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DETROIT -- Expressions of thanks and relief were offered by the father of a Black motorist who was killed by a Grand Rapids police officer following an announcement the officer was charged with second degree murder in his son’s death.
Peter Lyoya, the father of Patrick Lyoya, who was killed by a Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr, said Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker’s decision to charge Schurr with second degree murder Thursday, June 9, signaled the end to a long two months for he and his family. | https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/06/patrick-lyoyas-father-decision-to-charge-officer-brings-a-little-bit-of-consolation-to-our-family.html | 2022-06-09 20:49:03 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/06/patrick-lyoyas-father-decision-to-charge-officer-brings-a-little-bit-of-consolation-to-our-family.html |
Three people were killed, including two teenagers, when a car caught on fire in Chicago over the weekend during a drag racing incident, police said.
Officers were already responding to the area in West Pullman around 11 p.m. Saturday night after police received reports of drag racing.
The driver of the vehicle somehow lost control and crashed into the Grand Motel in the 12000 block of South Halsted Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
Witness told police the car immediately burst into flames.
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Three people died in the crash, including two 18-year-old men, according to Fox 32.
Witnesses said they called the police after observing the vehicle doing doughnuts in the street.
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Family identified two of the victims as Jose Manuel Velazquez and Jonal Gutierrez. The family told Fox 32 they were both 18 and graduates of East Aurora High School.
Cell phone video captured moments after the crash shows a trail of fire leading to a car that appears to be fully engulfed. It's unclear what exactly caused the fiery crash. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/chicago-fiery-drag-racing-crash-leaves-3-dead-including-2-teenagers/article_14de4a5f-75fe-5b80-9473-a637bee72a4b.html | 2023-02-20 09:18:42 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/chicago-fiery-drag-racing-crash-leaves-3-dead-including-2-teenagers/article_14de4a5f-75fe-5b80-9473-a637bee72a4b.html |
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Prosecutors in LA County have charged seven California Highway patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter after a man died in custody following a traffic stop. NPR correspondent Sergio Olmos has been following this. And a warning - his report contains police audio that listeners may find disturbing.
SERGIO OLMOS, BYLINE: In the early morning hours of March 31, 2020, Edward Bronstein was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol on suspicion of driving under the influence. Officers took Bronstein to the agency's parking lot and obtained a warrant for a blood test, but Bronstein initially refused. A 16-minute video shot by a California Highway Patrol sergeant shows six officers pinning down Bronstein while a registered nurse tries to draw his blood. Bronstein is heard here pleading with the officers, saying he can't breathe. What you're about to hear may be disturbing.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
EDWARD BRONSTEIN: Let me breathe. Let me breathe. Let me breathe. Please.
UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER #1: Stop moving.
BRONSTEIN: I can't breathe.
UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER #2: The more you move, the worse it's going to be, bro.
OLMOS: In this video, Bronstein then becomes unresponsive. Officers and a nurse are hunched over his body for several minutes asking him to wake up.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
UNIDENTIFIED NURSE: Edward. Edward.
UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER #3: Wake him up.
UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER #4: Hey, wake up.
OLMOS: Brianna Palomino says her father's death was unjustified.
BRIANNA PALOMINO: He is afraid of needles. So, of course, he was a little hesitant at first. He was screaming that he couldn't breathe and that he would do it willingly. They didn't care.
OLMOS: Palomino believes her father's death would have been swept under the rug if it wasn't for legal pressure.
PALOMINO: Nobody would say anything. Nobody wanted to answer any questions. They don't show their face. They don't speak to anybody.
OLMOS: The seven officers have yet to be arraigned and have not entered a plea. In a statement, the California Highway Patrol expressed condolences to the family and said the seven officers have been placed on administrative leave as this case moves through the court system. Sergio Olmos, NPR News, Los Angeles. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.wboi.org/2023-03-30/7-chp-officers-and-a-nurse-are-charged-in-a-2020-traffic-stop-death | 2023-04-18 05:12:53 | 1 | https://www.wboi.org/2023-03-30/7-chp-officers-and-a-nurse-are-charged-in-a-2020-traffic-stop-death |
“It has taken 50 years to make progress,”: Protections within Title IX to expand with Biden administration proposals
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -A proposal from the Biden administration would change, Title IX, for the second time in two years. Although, the federal law of just 37 words, is broad for a reason and affects more than just the world of athletics.
“It’s not the only aspect of life that’s changed as a result of Title IX,” said University of Florida Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies, Dr. Constance Shehan.”It has taken five decades to make progress.”
The Biden administration announced a laundry list of protections and requirements to update Title IX on the milestone anniversary. The last time the rule was changed was during Trump’s presidency. Former U.S Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos put more protections in place for those accused in cases that involve Title IX violations.
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“Really in the early days it dealt with admission into colleges for women because at the time there were quotas in the sense of there was a maximum number of women that were admitted to many colleges and universities and some actually did not admit women at all,” added Shehan.
U.S Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona wants the rule to protect LGBT+ and pregnant students from discrimination for the first time ever. It also includes protection from retaliation for people who use Title IX to report an issue.
“50 years is a long time. All of the changes that we see today did not happen when the law was first implemented in 1975,” added Shehan. “Middle schoolers, high schoolers, college students, they are increasingly aware of what their rights are. I think continuing to educate students about the rights that title nine gives them, the more proactive they are and they’ll fight for themselves.”
The first wave of changes is going through a 60-day public comment period before being finalized.
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Today in History
Today is Friday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2022. There are 43 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Nov. 18, 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide resulting in the deaths of more than 900 cult members.
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In 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones.
In 1936, Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco.
In 1963, the Bell System introduced the first commercial touch-tone telephone system in Carnegie and Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent.
In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
In 1985, the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes,” created by Bill Watterson, was first published. (The strip ran for 10 years.)
In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore “ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides. A fire at London King’s Cross railway station claimed 31 lives.
In 1991, Shiite (SHEE’-eyet) Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon freed Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland, the American dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut.
In 1999, 12 people were killed when a bonfire under construction at Texas A-and-M University collapsed. A jury in Jasper, Texas, convicted Shawn Allen Berry of murder for his role in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., but spared him the death penalty.
In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 4-to-3 that the state constitution guaranteed gay couples the right to marry.
In 2005, eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted at a criminal trial of murdering his wife, a civil jury decided the actor was behind the slaying and ordered him to pay Bonny Lee Bakley’s children $30 million.
In 2020, President Donald Trump filed for a recount of Wisconsin’s two largest Democratic counties, paying the required $3 million cost and alleging that they were the sites of the “worst irregularities” although no evidence of illegal activity had been presented. (The recounts resulted in a slightly larger lead for Democrat Joe Biden.)
Ten years ago: In the deadliest single attack in Israel’s offensive against Islamic militants, 12 people were killed when an Israeli missile ripped through a two-story home in a residential area of Gaza City. Justin Bieber dominated the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, winning three trophies, including artist of the year.
Five years ago: Large crowds of demonstrators turned Zimbabwe’s capital into a carnival ground, showing disdain for President Robert Mugabe and urging him to quit immediately; Mugabe was now powerless and had been placed under house arrest by the military command. After heading Northern Ireland’s Sinn Fein party for more than 30 years, Gerry Adams announced that he was stepping down.
One year ago: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation requiring private businesses in the state to let workers opt out of coronavirus vaccine mandates. More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated; a New York judge dismissed the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam, after prosecutors and the men’s lawyers said a renewed investigation had found new evidence that undermined the case against them. Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani was unanimously voted American League MVP for a hitting and pitching season not seen since Babe Ruth, and Bryce Harper earned the National League honor for the second time.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Brenda Vaccaro is 83. Author-poet Margaret Atwood is 83. Actor Linda Evans is 80. Actor Susan Sullivan is 80. Country singer Jacky Ward is 76. Actor Jameson Parker is 75. Actor-singer Andrea Marcovicci is 74. Rock musician Herman Rarebell is 73. Singer Graham Parker is 72. Actor Delroy Lindo is 70. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 69. Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon is 66. Actor Oscar Nunez is 64. Actor Elizabeth Perkins is 62. Singer Kim Wilde is 62. Actor Tim Guinee is 60. Rock musician Kirk Hammett (Metallica) is 60. Rock singer Tim DeLaughter (dee-LAW’-ter) is 57. Author and lecturer Brené Brown is 57. Actor Romany Malco is 54. Actor Owen Wilson is 54. Actor Dan Bakkedahl is 54. Singer Duncan Sheik is 53. Actor Mike Epps is 52. Actor Peta Wilson is 52. Actor Chloe Sevigny (SEH’-ven-ee) is 48. Country singer Jessi Alexander is 46. Actor Steven Pasquale is 46. Rapper Fabolous is 45. Actor-director Nate Parker is 43. Rapper Mike Jones is 42. Actor Mekia Cox is 41. Actor-comedian Nasim Pedrad (nah-SEEM’ peh-DRAHD’) is 41. Actor Allison Tolman is 41. Actor Christina Vidal is 41. Actor Damon Wayans Jr. is 40. Country singer TJ Osborne (Brothers Osborne) is 38. U.S. Olympic track star Allyson Felix is 37. Fashion designer Christian Siriano is 37. Actor Nathan Kress is 30. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/today-in-history-november-18-deaths-at-jonestown/article_f1b151b8-f042-5310-9eb1-0d152a3dac22.html | 2022-11-18 06:45:18 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/today-in-history-november-18-deaths-at-jonestown/article_f1b151b8-f042-5310-9eb1-0d152a3dac22.html |
Woman narrowly avoids reverse mortgage foreclosure due to communication breakdown
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - Retirement is typically a time of relaxation, assuming you have enough savings to live comfortably. Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned.
Some seniors turn to reverse mortgages, loans that allow homeowners who are at least 62 years old to withdraw some of their home equity and convert it into cash.
While it can be a useful loan for many seniors, one College Station resident almost lost her home after her mortgage company claimed she had failed to fulfill all the requirements of her reverse mortgage.
Mamie Ellis believed that she had fulfilled the obligations of her reverse mortgage when she maintained her home insurance and paid her taxes on time, but her mortgage lender disagreed, foreclosed and sold her home at auction.
When KBTX first met Ellis last month, the situation was dire. She was still recovering from open-heart surgery and was facing the prospect of losing her home.
Despite her confidence that she had fulfilled all of the requirements of her loan, Ellis was understandably shaken.
“It’s been really painful. I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, I can’t do anything without shaking and nervous because I don’t know what the outcome might be,” Ellis said.
In a statement to KBTX, Brazos County Tax Assessor Kristeen Roe confirmed that Ellis had fulfilled her tax obligations, and Ellis herself expressed her confidence that she had fulfilled all the insurance requirements of her reverse mortgage, and supplied documentation, too.
The mortgage provider told KBTX that they made several attempts to contact Ellis for nearly three-and-a-half years to discuss the status of her loan, but those attempts were unsuccessful. They also stated that Ellis’ mortgage servicer thoroughly reviewed this matter and determined that it complied with all applicable laws and guidelines set forth by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since the loan was transferred in May 2019.
The company went on to say it stands by its original statement that it properly serviced Ellis’ mortgage and complied with all applicable laws and guidelines.
Twenty-one days after meeting Ellis, KBTX was there when she learned that all the parties involved had agreed to undo the sale of her home.
Fabi Payton, an educator and founder of the nonprofit I Heart Bryan, and Dr. Carolyn Waldon with Calvert ISD led the community’s efforts to keep Ellis in her home and said that what saved the home was Ellis’s good record-keeping, proving she had met her obligations to the lender.
Payton and Waldon say it’s important for the community to step in and help when they see someone facing a challenge.
“We have a magic here that allows us to write these wrongs and we have a power and an opportunity to show the rest of the world how because of this place,” said Payton.
“When I found out I’ve been trying to reach out to different people in the community to see how we can help her, how can we help her keep her home,” Waldon said. “I hope and pray that there’s someone out there that will be able to do justice, justice for Mrs. Mamie because she deserves to keep her home but we need help. We need help from the community. If all of us pull together to make this happen.”
However, there is still one more hurdle that Ellis must overcome before she can fully put her troubles behind her: reimbursing the buyer who purchased her home at the auction.
“He didn’t anticipate buying a house that was wrongfully foreclosed on. It’s not fair. It’s not just for him to lose out financially for his family. He has sons going to college. That’s what he intended to do. He intended to bring his sons here and go to A&M and then rent the house,” said Payton.
Ellis says she is grateful to all of the people who helped her keep her home.
“I had God on my side, and I knew, and I had live Fabi on my side. You on my side and Ms. Walden on my side. And I had great, great people to help me,” said Ellis.
Experts suggest that homeowners stay in communication with their reverse mortgage provider and take prompt action if problems arise to prevent foreclosure. It’s important to maintain accurate records and seek advice from a HUD-approved housing counselor if needed.
The National Council on Aging says taking out a reverse mortgage is a big decision and suggests that before you act, it’s important to learn more about what a reverse mortgage is and how it works. The NCOA also has a step-by-step guide for seniors considering taking out a reverse mortgage.
Community members have established a fundraiser to help Mrs. Ellis generate the funds needed to repay the person who purchased her home on the auction block.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Taijuan Walker wanted to keep uniform No. 99, so he figured 29 of the 30 major league teams were options.
“I think there's only one team that I could go to where I couldn't be 99 and that was the Yankees,” he said, a reference to AL MVP Aaron Judge's jersey number. "I think every other team was available. I was tired of switching my number."
The 30-year-old right-hander finalized a $72 million, four-year contract with the National League champion Phillies on Friday and will become the fourth Philadelphia player to wear No. 99 after Mitch Williams (1993), Turk Wendell (2001) and So Taguchi (2008).
Walker wore No. 44 growing up and got it with Seattle in 2016. Traded to Arizona, where Paul Goldschmidt had the number, he switched to No. 99. Then he was dealt to Toronto, where Hyun Ryu was 99, and Walker switched to 00. He signed as a free agent with New York, where mascot Mr. Met had 00, so Walker went back to 99 for the past two seasons.
Walker, who gets an $18 million salary in each of the next four years. went 12-5 with a 3.49 ERA in 29 starts this season for the Mets, one of Philadelphia’s biggest NL East rivals. He slots into a rotation that includes Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and Ranger Suárez,
“Very talented individual, goes out there every five days with quality stuff,” Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said. “We really love his split finger that he threw a lot more last year and will continue to do so.”
Walker already spoke with manager Rob Thomson, pitching coach Caleb Cotham and director of pitching development Brian Kaplan. Walker increased the use of a splitter from 14% to 27% last season and added a cutter, though just 5%.
He switched this year to the splitter grip used by teammate Carlos Carrasco.
“With the Mets, I was able to learn how to throw my splitter more and how to use it," Walker said. “I think coming over here, already speaking with Caleb, I think that we can tweak my cutter a little bit and my slider, but also just up the use of my splitter.”
Walker is looking forward to pitching in front of fans at Citizens Bank Park.
“I actually talked to Ryan Howard a couple of days ago and he was telling me playing in the playoffs here in Philly it's the loudest he’s ever heard a stadium," Walker said. "So for me, that’s exciting, to have a fanbase who's so passionate and cares so much about the team and who shows up every day. Every time we came to play when I was with the Mets, the Phillies fans were here, they were out, they were loud.”
Walker was selected by Seattle with the No. 43 pick in the 2010 amateur draft. He made his big league debut with the Mariners in 2013.
Walker signed with New York as a free agent in February 2021. He turned down a $7.5 million player option last month in favor of a $3 million buyout, making his deal worth $17 million over two seasons.
The 6-foot-4 Walker made the All-Star team for the first time in 2021, putting together a fast start before fading to 7-11 with a 4.47 ERA in 30 games, 29 starts.
To make room for Walker on the 40-man roster, right-hander Tayler Scott was designated for assignment.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are increasingly looking to restrict access to a powerful animal tranquilizer showing up in supplies of illicit drugs and contributing to a growing number of human overdose deaths.
Pennsylvania’s governor said Tuesday that his administration will add xylazine (pronounced ZAI’-luh-zeen) to the state’s list of controlled substances, tightening regulations on the drug and allowing authorities to charge people who violate those rules.
Listing xylazine as a “schedule III” drug under Pennsylvania’s controlled substance law was expected to effect this Saturday.
“By scheduling it, we are giving greater tools to law enforcement and others to properly regulate, control and contain these drugs, make arrests and hopefully prosecutions,” Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday at a news conference in Philadelphia.
Last month, Ohio’s Republican governor signed an executive order restricting xylazine through the state’s Board of Pharmacy, and West Virginia’s Republican governor signed legislation to make it a controlled substance.
The designations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia allow veterinarians to continue using the drug to sedate animals, but it puts veterinarians under tighter regulations on how it must be handled, tracked and stored.
Xylazine is already a schedule I controlled substance in Florida, meaning it is a crime to possess it or sell it in the state. The state’s attorney general has urged the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to immediately add xylazine to the controlled substances list.
Last week, the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy named xylazine as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl.
Xylazine, first approved for veterinary use in 1971, is used to sedate cows, horses, sheep and other animals. Sometimes called “tranq,” it increasingly is being added to fentanyl and heroin, officials say.
Officials are trying to understand how much of it is diverted from veterinary uses and how much is manufactured illicitly. It is not comprehensively tracked nationally, researchers say.
Still, xylazine was detected in about 800 drug deaths in the U.S. in 2020 and more than 3,000 in 2021, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
In Pennsylvania, xylazine contributed to 90 overdose deaths in 2017, and 575 overdose deaths in 2021 Shapiro’s office said.
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WFO SACRAMENTO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1208 PM PDT Sun Oct 30 2022
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations 3 to 8
inches above 5000 feet with 9 to 18 inches above 7500 feet.
Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.
* WHERE...Western Plumas County/Lassen Park County.
* WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Be prepared for significant reductions in
visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
inches above 5000 feet with 9 to 12 inches above 7500 feet.
* WHERE...West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada.
* WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883, SSE: 600938) announced today that Dongfang 1-1 Gas Field Southeast Zone and Ledong 22-1 Gas Field South Block Development Project commenced production ahead of schedule.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw has been the face of the department, working to provide answers to the Uvalde community in the wake of the Robb Elementary school shooting on May 24, which resulted in the deaths of 19 students and two teachers.
As the shooter barricaded himself inside a classroom with the victims, we know officials waited in the hallway for more than an hour before gaining access to the room to neutralize the threat.
McCraw joined Austin American-Statesman and KVUE Senior Reporter Tony Plohetski on Thursday to discuss topics such as law enforcement response, policy changes and potential disciplinary actions as Uvalde families work to heal from the tragedy.
Watch the full interview here:
Below is an edited transcription of Plohetski and McGraw's discussion:
Tony Plohetski: Obviously, a lot has happened over the past four months. But I want to start by just asking you, when we talk to the people of Uvalde, they are still so deeply hurting not only from what happened, but also from the law enforcement response. So I want to give you the opportunity to speak directly to that community, to those families of those 19 children and two teachers. What words are you able to offer them today?
DPS Director McCraw: I will have no words that adequately express the concern that we have, or there's nothing we can say to the parents, I'll be honest with you. I mean, they've lost their loved ones, and those are innocent children. They'll never be here again. Their lives will never be here again. And there's no words adequate enough that I can tell them. I can say this, is that we've got an obligation to be, candidly, brutal with the facts and so that they have that information in terms of exactly what happened. And that's part of the criminal investigation that's ongoing right now. And we also have to hold ourselves accountable for any missteps or any mistakes or anything that's criminal culpability, and we'll do so.
Tony Plohetski: Is there an apology to be made on behalf of law enforcement?
DPS Director McCraw: I'd be glad to apologize to the families on behalf of law enforcement because, as I've testified before, it was an abject failure. It violated all the principles that we've learned so much over the years. And, you know, since post-Columbine in 1999, it's always been with great urgency, you must locate, isolate and neutralize. And that's an important part, not just locate and contain, but locate, isolate and neutralize, because it's not just in terms of stopping the killing. You've got to stop the killing. You also have to stop the dying. And the only way to do that is neutralize the subject, plain and simple, especially if there's children where the subject is located at and there's teachers that have been shot or could have been shot or could be shot.
Tony Plohetski: You recently said that you would resign if your agency was deemed to have had some level of culpability. Correct? Do you believe that your agency, as we sit here today, will have some level of culpability?
DPS Director McCraw: We have some level of culpability. I've got no doubt. To the extent that the Department of Public Safety is responsible for the failed response, there are some things I just can't admit to, simply because it's not true. And I'm not in a position right now to try to defend what DPS did or not. It really doesn't matter what I say. In the end, what's going to matter is the evidence. And the only good news from an evidentiary standpoint throughout this thing has been video and audio evidence. It can't be disputed. It's there. It's not going anywhere. And the sooner we get all of it out to the families, to the public, to the media, the better off the department is better. But the state as well, and certainly the families.
Tony Plohetski: I appreciate that there is an ongoing investigation. You all are still learning things. But to what end do you think your agency specifically has some level of control?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, we're part of the law enforcement community. I can go back in terms of why this wasn't prevented in the first place. There was information out there on the subject, and people knew this. This wasn't the first time that he was discussed in terms of a school shooter. There was chat rooms he was involved in. And we was talking on FaceTime the day of the tragedy. He was talking and admitting what he was going to do, predicting what he was going to do. Yet none of that was captured by law enforcement. The way that we can be proactive and prevent another, you know, active shooter is not like we did back in the Uvalde several years ago. We had two kids that were planning to attack Uvalde High School. To the extent that that's what it looks like is the absence of crime and poor planning on the front end. So that's a failure to begin with from a law enforcement standpoint. Secondly, in any catastrophic event, there's always going to be lack of information. But there was also misinformation in this case. And that's important because, you know, when you arrive on a particular scene, whether you're the police officer or deputy constable, whether you're a special agent with ATF, with DEA, with HSI, with Border Patrol, it doesn't matter. When you arrive on scene and you see people acting like it's a barricaded subject, talking like it's a barricaded subject and it's treated like a barricaded subject, if you don't have the information, if there's children in the classroom, there's a teachers in a classroom that have been shot with subjects still in there and no one is treating those individuals, then you have misinformation. And, unfortunately, misinformation is costly, and you don't have time for that.
Tony Plohetski: So you're saying that on that day, you believe some of the officers on the ground and the troopers on the ground, some of the deputies, some of the agents, may not have had the proper information that they lacked?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, I know that they lacked the proper information. It's one thing to have a lack of information. That's always the case in situations like this, and there's always a crushing demand. And I'm responsible, part of that demand for information as quick as possible, because you're holding your breath every time you hear "active shooter school." God, this is an elementary school. You just hold your breath and hope it's a hoax. Just one more hoax that has happened, or it was isolated and no children were hurt. But that's not the case in this situation.
Tony Plohetski: Isn't there also a duty, though, to go find out what the truth is, if you're on the ground?
DPS Director McCraw: Absolutely. Absolutely. There is. And that's why it's so important. And that's why our profession, integrity is so important. And you've got to be able to call it like it is. And if there's any culpability, we're looking at our officers not just in terms of when they arrived and what they did but also what they didn't do. But is it possible that if they were in the hallway sooner, could they have gotten information that would allow us or at least allowed the countermand in terms of direction of the times? It was a barricaded subject. It was not a barricaded subject.
Tony Plohetski: Could they have or should they have?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, I wish they would have had, I'll put it that way. Whether they could have is a different topic because we're conducting an ongoing investigation internally. Well, the inspector general. I'm going to wait for his conclusions before I make a final determination of whether they should have or could have.
Tony Plohetski: But you do believe that is going to be part of the issue at play here?
DPS Director McCraw: Absolutely.
Tony Plohetski: Your employees, your boots on the ground, they may have suffered from a lack of information?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, I know they did. I know that most of our, you know, officers at that time did arrive, because you've always, we have a very small footprint involved in that. We had six officers on duty in the county overall. When that attack and the report of the attack, the 911 call came in, most of our officers responded were either in Val Verde County or in Maverick County on the border. So, it took, you know, they drove 120 miles an hour to get there. OK. When they get there, they're being reported. And the information they're getting is plain and simple. It's a barricaded subject. The chief is negotiating with them right now. And it was even reports that the individual's in an office. So this is the information that's being, not just in terms of DPS officers, but this is the information being provided. The Uvalde PD officers, the deputy sheriffs from the Uvalde Police Department, constables, Border Patrol, told the same information as they go in and out of the building. So everyone is under the impression and no one has any idea that this is an active-shooter situation.
Tony Plohetski: Those seven who have been referred to the. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. On what types of possible policy violations they are being looked at?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, it may not be policy violations. In the end, it may just be have an expectations of higher standards. OK. It's not so much what they didn't do. It's what they could have done is what we're looking at, frankly. And, you know, just when you get there, what do you do when you get there? So the things that we're looking at is when did you arrive? What were you told and what did you do? Plain and simple. And, you know, the command staff, and we certainly, I want them involved in as well, evaluating people. You know, it's important. When did they get there? What were they told and what did they do when they got there? So captains and everyone is involved in that. Particular things comes to a valuation. No one gets an alibi. But I will wait until the inspector general finishes it. And there's one more thing that's very important, and that's the criminal investigation. The district attorney has made it very clear they're going to evaluate every officer that responded that day for criminal culpability. So regardless of what we determine in the end, ultimately, she and the grand jury will determine whether there's other culpability by any officer in that particular hallway on that day.
Tony Plohetski: Let me ask you what you think about that. I mean, you have the power to arrest, to evaluate a set of facts and determine whether or not there should be a verdict. Yeah? You know the evidence. Do you believe that any law enforcement officers should face criminal charges for what happened?
DPS Director McCraw: I have some thoughts, but I'm not going to convey my thoughts publicly right now because they don't matter, as with the evidence that matters. And it's really the district attorney. We get to decide, you know, whether there's probable cause to arrest. They get to decide whether they're going to prosecute in that regard.
Tony Plohetski: You are not willing to say right now whether or not you believe any conduct may rise to the level of a criminal offense?
DPS Director McCraw: I think that just a comment on that itself would be doing something I told the district attorney I wouldn't do, is go down that road and talk about the criminal investigation. And I don't want to comment on that. And really what I have to comment, really that matters not. It's the evidence and it's ultimately what happens. And the district attorney gets to decide who gets prosecuted, if anyone gets prosecuted. And certainly a grand jury is empowered to indict anybody for misconduct.
Tony Plohetski: With regard to any possible administrative action that is very much more in your purview?
DPS Director McCraw: Yes, it's entirely in my purview. Yes, absolutely.
Tony Plohetski: So do you believe, as we sit here today, that someone will or should be fired or severely disciplined?
DPS Director McCraw: I won't say fired. I'm disappointed in the fact that we weren't as proactive as I would like to have seen someone, because as I mentioned, you know, it's not so much that anybody, you know, arriving officers didn't do what they thought they were supposed to do. Based on the information, as is, sometimes I have an expectation that we get better information. Just because you're told this doesn't mean you have to believe that, OK? We got some outstanding talent and there's an expectation that we put great trust in them, that they're able to use their eyes and ears to be able to discern, you know, "OK, this has been reported" and realize there's no precedent for the Department of Public Safety come in and take over. I mean, that just ... we've never done that. There's no precedent in terms of the incident command. Well, that's being done. We get that. There's certainly no legal provisions to be able to allow that to happen. It's always the original jurisdiction we support in that regard. But at the same point, you know, we've got an obligation to look at what, this was a mistake. It wasn't just a mistake. It was an abject failure. So what could the department do going ahead based on what we know right now? And the one thing we can do is to do eliminate any ambiguity as a result to a barricaded subject, OK? Versus an active shooter. And from a department standpoint, very simply is that from now on, going forward, and I made it very clear long ago to our troops that they're empowered, not only empowered, but compelled when they go into an active-shooter situation on a school and someone has shot a child or has a gun on a child and children are threatened. There is a barricaded subject, OK, until the individual is isolated and is neutralized, period.
Tony Plohetski: Why do you suspect they didn't do more to really find out why? Why not be more assertive when? When there is possibly someone with a high-powered weapon on a school campus? I mean, we know enforcement can be quite assertive or aggressive when they want to be. So why did they not bring that to bear in this case?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, there's no question it could have been brought to bear. As I've mentioned before, you don't stop until the threat is terminated. Plain and simple. And that didn't happen. But I can't say that you don't immediately question the information. The best information is always inside, and it's the arriving officers and it's going to be the on-scene command. That's the best information you can get. And we traditionally rely on that information to make decisions. And when a decision has been made and information is relayed that the subject is contained, that's a barricaded subject, that we have time and do the usual situations where you call out the individual, you call for SWAT. All these things are consistent with a barricaded subject. It looks like that. And frankly, you know, with law enforcement, we don't question that based upon that. We're the ones that have the most information, the best information. That's always going to be the ranking official that's first on the scene, and that happens to be in the hallway where the attack occurred.
Tony Plohetski: With regard to the review that that committee is doing, seven have been referred to the inspector general, some people look at, you know, the sheer volume personnel. Only seven out of 91. That seems like a small number to some folks.
DPS Director McCraw: Yeah, I'm sure it does. But it kind of goes back to what I mentioned before. Most of our resources were on the border. And if they got here after BORTAC, BORTAC was a tactical unit called in to be able to do the tactical operation. That's what the chief requested on the ground. That's who came. And we certainly defer it. And that's an outstanding unit. By the way, BORTAC worked with them many times on the border, outstanding professionals. Certainly, Border Patrol's got a larger footprint there, and you've already got a Uvalde station and they've got more people on the ground in the building quicker and faster than us. And so, you know, from 12:15, when they're there, when they arrive, you know, they've got got the command aspect of it. So anybody after that, us arriving, you know, not only would we have to assume control over the chief, but also Border Patrol, as BORTAC, who's got the expertise and people is a tactical gear on the ground. At that point in time, the longer you wait, if we've got officers arriving, you know, at 12:13, 12:20, 12:25, which we do, because you can see it. You can't, unfortunately, time and distance with our enemy, we couldn't put enough officers in there in a timely manner to influence anything. No, to assist, certainly, as we're able to do from the outer perimeter and inner perimeter and the things that you normally do in terms of protecting crime scenes after the fact, in terms of evacuation, we had plenty people keep pouring into it, but the nature of it is, it took us a long time to get a sufficient foot footprint there in place.
Tony Plohetski: What is the status of the criminal investigation right now and what is exactly being investigated?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, there's always and I say this because any time there's an officer that uses force and deadly force, there's an investigation that's ongoing. And nobody in their right mind thinks that anybody's going to indict the police officer for doing exactly what they're supposed to do, and that's kill the subject. The other part of that investigation is, the DEA has made it very clear every officer that responded, OK, she's going to review for their criminal culpability. So what the investigation entails right now is what do you know? When did you arrive? What do you know and what did you do? And that's every officer, plain and simple. We start with ones, obviously, we're first there and you work backwards along that timeline in terms of making sure that you've accounted for others. And sometimes it's not just in terms the ones that responded. I mean, the department, we're looking internally as well, ones that didn't respond. Was there anybody that didn't respond that should respond? And so, some of those that will get it during the referral process we later find out may have been on annual leave somewhere else, but we still want to look at it. Why didn't they respond better in Uvalde? And that's their duty station. Why didn't they respond?
Tony Plohetski: I know that you've been asked about this repeatedly, but I just want to simply have an opportunity to ask you about it again. Release of information. You were deferring to the request of the Uvalde County district attorney. Correct? Your decision to not release information?
DPS Director McCraw: Correct.
Tony Plohetski: But I just want to clarify. That is a policy administrative decision that you were making, correct?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, I believe it is, but it's also a procedure or policy we've had implemented and used for decades, long before I became the director and, frankly, when I was with the FBI. The same problem. If U.S. attorney doesn't authorize it, then we don't release it because there's always concern that we're going to interfere with the case. We're going to compromise it in some way, shape or form. And I know federal district judges and state district judges look unfavorably. If the directors and chiefs of police were out there saying things to the media that might in some way, shape or form taint the jury pool and make it more difficult to get a fair trial to somebody, and we recognize that. And if we're going to take on the investigation, I mean, the DA asked us to take the lead on the investigation as opposed to ISD or Uvalde PD and the sheriff's office. We agreed to do that. Well ... there's certain rules we're going to abide by. And after her and I discussed on a particular day that was in the best interest of the case for us not to provide additional information. And we certainly agree.
Tony Plohetski: There has been a contention out there that as the narrator of events that day, or one of the main narrators, that you and your agency, you increasingly pointed the finger back at the local officials of your body instead of assuming whatever responsibility you feel you might have. Have you done that?
DPS Director McCraw: No. In fact, if anything, I was reluctant. Even the Friday when we had figured out that we'd had misinformation, and this wasn't a heroic law enforcement response, it was a tragedy. And I got out there, I even tried to make it very clear that this is the benefit of hindsight and retrospectively looking at the data, and this mistake was made. I don't want to put a finger on somebody else. It's not our nature and we don't mind taking responsibility for ourselves, but to point the finger at somebody else, but to be honest and to be candid, brutally candid, I mean, the evidence was compelling. It hasn't changed since my testimony and since that press conference, is a mistake was made. Mistakes happen. This was a tragic mistake. And the tragic mistake was made is to treat this thing as a barricaded subject. But it was not. Plain and simple. So the only thing I did, and keep in mind that it didn't impact it's not just trying to protect DPS and our image, our officers, and we're going to do that. It's really about other officers that were in that hallway, too. Border Patrol, U.S. Marshals. OK. You've all the sheriffs. There was constables, there was a game warden. There's many other officers that are operating under this myth that this is a barricaded subject when it wasn't anything but barricaded subject. So these officers OK, we already know that three of all the officers did the right thing when they went in and immediately confronted the door along those lines. So there's not, it really has the mistake and nothing is going to change it. The more evidence that comes out, and I look forward to releasing all the information, all the evidence, and particularly the video evidence and the audio evidence, because the public is in best position to look at and determine for themselves. But you can't, I can't change it. You know, I can't change the facts. It it may seem unseemly to some, but in the end, it's the truth. And the truth is that a mistake was made. And as a result, the mistake is, well, that's all I'm going to go down the road in terms of the impact. But we know one thing is that people were operating on the information that was X when it was really Y.
