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(WHTM) — If you have a very tough mess to clean up, you may use many cleaning items at once. But, there are some chemicals that should never be mixed or used together.
Mixing chemicals can lead to large vapor clouds and even explosions if not used correctly. This can lead to health issues, injuries, or even death.
In 2019, an employee at a Massachusetts Buffalo Wild Wings died after inhaling fumes created when two chemicals were mixed together by another employee to clean the restaurant’s kitchen floor.
Here are a few household products that should never be mixed together, according to Good Housekeeping.
Bleach and rubbing alcohol
The only thing you should ever mix with bleach is plain water. Mixing bleach with rubbing alcohol creates chloroform, a colorless strong-smelling liquid that evaporates into gas. The result is highly toxic and can cause damage to the eyes, lungs, and even your liver.
Bleach and ammonia
Many window cleaners, such as Windex, contain ammonia. If mixed with bleach, it produces a toxic gas called chloramine. Fumes from this gas can cause sinus congestion, choking, shortness of breath, and coughing. In some cases, it can even cause chest pain.
Bleach and vinegar
As stated above, you should never mix bleach with anything but plain water. But, if you mix it with vinegar, it can create chlorine bleach, which contains sodium hypochlorite. This can cause nausea, vomiting dizziness and even can be fatal if ingested in high volumes.
Two different types of drain cleaner
Carolyn Forte, who is the director of the Good Housekeeping Institute of Cleaning, states that people should never mix two different drain cleaners together, or even use them one after the other. Each drain cleaner may contain different chemical formulas and can even explode if they are combined. Use only one type of cleaner. If that one product doesn’t work, call a plumber instead.
Hydrogen peroxide and vinegar
Some may have heard that you should spray countertops with alternating mists of these two items, but you should never combine them in the same container. These products together create peracetic acid, a corrosive liquid that can be very irritating to the eyes and can cause burns on the skin. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/cleaning-products-you-should-never-mix-together/ | 2023-01-22 18:22:01 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/cleaning-products-you-should-never-mix-together/ |
HOUSTON – After months of debate, the Houston Aldermen voted to enact an ordinance change that will allow for the sale of beer and light wine in stores and restaurants on Sundays.
The move came after a public hearing was held on Tuesday evening for the public to voice their opinions on the matter, which they have done in the prior meetings when the issue arose as well.
“I am against it,” said Bertie Swanson. “I would like to keep Sunday holy.”
Bro. Randy Rinehart also voiced his opposition.
“I’m against it, I agree with keeping Sunday holy, I’m against wine and beer all the way around, but the chipping away of the things that were originally put into it because you were afraid it wouldn’t pass, and now chipping those away a little bit at a time, me I’m against that as well,” he said. “But, no matter what happens, I love you all, everyone in this room, I do want to say that.”
Patsy Gregory, Executive Director of the Chickasaw Development Foundation, read a letter that the CDF board had drafted in support of the matter.
“I am speaking on behalf of the Chickasaw Development Foundation, and they passed this statement, ‘In the best interest of economic development, the Chickasaw Development Foundation supports the Sunday afternoon sales of alcohol.’”
Once the public hearing was closed, the decision of whether or not to proceed with the ordinance change fell on the board.
Ward 4 Alderlady Willie McKinney made the motion to move forward and amend the ordinance and Alderman At Large Barry Springer seconded the motion. It passed 3-0.
Ward 1 Alderman John Fred Lancaster and Ward 2 Alderlady Shenia K. Jones were absent from the vote.
The change will go into effect in 30 days, meaning that Sunday, June 18 will be the first day that Sunday sales are allowed in Houston.
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A dog visiting the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was rescued by park rangers after jumping over a railing and falling up to 30 feet down a cliff, according to the National Park Service.
The 4-year-old cocker spaniel-poodle mix named Leo visiting the Miners Castle landmark with his Wisconsin family was found on a ledge, moving and limping around on Friday, according to a Saturday news release.
He was leashed but slipped out of his collar when he reached the end of the leash and fell straight down the cliff to a ledge 25 to 30 feet below, the release said.
Park rangers in the area arrived at the scene after hearing a child scream and ran to the lower platform to investigate, park officials said.
"Family members reassured Leo to stay put as additional park staff were called in, along with a volunteer from the Superior High Angle Rescue Professionals (SHARP) team, to rescue the dog from this steep complicated section of Lake Superior shoreline," the release said.
A member of the SHARP team from the city of Munising, named John Miller, was lowered down to the ledge where he encountered Leo barking and wagging his tail, but the dog wouldn't approach Miller. However, after about 25 minutes of coaxing Leo, offering him dog food, bread and Goldfish crackers, he finally came to rescuers Miller and Chief Ranger Joe Hughes, the release said.
Miller created a makeshift harness from webbing that fit Leo and was able to get him back on to the "lower overlook platform" where he reunited with his family, officials said.
"The parks shoreline can be very unforgiving from the cold water to the sheer cliffs and drop offs," Chief Ranger Joe Hughes said. "By partnering with the highly trained mountaineering guides on SHARP, we are able to safely effect these types of high angle rescues here at the park."
Officials said adventurous dogs are very common at the park, which surrounds the shore of Lake Superior in Alger County, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is deciding whether women will face restrictions in getting a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit continues.
The justices are expected to issue an order on Wednesday in a fast-moving case from Texas in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone.
The drug first won FDA approval in 2000, and conditions on its use have been loosened in recent years, including making it available by mail in states that allow access.
The Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, the maker of the drug, want the nation’s highest court to reject limits on mifepristone’s use imposed by lower courts, at least as long as the legal case makes it way through the courts. They say women who want the drug and providers who dispense it will face chaos if limits on the drug take effect. Depending on what the justices decide, that could include requiring women to take a higher dosage of the drug than the FDA says is necessary.
Alliance Defending Freedom, representing anti-abortion doctors and medical groups in a challenge to the drug, is defending the rulings in calling on the Supreme Court to let the restrictions take effect now.
The legal fight over abortion comes less than a year after conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.
Even as the abortion landscape changed dramatically in several states, abortion opponents set their sights on medication abortions, which make up more than half of all abortions in the United States.
The abortion opponents filed suit in November in Amarillo, Texas. The legal challenge quickly reached the Supreme Court after a federal judge issued a ruling on April 7 that would revoke FDA approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions.
Less than a week later, a federal appeals court modified the ruling so that mifepristone would remain available while the case continues, but with limits. The appeals court said that the drug can’t be mailed or dispensed as a generic and that patients who seek it need to make three in-person visits with a doctor, among other things.
The generic version of mifepristone makes up two-thirds of the supply in the United States, its manufacturer, Las Vegas-based GenBioPro Inc., wrote in a court filing that underscored the perils of allowing the restrictions to be put into effect.
The court also said the drug should only be approved through seven weeks of pregnancy for now, even though the FDA since 2016 has endorsed its use through 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Complicating the situation, a federal judge in Washington has ordered the FDA to preserve access to mifepristone under the current rules in 17 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia that filed a separate lawsuit.
The Biden administration has said the rulings conflict and create an untenable situation for the FDA.
In an order issued last Friday by Justice Samuel Alito, the court put the restrictions on hold through Wednesday to give the court time to consider the emergency appeal.
If the justices aren’t inclined to block the ruling from taking effect for now, the Democratic administration and Danco have a fallback argument, asking the court to take up the challenge to mifepristone, hear arguments and decide the case by early summer.
The court only rarely takes such a step before at least one appeals court has thoroughly examined the legal issues involved.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans already has ordered an accelerated schedule for hearing the case, with arguments set for May 17.
Mifepristone has been available for use in medication abortions in the United States since the FDA granted approval in 2000. Since then, more than 5 million women have used it, along with another drug, misoprostol, to induce abortions. | https://www.wane.com/news/supreme-court-set-to-rule-on-abortion-pill-restrictions/ | 2023-04-19 12:17:10 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/supreme-court-set-to-rule-on-abortion-pill-restrictions/ |
Debt ceiling stalemate continues after White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The debt ceiling stalemate continued on Thursday, this following Wednesday’s White House meeting between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Speaking separately to the media Thursday, Speaker McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) showed the two sides remain far apart.
Schumer said, “we should pass the debt ceiling, clean, that’s where we’re at.”
The Senate Majority Leader is holding firm in his repeated public calls to have the House and Senate vote on legislation that would raise the debt ceiling, and then debate separately on any potential government spending cuts.
On Thursday, following Schumer’s comments, McCarthy said, “I’m very clear. We will not pass a clean debt ceiling without some form of spending reform. So there’ll never be a clean one. I don’t know how they want to say it, that’s fine, but at the end of the day we’re going to get spending reforms.”
While the country has already reached its debt limit, most Americans aren’t yet noticing an impact. That’s because the Treasury Department is able to temporarily keep things afloat, employing what they term are “extraordinary measures. The agency warns that without Congress raising or suspending the debt ceiling, those measures may only carry the country until June.
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Key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed remains a high 6.3%
WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.3% in May from a year earlier, unchanged from its level in April.
Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department provided the latest evidence that painfully high inflation is pressuring American households and inflicting particular harm on low-income families and people of color.
The report also said that consumer spending rose at a sluggish 0.2% rate from April to May. Consumer spending is beginning to weaken in the face of high inflation. But it’s still helping fuel inflation itself, especially as demand grows for services ranging from airline tickets and hotel rooms to restaurant meals and new and used autos.
“It should really come as no surprise that U.S. consumers are paring their spending due to the high costs of, well, almost everything,’’ Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, wrote in a research note. After adjusting for inflation, she noted, consumer spending actually fell 0.4% from April to May.
On a month-to-month basis, Thursday’s report showed, prices rose 0.6% from April to May, up from the 0.2% increase from March to April.
Chronically high inflation has become a leading threat to the economy and a political hazard for President Joe Biden and Democrats as midterm elections near. Seventy-nine percent of U.S. adults describe the economy as poor, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Inflation is eclipsing the healthy 3.6% unemployment rate as a focal point for Americans who are struggling, in particular, with high gasoline and food prices.
In response, the Fed has embarked on a series of aggressive interest rate hikes that are intended to slow growth by making borrowing more expensive but that also risk causing a recession. Two weeks ago, the Fed raised its key rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaled more large rate increases to come.
The Fed tends to monitor Thursday’s inflation gauge, called the personal consumption expenditures price index, even more closely it does the government’s better-known consumer price index. While the components of the two indexes differ — CPI tends to weigh gasoline and housing costs more heavily and to show higher inflation — the two gauges tell the same basic story: Inflation is running dangerously hot.
The report also showed that consumer incomes rose 0.5% from April to May, staying slightly ahead of inflation. In addition, the savings rate rose slightly to 5.4% last month, though it remains well below its peak of nearly 34% in April 2020. At that time, millions of Americans were banking government relief checks and otherwise saving money while staying at home as a precaution against COVID-19.
Soaring prices are a consequence of the economy’s unexpectedly swift rebound from the pandemic recession of 2020. Boosted by government stimulus checks, record-low borrowing rates and savings built up while stuck at home during the pandemic, consumers went on a spending spree that caught businesses off guard and overwhelmed factories, ports and freight yards. The resulting shortages of goods and labor sent prices spiking.
The Fed was slow to recognize the severity of the inflation threat, dismissing it as mainly a temporary consequence of supply chain bottlenecks. But spiking prices have proved intractable, and now the central bank is playing catch-up with sizable rate hikes that could end up derailing the economy.
High inflation has made consumers increasingly anxious about the economy. Prices have risen faster than their earnings and eroded their purchasing power. A measure of consumer confidence has reached its lowest point in 16 months, with Americans’ outlook darkened by inflation fears, especially gas and food prices.
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A friend who sprang into action when a staffer to Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed in a daytime ambush in Washington, D.C., opened up to Tucker Carlson on the shocking attack.
Phillip Todd was stabbed multiple times in what's being called a random act of violence by a suspect released from prison just the day before.
"This was certainly one of the scariest moments of my life," his friend Chris Barnard told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Thursday.
RAND PAUL STAFFER'S FRIEND DETAILS ATTACK: 'HE'S AN ABSOLUTE CHAMP... WAS ABLE TO RUN DESPITE BEING STABBED'
Barnard told Carlson he and Todd were leaving a restaurant on a busy Saturday afternoon in nation's capital when a "looming figure with a hood on" stabbed Todd four times. While Todd fought back, Barnard said he "saw an opening" and tacked the attacker to the ground, allowing Todd to run to safety.
"It was just an act of complete and pure random violence in broad daylight in the middle of D.C.," Barnard said, adding there were "hundreds" of people around who were left in complete shock by what was unfolding.
"It all happened so quickly… people didn't react, they kind of just stood there and looked," he added. "I was shouting for someone to call 911, for someone to bring something to put on his head which was gushing with blood onto the street, and people were just kind of staring… you don't expect to see a stabbing in your capital city in broad daylight."
PARENTS OF RAND PAUL STAFFER BRUTALLY STABBED IN DC GIVE UPDATE ON HIS CONDITION
Forty-two-year-old Glynn Neal was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, according to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. Neal had been released from prison the day before, previously sentenced to 12 years and four months in prison in 2011 for forcing a woman into prostitution and threatening to kidnap or injure a person.
Homicides in the nation's capital are up 31% from last year and overall crime is up 24%, according to department statistics.
D.C. Metro Police Chief Robert J. Contee sounded the alarm on escalating crime in the 2021 press conference, warning the justice system is allowing violent criminals back on the streets with "no accountability."
"It makes me wonder if we are in the third world," Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told "Fox & Friends" in March after the attack. "We’ve got to do something about keeping violent people in prison and away from people."
Todd, who was treated for "life-threatening injuries" including a skull fracture, is expected to make a full recovery, according to his family. They credit Barnard with helping to "prevent the wounds from being fatal."
"I didn’t have time to be scared in that moment," Barnard said. "I’m just grateful I was able to get him away from that." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/hero-friend-who-helped-save-rand-paul-staffer-recalls-shocking-attack-pure-random-violence/article_53773e6d-e9e9-5575-9799-fbb626f8d701.html | 2023-04-14 19:09:20 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/hero-friend-who-helped-save-rand-paul-staffer-recalls-shocking-attack-pure-random-violence/article_53773e6d-e9e9-5575-9799-fbb626f8d701.html |
Grants Support Downtown, Community Transformations
JACKSON, Mich., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumers Energy Foundation is providing $500,000 to help Oxford and Muskegon Heights start major downtown and community transformations. The two communities, in metro Detroit and in West Michigan, will each receive $250,000 from the foundation's annual Prosperity Awards.
"These communities are committed to reinventing themselves and have developed plans to grow and prosper. The Consumers Energy Foundation is proud to give them the support they need with these Prosperity Awards," said Brandon Hofmeister, president of the Consumers Energy Foundation. "These awards are designed to strengthen neighborhoods across the state and highlight our own commitment to Michigan's businesses and communities."
The two winning projects are:
- Village of Oxford Downtown Development Authority – The Downtown Oxford Community Courtyards & Placemaking project will revitalize the downtown corridor by improving the exteriors and entrances of over 100 businesses, as well as repurpose underused spaces for the community to gather and feel welcome.
- City of Muskegon Heights – The "Reaching NEW Muskegon Heights" project will improve a central point of the city's downtown, Rowan Park, making it an asset for residents and sparking further development in surrounding areas. Improvements to Rowan Park will include a splash pad, restrooms, fountain and a promenade.
The Prosperity Awards are the second of three $500,000 grant allocations this year totaling $1.5 million. Planet Awards winners were announced in April, and People Awards will be announced later this year. Last year's Prosperity Awards funded a renovation of Flint's Masonic Temple and a community rehabilitation plan in Cadillac.
The Consumers Energy Foundation is the charitable arm of Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest energy provider. The Foundation enables communities to thrive and grow by investing in what's most important to Michigan – its people, our planet and Michigan's prosperity. In 2021, the Consumers Energy Foundation, Consumers Energy, its employees and retirees contributed more than $17.5 million to Michigan nonprofits. For more information, visit ConsumersEnergy.com/foundation.
Consumers Energy is Michigan's largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) announced today that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.4957 per share out of the Company's capital surplus. The dividend will be payable on January 15, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 3, 2023.
About Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for health care facilities. With 50 years in business, operations in more than 30 countries and approximately 44,000 employees globally, Cardinal Health is essential to care. Information about Cardinal Health is available at cardinalhealth.com.
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State had more than enough stamina to keep up with Texas Tech’s up-tempo offense.
Spencer Sanders ran for two touchdowns and passed for another and No. 7 Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech 41-31 on Saturday.
Sanders passed for 297 yards and ran for 56, and Bryson Green had five catches for a career-high 115 yards for the Cowboys (5-0, 2-0 Big 12).
Tech ran 104 plays in the game to Oklahoma State’s 86, but the Cowboys had the energy they needed late. They trailed 24-20 at halftime before outscoring the Red Raiders 21-7 in the second half.
“They had some gas in the tank,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “And we’ve been in these battles before. And in the end, there wasn’t any panic. Guys had a clear mind. They were able to listen and absorb information. There’s no panic, and that situation gives you the best chance.”
Texas Tech redshirt freshman Behren Morton got his first career start in place of Donovan Smith. He completed 39 of 62 passes for 379 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders (3-3, 1-2).
Jerand Bradley caught eight passes for 119 yards and a touchdown and Trey Cleveland caught nine passes for 110 yards for a Texas Tech team that was playing its fifth straight ranked opponent and already had claimed wins over Houston and Texas.
“Where they’re at right now, they’ve got a lot of frustration because we’re right there,” Tech coach Joey McGuire said. “It’s different if you come into a game and you get blown out. You’re going to be frustrated and you hate to lose. But in our three losses, I felt like we have played every play, and we have fought our tail off every single snap.”
Morton completed 24 of 39 passes for 220 yards and both scores in the first half to help the Red Raiders take a 24-20 lead at the break. Tech gained 347 yards on 57 plays in the first two quarters.
Sanders rolled out and scored on a 2-yard touchdown run to trim Texas Tech’s lead to 31-29 in the third. Sanders’ shovel pass to Jaden Bray for the 2-point conversion tied it with 3:18 left in the third quarter.
On Texas Tech’s next possession, Morton made one of his few mistakes. Oklahoma State linebacker Mason Cobb intercepted him and returned the ball 13 yards to the Tech 19. Tanner Brown’s fourth field goal of the game gave the Cowboys a 34-31 lead with 3 seconds left in the third quarter.
Oklahoma State closed it out when Dominic Richardson scored on a 7-yard run with 2:27 remaining.
“Every loss feels the same to me, man,” McGuire said. “They all suck. I’m just telling you. If you ever hear me saying it’s a good loss or anything like that, I want somebody to slap me, please.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Texas Tech: The Red Raiders were again competitive against a top-flight opponent. It was just a matter of a few plays here and there. Tech’s other losses were 27-14 at North Carolina State and 37-28 at Kansas State. Four of Tech’s final six games are at home.
Oklahoma State: The Cowboys prevailed, despite the defense getting off to a rough start. The Cowboys allowed 125 yards in the fourth quarter but held the Red Raiders scoreless.
TARGETING EJECTION
With Oklahoma State still leading 34-31, it appeared Oklahoma State safety Kendal Daniels sacked Morton near the Texas Tech goal line, but instead, Daniels was called for targeting and ejected. That means the Cowboys lose Daniels for the first half of the TCU game.
Gundy doesn’t think the Cowboys should lose Daniels for part the upcoming contest, but he said there’s no doubt it was targeting.
“In the heat of the moment, all he knows is he had a dead shot at the quarterback in the end zone,” Gundy said. “And you cannot lower your head. You have to keep your eyes up all the time. The rule’s put in place to protect, and it’s a good rule. Nobody likes the rule because people think ‘it’s football, football is football,’ until that’s your kid that’s getting hit. But it was a correct call and he needs to learn.”
ONSIDE KICK
Texas Tech tried to surprise the Cowboys with an onside kick in the first quarter and executed it perfectly except for one problem: Oklahoma State’s Demarco Jones called a fair catch.
Instead of Tech getting possession with a 7-0 lead, Oklahoma State got possession and Tech was called for kick catch interference.
It’s pretty simple in Gundy’s opinion.
“As soon as they kick it, you show fair catch and they can’t catch it.”
Two plays later, Sanders connected with Green for a 32-yard touchdown.
RING OF HONOR
Oklahoma State added Bob Fenimore to its Ring of Honor on Saturday. The halfback finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy vote in 1944 and third in 1945. He joined Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas.
UP NEXT
Texas Tech: Hosts West Virginia on Oct. 22.
Oklahoma State: Visits TCU on Oct. 15.
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In late October, the Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota posted a video he knew would be controversial.
"I've been called extreme, and perhaps this Facebook video will provide fodder for more people to call me extreme," the candidate, Scott Jensen, told his viewers. In the 20 minutes that followed, Jensen railed against COVID vaccine mandates for kids, questioned the CDC's vaccination schedule for other childhood immunizations, and raised other vague concerns about COVID vaccines that have been credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
"I think in terms of safety, the question is still out there," he said.
The 2024 midterm elections will be like no other: Hundreds of candidates on the ballot this year challenge or deny the results of the previous election. But alongside these false narratives, candidates on the political right are also pushing conspiracies about vaccines.
Few candidates are as outspoken as Jensen, who has in the past appeared alongside many of the nation's most prominent anti-vaccine campaigners. But anti-vaccine rhetoric permeates the language of many Republican politicians. They are appealing to a base who, emerging from the pandemic angry over lockdowns and mask mandates, are increasingly skeptical of vaccination.
Pro-vaccine advocates worry that the rise of these candidates, along with an emboldened anti-vaccine movement, could spell trouble for public health in the years to come.
"I think it's really unfortunate that an issue that has saved so many lives has become partisan and hyper-political," says Northe Saunders, the executive director of the SAFE Communities coalition, a nationwide nonprofit committed to supporting pro-vaccine political candidates and policies.
On the right, anti-vaccine talk offers a political edge
Anti-vaccine proponents used to exist in both Republican and Democratic circles, but the pandemic saw them shift definitively to the political right. It was there that they found allies fighting lockdowns and masks. Republican politicians, particularly on the far right, have eagerly brought anti-vaccine forces into their tent. Anti-vaccine activists appear regularly at some popular right-wing political events, and some politicians have appeared on anti-vaccine shows in recent years.
Among them was Scott Jensen, a Minneapolis-area physician and state senator, who pushed medical misinformation throughout the pandemic. Speaking to anti-vaccine activist Del Bigtree in 2021, Jensen said that hospitals distorted the number of COVID-19 deaths. He has also questioned vaccine safety and pushed ivermectin — a drug that has been proven to be ineffective at treating COVID but continues to be promoted as an alternative therapy in anti-vaccine circles.
Jensen's anti-vaccine views gave him an advantage when he entered the Republican primary for governor, says Karen Ernst, the director of Voices for Vaccines, a Minnesota nonprofit that advocates for inoculation.
"Being anti-vaccine definitely helped Scott Jensen in the primaries," Ernst says. Anti-vaccine activists are highly organized and politically motivated in the state, she says. Jensen's commitment to anti-vaccine ideas helped get an edge in the crowded Republican field.
But as the general election approaches, it's less clear whether support from the anti-vaccine crowd can translate into political success. The vast majority of Americans still believe children should be vaccinated, and Jensen's opponent, Democrat Tim Walz, has won an endorsement from a large Minnesota doctor's group in part because he supports vaccination. Ernst says Jensen might be trying to soften his anti-vaccine image in the run-up to the election. He bailed on a major anti-vaccine rally in October.
"He canceled at the last minute saying he had a wedding he had to attend," she says, but he later posted images on social media from a Minnesota Gophers football game. "There was all sorts of hubbub about that."
Threading the needle
But there are other ways to appeal to the anti-vaccine movement without openly opposing vaccination. Anti-vaccine activists themselves have begun framing the issues around vaccines as ones of bodily autonomy. They have formed a group known as "Stand for Health Freedom," which seeks to overturn vaccine mandates. The group, which was co-founded by a prominent opponent of vaccines named Sayer Ji, claims to represent half-a-million Americans. It has advocated defunding the World Health Organization and urged a rollback of COVID vaccine mandates, but it stops short of spreading medical misinformation on its own website. The organization did not respond to NPR's requests for an interview.
Among the politicians who have won endorsement from the group is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In a video recently posted to Twitter, DeSantis emphatically promised that he would not require children to get COVID vaccines, while at the same time, carefully avoiding questions on vaccine safety.
"I mean you can get into some of the potential side-effects," he said. "You don't even really need to do that."
As long as I am Governor, in Florida there will not be a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for children in our schools. pic.twitter.com/oDXAj3c4Oy
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) October 20, 2022
DeSantis has also installed a doctor closely tied to the anti-vaccine movement as Florida's surgeon general.
Lisa Gwynn, the immediate past president of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, says DeSantis may not say directly that he thinks vaccines are dangerous, but his language definitely speaks to the anti-vaccine movement.
DeSantis often talks "like vaccines are bad," she says. She believes that the rhetoric is carefully calibrated to energize the anti-vaccine elements of the Republican base, without appearing to question vaccines themselves.
DeSantis has also taken steps to reduce COVID vaccine access for underserved communities, Gwynn says. Florida does not offer COVID vaccines to children under 5, and as a result, low-income residents seeking COVID vaccines at county health departments may see some of their kids turned away. "Your 6-year-old can get a COVID shot, your 4-year-old cannot get a COVID shot," Gwynn says.
