in which you raise an alien from an egg through to adulthood, training it to clean up after itself, helping it make friends and nurturing it along the way. The toy is often egg-shaped and small enough to fit in your pocket or even attach to your keys. Your Tamagotchi’s appearance and demeanor will change as they grow, depending on how you care for them.
Newer models of the Tamagotchi toy connect to a companion smartphone app that offers even more online connectivity, unique Tamagotchi characters and mini-games to play with your pet. The newer Tamagotchi toys also allow you to care for your Tamagotchi into their senior years.
How to play Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi toys have three buttons that allow you to navigate various screens within the game.
No matter which model you buy, your Tamagotchi will have a meter to represent its health, happiness, hunger and age. Once you’ve determined what your Tamagotchi character needs, you choose whether to cook food for it, take it to a restaurant, give it medicine, play with it or more. By tracking your Tamagotchi’s meters and responding accordingly, you can ensure your pet grows to be happy and healthy.
As your Tamagotchi grows older, you can take them to a matchmaker to find them a suitable partner. These Tamagotchi pairs can have children that you can also raise to adulthood, growing your Tamagotchi family tree as you continue to play.
In newer models of Tamagotchi, you can use the smartphone app to connect with friends and set up playdates for your pets. The smartphone app also allows your Tamagotchi to earn points and surprises that you can import to your Tamagotchi device.
If this sounds like a lot, don’t worry, some Tamagotchi toys may require significant involvement, but some models offer a more passive experience as well.
New models vs. old models
Older Tamagotchi models often have monochromatic screens and don’t offer the same level of online connectivity as newer Tamagotchi toys. Still, the battery life is significantly better than more recent models, and some prefer the simplicity of the older Tamagotchi device.
Newer Tamagotchi models offer colorful screens, app compatibility, more options and longer Tamagotchi lifespans. Although modern Tamagotchi toys are more advanced, they don’t provide the same level of nostalgia for those who enjoyed the toy in the ‘90s.
Tamagotchi features to consider
English menus
Some of the more popular Tamagotchi devices only feature Japanese menus or menus with pictures but no words. If you desire a device with English menus, you may want to consider the Tamagotchi On.
Connectivity
Newer Tamagotchi devices like the Tamagotchi On and Tamagotchi 4U allow you to pair with other Tamagotchi toys via Bluetooth or infrared connection. Some Tamagotchi devices can also pair with other Tamagotchi models as well as companion smartphone apps.
Case design
Tamagotchi toys come in various colors and designs, but the designs available to you will vary from device to device. If you want a solid-colored device, you may have to opt for the original Tamagotchi, or the Tamagotchi 4U, as the Tamagotchi On and many other new models feature flashy designs on their cases.
How much can you expect to spend on a Tamagotchi toy?
Older Tamagotchi models can cost as little as $20, whereas newer models are between $50-$100.
Tamagotchi FAQ
How do you pause a Tamagotchi?
A. There is no official way to pause most Tamagotchi models. However, many users have found that they can effectively halt the devices by navigating to the “time” menu and ensuring that any digits are blinking. As long as one number is flashing, the game is essentially paused.
Can your Tamagotchi pet die?
A. Your pet will die if you don’t properly care for it or as a result of old age. If your pet dies, you’re able to start over with a new pet.
What’s the best Tamagotchi toy to buy?
Top Tamagotchi
What you need to know: This is a highly advanced Tamagotchi toy with a wide selection of connectivity options and games.
What you’ll love: This device features English menus. Tamagotchi On’s smartphone app nearly doubles the number of things you can do with your pet. The colored screen looks fantastic.
What you should consider: The battery life leaves a lot to be desired.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Macy’s
Top Tamagotchi for the money
What you need to know: This simplistic virtual pet toy mimics the model that started it all.
What you’ll love: Playing this model has a high nostalgia factor if you played the original Tamagotchi. Simplistic gameplay. Long battery life.
What you should consider: The lack of a colored screen can take away from the realism of the experience.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This is a fan-favorite model that can connect to other Tamagotchi devices.
What you’ll love: This device can connect to other Tamagotchi models. It supports a range of different faceplates and has a gorgeous color screen.
What you should consider: The only language option is Japanese.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Pakistan is on the long road to recovery after catastrophic flooding. Nearly a million people need shelter. More than a thousand are dead.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd gets the latest from NPR’s Diaa Hadid.
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One dead after shooting in northeast Jefferson County
Published: Apr. 21, 2023 at 9:42 PM CDT|Updated: 11 minutes ago
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - A woman was shot dead Friday evening in northeast Jefferson County, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called to the 2900 block of Creek Lane NE at 7:22 p.m. on reports of a female suffering from a gunshot wound.
Medical personnel arrived on scene and began life saving measures, but were unable to revive her.
The female shooter remained at the scene and is currently being questioned by authorities.
The victim and suspect have not yet been identified by police.
An investigation is underway.
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Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago.
Stephen Barbee, 55, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the February 2005 deaths of Lisa Underwood, 34, and her son Jayden. Both were suffocated at their home in Fort Worth. They were later found buried in a shallow grave in nearby Denton County.
Barbee’s attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution, arguing his religious rights are being violated because the state prison system, in the wake of a ruling by the high court on what spiritual advisers can do while in the execution chamber, did not create a written policy on the issue.
In March, the U.S. Supreme Court said states must accommodate the wishes of death row inmates who want to have their faith leaders pray and touch them during their executions. Texas prison officials didn’t formally update their policy but said they would review inmates’ petitions on a case-by-case basis and would grant most reasonable requests.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt in Houston issued a preliminary injunction, saying the state could only execute Barbee after it had published a clear policy on spiritual advisers that protects an inmate’s religious rights. Last week, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Hoyt’s injunction, saying it was overbroad.
On Tuesday, Hoyt issued a new injunction focused specifically on protecting Barbee’s rights. The Texas Attorney General’s Office immediately appealed to the 5th Circuit, which would have to make a ruling before the Supreme Court could take up the issue.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office said in a previous court filing that Barbee’s claims are moot as state prison officials are allowing his spiritual adviser to touch him and pray aloud during his execution.
Also Tuesday, Hoyt denied a separate request by Barbee’s attorneys for an execution stay over claims the inmate’s right to avoid cruel and unusual punishment would be violated. His lawyers say Barbee has physical constraints that limit the movement of his shoulders and arms and he would experience “intolerable pain and suffering” if he is executed in the normal manner with his arms outstretched on the gurney so that IV lines can be placed to deliver the lethal injection.
In a court filing from earlier this month, lawyers with the Texas Attorney General’s Office assured Hoyt that prison officials would make accommodations for Barbee and allow his arms to remain bent and if needed would find another location to place the IV lines.
On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously declined to commute Barbee’s death sentence to a lesser penalty or to grant a four-month reprieve.
Prosecutors said Barbee killed his ex-girlfriend and her son because he didn’t want his wife to know Underwood was seven months pregnant, presumably by him. DNA evidence later revealed Barbee wasn’t the father. Underwood owned a Fort Worth bagel shop, which was named after her son. She and her son were reported missing after failing to show up at a baby shower.
Barbee confessed to police he killed Underwood and her son but later recanted. Barbee said the confession was coerced and has since maintained he is innocent and was framed by his business partner.
His trial, including sentencing, took less than three days to complete in February 2006.
Barbee is set to receive a lethal injection on the same day as Arizona plans to execute Murray Hooper for killing two people during a home robbery in Phoenix on New Year’s Eve 1980. Hooper is set to be executed at 11 a.m. CST on Wednesday.
If Barbee is executed, he would be the fifth inmate put to death this year in Texas. He is the last inmate scheduled for execution this year in the state.
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TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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405 AM CDT Mon Oct 17 2022
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas
4 to 7 ft expected.
* WHERE...Coastal waters from High Island TX to the Lower
Atchafalaya River out to 60 NM.
* WHEN...From 5 PM this afternoon to 10 AM CDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...North winds around 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt
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* WHERE...Sabine Lake, Calcasieu Lake and Vermilion Bay.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 PM CDT Tuesday.
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When James Bergen steps from a plane and plummets toward fire below, he’s not scared. Instead, he says, he gets a rush from not knowing exactly what he’ll face when he parachutes in as one of the smokejumpers confronting the wildfires that have scorched Canada this spring and summer.
One call may mean a drop and a hike to a meadow to put out a single burning tree. "Next day you go to a fire and it’s a giant roaring beast threatening a community," said Bergen, a solidly built 46-year-old with graying stubble. "That anticipation of what you're going to get, an unknown every time you get on the plane — that to me is still the excitement."
As more than 900 fires burn in a Canadian fire season that has periodically pushed dangerous smoke south into the U.S. and even far east to Europe, only one province — British Columbia — relies on smokejumpers to help fight the blazes. Its history dates back to 1998.
Canada's provinces organize their own fire resources, and others may choose to use helicopters to get firefighters to remote areas, or aircraft to fly people and equipment to bases. British Columbia does that too. But Bergen, whose primary job is serving as wildfire officer for the Fort St. John Fire Zone, pointed to British Columbia's size, large population and huge timber industry as reasons it maintains a smokejumper program that takes significant money and expertise — but can get to fires faster.
"It's not something you can quickly stand up," Bergen said.
Bergen said this wildfire year is the busiest he can remember since 2016.
SMOKEJUMPING AND THE SCIENCE OF MEGAFIRES
Where Smokejumpers Are Used
When fires are remote or there's a need to move resources from one location to another very quickly, that can be a time to send in smokejumpers, who bail out of planes at 1,500 feet to 3,000 feet.
"It's just one of the fastest, quickest delivery methods ... to take action on a fire that by other means may not be possible," Bergen said. "The big value to smokejumping is speed, range and payload."
Though helicopters are sometimes used to get firefighters into tough-to-reach areas, they don't parachute in like smokejumpers — the copters land and unload them quickly, or they jump to the ground as the craft hovers. And the copters can't carry nearly as many people or get to a fire as fast as fixed-wing aircraft.
The modified DC-3 that's one of the planes used at Bergen's Fort St. John base carries up to 13 smokejumpers plus two spotters.
The Gear They Carry (and Wear)
Outfitting a single jumper can run about $12,000, Bergen said, with equipment that protects the firefighters from being speared by tree limbs, allows them to rappel down if they get hung up in a tree, and floats them if they wind up in a lake or river. Ballistic Kevlar suits protect against sharp objects as well as against intense fire heat; helmets have mesh face shields.
Many smokejumpers wear additional armor — hockey pads or motocross gear — for further protection. The whole package, including the parachute, weighs 70 to 90 pounds.
DIVING FROM THE SKY, FIREFIGHTERS PARACHUTE TO US WILDFIRES
The plane also carries fire suppression equipment the firefighters will need: four chain saws, hand tools for everyone, four heavy pumps, 6,000 feet of hose and enough water for everyone for 48 hours, Bergen said. All that gets dropped separately.
After arriving at a fire and evaluating what they see, the firefighters work out a plan to tackle it. Then it's time to jump.
"It could be three or four, one crew, or it could be the entire bus — all 13 jumpers on the fire," Bergen said.
Who Wants to Be a Smokejumper
The jumpers are experienced wildland firefighters — at least two years, and more typically six to seven years of experience before they become smokejumpers, Bergen said.
But it takes more than experience. Not everyone wants to jump out of planes, Bergen said. "They're generally people that are quite passionate about wildland firefighting," he said. "It is a very specific person that wants to do that."
He said the ranks include people who are gung ho and supremely fit, but also more ordinary people. He said many wildland firefighters are people who started to make summer money while in college, but then fell in love with the work and eventually decided to be smokejumpers. The lure, he said, is being part of a team "focused on becoming the best you can, in smoke jumping as well as fire suppression."
The province has 67 smokejumpers. About 120 jumpers are working in the region right now, with the balance made up of American firefighters sent over by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
The Guy With 100 Jumps
Dan Frittenburg, one of the North Peace Smokejumpers at the Fort St. John base, started fighting fires in 2005 and became a jumper in 2008.
Earlier this summer he set a Canadian record with his 100th jump, he and Bergen said.
"I've kind of always been a thrill seeker," said Frittenburg, 41. "But the reason why I do it (is) my love for the outdoors, working with the people that this program draws, and also just challenging myself. I find it’s definitely a job that keeps you young."
Frittenburg said it took him a while to learn the intricacies of jumping, and has become more comfortable doing it as years pass.
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PATNA, India (AP) — An Indian army mortar shell fired during a training session fell short of its target and exploded in a village house in the country's east on Wednesday, killing a young couple and a neighbor, a government official said.
The couple was visiting Gulvared, a village in Gaya district in Bihar state, to celebrate the Hindu "Holi” festival with the woman's parents when the incident occurred, state official Pankaj Kumar said.
Two other people were injured when the shell landed in the house's courtyard, Kumar said.
The army did not immediately comment on the incident.
The village is located 120 kilometers (65 miles) south of Patna, the state capital, near the army firing range.
Other accidents have been reported near the military site over the past year.
A civilian was killed near the firing range last year when a shell exploded as he was trying to remove brass from it to sell, media reports said. In another incident in December, at least 10 people were injured while they collected wood near the firing range for use in cooking and to sell. | https://www.mrt.com/news/world/article/indian-army-mortar-shell-kills-3-in-training-17826262.php | 2023-03-08 09:10:25 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/world/article/indian-army-mortar-shell-kills-3-in-training-17826262.php |
Bitget's new social feature allows users to learn from credible traders and share trading strategies
HONG KONG, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget announces the launch of its new feature 'Bitget Insights'. The feature serves to integrate social media with social trading via the Bitget exchange. The launch signifies the next stage in Bitget's crypto social trading initiative, aimed at benefiting both new retail investors as well as seasoned traders.
With Bitget Insights, traders will have the opportunity to glean insights from experienced traders. Compared to existing social media platforms, Bitget guarantees that all shared insights come from verified and credible traders in the first stage, thus saving traders time, resources and potential losses resulting from cryptocurrency 'shilling', false endorsements or other crypto scams.
To assure that Bitget Insights provides valuable and insightful views to users, only those traders that meet certain criteria, which include being an actual verified trader on the Bitget platform, are able to share and post with this new feature. In addition, they must have a substantial and verifiable following across various social media platforms. Other traders can follow and take advantage of the insights, such as the technical strategies or market analyses, posted by the verified traders.
Bitget Insights also enables accredited traders to increase their community presence by sharing market views and trading strategies with potentially millions of existing traders on Bitget's global platform. Accredited traders can also benefit from Bitget Copy Trade, its flagship crypto social trading product.
Gracy Chen, Managing Director of Bitget, says, "Innovative trading products and social trading services are Bitget's quintessential and key features. Bitget is a pioneer in crypto social trading thanks to the way it works to improve products through innovation. On 'Bitget Insights', the social trading platform where valuable information is more accessible to everyone, the curated and verified traders and selected opinion leaders can post their chart analysis, technical strategies and articles, to share their insights with followers."
To celebrate the launch of Bitget Insights, Bitget has prepared a User-Generated Content campaign, which includes giveaway and share contest for the users who post original insights and content on the platform. Winners can share up to 100,000 $BGB, souvenirs signed by Bitget's latest partner Lionel Messi, and more. For more information, please visit the website.
About Bitget
Bitget, established in 2018, is the world's top five leading cryptocurrency exchange with innovative products and social trading services as its key features, currently serving over millions of users in more than 50 countries around the world.
The exchange is committed to providing one-stop and secure trading solutions to users and aims to increase crypto adoption by collaborations with creditable partners, including Argentinian legendary footballer Lionel Messi, Italian leading football team Juventus, PGL Major's official esports crypto partner, and the leading esports organization Team Spirit.
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DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks return to the friendly confines of the American Airlines Center looking to take back ownership of a series that looked all but over.
While Dallas outperformed their expectations to take a 2-1 series lead with Luka Doncic out, the opening round series is now dead even after a one point victory by the Utah Jazz in Game 4 Saturday.
The loss spoiled the return of one of the most dynamic young players in the NBA but the Mavs shouldn’t feel deterred just yet.
Doncic began the third playoff series of his young career with a 30 point effort, adding 10 rebounds and four assists as he worked his way back from a calf strain that had sidelined him since April 10.
For better or worse, the Mavericks looked like a different squad with their best player back, as Dallas was forced to switch up their style of play to accommodate their MVP candidate. At halftime in Game 4, Dallas trailed 54-42 as the team got their feet under them.
Talk of a minutes restriction quickly subsided, however, with Doncic shooting 53% from the field and 40% from beyond the arc in 34 minutes played. After Dallas charged back to take a lead in the second half, the Jazz scored the final five points of the game to even up the series.
Jason Kidd has hitched his wagon to letting his players, especially Luka, call their own game. With Utah’s defensive alignment basically giving carte blanche to shots beyond the arc, the Mavericks will need to take advantage of open 3-pointers and continue feeding Maxi Kleber and company when the guards get sized up in the paint.
Kleber has been electric in this series from deep until he ran into foul trouble that completely neutralized him, as he was held to just four shot attempts in Game 4.
Meanwhile, the foul issues for Dallas led to the Jazz taking a mountain of free throw attempts that made it difficult to pull away in the second half. Even with the issues, Dallas only lost after a ferocious rally by Utah in the final seconds.
Despite the loss, Jalen Brunson continued his stellar series with 23 points to help answer some questions about how he would fare with Doncic’s return to the guard depth chart.
The Mavericks hope adding Doncic to Brunson’s 29.8 PPG playoff average may be too much for the Jazz to contain if they can close the significant gap in fouls between the teams.
His game-winning bucket in the last few seconds of Game 4 aside, Utah backbone center Rudy Gobert has looked overmatched by the quick Dallas guards at times.
A plan of continuing to attack the Jazz inside, and kicking out for open 3s, will be the Mavs’ best chance of regaining their series lead and coming one step closer to closing out the series and moving on to the conference semifinals.
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On this day in history, Oct. 11, 1890, Daughters of the American Revolution founded in Washington, DC
Patriotic all-female organization devoted to 'God, Home and Country' boasts 190,000 members worldwide
The Daughters of the American Revolution, comprised of women in the United States and around the world who descend from patriots of the nation's fight for independence, was founded in Washington, D.C. on this day in history, Oct. 11, 1890.
Its motto is "God, Home and Country."
The DAR "is a nonprofit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children," the group proclaims on its website.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, OCT. 10, 1845, US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDED AFTER PLANNED MUTINY SHOCKS NATION
The organization counts as its most inspirational historical figure Hannah White Arnett of what is now Elizabeth, N.J.
The American patriot successfully shamed a group of local men intent on bowing to the crown when Lord Cornwallis and his Redcoats occupied the city in 1776 and demanded of its citizens fealty to Great Britain.
"Arnett stormed into the room and accused the men of being cowards and traitors," the website of New Jersey Women's History notes.
"Arnett even threatened to leave her husband if he deserted the Revolutionary cause. Finally, the men refused the offer made to them by Great Britain and remained committed to the fight for American independence."
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, SEPT. 21, 1780, BENEDICT ARNOLD BETRAYS CAUSE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
The Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters occupies an entire city block in Washington, D.C. — a testament to the durability of its foundation and mission.
The group claims it's the world's largest collection of buildings of its kind owned and maintained exclusively by women.
The compound boasts a prized collection of industrial decorative arts, the largest concert hall in the nation's capital and a free public library that includes one of the world's foremost collections of genealogical records.
"The DAR Library collection contains over 225,000 books, 10,000 research files, thousands of manuscript items, and special collections of African American, Native American, and women’s history, genealogy and culture," the organization reports.
The Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters occupies an entire city block in Washington, D.C.
"Nearly 40,000 family histories and genealogies comprise a major portion of the book collection, many of which are unique or available in only a few libraries in the country."
The Daughters of the American Revolution was created in the wake of the founding of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1889.
"The following year the Sons voted to exclude women from the group, galvanizing a force for the creation of new women's organization," the DAR reports of its origin story.
Eighteen woman and four supporters from the Sons of American Liberty gathered at the DAR's first official meeting on Oct. 11, 1890, at Strathmore Arms, the home of Mary S. Lockwood.
She is credited as one of the DAR's four co-founders, along with Mary Desha, Ellen Hardin Walworth and Eugenia Washington.
The Daughters of the American Revolution has 190,000 members in all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries.
At least one of them was inspired by walking in the footsteps of her heroic ancestors who risked life, limb, treasure and honor to cleave an independent nation from the crest of the monarchical British Empire.
"DAR co-founder Ellen Hardin Walworth's first visit to Saratoga Battlefield, around 1851, was powerfully connective," writes the National Park Service.
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"Walking the same ground her great-grandfather, Colonel John Hardin, fought on during the Battles of Saratoga (1777), she called the tour ‘a marked event in [her] young life.’ The visit fueled her lifelong dedication to preserving the site."
The Continental Army's stunning victory at Saratoga stands as one of the great turning points in the dramatic arc of the national story.
The win encouraged France to believe the rebellion had a chance at succeeding. King Louis XVI then threw his military support behind the cause.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, SEPT. 6, 1757, MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE IS BORN, HERO OF TWO REVOLUTIONS
Walworth also helped lead efforts to preserve George Washington's Mount Vernon.
The Daughters of the American Revolution boasts 190,000 members across 3,000 chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and about a dozen foreign countries, including Australia, Germany and Japan.
"God, Home and Country" — Daughters of the American Revolution motto
"DAR members volunteer millions of service hours annually in their local communities including supporting active duty military personnel and assisting veteran patients, awarding thousands of dollars in scholarships and financial aid each year to students, and supporting schools for underserved children with annual donations exceeding $1 million," the group says of its activities.
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More than 1 million women have been members in the 132 years since the group's founding.
Membership, the DAR says, is open to "any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution." | https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-oct-11-1890-daughters-american-revolution-founded-washington-dc | 2022-10-28 10:28:56 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-oct-11-1890-daughters-american-revolution-founded-washington-dc |
Marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month, country's second oldest South Asian gender-justice organization plans to develop evidence-based, culturally relevant models to break cycles of intergenerational trauma
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation awarded Sakhi for South Asian Women (Sakhi), the second oldest South Asian gender-justice organization in the United States, a $3 Million grant spread over the next 10 years to deepen multigenerational healing to South Asian families experiencing gender-based violence.
The largest gift of its kind to any South Asian American social service organization, this multi-year grant will help Sakhi establish the South Asian Safe Families Initiative, which will focus on supporting South Asian families through a culturally rooted approach.
"The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation has enabled Sakhi for South Asian Women to pursue transformative work with families impacted by violence through the South Asian Safe Families Initiative," said Kavita Mehra, Executive Director of Sakhi for South Asian Women. "This bold initiative will take the conversation of healing from a siloed, individual experience to one that will bring families closer together and the restorative ripple effects of this investment will be felt for generations," Mehra added.
Historically, not enough resources have been made available to the community. Research on mental health and gender-based violence is rarely adapted for the community, and South Asian-specific stressors such as immigration, socio-economic disparities, racism, and caste are seldom taken into account.
Sakhi and The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation believe that without considering these unique experiences, South Asian families risk transferring that trauma from one generation to the next and repeating the cycles of violence.
"Building upon the more than 30 years of experience Sakhi has developed in helping heal South Asian survivors affected by gender-based violence, we saw an opportunity to expand services to the children and family members also profoundly affected by the trauma of violence," said Anita Bhatia, MHA, Executive Director of The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation. "Gender-based violence has an indelible impact on families from one generation to the next so it is important to not only find ways to break the cycle but to recognize that such healing takes time," Bhatia added.
The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation's 10 year grant will allow Sakhi to develop culturally valid interventions, and provide therapy that can strengthen the parent-child bond and interrupt this cycle. Expanding on Sakhi's previous mental health interventions — made possible by an earlier 2019 grant by The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation — The South Asian Safe Families Initiative will address a crucial need in the community.
Investing in the mental health of South Asian children and families recovering from violence are vital for the well-being of the entire community. At the start of this Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, The Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation's $3M grant to Sakhi for South Asian Women renews their long standing commitment to addressing mental health in South Asian communities and can help radically transform models of healing for survivors of trauma.
Founded in 1989, Sakhi for South Asian Women (Sakhi) exists to represent the South Asian diaspora in a survivor-centered movement for gender justice. As the second oldest gender-justice organization serving the community, we honor the collective and inherent power of all survivors of violence. Sakhi is committed to serving survivors through a combination of efforts including—but not limited to—direct services, advocacy and organizing, technical assistance, and community outreach.
The Executive Director of Sakhi for South Asian Women, Kavita Mehra, is available for interviews about how to support South Asian survivors of domestic violence.
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TROY, Mich. (AP) _ Flagstar Bancorp Inc. (FBC) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $60 million.
The Troy, Michigan-based company said it had net income of $1.12 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.17 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.12 per share.