Tony Plohetski: And it's still in your position four months later that the originator of that, to use your word "myth," was Pete Arredondo.
DPS Director McCraw: There's no question that that's the case. I mean, it's compelling and it's not changed in anything that I testified in the before the Senate when I was compelled to testify publicly. Nothing's changed.
Tony Plohetski: I want to ask you, because you mentioned it as well, this idea that sprang forth in the hours and first couple of days after the shooting. Your personnel said it publicly in interviews. The governor frankly said it. Federal authorities said it as well. And that is this idea that the police officers and other law enforcement personnel acted heroically. How and why in the world was that something that so quickly got disseminated and yet was so terribly wrong?
DPS Director McCraw: Was it the same briefing that the governor was and senators were and congressmen and certainly local elected officials and others? And frankly, obviously, the first reported information was that there was there was 500 children were rescued as a result of the brave actions of law enforcement. You know, no real reason to question that initially. And were it the focus of the investigation. And immediately from our standpoint, anybody's standpoint, is the victim identification and family notification. Those are the priority of priorities. And to get information, we were depending on information that came from those on the scene and those in command on that scene. And that information was relayed at a particular meeting. In fact, it was Wednesday morning briefing that I sat in. And in fact, one of our regional director, Victor Escalon, you know, did the briefing, you know, after a local official passed out and was able unable to do it, he was asked to do the briefing and he relayed exactly what he was told by two individuals. I'm not going to mention their names, but the exact information he provided in that regard. But, you know, Victor was smart enough. He's been around, being a Texas Ranger, Victor's been around for a while and he caveated it. "Hey, this is what we know right now. We haven't corroborated this, but this is what we did. But this is what we're being told." And I think that the consensus was around the room, and I was a part of that consensus, although we had some questions on engagement versus encounter, whether, you know, those on the initial discussion in terms of what happened on the front end of it. So we came away from that relatively confident that, "Hey, this is yeah, OK, lots of children were saved, like heroic action." It made sense in that regard. But one thing we did caveat it in later on, but fact that was questioned later on. "Hey, until we review the video evidence frame by frame, we're really not going to know exactly what happened." And that's the great thing from our professional standpoint is the technology upgrades. We've seen all good change in technology, in video and audio just for surveillance purposes, but also body cameras, dash cameras, all those things are evidence, hardcore evidence that we're going to review frame by frame. Now, in any major investigation, you can't just do things, you know, consecutively. Got two things concurrently. And fortunately for us, we had a lot of great partners in this, including the FBI, ATF, but in particular, the FBI has helped out immensely in terms of covering leads, international leads on this, leads outside the state interviews. But technology, because it's important to capture the evidence, the video evidence, make sure that it's not lost, is preserved, to make sure that it's formatted correctly and then enhanced.
Tony Plohetski: So you were in the briefing with the governor?
DPS Director McCraw: Yes, sir.
Tony Plohetski: Behind the stage at the school before you all took to the stage?
DPS Director McCraw: Yes sir.
Tony Plohetski: And he provided information based on information he received from two people you declined to name?
DPS Director McCraw: Yes, exactly.
Tony Plohetski: And those are local Uvalde officials?
DPS Director McCraw: Yeah, law enforcement officials.
Tony Plohetski: But he did not, through his own agency or DPS personnel who may have been there and had knowledge from within DPS at that time, he had not corroborated what he was being told by the locals. He had a trust in the locals.
DPS Director McCraw: And he made it, we made it clear on the front end this hasn't been corroborated yet, but this is what we know right now, very simple. And he stepped in to fill the void from the local official. He had a medical issue, wasn't in a position to be able to do the briefing. And it was very, you know, it was very succinct, to the point. And, of course, the only conclusion someone can come away with is, yeah, it sounds like law enforcement, you know, saved the day or he saved, you know, 500 children, OK, by isolating the subject. And that was the narrative that came out of there. And, of course, the only time that narrative was countered was when we got the video back and we're able to review it, which was a priority of priorities. And we were able to get it when the FBI completed it, the enhancement or the first version of it and looked at it. So, wait a minute. This was reported that there was an ISD officer at the scene and the safety officer was confronted or engaged in, or the term, you know, encountered by ISD. Well, that didn't happen. And from a funeral home video which has been released, OK, people can see that that did not occur. In fact, that officer, there was nobody on campus and an officer that did arrive drove by the subject and confronted what he thought was the subject, what ended up being a teacher in the back. So that was the first piece of misinformation that was communicated, that the video immediately eliminated in that regard. And the second one is that this is a barricaded subject.
Tony Plohetski: Can you appreciate, though, that for Mr. Reyes, a fourth-grade teacher who laid on the floor waiting for help, waiting for the parents who stood outside begging and pleading for law enforcement to do more, to hear for three days that they performed heroically, I mean. They find that galling?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, I couldn't agree more. And galling for anybody in our profession, you know, the idea that we're providing misinformation out or relaying misinformation because it was anything but heroic in the fact it was an absolute disaster. So, yeah, if I'm the parent, I'm the grandparent or a family member or just a citizen of Uvalde. I'd be upset. I'm upset from, as a law enforcement professional, because integrity means so much to what we do. We've got to act on information and the information needs to be accurate. And it doesn't have to, you know, it doesn't need to be editorialized. But, you know, what needed to be conveyed is that the subject came into the school with a rifle. He shot children and teachers, maybe not teacher, but we know he went into a classroom and he fired. He fired several rounds and he's still in the classroom with those kids are still at. The kids are still in that classroom and he's still active. He's not neutralized. He may be contained, but he's active. And the whole protocol, and what much has been invested in our profession over the years, is that you got to get to them. You got to neutralize them immediately, period. There's no excuses. There's no alibis. You got to get it done. It didn't get done.
Tony Plohetski: But even the night before, you know, a spokesman was also talking about the heroics of earlier in that day. Is it also your position that your boots on the ground, even that evening, were similarly relying upon statements from Uvalde local officials?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, they certainly were, and there's no question about it. The first one that was able to question it was, of course, the Rangers doing the investigation. And and it was Victor Escalon, and he saw, "Hey, wait a minute, boss. ... what we talked about, you know, on Wednesday morning, that didn't happen.
Tony Plohetski: I'm glad you brought that up. Yeah. You relay the precise moment and your reaction when someone came up to you and said, colonel, this is not right.
DPS Director McCraw: Well, it was Wednesday evening, OK, that day when Victor made that point to "Hey, that what we've talked about, what I conveyed, what we were told about this, this is the officer on campus engaging the subject, didn't happen." And we knew that at that point by reviewing the video footage in terms of the funeral. So the next day and all that, Victor was asked to go out by local officials to go out again, defend the response. And, of course, you know, and Victor being Victor went out there and told it like it was, that all this that, you know, about this didn't happen, and it didn't happen.
Tony Plohetski: Did you watch the video yourself, the hallway cam, on that Wednesday?
DPS Director McCraw: I did not. But I was relayed to me that it didn't happen. I had a chance to review the funeral home video from the video. No, I had not.
Tony Plohetski: Not only did the engagement not happen, but by the way, they stood in the hall.
DPS Director McCraw: You couldn't tell that from the funeral home video. All you could tell is that you can see the arrival. You can see the subject going in. But what you can see is that there's the subject at this location, which I've already provided in the setup testimony, and now you've all the ISD officer drove by him thinking the teacher behind it was, that was the man with a gun when it wasn't the man with a gun, was a teacher in the back on the south side. So that was that was able to review or able to see at that time. And that's what Victor Escalon saw. And that's why, you know, when he rolled out the next day to correct that error and, of course, the next day we had a chance to be able to review that in whole, including myself, what happened inside. And we also look at 911 calls, but also, you know, which was very important aspect of it and dispatcher logs, we did all of that and so it was readily apparent this was, wait a minute.
Tony Plohetski: What went through your mind when you saw it?
DPS Director McCraw: It was shock. I mean, how could you not be shocked? This is, it was unbelievable. It was horrific, you know, and how can it possibly happen in Texas? And we've been proud of all that we've done in progressing in terms of active-shooter responses. And we've got so many heroic officers throughout the state. I mean, how could this possibly happen? With the doctrine is set aside and we have such a travesty? So, yeah. And then of course this challenges now what do we do? Well, it, "Hey, someone needs to tell the public because we've been saying this, it ain't that." And so this is important. I thought, at that point in time, to go to where it was and, you know, where I think, the media was there anyway in that regard. But it's certainly where the the citizens were at and tell them what our view is based upon what we do as of Thursday afternoon.
Tony Plohetski: I'm asking you to step into the minds of those who volunteer, local officials. I realize that's difficult to do, but I do think your perceptions around this are important. Why do you think they were saying heroes?
DPS Director McCraw: I certainly don't see ... the mayor and the county judge because that's what they were being told and that's where the frame ,and I think they believed that for a long period of time, even afterwards. And I can tell you, my press conference did not go well by local elected officials. They thought I had besmirched local law enforcement, that there was an attack on them. It was shifting blame along those lines. Not at all. It was being accurate in that regard. And I think they truly believed initially that it really was a rogue law enforcement response and that to enter that room was suicidal. Well, guess what? That's what we get paid to do, is to enter that role, plain and simple. And it's no excuse, no alibis in that situation.
Tony Plohetski: But with regard to the two people who created that narrative, why do you think they did that? Was it to hide the truth or do you think that's really what they what they saw or what they believed?
DPS Director McCraw: You know, sometimes, I asked myself that many, many, many times, and I don't I think I've got to believe because it's my nature to be optimistic that people in this profession try to do the right thing and they make mistakes and then try to justify it there afterwards. But I, you know, it's possible. And in his own mind that he thought what he did was the right thing to do because putting officers into that room would cost the lives of officers. And, as I've said, is that, you know, we can't ever be in a profession, I'm not going to comment on that situation, but we never put the lives of officers before the citizens of the state, and particularly children. That's an absolute, you know, demarcation bright line, never can happen in that regard. Understandable. You know, we get that in the fog of war. You know, decisions are made, you know, communicate. All these things are happening. Adrenaline's flowing through your head. You get tunnel vision, all these things gone. But at the end of the day, you get paid to make the right decisions. And at some point, you have to act. And this is one of those situations where action is imperative.
Tony Plohetski: Any closing remarks to the community of Uvalde, to the citizens of Texas, with regard to the performance of your agency that day and any pledge going forward?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, we'll hold everybody accountable, the department, that we didn't live up to the expectations, not just criminal culpability or even misconduct, but certainly anything we think that they lacked in performance that we're going to do that, plain and simple. Our troops expect that. We routinely engage in that type of accountability. The only thing I can say that really, really matters is that, and we'll certainly share that information with the public and the family members. I'd prefer to share it with the family members first. I don't expect that they're going to appreciate, you know, whatever. And I don't, there's never enough. I can never say enough and do enough for those family members in the community. And I can tell you this, and the department is very proactive. We don't advertise it, but right now we're providing the security at the schools. That's because they asked us to do it. They wanted troopers. We brought them troopers, and we'll continue to do so. In a recent conversation with the mayor, they got an issue with gangs. And when he had a conversation with the governor, when the governor understood that there are two shootings in two weeks, and of course, the violence they have, they've gone through enough. And we need to be more proactive. So, we've assigned troopers to be able to assist our partners, all the police department, in terms of addressing the gang part, not just in terms of patrol roles and bring in teams of special agents. Uvalde is going to be the safest city in the state of Texas within two months.
Tony Plohetski: You said that you would apologize to Uvalde folks on behalf of law enforcement. Does DPS owe them an apology yet?
DPS Director McCraw: Well, I'll say yeah. DPS does because we're part of law enforcement. I mean, DPS is a part of law enforcement community, and a part of that is working with our partners in training, you know, training, working with them to make sure that we have clear communications, command and control going in. And when mistakes are made, because there's not an active-shooter situation in the state that isn't multi law enforcement. I'll use an example. Downtown Houston, Eisenhower High School. It was was a report of an active shooter and we, obviously, Houston PD, a large presence there, they responded because they were close. Their constables responded and DPS troopers responded. They happened to be in the area. And of course, that the point is ... it's one team and that's the right, doctrinally, the right thing. Now, unfortunately, it was another hoax and they reached a classroom. And it was certainly disruptive in terms of what they did, but they did the right thing the right way.
Tony Plohetski: But again, you apologize on behalf of DPS?
DPS Director McCraw: Yeah, I'll be glad to. If that helps the families. Absolutely. Because I believe that DPS, we have a greater role, not just in terms of the response when maybe they're late, but it's the front end of that response. What do we do to prevent this attack or to begin with? Why didn't we know about this? You know, law enforcement in general, but with DPS in particular? And moreover, in terms of, you know, "Hey, why were we training with officers earlier? Why did we know there was a communication breakdown inside schools? What did we know there?" And it, frankly, if you look at the security threat assessment that we did, you know, why did we know that that all these vulnerabilities exist? You know, why don't you know why not? We, right now, after Santa Fe, we sent troopers around, OK, to be closer to schools. ... administrative work, we'd rather do it in the parking lot or, hey, in some schools we'll even provide space for our troopers. We want to be around and engaged in that regard. But when there's vulnerabilities, what can we do to bring it to the attention? We have thousands of campuses across the state and so many of our elementary and so many with so many gaps, a little time, so many threats. I mean, what could we do better as an agency?
Tony Plohetski: Can you talk to me more about that?
DPS Director McCraw: Most of those officers, 91 officers, were assigned to perimeter duties, weren't even allowed into the building. So, yeah, there was 91. And even my command staff, those arriving in arrived 120 seconds before ... so they were there late. There's no question about it. And, unfortunately, as I mentioned before, the enemy to us was time and distance. I mean, you can't drive fast enough. You may drive 120, 130 miles an hour. You can't drive from Eagle Pass and get to Uvalde in a time that you can have a positive impact. And so, we were late to arrive. That's why you see us in terms of, you look at GPS and look at our data tracking, you can see us flowing into and we're flowing into areas providing the outer perimeter of outer security. And that's our principal role at that point. We did launch a SWAT team out of Austin, and so our team, they called them off because the event was over by the time they got halfway there. Similarly, I think other agencies did the same thing.
Tony Plohetski: So just remind me, before 12:50, how many boots on the ground did you have, DPS?
DPS Director McCraw: Ninety-one arrived, and that includes management and everybody before the breach, 91, and more thereafter.
Tony Plohetski: And then how many were in the hall?
DPS Director McCraw: Until BORTAC arrived was about nine at the most. And I say in the hall, not the same time. And for example, we had a female trooper at 11:42, she went in after 2 minutes, was already 18 officers in there. She left. In that regard, we had four troopers that came in again, same thing, hallway stacked with more people than was needed. They moved out in that regard. So, at the end, we've got certainly people that went in like the command staff, you know, right towards the end, even Victor, 120 seconds before the breach walked in at my direction to get in there, get some information.
Tony Plohetski: Well, lack of a command post is a big problem?
DPS Director McCraw: No, it really wasn't. That's the, I think, a misnomer is that what really was a problem was, is that the lack of action by the officers on the scene. Plain and simple. You don't have time for a command post. You have one. It's important. The command post is really important about afterwards, the best information is coming inside and officers don't have time for the commanders to give them permission to operate like this is a leaderless group, OK, and that's why I've mentioned, you know, whether it's HPD, whether it's DPS, whether it like in the Santa Fe where it's the ISD, this is the DPS and local departments. You all get in line. You don't wait for leadership to come. You don't set up a command post and talk about a unified command and discuss this and that. Yeah, you can, that needs to be done. So the response as it relates to treating the injuries, the medical piece in that regard that needs to be done. But right here, they need to go find the person and terminate them.
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PDFNJ and New Jersey Attorney General's Office to Host 5th Webinar of 2022
MILLBURN, N.J., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey's opioid epidemic continues to affect every community in the state, including populations that have faced increased challenges from the waves of addiction and overdoses experienced over the past decade. Experts will highlight vulnerable populations — the LGBTQI+ community, people experiencing homelessness, and people formerly incarcerated — and their struggles in the midst of the opioid crisis in the next installment of Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Learning Series, presented by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) and the Office of the New Jersey Coordinator of Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (NJ CARES), which is responsible for overseeing addiction-fighting efforts across the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The webinar, "The Opioid Epidemic: A Focus on Vulnerable Populations Part II," will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 26. The presentation will feature former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, Executive Director of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation; Barrett Young, Chief Executive Officer of the Rescue Mission of Trenton; and Brian McGovern, Chief Executive Director of North Jersey Community Research.
"The opioid epidemic in New Jersey has not spared any community or any type of person, regardless of their background. However, there certainly are groups in New Jersey that have been experienced an even more devastating toll during this crisis," PDFNJ Executive Director Angelo Valente said. "This webinar will help us to understand why certain groups or individuals are more vulnerable to opioid misuse, addiction and overdose."
This webinar will be the fifth in the 2022 Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Learning Series. In 2021, PDFNJ and NJ CARES collaborated on 10 webinars as part of the series. The organizations first combined efforts on the series in 2020 as a strategy to provide education on the opioid crisis in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The series is a branch of Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day, which has been held in New Jersey on October 6 each year since 2016. In 2021, more than 3,000 people in New Jersey died from suspected drug overdoses.
To learn more about the Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day and to register for this and future webinars, please visit knockoutday.drugfreenj.org.
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WASHINGTON, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Wholesaling Diversity (AWD) is a US based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization centered on black wholesalers in the financial services industry. After a two-year COVID hiatus, AWD will host its 6th National Assembly & Conference this year from June 16th to June 19th at The Westin Washington National Harbor.
AWD's "DMV Area Career Expo & Job Fair" features 11 Fortune 500 financial services firms hiring for roles in every department and hiring for locations worldwide and remote. The Career Fair is being held Saturday morning June 18th from 9:00 AM to Noon EST. All students, career changers, and job seekers from the Baltimore, DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas are encouraged to attend. Attendees may register online at: https://www.diversityinwholesaling.com/event-details/awd-national-career-expo
Founded in 2016, AWD consists of black wholesalers representing all companies, channels, regions, and products in the financial services industry. AWD's mission is: 1) strengthen and grow the community of black wholesalers we have built, 2) aid in the ongoing professional development of all black wholesalers, 3) continue leveraging and scaling up our combined networks to facilitate career advancement for all black wholesalers, and 4) recruit, train, and welcome black students, job seekers, and career changers into our thriving black wholesaler community.
"The difference between a moment and a movement is sacrifice. AWD embodies the collective sacrifice of hundreds of black wholesalers helping each other get better and advance. AWD also helps black college students embark on, then thrive in, this lucrative and fulfilling career called financial services wholesaling." –Ron Williams, ChFC, AWD Academic Outreach Committee Chairman
"Financial services wholesaling, like many financial services careers, is woefully underrepresented by black people, especially black women. AWD is squarely focused on the outcome we seek: black representation in financial services wholesaling that reflects, at minimum, the demographics of the United States at large." –Marlōn Hall, CFS, AWD Founder
About The Association for Wholesaling Diversity
The Association for Wholesaling Diversity is the world's first and only advocacy group for African American financial services wholesalers. Founded in January 2016, AWD today boasts over 600 members and is focused on building and strengthening the black wholesaling community, continuous improvement of their wholesaling craft through workshops and mentorship, ongoing career advancement of their members, and recruiting black talent into the wholesaling career path. Visit: diversityinwholesaling.org
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 6, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Archer County in northern Texas...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of
Archer City, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Archer City, Holliday, Scotland, Windthorst, Lake Kickapoo,
southwestern Lake Arrowhead, and Lakeside City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BAYLOR COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
limits, therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However,
gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
North central Shackelford County in west central Texas...
Southern Throckmorton County in west central Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
The Intersection Of Us-183 And Us-283, or 9 miles northwest of Fort
Griffin, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Woodson around 720 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Lusk,
The Intersection Of Us-183 And Us-283 and The Intersection Of Us-
283 And Ranch Road 209.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history.
Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing public release of a trove of CIA secrets by WikiLeaks in 2017.
Schulte watched without visibly reacting as U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman announced the guilty verdict on nine counts, which was reached in mid-afternoon by a jury that had deliberated since Friday.
The so-called Vault 7 leak revealed how the CIA hacked Apple and Android smartphones in overseas spying operations, and efforts to turn internet-connected televisions into listening devices. Prior to his arrest, Schulte had helped create the hacking tools as a coder at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
A sentencing date was not immediately set because Schulte still awaits trial on charges of possessing and transporting child pornography. He has pleaded not guilty.
Attorney Sabrina Shroff, who advised Schulte during the trial, told Schulte’s mother after the verdict that the outcome was a “kick to the gut, the brain and heart.” It was unclear if Shroff was expressing her own sentiments or Schulte’s.
In his closing, Schulte claimed he was singled out even though “hundreds of people had access to (the information). … Hundreds of people could have stolen it.”
“The government’s case is riddled with reasonable doubt,” he added. “There’s simply no motive here.”
Prosecutors alleged the 33-year-old Schulte was motivated to orchestrate the leak because he believed the CIA had disrespected him by ignoring his complaints about the work environment. So he tried “to burn to the ground” the very work he had helped the agency to create, they said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Denton encouraged jurors to consider evidence of an attempted cover-up, including a list of chores Schulte drew up that had an entry reading, “Delete suspicious emails.”
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement that Schulte was convicted of “one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history.”
Williams said Schulte, motivated by resentment toward the CIA, leaked to the public and to U.S. adversaries some of the nation’s “most valuable intelligence-gathering cyber tools used to battle terrorist organizations and other malign influences around the globe.”
The prosecutor said Schulte knew the leak would render the CIA’s tools “essentially useless, having a devastating effect on our intelligence community by providing critical intelligence to those who wish to do us harm.”
While behind bars awaiting trial, prosecutors said he continued his crimes by trying to leak additional classified materials as he carried on an “information war” against the government.
Once the jury left the courtroom for deliberations, the judge complimented Schulte on his closing argument.
“Mr. Schulte, that was impressively done,” Furman said. “Depending on what happens here, you may have a future as a defense lawyer.”
A mistrial was declared at Schulte’s original 2020 trial after jurors deadlocked on the most serious counts, including illegal gathering and transmission of national defense information. Schulte told the judge last year that he wanted to serve as his own attorney for the retrial.
He has not announced whether he wants to represent himself at his next trial, which involves allegations that after leaving the CIA, Schulte moved to New York from Virginia with a computer that contained images and videos of child pornography he had downloaded from the internet from 2009 to March 2017.
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SUNRISE, Fla., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Enhance Health, a leading digital health insurance brokerage and care navigation platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher (Chris) Nicolopoulos as Vice President of Government Affairs. Nicolopoulos, the former Commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department, will spearhead the company's government relations strategy to shape and advocate for policies that enhance healthcare accessibility across the country.
Appointed by the Governor and unanimously confirmed by the Executive Council, Nicolopoulos served as the Commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department from 2020 to early 2023. Prior to his role as Commissioner, he held several prominent positions, including President and CEO of the New Hampshire Association of Insurance Agents and Government Affairs Director at the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. Nicolopoulos holds a J.D. from New England Law School and is licensed to practice law in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
"We are proud to have assembled a highly experienced executive team of individuals with exceptional track records in the insurance industry," said Matthew Herman, CEO and President of Enhance Health. "Chris will play a vital role in working to make affordable, high-quality health insurance accessible to an even larger population across the country."
"Enhance Health is leading the way in transforming the health insurance experience for millions of Americans," said Nicolopoulos. "By collaborating closely with policymakers and stakeholders, we will continue to advocate for innovative solutions that empower individuals and promote greater access to quality healthcare."
Nicolopoulos will report to George Lyford, Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel at Enhance Health.
About Enhance Health: Founded in 2021 by industry veteran Matt Herman and backed by Bain Capital Insurance, Enhance Health has experienced rapid growth due to the record number of Americans enrolling in ACA health plans in 2022. Enhance Health has grown its membership base to hundreds of thousands, and is rapidly expanding into other insurance business lines.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A 22-year-old man who authorities say identified as an involuntary celibate and plotted to kill women at an unnamed Ohio university has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of attempting a hate crime.
Tres Genco, of Hilliard, Ohio, entered the plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. He faces up to life in prison because he threatened to kill people, a U.S. Department of Justice spokesperson said.
Genco’s lawyer, Richard Monahan, didn’t immediately reply to a voicemail seeking comment.
Genco identified as an involuntary celibate, or incel, and interacted with an online community of mostly men who advocate for violence against women because they believe they are unjustly denied sexual or romantic attention, authorities said.
He conducted surveillance at an Ohio university in January 2020 and wrote a document that month titled “Isolated” that he described as “the writings of the deluded and homicidal,” according to prosecutors. He signed it, “Your hopeful friend and murderer.”
Police searched Genco’s home in March 2020 and found a firearm with an attached bump stock — a device that allows it to be rapidly fired — a pistol, loaded ammunition magazines, boxes of ammunition and body armor. He was charged in July of 2021.
Genco’s manifesto points to a 2014 shooting committed by a self-identified incel named Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and injured 14 others outside a sorority house at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before killing himself.
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Props to educators in Springfield and Chicopee for taking the brave and necessary step of barring the use of smartphones in school so that students can learn and be healthy (“More schools adopting phone-free policy,” Metro, Aug. 14). Major challenges such as post-pandemic phone addiction call for bold solutions. Boston Public Schools should implement the same policy.
Even before schools shut down in March 2020, my students were fighting phone addiction and losing. As a veteran English-language arts teacher, I’d long watched with dismay as phone technology and social media evolved to be an ever more irresistible lure — addiction by design. I had witnessed students struggle more and more with reading for extended periods, writing multipage papers, and even activities as basic as listening respectfully to a peer during discussion. At the same time, teen mental health took a turn for the worse.
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Post-pandemic, what used to be an annoying problem is now a full-blown crisis. This past year at Fenway High, my students clung to their phones like the lifelines they’d been during quarantine. I get how important digital connection was during the height of the coronavirus. But quarantine is over now.
My students’ literacy and communication skills were hit hardest. Precious class time was wasted while my co-teacher and I waited for students to look away from their all-consuming screens and start writing. Practically every 10 minutes, students’ eyes tracked back to their phones. My most vulnerable students — those with learning disabilities, dealing with trauma, or experiencing mental health problems — struggled the most.
As we begin a new school year, the last thing students need is for their educators to enable an unhealthy reliance on their phones. Yet district and school leaders are standing by, making minor tweaks to ineffective phone policies that never worked in the first place.
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Our students need and deserve better. Do we have it in us to do the brave and necessary thing?
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Veterans honored during ceremony at Lexington Cemetery
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Members of the American Legion Post 8 Honor Guard took time to pay respects Monday at Lexington Cemetery to those who fought and died for our country.
This ceremony has been held there annually for nearly six decades. Monday’s emcee, John Kalbfleisch, has been in attendance for 30 years in a row.
He said it’s important for Americans to stop, even for a moment of your day, and pay respects to the men and women who have died in service to the nation.
“It’s important to remember. Showing up. Even if you just stand in the grass and listen. But it’s making a physical presence manifestation of your support of their sacrifice,” Kalbfleisch said.
Monday’s ceremony was held in the Civil War section of the cemetery. Some soldiers buried there go back to the Revolutionary War.
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Which Bonka bird toy is best?
Pet birds give us hours of enjoyment, and some even seem to like our company. But what happens when we leave them alone? They spend too much time alone with nothing to do. Bored birds can become destructive. Toys help keep your bird occupied when you aren’t around, and they can prevent destructive behaviors such as feather pulling.
If your bird needs mental stimulation that includes sound and moving parts, the Bonka Bird Toys Spoon Delight is a good choice. It offers hours of playtime and is virtually indestructible.
What to know before you buy a Bonka bird toy
Bird size and species
The first thing to consider when buying a Bonka bird toy is your bird’s size. Large birds with tough beaks need larger toys that can handle active, aggressive play. Smaller birds might be intimidated by, or scared of, the same toy.
Personality
Some birds are active and energetic. They prefer toys that make noise and move or toys that can be shredded and played with.
Others prefer more contemplative playtime. This type of bird might prefer something that doesn’t make much noise but provides more opportunities for problem-solving. This might include finding a treat or completing a task.
These two personality types don’t depend on the species. Take the time to figure out what type of play your bird prefers, then choose the best toy for their personality.
Material
Birds love to make noise, chew and shred with their beaks and claws. Give them plenty of options with a variety of fabrics and materials. Bonka bird toys combine a variety of materials and textures for the most appropriate stimulation. Look for toys that include:
- Wood.
- Natural fiber and material.
- Metal.
- Leather.
- Plastic.
What to look for in a quality Bonka bird toy
Durability
Bonka bird toys are made to withstand even the roughest play. For example, their metal is covered with a bird-safe lead-free powder coating that won’t wear off. It’s also welded to make sure it doesn’t separate at any joints.
Many fabric toys have double-stitched edges. Even the finger traps and materials made for shredding are constructed from materials that require your bird to work hard at tearing them apart.
Bright colors
Bright colors are attractive to birds. They promote mental stimulation and keep them occupied for hours. Bonka bird toys are available in assorted colors and a variety of patterns.
Stuffable
Combining food with play is a win for birds. Some Bonka bird toys can be stuffed with millet or other bird snacks. These help engage your bird’s mind as it tries to release the food.
How much you can expect to spend on a Bonka bird toy
The price varies depending on the materials the toy is made of and how large it is. Expect to spend $8-$20.
Bonka bird toy FAQ
Do Bonka bird toys have a warranty?
A. Birds can be hard on their toys, and it can be difficult to figure out which toy they will enjoy. But Bonka bird toys come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you are not satisfied for any reason, return your toy with its receipt within 14 days of purchase for a full refund.
What is the safest material for a bird toy?
A. It’s crucial that the materials you choose for your bird toy are not harmful to your bird. Always look for labeling that specifies the type of wood or fabric used as well as any safeguards that the manufacturer has taken.
The safest woods for bird toys include:
- Pine.
- Balsa.
- Birch.
- Poplar.
- Maple.
- Walnut.
- Ash.
And when it comes to fabric or fiber ropes, natural is the way to go. Choose from cotton, hemp and sisal.
As far as metal goes, stainless steel is the best bet. It is the most durable and is nontoxic, zinc-free and lead-free.
Finally, look for bird toys that are easy to clean. This prevents bacteria or germs from building up and keeps your bird safe from illness.
What’s the best Bonka bird toy to buy?
Top Bonka bird toy
What you need to know: Even the strongest birds have a hard time destroying this durable toy.
What you’ll love: Flashy spoons and colorful rings on a stainless steel chain provide visual and auditory stimulation for spunky birds who need a little entertainment. Hang it horizontally or vertically, and use it as a perch, too.
What you should consider: This is loud, and not a suitable toy for small, timid birds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Bonka bird toy for the money
What you need to know: This is a completely shreddable toy for your feathered friend.
What you’ll love: Multiple options for play include shredder material, chew surfaces and bamboo finger traps. You can roll up the traps to change the shape for even more fun.
What you should consider: This is best for smaller birds, as large birds will destroy it quickly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Bonka Bird Toys Sola Atta Ball
What you need to know: This is appropriate and engaging for birds of all sizes.
What you’ll love: It’s made from the root of the sola plant. Each lightweight sola stem has a different color in the center for visually captivating fun and is easy for birds to pick up and chew. This is a pack of six, but they also come in packs of three.
What you should consider: Birds that enjoy hard materials to chew on may not enjoy this ball.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Terrence Shannon Jr. had a career-high 30 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 19 Illinois to a 103-65 win over Monmouth on Monday night.
Freshman guard Jayden Epps scored a season-high 21 points and Dain Dainja finished with 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting for the Illini (3-0).
Andrew Ball scored 13 points to lead Monmouth (0-3), and Jack Collins added 12.
Illinois made its first five shots — four of them 3s — and hit nine of its first 12 shots to sprint out to a 24-9 lead. It was a sharp contrast from a 1-for-18 start from the field in a win over Kansas City last Friday.
Illinois led 8-0 just 44 seconds in thanks to a 3 by Shannon, a steal and layup from RJ Melendez and a 3 from Skyy Clark. Clark pushed the Illini lead to double digits with a decisive crossover in transition and a layup, part of a 31-5 run that included four buckets from Shannon and four from Dainja.
Illinois led 63-33 at halftime after shooting 76.7% in the first half.
The Illini sharpshooters cooled off a bit in the second half, finishing the game at 59.7%. It hardly mattered in part due to converting 24 Hawks turnovers into 30 points.
BIG PICTURE
Monmouth: King Rice’s group is working through some inevitable bumps after graduating eight seniors from last year’s 21-13 team. Back-to-back road games against ranked opponents should serve as good preparation for Monmouth’s first season in the CAA after jumping from the MAAC.
Illinois: Limiting turnovers will be a key for this group in challenging games in Las Vegas against No. 8 UCLA and either No. 5 Baylor or No. 16 Virginia. The Hawks looked helpless before crawling into the game by scoring seven points off four turnovers.
UP NEXT
Monmouth: The Hawks take on Norfolk State in their home opener on Thursday.
Illinois: Heads to Las Vegas to take on No. 8 UCLA Friday in the first of two games in the Continental Tire Main Event.
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NEW YORK (AP) — When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the capabilities of artificial intelligence, he turned to “Game of Thrones.”
Imagine, he said, if you could use AI to rewrite the ending of that not-so-popular finale. Maybe even put yourself into the show.
“That is what entertainment will look like,” said Brockman.
Not six months since the release of ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence is already prompting widespread unease throughout Hollywood. Concern over chatbots writing or rewriting scripts is one of the leading reasons TV and film screenwriters took to picket lines earlier this week.
Though the Writers Guild of America is striking for better pay in an industry where streaming has upended many of the old rules, AI looms as rising anxiety.