For now, much of the rhetoric is focused on COVID vaccines, but that could soon change. Many states have seen a surge in proposed legislation to weaken requirements for childhood vaccines that protect against dangerous diseases such as polio, mumps and measles. In 2018 there were approximately 81 bills introduced nationwide that the pro-vaccine SAFE group designates as anti-vaccine; in 2022, they count more than 1,500. "There's certainly a lot more anti-vaccine activity," says Saunders.
Saunders says he believes that the anti-vaccine influence in politics is here to stay. "Unfortunately, I don't think the antivaxxers are ever going to go away," he says.
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(CNN) — The House on Wednesday passed long-awaited legislation that would help millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service.
The bill, which removes the burden on veterans to prove that their toxic exposure resulted in certain harmful conditions, passed the House in a 342-88 vote, correcting a legislative snag that had held up the legislation through the July Fourth recess.
Years in the making, it will now go back to the Senate for final passage and to President Joe Biden’s desk. Once signed into law, it would amount to a major bipartisan victory.
Burn pits were commonly used to burn waste, including everyday trash, munitions, hazardous material and chemical compounds at military sites throughout Iraq and Afghanistan until about 2010.
These massive open-air burn pits, which were often operated at or near military bases, released dangerous toxins into the air that, upon exposure, may have caused short- and long-term health conditions, according to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
If signed into law, the bill would widely expand health care resources and benefits to those exposed to burn pits and could provide coverage for up to 3.5 million toxic-exposed veterans. It adds conditions related to burn pit and toxic exposure, including hypertension, to the VA’s list of illnesses that have been incurred or exacerbated during military service.
A 2020 survey from advocacy organization Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America found that 86% of its members were exposed to burn pits or other toxins. The VA has denied approximately 70% of veterans’ burn pit claims since 9/11, according to previous statements by Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican and ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, who served three tours in Iraq alongside the US military as a CIA analyst before becoming a member of Congress, called the bill “landmark legislation” in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” on Wednesday.
“It’s basically some of the biggest stuff we’ve seen for veteran health care in the past 30 years,” she said Wednesday.
Final passage of the bill would also mark a huge achievement for Biden. The President has advocated for the legislation and publicly said he believes burn pits may have caused the brain cancer that killed his son Beau — an Iraq War veteran who died in 2015 — but has noted he “can’t prove it yet.”
Biden has vowed to fund research on the long-term effects of burn pit exposure, and since his son’s death, he’s launched several efforts to fund cancer research. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/house-passes-amended-burn-pit-legislation/ | 2022-07-14 12:22:08 | 1 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/house-passes-amended-burn-pit-legislation/ |
Bodies of 3 missing people found in Vermillion River
(ABC 6 News) – The bodies of three people who went missing Monday night in the Vermillion River have been recovered, according to the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO).
The GCSO said two of the bodies were found shortly before 7:00 a.m. Wednesday and the third was found about 10 minutes later. All three were found in the area crews had been searching.
Authorities say a family was on the north side of Diamond Island on the Vermillion River near where it feeds into the Mississippi River on Monday night, with one family member fishing and others swimming in the river. However, three swimmers started to struggle in the water and the fisherman went in to help them.
The GCSO said the fisherman got his adult daughter to safety but after he went to help the other two swimmers — a 17-year-old girl and a man — he also went underwater and didn’t resurface.
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Emergency crews searched the area for around three hours Monday night, then resumed their search Tuesday morning but were unsuccessful until Wednesday morning.
All three victims are from the same household in Oakdale, Minn. the GCSO said.
The GCSO said the families of the three missing were made aware of the recovery.
The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the scene and will be releasing names of those located. | https://www.kaaltv.com/news/bodies-of-3-missing-people-found-in-vermillion-river/ | 2023-07-05 15:13:40 | 0 | https://www.kaaltv.com/news/bodies-of-3-missing-people-found-in-vermillion-river/ |
Here's how much the '12 Days of Christmas' gifts will set you back this year
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Ah yeah, it's hard to believe but it's time to start holiday shopping and I know inflation is hurting us all this year, taking money right out of our pockets, maybe you have less to spend this season. I get it. I'm here to help you though. Finding you amazing gift ideas in your budget and boy did I strike gold for you from toys to tech and here's the best part. All of these ideas are $50 or less. It's the Rossen reports holiday gift guide. Let's start with the toys. Shall we legos sell like hot cakes over the holidays. They are huge. So last year it was the marvel universe and star wars this year the big legos are Jurassic world and Jurassic park. These are going to be hard to find. But look, we have it here at target 49 99 for this one and there is another Jurassic world one here for 29 99. Now if your child has *** specific one they want, here's some great advice by it because *** lot of retailers are offering *** price match even after you buy it. As prices dropped during the holiday season if you provide your receipt, so buy it now you may get it for even less and get *** refund later as the sales come in. Next up, Nintendo switch sports came out this year and it's going to be *** hot gift. It's like wii sports kids can play soccer volleyball, even sword play and guess what? This one's actually pretty affordable compared to some other games. We've seen this one here at target, 49 99 other games are like 70 80 bucks and by the way, we've seen this on sale and other major retailers too. But check this out. This new game is for everyone in the family. We love pop, it's in my house. I don't know if you guys are the same, they're out with *** new Pop IT game and this mixes in all the fun of the pop it and the fidgeting, but also like whack *** mole. It's kind of *** really cool game. And by the way, it's only 20 bucks, we have it on sale here for just 17 99. Okay, now it's time for tech. First up. Turn your whole home into *** smart house with amazon smart plugs, they're just 25 bucks. Here's what you do. You take this and I brought *** lot out to the kitchen, right? Just to show you you plug your lamp into the smart plug, then you put the smart plug into the outlet. That's it. And the thing I love most about this is that you don't need any other device. You don't need an amazon echo, You don't need the dot, You don't need anything other than *** free Alexa app. The app is free and you can do this from anywhere in the room. I'm standing next to the light, but watch the apps on my phone, Alexa, turn on kitchen light boom, How cool is that? Right, Alexa, turn off kitchen light off now, I can do this from anywhere. Even if I forget to turn off the lights or whatever I have plugged in when I'm on the road, it all goes through the app. I can do it from anywhere. This next tech gadget is *** must have for young kids. It's the I clever bluetooth headphones, just 27 bucks. It sets limits on how loud music and movies are played so the sound doesn't damage their ears. But we're saving the best gadget for last. We bought this Bluetooth cell phone stand on amazon for just $25. You know how annoying it is when you're like everyone gather around, I got to show you *** video or *** movie, right? And the audio is always bad, you're always cranking the thing up. This thing is so cool. Watch, I've hooked it up on bluetooth and of course, you know, I spend all day watching myself, I immediately go into fight mode for you. Right? How can you fight back and audio is amazing and loud and watch this, it doesn't even need to be in the stand. I'm gonna walk all the way back here. You can be anywhere with your phone nearby. Listen every time you fill up, no matter where you live, how cool is that all cool gifts you want to get now before they fly off the shelves. I'm gonna put *** list of these gifts and *** few more we found on my website, ross and reports dot com back to you.
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Here's how much the '12 Days of Christmas' gifts will set you back this year
Related video above: Rossen Reports: Hottest holiday gifts for $50 and underThanks to inflation, your "True Love" will have to spend a pretty (expensive) penny when showering you with turtle doves, golden rings and a dozen drummers this holiday season.The cost for the dozen items outlined in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" song hit a record high this year of $45,523.27. That's a 10.5% leap from last year, according to financial services firm PNC, which released its 39th annual Christmas Price Index on Thursday.The festive CPI, which measures the average change in prices for the 12 gifts in the classic Christmas carol, is running even hotter than the more traditional Consumer Price Index, which measured 7.7% in October. Still, both indexes share some similar themes: the effects of elevated energy and commodity prices, supply chain challenges and a tight labor market boosting services inflation.For example, the cost of a partridge in a pear tree is up nearly 26%, driven entirely by spiking fertilizer costs; French hens and turtle doves are more expensive because their food — much like ours — has become pricier; investors rushing to "store-of-value" assets including precious metals caused gold ring prices to skyrocket 39%; and labor shortages and wage increases mean those lords-a-leaping and ladies dancing are earning 24% and 10% more, respectively. While the majority of the products in this festive basket of goods saw prices increase, the cost of a partridge and four calling birds held steady. Also unchanged, once again, is the price tag for eight maids who earn minimum wage milking cows. The octet's services run at a total of $58 an hour — a rate that has not shifted since the federal minimum wage was increased to $7.25 per hour in 2009.The "core" holiday CPI, which excludes swings in the sky-high costs of having seven swimming swans whose prices and availability have varied in the past, rose 15.4%."Despite True Loves' generous intentions, the gifts that make up the PNC CPI are not well-insulated from what is being experienced across the broader economy," Amanda Agati, chief investment officer for PNC Asset Management Group, said in a statement.The "True Cost of Christmas" for the total items repeated in all of the song's verses — 364 in all — would be $197,071.09. That's a 9.8% increase from 2021, according to PNC.PNC says its lighthearted take on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPI is meant to highlight market changes over time while both educating consumers about the economy — and sparking some holiday joy.
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Thanks to inflation, your "True Love" will have to spend a pretty (expensive) penny when showering you with turtle doves, golden rings and a dozen drummers this holiday season.
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The cost for the dozen items outlined in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" song hit a record high this year of $45,523.27. That's a 10.5% leap from last year, according to financial services firm PNC, which released its 39th annual Christmas Price Index on Thursday.
The festive CPI, which measures the average change in prices for the 12 gifts in the classic Christmas carol, is running even hotter than the more traditional Consumer Price Index, which measured 7.7% in October. Still, both indexes share some similar themes: the effects of elevated energy and commodity prices, supply chain challenges and a tight labor market boosting services inflation.
For example, the cost of a partridge in a pear tree is up nearly 26%, driven entirely by spiking fertilizer costs; French hens and turtle doves are more expensive because their food — much like ours — has become pricier; investors rushing to "store-of-value" assets including precious metals caused gold ring prices to skyrocket 39%; and labor shortages and wage increases mean those lords-a-leaping and ladies dancing are earning 24% and 10% more, respectively.
While the majority of the products in this festive basket of goods saw prices increase, the cost of a partridge and four calling birds held steady. Also unchanged, once again, is the price tag for eight maids who earn minimum wage milking cows. The octet's services run at a total of $58an hour — a rate that has not shifted since the federal minimum wage was increased to $7.25 per hour in 2009.
The "core" holiday CPI, which excludes swings in the sky-high costs of having seven swimming swans whose prices and availability have varied in the past, rose 15.4%.
"Despite True Loves' generous intentions, the gifts that make up the PNC CPI are not well-insulated from what is being experienced across the broader economy," Amanda Agati, chief investment officer for PNC Asset Management Group, said in a statement.
The "True Cost of Christmas" for the total items repeated in all of the song's verses — 364 in all — would be $197,071.09. That's a 9.8% increase from 2021, according to PNC.
PNC says its lighthearted take on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPI is meant to highlight market changes over time while both educating consumers about the economy — and sparking some holiday joy. | https://www.wgal.com/article/12-days-of-christmas-gifts-how-much-it-will-set-you-back-this-year/41995115 | 2022-11-18 02:03:53 | 0 | https://www.wgal.com/article/12-days-of-christmas-gifts-how-much-it-will-set-you-back-this-year/41995115 |
NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Playstudios, Inc. ("Playstudios, Inc." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MYPS) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Playstudios, Inc. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than defendants who: (a) purchased, or otherwise acquired securities of Playstudios between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired Playstudios securities pursuant to the offering of the private investment in public equity; (b) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting who exchanged their shares of Acies stock for shares of Playstudios stock pursuant to the merger of Acies and Old Playstudios; and/or (c) purchased or otherwise acquired Playstudios common stock pursuant to or traceable to Acies' documents issued in connection with the June 2021 merger. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
MYPS investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) Playstudios was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (ii) Playstudios would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; and (iii) Playstudios had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss. As a result of defendants' wrongful conduct, Class members paid artificially inflated prices for their Playstudios securities and suffered substantial losses and damages.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Playstudios, Inc. during the relevant time frame, you have until June 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD), one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States, today announced it intends to release Third Quarter 2022 financial results after market close on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The teleconference is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday October 20, 2022 and will be hosted by Mark D. Millett, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and Theresa E. Wagler, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
To participate, please dial +1.973.528.0011 at least ten minutes before the start time and reference the Steel Dynamics Third Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. The teleconference can also be accessed (in listen-only mode) by visiting the company's website at www.steeldynamics.com. Webcast participants are encouraged to log in prior to the 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time start to ensure connection before the beginning of the call. An audio replay version of the teleconference can be accessed by dialing +1.919.882.2331 and entering conference ID number 46753. The audio replay link will be available on the company's website until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on October 26, 2022. An MP3 file of the event will be available on the company's website that can be accessed for online replay or download.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run Tuesday night, matching Babe Ruth and moving within one of Roger Maris’ American League season record.
The New York Yankees slugger drove a 3-1 sinker from Pittsburgh’s Wil Crowe 430 feet to the left field seats leading off the ninth inning. Judge’s third home run in two games and ninth in September thrilled a screaming crowd at Yankee Stadium. He answered pleas for a curtain call despite New York’s 8-5 deficit.
He equaled Ruth’s total for the 1927 Yankees and has 15 games remaining to match and surpass Maris’ total for New York in 1961.
Judge leads the major leagues with 128 RBIs and is among the AL batting leaders with a .316 average as he tries for the first Triple Crown since Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012.
Ruth became the first major leaguer to hit 60 homers when he connected off Washington’s Tom Zachary for a two-run drive to right in the eighth inning on Sept. 30, 1927, the next-to-last game of the season.
Roger Maris Jr. and Kevin Maris, sons of the former player, were both on hand.
Fans in the outfield seats stood when Judge came to the plate.
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The Lamborghini Urus will lose its non-electrified V-8 powertrain in 2024 and go all-electric in 2029, according to a recent Autocar report.
A Urus plug-in hybrid, retaining the current twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 but adding electric assist, will launch next year as Lamborghini’s second plug-in hybrid, following the Aventador-replacing Revuelto, CEO Stephan Winkelmann said in an interview with Autocar.
A prototype of the Urus plug-in hybrid has already been spied testing, but this is the first confirmation that Lamborghini will do away with the non-hybrid powertrain option. Adding electric assist to the V-8 should make the plug-in hybrid the most powerful Urus to date. The lineup currently tops out at 657 hp.
The Urus, which is Lamborghini’s most popular model, was launched in 2018 as a 2019 model and was updated last year to Urus S spec. A sportier Urus Performante was also added to the lineup last year.
An electric Urus will follow as Lamborghini’s second EV, after the 2028 launch of what is expected to be a 2+2 grand tourer. Representing a new, fourth model line with no direct predecessor, we’ve been told it’s targeting 300 miles of range with a comfortable rear seat. Once its all-electric powertrains arrive, Lamborghini plans to use them for its more luxurious models for the time being, only building electric supercars if absolutely required by regulations.
In the intervening years, Lamborghini will introduce additional variants of the Revuelto, as well as a Huracán replacement. Lamborghini will also reconfigure its factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. It will reportedly build the Revuelto and Huracán replacement on the same line, marking the first time two Lamborghini models will share an assembly line.
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- The two companies will join force to promote large scale implementation of autonomous driving
SHANGHAI, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 29th, 2022, Hesai Technology, the world's leading lidar company, and WeRide, the world's leading L4 autonomous driving technology company, announced a new strategic cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, the two parties will promote the autonomous vehicle application of automotive grade, hybrid solid-state lidar, empowering scale deployment and commercial application of WeRide's autonomous driving technology.
Tony Han, founder and CEO of WeRide, said:
"Since the two parties reached strategic cooperation, Hesai has been one of our most trusted partners. WeRide's autonomous driving vehicle fleets have reached 15 cities globally to commence road testing and operation, covering smart mobility, smart logistics and smart environmental services. We firmly believe in the safe, reliable, and commercially viable implementation of autonomous driving technology, while Hesai's automotive grade, hybrid solid-state lidar represents a new trend in the development of AD sensing components. I believe this collaboration will further enhance the capability of our autonomous vehicles."
As early as in 2019, Hesai's Pandar series lidars were integrated onto WeRide's first batch of hundred-unit Robotaxi fleets, successfully entering road testing and operation stage. Hesai's lidar products have also supported WeRide to commercialize China's first Robotaxi service to the public in Huangpu District, Guangzhou. The Robotaxi fleet has taxi operation permits and charges the same rate as any normal taxi in Guangzhou. The commercial operation has entered its third year of service. Hesai and WeRide's collaboration keeps evolving. Hesai's lidar sensors have been integrated into WeRide's new autonomous driving products including Mini Robobus, Robovan, and Robosweeper.
Li Yifan, CEO of Hesai, said:
"WeRide is an innovative global pioneer with leading autonomous driving technology and a comprehensive commercialization layout. We are glad to work with WeRide to accelerate their commercial application of autonomous driving technology through Hesai's newest hybrid solid-state lidar product AT128."
As of January 2022, WeRide has reached over 10 million kilometers of autonomous driving on public roads, combining testing and operations with more than 300 AD vehicles. WeRide's fleets comprise Robotaxi, Robobus, Robovan, and Robosweeper, running in cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Boao in China, San Francisco in the US, and Abu Dhabi in UAE, being tested and operated daily.
The automotive grade, hybrid solid-state lidar AT128 uses Hesai's self-proprietary chip technology, integrating 128 laser channels to achieve 1200x128 overall resolution and 200-meter detection range (at 10% reflectivity). It can effectively capture details of the objects within FOV to provide powerful perception capabilities for high level autonomous driving, further accelerating the iteration of autonomous driving algorithms. At the same time, the highly integrated transmit-receiver module and the stable scanning structure makes AT128 one of the most competitive and comprehensive lidars on the market. AT128 will be mass produced at Hesai's new manufacturing center Maxwell, which will commence operation in 2022 with a planned capacity of over 1 million units per year.
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WeRide is a leading, commercial-stage global company that develops Level 4 autonomous driving technologies. WeRide aims to develop safe and reliable driverless solutions to make mobility and transportation safer, more affordable and accessible. It is the first technology company in the world that holds driverless test permits in both China and the U.S.
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SAGINAW, MI — Saginaw County’s Kokomo’s Family Fun Center, which has been closed for renovations in recent months, is reopening with a new look and a new name.
The 8-acre indoor/outdoor fun center will begin a multi-day grand opening celebration Thursday, May 11, with a ribbon-cutting and ticketed VIP events benefitting area nonprofits, including Motherly Intercession, CAN Council, Midland Soccer Club and Mustard Seed Shelter. The grand opening celebration will continue Friday, May 12, through Sunday, May 14, with entertainment, a DJ and the chance to win prizes.
A soft opening takes place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, according to Press Play 989′s Facebook page.
“It’s an honor to be able to start our Press Play 989 adventure on such an exciting note, benefitting four amazing local charities that do so much to serve the community,” Cory Sandrock, CEO of Chicago-based Memorable Experiences Group, which owns the fun center, said in a statement.
“We are excited to see families enjoying our attractions, games, food and drinks because we really worked to upgrade the experiences so everyone can make it their new go-to place for fun.”
Press Play 989 will offer the latest trends in arcade games, including NBA Gametime, The Avengers, Ticket Ring, Mario Kart and Cut 2 Win, with a single-card system for games and attractions, state-of-the-art laser tag, mini-golf, batting cages and food and beverage options, according to a company news release.
At noon on Saturday, Press Play 989 will host a Round Robin Charity Event in which the four participating local charities will compete as a team for donations. Community members are invited to cheer on their favorite local charity, help them win the top donation prize and sign up to be selected at random to participate in the teams, the release states.
For more information, visit www.PressPlay989.com or find Press Play 989 on Facebook.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth E. Carter made history: The costume designer behind the “Black Panther” films became the first Black woman to win two Oscars.
Carter took home best costume design Sunday night at the 95th Academy Awards for the Marvel sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Carter also won in 2018 for “Black Panther,” which made her the first African American to win in the category.
In her acceptance speech, Carter thanked the film's director Ryan Coogler and asked if “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman could look after her mother, Mabel Carter, who she said died “this past week.” Boseman died in 2020 of cancer at 43.
“This is for my mother. She was 101,” Carter said. "This film prepared me for this moment. Chadwick, please take care of mom.”
Carter then paid tribute to her mother backstage.
“I had a great relationship with her in her final years. The same relationship I always had with her. I was her ride-or-die. I was her road dog. I was her sidekick," she said. "I know she’s proud of me. I know that she wanted this for me as much as I wanted it for myself.”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” grappled with the grief of losing Boseman, its superhero.
In her career, Carter has been behind-the-scenes in some of Hollywood’s biggest films. She’s garnered Oscar nominations for her work in Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” and Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad” and received praise for her period ensembles in other projects such as Lee Daniels’ “The Butler,” Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” and the reboot of “ROOTS.” She’s created costumes for Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy and even Jerry Seinfeld for the “Seinfeld” pilot.
Carter played an influential role as lead costume designer in making “Black Panther” a cultural phenomenon as she infused the pride of African diaspora into the character’s stylish and colorful garments to help bring Wakanda to life. She wanted to transform the presence of Queen Ramonda - played by Oscar nominee Angela Bassett - as a queen in the first film to being a ruler in the sequel.
"Angela always wanted to play a queen, so to amplify her, we added vibranium … we gave her the royal color of purple, and adorned her in gold as she wore the crown at the UN,” Carter said. “When she sits on the throne, she’s in a gray one shouldered dress. The exposed shoulder shows her strength – Angela, she got those guns, right?”
Carter said she was able to pull off the win against a “tough lineup.” She was up against designers from “Elvis,” “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” and “Babylon.”
She got her start in 1988 on Lee’s “School Daze,” the director’s second film. They’ve since collaborated on more than 10 films, including “Do the Right Thing” and “Jungle Fever.” She’s also worked with Robert Townsend on “The Five Heartbeats” and Keenen Ivory Wayans on “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.”
“I pulled myself up from my bootstraps," Carter said. "I started in a single parent household. I wanted to be a costume designer. I studied. I scraped. I struggled with adversity in an industry that sometimes didn’t look like me. And I endured.”
Through the Oscar-nominated “Malcolm X," she reached new heights new heights. That film, starring Denzel Washington, propelled her into the “Hollywood makeup,” offering her more opportunities to work with directors who had different points-of-views and scripts.
Carter's wish is that her historic win Sunday will offer more opportunities to women of color.
“I hope this opens the door for others … that they can win an Oscar, too,” Carter said.
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OLD TOWN, Maine — The nonprofit organization 'The Courageous Steps Project', based in eastern Maine, is helping kids and young adults with varied abilities and challenges in and out of the classroom.
On Sunday afternoon the organization held its 10th annual Walk-Run.
The nonprofit was created by Connor Archer in 2014 when he was a sophomore in high school. He lives with Autism and wanted to give back to the programs and services that benefitted him growing up.
"I want to make sure the opportunity for intervention and support services are there for everyone," Archer said. "It's ensuring that other children and young adults have the same opportunities as I've had and continue to have."
Since its start in 2014, the nonprofit has supported more than 35 programs in eastern Maine, according to its website, and has helped more than 2,000 kids in the region through various initiatives.
The Courageous Steps Project coordinates back-to-school drives, has an inclusive preschool program, Green House Village Preschool, offers wandering prevention resources for families, a scholarship fund and a wishlist initiative to help teachers with challenged students learn skills in a regular classroom setting.
Conner's mother, Jessica Archer, is a school teacher and was also her son's at-home teacher when he was a child.
"When he was 14 years old he wanted to talk to his peers about his autism and he did and they were so encouraged and inspired him to then do this walk run," Jessica said.
10 years later, people are still pushing this cause forward to help children and young adults in Maine.
"As much as I've taught him, he has taught me equally if not more about patience about compassion, and how individuals just learn differently," Jessica said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/community/an-eastern-maine-nonprofits-annual-event-supports-inclusion-and-kids-with-varied-abilities/97-32c614ba-8ec3-4771-a5fc-a022552bd3f0 | 2023-05-22 00:42:40 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/community/an-eastern-maine-nonprofits-annual-event-supports-inclusion-and-kids-with-varied-abilities/97-32c614ba-8ec3-4771-a5fc-a022552bd3f0 |
WHITE CLOUD, Mich. (AP) — A jury convicted a man of murder in the disappearance of a western Michigan man whose body still has not been found after nearly 40 years.
Richard Atwood was 25 in 1983 when he was last seen in White Cloud in Newaygo County, 45 miles north of Grand Rapids.
Roy Snell, who was 18 at that time and living in the area, was found guilty Wednesday of committing murder during another crime.
Jurors were told that Atwood was known as someone who sold marijuana in the White Cloud area. Snell's DNA was found on cigarette butts in Atwood's car. Investigators said robbery was a possible motive.
“I’m grateful we can finally provide justice for the victim’s family,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said. “Investigating a decades-old cold case without a body is very challenging.”
Snell, now 57, was arrested in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in 2020. He was splitting his time between Ohio and Minnesota, defense attorney Stephanie Koorndyk said.
“Everything was very circumstantial,” she said Friday. “There was no body. There was no murder weapon. I don't think we'll ever truly know what happened.”
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Did you lose money on investments in Teladoc Health? If so, please visit Teladoc Health, Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the securities of Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc" or the "Company") (NYSE: TDOC) between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Teladoc provides virtual healthcare services in the U.S. and internationally through Business-to-Business ("B2B") and Direct-to-Consumer ("D2C") distribution channels. The Company offers its customers various virtual products and services addressing, among other medical issues, mental health through its BetterHelp D2C product, and chronic conditions.