The holding company for Flagstar Bank posted revenue of $340 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $324 million, which missed Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $346.7 million.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office posted video of a few of its high-water rescue missions during Hurricane Ian.
Across the county, the sheriff’s office said there were over 1,000 calls for rescue.
“In 1 day 911 dispatchers handled almost 5x their normal call volume,” the sheriff’s office tweeted, saying rescues were responded to along with the National Guard and other local public safety entities.
According to the sheriff’s office, in the first two days of responding to Hurricane Ian-related issues, there were 11,954 calls.
“Hurricane Ian brought torrential rains and historic flash flooding. Volusia Sheriff’s Office, along with th National Guard and other local public safety answered the call.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/volusia-co-sheriffs-office-responds-to-over-1k-high-water-rescue-calls/ | 2022-10-06 17:07:31 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/volusia-co-sheriffs-office-responds-to-over-1k-high-water-rescue-calls/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds seized the spotlight from a half dozen Republican presidential contenders on Friday by signing a restrictive abortion measure into law at an event meant to showcase the candidates, she embraced her front-and-center role in the 2024 presidential election.
The standing ovation she received from some 2,000 conservative Christians gathered in Des Moines only reinforced the influence she wields, not just in Iowa but increasingly on a national stage.
“I could not imagine a more appropriate place to sign this bill,” Reynolds said. “Today, the most glaring injustice of all is about to be put right.”
Reynolds had always been scheduled to give remarks at The Family Leadership Summit, one of many places this summer where Republican presidential candidates are expected to address Iowa’s voters, who will cast the first ballots in just six months. But the appearance morphed into a triumphant demonstration of the governor’s rising national profile after she spent the week shepherding abortion restrictions into Iowa’s books, after a similar 2018 law she had championed was sidelined.
Reynolds pressed forward to sign the bill into law even as she shrugged off pointed criticism from former President Donald Trump.
Trump, in posts on his Truth Social social media platform, had accused Reynolds of shirking her commitment to neutrality in the campaign, claiming credit for her rise to the governor’s office. Other presidential candidates, well aware of her popularity with Iowa voters, rose to her defense.
Those included Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been the beneficiary of kind words from Reynolds, though she’s stopped short of violating her pledge to stay neutral in the presidential contest with an endorsement. DeSantis, whose campaign has struggled since its launch to establish him as the only plausible rival to the former president, doubled down on Saturday by saying he would consider Reynolds as a potential running mate.
At least publicly, Reynolds isn’t likely to wade into the drama. Republican strategists in Iowa say the bill signing showcased her devotion to the issues she cares about.
“She’s out there doing the right thing and we’re coming along beside her,” said Family Leader President and CEO Bob Vander Plaats, who introduced her. “She is arguably the best governor in the country.”
Reynolds decided to sign the bill at Friday’s event to celebrate the victory with those who have spent years fighting for new restrictions on abortion. The audience of a couple thousand people — including conservative leaders, presidential hopefuls and national news outlets — was a bonus.
Signing the bill there on Friday, with all of the attention directed toward Iowa, was a deliberate effort to drive a national conversation.
“I love it when we’re leading and showing other governors in other states that we can get it done,” Reynolds said in February to the Des Moines Register.
Reynolds has said she is not entertaining rumors about her prospects as a 2024 Republican running mate. Still, the governor has not shied away from plunging into the middle of the campaign or comparing her record favorably to those who are running for president.
“I’m proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with them united in our respect for life,” she said Friday of the presidential candidates who addressed the forum.
The feeling appeared to be mutual at Friday’s event. Former Vice President Mike Pence called it a historic day, telling reporters he “couldn’t be more proud of Gov. Reynolds’ stand” on abortion. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson congratulated her, too, and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said she always “knocks it out of the park.”
Reynolds, meanwhile, tends to go her own way. She’s just as apt to press ahead on policies cutting taxes and shrinking government as the social issues that have dominated the GOP presidential campaign so far.
She is willing to put conservative issues front and center when the moment calls for it, as she did in 2018 when the original abortion ban passed. But she’s also willing to take on Republicans who challenge her, as she did in 2022 when she campaigned against incumbent lawmakers in her own party who had stood in the way of “school choice” legislation. Reynolds had made it one of her top priorities, though critics raised concerns that it would drain money from public schools.
Four races in which she intervened went in her candidate’s favor, and the legislation she pushed forward was tied up in a bow by the end of the first month of this year’s legislative session.
Reynolds also hasn’t been afraid to buck party orthodoxy, signing an executive order on the restoration of voting rights for former felons and proposing things like over-the-counter birth control.
“Let Iowans know what you’re going to do? Tell them your plan and then execute? Follow through on your promises that you’ve made? Wow,” Reynolds said with a laugh in a radio interview Thursday. “Shocking.”
Her success in Iowa garnered attention even before 2024 candidates officially entered the race. She was chosen to give the GOP response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last year, and she was named to lead the Republican Governors Association after a robust win in her reelection campaign.
But with the caucus campaign well underway, Reynolds is poised to stay in the middle of things. She announced Monday that she’s invited each of the GOP candidates for a public one-on-one with her at the state fair in August, a must-attend for presidential hopefuls.
In the meantime, her administration will be defending the state’s abortion law in court.
“The work that we’ve done together from the statehouse to the public square is making a difference,” Reynolds said Friday. “But as you all know, our work is not done.” | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-embraces-role-as-a-key-player-in-republican-presidential-race/ | 2023-07-17 19:30:21 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-embraces-role-as-a-key-player-in-republican-presidential-race/ |
WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, December 24, 2022
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
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National Weather Service Pendleton OR
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
The weather system that brought a wintry mixture of snow, sleet
and freezing rain has moved to the east and out of the area.
Therefore the Winter Weather Advisory will end at 7 PM.
...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM PST THIS EVENING...
Therefore the Winter Storm Warning will end at 7 PM.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation. Additional snow
accumulations of up to one inch and ice accumulations of
around one tenth of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 25 mph.
* WHERE...East Slopes of the Washington Cascades.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Plan on hazardous travel with slippery road
conditions. Power outages and tree damage are likely due to
the ice.
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- AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network from the Novartis Foundation, Microsoft AI for Health and NYU School of Global Public Health uses data and analytics to target heart health inequity
- Additional cities will be announced soon, with each city program examining the influence of different factors impacting heart health, such as structural racism, housing or education
- AI4HealthyCities challenges the current reality where neighboring zip codes have drastic differences in their residents' heart health
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New York is the first city to be announced in the new AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network, which aims to reimagine how cities tackle heart health inequities.
"Whether at a global or local level, health inequities are shaped by economic status and access to resources," said Dr Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation. "In New York and other cities, we believe that data and AI-driven insights can help stakeholders make informed decisions on impactful urban heart health interventions that ultimately reach the greatest number of people."
AI4HealthyCities aims to bring together data from the health and health influencing sectors and apply innovative data science techniques to provide authorities and other decision makers with insights about the main drivers of cardiovascular disease – the world's number one cause of death and disability.1 As health is not only influenced by quality of healthcare, but also by the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, and age, these data-driven insights could increase understanding about how heart health could be improved by modifying some of the underlying social, economic or environmental determinants of health. This includes factors as diverse as housing, access to healthy food, physical exercise or green space, education, professional occupation, pollution, migration, and the influence of structural racism and agism.
The AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network was created by the Novartis Foundation and developed in collaboration with Microsoft AI for Health. The Novartis Foundation is convening this new network as part of its commitment to help cities tackle the burning health issues of our time – cardiovascular disease and health inequity – by using data and analytics to re-engineer reactive care systems into proactive, predictive and preventive health systems that keep people healthy. In New York City, the initiative is run in partnership with the New York University School of Global Public Health; the public hospital system NYC Health + Hospitals; and the city health authorities.
Dr José Pagán, Professor of Public Health Policy and Management at the NYU School of Global Public Health and Chair of the Board of Directors of NYC Health + Hospitals, New York City's public hospital system, said: "Where people live and work in New York, and their degree of social and economic disadvantage, have a bigger impact on their risk of developing cardiovascular disease than their access to healthcare. This initiative will give us better insights into the cardiovascular health of New Yorkers in an effort to identify the most pressing issues to address and shape our city's policies."
The initiative could help urban policymakers better target health resources towards the interventions that could have the greatest impact on heart health.
Dr Mitchell Katz, President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, said: "Health equity is central to the mission and values of NYC Health + Hospitals. Finding new ways to use data on social determinants of health and cardiovascular disease can help us inform our work and delivery on the promise of enabling all New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives."
Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Data Scientist at Microsoft, said: "Combining anonymized population data from many different sources enables us to use machine learning to go down to street level in assessing levels of cardiovascular risk. If properly applied this could revolutionize preventive interventions in heart health."
The Novartis Foundation will support the implementation of the initiative through global coordination and convening urban population health and cardiovascular health expertise. It will work with city authorities and their partners to translate the data insights into population health roadmaps and disseminate learnings through the AI4HealthyCities summits.
The NYU School of Global Public Health will lead the research in collaboration with Microsoft AI for Health by bringing together data on cardiovascular disease and social determinants of heart health in New York City. Microsoft AI for Health will provide the data management and analytic tools.
AI4HealthyCities is part of the Novartis Foundation's global vision to improve urban heart health and narrow health inequities. It builds on the Novartis Foundation's proven CARDIO4Cities approach, which reimagined a citywide response to reducing overall cardiovascular risk, in three initial pilot cities (São Paulo, Dakar and Ulaanbaatar). In each city, the initiative tripled blood pressure control rates, sometimes bringing the control rates to better levels than those achieved in European countries. The Novartis Foundation is currently expanding the approach to include other cardiovascular risk factors, such as high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity, in São Paulo, Dakar, and Ho Chi Minh City.
About the Novartis Foundation
The Novartis Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Switzerland. For over 40 years, we have helped improve the health of low-income populations, initially supporting disease elimination in areas such as leprosy and malaria. Today, we tackle the burning issues of our time, cardiovascular diseases and health inequity. We take a population health approach, which means bringing together existing but disconnected data to help authorities understand the root causes of unequal health outcomes, and define the best ways and best partners to remediate those. This empowers governments to transform their health systems from being reactive to proactive, predictive and preventative, and achieve health equity among the populations they serve.
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Man dies after crashing limousine into Brandenburg Gate
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BERLIN (AP) — German police said Monday that a man has died after crashing a limousine into Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate.
Images from the scene show the mangled wreck of the vehicle between two pillars of the capital's popular sightseeing spot.
There was no immediate information about the identity of the driver.
Police said initial information indicated that other people weren't harmed in the crash, which happened shortly before midnight.
Parts of the Brandenburg Gate were covered in soot, but there appeared to be no major damage to the structure. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Man-dies-after-crashing-limousine-into-17720412.php | 2023-01-16 10:06:59 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Man-dies-after-crashing-limousine-into-17720412.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pared part of their proposed minimum tax on huge corporations and made other changes in their giant economic bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday, as they drove toward delivering a campaign-season victory to President Joe Biden on his domestic agenda.
In an unusual peek at closed-door bargaining, Schumer, D-N.Y., said Democrats dropped a proposed tax boost on hedge fund executives after pivotal centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., said she would otherwise vote "no." Schumer said that in its place, the measure now has a new tax — which others said will be 1% — on the shares companies buy back of their own stock, netting the government far more revenue.
"Sen. Sinema said she would not vote for the bill" or even vote to let debate begin unless private equity tax was removed from the legislation, Schumer told reporters. "So we had no choice."
He spoke a day after he and Sinema announced compromise revisions to the environment, health care and tax package. With final numbers still to be calculated, the overall measure raises over $700 billion in revenue — including more robust IRS tax collections — using most of it for energy, climate and health initiatives and reducing federal deficits by $300 billion.
The accord puts Democrats on the verge of a more modest yet striking resurrection of many of Biden domestic aspirations that appeal strongly to party voters. Those include taxing big business, restraining prescription drug prices, slowing climate change, helping families afford private insurance and trimming federal deficits.
In another change, Schumer said a proposed 15% minimum tax on mammoth corporations had been trimmed and would now raise $258 billion over the coming decade, down from $313 billion. That provision, which has been the legislation's biggest revenue raiser, will now let those companies depreciate their equipment costs more quickly, lowering the government's tax take and helping manufacturers who buy expensive machinery. The new tax is expected to apply to around 150 companies with income exceeding $1 billion.
Democrats plan for the Senate to begin considering the bill Saturday, and the House will return next Friday for votes. The measure is sure to face unanimous Republican opposition in the 50-50 Senate, where the backing of Sinema and all other Democrats will be needed for passage, along with Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote.
"This bill is a game changer for working families and our economy," Biden said at the White House.
Republicans say the measure will worsen inflation — a premier concern of voters — discourage companies from hiring workers and raise already high energy costs with its taxes.
"The pain at the pump is going to get worse, and it's not just on the cost of energy to drive your car," said Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the Senate's No. 3 GOP leader. "It's also the energy to heat your home, energy that powers our country, energy for electricity."
Nonpartisan analysts have said the legislation will have a modest impact on inflation and the economy.
"We're feeling pretty good," Schumer said about the legislation. "It's what the country so desperately needs. And it's what Democrats will deliver on in the coming days."
The measure will also include $4 billion sought by Western senators to help their states cope with ruinous drought conditions, according to Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo. The group had sought $5 billion.
Still other changes are possible. The Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, is expected to soon say whether some provisions violate the chamber's budget procedures and should be erased. Democrats are using special rules that would let them overcome GOP opposition and pass the package without needing the 60 votes most bills require.
Potentially vulnerable provisions include language requiring pharmaceutical makers to pay penalties if they raise prices above inflation for drugs that patients get from private insurers.
The bill faces a long weekend, including a "vote-a-rama" of unlimited, non-stop votes on amendments, which will mostly come from Republicans. Most are destined to lose, though the GOP hopes some will box Democrats into votes that would create campaign-ad fodder.
Taxing executives of private equity firms, such as hedge funds, has long been a goal of progressives. Under current law, those executives can pay significantly less than the top 37% individual tax rate on their income, which is called "carried interest."
That measure was also a favorite of conservative Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a long-time holdout against larger versions of Biden's domestic plans who helped write the compromise legislation with Schumer.
But progressives also support taxing publicly traded companies that buy back their own stocks, a move that critics say artificially drives up stock prices and diverts money from investing. The buyback tax will net $74 billion over 10 years, much more than the $13 billion the "carried interest" plan would have raised.
In a breakthrough Thursday night, Sinema said she'd agreed to changes in the legislation and was ready to "move forward" on the bill. In his own statement, Schumer said he believed the agreement "will receive the support of the entire" Democratic membership of the chamber. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/dems-change-some-tax-provisions-as-they-ready-economic-bill | 2022-08-05 21:17:32 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/dems-change-some-tax-provisions-as-they-ready-economic-bill |
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) announced today that it has changed the date and time of its previously announced third quarter of fiscal year 2023 earnings conference call to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 8, 2023. The call will be webcast, and the Company will release its results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 after market close on that date.
A live webcast of the conference call will be available online on a listen-only basis at www.universalcorp.com. A replay of the webcast conference call will be available at that site through May 8, 2023. A taped replay of the call will also be available from 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on February 8th through February 21, 2023, at (866) 813-9403. The telephone replay identification number is 778598.
All remarks made during the conference call will be current at the time of the call, and the language of the call will not be updated to reflect subsequent material developments.
While news media representatives will not be able to ask questions during the webcast, they are welcome to monitor the remarks on a listen-only basis. The use of any comments made by Universal employees or other participants during the call will be restricted for background use only and not for attribution. The contents of the presentation are the property of Universal Corporation, protected by copyright law, and may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Universal Corporation. Rebroadcast of the copyrighted call or any portion thereof is prohibited.
Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV), headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a global business-to-business agri-products supplier to consumer product manufacturers, operating in over 30 countries on five continents. We strive to be the supplier of choice for our customers by leveraging our farmer base, our commitment to a sustainable supply chain, and our ability to provide high-quality, customized, traceable, value-added agri-products essential for our customers' requirements. We find innovative solutions to serve our customers and have been meeting their agri-product needs for more than 100 years. Our principal focus since our founding in 1918 has been tobacco, and we are the leading global leaf tobacco supplier. Through our plant-based ingredients platform, we provide a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce high-quality, specialty vegetable- and fruit-based ingredients as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for the food and beverage end markets. For more information, visit www.universalcorp.com.
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Rolling Cash 5" game were:
10-18-27-32-37
(ten, eighteen, twenty-seven, thirty-two, thirty-seven)
Estimated jackpot: $130,000
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Houston and Kansas remained firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday after a record weekend of Top 25 losses, while Florida Atlantic took advantage of the chaos to crack the ranking for the first time in school history.
Eleven teams in the Top 25 went down on Saturday, tying a record that has stood for nearly 12 years, while Connecticut and Marquette also lost on Sunday to give the AP poll one of its biggest shakeups in recent history.
The banged-up Cougars, who had to fight off South Florida to avoid their own upset loss, watched their advantage over the Jayhawks shrink ever so slightly, pulling in 34 of 60 first-place votes from a national media panel. Kansas received 23 votes to remain second while Purdue picked up the remaining three to stay third.
Alabama remained at No. 4 while UCLA, riding a 13-game winning streak, climbed two spots to round out the top five.
“We’ve dodged a lot of bullets this year in terms of injuries and stuff. Sometimes you just got to get lucky,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said. “I thought we got lucky (against South Florida). We could’ve lost that game.”
Plenty of other teams weren’t so fortunate.
Tennessee fell four spots to No. 9 after losing to unranked Kentucky; UConn dropped from sixth to No. 15 after falling to Marquette and St. John’s, giving the Huskies four losses in their last five games; Arizona fell two to No. 11 after losing to Oregon and Kansas State fell two to No. 13 after losing to TCU; Arkansas plummeted 10 spots to No. 25 after losses to Alabama and Vanderbilt; and Missouri and Wisconsin dropped out altogether after each lost twice last week.
Kansas may have had the most impressive week, beating Oklahoma on Tuesday before squeaking by Iowa State 62-60 on Saturday — though the Cyclones were notable enough in defeat that they actually climbed two spots to No. 12 in the poll.
“We can play better, but it was a great week,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. “I don’t mean to say this in a way that comes off wrong, but people would get fired up to play against Kansas because of time, and then you add a national championship onto it, I mean, it’s a big game for folks. Big games for us, too. So sometimes I think we look at it like, ‘Well, we should be doing this better,’ which is true in some cases, but sometimes we’re getting some pretty good efforts from other opponents.
“So being able to win those games,” Self said, “I think, is a mark of a pretty decent team.”
Gonzaga climbed to sixth in the poll Monday and was followed by Texas, Xavier, Tennessee and Virginia. Arizona was 11th, with the Cyclones ahead of Big 12 rivals Kansas State and TCU. UConn, Auburn, Miami, Charleston, Clemson and Marquette made the top 20. The final five were Baylor, Providence, Rutgers, FAU and Arkansas.
FAU, which has just one NCAA Tournament appearance in three decades of Division I hoops, continued its rise under Dusty May, a onetime student manager for Bob Knight who also worked for Mike White at Florida.
“This group is very poised,” May said of his Owls, who have won 15 straight after an early loss to Ole Miss. “Even when there’s friction, they stay together and love each other and support each other. That’s a sign of a really good team.”
RISING AND FALLING
Xavier climbed four spots to No. 8 after pushing its winning streak to 11 games, Charleston also moved up four to No. 18 on the heels of its 17-game winning streak, while Marquette moved up five spots despite its close loss to the Musketeers.
Arkansas took the biggest tumble, falling 10 spots to No. 25, while UConn dropped nine to No. 15.
IN AND OUT
Clemson debuted at No. 19 after coach Brad Brownell picked up his 400th victory and the Tigers improved on the best start in ACC play in school history (7-0) with a 72-64 win over Duke on Saturday. Baylor, Rutgers and FAU also entered the poll at the expense of San Diego State, Wisconsin, Missouri and the Blue Devils.
“If you’re going to be good, you need to have a superpower,” Brownell said. “Maybe it’s defense, shooting, rebounding — you know, hopefully it’s multiple things to be really good. I think our superpower is our camaraderie. The unity, the genuine care and love for one another, is clearly evident. I think that’s why we’re winning.”
WAITING IN THE WINGS
North Carolina State and Saint Mary’s are the first teams to land outside the Top 25, while North Carolina State went from receiving no votes a week ago to nearly making the poll after wins over Virginia Tech and Miami.
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You never know when a simple act of kindness can make someones day.
At the crowded Seattle Tacoma International airport a lone traveler sat waiting at his gate when a service dog named Cora sat down next to him. The Welsh corgi seemed to be guided straight to the man. Cora’s owner approached and apologized at once, asking if the dog was bothering him. The man was eagerly petting Cora with tears in his eyes as he replied, “No, no. I lost my dog last night.” Cora’s owner explained that the dog has a gift for knowing who is hurting. We hoo-mans may not have this sense, so it never hurts to err on the side of kindness. There are so many ways to change someone’s day, from giving them your place in line to paying for their meal.
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DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be required to have blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving.
The recommendation, if enacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, could reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes, one of the biggest causes of highway deaths in the U.S.
The new push to make roads safer was included in a report released Tuesday about a horrific crash last year in which a drunk driver collided head-on with another vehicle near Fresno, California, killing both adult drivers and seven children.
NHTSA said this week that roadway deaths in the U.S. are at crisis levels. Nearly 43,000 people were killed last year, the greatest number in 16 years, as Americans returned to roads after pandemic stay-at-home orders.
Early estimates show fatalities rising again through the first half of this year, but they declined from April through June, which authorities are hoping is a trend.
The NTSB, which has no regulatory authority and can only ask other agencies to act, said the recommendation is designed to put pressure on NHTSA to move. It could be effective as early as three years from now.
“We need NHTSA to act. We see the numbers,” NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy said. “We need to make sure that we’re doing all we can to save lives.”
The NTSB, she said, has been pushing NHTSA to explore alcohol monitoring technology since 2012. “The faster the technology is implemented the more lives that will be saved,” she said.
The recommendation also calls for systems to monitor a driver’s behavior, making sure they’re alert. She said many cars now have cameras pointed at the driver, which have the potential to limit impaired driving.
But Homendy says she also understands that perfecting the alcohol tests will take time. “We also know that it’s going to take time for NHTSA to evaluate what technologies are available and how to develop a standard.”
A message was left Tuesday seeking comment from NHTSA.
The agency and a group of 16 automakers have been jointly funding research on alcohol monitoring since 2008, forming a group called Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety.
The group has hired a Swedish company to research technology that would automatically test a driver’s breath for alcohol and stop a vehicle from moving if the driver is impaired, said Jake McCook, spokesman for the group. The driver wouldn’t have to blow into a tube, and a sensor would check the driver’s breath, McCook said.
Another company is working on light technology that could test for blood alcohol in a person’s finger, he said. Breath technology could be ready by the end of 2024, while the touch technology would come about a year later.
It could take one or two more model years after automakers get the technology for it to be in new vehicles, McCook said.
Once the technology is ready, it will take years for it to be in most of the roughly 280 million vehicles on U.S. roads.
Under last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law, Congress required NHTSA to make automakers install alcohol monitoring systems within three years. The agency can seek an extension. In the past it has been slow to enact such requirements.
The legislation doesn’t specify the technology, only that it must “passively monitor” a driver to determine if they are impaired.
In 2020, the most recent figures available, 11,654 people died in alcohol-related crashes, according to NHTSA data. That’s about 30% of all U.S. traffic deaths, and a 14% increase over 2019 figures, the last full year before the coronavirus pandemic, the NTSB said.
In the fatal crash included in the report, a 28-year-old driver of an SUV was headed home from a 2021 New Year’s Day party where he had been drinking. The SUV went off the right side of State Route 33, crossed the center line and hit a Ford F-150 pickup truck head-on near Avenal, California.
The pickup was carrying 34-year-old Gabriela Pulido and seven children ages 6 to 15 home after a trip to Pismo Beach. The truck quickly caught fire and bystanders couldn’t save the passengers, the NTSB said.
The SUV driver’s blood alcohol level was 0.21%, nearly three times California’s legal limit. He also had marijuana in his system, but the agency said the alcohol was more than enough to severely impair his driving. The SUV was traveling 88-to-98 miles per hour (142 to 158 kilometers per hour), the report said.
The crash happened less than a second from when the Journey re-entered the road, giving Pulido no time to avoid the collision, the NTSB said.
Juan Pulido, 37, whose wife and four children were killed in the crash, said he’s happy the NTSB is pushing for alcohol monitoring because it could stop another person from losing loved ones. “It’s something that their families have to live with,” he said. “It doesn’t go away tomorrow.”
