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SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres third base coach Matt Williams has colon cancer and will have surgery on Friday.
Mike Shildt, the former St. Louis Cardinals manager who is a senior adviser with the Padres, will fill in as third base coach beginning Thursday, when the most eagerly anticipated season in franchise history begins with a home game against the Colorado Rockies.
Williams, a five-time All-Star in a 17-year career spent mostly with the San Francisco Giants, said he was diagnosed about three weeks ago.
“I don’t have any symptoms, I don’t have any issues, but at this point it’s important that we get it out of there,” Williams said Wednesday.
Williams, 57, said initial scans show that the cancer hasn’t spread. “That’s a good thing, so we’ll see how it goes from here. … I’ll do what I can and fight as hard as I can to get back as quickly as possible.”
Williams played 10 seasons with San Francisco, one with Cleveland and six with Arizona, including 2001 when the Diamondbacks won the World Series. He won four Gold Glove Awards and four Silver Slugger Awards.
Williams managed the Washington Nationals for two seasons and was the NL Manager of the Year in 2014. He was manager Bob Melvin’s third base coach in Oakland in 2018-19 and joined Melvin’s Padres staff last season.
“I’ve been with Matt on five different teams, I’ve known him for over 35 years and he might be the toughest guy I’ve ever come across in baseball,” Melvin said. “I know in particular he’s going to give this the fiercest effort of his life and he’s going to beat it. Our players have been fully supportive of him. It’s hard being so close to somebody and knowing he has to deal with it but I know he is and I know he’s going to beat it.”
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Do you know someone who tested positive for COVID but never felt a darn thing? Or who says they never caught the virus – even when their partner was sick in bed.
Scientists estimate that over 20% of people who get infected with COVID never have any symptoms – and a portion of them never even know they were infected. Now a new study published in Nature on July 19 says their genetics might be why the virus didn't make them sick.
Some people have a version of a gene in their immune system called HLA-B that protects them from feeling the effects of the virus. The study found that people with this special HLA-B variant are 2 to 8 1/2 times more likely to be asymptomatic than those without the variant.
Goats and Soda covered an early version of this study last year. Since then, the scientists have found out how this genetically enhanced protection works – it's because of immune cells that remember infections from other seasonal coronaviruses, i.e. many common colds, and thus know how to attack COVID-19 too.
Bone marrow donors were key to the study
Jill Hollenbach, an immunologist at the University of California, San Francisco who led the research described in the new study, didn't have a mild COVID experience.
"I had COVID. I was sick for about a week. I didn't love it."
Hollenbach had a common kind of COVID experience, moderate symptoms and eventually a full recovery. But in her research, she says she's most interested in those with extreme cases.
"One extreme is very severe disease [leading to hospitalization or death]. And the other end of that spectrum is you didn't have any symptoms. We really haven't understood what's driving that," she says.
The new findings are thanks, in part, to the Good Samaritans who signed up to donate bone marrow through the Be The Match program. Some people who had provided a DNA sample to the program also signed up to participate in Hollenbach's COVID-19 Citizen Science Study.
"We simply asked people who were registered donors to track their COVID experience through a smartphone app and consented to let us look at their genetic data and link it to their answers," Hollenbach says.
Hollenbach thought that the same HLA genes used to find bone marrow matches could also be involved with COVID outcomes. "There's more diseases and conditions associated with variation in the HLA genomic region than any other genomic region. And that's by a wide margin," she says.
HLAs are a class of genes involved in the immune system that sit on the surface of our cells. When we're infected by a virus, HLAs will hold out a piece of that virus like a flag, telling the immune system to kill the infected cell.
There are hundreds of different HLA variants. Hollenbach found that one of them, HLA-B*15:01, was associated with asymptomatic COVID.
"To be fair, not everybody that has [HLA-B*15:01] will be asymptomatic," Hollenbach says. "But it was a really clear, robust and replicable association."
They call it 'cross-reactive immunity'
So how does this protection work?
The research shows that people with HLA-B*15:01 have an enhanced protection against COVID after being exposed to closely related common cold viruses. That's the result of a process called cross-reactive immunity.
"The thinking is that your exposure to some seasonal cold viruses, that in some cases share a lot of similarities with parts of SARS-CoV-2, gave you some existing immunity," Hollenbach says.
This is similar to how many vaccines, including the COVID vaccine, work. If you show the immune system a piece of a virus, it can use that as a template to create "Memory T cells." which can recognize viruses in future infections that match the template and start an immune response.
So when people with HLA-B*15:01 are exposed to the common cold, they create Memory T cells from a template that's so similar to COVID. And this template gives them enough protection from the virus that if infected they might never show any symptoms.
Hollenbach and her team demonstrated this by turning to samples of T cells from people with HLA-B*15:01 that were taken before the pandemic and then exposing those cells to COVID. Lo and behold, the T cells could react to the COVID virus.
The study doesn't have all the answers but could hold clues to better COVID treatments
The scientific community is raving about the new study.
"Well, it's a breakthrough," says Dr. Eric Topol, a physician-scientist at the Scripps Research Institute who wasn't involved in the study. "I think it may wind up giving us a whole new map for what to do in terms of drugs and vaccines, which is really notable."
While Topol is overall very enthusiastic about this research, he does have some concerns. "The main limitation is [the study] has three cohorts that were almost all European ancestry," he says.
This type of limited ethnic pool is an unfortunately common problem in disease research and means that this research might not apply to broad swaths of people.
The other main limitation of the study, Topol says, is that symptoms were self-reported, meaning that some people who reported as asymptomatic might have had a late onset of symptoms or mild symptoms that they didn't record in the app. But he says that the research team "did a really good job to deal with that" by making sure no symptoms were reported both 2 weeks before and after a positive test.
And there's the caveat that this research doesn't fully explain the mystery of asymptomatic COVID infections. "The genetic association that we found in this study explains some but not all asymptomatic disease," Hollenbach says. "So surely there are other genetic and non-genetic factors that are important in asymptomatic infection."
The paper says that only one of every five people in the study who reported being asymptomatic for COVID had the HLA-B*15:01 variant.
So those lucky enough to be born with HLA-B*15:01 might have some built-in protection against COVID. There might even be other versions of HLA that protect people too.
And what does this research mean for those without the Memory T cell protection?
"I think that it gives us an opportunity to think about potentially developing vaccines and therapeutics that are aimed not at preventing infection but preventing symptoms," Hollenbach says.
Those kinds of developments based on this research are a long way off but could lead to substantive breakthroughs in treatment down the road.
"If you can find a path so that people don't get sick from COVID. That's extraordinary," Topol says.
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LONDON -- Serena Williams' eagerly awaited return to Wimbledon will begin in the first round against France's Harmony Tan as the 23-time Grand Slam champion resumes singles action after a year away.
Williams, 40, avoided any of the big names in Friday's draw and will get the chance to ease into the tournament against world No. 113 Tan as she targets an unlikely eighth title.
Williams, a wild card, has not played a singles match since retiring injured and in tears in the first round a year ago against Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Men's top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic, chasing a 21st Grand Slam title after a troubled year, will open his campaign against South Korea's Kwon Soon-woo.
Second seed Rafael Nadal, who is halfway to a calendar year Grand Slam, plays Argentina's world No. 42 Francisco Cerundolo in the first round while compatriot Carlos Alcaraz, the man predicted to someday fill Nadal's shoes, takes on Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.
Women's top seed Iga Swiatek, who is on a 35-match winning run, opens against Croatian qualifier Jana Fett while second seed Anett Kontaveit takes on American Bernarda Pera.
American teenager Coco Gauff, who reached the French Open final and is seeded 11th, plays Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
Britain's U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, who will hog the spotlight among the home contingent, faces a tricky opener against experienced Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck.
Raducanu, 19, has struggled since her incredible run in New York and has been dealing with an injury in the build-up.
Compatriot Andy Murray, champion in 2013 and 2016 but unseeded now after his battles with hip injuries, is up against Australian James Duckworth.
Former champion Simona Halep, the 16th seed, will feature in probably the pick of the women's first-round clashes as she takes on Czech Karolina Muchova.
On the men's side, standout first-round matches include three-time Grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka against rising Italian Jannik Sinner while Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios takes on British hopeful Paul Jubb.
Looking further into the draw Djokovic is on course to face fifth seed Alcaraz in the quarter-finals while last year's runner-up Matteo Berrettini, who opens against Chile's Cristian Garin, could face Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Nadal's seeded quarter-final opponent is Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime who he beat on the way to the French Open title.
Swiatek's projected quarter-final opponent is American Jessica Pegula.
Williams, if she survives her opener against Tan, could face Spanish 32nd seed Sara Sorribes Tormo in the second round with a possible third round against last year's runner-up Karolina Pliskova. (Reporting by Martyn Herman Editing by Toby Davis) | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/williams-to-face-frances-tan-in-wimbledon-opener/article_2b143d80-6d3d-5214-98c2-46347acde9aa.html | 2022-06-26 00:49:14 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/williams-to-face-frances-tan-in-wimbledon-opener/article_2b143d80-6d3d-5214-98c2-46347acde9aa.html |
A Vermont school forfeited a girls’ basketball game and withdrew from a tournament in February because an opposing team had a transgender player, the head of the school confirmed to Boston.com.
Mid Vermont Christian School, a private religious school located in Quechee serving grades K through 12, was scheduled to play Long Trail School on Feb. 21. School head Vicky Fogg told Boston.com she believed playing against a team with a transgender student would not create a fair environment.
“Allowing biological males to participate in women’s sports sets a bad precedent for the future of women’s sports in general,” she said in the statement.
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According to VTDigger, Vermont added anti-discrimination rules in 2022. Private schools must follow them in order to receive state money for education, and they include signing a statement that indicates a school will follow anti-discrimination laws.
Mid Vermont Christian School is challenging those guidelines, according to VTDigger.
Fogg submitted the signed statement in January, but wrote in an addendum that Mid Vermont Christian School would not be waiving its rights to “make decisions based on its religious beliefs, including hiring and disciplining employees, associating with others, and in its admissions, conduct, and operations policies.”
The Vermont Agency of Education has had a best practices policy since at least 2017 that says transgender and gender-nonconforming students should be given the same opportunities to participate in physical education and sports as all other students.
“Generally, students should be permitted to participate in physical education and sports in accordance with the student’s gender identity,” the document reads.
The Vermont Principals’ Association, which governs student activities in the state, said a protest such as Fogg’s is the first in Vermont.
“We have transgender athletes in various sports, not just basketball, not just in team sports. We have individuals. So we have students that are participating as they are,” assistant executive director Lauren Thomas told the Bennington Banner.
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The VPA has a policy in place for transgender students, and has since 2021.
In 2022, a transgender student at Randolph Union High School in Vermont and their family received a wave of discriminatory comments after a story published about a student volleyball player and their objections to the transgender teammate using a school locker room, VTDigger reported.
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Sampling menu from Los Angeles chef Alvin Cailan spotlights New Zealand grass-fed beef and lamb
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beef + Lamb New Zealand, an industry organization representing and supporting New Zealand's beef and sheep farmers, is launching a food truck sampling tour, in partnership with Atkins Ranch grass-fed lamb and First Light Farms 100% grass-fed Wagyu beef, to bring a taste of New Zealand to Los Angeles-area residents. From October 27 to November 22, Angelenos can experience the New Zealand grass-fed difference with mouth-watering menu creations from Los Angeles chef Alvin Cailan, host of The Burger Show and the legendary talent behind the Eggslut concept and Amboy Quality Meats & Delicious Burgers.
The food truck sampling tour will enable consumers throughout Los Angeles to try grass-fed beef and lamb from New Zealand and discover what makes it so delicious. Grass-fed year-round, the animals are allowed to roam and graze freely over lush green hills and pastures, just as nature intended. The result is a tender, finely textured and more flavorful meat than anything else you'll find, with nutritional benefits that are second to none.
"New Zealand animals are sustainably and humanely raised on lush green pastures 365 days a year, resulting in some of the world's best, most natural-tasting beef and lamb," said Michael Wan, Global Manager, Beef + Lamb New Zealand. "We're excited for Angelenos to discover the taste of New Zealand grass-fed through the delicious menu creations developed by Chef Alvin, which highlight his culinary expertise and passion as well as his love for New Zealand beef and lamb."
Hand-crafted with Chef Alvin's personal style, the food truck sampling menu includes perfectly crafted small bites rich with flavor that use only the most premium and highly nutritious grass-fed beef and lamb options, including:
- Picanha sandwich with beef jus dip and giardiniera, made with First Light Farms 100% grass-fed Wagyu beef that is sweet, nutty, juicy, and tender.
- Lamb chorizo tostada with bean puree, queso and serrano crema, featuring Atkins Ranch 100% grass-fed lamb that is humanely raised, naturally flavorful, and deliciously versatile.
"I really enjoyed cooking with New Zealand grass-fed wagyu beef and lamb and trying the products in a variety of recipes," said Chef Alvin Cailan. "I was able to get creative and incorporate some of my favorite ingredients, while still allowing the delicious, natural flavor of the grass-fed meat to shine through."
Free samples of the picanha sandwich and lamb tostada will be available to consumers who visit the Beef + Lamb New Zealand food truck at its stops throughout Los Angeles. The stops include The Brig on Abbott Kinney in Venice, Grand Central Market in DTLA and The Rose Bowl Flea Market in Pasadena. Select sampling locations include:
- The Brig: Saturday, October 29 – Sunday, October 30
- Santa Monica Farmers Market: Saturday, November 5
- Canter's Fairfax: Sunday, November 6
- UCLA Football Fan Zone at the Rose Bowl: Saturday, November 12
- Rose Bowl Flea Market: Sunday, November 13
- Hotel Erwin: Saturday, November 19
- Grand Central Market: Sunday, November 20
Atkins Ranch 100% grass-fed lamb is available at Whole Foods Market and First Light Farms 100% grass-fed Wagyu beef is available at Lazy Acres, Ralphs, Bristol Farms and online at firstlight.farm. Visit www.beefandlambnz.com for more information on New Zealand grass-fed beef and lamb, product brands and where to buy online or at a store near you.
For more information on the Beef + Lamb New Zealand food truck, follow along on Instagram:
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand: @beefandlambnz
- First Light Farms: @firstlight.farm
- Atkins Ranch: @atkinsranch
- Chef Alvin Cailan: @alvincailan
About Beef + Lamb New Zealand
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is an industry organization representing and supporting New Zealand's beef and sheep farmers. The organization aims to raise awareness for grass-fed and pasture-raised meat from New Zealand, with a focus on delivering information and education on its benefits under the Taste Pure Nature® origin brand. When consumers see the Taste Pure Nature® logo, they can expect the best of New Zealand grass-fed beef and lamb. For more information, visit www.beefandlambnz.com and follow us on social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter at @beefandlambnz.
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Tampa Bay Rays (58-50, third in the AL East) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (58-50, second in the NL Central)
Milwaukee; Tuesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Jimmy Yacabonis (1-1, 9.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Brewers: Freddy Peralta (3-2, 4.46 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 53 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Brewers -165, Rays +145; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers host the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday to begin a two-game series.
Milwaukee is 58-50 overall and 27-22 at home. The Brewers have hit 151 total home runs to rank second in the NL.
Tampa Bay has a 25-29 record on the road and a 58-50 record overall. The Rays are 16-6 in games when they hit two or more home runs.
The teams meet Tuesday for the third time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Yelich ranks eighth on the Brewers with a .263 batting average, and has 18 doubles, four triples, eight home runs, 59 walks and 35 RBI. Kolten Wong is 12-for-32 with a home run and four RBI over the past 10 games.
Yandy Diaz ranks eighth on the Rays with a .276 batting average, and has 21 doubles, five home runs, 58 walks and 34 RBI. Brandon Lowe is 11-for-36 with two home runs and 10 RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 4-6, .265 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs
Rays: 5-5, .225 batting average, 3.38 ERA, outscored by two runs
INJURIES: Brewers: Omar Narvaez: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Jandel Gustave: 15-Day IL (forearm), Trevor Rosenthal: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Miguel Sanchez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jace Peterson: 10-Day IL (left elbow), Adrian Houser: 15-Day IL (flexor), Alex Jackson: 10-Day IL (finger), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Justin Topa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Perdomo: 15-Day IL (elbow)
Rays: Matt Wisler: 15-Day IL (neck), Harold Ramirez: 10-Day IL (thumb), Shane Baz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kevin Kiermaier: 60-Day IL (hip), Mike Zunino: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Fleming: 15-Day IL (oblique), Wander Franco: 10-Day IL (wrist), J.P. Feyereisen: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Manuel Margot: 60-Day IL (knee), Andrew Kittredge: 60-Day IL (elbow), JT Chargois: 60-Day IL (oblique), Brendan McKay: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tyler Glasnow: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Anderson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yonny Chirinos: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Suburbs across Texas are continuing to expand, some explosively, often at the expense of some of the state’s largest cities.
The U.S. Census Bureau just released its annual population estimates for cities across the country. Between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021, Texas’ population increased by 310,288, more than any other state in the nation.
Georgetown and Leander were revealed as the fastest-growing cities in the country with populations greater than 50,000, both increasing their populations by more than 10% between 2020 and 2021.
Several smaller cities grew at a much faster rate, though.
Josephine, northeast of Dallas, claimed the prize as fastest-growing city in the state, more than doubling its population in one year. The city’s population increased from 2,258 in 2020 to 4,565 in 2021, a 102.2% increase.
Neighboring Caddo Mills grew at the third-fastest pace statewide, with a 2021 population of 2,321, up 53.7% from the prior year.
Meanwhile, Liberty Hill, northwest of Austin, took second place. The city’s population increased by 79.3%, to 6,801 as of July 1, 2021.
Fulshear, west of Houston, and Venus, southwest of Dallas, rounded out the top five, both with population increases of more than 35%. Fulshear was the fastest-growing city in Texas during the 2010s, seeing explosive growth of more than 1,300% between censuses.
Locally, three additional cities appear in the top 20 fastest-growing in the state: Manor (28.5%), Dripping Springs (19.4%) and Jarrell (17.0%). On the opposite end, three local cities appear in the top 20 fastest-declining cities: Volente (-3.9%), The Hills (-3.6%) and West Lake Hills (-3.1%).
Use our interactive map below to see population changes across the state. You can look up your city using the search feature in the top left of the map.
When looking at the actual number of residents, San Antonio is the fastest-growing city, adding more than 13,600 residents between 2020 and 2021. On the opposite end, Dallas and Houston saw the biggest declines in population of any city in the state, both losing more than 10,000 residents.
Austin was one of the slowest-growing cities in the state, only increasing its population by 1,056 between July 2020 and July 2021, an increase of just 0.1%.
Editor’s Note: The U.S. Census Bureau reports new population estimates as of July 1 each year. The new data shows populations for each city as of July 1, 2021. For consistency, KXAN has used July 1 population estimates for 2010 and 2020 in the map above, rather than census numbers, which show population totals as of April 1. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/new-population-estimates-reveal-fastest-growing-cities-in-texas/ | 2022-06-03 15:38:18 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/new-population-estimates-reveal-fastest-growing-cities-in-texas/ |
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores Friday in a fourth day of violence in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen, piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed to parents to keep children off the streets and blamed social media for fueling unrest.
Police said 270 people had been arrested by midnight nationwide.
Despite repeated government appeals for calm and stiffer policing, Friday saw brazen daylight violence, too. An Apple store was looted in the eastern city of Strasbourg, where police fired tear gas, and the windows of a fast-food outlet were smashed in a Paris-area shopping mall, where officers repelled people trying to break into a shuttered store, authorities said.
The southern port city of Marseille, initially spared the violence that broke out first in the Paris region, was experiencing its second night of upheaval. Even before nightfall, young people hurled projectiles, set fires, and looted shops, police said. They made almost 90 arrests. On Friday evening, looters broke into a Marseille gun shop and made off with weapons, and a man was later arrested with a hunting rifle, police said. The previous night, two off-duty officers suffered serious injuries, including one who was stabbed, when they were set upon by about 20 people, police said.
Authorities in the city of Lyon reported rioters again setting fires and pelting police in the suburbs. In the city center, police made 31 arrests to stop the attempted looting of shops after an unauthorized protest against police violence that drew about 1,300 people Friday evening.
Violence was also erupting in some of France’s territories overseas.
In French Guiana, a 54-year-old was killed by a stray bullet Thursday night when rioters fired at police in the capital, Cayenne, authorities said. On the small Indian Ocean island of Reunion, protesters set garbage bins ablaze, threw projectiles at police, and damaged cars and buildings, officials said. Some 150 officers were deployed there Friday night.
In the face of the escalating crisis that hundreds of arrests and massive police deployments have failed to quell, Macron held off on declaring a state of emergency, an option that was used in similar circumstances in 2005.
Instead, his government ratcheted up its law enforcement response. Already massively beefed-up police forces were boosted by another 5,000 officers for Friday night, increasing the number to 45,000 overall, the interior minister said. Some were called back from vacation. The minister, Gerald Darmanin, said police made 917 arrests on Thursday alone and noted their young age — 17 on average. He said more than 300 police officers and firefighters have been injured.
Darmanin also ordered a nationwide nighttime shutdown of all public buses and trams, which have been among rioters’ targets.
And he said he had delivered a warning to social networks that they can’t allow themselves to be used as channels for calls to violence.
“They were very cooperative. We’ll see tonight if they really are. We are going to give them as much information as possible” so that, in return, French authorities get the identities of people who incite violence, the minister explained.
“We will pursue every person who uses these social networks to commit violent acts,” he said. “And we will take all necessary measures if we become aware that social networks, whoever they are, don’t respect the law.”
Macron, too, zeroed in on social media platforms that have relayed dramatic images of vandalism and cars and buildings being torched, saying they are playing a “considerable role” in the violence. Singling out Snapchat and TikTok, he said they were being used to organize unrest and serving as conduits for copycat violence.
Macron said his government would work with technology companies to establish procedures for “the removal of the most sensitive content,” adding that he expected “a spirit of responsibility” from them.
Snapchat spokesperson Rachel Racusen said the company has increased its moderation since Tuesday to detect and act on content related to the rioting.
The violence comes just over a year before Paris and other French cities are due to host 10,500 Olympians and millions of visitors for the summer Olympic Games. Paris 2024 organizers said they are closely monitoring the situation and that preparations for the Olympics continue.
The fatal shooting of the 17-year-old, who has only been identified by his first name, Nahel, was captured on video, shocking France and stirring up long-simmering tensions between police and young people in housing projects and disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Macron said a third of the individuals arrested Thursday night were “young people, sometimes very young,” and that “it’s the parents’ responsibility” to keep their children at home.
Nanterre prosecutor Pascal Prache said officers tried to pull Nahel over because he looked so young and was driving a Mercedes with Polish license plates in a bus lane. He allegedly ran a red light to avoid being stopped and then got stuck in traffic.
The police officer accused of pulling the trigger was handed a preliminary charge of voluntary homicide after Prache said his initial investigation led him to conclude that the officer’s use of his weapon wasn’t legally justified. Preliminary charges mean investigating magistrates strongly suspect wrongdoing but need to investigate more before sending a case to trial.
The officer said he feared he and his colleague or someone else could be hit by the car as Nahel attempted to flee, according to the prosecutor.
Nahel’s mother, identified as Mounia M., told France 5 television that she was angry at the officer but not at the police in general. “He saw a little Arab-looking kid, he wanted to take his life,” she said, adding that justice should be “very firm.”
“A police officer cannot take his gun and fire at our children, take our children’s lives,” she said.
Deadly use of firearms is less common in France than in the United States, although 13 people who didn’t comply with traffic stops were fatally shot by French police last year. This year, another three people, including Nahel, died under similar circumstances. The deaths have prompted demands for more accountability in France, which also saw racial justice protests after George Floyd’s killing by police in Minnesota.
Nahel’s burial is scheduled for Saturday, according to Nanterre Mayor Patrick Jarry, who said France needs to “push for changes” in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Race was a taboo topic for decades in France, which is officially committed to a doctrine of colorblind universalism. In the wake of Nahel’s killing, French anti-racism activists renewed complaints about police behavior in general.
This week’s protests echoed the three weeks of rioting in 2005 that followed the deaths of 15-year-old Bouna Traoré and 17-year-old Zyed Benna, who were electrocuted while hiding from police in a power substation in Clichy-sous-Bois.
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Corbet and Leicester reported from Paris. Associated Press journalists Jeffrey Schaeffer and Aurelien Morissard in Nanterre; Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon; Frank Jordans in Berlin; and Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/ap-fiery-protests-grip-france-for-3rd-night-over-deadly-police-shooting-of-a-teenager/ | 2023-07-01 01:46:11 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/ap-fiery-protests-grip-france-for-3rd-night-over-deadly-police-shooting-of-a-teenager/ |
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Tyler Thomas had 23 points in Hofstra's 84-52 win against Northeastern on Saturday.
Thomas added six rebounds for the Pride (23-8, 16-2 Colonial Athletic Association). Warren Williams scored 19 points and added nine rebounds. Aaron Estrada had 16 points. It was the 11th victory in a row for the Pride.
Chase Cormier led the Huskies (10-19, 6-12) in scoring, finishing with 12 points. Jahmyl Telfort added nine points, six rebounds and two blocks for Northeastern.
Hofstra took the lead with 6:15 remaining in the first half and did not give it up. The score was 38-25 at halftime, with German Plotnikov racking up nine points. Hofstra pulled away with a 9-0 run in the second half to extend a 13-point lead to 22 points. Thomas scored a team-high 16 second-half points.
Hofstra and Charleston finished tied for first place in the CAA.
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Appeals court: House panel can get Trump’s tax returns
Published: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:32 AM CDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
(CNN) - The fight to reveal former President Donald Trump’s tax returns is moving forward.
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court approved a request that allows the House Ways and Means Committee to obtain the paperwork.
The decision from the D.C. Circuit Court is a major defeat for Trump, who has spent years trying to prevent the release of his tax information, and comes the day after the FBI searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, reportedly as part of a classified records probe
Trump lawyers could appeal the tax returns decision and continue to extend the litigation.
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Eastlake, Ohio — Blake Dunn blasted a three-run home run to highlight a six-run eighth inning while pitchers Julian Aguiar and Jose Acuna combined to allow just four hits as the Dayton Dragons defeated the Lake County Captains 7-2 on Saturday afternoon.
The win was the Dragons first of the season as they closed out a three-game series at Lake County heading into Tuesday night’s home opener at Day Air Ballpark in the heart of the Water Street District in Dayton.
The Dragons trailed 2-0 through six innings after Lake County took advantage of an error to score two unearned runs in the fourth inning.
In the top of the seventh, after a walk to Trey Faltine and a base hit by Dunn, Jose Serrano delivered a two-out single to right field to bring in one run and make it 2-1.
In the eighth inning, Dunn came to the plate with two men on base and two outs and drilled the first pitch far over the left field fence for a three-run home run that gave the Dragons a 4-2 lead.
The homer was the first of the season for the Dragons.
After Dunn’s homer, Michael Trautwein singled and Serrano added a single to move Trautwein to second. A walk to Justice Thompson loaded the bases, and Austin Callahan walked to force in a run and make it 5-2.
After a pitching change, Mat Nelson ripped a single to right field to drive in both Serrano and Thompson and complete the six-run frame, giving the Dragons a 7-2 lead.
The Dragons got outstanding pitching over the course of the contest. Aguiar started and went five strong innings, striking out nine batters while giving up just three hits and one walk.
Both runs against him were unearned. Acuna went the final four innings, allowing just one hit and one walk but no runs while striking out three to earn the win.
The Dragons collected a season-high nine hits. Dunn was 2 for 4 with a home run, single, and three runs batted in. Serrano had two hits and an RBI.
Trautwein also had two hits and scored a run.
Notes: The Dragons top two prospects suffered injuries in the game and were immediately removed. Jay Allen II suffered what appeared to be a thumb or wrist injury in the first inning as he attempted a head first dive into first base after a ground ball to the first baseman off the line.
Edwin Arroyo left the game in the fourth inning after a base hit down the left field line.
Arroyo pulled up at first base with a leg injury, possibly a quad or hamstring, and was replaced by a pinch runner. No further information on either player was immediately available.