Teladoc touts itself as "the first and only company to provide a comprehensive and integrated whole person virtual healthcare solution that both provides and enables care for a full spectrum of clinical conditions[.]" Despite recent market concerns over new entrants to the telehealth field, such Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") and Walmart Inc. ("Walmart"), the Company has continued to assure investors of the Company's dominant market position in the industry.
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants made materially false and misleading statements throughout the Class Period. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants failed to disclose that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; and (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge.
On April 27, 2022, Teladoc announced its first quarter ("Q1") 2022 financial results, including revenue of $565.4 million, which missed consensus estimates by $3.23 million, and "[n]et loss per share of $41.58, primarily driven by [a] non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $6.6 billion or $41.11 per share[.]" Additionally, the Company revised its FY 2022 revenue guidance to $2.4 - $2.5 billion and adjusted EBITDA guidance to $240 - $265 million "to reflect dynamics we are currently experiencing in the [D2C] mental health and chronic condition markets." On a conference call with investors and analysts that day to discuss Teladoc's Q1 2022 results, Defendants largely attributed the Company's poor performance, revised FY 2022 guidance, and $6.6 billion non-cash goodwill impairment charge to increased competition in its BetterHelp and chronic care businesses.
On this news, the Company's stock price fell over 40% to close at $33.51 per share on April 28, 2022.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reactions from some of the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards:
“I’m literally sitting here holding my head, and holding my heart. It’s coming in waves. I’m excited, I’m grateful, I’m nervous. I’m going to have to start journaling (laughs). Queen Ramonda to me is reflective of what mothers have been doing forever, and also a representation of what Black mothers have been doing — holding families together. holding memories, holding wisdom… That’s what she is attempting to do in spite of the trauma she has experienced herself… I’m always thinking of Chadwick and his legacy with this film and how he led us in the first ”Panther.” I’m always thinking of him, he is always present. It’s a continuation of his legacy — Angela Bassett, nominated for best supporting actress in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” in an interview. ( Chadwick Boseman, who starred in the first “Black Panther,” died in 2020.)
“The peaks are so high, the valleys have been so low. I’m just trying to stay as present as I can. A moment like today is bittersweet because I wish Lisa Marie were here with us to celebrate. And at times amid intense grief and shattering loss it feels sort of bizarre to celebrate. I also know how much this film meant to Lisa Marie and how much her father’s legacy meant to her, so I feel so proud and so humbled to be a part of that story. — Austin Butler, nominated for best actor for “Elvis,” in an interview. ( Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ daughter, died Jan. 12.)
“Even just to be nominated means validation, love, from your peers. What it means for the rest of the Asians around the world, not just in America but globally, is to say we have a seat at the table. We finally have a seat at the table. We are being recognized and being seen.” — Michelle Yeoh, nominated for best actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in an interview.
“It just seemed so far-fetched. Especially when I had to step away from acting for so many years, that dream seemed like it was dead. My whole thing was: I just wanted a job.” — Ke Huy Quan, nominated for best supporting actor for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in an interview.
“I’ve had a career of 30 years and more than 15 have been dedicated to making this movie. The lesson? I always say that it sounds really nice when they say, ‘If you build it, they will come.’ The real notion is, if you build it they will come, or not. But if you don’t build it, you’ll never know.” — Guillermo del Toro, whose “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is nominated for best animated feature, in an interview.
“It’s interesting when you see the kind of prestige the Oscars have. In Sweden, it’s more prestigious than the Nobel prize actually. I have seen all the films from this year, and it’s just a really prominent group.” — Ruben Östlund, nominated for best director and best original screenplay for “Triangle of Sadness,” in an interview.
“I’m absolutely overjoyed and deeply grateful to the Academy for this recognition and for recognizing Hong Chau’s beautiful performance and Adrien Morot’s incredible makeup. I wouldn’t have this nomination without Darren Aronofsky, Samuel D. Hunter, A24 and the extraordinary cast and crew who gave me the gift of Charlie. A gift I certainly didn’t see coming, but it’s one that has profoundly changed my life. — Brendan Fraser, nominated for best actor for “The Whale,” in a statement.
“On behalf of Tom, all the filmmakers, cast, Paramount and everyone who worked on ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ we are so honored by this recognition from the Academy. This being my first ever Oscar nomination makes it that much more special.” — Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, nominated for best picture for “Top Gun: Maverick,” in a statement.
“You never know. Everybody tries to do their best work. But to be recognized by this body in this community in this manner — words are poor things. We all know what that means. It’s not something you ever allow yourself to even hope for because it’s so fanciful. Hopefully, it affords the opportunity for more people to see the thing that you’ve all be working on. That’s the main thing.” — Todd Field, writer-director of “Tár,” in an interview. “Tar” is his first film in 16 years.
“l am overjoyed by this morning’s news. Being a part of this film was an unforgettable experience, and I share this nomination with the creative and talented people alongside whom I worked on this project.” — Hong Chau, nominated for best supporting actress for “The Whale,” in a statement.
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Senate Democrats are having trouble getting their message across to voters heading into the 2024 election cycle, when they will have to defend 23 seats.
They say they plan to run on their accomplishments in the last Congress. But that may be a problem: A large majority of voters across the country say President Biden hasn’t gotten a lot done.
A Washington Post-ABC News poll published on Monday found that 62 percent of Americans don’t think Biden has accomplished much during his first two years in office.
Despite passing a major infrastructure investment law in 2021 and prescription drug reform in the Inflation Reduction Act last year, only 32 percent of Americans said Biden made progress improving roads and bridges in their communities and only 30 percent said he made progress lowering prescription drug costs.
“My first reaction is the Democrats have a messaging problem,” said Ross K. Baker, a professor of political science at Rutgers University who has served several times as a Senate fellow.
“Certainly the consistent message has been the Schumer message that the accomplishments of the Biden administration are really unprecedented, practically back to the time of the New Deal,” he said. “It is objectively an impressive list, but somehow the public seems to be rejecting that message perhaps because subjectively they’re not seeing the results.”
The disconnect between the Democratic message and voters across the country could make it tougher for Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to persuade incumbents such as Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to run for new terms in Republican-leaning states.
It could also make it tougher for vulnerable incumbents such as Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) to run on their legislative accomplishments when Republicans are expected to hit them again on topics like inflation and cultural issues.
Monday’s Washington Post-ABC News poll found that only 32 percent of independents nationwide think Biden has accomplished a great deal or a good amount while 66 percent said he accomplished not much, little or nothing.
Senate Democrats are putting a more positive spin on the poll, arguing that it shows how much ground they can gain with voters by implementing the bills that Biden signed into law and explaining them to the public.
Aides say Biden will do that on Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, when he will highlight the key bills passed since he took office.
Schumer has compared Biden’s first two years in office to President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs.
“These two years in the Senate and House, in the Congress, was either the most productive in 50 years — Great Society — or the most productive in 100 years since the New Deal. So I think it’s been extremely, extremely productive,” he told reporters at the end of 2022.
Infrastructure, insulin cap ‘haven’t started yet’
Democratic strategists say their party faces several messaging challenges over the next 21 months: The investments and reforms that Biden signed into law in the 117th Congress will take years to implement, the president himself is not a very compelling salesman and the bills that Biden signed into law will be overshadowed by Washington’s looming political dramas over the debt ceiling and other issues.
Robert Borosage, a progressive activist and co-founder of Campaign for America’s Future, said “the big thing is the big agenda things that Democrats passed haven’t started yet.”
“It’s not surprising that people don’t feel that these policies have affected them yet because they’re just being put in effect,” he said.
For example, a key element of the Inflation Reduction Act, a $35 dollar-a-month cap on insulin, just went into effect on Jan. 1.
Borosage said that inflation and the high cost of everyday goods is giving people a more negative view of the economy than it deserves.
The Washington Post-ABC News poll found that only 34 percent of Americans said Biden has made progress creating good jobs in their community, even though the president on Friday touted the creation of 12 million jobs since he took office in 2021.
The economy created 517,000 new jobs last month alone.
Jonathan Kott, a Democratic strategist and former Senate aide, said voters “will start feeling the impacts” of the laws passed in the next Congress before the 2024 elections, such as investments to expand access to high-speed internet and clean drinking water.
“You may not think the infrastructure bill and the IRA are hugely important but when you have clean water and internet access and then you start seeing, ‘Oh right, this is what the Democrats did,’ then it will start to seep in. I think part of it is letting the laws take effect and then explaining, ‘Hey, we did that,’” he said.
Biden needs ‘cheerleaders’
But Kott acknowledged that Biden is not a natural salesman who likes to toot his own horn as much as past presidents, which makes it somewhat tougher to tout his accomplishments.
“Joe Biden, he’s not the type of guy who goes out and brags about his accomplishments, that’s just not who he is. Joe Biden is just a boring get-the-job-done kind of guy. That’s who he is. And he’s the type of Democrat that I think a lot of the moderates like because that’s who he is,” he said. “He just sort of puts his head down, finds the solution to a problem and accomplishes it.
“You might need some more cheerleaders out there, and that’s where I think the rest of the administration and outside groups like the AFL-CIO come in and brag on his behalf,” he added.
Democratic aides say there is also frustration among lawmakers with the fleeting attention the media pays to their legislative accomplishments, as news cycle coverage quickly moves to new topics, such as Biden’s handling of classified information, the Chinese surveillance balloon and the partisan battle over raising the debt limit.
Schumer at one point chastised the media for mostly ignoring the Ocean Shipping Reform Act that Biden signed into law in June to speed up the supply chain and fight inflation.
A few months after Congress passed the bill, the price of shipping a container over the ocean dropped 60 percent, one Democratic aide noted.
A second Democratic aide said the White House is aware of Biden’s problems getting his record of accomplishment across to voters and plans to deploy the president aggressively over the coming months to hammer home his message.
Biden appeared with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) at the Brent Spence Bridge in Covington, Ky., last month to highlight funding for it in the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill. Biden visited a deteriorating rail tunnel in Baltimore a few weeks later to talk about $4 billion in federal funding being invested to keep trains running smoothly between Washington and Philadelphia.
The president and Schumer visited the Long Island Railroad west side train yard last week to promote $292 million in grants from the bipartisan infrastructure bill to rebuild the rail tunnel connecting New Jersey and Manhattan.
“I think Biden’s actually doing a better job of staying on message. I think the White House understands the disconnect with voters in a way the Obama [administration] didn’t, which is why I think you saw the Brent Spence Bridge event,” said the second aide. “I think they recognize the problem.” | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/democrats-have-a-messaging-problem-with-voters-despite-accomplishments/ | 2023-02-07 14:05:30 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/democrats-have-a-messaging-problem-with-voters-despite-accomplishments/ |
Current President and Chief Wellness Officer begins new role leading GENYOUth's mission of building healthier school communities and promoting the health and well-being of America's youth
NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GENYOUth, the national nonprofit organization that creates healthier school communities, today announced the appointment of Ann Marie Krautheim, M.A., R.D., L.D., to Chief Executive Officer by its Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2022. Krautheim, who joined GENYOUth in 2012 and has served as president and chief wellness officer for the past decade, succeeds Alexis Glick, the organization's first CEO. Krautheim will lead GENYOUth's strategic vision, partnerships, and programs in support of the organization's mission of creating healthier school communities and empowering youth to lead change. Her work in building partnerships with corporations, schools, professional sports leagues, education, government, health professional, and nutrition and fitness organizations has been instrumental in driving GENYOUth's growth from a start-up to a leading non-profit -- raising over $200 million to support and generate measurable results nationwide for youth and school wellness programs.
"On behalf of the GENYOUth Board of Directors, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Ann Marie Krautheim as our new CEO," said Barbara O'Brien, GENYOUth Board Chair; President & CEO, Dairy Management Inc.; and President & CEO, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. "Ann Marie has the vision and commitment to take GENYOUth's critical work to the next level. In particular, hunger and food insecurity are causes that are near and dear to the hearts of America's dairy farmers, and the ongoing work of GENYOUth to end student hunger is of growing importance," added O'Brien.
"The NFL is proud of our partnership with GENYOUth over the past decade, which continues to have an extraordinary impact on the well-being of millions of youth across the nation through Fuel Up to Play 60, the largest school-based health and wellness program in the country, and NFL FLAG-In-Schools. Ann Marie's leadership as CEO will further ensure that GENYOUth remains integral in our shared commitment to champion physical activity, sound nutrition and healthy lifestyles for children," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
"I am honored to be named CEO of GENYOUth. GENYOUth has made great strides in our first decade with the incredible support of our founding partners, America's Dairy Farmers and the NFL, and additional purpose-minded partners who share our mission. As this is such a pivotal time for youth and schools, I am committed to continued action to ensure that students, particularly those in high-need communities, are nourished, active and supported," said Krautheim.
A registered dietitian, and the mother of two sons, Krautheim has a high regard for science, agriculture, food and fitness, and their connection to health and wellness among youth. An authority on child wellness, she serves on the boards of state and regional professional associations and is an advisory board member for YMCA Storer Camps. She has received numerous honors including the prestigious Anita Owen Award for Innovation in Nutrition Education from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Krautheim has been pivotal in generating grant funding support for GENYOUth's flagship program, Fuel Up to Play 60, which reaches 73,000 schools and over 38 million kids. She helped facilitate GENYOUth becoming a founding partner in former First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move Active Schools" initiative. Krautheim has led GENYOUth's multi-tiered fundraising efforts and initiatives to End Student Hunger to increase access to and participation in school meals for the 30 million U.S. students who are reliant on school nutrition programs.
"Ann Marie has a deep expertise in critical areas of youth wellness, and a passion for youth leadership. Her vision and expertise will take GENYOUth into its next chapter of building healthier school communities," said Dr. David Satcher, 16th U.S. Surgeon General, and an Emeritus Member, GENYOUth Board of Directors.
"Edelman has been proud to advance the work GENYOUth is doing through its programs and initiatives to support healthier school communities nationwide, and to elevate the youth voice -- most especially in the challenging years of 2020 and 2021. Ann Marie was an integral part of that important journey as GENYOUth's President and Chief Wellness Officer, so in her new role as CEO, I am even more excited to see her leadership further GENYOUth's mission in serving our communities, and empowering our nation's youth to drive change," said Richard Edelman, Member, GENYOUth Board of Directors; CEO, Edelman; Chairman, Daniel J. Edelman Holdings.
"Ann Marie has a deep understanding of the urgent concerns -- and needs of school nutrition programs -- as we prepare to nourish students and address hunger in the coming school year. I appreciate her dedication in working to identify public-private partnerships that are helping schools, and producing measurable increases in school meal participation," said Manish P. Singh, Director of Food Services Division, Los Angeles Unified School District.
"I don't think it's possible to over-state the importance of cultivating the health and well-being of our next generation. As we emerge from the pandemic, serious challenges to child health remain -- caused by everything from ongoing food insecurity to rising income inequality. Ann Marie's important work leading GENYOUth will be beyond essential in serving the critical needs of our nation's most underserved youth," said Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., FACS; Member, GENYOUth Board of Directors; James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair - Senior Vice President of Medicine and Dean, University of Alabama School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
For more information on GENYOUth, visit www.genyouthnow.org.
GENYOUth is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that creates healthier school communities. We convene a network of private and public partners, including Fortune 100 companies and foundations, to raise funds for youth wellness initiatives that give youth the inspiration, motivation, and programs to be healthy high-achieving students. GENYOUth's flagship program, Fuel Up to Play 60, enrolls over 73,000 U.S. schools, reaching over 38 million students. Our school nutrition grants increase access to healthy school meals among food insecure students. NFL FLAG-In-Schools is GENYOUth's fastest growing program with over 25,000 school communities reaching over 15 million students. AdVenture Capital brings out the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity of students with the support of corporate mentors to solve real world problems. And starting in 2021, GENYOUth is the official charitable partner of Taste of the NFL, a purpose-driven Super Bowl culinary experience that raises awareness and generates funds to fight hunger and food insecurity to support the organization's commitment to end student hunger.
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An 8-year-old boy whose spine was severed in the shooting at a Fourth of July Parade is conscious for the first time since the attack and asking to see his twin brother, his family said Friday.
Doctors don’t think Cooper Roberts suffered any brain damage from the bullets that hit his chest, the family announced in a statement Friday that confirmed he is paralyzed from the waist down.
The boy was removed from the ventilator. He is in serious condition and is in a great deal of pain, but improving.
He and his twin brother, Luke, who was struck by shrapnel and is home, loved the Fourth of July parade in their Chicago suburb.
But now the family is envisioning a “new normal” for Cooper who was wounded in a hail of gunfire that left dozens of others wounded and seven dead in Highland Park, said Tony Loizzi, a family spokesperson, during a Zoom call with reporters Thursday.
The boys’ mother, Keely Roberts, who is the superintendent of the 2,300-student Zion Elementary School District, also was hurt but not as seriously. Only the boys’ father, Jason Roberts, was unscathed.
The twins are the youngest of six, and their four older sisters — ages 18 to 26 — are doting on Luke while Cooper is hospitalized.
Meanwhile, the boy’s mother, who was shot twice in the foot and leg area, has undergone two surgeries and may need a third, Loizzi said.
“Quite frankly, she probably should not have been discharged,” Loizzi said. But when she found out Cooper was on a ventilator, she “told her doctors and nurses that they should either discharge or she’d walk out on her own because she needed to be with her son,” Loizzi said.
He said the school district where she works is getting offers of support from superintendents around the state, some of them retired. He said they want to help so she can heal and focus on her family.
“They’re devastated,” he said of the family, “but they’re focusing all of their energy right now on Cooper. It’s been a very emotional time for everybody in their circle. And if you know Keely, she’s just a fighter. And it sounds like Cooper got that part of her in him because he’s fighting as hard as he can.”
Loizzi had few details about the shooting itself. He said he didn’t know where the family was standing along the parade route when shots rang out or who helped them.
“To be honest, I have not had that conversation with Keely,” he said. “I have tried not to focus on what exactly happened, and have really kept the focus on what we’re doing to help her and her son.”
Loizzi described the boy as having a “passion” for sports and the Milwaukee Brewers.
“Every time I talk to his mom about him, he’s always very active,” he added.
A GoFundMe has raised more than $800,000 to help the family with what Loizzi described as “the obvious ongoing treatment and therapy that Cooper will need.” He said that Keely Roberts is a devoted school leader, who works tirelessly for her students and often sends emails in the wee hours of the morning.
“Now,” he said, “she and her family need our support. So we just ask you to please continue to keep the Roberts family and all of those impacted by this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers.” | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/8-year-old-paralyzed-in-parade-attack-awake-asking-for-twin/ | 2022-07-08 22:18:18 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/8-year-old-paralyzed-in-parade-attack-awake-asking-for-twin/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen takes on the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Frankie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin and other soul legends in an album of cover songs due out next month.
The disc “Only the Strong Survive” is named for the Jimmy Butler song, among the 15 other cover songs, which will be released on Nov. 11.
“I wanted to make an album where I just sang,” Springsteen said in a statement. “And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies? I’ve taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray and Scott Walker, among many others.”
Those who’ve seen Springsteen perform live know that he’ll frequently pull out some soul covers. The disc arrives three months before the beginning of his tour with the E Street Band.
Among the songs he tackles are the Commodores’ “Nightshift,” The Walker Brothers’ “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” and the Four Tops’ “When She Was My Girl.”
Other covers are “I Wish it Would Rain” by The Temptations and “Someday We’ll Be Together” by Diana Ross and The Supremes.
Soul legend Sam Moore sings on two of the cuts. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/springsteen-releasing-album-of-soul-cover-songs-only-the-strong-survive/ | 2022-09-29 18:01:14 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/springsteen-releasing-album-of-soul-cover-songs-only-the-strong-survive/ |
Florida's Best Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr. Alberico Sessa Offers Affordable Botox In Sarasota
SARASOTA, Fla., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The average cost of Botox injections in Florida is $515-$625. This pricing accounts for one session and often one area (or two small ones). When Botox must be maintained, this price point can make it difficult for many patients to keep the look they want, or even treat chronic conditions like migraines and hyperhidrosis.
Dr. Alberico Sessa at Sarasota Surgical Arts offers Botox for as low as $5 per unit. This amounts to about $375 for 75 units which are enough to treat most of the basic cosmetic areas such as the crow's feet and frown lines. The exact cost of a Botox treatment does vary depending on the number of units necessary and treatment areas. However, Sarasota Surgical Arts consistently ranks as both the best and lowest cost destination for Botox in Sarasota, Florida.
Botox injections at Sarasota Surgical Arts are performed by master injectors and/or cosmetic surgeons with years of experience with Botox and dermal fillers. Patients are often more than satisfied with their cosmetic injections at Sarasota Surgical Arts. One patient review says, "Dr. Sessa and his staff are caring, informative, considerate, and professional. Dr. Sessa is an extremely gifted surgeon and a local treasure right here in our small community. My results are perfect and I couldn't be happier. I will proudly and confidently recommend them to anyone who is considering a little maintenance or a more comprehensive procedure."
Along with Botox, Dr. Sessa also offers Dysport—often a lower cost option—that may work better for some patients. He values giving his patients options and finding the one that suits them and their needs. Dr. Sessa can also perform Botox injections for ailments such as chronic migraines or sweating.
About Sarasota Surgical Arts: Dr. Alberico Sessa is a cosmetic surgeon who specializes in surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as Botox treatments, lip fillers, and Sculptra. He has well over a decade of experience in injections and cosmetic surgery making him one of the most experienced and knowledgeable cosmetic providers of Botox in the Sarasota area.
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How to Watch the Lakers vs. Grizzlies: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NBA Playoffs Game 6
Published: Apr. 28, 2023 at 1:32 PM MST|Updated: 31 minutes ago
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies square off in a decisive Game 6 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs.
Keep reading for everything you need to know about this matchup between the Lakers and Grizzlies, including how to catch the action live with a free trial to Fubo.
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Lakers vs. Grizzlies Game Info
- When: Friday, April 28, 2023 at 10:30 PM ET
- Where: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California
- TV: ESPN
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Lakers Stats Insights
- The Lakers are shooting 48.2% from the field this season, 2.9 percentage points higher than the 45.3% the Grizzlies allow to opponents.
- Los Angeles has a 38-20 straight-up record in games it shoots better than 45.3% from the field.
- The Lakers are the sixth best rebounding team in the league, the Grizzlies rank second.
- The Lakers record 117.2 points per game, only 4.2 more points than the 113 the Grizzlies allow.
- When Los Angeles scores more than 113 points, it is 34-16.
Grizzlies Stats Insights
- The Grizzlies have shot at a 47.5% rate from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points greater than the 46.9% shooting opponents of the Lakers have averaged.
- This season, Memphis has a 35-10 record in games the team collectively shoots above 46.9% from the field.
- The Grizzlies are the second-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Lakers sit at 18th.
- The Grizzlies score only 0.3 more points per game (116.9) than the Lakers allow their opponents to score (116.6).
- Memphis has put together a 34-7 record in games it scores more than 116.6 points.
Lakers Home & Away Comparison
- The Lakers are averaging 117 points per game this year in home games, which is 0.3 fewer points than they're averaging in road games (117.3).
- At home, Los Angeles is giving up 5.6 fewer points per game (113.8) than away from home (119.4).
- In home games, the Lakers are sinking 0.9 more treys per game (11.2) than away from home (10.3). They also own a better three-point percentage at home (35.4%) compared to when playing on the road (33.8%).
Grizzlies Home & Away Comparison
- In 2022-23 the Grizzlies are scoring more points at home (119.8 per game) than away (114). And they are conceding less at home (109.2) than on the road (116.8).
- In 2022-23 Memphis is giving up 7.6 fewer points per game at home (109.2) than on the road (116.8).
- The Grizzlies collect 1.1 more assists per game at home (26.6) than on the road (25.5).
Lakers Injuries
Grizzlies Injuries
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DURHAM, N.C., May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today real world evidence (RWE) leader, Target RWE, shared new updates and insights from its comprehensive longitudinal gastroenterology community of more than 5,000 adult and pediatric enrolled patients, TARGET-GASTRO, during the annual Digestive Disease Week® meeting in Chicago, May 6-9.
Sponsored by Target RWE, TARGET-GASTRO captures real world data from patients with Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), indeterminate colitis (IBDU), as well as a recent expansion into eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs). An estimated 1.3% or 3 million adults in the United States are diagnosed with IBD annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As millions of people continue to be diagnosed with immune-mediated gastroenterological conditions each year, it has become evident that there is a need for real-world data to better understand and evaluate the disease and better inform innovation toward potentially merging treatments.
A front-runner in the real-world evidence space, TARGET-IBD was launched in 2017 and was the first registry within TARGET-GASTRO. The longitudinal, observational study is currently active with an enrollment goal of up to 15,000 participants. TARGET-IBD includes adults and children (age 2 or older) being managed for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or indeterminate colitis, who have plans for future visits at the site for continued management of IBD. There are 37 sites that have participated in TARGET-IBD (16 academic and 11 community).
"TARGET-IBD continues to collect valuable real-world data which enhances our understanding of the natural history of inflammatory bowel disease and the impact of different treatment paradigms on patient populations over time. This is particularly relevant given that robust pipelines of new molecules and biosimilar agents continue to have profound effects on patient management," said Millie D. Long, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, and Co-Chair of the TARGET-IBD steering committee.