“AI is terrifying,” said Danny Strong, the “Dopesick” and “Empire” creator. “Now, I’ve seen some of ChatGPT’s writing and as of now I’m not terrified because Chat is a terrible writer. But who knows? That could change.”
AI chatbots, screenwriters say, could potentially be used to spit out a rough first draft with a few simple prompts (“a heist movie set in Beijing”). Writers would then be hired, at a lower pay rate, to punch it up.
Screenplays could also be slyly generated in the style of known writers. What about a comedy in the voice of Nora Ephron? Or a gangster film that sounds like Mario Puzo? You won’t get anything close to “Casablanca” but the barest bones of a bad Liam Neeson thriller isn’t out of the question.
The WGA’s basic agreement defines a writer as a “person” and only a human’s work can be copyrighted. But even though no one’s about to see a “By AI” writers credit at the beginning a movie, there are myriad ways that regenerative AI could be used to craft outlines, fill in scenes and mock up drafts.
“We’re not totally against AI,” says Michael Winship, president of the WGA East and a news and documentary writer. “There are ways it can be useful. But too many people are using it against us and using it to create mediocrity. They’re also in violation of copyright. They’re also plagiarizing.”
The guild is seeking more safeguards on how AI can be applied to screenwriting. It says the studios are stonewalling on the issue. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on the behalf of production companies, has offered to annually meet with the guild to go over definitions around the fast-evolving technology.
“It’s something that requires a lot more discussion, which we’ve committed to doing,” the AMPTP said in an outline of its position released Thursday.
Experts say the struggle screenwriters are now facing with regenerative AI is just the beginning. The World Economic Forum this week released a report predicting that nearly a quarter of all jobs will be disrupted by AI over the next five years.
“It’s definitely a bellwether in the workers’ response to the potential impacts of artificial intelligence on their work,” says Sarah Myers West, managing director of the nonprofit AI Now Institute, which has lobbied the government to enact more regulation around AI. “It’s not lost on me that a lot of the most meaningful efforts in tech accountability have been a product of worker-led organizing.”
AI has already filtered into nearly every part of moviemaking. It’s been used to de-age actors, remove swear words from scenes in post-production, supply viewing recommendations on Netflix and posthumously bring back the voices of Anthony Bourdain and Andy Warhol.
The Screen Actors Guild, set to begin its own bargaining with the AMPTP this summer, has said it’s closely following the evolving legal landscape around AI.
“Human creators are the foundation of the creative industries and we must ensure that they are respected and paid for their work,” the actors union said.
The implications for screenwriting are only just being explored. Actors Alan Alda and Mike Farrell recently reconvened to read through a new scene from “M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H” written by ChatGPT. The results weren’t terrible, though they weren’t so funny, either.
“Why have a robot write a script and try to interpret human feelings when we already have studio executives who can do that?” deadpanned Alda.
Writers have long been among notoriously exploited talents in Hollywood. The films they write usually don’t get made. If they do, they’re often rewritten many times over. Raymond Chandler once wrote “the very nicest thing Hollywood can possibly think to say to a writer is that he is too good to be only a writer.”
Screenwriters are accustomed to being replaced. Now, they see a new, readily available and inexpensive competitor in AI — albeit one with a slightly less tenuous grasp of the human condition.
“Obviously, AI can’t do what writers and humans can do. But I don’t know that they believe that, necessarily,” says screenwriter Jonterri Gadson (“A Black Lady Sketchshow”). “There needs to be a human writer in charge and we’re not trying to be gig workers, just revising what AI does. We need to tell the stories.”
Dramatizing their plight as man vs. machine surely doesn’t hurt the WGA’s cause in public opinion. The writers are wrestling with the threat of AI just as concern widens over how hurriedly regenerative AI products has been thrust into society.
Geoffrey Hinton, an AI pioneer, recently left Google in order to speak freely about its potential dangers. “It’s hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things,” Hinton told The New York Times.
“What’s especially scary about it is nobody, including a lot of the people who are involved with creating it, seem to be able to explain exactly what it’s capable of and how quickly it will be capable of more,” says actor-screenwriter Clark Gregg.
The writers finds themselves in the awkward position of negotiating on a newborn technology with the potential for radical effect. Meanwhile, AI-crafted songs by “Fake Drake” or “Fake Eminem” continue to circulate online.
“They’re afraid that if the use of AI to do all this becomes normalized, then it becomes very hard to stop the train,” says James Grimmelmann, a professor of digital and information law at Cornell University. “The guild is in the position of trying to imagine lots of different possible futures.”
In that way, the long work stoppage that many are expecting — Moody’s Investor Service forecasts that the strike may last three months or longer — could offer more time to analyze how regenerative AI might reshape screenwriting.
In the meantime, chanting demonstrators are hoisting signs with messages aimed at a digital foe. Seen on the picket lines: “ChatGPT doesn’t have childhood trauma”; “I heard AI refuses to take notes”; and “Wrote ChatGPT this.” ___ Associated Press Writer Krysta Fauria in Los Angeles and Robert Bumsted and Aron Ranen in New York contributed to this report.
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Defense attorney withdraws day before murder trial scheduled to start
Tremaine Veal will be in court with a public defender on Thursday, Feb. 9 to come up with new trial plan
RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) - The second of three scheduled trials for the suspects accused of killing Deven Brooks, 27 of Ball, will be rescheduled after defendant Tremaine Veal’s defense attorney withdrew as his counsel the day before the trial was scheduled to start.
Veal, 21 of Alexandria, is charged with second degree murder. Up until Monday, Jan. 6, 2023, he was was represented by defense attorney Darrell Hickman. Records reflect Hickman was retained.
Brooks’ body was found on the edge of the Red River in Alexandria on Jan. 11, 2022. Police said Brooks had been shot in the head. His body was bound with cables, zip ties and duct tape. Brooks had been reported as a possible kidnapping victim to the Ball Police Department two days before his body was found.
Two others were charged with second degree murder in connection with the case - Jamaria Randle and Terrance Lavalais. A neighbor placed Randle, who police said was once in a relationship with Brooks, at his home the night he disappeared. The neighbor told police that Brooks was trying to get Randle to leave, according to the Alexandria Police Department.
Police believe the three were trying to get money from Brooks.
Last week, Lavalais pleaded “guilty as charged” to second degree murder in the midst of jury selection for his trial. He was sentenced by Judge Greg Beard to life in prison without the possibility of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. The State told the Court it may make a motion for a reduction of sentence if Lavalais provides significant assistance to the Rapides Parish District Attorney’s Office in the prosecution of his co-defendants.
Veal’s trial was scheduled to begin this week, but on Monday, Jan. 6, 2023, the day before jury selection would typically begin, Hickman withdrew as his attorney. An explanation as to why Hickman was withdrawing was not given in open court. News Channel 5 called Hickman’s law office to get clarification and left a message on the answering machine. We have not heard back.
Since Veal needed a new attorney, public defender Phillip Robinson was appointed as counsel. All parties will be back in court on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 to work out a plan as to what comes next.
A trial for Jamaria Randle is scheduled to start the week of Feb. 12, 2023.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Lea Hall and Brian Cespiva.
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- Pyeongtaek plant acquired 'Platinum' Level on 'Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL)'
- 100% Resource Circulation Rate, 343 tons of Wastes Annually
- "Global Level of ESG Leadership Secured…Contributing to Innovation of Customer Experience"
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Innotek (CEO Jeong Cheol-dong) announced on the 18th that the Pyeongtaek plant acquired 'Platinum' level on the global resource circulation certification of 'Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL)'. It is a performance achieved in just 1 year after Gumi plant received the 'Platinum' level on October 2021 for the first time among materials & components manufacturers.
ZWTL Certification is an international index that where the global safety certification agency of UL (Underwriters Laboratories) Solutions evaluates the efforts of resource circulation by companies. 'Platinum' level is granted when the resource recycling rate of waste is 100%, followed by 95~99% for 'Gold' level, and 90~94% for 'Silver' level.
The resource circulation rate (waste recycling rate) of Pyeongtaek site that received this certification was 100%. This site achieved ZWTL to receive the global top level of 'Platinum' level, and Pyeongtaek site leads the Automotive Components Business Sector.
To achieve the ZWTL goal, LG Innotek consistently performed various efforts for resource circulation for each business site. Waste glass and waste plastic, etc. discharged from the manufacturing process are being recycled as cement or plastic ingredients.
Pyeongtaek Plant is shown to recycle 343 tons of wastes annually. According to the LG Innotek personnel, the recycling rate was increased by discovering a company that collects waste plastic originally discharged as general waste to recycle as polypropylene band through advanced separation technology. Pyeongtaek site was able to create annual profit of KRW 346 million through continuous waste recycling activities.
LG Innotek personnel explained, "To reduce the excessive amount of packing materials used to prepare for rain and snow, canopy and dock were installed in the factory to prevent damage from rain," and added, "We were also able to reduce the expenses for waste treatment and packing materials at the same time."
LG Innotek is planning to quickly expand the ZWTL certification to all factories nationwide until the first semester of next year.
Meanwhile, LG Innotek is accelerating ESG management to show meaningful results in the environmental field in this year. Especially, LG Innotek is participating actively in the 'Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)' and 'Business Ambition for 1.5℃' campaign for the goal of becoming net zero company.
Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is a global initiative of establishing and verifying the greenhouse gas reduction goal according to the standard set by the Paris Climate Agreement. Also, Business Ambition for 1.5℃ is a campaign for preemptive response to the Paris Climate Agreement on limiting the increase level of average global temperature to 1.5℃ compared to before the industrialization. As an action plan, LG Innotek announced in March on becoming a net zero company by 2030, and joined the Global Initiative RE100 in July.
In last month, LG Innotek was acknowledged of the efforts on reducing the amount of waste and increasing the recycling rate to receive the 'Minister Prize from the Ministry of Environment' as the leading company in resource circulation. In addition, Gwangju plant (June, 2022) and Pyeongtaek plant (August, 2022) also received the resource recycling recognition and quality mark certification (resource recycling quality mark). This is a certification granted by Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute on wastes that do not include harmful and foreign substances, and substances receiving this certification are recognized as resources.
Park Yeong-su, Head of Safety & Environment Division explained, "Along with the Declaration for Net Zero in this year, LG Innotek joined RE100 to secure the global level of ESG leadership," and added "As the company with zero environmental impact, we will contribute to innovating the customer experiences."
About LG Innotek Co.,Ltd.
LG Innotek is a cutting-edge materials and components manufacturer and an affiliate of the LG group. The company's business units include core components for mobile, automotive, display, semiconductor, and IoT products. Furthermore, the company has cooperated closely with the mobile devices, home appliances, and automotive companies, producing camera modules, automotive electronic components, wireless communication modules, and substrate materials.
LG Innotek is headquartered in Seoul, Korea and its sales subsidiaries are located in Germany, USA, Mainland China, Japan, and Taiwan with production subsidiaries in Mainland China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico, and Poland. For more information, please refer to the website: www.lginnotek.com
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Every year, Wisconsin teens compete for an unusual summer job. The Lake Geneva mailboat jumpers hop from ship to shore as they deliver letters to lakefront homes.
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Every year, Wisconsin teens compete for an unusual summer job. The Lake Geneva mailboat jumpers hop from ship to shore as they deliver letters to lakefront homes.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is putting final touches on an agenda for next week’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, but it’s still unclear if Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will attend.
His absence would be a setback for the United States, which is hosting the summit for the first time since 1994. Mexico is a top U.S. trading partner and Latin America’s second-most populous country.
López Obrador has said that he doesn’t want to go unless every country in the region is invited, but the U.S. has resisted inviting autocratic governments like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. He said Monday that Biden “has not been able to give us an answer, but there is time, and we trust him and we’re going to wait.”
“If all countries are invited, I am going to attend the summit,” López Obrador said. “If not all countries are invited, the government representative Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard is going to attend.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the final guest list was still being ironed out.
Senior administration officials, who declined to be identified while discussing planning for the summit, played down questions about whether López Obrador will be there. Although they insisted that the event, which is held every few years, is an important opportunity for national leaders to meet, they also said López Obrador’s attendance would not undermine U.S. efforts to tackle issues like migration.
The officials said the U.S. is planning an ambitious agenda, but shared few details. Vice President Kamala Harris will lead a new partnership focused on climate change in the Caribbean, the officials said, and the administration is preparing a new effort to bolster health care systems throughout the hemisphere. More conversations are planned on migration.
One question about the summit’s attendance appears to have been cleared up. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has decided to go, according to three top officials from his government.
An ally of former President Donald Trump, the right-wing leader of Brazil has yet to meet one-on-one with Biden.
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HOUSTON (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting rapper Takeoff last month outside a Houston bowling alley sought information about using fake plane tickets to obtain an expedited passport in his efforts to flee the country, and repeatedly made online searches about whether he was a suspect in the case, prosecutors alleged during a court hearing Wednesday.
But attorneys for Patrick Xavier Clark, 33, say their client never had any intention of leaving Houston and he will likely pursue self-defense in the case, as he has asserted his innocence.
“We feel comfortable that when the time is right that Mr. Clark will have a valid and meritorious claim for self-defense,” Letitia Quinones, one of Clark’s attorneys, said after the hearing. She declined to provide additional details on this to reporters, but during the hearing, she suggested that Clark only fired after someone shot at him first. Police say Clark fired the first shot.
Takeoff was shot in the head and back as more than 30 people were leaving a private party at the bowling alley around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 1. Houston police have said the gunfire followed a disagreement over a “lucrative” game of dice outside the bowling alley, but that the 28-year-old rapper was not involved and was “an innocent bystander.”
Clark was arrested on Dec. 1 on a murder charge.
During Wednesday’s hearing, Clark’s attorneys had sought to have his bond reduced from $2 million to $100,000. But state District Judge Josh Hill was initially hesitant to reduce his bond, believing he could be a flight risk and that Clark’s “Google searches for fake tickets cause me a great deal of concern.”
During the hearing, Houston police Sgt. Michael Burrow testified that a review of Clark’s cell phone after his arrest found he had made online searches for fake plane tickets. Prosecutors suggested these searches were tied to Clark’s efforts to get an expedited passport. Investigators also found multiple searches on his cell phone in which Clark looked at news articles about the shooting and whether he was named as a suspect, he said.
“It was my belief he was preparing to flee the country,” Burrow said.
Surveillance video showed Clark was holding a wine bottle in one hand when he fired his gun, Burrow said. Clark left the bottle near the scene of the shooting and fingerprints found on the bottle were later used to identify him. FBI sources had also pointed to Clark as being at the shooting.
Quinones denied Clark was trying to leave the country after the shooting, saying that before his arrest he had canceled a previously scheduled trip to Mexico and that on the day of his arrest he had been looking for an apartment to rent in the city.
Hill agreed to reduce Clark’s bond to $1 million if additional security requirements could be met and he agreed to consider next week additional information from Clark’s lawyers about possibly lowering it more, possibly to $300,000. Quinones said she hopes Hill lowers the bond to $300,000 as anything higher cannot be afforded by Clark’s family.
Clark’s father, Joseph, testified that his son works as a DJ and also promotes night clubs but that he has never been financially stable, still lives at home, borrows his truck to get around and wouldn’t have the resources to flee to another country.
During the hearing, prosecutors played a recording of a call Clark made on Dec. 6 from jail to his family in which he could he heard saying that the $2 million bond “can be made right now.” Prosecutors suggested Clark has had access to large amounts of cash in his work as a DJ and with night clubs. But Quinones said Clark indicating he could pay the $2 million was just boastful claims from “a young man talking and talking too much.”
Police have said that during the shooting, another man and a woman suffered non-life-threatening gunshot injuries, and that at least two people opened fired. Police said investigators are still trying to track down witnesses. The gun used to kill Takeoff has not been recovered, Burrow said.
Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff was the youngest member of Migos, the Grammy-nominated rap trio from suburban Atlanta that also featured his uncle Quavo and cousin Offset.
Migos first broke through with the massive hit “Versace” in 2013. They had four Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, though Takeoff was not on their multi-week No. 1 hit “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. They put out a trilogy of albums called “Culture,” “Culture II” and “Culture III,” with the first two hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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You may know William Jackson Harper from shows such as HBO’s “Love Life” and Netflix’s “The Good Place” but what you may not have known was how he wanted to quit acting. The actor stated that he had been beaten up enough before he landed on “The Good Place” and thought it would have been a relief to leave the industry before landing the Netflix series.
Harper touched on his new thriller mystery show “The Resort,” where he plays the character Noah to help solve a fifteen year mystery. The cast and crew trecked it down to a lovely resort and at times through a sketchy jungle down in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic for filming.
The show is not only a thriller mystery but it is also a coming of age love story and about a love that is matured, the disappointment of time and nostalgia. The first three episodes of “The Resort” drop tomorrow on Peacock.
This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on July 27, 2022. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/william-jackson-harper-heads-down-to-puerto-rico-to-film-the-resort/ | 2022-07-27 21:45:53 | 1 | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/william-jackson-harper-heads-down-to-puerto-rico-to-film-the-resort/ |
BOZEMAN — October 14 was more than a crosstown battle. It was a statement game for both Bozeman High and Gallatin who are both vying for the top seeds in the Eastern AA conference but even more importantly, bragging rights in the city.
In the week leading up to the highly anticipated game, Bozeman tried to prepare like it was any other opponent. For Gallatin, they saw it as a chance to further foundations of their program that would help lead future Raptor programs to even greater heights.
With a record crowd at Van Winkle Stadium, it felt like a state title bout.
For Bozeman, the team that won a state title back in 2019, they came out unfazed by the noise jumping on Gallatin early. On the backs of a stingy defense and five touchdowns from Jake Casagranda, Bozeman won 38-14.
They play Billings West this week in a conference title game to determine the number one seed come playoffs. For Gallatin, they finish their regular season on the road against Billings Skyview. They will enter the playoffs as the three seed in a win or loss to the Falcons. | https://www.kbzk.com/news/sights-and-sounds-from-bozemans-crosstown-win-over-gallatin | 2022-10-19 15:19:57 | 0 | https://www.kbzk.com/news/sights-and-sounds-from-bozemans-crosstown-win-over-gallatin |
As Ashlyn Cook sees the sudden attention on a situation that has plagued her and other formula-feeding mothers for months, she is reminded of a historic winter storm last year in Texas.
Cook was there with her husband, an Army veteran then stationed at Fort Hood north of Austin. There was no power and no one could say when there might be. Desperate for heat and with limited gas supply, people were burning furniture.
“I felt like it was the same situation, where they just took way too long to act, and by the time they did act, a majority of the damage has already been done,” said Cook, 29, who returned in October to Michigan, her home state. She is now living near Stockbridge with her son, 6, and 9-month-old daughter Toryn.
Since about November, she has worried, scoured store shelves and the internet and pulled together cash to pay for formula she finds even if it is not covered by the Women, Infant and Children program, which aids families with limited income. Her preferred variety – Enfamil or Similac sensitive – is impossible to locate. She has tried about six types or brands. Most make her daughter painfully constipated, but there is little she can do; she must feed her baby.
Like the power in Texas, no one seems to be able to say when the crisis might abate, but there is light on the issue.
RELATED: ‘Every store I went to had nothing.’ Baby formula recall hits Michigan parents hard
President Biden last week invoked the Defense Production Act to boost supply. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer put out a press release on May 13, announcing she had coordinated a statewide response to the shortage and called on Abbott leadership to offer state resources to fix the supply chain. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday, May 16, said it is working to increase importation of formula, usually produced for Americans almost exclusively in the United states.
Also Monday, the FDA and Abbott Nutrition said they had reached an agreement to restart the pharmaceutical company’s Sturgis, Michigan, infant formula plant. It could take six to eight weeks before the resulting product is available in stores, the company said in a statement, and the reopening date has not been specified.
The factory has been idle since possible bacterial contamination killed two infants and sickened five others. Abbott initiated a recall, removing from the shelves many of the pharmaceutical company’s products, including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare formulas. This especially affected WIC families already dealing with pandemic-related shortages. Michigan contracts exclusively with Abbott for its WIC program. To offset the impact, participants have been allowed to use their benefits for other brands and sizes.
“If we are still eight weeks out, then we still have eight weeks out of the same problem,” said Nathan Reed, WIC supervisor in Kalamazoo County.
Two months is a long time in a baby’s short life and, for most, there are no alternatives.
“I can’t feed him Coca Cola and a sandwich,” said Jasmyne Huff, 24. She lives in the Hillsdale area, works in a Coldwater slaughterhouse and is mom to 5-month-old Roman. On a recent afternoon, she and her boyfriend were outside a Walmart, where shelves were largely bare of anything but a basic milk-based formula, Similac Advance.
Huff breast fed her son for three or four weeks, but the medication she takes for depression strained her supply and she switched Roman to formula.
Huff joined Sam’s Club because she thought it would easier to find formula, but recently, Enfamil Gentlease or a similar mix wasn’t there either. “I was like, are you serious? You have to have a card to get in here.”
These stories and frustrations are not unique – or new. Scroll any mom group on Facebook and there are related complaints and debates. Visit any grocery store, and chances are large portions of the shelves will be empty. Specialty formulas are especially difficult to find.
The situation has only gotten worse three months since the recall.
“For it to have to be talked about it like this … they got to it way too late, formula should be one of those things,” Huff said.
“It’s essential,” interjected her son’s father, Nick Stevenson, 29, as he tended to Roman, smiling in sloth pajamas.
“It makes no sense at all for it to be such a problem for people to feed their kids right now,” Huff continued.
Lucy Frey, a dietician in the pediatric gastrointestinal clinic at Spectrum Health’s Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, worries about the potential health consequences.
“First and foremost is the importance of these infants, and children — their health, wellbeing, growth and development and their outcomes related to their nutrition intake,” Frey said. “But also, I wonder about, just like, the mental and emotional load on parents and caregivers having to deal with this.”
She and federal and state agencies, doctors and other nutrition experts are warning parents not to resort to potentially harmful measures.
Cook recently received a notice from WIC. It and other federal and state agencies tell caregivers not to make their own formula, though recipes, one from 1960, are circulating online. Watering down formula, which deprives infants of needed calories, and giving young children cow’s or goat’s milk also is discouraged.
“And you know, it’s a big, long pamphlet and what not to do, and there’s nothing on there about what are we supposed to do then,” Cook said.
Reed said parents should call ahead to stores to see what they have stocked.
They also can check with their pediatric offices, which might have sample cans. Local baby pantries could possibly provide formula. WIC participants can call their hometown offices, and staff there will help them locate it or alter benefits to reflect what is available, Reed and other said.
If parents are unable to find their usual or preferred milk-based formula, it is probably OK to switch to something that is stocked, he said.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, in recognition of the dire situation, is saying, in a pinch, parents could feed infants who are six months and older whole cow’s milk, a variance from usual guidance that children are to wait until age 1.
Cow’s milk does not provide babies with all the vitamins and minerals they need. It also is too high in protein to be a consistent source of nutrition. The load on their kidneys can be excessive, Frey said. She and Reed warned of using this as a long-term solution.
Neither Cook nor Huff have been forced to take such a measure.
They’ve never found their pantries empty of formula, but they are always searching. “Everywhere,” said Huff, who also has two older children, ages 7 and 4.
She hates to be selfish, but she takes whatever she can get. “Because it is bad right now,” she said.
Cook, who stays home with her children, had enough to feed Toryn until Wednesday, but she already was strategizing, because she knows the next can is far from assured.
She also breastfed her daughter at the beginning, but she contracted a serious bacterial respiratory infection and the necessary antibiotics affected her already low supply.
So began the long struggle to feed her daughter. At one point, after visiting six stores, it seemed hopeless. The formula she had would last two more days. She tried ordering online, but the cans never shipped.
The product goes so fast, the online inventory cannot keep up with the actual stock, a Walmart customer service representative told her by phone while she waited for a Meijer pick-up order.
A Meijer employee then approached and informed her the formula she had requested was not available there either.
“There’s a couple of times I came very close to just crying and breaking down,” Cook said. “Like, this shouldn’t be a thing.”
Toryn is old enough now that Cook can supplement formula with pureed foods.
A recent trip to Mason, however, revealed a low supply too of canned peas, carrots and other vegetables or fruits.
Cook snapped a picture. It was scary, she said.
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MALDEN, Mass. — A wholesale baking company is recalling 37 of its products because they use an ingredient involved in a larger recall.
On Thursday, Piantedosi Baking Company, Inc. announced it is voluntarily recalling select dinner rolls, sandwich rolls and bun products.
The products are being recalled because they contain an ingredient that Lyons Magnus is recalling due to the potential for it to cause microbial contamination including from the organisms Cronobacter sakazakii and Clostridium botulinum.
Cronobacter sakazakii was at the center of a recall of baby formula in February 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says infection from this germ can be very serious for older people and people with HIV, organ transplants or cancer.
Clostridium botulinum can cause a severe form of food poisoning starting anywhere from six hours to two weeks after consumption. Symptoms may include double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, and muscle weakness.
Botulism poisoning can cause respiratory paralysis, resulting in death, unless assistance with breathing is provided.
While no illnesses associated with Piantedosi Baking Company, Inc. bread products have been reported and no pathogens have been found in Piantedosi Baking Company, Inc. products to date, this voluntary recall is being conducted out of an abundance of caution to ensure customer safety.
The following product lots are affected by the recall.
There are also additional recalled products that are expired and should no longer be in the marketplace.
The company is advising that distributors and end users check their inventory for any of the recalled products and stop distributing or consuming them. People can contact their Piantedosi Baking Company, Inc. representative to coordinate the return and replacement of the product.
Consumers can contact Piantedosi Baking Company, Inc. at 800-339-0080 x165, Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm ET, if they have any questions, or to request a replacement product. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/37-bread-products-linked-to-larger-microbial-contamination-recall/ | 2022-08-26 22:03:43 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/37-bread-products-linked-to-larger-microbial-contamination-recall/ |
CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Saturday, July 16, 2022
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San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
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values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco
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CAZ505-180100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 52 69 51 67 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ503-180100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the mid 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
CAZ502-180100-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the 70s.
$$
CAZ506-180100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 90s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the 50s to lower
60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph
after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
Highs in the 70s to 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 53 95 52 88 / 0 0 0 0
San Rafael 56 86 56 84 / 0 0 0 0
Napa 54 88 55 84 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ504-180100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the 50s to mid
60s. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
50s to lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 65 97 66 94 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ006-180100-
San Francisco-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Breezy. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 20 mph increasing to west 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the mid 50s. West
winds 20 to 30 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the upper 50s to lower
70s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to west 20 to 30 mph
in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the 50s to upper 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s to upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 50s to
upper 60s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 54 70 54 67 / 0 0 0 0
Ocean Beach 54 64 53 62 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ509-180100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 60s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 60s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
lower 50s. Highs in the 60s.
$$
CAZ508-180100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. West winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 56 73 56 72 / 0 0 0 0
Oakland 57 75 56 73 / 0 0 0 0
Fremont 58 79 58 80 / 0 0 0 0
Redwood City 56 82 57 82 / 0 0 0 0
Mountain View 58 78 59 77 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ510-180100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the 80s to mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 58 91 59 89 / 0 0 0 0
Livermore 58 91 60 91 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ513-180100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. West winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 59 85 61 85 / 0 0 0 0
Morgan Hill 57 93 60 92 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ512-180100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to upper
60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s
to lower 60s. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 80s.
$$
CAZ515-180100-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
CAZ514-180100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to mid 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s. West
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the 50s to upper
60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
CAZ529-180100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid
50s. Light winds.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the 70s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph in the
evening...becoming light.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 70s.
Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 53 83 54 78 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ530-180100-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs around 70.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 56 72 56 72 / 0 0 0 0
Big Sur 60 85 60 78 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ528-180100-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
West winds 10 to 20 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s Salinas Valley and in
the upper 80s Hollister Valley.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid to upper 50s. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s
to lower 80s. Lows in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 54 73 54 71 / 0 0 0 0
Carmel Valley 56 85 59 84 / 0 0 0 0
Hollister 55 87 57 85 / 0 0 0 0
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Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 97 to 102. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...
becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 101.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Highs upper 80s to
101. Lows in the mid 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 56 97 58 93 / 0 0 0 0
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Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s to mid 70s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to upper 60s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Clear. Lows in the 50s to upper
60s. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
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Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PDT Sun Jul 17 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s to mid 70s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 102. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s. West
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming southwest around 5 mph after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs mid 80s to 101.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower
70s. Highs mid 80s to 100.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 61 100 64 99 / 0 0 0 0
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PHOENIX — Phoenix Fire Department officials say they want to find and fix issues after multiple people told ABC15 they felt like they were denied ambulance service.
ABC15 Investigators exposed the citizens' concerns beginning last summer. They said they called 911 for a medical emergency, but when firefighter-paramedics arrived, first responders would try to convince the patients to either not go to a hospital or get a ride from someone else.
Related: When to ask for an ambulance to the emergency room
Last week, ABC15 aired a Ring doorbell video from a south Phoenix woman who had COVID-19 and was experiencing shortness of breath in 2021. The video showed firefighters asking whether the woman's son could drive her to the hospital, explaining how people could spend money in better ways than paying for an ambulance, and even claiming the hospitals were shutting down.
After seeing the doorbell camera video on TV, an assistant Phoenix fire chief told ABC15 that the department would launch an investigation into that incident.
Phoenix Fire Department policy mandates that firefighter-paramedics transport anyone who requests an ambulance and do not deny the service to anyone.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — House Republicans are bringing their ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ to the House floor.
“We are putting power back in the hands of parents who deserve a seat at the table in their kids’ education,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY.) said.
Stefanik and Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) say they are answering the call from parents across the country, with a plan to pass a new Parents Bill of Rights.
“It’s about transparency and accountability,” Letlow said.
The bill says parents have a right to know what their kids are being taught, review a school’s budget and meet in person with teachers at least twice per year.
“It’s actually astounding to me that we have to have legislation that would protect parents’ Bill of Rights, but here we are,” Letlow said.
However, Democrats say the bill isn’t necessary and does nothing to help schools, kids, or parents.
“What are we talking about here,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) said.
Bowman says parents already have a voice in their children’s education through school boards and parent-teacher associations.
“Parents already are an essential voice in education and essential partners and already have the rights that this bill seeks to put forth,” Bowman said.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) says what parents really want is a high-quality education for their kids across the country.
“Not right-wing propaganda and culture wars forced down the throats of the American people,” Jeffries said.
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Former presidents, VPs asked to re-check for classified docs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence had such documents in their possession, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
The Archives sent a letter Thursday to representatives of former presidents and vice presidents extending back to Ronald Reagan to ensure compliance with the Presidential Records Act, according to the two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about investigations. The act states that any records created or received by the president are the property of the U.S. government and will be managed by the archives at the end of the administration.
The Archives sent the letter to representatives of former Presidents Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, and former Vice Presidents Pence, Biden, Dick Cheney, Al Gore and Dan Quayle, they said.
The letter was first reported by CNN.
Spokespeople for former presidents Trump, Obama, George W. Bush and Clinton and former vice presidents Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore and Dan Quayle did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Biden’s lawyers came across classified documents from his time as vice president in a locked cabinet as they were packing up an office he no longer uses in November. Since then, subsequent searches by the FBI and Biden’s lawyers have turned up more documents. Former Vice President Pence, too, this week, discovered documents and turned them in after saying previously he did not believe he had any.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment but the searches by Biden’s attorneys and the FBI appear to fulfill the Archives’ request.
The Archives had no comment.
Handling of classified documents has been a problem off and on for decades, from presidents to Cabinet members and staff across multiple administrations stretching as far back as Jimmy Carter. But the issue has taken on greater significance since former President Donald Trump willfully retained classified material at his Florida estate, prompting the unprecedented FBI seizure of thousands of pages of records last year.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to investigate Trump’s handling of the documents, and also Biden’s.
It turns out that officials from all levels of government discover they are in possession of classified material and turn it over to authorities at least several times a year, according to another person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of classified documents.
Current and former officials involved in the handling of classified information say that while there are clear policies for how such information should be reviewed and stored, those policies are sometimes pushed aside at the highest levels. Teams of national security officials, secretaries and military aides who share responsibility for keeping top-level executives informed — and the executives themselves — may bend the rules for convenience, expediency or sometimes simple carelessness.
While much of the attention has been on classified information, the Presidential Records Act actually requires that, from the Reagan administration onward, all records must be transferred to the Archives regardless of classification.
It’s against federal law to have classified documents at an unauthorized location, but it’s only a crime if it was done intentionally.
Speaking Thursday at an unrelated news conference, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that though he could not discuss any specific ongoing investigation, “We have had for quite a number of years any number of mishandling investigations. That is unfortunately a regular part of our counterintelligence division’s and counterintelligence program’s work.”
He said there was a need for people to be conscious of laws and rules governing the handling of classified information. “Those rules,” he said, “are there for a reason.”
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Associated Press writers Eric Tucker and Farnoush Amiri contributed.
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After nearly three years away, the Moneyball Pro-Am is set to return to the Lansing area.
The popular summer basketball league will tip off on Thursday evenint after taking off 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.
When it returns, it will do so in a new venue: Holt High School, after previous location Aim High Sports closed in 2019.
But it will still feature high-scoring basketball with players from Michigan State and beyond. And it will still be free for fans to attend to get a first glimpse of the Spartans basketball roster in 2022-23.
Every scholarship Michigan State player for 2-22-23 is listed on one of the league’s six rosters, which were released this week along with a schedule. That includes the team’s three incoming freshmen: point guard Tre Holloman, forward Jaxon Kohler and forward Carson Cooper, who all arrived on campus this month.
Those players are split up two per team, per NCAA rules.
The rest of the rosters are made up of current and former players from mostly Michigan colleges, including 12 current players from Central Michigan. Also featured on a roster is Kay Felder, the former Oakland standout who played two seasons in the NBA from 2016-18 and has played overseas since and has been a Moneyball regular. Former Kalamazoo Central and Dayton player Devin Oliver is also a current overseas pro set to play in the league.
Rosters are subject to change throughout the season, and notable former Spartans players in the NBA like Miles Bridges and Draymond Green have stopped by for cameo appearances in previous years.