Pulido’s lawyer, Paul Kiesel, says driver monitoring systems also could stop crashes caused by medical problems or drowsiness, saving anguish and billions in hospital treatment costs. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NTSB-wants-all-new-vehicles-to-check-drivers-for-17454671.php | 2022-09-20 18:33:02 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NTSB-wants-all-new-vehicles-to-check-drivers-for-17454671.php |
Astros vs. Guardians: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
Alex Bregman and the Houston Astros head into the first of a three-game series against Steven Kwan and the Cleveland Guardians at Minute Maid Park, Monday at 8:10 PM ET.
Oddsmakers list the Astros as -190 moneyline favorites, while giving the underdog Guardians +155 moneyline odds to win. A 9-run over/under has been set for the game.
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Astros vs. Guardians Odds & Info
- Date: Monday, July 31, 2023
- Time: 8:10 PM ET
- TV: SportsNet SW
- Location: Houston, Texas
- Venue: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Astros Recent Betting Performance
- In eight games as the favorite over the last 10 matchups, the Astros have a record of 5-3.
- In their last 10 games with a total, the Astros and their opponents have failed to hit the over five times.
- The Astros did not cover its most recent game with a spread.
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Astros Betting Records & Stats
- The Astros have compiled a 40-29 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58% of those games).
- Houston has a 17-7 record (winning 70.8% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -190 or shorter.
- The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Astros a 65.5% chance to win.
- In the 106 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Houston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 52 times (52-53-1).
- The Astros have an 8-8-0 record against the spread this season (covering 50% of the time).
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Austin Riley Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Reds - June 24
Published: Jun. 24, 2023 at 11:29 AM EDT|Updated: 42 minutes ago
The Atlanta Braves and Austin Riley (.395 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including two homers), battle starting pitcher Graham Ashcraft and the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
He notched a home run while going 3-for-5 in his last game against the Reds.
Austin Riley Game Info & Props vs. the Reds
- Game Day: Saturday, June 24, 2023
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Great American Ball Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Reds Starter: Graham Ashcraft
- TV Channel: BSOH
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +160)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +340)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +115)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -139)
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Austin Riley At The Plate
- Riley is batting .268 with 14 doubles, 13 home runs and 28 walks.
- Riley has reached base via a hit in 53 games this season (of 75 played), and had multiple hits in 22 of those games.
- He has gone deep in 12 games this year (16.0%), homering in 3.9% of his trips to the dish.
- In 37.3% of his games this year, Riley has driven in at least one run. In 10 of those games (13.3%) he recorded two or more RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- In 48.0% of his games this year (36 of 75), he has scored, and in eight of those games (10.7%) he has scored more than once.
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Austin Riley Home/Away Batting Splits
Reds Pitching Rankings
- The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Reds pitching staff ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Reds have the 27th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.93).
- Reds pitchers combine to allow 102 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (to rank 24th in the league).
- Ashcraft gets the start for the Reds, his 14th of the season. He is 3-5 with a 6.78 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 65 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent time out on Thursday, June 8, the right-hander tossed 2 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving up three earned runs while surrendering three hits.
- The 25-year-old has an ERA of 6.78, with 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings, in 13 games this season. Opponents are hitting .288 against him.
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Loyola Chicago Ramblers (6-7, 0-1 A-10) at Davidson Wildcats (8-6, 1-1 A-10)
The Wildcats are 4-3 on their home court. Davidson ranks eighth in the A-10 shooting 32.9% from deep, led by Achile Spadone shooting 50.0% from 3-point range.
The Ramblers are 0-1 in conference games. Loyola Chicago is sixth in the A-10 with 13.8 assists per game led by Braden Norris averaging 4.1.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Foster Loyer is scoring 17.0 points per game and averaging 4.8 rebounds for the Wildcats. Sam Mennenga is averaging 15.2 points and 7.0 rebounds over the last 10 games for Davidson.
Norris is averaging 11.2 points and 4.1 assists for the Ramblers. Philip Alston is averaging 13.9 points over the last 10 games for Loyola Chicago.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 5-5, averaging 67.2 points, 29.8 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 5.2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.6 points per game.
Ramblers: 4-6, averaging 67.4 points, 28.6 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 5.4 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.8 points.
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Part of Sherman Blvd. to close for zoo construction
Published: Jul. 7, 2023 at 9:29 AM EDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - City leaders say another road closure will be taking place in the Summit City.
Sherman Boulevard will be closed starting Sunday, July 9, between Franke Park Drive and Louisedale Drive.
Officials say zoo construction is causing the road closure.
They say there will be a marked detour using Coliseum Boulevard, Lima Road, and Wells Street.
City leaders say construction should be complete by July 21.
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As the economy stalls, big tech companies prepare for tougher times By Shannon Bond Published July 29, 2022 at 7:20 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:34 The pandemic fueled a tech boom, but now tech companies are scaling back hiring and hunkering down for a tougher economy than expected. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.nepm.org/2022-07-29/as-the-economy-stalls-big-tech-companies-prepare-for-tougher-times | 2022-07-29 12:01:22 | 0 | https://www.nepm.org/2022-07-29/as-the-economy-stalls-big-tech-companies-prepare-for-tougher-times |
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ Bloomin' Brands Inc. (BLMN) on Friday reported third-quarter net income of $32 million.
On a per-share basis, the Tampa, Florida-based company said it had profit of 34 cents.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 33 cents per share.
The owner of Outback Steakhouse and other casual dining spots posted revenue of $1.06 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.05 billion.
For the current quarter ending in December, Bloomin' Brands expects its per-share earnings to range from 63 cents to 73 cents.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $1.12 billion to $1.15 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter.
Bloomin' Brands expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.45 to $2.55 per share, with revenue ranging from $4.44 billion to $4.47 billion.
Bloomin' Brands shares have increased 7.5% since the beginning of the year. The stock has increased slightly more than 4% in the last 12 months.
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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The bond has been set for a Vandalia woman who is facing a homicide charge after a high-speed crash in October 2022.
According to Prosecuting Attorney Mat Heck, 30-year-old Amanda King was allegedly driving at approximately 90 miles an hour when she ran a red light on Peters Pike at the intersection with Little York Road. King then allegedly struck a vehicle driven by 73-year-old Hattie White, which landed on its top, trapping White inside.
White was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene.
King was indicted on one count of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide on April 25, 2023.
On April 27, King was arraigned and her bond was set at $75,000. She is scheduled to next appear in court on May 11. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/crime/bond-set-for-driver-charged-in-fatal-butler-twp-crash/ | 2023-04-27 14:40:39 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/crime/bond-set-for-driver-charged-in-fatal-butler-twp-crash/ |
LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - College sports fans in Michigan will get a new experience this season: purchasing alcohol during the game.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 247 on Tuesday, which allows public universities to obtain liquor licenses to sell alcoholic beverages during football, basketball and hockey games.
The law will allow Michigan State University and the University of Michigan to become the 12th and 13th Big Ten Conference schools to allow alcohol sales at football games. Only one school in the conference now bans alcohol sales.
Whitmer said schools can generate additional revenue with alcohol sales, which can be directed to improve programs for students.
"I am proud that we are getting this done and making fall evenings at the Spartan Stadium or the Big House safer and more fun," she said.
Whitmer pointed out that allowing alcohol sales during games may reduce incidents of binge drinking and problematic behavior during tailgates beforehand. She said Ohio State University reported fewer incidents involving intoxicated fans after the Buckeyes allowed alcohol sales.
Democrat State Sen. Sean McCann of Kalamazoo said the issue boils down to fairness, because alcohol sales have been allowed in private luxury boxes but not for rank-and-file fans in the stands.
"It is a basic issue of equality to patrons: why should VIPs get to enjoy the beverage of their choice and other attendees not?," he said. "This levels the playing field and will allow all patrons 21 and over at intercollegiate sporting events the ability to enjoy the event with the beverage of their choice."
Michigan lawmakers considered similar legislation last year, but the bills failed to pass in time before the legislative term ended on Dec. 31, 2022. The bills passed and were enacted on their second try. | https://www.abc12.com/news/state/whitmer-signs-bill-allowing-alcohol-sales-at-college-sporting-events/article_2a142c5c-2637-11ee-baa0-8f93fd5182da.html | 2023-07-19 16:38:30 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/state/whitmer-signs-bill-allowing-alcohol-sales-at-college-sporting-events/article_2a142c5c-2637-11ee-baa0-8f93fd5182da.html |
While declaring victory in the 3rd Congressional District election, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has touched on some points that should be heeded by both major political parties.
“Right up to the end, far-away pundits and prognosticators said this race couldn’t be won,” the Democrat said in a statement. “They dismissed the possibility that a moderate Democrat focused on prioritizing the needs of this district over partisan point scoring could win in a rural, working-class district.”
Perez has been declared the winner by major media outlets following the latest release of ballot counts. That does not mean the count has been completed; it means that people who study such things believe that Republican Joe Kent has no path to victory.
Kent responded on Twitter: “What the media says is irrelevant, it’s another narrative designed to stop voters from ballot curing and to force me to concede — not gonna happen. We’re on the streets ballot curing. The fight goes on while the talking heads talk.”
Indeed, nothing is official until Nov. 29, when results are certified by officials in the seven counties that comprise the 3rd District.
If the results hold, we encourage Kent to graciously concede. Such grace is not a foregone conclusion; Kent has been an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud in the 2020 presidential campaign. But allowing our region and our nation to effectively move forward and deal with pressing issues requires that the results of free and fair elections be accepted.
Throughout the campaign, Kent has appeared more interested in raising his national profile than in working for the good of the 3rd District. His response to the final results will indicate whether he is honorably concerned with the direction of the nation or whether he is fixated on personal celebrity status.
Meanwhile, the statement from Perez’s campaign unearths several political truths.
One is that prognosticators gave her little chance to win. Prior to Election Day, FiveThirtyEight.com — which crunches the numbers from various polls — had Kent with a 98% chance at victory.
More important, Perez touched upon her legitimate status as a moderate Democrat.
She is a resident of rural Skamania County, not a big-city liberal who can be easily demonized by conservative media as out of touch with “regular” people. She co-owns and operates an auto repair shop with her husband. And she eschews liberal dogma — for example, by supporting gun rights. During the campaign, she stressed that she will not support Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House (if Democrats retain control), pointing to Pelosi as an out-of-touch politician.
Perez also correctly criticizes political “point scoring.” Many a midterm campaign across the nation focused on red meat issues or blue dog rhetoric without focusing on the problems facing the nation. Perez, instead, noted that we all would benefit from electing people “with experience outside of Congress” and that “Congress doesn’t look like America.”
A freshman congresswoman from Southwest Washington would not single-handedly change that; nor would she be able to alter the direction of her party. But Perez’s understanding of the 3rd Congressional District provides hope that she will grow into an effective voice for the issues that matter to us.
If Perez does, indeed, win the election, it will be a powerful lesson to both parties about the kind of candidates they should be promoting. | https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/marie-gluesenkamp-perezs-message-is-a-clarion-call-for-both-parties/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-11-15 19:04:37 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/marie-gluesenkamp-perezs-message-is-a-clarion-call-for-both-parties/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
The Biden administration is threatening to veto Republican-led legislation that would restrict the release of oil from the country’s emergency reserve.
“If Congress were to pass H.R. 21, the president would veto it. He will not allow the American people to suffer because of the backwards agenda that House Republicans are advancing,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters during a White House press briefing.
The legislation would require the federal government to develop a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for new oil and gas production in order to withdraw oil from the strategic reserve. It includes an exception for “severe energy supply” interruptions.
House Republicans are slated to take up the bill this week.
The Energy secretary said on Monday that the bill would “needlessly aim to weaken the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s [SPR] usefulness as a tool to ensure energy security in America.”
She added that it “risks raising these gas prices and making it harder to offer Americans relief in the future.”
In response to similar criticism from Granholm last week, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), pointed to the exception for emergencies.
“If the President declares an emergency resulting from an energy supply disruption, the Secretary has full authority to utilize the SPR—HR 21 will not change or hamper that,” Rodgers said in a written statement, adding that the legislation “simply addresses the politically-motivated use of the SPR.”
Last year, in response to fuel price spikes following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden announced the largest-ever release of oil from the U.S.’s strategic reserve.
The move faced backlash from Republicans, who argued that it was political and used it to critique the administration’s energy policies.
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MICHIGAN CITY — Hammond, Merrillville and Crown Point have sports complexes. Valparaiso is planning to build one, and Portage is thinking about it.
Councilman Michael Mack wants to fulfill his dream of building one here.
Mack, D-3rd, let the council know that he plans to ask for up to $250,000 for American Structurepoint to do a feasibility study that would help the city determine what kind of facility to build, along with where and how.
“I believe we must invest in structures that can build and unite people here in Michigan City,” he said. Mack has advocated for the youth sports facility his entire term on the council.
Michigan City is expecting a population boom as a result of the Double Track Northwest Indiana project and developers’ intense interest in building housing in the city’s center. However, it lacks facilities to meet the growing demand for organized youth activities, Mack said.
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“Many of our young athletes are forced to travel long distances,” eliminating some income groups from participating, he said. “A new athletics complex would not only provided needed resources for our youth sports programs, but it would also provide needed benefits to the city.”
Construction would create jobs, and operating it would generate additional revenue, he said. Plus, it could draw regional and national tournaments.
Mack toured Hammond’s complex and was shocked to find that Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. wished the facility had been larger. Charter schools and home-schoolers want events there as well. “There’s just a lot of benefits that you don’t see,” he said.
The group that built the Merrillville facility is interested in investing in Michigan City, he said: “Let’s give our young athletes the facilities they deserve.”
Michigan City has many potential locations for such a complex, and Mack wants the study to identify the best site. He expects the proposal to include multiple fields and courts, concessions and other amenities.
The study could be paid for with American Rescue Plan Act or riverboat funds, he suggested.
Council attorney Jewell Harris is drafting the legislation for the study. Mack plans to introduce it this month or in early February.
In other action, the council unanimously voted for Councilman Sean Fitzpatrick, D-6th, to serve as president and Councilman Don Przybylinski, D-at large, to remain vice president.
“I’d like to thank Councilwoman Deuitch for a great year of leadership,” Fitzpatrick said. "I’ve got some big shoes to fill. It’s a hard act to follow."
Angie Nelson Deuitch, who is running for mayor, was nominated to retain the council presidency but quickly declined. Fitzpatrick appointed her instead as parliamentarian.
Przybylinski thanked Deuitch for her leadership, including “touchy situations” with ARPA funding.
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Data includes results for innovative, proprietary predictive biomarkers developed using company's molecular profiling platform
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Strata Oncology, Inc. ("Strata"), a next-generation precision oncology company enabling smarter and earlier cancer treatment, today announced that it will present new data in four scientific posters at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023, taking place April 14-19, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.
The data to be presented includes results for innovative, proprietary predictive biomarkers for fam-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-nxki, sacituzumab govitecan and pembrolizumab. Strata has developed these biomarkers and others using data collected through an observational clinical trial protocol called the Strata Trial® (NCT03061305). All of these biomarkers take advantage of the company's unique molecular profiling platform that combines DNA and quantitative RNA sequencing on a single small tumor tissue sample.
"Strata Oncology is leading the way in bringing expression-based therapies, such as antibody-drug conjugates and immunotherapies, into the precision era with highly quantitative RNA and multivariate predictive treatment selection algorithms," said Scott Tomlins, M.D., Ph.D., Strata Oncology co-founder and chief medical officer. "Data from the Strata Trial is allowing us to identify new biomarker-guided patient populations for therapies already on the market, thus opening up treatment pathways that can drive better outcomes for more people. We look forward to sharing our latest advances at the AACR meeting."
Poster presentation details:
Poster Title: 968/19 - Evaluation of Her2 RNA expression as a potential predictive biomarker for anti-Her2 therapy
Track: Biomarkers of Therapeutic Benefit 1
Session Date and Time: Sunday Apr 16, 2023, 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Overview: Trastuzumab-deruxtecan is effective in "HER2 Low" (1+ or 2+ expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC)) breast cancer. There is increasing interest in defining a sub-population of IHC 0+ tumors that may have HER2 expression below the limit of IHC detection/quantification and may thus also be responsive. Using data from its high dynamic range assay for HER2 expression and clinical outcome data from the Strata Trial, Strata defined a HER2 RNA low threshold based on IHC from breast cancer patients. At this threshold, nearly half of 0+ breast cancers were classified as HER2 RNA Low, as were more than a quarter of non-breast solid tumors, representing tumors that may be responsive to anti-HER2 therapies. HER2 RNA Low has the potential to be an alternative biomarker to Her2 IHC Low, with the opportunity to further expand trastuzumab-deruxtecan use.
Poster Title: 2171 /13 - A multivariate biomarker predicts sacituzumab govitecan response in solid tumors
Track: Biomarkers of Therapeutic Benefit 3
Session Date and Time: Monday Apr 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Overview: Despite the recent clinical success of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), such as the TROP2-targeted ADC sacituzumab govitecan (SG), predictive biomarkers for these therapies are lacking. Leveraging DNA and RNA sequencing data and clinical outcomes data from the Strata Trial, Strata developed a multivariate biomarker algorithm, which combines TROP2 and proliferation by gene expression with tumor cellularity, that produced biomarker positive rates correlating with the objective response rates observed for SG in the IMMU-12-01 basket trial. The multivariate biomarker accounts for 67% of the variability observed in SG response rates and may thus identify patients likely to benefit from SG. Interestingly, most tumor types had biomarker positive rates >5%, suggesting the potential for a tumor type-agnostic approach to patient selection. The biomarker has the potential to improve the selection of patients who are more likely to benefit from SG and may be generalizable to other ADCs.
Poster Title: CT059 / 17 - StrataPATH™: a multicohort, non-randomized, open-label phase 2 trial to explore efficacy and safety of FDA-approved cancer therapies in novel biomarker-guided patient population
Track: Phase II and Phase III Clinical Trials in Progress
Session Date and Time: Monday Apr 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Overview: The Strata Precision Indications for Approved Therapies (Strata PATH™; NCT05097599) trial is a non-randomized open-label, prospective pan-tumor therapeutic trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of multiple FDA-approved cancer therapies in new, biomarker-guided patient populations. Enrollment into a cohort of this basket trial is based on novel biomarkers including DNA, quantitative RNA expression and novel multivariate algorithms that account for both tumor and tumor microenvironment variables hypothesized to predict improved therapeutic response. The therapeutic classes evaluated in Strata PATH include targeted therapies, antibody-drug conjugates, immunotherapies, and angiogenesis inhibitors. Strata PATH provides the next important step forward in precision medicine, guiding clinical trial and therapy selection by expanding biomarker testing to quantifiable RNA expression and multivariant algorithm based molecular testing.
Poster Title: 4348 / 23 - Validation of an integrative pan-solid tumor predictor of pembrolizumab monotherapy benefit
Track: Biomarkers of Therapeutic Benefit 4
Session Date and Time: Tuesday Apr 18, 2023, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Overview: Strata previously reported the development and validation of an integrative Immunotherapy Response Score (IRS) algorithm, which integrates tumor mutation burden (TMB) and quantitative gene expression of tumor and tumor microenvironment biomarkers to predict anti-PD-1 or PD-L1 (together anti-PD-[L]1) monotherapy benefit across solid tumors from routine formalin fixed paraffin embedded samples. Strata has now evaluated IRS performance for predicting immunotherapy benefit in a second, independent validation cohort of patients treated with pembrolizumab monotherapy. As seen before, pembrolizumab monotherapy real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS) was significantly longer in IRS-high vs. IRS-low patients. In a case cross-over analysis of patients treated with systemic therapy prior to pembrolizumab monotherapy, pembrolizumab rwPFS was significantly longer than preceding therapy in IRS-high patients but not IRS-low patients. These results confirm the pan-solid tumor PD-(L)1 monotherapy predictive nature of the IRS biomarker.
About Strata Oncology
Strata Oncology, Inc. is a precision oncology company dedicated to delivering the best possible treatment for each patient with cancer. The company combines molecular profiling, real-world data, and a large-scale clinical trial platform to identify and deliver optimal treatments for patients with cancer. For more information visit strataoncology.com.
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Which hiking sandals are best?
Hiking is an incredible pastime for your health and overall happiness. In fact, according to the Mayo Clinic, hiking is ideal for relieving stress.
Hiking sandals let you enjoy an outdoor adventure on a warm day no matter the elements or obstacles. Mud, puddles and shallow rivers become manageable challenges instead of barriers. The exercising element combined with exposure to nature lets your body reduce stress mentally and physically in a natural way.
The top hiking sandals keep your feet dry and comfortable. They’re durable, secure, water-resistant and anti-slip for the best results on a hike.
What should I look for in a hiking sandal?
- Durability: Hiking sandals should be able to handle long treks without breaking or deteriorating.
- Customized fit: Look for a pair that can be adjusted to firmly attach to your foot, giving you optimal stability.
- All-terrain: Your hiking sandal needs to provide your foot and ankle with protection on rocks, sand, grass and more.
- All-weather: Choose sandals that can withstand the elements by ensuring they are water-resistant.
What are the benefits of hiking sandals?
- Improved foot health: Allowing your feet to breathe prevents your feet (and the sweat in your shoes) from collecting moisture and creating bacteria. Sandals also cover less surface area for blisters to develop on the foot and ankle.
- Keep you cooler: Even if there isn’t pain, when your feet get hot or moist it can be uncomfortable. Hiking sandals let the air cool your feet and keep your entire body temperature from rising too high.
- Be lighter on your feet: Hiking sandals are much lighter than hiking boots. This lets you move easier through brush and creeks without being weighed down.
Best women’s hiking sandals
Although women’s sandals can be worn by anyone, they are generally made for thinner, smaller feet. This style of hiking sandal is well equipped for outside terrain of any kind while being stylish enough to match any outdoor outfit. They often have more vibrant colors such as yellow and pink.
These are made from recycled polyester. They are an eco-friendly option with a curved design to hug your foot and a Velcro strap to secure it.
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Camel Crown Women’s Hiking Sandals
You can use these for hiking on a trail or through a shallow stream. They have a thick anti-skid sole that dries quickly after getting wet.
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Viakix Acadia Women’s Hiking Sandal
If you’re more focused on comfort and style, this is the pair of sandals for you. These have a hook-and-loop Velcro strap at the heel for quick removal.
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Atika Women’s Athena Outdoor Sandals
If you’re going through thicker brush or unknown terrain, these are a great option. They hug your foot using an elastic hook-and-lace system.
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Chaco Women’s Zcloud X2 Sandal
These are curved to the foot arch and have adjustable straps for a custom fit. This pair comes in regular and wide styles.
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Merrell Women’s Terran Lattice II
These are made of mesh and leather with a hook-and-loop clasp. They are comfortable, breathable and come in 11 colors.
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Men’s top hiking sandals
Like women’s sandals, men’s hiking sandals can be worn by any gender. The style is identified by its formation to larger feet and usually has thicker soles and straps to ensure proper protection. Due to this thicker, denser design, men’s hiking sandals are also typically heavier than women’s.
Dream Pairs Men’s Outdoor Sandals
These sandals are nearly full coverage and close snugly around the foot using an elastic hook-and-lace system. They’re excellent for new trails, rocky trails or ones with thicker brushes.
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This pair is thick and built for hiking, but lightweight. They have three-point holes to adjust the fit and a microfiber cover for cushioning.
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These are lightweight, but fit around the whole foot with maximum coverage for a sandal. You can hike in them in any terrain, whether it’s wet or dry.
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This pair has mesh and microfiber for a breathable, soft feel. They keep feet dry, cool and comfortable while protecting you from scrapes caused by trail debris.
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These are perfect for minimal impact on the environment. The soles are designed to leave little trace, and they are water-resistant with high traction.
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This pair of sandals are minimal coverage and made for all terrain on the hottest days. The cushioning is designed for maximum comfort in hiking, fishing, kayaking or any other outdoor trek.
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WSU student’s dorm death ruled suicide as family says hazing left him ‘at his breaking point’
'Luke’s suicide is a tremendous loss of life, love and potential that we continue to grieve'
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.
The January death of a Washington State University student who was discovered in his dorm has been ruled a suicide, with his parents describing how their son had said his recent hazing had left him "at his breaking point," according to officials and loved ones.
The Whitman County Coroner ruled that 19-year-old Luke Morgan Tyler died from "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of alcohol and bupropion." Bupropion is a medication commonly used to treat depression.
Tyler, a WSU freshman who grew up in Redman, was found dead in one of the Pullman campus residence halls on Jan. 22, when police responded to a 911 call, a spokesperson for the college previously said.
"We are continuing to work with the authorities to determine how in a short 4 months during his first semester at WSU, Luke went from a positive, compassionate, and kind young man to having a depression so deep that caused him to take his own life."
WSU DORM DEATH: LUKE TYLER REMEMBERED AMID HAZING ALLEGATIONS
Tyler’s friends previously described the teen as a prankster who could "make every single person laugh."