Up Next: The Dragons (0-2) open their home season at Day Air Ballpark on Tuesday, April 11 when they host the Great Lakes Loons at 7:05 p.m. Hunter Parks will start for Dayton. | https://www.wdtn.com/sports/dragons-rally-past-captains-7-2-for-first-win-of-season/ | 2023-04-09 01:08:22 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/sports/dragons-rally-past-captains-7-2-for-first-win-of-season/ |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Security forces acting on intelligence raided a hideout of Pakistani Taliban insurgents along the border with Afghanistan, triggering an intense shootout that left 12 militants dead, the country’s military said Wednesday.
The pre-dawn raid came amid soaring tensions in Pakistan and in the aftermath of a mosque bombing last week that killed 101 people in Peshawar. Pakistani officials blamed the blast on the the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which denied involvement.
Pakistani Taliban have a strong presence in Lakki Marwat, where they have launched multiple attacks in recent months. Overnight in the district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, security forces launched the operation after monitoring the insurgents for a week, according to a military statement.
“Terrorists were lured in by providing a vehicle for escape that was intercepted and neutralized,” it said. The military said troops also recorded a case of weapons, munition and Afghan currency.
There was no immediate comment from TTP.
The overnight operation against TTP was the first major confrontation since November, when the militant group halted a monthslong ceasefire with the government and resumed attacks on troops and police across the country.
The TTP, which maintains sanctuaries in neighboring Afghanistan, is separate from but a close ally of the Afghan Taliban. Pakistani Taliban have waged an insurgency in Pakistan in the past 15 years, seeking stricter enforcement of Islamic laws, the release of its members in government custody and a reduction in the Pakistani military presence in areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province it has long used as its base.
Pakistani Taliban, most of whom are hiding in Afghanistan, have been emboldened since the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO troops pulled out of the country after 20 years of war. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-military-forces-raid-hideout-kill-12-pakistani-taliban/ | 2023-02-08 22:27:43 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-military-forces-raid-hideout-kill-12-pakistani-taliban/ |
The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap between men’s and women’s sports programs, according to an NCAA report examining the 50th anniversary of Title IX.
The report, released Thursday morning and entitled “The State of Women in College Sports,” found 47.1% of participation opportunities were for women across Division I in 2020 compared to 26.4% in 1982.
Yet, amid that growth, men’s programs received more than double that of women’s programs in allocated resources in 2020 – and that gap was even more pronounced when looking at home of the most profitable revenue-generating sports: the Football Bowl Subdivision, the top tier within Division I that features the Alabamas, Ohio States and Southern Californias of the sports world.
“It tells you schools are investing a huge amount of money in the moneymakers,” NCAA managing director for the office of inclusion and lead report author Amy Wilson told The Associated Press, referring to football as the primary revenue-generating sport along with men’s basketball.
“It speaks to the business side of what college sports has become.”
The gender gap in funding approached nearly 3-to-1 ratios when examining expenditures for recruiting as well as compensation for head coaches and assistant coaches. And that gap isn’t new, even with increased expenditures for women across all three divisions.
The difference between median total expenses for men’s and women’s programs at FBS schools, in particular, has grown from $12.7 million in 2009 to $25.6 million in 2019.
Wilson said those discrepancies don’t automatically amount to a violation of Title IX, which ensures equity between men and women in education and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal funds. But they raise concerns when evaluating whether schools are providing equitable opportunities for, and treatment of, male and female athletes, and how they’re spending to achieve those goals.
“Yes, the numbers are stark. It’s not a little difference, it’s a big difference,” she said. “This milestone Title IX anniversary is an opportune time for recommitment to funding equitable participation opportunities, experiences, and financial aid for student-athletes in men’s and women’s athletics programs.”
Title IX compliance can be measured in multiple ways, including whether the overall program’s gender breakdown is proportionate to that of the general student body. And yet, the study found Division I athletics couldn’t match that standard when examining data from 2020; women accounted for 54% of the undergraduate student body in Division I compared to that aforementioned 47.1% rate.
“I think it’s enough of a gap that we need to ask ourselves: … are there opportunities that could be created and more teams that could be formed?” Wilson said.
Thursday’s Title IX anniversary comes at a time when the governing body for college sports recently updated its transgender policy, as well as facing criticism for failing to ensure equity for last year’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments following a scathing outside review.
Other takeaways from the report:
LACK OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Fewer women are filling head-coaching roles since President Nixon signed Title IX into law.
The percentage of women’s teams led by female coaches declined from better than 90% in 1972 to 41% in 2020 among all three divisions. There were fewer women’s teams at that time and the study attributes the decline to more men coaching women’s teams, enough to outnumber women’s coaches by the late 1980s, with no corresponding increase of women coaching men’s programs.
These low women-coaching-women numbers don’t surprise Richard Lapchick, director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida. TIDES annually compiles report cards examining diversity hiring for college sports and professional leagues, with its most recent report on FBS schools released in January.
“Without movement,” Lapchick told the AP. “It’s as baffling as any statistic we report on. Usually there’s some marginal improvement on some issues. And this one is barely budging.”
As for athletic directors, women have accounted for roughly 20% or less of ADs dating to 1980 after dropping “drastically” and 23.9% in 2020, according to the study.
The outlier among women in leadership roles has been conference commissioners, with women outpacing men in acquiring those positions in the past five years and accounting for 31% of those roles for 2019-20, according to the study.
DIVERSITY CONCERNS
The report also noted a lack of women of color in those leadership roles.
The report found that roughly 16% of women working as head coaches of women’s teams and 16% of female athletics directors across all divisions were minorities in 2019-20. Those percentages have increased “slightly” from five years ago.
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOFFS
Going back to high-school athletics, the report found that girls participation numbers have yet to reach that of boys in the 1971-72 school year leading to the law’s implementation.
At the time, participation opportunities for boys measured at nearly 3.7 million, more than 264,000 higher than girls had as recently as 2019.
“I think it’s a reminder that for those who say, ‘Girls and women can play any sport they want, it’s 50 years after Title IX,’ the college data and the high school data shows there’s still pretty big participation gaps,” Wilson said. “And I don’t think it’s that they don’t want to play. I think we’ve got to think more about: what are the barriers to that access?”
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Insagic expertly unites data science with social science, delivering actionable insights that power modern healthcare marketing
NEW YORK, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Publicis Health today announced the launch of Insagic, a new insights and advisory business that combines data, design, and dialogues to deliver the activatable insights and transformational intelligence that healthcare marketers need to succeed and grow in today's platform world.
The Insagic Platform is built on an activatable, real-world data foundation, purpose-built for healthcare and the new outcomes economy. Its proprietary data architecture uniquely crosswalks billions of clinical and lifestyle data points, including the largest consumer database from Epsilon and more than 1.6 million minutes of exclusive, real-world doctor-patient dialogues.
"We believe human-centered, context-sensing, hyper-individualized patient support models—built in collaboration with stakeholders throughout the industry, sourcing data from across the healthcare ecosystem—will transform the larger healthcare industry as we know it. And Insagic is the indispensable partner that healthcare marketers need to make this transformation," said Larry Mickelberg, Chief Commercial Officer, Publicis Health.
At launch, Insagic's service offerings include: patient and HCP analytics; audience finding and segmentation; advanced targeting; persuasion modeling; intervention design; and outcomes optimization. Key product offerings are Verilogue DialogueStudies, HealthStyles, and SmartStudio.
"We know that diverse minds coming together to tackle complex healthcare and business challenges will always yield better results and better patient outcomes," said Susan Manber, Chief Patient Officer, Publicis Health. "By bringing together an array of experts—from world-class linguists to leading data scientists—we can help health and wellness brands purposefully realize the promise of true patient centricity."
Insagic's launch partners include several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, leading retail pharmacies, and innovative diagnostic providers, helping them address a wide range of key business questions, including, among others:
- How can we get more people to participate in clinical trials?
- What are the different patient types and how hyper-personalized content can drive behavior change?
- What do we need to do to take action to serve the underserved?
- Can we predict HCPs that are most likely to try, adopt, and remain loyal – and design an engagement strategy to drive productivity?
- Can we predict patients at the highest risk of lapsing therapy and design programs to change behavior?
"We understand that our clients don't need more data—they need more insight," said Mickelberg. "By expertly uniting data science with social science, we deliver actionable insights that power modern healthcare marketing."
Insagic is headquartered in New York City and joins Publicis Health's existing offices in Boston, Chicago, London, Paris, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Windsor.
About Insagic
Insagic, a Publicis Health company, is a next-generation insights and advisory business that combines data, design, and dialogues to deliver the activatable insights and transformational intelligence that healthcare marketers need to succeed and grow in today's platform world. Insagic is home to more than 50 innovative behavior scientists, data scientists, ethnographers, linguists, strategists, researchers, and designers—all united around the vision of creating a world where connected health intelligence accelerates the path to better outcomes. For more information, visit us at www.publicishealth.com/insagic.
About Publicis Health
At Publicis Health, we are united around one purpose: to create a world where people are equipped and motivated to take control of their health. We transform healthcare marketing and communications into healthcare engagement. We believe healthcare marketing is healthcare, fostering healthy conversations, healthy behaviors and healthy people. With 40 offices and 11 brands across the globe, Publicis Health's worldwide staff is comprised of more than 3,000 healthcare professionals who are experts in advertising and branding, data and analytics, strategic planning, service design, digital media and technology, science, and medicine. Publicis Health companies include Digitas Health, Heartbeat, Insagic, Langland, Payer Sciences, Publicis Health France, Publicis Health Media, Razorfish Health, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, and Verilogue. For more information, visit us at www.publicishealth.com.
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TEMECULA, California -- A driver encountered another woman who was apparently asleep at the wheel of a Tesla traveling along a California freeway.
A woman also driving along the busy freeway recorded a video of it last week.
The video shows a woman with glasses in the driver's seat of the white Tesla, slouched and seemingly asleep as the car moved forward.
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"You guys! You're not going to believe this... She is out, sleeping. Completely knocked out," the woman is heard saying in the video.
She says she followed the Tesla for 15 minutes, honking and trying to wake the woman before calling police.
This comes as Tesla is under investigation over its autopilot system after dozens of crashes.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
03-10-17-41-42
(three, ten, seventeen, forty-one, forty-two)
Estimated jackpot: $750,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
03-10-17-41-42
(three, ten, seventeen, forty-one, forty-two)
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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Synergy Health Partners, a leader in specialized hospital staffing and management models that improve access to care, today announced that Richard L. Makowiec, MD, MBA, will be the company's new Chief Surgical Officer. In this role, Dr. Makowiec will lend his extensive medical background and clinical leadership expertise to help guide the strategic expansion of the company's healthcare staffing and management solutions.
His key responsibilities will include physician recruitment and retention as well as program management. He will take the place of retiring co-founder Dr. Rand Schleusener, who helped pioneer the company's flagship Surgicalist staffing model.
"Amid an acute and growing shortage of medical professionals, hospitals and healthcare leaders need staffing partners who understand doctors – and the needs of clinicians today," said Dr. Makowiec. "Synergy Health Partners has developed innovative models that attract skilled clinicians to help hospitals provide patients with the quality care they deserve. I am honored to represent our doctors and advanced practitioners and be part of the company's continued expansion."
A highly accomplished surgeon and clinical leader, Dr. Makowiec most recently helped lead a successful orthopedic and hand surgery private practice. In parallel, he held the position of Vice President of Medical Staff and Orthopedic Surgery Division Chief at Franciscan Health Indianapolis – Mooresville Hospital and served on the Franciscan Health Central Indiana Division Quality Council. In addition to his extensive clinical committee work, he was also on the medical staff for the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball Organization.
As an educator, Dr. Makowiec has had several academic appointments and his clinical research has been published widely in scientific journals. He is currently on the editorial board of Acta Scientific Orthopaedics and Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. Of note, he has been named one of "America's Top Orthopedists" many years in a row by the Consumer Research Council and has been recognized several times with the "Top Doctor" award by HealthTap.
Dr. Makowiec graduated with a Bachelor of Science in microbiology from the University of Michigan and began his clinical career in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, where he served for 12 years. During his service, he completed his medical training at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, an internship in general surgery and residency in orthopedic surgery at Northwestern University, and a fellowship in hand surgery at the Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer University in Herndon, VA.
"As a surgeon, an educator and a healthcare leader, Dr. Makowiec has the ideal combination of skills and experience for the role of Chief Surgical Officer. He is committed to our mission of helping our hospital clients deliver world-class care to patients nationwide," said Dan Siegel, chief executive officer of Synergy Health Partners. "We knew that anyone replacing our co-founder Dr. Rand Schleusener had big shoes to fill; and we are confident that with Dr. Makowiec's medical expertise and business acumen, he will continue to represent our focus on the clinician and support our next-level of success."
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Michelle Obama is launching a new girls education initiative that she says aims to “help clear away all that’s standing in the way of girls achieving their dreams.”
The Obama Foundation unveiled its Get Her There campaign on Tuesday, which it described as a “global call to action to support thousands of adolescent girls over the next five years.”
The campaign will fund more than 100 organizations working to improve girls’ education around the world, the foundation said. It will also give support to 12 additional community-based organizations, working in countries such as Colombia, Kenya and India.
The effort, timed to coincide with the International Day of the Girl, comes after the former first lady created the Girls Opportunity Alliance Campaign in 2018, a program within the Obama Foundation.
“When we launched the Girls Opportunity Alliance four years ago today, we knew the key to advancing our work was an alliance of stakeholders coming together to support girls completing their education,” Obama said in a statement.
“And that is exactly what the Get Her There campaign was created to do,” Obama said.
Organizers said the campaign, buoyed by sponsors including Comcast NBCUniversal, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lululemon and others, represented an expansion of the Girls Opportunity Alliance’s “reach and impact.”
“The barriers our girls face today are steep and are leaving millions of girls out of school,” Obama said, adding in a statement that her hope is that “everyone will join us on our mission to get every girl to the place she wants to be.” | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/michelle-obama-kicks-off-get-her-there-education-initiative/ | 2022-10-11 16:00:50 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/michelle-obama-kicks-off-get-her-there-education-initiative/ |
PHILADELPHIA — Nicolas Deslauriers, Noah Cates and Scott Laughton scored goals for the Philadelphia Flyers and Carter Hart stopped 24 shots in a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.
The victory was a needed respite from the bubbling unrest surrounding the franchise.
Flyers fans have been fed up for years — the Wells Fargo Center is no longer one of the more intimidating arenas in the NHL — and anger reached its zenith this past week when general manager Chuck Fletcher declined to make any major deals at the deadline. James van Riemsdyk and Kevin Hayes were among the high-priced veterans that weren’t moved for any kind of prospects or draft picks.
One fan Sunday stuck a paper bag on his head and held signs that read “Fire Fletcher” and “Sell the Team.” Another fan wore a homemade Flyers sweatshirt with “FIRE FLETCHER” on the front. Fletcher was even booed Saturday at an event for season-ticket holders.
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The Flyers were just plucky enough against the Red Wings — a day after Detroit lost 4-1 to the Islanders — to win for just the second time since early February.
David Perron scored his 16th goal for the Red Wings early in the first for a 1-0 lead.
Deslauriers stole the puck off a sloppy pass from Jake Walman at the far blue line and streaked all alone to score his fifth goal of the season. He put it past Ville Husso for a short-handed goal in the second period and stretched his arms out like a plane as he skated away in celebration.
The Flyers went up 2-1 in the second when Nick Seeler’s shot from along the boards was redirected by Cates for his 10th goal. The Flyers haven’t had much to celebrate this season, so both seldom-scorers were mobbed by their teammates for a rare reason to smile in a season that is mercifully near the end.
Philadelphia 3, Detroit 1
Detroit 1 0 0 — 1
Philadelphia 0 2 1 — 3
First Period—1, Detroit, Perron 16 (Copp), 4:51. Penalties—Kubalik, DET (Tripping), 12:56.
Second Period—2, Philadelphia, Deslauriers 5, 6:53 (sh). 3, Philadelphia, Cates 10 (Ristolainen, Seeler), 12:57. Penalties—Seeler, PHI (Hooking), 5:10.
Third Period—4, Philadelphia, Laughton 15, 18:12 (en). Penalties—Farabee, PHI (Tripping), 5:40; Perron, DET (Hooking), 10:09; Seider, DET (High Sticking), 12:38; Laughton, PHI (Roughing), 14:08; Erne, DET (Roughing), 14:08.
Shots on Goal—Detroit 10-5-11—26. Philadelphia 14-9-14—37.
Power-play opportunities—Detroit 0 of 2; Philadelphia 0 of 3.
Goalies—Detroit, Husso 23-16-6 (36 shots-34 saves). Philadelphia, Hart 17-19-10 (26-25).
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Melissa Miller doesn’t mind knocking on doors despite temperatures hovering not far from the freezing mark.
That’s why the Jehovah’s Witness said she is happy to return to rapping on doors after nearly 30 months of not being able to perform her faith’s hallmark of spreading the word.
“It was just like: whaaaat?” Miller remembers thinking when church leaders put door-to-door ministry on hold as the pandemic was taking hold. Instead Witnesses found other ways to spread the word, including over the phone, video streaming and letter writing.
“It was hard because I like to talk to people face-to-face,” said Miller, who would tag along with her parents when they went door-to-door spreading the word.
Jehovah’s Witnesses have been knocking on doors for more than a century. Something that hadn’t stopped through world wars, financial collapses or even the Spanish Flu pandemic in the early 1900s — that is until March 20, 2020, when the denomination suspended its public ministry worldwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was big when we suspended our door-to-door ministry,” said Robert Hendriks, U.S. spokesperson for Jehovah’s Witnesses.
In addition, Hendriks said they also proactively ceased public meetings at its congregations and annual worldwide gatherings.
“Until we understood this disease, we wanted to be able to say, no one contracted the virus and died as a result of our indecision,” he said.
Through the different virus variants, Jehovah’s Witnesses held virtual conventions around the world and found other ways to spread the word. It wasn’t until April 1, 2022, that Witnesses resumed in-person meetings and on Sept. 1, they restarted their door-to-door ministry, which Hendriks said is the most effective way to build a relationship with a person.
“This has been a real learning experience for us as an organization and as individuals,” he said. “But also faith strengthening because we realize that the decisions that were made proactively probably saved thousands, if not tens of thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ lives.”
Returning to the doors
For many of the faithful, their time away from door-to-door ministry was a difficult one.
“You just wondered, what are you going to do now?” recalled McKell Miller, who is married to Melissa Miller. Like his wife, McKell Miller would go door-to-door with his parents and siblings spreading the word.
So when it stopped, the Millers pivoted and started writing letters and telephone witnessing.
“But it was a challenge,” he said. “Because that personal connection, as we were used to experiencing, it was different. It was gone.”
So it was like a celebration when they were told they would return to house-to-house ministry.
“Honestly in my heart, this is what I grew up doing,” he said. “So being able to get back in touch with people in the community, seeing their faces, their smiles or if they are happy or sad, it just felt good to able to be in touch and to let them know that we are still here.
“That Jehovah’s Witnesses care about you.”
McKell Miller said the return to house-to-house ministry caused some sense of nervousness after being away from people and with the virus still circulating.
“As much as we were looking forward to it, there was an anxiety level that I hadn’t felt in a while,” he said. “Just rusty, but once we had our first conversations with folks it just faded away.”
Witnesses are being careful as they return to door-to-door ministry. For example, they keep an eye on increases and decreases in COVID-19 cases. This helps them decide whether or not to accept a person’s invitation into their homes.
As the Millers visited houses on Wilmington’s Fifth Street during a bitter cold December morning, they were joined by Diego and Ashley Martin. The couple, both fluent Spanish speakers, hit up some other homes on the street.
The Martins said their return to house-to-house ministry has been positive.
“Even people who don’t always anticipate our visits are normally looking to talk,” Ashley Martin said. “I feel like people just want to have that connection. They want to be able to talk to someone.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Local-Jehovah-s-Witnesses-restart-door-to-door-17734050.php | 2023-01-22 14:31:52 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Local-Jehovah-s-Witnesses-restart-door-to-door-17734050.php |
Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it polluted the air around its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania, the administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Wednesday.
Shell acknowledged that the plant, located along the Ohio River about 30 miles (48 kilometers) outside of Pittsburgh, violated air emissions limits, officials said. The multibillion-dollar facility opened in November, only to be shut down months later after the company said it identified a problem with a system that’s designed to burn off unwanted gases.
Shell said it has made repairs and planned to restart the plant on Wednesday.
Under an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Shell Chemicals Appalachia LLC — a subsidiary of British oil and gas giant Shell plc — will pay a civil penalty of about $5 million, a portion of which will go toward environmental projects in Beaver County. The company will funnel a total of $6.2 million to the community, according to state officials.
Pennsylvania is “taking steps to hold Shell accountable and protect Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to clean air and water while encouraging innovation and economic development in the commonwealth,” Rich Negrín, the state’s acting environmental secretary, said in a written statement.
The plant uses ethane from a vast shale gas reservoir underneath Pennsylvania and surrounding states to make polyethylene, a plastic used in everything from consumer and food packaging to tires. At full capacity, the plant is expected to produce 3.5 billion pounds (1.6 billion kilograms) of polyethylene annually. Shell had projected to spend $6 billion on the refinery, which took years to build.
Environmental advocacy groups had fought the plant and predicted that it would generate more plastic pollution, as well as compounds that form smog and planet-warming greenhouse gases. The Clean Air Council filed suit against Shell earlier this month.
Environmentalists likened the penalty announced Wednesday to a parking ticket that would have little impact on Shell’s bottom line.
“The overwhelming and toxic pollution residents have been exposed to has already harmed this community — there is no price tag that will allow for this to be acceptable,” said Andie Grey, who lives 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the Shell plant and is part of the Eyes on Shell watchdog group.
Grey said “there is ample evidence Shell has no desire to protect this community.”
Shell has said it is using the best available technologies to try to minimize air pollution.
“We’ve learned from previous issues and remain committed to protecting people and the environment, as well as being a responsible neighbor,” Shell spokesperson Curtis Smith said Wednesday.
The plant exceeded rolling 12-month emission limits for volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and other hazardous pollutants, according to state regulators. The state said Shell also violated limits on visible emissions from its flares, allowed foul odors to be released by its wastewater treatment plant and committed other violations.
Shell warned it would continue to exceed air emissions limits through the fall as the plant ramps up production. It will be required to pay additional civil penalties for any future violations.
Shell CEO Wael Sawan had cast the problems as expected “technical niggles.”
The plant’s startup phase has “been slower than we would have hoped for,” Sawan said on a conference call with analysts earlier this month. “But the team is dong a great job battling with some of the obvious technical niggles that startups typically have.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-shell-agrees-to-pay-10-million-for-air-pollution-at-massive-new-pennsylvania-petrochemical-plant/ | 2023-05-25 19:49:05 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/business/ap-shell-agrees-to-pay-10-million-for-air-pollution-at-massive-new-pennsylvania-petrochemical-plant/ |
Ilia Malinin made history late Wednesday when the 17-year-old wunderkind, and the heir apparent to Olympic champion Nathan Chen among American figure skaters, successfully landed the first quad axel in competition.
Malinin pulled off the four-and-a-half revolution jump while winning the lower-level U.S. Classic in Lake Placid, New York, before a small crowd in a mostly empty arena. It nonetheless sent shockwaves through the sport as the final and most difficult of the quadruple jumps had finally been conquered.
“It felt really good. When I’m practicing it, it’s pretty easy for me to figure out how to get the right timing and everything to have it be a good attempt,” said Malinin, whose supreme confidence in his jumping ability is evidenced by use of “quadg0d” on his social media platforms. ”To do it in competition is a different story because you have nerves and pressure that can get in the way of that. So I have to treat it like I’m at home and it feels pretty good.”
Chen, who for now has stepped away from the sport following his triumph at the Beijing Olympics, has toyed with the jump in practice. And two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu was unsuccessful in trying to land it at the Winter Games.
But there had been brief snippets of video Malinin had put out on social media over the past six months that indicated it was a work in progress. There were some reports from his training camp that he had landed the quad axel in practice.
What makes the axel more difficult than the other quads — the flip, toe flip, lutz, salchow, loops and toe loop — is that skaters face forward when they enter the jump, forcing them to complete an extra half revolution. Even the triple axel is hard enough that most women, and many men, have trouble getting it right.
“I had an idea for trying it for a little while now. March or April was when I really started to work on the technique and try to improve it,” Malinin said. “(Hanyu) definitely inspired me to try it here.”
Malinin put the jump first in his free skate, set to “Euphoria” by Labrinth and choreographed by Shae-Lynn Bourne, when he knew that he would be freshest. The base value of 12.50 is more than any other jump, and the 1.00 that Malinin received in grade-of-execution from the judging panel indicated they considered it clean.
“This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen anyone do on the ice,” said Adam Rippon, a member of the 2018 Olympic team.
Malinin scored 185.44 points for his free skate and 257.28 points in total to win the competition. Kevin Aymoz of France was second with 236.17 points while Malinin’s American teammate, Camden Pulkinen, was third with 219.49 points.
Malinin was born in Virginia to Russian-born Uzbekistani skaters Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov. He’s been considered the next big thing in American figure skating for years. He won Junior Grand Prix events in France and Austria, along with the world championship last year, and was second to Chen at the U.S. championships.
In most Olympic years, that would have made him a lock for the team. But officials with U.S. Figure Skating use a series of factors in making their decision, and they bypassed him in favor of adding Vincent Zhou and Jason Brown.
Chen ultimately won gold in record-setting fashion. He joined Zhou in skating the team competition, where the Americans won a silver medal that could still be elevated to gold pending the results of a Russian doping investigation.
Meanwhile, Malinin continued to work away from the spotlight on a jump that some thought impossible.
“Ilia Malinin landed the first quadruple axel in history tonight at an event in Lake Placid, NY, home of so many great American sporting moments,” two-time U.S. Olympian Johnny Weir, now a figure skating analyst for NBC Sports, tweeted afterward. “ 4.5 revolutions in the blink of an eye. Bravo!”
The U.S. Classic is an early season event that doesn’t get the attention of the Grand Prix events, which begin with Skate America on Oct. 21 in Boston. Malinin is scheduled to make his senior debut there in a field that includes Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, a two-time runner-up at the world championships.
Malinin’s other Grand Prix assignment this season is Nov. 25 in Espoo, Finland. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-american-skater-malinin-lands-first-quad-axel-in-competition/ | 2022-09-15 20:38:01 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-american-skater-malinin-lands-first-quad-axel-in-competition/ |
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Another Day Limited ("AnotherDay"). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2016, AnotherDay is a UK-based risk management consultancy, helping organizations across 90 countries pre-empt and prepare for complex threats, react to crises and investigate criminality through the use of intelligence and technology. The firm has worked with Gallagher since its inception providing clients with specialist risk management and crisis response services. The firm is headed up by Jake Hernandez who will continue to run the business.
"I am delighted to welcome the AnotherDay team to Gallagher. This business is a great fit with our UK-based specialty operations and will provide highly complementary additional expertise for our large corporate clients looking for support in this growing area of risk," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO. "I look forward to continuing to work with Jake and his associates, and delivering the growth opportunities this acquisition will bring."
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in approximately 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
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New capabilities enable users the ability to solve their problems instantly through self service or by connecting them with an agent
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Helpshift, the established leader in in-app customer service and user support for mobile-first brands, recently acquired by Keywords Studios, announced today that the company has been awarded a patent for its innovation breakthrough in mobile app support. With Helpshift's patented technology, consumers can use their mobile phone as a bridge to conveniently secure customer service for console gaming, TV set tops, and real world environments.
This patent is based on Helpshift's APIs that brands can use with their console game, TV set top or a real-world object (such as a hotel kiosk, an item in a store, or a shipment that is received in the mail). The Helpshift APIs will capture any contextual information for the customer and will generate a secure QR code and a secure URL link for customer service. This link is then used by the consumer with a mobile device to start a personalized support experience that preserves the initial context - saving time and improving efficiency at each step of the customer support journey.