Schedule
Games start on Thursday, June 23and will run every Tuesday and Thursday through Aug. 4 with the exception of July 5 and July 7, when the league will take a holiday break.
Games on Thursday will be held at 5 p.m. (Nano Magic vs. Faygo), 6 p.m. (T-Mobile vs. 5-star Zone) and 7 p.m. (Ozone’s Brewhouse vs. Game Cuffs). Games on the rest of the dates will take place at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. The last week of the pro-am, Aug. 2-4, will feature the league playoffs.
Rosters
Team T-Mobile
Joey Hauser (Michigan State)
Tre Holloman (Michigan State)
Brian Taylor (Central Michigan)
Nico Pavrette (Central Michigan)
Devin Oliver (Dayton ‘14)
Kay Felder (Oakland ‘16)
Eric Evans (Duquesne ‘12)
Tanner Blyly (Kalamazoo College ‘20)
Joshua Mann (Community College of Rhode Island ‘19)
Shane Scruggs (Schoolcraft College)
Drew Lowder (Lansing Community College)
Diante Smith (Lansing Community College ‘19)
Team Faygo
AJ Hoggard (Michigan State)
Mady Sissoko (Michigan State)
Max Majerle (Central Michigan)
Carrington McCaskill (Central Michigan)
Jacob Wallace (Toledo)
David Ferguson (Heidelberg)
Latin Davis (Wayne State ‘19)
Julian Dozier (Georgia Highlands)
Jaylin Fox (Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
Myles Johnson (Kalamazoo Valley Community College)
Jamyrin Jackson (Lansing Community College ‘19)
Jaylen Hayes (Oakland ‘18)
Team Ozone’s Brewhouse
Jason Kohler (Michigan State)
Tyson Walker (Michigan State)
Reggie Bass (Central Michigan)
Miroslav Stafl (Central Michigan)
Derrick Nelson (Oakland ‘10)
Carlton Brundige (Detroit Mercy ‘16)
Diego Robinson (Northern Michigan)
Andre Johnson (Rochester College)
Jordan Henry (Roberts Wesleyan)
Jalen Sykes (St. Clair CC ‘19)
Rae’Quan Funches (Delta College)
Dre Dentmond (Dillard ‘18)
Team 5-star Zone
Malik Hall (Michigan State)
Jaden Akins (Michigan State)
Jesse Zarzuela (Central Michigan)
Ola Ajiboye (Central Michigan)
Deleon Brown (Grand Valley State)
Ben Crenshaw (Northwood)
Dario Milojevic (St. Michaels College)
Elias Ramirez (Goshen College)
Marcus Fite (Northeastern Oklahoma A&M)
Sidney Droughns (Lansing Community College ‘09)
Jamoni Jones (Schoolcraft College ‘22)
Shamar Howard (Delta College)
Team Nano Magic
Pierre Brooks (Michigan State)
Carson Cooper (Michigan State)
Emil Skytta (Central Michigan)
Josiah Sanders (Central Michigan)
James Town (Niagara ‘20)
Denham Wojcik (Harvard)
Simon Wheeler (Ashland)
Demetrius Lake (Grand Valley State)
Tevin Ali (Olivet)
Christian Rodriguez (Cornerstone ‘22)
Nmeso Nnedbedum (Christian Brothers)
Brandon Suttles (Lansing Community College ‘21)
Team Buck Cuffs
Davis Smith (Michigan State)
Ian Jones (East Carolina ‘21)
Kevin “Boopie” Miller (Central Michigan)
Markus Harding (Central Michigan)
Maurice Benson (Indiana Tech ‘06)
Muhammad El Amin (Stony Brook ‘10)
Sam Muldrow (South Carolina ‘11)
Paxson Wojcik (Brown)
Forrest Bouyer Jr. (Calvin College ‘21)
Ryan Franklin (Olivet ‘21)
Ty Motley (Lansing Community College ‘10)
Trevor Manuel (Oliver College ‘19)
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The 2023 The Open Championship Odds & Preview: Rory McIlroy
After securing a win in the Genesis Scottish Open in his most recent outing, Rory McIlroy is set to play in the 2023 The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, United Kingdom from July 20-23.
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Rory McIlroy Insights
- McIlroy has finished below par on 16 occasions, completed his day bogey-free twice and finished 18 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 20 rounds played.
- He has recorded a top-five score seven times and a top-10 score nine times in his last 20 rounds.
- Over his last 20 rounds, McIlroy has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round nine times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 15 occasions.
- McIlroy has finished atop the leaderboard once, with two top-five finishes and five top-10 finishes, in his past five events.
- In his past five appearances, McIlroy finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back four times. He carded a score better than average five times.
- McIlroy has finished in the top 10 in each of his past six tournaments.
- McIlroy will try to extend his streak of made cuts to eight by qualifying for the weekend again.
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The Open Championship Insights and Stats
- The past nine times McIlroy has played this tournament, he has finished atop the leaderboard once. He has also been among the top five five times and his average finish has been 17th.
- In his past nine appearances at this tournament, he has made the cut seven times.
- At 7,383 yards, Royal Liverpool Golf Club is set up as a par-71 for this tournament. In the past year, tournaments on the Tour have been played on courses with a shorter average distance of 7,005 yards.
- The average course on the Tour in the past year has played to 69.25 strokes per round and a score of -5. At Royal Liverpool Golf Club, the scoring average is higher at -3 per tournament.
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club checks in at 7,383 yards, 19 yards longer than the average course McIlroy has played in the past year (7,364 yards).
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -3 among finishers, the same as the average at this course.
McIlroy's Last Time Out
- McIlroy was in the 77th percentile on par 3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, with an average of 2.90 strokes on the 20 par-3 holes.
- He shot well to finish in the 92nd percentile on par 4s at the Genesis Scottish Open, averaging 3.88 strokes on those 40 holes.
- McIlroy shot better than 90% of the field at the Genesis Scottish Open on par-5 holes, averaging 4.33 strokes per hole, compared to the field average of 4.64.
- McIlroy fared better on par 3s than most players his last time out, carding a birdie or better on six of 20 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open (the tournament average was 1.8).
- On the 20 par-3s at the Genesis Scottish Open, McIlroy carded more bogeys or worse (four) than the field average (2.4).
- McIlroy's 10 birdies or better on par-4s at the Genesis Scottish Open were more than the field average of 4.9.
- At that most recent outing, McIlroy's showing on the 40 par-4s included a bogey or worse five times (the field's average was worse, at 5.6).
- McIlroy ended the Genesis Scottish Open bettering the field's average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.6) with seven on the 12 par-5 holes.
- The field at the Genesis Scottish Open averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the 12 par-5s, but McIlroy finished without one.
The Open Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 20-23, 2023
- Course: Royal Liverpool Golf Club
- Location: Hoylake, United Kingdom
- Par: 71 / 7,383 yards
- McIlroy Odds to Win: +700 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Chick-fil-A opens ‘break room’ in NYC for delivery workers
Published: Feb. 16, 2023 at 3:41 PM EST|Updated: 37 minutes ago
(CNN) – Chick-fil-A has created a resting spot for delivery workers in New York City.
The fast food chain has built a break room for people who make deliveries for apps like Doordash, Uber Eats or Grubhub.
The upper east side storefront will be open for a few months.
The “Brake” Room features places to sit and rest, coffee and tea, restrooms, and outlets to charge mobile devices. It even has an indoor bike dock.
Delivery workers will have access to it from Feb. 16 through April 13.
The space will be available from Monday through Saturday, but will be closed on Sundays, just like Chick-fil-A.
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Piedmont Players to present “Nana’s Naughty Knickers”
Performances run on selected dates between March 3 and March 12
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) - Piedmont Players is presenting the comedy “Nana’s Naughty Knickers” at the Meroney Theater in March.
According to the news release, the play focuses on Bridget and her grandmother who are about to become roommates. However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience she’ll never forget.
It seems her sweet grandma is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling handmade naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five-borough area!
Will Bridget be able to handle all the excitement? Will her nana get arrested – or worse – evicted?
Piedmont Players Theatre’s cast includes: Wendy Weant as Sylvia, Theresa Brandt as Vera, Kelsea Eden Granger as Bridget, Marc Anderson as Tom, Nori Richen as Heather, Jennifer Briere as Claire, Eric Dunn as Mr. Schmidt, Dale Waters as UPS Guy, & Joe Brandt as Other UPS Dude.
The Producing Partner for the show is Eric Slipp.
Performances are scheduled for Friday, March 3 at 7:30 PM, Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 PM, Sunday, March 5 at 2:30 PM Friday, March 10 at 7:30 PM Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 PM.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance.
The Meroney Theater is located at 213 S Main Street Salisbury.
Tickets: $23 for adults; $21 for seniors/students/military. Tickets are available at www.piedmontplayers.com or by calling 704-633-5471.
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Industry influencers to tackle key issues, including eliminating travel obstacles for participants, optimizing travel budgets and more
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenphire, the global leader in financial lifecycle management for clinical trials, today announced that Greenphire CEO, Jim Murphy, will participate in the panel session "The Critical Role of Planning and Budgeting for Patient Logistics," and will be exhibiting at booth #406 during SCOPE Summit 2023 taking place February 6-9, 2023 in Orlando.
The panel discussion will be held today, Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 12:30 PM EST. The co-presenters in the session include:
- Kelly White, Senior Director, Head of Global Trial Optimization, Oncology from Merck
- Emily Clifford, Project Manager, Research Services at CISCRP
Clinical research sponsors and CROs are increasingly leveraging patient convenience solutions to remove the burden of participating in study visits. Complications from the global pandemic, inflation, and the increase of personalized medicine have increased the urgency to provide clinical trial participants with travel assistance, but one that now more than ever, requires both international reach and localized expertise to deliver access to compassionate care.
Through the lens of research sponsors, technology solution providers, and pharma sponsors, attendees will gain insight into the pain points of transportation for study participants, solutions to remove travel impediments, and the best practices for budgeting in order to implement travel solutions.
"I am honored to join a panel of experts from both research and pharma sectors to discuss the important topic of how the industry can deliver on an optimal patient engagement strategy," said Murphy. "The days of one-sized-fits all solutions are behind us. Companies are looking to maximize convenience and accessibility for study participants, without creating increased workload for research sites. Guaranteeing a patient-centric approach begins with a vision, executed at study start up and conducted flexibly worldwide."
Learn more about our presence at SCOPE Summit 2023 and engage with us on our show page: http://bit.ly/3jiE9qi.
About Greenphire
Greenphire is the leader in global clinical trial financial process automation. Greenphire's best-in-class solutions optimize clinical trial performance by streamlining payment and logistical workflows from sponsors and CROs to sites and patients. Greenphire's EnvisiX™, eClinicalGPS®, ClinCard® and ConneX® solutions easily handle any type of trial design and complexity, resulting in more accurate and compliant payments and simplified travel globally for both sites and patients. The choice of industry leaders worldwide, Greenphire provides better performance and better data, resulting in better trials. Learn more at www.greenphire.com.
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Combatting discoloration and hyperpigmentation can feel like uphill battles, leaving you feeling frustrated after buying expensive treatment creams that don’t live up to their hype. With an enormous amount of skin care products out there claiming to lighten pesky dark spots, the best weapon is knowing what ingredients have been scientifically proven to work.
If your latest skin care goal entails obtaining a more even, brighter complexion, you might want to look to mushrooms for a solution. While consuming certain fungi could work wonders, a naturally-derived ingredient that comes from mushrooms, kojic acid, could be useful for treating discoloration or hyperpigmentation and is often used in cream or serum form. It also provides antioxidant protection. Kojic acid creams can act like a godsend for anyone suffering from melasma, sun damage or those annoying marks that proclaim you once had a blemish there.
Dr Michele Farber, a board-certified dermatologist with Schweiger Dermatology Group, recently told “Today” that using kojic acid cream as a tool in your skin care arsenal when fighting against dark spots and hyperpigmentation is a great idea, but it might work best when coupled with other ingredients, and in some cases, in-office procedures.
Kojic acid doesn’t work the same way typical alpha hydroxy acids or beta hydroxy acids do in that it “treats them.” Rather, it works to prevent melanin — natural pigments that make your skin darker — from even performing in the first place.
Ingredients like glycolic acid and hydroquinone are also known to enhance the effects of kojic acid. However, Dr. Dhaval Bhanusali, a board-certified dermatologist at Hudson Dermatology and Laser Surgery, told Byrdie that kojic acid can work well on its own, too.
What’s more, the medical industry has deemed kojic acid safe to use with little known side effects.
Tips For Using Kojic Acid Cream
Start slowly just as you would when adding any other product to your beauty regimen. As with all new skin care products, perform a patch test to determine how well your skin tolerates it, especially if you have highly sensitive skin or suffer from eczema. Avoid using other exfoliants or drying products until your skin adjusts. It’ll be at least a month, or up to three, before you see a difference, so patience is key here. And, lastly, sunscreen up! The sun can rev up the pigmentation-production process, so you’ll want to be highly protected during daylight hours.
While products with kojic acid will work for a lot of people, those who have skin conditions that lighten your pigmentation, such as vitiligo or lightened scars, will want to avoid it. Here are five highly-rated skin products with kojic acid on Amazon that reviewers are raving about.
Admire My Skin Ultra-Potent Brightening Serum
This top-selling cream combines brightening powerhouses like salicylic acid, lactic acid, vitamin C, kojic acid cream and azelaic acid to correct dark spots and lighten skin tone. The company recommends using it for 60 consecutive days and then taking a break for 30 days so you don’t develop a resistance.
We like how it has a 2-year shelf life, so you can be confident you’re using a fresh supply. Reviewers have mostly been thrilled with Admire My Skin’s product, with more than 40,000 ratings adding up to an overall score of 3.9 stars out of five. You can view several before-and-after shots on the Amazon product page, like this one below.
Customers recommended going slow and using a Q-tip for precise application or washing your hands right away after using. It’s currently selling for $20.40 for a 1-ounce container.
Evagloss Dark Spot Serum
To even out skin tone on your face and body, this dark-spot corrector serum is formulated without hydroquinone, is gentle enough to use daily and sells for less than $20 per fluid ounce. It can be used on any skin type from oily to dry to combination. The serum is created with arbutin, fullerene and kojic acid to help brighten current discoloration and prevent dark spots from forming in the future. One woman said it worked within the first week on her oily skin. Several people mentioned it working so well they’ve purchased multiple bottles.
EnaSkin Dark Spot Corrector
Boasting an overall score at Amazon of 4.5 stars out of five with more than 22,000 ratings, this dark-spot corrector is formulated with four special ingredients: kojic acid, lactic acid, salicylic acid and morinda citrifolia extract. This corrector says it works with the skin’s rhythm to reduce acne pigmentation and dark spots, plus dullness and redness while improving skin tone and preventing more future discoloration. One excited reviewer claimed the $19.46 bottle worked better than the $1,500+ she’d spent on laser treatments.
Urban Skin Rx Retinol Rapid Repair and Dark Spot Treatment
Formulated with ingredients like kojic acid, retinol and niacinamide, this fast-absorbing spot treatment works to reduce the appearance of uneven skin tone while combating signs of aging. Reviewers said this cream works “crazy fast” and some said it worked for them immediately, even after the first night. Others noted not to use it two nights in a row.
It’s competitively priced at $22.93 and has been given the Amazon’s Choice distinction to separate it from the pack. This fragrance-free treatment is also safe to use on sensitive skin.
Kojic Acid & Papaya Body Lotion by Koji White
To create an even skin tone all over your body, you could opt for a body lotion that contains kojic acid, like this one. Developed for all skin types, this lotion is paraben-free and isn’t tested on animals, according to the brand. This two-pack gift box sells for $23.70 and contains body lotion infused with kojic acid and papaya, revealing brighter and more radiant skin.
Because it’s very hydrating, skin will also appear plumper after use. Users like its light fragrant scent and say it lightens skin tone with continuous use. One woman mentioned it also helped combat her keratosis pilaris on her upper arms and inner thighs, which are rough little bumps that appear on the skin.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, February 4, 2023
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FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1059 AM CST Thu Feb 2 2023
...The National Weather Service in Shreveport LA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Texas...
Neches River Near Neches affecting Houston, Cherokee and Anderson
Counties.
For the Neches River...including Lake Palestine, Neches, Alto,
Diboll, Rockland...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Friday morning at 1100 AM CST.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Neches River Near Neches.
* WHEN...From Friday afternoon to Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Expect minor lowland flooding of the
heavily wooded floodplain. Ranchers that may have livestock and
equipment in the river bottoms should move them to higher ground.
Expect minor flooding of the boat ramp.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:30 AM CST Thursday the stage was 9.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 12.1 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall below flood stage early Saturday morning.
- Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
12.4 feet on 06/24/2015.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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The 2023 Masters Tournament Odds & Preview: Patrick Reed
The 2023 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia at Augusta National Golf Club from April 6 - 9 will feature Patrick Reed as part of the field, as the competitors take on the par-72, 7,545-yard course, with a purse of $15,000,000.00 on offer.
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Patrick Reed Insights
- Over his last 20 rounds, Reed has finished below par on six occasions, while also shooting one bogey-free round and 11 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 20 rounds, while scoring among the top 10 twice.
- Reed has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in four of his last 20 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day nine times.
- Reed has finished in the top 10 once in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five tournaments, Reed has finished within five shots of the leader once. He posted a score that was better than average twice.
- Reed has made the cut in five consecutive tournaments.
Over the last year
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Masters Tournament Insights and Stats
- Reed has three top-10 finishes, including one win, in his previous nine appearances at this event. His average finishing position has been 23rd.
- Reed has made the cut in seven of his past nine appearances at this tournament.
- The most recent time Reed played this event was in 2022, and he finished 35th.
- Augusta National Golf Club measures 7,545 yards for this tournament, 251 more than the average course on the PGA Tour inthe past year (7,294).
- The average course on the PGA Tour in the past year has played to 69.75 strokes per round and a score of -5. At Augusta National Golf Club, the scoring average is higher at +1 per tournament.
- Augusta National Golf Club checks in at 7,545 yards, 200 yards longer than the average course Reed has played in the past year (7,345 yards).
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of even par among finishers, lower than the +1 average at this course.
Reed's Last Time Out
- Reed was in the 48th percentile on par 3s at The Open Championship, with an average of 3.13 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- He shot well to finish in the 80th percentile on par 4s at The Open Championship, averaging 3.91 strokes on those 56 holes.
- On the eight par-5 holes at The Open Championship, Reed shot better than just 24% of the golfers (averaging 4.88 strokes).
- Reed did not have a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at The Open Championship (the other golfers averaged 0.5).
- On the eight par-3s at The Open Championship, Reed had one bogey or worse (the other competitors averaged 1.2).
- Reed's 14 birdies or better on par-4s at The Open Championship were more than the tournament average of 9.1.
- At that most recent tournament, Reed's showing on the 56 par-4s included a bogey or worse eight times (compared to the field's better average, 7.9).
- Reed ended The Open Championship recording a birdie or better on two par-5 holes, compared to the field average of 2.7 on the eight par-5s.
- On the eight par-5s at The Open Championship, Reed recorded one bogey or worse, more than the tournament average of 0.7.
Masters Tournament Time and Date Info
- Date: April 6 - 9, 2023
- Course: Augusta National Golf Club
- Location: Augusta, Georgia
- Par: 72 / 7,545 yards
- Reed Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Defense attorneys for actor Alec Baldwin are seeking to disqualify the special prosecutor in the case against him stemming from the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set.
In a motion filed Tuesday in Santa Fe-based district court, Baldwin's legal team said Andrea Reeb's position as a state lawmaker prohibits her under state law from holding any authority in a judicial capacity.
Reeb is “exercising either the executive power or the judicial power, and her continued service as a special prosecutor is unconstitutional," Baldwin's team argued in the motion.
Reeb, a Republican, was elected to the state House of Representatives in November and started her term last month.
The office of Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies dismissed the idea that Reeb would be disqualified. In a statement, the office characterized the motion as nothing but a legal diversion.
“Mr. Baldwin and his attorneys can use whatever tactics they want to distract from the fact that Halyna Hutchins died because of gross negligence and a reckless disregard for safety on the ‘Rust’ film set," the office wrote in the statement.
Baldwin and film-set weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed are scheduled to make their first court appearance by video conference in late February. Both have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021. Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding the director, Joel Souza.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 15, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1058 AM CDT Fri Jul 15 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, high temperatures up to 108. For the
Excessive Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions with high
temperature up to 111 possible.
* WHERE...Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
* WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, until 9 PM CDT this evening. For the
Excessive Heat Watch, from Saturday afternoon through Saturday
evening.
* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat events.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
* WHAT...High temperatures around 105 expected
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Texas County. In Texas, Hansford, Hutchinson,
Moore and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.
Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities until the
evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced today that Sean O'Hollaren joined Albemarle as Chief External Affairs Officer, effective November15, 2022.
O'Hollaren brings deep experience in corporate government and public affairs leadership roles. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for Nike. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Global Government Relations for Honeywell and as Director of Tax and Environment for Union Pacific Corp.
O'Hollaren spent much of his early career in government, serving in staff positions in the U.S. Senate, as Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs as first Special Assistant and then Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush. He has served in state government as Oregon Transportation Commissioner and as a Commissioner at the Port of Portland.
"Albemarle's rapid growth requires strong and sustainable engagement with government leaders, regulators, and community members to support our strategic objectives. I believe that Sean's experience and expertise will help us drive long-term value for all Albemarle stakeholders," said Kent Masters, Albemarle CEO.
O'Hollaren earned a bachelor's degree in political science and psychology from Williamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he currently serves as a Trustee and Board Secretary. He is the Vice Chair of Oregon Public Broadcasting and is the past Chair of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry.
Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) is a global specialty chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine, and refining catalysts. We think beyond business as usual to power the potential of companies in many of the world's largest and most critical industries, such as energy, electronics, and transportation. We actively pursue a sustainable approach to managing our diverse global footprint of world-class resources. In conjunction with our highly experienced and talented global teams, our deep-seated values, and our collaborative customer relationships, we create value-added and performance-based solutions that enable a safer and more sustainable future.
We regularly post information to www.albemarle.com, including notification of events, news, financial performance, investor presentations and webcasts, non-GAAP reconciliations, SEC filings and other information regarding our company, its businesses and the markets it serves.
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For just over 35 years, Crossroads Bowling Center has been the local spot for professional and recreational bowlers alike, serving as the scene for everything from national tournaments to weekly bowling leagues to birthday parties.
Owned and operated by Beaumont native and United States Bowling Congress Hall of Famer Mark Williams, Crossroads is more than just the place locals go when they're bored on a week night.
"We've had the best of the best in this building," said then-Crossroads General Manager Caitlyn Johnson, who recently moved from the area. "Wayne Webb has bowled here, David Ozio has bowled here, Mark Williams still owns it -- these are all hall-of-famers I'm talking about by the way -- Pete Weber has been here...Lots of hall-of-famers have been through those doors."
Professional bowling tournaments televised on ESPN were held at Crossroads until the mid-1990s, Johnson said.
"We still have a (Professional Bowlers Association) 50 that comes every Thanksgiving weekend -- that's some of the best senior bowlers in this region," she said.
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The bowling center's decor reflects its history. Along its back wall are numerous trophy cases featuring local bowling history, including the United States Bowling Congress Southeast Texas Hall of Fame, among other items.
It serves as a library of sorts for records of Southeast Texas bowling history. On a bright January morning, Johnson and Crossroads co-owner -- and Williams' wife -- Tricia Williams flipped through scrapbooks dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, showcasing the region's prolific bowling history, particularly for women's bowling.
"A lot of these women have passed away by this point," Johnson said. "(The Beaumont Women's League) used to be 40 lanes, full house. They used to take up the entire bowling center -- dressed up as bowling pins."
Prior to the 1960s and 70s, bowling was seen primarily as a men's sport, Johnson said. But women started becoming more involved, necessitating the center itself to have its own nursery.
"They would staff somebody to be there for the kids while the parents are bowling. Now we have an arcade for that," she said, laughing.
RELATED: What’s New: Crossroads opens expanded arcade
Tricia, an avid bowler herself who began bowling at Crossroads when it opened and whose two children grew up in its nursery, unexpectedly married into a bowling family. In addition to being married to a hall-of-famer, her mother-in-law was Lou Williams, who previously served as president of the Beaumont Women's Bowling Association.
"All your cities had their own women's bowling associations -- Houston had their own, Beaumont had their own, Port Arthur had their own," Tricia said. "The Beaumont and Port Arthur (men's and women's associations) combined into the Southeast Texas (United States Bowling Congress)."
Though Lou died before Tricia and Mark married, Tricia recalls stories from Mark's youth that show his early exposure to bowling.
"My husband told me that whenever he was a child, he and his brothers, they all bowled, they lived across the street from a bowling center," she said. "So, they would across from school to bowl. On Saturdays, he kept score because they didn't have automatic screens. He manually kept score for his mother."
While many of the women who dotted the worn scrapbook pages have since died, a few are alive and well, still turning up at Crossroads weekly to bowl.
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"One aspect of bowling is that bowling makes you live longer," Tricia said.
That might be the case for 93-year old Margaret Holmes, who was celebrating her birthday with her league at Crossroads Jan. 9.
Holmes has been bowling for six decades.
"When I was 33 years old, I had a nice neighbor that told me that all I did was stay home and take care of my kids," she said. "She wanted to take me bowling so I could have something else to do. I went bowling that one time and I saw old ladies, young ladies, fat ladies, skinny ladies (all) have a wonderful time. And I went home and told my husband I'm going to do that. I did from then on."
Holmes began bowling in Pasadena before moving to Jasper and then bowling in Orange, later settling at Crossroads when it opened in 1987.
"You just bowl and have fun," she said. "Don't worry about the score, you bowl and have fun."
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In her bright blue bowling shirt -- prominently featuring her sponsor, Buna-based Fausto's Fried Chicken -- Holmes, a founder of Crossroads' Golden Hub women's league, which was out in full force for their Monday slot, said she hopes people continue to get into bowling.
"Especially ladies," she added. The friends she's made throughout her 60-year bowling journey have been the best part, she said.
"It's all about friends," Holmes said. "And over 60 years I've had some wonderful friends. I had six (sons), (but) I managed to bowl even though I was pregnant."
While her sons may not have shared in her love of bowling, Holmes said they encouraged her to keep doing it. She's one of the few local bowlers with a "60 years" patch attached to her shirt and, it's obvious she reveres the sport.
But Crossroads is all about encouraging young bowlers, too.
"You have to have your younger group to be that replacement -- they're going to be the future of the sport," Johnson said.
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New Director of Youth Programs Katie Collier oversees the two youth leagues, which on Saturday mornings take up 20 lanes.
"(They start) at the age of four," she said. "So, we're talking about the bowling ball is bigger than they are."
Collier said her five-year plan is geared toward expanding programming within local high schools in hopes of securing students with scholarships.
"There's a lot in Houston and other states, but if we can get some local schools with some teams and get them competing against the Houston kids, that's going to open their college opportunities wide open because colleges are going to be looking to get their bowlers replaces as well," she said. "Being on a college bowling team will pay for a big chunk of your college."
Collier said she encourages parents to get their kids involved. Interested parents can email crossroadsbowling@gmail.com or they can just show up at 10 a.m. on Saturday mornings to sign up.
"I always have the welcome packets ready for the fresh faces, so we're good," she said.
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Like everything in society, bowling has changed since Crossroads' doors opening in the late 1980s.
Crossroads started as a 40-lane alley in 1987 but was recently reduced to 32 lanes to make way for its arcade, which opened in January 2020.
And, unlike other businesses that have struggled to get back to a pre-pandemic "normal," Johnson said Crossroads is seeing some of its largest growth.
"We're doing better than we were pre-COVID," she said. "Our leagues have really grown in the past year, post-COVID, which is incredible. Our birthday parties are tripling. We have more people just coming in the building and booking their events with us and they've been running really well. We have repeat customers at this point with events. We love hosting corporate events -- we'll go all out and do custom item ordering, things like that. They can basically order our entire menu, we'll prep it for them, get it ready. We have turned our nursery into a party room at this point, so now they can use that for their banquets or meetings."
The alley closed for seven weeks in 2020 and Johnson said when it reopened, there was a line out the door.
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"I guess people wanted to get out of the house," she said. "It was just constant flow in the building. In 2020-21, our leagues were hurting quite a bit and now with the 22-23 season, they're bigger than they've been in 10 years, so it's really awesome to see. I think COVID had a little bit of an impact there for a while, but overall it helped us...we've definitely done a lot better post-COVID."
The bowling is center is working on making the experience the best it can for visitors, Johnson said.
In addition to the arcade, new space-themed murals don the walls, painted by Lamar University graduate Taylor Wells. Additionally, the center is working on replacing its air conditioning units and updated its café menu. A new bar space opened in December.
Above all bowling is -- and always has been -- about community, an anecdote shared each by Johnson, Tricia and Collier.
"No matter where I go in America, I can walk into a bowling alley and I've got instant friends, instant family," Collier said. "Bowlers stick together."
Echoed by Holmes, bowling is for everyone.
"I mean, not everybody can play baseball," Johnson said. "Bowling, literally everybody can do it."
Crossroads is located at 4370 Dowlen Rd. in Beaumont and is open from noon to 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday; noon to midnight Tuesday through Thursday; and noon to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
For more information, visit crossroadsbowling.com or call 409-899-2695.
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Fourth Quarter Operating Income Up 40% Driven by Improved Results in All Segments
Fiscal 2023 Results Meet or Exceed Company's Revised Guidance
Board Approves $100 Million Increase in Share Repurchase Authorization, After Company Returns Over $160 Million to Shareholders in Fiscal Year
NEW YORK, July 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today reported financial results for the Company's fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended May 31, 2023.
Peter Warwick, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Scholastic finished fiscal 2023 strongly, with fourth quarter operating income up significantly from last year's record level and full year results meeting or exceeding revised guidance. Successful performance management in response to this year's short-term headwinds, plus the continued benefit of operational efficiencies achieved since the pandemic, contributed to higher margins and profits across all business segments. Last quarter we also continued our investments in long-term drivers of Scholastic's growth and earnings, while returning over $63 million to shareholders through our dividend and share repurchases. In total in fiscal 2023, the Company returned $161 million to shareholders.
"Our Children's Books segment continued to perform well in Q4. Segment sales grew 5%, outperforming continuing softness in retail, and profitability rose substantially, driven by operational excellence and operating leverage in Book Fairs. Multiple Scholastic titles, including the latest Dog Man® title, also ranked at the top of children's bestseller lists during the quarter. Education Solutions also delivered higher sales and substantially improved margins last quarter, demonstrating the growing size and contribution of our summer reading business, even as some schools and districts continued to delay purchases of other supplemental programs.
"Looking ahead, we are committed to protecting margins and sustaining growth in fiscal 2024, as we execute a multi-year plan for growth, impact and shareholder value creation. Having combined our Book Fairs and Clubs channels into an integrated School Reading Events business last month, we are now in the process of executing against multiple opportunities to grow Scholastic's reach, serve our customers better and improve efficiencies within Children's Books. In Education Solutions we will continue to invest in new products and capabilities to grow our blended literacy solutions, as we maximize the value of our unique content offerings. We also remain focused on using our strong balance sheet and free cash flow outlook to enable growth and enhance shareholder returns.
"For more than 100 years Scholastic has been guided by a truth that is more relevant today than ever: all children need access to books, stories and the power of reading to understand the world around them and themselves. I am deeply proud of the work Scholastic and its employees are doing to serve kids – and the families, teachers and educators that tirelessly support them – while also creating long-term value for our shareholders and other stakeholders."
Outlook
The Company expects fiscal 2024 revenue growth of 3% to 5% and is targeting Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the accompanying tables) of $190 to $200 million, excluding the impact of one-time charges related to restructuring and cost-savings activities of approximately $7 to $10 million, including the integration of its School Reading Events division and reorganization of its Canada subsidiary, expected in the first and second quarters. In addition to focusing on protecting margins and sustaining growth in fiscal 2024, the Company is executing a longer-term strategy to drive growth, impact and shareholder value creation.
Fiscal 2023 Q4 Review
Revenues increased 3% to $528.3 million primarily driven by growth in the Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment, on higher fair count and revenue per fair in the Book Fairs channel. The Education Solutions segment outpaced a strong prior year period due, in part, to strong sales of summer reading programs and strength in state-sponsored programs. Lower International revenues reflected the negative impact of foreign currency exchange and the disposition of the unprofitable direct sales business earlier in the fiscal year, partially offset by higher international Book Fairs revenues and a modest recovery in Asia.
Operating Income increased 40% to $92.0 million in the quarter, while Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure of operations explained in the accompanying tables) increased 30% to $115.0 million. These results primarily reflect higher contribution from the Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment, driven primarily by higher revenue and operating leverage in Book Fairs, and in Education Solutions, where profits improved on higher revenues, favorable product mix and lower marketing spend.
Quarterly Results
Children's Book Publishing and Distribution
In the fiscal fourth quarter, the Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment's revenues increased 5% to $291.0 million.
- Book Fairs revenues increased 12% to $180.5 million on increased fair count, which ended the year at approximately 85% of pre-pandemic levels compared to 72% in the prior fiscal year. Historically high revenue per fair also contributed to strong growth, driven by strong participation and successful customer-focused strategies.
- Book Clubs revenues decreased 4% to $26.2 million on lower revenue per order and lower sponsor participation. To address the continued decline, the Company has combined the U.S.-based Book Clubs and Book Fairs businesses into an integrated School Reading Events business effective June 1, 2023. The integration is expected to create synergies in customers and operations to result in additional opportunities and improved efficiencies.
- Trade revenues decreased 5% to $84.3 million in line with softness in the overall retail market. This was partially offset by revenues from the release of Eva the Owlet® on Apple TV+® and multiple frontlist bestsellers, including the latest in Dav Pilkey's Dog Man® series.