His parents, John and Colleen Tyler, wrote in a statement provided to Fox News Digital that their son’s "suicide is a tremendous loss of life, love and potential that we continue to grieve."
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"We are continuing to work with the authorities to determine how in a short 4 months during his first semester at WSU, Luke went from a positive, compassionate, and kind young man to having a depression so deep that caused him to take his own life," the family wrote. "He had shared with close friends that he was at his breaking point due to hazing at Theta Chi, and we look forward to learning the truth about his experience."
The Tylers are asking that anyone interested in honoring their son do so by donating to "The Luke Tyler Memorial Scholarship Fund."
The Tylers have created a memorial webpage for their son, and are planning a Celebration of Life for March 4. An obituary describes Tyler as "a kind, compassionate person who stood up for the underdogs. He was determined and driven, and genuinely cared about others."
"He gave the biggest hugs, had the best smile and was known to his friends as a prankster while creating an environment where everyone could have fun," the obituary states. "Luke was such a bright light, a shooting star, that came and went through our lives too quickly. Luke was a beacon of kindness to all: strangers, friends, and family. He will be greatly missed by many, whose lives he touched."
Tyler’s inner circle previously declined to speak about his experience at WSU, but pointed to an online petition created by Trevor Michalski, a friend from the Redmond area. In the petition, Michalski wrote that Tyler’s death "followed a long and cruel pledging process allowed by his fraternity.
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"Their inhumane and cruel hazing forced Luke, and many others to do things nobody should ever be forced to do," the petition further states, calling on the fraternity to be investigated.
A university spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment regarding the allegations of hazing, and would not say whether any of WSU’s fraternities were under investigation.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Silvergate Capital Corporation.
Shareholders who purchased shares of SI during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: November 9, 2021 to November 17, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's platform lacked sufficient controls and procedures to detect instances of money laundering; (2) Silvergate's customers had engaged in money laundering in amounts exceeding $425 million; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was reasonably likely to receive regulatory scrutiny and face damages, including penalties and reputational harm; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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Michael Raburn: We need city commissioners who listen to our citizens
I’m Michael Raburn, candidate for Gainesville City Commission District 2. I grew up in Plant City, first moved to Gainesville in 1988, and again in 2017 with my partner Amy and our five children. Our two daughters graduated from Santa Fe College and the University of Florida and now teach special education and work in cancer research locally.
I earned a PhD from Duke in ethics and public policy and have a wide range of experience in teaching, research, community organizing and in the construction and manufacturing industries. I am director of the GNVBridge Community Center, pastor of Gainesville Vineyard, board chair of GRACE Marketplace and a member of the city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
My campaign is focused on three main areas. First, I want to instill in our city commission a commitment to listening well and acting on the concerns and ideas of our citizens, local experts and city staff.
My experience over the past five years is that our city commission has not listened well — to anyone. They are not influenced by citizens’ concerns and needs, nor by the counsel of local experts (including many UF professors), nor by city staff. They frequently ignore everyone local, follow outside consultants of their own choosing, or just go by their own whims. When dissent grows too loud or goes too long, the commission has simply waited until later to go against the will of the people.
This is not how representative democracy works. All affected parties must be fully heard, with a seat at the decision-making table for every decision. It takes a radical patience, and a commitment more to the process than the outcome, to make this work.
We need city commissioners who listen to our citizens, who take our concerns and ideas seriously, who solicit community input and operate with real and thorough transparency. My training and experience make me an ideal choice to restore the democratic process to our city government.
A primary result of better listening will be slowing down the runaway development that is erasing our town. The citizens of Gainesville — not just the City Commission — must decide how we want our town to grow. I will make sure your voices are heard in the fight to preserve our single-family zoned neighborhoods and push back on gentrification.
Second, I am focused on restoring the central functions of city government. Our city government needs stability, fiscal responsibility and a serious commitment to our crumbling infrastructure. The turmoil and turnover of city staff has been caused by the City Commission. The failure to complete the city audit on time is the responsibility of the commission (and exacerbated by staff turnover).
Our police department is 25% understaffed. Our fire department is 15% understaffed. Our roads, traffic lights, sidewalks, crosswalks, public safety facilities and transit system are all suffering from neglect.
Third, we need a City Commission committed to growing our local economy and having it become less UF-dependent. The current commission has been content to depend on the Gainesville Regional Utilities general fund transfer and one-time federal COVID dollars. But neither of those are sustainable. The transfer is a regressive tax and a drag on the local economy.
We have lost too many businesses to Ocala and Alachua. The way to invest in our core services is by growing our local economy, not selling our city off to out-of-town landlords.
If elected, I will do all I can to transform our City Commission into one that listens well, attends to our core responsibilities and helps grow our economy in ways that benefit those of us who live here.
Michael Raburn is running for Gainesville City Commission, District 2. More opinion columns written by the candidates in this race and others running in the upcoming election can be found online at bit.ly/august22electioncolumns.
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Updated April 17, 2023 at 10:27 AM ET
The federal tax credits for electric vehicles, which have been a cause of confusion for automakers and car shoppers alike for months, are about to go through another big change.
It's all because of battery sourcing requirements that are kicking in.
The new rules, which were announced last month, require a certain percentage of battery minerals and components be sourced from North America or a U.S. trade partner. They are meant to incentivize U.S.-based production and were a part of the massive climate bill that revamped the tax credit for electric cars.
The IRS on Tuesday released an updated list of cars that will qualify under thew new battery guidelines on FuelEconomy.gov. It goes into effect on Tuesday.
Overall, General Motors and other U.S. auto makers stand to benefit the most from the revamped rules.
Several of the most popular models — like the Tesla Model Y and Chevy Bolt — will still get the full $7,500.
But starting Tuesday, a half a dozen models will get a $3,750 credit instead, and vehicles including the VW ID.4, Nissan Leaf and Rivians will lose the credit altogether.
Here's what to know.
After Tuesday, fewer vehicles will be eligible for $7,500
The $7,500 tax credit is actually two separate credits, worth $3,750 each. Right now every qualifying vehicle gets both credits, but starting April 18, vehicles could end up qualifying for neither, one, or both.
The IRS says the following vehicles will still be eligible for both tax credits, worth $7,500:
The upcoming Chevy Blazer and Chevy Equinox EVs will also be eligible for both credits.
These vehicles are now eligible for a single tax credit, worth $3,750:
And these vehicles that were recently eligible will no longer receive any tax credit after April 18:
So, if you're in the market for a Model Y or Ford Lightning, nothing is changing. You can still get the entire $7,500 credit.
But if you had your eye on a Mustang Mach-E, or you're waiting on a Tesla Model 3 RWD, getting that vehicle delivered on Monday instead of Tuesday could mean $3,750 more in tax savings. (Note that the IRS says the vehicle needs to be delivered to the taxpayer, not just ordered, on or before the 17th.)
So wait, why is the tax credit changing yet again?
Last year's climate law, championed by the Biden administration, not only overhauled the tax credit for electric cars; it also added a number of restrictions designed to shore up U.S. supply chains.
In short, the idea was that car companies that wanted to take advantage of the tax credit would need to meet complicated rules meant to boost U.S-based production.
Those rules covered not only the manufacturing of the car, but also the sourcing of the materials that go into the batteries of the vehicles.
One of the $3,750 credits focuses on the raw materials inside batteries: a certain percentage of critical minerals, like lithium, graphite and cobalt, need to be mined or processed in the U.S. or a trade partner.
The other $3,750 credit is about battery manufacturing: a certain percentage of the battery components, like anodes, cathodes and electrolytes, need to be manufactured or assembled in North America.
Determining the specific guidelines for each, however, was so complicated that Treasury effectively delayed this aspect of the climate bill from going into effect while they worked it out.
The IRS finally came up with the rules late last month, hence the change in which cars will be eligible for the tax credit.
Unsurprisingly, foreign automakers have lost the most in this domestic-manufacturing push. Hyundai and Kia lost access to the tax credit earlier because they don't yet build their EVs in North America. Now Nissan and Volkswagen can't benefit from the tax credit either, because their batteries don't have enough domestic or partner-country content.
Vehicles from four American automakers are still eligible: Tesla (the dominant EV automaker), Ford, GM and Stellantis. Rivian, another American auto company, did not hold onto its tax credit.
But beware: being 'eligible' doesn't guarantee a tax credit
In order to get a tax credit, other requirements still apply. Vehicles must meet battery size and vehicle weight requirements and, more significantly, meet these two requirements:
Features can push up the sticker price and assembly locations can vary, so for any individual car, a buyer has to check that those assembly requirements and price limits are met.
And if you want an electric car, check your income as well.
It's not just the car that needs to qualify: there's an income cap for buyers. It's based on "modified adjusted gross income" — your income after certain deductions (like retirement contributions). It's generally line 11 on your 1040 form, but if you have foreign income or income from Guam or Puerto Rico, you'll need to add those back in.
The caps for new vehicles are:
You qualify if you earned less than the cap in either the current tax year or the previous year, so a single year of high income won't disqualify you.
Start thinking about next year's taxes
This year, you also need to make sure your tax liability is big enough that you can actually use the credit. It doesn't roll over. If you qualify for a $7,500 credit but only owe $3,000, your tax bill would be reduced to zero (and you'd be refunded any money withheld from your paychecks) but the extra $4,500 goes poof; it doesn't get paid out to you.
Next year, in 2024, this will change. You'll be able to receive the tax credit as an immediate discount on the price. So as long as you qualify, you'll get the benefit — regardless of the size of your tax bill.
What about used vehicles?
There is a lower tax credit for used electric vehicles, and it's not changing.
Here's what you need to know. There is an income cap, and like with new cars, it's based on modified adjusted gross income (line 11 on your 1040, unless you have foreign income or income from a territory to adjust for). And like with new vehicles, you qualify if you are under the income cap in either the current or the previous year. The income caps for used vehicles are:
For used vehicles, the list of requirements isn't too long:
The last might be the biggest challenge. According to Cox Automotive, prices for used EVs are coming down, but the average listing price last quarter was still $43,400.
But if you find a qualifying vehicle, you can get a tax credit worth 30% percent of the sale price, up to a cap of $4,000.
Want to lease? That's easy.
Leased vehicles qualify for a separate $7,500 tax credit with no restrictions on price, income or where the car was built.
There's one wrinkle: A tax credit for a leased vehicle goes to the leasing company, not directly to the driver, so make sure that your contract actually passes the discount along to you.
The tax credits will continue to change
These rules are still in flux in many ways, including:
Long story short: If you want to buy an EV in the future, you will have to confirm at the time you purchase the vehicle whether it qualifies.
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Which digital microscopes are best?
Whether an academic researcher or a casual hobbyist, the microscope is an essential part of nearly every scientist’s toolkit. While all microscopes let you examine small samples with incredible detail, digital models make the process even more convenient by offering high-tech features and USB connectivity.
Although it is their primary function, there is more to these devices than simple magnification. The Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope is the top pick as it has a flexible arm and adjustable brightness settings.
What to know before you buy a digital microscope
Magnification levels
When shopping for a digital microscope, perhaps the most crucial detail to consider is the device’s magnification power. Most microscopes have at least 40x magnification, but you can find certain high-end models with 1,000x magnification or higher. This means that you are viewing samples 1,000 times closer than you would be able to with the naked eye.
Digital microscopes with that much power can discern fine details on the cellular level, but this won’t matter much if your device doesn’t have sufficient resolution.
Resolution
The resolution determines how well-defined your sample will be under the microscope. This is typically measured in megapixels and directly corresponds with the size of your computer’s monitor. Devices on the low end usually have a resolution of around 0.4 to 1 megapixels, which will appear normal on a 640 by 480 screen but may look blurry on anything larger. Other digital microscopes may boast a resolution of 2 or more megapixels, providing an image that’s large and detailed.
Light
Nearly every digital microscope will have some kind of light source built into its design. Most devices use light-emitting diodes to illuminate your sample and make it easier to inspect. Look for a device that offers adjustable brightness levels so you can have complete control over the lighting.
Compatibility
Look at the product details closely to make sure that the microscope you choose will be compatible with your laptop or device. Keep in mind that most digital microscopes connect via USB cable. If you use a newer computer that lacks a USB port, opt for a microscope with wireless or Bluetooth capabilities. Similarly, if your microscope uses specific software, make sure that you have all of the proper system requirements to run it.
What to look for in a quality digital microscope
Wireless
Some high-end digital microscopes have Wi-Fi or other wireless capabilities. This makes the device much more portable and gives you a better reach without the clutter of wires.
Software
Make sure that your microscope comes with a free software download. These programs will allow you to display the image on your computer screen and may come with essential tools like image capture, video recording and even effects like sharpening or color correction.
Display screen
If you buy a digital microscope for portability, look for a model with a built-in display screen. These screens are much smaller than computer monitors, but they let you take your digital microscope anywhere without the need for additional devices.
Flexible arm
Depending on the objects that you intend to examine, a microscope with an adjustable stand can be extremely helpful. In addition to vertical height adjustments, many of these devices have a flexible arm that can be bent to any position imaginable. Other digital microscopes are completely handheld, eliminating the need for an arm altogether.
How much you can expect to spend on a digital microscope
The cost of a digital microscope can vary widely depending on its power and any included features. A simple device can usually be purchased for around $40-$100, while a microscope designed for professional labs can cost $1,000 or more.
Digital microscope FAQ
How much magnification do I need?
A. While you can find microscopes that offer 1,000x magnification or more, a device with 400x magnification is more than enough for most purposes.
Can kids use a digital microscope?
A. Digital microscopes can provide a great educational opportunity for curious kids, but make sure that you choose a durable, handheld device that’s not overly complicated.
What are the best digital microscopes to buy?
Top digital microscope
Plugable USB 2.0 Digital Microscope
What you need to know: This popular digital microscope is extremely versatile and easy to install.
What you’ll love: Simply plug this microscope into your USB port, and you’ll be ready to examine your samples. This device provides up to 250x magnification with 2 megapixels for crystal clear images. The brightness is adjustable, and you can move the arm in any direction.
What you should consider: This microscope can be challenging to focus, depending on the object you’re inspecting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top digital microscope for the money
Jiusion Endoscope and Digital Microscope
What you need to know: This compact digital microscope is budget-friendly with solid metal construction.
What you’ll love: This affordable device can connect to your personal computer, Mac or smartphone and is powerful enough for 1,000x magnification. The microscope includes eight LEDs and a knob to adjust brightness and image focus.
What you should consider: While this microscope is compatible with Android phones, iPhone users will need to look elsewhere.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Carson zOrb USB Digital Microscope
What you need to know: Perfect for students and aspiring academics, this simple microscope features a unique look and durable construction.
What you’ll love: This digital microscope has an ergonomic, handheld design, making it extremely portable. It can magnify up to 65x and can capture images and record video. It’s also compatible with both PC and Mac operating systems.
What you should consider: The included USB cable isn’t very long, and the magnification power is only suitable for casual users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Republican Rep. Neal Dunn defeated Democratic Rep. Al Lawson for a north Florida congressional seat in a redrawn district that pitted the two incumbents against each other.
Dunn, a surgeon from Panama City, was elected to a fourth term in the U.S. House. Lawson, who is Black, had represented a majority-Black district that was eliminated at the insistence of GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis during redistricting triggered by the 2020 U.S. Census. That move prompted a lawsuit alleging unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, though an appeals court allowed the map to remain in place this year.
The DeSantis-ordered maneuver put the two congressmen in the same district, which is more friendly to Republican candidates. Lawson, a former state legislator from Tallahassee, was first elected to Congress in 2016.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost defeated Republican Calvin Wimbish on Tuesday for a Florida U.S. House seat, making him the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress.
As of Tuesday night, most of the Florida races for the U.S. House of Representatives had gone according to prediction, including Republican Anna Paulina Luna's win against Democrat Eric Lynn in the 13th District, a St. Petersburg-based district formerly represented by Democrat Charlie Crist.
Frost, a 25-year-old gun reform and social justice activist, ran in a heavily blue Orlando-area district being relinquished by Democratic Rep. Val Demings, who challenged Republican Sen. Marco Rubio this year.
Frost is a former March For Our Lives organizer seeking stricter gun control laws and has stressed opposition to restrictions on abortion rights. Generation Z generally refers to those born between the late 1990s to early 2010s. To become a member of Congress, candidates must be at least 25 years old.
Wimbish, a 72-year-old former Army Green Beret who called himself a “Christian, conservative, constitutionalist” candidate for office, was handily defeated.
Frost is among at least six newcomers to the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s vote from Florida as Republicans try to take advantage of an aggressively redrawn congressional map spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In the wake of the 2020 census, DeSantis had ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to adopt a map devised to maximize Republican gains — vetoing the initial GOP-backed map which largely kept intact two seats held by Black Democratic members of Congress.
Heading into this election year, Republicans held 16 seats and Democrats represented 11 from Florida in the House. Florida is gaining a 28th seat due to population growth.
The marquee races include a pair of incumbent House members — Republican Neal Dunn and Democrat Al Lawson — facing off against each other in a north Florida district that leans GOP. Lawson’s majority-Black district was scrapped by the Republican-led Legislature, which adopted a congressional map pushed by DeSantis, prompting a lawsuit alleging unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
Barring incumbent defeats, the new House members will come from six open seats, including the 13th District won by Luna after losing in 2020 to Crist.
In addition, Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy chose not to run for reelection after her redrawn district in central Florida, leading to a victory by Republican Cory Mills, which marks a switch to the GOP. And in South Florida, Democrat Ted Deutch’s retirement opened the way for fellow Democrat Jared Moskowitz to win the seat.
One truly open seat, where no incumbent was involved, was the 15th District in the Tampa area, where Republican Laurel Lee — a former Florida secretary of state — defeated Democrat Alan Cohn, a former investigative journalist.
Among races with an incumbent, Miami-area 27th District was the most closely contested and had a history of flipping back and forth between Democrats and Republicans.
In that race, Democratic state Sen. Annette Taddeo lost to first-term Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, keeping the seat in the GOP fold.
Otherwise, Florida incumbent U.S. House members are headed back to Washington, barring any upsets.
These include Republican Matt Gaetz, a top supporter of former President Donald Trump who is under federal investigation in a sex trafficking case; Democrat Kathy Castor in a Tampa-area seat; Republican Vern Buchanan, who could chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee in a GOP-led House; Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former Democratic National Committee chair; and state delegation dean and Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, first elected in 2002.
One incumbent had no opposition Tuesday: GOP Rep. John Rutherford, a former Duval County sheriff, has already won another term in north Florida’s 5th District.
The economy is weighing heavily on the minds of Florida voters. Three-quarters of them believe things in the country are heading in the wrong direction, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 3,200 voters in Florida. About half rank the economy and jobs as the most important issues facing the country.
Almost 8 in 10 voters say the nation’s economy is not so good or poor. When looking at their own family’s financial situation, about half describe it as holding steady while almost 4 in 10 say they are falling behind. However, 6 in 10 voters say they are confident they can keep up with their expenses and find a good job if needed.
For a majority, inflation is the single most important factor in the election.
Meanwhile, nearly 7 in 10 voters say the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion is an important factor in the election.
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DETROIT (AP) — About 5,000 white-collar workers at General Motors took the company’s buyout offers, which the automaker says is enough to avoid layoffs at this time.
GM said Tuesday that the offers will save about $1 billion per year in costs, about half of the $2 billion it wants to cut annually by the end of 2024. The company now has about 58,000 salaried workers in the U.S.
The buyouts come at an uncertain time for the auto industry, which is in the midst of a transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles. GM has a goal of selling only electric passenger vehicles by 2035.
The Detroit automaker and its competitors are making huge capital outlays to develop and build new electric vehicles, all while continuing to make cars, trucks and SUVs with gasoline engines. They’re also spending big to get scarce minerals and parts needed for EV batteries.
“The steps we are taking will allow us to maintain momentum, remain agile, and create a more competitive GM,” the company said in a prepared statement.
GM hopes to get the remaining $1 billion in savings by reducing vehicle complexity and expanding use of shared parts on internal combustion and electric vehicles. It also plans to cut spending across the company, including for travel and marketing, the statement said.
At a Bank of America conference Tuesday, GM Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said the company will take a $1 billion first-quarter charge because of the buyouts, but said it will save $1 billion per year as the workers leave later in in 2023. “You’ve got a pretty quick payback,” Jacobson said.
Last month GM offered buyouts to white-collar workers with at least five years of service, and global executives who have been with the company at least two years.
Jacobson said the number of workers taking the buyouts is about what GM expected. The company made the offers in an effort to reach cost goals without layoffs, he said.
“It’s important that we were willing to pay for the voluntary program to incent people to go who maybe were closer to retirement or had just decided they wanted a change in career or lifestyle, at the same time to do everything we can to try to avoid involuntaries or layoffs,” he said. “And I think we’re in a position where we’re going to be able to do that.”
GM’s statement didn’t completely rule out layoffs in the future, though, saying that “involuntary separations are not a consideration at this point.”
Employees taking the buyouts had to sign up by March 24, and those who are approved for the packages have to leave by June 30.
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By KEN SWEET
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs no longer wants to be the bank for everyone.
The storied investment bank spent eight years attempting to expand its business beyond corporations and the wealthy. But in recent months, Goldman has signaled a partial retreat from those efforts by scrapping plans for a checking account broadly available to the public and mothballing its personal loan business. A popular savings account and a credit card business survive for now.
Last week, the bank disclosed that it had accumulated $3 billion in losses in its consumer banking franchise since 2020, mostly money set aside to cover potential loan losses in its consumer lending businesses. Bank regulators are reportedly looking into whether the consumer business had proper safeguards in place as it grew larger.
The retreat in consumer banking comes as Goldman tries to refocus on its roots: advising corporations on deals, investing, and trading, and servicing the well-to-do. The firm’s revenue from investment banking, trading and wealth management made up two thirds of total revenue last year.
“I think it became clear to us early in 2022 that we were doing too much, it was affecting our execution,” said David Solomon, Goldman’s chairman and CEO, in a call with analysts when the bank reported its results earlier this month.
Goldman’s push into consumer banking was one of the biggest changes in the firm’s 154-year history. The investment bank had to legally convert itself into a bank holding company in 2008 during the financial crisis to get access to the Federal Reserve’s emergency funding operations. That led to jokes within the industry that the Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs was going to issue something as commonplace as an ATM card.
The jokes became a reality when Goldman bought the assets of GE Capital and launched its online only savings account providing an above market interest rate. The savings account became an unexpected hit for Goldman, with waiting lists forming after its initial launch both in the U.S. and later in the U.K.
The online savings account is not going away, and is considered an asset by the firm, Solomon told investors. The firm now holds more than $100 billion in retail deposits, which is a cheap form of capital for the investment bank that historically hasn’t had access to such forms of financing.
The personal loan business, launched with great fanfare in 2016 with a broad advertising campaign under the brand Marcus, has been a trouble spot for the bank. Goldman Sachs executives acknowledged at the time of the launch that the Marcus brand was created to give Goldman — with its veneer of being a powerbroker between Washington and Wall Street — a much more friendly and reachable edge.
The unsecured personal loans, largely used by customers to consolidate credit card debt, became a burden during the coronavirus pandemic when millions of Americans could no longer pay their bills. The bank set aside billions of dollars to cover potentially bad loans and, unlike other big banks that were able to release those reserves in 2021 and 2022, Goldman largely had to keep adding to its reserves. New accounting standards that have required banks to model potential loan losses more aggressively also contributed to the decision to wind down the personal loan business.
The large losses have caught the attention of bank regulators, which have also been looking into Goldman’s personal lending operations. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the Fed is investigating whether the firm had adequate safeguards around its personal loan business as it ramped up its lending.
“The Federal Reserve is our primary federal bank regulator and we do not comment on the accuracy or inaccuracy of matters relating to discussions with them,” a Goldman Sachs spokesperson said.
Investors have long questioned the need for Goldman to go into consumer lending. The bank kept the consumer banking operation under the umbrella of its wealth management division in its quarterly results, leading to criticism that Goldman was hiding Marcus’ losses from its investors.
“We have never understood the desire of (Goldman) to expand so much in consumer given such strength of its 150-year-old legacy franchise in capital markets,” wrote Mike Mayo, a long-time banking industry analyst with Wells Fargo Securities, in a note to investors.
One area Goldman isn’t retreating from is its relatively new credit card business, which the firm calls platform solutions. The firm is underwriter for the Apple Card, the popular credit card deeply embedded into Apple Pay that launched in 2019, as well as a co-brand credit card with General Motors. Goldman and Apple announced in October that they were extending their relationship until the end of the decade. Platform solutions also includes GreenSky, a fintech lender focused on home improvement loans, which the bank bought in 2021.