Customer support is shifting toward conversational AI and automation to streamline processes, reduce wait times, and improve the efficacy of customer support agents. Customer expectations for support are also changing fast, with the customer experience becoming a key driver of brand loyalty: 72% of shoppers expect virtual assistance to become more common,1 65% of U.S. customers say that a positive experience with a brand is more influential than good advertising – and 32% of all customers would stop doing business with a brand they loved after just one bad experience.2
Although conversational AI and automation has become more prominent in web chat tools and within mobile applications, the market has been missing these enhancements on gaming consoles and within physical environments. Helpshift's patented QR Code support capability now brings self-service to these experiences. Users can scan the QR code and be directed to one of three experiences (based on how the brand wants it set up): instant self-help, an automated chatbot, or even messaging with an agent.
This patent is recognition that Helpshift's technology is opening new possibilities for customers to receive new, immediate, personalized customer support experiences. By bridging the gap between the brand's mobile app and the customer's physical environment, game developers, retail, and hospitality brands can unlock creative ways to deliver support and engage with customers.
Gameloft, an international developer and publisher of games for all digital platforms, is one of the first Helpshift clients to implement this patented technology.
"This solution came at a perfect time for us, because we were planning several console focused releases. So far, we've tested it on a couple of our on-going projects and we are very pleased with the results," said Anna Yangolenko, Customer Care R&D Coordinator, Gameloft. "We saw significant improvement across all of our main KPIs, CSAT being one of the most important and biggest improvement areas. We are planning to implement this solution in all of our main games."
"Helpshift is already powering mobile support on over 4B devices today, and this patent helps further our momentum to provide these same tools to console gaming, TVs and into the real world," said Erik Ashby, Head of Product at Helpshift.
Here are a few key examples of how Helpshift's patented customer support experience can open new opportunities for better customer service – in-app and in real life:
- Provide context-aware support without burdening the customer: If someone is playing a game and they have a problem, Helpshift enables the user to use their mobile device to scan a QR code and jump directly from that part of the game to a support experience. Just by going to that QR code, the support team immediately knows the exact context of who the customer is, where they were within the game, and how the support team can help.
- Get instant support via QR code: Helpshift offers the first secure QR code generator for customer support. Brands can offer their customers instant, relevant support via a dedicated QR code without requiring the customer to search, type, or re-enter their verification credentials. This QR code is not just another website URL: it's context-aware, keeping customers' information secure and personal details visible to the support team, providing a frictionless support experience.
- Get answers to questions in-store or at the mailbox: What happens if customers want to get more information about a product while shopping in the store aisle? What if you buy a new product and have a question as soon as the package arrives? Helpshift's patented APIs can help brands deliver a higher-value customer support experience that meets customers with relevant answers wherever they are in the real world – while connecting to the customer via their mobile device.
- Relieve long lines with self-service: Retail brands can get rid of long wait times for customer service and shorten the long lines at checkouts and concierge desks by providing easy self-service for customers to access via mobile device.
- Easier product returns: In a retail setting, if a customer receives a package with a broken or wrong-size item, they can use their phone and scan the packing sheet to start a secure support experience where the support team knows who they are, what was shipped to them, and any other information automatically and completely secure.
Customer support is becoming a make-or-break moment for building customer loyalty (or suffering customer attrition). With Helpshift's patented technology, brands can provide customers with context-aware, secure support that bridges the gap between mobile apps and the real world.
"People are using mobile apps for more of their everyday shopping and as an extension of their real-world experiences, and they are demanding a higher level of customer support that bridges the gap between mobile and real-life," said Eric Vermillion, CEO of Helpshift. "Brands need to seize this opportunity and provide a seamless, player-focused, mixed-world experience that engages people wherever they are, with the right support, in a way that shows consumers that you are looking out for them."
To learn more about Helpshift's patented QR code generator, please visit:
https://www.helpshift.com/qr-code-console/
Sources:
1 Appnovation, "Digital Innovation for the Experience Economy."
2 PwC, "Experience is Everything. Here's How to Get it Right."
About Helpshift
Helpshift is a consumer-first digital support platform for innovative companies dedicated to happy customers.
Conversational AI, automation, and segmentation guide customers through a personalized Modern Support Journey to quickly resolve their problems across immersive channels like mobile apps, console, and the metaverse.
With Helpshift's customizable tools, support teams yield ROI, faster resolution times, and higher CSAT within weeks. To learn more about Helpshift, visit helpshift.com.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Even as inflation continues to plague Americans, the latest jobs report shows the job market remains strong.
“My economic plan is moving this country in a better direction,” President Joe Biden said.
The latest U.S. jobs report shows the economy added 372,000 jobs in June. U.S National Economic Council Director Brian Deese said the U.S has now recovered all private sector jobs lost during the pandemic.
“The strength of the job market recovery has meant more opportunity, higher wages for tens of millions of Americans,” Deese said. “It’s meant stronger household balance sheets. People have been able to save a little bit and that creates a more resilient economy.”
But even with job growth, recession worries still linger. George Washington University Economics and International Affairs professor Tara Sinclair thinks those fears are their own problem.
“If people really buy this message that a recession is coming, they may cut back on spending and that action of cutting back on spending could spur a recession,” Sinclair said.
Sinclair says the Federal Reserve’s priority is slowing down demand to better match supply, without triggering a recession.
“But they haven’t been so successful with that in the past, so there is a lot of concern that if they’re really going to fight off the inflation we’re experiencing right now, that may come at the cost of a recession,” Sinclair said.
Sinclair believes if Americans are worried, they can focus now on building up their savings.
“But I think what actually makes sense is for individuals to take care of their own household financial situation,” Sinclair said. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/us-sees-strong-jobs-report-for-june-372000-jobs-added/ | 2022-07-08 19:34:34 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/us-sees-strong-jobs-report-for-june-372000-jobs-added/ |
MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Saturday, May 27
The Los Angeles Dodgers versus the Tampa Bay Rays is one of many strong options on today's MLB schedule.
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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
The New York Yankees (30-23) face the San Diego Padres (24-27)
The Padres will take to the field at Yankee Stadium against the Yankees on Saturday at 1:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:05 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.263 AVG, 9 HR, 25 RBI)
- SD Key Player: Juan Soto (.266 AVG, 10 HR, 24 RBI)
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The Detroit Tigers (23-26) take on the Chicago White Sox (22-31)
The White Sox will take to the field at Comerica Park versus the Tigers on Saturday at 1:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- DET Key Player: Riley Greene (.295 AVG, 5 HR, 18 RBI)
- CHW Key Player: Luis Robert (.263 AVG, 13 HR, 29 RBI)
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The Minnesota Twins (26-25) play the Toronto Blue Jays (27-25)
The Blue Jays will take to the field at Target Field versus the Twins on Saturday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIN Key Player: Byron Buxton (.231 AVG, 10 HR, 23 RBI)
- TOR Key Player: Bo Bichette (.329 AVG, 10 HR, 33 RBI)
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The Baltimore Orioles (33-18) take on the Texas Rangers (32-18)
The Rangers will hit the field at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the Orioles on Saturday at 4:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- BAL Key Player: Cedric Mullins (.269 AVG, 8 HR, 39 RBI)
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.296 AVG, 8 HR, 40 RBI)
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The Oakland Athletics (10-43) face the Houston Astros (29-21)
The Astros will look to pick up a road win at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum against the Athletics on Saturday at 4:07 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- OAK Key Player: Esteury Ruiz (.275 AVG, 1 HR, 22 RBI)
- HOU Key Player: Yordan Alvarez (.293 AVG, 12 HR, 46 RBI)
The Seattle Mariners (26-25) play the Pittsburgh Pirates (26-24)
The Pirates will take to the field at T-Mobile Park versus the Mariners on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ROOT Sports NW
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- SEA Key Player: Ty France (.260 AVG, 5 HR, 23 RBI)
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.292 AVG, 7 HR, 32 RBI)
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The Tampa Bay Rays (38-15) play the Los Angeles Dodgers (31-21)
The Dodgers hope to get a road victory at Tropicana Field versus the Rays on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.292 AVG, 7 HR, 27 RBI)
- LAD Key Player: Freddie Freeman (.333 AVG, 9 HR, 31 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (15-37) face the Washington Nationals (22-29)
The Nationals will look to pick up a road win at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Vinnie Pasquantino (.260 AVG, 9 HR, 24 RBI)
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.290 AVG, 8 HR, 26 RBI)
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The Milwaukee Brewers (27-24) take on the San Francisco Giants (26-25)
The Giants hope to get a road victory at American Family Field against the Brewers on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIL Key Player: Christian Yelich (.257 AVG, 7 HR, 24 RBI)
- SF Key Player: Thairo Estrada (.301 AVG, 6 HR, 17 RBI)
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The Atlanta Braves (31-20) take on the Philadelphia Phillies (24-27)
The Phillies will take to the field at Truist Park versus the Braves on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.323 AVG, 11 HR, 27 RBI)
- PHI Key Player: Alec Bohm (.270 AVG, 6 HR, 37 RBI)
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The Chicago Cubs (22-28) play host to the Cincinnati Reds (22-29)
The Reds hope to get a road victory at Wrigley Field versus the Cubs on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.289 AVG, 3 HR, 24 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Jonathan India (.283 AVG, 3 HR, 19 RBI)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks (29-22) host the Boston Red Sox (27-24)
The Red Sox will take to the field at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ARI Key Player: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (.316 AVG, 8 HR, 28 RBI)
- BOS Key Player: Alex Verdugo (.292 AVG, 5 HR, 20 RBI)
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The Cleveland Guardians (22-28) face the St. Louis Cardinals (23-30)
The Cardinals will take to the field at Progressive Field versus the Guardians on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.266 AVG, 6 HR, 25 RBI)
- STL Key Player: Paul Goldschmidt (.296 AVG, 9 HR, 25 RBI)
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The Colorado Rockies (22-30) host the New York Mets (27-25)
The Mets hope to get a road victory at Coors Field versus the Rockies on Saturday at 9:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- COL Key Player: Charlie Blackmon (.286 AVG, 4 HR, 19 RBI)
- NYM Key Player: Pete Alonso (.234 AVG, 19 HR, 45 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Angels (28-24) face the Miami Marlins (26-26)
The Marlins will take to the field at Angel Stadium of Anaheim against the Angels on Saturday at 10:07 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 10:07 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.275 AVG, 12 HR, 33 RBI)
- MIA Key Player: Jorge Soler (.259 AVG, 16 HR, 33 RBI)
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Professional sports is one of the most lucrative careers ever, but one NFL player gave it all up at the age of 28.
But unlike many other athletes, Blake Martinez had a plan for his life after he hung up his cleats for the last time.
It had nothing to do with coaching, becoming a broadcast analyst, or capitalizing on his personal brand, and everything to do with Pokémon cards.
Martinez, who played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, and Las Vegas Raiders, was a long-time fan of trading the Japan-based cards, but it wasn’t until the pandemic began that he jumped back into the hobby.
In an as-told-to essay for Business Insider, Martinez explains how he reignited his love of collecting.
“I lost track of collecting once I started playing football, but years later, when COVID-19 happened and everything started to skyrocket with trading cards, I called my mom to see what I had left,” Martinez writes. “She told me the cards had either been thrown away or given away, and that’s when I decided to get back into the hobby and start recollecting.”
Upon collecting again, he realized with technological advancements like streaming on Twitch, he could make a real career out of his interest in Pokémon.
He began working with the platform Whatnot, which allows users to stream their collection live on a virtual marketplace and gets top dollar for whatever they collect.
“I had a blast opening the packs for people on livestreams, and I realized you could actually make money doing it,” said Martinez. “At first, I thought people were just doing it for fun and nostalgia, which was my main reason for starting it. But I realized lots of people were into it and wanted to do it.”
Soon after, the NFL player realized that his love for football was fading because his body was beginning to break down, and even after big plays, his mind wasn’t focused on the game.
“As time went on, I called my agent and said both my knees are killing me, and I’m not really feeling this anymore,” Martinez added. “I’d just had a game where I had 11 tackles. I got done with the game and everybody was messaging me saying things like, ‘Hey, you had an amazing game,’ but all I could think about was which Pokémon card I was going to buy.”
He loves making the hobby a worthy career pivot, but the money isn’t too bad either; as he recalls, his first haul cost him $50,000 but sold the lot for $108,000. Then he had a huge payday when he sold one card for more than half a million dollars.
“I had to wire money to a middleman in Japan who went to get the card for me, and I ended up having to FedEx it back. I didn’t even want to hold the card, so I got it graded and sent it straight to Goldin Auctions, where I sold it for $672,000 — and the rest is history,” recounts Martinez.
Read about Martinez’s lucrative card-selling business here.
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CEDAR FALLS -- The Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge in Cedar Falls will hold a Swiss steak and ham dinner from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, October 16. Open to the public for dine in or carry out at 402 W. Second St.
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HOLMDEL, N.J., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, announced today that Barry Callebaut, one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, has selected the Vonage Contact Center (VCC) for Salesforce solution to help optimize customer communications and enhance its operations.
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the Barry Callebaut Group is a Belgian-Swiss cocoa processor and chocolate manufacturer, with an average annual production of 2.2 million tonnes of cocoa and chocolate. From sourcing and processing cocoa beans, to producing some of the finest chocolates, including chocolate fillings, decorations, and compounds, the Group runs more than 60 production facilities worldwide and employs a diverse and dedicated global workforce of more than 12,000 people.
"Vonage Contact Center for Salesforce will enable our EMEA customer care agents to manage enquiries, benefit from actionable insights and drive a better overall customer and employee experience," comments Magali Wauters, Customer Experience Training Manager at Barry Callebaut. "Vonage has provided us with a single, flexible and scalable cloud communications solution that will help us deliver a consistent and personalized customer experience at every touchpoint."
Barry Callebaut chose Vonage for its deep Salesforce integration, omnichannel capabilities, and secure, reliable customer interactions. Vonage delivers a unified, end-to-end communication experience because it owns the entire technology stack, from contact centers to unified communications, to APIs and AI. The Vonage Contact Center integrates all communications channels without expensive, disruptive hardware changes and plugs straight into Salesforce, enhancing internal processes and increasing efficiency.
"Additionally, the Vonage Contact Center solution was implemented during the pandemic, when we weren't able to meet our Vonage team physically," comments Tom Van Lierde, Senior Business Analyst at Barry Callebaut. "What was most impressive was that we still managed to have an on-time and smooth delivery of the project, which underlines the professionalism and experience of our technology partner."
"The demand for organizations to deliver personalized, intelligent experiences, irrespective of channel, has never been greater," comments Paul Turner, Vice President, Strategic Accounts for Vonage. "Vonage has one of the most complete and global sets of solutions in the market and we are delighted to be helping Barry Callebaut make meaningful connections with its European customer base, creating the best possible experience."
With Salesforce integration at the heart of Vonage's contact center solution, agents have the ability to access all of the tools a cloud-based contact center solution provides, all within the same environment. This includes the ability to route calls to appropriate agents to address immediate customer needs, connect with customers worldwide, and customize dashboards with real-time performance data and analytics.
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Vonage, a global cloud communications leader, helps businesses accelerate their digital transformation. Vonage's Communications Platform is fully programmable and allows for the integration of Video, Voice, Chat, Messaging, AI and Verification into existing products, workflows and systems. The Vonage conversational commerce application enables businesses to create AI-powered omnichannel experiences that boost sales and increase customer satisfaction. Vonage's fully programmable unified communications, contact center and conversational commerce applications are built from the Vonage platform and enable companies to transform how they communicate and operate from the office or remotely - providing the flexibility required to create meaningful engagements.
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Harrowing escape: Video documents West End partial building collapse during massive rains
The collapse will set back the project by years
PROVIDENCE — Jerry Batista and his father, Miguel Batista, were in a relatively unused portion of their sprawling former industrial complex in the West End, a building encompassing a full block on Dexter Street.
They were investigating a leak reported by a tenant on Monday, Sept. 5, as nearly 5-8 inches of rain fell per hour, at the height of the Labor Day deluge. The pair, along with Jerry Batista's brother, own the building, called Bucklin Plaza.
"We noticed leaks in new areas, where leaks weren't normally the case," he said.
Leaks in the flat-roofed former metal plating facility are normally centered around the dust collection and ventilation units, especially during heavy rainstorms.
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"We immediately thought, we needed to get on the roof and start pumping water off, because the drain system wasn't pushing it out fast enough," Jerry Batista said.
They were gathering their tools and sump pumps when they started hearing cracking. Jerry Batista pulled out his phone and started recording.
"I was walking toward the area where I was hearing cracks when everything broke loose, the electric went out, there was a gust of air, water, dust, everything," he said.
He ran out of the building, toward an open door. Video he took shows water gushing from large drain pipes on the side of the building.
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"We're very grateful nobody was around and we're lucky it was Labor day, because typically this road, there is traffic and kids walking around and cars parked along the road," he said. "Thankfully nobody was caught in the crossfire."
Providence police initially reported no one was in the building when it collapsed.
A photo taken by Jerry Batista from a drone shows the extent of the collapse of the sprawling building, which encompasses a block, on Dexter, Bucklin and Peace streets and Bellevue Avenue.
What caused the building collapse?
Batista said he was surprised at the partial collapse because the building had held up through large snow storms, which would leave heavy snow on the roof for days at a time.
"To our knowledge, it's been structurally sound, and it's a 100-year-old building with giant metal beans and columns," he said. "I'd say it's very sturdy, but it seems all the rain collection in that time frame, it just didn't have a chance to disperse that quickly and the sheer weight of the water caused everything to buckle."
"This area had not been touched and remained the same since we bought it," he said.
In a Tuesday interview, Providence Inspections and Standards Director Joe Atchue said someone removed too much of a load-bearing wall in the middle of the building, which undermined the structure and led to a "perfect storm" of heavy rain that led to the collapsed roof.
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Atchue said work has been done on the building without permits.
Jerry Batista said no one had been working in the area that collapsed and they had building permits to do work, as did the tenants in the building.
A building permit provided by Batista provides for the transformation of the building into a strip mall with "selective interior demo, opening up walls for more space non structural."
He also provided a copy of an electrical permit and identification numbers for the other permits. The building's brick façade is also restricted by the Providence Historic District Commission.
Confusion over permits could be a result of the many addresses for the one building, with addresses on both Peace and Bucklin streets, he said.
A request for copies of the permits is pending with the city.
Jerry Batista said an incredible amount of water in such a short period of time is to blame for the collapse, as the area of the roof that collapsed inward is where all the water pools.
"We are creating a plaza, so we had permits and the individual tenants have their permits as well," he said.
Passion project
They bought the building in 2017 and it has been a "passion project." Growing up in the West End, the family's hope was to turn the closed industrial site into a buzzing retail center.
"This was a big setback for us," Jerry Batista said.
They are in talks with insurance adjustors, but don't expect to receive any financial support for months.
Too much rain too fast:Why I-95 drains were unable to handle Monday's historic storms
The main goal is to clear the debris and get the two full-time tenants — the Thr3e Live Dance Complex, a drop-in dance studio, and Payano Design, a window tint and vehicle wrap business — back into the building, he said.
In all, the collapse has set back renovation plans two years, he said.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPS).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Digital Turbine between August 9, 2021 and May 17, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Digital Turbine, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) the Company's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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Syntun Release: China's 618 Shopping Festival GMV of 695.9 billion
BEIJING, June 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China just concluded its mid-year e-commerce shopping festival known as "618". It's the second-largest e-commerce shopping festival in China—second only to "Single's Day" (November 11)—and possibly the second-largest shopping festival in the world.
As the most important consumer battle field in the first half of the year, the annual "618 Shopping Festival" has become a crucial market of business for all e-commerce platforms, and the pre-sale of "618" has also started as early as May. This year's "618" features better users' shopping experience and more simplified promotion rules, richer lists, more efficient logistics and more considerate after-sales services provided by each e-commerce platforms, which attracted more consumers to join the online shopping spree.
According to Syntun, a professional digital retail data service provider, during 2022 China "618" (from 20:00 on May 31st to 24:00 on June 18th), the GMV of the major e-commerce platforms (only including traditional e-commerce platforms and livestreaming e-commerce platforms) was 695.9 billion RMB. The GMV of traditional e-commerce platforms was 582.6 billion, with Tmall platform ranking first. Livestreaming e-commerce platforms performed brilliantly, with the GMV of 144.5 billion. New retail platform and community group buying platforms have begun to join the "618" competition, the GMV reached 22.4 billion yuan and 15.3 billion yuan respectively. In terms of sales categories, household appliances remained one of the popular categories with the GMV of 87.9 billion RMB .
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With child malnutrition on the rise, and growing challenges to global immunization coverage, new research could protect the most vulnerable.
MADRID, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF) announced at the Global Vaccine Impact Conference a US$2 million joint investment in the NutriVax Project, an integrated nutrition and immunization research partnership. Each organization will contribute US$1 million to this innovative project, which will integrate life-saving interventions that traditionally have been separate – delivery of immunizations and malnutrition prevention products. Research funded by this investment has the potential to be ground-breaking for continuous improvement in countries hit by the double burden of malnutrition and low vaccination coverage.
The NutriVax Project will include a randomized control trial in Nigeria. Research, including field experience from ALIMA, suggests that offering nutritional supplementation may serve as an incentive for caregivers to bring their children to health centers for routine vaccinations. The trial funded by ECF and Gavi will provide communities with small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements, or SQ-LNS, which are nutrient-rich pastes that can be mixed with foods for infants and young children at home. These revolutionary supplements have been designed to prevent undernutrition and, paired with vaccinations, could have the potential to exponentially increase the number of lives saved.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses and malnutrition cause millions of child deaths each year, and a dangerous cycle exists between the two that markedly increases the risk of child mortality. Through the NutriVax Project, ECF and Gavi aspire to achieve more together than what is possible alone, reaching a vulnerable cohort of children in need of both vaccines and malnutrition prevention.
"Malnutrition services and immunization are already two of the very best buys in global development, especially when it comes to preventing children from dying," says William Moore, CEO of ECF. "There is some evidence that malnutrition interventions can be combined with vaccination services to save more lives and increase demand for vaccines. The Eleanor Crook Foundation is excited to join forces with the Gavi Alliance to test this innovative bundle at scale."
A strong result from this trial would prove that pairing nutritional supplementation with vaccines is both cost-effective and exponentially life-saving – potentially optimizing how the global community comes together to save lives.
"Given the serious disruptions caused by the pandemic, this is the time to invest better and smarter, as countries gradually find ways to restore and strengthen immunization, nutrition and other essential services," said Guillaume Grosso, Director of Sovereign & Private Sector Engagement, Donor Relations & Campaigns at Gavi. "We are proud to partner with ECF to generate evidence around cost-effective ways to drive the big catch-up in immunization via nutritional services in Nigeria."
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Read more on the Eleanor Crook Foundation website
About the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF):
The Eleanor Crook Foundation is a growing U.S. philanthropy fighting to end global malnutrition through research, policy analysis, and advocacy. For 25 years, the Foundation has worked to scale improved solutions to child malnutrition with the ultimate goal of saving children's lives and enabling them to excel in school, work, and beyond.
About Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance:
Created in 2000, Gavi is an international organization – a global Vaccine Alliance, bringing together public and private sectors with the shared goal of saving lives and protecting people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.
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HOUSTON, Texas — It's an incredible story of recovery after a Texas mother nearly lost her life after giving birth to her baby girl.
But in saving her life, the mother of two had to have both of her hands and her feet amputated. She finally gets to go home Saturday after getting rehabilitated in Houston.
Just 29 years old, healthy, excited and expecting, Krystina Pacheco was ready for her second child, a little baby girl.
“A picture of health all leading up through the pregnancy. Never had any alarming concerns," Pacheco said.
She says Amelia was born back in October with no complications. Two days later, they were headed home.
“I did have a low-grade fever," Pacheco said.
At home, she quickly realized something was wrong.
“That’s when I started experiencing shortness of breath, vomiting, difficulty with stomach pains, couldn’t even lie down," Pacheco said.
Krystina was hospitalized in San Antonio with septic shock from a bacterial infection. Sedated for two weeks, she nearly died.
“They put me on an ECMO machine that basically did the job of my heart and all my organs were starting to fail," Pacheco said.
It worked, and even with a 20% chance of survival, she lived.
But she said the medication doctors used to save her life cut off the circulation to her hands and feet. When she woke up, the damage had been done.
“My hands and feet both looked like a person's would when they get frostbite. So they were very blackened," Pacheco said.
With no other option, doctors had to amputate. They took her hands first, and a week or so later, they took her feet.
“It’s a rollercoaster. I'm not going to say that I don’t have my bad days. It’s an emotional thing to experience. It’s a hard thing to experience," Pacheco said.
Moving forward with nothing but positivity, Krystina is taking it day by day, gaining back her independence.
“I’ve gotten to put on my makeup by myself. I put on my contacts by myself now. I can brush my hair," Pacheco said.
After spending the last two weeks in rehab at TIRR Memorial Hermann, Saturday, she’s heading home to Pleasanton, south of San Antonio.
“We saw she made significant gains in every aspect, her limbs look wonderful. She’s ready to move to the next step," Dr. Vinay Vanodia with UT Health Houston and TIRR Memorial Hermann said.
Life may look a little different now than she had planned, but that won’t stop her from living it.
“Everyone says you’re here for a reason. God kept you alive for a reason. And you’re meant to do something in this life," Pacheco said. "My babies are my number one motivation. I'm here for those babies. They’re my number one priority going home.”
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WASHINGTON and MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ACON Investments, L.L.C. ("ACON") announced today that its affiliate, ACON Latin America Opportunities Fund V, L.P. ("ALAOF V") and its co-investors have closed an investment in Corporación Actinver, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:ACTINVR B; "Actinver" or the "Company"). Actinver is one of Mexico's leading investment services firms offering wealth management services to individuals as well as corporate and investment banking services to large and middle-sized corporations throughout the country. ALAOF V is ACON's fifth pool of capital dedicated to making private equity investments in companies in Latin America.
Founded in 1994, Actinver is headquartered in Mexico City and serves more than 270,000 individual clients across all wealth segments through a combination of digital channels and a nationwide network of 48 offices and more than 500 professional financial advisors. As of June 30, 2022, the Company has assets under management of approximately US$9 billion and assets under custody of approximately US$25 billion, making it the 5th and 6th largest mutual fund operator and broker dealer in the country, respectively. For the last twelve months ended on June 30, 2022, the Company had net income of P$730 million, with more than 80% of its operating income derived from its wealth management and brokerage businesses.
Through its investment, ACON will acquire up to 15% of the capital of Actinver and will support Actinver's experienced and diverse management team, led by its CEO and Chairman Mr. Hector Madero Rivero. Proceeds from the investment will be used to further strengthen the Company's balance sheet and to fund the Company's business plan, particularly the accelerated growth of its digital products and services.
Hector Madero said, "Our board of directors and management team welcomes ACON as new investors in Actinver at this important stage in the development of our group. We believe ACON's global platform and experience in financial services makes it an ideal partner for Actinver. We look forward to working together as we continue to reshape the investment services and corporate advisory industry in Mexico."
"Over almost three decades, Actinver has established itself as a premier wealth management and investment services firm in Mexico. This investment will help further solidify that position," said Jorge Dickens, a Managing Partner of ACON. "Going forward, we believe Actinver's ability to combine technology with personalized service to promote the democratization of intelligent investment advice, not just access, will be key to help create a more robust and sustainable individual investor base in Mexico. We are thrilled to back Actinver and its dynamic team at this exciting time," added Mr. Dickens.
"Beyond unlocking the potential of the individual investor in Mexico, Actinver plays a fundamental role providing institutional and corporate clients with high-quality advice and access to a broad offering of financial products in public and private markets," said Mauricio Cortés, a Partner of ACON based in Mexico City. "We see a big opportunity in supporting Actinver to further expand its customer base and service offering in the years to come," added Mr. Cortés.
About ACON Investments
ACON Investments, L.L.C. is a Washington, D.C.-based international private equity investment firm that manages private equity funds and special purpose partnerships that make investments in the United States, Latin America and Europe. With professionals in Washington, D.C., Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Bogotá, Madrid, Mexico City and São Paulo, ACON has managed $6.9 billion in assets since inception and has a 26-year track record.