Operating income increased 25% to $58.4 million, as the segment benefited from the improved and higher profitability of Book Fairs, partially offset by short-term retail market trends and cost pressures on the current Book Club model.
Education Solutions
Education Solutions segment revenues increased 4% to $163.4 million, driven by higher demand for the Company's summer reading programs and state-sponsored programs, partially offsetting lower demand for supplemental instructional products.
Operating income increased 20% to $55.0 million, as the segment benefited from higher revenues and the timing of marketing costs.
International
International revenues declined 8%, reflecting the $4.7 million year-over-year impact of unfavorable foreign currency exchange and lower revenues of $4.4 million due to the disposition of the direct sales business in Asia. Excluding these factors, International revenues increased 3% or $2.6 million compared to the prior period. This increase was driven by higher revenues from book fairs in the UK and Canada, as they continued to rebook fairs canceled since the pandemic, and modest recovery of results in Asia.
Operating income was $2.2 million compared to $1.3 million in the prior year period, which included $0.6 million in one-time items, as the segment benefited from the recovery in Asia as well as the exit from the direct sales business which generated losses in the prior period.
Overhead
Overhead costs decreased $4.8 million to $23.6 million primarily resulting from lower employee-related expenses and ongoing efforts related to the Company's cost saving initiatives.
Fiscal Year-To-Date 2023 Review
Revenues increased 4% to $1,704.0 million, primarily driven by growth in the Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment, on higher fair count and revenue per fair in the Book Fairs channel. The Education Solutions segment revenues were down as schools' purchasing levels were lower compared to the prior year period, when schools were refilling classrooms with in-person learning materials as pandemic restrictions were fully lifted. In addition, demand for certain of the Company's supplemental instructional products and programs was lower as customer purchasing shifted to the Company's more customized products and blended reading solutions. Lower International revenues reflected the negative impact of foreign currency exchange and the disposition of the unprofitable direct sales business earlier in the fiscal year, partially offset by higher international book fairs revenues as Major Markets continued to recover from the pandemic.
Operating Income increased 9% to $106.3 million, while Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure of operations explained in the accompanying tables) increased 4% to $196.3 million. These results primarily reflect higher contribution from the Children's Book Publishing and Distribution segment, driven by higher revenue and operating leverage in Book Fairs. In addition, the Company realized improved operating margin in Asia attributable to the exit from the direct sales business, which generated losses in the prior year.
Capital Position and Liquidity
Year-to-date net cash provided by operating activities decreased $77.1 million compared to the prior period, primarily driven by higher inventory purchases of approximately $110.0 million as the Company replenished stock to meet demand and mitigate shipping delays, and by lower net refunds from income taxes of $51.3 million relative to the prior year. These factors were partially offset by higher customer remittances on receivable balances in fiscal 2023 of approximately $62.6 million. Free cash flow (a non-GAAP measure of operations explained in the accompanying tables) was $60.0 million in fiscal 2023, compared to free cash flow of $182.8 million in the prior period, reflecting lower cash from operating activities in addition to increased investments in product development and operational optimization efforts.
In fiscal 2023, the Company distributed $25.6 million in dividends, including $6.7 million in the fourth quarter, and repurchased 3,310,489 shares of its common stock for $135.1 million.
The Company's Boards of Directors has authorized an additional $100 million for repurchases of its common stock under the Company's stock repurchase program. Under this program, which will continue to be funded with available cash, the Company expects to continue purchasing shares, from time to time as conditions allow, on the open market or in negotiated private transactions for the foreseeable future.
Additional Information
To supplement our financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, we include certain non-GAAP calculations and presentations including, as noted above, "Adjusted EBITDA" and "Free Cash Flow". Please refer to the non-GAAP financial tables attached to this press release for supporting details on the impact of one-time items on operating income, net income and diluted EPS, and the use of non-GAAP financial measures included in this release. This information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Conference Call
The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its results at 4:30 p.m. ET today, July 20, 2023. Peter Warwick, Scholastic President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kenneth Cleary, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, will moderate the call.
The conference call and accompanying slides will be webcast and accessible through the Investor Relations section of Scholastic's website, www.investor.scholastic.com. To access the conference call by phone, please go to this link (registration link), and you will be provided with dial in details. To avoid delays, we encourage participants to dial into the conference call fifteen minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. Shortly following the call, an archived webcast and accompanying slides from the conference call will also be posted at investor.scholastic.com.
About Scholastic
For more than 100 years, Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been encouraging the personal and intellectual growth of all children, beginning with literacy. Having earned a reputation as a trusted partner to educators and families, Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, a leading provider of literacy curriculum, professional services, and classroom magazines, and a producer of educational and entertaining children's media. The Company creates and distributes bestselling books and e-books, print and technology-based learning programs for pre-K to grade 12, and other products and services that support children's learning and literacy, both in school and at home. With 15 international operations and exports to 165 countries, Scholastic makes quality, affordable books available to all children around the world through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to future periods. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions of the children's book and educational materials markets generally and acceptance of the Company's products within those markets, and other risks and factors identified from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated.
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ORLANDO, Fla., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VOXX International Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive and consumer technologies for the global markets, today announced that it will be reporting its Fiscal 2024 first quarter results for the period ended May 31, 2023, on Monday, July 10, 2023, after the market closes. The Company will also be hosting a conference call and webcast to discuss its results and provide updates on its business operations on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern.
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- A replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the call and archived under "Events and Presentations" in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://investors.voxxintl.com/events-and-presentations
About VOXX International Corporation VOXX International Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) has grown into a leader in Automotive Electronics and Consumer Electronics, with emerging Biometrics technology to capitalize on the increased need for advanced security. Over the past several decades, with a portfolio of approximately 35 trusted brands, VOXX has built market-leading positions in in-vehicle entertainment, automotive security, reception products, a number of premium audio market segments, and more. VOXX is a global company, with an extensive distribution network that includes power retailers, mass merchandisers, 12-volt specialists and many of the world's leading automotive manufacturers. For additional information, please visit our website at www.voxxintl.com
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Except for historical information contained herein, statements made in this release constitute forward-looking statements and thus may involve certain risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements made in this release are based on currently available information and the Company assumes no responsibility to update any such forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, may cause actual results to differ materially from the results suggested in the forward-looking statements. The factors include, but are not limited to the: risk factors described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022, and other filings made by the Company from time to time with the SEC. The factors described in such SEC filings include, without limitation: the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Company's results of operations, global supply shortages and logistics costs and delays; cybersecurity risks; risks that may result from changes in the Company's business operations; our ability to keep pace with technological advances; significant competition in the automotive electronics, consumer electronics and biometrics businesses; our relationships with key suppliers and customers; quality and consumer acceptance of newly introduced products; market volatility; non-availability of product; excess inventory; price and product competition; new product introductions; foreign currency fluctuations; and restrictive debt covenants. Many of the foregoing risks and uncertainties are, and will be, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the War in the Ukraine and any worsening of the global business and economic environment as a result. The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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Polizzi Possesses More Than 30 Years of Experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: PAR) ("Paradigm" or "the Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on repurposing existing molecules for new indications with unmet clinical needs, appointed experienced pharmaceutical industry executive Marco Polizzi as its full-time Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective July 1, 2022.
Polizzi possesses over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in various commercially focused roles, including creating new divisions within branded and generic pharmaceutical businesses. Polizzi achieved outstanding sales results in these roles, forged several licenses, asset purchases, and other agreements with multiple top 10 global pharmaceutical companies and numerous other business partners, and generated significant returns for investors.
Polizzi has a proven track record that is highlighted by several successful business and product launches in the U.S. These include a new Institutional (Hospital & Specialty Markets) business unit at Sandoz, driving the growth of a $900 million P&L, as well as directing commercial functions for a product launch (Bivalirudin) that achieved $100+ million in sales in its first year.
Paradigm Chairman Paul Rennie said, "We expect that Marco's broad expertise will lead Paradigm in attaining its strategic program objectives and increase shareholder value. Paradigm has been seeking a CEO with the skills to unlock the company's commercial value fully. Marco brings extensive U.S. pharmaceutical experience, a pharmaceutical industry network, operational excellence, transactional expertise, product launch, and product pricing and reimbursement experience to Paradigm. We are confident that this experience will provide significant development and commercial value to Paradigm. Polizzi will be based in the United States and travel to Australia, Europe, and Asia as required."
Polizzi commented, "With my pharmaceutical experience, I believe I will make a significant contribution to the Paradigm business in the short and long term. I have had the opportunity to meet the Paradigm Board and key management personnel, and I can say that Paradigm's business excites me. My feeling is primarily based on a potential blockbuster product, which may bring relief to the millions of people globally suffering from the pain and other debilitating effects of osteoarthritis and significantly increase shareholder returns. I look forward to meeting our shareholders in the coming months."
The Paradigm Board thanks Dr. Donna Skerrett for her unwavering dedication and invaluable contribution to the company's progress while serving as interim CEO. Dr. Skerrett will continue as Chief Medical Officer with a keen focus on successfully completing the global phase 3 clinical programs for Zilosul® following the FDA's fast track designation protocol.
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals LTD (ASX: PAR) is a late-stage drug development company with the mission to develop and commercialize Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium for the treatment of pain associated with musculoskeletal disorders driven by injury, inflammation, aging, degenerative disease, infection, or genetic predisposition. Paradigm also explores proof-of-concept studies for PPS in respiratory and heart failure indications. (https://paradigmbiopharma.com)
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Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump's efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration argued Wednesday that its new asylum rule is different from versions put forward under President Donald Trump in a court hearing before a judge who threw out Trump's attempts to limit asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border.
"2023 is not 2019," said Erez Reuveni, the Department of Justice lawyer who argued the case.
The rule makes it extremely difficult for migrants who come directly to the southern border to get asylum unless they use a government app to make an appointment or they have already tried to seek protection in a country they passed through on their way to the U.S.
Opponents say it's essentially a rehash of Trump efforts — a question that gave the online hearing Wednesday a sense of deja vu. The San Francisco-based federal judge who will decide the case, Jon S. Tigar, ruled against the Trump administration's two attempts to limit asylum.
President Joe Biden's administration instituted its rule on May 11 with the expiration of a COVID-19 restriction known as Title 42 that had limited asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. The lawsuit challenging the new rule is being heard as congressional Republicans are attacking the administration for what they say is a failure to control the roughly 2,000-mile (3,220-kilometer) border with Mexico.
The administration argues that its rule encourages migrants to use lawful pathways into the U.S. and prevents chaos at the border. But immigration rights groups suing to get rid of it say it endangers migrants and is illegal.
At the outset of Wednesday's hearing, Tigar said he would have more questions for the government than the groups trying to stop the asylum rule. He also referenced his history with Trump's attempts to limit asylum.
"I read somewhere that 2023 would be a good year for sequels," Tigar told Reuveni as the lawyer prepared to begin his arguments.
Reuveni argued that the Biden rule is different from Trump's attempts to limit asylum, noting that exceptions are being granted at a rate of 9%.
"This is not a toothless exception," he said.
Katrina Eiland, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the immigrant rights organizations who sued over the Biden rule, argued Wednesday that it violates immigration law that allows people to seek asylum wherever they arrive on the border.
"Thousands of people with valid claims ... have been ordered removed and in many cases removed to likely persecution. This rule has consequences," Eiland said.
Tigar was appointed by President Barack Obama. Trump derided him an "Obama judge" after Tigar rejected a policy barring people from applying for asylum except at an official border entry point. Trump's remark prompted U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to weigh in to defend the impartiality of judges.
Tigar also ruled against the Trump administration's efforts to limit asylum to people who don't apply for protection in a country they travel through before coming to the U.S. The measure would have applied to children traveling alone, while the Biden rule does not.
Immigrant rights group say the Biden rule forces migrants to seek protection in countries that don't have the same robust asylum system and human rights protections as the United States and leaves them in a dangerous limbo. They also argue that the CBP One app that the government wants migrants to use doesn't have enough appointments and isn't available in enough languages.
But Reuveni argued that there has been real progress in other countries such as Mexico, Belize and Costa Rica so that migrants can seek protection there.
He also took exception to the criticism of the app and other ways that the administration has used to provide legal pathways to migrants coming into the country. Just recently the government increased daily appointments via the app to 1,450, which is more than 500,000 people a year.
Reuveni noted that a program the government started in January grants parole to as much as 360,000 people a year from four specific countries. Republican-aligned states have their own lawsuit over that program.
All of those measures, Reuveni said, means it's "really unfair to suggest that there's no way to get your foot in the door."
Reuveni noted that encounters at the southern border have dropped significantly since Title 42 went away and the rule as well as other measures went into place. He emphasized that while this rule isn't the only reason for the drop, the government does consider it to be a "strong contributing factor."
Whatever Tigar decides, the case will certainly be appealed.
Reuveni at one point told Tigar that the administration was arguing on the "assumption you're going to rule against us totally."
The administration won't have to wait long to find out.
Tigar estimated he would take a week or less to issue a ruling. He said if he rules against the government, he will honor the administration's request that such a decision not take effect for 14 days to give it time to appeal.
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WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities drew on 100 people, drones and cadaver dogs Monday in their search for two missing children whose family’s car was swept away in flash flooding that ravaged the East Coast over the weekend. Other parts of the country endured threateningly high temperatures and severe air pollution from Canadian wildfires.
In eastern Pennsylvania, authorities described Monday’s search for missing Matilda Sheils, 2, and her 9-month-old brother Conrad Sheils as a “massive undertaking” along a creek that drains into the Delaware River. The children are members of a Charleston, South Carolina, family that was visiting relatives and friends when they got caught in a flash flood Saturday.
The children’s father, Jim Sheils, grabbed their 4-year-old son, while the children’s mother, Katie Seley, and a grandmother grabbed the other children, said Upper Makefield Township Fire Chief Tim Brewer. Sheils and his son made it to safety, but Seley and the grandmother were swept away.
The grandmother survived, but Seley, 32, was among five killed by the floods.
“A wall of water came to them; they did not go into the water,” Brewer said of the Sheils family.
Scott Ellis, an uncle to the missing children, described the family as “utterly devastated.”
Monsignor Michael Picard of St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church, where family members are parishioners, said he spoke with the grandparents Sunday.
“No matter how long I’ve been doing this — over and over and over, many, many years — you find yourself still helpless and without words to make people feel more comfortable,” Picard said. “And so you just simply pray with them for a few minutes.”
Pennsylvania’s flash floods also drowned Enzo Depiero, 78, and Linda Depiero, 74, of Newtown; Yuko Love, 64, of Newtown; and Susan Barnhart, 53, of Titusville, New Jersey, Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck said.
The county commissioners signed an emergency declaration in response to the flooding.
Other parts of the saturated Northeast began drying out Monday after drenching weekend rains resulted in flash flooding in parts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency Sunday.
The Vermont Emergency Management agency reported that swift-water rescue teams conducted an additional six rescues overnight. The agency also was monitoring areas at risk for landslides.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott toured some of the destruction from recent torrential rains on Monday, including a damaged inn that was cut in half by flood waters.
Buttigieg said Vermont has endured two storms that would be called “once-in-a-century” events in the span of just 12 years.
“We can’t go into the future requiring communities to put everything back exactly the way it was if a 100-year flood is about to become an annual event,” he said.
More rain was forecast for Tuesday.
Sunday’s storms led to hundreds of flight cancellations at airports in the New York City area, and hundreds more flights were delayed.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell within two hours in Suffolk County on Long Island. The state saw $50 million in damages from storms in the past week.
In North Carolina, floodwaters were blamed for the death of a 49-year-old woman whose car was swept off a road in Alexander County late Saturday. A man who was in the car with her was rescued.
Meanwhile, extensive swaths of the northern United States awoke to unhealthy air quality Monday morning or were experiencing it by midafternoon, according to the Environmental Protect Agency’s AirNow.gov Smoke and Fire map.
Fine particle pollution caused by smoke from Canada’s wildfires is causing a red zone air quality index, meaning it is unhealthy for everyone. The particles are tiny enough to get deep into the lungs and cause short-term problems like coughing and itchy eyes, and in the long run, can affect the lungs and heart.
On Monday afternoon, cities and regions hitting that mark included Lincoln, Nebraska; Peoria, Illinois; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Cleveland and Columbus in Ohio; Huntsville, Alabama; Knoxville and Chattanooga in Tennessee; Greensboro, North Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Syracuse and Utica in New York.
Sensitive groups, including people with heart and lung disease, older adults, children and pregnant women, should consider staying inside, advisories warn.
Elsewhere in the U.S., thousands of people in Kansas and Missouri were without power from weekend storms that swept those states. Kansas’ largest electric power provider, Evergy, said it could take days to restore service to all customers. The timeline could create difficult conditions for some people as more storms and stifling heat were expected in Kansas and Missouri early this week, according to the National Weather Service.
In the West, a mountain biker died Saturday in blistering desert heat east of San Diego after he and three fellow bikers helped rescue four hikers who were without water.
Cal Fire Capt. Brent Pascua said the bikers called 911, and two rode back to a trailhead to give directions to rescuers. A helicopter hoisted the hikers, and the two bikers who had stayed with them headed to the trailhead. One did not arrive and was found unresponsive about a quarter-mile away. He later died, though there was no information on the cause of death.
Temperatures also soared in Phoenix, which hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) on Monday shortly after 12:30 p.m., marking 18 consecutive days the city has hit that temperature and tying an earlier record for consecutive days at or above 110 degrees. Phoenix is expected to surpass the record on Tuesday.
Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, reached 128 degrees Fahrenheit (53.3 degrees Celsius) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek, according to the National Weather Service.
Reno, Nevada, set a record high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42.2 degrees Celsius) for the date on Sunday, while also tying the all-time high set on July 10 and 11 of 2002, and equaled on July 5, 2007, according to the National Weather Service.
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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Scranton Mayor Paige G. Cognetti has announced that November 26 will be Small Business Saturday in the Electric City.
This will be the 14th Small Business Saturday, a movement created by American Express in order to support small businesses across the country.
Anyone who shops or dines at a Scranton business on that day is encouraged to post about it on social media using one of the following hashtags: #shopsmall, #smallbiz, #supportlocal, #shoplocal, or #dinelocal.
To view a list of downtown Scranton shops, visit the shops section of Scranton Tomorrow’s website. To view a list of downtown Scranton restaurants, visit the dining section of Scranton Tomorrow’s website.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Credit unions have been dipping their toes into cryptocurrency over the past year. The timing largely coincided with the “crypto winter” that saw digital coins plunge in value and numerous exchanges and lenders collapse.
But at the height of the crypto craze in late 2021, many credit unions saw their members buying cryptocurrency in significant numbers. In December 2021, the National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency that regulates credit unions, released guidance clarifying that federally insured credit unions can partner with third-party providers to allow their members to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies.
Lone Star Credit Union, a small Dallas credit union with $163 million in assets, refers members interested in buying cryptocurrency to BankSocial, a non-custodial wallet provider, which gives buyers control over access to their assets.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Lone Star Credit Union CEO Becky Reed discusses the partnership and why she is optimistic about crypto's future.
Q: What was behind Lone Star's decision to enter the crypto market?
A: It was in late 2021 and early 2022 that we noticed that our members were buying crypto. At that point in time, we really thought that our members weren't. If you asked our executive team and our board they would say, 'Well, our members don't care about cryptocurrencies.' Well, the data showed otherwise.
Q: What did the data show?
A: There is a popular notion that wealthy people are buying a bunch of crypto and holding it and selling it and making a lot of money. But the truth is what we saw was people buying it similar to what they would buy with stocks like on E-Trade or something. Every time they got a paycheck, they would buy $100.
Q: Has that trend changed with the downturn of cryptocurrencies?
A: Now it has dramatically decreased. Now it’s like the die-hard people. Maybe 10% of the people who were buying it are still buying it. So we've seen it greatly reduced in both volume and how often.
Q: So where do you see cryptocurrency going?
A: A lot of the hype that was happening in the early part of 2022 in particular, caused a lot of fear of missing out, FOMO. And so I think that people potentially got into the space because of that without really understanding what it is that they were getting into. And I think that there certainly was a misunderstanding of custodianship. You know, who actually owns the crypto in your wallet ... But now that some of the negative things have happened in this space, a lot of that fear of missing out went away. And now the real use cases and the real builders in this space kind of have a runway to do things in a regulated and compliant way. I believe that distributed ledger technology, which includes cryptocurrency but is not limited to cryptocurrency, is the future of finance.
Q: What was the advantage of partnering with a non-custodial wallet provider?
A: When you really look at the reason crypto was created, it was created for self-custody .... Our members were buying it anyway and in some cases were buying it from unscrupulous exchanges that were some place that wasn’t very regulated, highly regulated. So, BankSocial follows the regulations here in the United States. It's self-custody. Self-custody was something that was important and we figured, well, let’s refer it.
Q: Does Lone Star offer any kind of financial advice about crypto?
A: In no way are we recommending that people go out and buy crypto. If you choose to do that, we recommend BankSocial, but it’s really around, you know, this is not an investment product, it’s not insured, and it has a high amount of volatility and risk. And we at Lone Star are not giving you any advice as to what you should buy. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/insider-qa-lone-star-credit-union-ceo-on-cryptocurrencies/IYUY3OIJZFGOHAOXCKLEZLJLRE/ | 2023-02-06 14:40:33 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/insider-qa-lone-star-credit-union-ceo-on-cryptocurrencies/IYUY3OIJZFGOHAOXCKLEZLJLRE/ |
FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. (AP) — Buu Nygren was sworn in Tuesday as the next president of the vast Navajo Nation, a job that will test his ability to make good on promises to deliver water, electricity and broadband to tens of thousands of residents who don’t have it.
Nygren beat out incumbent President Jonathan Nez in the tribe’s general election by about 3,500 votes. Nygren was joined by his wife Jasmine, daughter Evelyn and grandmother Marilyn Slim as he took the oath of office during a ceremony that highlighted the challenges he grew up with and, later, academic and business successes that helped him ascend as the youngest person to hold the tribal presidency.
Nygren stood amid hand-woven Navajo rugs and blankets as he addressed the crowd in a mix of Navajo and English, saying his administration’s mission is simple: bring basic services to Navajo people so they can do more than survive.
“I will not hesitate. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that our people have a chance, our people have an opportunity to make something of themselves.” he said. “That’s all they want.”
He added that, growing up, someone believed in him and he wants Navajos to know he also believes in them.
Nygren, 36, had never held political office before now, though he was former President Joe Shirley Jr.’s vice presidential candidate in 2018. Current Vice President Richelle Montoya is the first woman to hold that position.
Montoya, who was the elected leader of a small Navajo community, took a moment to pay tribute to women on the Navajo Nation Council and in the matriarchal society, holding her hand to her heart. She encouraged tribal members to speak the Navajo language and always think seven generations ahead.
“For the next four years, I will give you my very best,” she told the crowd.
The inauguration took place at an indoor arena in Fort Defiance, just north of the tribal capital of Window Rock, and featured an all-women color guard. Thousands attended the ceremony, many donning turquoise and silver jewelry, moccasins, crushed velvet or ribbon skirts, or business attire.
Young girls sang the national anthem and recited the pledge of allegiance in Navajo. Montoya’s relative, Chishi Haazba Montoya, coursed through Navajo history in poem, weaving in traditional elements, reviling western greed and declaring that Navajo sovereignty will be restored and any monsters defeated.
Nez and his vice president, Myron Lizer, sat in the front row along with Shirley, former Navajo President Ben Shelly and former Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald.
A public luncheon at the fairgrounds in Window Rock, a gospel celebration, a song and dance, a comedy show, a pow wow and an inaugural ball followed the ceremony.
The Navajo Nation is the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. at 27,000 square miles (69,000 square kilometers). It stretches into parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. Its population of around 400,000 is second only to the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Nygren brought an energy to the presidential race that resonated with voters, campaigning with his wife, former Arizona state Rep. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren. He had a flair for rising and falling speech and created a signature look with his hair tied in a traditional bun, a wide-brimmed black hat, blue trousers and a lighter blue, long-sleeved shirt.
Nygren is half Vietnamese but never knew his father. He was raised on the Utah portion of the reservation in a home without electricity or running water, he said. He has a background in construction management and has said he expects tribal citizens to hold him accountable as president — a point he emphasized in his speech Tuesday.
Cheryl R. Benally said Nygren’s words about being disciplined reminded her of what she heard from her own mother as she grew up around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico: wake up early, greet the rising sun and pray. Benally’s daughter, Mya Benally, 18, said Nygren’s words on making water and education more accessible appealed to her as a college student who wants to return to the reservation.
“He’s helping me think ‘I can do more,’ she said.
Julian Begay, a 36-year-old school board member and farm board president in Many Farms, said he sees a sense of faith and belief in Nygren that his promises to the Navajo people will be fulfilled.
“He’s coming down to the people’s level, but I’m curious to see what he’s going to do about the economy,” Begay said. “We can’t keep shopping in border towns forever.”
Nygren pledged to work closely with the 24 members of the Navajo Nation Council who also were sworn in Tuesday along with other elected officials. About one-third of the council will be women — a record number. The council often is seen as more powerful than the presidency and is the path through which big agenda items have to move.
Some of the women delegate’s priorities include infrastructure, addressing social ills and generational trauma, bolstering law enforcement, managing a budget and ensuring a continued focus on the epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous people. A handful of people stood at an intersection holding signs Tuesday urging action on some of those same topics.
“I know that most of us as women are going to have that natural indication to love our people, to put our people first, to understand there’s a stronger responsibility to protecting our homes, meaning the Navajo Nation,” said Shaandiin Parrish, who was elected to the council.
Returning Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty said she’s looking forward to having difficult conversations where tribal lawmakers can confront problems, learn from shared experiences and examine the challenges that lead to families being victimized and services not delivered to Navajo people.
One thing should not be expected of women leaders, she said.
“Although nurturing is part of our teaching, we cannot hold the emotional baggage of others,” Kanazbah Crotty said. “What I mean by that is the expectation shouldn’t be that as women leadership, we’re here to fix all the issues.”
Nez and the previous council laid the groundwork for infrastructure projects using money the tribe received in federal coronavirus relief aid. But Nygren has said those decisions may need to be revisited. Nez worried any changes would jeopardize the tribe not meeting deadlines for spending the money.
In one of his last actions, Nez vetoed legislation Monday to expand oil and gas exploration and development, including for helium, on the reservation. He said the affected communities hadn’t reached consensus, and concerns over profit-sharing and health went unresolved.
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Mother's Day was the second biggest dining day of 2022 – book one of these beloved brunch spots by May 2nd to beat the rush
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time to take back Mother's Day for the mother figures in your life. According to a recent survey,1 76% of moms celebrating Mother's Day have a hand in planning their own celebrations. Enter: OpenTable, which just released its annual list of the 100 Most Popular Brunch Spots for 20232 – created by analyzing over 13 million diner reviews – along with inspiration and insights to help family members plan with ease.
Data-Driven Insights to Give the Gift of Dining Out
Key Mother's Day findings from the survey and OpenTable data reveal:
- The time to book is now: Last year, the majority of reservations (>50%) were booked up to 5 days in advance according to OpenTable data,3 suggesting diners should book by May 9th this year. For those looking to score a spot on OpenTable's coveted brunch list, book even earlier – by May 2nd.
- The restaurant vibe is not one-size-fits-all: When asked about their ideal Mother's Day restaurant experience: 30% of moms want to go to their favorite restaurant; 18% don't care where they go but want their favorite cuisine; 15% want to dine at a new spot or try something new; 12% want to dine outdoors; 6% are seeking an elevated culinary experience; and 5% want to dine at a woman-owned restaurant.1 OpenTable's filters (by cuisine, seating options, and minority owned/operated) and Experiences can help diners discover the perfect spot no matter what mom's preference.
- American, Italian & Steakhouses were most popular last holiday: OpenTable data reveals that in 2022, the most popular cuisines on Mother's Day were: American, Italian, Steakhouses, Seafood and Mexican. Looking to shake things up? Consider one of the top trending cuisines (those seeing the greatest YoY increase): Chinese, Indian and Asian.3
"Last year, Mother's Day was the second biggest day for dining, and with 78% of U.S. adults planning to spend the same or more this Mother's Day vs. previous years,1 Mother's Day dining shows no signs of slowing down," said Susan Lee, Chief Growth Officer at OpenTable. "OpenTable's Most Popular Brunch Spots book up quickly, so make sure to book by May 2nd to increase your chances of securing a reservation at mom's favorite spot."
Planning Made Easy: The 100 Most Popular Brunch Spots
For the 46% of US adults looking for inspiration to help plan the perfect Mother's Day,1 a great starting place is OpenTable's 100 Most Popular Brunch Spots for 2023, culled from over 13 million diner reviews. This year, the list spans 22 states – with California representing the largest share on the list for the third year running. Next up is Florida with nine restaurants, and Pennsylvania at eight, both taking a larger share of the list than in years past.
The 100 Most Popular Brunch Spots for 2023 are (in alphabetical order by state):
Arizona
- Lon's at The Hermosa – Paradise Valley
- The Henry – Phoenix
California
- Bacari Silver Lake – Los Angeles
- Beachcomber Cafe Crystal Cove – Newport Coast
- Brix – Napa
- Duke's Malibu – Malibu
- Farmhouse at Rogers Gardens – Corona Del Mar
- Fixins Soul Kitchen – Los Angeles
- Girl & the Goat L.A. – Los Angeles
- Geoffrey's Restaurant – Malibu
- Gracias Madre – West Hollywood, West Hollywood
- Greens Restaurant – San Francisco
- Jake's – Del Mar
- La Boheme – West Hollywood
- Pacific Coast Grill – Cardiff-By-The-Sea
- Perch LA – Los Angeles
- Spencer's Restaurant – Palm Springs
- Si Bon – Rancho Mirage
- Tam O'Shanter – Los Angeles
- The Front Yard – North Hollywood
- The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker – West Hollywood
- the girl & the fig – Sonoma
- The Ivy – West Hollywood
- The Palm Court at RH – San Francisco
Florida
- Cafe Tu Tu Tango – Orlando
- Columbia Restaurant Ybor City – Tampa
- Connors Steak & Seafood – Sarasota
- Kyle G's Prime Seafood – Jensen Beach
- Latitudes – Key West
- Louie Bossi Ristorante – Fort Lauderdale
- Raglan Road Irish Pub – Lake Buena Vista
- Shooters Waterfront – Fort Lauderdale
- The Library – St. Petersburg
Georgia
- Bistro Niko – Atlanta
- Canoe – Atlanta
- Murphy's – Atlanta
- The Select – Atlanta
Hawaii
- Mala Ocean Tavern – Lahaina
- Orchids at Halekulani – Honolulu
- Plumeria Beach House – Honolulu
- The Plantation House Restaurant – Lahaina
Illinois
- 3 Arts Club Cafe at RH Chicago – Chicago
- Beatrix – Oak Brook
- Café Ba-Ba-Reeba – Chicago
- Meson Sabika – Naperville
- Summer House Santa Monica – Chicago
- The Dearborn – Chicago
- The Gage – Chicago
Indiana
- The Cake Bake Shop – Carmel
Kentucky
- Carson's Food & Drink – Lexington
- Patti's 1880's Settlement – Grand Rivers
- OBC Kitchen – Lexington
Louisiana
- Brennan's – New Orleans
- Atchafalaya Restaurant – New Orleans
Michigan
- Zehnder's of Frankenmuth – Frankenmuth
Minnesota
- Baldamar – Roseville
- Hazelwood Food & Drink – St. Louis Park
North Carolina
- Green Valley Grill – Greensboro
- Print Works Bistro – Greensboro
- Tupelo Honey – Asheville
New Jersey
- Nicholas Barrel & Roost – Red Bank
Nevada
- Echo & Rig Steakhouse & Butcher Shop – Las Vegas
- Eiffel Tower – Las Vegas
- Mon Ami Gabi – Las Vegas
New York
- Cafe Fiorello – New York
- Cafe Luxembourg – New York
- Del Vino Vineyards – Northport
- Red Rooster Harlem – New York
- Tavern on the Green – New York
Ohio
- Cap City Fine Diner & Bar – Columbus
- Lindey's – Columbus
- Pier W – Cleveland
Pennsylvania
- 1906 at Longwood Gardens – Kennett Square
- JG SkyHigh All Day Dining & Lounge – Philadelphia
- Parc – Philadelphia
- Talula's Garden – Philadelphia
- Terrain Cafe – Glen Mills
- The Dandelion – Philadelphia
- The Love – Philadelphia
- White Dog Cafe – Wayne
South Carolina
- Soby's – Greenville
Tennessee
- Adele's – Nashville
- Coastal Fish Company – Memphis
- Midtown Cafe – Nashville
Texas
- a'Bouzy – Houston
- Brasserie Mon Chou Chou – San Antonio
- Cappy's Restaurant – San Antonio
- Ida Claire – Addison
- Steiner Ranch Steakhouse – Austin
Virginia
- Ada's on the River – Alexandria
- Ambar – Arlington
- Matt and Tony's All Day Kitchen + Bar – Alexandria
- Ruthie's All-Day – Arlington
- Tuscarora Mill – Leesburg
Washington D.C.
- Brasserie Liberté – Washington DC
- La Vie – Washington DC
- Le Diplomate – Washington DC
- Old Ebbitt Grill – Washington DC
- St. Anselm – Washington DC
- Tabard Inn – Washington DC
For additional Mother's Day dining inspiration, head to OpenTable.com and the OpenTable app.
Methodology
1 Survey Methodology
All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 1,204 adults, among whom 891 plan on celebrating Mother's Day this year. Fieldwork was undertaken between April 3 – 4, 2023. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all US adults (aged 18+).
2 100 Most Popular Brunch Spots in America for 2023 Methodology
OpenTable's 100 Most Popular Brunch Spots in America list is generated from over 13 million verified OpenTable diner reviews collected between March 1, 2022 and February 28, 2023. All restaurants with a minimum "overall" score and number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. The overall score is made up of unique data points, such as overall diner rating, user klout, total number of reviews, and regional overall rating. Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of reviews, for which "good for brunch" was selected as a special feature.