Target RWE's platform aggregates various sets of consented, real-world patient data from medical records, patient-reported outcome measures, and clinically linked biospecimens. Partners can query the longitudinal dataset to support their drug development programs and RWE initiatives, and the outcomes from real-world evidence help doctors as they work to provide treatments to individual patients in real-life settings. Target RWE's advanced platform allows for at-a-glance analysis of these groups based on several characteristics including age, sex, race/ethnicity, insurance status, geography, obesity, among others. Detailed medication and course of treatment information is also collected for analysis, including more than 20 Anti IL-21/23, Anti-Integrin, Anti-TNF and JAK inhibitors.
Target RWE also has a unique biorepository that includes over 150,000 biospecimen samples from consented participants across a broad range of therapeutic indications, including hepatology, gastroenterology, dermatology, and other diseases. Samples are collected leveraging an IRB-approved protocol and linked to de-identified clinically validated data derived from patient medical records and patient reported outcomes measures. TARGET-GASTRO's inventory includes thousands of whole blood and serum samples, which are collected, handled, and stored according to validated standard operating procedures and robust quality requirements.
"Target RWE communities, including TARGET-GASTRO, offer unparalleled breadth and depth of data that partners can use to track the courses of specific treatments. This information is essential in helping to inform and direct clinical research programs during an investigational product's path, as well as provide regulatory grade, consented post-approval data," said Michael W. Fried, M.D., FAASLD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Target RWE. "There is currently no other company that can offer this level of specific, custom information."
Real world evidence from the TARGET-GASTRO community has been presented and published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and major academic conferences.
Target RWE recently announced the launch of 35 new disease state registries, which includes the entire spectrum of immune-mediated inflammatory conditions to capture valuable real world patient data to better understand these complex conditions and how treatment approaches may overlap.
Target RWE is attending the Digestive Disease Week annual meeting in Chicago, May 6-9, 2023, booth #2703. Follow us on Twitter (@TargetRWE) and LinkedIn to keep up with the latest news!
About Target RWE
As the industry's best-in-class, complete real world evidence (RWE) solution, Target RWE is a distinctly collaborative enterprise that unifies real world data (RWD) sets and advanced RWE analytics in an integrated community, shifting the paradigm in healthcare for how decisions are made to improve lives.
Target RWE sources unique, connected data sets across multiple therapeutic areas representing granular data from diverse patients in academic and community settings. Our rigorous, interactive, and advanced RWE analytics extract deep insights from RWD to answer important questions in healthcare. Target RWE brings together the brightest minds in healthcare through an unmatched community of key opinion leaders, patients, and healthcare stakeholders in a collaborative and dynamic model. www.targetrwe.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s new 988 hotline, intended to help anyone experiencing a mental health emergency, has been out of service for several hours Thursday.
Those trying to reach the line for help with suicide, depression or other mental health crises are greeted with a message that says the line is “experiencing a service outage.”
People can still reach a mental health counselor through the lifeline by texting “988” or opening a chat at 988lifeline.org.
The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversaw the launch of the three-digit lifeline earlier this year, is in communication with the contractor that supports the line, HHS spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim said in a tweet Thursday.
“We’ve taken immediate action to ensure alternative 988 channels are available to the public,” Lovenheim tweeted. The outage had been ongoing for several hours Thursday, she said.
The 988 helpline, launched in July, is a national helpline staffed with mental health counselors around the country that’s designed to be as easy to remember as the emergency line, 911.
Intrado, the telecommunications provider for the service, could not immediately be reached for comment. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/widespread-outage-shuts-down-988-mental-health-hotline/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-12-01 20:42:29 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/widespread-outage-shuts-down-988-mental-health-hotline/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Charlotte Kramon is a Metro intern for the Los Angeles Times. Originally from Los Angeles, she is a rising senior at Duke University, where she studies public policy and journalism. She writes for the 9th Street Journal and IndyWeek, and previously interned at the Charlotte Observer. | https://www.latimes.com/people/charlotte-kramon | 2023-05-31 19:49:43 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/people/charlotte-kramon |
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency:
- Today, the FDA announced the launch of an independent study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) on the Role of Seafood Consumption in Child Growth and Development. The FDA is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on this study, which supports the goals of the FDA's Closer to Zero Action Plan for reducing the exposure of babies and young children to mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium from foods. It will also help inform whether updates are needed for the current Advice about Eating Fish for children and those who might become, or are, pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Today, the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) announced it is launching the voluntary Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program (TAP) Pilot. The TAP Pilot is intended to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of earlier and more frequent interactions with CDRH, strategic input from stakeholders, and proactive, strategic advice from CDRH to help spur more rapid development of high-quality, safe, effective and innovative medical devices of public health importance.
- COVID-19 testing updates:
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President Joe Biden is proposing to spend roughly $37 billion for fighting and preventing crime, including $13 billion to help communities hire and train 100,000 police officers over five years.
Biden will outline his anti-crime program on Thursday during a visit to Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The Democratic president will request the money from Congress as part of his latest budget proposal, according to senior administration officials who previewed the plan on the condition of anonymity ahead of the formal announcement.
Republicans are trying to gain leverage in November’s midterm elections by portraying Democrats as unwilling to confront crime problems.
As part of Biden’s plans, $3 billion would be geared toward clearing court backlogs and resolving cases involving murders and guns. The president also wants to use $15 billion to create a grant program that would fund ideas for preventing violent crime or creating a public health response to nonviolence incidents, aimed at reducing the burden on law enforcement.
The remaining $5 billion would support programs intended to stop violence before it occurs.
After speaking in Wilkes-Barre, Biden is scheduled to attend a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Philadelphia. Then he’s expected to spend a long weekend in Wilmington, Delaware, where he has a home. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/biden-seeking-37b-for-fighting-crime-hiring-more-police | 2022-07-21 12:53:22 | 1 | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/biden-seeking-37b-for-fighting-crime-hiring-more-police |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades.
The bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Stan McClain would restrict public school instruction on human sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases and related topics to grades 6 through 12. McClain confirmed at a recent committee meeting that discussions about menstrual cycles would also be restricted to those grades.
“So if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in 5th grade or 4th grade, will that prohibit conversations from them since they are in the grade lower than sixth grade?” asked state Rep. Ashley Gantt, a Democrat who taught in public schools and noted that girls as young as 10 can begin having periods.
“It would,” McClain responded.
The GOP-backed legislation cleared the House Education Quality Subcommittee on Wednesday by a 13-5 vote mainly along party lines. It would also allow parents to object to books and other materials their children are exposed to, require schools to teach that a person’s sexual identity is determined biologically at birth and set up more scrutiny of certain educational materials by the state Department of Education.
McClain said the bill’s intent is to bring uniformity to sex education across all of Florida’s 67 school districts and provide more pathways for parents to object to books or other materials they find inappropriate for younger children.
At the committee meeting, Gantt asked whether teachers could face punishment if they discuss menstruation with younger students.
“My concern is they won’t feel safe to have those conversations with these little girls,” she said.
McClain said “that would not be the intent” of the bill and that he is “amenable” to some changes to its language. The measure must be approved by another committee before it can reach the House floor; a similar bill is pending in the Senate.
An email seeking comment was sent Saturday to the office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely seen as a potential 2024 presidential candidate. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/health/florida-may-ban-girls-period-talk-in-elementary-grades/ | 2023-03-19 06:38:37 | 1 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/health/florida-may-ban-girls-period-talk-in-elementary-grades/ |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks as the U.S. administration looks to persuade the Netherlands to further limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions.
The Biden administration has been trying to get the Netherlands on the same page since the U.S. Commerce Department announced in October new export controls aimed at China. The restrictions are intended to limit China’s ability to access advanced computing chips, develop and maintain supercomputers, and make advanced semiconductors.
Administration officials have reasoned that the export restrictions are necessary because China can use semiconductors to create advanced military systems including weapons of mass destruction; commit human rights abuses; and improve the speed and accuracy of its military decision making, planning and logistics.
Slowing Beijing’s access, however, will take plenty of help from allies for the U.S. export controls to have maximum impact. The Netherlands-based tech giant ASML is a major manufacturer of machines that design and produce semiconductors. China is one of ASML’s biggest clients.
The U.S. has also been in talks with Japan on tougher export restrictions to limit the sale of semiconductor manufacturing technology to China. Rutte’s visit comes after Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week for talks.
The U.S. and Japan, in a joint statement following the Oval Office meeting, said the two sides agreed to “sharpen our shared edge on economic security, including protection and promotion of critical and emerging technologies.”
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin last week called on Japan and the Netherlands to resist U.S. pressure.
“We hope the relevant countries will do the right thing and work together to uphold the multilateral trade regime and safeguard the stability of the global industrial and supply chains,” he said. “This will also serve to protect their own long-term interests.”
Rutte said in a Twitter posting on Monday that he had spoken by phone with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about Saturday’s Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Dnipro — one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in the nearly 11-month-old war. Authorities said the death toll from the strike rose to 40 and that 30 people remained missing Monday.
“The horrific attack on an apartment block in Dnipro underscores just why Russia cannot be allowed to win this war,” Rutte said in the posting. “The coordination of international military support remains essential in the months ahead.”
Ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby praised the Netherlands as as a "key supporter of security assistance in Ukraine.” The Netherlands has already contributed about $3 billion to support Ukraine and has committed to spending about $1 billion more.
Kirby said the two leaders also plan to discuss the Summit for Democracy, which they are co-hosting with Costa Rica, South Korea and Zambia in late March.
Biden hosted the inaugural democracy summit in December 2021, which the administration billed as the start of a global conversation about how best to halt the backsliding of democracy. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-to-host-netherlands-pm-for-talks-on-tech-ukraine/2023/01/17/7f9cfab2-9624-11ed-a173-61e055ec24ef_story.html | 2023-01-17 06:15:04 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-to-host-netherlands-pm-for-talks-on-tech-ukraine/2023/01/17/7f9cfab2-9624-11ed-a173-61e055ec24ef_story.html |
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WASHINGTON — Starbucks customers in 11 more states can now get their coffee with olive oil.
The new line of drinks is called Starbucks Oleato and features coffee infused with Partanna extra virgin olive oil. It first made its U.S. debut back in March in California, Illinois, New York and Washington state.
Starting Tuesday, the coffee-olive oil concoctions will also be available at select stores in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont.
Customers can use the Starbucks app or the online store locator to see if local stores are offering the Oleato line of beverages. Some of the newly added cities include Austin, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Portland, Maine; and Hartford, Connecticut.
Starbucks is offering a few different drinks as part of the lineup including an iced shaken espresso, a latte and a cold brew with olive oil infused cold foam.
According to CNN, Starbucks said Tuesday's rollout means nearly one-third of company-owned stores in the U.S. will have the new lineup on the menu.
Starbucks says the drinks are inspired by a "family tradition that has existed in regions of Italy for generations" — drinking a spoonful or two of extra virgin olive oil each day "as an uplifting ritual."
Former CEO Howard Schultz came up with the notion of adding olive oil to coffee after visiting an olive oil producer in Sicily and teased the idea as a game-changer in his last earnings call. He worked with an in-house coffee drink developer to come up with recipes, the international coffee chain said.
Schultz presided over the launch of “Oleato” — meaning “oiled” in Italian — back in February at the company's Milan Roastery.
Reviews have been mixed. The New Yorker found there was "little to say but that it tasted like a large spoonful of olive oil in coffee." Bon Appétit deemed the hot latte option worth ordering again, but judged it unlikely to become "a PSL-like fave." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/nation-world/starbucks-olive-oil-coffee-expanding-more-us-cities/507-c72b11ea-466d-437a-9d15-220eef345fc0 | 2023-06-07 03:10:11 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/nation-world/starbucks-olive-oil-coffee-expanding-more-us-cities/507-c72b11ea-466d-437a-9d15-220eef345fc0 |
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carlos Dunlap was tired of losing.
He was tired of putting in the work — those soul-crushing days in the heat of training camp, the daily grind of the regular season — only to reach the playoffs and watch it all go to waste with yet another disappointing defeat.
Six times, the veteran defensive end had played in the postseason. Six times, he went home a loser.
“I’d done a lot of football,” Dunlap acknowledged, “without winning a playoff game.”
Not anymore. Six months after signing with the Kansas City Chiefs, Dunlap has not one playoff win but two, and a chance to add a third — the biggest one possible — when they play the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in the Super Bowl.
“The number of guys who, you know, come to me saying they want to get it done for me, I’m very appreciative,” Dunlap said, “but I want us to get this done for us. That’s why I say the job’s not done. Just lock in for these next couple days and we’ll have forever to celebrate. It took me 200 games to get to this one.”
It took 205, to be exact.
Dunlap isn’t the only player Sunday with a chance to go from playoff-zero to Super Bowl hero. On the opposite sideline, Eagles pass rusher Robert Quinn had played 171 games and lost both of his previous playoff games, and cornerback Darius Slay had suited up 154 times and been 0-3 in the postseason, before their wins over the Giants and 49ers this season.
“I was in Detroit for seven years, which was hard to get past. I’ve been to the playoffs twice when I was in Detroit and didn’t get past the first round,” said Slay, who also lost with Philadelphia in the wild-card round last season. “I’m thankful for the Eagles trading for me to make me come over here and I’m getting to experience my first Super Bowl.”
Some players spend their entire careers without ever having that experience.
Take retired linebacker Takeo Spikes, who spent 15 seasons and appeared in 219 games for the Bengals, Bills, 49ers, Chargers and, yes, the Eagles. All those teams qualified for this year’s postseason, incidentally, yet none made it while he was on their roster. Instead, they found themselves in the midst of teardowns, rebuilds or frustrated by near-misses.
No player in the Super Bowl era has appeared in more games without making a single playoff appearance.
Rian Lindell came close, though. Before he retired, Lindell had kicked in 212 games for the Bills, Seahawks and Buccaneers — coincidentally, three teams that likewise made this year’s postseason but never qualified while he was around.
Then there’s the players that reached the postseason but never won a game. Tops on that list, according to Sportradar, is Jason Hanson, who kicked in 327 games over 21 years for the Lions without a single playoff victory.
That’s the dubious list that Dunlap, Quinn and Slay were on until this season.
“It’s been wild,” said Quinn, who thought he was destined to play the rest of his career in Chicago after signing a five-year, $70 million deal in April 2020, only to get traded for the third time in his career barely two years later.
This trade turned out to be a welcome change.
“To leave the situation in Chicago and the fashion in which it happened, and to come to an organization and be able to enjoy the success that they started building before I got here was a blessing,” Quinn said. “It’s great to be in this position, playing in the Super Bowl after so long waiting in my career for this moment.”
Was there ever a doubt it would happen?
“One day at a time,” Quinn replied. “Really, one year at a time. Usually by halfway through, you’ll definitely know whether you can make it that year. This is definitely the best team I’ve been a part of.”
That was true for both Quinn and Slay the moment the Eagles, who earned the NFC’s top seed and a first-round playoff bye, romped past the Giants in the divisional round. But it was underscored when they trounced the banged-up 49ers two weeks ago, giving each an opportunity to finish the year with a Super Bowl ring.
If they don’t come through, it means that Dunlap did.
Five straight years, he had helped the Bengals reach the playoffs, and five straight times they immediately lost in the wild-card round. When Dunlap was traded to Seattle in 2020, and cast from a rebuilding franchise to a perennial winner, he did his best to help the Seahawks clinch the NFC West, only to lose in the wild-card round again.
Now with the Chiefs, all those letdowns have made every successful step this season so much sweeter.
“It’s been an amazing journey,” Dunlap said, “but the job’s not done. That’s my motto right now: job’s not done.”
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Café Noko opens in Bismarck
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - There’s another spot to dine in Bismarck, and it’s in a convenient place for those on the go or in need of some comfort food during hard times. Cafe Noko just opened in CHI St. Alexius Health.
The owners are serving up fresh soup, salads, sandwiches, caramel rolls, local roasted coffee, and more. For hospital employees and patrons, this is another option when the cafeteria is closed or they want something different. The owner used to manage a cafe at the Bismarck airport and wanted to fill the vacant spot with deli-like items.
“And I just know there was a need to fill this location and provide some additional options for patrons hospitality staff all of that. We are getting some foot traffic from outside as well,” said co-owner of Cafe Noko Brian Steckler.
The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., and on the weekends 8:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. The easiest way to get to the cafe is through the east patient entrance doors.
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BEAVER LAKE -- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists completed a study of the Beaver Lake channel catfish population to determine the ratio of stocked channel catfish to catfish that spawn naturally.
Game and Fish annually stocks 60,000 channel catfish averaging nine inches long in Beaver Lake to supplement the natural spawn and provide better fishing opportunities.
To evaluate the stocked contribution, Game and Fish staff from Charlie Craig State Fish Hatchery at Centerton, along with Game and Fish biologists, marked the catfish before they were stocked. Crews did this by clipping an adipose fin from each catfish over a five-year period. Around 270,000 channel catfish were marked and stocked into Beaver Lake during that time. Staff can determine how these fish contribute to the fishery by sampling the lake with baited hoop nets and catching catfish in the nets.
Catch rates of channel catfish were similar to the long-term average of around 10 catfish per hoop net set. Stocked channel catfish were caught in large numbers one year after stocking, Catfish were not caught in the lower section of the reservoir near the dam until two years after stocking.
Overall stock contribution ranged between 42% and 53%. Stocked channel catfish were marginally smaller in length after age 2, had similar body condition and showed similar rates of mortality compared to naturally spawned catfish.
Summer is a great time to catch channel catfish. Anglers catching a channel catfish with the adipose fin missing are asked to email a photo of the fish to jonathan.stein@afgc.ar. Gov. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jul/18/study-reinforces-importance-of-stocking-beaver/ | 2023-07-18 10:54:53 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jul/18/study-reinforces-importance-of-stocking-beaver/ |
DETROIT, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM), (NYSE: AXL) is joining top technology leaders at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, the world's most influential global tech event.
"AAM has a very important story to tell regarding its leadership in advanced mobility," said David C. Dauch, AAM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "There is no better place to tell that story than at CES, where OEMs come to find technology partners and innovative solutions. Our growing portfolio of market ready, electric propulsion systems is empowering the industry's transition to cleaner, more efficient and affordable vehicles."
Bringing the Future Faster is not just a tag line for AAM. For more than a decade, AAM's designers and engineers have been at the forefront of electrification innovation. This includes developing a portfolio of high-speed motors, inverters, gearboxes and axles for use across the widest band of electric vehicle segments – from compact and performance vehicles, to crossovers, trucks and SUVs. Many of these products, including 3-in-1 electric drive units and fully integrated e-Beam axles, will be on display at the AAM exhibit at CES.
AAM's scalable driveline systems are compatible with all electrified architectures and can be configured with multiple motor diameters and flexible stack lengths to provide optimized packaging, power and torque for any application. Our e-Beam axles for light duty trucks use AAM's next-generation e-Drive systems that incorporate high RPM motors, advanced gearboxes and highly integrated inverters. AAM is poised to achieve double-digit improvement in volumetric efficiency, power density, mass efficiency and power loss in our new products. This, in addition to the compact size and power density of our electric drivetrain, is providing platform architecture flexibility that is revolutionizing transportation.
AAM has a long and proven track record in the transition to electric mobility, starting in 2010 with a focus on driveline technology, and highlighted with various OEM product programs including Saab, Jaguar, REE, GMC Hummer and Mercedes AMG. In 2022, Automotive News named AAM the recipient of the PACE Award, the PACE Innovation Partnership Award, and the PACEpilot Innovation to Watch Award.
The AAM booth is located in the West Hall, #6800. This area, located at the northwest corner of Paradise Road and Convention Center Drive, exclusively features vehicle technology and advanced mobility.
CES By The Numbers
- 2,000,000+ net square feet/186,000m2 of exhibits (50% bigger than CES 2022)
- Nearly 1000 new exhibitors and more than 2400 in total
- One of the largest global auto shows
- 2100 CES 2023 Innovation Award entries – a record
- 100,000 attendee goal with 1/3 from outside the U.S.
- Sold out Media Days on Jan. 3-4, 3000+ media registered
About CES
Owned and produced by CTA, CES 2023 will take place in Las Vegas on Jan. 5-8, 2023. Attendees will experience new technologies from global brands, hear about the future of technology from thought leaders and collaborate face-to-face with other attendees. The show will highlight how innovations in sustainability, transportation and mobility, digital health, the metaverse and more are addressing the world's greatest challenges. Visit CES.tech for all CES 2023 updates, registration details and the media page for all press resources.
About AAM
As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM (NYSE: AXL) designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Headquartered in Detroit with nearly 80 facilities in 17 countries, AAM is bringing the future faster for a safer and more sustainable tomorrow. To learn more, visit aam.com.
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NORFOLK, Va. — The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford deployed on May 2, but this time, with a special pup aboard!
Sage is a 3-year-old female yellow Labrador Retriever trained to help sailors cope with operational stress.
According to the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Sage is part of the Expanded Operational Stress Control Canine pilot program.
The Navy said the USS Gerald R. Ford will be the first Navy ship to have a canine-like Sage as part of the crew.
"The intent is for Sage to provide a unique outlet and comfort for Sailors during deployment. Animals are proven to be another form of stress relief and provide a sense of companionship," the Navy said in an Instagram post.
Sage's primary handler, Chaplain Genevieve Clark, completed 120 hours of training in preparation.
“One of the positives of having Sage aboard the ship is her help in breaking down some barriers to utilizing mental, emotional, and spiritual resiliency resources,” Clark said. “Sailors are coming to more warrior toughness events and improving their morale through the vast network of resiliency resources the ship offers with Sage now present at these opportunities.” | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/national/military-news/meet-sage-dog-trained-to-help-sailors-deal-with-stress/291-76f8e1b6-9ec2-450f-984d-48f6b40362d4 | 2023-05-06 03:01:49 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/national/military-news/meet-sage-dog-trained-to-help-sailors-deal-with-stress/291-76f8e1b6-9ec2-450f-984d-48f6b40362d4 |
The motto for the Whitehall softball team is “bedlam.”
“We call it bedlam because we know we have to be a little crazy and create chaos,” said Zephyrs first-year coach Jeff Vivian after Thursday’s 9-6 win over visiting Stroudsburg in the District 11 6A quarterfinals. “We like to be up, and have our energy level really high.
“It started after our last Northampton game and we talked about the fact that we can’t put people on pedestals. We have to rise up to their level. We have to create some craziness. The girls have embraced it and we know that if we get to bedlam, we have a very good shot. If we hit bedlam we know our energy, our focus, our demeanor, and our never-say-die attitude is there.”
Whitehall built a 9-1 lead through six innings and weathered a Stroudsburg rally in the top of the seventh to snap a four-game losing streak. The No. 4 seed will try to bring bedlam to Tuesday night’s 6A semifinals at Patriots Park against No. 1 seed Parkland. Times are expected to be announced Friday.
The Zephyrs lost twice to the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference champion Trojans, but both games were competitive and decided by 4-2 and 3-2 finals.
If Whitehall (15-7) can get the bedlam and the upset, it’ll have to bring the same offensive pop it had in Stroudsburg in collecting 14 hits.
Sophomore Aubrey Steiner led the way with a 4-for-4 effort that included a double and featured four RBIs including a two-run double in a three-run first inning. She added a run-scoring single and another in the fourth.
“That was the first time I got hits in all at-bats,” she said. “We’ve been working really hard at practice and I’ve been working hard so it felt good today.”
While Steiner has two more years to go, Whitehall’s seniors were playing for the final time on the field on Mechanicsville Road and they wanted to make their last home game a successful one.
“It was very special for us as a team,” said Mackenzie Laub, one of the seniors who had two hits, including a double, and scored a run. “We had a little rough patch at the end of the regular season, but we’re going to work hard the next few days on the little things and we’re going to hit, we’re going to defend and we’re going to get it done.”
Lasko, another senior who collected two hits, said she didn’t want Thursday to be the last game of her high school career.
“Being able to win was great because we wanted to keep going,” she said, noting that if the team wins its semifinal game it would also advance to states since District 11 gets two teams in the 6A classification.
“That would be our third year in a row getting to states, which would be awesome for us,” Laub said.
But first things first and that means holding several quality practices through Memorial Day weekend.
While football coaches always talk about practicing on Thanksgiving as being the benchmark for a really good season because it means you’re still alive in the state playoffs, softball coaches want to be holding practices on Memorial Day weekend because it means you’re still playing after most others have turned in the gear for the year.
“We know that when we play Parkland it’s going to come down to one or two plays,” Vivian said. “These girls have embraced the finer things of the game. We had a chance today against Stroudsburg to feel really good about some swings. You look at Steiner and she’s really been trucking along in the last half of the year and has been one of our better hitters.
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“You look at everybody in that lineup contributing and that’s what it’s going to take. We have to do a lot of things right and we can’t wait.”
Parkland 11, Pleasant Valley 0
Ashlyn Hillanbrand pitched a one-hit shutout and Brenna Zavecz drove in three runs as the Trojans take took care of business in a five-inning, mercy-rule game and won their sixth straight game and improved to 18-5. Hillanbrand walked five and struck out two. Jenna Piatkiewicz and Allison Hunsberger each had two hits and drove in two runs in a 13-hit attack. One of Piatkiewicz’s hits was a triple. Shana Gugliandolo had also had two hits and scored twice.
Northampton 7, Freedom 0
Kaira Zamadics tossed a four-hit shutout and sophomore Hannah Makovsky hit a grand slam in the fifth as the Konkrete Kids bounced back from a loss in the EPC finals to reach the semis where they will play Emmaus. Senior Devyn Demchak had a three-run home run to Northampton off to a good start in the first inning. Northampton, the defending district champs, improved to 22-2. Freedom finished 12-10 one year after winning the EPC championship. Madison Glick had both Patriots hits.