While the Apple Card and GM Card were major gets for Goldman, the new business has not been without its headaches for the firm.
The bank disclosed in August that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the nation’s financial watchdog was investigating its managing of credit card accounts, including issues with billing, credit reporting, dispute resolution and other routine credit card issues.
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Longstanding giving program furthers $18.5 million investment in national breast cancer advocacy work and continues support of community nonprofit organizations
GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (NYSE: SKT) announces the launch of its annual Pink campaign this October, building upon the company's commitment to breast cancer research and local breast cancer support groups within the communities it serves. Tanger continues its partnership of over a decade with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), bringing the organization's impact to life by spreading the message of its mission – supporting those impacted by breast cancer and committing critical funds that help save lives and improve outcomes. In addition to this company-wide partnership, Tanger's field teams continue to champion organizations in their 37 communities across the U.S. and Canada with local funding that supports research, care and patient services.
For nearly 30 years, the signature Tanger Pink program has contributed more than $18.5 million toward raising awareness for early detection, funding research programs and supporting those affected by a breast cancer diagnosis. Since 2011, the initiative has directed $4.2 million to BCRF, funding more than 84,000 hours of dedicated research. As a values-led organization that prioritizes philanthropic commitments, Tanger is proud to continue its pledge to help bring an end to cancer by advancing the world's most promising research. The company furthers this mission by empowering its local teams to identify needs in their communities and partner with cancer support organizations that make a direct impact in their own neighborhoods.
BCRF is the highest-rated breast cancer research organization in the United States and the largest private funder of breast cancer research worldwide. Tanger's sustained support of the organization is dedicated to underwriting the work of Dr. Shelley Hwang, Professor of Surgery and Chief of Breast Surgical Oncology at Duke University, who is focused on the latest medical trials to improve cancer diagnosis outcomes and save lives. "We all have a power within us to make a difference in the lives of these patients, and we must embrace this together as a community," noted Dr. Hwang. "I feel so privileged to be able to partner with BCRF and Tanger to do this important work."
"Tanger is deeply committed to raising awareness and funding for the fight against cancer," said Tanger Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Leslie Swanson. "The personal impact breast cancer has had on so many of our shoppers, team members and families inspires Tanger to continue our support for BCRF, alongside local nonprofit partners in our communities. The combined contributions of our shoppers help provide significant funding to this collective research that we hope will one day lead to a cure."
Throughout October, all 37 Tanger centers across the U.S. and Canada invite shoppers to help support breast cancer research and programs. As part of the new 2022 program, the Tanger Pink Savings Card provides two levels of savings at participating stores based on TangerClub status: 15% off a single item and 15% off an entire purchase for Tanger Insiders or 25% off a single item and 15% off an entire purchase for TangerClub members. Pink cards are available in either a physical or digital card format and can be purchased online at tangeroutlets.com or onsite by visiting Shopper Services. Brands participating in this year's Tanger Pink program include Columbia, J.Crew, Under Armour, Old Navy, Vera Bradley, Adidas, Puma and American Eagle. To learn more about Tanger Pink 2022, please visit tangeroutlets.com/pink and connect with Tanger Outlets on Facebook and Instagram.
Tanger Pink 2022 continues the company's relentless commitment to a better shared future for its local communities. The October program comes on the heels of the company's September education initiative, awarding more than $160,000 to local schools through TangerKids Grants. During this program, Tanger partnered with local educators to enrich learning opportunities for students, including grants to support more inclusive classroom environments for underserved schools and scholars.
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (NYSE: SKT) is a leading operator of upscale open-air outlet centers that owns (or has an ownership interest in) and/or manages a portfolio of 37 centers with an additional center currently under development. Tanger's operating properties are located in 20 states and in Canada, totaling approximately 14.0 million square feet, leased to over 2,700 stores operated by more than 600 different brand name companies. The Company has more than 41 years of experience in the outlet industry and is a publicly traded REIT. For more information on Tanger Outlet Centers, call 1-800-4TANGER or visit the Company's website at tangeroutlets.com.
Breast cancer is a complex disease with no simple solution. Research is the key to stopping it in its tracks. Founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation is the largest private funder of breast cancer research in the world. We invest in the best minds in science—from those investigating prevention to metastasis—and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration. Our approach accelerates the entire field and moves us closer to the answers we urgently need. We can't stop now. Join us in fueling the world's most promising research. With you, we will be the end of breast cancer. Learn more and get involved at BCRF.org.
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Soccer fans are saying goodbye to Pelé, the master of the game. After a 24-hour long wake in Santos, Brazil, his coffin was paraded around the city. Pelé will now be buried in his final resting place.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas was still heavily segregated in 1946 when Herman Moody became the city’s first Black police officer.
He served for more than three decades in the role, continuing to mentor officers long after he retired in 1977. Moody died Feb. 25 at his home in the Historic Westside, the heart of the city’s Black community near downtown Las Vegas. He was 98.
Family, friends and police officers will gather Thursday in Las Vegas to remember a man they praised as a dedicated lawman, a mentor for “young people of any color” and a man of religious faith.
“I hope he will serve as an icon, an example, a motivating factor for the generations to come,” said Dolores Brown, the eldest of Moody’s five daughters.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department credits Moody for helping improve policing standards at a time when there was no police academy and Black families were forced to live and work west of the railroad tracks.
Moody was self-taught, reading countless books about Nevada law and the profession. He widely shared what he learned with other officers. But because of the color of his skin, his police work was confined to the Westside, which had dirt roads at the time and no running water or sewage lines.
Nearly eight decades since Moody began his barrier-breaking career, police agencies across the nation are still confronting a lack of diversity amid challenges in recruiting and retaining officers.
About 10% of the Las Vegas police force is Black compared with 56% white. About 12% of the city’s population is Black.
Nationwide, about 17% of officers are Black, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure drops to 5% for police supervisors and detectives. The U.S. population is about 14% Black.
Moody himself was a detective when he retired. But he never reached a higher rank despite his years of seniority and having passed the exams needed to be promoted.
While reflecting on his career in 1976, Moody told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that his supervisors had promoted white officers with less experience over him throughout his career. Moody got the sense that the department’s leadership “was not ready for a Black officer of rank.”
“Since he never got promoted, he wanted to help others be the best cops, the best detectives, the best traffic officers, the best sergeants, lieutenants and chiefs they could be,” said retired Assistant Sheriff Greg McCurdy.
By the time McCurdy joined the police department in 1983, Moody had retired but was still mentoring police officers.
“He laid out a stack of books in front of me when I was a young cop,” McCurdy said, “and he told me, ‘Read these books, and you will be fine.’”
Moody served in the Navy during World War II and aspired to be an engineer before he was recruited to law enforcement by a police inspector who remembered Moody as a high school athlete.
When several more Black officers were hired in Las Vegas, Moody trained them at his home using the same books that taught him how to be a policeman.
Clark County commissioners honored Moody last year for his impact on southern Nevada. Commissioner William McCurdy praised Moody for being a “beacon of light and a role model for young people of any color.”
Moody wore a sweater that read “BLACK EXCELLENCE.” His family told stories of Moody’s love for policing and community, and the importance of reputation.
Moody died in the house he built for his wife, Magnolia, and their daughters — in the same neighborhood as his parent’s home affectionately known as the Moody House. It sits along a trail celebrating the Westside’s history, with a marker recognizing its famous resident.
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York Revolution manager Mark Mason resigns after longest tenure in team history
Mark Mason has resigned as manager of the York Revolution, the team announced Thursday morning.
After leading the team for nine seasons, Mason was the longest-tenured manager in the history of the franchise, which began play in 2017. With 606 wins, Mason is also the winningest manager in team history and the fourth-winningest in Atlantic League history. He had the second-longest continuous stint as manager with one franchise in league history.
He led the Revolution to four playoff appearances and the Atlantic League title in 2017. The Revolution finished 56-76 this season for a last-place finish in its division. It was the team's second consecutive losing season after the 2020 campaign was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Revs made the playoffs three straight seasons from 2017 to 2019.
York Revolution communications director Doug Eppler said there was no specific reason for Mason's resignation. "It was just a decision, and we wish him the best," he said.
"It's been an honor and privilege to serve first as the York Revolution’s pitching coach and ultimately the manager," Mason said in a statement through the team. "I'm proud of the many accomplishments we achieved during my tenure here. I would like to thank the ownership group, front office staff, my coaches – especially (hitting coach) Enohel Polanco – the medical staff, the many players, and the fans for all they've contributed and sacrificed to make this amazing experience one I will never forget.
"I wish the organization great success moving forward."
Mason was also named Atlantic League Manager of the Year in 2014 after he guided the Revolution to a playoff appearance and a 78-62 record ― a 13-win improvement from the year before.
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Prior to being named manager, Mason was the Revolution's pitching coach from 2010 to 2012 under former manager and Baltimore Orioles catcher Andy Etchebarren. The Revolution won the Atlantic League title in both 2010 and 2011.
After pitching for Waynesburg College, Mason pitched in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system before his career ended in the early 1980s. He then served as the head baseball coach at Washington & Jefferson College from 1987 to 2002.
He then coached a number of teams in another independent baseball league, the Frontier League, until he joined the Revolution in 2010.
York Revolution owner Eric Menzer credited Mason with helping 10 former Revolution players reach Major League Baseball during his tenure with the organization.
"Mark and I started the same season, and it has been a true partnership the whole way," Menzer said in a statement. "There was plenty to celebrate – three championships, and hundreds of thrilling moments. What most people don’t see is what Mark does off the field, all winter – building a team and working with the office staff to plan the dozens of administrative details that make a baseball team go. Mark is a gentleman, through and through. I appreciate what he has brought to the York community and his contribution to Revs Time.
"I have been privileged to learn about the intricacies of the game through his eyes. Mark will be forever appreciated in York for bringing winning and exciting baseball to our Revs family."
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North Texas vs. UAB
National Invitation Tournament championship
When: 8:40 p.m. today
Where: Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
Records: UNT 30-7, UAB 29-9
Last game: UNT 56, Wisconsin 54; UAB 88, Utah Valley 86 (OT)
TV: ESPN2
Radio: Mean Green Learfield IMG College
Projected UNT starting lineup
PG: Kai Huntsberry, 6-3, Sr. — Huntsberry has scored in double figures in all six of UNT’s postseason games and is coming off a 12-point outing in the Mean Green’s win over Wisconsin. The senior has posted at least four assists in each of UNT’s last six games. He is averaging 12.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.
G: Tylor Perry, 5-11, Sr. — Perry has been on a tear in the postseason and has scored at least 16 points in five straight games. The senior played all 40 minutes in UNT’s win over Wisconsin and scored 16 points. He is averaging 17.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.
G: Rubin Jones, 6-5, Jr. — Jones has started each of UNT’s last three games and has brought some punch offensively to the Mean Green’s lineup. The junior scored 12 points in UNT’s win over Wisconsin and posted 17 points against Sam Houston. He’s averaging 6.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.
F: Aaron Scott, 6-7, So. — Scott grabbed five rebounds and scored two points in UNT’s win over Wisconsin. The sophomore’s biggest contribution was a key block in the closing seconds that helped the Mean Green hang on for the win. Hs is averaging 6.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.
F: Moulaye Sissoko, 6-9, So. — Sissoko has come on since moving into the starting lineup in place of Abou Ousmane, who is away from the team while attending to a family issue. The sophomore hit a short hook shot to put UNT up for good in its win over Wisconsin. He scored 12 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the Mean Green’s win over Oklahoma State in the NIT quarterfinals. Hs is averaging 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
Scouting UAB
UAB is one of the more dynamic offensive teams UNT has faced all season and enters tonight’s game averaging 81.3 points per game.
The Blazers have scored at least 77 points in three of their four NIT games and have dangerous offensive players at nearly every spot in their lineup.
Jordan “Jelly” Walker is averaging 22.3 points per game to lead UAB but has been in a bit of a shooting slump. He’s hit just three of his last 24 shots from 3-point range, where he is typically terrific.
Point guard Eric Gaines and forward KJ Buffen are averaging 11.7 and 10.6 points per game, respectively.
The Blazers will push the pace if they can against UNT, which excels in a halfcourt game.
What you need to know
UNT will face UAB for the fourth time this season tonight with the NIT title on the line.
The Mean Green and Blazers have developed a rivalry over the last few years due to all the close and consequential they have played. UNT won both regular season games this season, including a double-overtime thriller at the Super Pit.
UAB came back at beat UNT in the C-USA tournament, ending the Mean Green’s dream of returning to the NCAA tournament.
And that’s just the first of a host of storylines when it comes to tonight’s game, and the future of UNT’s program for that matter.
UNT coach Grant McCasland has built the Mean Green into a power in college basketball and has come up in connection with the Texas Tech job over and over again the last few days. Texas Tech has yet to make an announcement but it seems likely that McCasland will be named the Red Raiders coach shortly after tonight’s game.
If this is McCasland’s last game at UNT, can the Mean Green send McCasland off to Lubbock on a high note?
The matchup between Perry and Walker will have a whole lot to do with how the game plays out. Both are dynamic smaller guards, are listed at 5-foot-11 and have a personal rivalry that has developed over the last few years.
How UNT handles UAB center Trey Jemison will also be critical. The 6-foot-11 senior is a load in the paint, where the Mean Green will be shorthanded without Ousmane.
Any way one looks at it, tonight’s game and what transpires in the days after will be one of the critical times in program history. Here’s a link to the preview story that was posted to the Denton Record-Chronicle’s website last night.
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For the first time in Syria’s 12-year war, people in every district are experiencing some degree of "humanitarian stress," and a staggering 15.3 million — nearly 70% of the population — need humanitarian aid, the United Nations said Tuesday.
A U.N. appeal for $5.4 billion to help over 14 million people in Syria is less than 10% funded and the U.N. World Food Program has warned that without additional money, 2.5 million people are at risk of losing food or cash assistance from July.
The dire humanitarian situation, compounded by the February earthquake that devastated the rebel-held northwest, was spelled out to the Security Council by the U.N. humanitarian office’s operations director Edem Wosornu.
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She said the need to maintain the delivery of humanitarian aid to the northwest is even more critical after the earthquake. She said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a 12-month extension of the U.N. mandate, which expires in July, saying the assistance is "indispensable" and "a matter of life and death for millions of people" in the region.
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LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray has made it no secret he enjoys video games, including the popular “Call of Duty” franchise.
Tight end Zach Ertz said the franchise quarterback also knows he has a duty to study his playbook.
Ertz believes Murray's love of video games and football can be balanced, no matter what unique addendums are in Murray's new $230.5 million contract that could keep him in the desert through the 2028 season.
“Kyler knows the playbook better than anyone on this team,” Ertz said Tuesday, when the Cardinals reported for preseason camp. “He's been in the system a long period of time. Ultimately, I'm happy he signed a deal that he's happy about.
"I wasn't there for the process, that's way above my pay grade, but it seems like he's in a really good place mentally."
Murray finalized his five-year deal last week but it received renewed attention on Monday, when NFL Network first reported that Murray's new contract included an “independent study” clause.
It says the quarterback must study at least four hours each week during the season for Arizona's upcoming game and that he can't be distracted by “watching television, playing video games or browsing the internet.”
Fourth-year coach Kliff Kingsbury made it sound like the study addendum wasn't his idea. He's just glad the quarterback will remain in a Cardinals uniform for the foreseeable future.
“I don't get in on the (contract) negotiations,” Kingsbury said. “My entire role on that was prayer and pleading, and it worked out really well for me. That's the negotiating side, I'm the football side.”
The addendum was unexpected for several reasons, including that Kingsbury has never voiced displeasure with Murray's preparation for games. The two-time Pro Bowl quarterback has certainly had a few duds during his three-year pro career, but knowledge of the playbook never seemed to be the issue.
So why would the Cardinals feel the need to include that language in his contract? Great question.
Kingsbury said he doesn't track his players' iPad usage to see how much they're studying and that all players need different amounts. He added that the “independent study” mandate in Murray's contract shouldn't be a concern.
“He's got a quarter billion dollars,” Kingsbury said laughing. “You can only be upset for so long, I guess. Negotiations — everybody has their things and wants different stuff. I'm just thrilled that this young man got what I feel he deserves."
Murray wasn't available to the media on Tuesday.
As players and support staff filed into a hotel in the western suburbs of Phoenix on Tuesday, no one seemed concern about Murray's grasp of the playbook.
Ertz — a three-time Pro Bowler who was traded to the Cardinals in the middle of last season after spending 8 1/2 season with the Philadelphia Eagles — said Murray was who he'd go to last season when he had football questions.
“He was the guy helping me along learning the playbook," Ertz said. “Ultimately, I've got to be on the same page as him.”
Murray is entering his fourth season in the NFL and has had considerable success since being drafted No. 1 overall out of Oklahoma, where he won the Heisman Trophy in his final season. He was the league's Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 and a Pro Bowl selection the next two years.
He threw for 3,787 yards, 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last season while completing nearly 70% of his touchdowns. He also ran for five touchdowns and has a unique ability to extend plays with his feet, scampering around the pocket before making throws or pulling the ball down and running.
The only major blemish came last season, when the Cardinals started 10-2 and then collapsed down the stretch, losing four of five games before getting dumped by the Los Angeles Rams 34-11 in the NFC's Wild Card Round.
Murray said last week that the ugly playoff loss could benefit the Cardinals in the long run, since so many of the team's players are eager to atone for that performance.
Kingsbury said he expects even more improvement in Year 4.
“There's a handful of quarterbacks you can win a Super Bowl with in this league,” Kingsbury said. “We feel like he's one of them.”
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More employers are embracing 401(k)-like features for their Health Savings Account programs
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health savings accounts (HSAs) may still be used more as spending accounts than savings accounts, but the Plan Sponsor Council of America's (PSCA) 2022 Health Savings Account Survey, sponsored by HSA Bank, finds signs that retirement plans are starting to influence HSA program designs.
Most noticeably, half of large employers – and more than a third of respondents overall – indicate that they do or will position the HSA as part of a retirement savings strategy to employees, according to the PSCA survey, which reported on the 2021 plan-year experience of more than 450 employers.
One key design strategy employed by more than four-in-ten respondents is the use of automatic enrollment – up from 35.3 percent in 2020 and 32.2 percent in 2019. Automatically opening HSAs and enrolling employees dramatically increases the savings rate. This includes more than half of small organizations that automatically open an HSA for employees when they enroll in the HDHP. Moreover, nearly six-in-ten (57.2 percent) allow rollovers from HSAs for newly hired workers, and nearly two-thirds (61.9 percent) educate and encourage rollovers from other HSAs – moves that support the growth of these savings accounts.
These programs are the only account that offers a "triple tax" advantage for healthcare expenditures – offering the same pre-tax savings advantage and tax deferral on investment growth as 401(k)s, but also allowing for the tax-free withdrawal of those funds for eligible healthcare expenses. "The uncertainty of future health care expenses is a significant concern for many," comments Hattie Greenan, director of research and communications, PSCA. "HSAs can be an important part of a holistic retirement savings approach to address these concerns."
Those supportive structures notwithstanding, education remains a significant challenge for the employers that sponsor and look to encourage participation in these programs. Yet, most employers only provide education about HSAs during open enrollment (61%) or when onboarding employees.
One notable area where the design of most HSA programs differs from 401(k) programs is investable account assets – as HSAs are still largely treated by participants as short-term spending accounts for healthcare. Just 20 percent of account holders invest their assets in something other than money market funds – where $1,000 minimum cash balance remains a threshold for directed investment by more than 80 percent of responding organizations.
"Incorporating HSA education as part of a broader financial wellness program throughout the year with multiple touch points, perhaps alongside your retirement plan education, would go a long way towards reframing HSAs," said Ann Brisk, director of strategic partnerships at HSA Bank. "It is encouraging to see data documenting the expansion of these valuable resources across a wide variety of employer sizes and worker populations. As we enter another open enrollment season, employers should find this benchmarking data a valuable resource."
The survey can be accessed at https://www.psca.org/research/HSA.
Insights on how employers can utilize these survey results to design their benefits plans will be shared in a webinar hosted by PSCA and presented by HSA Bank on Thursday, November 17. Learn more here.
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Rapper Big Sean discusses being a first time dad on this episode of Small Doses: Side Effects of Being a New Father. The Grammy-nominated artist welcomed his first child, Noah Hasani, with singer-songwriter Jhené Aiko last November. Sean sits down with host Amanda Seales to share his experience with fatherhood thus far and how it changed his perspective. “He’s my only son so my world revolves around him. It’s not all about you anymore,” Sean says. “He’s just pure love. I don’t really know how to be a good dad, I just know how to be there.” In a Good Place The Detroit rapper reflects on his first brush with depression as an emerging artist signed to Ye’s G.O.O.D. Music label. “It was when I had signed my record deal, but things weren’t going how I wanted them to go … That was my first real hit with depression,” he says. “I was scared of getting dropped, I didn’t have the confidence in myself all the way because I was just young—19, 20 years old—being in rooms with Ye, Jay, your idols.” Over the years, through navigating the highs and lows in the public eye, Sean has been working on his health on the inside and out. “I had to just accept it, stop trying to control everything, and live in the moment and go with your feelings,” he says. “And I applied that to the studio, and that’s when things really started popping for me.” Impact of Fatherhood Now in a better place, Sean is able to enjoy being a new dad to the fullest. “You could see how his face lights up if mom and dad are together. When he sees acts of love between us, he loves that. He smiles so big,” he says. Experiencing fatherhood gave Sean a new appreciation for his own mom and dad. “It made me appreciate my parents more,” he says. “They didn’t have a lot of money like that. They were grinding for real. They were making it work.” “That’s one of the side effects of fatherhood, your perspective widens. Things you thought you would never be able to do, you would do it in a second,” he says. Sean recognizes the gift of time that he’s had as a new father. “For the people that do have to have kids younger, I really give a lot of power to them because it takes so much patience. And that’s something that you might not have as much as when you’re young. It takes intuitiveness,” he says. Now on the other side of his twenties and the early part of his career, it’s clear that Sean’s perspective and priorities have changed now that he has Noah in his life. “It definitely shifts something and it lights a fire in you because the responsibility—it can be heavy to some people, it can be motivating to some people, it can be inspiring to some people,” he says. Listen to the full episode of Small Doses: Side Effects of Being a New Father with Big Sean here. Listen To More Small Doses With Amanda Seales: The post ‘Small Doses’ Podcast: Big Sean Reflects On Life As A New Dad appeared first on Black America Web. ‘Small Doses’ Podcast: Big Sean Reflects On Life As A New Dad was originally published on blackamericaweb.com | https://hot1009.com/3707094/small-doses-podcast-big-sean-reflects-on-life-as-a-new-dad/ | 2023-07-21 17:16:13 | 0 | https://hot1009.com/3707094/small-doses-podcast-big-sean-reflects-on-life-as-a-new-dad/ |
Here’s when to wash sheets
Most people don’t feel comfortable wearing the same outfit two days in a row, yet those same individuals may use the same bed sheet or pillowcase for weeks at a time. On average, Americans change bedding sheets once every 25 days. If that’s the average, it means there are people who sleep on the same sheets for over a month at a time.
When we sleep, we shed dead skin cells, we sweat, and we drool. This combines to create the perfect environment for a number of undesirable elements. Dust mites thrive in bedding, as do bacteria and fungi — including mold. If you wake up itchy, have problems with acne or asthma, contract ringworm or MRSA, or find yourself constantly getting colds, any or all of these could be the result of sleeping on dirty bedding.
But don’t stress. It’s easy to eliminate sick bed syndrome from your life. All you need to do is learn how and how often to wash your bedding.
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How to wash sheets
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The first step when cleaning anything is to carefully read the manufacturer’s recommendations to be certain that you fully understand and comply with any item-specific cleaning requirements. Since hot water kills most germs and dust mites, it is best to wash your sheets using the hottest water temperature setting that is listed on the product’s care label. For instance, it might be fine to wash cotton sheets on the hottest setting, but polyester blends may only tolerate warm water.
Just like clothing, sheets need to be separated by color so reds and darker colors do not bleed and mar lighter colored items. Sheets require a great deal of room to get fully clean, so wash them separately and do not overload the washer. Also, be careful not to wrap the bedsheets around the agitator during loading as this may cause wrinkling (at best) and may actually cause tearing (at worst).
If you have an outdoor clothesline and the weather is suitable, sunlight can help to disinfect while brightening whites. Otherwise, tumble dry with a dryer sheet. Ironing your bed sheets is an added safeguard that can help kill off any germs or dust mites that survived washing and drying.
How often to wash your sheets
To keep your sheets as clean as possible, it is recommended that you wash them once each week. If that doesn’t quite fit into your schedule, you may push it to twice a month. The exception to this rule of thumb is to wash sheets immediately after someone has been sick.
How to wash pillowcases
Like bedsheets, the manufacturer’s care tag overrides all general cleaning recommendations, so that should always be consulted first for specific instructions.