3 OpenTable Data Methodology
OpenTable looked at seated reservations and diners from online, phone, and walk-in reservations (unless otherwise stated) on Mother's Day 2022 (May 8, 2022).
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Extension Corner: March events will cover ways to keep Alabama's waterways clean, healthy
In past columns, I’ve shared the importance of our waterways and what efforts we can undertake individually and collectively to keep them clean and healthy. As we move into spring, the recent rains and the weather variations draw this into sharp focus.
All too often I see litter lining the roadsides and blowing through parking lots; all this flows into our rivers. I’ve seen people dumping things that are not stormwater into our gutters, and multicolored slicks of oil and muddy erosion making its way downstream.
We know folks sometimes overuse chemicals on their lawns and fields. While these are all poor practices, I don’t aim to bring up a problem without a ready solution, so here it goes.
Last year we held an incredible Alabama Watersheds Stewards meeting. We had volunteers, government officials, stakeholders and educators all come out to talk with the team from the Alabama Extension Water Program and the Auburn University Water Resources Center. We’re going to take that momentum and host two more connected events on March 9 and 10.
On March 9, we will have a Watershed Planning Workshop at our office. Watershed planning is a voluntary integrated approach to responsible resource management by considering the watershed as a whole.
Our goal is to have a collaborative discussion to introduce the process of watershed planning for communities as a voluntary way to plan for their water future, and gain opportunities for project funding.
We’ll work on identifying challenges and opportunities in Etowah County. We’ll talk about funding opportunities related to watershed planning and then how to leverage water resources and community development.
You can register for the Watershed Planning Workshop here: http://aub.ie/gadsden .
On March 10, we’ll actually get our hands dirty with Alabama Water Watch Monitoring Training. You can become a certified Volunteer Monitor through this hybrid (online and in-person) training opportunity. Available certifications include AWW Water Chemistry Monitoring and Bacteriological Monitoring.
You can register for that course at https://bit.ly/40Z537p.
For more information or assistance registering, or have questions about any other area under the Extension umbrella, please reach out or stop by our office on the fourth floor of the Etowah County Courthouse at 800 Forrest Ave., call us at 256-547-7936 or visit us on Facebook at https://bit.ly/3otwUdl or online at https://bit.ly/3yniPCx.
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University) is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. Everyone is welcome! Please let us know if you have accessibility needs.
Eric Wright is extension coordinator for the Etowah County Extension Office. | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2023/02/17/extension-events-look-to-promote-safe-healthy-waterways/69902587007/ | 2023-02-17 23:26:53 | 0 | https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2023/02/17/extension-events-look-to-promote-safe-healthy-waterways/69902587007/ |
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s police said Thursday they found the body of a suspect who allegedly fatally shot two people the previous day in the capital in what some officials are suggesting was a hate crime.
Two men were killed and a woman was wounded on Wednesday evening near or at a bar, which is a popular spot for the local LGBTQ community in downtown Bratislava.
Police said they were investigating but haven’t provided details about the motive of the shooting. They also said that authorities found the suspect’s body, but didn’t immediately give any further details.
President Zuzana Caputova and Prime Minister Eduard Heger condemned the slayings and suggested it might have been a hate crime.
“When I say that Slovakia is a free and democratic country I meant it,” Heger said Thursday. “It’s unacceptable that anyone should be afraid about their way of life,” he said.
“No form of extremism is acceptable.”
Caputova and Heger offered condolences to the relatives of the victims.
“We have to together overcome the hatred and evil,” Caputova said.
His Interior Minister Roman Mikulec said it took place at a site “where the LGBTQ minority used to meet and look for safety.”
“Any demonstrations of extremism against this or any other minority are unacceptable and have no place in our society,” Mikulec said.
According to Slovak media, the suspect posted a racist document on Twitter full of hatred for Jews and LGBTQ people and posts about the shooting. The account was blocked Thursday. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-suspect-in-killing-of-2-in-slovakias-capital-found-dead/ | 2022-10-13 15:36:09 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-suspect-in-killing-of-2-in-slovakias-capital-found-dead/ |
Trump rallies for Oz, Mastriano in Pa. amid midterm worries
MYERSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Larry Mitko voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But the Republican from Beaver County in western Pennsylvania says he has no plans to back his party’s nominee for Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz — “no way, no how.”
Mitko doesn’t feel like he knows the celebrity heart surgeon, who only narrowly won his May primary with Trump’s backing. Instead, Mitko plans to vote for Oz’s Democratic rival, John Fetterman, a name he’s been familiar with since Fetterman’s days as mayor of nearby Braddock.
“Dr. Oz hasn’t showed me one thing to get me to vote for him,” he said. “I won’t vote for someone I don’t know.”
Mitko’s thinking underscores the political challenges facing Trump and the rest of the Republican Party as the former president heads to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for his first rally of the general election season. While Trump notched a long list of wins in GOP primaries this summer, many of the candidates he elevated were inexperienced and polarizing figures who are now struggling in their general election races, putting control of the Senate — once assumed to be a lock for Republicans — on the line.
They include Oz in Pennsylvania, author JD Vance in Ohio, venture capitalist Blake Masters in Arizona and former football star Herschel Walker in Georgia.
“Republicans have now nominated a number of candidates who’ve never run for office before for very high-profile Senate races,” said veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres. While he isn’t writing his party’s chances off just yet, he said, “It’s a much more difficult endeavor than a candidate who had won several difficult political races before.”
The stakes are particularly high for Trump as he lays the groundwork for an expected 2024 presidential run amid a series of escalating legal challenges, including the FBI’s recent seizure of reams of classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago club. Investigators also continue to probe his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
This week, President Joe Biden delivered a primetime speech in Philadelphia warning that Trump and other “MAGA” Republicans posed a threat to U.S. democracy as he tries to frame the midterms — as he did the 2020 election — as a battle for the “soul of the nation.”
While Republicans were once seen as having a good chance of gaining control of both chambers of Congress in November amid soaring inflation, high gas prices and Biden’s slumping approval ratings, Republicans have found themselves on defense since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights.
Some candidates, like Doug Mastriano, the GOP’s hard-line nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, are sticking with their primary campaign playbooks, hoping they can win by turning out Trump’s loyal base even if they alienate more moderate voters. Mastriano, who wants to outlaw abortion even when pregnancies are the result of rape or incest or endanger the life of the mother, played a leading role in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and was seen outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters stormed the building.
But others have been trying to broaden their appeal, scrubbing from their websites references to anti-abortion messaging that is out of step with the political mainstream. Masters, for instance, removed language from a policy section of his website that labeled him “100% pro-life,” as well as language saying, “if we had had a free and fair election, President Trump would be sitting in the Oval Office today.” Others have played down Trump endorsements that were once featured prominently.
The shifting climate has prompted rounds of finger-pointing in the party, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who last month cited “candidate quality” as he lowered expectations that Republicans would recapture control of the Senate in November.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, shot back, saying those who complain about the party’s nominees have “contempt” for the voters who chose them.
“It’s an amazing act of cowardice, and ultimately, it’s treasonous to the conservative cause,” he wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Examiner.
Trump, too, fired back, calling McConnell a “disgrace” as he defended the party’s candidate roster.
“There’s some very good people,” he said in a radio interview. “You know, takes a lot of courage to run and they spend their wealth on it and they put their reputations on the line.”
Democrats have also piled on.
“Senate campaigns are candidate versus candidate battles and Republicans have put forward a roster of deeply flawed recruits,” said David Bergstein, the Senate Democratic campaign committee’s communication director. He credited Trump with deterring experienced Republicans from running, elevating flawed candidates and forcing them to take positions that are out of step with the general electorate.
“All those factors have contributed to the weakness of the slate of Republican candidates they’ve been left with,” he said. A Trump spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
In Pennsylvania, Republicans are hoping Oz’s shortcomings as a candidate will be overshadowed by concerns about Fetterman, who suffered a stroke just days before the primary and has been sidelined for much of the summer. He continues to keep a light public schedule and visibly struggled to speak at a recent event.
Republicans concede that Oz struggles to come off as authentic and was slow to punch back as Fetterman spent the summer trolling him on social media and portraying him as an out-of-touch carpetbagger from New Jersey. While Fetterman, whom Republicans deride as “Bernie Sanders in gym shorts,” leads Oz in polls and fundraising, Republicans say they expect the money gap to narrow and are pleased to see Oz within striking distance after getting hammered by $20 million in negative advertising during the primaries.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is helping finance a new round of Oz’s television ads, and the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super PAC, says it added $9.5 million to its TV buy — boosting its overall commitment to $34.1 million by Election Day.
“Regardless of what people may have heard in the primary, they’re going to realize that Oz is the best choice for Pennsylvania,” said Pennsylvania Republican National Committeeman Andy Reilly.
A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, meanwhile, says it has made $32 million in television ad reservations in the state.
Oz has won over some once-skeptical voters, like Glen Rubendall, who didn’t vote for the TV doctor in his seven-way primary — a victory so narrow it went to a statewide recount — but said he’s come around.
“I’ve been listening to him speak, and I have a pro-Oz view now,” said Rubendall, a retired state corrections officer.
Traci Martin, a registered independent, also plans to vote for Oz because she opposes abortion, despite ads that aired during the primary featuring past Oz statements that seemed supportive of abortion rights.
“I hope he is (anti-abortion),” Martin said, “but the sad part is we live in an age when we see politicians say one thing and do another.”
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Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Brian Slodysko contributed to this report from Washington.
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The world’s No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player will not be able to compete in the Miami Open next week due to his COVID-19 vaccine status.
Novak Djokovic, who recently won his 22nd Grand Slam at the Australian Open, was denied an exemption to enter the United States, according to Miami Open tournament director James Blake.
"Obviously, we run one of the premier tournaments in the world, we’d like to have the best players that can play," Blake told the Tennis Channel on Friday. "We did all that we could. We tried to talk to the government, but that’s out of our hands. We tried, and he wasn’t able to play.
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"Same result that he had in Indian Wells, where I know Tommy Haas [Indian Wells tournament director] did as much as he could. We tried to get Novak Djokovic to be allowed to get an exemption, but that wasn't able to happen."
In February, Djokovic applied for special permission to enter the U.S. in order to play in tournaments due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19.
The U.S. currently requires all non-U.S. citizens to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to enter the country via air travel.
In recent weeks, there has been a push from politicians to allow Djokovic to enter the country.
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In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged President Biden to "put pandemic politics aside and give the American people what they want – let him play." DeSantis wrote that Djokovic’s denial to enter the U.S. is unfair, unscientific and unacceptable."
The Miami Open will be played from March 20-April 2 and the tournament in Indian Wells is scheduled for March 6-19.
In January, Indian Wells tournament director Tommy Haas said it would be a "disgrace" if Djokovic could not compete in the U.S. due to his vaccination status.
"Obviously, the one problem being that he still cannot come to the U.S. If he doesn't play Indian Wells and Miami in March (it will be tough), they're supposed to lift those mandates by mid-April," Haas told reporters.
"It would be nice to see if we could maybe lift those a little earlier and have him come to play Indian Wells and Miami. I think he wants to play, so we should give him the chance. Hopefully, we can have him there," he continued.
"I mean, it would be a disgrace in my eyes if he wasn't coming to these events, or not allowed to come."
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report. | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/novak-djokovic-denied-covid-19-vaccine-exemption-will-not-compete-at-miami-open/article_57e78e97-623d-57c0-97b9-116ba0e8c438.html | 2023-03-18 20:03:28 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/national-sports/novak-djokovic-denied-covid-19-vaccine-exemption-will-not-compete-at-miami-open/article_57e78e97-623d-57c0-97b9-116ba0e8c438.html |
HELSINKI (AP) — Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country’s long-serving and popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as its new head of state in a tight vote.
The 100-seat Saeima legislature elected Edgars Rinkevics, the country’s top diplomat since 2011, as president to serve for a four-year term. He received 52 votes, one vote more than required to win. Incumbent Egils Levits, Latvia’s head of state since 2019, didn’t seek reelection.
Rinkevics, who announced in 2014 that he is “proudly” homosexual, will be the first openly gay president in the Baltic nations — all former Soviet republics where attitudes to sexual minorities have been less tolerant than in western Europe.
His closest rival, businessman Uldis Pilens, got 25 votes in the third round of voting between the two remaining contenders after the third candidate, Elina Pinto, had dropped out of the contest.
After the vote, Rinkevics tweeted that he was “honored and humbled” by the Parliament’s decision and pledged “to serve the people of Latvia well.”
Rinkevics, 49, served — among other posts — as a state secretary with the Defense Ministry and worked as a journalist with Latvian Radio in the 1990s. As foreign minister, he has enjoyed high popularity among Latvians because of his hard stance toward neighboring Russia and his unwavering support for Ukraine.
In a news conference later Wednesday, Rinkevics urged countries to give Ukraine hopeful signals of a possibility of NATO membership in the military alliance’s upcoming summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July.
Levits had been expected to seek reelection. But in a surprise move announced earlier this month, Levits said he was disappointed that parties in Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins’ three-party coalition government hadn’t been able to agree on a joint candidate, and said he wouldn’t run in such a situation.
Latvia’s presidency is largely a ceremonial post and the head of state acts mainly as an opinion leader and uniting figure in the country where almost one-third of residents speak Russian. Rinkevics ran as the candidate of his and Karins’ New Unity party.
A Baltic nation of 1.9 million, Latvia borders Russia to the east, Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. Latvia has been a member of NATO and the European Union since 2004. The country is home to a sizable ethnic Russian minority, many of whom are Russian citizens.
Latvia regained its independence in 1991 following nearly 50 years of Soviet rule. The new president will be Latvia’s 11th head of state, counting from the country’s first independence declared in 1918.
The president represents Latvia abroad, acts as the supreme commander of the armed forces, signs bills into law, nominates the prime minister and has the right to dissolve the Parliament, among other things.
Rinkevics is due to be inaugurated on July 8. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-latvian-parliament-elects-foreign-minister-as-new-president/ | 2023-05-31 22:50:03 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-latvian-parliament-elects-foreign-minister-as-new-president/ |
Florida boat captain charged in fatal parasailing accident
Published: Sep. 23, 2022 at 8:18 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A boat captain has been charged with manslaughter in a Memorial Day parasailing crash in the Florida Keys that killed a 33-year-old Illinois woman and injured her young son and nephew.
Jail records in Monroe County show 49-year-old Daniel Gavin Couch was booked on Thursday and is being held on a $100,000 bond.
A Florida Fish and Wildlife investigation found Couch cut the line holding Supraja Alaparthi and the boys because the parasail was “dragging” in high winds from a summer storm.
They were dragged across the waves for nearly 2 miles before slamming into a bridge. A nearby boat captain took them to shore.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Chase’s online banking services saw double transactions, fees and payments in their accounts on Friday, in a glitch that was not fixed until late in the day.
Numerous Chase customers had posted on social media that their rent or bill payments were taken out of their accounts twice and reported hold times with customer service approaching more than an hour. The New York-based bank is one of the country’s largest financial institutions with millions of online customers.
Transactions over Zelle, the bank’s own peer-to-peer payment service, were also impacted with Chase customers.
Chase said late Friday that the bank had “resolved the underlying issue” and was in the process of issuing refunds or reversing transactions for customers.
Online banking services, while usually reliable, sometimes spectacularly fail or have temporary outages that tend to spook their customers. Banks typically will resolve an error in their services within hours, and no customer is liable for any errors in their accounts that occur when these happen. | https://www.koin.com/news/ap-top-headlines/bug-in-chase-bank-online-banking-causing-double-transactions-fees/ | 2023-06-03 19:46:44 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/ap-top-headlines/bug-in-chase-bank-online-banking-causing-double-transactions-fees/ |
I am being barraged with repetitious political ads at what seems like an unprecedented volume. The half-truths, total lies, outrageous exaggerations and unsubstantiated attacks are so obviously over the top, it is a wonder that they are even effective. They certainly are not persuasive to me. What I want is for some kid or genius to sell me an app so that once I vote early, that from then until election day, it blocks out all of these ads. Somebody could make a fortune on this.
Sam Behrend
Midtown
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —
The U.S. agency in charge of producing key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal has cleared the way for new equipment to be installed at a New Mexico laboratory as part of a multibillion-dollar mission, but nuclear watchdog groups say the project already is behind schedule and budgets have ballooned.
Approval for moving equipment into place at Los Alamos National Laboratory was first outlined in an internal memo issued by the deputy secretary of energy in January. The National Nuclear Security Administration, which is overseen by the U.S. Department of Energy, made a public announcement Thursday.
The work will include the design, fabrication and installation of gloveboxes and other special equipment needed to make the plutonium cores. The work will be split between Los Alamos in northern New Mexico and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, with the locations facing a congressional mandate to make at least 80 of the cores each year by 2030.
The deadline for meeting that capacity has been pushed back, with the memo being the latest evidence that the minimum equipment necessary will be in place at Los Alamos by August 2030, or four years later than expected.
The nuclear agency contends that installation of the equipment isn’t necessary for Los Alamos to produce 30 pits per year, and that the lab will be building war reserve pits using existing equipment as the project proceeds.
Agency spokeswoman Shayela Hassan said in an email to The Associated Press that the NNSA expects an increasing number of pits to be produced each subsequent year until the new equipment is installed. She said that’s when the capability will be in place to produce 30 pits each year “with moderate confidence.”
The long-shuttered Rocky Flats Plant outside Denver was capable of producing more than 1,000 war reserve pits annually before work stopped in 1989 due to environmental and regulatory concerns. In 1996, the DOE provided for limited production capacity at Los Alamos, which produced its first war reserve pit in 2007. The lab stopped operations in 2012 after producing what was needed at the time.
Greg Mello, director of the watchdog Los Alamos Study Group, said the NNSA has made contradictory statements about the delays and what they mean for the overall plutonium pit project. He pointed to NNSA statements in 2017 and 2018 in which the agency predicted problems if it were producing pits while also replacing gloveboxes and other equipment at the same time.
“There is more they aren’t saying,” Mello said. “We believe NNSA and LANL will struggle mightily, with further setbacks, failures and accidents in a misguided attempt to produce any meaningful number of pits in that cramped, aging facility.”
The memo provides formal cost and schedule estimates for getting equipment in place at Los Alamos, but it’s unclear when construction will begin. The cost has been pegged at roughly $1.85 billion.
More details about spending and schedules are expected when the NNSA submits its budget request to Congress next month.
In January, the Government Accountability Office said in a report that NNSA plans for reestablishing plutonium pit production do not follow best practices and run the risk of delays and cost overruns.
The GAO described the modernization effort as the agency’s largest investment in weapons production infrastructure to date, noting that plutonium is a dangerous material and making the weapon cores is difficult and time consuming. | https://www.fox16.com/hooked-on-science/ap-science/ap-us-takes-another-step-toward-gearing-up-nuclear-pit-factory/ | 2023-02-11 02:53:28 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/hooked-on-science/ap-science/ap-us-takes-another-step-toward-gearing-up-nuclear-pit-factory/ |
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. agency has agreed to an in-depth environmental study into whether dredging a Georgia shipping channel in the spring and summer would threaten rare sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches — a review demanded by conservationists who sued to stop the project.
Georgia conservation group One Hundred Miles moved to dismiss its lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers after the agency announced Friday that it would voluntarily conduct the study. The group sued in December, asking a U.S. District Court judge to order the Corps to produce such a report.
“The Corps has now committed to what we’ve asked for, to go back and review the science,” Catherine Ridley, a One Hundred Miles vice president, said Monday. “The science is clear: Spring and summer dredging puts Georgia’s sea turtles and decades of conservation progress at risk.”
Environmentalists and the Army Corps have battled since 2021 over the agency’s plan to end a policy that for three decades has prohibited the dredging of accumulated sand and mud from harbors in Georgia and the Carolinas during the nesting season for sea turtles.
In place since 1991, the seasonal limits are intended to protect sea turtles from being killed and maimed by the vacuum-like suction pumps of hopper dredges during the warmer months, when female turtles are most abundant near Southern beaches. Conservationists credit that policy with helping threatened and endangered turtle species begin a fragile rebound.
The Army Corps said in a statement Monday that it is undertaking the fuller environmental study to “ensure robust public, agency, and stakeholder engagement” as well as “full evaluation of the impacts that this action may have to the human and natural environment.” The agency is responsible for keeping shipping channels clear of accumulated sediments to ensure safe passage for ships
Since the 1990s, maintenance dredging in Georgia and the Carolinas has been confined to a period roughly between December and March. Giant loggerhead sea turtles, federally protected as a threatened species, typically start nesting in May. Smaller numbers of endangered green and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles lay eggs in the region as well.
The Corps has argued seasonal dredging limits are no longer necessary. That’s because the National Marine Fisheries Service concluded in 2020 that sea turtles protected by the Endangered Species Act can likely endure roughly 150 deaths anticipated annually from year-round dredging.
Army Corps officials have said seasonal restrictions make it difficult to compete for a limited number of contractors. They also argue that dredging windows timed to protect sea turtles ignore species such as critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, which frequent the same waters during winter.
A federal judge in May 2021 temporarily blocked the Army Corps from conducting year-round dredging in Georgia. Last September, a different judge halted a similar plan in North Carolina. Both judges ruled that the Corps failed to adequately assess potential dangers to legally protected sea turtle species.
In Georgia, the Army Corps responded a year later with an environmental assessment that concluded year-round dredging in Brunswick would have no significant impact on sea turtles. Last July, the agency solicited bids for dredging in Georgia that included an “optional bid item” to dredge in Brunswick between May and August during sea turtle nesting season.
One Hundred Miles filed suit again in December, arguing the Corps’ assessment was insufficient. The group asked a judge to order the Corps to produce a full environmental impact statement — the most comprehensive type of review federal agencies can undertake to ensure projects don’t violate the National Environmental Policy Act.
Col. Joseph R. Geary, commander of the Army Corps’ Savannah District, in March prohibited any maintenance dredging in Brunswick outside the seasonal window, pending further review. On Friday, the Corps announced that review would consist of a full environmental impact statement.
The Army Corps said it does not know how long the more in-depth study is expected to take. | https://www.kron4.com/science/ap-science/us-agency-plans-deeper-study-of-sea-turtles-dredging-threat/ | 2023-05-09 14:28:01 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/science/ap-science/us-agency-plans-deeper-study-of-sea-turtles-dredging-threat/ |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers on Monday kicked off a rushed effort to adjourn by the end of the week, looking for an exit from a session that has been eclipsed by the fallout of the Republican supermajority expelling two young Black Democrats and a growing push to pass some sort of gun restriction legislation.
Just last week, Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson returned to the GOP-dominated General Assembly after being ousted for their role in a pro-gun control demonstration from the House floor. While Republicans intended the move to be punitive, the result has instead thrust Tennessee as the new front in the battle for the future of American democracy, as well as maintained pressure on lawmakers to address gun control in a state known for its lax firearm regulations.
Last month, six people were gunned down at a Nashville private school — a tragedy which kicked off a stream of calls for changes to Tennessee’s gun laws, including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background checks and a “red flag” law. In turn, Republican Gov. Bill Lee recently urged lawmakers to pass legislation that would keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others.
Yet, so far, the Republican supermajority has refused. Rather, they’ve advanced legislation designed to add more armed guards in public and private schools and are considering a proposal that would allow teachers to carry guns. Lee has also issued executive orders to strengthen background checks.
It’s unclear in the supposed last week of session if there will be enough of an appetite to pass a so-called “red flag” law — designed to remove firearms from those making threats or suffering severe mental breakdowns. Similar statutes have passed in other states after mass shootings, including in Florida, which passed a “red flag” law in the wake of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Law enforcement officials had received numerous complaints about the 19-year-old Florida gunman’s threatening statements.
Notably, Tennessee’s governor has avoided saying the words “red flag,” an acknowledgment that the shorthand has become politically off-putting to many Republicans leery of appearing willing to restrict firearms.
On Monday, Bishop William Barber II led a march to Tennessee’s Capitol in Nashville, demanding lawmakers support gun safety legislation and stop using their authority to trample democracy. Participants carried child-size caskets and laid them outside the Capitol building as a symbol of those lost to gun violence.
Barber is the national co-chairman of the Poor People’s Campaign, a national demonstration against poverty Martin Luther King Jr. was planning, as revived by activists with the goal of ending systemic racism.
“The legislators are back, but returning duly elected lawmakers to their seat does not solve the problem,” Barber said, demanding that lawmakers “stop committing policy murder.”
Also Monday, the head of the influential Southern Baptist’s public policy arm, Brent Leatherwood of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, sent a letter to lawmakers asking them to “put down the weapons of partisan warfare” and instead work with Gov. Lee on passing legislation that would “make a real difference.
Leatherwood, who had three children enrolled at the private Christian school where the fatal shooting took place, said lawmakers have the authority to oppose “evil and protect innocent lives.”
“Other voices are saying there is too little time left in this legislative session to consider such a proposal. Little credence should be given to that,” he wrote. “Now is the time to act.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/17/tennessee-legislature-gun-control/9d835924-dd71-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html | 2023-04-18 00:22:29 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/17/tennessee-legislature-gun-control/9d835924-dd71-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html |
CHONG IS PLAYER TO WATCH
For the second consecutive year, University of Mary women's tennis player Chloe Chong was named the Northern Sun Player to Watch for the Marauders.
U-Mary finished fifth in the Northern Sun last season with a 9-7 overall record and an 8-3 record in the NSIC.
Chong was named to the 2022 NSIC First Team Singles All-Conference list after going 9-7 overall and 8-2 in conference play.
The Marauders are projected to finish fourth in the Northern Sun in women's tennis in this year's Preseason Coaches' Poll.
U-MARY’S MOSER TO PITCH FOR LARKS
Logan Moser from the University of Mary baseball team will pitch for the Bismarck Larks in the Northwoods League this summer.
Moser, who threw a no-hitter in high school in Eaton Colo., did not pitch for the Marauders last season. He is entering his redshirt freshman campaign.
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Seattle Mariners adopt dog to save him from euthanasia
Published: Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:29 AM CDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
SEATTLE (CNN) - The Seattle Mariners have a new team member and an unofficial mascot.
Meet Tucker, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever mix who the Mariners saved from euthanasia.
The team wanted to remind Seattle baseball fans that there is a huge population of animals who need forever homes.
Tucker will not double as a bat boy or be used to retrieve foul balls, but he is up for snuggling with fans and his new teammates.
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Chef "Nok" Chutatip Suntaranon can trace the flavors on her menu all the way back to her childhood, in the city of Trang in southern Thailand.
"I grew up helping my mom making curry paste to sell in her little shop in the market," Suntaranon says. "So I knew all that recipe by heart."
What Suntaranon did not know was how diners in Philadelphia would react when she opened her restaurant Kalaya four years ago, with an uncompromising approach to the flavors and the heat of southern Thai cooking.
But Kalaya has thrived, moving from its original location with 35 seats to an airy, sun-dappled space that holds up to 300. And Suntaranon has been nominated three times for an award from the James Beard Foundation — the so-called "Oscars of the food world," which are widely considered the top prize in the U.S. culinary industry.
"I know my food is good," Suntaranon says. "Once we present it with authenticity — just like being true to yourself and the flavors, I think people would feel the honesty about it."
Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're winning recognition at the highest levels of the industry.
The James Beard Foundation awards for restaurants are set for Monday in Chicago, with roughly 75 finalists vying for the chef and baker awards. More than half are immigrants or children of immigrants from all over the globe.
To some extent, that reflects how the awards themselves are changing in response to questions about diversity. But it also points to a broader shift in what chefs want to cook — and what diners want to eat.
In Kalaya's kitchen, Suntaranon shows off the newest item on the menu: dumplings shaped like little birds. The beaks are made with a sliver of red paper. The pungent filling starts with steamed cod fish that's pounded into a paste with palm sugar, garlic, shallot, radish and cilantro.
Even Suntaranon's own mother was surprised at how enthusiastically American diners responded to her food.
"I make what we eat at home," Suntaranon explains to her mother. "And she sometimes asked me, 'did farang like it?,' " using the Thai word that translates roughly as foreigner. " 'Can farang eat spicy?' And I said, 'you will be surprised!' "
The awards have been refocused after reported concerns about controversial lack of diversity
Immigrants have always been well-represented in the James Beard awards, but not to this extent.
The James Beard Foundation canceled its annual awards in 2020, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as the official reason. But reportedly, there were also concerns about a lack of diversity among the top vote-getters.
When the awards returned last year after an internal audit, they looked very different.
"We've refocused on what is the purpose of these awards," says Dawn Padmore, the vice president of awards at the James Beard Foundation. "It's to award excellence. And excellence can look like anything, right?"
The mission of the awards has shifted, Padmore says, to align more closely with the foundation's mantra of "good food for good." The awards have added a focus on racial and gender equity and sustainability. And the voting process has changed too, Padmore says, with a broader mix of voices.
Last year's winners included Cristina Martinez, an advocate for immigrants' rights and an undocumented immigrant herself, who won best chef in the Mid-Atlantic region for her restaurants in Philadelphia. While Mashama Bailey took home the prize for Outstanding Chef for her work at The Grey, a Southern restaurant in Savannah, Ga.
Still, Padmore thinks there's another a second explanation for why immigrant chefs from beyond Europe are doing so well: the food.
"There's an appetite, I think, in terms of consumers to try these different kinds of cuisine," she says. "I also think a lot of chefs, maybe the younger generation, feel like they can just express their culture, their background in a more direct manner."
Chefs like 29-year-old Serigne Mbaye, who's a finalist for Best Emerging Chef at his restaurant Dakar NOLA in New Orleans. Mbaye was born in Harlem, but he spent much of his childhood in Senegal. "It was there I learned about my culture and my cuisine," he says.
Mbaye cooked in a succession of fine dining kitchens before opening his own restaurant, which explores the culinary connections between West Africa and the southern U.S. He says he's glad to see more recognition for immigrant chefs — particularly from Africa.
"People cannot deny our existence, you know? It's great that it's happening now. But I think that it should have been happening for years," Mbaye says.
Immigrants are changing what America eats
It's not just big coastal cities and foodie destinations where immigrant chefs are thriving.
The James Beard award finalists this year include a Laotian restaurant in Oklahoma City, a Lebanese chef in Salt Lake City, and a Peruvian restaurant in West Hartford, Connecticut.
"Our food is traditional, and they can have a little bit of Peru here in Connecticut," says Macarena Ludena, the head chef at Coracora, which is nominated for Outstanding Restaurant. Her parents opened Coracora in 2011, naming it after the small town in the mountains of Peru where they had lived. Ludena says it's still difficult to get the right ingredients in New England.
"It's called aji amarillo and aji panca, the kind of chili peppers we need to start our cooking," she says. "If we don't have the spices, it's not going to be authentic Peruvian food."
Now this restaurant housed in a former McDonald's is famous for its ceviche and lomo saltado. The governor of Connecticut stopped by to celebrate the restaurant's James Beard award nomination in April.
This year's award nominees also include Veronika Gerasimova, the owner and sole employee at Veronika's Pastry Shop in Billings, Montana.
"Billings doesn't have lots of foreigners," Gerasimova says. "But Billings is hungry for cool stuff."
Gerasimova is originally from Uzbekistan. When she moved to Billings in 1999, she couldn't find a place that made the kind of Russian, Eastern European and French pastries that she liked. So in 2017, she quit her day job and opened one.
"I love making puff pastry. So croissants, danishes, different kinds of tartlets," she says. "I just do something people cannot find in Billings, you know?"
Now they can. It's one small way that immigrants are still changing what America eats.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
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High gas prices hit close to home for anyone driving an automobile that uses fossil fuels.
A multi-national group, thousands of miles away from many nations, is really the one to turn to if you want to gripe about the price of fuel — OPEC.
OPEC is short for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Five nations joined together in 1960 to form the oil alliance: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela — each an oil-producing heavyweight. At the time, the U.S. was both the world’s largest consumer and producer of oil. Now, OPEC comprises 13 countries including some of the world’s largest oil-exporters. Many are in the Middle East. Together, they virtually control the whole world’s oil market.
Why? Well, consider this — according to U.S. government data, OPEC exports roughly 60% of the total petroleum traded internationally. Petroleum is used to produce transportation fuels and fuel oils for heating, electricity and asphalt. It’s also found in crude oil — that’s what helps make up the gasoline you pump into your car. All told, OPEC nations are responsible for producing about 40% of the world’s crude oil. And America uses lots of it. The average American drives over 13,000 miles a year. Collectively, that's over 3.2 trillion miles annually, or according to the Energy Information Administration, roughly 134 billion gallons of gas burned every 365 days. OPEC doesn’t set the price of oil. But any economics professor will tell you, supply and demand determines price. OPEC is the supply side of that equation. Along with 11 other countries in "OPEC plus." That includes Mexico, Malaysia and Russia. Leaders agree to set caps on oil production, to meet expected demand. The goal is to keep the market steady while optimizing profits. The coalition is currently trying to do so, at a time full of uncertainty.
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The COVID pandemic upended the oil market as demand plummeted. As a result, the cartel slashed output by a record 10 million barrels per day in 2020. Oil prices plunged into negative territory for the first time ever. They’ve since shot back up, with the average price per crude barrel topping $110 in early 2022. Critics argue OPEC hasn’t ratcheted up production fast enough to meet rapidly-rebounding demand. But the 10-year price high came after Russia launched its military offensive on Ukraine, and cut off much of the West from major oil supplies in Russia. Looming economic uncertainty spurred OPEC’s latest move in October to slash quotas by 2 million barrels per day.
"The reality — globally — as we know, is that there is a huge shortfall in investments to meet this expected future demand growth," said OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s top producer — responsible for one-third of OPEC’s supply in 2021. And it led the decision to slash production, a move President Joe Biden called "a disappointment."
The president traveled to Saudi Arabia in July, though he said he didn’t go specifically to talk about oil. OPEC’s October announcement caused already steep gas prices in the U.S. to rise. And leaders, including the president, say they’ll act.