Emmaus 5, Nazareth 1
The Green Hornets improved to 18-5 and bounced back from its 3-0 loss to Parkland in last week’s EPC semifinals. Emmaus was the first team to beat Northampton this season, posting a 9-3 win on April 26 after losing to the K-Kids earlier in the season 2-0. | https://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-spt-stroudsburg-whitehall-district-softball-20220527-fvhvmirrhzbapkpdzpxkuwsbry-story.html | 2022-05-27 00:57:36 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-spt-stroudsburg-whitehall-district-softball-20220527-fvhvmirrhzbapkpdzpxkuwsbry-story.html |
Diversity, equity and inclusion measures added to methodology.
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, today revealed the 2022-2023 Best Children's Hospitals rankings to help families of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses find the best medical care available. Now in their 16th year, the rankings include new measures for diversity, equity and inclusion.
The 2022-2023 rankings highlight the top 50 centers in each of these 10 pediatric specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. For the second year, the Best Children's Hospitals rankings feature expanded offerings that include state rankings and multi-state regional rankings.
Ten hospitals earned a spot on the Honor Roll – a distinction awarded to pediatric centers that deliver exceptionally high-quality care across multiple specialties. For the ninth consecutive year, Boston Children's Hospital claimed the top spot on the Honor Roll. It also landed at No. 1 as the Best Children's Hospital in Massachusetts and No. 1 in five of the 10 specialties: pediatric cancer, pediatric nephrology, pediatric neurology & neurosurgery, pediatric orthopedics, and pediatric urology.
"Choosing the right hospital for a sick child is a critical decision for many parents. The Best Children's Hospitals rankings spotlight hospitals that excel in specialized care, offering parents and their pediatricians a helpful starting point in choosing the facility that's best for their child," said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. "Recognizing that hospitals with inclusive and equitable cultures perform better, this year we added a new measure assessing hospitals' efforts to improve the equity of care provided and to promote diversity and inclusion among clinicians and staff."
2022-2023 Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll
1. Boston Children's Hospital
2. Texas Children's Hospital
3. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
4. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5. Children's National Hospital
6. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
7. Children's Hospital Colorado
8. Children's Hospital Los Angeles
9. Nationwide Children's Hospital
10. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Top Five Children's Hospitals in Selected Specialties
Pediatric Cardiology HYPERLINK "https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings/cardiology-and-heart-surgery"& HYPERLINK "https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/pediatric-rankings/cardiology-and-heart-surgery" Heart Surgery
1. Texas Children's Hospital
2. Boston Children's Hospital
3. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4. MUSC Children's Heart Network of South Carolina
5. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
1. Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
2. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
3. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
4. Texas Children's Hospital
5. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1. Children's National Hospital
2. Boston Children's Hospital
3. Texas Children's Hospital
4. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
5. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, San Francisco and Oakland
The Best Children's Hospitals methodology factors objective measures such as patient outcomes, including mortality and infection rates, as well as health equity and available clinical resources and compliance with best practices. To calculate the Best Children's Hospitals rankings, U.S. News gathered relevant data from children's hospitals, pediatric specialists and other healthcare organizations in early 2022.
RTI International, a North Carolina-based research and consulting firm, collected and analyzed data from 119 children's hospitals and surveyed thousands of pediatric specialists. More than 100 pediatric specialists and other experts provided input through methodology working groups.
This year's rankings will be published in the U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals 2023" guidebook (ISBN 9781931469999), available in stores October 5, 2022.
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DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $1.17 billion.
The Deerfield, Illinois-based company said it had net income of $5.58 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $6.19 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $6.06 per share.
The fertilizer maker posted revenue of $3.39 billion in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.62 billion.
CF shares have climbed 33% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P's 500 index has decreased 14%. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $94.44, a climb of 100% in the last 12 months.
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A fifth House Democrat on Friday called for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to resign her seat after her return to Washington following a prolonged absence due to shingles.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) argued lawmakers should resign if they become “a shadow of your former self.”
“I think if you’re a member, and you become a shadow of your former self, you should resign,” Torres told Insider this week, calling for Feinstein to step aside for the first time. “Once you’re no longer the best person to represent your state, you have a duty to move on.”
Torres joins Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in calling for Feinstein to leave the upper chamber.
Feinstein, 89, has had a distinguished 30-year career in the Senate but in recent years has come under scrutiny for her mental acuity and, in the past couple of months, her ability to fulfill her senatorial duties.
The New York Times reported recently that on top of shingles, Feinstein suffered from complications that include encephalitis, a swelling of the brain that can cause memory problems, increased confusion and trouble walking, among other things.
Feinstein returned to the Capitol earlier this month looking frailer than ever and has needed a wheelchair to get around the Senate. At one point, she seemed to forget that she had been away from Washington while speaking to reporters shortly after her return.
Her office said in a statement upon her return that her doctors have recommended she keep a light schedule as she continues to recover.
The California Democrat has steadfastly refused to step down, with other prominent Democrats siding with her, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Feinstein announced in February that she would retire at the end of her term.
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Election Day may still be weeks away, but voting for this year's midterm elections has already begun.
North Carolina officially kicked off this voting season on Sept. 9, when — almost two months before Election Day — its county boards of elections started mailing out absentee ballots.
And on Friday, voters can start casting ballots in person in Minnesota, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming.
These wider windows to participate in U.S. democracy come as a majority of states allow mail-in voting for all eligible voters and most states have at least two weeks of early voting.
The COVID-19 pandemic drove interest in both of those ways of voting during the 2020 elections, when, according to a U.S. Election Assistance Commission report, just 30.5% of voters cast ballots in person on Election Day — down from 58.2% in 2018 and 54.5% in 2016.
Election officials are expecting these trends to continue in many communities, leaving elections to be increasingly less about what happens on a Tuesday in November and more about what happens over the weeks earlier.
For many voters, it means that Election Day has turned into a last call of sorts.
"If you haven't taken care of it yet, don't wait any longer," says Paul Linnell, deputy elections director for the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, about the role of Election Day in a state with a 46-day early voting period.
The longest voting season of any state is in North Carolina, where, the state's board of elections reported earlier this month, close to 53,000 voters had asked for an absentee ballot for the general election.
Given early voting patterns in North Carolina's Durham County, any bombshell news about a candidate that lands as an "October surprise" won't necessarily influence local results, says Derek Bowens, the county's elections director.
"I guess it could have an effect. But generally, in our larger, even-numbered-year elections, before Election Day, the bulk of our voters have voted," Bowens adds, noting that an "August surprise" might be a different story.
In Buncombe County, N.C., more pre-Election Day voting also means more foot traffic, phone calls and computer dings at the elections office, which hits "almost peak busyness" in September, according to Corinne Duncan, the local elections director.
"When voters vote early, that means that we have more votes that we can pre-process and audit before Election Day," Duncan adds, referencing state law that allows elections officials to start preparing absentee ballots for counting before Election Day. "That canvass period is extremely busy for us, and we use all of it to make sure that everything is audited. And so if we can push some of that forward, that really helps."
Still, in some North Carolina counties, Election Day remains the day to cast ballots for many voters, says Devon Houck, the director of the Ashe County Board of Elections who followed voting patterns during this year's primary elections.
"We did not have an excessive amount of absentee by mail. And we are an older county, but we are also a highly Republican county. And so I believe that makes a difference as well," Houck says.
Since 2020, there has been a growing difference in preference for voting by mail that falls along partisan lines. With many GOP officials targeting mail voting laws, Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they prefer to cast mail ballots.
However voters choose to vote, though, Houck says for election officials, at least one thing is for sure.
"Something my friends would say to me: 'Oh, well, you only work one day a year.' And I'm like, 'No,' " Houck says with a laugh. "It takes a lot more than the public actually knows to get ready for an election."
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NxGen MDx begins offering testing in Michigan and Chicago, IL for monkeypox, shingles, and lesion-forming STIs including chancroid, syphilis, and herpes.
On July 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a global health emergency, and last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared that the spread of monkeypox is a public health emergency. 1 2 Already there are more than 7,500 cases in the US alone with cases doubling in Michigan and Illinois. 3 However, the true number of infections is likely much higher due to a lack of confirmatory testing and missing links in the chain of infection. With numbers still low in certain areas, now is the time to focus on preventing further mass outbreaks.
While initially, monkeypox has been prevalent in men who have sex with men, it is not an STI, and anyone can be infected with monkeypox. 4 The virus has since begun to hit other vulnerable populations such as travelers, pregnant women, and children. While monkeypox primarily spreads from prolonged skin-to-skin contact such as sex, hugging, or breastfeeding, it can also be contracted from contaminated towels, sheets, and other objects, putting travelers as well as housekeeping staff at a higher risk of exposure. 5
As Michigan ranks 19th and Illinois ranks 5th in the country for Monkeypox cases with 85% of Illinois' cases residing in Chicago, residents need to have easy access to testing to help keep the virus from spreading. 3 6 By knowing what symptoms to look for, such as small rashes and lesions, people can get tested at the first sign of an infection and quickly learn if they have monkeypox, an STI, or another virus that may have similar symptoms. Because there are shared symptoms between monkeypox, certain STIs, and other viral infections, NxGen MDx has developed a panel that not only tests for monkeypox but also shingles and lesion-forming STIs.
"Monkeypox signs and symptoms overlap with those of other infections. By including varicella-zoster and other pathogens with a similar presentation, our panel is designed to help clinicians identify pathogens in a lesion swab sample and determine the cause of a patient's symptoms efficiently," said NxGen MDx's Scientific Director, Jacqueline Peacock, Ph.D.
Testing is the number one way to help slow the spread of the virus as it speeds up the diagnostic process, gets patients treatment faster, and helps track where the virus has spread. By offering patients this panel, NxGen MDx is ensuring that everyone has access to reliable testing that will offer more answers than testing for monkeypox alone and will help keep patients and their communities safe here in Michigan and Chicago.
NxGen MDx, LLC is a leading healthcare company delivering comprehensive genetic testing. NxGen MDx's history of next-generation sequencing combined with advanced technology allows us to provide accessible, high-quality testing options to families as they plan for the future.
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2. Affairs (ASPA) AS for P. Biden-Harris Administration Bolsters Monkeypox Response; HHS Secretary Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency [Internet]. HHS.gov. 2022 [cited 2022 Aug 8]. Available from: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/08/04/biden-harris-administration-bolsters-monkeypox-response-hhs-secretary-becerra-declares-public-health-emergency.html
3. CDC. Monkeypox in the U.S. [Internet]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2022 [cited 2022 Aug 08]. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html
4. Monkeypox: public health advice for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men [Internet]. [cited 2022 Jul 8]. who.int/news/item/25-05-2022-monkeypox--public-health-advice-for-gay--bisexual-and-other-men-who-have-sex-with-men
5. Ramey E, Paxson J. Mid-Michigan doctors talk Monkeypox spreading, symptoms [Internet]. [cited 2022 Aug 8]. Available from: https://www.wnem.com/2022/08/06/mid-michigan-doctors-talk-monkeypox-spreading-symptoms/
6. MPV Data Dashboard [Internet]. [cited 2022 Aug 9]. Available from: https://www.chicago.gov/content/city/en/sites/monkeypox/home/data.html
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The Vidalia Onion Committee welcomes guests to learn more about what makes this sweet Georgia onion unique
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following another successful season for Vidalia onions, the Vidalia Onion Committee (VOC) invites attendees of the Global Produce & Floral Show to visit its booth on October 28 and 29 and discover what makes these sweet onions America's favorite.
At Booth 4747, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors can learn more about what makes a Vidalia onion so unique, try the sweet onion in a chocolate chip cookie – an unexpected but delicious treat, send loved ones a special postcard with a tasty recipe using Vidalia onions, and more.
"We just wrapped up another great Vidalia onion season, including a second-year partnership with the Kentucky Derby," said Cliff Riner, Chairman of the Vidalia Onion Committee. "We're looking forward to kicking off the next season to keep Vidalia's as the favorite sweet onion of America."
The VOC has continued executing marketing strategies in addition to thorough research on growing methods and varieties, which have continued to support total sales of Vidalia onions. At the University of Georgia Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center, researchers conduct efforts such as exploring alternate planting methods and reducing nitrogen inputs for continuous improvements.
"Our goal is to ensure the quality of the Vidalia onion and look for ways we can implement more efficient growing practices to benefit our customers as new developments arise in sustainable agriculture. Our research program paired with merchandising tactics have continued to provide consumers with excellent Vidalia onions each season," said Riner.
For the 2022 season, the VOC built upon its established relationship with Churchill Downs for another partnership in honor of the Kentucky Derby – back in-person for the first year since the pandemic – to demonstrate the culinary excellence of Vidalia onions, along with other efforts to put Vidalia's on more tables across the country.
Discovered in the 1930s, Vidalia onions have continued to grow in popularity during their short window of availability each year between April and August. In 1986, the Georgia state legislature trademarked the Vidalia onion name with the Vidalia Onion Act, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a federal protection of Vidalia's in 1989, which led to the start of the VOC.
Vidalia onions are grown in 20 South Georgia counties. Its specific growing conditions combined of weather, water and soil produce its sweet taste. The Global Produce & Floral Show booth is another way for the VOC to demonstrate the unique properties of this sweet onion and build intrigue and excitement for the 2023 season.
Visit Booth 4747 at the Global Produce & Floral Show and learn more about the Vidalia Onion Committee's season highlights and what's ahead. For more information on Vidalia onions, please visit VidaliaOnion.org and follow the season's news on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.
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About the Vidalia® Onion Committee
Because Vidalia® onions are sweetly unique, farmers united to seek legal protection for their crop and its name. Federal Marketing Order No. 955 was established in 1989, to stipulate where the crop can be grown and help with research and promotion of Vidalia onions. The Vidalia Onion Committee administers FMO No. 955 and authorizes production research, marketing research and development and marketing promotion programs. This federal program along with Georgia state laws that protect the Vidalia trademark have provided a legal framework for the industry. So, you can try to grow a sweet onion elsewhere, but you cannot call it a "Vidalia," unless it is from Georgia! For more information, visit VidaliaOnion.org.
For more information contact:
Bob Stafford
912-537-1918
bstafford@vidaliaonion.org
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Heart health isn't something just older people need to be concerned about.
Dave Conway, who is in his 30s, knew something was wrong when he didn't feel well, but he had no idea his heart was the root of the issues.
"I typed in my symptoms again into WebMD, and it came back as pneumonia, and I was like, 'Perfect, this makes a lot of sense," he said. "(I) Took a couple of days off work, wasn't getting any better, and so my boss' neighbor was a respiratory therapist, and he told me, 'Hey, go into an urgent care.'"
Conway ended up being diagnosed with what's known as a "widow maker heart attack." It's when there's a blockage in the heart that can cause common symptoms like chest pain, nausea, fatigue, and lightheadedness.
The survival rate for people experiencing the condition outside of a hospital is 12%, according to the American Heart Association.
A new survey from the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center shows nearly half of those under 45 believe they are not at risk for heart disease. But the reality is that heart attacks and strokes are on the rise for that age group.
"I wasn't the, you know, the pillar of good health, but I was also 30, so I didn't really think that there was anything else that I needed to do," Conway said. "I tell people now, like, 'Go into the doctor and let them tell you everything's OK.'"
Medical experts say 80% of heart disease is preventable. Weight management and controlling cholesterol can help people prevent heart disease. | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/why-younger-adults-should-also-be-aware-of-heart-health-risks | 2023-02-21 22:28:42 | 0 | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/why-younger-adults-should-also-be-aware-of-heart-health-risks |
ATLANTA, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With afternoon high temperatures soaring into the mid-90s this week across the state, Georgia Power is prepared to meet the increased demand for electricity and encourages customers to take measures around the house to help minimize the impact of the higher temperatures on electric bills.
Georgia Power offers efficiency tips and tools that can help all customers save money and energy throughout the year. The company's My Power Usage program, a free service available for many Georgia Power online accounts, allows customers to track their daily energy use online, project their monthly bill and stay within a set energy budget.
Simple summer tips to save money and energy include:
- Think Thermostat – Heating and cooling costs make up nearly half of your average power bill. Set manual thermostats to 78°F in the summer for peak efficiency and make the most of programmable thermostats, which help decrease energy use based on your lifestyle.
- Use your Fans – A ceiling fan costs only about $1.50 a month to operate and will help you feel cooler without having to adjust your thermostat.
- Clear Air Vents – To maintain consistent temperatures throughout your home, keep air vents and return-air registers clear of obstructions such as furniture, curtains and rugs.
- Trim Plants and Change Filters – To ensure your unit receives proper air flow, change filters once a month, or every three months for pleated filters and trim plants around your outside units.
- Caulk & Strip – Replace cracked or peeling caulk or weather stripping around doors and windows to save up to 10 percent on energy use.
- Use Blinds & Curtains – Cover sun-facing windows with blinds or curtains to help limit direct sunlight and heat from entering your home.
- Unplug Certain Electronics – Electronics account for 5-10 percent of household electricity use. Save up to $100 a year by either using an advanced power strip or unplugging electronics when not in use.
- HVAC System Tune-Up – Hire a technician to ensure your HVAC equipment is working properly and schedule an equipment tune-up if necessary.
Other programs to help Georgia Power customers save money and energy throughout the summer months include:
- A Free Online Energy Checkup – Take a quick and easy online energy checkup that provides a customized energy usage report and ways to save money. Visit www.GeorgiaPower.com/EnergyCheckUp to get started.
- Home Energy Improvement Program (HEIP) – The Home Energy Improvement Program (HEIP) helps Georgia Power customers reduce energy use, save on energy costs and improve the comfort of their homes. Residential customers can earn rebates from Georgia Power for implementing and installing qualifying energy savings improvements. Learn more at www.GeorgiaPower.com/HomeImprovements.
- Home Energy Efficiency Assistance Program (HEEAP) – The Home Energy Efficiency Assistance Program helps eligible income-qualified customers make free energy efficiency improvements in their home. At no cost to the customer, a program contractor performs the recommended energy efficiency upgrades. Customers can learn more and apply at www.GeorgiaPower.com/HEEAP.
Georgia Power is committed to helping customers save money on their energy bills and these programs and services can make homes more energy efficient while keeping residents comfortable through summer's heat. Find dozens of other energy tips, whether you own a home or rent at www.GeorgiaPower.com/save.
Georgia Power is the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO), America's premier energy company. Value, Reliability, Customer Service and Stewardship are the cornerstones of the company's promise to 2.7 million customers in all but four of Georgia's 159 counties. Committed to delivering clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy at rates below the national average, Georgia Power maintains a diverse, innovative generation mix that includes nuclear, coal and natural gas, as well as renewables such as solar, hydroelectric and wind. Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class service to its customers every day and the company is recognized by J.D. Power as an industry leader in customer satisfaction. For more information, visit www.GeorgiaPower.com and connect with the company on Facebook (Facebook.com/Georgia Power), Twitter (Twitter.com/GeorgiaPower) and Instagram (Instagram.com/ga_power).
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday.
A lawyer for opponents of the vaccine requirement, which has been blocked nationwide by a federal judge in Texas, said the requirement imposes an “unconstitutionally intolerable choice” for executive branch workers — taking a vaccine they don't want or losing their jobs.
Judges on the appeals court meanwhile questioned how far the chief executive's authority goes, asking, theoretically, whether the president could require employees to meet certain healthy body weights or forbid them from smoking at home.
It was the second time arguments on the issue were heard before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel of the same court had upheld the Biden requirement for executive branch workers, overturning the Texas judge.
But the full appeals court, currently with 16 active members, vacated the panel ruling and agreed to rehear the case. There was no indication when the court would rule.
Administration lawyers argue that the employees opposing the mandate should have taken their objections not to federal court but to a federal review board, in accordance with the Civil Service Reform Act. The administration also argues that the president has the same authority, under the Constitution, as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated.
Arguing for the government, Charles Scarborough of the Department of Justice, said the statute provides employees with “robust” remedies if they successfully challenge the requirement through the review board, including back pay if they are dismissed for not complying.
Addressing whether the president could impose body weight requirements on federal employees, Scarborough said the vaccine requirement is part of a mainstream effort to reduce the incidence of serious COVID-19 cases in the workplace, while a body weight requirement would be among “hypotheticals at the extremes.”
Opponents say the policy is an encroachment on federal workers' lives that neither the Constitution nor federal statutes authorize. And they argued that a case involving a policy that could cost some workers their jobs if they don't agree to a medical procedure is not the type of work policy that belongs before a civil service review board.
Biden issued an executive order Sept. 9 ordering vaccinations for all executive branch agency employees, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President Donald Trump, issued a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January.
There came a series of varying rulings at the 5th Circuit.
One three-judge panel refused to immediately block the law.
But, a 2-1 ruling on the merits of the case by a different panel upheld Biden's position. Judges Carl Stewart and James Dennis, both nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, were in the majority. Judge Rhesa Barksdale, a senior judge nominated by President George H.W. Bush, dissented, saying the relief the challengers sought does not fall under the Civil Service Reform Act cited by the administration.
A majority of the full court voted to vacate that ruling and reconsider the case, resulting in Tuesday's hearing.
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BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has drawn a blueprint for China for the next five years and beyond. What's its significance to the world? What can the world expect from China in the years forward? And what will Chinese modernization bring to the global community? CGTN organized a special panel discussion titled "Now and Beyond," hosted by CGTN anchor Liu Xin, to discuss the path forward for China and the world with decision makers and global thinkers.
"The true China message was a message of multilateralism," says Professor Jeffrey Sachs, the director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, when commenting on the biased coverage of U.S. media on the national congress. "China wants a multilateral world under the UN Charter very explicitly. It doesn't seek domination; it doesn't seek conflict in any way. And the message is absolutely explicit…What we need is dialogue, we need better understanding," Professor Sachs emphasizes.
"President Xi's central message to the world is that China does want to commit itself to a peaceful world and pursues peaceful co-existence," Xie Tao, professor and dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University, echoes Professor Sachs's comment, adding that "China does not impose or export its own values, institutions to other countries, neither does China would like to see other countries to tell us what you should do. China has a massive population. China is very different from many other countries. And China is going to achieve national rejuvenation through a Chinese path to modernization," Xie states.
This is the first time that Chinese modernization is written into a report to the national congress and it's the blueprint for China's future. Martin Jacques, senior fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University, points out that Under American-style globalization, inequality spread across virtually all society. He notes that a key aspect of Chinese modernization is about common prosperity, and that if China can reverse the trend of inequality and create a more equitable environment, that'd have great impact around the world. "In the 21st century, whatever is good for the China needs to be good for the rest of the world. And whatever is good for the rest of the world needs to be good for China. This is the 21st century, we are living in the same planet," says the former foreign minister of Spain Arancha Gonzalez Laya.
Benyamin Poghosyan, the director of the Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies, says that the attempts to divide the world into black and white is very concerning and that medium and smaller powers appreciate that China does not see the world through confrontation lenses as such a division would put medium and smaller powers in a difficult place. As inflation, energy crisis, food crisis and other challenges threatens everyone, cooperation between greater powers are much anticipated.
Many countries don't want to choose between China and the U.S., former UN Environment Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Erik Solheim points out. The South African Ambassador to China Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele says that there are a lot of things countries can learn from China. South African and other countries will not be made to choose but will accept anyone who respect their systems and be partner with them, says Cwele. Partnerships is what many countries are looking for, not coercions.
"You can lead either, by example, or generosity, or multilateral cooperation; or you can lead by coercion, you can lead by predation and the unilateral action," Professor Xie says, "China obviously has pursued the first route." He believes that global leadership for China is about providing benefits to the rest of the world, not for the claim of hegemony.
"All living things may grow side by side without harming one another, and different roads may run in parallel without interfering with one another," General Secretary Xi Jinping quoted an ancient Confucius philosophy in his report to the 20th national congress of the CPC. In a world where conflict and differences seem to trump cooperation and management, respect for differences and finding ways to move forward together is craved by many countries. China seeks a peaceful path to modernization and partnership with the global community.
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At 6 a.m. on Monday, July 12, 2010, my husband awoke to hear me gasping for breath. When he tried to wake me, I stopped breathing. As a healthy 42-year-old at the time, I never expected he would have to save my life.
Thanks to my husband’s training in CPR and the calm reassurance and directions of the 911 operator, he was able to keep blood moving to my vital organs until the paramedics could arrive.
I cannot stress enough how important it is that our emergency 911 dispatchers are trained in telecommunicator CPR or T-CPR -- basically, how to talk someone through CPR over the phone until paramedics arrive.
A patient who suffers a cardiac arrest outside a hospital has a 64% higher likelihood of surviving upon to discharge if they receive T-CPR than if they did not receive T-CPR.
As we approach CPR Week this June, it would be wonderful if this training would be required of all our emergency dispatchers in all of Nebraska’s 93 counties. It will give Nebraskans, no matter where they live, a better chance at survival. No one knows better than I do the importance of T-CPR. It literally saved my life.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to see if they can keep their hot start going without Oneil Cruz. The 6-foot-7 shortstop had surgery late Sunday to repair a fractured left ankle and is out at least four months.
Cruz’s left leg bent awkwardly underneath him as he tried to score from third on a chopper in the sixth inning of Sunday’s 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Cruz opted to slide late and collided with the legs of White Sox catcher Seby Zavala, causing Cruz’s leg to fold up underneath him as his momentum carried the rest of his body across the plate.
While the Pirates believe Cruz will be able to return by mid-August, manager Derek Shelton stressed he’s more concerned about Cruz’s health and state of mind. Shelton added that there was a “sense of relief” that the injury wasn’t worse.
“My solace is in the fact that he’s OK,” Shelton said.