ACON U.S. is one of the most established organically diverse private equity firms with 70% of senior management (ex founders) and 67% of all employees comprised of women and/or individuals from diverse backgrounds. ACON is a value investor with deep expertise in a variety of sectors and with a track record of success in situations involving first institutional capital for family-owned businesses, brand repositioning, industry consolidation and corporate recapitalizations and carveouts. In addition, ACON is focused on a new paradigm of Strategic Sustainability across its portfolio with a commitment to achieving sustainable outcomes while driving financial returns and profitability.
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The Food and Drug Administration is expected to reveal whether it has approved the first pill to treat postpartum depression later this year.
Zuranolone is a 14-day oral treatment for adults with postpartum depression or major depressive disorder.
“We see potential for zuranolone, if approved, to be a meaningful new option that can help address the serious unmet need faced by the diverse populations struggling with MDD and PPD,” said Dr. Priya Singhal, executive vice president at Biogen, which partnered with Sage Therapeutics to develop the treatment.
The companies say the medication targets brain networks responsible for functions such as mood, arousal, behavior, and cognition.
Their application has been granted priority review and the FDA is expected to deliver a decision on Aug. 5.
Postpartum depression occurs after a woman gives birth. Symptoms include feelings of anger, thinking about hurting the baby, doubts about the ability to care for the child and withdrawing from loved ones.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 8 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression.
“We feel a tremendous responsibility to patients with MDD and PPD to deliver a potential new treatment option, which is so desperately needed. Most current approved therapies may take weeks or months to work. We are committed to advancing treatments that could help physicians and patients by addressing depression symptoms quickly,” said Dr. Laura Gault, chief medical officer at Sage. | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/first-pill-to-treat-postpartum-depression-could-be-available-this-year | 2023-02-07 16:54:35 | 0 | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/first-pill-to-treat-postpartum-depression-could-be-available-this-year |
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writers
Stocks fell again on Wall Street Thursday, closing out the worst quarter for the market since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. The S&P 500 index lost 0.9%. It’s now down 21% since hitting a record high at the beginning of the year, having entered a bear market earlier in June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8% and the Nasdaq fell 1.3%. Tech stocks and retailers and other companies that rely directly on consumer spending posted some of the biggest losses, as they have all year. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.01%.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
Stocks fell on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday, on pace to end the market’s worst quarter since the early days of the pandemic.
The S&P 500 fell 0.5% as of 2:37 p.m. Eastern, though it was down as much as 2.1% earlier in trading. The benchmark index has been on a dismal streak that dragged it into a bear market earlier this month and is now down 20% for the year. The second quarter is on track to be its worst since the beginning of 2020.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 204 points, or 0.7%, to 30,824 and the Nasdaq fell 0.9%. Small company stocks also fell. The Russell 2000 lost 0.4%.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which helps set mortgage rates, fell to 2.98% from 3.09% late Wednesday.
Technology companies were among the biggest weights on the market, as investors continued to favor utilities and other traditional defensive stocks. Apple fell 1.9%, while Exelon rose 2.7%.
Retailers and other companies that rely directly on consumer spending also posted some of the biggest losses, as they have all year. Amazon slipped 1.9% and Best Buy shed 2.1%.
Rising inflation has been behind much of the slump for the broader market this year as businesses raise prices on everything from food to clothing and consumers are squeezed tighter. Inflation remains stubbornly hot, according to a series of recent economic updates. The Federal Reserve and other central banks have been aggressively raising interest rates to try and slow economic growth in order to cool inflation.
“What the market is trying to asses is when does it seem as if the Fed is going to have what it needs to ascertain that inflation is plateauing,” said Quincy Krosby, chief equity strategist for LPL Financial.
A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Fed rose 6.3% in May from a year earlier, unchanged from its level in April. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department also said that consumer spending rose at a sluggish 0.2% rate from April to May.
The update follows a worrisome report earlier this week showing that consumer confidence slipped to its lowest level in 16 months. The government has also reported that the U.S. economy shrank 1.6% in the first quarter and weak consumer spending was a key part of that contraction.
Investors are worried that the U.S. could slip into a recession as inflation hurts businesses and consumers. A key concern involves the Fed’s interest rate hikes, which could slam the brakes on economic growth too much and actually bring on a recession.
The situation has become even more complicated following added supply chain problems because of COVID-19 lockdowns in China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war in Ukraine prompted a surge in oil prices this year that resulted in record high gasoline prices. The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing nations decided Thursday to increase production of crude oil, but the amount will likely do little to relieve high gasoline prices at the pump and energy-fueled inflation plaguing the global economy.
“There’s no doubt this has been a difficult two quarters for the market, the U.S. economy, the U.S. consumer, and for the Fed’s job to control and curtail inflationary pressure,” Krosby said. “And yet, as we get into the beginning of the second half, so far companies have been managing and it’s the guidance they offer that is going to help set the tone over the next couple of weeks.”
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The hottest holiday gift is a massive, half pound Fruit Loop
Just in time for the holidays, artist collective MSCHF is releasing its newest playful art piece: a giant, 930-calorie, $19.99 fruit loop.
MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based group of artists, is no stranger to headlines. Most recently, they operated an ATM at Art Basel Miami Beach that displayed a public leaderboard of users' bank balances, ranked from highest to lowest.
Their previous projects have also played with modifications of "ready-made" items — like the unofficial Nike shoes they released in collaboration with Lil Nas X, which triggered a lawsuit and recall.
The unauthorized massive fruit loop is the group's latest lighthearted experiment with consumerism. As the name suggests, it's a single loop of the classic cereal that's big enough to fill the whole box. The giant cereal pieces will go on sale on Dec. 19 for $19.99. Each one weighs "almost half a pound," according to MSCHF's website for the product.
Daniel Greenberg, MSCHF's co-founder, told CNN that an extremely limited number of the huge loops will be released — and he expects they'll sell out quickly.
The project was a natural extension of the group's ethos, according to Greenberg. "We look at things in culture and figure out how to make a twist on it," he said. "Cereal was definitely, you know, one of these cultural readymades in our mind. You could go anywhere in the world and show it to someone and they would know what it is."
But fans looking for a deeper meaning might be out of luck. The intent, said Greenberg, was, "'Just like, let's make a big f---ing fruit loop and that was it."
Developing the cereal, which the website specifies was not affiliated with or endorsed by Kellogg's, required a months-long process of reverse engineering.
"We take everything we do extremely seriously," Greenberg said. "The easy solution would have been like, basically making a cake or a doughnut."
But instead of just making a doughnut or cake in the shape of the classic cereal loop, MSCHF worked to replicate the exact texture and taste of the real Kellogg's cereal — and Greenberg says the final result is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
Greenberg emphasized that MSCHF is fundamentally an art project that caters to collectors. They're not trying to compete with Kellogg's — and although the product packaging shown on the website is clearly riffing a real box of Fruit Loops, it also includes MSCHF's logo and states the product is not associated with Kellogg's.
That may be so, but the cereal company doesn't quite see it that way. In an emailed statement, Kellogg spokesperson Kris Bahner told CNN that the "Big Fruit Loop" constitutes copyright infringement.
"Kellogg Company does not have a relationship with MSCHF and we were not involved in the creation of the Big Fruit Loop. The campaign does not accurately depict the Kellogg's brand," said Bahner in the statement. "Given the trademark infringement and unauthorized use of our brand, we have reached out to the company seeking an amicable resolution."
Because of MSCHF's "robust fan base," Greenberg thinks most buyers probably won't actually be eating anything out of the boxes. "The majority of people will want to put it on their shelves and keep it," he said.
MSCHF fans can expect more Alice-in-Wonderland-esque drops in the future. Next year, the collective plans to introduce another familiar product made "microscopic," although Greenberg wouldn't specify what it was. | https://www.wgal.com/article/half-pound-fruit-loop/42283390 | 2022-12-19 15:13:25 | 1 | https://www.wgal.com/article/half-pound-fruit-loop/42283390 |
Crews work to save WWII destroyer taking on water in Buffalo
A decommissioned World War II-era destroyer docked near downtown Buffalo in New York was taking on water and listing perilously on Thursday.
Crews were working to keep the USS The Sullivans from sinking at its berth at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, where it had been open for tours. Part of the leaning vessel's deck had dipped below the waterline by midday.
"We've got a committed group down here. We're not going to give up the ship and failure is not an option," said park president Paul Marzello.
Marzello said they believe there was a breach on the right side of the hull Wednesday night. He said crews trying to stabilize the 79-year-old vessel are pumping out up to 13,000 gallons a minute.
"I think we've seen the worst, but I don't know," he said.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Buffalo native, tweeted that state agencies were on site and ready "to help revive this treasure and symbol of perseverance."
The USS The Sullivans, a National Historic Landmark, was named in honor of the five Sullivan brothers from Waterloo, Iowa. The brothers were killed in action when the USS Juneau was sunk by the Japanese in the South Pacific during World War II.
More than $1 million was raised last year to repair the ship's breached hull. Crews paused work over the winter and were to resume repairs Monday, Marzello said.
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NEW YORK – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was almost hidden from the street as she stood behind a nondescript building in Queens that a local nonprofit is buying with federal money. But people spotted her anyway, slowly trickling up the sidewalk and forming a small line to get a picture with her.
The New York congresswoman wrapped up her visit, did a quick interview with a Bengali-language TV crew and posed for pictures with the people who were hovering nearby.
For most members of Congress, such swings through the district are routine, an opportunity to connect with voters back home and remind them of the tangible impact of their work on Capitol Hill, such as the $2 million Ocasio-Cortez helped the Queens nonprofit secure as part of a $1.5 trillion government-wide spending bill. But for Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most prominent progressive voices in U.S. politics, such visits carry added significance.
Four years ago, Ocasio-Cortez became famous when she toppled one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress with a message that he was more focused on his political ambitions in Washington than the working-class voters he represented in New York. As she seeks a third term this year and navigates the implications of being a celebrity in her own right, she's determined to avoid any suggestion that she is losing touch with her constituents.
“It’s always a concern that that’s a perception," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview.
“I’ve never had any control over the fact that that kind of phenomenon started the moment I was elected,” she continued. “If anything, that’s why it’s really important for me to continue to be here in the community.”
The intensity of interest in Ocasio-Cortez — and the sometimes misplaced belief that she can solve any problem — is on display during her visits to the district.
A March town hall in the Bronx attracted people like Daron Jones, a 21-year-old who was among those lining up to get a photo with Ocasio-Cortez. He doesn't live in the district — or even in New York. He drove about an hour from Hoboken, New Jersey, to see Ocasio-Cortez after having watched “Knock Down The House,” a Netflix documentary chronicling her 2018 campaign against then-Rep. Joe Crowley.
“I knew she was big,” he said. “It inspires me how she just is a regular person. She’s just here trying to help the community.”
As she ticked through a slideshow of local U.S. government projects and tax credits newly available under last year’s pandemic-relief laws, it was hard to miss the young people in the audience raising their phones to take pictures of her or the security guards stationed near her at the front of the room.
Nancy Johnson, who lived in the neighborhood, attended the event hoping Ocasio-Cortez could intervene in a dispute with her condominium board over elevator outages and other complaints. The congresswoman expressed sympathy for the challenge and said she was aware of the issue. But, noting that the condominium board was a private entity, she said her office could only counsel her and fellow residents on their options.
“I was very impressed with her and what she’s doing,” Johnson said, but “just a little disappointed that she couldn’t help us or even respond.”
Such high expectations of the 32-year-old Ocasio-Cortez were a reminder of how fame is both an asset and a liability for the congresswoman.
With 13 million followers on Twitter alone, a single social media post by Ocasio-Cortez can draw the type of attention that many veteran politicians can only dream of.
She has raised massive sums of campaign cash from mostly small-dollar donors that she distributes to candidates who share her progressive worldview. Her leadership political action committee has given at least $207,500 to other campaign committees since the start of 2021, according to federal election data.
But her attempts to use her platform to bring attention to candidates or causes she cares about sometimes land with mixed results. Her picks in several high-profile congressional primaries this year from Cleveland to south Texas were defeated by more moderate candidates backed by the Democratic establishment.
Even in her hometown of New York City, the Ocasio-Cortez-backed candidate for mayor was defeated by the more moderate Eric Adams in a crowded Democratic primary last year. The two have developed a fraught relationship, sparring over everything from the city budget and policing to his choice of words when describing some workers as “low skill.”
Perhaps most memorably, she drew scrutiny in September for wearing a dress to the celebrity-packed Met Gala with the words “Tax the Rich” scrawled across the back. While she earned praise from some for the bold message, she was also criticized by some who considered it hypocritical to attend the ultra-exclusive event full of the wealthy and connected.
Ocasio-Cortez is now at something of a crossroads moment.
With Democrats facing steep headwinds to maintain control of the House after this year's midterms, she is poised to be in the minority for the first time. She is often mentioned as a potential Senate — or even presidential — contender. But she has opted against opportunities to seek higher office, including this year when there was speculation that she might challenge Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and Senate majority leader, in a primary.
With the need to appeal to both liberals in New York City and moderate voters upstate, Democrats who win statewide are often centrists, which would make it hard for Ocasio-Cortez to survive a primary if she sought higher office.
“Outside of the very online far-left, she’s not popular,” said Jon Reinish, a Democratic political strategist in New York. “She is considerably to the left of the vast majority of New York voters.”
Ocasio-Cortez said she doesn't have a clear plan for what comes next for her.
“It’s a common question that I get and it’s not even an intention to be cagey or dismissive. It’s just — I really don’t know,” she said. “I really do try to assess the landscape and see how I can best serve.”
“Personally — this is — I’m already like way beyond anything that I ever thought was possible for my life," she added. “And so, I do not have this internal craving.”
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PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long shadow of coal mining in his clinic near the big brownstone church that dominates this small town in Germany's Saarland.
The region's last-operating coal shaft, just a few miles away, closed a decade ago, ending centuries of mining in the Saarland, a mostly rural state tucked between the Rhine River and the French border. But the mines left a difficult legacy, as they have in coal regions in the United States, including West Virginia.
Many of Rolshoven's patients battle lung diseases and chronic pain from years of work underground. "We had an industry with a lot of illnesses," said Rolshoven, a genial primary care physician who at 71 is nearing the end of a long career.
The Saarland's residents are sicker than elsewhere in Germany. And like West Virginia, the region faces economic hurdles. For decades, German politicians, business leaders and unions have labored to adjust to the mining industry's slow demise.
But this is a healthier place than West Virginia in many respects. The region's residents are less likely to die prematurely, data shows. And on average, they live four years longer than West Virginians.
There is another important difference between this former coal territory and its Appalachian counterpart: West Virginia's economic struggles have been compounded by medical debt, a burden that affects about 100 million people in the U.S. — in no state more than West Virginia.
In the Saarland, medical debt is practically nonexistent. It's so rare in Germany that the federal government's statistical office doesn't even track it.
The reason isn't government health care. Germany, like the U.S., has a largely private health care system that relies on private doctors and private insurers. Like Americans, many Germans enroll in a health plan through work, splitting the cost with their employer.
But Germany has long done something the U.S. does not: It strictly limits how much patients have to pay out of their own pockets for a trip to the doctor, the hospital or the pharmacy.
Rolshoven's patients pay nothing when they see him. That not only bolsters their health, he said. It helps maintain what Rolshoven called social peace. "It's really important not to have to worry about these problems," he said.
German health officials, business leaders and economists say the access to affordable health care has also helped the Saarland get back on its feet economically, bolstered by the assurance that workers could get to the doctor.
"Without this, the Saarland would be dead," said Beatrice Zeiger, managing director of the Arbeitskammer des Saarlandes, a regional labor group. "It's unthinkable."
While health costs rise in the U.S., Germany contains them
In West Virginia, whose wooded valleys and decaying industrial plants could be mistaken for the Saarland's, access to health coverage has been important as the state weathered the decline of its mines.
A decade ago, state leaders moved to expand the Medicaid insurance program through the Affordable Care Act. And as of last year, just 6% of state residents were uninsured, less than half the rate before the 2010 law.
But growing numbers of West Virginians without government insurance are in private health plans with deductibles that require they pay thousands of dollars out of their own pockets before coverage kicks in.
The typical individual health plan an American gets through work now comes with a more than $1,500 deductible, a particularly big sum in a state like West Virginia where residents often earn less than residents of other states.
That, in turn, is driving medical debt. A quarter of West Virginians with a credit report have medical bills in collections, almost twice the national rate, according to data compiled by the nonprofit Urban Institute. In several counties in the state, the rate is about a third.
And those figures likely understate the problem. Many more people put medical bills on their credit cards, borrow from family or enroll in installment plans with a hospital or other providers to pay off their bills.
"It's a huge problem here," said Jessica Ice, executive director of West Virginians for Affordable Health Care. "Folks with medical debt aren't able to apply for loans to start a business or buy a starter home for their family. It's really preventing people from climbing up the economic ladder."
In German health plans, known as sickness funds, there aren't typically deductibles.
Physician visits are almost always free for patients. Copays for most prescription drugs are capped at 10 euros or less, about $10. And people admitted to the hospital pay only 10 euros a day.
"Access to medical care with minimal costs for patients has been essential," said Armin Beck, regional director of the Knappschaft Bahn See, of KBS, a health insurance plan whose roots stretch back to the 13th century, when miners set up a mutual aid society to protect one another in case of injuries or accidents. "This has been a foundation of our community," Beck said.
'So glad we don't have to worry'
Along the Saar River in Germany, rusting steelworks and shuttered coal-fired power plants bear testament to the region's economic struggles. Many towns like Püttlingen carry on in the shadow of hulking mounds of debris — Berghalde, as they are called — the detritus left behind as coal was separated from the rocky earth hauled up from underground.
Today, new challenges confront the region. Ford, which has operated a car factory here for decades, plans to shutter the plant in a few years and move production to Spain.
But at Rolshoven's clinic — a small set of offices tucked into a residential neighborhood — few patients can conceive of the burdens that medical bills put on Americans.
Andrea Fecht, 63, who has diabetes and came to see Rolshoven because recent tests revealed a concerning rise in her blood sugar, estimated she pays 120 euros a year, or about $125, to fill all six of her prescriptions, including her daily insulin.
In the U.S., the average price for insulin alone is nine times that in Germany, according to a recent report from Rand Corp., a research group.
Andreas Mang, a former miner who left the industry 20 years ago after a series of accidents, would likely pay even more out-of-pocket for his family's drugs. Mang's wife recently underwent a course of chemotherapy that would cost thousands of dollars if not for Germany's limits on medical bills, Rolshoven said.
"I can't imagine what it would be like not to have this support," Mang said.
Christine Wagner said she's had a glimpse of what Americans face. Wagner's 18-year-old son, Jonas, has Down syndrome and has required more than 20 surgeries.
In global Facebook groups with other parents who have children with disabilities, Wagner said she's amazed to see how much fundraising American parents do to pay family medical bills. "I'm so glad we don't have to worry about that," she said. "We have enough to do looking after Jonas."
Countries where health care is actually affordable
International surveys underscore the difference Wagner observed between her experiences and those of American families.
In one recent study of health care in 11 high-income countries, the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund found that 44% of Americans had out-of-pocket medical expenses that topped $1,000 in the previous year. Just 16% of Germans reported paying that much. The rates were even lower in France, at 10%, and Great Britain, where only 7% reported similar medical expenses.
U.S. patients were also more than twice as likely as patients in any of the 10 other countries studied to say they had serious problems paying medical bills.
"Many Americans may not understand how affordable health care is for patients in other countries," said Reginald D. Williams II, who oversees international research at the Commonwealth Fund. "Medical debt is a largely U.S. phenomenon. It just doesn't happen in other countries."
Most wealthy countries in Western Europe, East Asia and elsewhere limit patients' out-of-pocket costs.
In the Netherlands, where patients enroll in private health plans as they do in Germany, insurers typically cover all medical expenses after patients pay a standard deductible of 385 euros, or about $400. Physician visits are fully covered.
In Great Britain, where medical care that is "free at the point of service" has been a foundation of that country's government-run National Health Service for almost 75 years, there are rarely any doctor or hospital bills.
When the government asked Britons who'd gone into debt about the causes, just 2% cited paying for medical treatment. A similar share attributed their debt to gambling or another habit.
In the U.S., 41% of adults currently have debt from medical or dental bills, according to a KFF poll.
How Germany regulates hospital, doctor and drug prices
Germany's strict limits on medical bills have periodically stoked concerns about patients overusing the health system.
But when health plans tried implementing a copay of 10 euros for physician visits, it was quickly rolled back amid criticism from patients and frustration among doctors, who didn't like chasing after their patients for bills.
At the hospital in Püttlingen, which is operated by the Knappschaft, Dr. Marion Bolte said asking patients to pay more isn't worth the risk, even if it might bring in more money.
"It's better to have 20 unnecessary visits than to have one patient get harmed because they didn't come to the hospital because they were worried about how much it would cost," said Bolte, the chief medical officer. "We don't want patients to worry about money. We want them to worry about getting better."
Nationally, German patients are less likely than Americans to die from conditions that can be treated with good access to medical care, such as heart attacks, diabetes, pneumonia and some cancers, according to regional data compiled by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Germans are also less likely than Americans to say they had to wait to see a doctor, surveys show.
Lower-cost health care that protects workers from going into debt has meant fewer concerns for the Saarland's policymakers, as well. "All that our predecessors had to worry about was creating jobs," said Oliver Groll, a senior official at IHK Saarland, the regional chamber of commerce. "Health care took care of itself."
As mining jobs disappeared, the Saarland shifted toward other industries, such as auto manufacturing, which has been a major employer since Ford opened its factory in 1970, sparking the development of a robust auto parts sector. The chamber and other business leaders are now working to lure technology and pharmaceutical jobs to the region.
For Mang, the former miner whose wife had cancer, knowing that medical bills wouldn't drive him into debt helped give him the peace of mind to switch careers. "I never had to think about how much health care would cost me," said Mang, who is now a nurse.
Maintaining this system has required that Germany do something else that U.S. policymakers have historically eschewed. Germany, like most wealthy nations, regulates the prices that hospitals, doctors and drugmakers can charge. This regulation occurs through a highly structured system in which insurers negotiate collectively with physician and hospital groups to set prices.
American hospitals and other medical providers for decades have fiercely resisted limits on their prices, spending millions to fight government regulation.
Price regulation can put more financial pressure on providers, who, unlike their American counterparts, can't just demand higher prices from insurers to bolster their bottom lines.
Mario Schüller, the hospital administrator who runs the Knappschaft hospital in Püttlingen, said hospitals must instead compete to attract patients with better care and better customer service. Those that can't compete may close, he said.
But Schüller said he wouldn't want to charge patients more, even if he could.
"If I had to bill patients and then try to collect from them, I'd have to pay for all that," he said. "We'd need new staff, who would have to get paid. And if we used collections companies, they'd have to be paid, too. It becomes a devil's bargain."
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevon Looney takes great pride in being available game after game for the Golden State Warriors, however he is needed, whenever his name is called.
The eighth-year center realizes his role is suddenly as large as ever for the defending champions with Draymond Green suspended and the Warriors on the ropes against upstart Sacramento in their first-round playoff series.
It’s not the first time Golden State has leaned on the dependable Looney this season.
The Warriors might have completely fractured during training camp when Green punched Jordan Poole at practice had it not been for Looney’s voice of reason and steadying hand. General manager Bob Myers and coach Steve Kerr largely credit Looney for keeping the peace after an incident that threatened to put the entire season in jeopardy for a team determined to go after another title.
Now the Warriors not only need Looney’s leadership but also his reliable rebounding.
The 6-foot-9 Looney will be Golden State’s main presence in the paint heading into Game 3 against the Kings on Thursday night with the Warriors down 2-0 in the postseason for the first time during the Stephen Curry era.
“Everybody’s locked in, our level of focus has raised, our back’s against the wall so we have to go out there and play with a level of focus we haven’t played with all year,” Looney said after practice Wednesday. “I think we’re ready and I think we’re excited.”
Green briefly addressed the team before the Warriors got back to work at Chase Center, where they know their raucous fans will be ready to help them get right back in this best-of-seven series with their Northern California neighbor.
Green was disciplined by the NBA on Tuesday for stepping on the chest of center Domantas Sabonis in the fourth quarter of Golden State’s 114-106 Game 2 loss a night earlier that led to Green being ejected from the game.
In Green’s absence, Looney will look for help from Jonathan Kuminga, JaMychal Green and Anthony Lamb on the low block.
“The lack of size we’ll obviously have to address that,” Kerr said. “There’s a lot of different options in that regard when you talk about Kuminga and Lamb and JMych. It’s more than likely going to be a game where we play a lot of people and we just have to put our best foot forward. I believe in our guys. I have no doubt we can go out there and get this done.”
Kerr stressed that rebounding will be paramount for his team to compete without the do-everything Green.
Looney led the NBA with 271 offensive rebounds this season that accounted for an NBA-best 349 points scored by the Warriors after he corralled the ball off the offensive glass — while the Kings scored the second most at 320 after the 246 offensive boards by Sabonis that ranked fourth in the league.
“Iron Man Loon” as they call him — he played all 82 games for a second straight season — figures not many “outside the locker room know all I do.”
“I always had a pulse of what’s going on in the locker room,” Looney said. “I’m one of the guys that everybody can talk to. I’m one of the guys always checking in with different guys and talking so I kind of just upped that and made sure that guys were feeling comfortable and being that voice if guys don’t feel comfortable talking out loud being able to talk for them or just knowing when to check in, doing different things like that.”
Looney has been on the floor for 217 consecutive contests overall including the postseason. His 193 regular-season games in a row is the second-longest active streak behind Brooklyn’s Mikal Bridges at 392.
“I think coach called him the moral compass of the team earlier this year which is completely accurate in the sense of he’s a true veteran but closer in age to some of the younger guys and has kind of seen all the different types of roles on our team,” Curry said.
Looney has earned Kerr’s trust and admiration for being team-first at all times — whether he’s starting, coming off the bench in more limited minutes or piling up rebounds as he did during a stretch of six straight games grabbing 13 or more earlier this year.
The Warriors are counting on another stretch of stellar rebounding by Looney, and Curry is confident his teammate will deliver.
“He just brings great energy pretty much every day, even game days making sure everybody’s locked in pregame before we take the court … making sure everybody’s excited to go play,” Curry said. “And he does it in a very unique way, so all of it matters, contributions on the court, off the court and he’s as important to the fabric of our team culture as anybody.”
This is not the first challenge the Warriors have faced without the fiery Green during their great postseason runs.
“We’ve been in some difficult situations before,” Kerr said. “I guess maybe not down 2-0 but we’ve been down 3-1, which sounds worse. We’ve seen it all.”
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This is what Gov. Murphy said about a new mask mandate in NJ
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising again in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy says he does not "foresee any mandates," but he reserves the right to change his mind.
New Jersey's rate of transmission (r/t) is 1.12, indicating an active spread of coronavirus. The state reported another 1,199 new confirmed cases on Monday.
Officials in New York City have urged residents to resume wearing a mask indoors as cases spike in the five boroughs.
Murphy was asked about the possibility of a return to masking in New Jersey at an unrelated event on Monday.
The governor urged people to "use their common sense" and make sure they are fully vaccinated and boosted.
"Do the basic stuff," Murphy said, "Get vaccinated. Get Boosted. If you are not feeling well - certainly if you test positive - take yourself off the field."
As for a renewed mask mandate, he admitted there is little public sentiment to tolerate it. "We don't want to mandate things we can't enforce," Murphy said, "I don't think the market is going to bear that."
When giving his final COVID-19 briefing in March, Murphy signed an executive order lifting the public health emergency and ending COVID mandates in New Jersey. "The time has come to move toward normalcy," Murphy said at the time.
The New Jersey Department of Health has continued to monitor COVID activity in New Jersey and is tracking at least 15 variants of the original virus. In addition to the new cases reported on Monday, the state also confirmed another 10-deaths blamed on COVID.
Eric Scott is the senior political director and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at eric.scott@townsquaremedia.com
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MOSCOW (AP) — A fire in a cafe in the Russian city of Kostroma killed at least 13 people and injured five others on Saturday, local authorities said.
The governor of the Kostroma region, Sergei Sitnikov, said 13 people died in the fire and five more were slightly injured. Russian news agency Interfax cited local emergency officials as saying that the death toll stood at 15. The contradicting numbers couldn’t be immediately reconciled.