"One of the consequences should be a temporary halt in arm sales. The only apparent purpose of this cut in oil supplies is to help the Russians and harm Americans," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
"We're going to react to Saudi Arabia. And they're doing a consultation when they come back. And we will take action," said President Biden.
The U.S. and its allies believe the cut is OPEC’s show of support for Russia in the war. Western nations say it helps Russia skirt around sanctions and a looming price cap on oil exports. Russia’s oil revenues are dipping, but it is still a major seller to India and China. Neither have placed sanctions on Moscow. It’s a complicated picture of a touchy economic balancing act — one poised to grow the rift between U.S. and Saudi leaders — and keep drivers on their toes at home. But as long as the oil producers have the keys — all roads seem to go through OPEC.
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Recommendation to Advance to Increased Dose in Third and Final Cohort of Phase 1 Portion of Trial Indicates Favorable Safety Profile of Novel Gene Therapy in Solid Tumor Cancer
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genprex, Inc. ("Genprex" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes, today announced that the Safety Review Committee (SRC) has approved continuation to the third and final cohort in the dose escalation Phase 1 portion of the Acclaim-1 Phase 1/2 clinical trial of REQORSA® in combination with Tagrisso® (osimertinib) to treat late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In 2020, the combination of REQORSA and osimertinib received U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Fast Track Designation for treatment of the Acclaim-1 patient population.
Acclaim-1 is an open-label, multi-center Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the Company's lead drug candidate, REQORSA Immunogene Therapy, in combination with Tagrisso (osimertinib) in patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease progressed after treatment with Tagrisso.
The SRC is comprised of three physicians who are principal investigators in the trial. The SRC may recommend that the trial continues at the same dose or at a lower dose, that it escalates to a higher dose, or that the study be terminated altogether due to safety concerns.
"The SRC's recommendation to increase the dosing of REQORSA is further confirmation of its favorable safety profile and it enables us to advance Acclaim-1 into the final cohort of the Phase 1 dose escalation portion of the study," said Mark Berger, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Genprex. "We look forward to completing enrollment of this final cohort in the first quarter of 2023."
The Accaim-1 trial includes up to three sequential dose escalation cohorts that will treat study participants with REQORSA intravenously on Day 1 in addition to osimertinib 80 mg fixed dose oral daily tablet during 21-day treatment cycles until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The first group received REQORSA IV infusion at 0.06 mg/kg, the second group received 0.09 mg/kg, and the third group will receive 0.12 mg/kg.
Following successful completion of the Phase 1 dose escalation portion of the Acclaim-1 study, the Company will advance into the dose expansion portion of the study, which will evaluate the toxicity profile of REQORSA in combination with Tagrisso in patients with different eligibility criteria, and will also evaluate efficacy and other endpoints.
"The principal advantage of adding the dose expansion portion to Acclaim-1 is to gain efficacy data earlier than we would otherwise have received it from the Phase 2 portion of the study. We also will receive this data in the two distinct patient populations represented by the two expansion cohorts, which we believe will further increase the likelihood of a successful Phase 2 trial," added Dr. Berger.
The Acclaim-1 clinical trial is an open-label, multi-center Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the Company's lead drug candidate, REQORSA, in combination with Tagrisso in patients with late-stage NSCLC with activating epidermal growth factor receptor ("EGFR") mutations whose disease progressed after treatment with Tagrisso. Genprex expects the dose escalation Phase 1 portion of the Acclaim-1 trial to enroll up to 18 patients to determine the maximum tolerated dose of the combination. The dose expansion Phase 1 portion of the study will then enroll 66 patients, half of whom will be patients who had received only prior Tagrisso treatment and the other half patients who had received prior Tagrisso treatment and chemotherapy, to determine toxicity profiles of patients with different eligibility criteria, as well as efficacy and other endpoints. There will be an interim analysis following the treatment of 19 patients in each cohort. The Phase 2 portion of the study is expected to enroll approximately 74 patients to be randomized 1:1 to receive either REQORSA and Tagrisso combination therapy or Tagrisso monotherapy. The primary endpoint of the Phase 2 portion of the trial is progression-free survival, which is defined as time from randomization to progression or death. An interim analysis will be performed at 25 events.
REQORSA Immunogene Therapy (quaratusugene ozeplasmid) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) uses Genprex's unique, proprietary ONCOPREX® Nanoparticle Delivery System, which is the first systemic gene therapy delivery platform used for cancer in human clinical trials. The plasmid portion of REQORSA contains the TUSC2 gene, a tumor suppressor gene. REQORSA consists of the TUSC2 gene containing plasmid encapsulated in a nanoparticle made from lipid molecules with a net positive electrical charge. REQORSA is injected intravenously and is preferentially taken up by cancer cells. Once REQORSA is taken up into a cancer cell, the TUSC2 gene is expressed, and the TUSC2 protein is capable of restoring certain defective functions arising in the cancer cell. REQORSA has a multimodal mechanism of action whereby it interrupts cell signaling pathways that cause replication and proliferation of cancer cells, re-establishes pathways for programmed cell death, or apoptosis, in cancer cells, and modulates the immune response against cancer cells.
Tagrisso® is a registered trademark of AstraZeneca plc and its largest selling drug with 2021 sales of over $5 billion.
Genprex, Inc. is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for patients with cancer and diabetes. Genprex's technologies are designed to administer disease-fighting genes to provide new therapies for large patient populations with cancer and diabetes who currently have limited treatment options. Genprex works with world-class institutions and collaborators to develop drug candidates to further its pipeline of gene therapies in order to provide novel treatment approaches. Genprex's oncology program utilizes its proprietary, non-viral ONCOPREX® Nanoparticle Delivery System, which the Company believes is the first systemic gene therapy delivery platform used for cancer in humans. ONCOPREX encapsulates the gene-expressing plasmids using lipid nanoparticles. The resultant product is administered intravenously, where it is then taken up by tumor cells that express tumor suppressor proteins that are deficient in the body. The Company's lead product candidate, REQORSA® (quaratusugene ozeplasmid), is being evaluated as a treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (with each of these clinical programs receiving a Fast Track Designation from the Food and Drug Administration) and for small cell lung cancer. Genprex's diabetes gene therapy approach is comprised of a novel infusion process that uses an endoscope and an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector to deliver Pdx1 and MafA genes to the pancreas. In models of Type 1 diabetes, the genes express proteins that transform alpha cells in the pancreas into functional beta-like cells, which can produce insulin but are distinct enough from beta cells to evade the body's immune system. In Type 2 diabetes, where autoimmunity is not at play, it is believed that exhausted beta cells are also rejuvenated and replenished.
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CUSCO, Peru (AP) — Marco Gonzales ventured to the Andean city of Cusco from his home in the Peruvian Amazon in 2007 with little more than $20, a smidgeon of English and a change of clothes poorly suited for the icy mountain air.
He started offering walking tours of the former Incan Empire capital in exchange for tips. Along the way he fell in love with a British backpacker, Nathalie Zulauf, and together the couple built a travel business and family.
But now it’s all at risk of collapsing along with so much of Peru’s once-enviable economic stability.
The couple’s company, Bloody Bueno Peru, which caters to mostly foreign tourists from Britain and elsewhere, hasn’t seen a customer since December, when protesters demanding the resignation of interim President Dina Boluarte all but cut off access to the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu. Groups have canceled reservations months in advance, forcing the couple to dip into savings already depleted by the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re waiting until March to see if the situation improves,” said Gonzales, 38, staring at a calendar he no longer bothers to update. “If it doesn’t we’ll have to explore other options, like shutting down the business and emigrating. At least in England we have Nathalie’s family.”
Others in Cusco have far less to fall back on.
The city of 450,000, normally a polyglot mecca of foreign travelers, is a ghost town these days. The Plaza de Armas, where women dressed in colorful Andean textiles used to pose for snapshots, now attracts demonstrators playing cat-and-mouse with heavily armored riot police.
Political turmoil is nothing new in Peru, which has seen six presidents in the last five years. In 1969, with a military dictatorship in power, Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa posed this now iconic question to start his novel “Conversations in the Cathedral”: “At what precise moment did Peru screw itself?”
For a long time, the dysfunction was held in check and didn’t interfere with sacred cornerstones of the free-market economy like the key mining industry. Since 2000, Peru’s economy grew at an average annual rate of 4.4% — more than any country in South America —with low inflation and a stable currency. Until the pandemic hit, poverty had fallen by half.
But the scale of violence following President Pedro Castillo’s Dec. 7 impeachment and arrest for a clumsy effort to shutter Congress — unrest that has left 57 civilians dead and hundreds more injured — has revived class and racial divisions and has many Peruvians wondering whether the long period of uneasy stability has run its course.
“This dichotomy couldn’t last,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard University political scientist and co-author of the 2018 book, “ How Democracies Die.”
Signs of the economic fallout are everywhere.
In December — as the political crisis got underway — the number of foreigners arriving in Peru had already fallen to the lowest level since 2009, aside from the two years lost to COVID-19. Activity at three major copper and tin mines had been suspended because highways were blocked or their facilities attacked by protesters.
Peru is the world’s largest exporter of grapes and the protests hit during the height of harvest. Shipments in one major growing area are barely 4% of a year ago, according to Darío Núñez, whose company, Uvica, has been unable to fulfill orders by U.S. retailers such as Costco and Sam’s Club.
“The credibility of Peru as a brand is starting to suffer,” said Núñez. “I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel.”
Peru’s democratic dysfunction, years in the making, accelerated with Castillo’s surprise election in 2021. A rural schoolteacher, he rose from obscurity to fill a void left by a broken political system, widespread graft and deep-seated racism.
His journey from an adobe home in one of Peru’s poorest areas to the presidential palace was fueled by fury in the long-neglected Andean highlands. But once in office, he shuffled his Cabinet almost weekly and was beset by corruption allegations that underscored his inexperience.
Elites in Congress, although even more discredited than Castillo, went on the offensive, using an obscure constitutional power to seek his impeachment for “moral incapacity.” This triggered Castillo’s move to shut down Congress, which backfired with his arrest on charges of rebellion — and vice president Boluarte’s ascension to power.
The current revolt has coalesced around an urgent demand: Boluarte’s departure. Congress could act by ordering early elections but has so far refused as lawmakers are reluctant to, in effect, fire themselves.
Levitsky, the Harvard professor, said it’s too early to know how Peru’s crisis will unfold. One demand from protesters is that the constitution adopted during Alberto Fujimori’s 1990-2000 authoritarian rule and which strengthened free-market reforms be overhauled.
But whatever happens, Levitsky doesn’t see a return to the status quo.
“A state that doesn’t work is sooner or later going to fall into crisis,” he said. “They had 20 years to build a state and they failed miserably.”
Monuments to that failure are everywhere in Cusco: An unfinished highway that was supposed to bisect the city and the crumbling façade of the Hotel Cusco, a historic landmark owned by the city government.
But perhaps the biggest white elephant is the Hospital Antonio Lorena.
Rising above the city’s red tile roofs, the sleek glass-and-steel structure was supposed to be the most modern in southern Peru when construction began in 2012. But after three years, the Brazilian builder abandoned the project amid an investigation into cost overruns fueled by alleged bribes paid to Cusco’s governor and the wife of Peru’s then-president Ollanta Humala.
Today, the half-built skeleton is covered by graffiti amid peeling paint, exposed power cables and shattered glass. On Dec. 7 — the day Castillo was arrested — a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the start of a 730-day, $244 million rescue plan for the project by a new foreign consortium with technical assistance from France.
Jorge Zapata, the head of Peru’s construction lobby, blames greedy politicians for the standstill. Nationwide, over 2,500 state-funded infrastructure projects worth $7 billion are paralyzed due to mismanagement, he said.
Meanwhile, instead of guiding tourists, Gonzales now spends his days scouring Cusco for a propane gas cannister to cook and bathe the couple’s 5-month-old daughter, Willow.
At an industrial depot, dozens of desperate residents were lined up this week in hopes demonstrators blocking the highways would halt their pickets long enough to let the trucks delivering the propane reach the besieged city.
“This is really scary,” said Zulauf, as she bounced her baby on her knees staring at the long line from her car. “In Cusco, people live day-to-day. If they can’t work, I don’t know how they’re surviving.”
Among those in line was Fredy Deza, who spent the night in a sleeping bag on the sidewalk.
Deza, 40, said the all-night vigil recalled another dark period in Peru’s history, when he would wait with his mother in long lines for bread, sugar and other staples during the chaotic 1985-1990 presidency of Alan Garcia.
“It’s like we’re going back in time,” said Deza, who worked as a guide in Machu Picchu until he was let go in December.
Prices for propane and other scarce items in Cusco are soaring due to inflation that jumped to 8.7% in January, near the highest level in a quarter-century. A black market has emerged, with cannisters going for three times the listed price.
Adding to insult, the cooking gas many can no longer afford is pumped by a foreign-owned consortium from the resource-rich department of Cusco and transported by a pipeline to the capital, Lima, where the bulk is then exported. A projected second pipeline, which would deliver it to Cusco and other cities in the south, remains a pipe dream.
“It’s sad,” said Deza, as he prepared for another cold night, “that as owners of our gas we have to be enduring this.”
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AP writers Daniel Politi in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Franklin Briceno in Lima, Peru, and Frank Bajak in Boston contributed to this report.
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Kevin Durant fires back at Charles Barkley’s ‘very sensitive’ comment: ‘This ain’t gettin tiring chuck?’
Durant will reportedly return from injury against the Timberwolves Wednesday night
The beef between Charles Barkley and Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant continues.
Barkley, an NBA analyst for TNT, has been critical of Durant over the years – while acknowledging his greatness – questioning the path Durant took toward winning two championships with the Golden State Warriors.
Durant has clapped back on social media and through the press, saying he doesn’t require Barkley’s approval.
KEVIN DURANT 'PART OF THAT GENERATION WHO THINK HE CAN'T BE CRITICIZED,' CHARLES BARKLEY SAYS
And now Durant is getting on Barkley for calling him "very sensitive."
"This ain’t gettin tiring chuck?" Durant posted to Twitter. "I’ll never respect the words that come out ya mouth fam just deal with it."
Durant was responding to a clip from a recent sit down between Barkley and "60 Minutes" on CBS, where Barkley was asked for his thoughts on the 13-time All-Star.
"He's very sensitive. Great player," Barkley said of Durant. "He's part of that generation who think he can't be criticized. He's never looked in the mirror and said, 'Man, was that a fair criticism?’"
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CBS’ Jon Wertheim asked whether Barkley believes players from the current game are more sensitive to criticism than those Barkley played with.
"That would be (an) understatement," Barkley said.
Durant is expected to return to the court Wednesday night when the Suns face the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to ESPN.
He’s missed the last 10 games after spraining his ankle during warmups before a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on March 8.
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On Tuesday, Suns head coach Monty Williams did not confirm Durant’s return, saying the organization would have "an official update when we have one."
"I always use the term checking the boxes," Williams' said of Durant's recovery, per ESPN. "You have to get the pain and swelling out and all of that and then you progress onto the floor with shots. And I've seen him go from cardio to shooting to be able to get up and down a little bit and get himself prepared to go to the next level."
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Kickoff time for Arkansas State’s homecoming matchup with ULM announced
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The Arkansas State football team’s Sun Belt Conference home game against ULM on Saturday, Oct. 1, will appear on ESPN+ with a 6:00 p.m. kickoff, the league office and ESPN announced Monday.
The contest will mark the 45th all-time meeting between Arkansas State and ULM as they continue their Sun Belt Conference series. The Red Wolves lead the all-time series 30-14.
A-State has one game scheduled ahead of its outing versus ULM, facing Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va., Saturday, Sept. 24, in a game that will appear on ESPN+. Kickoff is slated for 5:00 p.m. (CT). Every A-State football game can be heard on the EAB Red Wolves Sports Network, including flagship station 107.9 KFIN in the Northeast Arkansas area.
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In a wild season of comings and goings at Chelsea, Frank Lampard’s out-of-the-blue return to Stamford Bridge is among the most improbable of the lot.
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Lampard, Chelsea’s record scorer and one of its greatest ever players, was hired as interim manager until the end of the season on Thursday to give the club time to find a permanent replacement for the fired Graham Potter.
Lampard was fired himself by Chelsea only two years ago and replaced as manager by Thomas Tuchel, though this occurred before Chelsea’s current ownership — fronted by American businessman Todd Boehly — was in control.
Now Lampard is back as a short-term fix while Chelsea continues talking to candidates for the job on a fulltime basis. Former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was reportedly in London on Wednesday to speak to Chelsea officials while Julian Nagelsmann, who was recently fired by Bayern Munich, has also been linked with the vacancy.
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“Frank is a Premier League Hall of Famer and a legend at this club,” Boehly and co-owner Behdad Eghbali said. "As we continue our thorough and exhaustive process for a permanent head coach, we want to provide the club and our fans with a clear and stable plan for the remainder of the season.
“We want to give ourselves every chance of success and Frank has all of the characteristics and qualities we need to drive us to the finish line.”
Lampard, who was fired by relegation-threatened Everton in January, will be leading Chelsea into the Champions League quarterfinals and a two-legged meeting with defending champion Real Madrid.
In getting dismissed by Chelsea in January 2021, Lampard was denied a chance to coach the team in the knockout stage of the Champions League that season. Tuchel took over, made the team hard to beat and ended up leading Chelsea to its second European Cup title with a win over Manchester City in the final.
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Lampard’s first game back at Chelsea will be against Wolverhampton in the Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea is languishing in 11th place, 14 points behind the top four, and unlikely to finish in the qualification spots for the Champions League.
The squad he will inherit is very different to the one he left behind, after Chelsea’s spending spree in the last two transfer windows totaling $630 million on 16 players.
Lampard, a midfielder for Chelsea from 2001-14, will also be the fourth manager to lead the team this season, after Tuchel, Potter — who was fired on Sunday — and Bruno Saltor, who took charge of the 0-0 draw with Liverpool on Tuesday.
“We are all going to give Frank our full backing as we aim to get the best possible outcome from all our remaining games,” Boehly and Eghbali said.
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The 2023 John Deere Classic Odds & Preview: JT Poston
JT Poston will be at the 2023 John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois at the par-71, 7,289-yard TPC Deere Run from July 6- 9.
Looking to place a wager on Poston at the John Deere Classic this week? Read on for the betting trends you can use before you make your picks.
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JT Poston Insights
- Poston has finished below par on three occasions, completed his day bogey-free once and finished eight rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 14 rounds played.
- He has not finished any of his most recent 14 rounds with a top-10 score on the day.
- Over his last 14 rounds, Poston has finished within five strokes of the top score for the day three times.
- In his past five tournaments, Poston's average finish has been 39th.
- Looking at the past five tournaments he has entered, he made the cut twice.
- Poston has not posted a score better than the tournament average or finished within five shots of the leader in any of his past five events.
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John Deere Classic Insights and Stats
- Poston has one win in his past five starts at this event. His average finish has been 43rd.
- In his past five appearances at this event, he made it to the weekend three times.
- TPC Deere Run measures 7,289 yards for this tournament, 263 more than the average course on the Tour inthe past year (7,026).
- Players have posted 69.25 strokes per round and an average score of -5 in the past year on Tour. Events hosted on this course have a lower scoring average of -10.
- Courses that Poston has played in the past year have measured an average of 7,296 yards, seven yards longer than the 7,289-yard TPC Deere Run this week.
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -5. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -10.
Poston's Last Time Out
- Poston was in the 33rd percentile on par 3s at the Travelers Championship, with an average of par on the eight par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.96 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 24) at the Travelers Championship, which placed him in the 46th percentile among all competitors.
- Poston was better than 48% of the field at the Travelers Championship on the tournament's four par-5 holes, averaging 4.50 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.55.
- Poston recorded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Travelers Championship, worse than the field average of 2.0.
- On the eight par-3s at the Travelers Championship, Poston carded less bogeys or worse (one) than the field average (1.7).
- Poston recorded fewer birdies or better (five) than the field average of 7.6 on the 24 par-4s at the Travelers Championship.
- At that last competition, Poston's performance on the 24 par-4s included a bogey or worse four times (the field's average was worse, at 4.8).
- Poston ended the Travelers Championship recording a birdie or better on two par-5 holes, compared to the field average of 2.9 on the four par-5s.
- The field at the Travelers Championship averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the four par-5s, but Poston finished without one.
John Deere Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: July 6- 9, 2023
- Course: TPC Deere Run
- Location: Silvis, Illinois
- Par: 71 / 7,289 yards
- Poston Odds to Win: +4500 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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Nepal honors Sherpa guides, climbers to mark 70th anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago.
The celebrations come amid a growing concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and weather being harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest mountain.
Hundreds of people from the mountaineering community, Sherpa guides and officials attended a rally in Kathmandu to mark the anniversary. Participants waved celebratory banners and walked in the center of Kathmandu to tunes played by military bands.
Among those honored were Sherpa guides Kami Rita, who climbed Everest twice this season for a record 28 times overall, and Sanu Sherpa, who has climbed all of the world’s 14 highest peaks twice.
Hari Budha Magar, who became the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest, was also honored by the country’s Tourism Minister Sushila Sirpali Thakuri.
“May 29 is a day when we all always remember and be proud of when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing (Norgay) Sherpa reached the top of Everest and it is the day the Sherpas became known,” Sanu Sherpa said.
Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on May 29, 1953. Nepal began celebrating the anniversary as Everest Day after Hillary’s death in 2008.
Since their ascent, thousands of people have scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak and hundreds have also lost their lives on the unpredictable slopes.
During the 2023 climbing season, hundreds of climbers and their guides scaled the peak, and 17 either died or went missing.
The popular Himalayan climbing season begins in March and ends in May after which monsoon winds and melting temperatures make the mountains too hazardous for climbing.
Deteriorating conditions on Everest are raising concerns for mountaineers and others whose livelihoods depend on the flow of visitors coming to climb the mountain each year. Warmer conditions mean climbers who made their way across snow and ice are now crossing bare rock.
Recent research found that Mount Everest’s glaciers have lost 2,000 years of ice in just the past 30 years.
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ÄNGELHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The correction concerns the second and fifth paragraphs. The shares are issued at a subscription price of SEK 1.425 per share, which represents a discount of 5.6 percent, not a premium of 0.5 percent, to the 30 day average price for the Company's share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market ending on 18 November 2022. The information in the previous release was due to a data error. The full corrected press release is set out below.
The board of directors of OXE Marine AB (publ) ("OXE Marine" or the "Company") has today resolved to raise SEK 70 m by way of a directed issue of 49,122,807 shares to a group of existing and new investors. The funds are raised to build up working capital to accelerate growth and to support strategic initiatives and the cost for the directed issue is SEK 13,000 excluding legal costs.
The Company has collected irrevocable subscription undertakings for the full SEK 70 m and the outcome of the share issue will be announced shortly. The shares are issued at a subscription price of SEK 1.425 per share, which represents a discount of 5.6 percent to the 30 day average price for the Company's share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market ending on 18 November 2022.
"I am extremely grateful for the continued support from our existing shareholders who participated in this directed share issue. At the same time, it is fantastic to also welcome incoming prominent investors such as Håkan Roos and Carl Rosvall as well as a number of other experienced investors. Playing in the arena of "transition technology" we already today probably deliver the world's most environmentally friendly high-performance outboard engine combining speed, durability, innovation and fuel efficiency - and with this support we will continue to execute on our plans to develop OXE Marine as a player in the global marine industry. As Management, we are incredibly pleased to have raised the full, targeted amount of SEK 70 m in a very short time frame. This shows the support and belief in our company." says Anders Berg, CEO of OXE Marine.
Directed share issue
The reason for the resolutions and the deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights is to, in a time and cost-effective way, secure the Company's need for additional funding and to add new strategically important shareholders to the Company. The board of directors has made an overall assessment of the various alternatives at hand and has carefully considered the possibility of raising the required capital by carrying out a share issue with preferential rights for the existing shareholders. After close evaluation together with its advisers, the board of directors has concluded that a preferential rights issue would entail a significant risk that the Company would not be able to raise the required funding, the main reason being that a rights issue would be significantly more time-consuming and therefore subject to higher market risk exposure compared to a directed issue. As a consequence, especially due to the higher than normal market volatility observed in 2022 and which is still ongoing, the board of directors has assessed that a rights issue would require underwriting commitments in amounts close to the full amount sought, which the board assesses that it would not be able to obtain on acceptable terms under current market conditions. In any case, the costs for the necessary underwriting commitments and advisers in a rights issue would have used up a large part of the subscription price, which would have been to the detriment to the Company and its shareholders compared to the directed issue at hand. The board of directors has therefore made the assessment that directed share issue on the terms described in this release is the most favorable alternative for OXE Marine and in the best interest of the Company's shareholders.
The subscription price is SEK 1.425 per share, which represents a discount of 5.6 percent to the 30 day average price for the Company's share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market ending on 18 November 2022. The price has been determined in negotiations with the participating investors and it is the board of director's assessment that this subscription price is the best price that the Company can obtain in a directed share issue at this time.
The Company has collected irrevocable subscription undertakings for the full SEK 70 m sought and the outcome of the share issue will be announced shortly. Subscription and payment for the shares shall be made no later than 22 November 2022 unless the board extends the subscription and/or the payment period(s).
Out of the total amount, SEK 1.425 m is directed to a company owned by board member Christian von Koenigsegg. The board will seek shareholder approval for this part of the total amount at an extraordinary general meeting to be convened in the coming week. The notice to attend the extraordinary general meeting will be press released and published on the Company's website www.oxemarine.com. The other SEK 68.575 m was resolved by the board under the mandate from the annual general meeting.
CONTACT:
Certified Adviser
FNCA Sweden AB is Certified Adviser for OXE Marine AB (publ). Contact details to FNCA Sweden AB: tel. +46 8 528 00 399, e-mail info@fnca.se.
For further information, please contact:
Anders Berg, CEO, anders.berg@oxemarine.com, +46 70 358 91 55
Jonas Wikström, Chairman of the board, jonas.wikstrom@oxemarine.com, +46 70 753 65 66
OXE Marine AB (publ) (NASDAQ STO: OXE) has, after several years of development, constructed the OXE Diesel, the world's first diesel outboard engine in the high-power segment. The Company's unique patented engine-to-propulsion power transmission solutions have led to high demand for the Company's engines worldwide.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until October 31, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against TuSimple Holdings Inc. (NasdaqGS: TSP), if they purchased or otherwise acquired the Company's securities between April 15, 2021 and August 1, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or purchased or otherwise acquired the Company's shares pursuant to the Company's April 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
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TuSimple and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period and/or in the Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in conjunction with the initial public offering, violating federal securities laws.
The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that: (i) the Company had significantly overstated its commitment to safety and concealed fundamental problems with its technology; (ii) the Company was rushing the testing of its autonomous driving technology in order to deliver driverless trucks to the market ahead of its more safety-conscious competitors; (iii) the Company's corporate culture suppressed or ignored safety concerns in favor of unrealistically ambitious testing and delivery schedules; (iv) the aforementioned conduct made accidents involving the Company's autonomous driving technology more likely; (v) the aforementioned conduct was likely to lead to enhanced regulatory scrutiny and investigatory action toward the Company; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations estimated Monday that the world’s population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year.
In a report released on World Population Day, the U.N. also said global population growth fell below 1% in 2020 for the first time since 1950.
According to the latest U.N. projections, the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and a peak of around 10.4 billion during the 2080s. It is forecast to remain at that level until 2100.
The report says more than half the projected increase in population up to 2050 will be concentrated in just eight countries: Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.
The report, “World Population Prospects 2022,” puts the world’s population at 7.942 billion now and forecasts it will reach 8 billion in mid-November.
John Wilmoth, director of the U.N. Population Division, said at a news conference to release the report that the date when the U.N.’s projection line crosses 8 billion is Nov. 15.
But, he noted, “we do not pretend that that’s the actual date … and we think that the uncertainty is at least plus or minus a year.”
Nonetheless, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called 2022 a “milestone year,” with “the birth of the Earth’s eight billionth inhabitant.”
“This is an occasion to celebrate our diversity, recognize our common humanity, and marvel at advancements in health that have extended lifespans and dramatically reduced maternal and child mortality rates,” Guterres said in a statement. “At the same time, it is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet and a moment to reflect on where we still fall short of our commitments to one another.”
The report projects that next year India, with a current population of 1.412 billion, will surpass China, with a current population of 1.426 billion, but Wilmoth said there is more uncertainty about that date than the Earth reaching 8 billion inhabitants on Nov. 15.
Wilmoth said the U.N. moved the date forward from 2027, especially as a result of China’s 2020 census. India had been planning its census in 2021, but he said it was delayed because of the pandemic. The U.N. will reassess its projection after it takes place.
The U.N. projects that in 2050 the United States will remain the third most populous country in the world, behind India and China. Nigeria is projected to be No. 4, followed by Pakistan, Indonesia, Brazil, Congo, Ethiopia and Bangladesh. Russia and Mexico, which are in the top 10 most populous countries in 2022, are projected to lose their ninth and 10th spots in 2050.
“The population of 61 countries or areas are projected to decrease by 1% or more between 2022 and 2050,” the report says.
“In countries with at least half a million population, the largest relative reductions in population size over that period, with losses of 20% or more, are expected to take place in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia and Ukraine.”
In other highlights, the report said global life expectancy improved almost 9 years from 1990 — to 72.8 years for babies born in 2019 — and is projected to reach 77.2 years in 2050 as death rates continue to decrease. But in 2021, it said, life expectancy in the world’s poorest countries lagged 7 years behind the global average.
As for gender balance, the report says, “Globally, the world counts slightly more men (50.3%) than women (49.7%) in 2022.” “This figure is projected to slowly invert over the course of the century,” it says. “By 2050, it is expected that the number of women will equal the number of men.”
The share of working age people between ages 25 and 64 has been increasing in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa, parts of Asia and in Latin America and the Caribbean “thanks to recent reductions in fertility,” the report says.
The U.N. said this “demographic dividend” provides an opportunity for accelerated economic growth for those countries.
In another trend, the report said, “the population above age 65 is growing more rapidly than the population below that age.”
“As a result, the share of global population at age 65 and above is projected to rise from 10% in 2022 to 16% in 2050,” it said.
Wilmoth said high life expectancy and very low levels of fertility and birth rates in European countries, Japan, North America, Australia and New Zealand are driving the tendency toward rapid population aging, and eventually potential population declines.
As a result, over the next few decades, international migration “will be the sole driver of population growth in high-income countries,” the report said.
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NJT riders face massive fare hikes, advocates warn
🎫 NJT is holding fares steady for the eighth year in a row
💲 COVID relief money will be depleted by 2025
🚉 A huge budget shortfall could trigger massive fare hikes
Transit advocates are warning of big fare hikes coming for New Jersey Transit as the agency faces a looming budget deficit in 2025.
Fares are not rising this year, the eighth year in a row that riders were not asked to pay more for bus and rail fares.
NJT is spending the last of its federal COVID relief money that was designed to supplement revenue lost due to a decline in ridership.
As pandemic restrictions were lifted, ridership did rebound, but many workers remain on a remote or hybrid schedule.
NJT President & CEO Kevin Corbett told board members last week that overall weekday rail ridership is fluctuating between approximately 55 to 75 percent of pre-COVID levels. Overall bus ridership systemwide is holding steady, Corbett says, at approximately 80 percent of pre-COVID levels.
Despite the fluctuations in ridership, and fare collections, NJT was able to keep fare steady this year thanks to the influx of federal relief money.
However, a four year budget forecast delivered to Gov. Phil Murphy warns when the COVID money runs out, NJT will be facing a potential funding need of $119.4 million. That number grows to $957 million in just two years.
The figures were first reported by NJ.com, which noted the future budget problems forecast for New Jersey Transit are not unique. Public transit agencies across the U.S. are dealing with similar issues as they deplete federal relief money.
How to avoid fare hikes
Budget forecasts included in the report to Murphy assumes state funding would remain flat during the four year period examined. That could be a big assumption.
New Jersey as a whole will face some tough decisions in future budget years as treasury officials adjust to the depletion of federal relief money.
To avoid potential large fare hikes and/or a reduction in service, lawmakers are being urged to change the way the state funds NJT.
Currently there is no true 'dedicated' funding mechanism in place. Each year, how much money NJT gets from the state is debated as a separate line-item in the overall state budget.
Even though Gov. Murphy has created a 'memorandum of understanding' that sends $3.7 billion to NJT through 2028, future governors could alter or rescind that deal.
Transit advocates are urging the legislature to create a true sustainable and dedicated funding source before 2025 to avoid the need for massive fare hikes or service cuts.
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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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles (241 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a seal or polar bear before he was safely returned to his home in Alaska.
Mandy Iworrigan, Nanuq's owner who lives in Gambell, Alaska, and her family were visiting Savoogna, another St. Lawrence Island community in the Bering Strait, last month when Nanuq disappeared with their other family dog, Starlight, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
Starlight turned up a few weeks later, but Nanuq, which means polar bear in Siberian Yupik, was nowhere to be found.
About a month after Nanuq disappeared, people in Wales, 150 miles (241 kilometers) northeast of Savoonga on Alaska’s western coast, began posting pictures online of what they described as a lost dog.
“My dad texted me and said, ‘There’s a dog that looks like Nanuq in Wales,’” Iworrigan said.
She reactivated her Facebook account to see if it might be her wandering hound.
“I was like, ‘No freakin’ way! That’s our dog! What is he doing in Wales?’” she said.
The events of Nanuq’s journey will likely always be a mystery.
“I have no idea why he ended up in Wales. Maybe the ice shifted while he was hunting,” Iworrigan said. “I’m pretty sure he ate leftovers of seal or caught a seal. Probably birds, too. He eats our Native foods. He’s smart.”
She used airline points to get her dog back to Gambell on a regional air carrier last week, a charter that was transporting athletes for the Bering Strait School District’s Native Youth Olympics tournament.