Since you place your face directly on a pillow, it is subject to sweat, saliva, facial creams, makeup, and hair care products. In some instances, it may be a good idea to give pillowcases a pre-wash treatment. To start, place the pillowcase on a protected area and add some liquid laundry detergent directly to any noticeable stains — stubborn stains may require a degreaser. Rub the detergent in and let it sit for five minutes. Alternatively, you can create a natural, gentler cleaning solution in a bucket and let your pillowcases soak for several hours before washing.
It is important to wash pillowcases separately, as tossing them in with towels can create unwanted lint issues. Use the hottest setting recommended by the manufacturer and run the pillowcases through a cleaning cycle, perhaps using an additional rinse. You can hang the pillowcases on an outdoor line, if able, or tumble dry. If you plan on ironing, remove the pillowcases from the line or the dryer before they are completely dry — ironing while slightly damp can make the task easier.
How often to wash your pillowcases
Since pillowcases come in direct contact with your face and they are smaller and easier to wash than bedsheets, it is recommended that you wash these items as often as every other day. If you are experiencing no issues, such as rashes, acne, itching, or other discomforts, you may consider washing twice each week. Even if you experience none of the aforementioned health issues, the longest you should go without washing pillowcases is a week.
How to wash a duvet
Hotel Sheets Direct Duvet Cover Bed Linen Set
Before washing your duvet, check to make sure it doesn’t need to be dry cleaned. Also, read the manufacturer’s recommendations carefully as some duvets can be damaged by bleach, brightener, or fabric softener.
If you find a dirty spot on your duvet, it’s usually best to take care of that by hand, immediately. Pull the cover away from the filling, mix a few drops of mild detergent in a cup, and use it to scrub away the stain. Keeping the cover away from the filling, rinse it, then dry using a hair dryer.
When you need to put the duvet in the washing machine, fold it in half and place it in the machine so its weight is evenly distributed. Use a mild liquid detergent and set the machine to a gentle cycle using warm water. You may need to put the duvet through two to three additional rinse cycles for proper cleaning. When drying, use low heat and dryer balls to keep the filling from clumping up. While the duvet cover may be ironed, it is typically not recommended for the duvet itself.
How often to wash your duvet
If you take proper care of your duvet, using a cover and spot cleaning as you go along, you only need to clean it once every four to five years. The duvet cover, on the other hand, should be cleaned once every month or two in a similar manner to how you clean your sheets.
How to wash a comforter
Egyptian Bedding 600-Thread-Count Goose Down Comforter
A comforter is similar to a duvet, but it is one quilted piece. When cleaning, some feel it is best to have it professionally laundered in a commercial-sized washing machine that won’t damage the bedding. If, however, you have a full-size washing machine or you don’t mind making a trip to the laundromat, clean your comforter using cold water (to reduce shrinkage) and mild detergent without additives. Alternatively, some individuals prefer to wash their comforter by hand in a bathtub using cold water and mild laundry detergent. While this method is time-intensive, it might be the best option for some households. Of course, always default to the manufacturer’s suggested care if it differs.
When drying, be patient because it may take several cycles. Dryer balls are recommended to reduce clumping and dryer sheets are safe (unless otherwise stated by the manufacturer). It is generally not recommended that you employ line drying or ironing when caring for comforters.
How often to wash your comforter
Because a comforter doesn’t come in direct contact with your skin, it doesn’t need to be washed as often as some other bedding. Unless you have pets, you eat in bed, or you have a spill, a comforter only needs to be washed twice each year.
How to wash a weighted blanket
Weighted blankets can be particularly tricky to wash. This is not because they are harder to clean than other bedding; rather, it’s due to there being so many different types with so many different restrictions for care. More than any other item in this list, you will want to check the label on weighted blankets for the manufacturer’s recommendations.
The rule of thumb is to wash on a gentle cycle with no additives and tumble dry on low. However, it is important to remember that besides their size, weighted blankets are heavy, so they can be tough on the average washer. This is another instance where it might be a smarter option to take a trip to the local laundromat or use your bathtub as a cleaning option. A top load washer should never be more than two-thirds full and items should never be packed tight. If both of these conditions cannot be met, the load is too big for your machine.
How often to wash your weighted blanket
It is important to take care of your weighted blanket — no pets, no food or drinks — because the more frequently it is washed, the quicker it will deteriorate. The same component that makes your blanket so supremely comforting — that additional weight — places increased stress on the seams every time you wash. To get the longest life out of your weighted blanket, it is best to wash it only two or three times each year.
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RICHARDSON, Texas , Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Partners in Healthcare (NPH), a national healthcare organization delivering best-in-class anesthesiology services, announced today that Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants has joined NPH.
"Over the years our company was approached multiple times for various partnerships. NPH was the first patient, hospital, and provider centric company we felt comfortable with bringing into our family. Their attention to detail will enable Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants to help maintain solid hospital relationships, continue to provide quality patient care, and sustain a cohesiveness with our anesthesia providers. We are very excited for what the future holds going forward with Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants and National Partners in Healthcare," Brian Blick, MD, President/CEO of Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants.
"We continue to establish mutually beneficial partnerships by collaborating with high quality anesthesia groups like Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants," said Mike Saunders, CEO of NPH. "Their dedication to clinical excellence blended with NPH's management and operational expertise is the ideal combination. Gaining the support of NPH will afford the group greater opportunities to maximize efficiencies and streamline operations while retaining 100% clinical autonomy."
NPH is a national healthcare organization delivering best-in-class anesthesiology services. NPH is dedicated to partnering with high quality anesthesiologists and CRNAs providing the expertise, resources, and long-term sustainable solutions to their medical practices. NPH's anesthesiology partners retain autonomy of their practice while collaborating with each NPH clinical team to achieve and deliver the highest quality patient care. For more information, www.nphllc.com.
NPH is a joint venture between Archimedes Health Investors LLC, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, and Assured Healthcare Partners® (AHP®), a private equity firm providing growth, consolidation, and repositioning capital solutions in the healthcare services industry. For more information about AHP, please visit www.ahpartners.com.
Rebecca Brophy, Holly Buckley and Thomas Zahn, of McGuireWoods LLP, provided legal counsel to National Partners in Healthcare. Christopher Jahnle, Managing Director of Haverford Healthcare Advisors of Radnor, Pennsylvania provided financial advisory services to Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants in this transaction. John M. Hogan of Saxton & Stump, LLC of Malvern, Pennsylvania served as legal advisor to Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants.
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Rent Day is the New Payday with Complimentary Rides for Friends on the First of the Month
NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SoulCycle, the transformational full-body fitness experience, is making rent day rewarding for everyone through a new partnership with Bilt Rewards, the first loyalty program that allows members to earn points on rent. Open to all and launching nationwide on Saturday, October 1 through December 1, 2022, SoulCycle x Bilt: Rent Day features an exclusive series of co-branded SoulCycle classes in over 50 studios for a workout that brings the joy of movement, music and community in one setting.
SoulCycle x Bilt: Rent Day transforms the most irksome day of the month with the help of SoulCycle's world-class instructors and unparalleled community. Riders who book a special 45-minute class on October 1, November 1 and/or December 1 will be given a complimentary ride for a friend to join as well as a gift bag of limited-edition accessories. The first reservation will be available noon ET on Monday, September 26 (future classes to be accessible Mondays at noon ET) via SoulCycle's website and app as well as the Bilt app on a first-come-first-served basis. Additionally, Bilt members will continue to be eligible to redeem reward points earned on rent to spend at any SoulCycle studio.
In the coming months, SoulCycle will continue to evolve its relationship with Bilt through exciting pop-up studio moments in New York City and Miami, exclusive retail drops as well as live DJ ride performances from top talent.
To learn more about SoulCycle's in-studio offerings, please visit www.soul-cycle.com.
SoulCycle is the leading lifestyle brand that redefines health and happiness through unique mind-body-soul experiences. Thousands of riders take SoulCycle classes every day to ride through struggles, strengthen their bodies, empower their minds and find joy in movement to become the best version of themselves. SoulCycle was founded on a few simple ideas: That fitness could be a physical, musical and inspirational experience, and one that you look forward to. With transformative class offerings, a devoted and loyal community, world-class, one-of-a-kind instructors, and unparalleled hospitality within our studios, SoulCycle serves an important purpose: move people to move the world.
SoulCycle transformed boutique fitness with the launch of its signature indoor cycling class in New York City in 2006, and has since continued to innovate and grow for its community. There are currently more than 50 studios across the U.S. and London. In addition to offering a one-of-a-kind fitness experience, studios are popular retail destinations, including the brand's own proprietary fitness and leisure apparel collection, Soul by SoulCycle.
Bilt Rewards is the first-ever loyalty program that allows renters to earn points on rent with no transaction fees and builds a path towards homeownership. Through a partnership with the country's largest owners including AvalonBay Communities, Equity Residential, Related, Starwood Capital Group and more, Bilt Rewards enables renters in more than two million units across the country to earn points just by paying rent. Bilt Rewards boasts one of the highest value rewards programs on the market today, including one-to-one point transfers to 12 loyalty programs allowing members to travel across over 100 major airlines and hotel partners. Members can also book travel through the Bilt Travel Portal powered by Expedia, book fitness classes at the country's top boutique studios including SoulCycle, Solidcore, Rumble and Y7; shop limited-edition and exclusive collections of art and home decor through the Bilt Collection or purchase items on Amazon.com, redeem for credits towards rent or even apply Bilt points towards a future downpayment. Bilt has also partnered with Mastercard to create the Bilt Mastercard - the first and only credit card that can be used to pay rent and earn points with no fees. For more information, visit BiltRewards.com.
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25 of the best horror movies based on true stories
New Line Cinema
25 of the best horror movies based on true stories
The doll from “The Conjuring”
“Based on a true story” has been creatively interpreted when it comes to horror films. Director David Fincher, for example, investigated the titular serial killer of his 2007 film “Zodiac” so thoroughly that he and his team actually turned up new evidence. Others play more fast and loose with the phrase.
While “The Mothman Prophecies” remains somewhat faithful to recorded sightings of a humanoid being with moth wings and red eyes, it’s unlikely that such accounts will ever be verified. Some inspiration—like Ed Gein, a Wisconsin man who decorated his home and wardrobe with pieces of women he killed or exhumed—could have been made into gripping cinema based on just the facts; instead, he inspired varied genre canons “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” “Psycho,” and “The Silence of the Lambs.”
Horror movies frighten us so effectively because they tap into the basic human fear of the unknown and play on classic themes around grief and loss. But for the items in this list, sometimes what’s known can be just as terrifying.
Stacker researched horror film history and spotlighted 25 horror movies with at least a 6.0 IMDb user rating that were based on a true story. The 25 were then ranked amongst themselves by IMDb user rating with ties broken by votes.
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Rogue Pictures
#25. ‘The Strangers’ (2008)
Liv Tyler and Kip Weeks in “The Strangers”
– Director: Bryan Bertino
– IMDb user rating: 6.1
– Metascore: 47
– Runtime: 86 minutes
In “The Strangers,” three masked individuals commit a senseless act of violence against a randomly selected couple (Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler) whose only crime was that they happened to be at home—the ultimate nightmare “what if” scenario spun out from one of Bertino’s childhood memories.
The director’s inspiration knocked decades earlier when he was home alone for the evening with his 7-year-old little sister. While babysitting, several people came to the door and asked for someone who didn’t live there. Bertino later found out that they were would-be home invaders stalking their neighborhood, looking for empty houses to break into.
Blood Relations Company
#24. ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ (1977)
Susan Lanier and Dee Wallace in “The Hills have Eyes”
– Director: Wes Craven
– IMDb user rating: 6.3
– Metascore: 64
– Runtime: 90 minutes
The desert-dwelling cannibals terrorizing a family on a road trip to Los Angeles in Craven’s second effort are based on a centuries-old legend. Sawney Bean—a Scotsman who allegedly lived with his incestuous family in a seaside cave and devoured over 1,000 innocent travelers—may have actually been the brainchild of English authors during the Jacobite rebellion in the mid-1700s. The tale’s sheer outrageousness and historical inconsistencies suggest that Bean was a caricature drawn from the era’s anti-Scottish sentiment.
Universal Pictures
#23. ‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’ (1988)
Bill Pullman and Cathy Tyson in “The Serpent and the Rainbow”
– Director: Wes Craven
– IMDb user rating: 6.4
– Metascore: 64
– Runtime: 98 minutes
Harvard ethnobotanist Wade Davis wrote in his 1985 book “The Serpent and the Rainbow” that he had observed a Haitian man “zombified” by the poisonous chemical tetrodotoxin that naturally occurs in puffer fish. Although many in the scientific community discredited it, Wade’s claims provided fodder for Craven’s adaptation a few years later, which follows a Davis doppelganger’s terrifying journey into the land of voodoo.
Lakeshore Entertainment
#22. ‘The Mothman Prophecies’ (2002)
Richard Gere in a scene from “The Mothman Prophecies”
– Director: Mark Pellington
– IMDb user rating: 6.4
– Metascore: 52
– Runtime: 119 minutes
Pellington is the first to admit that “based on true events” is a generous interpretation of unverified 1960s-era eyewitness accounts of UFOs and other supernatural phenomena that inspired “The Mothman Prophecies.” Investigative journalist John Klein (Richard Gere) is based on author John Keel: In his 1975 book of the same name, Keel swore that he received premonitions for catastrophes—including the 1967 collapse of the Ohio River’s Silver Bridge and several assassinations—over the phone from a shadowy moth-human hybrid with red eyes that many West Virginians also professed to have seen.
End Cue
#21. ‘The Clovehitch Killer’ (2018)
Dylan McDermott, Madisen Beaty, and Charlie Plummer in “The Clovehitch Killer”
– Director: Duncan Skiles
– IMDb user rating: 6.5
– Metascore: 59
– Runtime: 109 minutes
Many true crime fans have noticed some specific similarities between the titular character (Dylan McDermott) and self-proclaimed BTK Killer (short for “bind, torture, kill”), born Dennis Rader; notably, both men acted out sexual bondage fantasies on their 10 victims while maintaining façades as pillars of the community, leading Boy Scout troops and assuming positions of authority in their neighborhood churches.
And yet, Skiles is reluctant to single out one person as the inspiration for “The Clovehitch Killer”—named for the type of rope knot found at his crime scenes—because he doesn’t want to give serial killers the attention he says they crave.
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Proton Cinema
#20. ‘Lords of Chaos’ (2018)
Rory Culkin in a scene from “Lords of Chaos”
– Director: Jonas Åkerlund
– IMDb user rating: 6.6
– Metascore: 48
– Runtime: 118 minutes
A former drummer for Swedish extreme metal outfit Bathory, Åkerlund adapted his vision of Norwegian black metal icons Mayhem from “Lords of Chaos,” a book written by neo-Nazi sympathizer Michael Moynihan.
The biopic stoked controversy even before its release: Mayhem’s co-founding member and bassist Necrobutcher told Rolling Stone that he would “do everything I can to stop this film.” It chronicles real-life deaths within the band—vocalist and lyricist Per Yngve “Pelle” Olin (stage name Dead; played by Jack Kilmer) died by suicide, and bassist Kristian “Varg” Vikernes (Emory Cohen) stabbed guitarist Øystein “Euronymous” Aarseth (Rory Culkin) 23 times—and church burnings that swept Norway in the early ’90s.
Carver Films
#19. ‘The Snowtown Murders’ (2011)
Lucas Pittaway in a scene from “The Snowtown Murders”
– Director: Justin Kurzel
– IMDb user rating: 6.6
– Metascore: 66
– Runtime: 119 minutes
Kurzel’s directorial debut tracks nearly a dozen grisly deaths between 1992 and 1999 associated with Snowtown, a suburb north of Adelaide, Australia. Many of the characters are named after their flesh-and-blood analogs, and the official trailer emphasizes its connection to “the most notorious serial killings in the country’s history.”
“The Snowtown Murders” recreates events that led to the discovery by local police of eight bodies decomposing in acid-filled barrels that were hidden in an abandoned bank. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall, one of two working actors that Kurzel cast) recruits a sexually abused teenager, James “Jamie” Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway), and others to help him massacre—and in some cases, torture and cannibalize—town residents he deemed “pedophiles” and “homosexuals.”
American Cinema Productions
#18. ‘The Entity’ (1982)
Barbara Hershey in a scene from “The Entity”
– Director: Sidney J. Furie
– IMDb user rating: 6.7
– Metascore: 35
– Runtime: 125 minutes
California resident Doris Bither in 1974 admitted to parapsychologist Dr. Barry Taff that she had been assaulted sexually and physically in her home by something that no one could see. Taff concluded that paranormal activity was involved in Bither’s case (although he dismissed the idea of “spectral rape” and clarified that he believed the culprit to be a “poltergeist outbreak“); later researchers have attributed her invisible attacks to severe childhood trauma that was never resolved.
Regardless of whether or not these events happened exclusively inside Bither’s mind—or the extensively debated photographic evidence that demonstrates either ghostly apparitions or malfunctioning camera equipment—they became the material for Frank De Felitta’s 1978 occult novel “The Entity,” which Furie later reimagined for the big screen.
Screen Gems
#17. ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’ (2005)
Jennifer Carpenter in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”
– Director: Scott Derrickson
– IMDb user rating: 6.7
– Metascore: 46
– Runtime: 119 minutes
Splicing scenes in a courtroom with scenes from a horror movie, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” takes place in the United States just over half a century after the young German woman who was the film’s source material, Anneliese Michel, died following 67 attempts to exorcize the demon many believed had taken possession of her.
Real and fictional juries found the priests who conducted the exorcisms responsible for the deaths of Rose (Jennifer Carpenter) and Michel, and both trials pitted science against religion to find an explanation for each victim’s disturbing behavior.
Twentieth Century Fox
#16. ‘From Hell’ (2001)
Johnny Depp and Heather Graham in “From Hell”
– Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
– IMDb user rating: 6.7
– Metascore: 54
– Runtime: 122 minutes
The account of Jack the Ripper—a still-unknown assailant who butchered five sex workers in London in the 1880s and foreshadowed 20th-century serial killers—has been adapted many times over the past century, from Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” (1927) to Bob Clark’s Sherlock Holmes-centering “Murder by Decree” (1979).
For their stab at a retelling of the well-known tale, the Hughes twins drew from Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s 1998 graphic novel, “From Hell,” which pegged the so-called Whitechapel murders on British physician Dr. William Gull (Ian Holm). Where the written version starts with a prologue, however, the film begins with police detective Inspector Abberline (Johnny Depp) receiving premonitions in an opium-induced haze.
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ETIC Films
#15. ‘Ravenous’ (1999)
A scene from “Ravenous”
– Director: Antonia Bird
– IMDb user rating: 6.9
– Metascore: 46
– Runtime: 101 minutes
Cannibal Western “Ravenous” failed to recoup its $12 million budget upon release in 1999 but has since become something of a cult classic. A starving and frostbitten mystery man, Colonel Ives (Robert Carlyle), shows up at an army base in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the Mexican-American War, confessing that he was forced to eat his fellow travelers to survive the winter.
This premise evokes the infamous Donner Party: a group of migrants in 1846 who resorted to cannibalizing their deceased through the same mountain range. Ives’ fondness for human flesh brings to mind Alfred (or Alferd) G. Packer, a 19th-century prospector charged with eating his comrades and who allegedly called the “breasts of man … the sweetest meat I ever tasted.”
Saturn Films
#14. ‘Shadow of the Vampire’ (2000)
Willem Dafoe in a scene from “Shadow of the Vampire”
– Director: E. Elias Merhige
– IMDb user rating: 6.9
– Metascore: 71
– Runtime: 92 minutes
This film’s title is a bit of an oxymoron since according to monster lore, the undead blood-suckers don’t cast a shadow. This John Malkovich vehicle is a fictional behind-the-scenes look at 1922’s massively influential silent film “Nosferatu,” itself the copyright-infringing adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula,” released 25 years earlier.
Merhige’s historically referential film takes the longstanding rumor that “Nosferatu” star Max Schreck was an actual vampire and runs with it. Willem Dafoe plays a vampire masquerading as a method actor whose taste for blood is a little too realistic for the comfort of cast and crew.
Maljack Productions
#13. ‘Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer’ (1986)
Michael Rooker in “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”
– Director: John McNaughton
– IMDb user rating: 7.0
– Metascore: 80
– Runtime: 83 minutes
“Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” is so unsettling that even McNaughton was “shaken by the discomfort [he] felt was present in the theater” when it was screened at the Telluride Film Festival. In the actual cases of Henry Lee Lucas and his accomplice, Ottis Toole, the facts can be difficult to separate from fiction: Lucas showed signs of being a pathological liar, and Toole twice recanted his confession of abducting and decapitating 6-year-old Adam Walsh.
McNaughton imagines an alternate universe in which each man’s kill count could realistically be in the hundreds—and Henry (Michael Rooker) simply drives off into the sunset after disposing of Otis (Tom Towles) and dismembering his girlfriend (Tracy Arnold).
Toho Company
#12. ‘Cold Fish’ (2010)
Megumi Kagurazaka in a scene from “Cold Fish”
– Director: Sion Sono
– IMDb user rating: 7.1
– Metascore: 66
– Runtime: 146 minutes
Dog breeder Gen Sekine was renowned for introducing the Alaskan malamute to Japan before he, along with his former wife and an accomplice, achieved notoriety for poisoning four people over likely financial disagreements in 1993.
Although Sono told the Tokyo Reporter that he researched many Japanese criminal cases while developing “Cold Fish,” it’s not much of a stretch to find similarities between its exotic fish emporium and Sekine’s kennel, or between the store’s merciless owner (Denden) and the convicted serial killer with reputed links to the yakuza. Despite the gruesome subject matter, Sono said in the same interview that he chose to lighten “Cold Fish” with humor because “when you read crime files there are extreme situations whereby interviews with people can be very funny.”
Gerald Kargl
#11. ‘Angst’ (1983)
Erwin Leder and Silvia Ryder in “Angst”
– Director: Gerald Kargl
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: data not available
– Runtime: 87 minutes
Kargl based his first feature-length outing on Werner Kniesek, an Austrian man who went on a rampage shortly before his 1980 release from prison where he was doing time for robbery and attempted homicide.
Driven by an apparent addiction to killing, both Kniesek and his on-screen representation, K. the Psychopath (Erwin Leder), dispatched a widow, her daughter, and her intellectually disabled son with methods including drowning, strangling, and stabbing. It wasn’t long before Kniesek, like K., was apprehended for acting suspiciously at a nearby eatery, and police discovered the deceased family in the trunk of the car that he stole from them.
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Media 8 Entertainment
#10. ‘Monster’ (2003)
Charlize Theron in a scene from “Monster”
– Director: Patty Jenkins
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 74
– Runtime: 109 minutes
Despite Charlize Theron’s Academy Award-winning transformation into Florida serial killer Aileen Wuornos, Jenkins’ widely lauded interpretation of Wuornos’ crimes for the big screen has received criticism. Whether or not Wuornos acted in self-defense or cold blood is a controversial subject.
Several of her victims’ families disputed her portrayal in “Monster” as a sympathetic casualty of extreme childhood abuse and sex work, a profession in which women are not infrequently brutalized and killed. In response to these critiques, “Monster” producer Brad Wyman told ABC News that “based on a true story” should not be taken too literally in this case: “It’s not a documentary,” he said in 2004. “I mean in no way is it.”
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
#9. ‘Poltergeist’ (1982)
Oliver Robins in a scene from “Poltergeist”
– Director: Tobe Hooper
– IMDb user rating: 7.3
– Metascore: 79
– Runtime: 114 minutes
The poltergeists of folklore are mischievous rather than malevolent beings. Not so the phantoms of “Poltergeist,” which invade a family’s new suburban home through a television portal, abduct their 5-year-old daughter (Heather O’Rourke), and terrorize her mother (JoBeth Williams) with unearthed corpses.
Hooper’s classic of cinema is based on the case of the Herrmanns from Seaford, New York, who in 1958 reported incidents that were so inexplicably strange—from bottles opening and knocking over by themselves to levitating sugar bowls—that they were featured in Life magazine and prompted an overwhelming amount of fan mail and telephone calls.
Vortex
#8. ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ (1974)
Marilyn Burns in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”
– Director: Tobe Hooper
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 78
– Runtime: 83 minutes
Prompted by television news coverage of the Vietnam War and serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley’s arrest in 1973, Hooper marketed “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” as almost a documentary.
While power tool-wielding cannibal Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) is made up, the figure who inspired him, Ed Gein—aka the Butcher of Plainfield—was real. Following his ultra-religious mother’s death, Gein ransacked graves for female body parts, which he fashioned into home decorations and items of clothing (he also admitted to killing a shopkeeper, whose mangled body was discovered in his home, as well as a tavern owner).