The blaze erupted in the early hours after someone apparently used a flare gun, according to the authorities. The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported that a brawl erupted in the cafe shortly before the fire, but it wasn’t immediately clear if it had anything to do with the use of a flare gun.
Rescuers were able to evacuate 250 people. The roof of the cafe collapsed during the fire, which engulfed an area of 3,500 square meters (more than 37,000 square feet). Firefighters spent five hours battling the blaze, and a dozen residents of a nearby residential buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
A criminal investigation has been launched, and the police have arrested a suspect.
Ikhtiyar Mirzoyev, a member of the regional legislature and owner of the cafe, promised assistance to those affected by the fire.
Kostroma, a riverside city of 270,000, is located roughly 340 kilometers (210 miles) north of Moscow.
It wasn’t the first time that pyrotechnics caused a deadly fire at a recreational venue in Russia. In 2009, more than 150 people were killed in a blaze at the Lame Horse nightclub in the city of Perm that erupted after someone set off fireworks. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/international/russia-cafe-blaze-kills-at-least-13-people-injures-5/ | 2022-11-05 13:08:07 | 1 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/international/russia-cafe-blaze-kills-at-least-13-people-injures-5/ |
An alligator was caught in New Plymouth, Idaho, and taken in by Idaho Fish and Game on Friday morning, according to a press release from Idaho Fish and Game.
Thursday night, a resident was walking their dog when they saw something moving in the brush. After identifying the animal as a 3.5-foot alligator, the resident caught the animal, loaded it into a nearby horse trailer and called Fish and Game. The alligator is currently being housed at a Fish and Game facility.
"Again it goes back to that kind of common sense. If there is a potentially dangerous animal that would be fun as a pet, make sure you can legally possess it. And please don't bring it into the state," said Idaho Fish and Game public information supervisor Rodger Philips.
In Idaho, it is illegal to possess alligators, or any crocodilian, without proper permits.
Alligators generally are native to the southeastern United States and are not native to areas north and west of Arkansas.
Idaho Fish and Game is currently investigating where the alligator may have come from. Anyone with information is asked to call the Southwest Regional Office at 208-465-8465 during normal business hours. You can also call the Citizens Against Poaching hotline at 1-800-632-5999.
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Temperatures will be warm Tuesday in Kenosha. It should reach a pleasant 75 degrees. We'll see a low temperature of 57 degrees today. We will see clear skies today. The area will see gentle winds today, with winds only reaching 10 miles per hour, coming from Northwest. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Visit kenoshanews.com for more weather updates.
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Gainesville man brings AK-47, handgun to Virginia preschool
MCLEAN, Vir. (CNN/WCJB)— A man with an AK-47 in his vehicle who told police he was headed for the CIA has been charged with felony possession of a firearm on school property, Fairfax County, Virginia, police said.
Gainesville resident Eric Sandow, 32, was arrested Tuesday at Dolley Madison Preschool in McLean after police said he trespassed on school grounds.
After searching his vehicle, authorities recovered an AK-47 assault rifle and another weapon, according to a statement from police.
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Sandow told authorities he was en route to the CIA, police said. The preschool is less than 2 miles from CIA headquarters.
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Summer program for Tacoma teens created with hope of reducing violence
TACOMA, Wash. - There’s a new way for teens to stay active in Tacoma. Through September 1, sixth to eleventh graders can utilize a new program called Summer Teen Late Nights, for a free meal and various activities at locations throughout the city.
"We’re trying to figure out how we can keep kids safe year-round." School Board Vice President Korey Strozier said.
The program will be run through Tacoma Public Schools in partnership with the YMCA, the Boys and Girls Club, Pierce County, the City of Tacoma, Metro Parks Tacoma, and non-profit Greentrike.
"We’ve lost 10 students this year, and that’s a lot." Strozier said. "So how do we get to a situation where this doesn’t continue to happen?"
Teens can use the space from 5 to 10 p.m. each weeknight throughout the summer at 12 different locations, including:
- Baker Middle School
- Al Davies Boys & Girls Club
- Eastside Community Center
- Giaudrone Middle School
- Topping Regional Hope Center
- Morgan Family YMCA
- Mason Middle School
- Meeker Middle School
- Stewart Middle School
- Truman Middle School
- Center at Norpoint
- People’s Community Center
Over 300 teens have already pre-registered. On Monday, parents were seen dropping off their middle and high schoolers for the first day of the program.
"I love it because it gives somewhere for my kid to go you know," Mom Tiffany Elizondo said. "From what I see at the door he has some friends here so that’ll be nice."
Although registration is encouraged, it’s not required. Sixth to eleventh graders can drop in and leave on their own. | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/summer-program-for-tacoma-teens-created-with-hope-of-reducing-violence | 2023-06-27 17:22:11 | 0 | https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/summer-program-for-tacoma-teens-created-with-hope-of-reducing-violence |
Dallas man killed bar owner after she refused to give him drink, court docs say
DALLAS - Newly acquired court documents by FOX 4 say that a Dallas man left a Korea Town bar that refused to serve him, and came back to shoot the bar's owner.
62-year-old Wan Cho is accused of shooting and killing 53-year-old Chong Sun Wargny.
An arrest affidavit for Cho says that he entered the Happy Days Bar on Royal Lane just before 10 p.m. on Monday.
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Wargny was working the bar when Cho asked for a drink. When Wargny ignored him, Cho called her a "b****," according to the arrest affidavit. Warngy responded to Cho with the same insult, and he left the bar.
The affidavit says Cho returned about 15 minutes later and requested a drink. When Wargny refused, Cho shot the woman multiple times in front of witnesses, according to the documents.
Police say witnesses tried to restrain Cho.
He then allegedly fired twice at a witness, missing both times, according to the affidavit.
Cho is in the Dallas County Jail facing murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges.
He does have a criminal history.
In 2015, according to an arrest affidavit, he was "very intoxicated" at a Korean BBQ restaurant in a Carrollton shopping center and "became very angry and began swearing and yelling at customers" after being refused service. He then punched someone in their mouth who was trying to calm him. He pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury and was sentenced to nine months of probation.
Cho is being held on $525,000 bond. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/happy-days-bar-shooting-wan-cho-chong-sun-wargny | 2023-04-06 14:01:37 | 0 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/happy-days-bar-shooting-wan-cho-chong-sun-wargny |
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Sun 11/13 7p: This week on Generation Justice, we proudly and happily featured Rumsha Sajid, the national field organizer for Media Justice, and Gianna Ramirez, GJ Leaders for Change Fellow! Both of them discussed racialized disinformation and more in a Youth-led Intergenerational Conversation! We also brought you important information on COVID-19 in our vaccine equity segment, upcoming events to take part in with your loved ones, and as always wonderful music to inspire you!
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AKRON, Ohio, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohio Edison and Pennsylvania Power (Penn Power), FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) utilities, have hired 21 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), the company's award-winning, two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy's 10 electric utility companies.
The graduates all recently completed the Power Systems Institute (PSI) training program in partnership with Stark State College in North Canton, earning their associate of applied science degree in Electric Utility Technology. This is the fourth graduating class since 2014.
"Our Power Systems Institute develops top-quality, well-educated men and women for the electric utility industry," said Edward Shuttleworth, president of Ohio Operations. "We look forward to these graduates joining our workforce to help continue providing safe and reliable electric service for our customers."
The new Ohio Edison line employees listed by work location, with their hometowns, are:
- Akron Service Center – Christopher Jackson, Barberton
- Elyria Service Center – Jack Clark, Shreve; Cole Clarke, Canton
- Kent Service Center – John Lawrence, Cuyahoga Falls
- Kinsman Service Center – Chayse Creager, Paris; Alex Rusu, Canfield
- Marion Service Center – Bradley Johnson, Mansfield.
- Medina Service Center – Nicholas Mayer, Akron; Zachary Oblisk, Akron
- Sandusky Service Center – Keaton Dyer, Ravenna
- Springfield – Zachary Forshey, Springfield
- Youngstown – Cory Andric, Beloit
The new Ohio Edison substation employees listed by work location, with their hometowns, are:
- Akron Service Center – Austin Wolfe, Canton; Johnathan Zerbini, Akron
- Elyria Service Center – Chase Grealy, Huron; Sara Hines, Mansfield
- Marion Service Center – Aaron Bradley, Mansfield
- Youngstown Service Center – Brenden Moore, Canton
- Warren Service Center – Salvatore Santell, Kinsman
The new Penn Power lines employees listed by work location, with their hometowns, are:
- Cranberry Service Center – Nick DiNardo, New Brighton, Pennsylvania; Tyler French, Bessemer, Pennsylvania
PSI students split time between classes at Stark State and Ohio Edison training facilities in Massillon. Since the program's inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than 2,400 lineworkers and substation personnel who completed PSI programs in Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
For information about the PSI program, call 1-800-829-6801, or visit www.firstenergycorp.com/psi.
Ohio Edison serves more than 1 million customers across 34 Ohio counties. Follow Ohio Edison on Twitter @OhioEdison and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OhioEdison. Penn Power is a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. and serves more than 160,000 customers in all or parts of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Lawrence, and Mercer counties in western Pennsylvania. Follow Penn Power on Twitter @Penn_Power, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennPower and online at www.pennpower.com.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp or online at www.firstenergycorp.com.
Editor's Note: Photos of FirstEnergy's Power Systems Institute training program are available for download on Flickr.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
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NEW YORK, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened is excited to announce the launch of a brand new product line, Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars. These bars come in two rich and creamy flavors: Caramel Brownie and Mint & Cookies.
Enlightened's new bars are made with premium Greek yogurt to deliver the perfect balance of sweetness and tanginess, while offering all the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt. Not only are they delicious, but they are also the lowest sugar Greek yogurt bars on the market, with only 80 calories and 3g of added sugar per bar. With prebiotic and probiotic benefits and 5g of protein per serving, these bars are an ideal nutritious treat.
"Our customers have been asking us for years to deliver a Greek yogurt version of our ice cream bars," said Enlightened founder and CEO Michael Shoretz. "We worked hard to create a product that not only tastes great but also offers a healthier alternative to traditional ice cream bars."
These Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars are an excellent option for anyone looking for a satisfying snack or dessert that will fit into their lifestyle. Enlightened is known for its innovative, lower-sugar treats, including ice cream pints, bars, and desserts. Each product is crafted with high-quality ingredients and are designed to meet the needs of health-conscious consumers who don't want to sacrifice flavor for nutrition.
Enlightened's Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars (Box of 4, MSRP $6.99) are available in Sprouts Farmers Market, Harris-Teeter, ShopRite, Ingles, Smart & Final and more.
About Enlightened
Enlightened is the first and largest brand within Beyond Better Foods, a New York City-based company founded by Forbes Under 30 alum Michael Shoretz in 2012. A pioneer in the low-sugar dessert category, Enlightened was one of the first light ice creams on the market. The brand is widely distributed in US retailers, such as Sprouts Farmers Market, Whole Foods Market, Shoprite, Publix and Walmart. Enlightened is recognized for producing innovative feel-good desserts, including the Keto Collection in 2019; Fruit Infusions, low-carb Cheesecakes, keto-friendly Dough Bites in 2020; and Ready-to-Bake Cookies in 2021. Shoretz founded Beyond Better Foods from inspiration from his personal training clients' desire for healthy alternatives to their favorite sweet, salty, spicy and savory treats. Beyond Better Foods now includes Enlightened and Bada Bean Bada Boom.
For more information on Enlightened, visit eatenlightened.com.
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Bank stocks plunge and gold rises as Wall Street deals with uncertainty
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is worried about what may be next to topple following the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history, and stocks are swinging sharply Monday as investors scramble to find someplace safe to park their money.
The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading, but only after tumbling 1.4% at the open. The sharpest drops were again coming from banks. Investors are worried that a relentless rise in interest rates meant to get inflation under control are approaching a tipping point and may be cracking the banking system and broader economy.
The U.S. government announced a plan late Sunday meant to shore up the banking industry following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank since Friday.
The most pressure is on the regional banks one or two steps below in size of the massive, “too-big-to-fail” banks that helped take down the economy in 2007 and 2008. Shares of First Republic plunged 66.3%, even after the bank said Sunday it had strengthened its finances with cash from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase.
“So far, it seems that the potential problem banks are few, and importantly do not extend to the so-called systemically important banks,” analysts at ING said.
The broader market was holding up better as expectations built that the all the chaos means the Fed would have to take it easier on its economy-rattling hikes to interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 94 points, or 0.3%, at 32,004 as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher. Both erased sharp earlier losses.
Stock markets were mixed in Asia after the U.S. government announced its plan to protect depositors at banks, but the losses deepened as trading headed westward through Europe. Germany’s DAX lost 3.3% as bank stocks across the continent sank. On Wall Street, a measure of fear among stock investors touched its highest level since October.
Among the few investments to climb in price was gold, as investors looked for anything that seemed safe. It rose 2.3% to $1,910.50 per ounce.
Prices for Treasurys also shot higher on both demand for something safe and expectations for an easier Fed. That in turn sent their yields lower, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury plunged to 3.51% from 3.70% late Friday. That’s a major move for the bond market. It was above 4% earlier this month.
The two-year yield, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, had an even more breath-taking drop. It fell to 4.12% from 4.59% Friday.
Some investors are calling for the Fed to make emergency cuts to interest rates soon to stanch the bleeding. The wider expectation, though, is that the Fed will likely pause or slow its increases.
Traders are betting on a nearly four-in-five chance that the Fed will hike its key overnight interest rate by 0.25 percentage points later this month at its next meeting. They’re also now betting on a 21% chance that it will hold steady, according to CME Group.
That’s a sharp turnaround from earlier last week, when many traders were betting on the Fed reaccelerating its hikes and increasing by 0.50 percentage points because of how stubbornly sticky high inflation has been.
“At this point in time, depending on reactions in financial markets and eventual fallout on the overall economy, we wouldn’t rule out that the hiking cycle could even be over and that the next move by Fed officials may be lower not higher,” said Kevin Cummins, chief U.S. economist at NatWest.
Higher interest rates can drag down inflation by slowing the economy, but they raise the risk of a recession later on. They also hit prices for stocks, as well as bonds already sitting in investors’ portfolios.
That latter effect is one of the reasons for the worries about the banking system. The Fed began hiking interest rates almost exactly a year ago, and it’s instituted the sharpest flurry in decades. Its key overnight rate is now at a range of 4.50% to 4.75%, up from virtually zero.
That has hurt the investment portfolios of banks, which often park their cash in Treasurys because they’re considered among the safest investments on Earth.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has reverberated around the world.
In London, the government arranged the sale of Silicon Valley Bank UK Ltd., the California bank’s British arm, for the nominal sum of one British pound, or roughly $1.20.
While the bank is small, with less than 0.2% of U.K. bank deposits according to central bank statistics, it had a large role in financing technology and biotech startups that the British government is counting on to fuel economic growth.
Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, on Monday prohibited asset disposals and payments by Silicon Valley Bank’s German branch and imposed a moratorium, effectively shutting it for dealings with customers.
Before trading began in Asia, the U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Sunday that all Silicon Valley Bank clients will be protected and have access to their funds and announced steps designed to protect the bank’s customers and prevent more bank runs.
Regulators on Friday closed Silicon Valley Bank as investors withdrew billions of dollars from the bank in a matter of hours, marking the second-largest U.S. bank failure behind the 2008 failure of Washington Mutual. They also announced Sunday that New York-based Signature Bank was being seized after it became the third-largest bank to fail in U.S. history.
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AP Business Writers David McHugh, Yuri Kageyama and Matt Ott contributed.
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Trump tells former adviser Michael Flynn: ‘We’re going to bring you back’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump called into an event hosted by his former national security adviser Michael Flynn over the weekend, telling his ex-adviser, “We’re going to bring you back.”
After scrubbing a rally in Iowa on Saturday night because of bad weather, Trump spoke via telephone at an event for Flynn’s “ReAwaken America Tour” held at the former president’s Miami resort. The retired lieutenant general, a top figure in the far-right movement, has been one of the leading proponents of Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
During the call, which was captured on a video of the event posted online, Flynn is seen holding a cellphone up to a microphone as Trump, on the line, says to Flynn, “You just have to stay healthy because we’re bringing you back. We’re going to bring you back.”
It wasn’t clear from Trump’s remarks if he was specifically talking about bringing Flynn into his administration should he win the presidency in 2024 and, if so, for what role.
“We’re proud of you, general,” Trump said. “I knew it from day one — you’re really somebody very special.”
Trump’s campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung did not respond to questions about Trump’s remarks and instead sent a statement that said: “President Trump is running to drain the swamp and bring prosperity back to America. That’s why he’s dominating in the polls — both in the primary and general elections— and Americans are rallying around his campaign.”
Flynn, who resigned from the Trump administration less than a month after Trump’s inauguration in 2017, was charged later that year with lying to the FBI about conservations he had with the Russians on Trump’s behalf. He twice pleaded guilty, but Trump ultimately pardoned him in the final weeks of his presidency.
Since then, Flynn has been a leader in trumpeting Trump’s lies of a stolen 2020 election, despite the fact that numerous federal and local officials, a long list of courts, top former campaign staffers and even Trump’s own attorney general have all said there is no evidence of the fraud he alleges. Flynn suggested that Trump should seize voting machines and could order up the military in some states and rerun the election.
The former president has spoken warmly about Flynn over the years and has continued to align himself with Flynn at a time when some in the Republican Party see Trump’s alliance with controversial figures and focus on the past election as political liabilities in the general election next year.
Flynn, as part of his efforts to try to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election, suggested Trump should seize voting machines and could order up the military in some states and rerun the election.
Flynn launched the ReAwaken America tour in 2021, a few months after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol failed to overturn the results of the election. It has been continuing ever since, with stops every month or two in a different city. Many of Trump’s close allies and family members such as his son, Eric Trump, have appeared at the event. Trump himself has been known to call in.
A joint investigation by The Associated Press and the PBS series “Frontline” found that the ReAwaken tour serves as a traveling roadshow and recruiting tool for an ascendant Christian nationalist movement that’s wrapped itself in God, patriotism and politics and has grown in power and influence inside the Republican Party. Flynn endorsed nearly 100 candidates ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, and continues to urge supporters to get involved in politics –- especially at the local level –- ahead of the 2024 elections.
Trump and Flynn have maintained their ties to each other, periodically snapping photographs together. One of Flynn’s groups held an event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago in December, and the two men remain close, Flynn’s brother, Joseph Flynn, told the AP in March.
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Associated Press writer Michelle R. Smith in Providence, Rhode Island, contributed to this report.
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DETROIT, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xenith is proud to welcome Izell Reese, President and CEO of premier youth-sports experiences business RCX Sports, to its Board of Directors.
Reese's vast experience in the sports industry is a valuable addition to the board and will undoubtedly play a large role in Xenith's playbook and future victories building the next generation of productive citizens through youth sports.
"Over the last several years, I've worked closely with Xenith and have been impressed with their consistent growth, constant innovation, and dedication to developing the safest and most advance technologies for athletes," said Reese. "Like RCX Sports, Xenith is committed to improving the lives of athletes through sports, and I look forward to helping them in their mission as a member of their board of directors."
A former collegiate and professional athlete, Reese walked on the University of Alabama at Birmingham's football team, eventually earning a scholarship, and posting stats that drew the attention of NFL scouts. Reese was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1998 and spent seven years as an NFL safety and corner with the Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills.
Reese has dedicated his career to positively impacting the lives of youth athletes through sports and in 2019 created and launched RCX Sports, an experiential events business designed to engage youth athletes, families, and fans in new, innovative, and experiential ways.
Reese played an integral role in the discussions that led to RCX's partnership with NFL FLAG. As the official operating partner of NFL FLAG, RCX now also oversees NFL FLAG leagues and tournament play, with special emphasis placed on providing support to local leagues and participant growth, specifically among girls. As part of the female participation growth, NFL FLAG helped orchestrate the launch of women's flag football as a collegiate sport for NAIA and NJCAA.
Reese has also secured partnerships with professional leagues including the NHL, MLB, and Jr. NBA.
"I had the opportunity to meet Izell and was instantly blown away by his knowledge, enthusiasm, sincerity, and determination to build the next generation of productive citizens through youth sports," said Tony Saunders, Chief Executive Officer, Xenith. "Adding a person of his character and caliber is a big win for Xenith. I'm beyond excited to witness the impact that Izell will have for those that wear our product while strengthening our brand."
"There are very few people in youth sports who have accomplished more than Izell," Saunders continued. "From growing the game of flag football, along with guiding it to become a women's college sport, Izell is an agent for positive change. We're happy to have him be a part of the Xenith family."
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Jack Nicklaus has mentioned the importance of winning the British Open at St. Andrews in various ways over the years, and his inspiration was Bobby Jones.
Jones won the claret jug at St. Andrews in 1927, and he won the British Amateur on the Old Course in 1930 when he won the “impregnable quadrilateral” — the four majors of the time, the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur and British Amateur.
“If you’re going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews,” Nicklaus said. He is just as fond as quoting Jones: “No golfer’s career is complete until he’s won at St. Andrews.”
The only Open champions at St. Andrews this year are Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen and John Daly.
Good luck to the other 152 players in the field, right?
“I don’t know if a golfer’s career isn’t complete if you don’t,” Rory McIlroy said. “But I think it’s the holy grail of our sport. So not a lot of people are going to get that opportunity to achieve that, but that’s what winning an Open at St Andrews is. It’s one of the highest achievements that you can have in golf.”
Woods is playing the Open at St. Andrews for the sixth time. Mark Calcavecchia, who won the Open at Royal Troon, is playing it for seventh time.
Considering the Open usually goes to St. Andrews every five years, that would give a player no more than about five chances at the Old Course during his peak years.
“I’ve heard multiple champions say it,” Jon Rahm said. “I think it was Jack and Tiger both accomplished it. ‘You can’t really call yourself a great player unless you win The Open at St Andrews,’ which is a very selective group to say. I think it’s a bit of an exaggeration, but I do know what they mean.
“And it can almost put your career to another level just because how great of a venue this one is.”
McIlroy said it would be unfair to say a player’s career is incomplete without having won at St. Andrews. The best example would be Tom Watson, an eight-time major champion who won the British Open on five different courses. But never at St. Andrews.
DREAM GROUP
Max Homa qualified for his first major in 2013 for the U.S. Open at Merion, having just won the NCAA championship at Cal. He showed his personality back then with a tweet that asked Tiger Woods for a practice round. He added the hashtag “hero.”
It never happened.
Homa went on to win the Genesis Invitational in 2021. Woods is the tournament host and presented Homa with the trophy that day at Riviera.
It keeps getting better.
In the 150th British Open at St. Andrews, where Woods has won two of his claret jugs, he was put in the same group with U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and Homa.
That was occasion for another tweet from Homa.
“I’m playing with Tiger Woods at the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews. Hey golf gods, we’re even,” said part of the quote.
This wasn’t payback. Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship for his second PGA Tour win this season and fourth of his career. He is No. 19 in the world.
WORLD RANKING
One of the more important meetings this week at the British Open for the immediate future of golf was the annual meeting of the Official World Golf Ranking board.
The issue is whether the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series should be part of the OWGR system. Without it, players who currently are suspended by the PGA Tour and European tour — or who have resigned — can’t earn points and will fall out of the top 50 and beyond.
It starts with an application, which was received late last week.
Still to be determined is how the board acts on the request. LIV Golf could run into some issues with only 48-man fields and no 36-hole cut.
The OWGR has a history of having a new tour go through a waiting period of at least one year.
A spokesman for the OWGR had no comment on the meeting.
STARTERS
Tiger Woods has won the British Open twice at St. Andrews. Paul Lawrie gets the honor of getting to hit the opening tee shot at St. Andrews for the second time.
Lawrie, who holds the major championship record for his 10-shot comeback in the final round when he won at Carnoustie, will be first off Thursday morning alongside former U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson and Min Woo Lee, who won the Scottish Open last year.
In the 2010 British Open at St. Andrews, Lawrie hit the opening shot while playing alongside Thomas Levet of France and Steve Marino.
“You still see it as you’re a player and it’s just an opening tee shot and you want to get it on the fairway,” Lawrie said. “It’s obviously a huge celebration for them. It’s a huge week, a big milestone. The more you think about it, actually, it’s a nice thing to be asked to do on the 150th.”
Lawrie said he always gets nervous on the first tee of any tournament, let alone an Open at St. Andrews. The good news?
“Luckily, it’s a nice, big, wide fairway,” he said.
BUNKER MENTALITY
Justin Thomas made his professional debut on the Old Course when he played the Dunhill Links Championship in 2013. This will be his first British Open at the home of golf, and he was reminded of the greatest hazard on the Old Course.
“These are definitely the most penal bunkers of any Open Championship I’ve played in,” Thomas said. “I haven’t really seen but maybe one or two that if you get in, it’s not truly just a chip-out or just hitting it sideways out in the fairway.”
Most troubling around the greens are when balls go into the bunker. The sand is so fine that a ball stops where it lands, compared with typical U.S. bunkers in which they tend to roll toward the middle. That can lead to some impossible shots.
His caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, showed Thomas what can happen during a practice round Sunday.
“I tried to hit it like five or six times, and I couldn’t get it out,” Thomas said.
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Ford is recalling nearly 400,000 vehicles because their 360-degree camera may not work properly.
The recall involves 2020-2023 Explorers, Lincoln Aviators and 2020-2022 Lincoln Corsairs.
Ford says the video output on the camera may fail, preventing the rearview camera image from displaying.
"Loss of the rearview camera image can reduce the driver's rear visibility, increasing the risk of a crash," Ford notes.
The automaker says it's aware of 17 reported minor accidents that may be related to the faulty video output, which causes a blue screen. No injuries have been reported.
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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who chairs Gov. J.B. Pritzker's rural affairs council, did not miss her chance Wednesday afternoon to say that the state's "growers, producers and farmers are really the bread and butter of Illinois."
The corny line was a fitting one as, minutes later, Pritzker, Stratton and a number of dignitaries unveiled the 2022 Illinois State Fair butter cow.
The annual tradition is meant to highlight the contribution of the nearly 450 dairy farmers in Illinois. It's an industry that has an annual economic impact of more than $24 billion.
"It's really, really something quite amazing and very unique to the Illinois State Fair," said Illinois Department of Agriculture director Jerry Costello II. "And I would also be remiss if I didn't thank all our dairy men and women here in the state of Illinois for everything they do and obviously giving us the butter to make this cow."
The 2022 cow, located in the dairy building on the fairgrounds, was sculpted by Sarah Pratt for the sixth consecutive year. She used more than 800 pounds of unsalted, recycled butter on this year's cow.
This year's sculpture features the interaction between a farmer, the land and the cow. Featured prominently are sunflowers, including one in the cow's mouth.
And as in years past, 13 hearts have been hidden into the display to signify the 13 essential nutrients found naturally in milk.
Every year, the butter cow design is intended to match up with the fair's theme. This year — with the theme "Grow with Us" — is no different.
“This design was personal for me," Pratt said. "Our family just moved to a home with acreage and started growing our own garden. Through that experience, I was inspired to include a farmer growing on the land that in turns allows the cow to grow.”
Pritzker, at his third butter cow unveiling (there was no 2020 cow due to the COVID-19 pandemic), said that "every year I am gobsmacked by her artistry."
"She doesn't just craft us a cow, she creates an entire scene," he said.
There have been 101 butter cows at the Illinois State Fair, a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, according to the fair's website.
Those who can't attend the fair can still see the butter cow through a video live-streaming on the state fair's website.
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2 killed in small plane crash 40 miles off the coast of Half Moon Bay
A small private plane crashed Saturday in the Pacific about 40 miles west of Half Moon Bay following an emergency call for help, killing two people aboard.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the plane was a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter, headed from Santa Rosa-Sonoma County airport to Honolulu.
Two hours later it was forced to turn around due to what the pilot told air traffic controllers were “mechanical issues,” a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said.
The small turboprop plane is listed on aviation sites as typically having a range of about 700 miles, but FAA records show the plane had been outfitted with a tank system to allow longer flights.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the plane took off from Santa Rosa about 8:20 a.m., but turned back, headed for a small public airstrip at Half Moon Bay, crashing at 2:15 p.m.