Iworrigan filmed the happy reunion when the plane landed at the air strip in Savoonga, with both she and her daughter Brooklyn shrieking with joy.
Except for a swollen leg, with large bite marks from an unidentified animal, Nanuq was in pretty good health.
“Wolverine, seal, small nanuq, we don’t know, because it’s like a really big bite,” she said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/alaska-family-reunited-dog-sea-ice-journey/507-9778d799-e5bb-424a-88bd-1fbcfa103206 | 2023-04-13 05:55:39 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/alaska-family-reunited-dog-sea-ice-journey/507-9778d799-e5bb-424a-88bd-1fbcfa103206 |
BEIJING, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Total revenues were RMB7.3 billion (US$1.1 billion1), decreasing 9% year over year.
- Membership services revenue was RMB4.5 billion (US$705.4 million), increasing 4% year over year.
- Operating income was RMB93.4 million (US$14.7 million) and operating income margin was 1%, compared to operating loss of RMB1.0 billion and operating loss margin of 13% in the same period in 2021.
- Non-GAAP operating income2 was RMB326.6 million (US$51.5 million) and non-GAAP operating income margin was 4%, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB658.2 million and non-GAAP operating loss margin of 8% in the same period in 2021.
- Net income attributable to iQIYI was RMB169.1 million (US$26.7 million), compared to net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.3 billion in the same period in 2021.
- Non-GAAP net income attributable to iQIYI2 was RMB162.2 million (US$25.6 million), compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.0 billion in the same period in 2021.
"During the first quarter of 2022, we delivered a select portfolio of premium shows, bringing membership services growth; we improved our operating efficiency, leading to margin expansion and profits. Our new strategy cemented our market leadership while yielding healthy financial performance." commented Mr. Yu Gong, Founder, Director, and Chief Executive Officer of iQIYI. "Going forward, we will adhere to the same strategy, which will create value for all stakeholders within our ecosystem, including our users and our shareholders."
"Our gross margin consistently expanded in the last three quarters, and reached a historical high in the first quarter of 2022. Our operating expenses on the other hand decreased consistently in the last three quarters as well." commented Mr. Jun Wang, Chief Financial Officer of iQIYI. "Behind these numbers are our unyielding efforts in improving operational efficiency and scalability to better position ourselves for the growth opportunities in long run."
First Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
First Quarter 2022 Other Operating Highlights
- The average daily number of total subscribing members3 for the quarter was 101.4 million, compared to 105.4 million for the same period in 2021 and 97.0 million for the fourth quarter in 2021. The average daily number of subscribing members excluding individuals with trial memberships4 for the quarter was 100.8 million, compared to 104.3 million for the same period in 2021 and 96.4 million for the fourth quarter in 2021.
- The monthly average revenue per membership (ARM5) for the first quarter was RMB14.69, compared to RMB13.64 for the same period in 2021 and RMB14.16 for the fourth quarter in 2021, increasing 8% year over year and 4% quarter over quarter.
First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total revenues reached RMB7.3 billion (US$1.1 billion), decreasing 9% year over year.
Membership services revenue was RMB4.5 billion (US$705.4 million), increasing 4% year over year, primarily attributable to the increase in ARM, as we launched a variety of premium content that elevated user experiences.
Online advertising services revenue was RMB1.3 billion (US$211.0 million), decreasing 30% year over year, primarily due to challenging macroeconomic environment and our new strategy leading to fewer number of variety shows launched.
Content distribution revenue was RMB626.1 million (US$98.8 million), decreasing 20% year over year, primarily due to the decrease in the value of barter transactions.
Other revenues were RMB842.2 million (US$132.8 million), decreasing 12% year over year, primarily due to the soft performance of various business lines.
Cost of revenues was RMB6.0 billion (US$940.8 million), decreasing 16% year over year, primarily due to lower content costs during the quarter. Content costs as a component of cost of revenues were RMB4.4 billion (US$693.5 million), decreasing 19% year over year. The decrease in content cost resulted from our improvement in content strategy, fewer number of variety shows launched, and improvement in operating efficiency.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were RMB744.8 million (US$117.5 million), decreasing 38% year over year, primarily due to a decrease in marketing spending, personnel-related compensation expenses, share-based compensation expenses, and to a lesser extent of RMB90.8 million (US$14.3 million) government subsidies received as a reduction to the designated operating expenses.
Research and development expenses were RMB475.0 million (US$74.9 million), decreasing 29% year over year, primarily due to the decrease of personnel-related compensation expenses.
Operating income was RMB93.4 million (US$14.7 million), compared to operating loss of RMB1.0 billion in the same period in 2021. Operating income margin was 1%, compared to operating loss margin of 13% in the same period in 2021. Non-GAAP operating income was RMB326.6 million (US$51.5 million) and non-GAAP operating income margin was 4%, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB658.2 million and non-GAAP operating loss margin of 8% in the same period in 2021.
Total other income was RMB97.3 million (US$15.4 million), compared to total other expense of RMB222.4 million during the same period of 2021. The year over year variance was a combination of the disposal gain derived from deconsolidation due to change in control of subsidiaries, impairment of long-term investments, and decreased interest expenses of RMB155.1 million (US$24.5 million) mainly due to the adoption of ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity and less principal amount of convertible bond.
Income before income taxes was RMB190.7 million (US$30.1 million), compared to loss before income taxes of RMB1.2 billion in the same period in 2021.
Income tax expense was RMB16.9 million (US$2.7 million), compared to income tax expense of RMB20.6 million in the same period in 2021.
Net income attributable to iQIYI was RMB169.1 million (US$26.7 million), compared to net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.3 billion in the same period in 2021. Diluted net income attributable to iQIYI per ADS was RMB0.21 (US$0.03) for the first quarter of 2022, compared to diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS of RMB1.61 in the same period of 2021. Non-GAAP net income attributable to iQIYI was RMB162.2 million (US$25.6 million), compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.0 billion in the same period in 2021. Non-GAAP diluted net income attributable to iQIYI per ADS was RMB0.20 (US$0.03), compared to non-GAAP diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS of RMB1.30 in the same period of 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments of RMB5.2 billion (US$814.8 million).
Conference Call Information
iQIYI's management will hold an earnings conference call at 7:00 AM on May 26, 2022, U.S. Eastern Time (7:00 PM on May 26, 2022, Beijing Time).
Please register in advance of the conference using the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, Direct Event passcode and unique registrant ID by email.
Participant Online Registration:
It will automatically direct you to the registration page of "iQIYI First Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call", where you may fill in your details for RSVP. If it requires you to enter a participant conference ID, please enter "5885486".
In the 10 minutes prior to the call start time, you may use the conference access information (including dial-in number(s), Direct Event passcode and unique registrant ID) provided in the confirmation email that you have received following your pre-registration.
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call through June 3, 2022.
Dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://ir.iqiyi.com/.
About iQIYI, Inc.
iQIYI, Inc. is an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative talent with technology, fostering an environment for continuous innovation and the production of blockbuster content. We produce, aggregate and distribute a wide variety of professionally produced content, or PPC, as well as a broad spectrum of other video content in a variety of formats. The Company distinguishes itself in the online entertainment industry by its leading technology platform powered by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with tremendous user engagement, and has developed a diversified monetization model including membership services, online advertising services, content distribution, online games, live broadcasting, IP licensing, talent agency, online literature, etc.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as iQIYI's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. iQIYI may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about iQIYI's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: iQIYI's strategies; iQIYI's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; iQIYI's ability to retain and increase the number of users, members and advertising customers, and expand its service offerings; competition in the online entertainment industry; changes in iQIYI's revenues, costs or expenditures; Chinese governmental policies and regulations relating to the online entertainment industry, general economic and business conditions globally and in China and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release, and iQIYI undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement iQIYI's consolidated financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, iQIYI uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating (loss)/income, non-GAAP operating (loss)/income margin, non-GAAP net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, non-GAAP diluted net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI per ADS and free cash flow. The presentation of the non-GAAP financial measure is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
iQIYI believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its operating performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its business operating results, such as operating performance excluding non-cash charges or non-operating in nature. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to the non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to iQIYI's historical operating performance. The Company believes the non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. A limitation of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that the non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant component in the Company's results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to the Company's data.
Non-GAAP operating (loss)/income represents operating (loss)/income excluding share-based compensation expenses, amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations and non-recurring employee severance costs.
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TOKYO (AP) — A top police official on Saturday acknowledged possible security lapses that allowed an assassin to fire his gun into former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while he was addressing a campaign rally, raising questions how could the attacker get so close behind him.
Abe was shot in the western city of Nara on Friday and airlifted to a hospital but died of blood loss. Police arrested the attacker, a former member of Japan’s navy, at the scene. Police confiscated his homemade gun and several others were later found at his apartment.
The attacker, Tetsuya Yamagami, told investigators he acted because he believed rumors that Abe was connected to an organization that he resents, police said. Japanese media reported that the man had developed hatred toward a religious group that his mother was obsessed about and that caused his family financial problems. The reports did not specify the group.
On Saturday, a black hearse carrying Abe’s body and accompanied by his wife, Akie, arrived at his home in Tokyo’s upscale residential area of Shibuya. Many mourners, including top party officials, waited for his remains and lowered their heads as the vehicle passed.
Nara prefectural police chief Tomoaki Onizuka said Abe’s assassination was his “greatest regret” in a 27-year career.
“I cannot deny there were problems with our security,” Onizuka said. “Whether it was a setup, emergency response, or ability of individuals, we still have to find out. Overall, there was a problem and we will review it from every perspective.”
Abe’s assassination ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election shocked the nation and raised questions over whether security for the former prime minister was adequate.
Some observers who watched videos of the attack noted a lack of attention in the open space behind Abe as he spoke.
A former Kyoto prefectural police investigator, Fumikazu Higuchi, said the footage suggested security was sparse at the event and insufficient for a former prime minister.
“It is necessary to investigate why security allowed Yamagami to freely move and go behind Mr. Abe,” Higuchi told a Nippon TV talk show.
Experts also said Abe was more vulnerable standing on the ground level, instead of atop a campaign vehicle, which is usually the case but was reportedly unavailable due to his hastily arranged visit to Nara.
“Looks like police were mainly focusing on frontward, while paying little attention to what’s behind Mr. Abe, and nobody stopped the suspect approaching him,” said Mitsuru Fukuda, a crisis management professor at Nihon University. “Clearly there were problems.”
Fukuda said that election campaigns provide a chance for voters and politicians to interact because “political terrorism” was extremely rare in postwar Japan. But Abe’s assassination could prompt stricter security at crowded events like campaigns, sports games and others.
During a parliamentary debate in 2015, Abe resisted suggestions by an opposition lawmaker to beef up his security, insisting that “Japan is a safe country.”
In videos circulating on social media, the 41-year-old Yamagami can be seen standing only a few meters (yards) behind Abe across a busy street, and continuously glancing around.
A few minutes after Abe stood at the podium and started his speech — as a local party candidate and their supporters stood and waved to the crowd — Yamagami can be seen taking his gun out of a bag, walking toward Abe and firing the first shot, which released a cloud of smoke, but the projectile apparently missed Abe.
As Abe turned to see where the noise came from, a second shot went off. That bullet apparently hit Abe’s left arm, missing a bulletproof briefcase raised by a security guard who stood behind him.
Abe fell to the ground, with his left arm tucked in as if to cover his chest. Campaign organizers shouted through loudspeakers asking for medical experts to provide first-aid to Abe. His heart and breathing had stopped by the time he was airlifted to a hospital, where he later pronounced dead.
Police on Saturday said autopsy results showed that a bullet that entered Abe’s upper left arm damaged arteries beneath both collar bones, causing fatal massive bleeding.
According to the Asahi newspaper, Yamagami was a contract worker at a warehouse in Kyoto, operating a forklift. He was described as a quiet person who did not mingle with colleagues. A next-door neighbor at his apartment told Asahi he never met Yamagami, though he recalled hearing noises like a saw being used several times late at night over the past month.
Japan is particularly known for its strict gun laws. With a population of 125 million, it had only 10 gun-related criminal cases last year, eight of then gang-related.
Even though he was out of office, Abe was still highly influential in the governing Liberal Democratic Party and headed its largest faction. But his ultra-nationalist views made him a divisive figure to many.
Abe stepped down two years ago blaming a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis he’d had since he was a teenager. He said he regretted leave many of his goals unfinished, especially his failure to resolve the issue of Japanese abducted years ago by North Korea, a territorial dispute with Russia, and a revision of Japan’s war-renouncing constitution.
That ultra-nationalism riled the Koreas and China, and his push to create what he saw as a more normal defense posture angered many Japanese liberals. Abe failed to achieve his cherished goal of formally rewriting the U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution because of poor public support.
Loyalists said his legacy was a stronger U.S.-Japan relationship that was meant to bolster Japan’s defense capability. Abe divided the public by forcing his defense goals and other contentious issues through parliament.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who early on had a frosty relationship with Abe, sent a condolence message to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday, a day after most other world leaders issued their statements.
Xi credited Abe with making efforts to improve China-Japan relations and said he and Abe had reached an important understanding on building better ties, according to a statement posted on China’s Foreign Ministry website. He also told Kishida he is willing to work with him to continue to develop neighborly and cooperative relations.
Abe was groomed to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. His political rhetoric often focused on making Japan a “normal” and “beautiful” nation with a stronger military through security alliance with the United States and bigger role in international affairs.
He became Japan’s youngest prime minister in 2006, at age 52, but his overly nationalistic first stint abruptly ended a year later, also because of his health, prompting six years of annual leadership change.
He returned to office in 2012, vowing to revitalize the nation and getting its economy out of its deflationary doldrums with his “Abenomics” formula, which combines fiscal stimulus, monetary easing and structural reforms. He won six national elections and built a rock-solid grip on power. | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/abes-body-arrives-in-tokyo-as-country-mourns-ex-pms-death/ | 2022-07-09 20:29:14 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/abes-body-arrives-in-tokyo-as-country-mourns-ex-pms-death/ |
Which cheap area rug is best?
The right rug can pull a room together. As a reflection of the owner’s style, a rug is an inviting and comfortable piece that can make a room feel more homey and lived-in. With a wide array of colors, patterns and textures, an area rug will fit any room aesthetic.
A rug can protect hardwood and tile floors from scraping, absorb noise from other furniture and provide a soft place to rest your feet. A great rug will help provide that much-needed contrast between your hard floors and the rest of your furniture. Our top pick, Artistic Weavers Chester Grey Area Rug, is a neutral shade that will go with any decor.
What to know before buying a cheap area rug
Furnished or unfurnished
An area rug is a great furniture piece to start with when furnishing an empty room. It can help inspire colors, styles and other furniture pieces in the future. However, if you already have a furnished room that you would like to embellish, finding a rug that will match patterns or textures will be an essential consideration to ensure that the room does not appear too busy or loud.
Texture
Area rugs come in several different kinds of textures and weaves. Hand-knotted weaves provide an heirloom quality to any room, due to their time-intensive weaving technique. The result is a beautiful rug that’s made to last. Tufted rugs are created without knots. Instead, the yarn tops are cut off so that a smooth, plush finish is created instead. Hooked rugs are similar to tufted rugs, except the yarn loops are left intact. The result is a knotted, textured quality.
Size
Getting the right size area rug might be the most crucial aspect to consider when shopping for a rug. The size should be determined by a few factors, including the room’s dimensions, the furniture you intend to place on top of it and the space’s function. It is essential to consider what activities will be done in the room; for example, using a smoother rug to furnish a dining room.
What to look for in a quality cheap area rug
Coordinating designs
A common feature of area rugs is that they come as a part of a collection, meaning you can find furniture to match the styling of the rug that will complement the entire room. For example, finding a coordinating entryway and hallway runner area rug may be easier if you look in the same collection. Additionally, you may be able to find throw pillows in the same design.
Color
Area rugs come in every color imaginable. With this in mind, finding an area rug to coordinate with existing furniture may be challenging. To combat this, look for rugs in complementary or slightly contrasting colors of the walls or larger pieces of furniture to create a bit of harmony between pieces.
Edging
Most area rugs will have finished edges to prevent fraying. However, many area rugs may have different kinds of bindings, serging or fringes to complement different styles. For bindings, they may blend in or accent one of the rug’s predominant colors. Standard serging finishes have a heavy-duty yearn stitched around the edges. Fringed edges are a relatively common edging for area rugs.
How much you can expect to spend on a cheap area rug
Area rugs are most often price-scaled by size and material. Smaller rugs made from synthetic materials are the most affordable, with prices ranging between $20-$40. Midrange rugs tend cost $40-$150. The largest area rugs are the most expensive, as much as $300.
Cheap area rug FAQ
How do you find the right size for an area rug?
A. When looking for the perfect area rug, it’s essential to measure the space. For example, a 5-by-8-foot rug will fit nicely under a small dining table. However, looking for a rug 10-by-14 feet can do well for larger areas such as living rooms. It’s a matter of understanding your space before buying.
What is the best way to eliminate creases in an area rug?
A. Because area rugs often come prepackaged, there are sometimes ruffles or creases in the material when rolled out. To get rid of these, it is best to vacuum or steam the carpet to help allow the fibers to loosen up and relax.
What is the best cheap area rug to buy?
Top cheap area rug
Artistic Weavers Chester Grey Area Rug
What you need to know: This is a popular pick due to its ultra-neutral light wash tone.
What you’ll love: This rug will brighten any dark flooring and is designed to withstand everyday wear and tear. It has a modern chic design made from medium-pile polypropylene fibers that make it durable and reliable.
What you should consider: Some users report the color can wear down over time in high-traffic areas.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Top cheap area rug for the money
SAFAVIEH Hudson Shag Collection Moroccan Trellis Area Rug
What you need to know: This rug screams quality, style and beauty.
What you’ll love: This rug is versatile enough to fit almost any room. The texture is soft and plush, allowing for a comfortable feeling. It can also be vacuumed easily.
What you should consider: Per square foot, it’s a little bit more expensive than some competitors.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Worth checking out
Cozy Shag Collection Grey Solid Shag Rug
What you need to know: This is an excellent choice when looking for several solid-color options.
What you’ll love: Made with thick fibers in a classic shag style, this rug is well made and will not shed over years of use. This product is made of 100% heat-set polypropylene, machine woven for long-lasting quality
What you should consider: Some users report the colors are not accurate to their pictures.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
Mohawk Home Alexa Floral Ornamental Medallion Area Rug
What you need to know: This is the perfect rug for those looking for an alternative style.
What you’ll love: This rug can be utilized in many areas, including indoor and outdoor settings, and features an easy-to-clean surface. It also comes in several unique colors and designs.
What you should consider: Some users reported difficulty laying this rug flat when new. It is also only available in two sizes.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon
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Premier life sciences consulting firm welcomes Heather Martin
DURHAM, N.C., May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Triangle Insights Group, a premier strategy consulting firm that delivers high-impact solutions across the life sciences value chain, today announced the appointment of Heather Martin to Principal.
The hiring of Martin, who has 15 years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare strategy, will strengthen both Triangle's New York City office and its senior leadership team. Prior to joining Triangle, Martin served as Associate Principal at Eversana Consulting and as Director at Syneos Health Consulting in the Value, Access and Medical, and Commercial Advisory groups.
She has influenced executive leadership teams at global Fortune 500 and start-up companies and has provided advisory services for all stages of commercialization and lifecycle management for brands, generics, biosimilars, over-the-counter products, medical devices, diagnostics, and combination products.
Martin holds an AB in Chemistry from Princeton University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. She also completed an MS in Health Care Policy and Management from the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon. She is a noted speaker on career possibilities, workplace inclusion, and the intersection of science, business, healthcare, and diversity.
"Heather is an extremely valuable addition to our New York-based team," said Chris Apolito, one of Triangle's founders. "Her wealth of experience in the healthcare field and impressive skillset will bolster our presence in the Philadelphia/New York/Boston corridor, and she will play an integral role in our continued growth in this region."
To learn more about Triangle Insights Group, please visit https://triangleinsightsgroup.com/.
About Triangle Insights Group
Triangle Insights Group is a premier strategy consulting firm providing guidance on critical business issues to life science industry leaders. The firm's approach combines deep industry knowledge with strong analytical rigor to drive strategic decision-making across client domains. Triangle's expertise encompasses key therapeutic areas (oncology, CNS, and cell and gene therapy) and relevant industry disciplines (pricing and market access, new product planning, and commercial strategy). For more information, visit https://triangleinsightsgroup.com.
About TrialCard
TrialCard Incorporated is an integrated life sciences commercialization company that provides comprehensive solutions that span the entire biopharmaceutical value chain. In addition to a foundation of fully integrated, digitally enabled patient support services, its broader offerings include everything from late-stage clinical trial supply management to post-marketing HCP engagement services and proprietary data-as-a-service payer intelligence and insights. Founded in 2000, TrialCard provides commercialization support for more than 400 life sciences customers and has connected over 36 million patients with more than $23 billion in branded drug savings to date. The company is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina. For more information about TrialCard, please visit www.trialcard.com.
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BOSTON, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LearnLux, the leading workplace financial wellbeing company announced it has closed a $10M Series A round to democratize access to fiduciary financial planning for employees on a global scale.
The round was led by Crosslink Capital with participation from existing investors as well as industry executives. The recent raise enables LearnLux to tackle the multi-billion dollar opportunity to support diverse and dispersed workforces with an unbiased financial wellbeing solution that meets every employee where they are. LearnLux is the most accessible and equitable solution, working with organizations of all sizes including Fortune 500 and multinational companies to support employees of all income levels and life stages.
Financial wellbeing has become a top priority for employers to help employees make a financial plan. "It doesn't matter whether we're in a bull or bear market," said Liebman. "The pandemic and current economic volatility have exposed everyone's financial vulnerabilities which has forced employers to be more thoughtful than ever when it comes to bringing financial wellbeing to their employees and their families."
LearnLux was founded by sibling duo Rebecca and Michael Liebman in 2015 and has grown into a holistic financial wellbeing solution that blends digital financial planning and total rewards tools with in-house Certified Financial Planner™ professionals. The program provides trusted financial planning resources for all employees, no matter their income or asset level.
LearnLux is the leading workplace financial wellbeing provider that blends fiduciary digital planning with access to one-on-one guidance from Certified Financial Planner™️ professionals. LearnLux's award-winning program equips employees with a financial plan to guide them through decision points like budgeting, paying down debt, electing benefits, understanding equity compensation, starting a family, buying a home, saving for retirement, and more. Advanced reporting keeps our partners in the know, and drives results like reduction in financial stress, increased productivity, reduced employee turnover, greater use of pretax products, on-time retirement, and healthcare savings. LearnLux members feel great about their money, allowing their work and wellbeing to thrive. Visit LearnLux at http://www.learnlux.com/.
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The 2023 Valero Texas Open Odds & Preview: Rickie Fowler
From March 30 - April 2, Rickie Fowler will hit the course at TPC San Antonio (Oaks) in San Antonio, Texas to play in the 2023 Valero Texas Open. It's a par-72 that spans 7,438 yards, with a purse of $8,900,000.00 on the line.
Looking to place a wager on Fowler at the Valero Texas Open this week? Keep reading for the statistics you need to know before you make your picks.
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Rickie Fowler Insights
- Over his last 20 rounds, Fowler has shot under par 11 times, while also posting 15 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has carded one of the five best scores in five of his last 20 rounds played.
- Fowler has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in six of his last 20 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day nine times.
- Fowler has finished in the top 20 four times in his past five appearances, and as high as the top 10 in one.
- In his past five appearances, Fowler has posted a score better than average in all five of them.
- Fowler has qualified for the weekend eight times in a row, and hopes to extend that run this week.
Over the last year
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Valero Texas Open Insights and Stats
- In Fowler's past three appearances at this event, he has finished among the top 20 two times, and his average finish has been 17th.
- Fowler has made the cut in two of his past three appearances at this tournament.
- Fowler finished below the cut line and did not qualify for the weekend in his most recent appearance at this event in 2022.
- This course is set up to play at 7,438 yards, 144 more than the average course on the Tour in the past year.
- TPC San Antonio (Oaks) has had an average tournament score of -2 recently, which is higher than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- Fowler will take to the 7,438-yard course this week at TPC San Antonio (Oaks) after having played courses with an average length of 7,299 yards in the past year.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -4 among finishers, lower than the -2 average at this course.
Fowler's Last Time Out
- Fowler was above average on the 16 par-3 holes at THE PLAYERS Championship, averaging 2.81 strokes to finish in the 96th percentile of competitors.
- His 4.03-stroke average on the 40 par-4 holes at THE PLAYERS Championship was strong, putting him in the 74th percentile of the field.
- Fowler shot better than 48% of the field at THE PLAYERS Championship on the tournament's 16 par-5 holes, averaging 4.69 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.67.
- Fowler shot better on par 3s than most players his last time out, recording a birdie or better on five of 16 par-3s at THE PLAYERS Championship (the other participants averaged 1.5).
- On the 16 par-3s at THE PLAYERS Championship, Fowler had less bogeys or worse (two) than the field average (2.7).
- Fowler recorded more birdies or better (nine) than the tournament average of 5.1 on the 40 par-4s at THE PLAYERS Championship.
- At that last tournament, Fowler's showing on the 40 par-4s included a bogey or worse nine times (compared to the field's better average, 7.1).
- Fowler ended THE PLAYERS Championship with a birdie or better on seven par-5 holes, compared to the field average of 5.1 on the 16 par-5s.
- On the 16 par-5s at THE PLAYERS Championship, Fowler carded more bogeys or worse (two) than the tournament average (1.3).
Valero Texas Open Time and Date Info
- Date: March 30 - April 2, 2023
- Course: TPC San Antonio (Oaks)
- Location: San Antonio, Texas
- Par: 72 / 7,438 yards
- Fowler Odds to Win: +1600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) ("FNF"), a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries, and a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients through its majority owned subsidiary F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. (NYSE: FG), will release fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings after the close of regular market trading on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
A webcast and conference call to discuss the results will follow at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, February 23, 2023. Additional information about quarterly financial results, including the earnings release, will be available on the Investor Relations website at www.fnf.com.
Webcast, Conference Call and Replay Information
The event can be accessed the following ways:
- For internet webcast access, register through FNF's Investor Relations website at www.fnf.com.
- For telephone access, dial-in at 1-877-407-0784 (USA) or 1-201-689-8560 (International).
- The conference call replay will be available via webcast through FNF's Investor Relations website at www.fnf.com. The telephone replay will be available from 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 23, 2023, through March 2, 2023, by dialing 1-844-512-2921 (USA) or 1-412-317-6671 (International). The access code will be 13735001.
About Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) is a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries, and a leading provider of insurance solutions serving retail annuity and life customers and institutional clients through its majority owned subsidiary F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. (NYSE: FG). FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Alamo Title and National Title of New York - that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. More information about FNF can be found at www.fnf.com.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EastBanc Technologies, a leader in custom software development, announced today that Fast Company has ranked the company No. 38 on its 2022 List of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. The fourth annual Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators list honors the top 100 organizations and businesses that demonstrate a steadfast commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels. EastBanc Technologies was recognized among almost 1,500 applications this year and joins other global innovation leaders including Adobe, Microsoft, PayPal and T-Mobile.
"Our global team features the technology industry's most brilliant and passionate professionals who push boundaries and challenge our customers to try novel approaches and think differently about problems," said Philippe Lanier, CEO, EastBanc Technologies. "Our innovative solutions are often invisible yet support millions of people. Every day, our customers benefit from our creativity and high level of technical expertise to help them grow and compete."
EastBanc Technologies creates custom software solutions to solve customers' most challenging business and technology needs. The company's Innovation-as-a-Service model provides unmatched consultancy, design, development and management expertise in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, DataOps, DesignOps, DevOps and cloud-native architecture including Kubernetes.
The EastBanc Technologies culture of innovation is fostered by three tenets:
- Productize everything: Using this approach, the company has incubated and launched three successful products-turned-companies in the past 10 years: Sympli, a design collaboration, versions and handoff suite that has helped more than 90K companies improve their design-todevelopment process; Kublr, an enterprise-grade Kubernetes management platform that has been downloaded more than 500 times; and APIphany, an API management platform that was acquired by Microsoft in 2013 and is now called Microsoft Azure API Management.
- Remove the fear of failure: EastBanc Technologies teams are self-sufficient and operate autonomously. This ownership and confidence empower employees to continually push boundaries and identify new approaches in service of clients.
- Empower employees to be passionate: The global EastBanc Technologies team speaks more than 28 languages and their professional backgrounds range from astrophysicists and aerospace engineers to educators and inventors. These diverse backgrounds help fuel constant innovation, as illustrated by the creation of the company's subsidiaries and other portfolio solutions, such as TransitIQ.
"This year's list of the Best Workplaces for Innovators recognizes organizations that have demonstrated a deep commitment to cultivating creativity across the board," says Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. "In the face of powerful headwinds, these leaders and teams continue to spur innovation."
Developed in collaboration with Accenture, the Fast Company 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators ranks 100 winners from industries, including computer science, biotech, consumer packaged goods, financial services, cybersecurity, engineering, diversity and sustainability. Fast Company editors and Accenture researchers worked together to score nearly 1,500 submissions for this year's awards, and a panel of eight eminent judges reviewed and endorsed the top 100 companies globally.
EastBanc Technologies is a Washington, D.C.-based software development pioneer. The company creates cutting-edge technology solutions for customers worldwide in the commercial, enterprise, state, local and federal government sectors. Subsidiary brands include Sympli, which is a suite of design collaboration and handoff tools; and Kublr, which is an enterprise-grade Kubernetes management platform. EastBanc Technologies also created APIphany, an API management company that was acquired by Microsoft and integrated into Microsoft Azure in 2013.
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PHOENIX — A man is under arrest and another person is in the hospital after a shooting in the parking lot of the Cobra Arcade Bar near Roosevelt Row Sunday night.
Two off-duty Phoenix police officers were on the scene to intervene and arrest the alleged shooter, the city's police department said.
The shooting happened just before 11:30 p.m. between two men in a parking lot outside the business, which is near 2nd and McKinley streets.
One man was struck by gunfire and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Two off-duty officers were in a parked patrol car nearby which was struck by gunfire during the shooting. Neither of the officers was struck, and both reportedly saw a man running from the bar with a gun in hand.
Both officers gave chase and took the man into custody. One of the officers "sustained a minor injury while taking the suspect into custody," the department said.
No other injuries were reported. Police have not disclosed the identity of the suspect, but expect him to be booked on multiple felony charges later in the day.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney for Dan Snyder told the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday there is no reason for the owner of the Washington Commanders to testify under subpoena for the congressional investigation into the NFL team’s workplace culture.
Snyder’s attorney, Karen Patton Seymour, sent a letter to committee chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney confirming her client would participate virtually in the July 28 session from Israel while on a planned family trip.
Patton Seymour, however, declined to accept the conditions of the subpoena. She argued in her letter it is not valid since the committee previously invited Snyder to participate voluntarily.
“We are confident that Mr. Snyder will able to provide full and complete testimony during his voluntary appearance,” Patton Seymour wrote.
The committee on Tuesday accepted the Snyder camp’s request to testify remotely, under conditions laid out by the initial subpoena to ensure “full and complete” testimony. Snyder did not appear when first invited along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who testified virtually June 22. His representation cited prior obligations and international travel among the reasons.
Patton Seymour accused the committee of disingenuously suggesting Snyder has previously refused to cooperate. His trip to Israel is in observance of the first anniversary of his mother’s death. The committee received a letter from Snyder’s mother’s rabbi explaining the significance of the event, Patton Seymour wrote.
A message sent to a committee representative seeking comment was not immediately returned.
Congress launched an investigation into Washington’s workplace culture last year after the league declined to release a report of its independent review into the organization. The Commanders were levied a $10 million fine.
The committee has since looked into accusations of pervasive sexual harassment of women who worked for the team by Snyder and other executives. The committee said Snyder conducted a “shadow investigation” that sought to discredit former employees making accusations of workplace sexual harassment, hired private investigators to intimidate witnesses, and used an overseas lawsuit as a pretext to obtain phone records and emails.
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State Fire Marshal investigating fatal fire in Pineville
Published: Aug. 2, 2022 at 1:28 PM CDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) - According to the State Fire Marshal, a man died in a Pineville house fire on August 2.
Firefighters responded to the 1400 block of Barthel Road around 7 a.m. and found the body of a man inside the house.
Details are limited at this time. SFM said that more information will be released as it becomes available.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell makes a surprise visit to Baghdad on the first anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. At a news conference marking the anniversary, Iraq journalists stage a walkout to protest the lack of security in the country and the killing of two of their colleagues by U.S. troops on Thursday. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.
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COLUMBUS, Ga., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) announced today that it will release first quarter 2023 financial results after the market closes on April 26, 2023. At that time, earnings materials, including the first quarter earnings release and financial supplement, will be available, along with a financial update video from Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Max Brodén, on the company's Investor Relations website, investors.aflac.com.
Aflac Incorporated will also webcast a conference call scheduled for 8:00 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, April 27, 2023. During the webcast, Aflac Incorporated Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel P. Amos; President and Chief Operating Officer of Aflac Incorporated Frederick J. Crawford; and Aflac Global Investments Chief Investment Officer Bradley E. Dyslin will discuss the company's quarterly results and outlook. Mr. Brodén and other members of executive management from the U.S. and Japan will also be available to answer questions during the webcast. To listen to the conference call, please register at investors.aflac.com five to seven minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
ABOUT AFLAC INCORPORATED
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL), a Fortune 500 company, has helped provide financial protection and peace of mind for more than 67 years to millions of policyholders and customers through its subsidiaries in the U.S. and Japan. In the U.S., Aflac is the No. 1 provider of supplemental health insurance products.1 In Japan, Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of cancer and medical insurance policies in force. In 2021, the company became a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). In 2022, the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the ninth year, the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 17th consecutive year, Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies for the 22nd time and Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at aflac.com or aflac.com/espanol. Investors may learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to ESG and social responsibility at investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."
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