Dimension Films
#7. ‘Scream’ (1996)
Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, and Jamie Kennedy in “Scream”
– Director: Wes Craven
– IMDb user rating: 7.4
– Metascore: 65
– Runtime: 111 minutes
Struggling screenwriter Kevin Williamson wrote the script for “Scream,” originally titled “Scary Movie,” after watching an ABC News program on Danny Rolling, who later became known as the Gainesville Ripper.
In 1990, Rolling broke into the homes of five students in the Florida college town and stabbed them to death; additionally, he raped and mutilated the four female victims. Although Rolling acted alone, law enforcement at the time speculated that there might be two suspects working together—a fact that’s referenced in “Scream”: What appears to be one killer is actually two.
New Line Cinema
#6. ‘The Conjuring’ (2013)
Lili Taylor and Joey King in “The Conjuring”
– Director: James Wan
– IMDb user rating: 7.5
– Metascore: 68
– Runtime: 112 minutes
“The Conjuring” was inspired by the alleged experiences of the Perron family in 1971 after they moved into a Rhode Island farmhouse and were reportedly bedeviled by spirits for the next nine years.
Ed and Lorraine Warren, a married team of paranormal investigators, supported the family’s allegations: In the film, the Warrens (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) drive out Bathsheba Sherman—the ghost of a rumored witch in the 1800s and a prime suspect in the hauntings—but in reality, the Perrons eventually fled. The infamous dwelling sold in 2022 for $1.5 million; its previous owners had rented the space out to ghost hunters, demonologists, and anyone else seeking things that go bump in the night.
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Paramount Pictures
#5. ‘Zodiac’ (2007)
Dermot Mulroney, Adam Goldberg, and Mark Ruffalo in “Zodiac”
– Director: David Fincher
– IMDb user rating: 7.7
– Metascore: 78
– Runtime: 157 minutes
Fincher doesn’t dramatize the transgressions of the Zodiac, an unidentified California serial killer who claimed the lives of at least five people in the late 1960s and mailed encrypted letters to newspapers about his exploits.
“Zodiac” draws faithfully from research and evidence as well as two books penned by former San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist and true crime enthusiast Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal). As such, “Zodiac” zigzags along a similar trajectory as the true unsolved mystery, only to wind up at the same dead end.
Warner Bros.
#4. ‘The Exorcist’ (1973)
Linda Blair in “The Exorcist”
– Director: William Friedkin
– IMDb user rating: 8.1
– Metascore: 81
– Runtime: 122 minutes
In the real-life exorcism that laid the groundwork for “The Exorcist” novel and film, no one projectile-vomited on a priest or desecrated their genitalia with religious iconography. But the account of Roland Doe—whose real identity was revealed in 2018 as NASA engineer Ronald Hunkeler—tracks with Regan MacNeil’s (Linda Blair) in other ways, including their beds shaking, words appearing etched into their skin, and speaking in distorted voices. In the end, MacNeil and Hunkeler were relieved of the demon that had purportedly inhabited their bodies.
Universal Pictures
#3. ‘Jaws’ (1975)
A scene from the water in the movie “Jaws”
– Director: Steven Spielberg
– IMDb user rating: 8.1
– Metascore: 87
– Runtime: 124 minutes
You won’t find the name Frank Mundus, aka Monster Man, in the official credits for “Jaws”; even Peter Benchley—who wrote the 1974 novel that gave rise to the influential summer blockbuster about a man-eating great white shark—said his fictional shark hunter, Quint (Robert Shaw), was a “composite character.”
But those that personally knew the legendary Montauk, New York-based, shark-hunter-turned-conservationist swear that the two men shared many characteristics, like the way each attached hollow barrels to the harpoons they used to catch and kill sharks.
Shamley Productions
#2. ‘Psycho’ (1960)
Janet Leigh in “Psycho”
– Director: Alfred Hitchcock
– IMDb user rating: 8.5
– Metascore: 97
– Runtime: 109 minutes
To preserve the mystery surrounding “Psycho,” Hitchcock bought every single copy of Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel “Psycho” (after acquiring the rights) so no one would know how the now-iconic film ended.
Indeed, both versions of “Psycho” follow essentially the same plot, in which deranged motel proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) lives with his mother’s preserved corpse and acts, dresses, speaks, and kills as though he is her. Like the killers of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and “The Silence of the Lambs,” Norman is said to have been inspired by Ed Gein.
Orion Pictures
#1. ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991)
Anthony Hopkins in “The Silence of the Lambs”
– Director: Jonathan Demme
– IMDb user rating: 8.6
– Metascore: 85
– Runtime: 118 minutes
“The Silence of the Lambs” author Thomas Harris takes the tale of Ed Gein and turns the intensity up to 11. In his novel and Demme’s screen adaptation, there are two serial killers: Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) and Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine).
The latter skins his victims and aims to stitch together a suit from female epidermises, similar to Gein, whose wardrobe contained a shirt bearing a dead woman’s breasts and a belt adorned with nipples. Unlike Gein’s case—which a seasoned male sheriff cracked open—Buffalo Bill is brought down by a woman (Clarice Starling, played by Jodie Foster), who also happens to be an FBI agent-in-training.
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Chas McCormick Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Pirates - April 12
Published: Apr. 12, 2023 at 6:27 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Houston Astros and Chas McCormick, who went 1-for-5 with a double and two RBI last time out, take on Rich Hill and the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, Wednesday at 12:35 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his previous game (1-for-5) against the Pirates.
Chas McCormick Game Info & Props vs. the Pirates
- Game Day: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
- Game Time: 12:35 PM ET
- Stadium: PNC Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Pirates Starter: Rich Hill
- TV Channel: SportsNet PT
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -278)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -128)
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Chas McCormick At The Plate
- McCormick is hitting .250 with three doubles, two home runs and four walks.
- McCormick is batting .227 with one homer during his last outings and is riding a four-game hitting streak.
- This season, McCormick has totaled at least one hit in seven of nine games (77.8%), and had multiple hits twice.
- He has hit a home run in two of nine games played this year, and in 4.8% of his plate appearances.
- In 44.4% of his games this season, McCormick has driven in at least one run. In three of those games (33.3%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored in five of nine games so far this season.
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Chas McCormick Home/Away Batting Splits
Pirates Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Pirates has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 19th in the league.
- The Pirates' 4.73 team ERA ranks 17th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Pirates rank 19th in baseball in home runs allowed (15 total, 1.4 per game).
- The Pirates will look to Hill (0-1) in his third start of the season.
- The lefty last pitched on Friday against the Chicago White Sox, when he tossed four innings, allowing seven earned runs while giving up eight hits.
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Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Saturday's results
Saskatoon 6 Regina 1
Prince Albert 5 Spokane 3
Winnipeg 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Swift Current 4 Red Deer 1
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Portland 5 Vancouver 4 (OT)
Medicine Hat 4 Kelowna 1
Calgary 7 Lethbridge 2
Seattle 5 Everett 1
Victoria 6 Tri-City 5
Sunday's results
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for NLY, CZOO, SNAP, INTC, and LYFT.
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Ooni launches its most innovative offering yet, including the brand's first electric indoor and outdoor pizza oven, the reimagination of an award-winning pizza oven, and new pizza-making accessories.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ooni Pizza Ovens, the creator and leader of the home pizza oven market, is today launching new products including two new additions to its multi-award-winning line of ovens: the Ooni Volt 12 Indoor & Outdoor Electric Pizza Oven and the Karu 12G Multi-Fuel Pizza Oven. Building on a decade of experience and innovation, Ooni's new ovens bring a new level of versatility and accessibility to home pizza-making.
After releasing the world's first-ever portable pizza oven in 2012, Ooni is now making plug-in pizza possible with the debut of its first electric indoor and outdoor pizza oven, the Volt 12 (MSRP: $999). Capable of reaching 850 °F in just 20 minutes, Ooni Volt 12 offers heat, time and balance control, allowing users to cook a wide range of pizza styles, including classic Neapolitan, deep dish Detroit-style and authentic New York-style pizza. With a triple-paned borosilicate glass door, weather-resistant powder-coated carbon steel shell, and intuitive user interface, the Volt 12 is an accessible innovation that enables world-class pizza.
"We want absolutely everyone to be able to make delicious pizza at home — wherever they are," said Ooni Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Darina Garland. "So, we've spent years developing an oven that brings the pure pizza power of our outdoor ovens indoors! We're super excited to offer the Ooni experience to a new group of fellow pizza-lovers."
In addition, Ooni is also proud to introduce the world's most advanced portable pizza oven, the all-new Ooni Karu 12G (MSRP: $429). With multi-fuel versatility, an integrated thermometer and a triple-paned borosilicate glass door, the Ooni Karu 12G shares the design and technical DNA of the much-lauded Ooni Karu 16, enabling users to create authentic wood-fired pizzas in just 60 seconds. What's more, when coupled with the optional gas burner attachment, this supremely balanced oven uses 36% less propane than Ooni's previous models, while still offering the fuel flexibility of both wood and charcoal.
Ooni Founder and Co-CEO Kristian Tapaninaho, who designed the brand's first pizza oven, worked tirelessly with Ooni's teams of engineers and designers to create the brand's most accessible pizza-cooking experience yet.
"We've thought through every single detail, from the ClearView glass door to the built-in thermometer," said Tapaninaho. "The Karu 12G is for everyone who wants to make great pizza at home, but also wants the flexibility to take the pizza party on the road. In a portable yet powerful package, we've created an oven that embodies our decade of pizza oven product development. Every touchpoint is meticulously designed to deliver a superior pizza-making experience."
Today, Ooni is also introducing two new accessories designed to enhance pizza preparation. Made in the United Kingdom of BPA-free polypropylene and sold in a set of two for $59.99, the Ooni Pizza Dough Boxes are a new space-saving solution to proof up to 12 dough balls. Sold separately for $34.99, the Ooni Pizza Prep Lid stacks neatly onto the Ooni Pizza Dough Boxes. Made with sustainable FSC bamboo, the multi-purpose prep board is perfect for preparing dough, chopping toppings, and serving delicious pizza. Both new accessories are also available in an exclusive bundle for $89.99.
See Ooni reveal the details of these new category-defining ovens and innovative accessories here, during their first multi-product launch broadcast. ooni.com/pages/the-future-of-pizza
About Ooni
Founded by husband-and-wife team Kristian Tapaninaho and Darina Garland in 2012, Ooni Pizza Ovens revolutionized the outdoor cooking landscape and created a new category when they launched the world's first portable pizza oven. Known for bringing portable pizza ovens to backyards all over the world, Ooni's goal is to help people make truly great pizza at home.
Ooni's live fire ovens give users the ability to cook authentic, flame-cooked pizza in just 60 seconds, ready to start cooking in 25 minutes or less and heating up to 950 ˚F — twice the temperature of a home oven and the searing temperature you need for incredible Neapolitan-style pizza.
In addition to offering award-winning ovens, Ooni has a comprehensive range of must-have accessories and carefully curated ingredients for pizza cooks, all available on Ooni.com.
Ooni Pizza Ovens, a family-run business, is a values-lead organization driven by passion, innovation, kindness, rigor and ambition, with an overarching belief that everyone deserves great pizza. It is BCorp™ certified, joining a highly selective group of companies verified to meet high standards for social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.
Ooni is also an official partner of 1% for the Planet, and donates 1% of its annual global revenue to social and environmental causes. Among the many initiatives supported, Ooni has funded the planting of 3,114,825 trees in Madagascar through its partnership with Eden Reforestation Projects.
To explore the full Ooni Pizza Ovens product range, visit ooni.com
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Evening" game were:
02-04-12-16-19-20-23-32-36-44-45-50-64-65-69-70-73-74-76-79, BE: 65
(two, four, twelve, sixteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-three, thirty-two, thirty-six, forty-four, forty-five, fifty, sixty-four, sixty-five, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-six, seventy-nine; BE: sixty-five) | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17404157.php | 2022-08-29 05:04:34 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17404157.php |
KIRO NEWSRADIO OPINION
Ross: Worried about balloning government budgets? Get involved
I know that many of us are mystified as to why it takes so much money to run a government, any government.
There’s this perception that once a legislator is elected, that person becomes a broken slot machine spewing money in all directions, but that’s not the whole story.
More from Dave Ross: Classified documents found in Biden’s office sounds familiar
Last night I watched a budget hearing of the State Senate Ways and Means Committee on TVW. And here’s a little of what I heard:
“I’m here today to highlight our strong support for the governor’s investments in weatherization and utility assistance and also to ask you to add $15,450,000…”
“…my organization provides transportation, food, information, and case management as homelessness continues to grow…”
“…in a care crisis where seniors and people with disabilities are waiting without care because there are not enough caregivers in the workforce…”
“…to substantially increased funding. For the distressed hospital grant program…”
“…I’d like to respectfully ask that you add $1.7 million to expand the dementia resource catalyst pilot program to two additional sites.”
There was a common theme – thank you for your support, however…
“We were disappointed that the governor did not include the $47.6 million dollars in biodiversity funding…”
“… we appreciate the governor including the base funding in the budget at $2 million, but we respectfully request additional funding to a total of $4.25 million …”
“…representing the Washington retail association to support the governor’s proposal to fund the organized retail Crime Task Force at $2.2 million dollars. We would encourage the committee to consider increasing it to the full requests of the AG to $3 million.”
And we all want to stop organized retail crime. We all want to train more police – support crime victims, prevent suicide, and provide mental health care – all those causes came up by the time the session ended at about 7:45 p.m. last night.
The theme from almost every participant was “thank you, but we need more.”
I heard only one witness actually ask for less money – concerned citizen Debi Moloney.
“I’m here today to ask that you do not find the $600,000 requested by Washington State Parks and Recreation Department for their development plans at Miller Peninsula State Park, their plans do not reflect any current scientific thinking around climate changing issues,” Moloney asked in the meeting.
And I bring this up because there are always calls for tax relief. But when legislators are flooded with all these worthy causes – it’s tough to say no.
Unless you have a person like Debi Moloney show up and say I, as a taxpayer, do not want this program.
So I’m suggesting that those of you who are tired of seeing ballooning budgets – do what Debi did. All this stuff is online; find something you think is a waste of money and sign up to testify.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's judicial watchdog agency says it is investigating a judge who stopped an 11-year-old rape victim from getting an abortion — a procedure that advocates insist is allowed in the South American nation for rape cases at any stage of a pregnancy.
Santa Catarina state Judge Joana Ribeiro Zimmer was filmed at a hearing May 9 asking the child whether she understood how pregnancies happen, referring to her rapist as “the father of the baby," asking her to “hold on a little more” to save it and even suggesting a name should be picked. The girl repeatedly said she did not want to give birth.
The case, reported by the website The Intercept Brasil last week, prompted associations of magistrates and human rights groups to request that the country's National Council of Justice remove Zimmer from her post. The council announced Tuesday it has opened an investigation.
Lawyer Daniela Félix, who represents the 11-year-old's family, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the child, who was 10 at the time she was raped this year, only noticed her pregnancy in its 22nd week.
The child's mother took her to a hospital in the city of Florianópolis to get an abortion, but doctors said they could perform the procedure only up to the 20th week of pregnancy.
Felix said the family took the case to court within days, where Zimmer not only refused to allow the abortion but isolated the girl from her family in a state shelter.
Some anti-abortion activists argue that Health Ministry recommendations urge a 20- to 22-week limit on abortions. But Félix and other lawyers noted the law itself makes no mention of a limit in the case or rape victims or when a woman's life is in danger.
Local police and prosecutors claim her relatives are suspects in the crime.
The child, who is now in the 29th week of pregnancy, was finally allowed to go home Tuesday under a ruling by another magistrate from the same court, though still without authorizing her to have an abortion.
Zimmer denied any wrongdoing in interviews to local media. She is no longer involved in the case because she recently took a different post in the same state court system.
The probe will be conducted by the same Santa Catarina court system in southern Brazil and its decision with be referred to her own court in the Southern Brazil state, and then taken for the national watchdog to make its final decision. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Brazilian-judge-probed-for-blocking-abortion-for-17259017.php | 2022-06-22 22:09:16 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Brazilian-judge-probed-for-blocking-abortion-for-17259017.php |
Mikhael Isaih Taylor, 21, of Zion, Illinois, faces charges of vehicle operator flee/elude officer, and second degree recklessly endangering safety.
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As fentanyl drives overdose deaths, mistaken beliefs persist
(AP) - Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020.
The pills were fake and contained fentanyl, an opioid that can be 50 times as powerful as the same amount of heroin. It killed them both.
“Two years ago, I knew nothing about this,” said Holly Groelle, the mother of 19-year-old Alfaro, who lived in Appleton, Wisconsin. “I felt bad because it was something I could not have warned her about, because I didn’t know.”
The drug that killed her daughter was rare a decade ago, but fentanyl and other lab-produced synthetic opioids now are driving an overdose crisis deadlier than any the U.S. has ever seen. Last year, overdoses from all drugs claimed more than 100,000 lives for the first time, and the deaths this year have remained at nearly the same level — more than gun and auto deaths combined.
The federal government counted more accidental overdose deaths in 2021 alone than it did in the 20-year period from 1979 through 1998. Overdoses in recent years have been many times more frequent than they were during the black tar heroin epidemic that led President Richard Nixon to launch his War on Drugs, or during the cocaine crisis in the 1980s.
As fentanyl gains attention, mistaken beliefs persist about the drug, how it is trafficked and why so many people are dying.
Experts believe deaths surged not only because the drugs are so powerful, but also because fentanyl is laced into so many other illicit drugs, and not because of changes in how many people are using. In the late 2010s — the most recent period for which federal data is available — deaths were skyrocketing even as the number of people using opioids was dropping.
Advocates warn that some of the alarms being sounded by politicians and officials are wrong and potentially dangerous. Among those ideas: that tightening control of the U.S.-Mexico border would stop the flow of the drugs, though experts say the key to reining in the crisis is reducing drug demand; that fentanyl might turn up in kids’ trick-or-treat baskets this Halloween; and that merely touching the drug briefly can be fatal — something that researchers found untrue and that advocates worry can make first responders hesitate about giving lifesaving treatment.
All three ideas were brought up this month in an online video billed as a pre-Halloween public service announcement from a dozen Republican U.S. senators.
A report this year from a bipartisan federal commission found that fentanyl and similar drugs are being made mostly in labs in Mexico from chemicals shipped primarily from China.
In New England, fentanyl has largely replaced the supply of heroin. Across the country, it’s being laced into drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine, sometimes with deadly results. And in cases like Alfaro’s, it’s being mixed in Mexico or the U.S. with other substances and pressed into pills meant to look like other drugs.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has warned that fentanyl is being sold in multicolored pills and powders — sometimes referred to as “rainbow fentanyl” — marketed on social media to teens and young adults.
Jon DeLena, the agency’s associate special agent in charge, said at the National Crime Prevention Council summit on fentanyl in Washington this month that there’s “no direct information that Halloween is specifically being targeted or young people are being targeted for Halloween,” but that hasn’t kept that idea from spreading.
Joel Best, an emeritus sociology professor at the University of Delaware, said that idea falls in with a long line of Halloween-related scares. He has examined cases since 1958 and has not found a single instance of a child dying because of something foreign put into Halloween candy — and few instances of that being done at all.
“If you give a dose of fentanyl to kids in elementary school, you have an excellent chance of killing them,” he said. “If you do addict them, what are you going to do, try to take their lunch money? No one is trying to addict little kids to fentanyl.”
In midterm election campaigns, fentanyl is not getting as much attention as issues such as inflation and abortion. But Republicans running for offices including governor and U.S. Senate in Arkansas, New Mexico and Pennsylvania have framed the fentanyl crisis as a result of Democrats being lax about securing the Mexican border or soft on crime as part of a broader campaign assertion that Democrats foster lawlessness.
And when Democrats highlight the overdose crisis in campaigns this year, it has often been to tout their roles in forging settlements to hold drugmakers and distributors responsible.
Relying heavily on catching fentanyl at the border would be futile, experts say, because it’s easy to move in small, hard-to-detect quantities.
“I don’t think that reducing the supply is going to be the answer because it’s so easy to mail,” said Adam Wandt, an assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Still, some more efforts are planned on the U.S.-Mexico border, including increasing funding to search more vehicles crossing ports of entry. The bipartisan commission found those crossings are where most fentanyl arrives in the country.
The commission is calling for many of the measures that other advocates want to see, including better coordination of the federal response, targeted enforcement, and measures to prevent overdoses for those who use drugs.
The federal government has been funding efforts along those lines. It also publicizes big fentanyl seizures by law enforcement, though it’s believed that even the largest busts make small dents in the national drug supply.
The commission stopped short of calling for increased penalties for selling fentanyl. Bryce Pardo, associate director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center and a commission staff member, said such a measure would not likely deter the drug trade. But, he said, dealers who sell the products most likely to cause death — such as mixing fentanyl into cocaine or pressing it into fake Xanax — could be targeted effectively.
One California father who lost his 20-year-old daughter is pushing for prosecutors to file murder charges against those who supply fatal doses.
Matt Capelouto’s daughter Alexandra died from half a pill she bought from a dealer she found on social media in 2019, while home in Temecula, California, during a college break. She was told the pill was oxycodone, Capelouto said, but it contained fentanyl.
The dealer was charged with distributing fentanyl resulting in death, but he reached a plea deal on a lesser drug charge and will face up to 20 years in prison.
“It’s not that arresting and convicting and putting these guys behind bars doesn’t work,” Capelouto said. “The fact is we don’t do it enough to make a difference.”
While some people killed by fentanyl have no idea they’re taking it, others, particularly those with opioid use disorder, know it is or could be in the mix. But they may not know how much is in their drugs.
That was the case for Susan Ousterman’s son Tyler Cordiero, who died at 24 in 2020 from a mixture that included fentanyl after years of using heroin and other opioids.
For nearly two years, Ousterman avoided going by the gas station near their home in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, where her son fatally overdosed. But in August, she went to leave two things there: naloxone, a drug used to reverse overdoses, and a poster advertising a hotline for people using drugs to call so the operator could call for help if they become unresponsive.
Ousterman is funneling her anger and sorrow into preventing other overdoses.
“Fentanyl is everywhere,” she said. “You don’t know what’s in an unregulated drug supply. You don’t know what you’re taking. You’re always taking the chance of dying every time.”
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AP journalists Lindsay Whitehurst in Washington and Kavish Harjai in Los Angeles contributed. Harjai is a corps members for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
Having been studying in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province for five years, Tungamirai Eric Mupona from Zimbabwe is interested in volunteer activities which allow him to engage with local people and learn from them.
He has taken part in volunteer activities such as traffic control, raising people's environmental protection awareness, and assistance to the communities hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2019, Mupona created a public social service platform - Abroad Path Leaders - in an effort to encourage more young people from foreign countries to participate in local volunteer activities and cultural exchange events.
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After a bumpy start, the Biden administration is trying to smooth out the vaccination campaign aimed at controlling the country's growing monkeypox outbreak.
The effort now rests on a new and untested strategy of dividing up what were previously full doses in order to stretch the limited stockpile of vaccines in the U.S.
This comes as monkeypox cases have climbed well above 14,000 in the U.S. – a case count higher than any other country in the world – and yet many local health departments still report not having enough vaccines to reach all those who are considered at heightened risk of contracting the disease.
"We are definitely in what we're still calling 'The Hunger Games' phase of this – where there's nowhere near enough doses for the demand," says Dr. Mark Del Beccaro, Assistant Deputy Chief for Public Health – Seattle & King County.
Already facing the expected logistical hurdles of running a vaccine campaign in a public health emergency, health officials now have to tackle another challenge: how to squeeze five doses out of single-dose vials.
"It's great that we are able to increase the number of people we can vaccinate with the current supply," says Claire Hannan, head of the Association of Immunization Managers. Still, "when you make a change like that, it's kind of like turning the barge around in the middle of the sea."
The change poses challenges with messaging and logistics – training providers and getting the right equipment – and it raises concerns among some over equity as early vaccine data rolls in, showing significant racial disparities.
Stretching a limited supply
The U.S. government's plan to get the disease under control is largely based on giving out the JYNNEOS vaccine, a two-shot series against monkeypox made by Bavarian Nordic.
But a series of missteps at the start of the response left the U.S. with a major vaccine shortage. The federal government was slow to order vaccines, allowing other countries to jump the queue, and distribution has been chaotic for states and cities.
So far, the U.S. has shipped around 700,000 vials of the monkeypox vaccine to states and territories for distribution. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the first priority is to vaccinate the 1.7 million people who are considered at highest risk.
Facing a shortage in vaccines, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a new dosing strategy last week: the vaccine can now be administered using an "intradermal injection" – where the vaccine is injected into the skin – rather than the typical method of injecting into the layer of fat underneath the skin.