Pittsburgh placed the 24-year-old Cruz on the 10-day injured list and called up utility player Mark Mathias from Triple-A Indianapolis. Rodolfo Castro, who switched from second base to shortstop after Cruz was injured, started for the Pirates Monday when they began a three-game series against the World Series champion Houston Astros.
“I think in the early going (Castro) will get the majority (of the starts),” Shelton said. “We’ll probably see (Ji-Hwan) Bae over there at some point, too, just depending on the matchup and moving guys around or just actual off-days.”
Pittsburgh has won five of six to get to 6-3, the club’s best start since 2018, the last time the Pirates finished with a winning record. Cruz is part of the foundation the franchise is attempting to put in place under general manager Ben Cherington.
Cruz dazzled with his bat,his arm and his legs as a rookie in 2022 and started this season hitting .250 with a home run, four RBIs and three stolen bases. He also drew seven walks in nine games after earning just 28 walks in 87 games a year ago.
“(His absence) affects a lot, just the range that he has and the presence he has on the field, the guy he is, the leadoff hitter and how he runs the bases, all of that,” Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes said. “He impacts the game in a lot of different ways just by being on the field so it’s definitely a big blow.”
Pittsburgh believes it will be better able to cope with that blow thanks to an offseason influx of experienced players, including outfielder Andrew McCutchen and first baseman/designated hitter Carlos Santana.
“Nobody is ever going to have a team that doesn’t suffer any type of setback,” outfielder Bryan Reynolds said. “It’s all going to come down to how we respond to it. We have a good veteran group. We’ve got young guys that are focused, too. … I think we’ll be able to handle it.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — American Express is launching a suite of financial service products for small businesses as it aims build up its presence in the small business sector.
The services, called Business Blueprint, stem from the credit card giant's acquisition of fintech Kabbage in 2020. American Express had been offering small business lines of credit and other services under the Kabbage moniker, but now it will replace those with a suite of products — from a cash flow management hub to business checking accounts and lines of credit — under the name American Express Business Blueprint.
Small businesses often have difficulty securing loans since they lack established credit scores and often don’t have a lot of capital on hand. Some fintech providers have stepped in to offer loans to small businesses, but often at steeper rates compared to traditional banks. Rates on AmEx Business Blueprint line of credit loans vary widely — from from 2% to 9% for a six-month loan to 15.75% to 27% for an 18-month loan.
AmEx said Business Blueprint is about more than just loans, however. It is designed to let small businesses conduct a wide range of tasks they might otherwise do separately — taking out loans, paying bills and vendors, and accepting card payments — all in one place.
AmEx aims to be a “digital one-stop shop for small businesses financial needs,” said Anna Marrs, group president of global commercial services and credit & fraud risk at American Express. “It really marks a new chapter for American Express, the chapter on which small businesses can not only do business with American Express, but also run their businesses with Amex.”
It’s free to sign up for Business Blueprint, and its digital financial products are available at varying rates. The service launches Tuesday.
Alenka Grealish, principal analyst, emerging tech at research firm Celent, said the effort is part of a broader effort by financial service companies to move away from product-based offerings like one-off loans toward offering a more holistic suite of services.
AmEx has been trying to broaden its business beyond its traditional revenue sources: fees charged to merchants that accept its card and fees paid when a customer doesn't pay off their entire charge card balance each month. On Friday, American Express reported fourth-quarter profit fell 9%, as the credit card giant had to set aside more money to cover potentially bad loans. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/american-express-launches-products-for-small-17753405.php | 2023-01-31 14:35:55 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/american-express-launches-products-for-small-17753405.php |
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LONDON (AP) — The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.
The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework has an adequate level of protection for personal data, the EU’s executive commission said. That means it’s comparable to the 27-nation’s own stringent data protection standards, so companies can use it to move information from Europe to the United States without adding extra security.
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order in October to implement the deal after reaching a preliminary agreement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Washington and Brussels made an effort to resolve their yearslong battle over the safety of EU citizens’ data that tech companies store in the U.S. after two earlier data transfer agreements were thrown out.
“Personal data can now flow freely and safely from the European Economic Area to the United States without any further conditions or authorizations,” EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said at a press briefing in Brussels.
Washington and Brussels long have clashed over differences between the EU’s stringent data privacy rules and the comparatively lax regime in the U.S., which lacks a federal privacy law. That created uncertainty for tech giants including Google and Facebook parent Meta, raising the prospect that U.S. tech firms might need to keep European data that is used for targeted ads out of the United States.
The European privacy campaigner who triggered legal challenges over the practice, however, dismissed the latest deal. Max Schrems said the new agreement failed to resolve core issues and vowed to challenge it to the EU’s top court.
Schrems kicked off the legal saga by filing a complaint about the handling of his Facebook data after whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations a decade ago about how the U.S. government eavesdropped on people’s online data and communications.
Calling the new agreement a copy of the previous one, Schrems said his Vienna-based group, NOYB, was readying a legal challenge and expected the case to be back in the European Court of Justice by the end of the year.
“Just announcing that something is ‘new’, ‘robust’ or ‘effective’ does not cut it before the Court of Justice,” Schrems said. “We would need changes in U.S. surveillance law to make this work — and we simply don’t have it.”
The framework, which takes effect Tuesday, promises strengthened safeguards against data collection abuses and provides multiple avenues for redress.
Under the deal, U.S. intelligence agencies’ access to data is limited to what’s “necessary and proportionate” to protect national security.
Europeans who suspect U.S. authorities have accessed their data will be able to complain to a new Data Protection Review Court, made up of judges appointed from outside the U.S. government. The threshold to file a complaint will be “very low” and won’t require people to prove their data has been accessed, Reynders said.
Business groups welcomed the decision, which clears a legal path for companies to continue cross-border data flows.
“This is a major breakthrough,” said Alexandre Roure, public policy director at the Brussels office of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, whose members include Apple, Google and Meta.
“After waiting for years, companies and organisations of all sizes on both sides of the Atlantic finally have the certainty of a durable legal framework that allows for transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States,” Roure said.
In an echo of Schrems’ original complaint, Meta Platforms was hit in May with a record $1.3 billion EU privacy fine for relying on legal tools deemed invalid to transfer data across the Atlantic.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian people were “united as never before,” as he sought to project confidence in the wake of a short-lived revolt during a meeting of a rare international organization where he can find a sympathetic audience.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, hosted via videoconference by India, offered Putin one of the few remaining platforms in international politics where he can get a sympathetic hearing. It was his first multilateral summit since an armed rebellion rattled Russia.
The Asian security grouping founded by Russia and China to counter Western alliances also welcomed Iran as a new member, bringing its membership to nine nations.
Speaking via video link from the Kremlin, Putin praised the SCO for “playing an increasingly significant role in international affairs, making a real contribution to maintaining peace and stability, ensuring sustainable economic growth of the participating states, and strengthening ties between peoples.”
He thanked the SCO nations for supporting the Russian authorities during the short-lived armed mutiny mounted by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, and said the West had turned Ukraine into “a virtually hostile state — anti-Russia.”
For Putin, the summit presents an opportunity to show he is in control after an insurrection that left some wondering about divisions among Russian elites.
“The Russian people are united as never before,” he said. “The solidarity and responsibility for the fate of the fatherland was clearly demonstrated by the Russian political circles and the entire society by standing as a united front against the attempted armed rebellion.”
Earlier speakers avoided directed references to the war, while bemoaning its global consequences.
In his opening speech to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned of global challenges to food, fuel and fertilizer supplies. Trade in all three has been disrupted by Russia’s 14-month-long war in Ukraine, but SCO members have largely avoided direct mention of the war.
He also took a veiled swipe at Pakistan, saying the group should not hesitate to criticize countries that are “using terrorism as an instrument of its state policy.”
“Terrorism poses a threat to regional peace and we need to take up a joint fight,” Modi said without naming Pakistan. India regularly accuses Pakistan of training and arming insurgent groups, a charge Islamabad denies.
In his speech, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Sharif denounced terrorism and defended his country’s role in the fight against it. “While the sacrifices made by Pakistan in fighting terrorism are without parallel, this scourge continues to plague our region and remains a serious obstacle to the maintenance of peace and stability,” Sharif said. “Any temptation to use it as a cudgel for diplomatic point scoring must be eschewed.”
Sharif also hailed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, saying it could be a “game-changer for connectivity, stability, peace and prosperity in the region.”
The SCO also includes the four Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, all former Soviet republics in which Russian influence runs deep. Pakistan became a member in 2017. Belarus is also in line for membership.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a message to the summit that it was taking place amid growing global challenges and risks. “But at a time when the world needs to work together, divisions are growing, and geopolitical tensions are rising.”
“These differences have been aggravated by several factors: diverging approaches to global crises; contrasting views on nontraditional security threats; and, of course, the consequences of COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” he said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on SCO members to work toward achieving “long-term peace and stability in the region,” according to a readout of his speech posted by state broadcaster CCTV.
He also called on SCO members to “focus on practical cooperation and accelerate economic recovery,” say that wants to “better synergize” the country’s Belt and Road Initiative — a trillion-dollar infrastructure investment project criticized in the West for burdening smaller countries with large amounts of debt toward China — with other nations’ own development strategies and regional cooperation initiatives.
This year’s SCO meeting is hosted by India, which became a member in 2017. It’s the latest venue for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to showcase the country’s growing global clout.
Days after his return from a high-profile visit to the United States, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday had a telephone conversation with Putin about the recent developments in Russia, India’s External Affairs Ministry said.
Modi reiterated calls for dialogue and diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine, ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said.
India has avoided condemning Russia for its war on Ukraine and abstained from voting on U.N. resolutions against Russia.
When SCO foreign ministers met in India last month, Russia’s war in Ukraine barely featured in their public remarks but the fallout for developing countries on food and fuel security remains a concern for members of the group, analysts say.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Two helicopters collided in an Australian tourist hotspot Monday afternoon, killing four passengers and critically injuring three others in a crash that drew emergency aid from beachgoers enjoying the water during the southern summer.
One helicopter appeared to have been taking off and the other landing when they collided near the Sea World theme park in Main Beach, a northern beach on the Gold Coast, Gary Worrell, Queensland state police acting inspector, said at a news conference.
One helicopter landed safely on a sandbank, but debris from the other was spread across an area police described as difficult to access.
The dead and three most seriously injured people were all passengers in the crashed helicopter.
"Members of the public and police tried to remove the people and they commenced first aid and tried to get those people to safety from an airframe that was upside down," Worrell said.
"(People on) Jet Skis, family boaters, ordinary members of the public rushed to assist these people."
Passengers in the other helicopter, which lost its windscreen in the crash, are also receiving medical assistance.
Footage of the crash showed a helicopter shortly after takeoff being clipped by another helicopter flying over the water.
A witness named John told Melbourne radio station 3AW that patrons at Sea World heard the crash.
He said staff at the theme park moved swiftly to close off areas closest to the crash.
"There was a massive, massive bang," he said. "It was just huge. I'm not sure if it was the propellers or whatever hitting against each other. But there was this poor lady and her son near the helipad in tears."
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the accident was an "unthinkable tragedy.
"My deepest sympathies are with each of the families and everyone affected by this terrible accident," she said.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Angus Mitchell said an investigation into the cause of the crash was underway.
Queensland Ambulance Service said earlier that 13 people were being assessed for injuries.
The Gold Coast region is at its busiest in January, the peak time for holidays in Australia's summer.
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CAIRO (AP) — A tanker transporting liquefied natural gas broke down in the Suez Canal on Wednesday but traffic in the global waterway was unaffected, a canal spokesperson said.
The Bahamas-flagged Grace Emilia suffered a malfunction of its rudder and tugboats pulled it to the side of the canal to allow other vessels to pass, said Geroge Safwat, a spokesperson for Egypt's Suez Canal Authority.
He told The Associated Press that the north-bound tanker stopped working in the southern part of the canal, where a two-lane waterway enables ships to transit. Safwat said 68 vessels transited the canal on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday honored 18 people killed in two California mass shootings, saying “we have to be there” with the communities that have been forever scarred by gun violence.
“Our prayers are with the people of Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, and after yet another spree of gun violence in America,” he said at a Lunar New Year reception at the White House.
Eleven people were killed at a Southern California ballroom dance hall late Saturday and seven others died Monday at two mushroom farms in the northern part of the state.
Biden said he had spoken with Brandon Tsay, 26, who was at a second dance hall a few miles from the scene of the tragedy in Monterey Park when the same gunman entered, brandishing his weapon. Tsay disarmed the gunman, who then fled.
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He praised Tsay's courage, calling him a “genuine hero."
“Brandon said he thought he was going to die, but then he thought about the people inside,” Biden said, asking the largely Asian American audience to ponder what could have happened had Tsay fled himself.
“I think sometimes we underestimate incredible acts of courage,” the president said. “Someone has a semiautomatic pistol aimed at you and you think about others. That's pretty profound, pretty profound.”
The shootings were carried out during celebrations of the arrival of the Lunar New Year, one of the most important Asian holidays, and sent fear through Asian American communities already dealing with increased violence directed at them, some of it due to misinformation about the coronavirus.
Authorities said Huu Can Tran opened fire late Saturday on a mostly elderly crowd of dancers at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park. Nine people also were wounded. Tran, 72, was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Days later, farmworker Chunli Zhao, 66, opened fire at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay on Monday, killing seven current and former co-workers, police said.
The White House had scheduled its Lunar New Year celebration before the shootings.
Both communities “will be affected by what they saw and what they lost for the rest of their lives," Biden said, referring to the trauma inflicted and the need for treatment. "And as a nation, we have to be there with them. We have to be there with them. We don't have a choice.”
He led the gathering in a moment of silence in honor of the victims.
Biden had ordered American flags on federal facilities lowered to half-staff through sunset Thursday out of respect for the Monterey Park victims. He said Thursday that he has been in touch with California Gov. Gavin Newsom. He also sent Vice President Kamala Harris, a native of the state, to Monterey Park on Wednesday to offer condolences on behalf of the government.
Biden had been in California on Jan. 19, just two days before the dance studio shooting, to survey flood damage along the state's central coast following days of heavy rains. He spoke with Tsay earlier this week.
“Thank you for taking such incredible action in the face of danger,” Biden told Tsay in a brief video of the conversation that the White House shared Thursday on Twitter. “I don’t think you understand how much you’ve done for so many people who are never even going to know you.”
Tsay replied that he was still processing what had happened.
“For you to call, that’s just so comforting to me,” Tsay told the president.
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HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — The suspected gunman in a Fourth of July parade shooting “seriously contemplated” committing a second shooting in Madison after he left Highland Park where he is accused of killing seven and wounding several others.
A judge denied bond on Wednesday for Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, 21, who was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday. Officials said he sprayed more than 70 rounds from a rooftop into a crowd attending a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park. Prosecutors said he reloaded his weapon three times.
Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said if Crimo is convicted of the first-degree murder charges, he would receive a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole. He promised that dozens more charges would be sought.
Crimo appeared in bond court virtually Wednesday morning where a bond was denied. Officials spoke at a press conference afterward and said a motive for the shooting is still unclear.
Rinehart said after Crimo’s arrest, he confessed to officials and admitted to the shooting.
The attack happened at the downtown parade around 10:10 a.m. on the Fourth of July after shots were fired near Central Avenue and 2nd Street.
Officials said Crimo was wearing a dress and long-haired wig — possibly to hide his distinctive neck and face tattoos — and was able to blend into the crowd, posing as a bystander. After the shooting, he went to his mother’s home where he took her car and left the area. He was caught after someone recognized him and phoned North Chicago police.
He was arrested on Route 41 in Lake County after several hours of being wanted. Police said Crimo was able to drive into Wisconsin and back into Illinois during the manhunt.
Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said their investigation revealed that when Crimo drove to Madison he saw a celebration there and contemplated using the firearm in his vehicle to commit another shooting.
Crimo legally bought five weapons, including two high-powered rifles used in the shooting. Authorities said Tuesday that the purchases were allowed even though police were called to his home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Lake County Coroner’s Office identified six of the seven victims. They are; Catherine Goldstein, 64, of Highland Park, Irina McCarthy, 35, of Highland Park, Kevin McCarthy, 37, of Highland Park, Jacki Sundheimm, 63, of Highland Park, Stephen Straus, 88, of Highland Park and Nicolas Toledo, 78, of Morales, Mexico.
The seventh victim was identifed Wednesday as 69-year-old Eduardo Uvaldo. He was pronounced dead around 7:45 a.m. that morning.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. United fired head athletic trainer Reade Whitney on Friday night after the team said he made a discriminatory hand gesture in a photo that was posted on social media a day earlier.
The team and Major League Soccer also said late Friday that two players, Taxi Fountas and Nigel Robertha, have been placed on paid administrative leave while MLS investigates possible violations of league policy. There was no indication whether the investigation had anything to do with the circumstances of Whitney’s dismissal.
The team did not name Whitney in its statement announcing his dismissal but said its athletic trainer had been fired effective immediately. Whitney held that position.
“There is no place for racism, homophobia, misogyny, or discrimination of any kind in our sport and world and D.C. United do not tolerate any acts of this nature,” the statement said.
Separately, D.C. United informed the league about the two players’ possible violation of league policy, and MLS began an investigation. The players will be away from the team during that review.
“Placement on paid administrative leave is not a disciplinary measure,” the MLS statement said.
Last year, the league investigated an allegation that Fountas used racially abusive language toward Miami defender Aimé Mabika during a match. The league said it found the allegation credible but could not find corroborating evidence, and Fountas was not disciplined.
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Sean and Rebecca Gafner, a husband-and-wife ownership team that already has three successful restaurants in Longmont, will open a new downtown eatery, 99_bar Burgers & Beer, at 449 Main St. in mid- to late April.
“Just a simple concept,” Sean Gafner said. “TVs on the wall, 55 seats, just a fun place to have a burger and a beer.”
The Gafner Hospitality Group runs The Roost at 526 Main St. and Jefes Tacos & Tequila at 246 Main St., as well as Swaylo Tiki Restaurant at 1315 Dry Creek Drive. In 2019 it had opened Smokin’ Bowls in the 1,500-square-foot space that 99_bar will soon occupy, but closed it a couple years later while still retaining use of the kitchen in the back of the space. Last August, the Gafners rented the storefront portion to Jennifer Ferguson, owner of the Bricks gift shop at 512 Fourth Ave., for a pop-up store called Beth’s Bath Shoppe. Beth’s has closed, Sean Gafner said, and that space is being renovated for the burger-and-beer restaurant.
He told BizWest he expected 99_bar to employ about 12 people.
Sean Gafner said the name comes from a cattle brand his grandfather and father had on their ranch in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
“In 1930, Frank Gafner was a teenage cowboy learning how to raise cattle,” Sean Gafner said. “He had a buddy with a brand of 91_bar, so when it came time for him to create his own cattle brand, the decision was obvious: just make it a bit greater than that.”
Frank’s oldest son and Sean’s father, Randy Gafner, was 8 years old when the 99_bar brand was transferred into his name.
“It was important that this brand stayed in the family,” Sean Gafner said. “My dad grew up to use this brand on his own cattle, as well as anything else that needed a good lookin’ signature.”
Running the new restaurant will be a family affair as well, he said.
“Our two sons, Caleb and Ryder, who have grown up cooking in our other restaurants, will be running the burger grill, making 99_bar a four-generation brand,” Sean Gafner said.
The meat they will be grilling will be locally sourced.
“I was raised on the 99_bar cattle ranch but we don’t raise our own anymore,” he said. “However, our good friends, Buckner Family Ranch, do it as well as anybody, and we are honored to only feature their grass-fed beef, lamb and pork. We’ll also make delicious chicken wings and fresh-cut fries and feature many of Longmont’s delicious craft beers.”
Those beef and lamb burgers will run $13 and $14, respectively, for a double.
“We use the ingredients that we’re actually proud of,” Gafner said. “I’m sure there are ingredients people are using that are more affordable, but I don’t know anything about those products, because I believe the importance of the ingredient, the importance of the product, is a high value. It’s definitely a high value to our company, and it’s a high value to our customers, and I believe that’s a trend that’s going to continue.”
But such standards aren’t cheap, he said.
“To keep doing ingredients that are local and sustainable and of better quality, it’s just really expensive, so I’m just done, I’m not doing a discount. Discounts don’t exist any more,” Gafner said, “even if my burger ends up being $19 because it’s a great cow that’s raised right here, and we make the bread and we make the pickles. If you don’t want a $19 burger, I totally understand that, but I just don’t want to serve a $10 burger because I don’t want that product in my restaurant.
“I think a lot of people are still going to be going out and spending money on dining out, but they’re going to want to feel good about what they’re spending it on. So that whole quality of ingredients is going to keep becoming more and more important,” he said, noting that more diners are looking for “restaurants that are more conscious of environmental sustainability, locality, things like that, restaurants that are using compostables instead of single-use plastic.
“Hundreds of decisions that we make mean people are a bit more proud to spend their money there instead of somewhere else,” Gafner said. “I do believe that trend is getting stronger.”
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New Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was a lively participant Monday, as the Supreme Court heard arguments in a major case pitting environmental regulators against property rights advocates backed by industries with a history of pollution.
At issue were the 1977 amendments to the Clean Water Act, which Congress passed to strengthen the ability of the EPA to protect the waters of the United States, including wetlands adjacent to other waters. The case presents an opportunity for the conservative court to dramatically narrow the reach of the law.
On one side are conservative groups, business groups, and oil, gas, coal, and other industries often associated with pollution, and on the other side are environmental groups and government regulators. The case was brought by a couple who bought a plot of land near Priest Lake in Idaho, planning to build a house. But the EPA told them that they would have to apply for a permit because the construction could harm neighboring wetlands, which act as a filtering mechanism for Priest lake.
Much of Monday's argument focused on what it means to be an "adjacent" wetland covered by the Clean Water Act. The property owners basically say the various wetlands that serve to prevent pollution do not abut their property.
While the argument was not decisive, indications are that five of the six conservatives were likely to side with the property owners, though Justice Brett Kavanaugh pointed out that the existing regulations have been applied by seven consecutive administrations, both Democratic and Republican.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, representing the apparent views of some of his fellow conservatives, took special issue with what he viewed as potential vagueness in the statute and appeared concerned that property owners could unknowingly violate the law. "How does... any reasonable person know ... whether or not their land is adjacent to [protected waters]?" he asked. " I imagine that most of the water flow ... in quite a large geographic area drains into the lake eventually."
Justice Jackson emphasized in her early questions that the Clean Water Act's legislative purpose should be used to understand how it should be interpreted.
"My question is why would Congress draw the coverage line between abutting wetlands and neighboring wetlands when the objective of the statute is to ensure the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters?" Jackson asked. "Are you saying that neighboring wetlands can't impact the quality of navigable waters?"
Justice Elena Kagan, in turn, stressed the significance of the words Congress used when writing the statute. "If you look to dictionaries, both legal and non-legal, what they show is that adjacency actually is not the same as touching or contiguity," she said. "Adjacency has something to do with proximity, of course, but the definitions are actually remarkably explicit about the fact that two things can be adjacent to each other without touching each other."
The court's other actions
In other actions, the court issued a bunch of orders dealing with many of the cases that piled up over the summer when the court was in recess. Among the cases the court declined to hear was an appeal brought by Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO who is a close Trump ally. He will now have to face a $1.3 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. The company is accusing him of promoting false claims that its machines rigged the election.
In another action, the court turned away challenges to a federal ban on devices known as "bump stocks" that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire like a machine gun.
The court did, however, announce nine new cases they will hear this term, including a big social media case that could determine whether social media companies can be held financially responsible for content they host.
The family of a woman killed in Paris in a terrorist attack brought a challenge to the broad immunity that social media and internet companies have for material posted online. The case involves the algorithms that YouTube, owned by Google, has created to recommend content to its users.
In this case, YouTube, relying on its algorithm, referred some users to jihadi videos created by ISIS. The woman's family claimed YouTube violated U.S. anti-terrorism laws by employing an algorithm that spread ISIS-created content. But YouTube, like all the other internet-content purveyors, is protected from lawsuits under a different law, the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996 before today's social media explosion. The act says that content hosts like YouTube can't be sued as the "publisher or speaker" for any information provided by other users.
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DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — Back in Mudville, when mighty Casey took an unheeded pitch for a strike, there went up a muffled roar: “`Kill him! Kill the umpire!’ shouted someone on the stand.”
Even in 1888, well before pitch clocks, $17 beers and instant replay, a common thread for the fans in baseball’s most epic poem was how much they loved to threaten umpires.
These days, 135 or so years after writer Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s renowned verse, one Little League in New Jersey is taking a hands-on approach. Its target: those watching 10- and 11-year-olds play baseball who curse at the volunteers behind the plate.
You want some of this? they’re saying. Well, come get some. In Deptford, the umpire recruiting slogan sign may as well read: If you can’t berate them, join them.
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The April Facebook post hardly seemed like national news at the time for league president Don Bozzuffi. He’d lost patience when two umpires resigned after persistent spectator abuse. So he wrote an updated code of conduct.
It specified: Any spectator deemed in violation would be banned from the complex until three umpiring assignments were completed. If not, the person would be barred from any Deptford youth sports facilities for a year.
In G-rated terms (unlike the ones that will get you tossed), the mandate just wants helicopter parents to calm the heck down. No 9-year-old will remember, as an adult, being safe or out on a bang-bang play at first. But how deep would be the cut of watching dad get tossed out of the game and banished for bad behavior?
The league doesn’t want to find out. “So far, it’s working like I’d hoped and just been a deterrent,” the 68-year-old Bozzuffi said.
The problem, though, isn’t limited to Deptford and its handful of unruly parents.