Tracking by Flightradar showed the Twin Otter turboprop turned around about 10:40 a.m. and was headed back to Santa Rosa until around 1:15 p.m., when it redirected toward Half Moon Bay, and began descending. Fifteen minutes later, it went down.
The U.S. Coast Guard out of San Francisco broadcast an alert at 1:40 p.m. of a “small plane in distress” southwest of the Farallon Islands and advised mariners to look for people in a yellow life raft. But when a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter reached the location, the crew found the plane upside down in the water, its occupants still inside, said Petty Officer Matthew West.
National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Sarah Taylor Sulick said there were no other passengers on board, and that NTSB investigators are working to recover the plane.
The identities of the pilot and co-pilot have not been released. The NTSB said it was still determining ownership of the plane. FAA records show it was registered to a trust managed by the Bank of Utah.
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Dan Snyder has an agreement in principle to sell the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson for a North American professional sports team record $6.05 billion.
It’s the biggest step yet in the process of Snyder selling the storied NFL franchise he has owned since 1999. But it’s far from the last one before the group assumes control.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
Currently, there’s a fully financed, nonexclusive agreement in place, but it has not yet been signed by the buying and selling parties. They’ll work out the fine print with lawyers and execute a binding agreement to complete the sale process at the team level.
The league then gets involved for a thorough vetting process, including background checks and an evaluation by the finance committee. Once everything checks out, it goes to the owners for a vote, with three-quarters (24 of 32) needed to approve the sale and make it official.
That could happen as soon as the next owners meeting in Minnesota in late May, though it would not be alarming in any way if the process took longer than that to unfold.
WHO ARE THE NEW OWNERS?
Harris, 58, is best known in sports for owning the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and NHL’s New Jersey Devils along with partner David Blitzer and also has a stake in the Crystal Palace soccer club in the Premier League. He was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, grew up in the Washington area and made his money through a private equity firm.
Last year, Harris led a group that tried to buy the Denver Broncos before they were sold to Walmart heir Rob Walton for a then-record $4.65 billion.
Rales, 66, also grew up outside the nation’s capital and with his brother started the Danaher Corporation, a science and technology conglomerate. He and his wife also founded the private Glenstone museum in Potomac, Maryland. Rales joined Harris’ bid in early March.
Johnson, 63, could be the face of ownership after joining the group in late March. The well-known basketball Hall of Famer who has become a successful executive previously owned a piece of the Lakers and currently has stakes in Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles FC and the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.
WHAT’S THE PRICE?
The $6.05 billion price tag for the Commanders is above the $5.6 billion Forbes values the team at, but it meets the number Snyder was looking for in order to sell.
Beyond being more expensive than the Broncos, it’s higher than the $4 billion Mat Ishbia paid for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Mercury. Steve Cohen bought the New York Mets for an MLB-record $2.42 billion in 2020. When Fenway Sports Group purchased the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins in 2021, a dollar figure was not released, though Forbes valued the team at $845 million.
Harris, Rales and Johnson were not the only group to reach the final stages to get the Commanders. Canadian investor Steve Apostolopoulos also entered a fully financed bid of $6 billion.
Earlier this week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos decided not to make an offer — perhaps he waits until the Seahawks become available? — and that sped up the process of Snyder choosing to sell to the Harris group.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TEAM?
It’s not clear if new ownership will have the chance to rebrand the Washington team that only became the Commanders in early 2022, or if there’s any interest in doing so. Team president Jason Wright has said he would like to stay on in the role he was hired for by Snyder in 2020.
Ron Rivera is expected to remain as coach and head of player personnel, along with general manager Martin Mayhew and the rest of the front office. If the Commanders get off to a rough start or miss the playoffs, changes could happen once the new owners get a feel for the organization.
The biggest task for the long-term future of the franchise is reaching an agreement on a new stadium. The team’s lease at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, expires in 2027 and the rushed-to-completion stadium that opened in 1997 has not aged well.
Virginia has long figured to be the front-runner to land the new stadium, but that was with Snyder doing the negotiating, and the legislature there abandoned a bill to fund one last year.
The site of old RFK Stadium — the team’s longtime home in the District of Columbia — is the dream location for many, but it comes with government hurdles. There is land available across the Anacostia River from Nationals Park that could be an option.
Or Harris’ and Rales’ connections to Maryland could keep the team there, perhaps in a location closer to public transit and easier to navigate.
The decision is crucial for a franchise that has not won a championship in over 30 years and is desperate to bring fans back, which already will get a jumpstart with Snyder gone.
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Police: 13-year-old dies in snowmobile crash on New Year’s Eve
DUNCAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC/Gray News) - Authorities in Michigan are investigating a deadly snowmobile crash on New Year’s Eve.
WLUC reports troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post were called to a trail just before noon in Houghton County regarding a crash involving a snowmobile.
Authorities said first responders found a 13-year-old female snowmobile driver with a serious head injury once at the scene.
According to state police, the girl appeared to be moving over to allow other snowmobiles to pass when she was pulled from the trail by deep snow.
The 13-year-old then lost control of the snowmobile and collided with a tree, police said. She was transported to a hospital but later died.
Authorities said the girl had been operating under the immediate supervision of her father.
State police did not immediately release the name of the driver, but said she was from Missouri along with her father.
The crash remains under investigation.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the week of July 4-10, the top 20 prime-time shows, their networks and viewerships:
1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6 million
2. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 5.5 million
3. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.96 million
4. “Macy’s 4th July Fireworks,” NBC, 4.5 million
5. “Generation Gap,” ABC, 3.9 million
6. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 3.8 million
7. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 3.8 million
8. “FBI,” CBS, 3.7 million
9. “Press Your Luck,” ABC, 3.6 million
10. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 3.4 million
11. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Thursday), Fox News Channel, 3.2 million
12. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News Channel, 3.2 million
13. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 3.1 million
14. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 3.06 million
15. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 3.05 million
16. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.01 million
17. “The Final Straw,” ABC, 3.01 million
18. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Tuesday), Fox News Channel, 2.99 million
19. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 2.97 million
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal court jury convicted a Kansas man who insisted that a death threat he made against U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner was a message from God, amid what authorities have said is a sharp rise in threats against members of Congress and their families.
Jurors found Chase Neill, 32, of Lawrence, guilty of a single count of threatening a U.S. government official. The presiding judge instructed jurors that to find Neill guilty, they had to conclude that a reasonable person would find that he had made a true threat and intended to either intimidate LaTurner or interfere with his work as a Republican congressman representing eastern Kansas.
Neill acted as his own attorney and cross-examined LaTurner on the witness stand Wednesday. Neill testified Thursday that he was a messenger from God and he passed along a message from God threatening LaTurner for ignoring concerns about sorcery, wizards, extraterrestrials and a war for people’s souls.
Federal prosecutors said Neill fixated on LaTurner before leaving an after-hours voicemail June 5 with the congressman’s Topeka office that included, “I will kill you.” LaTurner testified that he worried about his family’s and staff’s safety and beefed up security at his home and Topeka office.
“You cannot cloak yourself in religious belief and justify such a threat,” federal prosecutor Stephen Hunting said in his closing remarks. “There is a line you cannot cross.”
Neill sat calmly as U.S. District Judge Holly Teeter read the jury’s verdict, which came after about two hours of deliberation. He politely declined to have the jury polled and, when asked whether he had more about the case to discuss, he said calmly, “No, your honor.”
As a marshal handcuffed him, his mother, Pamela Neill, who had watched the three-day trial, told him, “I love you.”
Teeter scheduled Neill’s sentencing for April 11. He could face 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
The judge had Neill give his testimony Thursday as a narrative from the witness stand because he was representing himself. Neill interrupted his comments to make sure documents were projected onto four big screens on a wall behind him and to confer with the judge and prosecutors about what evidence would be allowed. Prosecutors did not cross-examine him.
Neill admitted in court that he left the June 5 voicemail and others with more death threats the next day. But he said he was conveying a message from God that LaTurner and other officials faced death by an act of God, such as a tornado or hurricane, for attacking God’s creation.
“This is not me saying, ‘I’m going to chase you down with a knife,’ or something like that,” Neill said in his closing argument.
His mother, fighting back tears, told reporters upon leaving the courtroom, “He never raised a hand on anybody.”
Threats against members of Congress have increased since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In October, an intruder severely beat former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in their San Francisco home.
Local school board members and election workers across the nation also have endured harassment and threats. Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this week arrested a failed Republican legislative candidate over a series of shootings targeting elected Democratic officials’ homes or offices.
Hunting told jurors that it was reasonable for LaTurner and his staff to take Neill’s words seriously as threats.
LaTurner said in a statement after the verdict: “Violence and threats of violence have no place in our society.”
Neill said his concerns about a war for souls were sparked by a May 13 story on the Kansas Reflector news site about a legislative debate in which a western Kansas lawmaker urged colleagues to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a measure that would have restricted public health officials’ power in epidemics following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Republican state Rep. Tatum Lee was quoted as saying, “The war is real you all. We are fighting for the soul of our nation.”
Neill told jurors he values his soul and was required by God to act when he “heard the sound of the trumpet.”
He also showed jurors a LinkedIn page for himself, saying he dealt with “matters concerning over 400 million lives lost with high sorcery.”
Neill testified that in 2018, “God came to me very directly,” without elaborating. A U.S. magistrate judge said in an August order refusing to release Neill from custody that Neill had suffered a head injury four or five years ago “characterized as a head fracture.”
But the trial judge concluded last month that Neill was capable of following what goes on in court and assisting his lawyers, making him mentally competent to stand trial. She granted his request to act as his own attorney, starting Wednesday.
“I’m really trying to explain how I interact with God, and it’s a difficult explanation,” Neill told jurors during his testimony Thursday. “I apologize.”
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By ANDREW DALTON
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The New York trial of Harvey Weinstein and its California sequel had a rare crossover Monday as the only accuser of the former movie magnate to testify at both took the stand in Los Angeles and said she was sexually assaulted by him in a Beverly Hills hotel bathroom in 2013 while repeatedly telling him “no.”
Lauren Young said she was paralyzed by fear when Harvey Weinstein blocked her from leaving the bathroom, masturbated in front of her and groped her breasts.
“I was scared of Harvey Weinstein — that he would hurt me, or send someone to hurt me, or ruin my career, or make my life hell,” Young told the court.
When Young testified in New York in February of 2020, she was not one of the accusers whose stories would lead to Weinstein’s conviction for rape and sexual assault and a 23-year prison sentence. But prosecutors called on her to testify to help establish a pattern of Weinstein preying on women.
In Los Angeles, Weinstein is charged with sexual battery by restraint for the same allegations.
Young said Monday that in early 2013, she was a model who was aspiring to be an actress and screenwriter, and through Weinstein’s assistant, who had become a friend, she set up a meeting with him at the Montage Hotel on the night of Feb. 19, 2013, about a script she was working on.
During the meeting, Weinstein said she should accompany him to his room to continue the talk while he got ready for an event.
Young said Weinstein led her into the room and then the bathroom, and his assistant shut the door behind them and left them alone.
She said she was stunned as he quickly shed his suit and got briefly in the shower, then stepped out and blocked her from leaving when she went for the door.
“I was disgusted,” she said. “I had never seen a big guy like that naked.”
She said she backed up against a sink and turned away from him. He then unzipped her dress and groped her with one hand as he masturbated with the other.
Weinstein’s attorney Alan Jackson gave the two-week-old trial rare moments of visual drama with a pair of clothing demonstrations during cross-examination.
He pulled out the dress Young had been wearing that night and got her to acknowledge that a DNA test failed to prove Weinstein had touched it.
Jackson also tried to cast doubt on whether Weinstein could have slipped out of his suit as quickly as she described. He pulled off his own suit coat to demonstrate.
“I’m just going to take my jacket off, I’m not going to go any further,” Jackson said.
“Please don’t,” Young answered.
When asked how Weinstein could have unfastened everything so quickly, Young answered that he may have gotten started while he was walking down the hall, a method she used to use for quick changes as a model.
“Does Mr. Weinstein strike you as a model?” Jackson asked.
“No, but he’s definitely a monster,” Young replied.
Like all of the women Weinstein is charged with sexually assaulting at the trial, Young is going by Jane Doe in court. The Associated Press typically does not publish the names of people alleging sexual assault unless they give their consent, as Young has done through her lawyer.
Young’s testimony closely hewed to her account during the New York trial. But during cross-examination, Jackson pointed out that it differed in many respects from her early accounts to police starting in 2018, when she called a hotline set up for reports about Weinstein after the #MeToo movement exploded.
Young initially told detectives that the assault had taken place a year earlier, days after she had been at a dinner with Weinstein at a Beverly Hills restaurant. Jackson pointed out that she was saying the same as recently as 2020.
“I was sure that I was sexually assaulted,” Young said.
“That wasn’t my question,” the lawyer replied. “I’m asking about the time. Something that would stick in your mind.”
Jackson also brought up her previous confusion about the site of the assault, and she acknowledged that she could not name the hotel in her first three interviews with authorities, the most recent in 2020.
“I had pushed it out of my memory,” Young said.
She decided it was the Montage when police suggested it and took her to the suite where Weinstein had been staying.
“And since then your testimony and your statements have gotten far more detailed and far more colorful, right?” Jackson said.
“My trauma, I got to relive it by walking through that room,” Young said. “I had been in other rooms and didn’t feel anything. When I walked in that room, I felt everything flow back in.”
According to allegations in an indictment and court testimony, the assault of Young came the day after Weinstein raped an Italian model at a different hotel during the run-up to that year’s Academy Awards, where Weinstein was annually a major player.
Weinstein, 70, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault involving five women. He has said that many of those incidents were consensual, though in the case of Young his defense denies there was any sexual interaction at all.
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TAMPA — By its very nature, excellence is supposed to be rare. Glory is meant to be uncommon.
Yet, around here, it is an expected part of the landscape.
You say Victor Hedman had a turnover in the neutral zone and Florida’s Maxim Mamin is racing straight at the Lightning goal with open ice in front of him?
No problem, Vasy will stop him.
You say the back door is wide open for Sam Reinhart after a cross-ice pass from Sam Bennett?
Don’t worry, Vasy will get it.
Pardon me for asking, but have we grown immune to the wonder of Andrei Vasilevskiy? Have we become spoiled by his otherworldly reflexes and indescribable instincts?
Is it really fair to expect greatness as the base level of performance?
Apparently, not when it comes to Tampa Bay’s goaltender. The cheering starts early at Amalie Arena with Vasilevskiy getting the loudest ovation when players are introduced. And the chanting of his name begins in earnest midway through the first period when he makes a pair of saves in a scoreless game.
“He makes the stop when you need it,” said Lightning forward Nick Paul. “You know, a tight game, he makes it somehow and it just puts the wind in our sail.”
That, it did. Although Tampa Bay eventually romped to a 5-1 victory in Game 3 against Florida on Sunday, the Lightning never had more than a one-goal lead through the first 30 minutes.
And there are reasons other than Vasilevskiy, for sure. The Lightning blocked another 19 shots, for instance. They took care of the puck around the blue line and the penalty kill was mostly stellar.
But think of it this way:
The Panthers were the highest-scoring team the NHL had seen since the Mario Lemieux/Jaromir Jagr Penguins of 1996, yet Vasilevskiy has held them to one goal in three consecutive games. Florida had been held to one goal only three times in the entire regular season.
If you need a more visual depiction, it would look like this: 3-of-82 for the entire NHL and 3-of-3 for Vasy in the playoffs. So, yeah, fair to say the 2021 Conn Smythe winner is back in postseason form.
Goaltending coach Frantz Jean goes out of his way to point out how everyone in front of Vasilevskiy has upped their game since the middle of the Toronto series. It is not just the goaltender who is responsible for Florida’s worst offense stretch in more than a year.
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And yet …
“He comes ready to compete and play every day during the season, but during the playoffs it stands out even more,” Jean said. “The pressure is higher and the stage is bigger.
“He cares, he wants to be the best and he works extremely hard every day to maintain that level of play. People might think it’s easy because you’re talented, but it’s not. It demands a tremendous commitment to your craft. That’s the mentality that great players have. They care, and they want to be the best.”
This is sort of the cross that Vasilevskiy carries. He tied for the league lead in wins, he was in the top 10 in both goals-against average and goals saved above average, and it was considered a down year for him. He wasn’t a Vezina Trophy finalist for the first time since he was a 22-year-old in 2017.
Vasilevskiy’s save percentage of .916 was a tick below his previous worst season as a full-time starter in the NHL, and he had a career-high 18 losses.
And all of that added up to nothing once the playoffs began.
While he gave up more goals than usual in the first-round series against Toronto, that was largely blamed on the team’s failure to stick to its normal playoff formula.
Once the defense got serious against the Maple Leafs, the results have looked much like the past two seasons in the playoffs. Vasy has gone from a 3.83 goals-against average in the first six playoff games to a 1.00 in the next four.
“As goaltenders, our job is to stop the puck. (Defensemen) have a job to do and forwards have a job to do, and sometimes you don’t have your A-game as a team where everything syncs together,” Jean said. “The key is to find it as early as possible in the playoffs, to find that synergy between all components of the team to play really good playoff hockey.”
It gets lost in the disparity of the final score, but the breakaways and rushes that Florida had in the first period on Sunday could have turned out differently without Vasilevskiy in the net. And if those goals go in, the game looks different and, ultimately, the series does, too.
“Those go overlooked throughout the game because we eventually get the lead, But who knows where that (score) is if any of those go in,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “Thankfully, Vasy is there to make the saves.”
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The 2022 Stanley Cup playoff second-round series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers shifts to Tampa for Game 3 this afternoon. Tampa Bay is 9-0 all-time in a best-of-seven playoff series when owning a 2-0 lead.
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KINGSTON, Pa. — A sweater and steak dinner out by the campfire is just one of the ways Bonnie Dry and her husband plan on beating the cold temperatures this weekend while camping at Francis Slocum State Park in Luzerne County.
"During the night we start the campfire furnace, that keeps us warm and takes the chill off. Then we cover-up," Bonnie, from Lebanon, said.
While the Dry's campsite has been set up all week, just across the road, her sister Alsion Siegfried and her husband Brad are just setting up for a nice weekend away, ready for whatever the forecast has in store.
"I have like three layers for underneath. I got a hat and gloves," Alison, also from Lebanon, said.
"When it's getting colder, you probably wanna check the weather because you wanna bring extra clothing, cause if not you're gonna freeze," Brad added.
That same mantra is followed right down the road by Dan Ciruzzi and his wife from New Hampshire, who are setting up their camper for the weekend as well.
"We know the climate around here, we've been coming here for a while. So no, the climate has no real effect cause we are prepared for it. When you go camping, you gotta be prepared; that's the whole script to having a good time is being prepared," Dan said.
While a heated RV is nice for getting out of the chilly conditions, there are other campers like Michele Nesbit of Edwardsville who prefer a simpler approach.
"Well, of course, and RV, they have heat, and in the summertime, they have air conditioning; I don't have that. You know now that it's brisk and it's gonna get a little chilly tonight it's warm clothes and lots of blankets," she explained.
And while people are feeling those chilly temperatures now, all the campers we spoke to said this weather won't stop them from enjoying the last few weeks of the camping season.
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Chautauqua County police agencies have announced results of the New York State STOP-DWI Labor Day High Visibility Engagement Campaign.
The campaign began Friday, August 19, 2022, and continued through Monday, September 5, 2022.
It resulted in a total of 217 vehicle stops, 184 tickets issued and 54 arrests.
This event is funded by a 2021-2022 grant from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee and is part of a national High Visibility Engagement Campaign effort.
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New solutions help create more compelling emails, impact revenue and drive conversions
BOSTON and SAN MATEO, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Litmus, a leader in email marketing, today announces new capabilities to help boost personalization and increase efficiencies in workflow and creation. With Litmus' new Integrations Marketplace, users can easily explore integrations with email providers, code editors and other productivity tools to optimize efficiency across the entire email workflow. Email marketers can activate integrations in one centralized location which results in more error-free emails that drive business outcomes.
"Email has never been more important than right now," said Erik Nierenberg, CEO of Litmus. "At Litmus, we're helping drive email marketing results as consumers everywhere crave more personalized communication. We're enabling marketers to turn their most effective channel into an even greater brand asset."
According to the Litmus 2021 State of Email report, more than 90% of marketers say email marketing is at least somewhat critical to the overall success of their company. While 70% of brands have increased email marketing workload since before the pandemic, budgets haven't changed. According to Salesforce, 72% of marketers say meeting customer expectations is more difficult than a year ago.
Along with increased personalization, Litmus' new updates save time and reduce the risk of costly email errors by enabling all users — regardless of technical skills and ESP access — to create and preview personalized emails. This eliminates the hassle of jumping between tools to find the right merge tags to add to email projects, and empowers email creators to easily add custom tags, and preview content as they build.
Litmus' new product updates include:
- Locate and activate time-saving Litmus integrations in one centralized location, Litmus Integrations Marketplace. This one-stop shop for utilizing all Litmus integrations, helps users save time, boost collaboration and optimize marketing effectiveness.
- With new merge tag personalization in Litmus Builder, all users, regardless of technical coding abilities, can preview and add ESP-specific merge tags to email campaigns.
- Users can keep their Litmus account organized with the flexibility to restore recently deleted emails. All versions of emails — including Litmus Proof comments — can be restored for 30 days once an email campaign has been deleted.
- Ensure the entire team has the right permission levels, including finance and billing team members, by adding a Billing Manager to access invoices and payments — without utilizing one of the Litmus paid user seats.
- With user searching, users can easily manage large, distributed teams across sub-accounts. By searching for users, selecting multiple users, and bulk deleting, Litmus customers gain the visibility and control needed to collaborate with users across teams.
- Streamline email testing configuration with new keyword filtering for email clients and devices. Easily add or remove email clients and devices in bulk and see how many clients you have selected, for better visibility and control.
For more information about Litmus and its new updates, please visit www.litmus.com.
About Litmus:
Litmus provides the leading email personalization, optimization, and collaboration software for marketers. From pre-Send campaign development, testing, and AI-driven content recommendations through Kickdynamic, to post-send insights for future content optimization, Litmus improves marketing performance and boosts customer engagement. Drive conversion and revenue with Litmus' suite of solutions that enable users to efficiently build, test, and collaborate on large volumes of emails, while simultaneously creating highly personalized email experiences at scale. With offices in Boston, San Mateo, and London and backed by Spectrum Equity, Litmus is used by major global brands across every industry, including 80% of the Fortune 100, the top 10 retailers, 9 of the top 10 ecommerce brands and U.S. banks, and 23 of the top 25 U.S. advertising agencies. Learn more about Litmus at litmus.com, subscribe to the Litmus blog, or follow us on social media - Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.
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International awards for smart innovations and high delivery reliability and quality
WIESELBURG, Austria, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZKW has received no less than three top-class awards in recent months. At the German Innovation Awards, the lighting systems specialist's "Black Box" won in the "Excellence in Business to Business - Machines & Engineering" category. The fully automated robot station accelerates and simplifies the processing and quality inspection of headlight lenses. In addition, the ZKW sites in Krušovce (Slovakia) and Dalian (China) received awards for their excellent delivery reliability and quality. ZKW Slovakia received the "GM Customer Care and Aftersales On-Time Shipping Award 2021" from General Motors, while ZKW China received the "Outstanding Contribution Award" from vehicle manufacturer Geely. The awards reward the lighting systems specialist exceptional performance in Europe and China. Despite pandemic-related restrictions, ZKW was able to fulfill its supply contracts with GM and Geely on time, reliably and in high quality. "We are particularly pleased with the awards because they reward the efforts of our employees for customers worldwide," explains Dr. Wilhelm Steger, CEO of the ZKW Group.
The ZKW Black Box has won the German Innovation Award 2022 in the category "Excellence in Business to Business - Machines & Engineering". "The fully automated handling, inspection and packaging system for optical parts enables the simultaneous processing and quality inspection of different headlight lenses without changeover times," explains Stefan Hauptmann, General Plant Manager ZKW Lichtsysteme. The smart system, developed together with two cooperation partners, helps to increase quality, efficiency, safety and competitiveness.
In Slovakia, ZKW has received two certificates from General Motors. The "GM Customer Care and Aftersales On-Time Shipping Award 2021" in platinum honors the ZKW plant for its outstanding performance as a supplier for GM Korea and GM Customer Care & Aftersales North America. In particular, the award recognizes the on-time delivery of spare parts for the two companies. At its Krušovce site, ZKW manufactures spare parts for the Opel Astra and Insignia models and GM Buick, among others.
The ZKW site in Dalian has received the "Outstanding Contribution Award" from the Chinese automotive group Geely. The main criterion for the award is the outstanding performance as a supplier for the market launch of the new SUV model Geely Xingyue L. The particular challenge of the project was the advanced start of production of the vehicle. Despite the high time pressure, ZKW Dalian was able to develop, manufacture and deliver the HDL LED front headlamp for the new Geely Xingyue L on time. The lighting systems specialist also produces lighting for other models of the Chinese automotive brand - including front, fog and auxiliary headlights for the Geely Lynk&Co. "All employees at ZKW Dalian deserve great thanks and respect for this extraordinary achievement," emphasizes Dr. Steger.
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The ZKW Group is the specialist for innovative premium lighting systems and electronics. As a system supplier, ZKW is a global partner to the automotive industry. The group develops and produces products based on our motto of "Bright Minds, Bright Lights," combining bright minds with modern production technologies to produce complex premium lighting and electronic modules for international automotive manufacturers.
Our top products include powerful and cost-efficient complete LED systems. The ZKW Group has a total of twelve locations worldwide, with intelligently networked development and production. In 2021, the Group employed around 10,000 workers and generated total revenues of 1.07 billion euros.
In accordance with the corporate vision "Ground-breaking premium lighting and electronic systems from ZKW for all mobility concepts of the global automotive industry", the company's primary goal is to produce top-quality high-tech products and to promote the development of innovative holistic lighting systems.
With our discoveries and inventions, the ZKW corporate group makes vehicles more desirable, more unique, safer, and more energy efficient.
Our 360 degree product portfolio includes headlamps and fog lamps, rear lamps, flashers, interior and license plate lamps as well as electronic modules. Major automotive manufacturers trust their brands to innovative products from ZKW. We are proud of our customers like BMW (BMW, Rolls Royce), DAIMLER (MERCEDES-BENZ Cars and Trucks), FORD (Lincoln, Ford), GEELY (Volvo, Polestar, Lynk & Co, Geely), GENERAL MOTORS (Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac), Hyundai (Kia), JLR (Jaguar, Land Rover), Stellantis (Opel, Citroen), RENAULT/NISSAN (Infiniti, Alpine), VGTT (Volvo Trucks, MACK) and VW (Audi, Porsche, Skoda, Lamborghini, MAN, VW, Seat).
With intelligent lighting systems and innovative styling, ZKW is shaping the look and character of vehicles worldwide.
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Rottenhauser Straße 8
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Unisys between August 3, 2022 and November 7, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until January 10, 2023 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Unisys Corporation issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company's 2022 financial guidance was significantly overstated; (ii) accordingly, once the truth was revealed, it was likely that the Company would be required to negatively revise its 2022 financial guidance; (iii) in addition to the foregoing, material weaknesses existed in the Company's internal control over financial reporting; and (iv) as a result of all of the foregoing, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Ag Producers in Delta Benefit from Agricultural Lender's Expansion
DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern-raised Tim Jett has joined the Conterra Ag Capital team as vice president relationship manager for the Delta region.
Located in Memphis, Tennessee, Jett brings years of commercial row crop production experience in the Delta region as well as an ag retail and wholesale background. With a keen understanding of production, Jett is prepared to effectively address the financing needs of growers.
"We are pleased to bring Tim on in the Delta and Mid-South," says Paul Erickson, Conterra president and CEO. "He brings a perspective that adds depth to our existing presence in the region."
"My background and longstanding relationships throughout my territory will translate to utility for Conterra clients," said Jett. "In this agricultural environment, I look forward to creating greater opportunities for producers in both the short- and long-term."
Jett's knowledge of production paired with Conterra's agricultural lending products allows him to tailor loan packages specific to the needs of Southern producers. He identifies the biggest challenges in the Delta region as changing market rates, high input costs and increasing farm real estate values.