"This action serves to markedly increase vaccine supply," said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, in a video released this week. "Intradermal administration of the JYNNEOS vaccine allows vaccine providers to administer a total of up to five separate doses from an existing one-dose vial."
Federal officials are adamant that this smaller amount of vaccine should not be considered a "partial dose" because it's still able to produce a similar level of immunologic response as the original method of administering the vaccine.
However, the evidence for this method is scant, though it has worked for vaccinating against other diseases.
The theory rests on the fact that there are many immune cells embedded in the skin. "When a vaccine is given into this tissue, you can generate a robust immune response using a smaller amount of vaccine," said Dr. John Brooks, a medical epidemiologist from CDC in the video, citing a 2015 study on the vaccine. Brooks also stressed that the method has been studied on other vaccines including those for flu and rabies.
One vial equals five doses? Not so fast
There's also a practical problem with the plan to squeeze five doses out of what was once a single dose:
"It's just mechanically difficult to do," says Del Beccaro of Seattle & King County. "The federal announcement of five doses per vial was, I think, incredibly optimistic and what we're seeing in real life is three to four doses per vial."
Hannan, head of the Association of Immunization Managers, has heard the same concerns.
"Hopefully we will start to see more of the vials yielding five doses, but we're not really seeing that consistently right now," she says.
And yet it seems the federal government is assuming five doses per vial as it divvys up the supplies of vaccine and sends those out to health departments, says Del Beccaro.
So far, much of the U.S. vaccine campaign has focused on reaching people who are unvaccinated and at increased risk of contracting monkeypox, but soon health departments will also have to be ready for the influx of people returning for their second doses 28 days later.
In the Seattle area, that could add up to about 4,000 people in the last week of August. And while it continues to be difficult to predict how the federal supply could change, Del Beccaro says currently it looks like they will not be getting enough vaccine to do second shots while also providing first shots at a high rate.
The switch also requires new supplies and training, says Janna Kerins, medical director at the Chicago Department of Public Health. "It means using a different syringe, a different needle," she says, "So it has taken a bit of time to make sure people have the supplies."
Plus providers need technical training in how to administer a dose into the skin. And "we also need to educate [providers and the communities they serve] on the data that supports this change," though there's not much available, she says.
Distrust and feelings of disrespect
The new dosing strategy is also feeding into a strong sense of inequity among some in the communities most at risk for the disease.
The overwhelming majority of U.S. cases are still being detected among "men who reported recent sexual contact with other men," CDC director Rochelle Walensky told reporters on Thursday.
Though the data is imperfect, what's currently available shows another trend: a disproportionately high number of Black and LatinX members of the gay and queer community are getting monkeypox – and they've also had a hard time getting access to vaccines.
On August 10, North Carolina's health department released findings that 70% of the state's cases have been detected in Black men, but just 24% of monkeypox vaccines have gone to this group.
Chicago is also seeing vaccination gaps in men of color. 30% of the city's cases have been found among Latino men, but just 15% of vaccines have gone to the Latino population, according to Kerins, in Chicago. "We have some work to do to try to align the doses of vaccine better with those who are [at risk of] becoming cases," she says.
National data indicates that queer Black and Brown communities are experiencing high rates of monkeypox: 33% of cases are occurring among those who are Hispanic and 28% among those who are Black.
While no national data has been shared on vaccinations, lack of access for these groups is a problem across the board, says Joseph Osmundson, a microbiologist at NYU and a queer community organizer in New York. The new dosing strategy could feed into that.
"We expect the data in New York and elsewhere to be similar," Osmundson says. "What this [dosing strategy] is doing is using a different dosing regimen for those who get the vaccine late – who are more likely to be working class and more likely to be Black and Brown, who have not had the privilege, the ability to access vaccine yet."
The disparities in vaccine access have sowed suspicion and distrust in communities of color, says Kenyon Farrow, with the advocacy group Prep4All.
Farrow says public health leaders still have to do more to explain why this new strategy is not necessarily inferior. He says a sentiment he's seen online, especially from gay men of color, is that "they let White gay men take all the first full doses. And so we're now supposed to believe that a fifth of that dose is going to do us just as well."
Federal health officials say they're working to bridge these disparities.
On Thursday, the White House monkeypox response team announced a pilot program to bring vaccines to Pride festivals and events where they can reach the gay, bisexual and queer communities at highest risk for contracting the virus.
"Many of the events we're focusing on are events that focus on populations who are overrepresented in this outbreak," including Black and Latino individuals, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, deputy coordinator of the national monkeypox response, said on Thursday during a briefing with federal health officials.
"It's really about positioning messaging and biomedical interventions where people can reach it, and also making sure that we're going to the right places and talking about the right people."
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Cyclist Gino Mäder has died after Tour de Suisse crash, his team says
By George Ramsay, CNN
(CNN) — Swiss cyclist Gino Mäder has died following a crash on the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse, his Bahrain Victorious team announced on Friday.
Almost 200 kilometers into the race, the 26-year-old Mäder crashed at high speed with American rider Magnus Sheffield, race organizers said in a statement on Thursday. They were descending the Albula Pass towards La Punt, where the stage ended.
“On Friday 16th June, following a very serious crash during stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse, Gino lost his battle to recover from the severe injuries he sustained,” Bahrain Victorious said in a statement.
“Our entire team is devastated by this tragic accident, and our thoughts and prayers are with Gino’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.”
In a statement, the Tour de Suisse said it was “heartbroken,” paying tribute to an “excellent rider” and “wonderful person.”
Sheffield, 21, who rides for Ineos Grenadiers, was found responsive with bruises and a concussion after the crash, race organizers said. He was transported to Samedan hospital.
Ineos Grenadiers later said that Sheffield was kept in hospital overnight on Thursday for observation after suffering concussion and soft tissue damage.
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DALLAS, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.24 per share of common stock, payable May 16, 2023, to stockholders of record on May 8, 2023.
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Blount Co. Courthouse closed Tuesday due to threat
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BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The Blount County Courthouse is closed December 20 due to a threat.
Sheriff Mark Moon says all buildings are clear of any threats right now.
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Netflix's founder and its chief executive for 25 years, Reed Hastings, is stepping down from his co-CEO role to serve instead as the executive chairman. Current co-CEO Ted Sarandos will continue to lead the streaming giant, and he'll be joined by new co-CEO Greg Peters, who's been Netflix's chief operating officer for three years and chief product officer for six.
The succession was announced Thursday as Netflix reported better-than-expected growth in the fourth quarter, to end a turbulent year that earlier included the company's first subscriber losses in a decade.
Netflix, the world's dominant streaming-video subscription service, said members increased by 7.66 million, to 230.75 million total, between October and December. That beats Netflix's October's guidance to add 4.5 million new members. It also beats analysts' average expectation, which was slightly more optimistic at 4.57 million new members, according to Refinitiv.
Shares were up 6.1% percent at $335.01 in recent after-hours trade. Through the close, the stock has lost more than a third of its value in the last 12 months as Netflix's membership-growth drama and worries about the wider economy made investors anxious.
In a separate post about his decision to step down as chief, Hastings wrote that he'd already been delegating the management to Sarandos and Peters for more than two years.
"It was a baptism by fire, given COVID and recent challenges within our business," Hastings said. "But they've both managed incredibly well, ensuring Netflix continues to improve and developing a clear path to reaccelerate our revenue and earnings growth. So the board and I believe it's the right time to complete my succession."
Before this year, Netflix's unflagging subscriber growth pushed nearly all of Hollywood's major media companies to embrace streaming as the future of TV. As they poured billions of dollars into their own streaming operations, the so-called streaming wars brought about a wave of new services, including Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Peacock and Paramount Plus.
The flood of streaming options complicates how many services you must use (and, often, pay for) to watch your favorite shows and movies online. But it's also ratcheted up Netflix's competition, intensifying the company's battle to win new members and keep the ones it has. The pressure has pushed Netflix to pursue strategies it had dismissed or avoided for years: In November, the company launched cheaper subscriptions supported by advertising, and it'll broaden a password-sharing crackdown this year to more countries than the few Latin American markets where it's already testing account-sharing fees.
Thursday, Netflix said the password fees would start rolling out more broadly later in the first quarter.
It also said that members on its new ad-supported plan are watching more than the company expected, with their engagement consistent with that of ad-free members. "Also, as expected, we've seen very little switching from other plans," Netflix said -- meaning it believes people aren't trading down to the cheaper, ad-supported level from a pricier, ad-free one very much.
As part of the executive reshuffling, Netflix's Bela Bajaria, formerly head of global TV, has become chief content officer, a title that Sarandos previously held. Scott Stuber has been named chairman of Netflix film.
In the fourth quarter, Netflix added 910,000 streaming customers in the US and Canada for a total of 74.3 million. In Europe, Middle East and Africa, membership increased by 3.2 million, to 76.73 million. In Latin America, subscribers grew by 1.76 million, to 41.7 million. And in the Asia Pacific region, 1.8 million new members widened its base there to 38.02 million.
Overall, Netflix reported a profit of $55.3 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with $607.4 million, or $1.33 a share, a year earlier. Revenue increased 1.9% to $7.852 billion.
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Teen pilot sets age record for solo flight around world
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Belgian-British teenager became the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft after he landed on Wednesday in Bulgaria, where his global journey kicked off five months ago.
Mack Rutherford, who turned 17 during the trip, landed on an airstrip west of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, to complete his task and to claim two Guinness World Records. Along with becoming the youngest person to fly around the world by himself, Rutherford is the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe in a microlight plane.
His sister, Zara, who finished her own trip global flight in January at age 19, previously held the ultralight record. Rutherford took the age record from Travis Ludlow of Britain, who was 18 when he made a solo flight around the world last year.
The record journey, which began March 23, took Rutherford through 52 countries over five continents. To set a mark recognized by the Guinness World Records, he crossed the equator twice.
Born into a family of aviators, Rutherford qualified for his pilot’s license in 2020, which at the time, made him the youngest pilot in the world at the age of 15.
His solo trip flying around the world kicked off in Bulgaria because his sponsor, the web hosting company ICDSoft, is headquartered in Sofia and loaned him the plane.
Like his sister, Rutherford flew a Shark, one of the fastest ultralight aircraft in the world with a cruising speed reaching 300 kph (186 mph). Normally a two-seater, it was modified for his long journey by replacing the second seat with an extra tank.
Initially planned to take up to three months, the trip lasted longer due to several unexpected obstacles along his way, including monsoon rains, sandstorms, and extreme heat.
But most of the delays were caused by waits to obtain permits and other documents required for further flight or having to alter the scheduled route if they were rejected.
The flight took him through Africa and the Gulf region to India, China, South Korea, and Japan. He crossed the northern Pacific and landed after 10 uninterrupted hours in the air on a volcanic island near the Bering Strait.
From there, he headed to Alaska and down the West Coast of the United States to Mexico, then he headed north again along the U.S. East Coast to Canada, and across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe.
On Wednesday, a huge crowd of people had arrived at the airport to welcome Rutherford and to celebrate his achievements. Among them were the three members of his immediate family.
Father Sam Rutherford said he was extremely happy and proud of his children’s achievements. He told reporters that such an event is especially encouraging for children to follow their dreams and parents to support them in their endeavors.
His sister, Zara Rutherford, said she kept in close touch with her younger brother during his journey.
“While he was flying, I constantly tried to keep in touch and help him. Our parents called him every day, and I joined in those conversations. I gave him advice on the route, on the flight, so that I could be useful to him,” she said.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Yatsen Holding Limited (NYSE: YSG) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities who purchased Yatsen Holding Limited American Depository Shares ("ADS") between November 19, 2020 and March 10, 2022 or acquired Yatsen ADS pursuant or traceable to documents issued in connection with Yatsen's November 2020 initial public stock offering.
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Yatsen Holding Limited made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: the registration statement and prospectus used to effectuate the Company's initial public offering ("IPO"), Yatsen and the other named defendants misled investors into believing that Yatsen's most significant brands, Perfect Diary and Little Ondine, were thriving, thereby driving Yatsen's "healthy" top-line growth at the time of its IPO and quarter after quarter thereafter. In truth, however, cosmetic and skincare sales of Perfect Diary and Little Ondine products were declining in the period leading up to (and including at the time of) the IPO and throughout 2021. Moreover, as the truth about Yatsen's business reached the market, the value of the Company's shares declined dramatically, causing Yatsen investors to suffer significant damages.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KTSM) – The exodus from the New Mexico State men’s basketball program amid the team’s turmoil continued on Tuesday, this time from a high-profile recruit.
Lowell Darius Carr, a consensus four-star prospect in the Class of 2023 who signed with first-year head coach Greg Heiar back in November, announced his plans to ask for his release from his national letter of intent on Tuesday.
Carr cited all of the dysfunction surrounding the program in his statement posted to social media regarding his intentions to ask out of his LOI.
“Due to recent and ongoing situations at New Mexico State, I will be asking for the release of my NLI and my recruitment will be reopened,” Carr wrote. However, he did not completely slam the door on the Aggies. “I would like to thank New Mexico State for recruiting me and the Aggies will still be an option.”
A 6’3, 190-pound guard from Fairfax Senior High School in Los Angeles, Calif., Carr is rated as the 105-best prospect in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports.
When Carr signed with the Aggies on Nov. 17, 2022, he was the second-highest rated recruit in NMSU basketball history. Carr chose the Aggies over offers from Power-5 programs California, UConn, Kansas State, Mississippi State, Washington and Washington State.
Thus far, Carr is the only Aggies recruit to opt out of his LOI or commitment to the program. He joins three players that spent time with the NMSU program in 2022-23 – Kyle Feit, Shahar Lazar and Kent Olewiler – in announcing their intentions of leaving the school.
Carr’s announcement of his intentions to ask out of his LOI come two days after the remainder of NMSU’s 2022-23 season was canceled due to serious allegations of hazing committed by three NMSU players against one of their teammates.
First-year head coach Greg Heiar and his entire coaching staff were still employed as of Tuesday afternoon, but have been placed on paid administrative leave, after the release of a police report in which one NMSU player alleges that three of his teammates sexually assaulted him for over six months, both in the Pan American Center locker room and on the road.
he victim told police he did not want to file charges, but the New Mexico State University police report states the investigation is still ongoing and the offenses described by the victim include criminal sexual contact, false imprisonment and harassment. A lawyer told KTSM on Monday that charges could still be filed, despite the victim not doing so as of now.
“Technically, it’s not up to the alleged victim on whether or not they want to pursue charges. That’s always up to the district attorney on whether or not they want to pursue charges,” said Ramona Martinez, a Las Cruces Defense attorney.
The allegations of criminal sexual contact and other grave offenses in the NMSU locker room are the latest incidents to come to light in a tumultuous 2022-23 season under Heiar that also included: the arrest and firing of an assistant coach; an Oct. 15 fight involving two players at the UNM-NMSU football game against multiple UNM students; and then a deadly shooting in Albuquerque on Nov. 19 involving Aggies forward Mike Peake and four UNM students that was allegedly in retaliation to the fight. | https://www.wric.com/college-sports/4-star-new-mexico-state-signee-asks-for-release-amid-programs-turmoil/ | 2023-02-14 22:43:05 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/college-sports/4-star-new-mexico-state-signee-asks-for-release-amid-programs-turmoil/ |
The Senate has approved a proposal that would allow borrowers stuck with student loan debt linked to a spouse or ex-spouse to separate those loans. For many, it could also open a path to having their loans erased as part of a federal loan-forgiveness program.
If approved by the House and signed by President Biden, the legislation would close a loophole created in the 1990s that allowed married couples to consolidate their student loans for a lower interest rate. Congress shuttered the program in 2006, but never passed a way to separate the loans.
Almost two decades later borrowers are still shackled to each other – even in cases of divorce. And in some cases, borrowers are responsible for debt that was linked with a former abusive spouse.
An extra benefit for some borrowers is that they may now become eligible for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The program allows long-time civil servants such as teachers and firefighters who qualify to have their loans forgiven.
The proposed Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act approved by the Senate on Wednesday would allow borrowers affected by spousal consolidation to separate their loans based on the initial percentage they brought in.
"Now, if you contributed 70% of the student debt, you will be responsible for 70%,'' says Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat who is a co-sponsor of the legislation. "Thousands of people were stuck with obligations, sometimes from a domestic abuser, that could amount to tens of thousands of dollars."
For borrowers like Angela Powell, who lives near Dallas, passage by the Senate is a step closer to freedom from her ex-husband's debt. She says he has not made regular payments to the debt since 2016, and the burden of double loans launched her into forbearance and murky financial situations.
The prospect of loan forgiveness and finally closing that chapter of her life has Powell beaming: "I feel like I can shed a little bit of my weight now. Thank you, Jesus!"
"A little bit of hope has crept in," says Cynthia Malone, a licensed clinical social worker in Columbia, Mo. "There's a little bit more of a bounce to my step today."
Malone, like some of these borrowers, is hoping this bill will be the fix she needs to get her loans forgiven. In their present form, these consolidated loans are not eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, but if the House, and President Biden, sign off soon, some borrowers can separate their debts and claim forgiveness.
The current PSLF waiver runs out in October, so the clock is ticking.
Representative David E. Price, the North Carolina Democrat who sponsored the bill in the House, looks forward to the next step: "We're optimistic that a bill that passed the Senate by unanimous consent will be taken up by the House."
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LAS VEGAS – The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic.
And, also as expected, the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future.
The league’s board of governors finalized those two matters Tuesday, approving a plan to award one free throw when teams are disadvantaged by the take foul — as well as removing the “experimental” designation from the play-in element to the postseason.
“Generally, it was upbeat coming out of our meeting," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “People are thrilled that as we head into next season, it looks like we’ll be on our normal track in terms of when the season starts, in terms of our protocols around the game, particularly around the health and safety of our players."
It wasn't a surprise that the league changed the penalty on take fouls; Silver told The Associated Press in early June that it would change, though cautioned that the new rule might still be tweaked in future years.
The take foul — in which the defender does not make a play on the ball — is what the league classifies as one that occurs either “during a transition scoring opportunity or immediately following a change of possession and before the offensive team had the opportunity to advance the ball.” The exception is in the final 2 minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime.
The new penalty for such a foul is one free throw, which may be attempted by any player on the offended team in the game at the time the foul was committed, and continued possession.
Silver addressed a number of other topics, including:
REVENUE
The NBA is coming off a massive financial year, with revenue topping $10 billion for the first time and basketball-related income reaching $8.9 billion, another record.
Silver said the numbers are particularly strong considering the league is still dealing with a pandemic, and it wasn't that long ago when some questioned whether sports could survive the virus — at least in the sense of whether people would want to gather again.
“The numbers did surprise me to a certain degree because it exceeded projections, and the projections represent where we think our business is going," Silver said. “I think it's quite remarkable from where we came 2 1/2 years ago."
KEVIN DURANT
Kevin Durant is under contract for four more years with the Brooklyn Nets, and his trade request has been one of the biggest stories of the offseason.
It hasn't been one that Silver has particularly enjoyed.
“This needs to be a two-way street," Silver said. “Teams provide enormous security and guarantees to players, and the expectation in return is that they’ll meet their end of the bargain. There's always conversations that go on behind closed doors between players and representatives and teams, but we don’t like to see players requesting trades and we don’t like to see it playing out the way it is."
PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT
The play-in tournament has generally been considered a success, so it was no surprise that the league is keeping it around.
The play-in tournament — in its current form — has been used in each of the last two seasons, where the teams that finish seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th in the East and West meet to determine the final two playoff spots in each conference.
The No. 7 team plays the No. 8 team, with the winner clinching the No. 7 seed in the playoffs. The No. 9 team plays the No. 10 team, with the loser eliminated and the winner moving on to face the team that lost the 7-8 game. The winner of that matchup is the No. 8 seed.
It’s been a hit, primarily because it tends to give a March Madness feel — four elimination games before the playoffs even begin — and gives more teams incentive to not tank for better odds in the draft lottery.
There was a play-in element in 2020 as well in the restart bubble at Walt Disney World, when Portland beat Memphis for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. Memphis could have gotten the No. 8 seed that year by beating Portland twice; the Blazers had to win only one game to claim the spot.
LOAD MANAGEMENT
Load management — the fancy term given now when a player gets to sit out a game to rest — has been a challenge for the league and its teams in recent years. Silver said it will continue to be discussed with the players' association as the sides get more into negotiations for the next collective bargaining agreement.
The league has taken steps, driven by sleep science and other data, to try and make the schedule more player-friendly in recent years. The stretches of four games in five nights have been eliminated, instances of back-to-back games have dropped, and the league has even tinkered with keeping teams in the same road city for consecutive games in an effort to limit travel over the course of a season.
That said, sometimes, a player still sits. Silver suggested it might be time to consider adding money as an incentive for playing more often.
“I’m all in favor of guaranteed contracts," Silver said. “But maybe that on top of your typical guaranteed contracts, some incremental money should be based on number of games played and results of those games. I mean, it’s that’s how most industries work, where there’s financial incentives — even among highly paid executives for performance."
ABA PAYMENTS
The NBA and the NBPA announced a new program — jointly funded — to provide payments to approximately 115 ABA players who played at least three seasons but didn’t qualify for NBA pensions. They’ll get “recognition payments” of $3,828 per year of service.
“Our players have a genuine sense of appreciation for those who paved the way and helped us achieve the success we enjoy today,” NBPA Executive Director Tamika Tremaglio said. “We have always considered the ABA players a part of our brotherhood and we are proud to finally recognize them with this benefit.”
Silver said the league and the players “felt a need to act on behalf of these former ABA players who are aging and, in many cases, facing difficult economic circumstances.”
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More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.wsls.com/sports/2022/07/13/nba-stiffens-take-foul-penalty-will-keep-play-in-tournament/ | 2022-07-13 12:27:50 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/sports/2022/07/13/nba-stiffens-take-foul-penalty-will-keep-play-in-tournament/ |
Monsoon storm heads toward Phoenix | July 30
PHOENIX - A monsoon storm is headed toward the Phoenix area and it's coming from the East Valley on Sunday night.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued for communities east of Phoenix, like Mesa and Apache Junction. Those have since expired.
The National Weather Service in Phoenix says the storms can include "60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail."
As of 7:10 p.m., the storm is staying east and southeast of Phoenix, in Pinal County.
Stay with us as we track the incoming storm. | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/monsoon-storm-heads-toward-phoenix-july-30 | 2023-07-31 03:15:57 | 1 | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/monsoon-storm-heads-toward-phoenix-july-30 |
WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 13, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service San Diego CA
101 PM PDT Sat Aug 13 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 258 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected. El Dorado and Apple fire scars included.
* WHERE...A portion of Southwest California, including the following
counties, Riverside and San Bernardino.
* WHEN...Until 258 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...El Dorado burn scar. Highway 38. Minor flooding and mud
flows in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rural flooding around
Big Bear City.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 101 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream
flooding. Between 0.25 and 0.5 inches of rain have fallen
with increasing rainfall rates expected.
- Includes Apple and El Dorado burn scars.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Yucaipa, Big Bear City, Onyx Summit, Mount San Gorgonio,
Lucerne Valley, Forest Falls, Beaumont, Banning, Big Bear
Lake, Running Springs, Baldwin Lake, Hwy 18 Between Baldwin
Lake And Lucerne Valley, Hwy 38 Between Onyx Summit And
Sugarloaf, Seven Oaks, Hwy 38 Between Yucaipa And Onyx
Summit, Johnson Valley, Angelus Oaks, Hwy 18 Between Running
Springs And Big Bear, western Pioneertown and Mountain Home
Village.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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NEW YORK (WWLP) – A Massachusetts man has been found guilty in a cocaine trafficking scheme at a Manhattan federal court Monday.
Following a one-week trial, the jury found 49-year-old Abel Montilla, of Springfield, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute narcotics.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York, Montilla was a member of a drug trafficking organization that trafficked cocaine hidden inside custom-built furniture between 2018 and 2021. Specifically, between September 2018 and June 2019, the drug organization sent 27 shipments of cargo from Puerto Rico to the United States. In total, the drug organization shipped approximately 4,000 kilograms of cocaine worth at least $120 million on the streets.
Montilla was a Massachusetts coordinator of cocaine shipments for the drug trafficking organization. He delivered the cocaine shipments through the night from Massachusetts to Florida and then would fly back to Massachusetts. It is believed Montilla coordinated at least a dozen drug shipments and at least twelve shipments of the 27 were sent to addresses affiliated with Montilla.
Montilla is scheduled for sentencing on March 22, 2023. He is facing a minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison. | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/massachusetts-man-convicted-after-coffee-tables-other-furniture-used-to-traffic-4-tons-of-cocaine/ | 2022-12-22 21:43:58 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/massachusetts-man-convicted-after-coffee-tables-other-furniture-used-to-traffic-4-tons-of-cocaine/ |
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