Outbursts of bad behavior at sporting events for young people have had frightening consequences for officials at all youth levels. Pick a town, any town, and there are adults assaulting referees or chasing umpires into parking lots looking for a fight, all available on the social feed of your choice.
The videos pop up almost weekly: inane instances of aggressive behavior toward officials. Like in January, when a Florida basketball referee was punched in the face after one game. Or last month, when an enraged youth baseball coach stormed a baseball field in Alabama and wrestled an umpire to the ground. Other adults and kids tried to break up the melee that took place in a game — at an 11-and-under tournament.
Jim McDevitt has worked as a volunteer Deptford umpire for 20 years. But he turns 66 this month and won’t call games much longer. He wonders where the next generation of officials will come from, especially when the job description includes little pay and lots of crap.
Youth officiating is in crisis. According to a 2017 survey of by the National Association of Sports Officials, nearly 17,500 referees surveyed said parents caused the most problems with sportsmanship at 39%. Coaches came in at 29% and fans at 18%.
Barry Mano founded the association four decades ago to advocate for youth officials. Mano, whose brother Mark was an NBA referee, has watched fan conduct become “far worse” than he could have imagined.
“Sports is simply life with the volume turned up,” Mano says. “We’ve become louder and brasher. We always want a second opinion on things. That’s where the culture has gone. I don’t think we’re as civil as we used to be toward each other, and it plays out in the sporting venues.”
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In Deptford, things seem to be working — at least in attracting non-mandatory umps. Bozzuffi says that since his rule grabbed national headlines, three umpires have joined the league. More volunteers want to be trained.
And those who might get sentenced to umping? McDevitt puts it less delicately. “We’ll see how their sphincter feels when they have to make a tight call and the parents are all screaming and hollering at them.”
The Deptford Little League playoffs, a time when tensions rise, are under way, and Bozzuffi has urged his umps to show restraint. Bozzuffi, who has served as league president for 14 years and been connected to the league for 40, doesn’t want any fan to get ejected. He just wants to get them thinking.
Because in a culture where violence visits schools, churches, movie theaters, clubs and many social gathering spots, the irate fan pressed against the fence spewing four-lettered tirades at the ump could easily escalate.
“People are just a little bit more sensitive to it,” said Sherrie Spencer, a lifelong Deptford resident who had two sons and grandsons play. She has noticed an uptick in abusive language to umpires through the years. “Now,” she says, “you have things that are going on in our world that people are more fearful when you see someone getting upset like that.”
Part of the problem is this: Thanks to technological advances, perfection in baseball can sometimes seem more attainable than ever.
In the major leagues, computers and their precision have become a vital part of baseball’s fabric. Gone are the days when a manager like Billy Martin or Earl Weaver would burst out of the dugout and kick up a cloud of dirt, curse a blue streak and maybe even walk away with a base or chuck one into the outfield over a missed call.
Blow one now? The manager barely reacts, asking for a replay review while a command center makes the dispassionate final call. Oh, and robo umps are coming. They’re already calling the shots in the minor leagues, with computerized strike zones that leave no room for argument. Where’s the messiness, the fallibility, the human emotion steeped in baseball tradition? Where’s the fun of baseball in umpire perfection?
That’s not the way some parents see it. For many, every “safe!” when the tag is missed, every called strike on a pitch below the knees is another reason to blow a fuse in a youth sports culture full of hefty fees and travel teams that have already heightened financial and emotional attachment and encouraged a sense of parents as constituents who have a right to be heeded.
That’s why Deptford is experimenting with its attempt at preventative medicine. This is interdicting the parents before the kids get older. This is, at its core, potential assault prevention.
It’s getting attention all the way up the youth baseball chain. Little League President Stephen D. Keener had this to say: “We applaud the volunteers at Deptford Township Little League for coming up with a creative, fun solution to shine a light on the importance of treating everyone with respect, on and off the Little League field.”
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OK. But here’s the fine print.
Beyond the headlines that suggest Fuming Father No. 1 is going to get the call from the bleachers and suddenly start ringing up strike three, there’s this: It’s too much effort. The risks! The potential safety problems! The insurance!
Bozzuffi and the town’s mayor teach a three-hour safety certification class each offender must complete before receiving an assignment. Rookie umps must pass a background check and complete an online concussion course. After all that, a qualified umpire would be stationed next to the replacement ump to ensure accuracy and fairness.
It hasn’t happened — yet.
“The first person that we have to do this to, nobody is else is going to challenge this,” Bozzuffi said. “Nobody wants to go through all this.”
So for now, at least on a recent weeknight in Deptford, parents, grandparents and friends, were on their best behavior. They cheered. They clapped. They caught up with neighbors.
They groused a bit, too. While other Little League officials across America reached out to Bozzuffi for input into their own policies, some fans in Deptford are sick of the perception that’s it’s a town full of baseball bullies.
One fan waved off an interview request because he “didn’t want to hear anymore about how bad we all are.” Parent Dawn Nacke found it unfair that the town was labeled as “obnoxious parents when we’re just caring about our kids.”
“We know that they ump for free,” she said, “but sometimes bad calls are made and they cost us the game.”
Has she ever been guilty of popping off too much?
“Mouthy, yes. But we all have to bite our tongues over here because of the new rule,” she said. “I just have to keep my mouth shut more. Scared me straight. I’m more angry that they call us obnoxious parents. That really upset me when I read it in the news. But this is their rule and I’m going to follow it.”
Just the way Deptford drew it up.
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Hamilton-
Including the cities of Speculator and Indian Lake
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT SUNDAY...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers this afternoon.
Cooler with highs in the mid 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Colder with lows around 13. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as 1 below.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Colder with highs in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold. Near steady temperature around 19. West winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 30s.
West winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.
Lows in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain showers. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower
40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A
chance of snow showers after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper
20s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of
rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
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Eastern Albany-
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416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs in the lower 30s. West winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows in the mid 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
Lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers
likely in the afternoon. Highs around 50. Chance of rain 60 percent.
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NYZ058-181600-
Western Greene-
Including the cities of Hunter, Tannersville, and Windham
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy and brisk, colder with lows around 15. West
winds 15 to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as 3 below after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery and much colder with highs in the mid 20s. West winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Brisk,
cold. Near steady temperature in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to
25 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. West winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 30. Highs
in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs around 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A
chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance
of precipitation 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...A chance of snow showers in the morning. Rain showers
likely. Highs around 50. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
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NYZ065-181600-
Western Dutchess-
Including the cities of Poughkeepsie, Beacon, and Arlington
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 50. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming west with gusts up to 20 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cooler with highs in the upper 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows around 40. Highs in the upper
50s.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
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Northern Saratoga-
Including the city of Saratoga Springs
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs around 30. West winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming southwest around 10 mph after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of rain
showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
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NYZ038-181600-
Southern Herkimer-
Including the cities of Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk,
Frankfort, and Doldgeville
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers this
afternoon. Highs around 40. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening.
Colder with lows around 20. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Blustery, colder with highs in
the upper 20s. West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Brisk, cold. Near steady
temperature in the mid 20s. West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to
35 mph, diminishing to around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph after
midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 30. Highs
in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs around 50. Chance of rain
70 percent.
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NYZ032-181600-
Northern Herkimer-
Including the cities of Atwell, Big Moose, Eagle Bay, Mckeever,
Nobleboro, Northwood, and Old Forge
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT SUNDAY...
.TODAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers this morning, then
a chance of snow showers this afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s.
West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Colder with lows around 13. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Wind chill values as low as 2 below.
.SUNDAY...Snow likely. Snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Colder with highs in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent. Wind chill values as
low as 4 below.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely, mainly in the
evening. Additional light snow accumulation possible. Cold. Near
steady temperature around 20. Temperature rising into the lower 20s
after midnight. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of snow showers in the morning. Not
as cool with highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows in the lower 30s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A
chance of snow showers after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper
20s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
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NYZ042-181600-
Northern Warren-
Including the cities of North Creek, Warrensburg, and Chestertown
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows around 16. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of snow showers in the morning,
then mostly cloudy in the afternoon. Colder with highs in the upper
20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and cold. Near steady temperature in
the lower 20s. West winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in
the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of
rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
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NYZ083-181600-
Southeast Warren-
Including the city of Glens Falls
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows around 19. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Colder with highs in the upper 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the
upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of rain
showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
$$
NYZ043-181600-
Northern Washington-
Including the cities of Whitehall and Granville
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows around 19. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Much colder with highs in the upper 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 19. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of
rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
$$
NYZ084-181600-
Southern Washington-
Including the cities of Hudson Falls, Fort Edward, Cambridge,
and Greenwich
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder with lows in the
lower 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Brisk, colder with highs around 30. West winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 50. Lows in
the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in
the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of
rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
$$
NYZ082-181600-
Northern Fulton-
Including the cities of Caroga Lake, Northville, and Mayfield
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder with lows around
15. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow
30 percent. Wind chill values as low as 1 below.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Windy, colder with highs in the
lower 20s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind
chill values as low as 4 below in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Windy, cold. Near steady
temperature around 20. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 30s.
West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Highs
in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A
chance of snow showers after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper
20s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow showers likely. Highs in the lower 40s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
$$
NYZ039-181600-
Southern Fulton-
Including the cities of Gloversville and Johnstown
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then partly sunny with a chance
of snow showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder with lows around
17. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Blustery, colder with highs in
the mid 20s. West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Blustery, cold. Near steady temperature in the lower 20s.
West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, diminishing to
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. West winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 20.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Cold with lows around 30.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the morning, then rain
showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
$$
NYZ040-181600-
Montgomery-
Including the cities of Amsterdam, Wellsville, and Fonda
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then partly sunny with a slight
chance of rain and snow showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper
30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder with lows around
19. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Blustery, colder with highs
in the upper 20s. West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Blustery, cold. Near steady temperature in the mid 20s. West
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, diminishing to around
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. West winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the
upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
$$
NYZ047-181600-
Schoharie-
Including the cities of Cobleskill and Middleburgh
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow showers this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance
of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Colder with lows around
18. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs in the mid 20s. West winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold.
Near steady temperature in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. West winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs around 50.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in
the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
$$
NYZ048-181600-
Western Schenectady-
Including the cities of Delanson, Esperance, and Duanesburg
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow showers this
afternoon. Highs around 40. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder with lows around
18. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs in the mid 20s. West winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Blustery, cold. Near steady temperature in the lower 20s. West winds
15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the evening.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows
in the lower 30s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
$$
NYZ049-181600-
Eastern Schenectady-
Including the cities of Schenectady and Rotterdam
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs around 30. West winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Brisk,
cold with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts
up to 35 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. West winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
Lows around 30.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
$$
NYZ050-181600-
Southern Saratoga-
Including the cities of Ballston Spa, Clifton Park, Mechanicville,
and Waterford
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs around 30. West winds 15 to 20 mph,
increasing to around 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Brisk, cold. Near steady temperature in the mid 20s. West
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, diminishing to 10 to
15 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
Lows around 30.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers
likely in the afternoon. Highs around 50. Chance of rain 60 percent.
$$
NYZ051-181600-
Western Albany-
Including the cities of Altamont and Berne
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 40. West winds around 10 mph.
Gusts up to 30 mph this morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Colder with lows around
17. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs in the mid 20s. West winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind chill values as low as zero.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows around 19. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. West winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Lows in the lower
30s.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain
70 percent.
$$
NYZ053-181600-
Western Rensselaer-
Including the city of Troy
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Colder with highs in the lower 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
Lows around 30.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers
likely in the afternoon. Highs around 50. Chance of rain 60 percent.
$$
NYZ054-181600-
Eastern Rensselaer-
Including the cities of Grafton and Hoosick Falls
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening.
Colder with lows around 17. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Windy, colder with highs in the mid 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph,
increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 45 mph.
Wind chill values as low as zero.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Brisk, cold with lows around 20. West winds 20 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph, diminishing to around 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s. West winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of rain showers. Highs in the upper 40s. Lows in the lower
30s.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of rain
showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
$$
NYZ060-181600-
Western Columbia-
Including the city of Hudson
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cooler with highs in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs
in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
$$
NYZ061-181600-
Eastern Columbia-
Including the city of Chatham
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Colder with lows in the lower 20s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Colder with highs in the lower 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 40s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs
in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows around 30.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Not as cool with lows around 40.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
$$
NYZ059-181600-
Eastern Greene-
Including the cities of Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo,
and Jefferson Heights
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cooler with highs in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs
in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows around 40. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
$$
NYZ063-181600-
Western Ulster-
Including the cities of Ellenville, Woodstock, West Hurley,
Kerhonkson, Napanoch, and Phoenicia
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows around 18. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Blustery, colder with highs around 30. West winds 20 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 40 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 40s. West winds
around 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs
in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. Highs around 50. Chance of rain
70 percent.
$$
NYZ064-181600-
Eastern Ulster-
Including the cities of Kingston and New Paltz
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Colder with lows in the mid 20s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
Cooler with highs in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 50. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
40 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the
upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
$$
NYZ066-181600-
Eastern Dutchess-
Including the cities of Pawling, Dover Plains, Millbrook,
Pine Plains, Amenia, and Millerton
416 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds
around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much colder with lows in the lower 20s.
West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy.
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Three Rivers Festival announces 2023 performers, return of drag show
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The area’s largest festival that brings thousands of visitors to The Fort each year has released this year’s concert and activity lineup.
The 54th Annual Three Rivers Festival is set for July 7 - 15 at Headwaters Park in downtown Fort Wayne. On Friday, leaders announced the performers that are set to serenade the crowd, featuring a variety of local musicians.
Who’s Bad, The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience kicks off the show with Good Night Gracie on Saturday, July 8. Sunday, July 9, will be packed with local gospel musical talents, leaders say. They note that Friday’s musical lineup will be announced at a later date.
On Monday, July 10, the fan-favorite Waiter & Waitress Contest returns at 6:30 p.m. After that, the 3rd Annual Three Rivers Festival Drag Show will take place at 9 p.m. for those 18 and older. Admission for the show is $5.
Hubie Ashcraft is set to perform on Friday, July 14, with the Fort Wayne Funk Orchestra playing on Saturday, July 15, before the fireworks show.
“This year at the Three Rivers Festival, we really wanted to highlight musical talent that we have right here in Fort Wayne and the surrounding area,” Board President John Nichter says. “Our theme this year is United Through the Arts and by focusing on local talent we are promoting and building unity.”
For a full list of activities and performers, you can visit the TRF website.
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By LEANNE ITALIE
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Ford closed New York Fashion Week on Wednesday with Madonna on his front row and a runway full of big hair, disco cowgirls and sequins for miles.
Love was clearly on his mind, and dancing all night.
On a reflective runway worthy of all that shine, to a soundtrack of “Addicted to Love,” “The Look of Love,” “Pure/Honey” and “Take on Me,” Ford’s models were more than a little ready to party ‘70s and ’80s style on his downtown catwalk.
He rolled out embellished sets of tiny velvet shorts and matching jackets of bright red and blue adorned with flowers, leaves and butterflies, some with a touch of cowboy fringe. Other models walked in sporty short-shorts of silver and gold, and low-slung trousers and skirts in silver and mint, tiny and sheer bralettes peaking out.
He put multicolored applique of hearts and stars on some of his looks, and several of his models wore low-heeled, dance-all-night boots above the knee in purple and gold. One walked in a killer pastel purple tracksuit with a midriff jacket and wide-legged pants.
And there was an after-party of skimpy black lingerie paired with multicolored sequin jackets.
Madonna was joined by her daughter, Lourdes Leon, Chris Rock, Erykah Badu, Nicole Richie, Katie Holmes, Frances Tiafoe, Ciara and more.
Ford routinely mixes the sexes on his runway, as he did this time around. There was a bright pink suit for one of his men worn tone-on-tone with a tie and lighter shade of dress shirt. Thonged women got leather jackets, all in black, as did a man in short lace boxers emblazoned with Ford’s eponymous brand name. Another of his men walked in a watery white dinner jacket.
Ford switched moods and slowed it down for his finale with Freddie Mercury’s “Time,” sending out sexy metallic sequined gowns in copper, and two-tone green and blue, on Bella and Gigi Hadid, respectively. There were other long sequined gowns, some with high slits and cut outs, in purple and sea green, and a sparkly bride holding an equally bedazzled bouquet.
His Studio 54 girls rocked huge hoop sequined earrings to match their sparkle as Mercury sang: “We’ve got to build this world together or we’ll have no more future at all, because time, it waits for nobody.”
Was the end a Ford lament? A sentimental lookback? A processing of the pandemic, politics and where the immediate future is going?
The designer offered soft white couches to his guests, but no show notes, letting Mercury’s words linger: “You don’t need me to tell you what’s gone wrong. You know what’s going on. And it seems to me we’ve not cared enough or confided in each other at all. It seems like we’ve all got our backs against the wall.”
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Newest addition to Trump’s legal team sidelined in Mar-a-Lago search case
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN
The newest addition to former President Donald Trump’s legal team, Chris Kise, has been sidelined from the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation less than a month after he was brought on to represent Trump in the matter, two sources familiar with the move tell CNN.
Kise is expected to remain on Trump’s legal team but is not leading the work related to the federal government’s investigation into how the former President handled 11,000 documents seized from his Florida home in August following a lengthy effort by the government to retrieve them. The reason for the shift in Kise’s role remains unclear and he may instead focus his efforts on the other investigations Trump is facing, which range from his business practices to the January 6 insurrection.
The move is notable given Kise, the former solicitor general for Florida, was brought on to the team after a weeks-long search and struggle to find someone willing to take on the case who was also experienced in Florida law. The legal strategy for fighting the Justice Department following the August seizure of over 100 documents marked as classified was also in disarray.
Kise’s hiring came with an unusual price tag of $3 million, paid for by Trump’s outside spending arm. The retainer fee, paid upfront, raised eyebrows among other lawyers on Trump’s team, given the former President has a developed a reputation for not paying his legal fees.
His sidelining will likely be read as another setback for Trump as he faces multiple investigations.
Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said: “Chris Kise’s role as an important member of President Trump’s legal team remains unchanged, and any suggestion otherwise is untrue.”
Kise did not respond to a request for comment.
Kise had been viewed among Trump contacts as a serious white-collar attorney and trial lawyer, with Florida court chops. Before he came aboard, other lawyers on Trump’s team were perceived in legal circles to have made serious missteps in the investigation, such as not fully recognizing the legal risk of the documents investigation before the search of Mar-a-Lago, telling investigators all classified records had been turned over, missing opportunities to argue for executive privilege and having an appeals court deliver a drubbing against Trump’s bid to block classified documents in the investigation.
So far, Kise doesn’t appear to be deeply involved Trump’s other most serious criminal investigative risk — the Justice Department’s January 6 investigation. Kise was not present in a DC federal courthouse last week alongside three other Trump attorneys who are arguing for confidentiality around Trump’s conversations at the end of his presidency. They are attempting to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from an expanding circle of close Trump aides about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Kise left his large law firm that he had been with for more than a decade, Foley & Lardner, to take the job as a solo practitioner. He previously worked for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ transition team and has won four cases before the Supreme Court.
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The Idaho Water Resource Board has approved 10 flood-management grants totaling slightly more than $1 million.
Staff reviewed and scored 14 proposals. The board funded the top 10 for just less than the budget of $1.07 million, which included $70,000 in carryover funds from 2021.
Water managers and the Legislature piloted the program after flooding followed the unusually wet 2016-17 winter. The Legislature, which subsequently made the program permanent, currently provides $1 million a year. Projects must provide a 50% funding match and be completed in the next year. They are:
• Goose Creek Flood Control District near Burley: Grant $200,000, total project cost $535,536. Provide pathway for floodwater to pass under irrigation canal without damaging canal or interrupting service. Replace farm access bridge over canal.
• Riverside Water & Sewer District: Grant $200,000, total cost $440,388. Repair segment of Clearwater River bank next to sewage lagoons. Install riprap embankment, log barriers to reduce future erosion, prevent discharge of wastewater into river and inflow of river water into treatment system. Improve fish habitat.
• Madison County: Grant $126,392, total cost $252,784. Build single large diversion structure on Teton River, on county property near gravel pits, for flood mitigation.
• Madison County: Grant $47,859, total cost $95,717. Upgrade automated splitter gate at start of Teton River north and south forks to operate at flood flows as well as irrigation flows. The project aims to reduce flood risk for residents of Madison and Fremont counties, Sugar City, Rexburg.
• Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer Recharge Inc. in cooperation with Madison County Flood Diversion Project: Grant $47,300, total cost $99,600. Install water-supply canal from Wilford Canal to Jenkins gravel pit near Teton River. The board said the project aims to reduce flooding, provide incentive to return water to aquifer.
• Boise River Flood Control District 10: Grant $125,000, total cost $250,000. Develop channel maintenance plan, determine strategy to reduce flood risk in key areas. The board said the process will involve stakeholders, use two-dimensional hydraulic modeling tool.
• Squaw Creek Ditch Co.: Grant $125,000, total cost $250,000. Move canal away from streambed to prevent bank loss.
• City of Lewiston: Grant $106,382, total cost $212,705. Replace, upsize piping between 11th and 12th avenues. The board said the area has history of backing up water during storms, covering road and flooding property.
• Clearwater Soil and Water Conservation District: Grant $84,085, total cost $176,458. Replace stream-crossing culvert that plugged and overtopped during flood. Rebuild 1.3 miles of road, install stream crossing at Garden Creek, rehabilitate stream channel.
• Twin Lakes Flood Control District 17: Grant $8,000, total cost $16,000. Remove fallen trees, limbs, other debris from Rathdrum Creek.
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Awards, which has always been known as the "Oscars for Innovation", has just announced the winners list that Taiwan's scientific and technological research and development shines brightly. With the support of the Department of Industrial Technology (DoIT), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), MIRDC's Renewable Polymorphic Transition (Poly-T) Materials has won a Silver award of 2022 Edison Best New Product Awards which once again proves its technological innovation ability is improving day by day. The Edison Awards™ have recognized and honored some of the most innovative products and business leaders worldwide and is a hall of honor in the science and technology. The Edison Awards are named after Thomas Alva Edison to commemorate the inventor's pursuit of creativity and excellence.
Facing global sustainable environment as an issue since the era of circular economy is coming, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is proactively following up and doing its best for the domestic industry and environment to seek more new business opportunities. In the past, the business model was always under the linear economic context of "mining, manufacturing, using, and discarding". The result of "disposal after use" not only caused the depletion of the earth's resources, but also re-produced various wastes; the resources on the earth will not be endless forever, and some of the wastes will not disappear for no reason. It is particularly important to use waste as a resource to replace natural resource exploitation. By doing so it is more likely to achieve a comprehensive recycling of materials, and the vision of zero waste.
Mr. Chyou-Huey Chiou, the Director General of Department of Industrial Technology, MOEA, stated that the development of the various regenerative materials which are mixed marble waste (mineral silica) and wasted oyster shells (biological calcium carbonate), together with a 3D printing process to construct imitation coral, where the impact strength of the bones can increase the growth rate of algae and corals, which can be used as coral breeding bases, landscaping materials, artificial corals and island reefs for restoration. In addition to cooperate with the National Museum of Marine Science & Technology in Taiwan, the regenerative materials successfully attracted marine microorganisms to attach to the artificial coral body and accelerated the attachment of symbiotic algae on the seabed. Because the main components of Renewable Polymorphic Transition (Poly-T) Materials are very similar to coral skeletons, it can successfully replace the current artificial plastic base for restoration. Combined with the characteristics of non-toxic and more resistant to seawater impact, the next step will be making effort to create large artificial reefs in contributing a more sustainable marine ecology and implementing scientific and technological innovation by linking the industries and designers.
Mr. Chiu-Feng Lin, the President of MIRDC indicated that MIRDC is a non-profit R&D institution and will continuingly re-enhance its innovative R&D strength in supporting the sustainable development of Taiwan's industries. It is also important to link its own core technologies and to assist the transmission of the domestic industrial upgrading and transformation, and enhancing the added value of the industry. Every year about one million tons of waste casting sand and stone cutting scraps must be outsourced in Taiwan's industry and it is a pity that most of the industry can only hoard and discard them. At present, traditional domestic casting shell mold materials rely on imports and are only used once during the manufacturing. In the future, the technology of Renewable Polymorphic Transition (Poly-T) Materials should be used more through innovative technology research and development as well as the value-added of waste recycling. Using green materials as a solution, it is expected to solve the annual waste treatment of nearly 6 billion for the industry. The ability to increase the added value of resources is the only way to truly achieve comprehensive recycling and zero waste, and then inject green concepts into the world, use technology to love the earth, and create a win-win situation.
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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are flocking to Rio's most famous beach to celebrate Independence day - and a military display with an ominous undertow ahead of next month's election.
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Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are flocking to Rio's most famous beach to celebrate Independence day - and a military display with an ominous undertow ahead of next month's election.
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Women's basketball team kicks off Habitat for Humanity Women Build
The annual event has more than 100 women building four homes in Harambee neighborhood
The annual event has more than 100 women building four homes in Harambee neighborhood
The annual event has more than 100 women building four homes in Harambee neighborhood
More than 100 women will build four homes in the Harambee neighborhood through Saturday.
The designated Women Build home is on North 5th Street. That's where seven players from Wisconsin GLO helped frame up a new build.
"Obviously, we're a women's organization, a professional women's basketball and having women empower women is something that is really cool and really important to us," GLO point guard Samantha Logic said.
It's the definition of a team build.