"I came to Conterra because we have the ability to provide short- and long-term farm loans as well as crop operating loans and a partner crop insurance program. The list of product offerings is substantially more flexible, and that will translate to business growth for Delta farmers and ranchers during these challenging times."
About Conterra Ag Capital
Conterra Ag Capital focuses exclusively on agriculture, providing traditional farm and ranch loans, development and alternative lending to America's farmers, ranchers and agribusiness. Conterra also offers its loan products as well as asset management to institutional investors, banks, and other agricultural lenders throughout the United States.
Conterra has loan products to help meet the challenges of today's agricultural environment:
- Long-term fixed rate and short-term variable rate loans
- Crop operating loans and partner crop insurance program
- Flexibility through revolving lines of credit
- Restructuring debt to improve cash flow
For media inquiries, please contact Aleks Ridge at 515-564-5150 or info@conterraag.com
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The 2024 model year marks the end of the road for Jaguar’s F-Type. It’s also the end of the road for Jaguar sports cars powered by internal-combustion engines, as the automaker from 2025 will only launch electric vehicles.
To mark the milestone, Jaguar last October unveiled the special-edition F-Type 75, and on Wednesday the automaker confirmed the car’s availability in the U.S. as part of the final 2024 F-Type lineup.
The “75” in the name is a reference to the 75 years that have passed since Jaguar launched its first sports car, the XK120, and like that car the modern F-Type 75 is available as a coupe or convertible. It can also be ordered in standard or more potent R grades.
Both grades feature a supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 paired with an 8-speed automatic and all-wheel drive. The standard F-Type 75 produces 450 hp and the F-Type R 75 makes 575 hp. Rear-biased all-wheel drive is available for the F-Type 75 and standard for the F-Type R 75, and adjustable dampers and an electronic differential at the rear are standard on both.
Jaguar said it also gave the cars new rear knuckles and larger wheel bearings that, according to the automaker, improve steering feel. The F-Type R 75 also benefits from revised upper ball joints that are claimed by the automaker to increase camber and toe stiffness, along with extra-wide Pirelli P Zero tires measuring 265/35R20 up front and 305/30R20 at the rear.
Unique to the special editions are some design details found inside and out. These include badges on the front fender that depict the F-Type’s silhouette, 20-inch wheels with a five-spoke design for the F-Type 75 and a 10-spoke design for the F-Type R 75, and the option of a unique Giola Green metallic paint finish. There’s also a repeat of the F-Type’s silhouette on the center console and door sill plates.
Also available for the 2024 model year is an F-Type R-Dynamic. This one also comes with the supercharged 5.0-liter V-8, rated at 450 hp, but drive here is to the rear wheels only. It also features 20-inch wheels, with the wheel centers (plus the grille badge) now in black instead of red previously. The R-Dynamic badge’s accent colors are also now black and gray instead of the previous red and green combo.
As the range-topper, the F-Type R 75 is the quickest of the bunch. Jaguar quotes a 0-60 mph time of 3.5 seconds and a governed top speed of 186 mph.
Deliveries of the 2024 F-Type start in the spring. Pricing is listed below.
2024 Jaguar F-Type R Dynamic – $79,050
2024 Jaguar F-Type 75 – $91,050
2024 Jaguar F-Type R 75 – $114,150
All figures include a $1,150 destination charge, and adding the convertible option is a $2,000 premium for each.
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ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Last summer, General Motors began a $4B expansion on their Orion Township assembly plant to convert the plant to produce full-size Electric Vehicles (EV) pickups like the Chevrolet Silverado EV and the electric GMC Sierra in addition to other EV models currently produced on-site. With several other large projects also in the works, Township Building Official David Goodloe wanted to ensure his department was ready to handle the increased volume. After issuing an RFP, SAFEbuilt was selected to provide Supplemental Building Department Services.
"We have some exciting projects in the works," says Goodloe, "Our partnership with SAFEbuilt enables us to expand our team as needed with qualified, experienced professionals to keep everything moving forward." SAFEbuilt will begin providing services this month including plumbing and electrical inspections three days a week and plan reviews and mechanical inspections five days a week. Permit technician services will also be available on an as needed basis.
Serving as an extension of municipal staff, the SAFEbuilt team will work within the existing electronic permitting system to track permits and inspections. "Our goal is to seamlessly integrate with the existing building department staff," explains SAFEbuilt State Operations Manager Paul Featherston, "We are there to support them in their mission to provide quality and timely services while enforcing the Michigan Building Code."
"We're excited to welcome Orion Township to the SAFEbuilt family of communities served across the country," said Joe DeRosa, SAFEbuilt's President and Chief Revenue Officer. "Our mission is to support our community partners in achieving their goals, from managing day-to-day operational needs, catching up on backlogs, or assisting with high profile projects that create or enhance local jobs."
About SAFEbuilt
SAFEbuilt is a community development services company offering multi-disciplinary building and professional expertise in 30 states. The company employs approximately 1,800 employees serving more than 1,900 customers nationwide including local and state governments and private developers. SAFEbuilt offers the broadest array of community development services anchored by a sophisticated technology stack that is built to fit each customer's needs including stabilizing budgets, maximizing building department efficiencies, improving the customer experience, and accelerating both the speed to revenue for both municipalities and developers. To learn more, visit SAFEbuilt.com.
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After 38 train cars, some of which were carrying toxic chemicals, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in early February, railroad safety and infrastructure have been top of mind for many people.
A viral video shared on social media in the days after the East Palestine derailment claims to show a freight train traveling over “bendy” train tracks in Ohio.
“It is quite honestly a miracle any time a train carrying something remotely dangerous makes it through Ohio unscathed,” one person wrote in a tweet. “This is what American infrastructure is.”
VERIFY reader Ian L. asked if the video shared on social media is real.
THE QUESTION
Does a viral video show real bent train tracks in Ohio?
THE SOURCES
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Patriot Rail
- Wende Jourdan, public information officer for the Ohio Rail Development Commission
- YouTube video posted by Scott Taipale in March 2017
THE ANSWER
Yes, a viral video does show real bent train tracks in Ohio. But the video was originally posted in 2017 and the tracks have been repaired since that time.
WHAT WE FOUND
The viral video shows real bent train tracks in Ohio, but it was first posted nearly six years ago and repairs have been made since that time.
Scott Taipale, who takes video of railroads in northwestern Ohio and eastern Indiana, originally posted the video to YouTube on March 31, 2017. Taipale noted in the description that part of the video was sped up during editing, writing that he “condensed 6 minutes of the train crawling down the track” into approximately 52 seconds.
The track shown in the video is located in Defiance, Ohio, along the Napoleon, Defiance and Western (ND&W) railroad, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said.
That railroad spans 58.2 miles from Woodburn, Indiana to Liberty Center, Ohio, Patriot Rail, the railroad’s owner, says on its website.
A spokesperson for Patriot Rail confirmed to VERIFY that the tracks shown in the viral video are on the ND&W railroad, but there have been “considerable investments in the tracks to improve the conditions” since the video was first posted in 2017.
Patriot Rail shared this side-by-side image showing the train tracks before and after it was repaired:
Wende Jourdan, public information officer for the Ohio Rail Development Commission, also said the railroad “has been rehabilitated.”
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Tinsley: March Madness
They call it March Madness. For the next three weeks, the best college basketball teams in the nation will compete against one another. Every game is elimination, win or go home.
There are markers along the way: Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, the Final Four and, eventually, the championship game which will be played April 3 at NRG Stadium in Houston. Sixty-eight teams will compete in March Madness. Any one of them can win.
Basketball has become one of the most popular sports worldwide with 2.2 billion fans. It is fast-paced and confined to a relatively small space. The basketball court is 94 by 50 feet. The net is always 10 feet from the floor. But it is the clock that makes it exciting. The clock is ever lurking. The seconds are always ticking. Each team has five seconds to inbound the ball; 10 seconds to advance it past midcourt, and 30-seconds possession to take a shot. NCAA men’s games are divided into two 20-minute halves. Scoring is often rapid-fire, requiring agility, stamina, strength and speed.
Basketball has a way of capturing our contemporary imagination. Life is lived fast. Life is lived against the clock. We are all seeking to get the most done in the shortest amount of time. Like basketball, we want to score the most points possible before time runs out.
Our generation is obsessed with the clock. We just levied daylight savings time upon ourselves, losing an hour sleep to get up an hour earlier so that we can get the kids to school, hit the highways, commute to our offices and get home before dark. And then do it all over again tomorrow.
Maybe we feel this way because we know that a more important clock is ticking. Many believe that we are living in the “last days.” That time for humanity is running out. For the first time since 1947, the Doomsday Clock has been moved to 90 seconds to midnight. Jesus said that no one knows the day or the hour, but the Bible is clear that there will be a consummation of the age, a time when Jesus said He would return and time would be no more.
Like the games in March Madness, the final seconds elevate our sense of urgency. Jesus said, “We must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no man can work,”(John 9:4). Each of us must ask ourselves if we are ready.
Peter wrote, “Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells,” (2 Peter 3:11-12).
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LONDON (AP) — The BBC called a truce Monday in its showdown with sports commentator Gary Lineker, reversing its suspension of the former soccer great for a tweet that criticized the U.K. government’s contentious new migration policy.
The about-face followed a weekend of chaos and crisis for Britain’s publicly funded national broadcaster, which faced a huge backlash after sidelining one of its best-known hosts because he expressed a political opinion.
“Gary is a valued part of the BBC and I know how much the BBC means to Gary, and I look forward to him presenting our coverage this coming weekend,” BBC Director-General Tim Davie said.
Lineker, 62, said he was “glad that we have found a way forward.”
The furor stems from a plan announced last week by Britain’s Conservative government to try to stop tens of thousands of migrants a year from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel. A new bill will bar asylum claims by anyone who reaches the U.K. by unauthorized means and will compel the government to detain and deport them “to their home country or a safe third country.”
The legislation has been condemned by refugee groups and the U.N., and the government concedes it may breach international law.
Lineker, one of England’s most lauded players and the corporation’s highest-paid television presenter, was suspended after he described the plan on Twitter as “immeasurably cruel” and called the government’s language “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.”
The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail — two right-leaning newspapers long critical of the BBC — expressed outrage over what they described in headlines as Lineker’s “Nazi” comment, although he hadn’t used the word.
The Conservative government called Lineker’s comparison offensive and unacceptable, and some lawmakers said the BBC should sack him.
The broadcaster announced Friday that Lineker would be “stepping back” until he agreed to keep his tweets within BBC impartiality rules.
Critics accused the BBC of suppressing free speech, and it was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming after commentators, analysts and Premier League players refused to appear on air as a show of support for Lineker.
The flagship “Match of the Day” program was reduced from the usual 90 minutes of highlights and analysis to a 20-minute compilation of clips from the day’s games, without commentary or punditry. Other TV and radio soccer shows were pulled from the schedule on Saturday and Sunday as the boycott spread.
Davie insisted Monday that the BBC “did the right thing” by suspending Lineker, but said there would now be an independent review of its social media rules to address “gray areas” in the guidelines.
“Between now and when the review reports, Gary will abide by the editorial guidelines,” he said.
Davie said the BBC “has a commitment to impartiality in its Charter,” as well as a commitment to freedom of expression.
“That is a difficult balancing act to get right,” he said.
The furor reflects the distinctive nature of U.K. media, where newspapers are highly opinionated and news broadcasters are required to be balanced — especially the taxpayer-funded BBC, which has a duty to be impartial.
The crisis dramatically illustrated the pressures long faced by the 100-year-old BBC in an increasingly polarized political and media world. Those on the right often sense a leftist slant in the broadcaster’s news output, while some liberals accuse it of having a conservative bias.
Opposition politicians have accused the government of meddling by pushing for Conservative-friendly bosses for the BBC. Davie is former Conservative local-government candidate. BBC chairman Richard Sharp is a Conservative Party donor who helped arrange a loan in 2021 for then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, weeks before Sharp was appointed to the BBC post on the government’s recommendation.
The Conservatives also periodically suggest changing the BBC’s funding model. It gets much of its money from a license fee paid by all households with a television.
The opposition Labour Party’s culture and media spokeswoman, Lucy Powell, said the Conservatives “have long wanted to undermine the BBC.”
“As well as a review of the BBC’s social media guidelines, this saga should prompt the government to examine how it protects and promotes a truly independent and impartial BBC,” she said.
As part of its commitment to impartiality, the BBC bars news staff from expressing political opinions.
Lineker, as a freelancer who doesn’t work in news or current affairs, isn’t bound by the same rules, and has sometimes pushed the boundaries of what the BBC considers acceptable. Last year, the BBC found that Lineker breached its rules with a tweet about alleged donations from Russians to the Conservatives.
James Harding, a former BBC director of news, said the corporation has got into a “muddle” over the issue of impartiality.
He said it was important that the broadcaster “that delivers news and information that informs the country is impartial,” but added: “You can’t get to a world in which the BBC is policing the opinions of every writer, director, musician, sports personality, scientist, business entrepreneur.”
Lineker said it had been “a surreal few days” and thanked colleagues for their support. And he showed no signs of stopping his use of social media.
“A final thought: however difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn’t compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away,” he tweeted to his 8.8 million followers. “It’s heartwarming to have seen the empathy towards their plight from so many of you.”
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PHOENIX (AP) — Kawhi Leonard had a great shooting night while Russell Westbrook had a horrible one.
Both players nonetheless had a huge impact for the Los Angeles Clippers in their 115-110 win over the Phoenix Suns in the teams’ Western Conference playoff series opener on Sunday.
Leonard poured in 38 points, including two late 3-pointers, while Westbrook was a menace everywhere except the scoring column. The veteran guard shot just 3 of 19 from the field, but finished with nine points, 10 rebounds, eight assists, three blocks and two steals.
“My whole career, I pride myself every season on doing everything,” Westbrook said. “Whatever is needed of me to win the game, I’ll do it.”
That’s exactly what happened in the final 30 seconds. Westbrook made a pair of free throws with 17.7 seconds left for a three-point lead, then blocked Devin Booker’s layup attempt at the other end and swatted the ball off Booker to give the Clippers the ball with 10.1 seconds remaining.
Eric Gordon added 19 points and hit a late 3 that kept the Clippers ahead.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points for the Suns, who lost for the first time with him on the floor. Phoenix acquired the two-time NBA Finals MVP from Brooklyn in February, and injuries limited him to eight games — all Suns wins.
Devin Booker added 26 points for Phoenix, which will try to avoid falling into a 2-0 hole at home on Tuesday.
The Suns trailed 109-103 with 1:33 remaining but scored the next five points. The Clippers grabbed multiple offensive rebounds on the ensuing possession before Westbrook made his critical free throws.
“Making winning plays, getting deflections on balls, offensive rebounding, getting us into our sets — that is playoff basketball,” Leonard said. “You might not have the best night shooting, but you’ve got to impact the game some type of way and he did that tonight.”
Los Angeles led for much of the game until midway through the third quarter. Torrey Craig made back-to-back buckets, including one on a powerful fast-break dunk, to push Phoenix ahead 70-68, part of a 15-0 run that concluded with a 77-68 Suns lead.
The Clippers, led by Leonard’s 12 points in the third, recovered to tie the game at 81-all heading into the fourth.
“They’re going to make a run at home, we understood that,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “We built a lead, they made a run, and now we’ve got to keep our composure and be ready to fight back. I thought everyone who played tonight was great.”
Leonard — a two-time Finals MVP playing his first playoff game since June 14, 2021 — did much of his damage from the mid-range, but moved behind the 3-point arc in the game’s late moments. He hit a 3 with 2:36 left and another at the 2-minute mark, finishing 13 of 24 shooting from the field.
The Clippers were missing one of their best players in eight-time All-Star Paul George. He sprained his right knee last month and it’s unclear if he’ll be able to play in this series.
Gordon scored 12 points as the Clippers jumped to a 30-18 lead after one quarter. The Suns shot just 31.8% from the field in the first quarter and Durant was held scoreless.
“We definitely would like to have better starts but sometimes that happens,” Durant said. “It is all about how you bounce back from it.”
Durant missed his first five shots from the field before finally connecting on a mid-range jumper early in the second quarter. That seemed to shake the nerves and the 34-year-old poured in 17 points before the break, helping cut the Clippers’ lead to 59-54.
The Suns had their six-game winning streak in playoff Game 1s snapped.
“We understand it is not going to be easy,” Booker said. “It gets harder from here. Thinking back to my first (playoffs), every loss is the worst thing ever and every win you are going to win the rest of them. That’s just how the playoffs go.”
TIP-INS
Clippers: George hasn’t played since March 21. … Ivica Zubac had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the first half.
Suns: G Cam Payne (low back soreness) was not available. He was hurt in the next-to-last game of the regular season. … Were playing their first home playoff game since a 33-point loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 7 of last year’s Western Conference semifinals.
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, January 14, 2023
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HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
613 PM PST Wed Jan 11 2023
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO
10 AM PST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 15 to 20 feet.
* WHERE...San Francisco, Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes
National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Northern
Monterey Bay and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast.
* WHEN...From 1 PM Thursday to 10 AM PST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and
localized beach erosion.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to
dangerous surf conditions.
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Pack up the umbrella and the beach towel and head back to the car: The Fed's Hot Pause Summer is officially over.
The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it would raise interest rates a quarter percentage point (or 25 basis points), to a 22-year high. It marks a return to the long, steady climb interest rates have been on for the last year, as the Fed attempts to beat back inflation.
"The Committee remains highly attentive to inflation risks," the Fed said in a press release.
Last month, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell hit the pause button on those rate hikes, which was like an economic beach holiday for consumers and Wall Street.
It meant credit card interest rates wouldn't keep rising and that loans people and businesses wanted to take out for things like houses weren't getting more expensive by the day.
And, even with the interest rate steady, inflation continued to fall, to roughly 3% (very near the Fed's goal rate of 2%) and the unemployment rate remained near historic lows.
Why is the Fed back to raising rates?
After nearly a year of aggressive action and rates at decades-long highs, why not keep the pause in place?
"I think the message they wanted to send is that things are moving in the right direction, but we need to wait and see," says economist Raghuram Rajan, former head of India's Central Bank and professor at The University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
"Rather than, 'We're done,' they're waiting to see how the economy reacts and then deciding how much more medicine it needs," he says.
In a press release, the Fed wrote: "Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated."
The Fed is trying to strike a tricky balance right now, Rajan says, what economists often call a "soft landing": Raising interest rates just enough to slow the economy down to where inflation falls, but not so much that the economy ends up in a recession.
The Fed's tricky balance
When interest rates rise, people and businesses have to pay more on their loans. They then borrow — and spend and buy — less. Companies sell less stuff because there are fewer buyers, and that usually brings prices down. And, voila: Inflation comes down.
The trouble is, when companies make less money, they also don't expand, and will often lay people off. Those things can cause a recession.
Now that things are moving in the right direction, says Rajan, the Fed probably doesn't want to take its foot off the brake and risk inflation getting out of control.
Then the U.S. will be caught in the dreaded inflationary spiral, when prices rise out of control, and our savings and paychecks are worth less by the day.
The cautionary tale
An inflationary spiral took hold of the U.S. economy back in the 1970s and the Fed had to take aggressive action that caused a deep recession and high unemployment for years.
Right now, in spite of everything looking good, it's important for the Fed to be cautious, says economist Matthew Slaughter, Dean of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.
"I've always been Team Soft Landing, aspirationally," he says. "But the empirical economist in me thinks that's pretty unlikely."
Slaughter points out that historically, when countries try to get back to a low target inflation rate, it almost always causes a recession.
The economy on ice
Slaughter says big economic actions, like raising interest rates, can take time to play out. He compares monetary policy to the sport of curling, which was popular in Minnesota, where he grew up:
"You've got the puck... and you push it and the team can try and direct it and brush the ice... but in the end, they just have to wait and watch it move down the ice," he says.
The Fed stressed this, saying: "The Committee is strongly committed to returning inflation to its 2% objective."
Slaughter expects more interest rate hikes this year, but says we could see more pauses as well, as the Federal Reserve watches to see where the economy moves in coming months.
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FORT HOOD, Texas — Fort Hood's Soldier for Life: Transition Assistance Program is hosting a Mega Career Fair on Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lone Star Conference Center.
This event is open to all job seekers and will feature 200 vendors offering information on over 95,000 job opportunities.
Non DOD ID card holders will have to get a pass at the visitors center before coming to the post.
No prior registration is required.
Parking will be available on 22nd and 23rd street between 761st Tank Battalion and Old Battalion Avenues.
For more information on this event, visit here.
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Humane Society of Sarasota County launches ‘Clear the Shelters’ campaign
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Adoption fees will be waived for all adult cats and medium-and-large-sized adult dogs on Tuesday, August 1 at the Humane Society of Sarasota County as part of NBCUniversal’s ‘Clear the Shelters’ campaign.
“Nationally, we’ve seen adult cats and dogs staying in care longer as adoptions have declined. We hope that taking part in a fee-waived adoption event will create more visibility and offer an incentive to adopt these great pets into loving homes,” said David Lynch, HSSC Senior Director of Operations. “Fee-waived adoptions allow families to save more resources to spoil their new family member.”
To support Clear The Shelters, Hill’s Pet Nutrition will provide adoption kits to help new pet parents and their pets get a healthy start on their new life together. These kits will include starter bags of Hill’s science-led nutrition, coupons, pet-parenting tips and other supplies will be available at select shelters during the campaign.
Hill’s Pet Nutrition will also match donations dollar for dollar up to $25,000. Donations can be made here.
Since 2015, NBCUniversal Local’s ‘Clear The Shelters’ campaign has helped more than 860,000 pets find new homes. The 2022 campaign established a new single-year record with more than 161,000 adoptions, while also raising more than $540,000. Nearly 1,400 animal shelters and rescues covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam participated in last year’s campaign.
“Our goal for this event is to celebrate more than 200 adoptions from HSSC,” said Lynch. To date, HSSC has adopted out 1,168 cats and dogs in 2023.
For more information on ‘Clear The Shelters,’ including participating shelters and rescues and details on local events, click here.
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NEW YORK, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of enterprise productivity, today announced it has partnered with Dow Jones to integrate trusted news, unique insights and expert analysis into desktops at major banks, asset and wealth management firms.
Under the new partnership, financial firms and professional subscribers can have seamless access to Dow Jones Newswires' market-moving news, real-time alerts and editor-curated top stories directly within the OpenFin Workspace platform. Dow Jones' premium, real-time services also include content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and Investor's Business Daily. This content will seamlessly interoperate with other applications and information sources, providing a personalized, contextualized and integrated market view that accelerates financial decision-making.
Joe Cappitelli, General Manager, Dow Jones Newswires commented: "Institutional investors and wealth managers need trusted, best-in-class content to capitalize on breaking news and gain a competitive advantage. By partnering with OpenFin, we are able to integrate our market-moving news, data and insights directly into our customers' personal workspace. This enhances the user experience and provides them with the context to make smarter, faster trading decisions and build their book of business."
OpenFin Workspace is powering the next-generation digital experience for financial firms, offering complex windowing, advanced search, actionable notifications and application discovery. The platform's open model enables financial institutions to easily create Workspaces composed of best-of-breed apps and content from multiple providers. This extends reach and impact for content providers, maximizes return on investment for financial institutions and significantly enhances productivity for end users. The software is now used at more than 3,800 banks, wealth and asset management firms in 60+ countries.
Adam Toms, OpenFin COO and CEO Europe said: "Dow Jones is one of the world's largest and most respected providers of market-moving news and insights. With this new collaboration, Dow Jones Newswires can be embedded in an end user's workflow, fully integrated with all the other apps they use. We're delighted to work with Dow Jones and its family of premium, trusted brands to make this rich, high-value content available to OpenFin Workspace customers."
About OpenFin
Move Fast. Break Nothing. OpenFin is The Operating System of Enterprise Productivity, enabling app distribution, workspace management and workflow automation. OpenFin OS currently runs at more than 3,800 banks and buy-side firms with thousands of internal apps and apps from the global vendor community. OpenFin investors include Bain Capital Ventures, Barclays, In-Q-Tel, CME Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, HSBC, ING Ventures, J.P. Morgan, NYCA Partners, Pivot Investment Partners, Standard Chartered and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital among others. The company is based in New York with an office in London and presence in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats desperately needed the vote of Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia to get their signature legislative priority across the finish. So they did what Washington does best: They cut a deal.
To help land his support for a bill hailed by advocacy groups as the biggest investment ever in curbing climate change, Manchin said he secured a commitment from President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders to move a permitting reform package for energy projects through Congress before Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.
Now the climate bill is law, and Manchin is ready to collect. But key Democratic constituency groups are lining up against the proposal, calling it bad for the country and the climate. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and dozens of House members agree.
The fissure could complicate the party’s efforts to keep the focus on this summer’s major legislative victories going into the November midterm elections, which will determine which party controls the House and Senate. More immediately, the divide is testing the ability of Schumer and Pelosi to keep enough Democrats in line to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is pushing ahead. He said this week that he would attach Manchin’s preferred measure to must-pass legislation that would keep the federal government running into mid-December.
To win over skeptics, some Democrats are stressing that Manchin’s proposal to streamline environmental reviews for energy infrastructure projects would be good for renewable energy, too.
A summary of the proposed legislation has been circulating among Senate Democrats in recent days and was obtained by The Associated Press. It states that the package being developed is key to meeting climate goals by developing interstate transmission lines that will transport electricity from Midwestern wind farms, for example, to major East Coast cities.
“Unfortunately, today these higher voltage, longer lines across multiple jurisdictions are not getting built," the summary said.
The summary states that about 20 large transmission projects are ready to move forward with some federal support.
“Reforms to address permitting, siting and cost allocation concerns are key to building these projects," the document says.
In interviews, key Democratic senators stressed a similar message, calling the energy proposal complementary to the massive climate package that passed last month.
"Right now, there's just too much delay in solar and wind and geothermal, so I want at every possible opportunity to speed up permitting for renewables," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said the permitting effort is about making sure bedrock environmental laws are followed in a more timely manner, such as concurrent reviews by government agencies rather than one agency beginning its work after another has finished.
Schatz said the “old environmental movement" was built around stopping inappropriate projects. But the “new environmental movement" is built around building an unprecedented amount of clean energy.
“In order to do that, we're going to run into the same regulations that have stopped bad projects for a number of years," Schatz said. “If we're going to actually meet our clean energy goals, we're going to need to build big planet-saving projects, and that means the federal regulations that slow them down have to be looked at very carefully."
Legislative text incorporating Manchin's priorities has not yet been released, but among the goals he has set out is establishing a maximum timeline for permitting reviews, including two years for major projects and one year for lower-impact projects. Manchin also wants a statute of limitations for filing court challenges and language that would enhance the federal government's authority over interstate electric transmission projects determined by the Secretary of Energy to be in the national interest.
Finally, he wants to require all relevant agencies to take the steps necessary to permit the construction and operation of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 303-mile (487-kilometer) pipeline, which is mostly finished and would transport natural gas across West Virginia and Virginia.
The proposed route crosses more than 1,100 streams, and will disturb 6951 acres (2813 hectares) of land, including 4168 acres (1686.7 hectares) that have the potential for severe water erosion. When fully complete, the pipeline will deliver up to 2 cubic feet (0.06 cubic meters) of natural gas per day to markets in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
Legal battles have delayed completion by nearly four years and doubled the pipeline’s cost, now estimated at $6.6 billion. Manchin also wants to give the federal appeals court in Washington jurisdiction over any further litigation regarding the project.
More than 70 House Democrats signed onto a letter Friday calling on Pelosi to keep the permitting provisions out of the spending bill, or any other must-pass legislation this year.
“We remain deeply concerned that these serious and detrimental permitting provisions will significantly and disproportionately impact low-income communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color," the lawmakers wrote.
Sanders directed his ire mostly at efforts to open the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Speaking on the Senate floor, he cited the litany of climate disasters taking place around the globe — from record-breaking droughts in the West and in China, to massive flooding in Pakistan, to the melting of glaciers that he said could place major U.S. cites underwater in coming decades.
“At a time when climate change is threatening the very existence of the planet, why would anybody be talking about substantially increasing carbon emissions and expanding fossil fuel production in the United Sates?" Sanders said. “What kind of message does this send to the people of our own country and to suffering people all over the world?"
Schatz called the Mountain Valley Pipeline a “different animal" that he normally would not accept, but “we've made a deal with Joe Manchin." He said that deal, which led to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last month, has put the U.S. on a path to achieving the most emission reductions in the nation's history.
That bill uses changes in the tax code to move the U.S. to cleaner sources of energy. It gives tax breaks to consumers who buy electric vehicles, solar panels and more energy-efficient appliances, and it also provides financial incentives for the manufacturers of such products. Plus the bill spends billions of dollars on such things as transitioning the fleet of the U.S. Postal Service to electric vehicles.
Advocates project the bill puts the U.S. on track to cut emissions 40% below 2005 levels by 2030.
“In the net, this is not a close call," Schatz said. “... I don't like this pipeline, but it's not the main environmental problem on the planet. The main environmental problem is that we're not doing enough wind and solar. And now we're about to see wind and solar energy take off like a rocket ship." | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Manchin-s-big-energy-deal-draws-pushback-from-17431895.php | 2022-09-10 04:58:13 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Manchin-s-big-energy-deal-draws-pushback-from-17431895.php |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis and others is disqualifying himself, but not because of bias claims made by the Florida governor.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said in a court filing Thursday that it was because a relative owns 30 shares of Disney stock. Walker described the person as “a third-degree relative,” which typically means a cousin, a great-aunt or great-uncle, or a great-niece or great-nephew.
The governor’s lawyers had filed a motion to disqualify Walker last month because he had referenced the ongoing dispute between the DeSantis administration and Disney during hearings in two unrelated lawsuits before him dealing with free speech issues and fear of retaliation for violating new laws championed by the governor and Republican lawmakers.
Disney had opposed the governor’s motion, saying the judge had shown no bias.
The judge on Thursday called DeSantis’ arguments “without merit.” DeSantis declared his candidacy for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination last week.
Under the code of conduct for federal judges, Walker wasn’t required to look into the financial interests of third-degree relatives but did so and decided that “disqualification from this proceeding is required under the circumstances,” he said.
“Even though I believe it is highly unlikely that these proceedings will have a substantial effect on The Walt Disney Company, I choose to err on the side of caution — which, here, is also the side of judicial integrity — and disqualify myself,” said Walker, who was nominated to the federal bench in 2012 by President Barack Obama.
The feud between DeSantis and Disney started last year after the company, in the face of significant pressure, publicly opposed legislation concerning lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades that critics called “Don’t Say Gay.”
As punishment, DeSantis took over Disney World’s governing district through legislation passed by lawmakers and appointed a new board of supervisors. Before the new board came in, the company signed agreements with the old board made up of Disney supporters that stripped the new supervisors of design and construction authority.
In response, the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature passed legislation allowing the DeSantis-appointed board to repeal those agreements and made the theme park resort’s monorail system subject to state inspection, when it previously had been done in-house.
Disney filed the First Amendment lawsuit against the Florida governor and the DeSantis-appointed board in April, claiming violations of free speech and the contracts clause. The DeSantis-appointed board, known as the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, sued Disney in state court in Orlando seeking to void the deals the company made with the previous board.
DeSantis on Thursday named Tampa attorney Charbel Barakat to the oversight board to replace Michael Sasso, who resigned last month around the same time the governor appointed Sasso’s wife, Meredith, to the Florida Supreme Court.
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
322 PM PDT Wed Aug 24 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
At 322 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain in northern portions of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree in
southern San Bernardino County. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Yucca Valley, Twentynine Palms Base, Joshua Tree Lake Campground
and Joshua Tree.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Imperial County through 415 PM PDT...
At 322 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ocotillo. This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Plaster City, Ocotillo, Dixieland and Coyote Wells.
This includes the following highways...
CA Interstate 8 between mile markers 11 and 25.
CA Route 98 between mile markers 1 and 10.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3264 11597 3279 11605 3292 11583 3271 11573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 245DEG 4KT 3274 11593
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
At 323 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across Daggett in western San Bernardino County. Flash flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Barstow, Daggett and Nebo Center.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM PDT THIS
EVENING FOR EASTERN INYO AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...
rain across the Spring Mountains in western Clark County and far
southeastern Inyo County. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
begin shortly.
Rainbow Canyon, Spring Mountains, Mt. Charleston, Blue Diamond,
Mary Jane Falls Campground, Lovell Canyon Campground, Fletcher
View Campground, Kyle Canyon Campground, Mahogany Grove
Campground, Mountain Springs, and Spring Mountain Ranch.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of San Bernardino
County through 415 PM PDT...
At 323 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles south of Newberry Springs, or 18 miles southeast of Daggett.
This storm was nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Wind gusts to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of San Bernardino
County.
LAT...LON 3474 11644 3473 11642 3468 11651 3461 11651
3460 11648 3452 11653 3461 11683 3476 11675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 202DEG 1KT 3470 11661
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — An early Tuesday morning traffic stop by Carroll County Sheriff's Department seized approximately one half pound of methamphetamine.
Just before 3 a.m. on U.S. 421 near County Road 600N in Carroll County, a car was pulled over after a deputy learned the registration plate did not match the car.
The deputy smelled burnt marijuana from the vehicle's interior. After a search Deputies located marijuana and approximately one half pound of meth. Street value of that amount is approximately $20,000.
The driver, 32-year-old Zachary Pancake of Delphi, was booked into the Carroll County Jail for Marijuana and Methamphetamine Possession on a $5,000 cash bond. Pancake later posted bond Tuesday afternoon and was released with a pending Carroll Superior Court initial hearing date.
The passenger, 41-year-old Amanda Miller of Monticello, remains in the Carroll County Jail, being held on Dealing Methamphetamine -- a Level 2 felony -- and Possession of Methamphetamine, Syringe, and Paraphernalia. Her bond is $75,000 cash. | https://www.wlfi.com/news/car-search-uncovers-20-000-worth-of-meth/article_5b70ca08-1396-11ed-b42b-9f095d5a5399.html | 2022-08-04 02:15:52 | 1 | https://www.wlfi.com/news/car-search-uncovers-20-000-worth-of-meth/article_5b70ca08-1396-11ed-b42b-9f095d5a5399.html |
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (AP) _ Kohl's Corp. (KSS) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $143 million.
On a per-share basis, the Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based company said it had profit of $1.11.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.08 per share.
The department store operator posted revenue of $4.09 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.07 billion.
Kohl's expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.80 to $3.20 per share.
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Live results, scores from every Week 3 East Central Indiana football game
Week 3 Indiana high school football action is underway.
In East Central Indiana, there are several teams — Delta, Monroe Central and Yorktown — are looking to keep their undefeated seasons alive. Others will try to move above .500 while a few are still seeking their first wins.
Stay tuned to this page for live updates:
Live updates from ECI football games
Week 3 East Central Indiana football schedule
- Muncie Central at McCutcheon, 7 p.m.
- Shelbyville at Delta, 7:30 p.m.
- New Palestine at Yorktown, 7:30 p.m.
- Wes-Del at Eastern Hancock, 7 p.m.
- North Decatur at Monroe Central, 7:30 p.m.
- Pendleton Heights at New Castle, 7 p.m.
- Southern Wells at Jay County, 7 p.m.
- Blackford at Alexandria, 7 p.m.
- Northeastern at Winchester, 7 p.m.
- Lapel at Shenandoah, 7 p.m.
Pregame reading: Full schedule, players to watch, features and more:
Week 2 POTW:Delta running back Palmer Samuels named The Star Press' ECI football Player of the Week
Week 2 rundown:Breaking down which ECI teams won and lost in week 2
Yorktown vs. Muncie Central:Tigers thriving under backup QB, strong run game and defense
New Castle vs. Triton CentralTrojans seeking consistency following loss to Triton Central
Photo galleries, highlights from 2022 season
Week 1
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By the numbers: President Biden at the two-year mark
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his inauguration — and a whole lot of other numbers as well.
The story of the first half of Biden’s term, at least by the numbers, is a mixed bag. It includes a long-sought $1 trillion bill to shore up the nation’s bridges, roads and other infrastructure, but also the unwelcome milestone of historic inflation. There’s been a huge number of COVID-19 vaccinations, but nearly 680,000 people have died of the disease. Biden has visited three dozen states and spent all or part of nearly 200 days in his home state of Delaware.
A look at some revealing data points at the two-year mark for the 46th president:
- 6.5%: Annual inflation remains stubbornly high, but is slowly falling after reaching a four-decade high of 9.1% in June.
- 10.46 million: The latest Labor Department figures show more than 10 million job vacancies in the U.S., nearly 1.8 jobs for every unemployed person. Jobless rate at 3.5%, matching a 53-year low. Zero recessions — so far.
- $31.38 trillion: The federal debt stood at $27.6 trillion when Biden took office.
- $24.2 billion: The amount of U.S. security assistance committed to Ukraine since the Russian invasion nearly 11 months ago.
- 38: The number of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, known as HIMARS, committed to send to Ukraine. A gamechanger, allowing Ukrainian forces to fire at Russian targets from far away, then drive away before artillery can target them.
- 2.38 million: For the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2022, Customs and Border Protection reported stopping migrants at the U.S. border nearly 2.4 million times, a record surge driven by sharp increases in Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans. The previous high was 1.66 million in 2021.
- 97: Confirmation of Biden’s picks to the federal bench, including Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, outpacing the president’s two immediate predecessors.
- 89: The president has granted nine pardons and 80 commutations, far more than any of his recent predecessors at this point. Donald Trump had granted 11 by this time, George W. Bush seven. Barack Obama didn’t take any clemency action in his first two years.
- $3.36: The average price per gallon that American motorists are paying at the pump has fallen since peaking at $5.02 per gallon in June. Motorists were paying a $2.39 per gallon average the week Biden took office.
- 666 million: The number of COVID-19 vaccines administered to Americans under Biden. Twenty million had received the jab before Biden took office. The vaccine was not approved until late in Trump’s presidency.
- 15.9%: The percentage of Americans 5 and older who have gotten updated bivalent vaccine.
- 680,000: The recorded death toll from the coronavirus pandemic during Biden’s term. The worst pandemic in more than a century had already taken more than 400,000 American lives by Biden’s inauguration and has taken 1.1 million total since March 2020.
- 36: Biden has spread his travel to states across the country to promote his agenda, but still needs to cross off Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.
- 197: There’s no place like home. The president spent all or part of 197 days in his home state of Delaware, traveling most weekends to either his home near Wilmington or his vacation home at Rehoboth Beach, according to an AP tally. Beyond the weekend visits, he’s also made quick trips for funerals, policy events and to cast his ballot in a Democratic primary.
- 6: Biden has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping a half-dozen times since the start of his term. All but one of those were phone or video calls. They met in person on the sidelines of a summit in Indonesia in November.
- 22: The minimum number of times that Biden has publicly lapsed into a nostalgic recollection of an intimate conversation he had with Xi during a visit to China when Biden was vice president. Biden said Xi asked him to define America and he responded with one word: Possibilities. Biden even managed to squeeze in the anecdote during a celebration this week for the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
- 21: Biden held fewer solo or joint news conferences than his three most recent predecessors at the same point in their presidencies.
- $1 trillion: The amount allocated for roads, bridges, ports and more in Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure legislation, arguably the most significant legislative achievement of his first two years in office.
- $40 billion: The amount in the infrastructure bill dedicated to repair and rebuild the nation’s bridges, the single largest dedicated investment in bridges since the construction of the Eisenhower-era interstate highway system.
- 43,000: The number of bridges in the U.S. rated as poor and needing repair, according to the White House.
- 1: The president’s lone state dinner to date honored French President Emmanuel Macron. Biden held back on some of the the traditional pomp — and partying — at the White House in the early going of his presidency because of COVID-19 concerns.
- 0: Not one of Biden’s original Cabinet appointees has left the administration.
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Associated Press writers Kevin Vineys, Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Chris Megerian, and Josh Boak contributed to this report.
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A group of wildlife advocates is blasting Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s wolf reintroduction process, saying the intent of the voter-approved proposition has been “lost or undermined.”
Since voters in November 2020 approved Proposition 114 directing the state to craft a plan and reintroduce wolves on the Western Slope by the end of 2023, CPW has hosted a series of statewide meetings and organized two groups to create a management plan.
“We feel that formal processes since the passage of Proposition 114 have minimized meaningful public input and uplifted the voices of ranchers, outfitters, trappers, and hunters over others en route to a plan that is likely to limit the possibilities of wolves on the Colorado landscape,” reads a letter submitted to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission on Monday by 14 wildlife advocacy groups, including the Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, the Colorado Sierra Club and the Humane Society of the United States.
“We in the conservation community have felt cut out of the process,” said Lindsay Larris with conservation group WildEarth Guardians.
The wildlife group says CPW’s two groups that are crafting a reintroduction plan — a 17-member Technical Working Group made of wildlife management professionals that meets privately, and a 19-member Stakeholder Advisory Group, or SAG, that meets publicly — have “tilted what should be an aspirational conversation towards a cynical one that has focused on livestock owner compensation, artificially limiting populations and when, where and how to kill wolves.”
The wildlife advocates’ 26-page plan “accentuates certain issues that we feel have been missing or minimized in formal processes to date.” The group plans to present their plan to wildlife commissioners later this week at the board’s meeting in Edwards.
“It was concerning that at the last SAG meeting, there was discussion about how to allow wolf hunting,” Larris said. “We want to voice our concerns now before any draft plan comes out so we can hopefully see some of our ideas in the plan and not have to wait to only provide comments on the plan.”
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has said that once wolves are established in the state, “population management options, including hunting, will be evaluated.” Hunting of wolves is allowed in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
The group proposal divides Colorado into 12 zones with suitable wolf habitat, using a model built in 2015 by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop a map of potential wolf range.
The group proposes releasing a breeding pair of wolves into each of the zones, with a first-phase plan of having 48 to 120 wolves roaming the state in the first two years of reintroduction.
The 12 interconnected zones are:
Rocky Mountain National Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Flat Tops Wilderness
BLM land north of Grand Junction and south of Dinosaur
Holy Cross and Hunter-Frying Pan Wilderness
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
West Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest
West Elk Wilderness
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
La Garita Wilderness
Hermosa Creek Wilderness
Weminuche Wilderness
The group suggests that after three phases of introduction and management, Colorado could host 150 packs or about 750 wolves, with a population ranging from 600 to 1,500.
“That shall be the ongoing goal for the minimum presence of wolves in Colorado,” reads the group’s report.
That population estimate is based on the density of deer and elk, which could support 4,138 wolves, the report concludes. (The report’s formula estimates 294,000 deer and elk in Colorado at 500 pounds each and does appear to include the impact of other predators, like mountain lions.) Land ownership and road density also factor into the population numbers, as does the abundance of wilderness areas.
The group also identified suitable wolf habitat east of the Continental Divide and urged the commission to allow wolves to roam into the Front Range, noting that “Proposition 114 does not explicitly impose any limits on where wolves may be allowed to live in Colorado after they are reintroduced.” The proposal also suggests Mexican wolves should be introduced in southern Colorado.
For management, the wildlife group proposes reclassifying wolves as a Tier 1 Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Colorado’s State Wildlife Action Plan. The predators are listed as endangered in Colorado, but are classified as Tier 2 on the conservation priority list.
The group says killing wolves should not be permitted “except in extremely limited circumstances,” pointing to a 2020 study that concluded “legal killing of wolves begets illegal killing of wolves.”
The group outlines rules for killing wolves in the three phases of wolf reintroduction.
In all phases, wolves can be killed in defense of human life. In the first phase of reintroduction, ranchers cannot kill wolves that are preying on livestock. In the second phase, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers on private land can kill a wolf if ranchers have lost four or more animals in seven days. In the third phase, if a rancher has lost five animals in three months, a CPW officer can kill a wolf on private land and a landowner can kill a wolf that is caught biting, wounding or killing livestock or working dogs.
“Killing wolves in response to livestock conflict has the highest variability of success when compared to nonlethal practices like fencing, deterrents, and shepherds,” reads the group’s report. | https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/conservation-groups-offer-alternate-plan-for-colorado-wolf-reintroduction/article_b262190a-06aa-11ed-a3ab-eb95c79b842a.html | 2022-07-20 09:20:37 | 0 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/conservation-groups-offer-alternate-plan-for-colorado-wolf-reintroduction/article_b262190a-06aa-11ed-a3ab-eb95c79b842a.html |
What a week for Hendrick Motorsports, which scored its first victory in NASCAR’s version of a courtroom and its second win on the track at Richmond Raceway.
NASCAR’s winningest team had received the largest penalty ever issued to a single organization for illegal modifications to supplier-provided parts on the Next Gen car. Hendrick Motorsports appealed and, in a rare overruling, a three-person panel last week reversed a significant portion of the penalty.
The celebration came Sunday when Kyle Larson picked up his first win of the season on what would have been the late Ricky Hendrick’s 43rd birthday. The winning Chevrolet at Richmond was painted to replicate the scheme Ricky Hendrick used before his death in a 2004 plane crash.
“Me racing this 5 car has been special, but especially this paint scheme,” said Larson, who copped to watching YouTube videos last week of his 2021 championship season to “remind myself that I used to be good.”
The videos reminded him of his fist win with Hendrick in 2021 at Las Vegas, which was his first race with Ricky Hendrick’s old paint scheme. A win later that season at Kansas, Larson said, “I think it was 17 years to the date of the accident, and then now this, winning on his birthday.
“It’s all really special and kind of crazy kind of how things maybe work out from the power above,” Larson added.
Ricky Hendrick was the only son of team owner Rick Hendrick and the heir to the NASCAR juggernaut. He was among 10 people killed when a Hendrick plane crashed into a Virginia mountain en route to a race at Martinsville Speedway. Also killed in the crash was Rick Hendrick’s brother, his twin nieces, the Hendrick Motorsports general manager and lead engine builder.
Hendrick Motorsports has celebrated their lost loved ones many times in the nearly 19 years since the crash, but there’s no greater joy for Rick Hendrick than watching Larson pilot and win in a car that reminds him of his late son.
Jeff Gordon, who is now vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports and assuming responsibilities that presumably would have fallen to Ricky Hendrick, said Larson’s win at Richmond makes the organization wonder what might have been if not for the plane crash.
“What Ricky’s presence would do for us if he was here with us today and what his leadership … you know, he was so passionate about Hendrick Motorsports and racing,” Gordon said. “I was talking to Rick and he was emotional and excited, and so his presence is still here.
“Our folks try to do everything they can to make Rick Hendrick proud. But when you know what Ricky’s impact could have been on our company and the people and the 5 car and that paint scheme and what that means to the whole company, it’s very rewarding to know that we’re still kind of thinking of him and paying tribute to him as often as we can. Maybe he is looking down on us as well.”
Hendrick Motorsports persevered since NASCAR confiscated its modified parts, stripped three of the four Hendrick drivers of 100 points each and suspended all four crew chiefs for four weeks, with $100,000 fines apiece. But William Byron and Larson have each scored wins in the month since, and the appeals panel restored the points deductions — an overruling of NASCAR that has Alex Bowman as the current points leader. Byron is ranked fourth and Larson sixth.
Chase Elliott is still out with a broken leg, and replacement driver Josh Berry finished a career-best second on Sunday, with Hendrick not missing a beat despite all its distractions. Gordon found Berry after the race on pit road to congratulate the journeyman and later told reporters the 32-year-old has a future in the Cup Series.
“It’s been a good week. It’s been really stressful trying to prep for an appeal and not knowing what the outcome is going to be,” Gordon said. “We’re certainly happy with what the appeals committee came to that conclusion, but at the same time, we feel like we laid out enough information there that it shouldn’t have ever happened, or even the monetary side of it and the crew chief side of it.
“We were really hoping we were going to get all of that back. But we’re going to move on from that. Once the green flag dropped, it’s all about those teams executing and doing their job. But certainly quite a few smiles around (Hendrick) campus this day. They’ve been down with what happened. So that definitely reenergized our folks this week and coming into this weekend’s race.”
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MOUNT HOPE, Ohio, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genie®, the most recognized brand of smart garage door openers, together with leading control and automation manufacturer RTI, today announced a new integration enabling Genie's full line of Wi-Fi enabled garage door openers powered by Aladdin Connect® to be controlled within RTI smart home control systems from RTI remotes, touchpanels, and mobile apps.
RTI is the award-winning control and automation solution for smart home and commercial applications, installed by a worldwide network of certified dealers. The new integration with Genie enables garage access to be managed through the same system that controls lighting, climate, entertainment, security, and other smart home features.
"The driveway and garage are primary home access points for most homeowners," said RTI Product Director Neal Ellsworth. "Adding control of Genie devices to the RTI system delivers an important layer of control convenience in this important area of the home."
More than just another way to open or close the garage, the integration with RTI enables scenes that provide a more intuitive home experience, such as turning on the driveway lights at night or notifying the homeowner if the garage door is left open.
"Working with RTI enables homebuilders and custom integrators to create a superior smart home experience for our shared customers" said Mike Kridel, President of The Genie Company. "We're excited about this partnership with RTI, and the ability to offer our customers an elevated smart home experience."
The full line of reliable, ultra-quiet, Wi-Fi enabled smart garage door openers and controllers by Genie are Works with Alexa and Google Home certified. The Genie line of residential garage door openers includes an award-winning wall-mount version that improves garage aesthetics and includes an automated garage door lock to provide an additional layer of security.
About the Genie Company
The Genie® Company based in Mt. Hope, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of smart, connected garage door openers and accessories for residential and commercial applications. The Genie Company was built on customer focus and continues to be one of America's best known and trusted brands. Innovations like Aladdin Connect and BenchSentry, deliver safe, secure, and convenient solutions that offer our customers peace of mind and easily fit their lifestyles.
More information at GenieCompany.com.
About RTI
RTI elevates the smart home and smart business with an intuitive and powerful suite of control and automation solutions. The award-winning RTI portfolio of remotes, touchpanels, control processors, and A/V distribution systems is programmed and customized by the renowned RTI Integration Designer® programming software, enabling integrators to deliver exceptional and personalized control solutions to their clients. RTI solutions are available through a worldwide network of authorized dealers and distributors.
More information is available at www.rticontrol.com.
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MIAMI, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The announcement of The Virtual Restaurant Association, or VRA - the United States first Non-Profit with the purpose of qualifying Virtual Restaurant Companies to protect Consumer, Driver & Restaurants - Health, Safety & Profits.
The Virtual Restaurant Association will focus on providing Free Memberships to Virtual Restaurant Companies that have displayed a focus on:
- Health & Safety
- Brand Integrity
- Intellectual Property
- Restaurant Profitability
Virtual restaurants have been a lifeline for many restaurant owners who had to shut down physical locations or limit dining to curbside and take-out only during the pandemic. However, the number of unsafe and copy-cat brands has flooded the market with consumer doubt and unhealthy sanitation practices.
The Florida Non-Profit will consistently review new and existing Virtual Restaurant companies and provide free memberships based on pre-determined criteria. Over the coming months The Virtual Restaurant Association will elect and announce its board members and begin taking applications from potential member companies and restaurant groups.
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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Three of nine people have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a burglary ring that authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say stole artwork — including works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock — as well as antique weapons, sports memorabilia and other items from museums and other institutions over two decades.
Ralph Parry, 45, and Francesco “Frank” Tassiello, 50, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit theft of major artwork, concealment and disposal of major artwork and interstate transportation of stolen property, The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reported. Daryl Rinker, 50, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit concealment and disposal of major artwork and interstate transportation of stolen property, the paper reported.
Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced charges in June against nine Lackawanna County residents in 18 heists from art, historical and sports museums and other institutions in six states between 1999 and 2019.
The thefts included Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock artwork taken in 2005 from the Everhart Museum in Scranton and a Jasper Cropsey work and antique firearms worth hundreds of thousands of dollars taken from Ringwood Manor in New Jersey. Other artwork, antique weapons and gems and gold nuggets were taken from other institutions along with valuable sports championship rings, belts and trophies, authorities said.
Rinker purchased several stolen firearms, including an 1860 rifle worth $250,000, court records said. The weapons were seized during the investigation and remain in FBI custody, prosecutors said.
Rinker’s attorney, Chris Caputo, said that his client was “very sorry” and emphasized that he was not part of the actual thefts. Tassiello’s attorney declined comment and attempts to reach Parry’s attorney were unsuccessful, the Times-Tribune reported. Both men were involved as drivers, court records said.
Plea hearings are scheduled for two other defendants Wednesday. Three others are scheduled for trial later this year and one person remains at large, authorities said. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-guilty-pleas-entered-in-burglary-ring-that-stole-art-other-items-including-warhol-pollock/ | 2023-07-03 02:44:51 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-guilty-pleas-entered-in-burglary-ring-that-stole-art-other-items-including-warhol-pollock/ |
Report: Elon Musk proposes going ahead with deal to buy Twitter
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Trading in shares of Twitter was halted after the stock spiked on reports that Elon Musk would proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months of legal battles.
For a second time, Musk offered to buy the San Francisco company at $54.20. Twitter's stock jumped nearly 13% to $47.93 before trading stopped on the New York Stock Exchange, which listed “news pending” as the reason for the halt. Trading halts are how stock exchanges give investors a forced timeout when trading for a stock gets too chaotic, or when a company is about to offer market-moving news.
Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter, according to people familiar with the case who were not identified.
Musk has been trying to back out of the deal for several months after signing on to buy the social media platform in April. Shareholders have already approved the sale, and legal experts say Musk faced a huge challenge to defend against a Twitter lawsuit, which was filed in July.
Musk claimed that Twitter under-counted the number of fake accounts on its platform, and Twitter sued when Musk announced the deal was off.
Neither Twitter nor lawyers for Musk responded to messages seeking comment on Tuesday.
The trial seeking to compel Musk to buy Twitter is set to start in Delaware Chancery Court on Oct. 17.
Musk’s argument for walking away from the deal has largely rested on the allegation that Twitter misrepresented how it measures the magnitude of “spam bot” accounts that are useless to advertisers. But most legal experts believe he faced an uphill battle in convincing Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the court’s head judge, that something changed since the April merger agreement that justifies terminating the deal.
By going through with the deal, Musk essentially gave Twitter what it was seeking from the court — “specific performance” of the contract with Musk, meaning he would have to go through with the purchase at the original price. The contract Musk signed also has a $1 billion breakup fee.
Eric Talley, a law professor at Columbia University, said he’s not surprised by Musk’s turnaround, especially ahead of a scheduled deposition of Musk by Twitter attorneys starting Thursday that was “not going to be pleasant.”
“On the legal merits, his case didn’t look that strong,” Talley said. “It kind of seemed like a pretty simple buyer’s remorse case.”
If Musk were to lose the trial, the judge could not only force him to close the deal but also impose interest payments that would have increased its cost, Talley said.
What did surprise Talley is that Musk doesn’t appear to be trying to renegotiate the deal. Even a modest price reduction might have given Musk a “moral victory” and the ability to say he got something out of the protracted dispute, Talley said.
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in a note to investors that Musk's latest offer is a clear sign that he recognized his chances of winning were slim.
“Being forced to do the deal after a long and ugly court battle in Delaware was not an ideal scenario, and instead accepting this path and moving forward with the deal will save a massive legal headache.”
Among the remedies that would favor Twitter is a court order to go through with the deal. The Chancery Court last year forced private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. to go through with its $550 million buyout of DecoPac, a company based in Minnesota that calls itself the world’s largest supplier of cake decorating supplies to professional decorators and bakeries. The case was emblematic of the court’s common — though not uniform — resolution of enforcing contractual obligations on buyers.
Other options include Musk being forced to pay the breakup fee each side agreed to if deemed responsible for the deal falling through. Or he might have to pay off a larger amount without actually buying the company for $44 billion.
Legal experts have said that Delaware courts have been picky about interpreting what counts as a valid reason for backing off of a deal. The gap between what Musk knew about Twitter when he made the offer in April and the state of the company today had to be huge, and there’s little evidence of that, one lawyer said. | https://www.wmur.com/article/elon-musk-to-proceed-with-twitter-purchase-report-says/41517188 | 2022-10-04 18:57:32 | 1 | https://www.wmur.com/article/elon-musk-to-proceed-with-twitter-purchase-report-says/41517188 |
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