"Whether they are a professional basketball player or someone who works in an accounting form or a real estate agency, coming together with people who are going to be living in these homes and building these homes, that's a really wonderful and magical thing about what we do here," Habitat's Donor Relations Manager Kelly Schlicht added.
By the end of the week, the Women Build home will have walls and a roof. The home will be fully-finished within the next year and ready for a first-time buyer facing homeownership barriers.
Milwaukee's largest Women Build ever comes with a large fundraising goal, too. The organization wants to raise $75,000. So far, they've raised $50,000.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Four teenagers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was slain last weekend as she was heading home from work, authorities said Wednesday.
Nineteen-year-olds Joseph Brooks and Trevell Breeland, Jakwon Buchanan, 18, and a 16-year-old boy face charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery in Saturday's killing of Officer Aréanah Preston, 24.
The Chicago Police Department said Preston was fatally shot about 1:40 a.m. Saturday during a robbery spree.
All four were also charged with armed robbery, burglary, motor vehicle theft and other offenses in connection with incidents that occurred on Friday and Saturday, police said. They were facing initial court appearances Wednesday and it wasn't immediately known if they had lawyers who could comment for them.
Cook County prosecutors said Preston was off duty and on her way home after her shift early Saturday on the city's South Side when the suspects passed her in a sedan, circled back and approached her as she stood in front of her house.
Residential surveillance video shows three people getting out of the sedan and running toward Preston, who was still in uniform, before several muzzle flashes are visible on video and she falls to the ground, according to court documents. The attackers ran back to the sedan before one person returned to grab Preston's gun, court documents allege.
Interim Police Superintendent Eric Carter said Preston's death was a tragedy for the city.
Tyrone Pendarvis, the commander of the 5th District where Preston served, said the officer was a rising star whose death affected all who know her.
“She will truly be missed,” he said.
Preston worked for the department for just three years prior to her killing, according to department officials. Hers is considered a line-of-duty death, which entitles her family to financial assistance from the state, the Chicago Tribune reported. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/4-teens-charged-with-murder-in-slaying-of-chicago-18091379.php | 2023-05-10 19:33:30 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/4-teens-charged-with-murder-in-slaying-of-chicago-18091379.php |
Poland plans to grant Ukraine's request for fighter jets
Warsaw, Poland – Poland’s president said Thursday that his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets, which would make it the first NATO member to fulfill the Ukrainian government's increasingly urgent requests for warplanes.
President Andrzej Duda said Poland would hand over four of the Soviet-made warplanes “within the next few days” and that the rest needed servicing and would be supplied later. The Polish word he used to describe their number can mean between 11 and 19.
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“They are in the last years of their functioning but they are in good working condition,” Duda said of the aircraft.
Duda did not say whether other countries would be making the same move, although Slovakia has said it would send its disused MiGs to Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller said some other countries with MiGs also had pledged them to Kyiv, but he did not name them.
While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for Western supporters to share fighter jets, NATO allies have expressed hesitancy.
Before Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine had several dozen MiG-29s it inherited in the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it’s unclear how many of them remain in service after more than a year of fighting.
The debate over whether to provide non-NATO country Ukraine with fighter jets was initiated over a year ago, but NATO has been wary of making the war escalate.
Duda made the announcement during a joint news conference in Warsaw with the visiting Czech president, Petr Pavel.
Duda said Poland’s air force would replace the planes it gives to Ukraine with South Korea-made FA-50 fighters and American-made F-35s.
Poland was also the first NATO nation to hand German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, last month.
Poland is a crucial ally in the Ukraine crisis. It is hosting thousands of American troops and is taking in more people fleeing the war in Ukraine than any other nation, in the midst of the largest European refugee crisis in decades.
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Crisis of confidence over cardinal shakes Cologne Catholics
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — An unprecedented crisis of confidence is shaking a historic center of Catholicism in Germany — the Archdiocese of Cologne. Catholic believers have protested their deeply divisive archbishop and are leaving in droves over allegations that he may have covered up clergy sexual abuse reports.
While Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki’s personal fate is in the hands of Pope Francis, the drama has reverberations nationwide, given that the Cologne archdiocese has more Catholics than any other in Germany — about 1.8 million. Its double-domed cathedral is an iconic tourist attraction and one of the oldest, most important pilgrimage sites of Northern Europe.
And the crisis in Cologne, in which many thousands of Catholics in the region have left the church, is in some ways a microcosm of the issues playing out in the German Catholic Church as a whole as it undergoes a profound and controversial reform process precisely to respond to complaints by rank-and-file Catholics about the hierarchy’s responsibility for the clergy abuse crisis.
Some archdiocese employees have refused to attend meetings with the archbishop. Congregants of a Duesseldorf parish in the archdiocese raised red cards in protest when he visited last year, objecting to him administering the sacrament of confirmation to their children.
Dozens of altar boys and girls from the archdiocese turned their backs in protest to Woelki when he celebrated Mass with them during a trip to Rome in October. The choirs in the archdiocese recently reported a loss of 30% of their members, which they say is partially related to the coronavirus pandemic but also a clear repudiation of Woelki.
In the latest escalation, Cologne prosecutors last month opened an investigation against the powerful conservative cardinal in two cases on suspicion of making false affidavits. In each case, the question is whether Woelki, 66, had been informed earlier than he stated about allegations of abuse against certain clergymen. The cardinal rejects all accusations against him.
Even influential German politicians who normally steer clear of church politics have spoken out.
The minister for youth and family in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Cologne is located, said she viewed the situation with bewilderment.
“Especially those in positions of responsibility must not look the other way and they must certainly not deny or cover up,” Josefine Paul said last month in a speech in the state parliament.
The church is expected to be a preeminent model of morality, and it has “set the highest moral standards for all kinds of people in society — does all this no longer apply to a bishop?” Tim Kurzbach, chairman of the diocesan council of Catholics in the archdiocese, told The Associated Press.
Kurzbach, mayor of the town of Solingen in the archdiocese, said he knows of several long-time parishioners who are leaving the church because they can no longer bear “the moral decay” in Cologne.
The crisis of confidence began in 2020, when Woelki, citing legal concerns, kept under wraps a report he commissioned on how local church officials reacted when priests were accused of sexual abuse. That infuriated many Cologne Catholics. A second report, published in March 2021, found 75 cases in which high-ranking officials neglected their duties.
The report absolved Woelki of any neglect of his legal duty with respect to abuse victims. He subsequently said he made mistakes in past cases involving sexual abuse allegations but insisted he had no intention of resigning.
Two papal envoys were dispatched to Cologne a few months later to investigate possible mistakes by senior officials in handling cases. Their report led Pope Francis to give Woelki a “ spiritual timeout ” of several months for making major communication errors.
In March, after his return from the timeout, the cardinal submitted his offer to resign but so far Francis has not acted on it.
“I don’t think it got through to Rome how much the people here are suffering,” Kurzbach said. “Without a decision on the Cologne cardinal question, we will not get out of the crisis. The question must finally be resolved.”
The issue was raised when Germany’s bishops visited with the pope last month. The head of the German Bishops Conference, Limburg Bishop Georg Baetzing, told reporters that “it was made very clear that the situation in the archdiocese is increasingly unbearable, even for the archbishop.” The wait for a papal decision also is burdensome for German Catholics, he said.
In the interim, they are exiting the church in record numbers. Some 44,772 Catholics in the Cologne archdiocese left in 2021, up from 17,281 in 2020, according to church figures.
Nationally, the number of Catholics leaving the church has also risen dramatically. Some 359,338 left in 2021, up from 221,390 in 2020. It is still the largest faith group in the country. About 21.6 million Catholics live in Germany, which has an overall population of 84 million.
“It’s clear that this is a difficult situation,” Cologne archdiocese spokesman, Juergen Kleikamp, told the AP last week. “But that’s just the way it is. In the Catholic Church, the pope has to decide and no one else.”
Meanwhile, Woelki is “doing his work to the best of his knowledge and also with great commitment,” Kleikamp said, adding that while some Catholics “are angry and quarrel with their church, there are others who applaud and rejoice when the bishop comes.”
Many Catholics, however, doubt the crisis can be easily fixed any time soon — even if the cardinal resigns.
Lay leader Regina Oediger-Spinrath, 61, called it “an absolute crisis of trust and credibility.” She is a spokeswoman for the professional association of pastoral assistants in the archdiocese, and thinks the crisis goes beyond the Cologne situation. Oediger-Spinrath said fundamental changes are needed, including more equality for women and LGBTQ people.
“Leadership needs to be rethought,” she said. “The way it is in the Catholic Church, that is absolutely hierarchical, some also say authoritarian from the top down — I believe, that many people no longer want to go along with that.”
Those demands are in line with the reform process, known as the “ Synodal Path,” the German church launched with the country’s influential lay group, the Central Committee of German Catholics, to respond to the clergy sexual abuse scandals after a 2018 report found at least 3,677 people were abused by clergy between 1946 and 2014.
Preliminary assemblies have already approved calls to allow same-sex couple blessings, married priests and the ordination of women deacons. The movement, however, also sparked fierce opposition from the Vatican and conservative clergy in Germany and elsewhere.
While Oediger-Spinrath says she is ready to fight for changes, others have lost patience.
“I will leave the church,” says Peter Barzel, 65, a member of the St. Margareta parish in Duesseldorf. He helped organize last year’s red card protest during Woelki’s visit.
Barzel, an active parishioner for decades, also tried to bring more attention to recent sexual abuse allegations lodged against two former St. Margareta pastors that have roiled the parish. Eventually, he gave up.
“I will certainly miss something when I leave the church, because the Christian faith is something you share with other people,” he said. “But I can no longer support this system.”
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Their boots are made for more than walking! A group of singing sisters taking over TikTok with their country infusion style made their first trip to Texas.
The BoykinZ have taken the country world by storm with viral videos showing them covering country music hits and sharing dances highlighting their fun, unique personalities. The sisters write, sing, and arrange music with a signature sound they describe as country infusion. It's country music infused with pop, rock, hip-hop, and soul.
From the suburbs of Atlanta, Kylan, Anale, Nytere, and Alona have gone from performing musical theater together at their family's performing arts center, to making national headlines after country music star Shania Twain surprised them with a Nashville invitation on "The Kelly Clarkson Show."
Best known as the Black girls of country TikTok, they currently have over 64 million views, nearly half-a-million followers and more than 10 million likes growing daily.
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"We are country music, and just to be able to be ourselves and to express ourselves. This is because it feels like freedom to do what we love together and what we call country infusion; just expressing ourselves to the fullest, even in music, we think is very important," said Kylan. "And I think it can help set other people free because there are people who want you to stick to whatever stereotypes but we don't do that. We live our lives and we want to encourage others to do the same."
"Yes, it also felt like a superpower because we are being inspirational to other folks who go for their dreams. It doesn't matter what color you are," Nytere said.
Although they are coworkers, they are sisters who argue like normal. And with that dynamic, they have a natural system that works for them.
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"I guess, as sisters, we have arguments. This is a democracy, we usually vote on things that we don't agree on. So the majority rules," said Kylan.
"It's like that bond, and no one else could get like the creativity we understand each other's creativity," said Nytere.
"My sisters, they never limit me," said Alona. "And so we're limitless. And so when we come together; we're very powerful."
As they step into the next phase of their journey from singing covers to publishing their original song, "Girls Night," they perform and line dance across the country. The BoykinZ are not only vocalists, they also play instruments and have written original music to perform.
The girls credit their success to their parents who are entrepreneurs and quit their jobs to manage their careers after recognizing the girls' talent.
"Ten years ago, our parents formed us as a group. They had a performing art, performing after-school program. And we were basically born into the arts. And they saw a great opportunity and saw that we could sing and harmonize. They closed their business and they put all their attention on us. Fast forward to now, you know, it's just been such a blessing," said Anale.
As young rising country music stars, the sisters hope to inspire people with their talent and music. Their goal is to get people listening to their lyrics to forget about their troubles.
"It's a blessing. You know, we thank God for these gifts that we get to share them and inspire. And just to walk in our purpose. It just means everything else will have an amazing support system," Anale said. "Our parents are the bomb dot com, praise God for them."
They have also performed at Usher’s New Look Foundation Ball and made special appearances at the 2022 Stagecoach Festival, LA Football Club with Kevin Frazier of "Entertainment Tonight," The National Museum for African American Music, Shaquille O’Neal’s Boys & Girls Club, and recently performed during the presentation of the Bill Pickett Rodeo at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/discover-black-heritage/black-girls-of-country-tiktok-the-boykinz-take-the-world-by-storm/3199177/ | 2023-02-24 18:26:57 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/discover-black-heritage/black-girls-of-country-tiktok-the-boykinz-take-the-world-by-storm/3199177/ |
After a few rain and snow showers from the overnight into early morning period, look for a mix of clouds and sun today along with a bit of a breeze at times.
There can be a snow shower late tonight in a few locations which could briefly dust the ground in a couple of spots as a disturbance rolls through.
Generally, most of the time this week will be dry as much of the precipitation misses us to the south.
The big story will be the arctic cold front arriving Friday bringing some of the coldest air we’ve experienced since Christmas which goes into the start of the first weekend of February.
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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
The front that we had been watching stalled to our north and west will finally push to our south on Tuesday. Some seasonably colder air starts to settle in dropping our high temperatures back into the mid and upper 30s with a bit of a northwest breeze adding a little extra chill to the air under partly sunny skies.
Late in the day and at night, a weak area of low pressure will slide along our stalled front to the south and this will likely bring some rain and snow to parts of the lower Mid-Atlantic. While it seems the strength and push of colder air building down across our region will keep most of the precipitation south of our region, we can't entirely rule out at least a little snow sneaking northward into our area overnight Tuesday, at least for parts of southern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.
Wednesday sees high pressure move overhead, so this should lead to a dry and mostly sunny day with less of a breeze, but seasonably chilly high temperatures in the mid 30s.
THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND
Guidance continues to suggest any precipitation on Thursday will remain to our south over the lower Mid-Atlantic along that stalled front so we are starting to feel more confident the day is dry. Mid and high clouds well to the north of the front may lead to a somewhat cloudy day, but a brief return to a west-southwesterly wind flow should aid in a slight spike in high temperatures getting back to around 40 degrees.
A secondary shot of cold air though comes blasting in on Friday as an Arctic cold front move through. The front looks like it will be a mainly dry passage, but the winds will pick up Friday, and high temperatures will fall to just below freezing.
And all indications are it gets significantly colder for Friday night into Saturday, as lows Friday night drop into the single digits and afternoon highs only get to around 20 degrees Saturday.
With cold high pressure building in though for Saturday, that should at least lighten the winds and lead to plenty of sunshine.
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Just in Time for Back to School, The College Tour Presents an Up-Close and Dynamic Look at More Colleges, Featuring Diverse Student Stories, and a Visit to Host Alex Boylan's Alma Mater
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The highly anticipated 5th season of the innovative series The College Tour, from Emmy-nominated producers Alex Boylan, Lisa Hennessy, and Burton Roberts, continues to break new ground with its intimate look at American colleges and universities told from the perspective of its student body. Hosted by The Amazing Race winner Alex Boylan, The College Tour has become a valuable tool for families to gain access to information about higher education without the burdens of travel costs or logistical limitations. Schools featured this season include Maricopa Community Colleges, St. Mary's University, Kennesaw State University, Pennsylvania College of Technology, and Jacksonville University, Boylan's very own alma mater.
"This season has a lot of heart. In the Maricopa Community Colleges episode for example we feature many first-generation students and adult learners who are thriving on campus, exemplifying what a meaningful role community college plays in higher education. These are such important stories to tell, and we feel privileged to share them," said host, co-creator, and executive producer Alex Boylan.
Shedding light on the student experience, the show is broken into multiple segments each guided by a different student, whose distinct background, academic level, and interests help to illuminate the unique tapestry of each campus. From military students at Jacksonville University and Pennsylvania College of Technology to international students at St. Mary's University, and a student with a brain injury who receives academic support at Kennesaw State University, each episode is a testament to the bright future of tomorrow. In addition to Amazon, all episodes are available for free through The College Tour app and website, and an all-Spanish episode of Maricopa Community College is available on select platforms.
The College Tour is a groundbreaking TV series that takes the viewer on an intimate journey through campuses across the country, telling each school's story through the diverse lens of its students. Hosted by The Amazing Race winner Alex Boylan, The College Tour brings equity to college readiness by providing a platform to access comprehensive and meaningful information regarding higher education anytime and anywhere, free of charge. The College Tour is available on Amazon Freevee, The College Tour mobile app, and at www.thecollegetour.com.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Omni Family of Services, a national leader in child welfare and behavioral health, in collaboration with the Hope Research Center and Attend Behavior technology platform, is pleased to announce the formation of the Hope Collective. This partnership has been selected as the recipient of a four-year Tennessee Department of Children's Services ACEs Innovation Grant, funded by the Tennessee State Legislature, beginning July 1, 2023. The Hope Collective is designed to reduce the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for families throughout the state.
This funding will allow the Hope Collective to develop a practice model based on the work of the Hope Research Center to guide family serving organizations. This evidence-based approach improves community outcomes by reducing the impact of ACEs, increasing client goal achievement, and retaining family-serving staff. The Attend Behavior platform will support the project with data collection and evaluation. Over four years, Omni Family of Services staff will receive training and consultation to identify and research best practices in service delivery. Nurture the Next, an in-home parenting support organization, will also participate in the Hope Collective to broaden the impact across Tennessee.
ACEs are traumatic events that occur before a child reaches the age of 18. ACEs include all types of abuse and neglect, such as parental substance use, incarceration, and domestic violence. The CDC-Kaiser ACE study in the 1990s, considered to be a landmark study on ACEs, found a significant relationship between the number of ACEs a person experienced and a variety of negative outcomes in adulthood, including poor physical and mental health, substance use, and risky behaviors. The more ACEs experienced, the greater the risk for these outcomes.
In partnership with Omni Family of Services, Omni Family Institute will manage the project's implementation. With a focus on driving innovation to child welfare and behavioral health, Omni Family Institute delivers evidence-based models and training.
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Omni Family of Services is a multi-state human services agency serving children and adults. Our organization bridges the gap between behavioral and physical health services and social services to help keep kids, families, and the communities they live in strong and healthy. To learn more, visit our website at www.theomnifamily.com.
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- The additional study showed the MoA related to patients' continued improvement of itch over time as also observed in the Phase 2b study, which saw an increase from 34.0% at 4 weeks to 40.9% itch reduction at 8 weeks.
- The study further demonstrates the additional longer-term treatment benefits of the AOB's cellular structure on itch, even when the bacteria is metabolically inactive (without ammonia processing or production of nitric oxide and nitrite).
- Additionally, reductions in itch were seen within the first hour of application.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AOBiome Therapeutics, Inc. ("AOBiome"), a leading clinical-stage microbiome company focusing on inflammatory conditions, recently completed a Phase 2b study of 547 patients with moderate-to-severe itch and mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis. The trial results showed continued durability of treatment effect and separation from placebo post-trial of 40.9% reduction in itch from baseline at 8 weeks, 4 weeks after the last dose.
Further investigation supported previous findings on the secondary effects of inert Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB), even after it no longer converts ammonia to Nitric Oxide and Nitrite. A recently-published in vitro study has demonstrated that both live and metabolically inactive AOB can downregulate Th2-associated pruritic cytokines. For more details see: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93299-1.
The company ran a separate open label 30 subject cosmetic safety study utilizing a cosmetic strength of metabolically inactive (heat-killed) AOB in subjects with itch associated with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis. The results of this study bolster the assessment of AOB as it relates to both safety and the positive results seen in the company's 547 patient Phase 2b study with live B244 material and the trailing effect, once that study was completed.
Key results from the separate Cosmetic study:
- No adverse events
- Reductions in itch were seen within the first hour of application
- Itch score improvements were observed in both adult and pediatric subjects throughout the study by VAS (0-10 scale) and Itch Man (0-4 scale), respectively. Mean adult itch scores improved from 6.98±1.78 at Baseline to 3.01±2.22 at Day 14 (57% reduction), and mean pediatric itch scores improved from 2.64±0.67 at Baseline to 0.82±0.75 at Day 14 (69% reduction)
- 57.9% of adult subjects showed a 4-point improvement in itch (Visual Analog Scale) at Day 14 (11-point scale)
- 81.8% of pediatric subjects showed a 2-point improvement in itch (Itch Man Scale) at Day 14 (5-point scale)
- The benefits for itch were sustained, with reductions from Baseline persisting after discontinuation of use – similar to results seen in the Phase 2b study.
- Subjects showed improvement in the appearance of eczema at Day 14 as compared to Baseline.
"These results show that AOB can still have real-world impact on the immune system even when AOB is neither consuming ammonia or no longer viable. This has huge implications for AOB's persistence on the skin, the effectiveness of our clinical products and the simplicity of incorporating AOB into patient's everyday routines." says President & CEO, Todd Krueger.
AOBiome is in the process of planning Phase 3 studies for B244, for which it aims to start recruiting patients in 2023.
AOBiome's B244 platform is a patented, proprietary, topical formulation. Once deployed, B244 produces nitric oxide, a signaling molecule known to regulate inflammation and vasodilation. B244 has been observed to be well-tolerated in clinical studies to date.
Additionally, recently published immunology data demonstrates that B244 can reduce the inflammatory and pruritic cytokines IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, and IL-31. See full article at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93299-1.
AOBiome Therapeutics, Inc. is a Cambridge, MA-based life sciences company focused on transforming human health by developing topical therapeutics for inflammatory conditions. AOBiome is advancing a pipeline of multiple, clinical-stage therapeutic candidates. Learn more at www.aobiome.com.
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Ahead of Fourth of July weekend, the sustainable collection gives a second life to plastic water bottles with four stylish new colors
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eyebuydirect, the leading online retailer for prescription eyewear, is launching new styles in its 5 TO SEE collection, a collection of eco-friendly eyewear made of upcycled plastic water bottles, as a part of its vision for a more sustainable world.
The 5 TO SEE collection helps consumers make a positive impact on the planet with each purchase and is now available in four new colors – pink, blue, green, and yellow – in the collection's best-selling shapes. To help keep plastic off the beaches and oceans, each frame is made of five recycled water bottles.
Plus, in partnership with 1% for the Planet, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Surfrider Foundation Los Angeles. This donation not only protects our oceans but also funds the fight for plastic reduction, beach access, coastal preservation and clean water.
It's easier than ever to prioritize sustainability without sacrificing style, and frames from the 5 TO SEE Collection are the perfect addition for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. Shoppers can get even more bang for their buck, as these styles will be included in Eyebuydirect's Buy 1 Get 1 event, allowing you to gift a pair or keep an extra pair for yourself for the price of one.
"The 5 TO SEE collection is an important sustainable offering that does good and looks good," said Jim Merk, Brand Director at Eyebuydirect. "We believe it is our responsibility to take steps toward a more sustainable future and that every step helps shape a brighter future while emphasizing individuality and self-expression, and that is exactly what this collection achieves."
The new collection, as well as Eyebuydirect's entire line of frames, including blue light filtering lenses, sunglasses and readers, can be shopped exclusively on Eyebuydirect.com. For additional information, please visit: https://www.eyebuydirect.com/.
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Eyebuydirect is the best place to buy eyewear online. Our goal is to make quality eye care accessible to everyone. Established in 2006, Eyebuydirect is reframing the eyewear game by making it easier to find quality eyeglasses and sunglasses. Offering over 3,000 affordable and stylish frames, Eyebuydirect owns the entire process: from frames design and craftsmanship to eyeglasses manufacturing. We offer convenient innovations such as, 2-day delivery and a Virtual Try-On feature allowing customers to find the perfect style of eyewear for their face shape. For every order placed, a pair of glasses is donated to the most underserved communities worldwide through our Buy 1 Give 1 program.
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ARE, Sweden (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin made a strong start in her pursuit of a record-tying 86th World Cup victory on Friday by taking a big lead in the first run of a giant slalom.
Shiffrin was more than half a second faster than her highest-ranked rivals with a smooth and fluent run in the sunshine at the lakeside resort in Are.
The second run is later Friday.
Clearly pleased with her skiing in the opening run, Shiffrin smiled and said “yeah” to herself after seeing her time in the finish area.
“It’s one of the few runs in my life where, while I was skiing it, I was thinking, ‘This is good,’” Shiffrin told Swedish broadcaster TV6.
The 27-year-old American can move even with Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark with a victory. Stenmark won a record 86 World Cup races in the 1970s and 80s.
“I’m trying to block it out of my mind actually,” Shiffrin said of the record, adding her target for the second run is “to bring it back to that gear and have another really good run.”
Valerie Grenier, whose first World Cup victory in January ended Shiffrin’s winning streak in giant slalom, was 0.58 seconds back in second. Franziska Gritsch was third fastest with 0.93 to make up in the afternoon run. All other racers trailed Shiffrin by more than a second.
Shiffrin can equal another record with a victory Friday. It would be her 20th career win in World Cup giant slaloms — six of them this season — matching the women’s mark held by Vreni Schneider.
Schneider got her wins between 1984 and 1992. The Swiss racer, like Shiffrin, also has Olympic and world championship gold medals in both giant slalom and slalom.
Shiffrin also will clinch the season-long World Cup giant slalom title with a top-three finish on Friday. Her closest challenger, Lara Gut-Behrami, failed to finish the first run.
Shiffrin already is sure to win the overall and slalom titles this season, and a giant slalom title would secure her 15th career crystal globe trophy.
Shiffrin won her first World Cup race in Are, a slalom in December 2012, and then earned two gold medals at the 2019 worlds at the Swedish resort. It was also where she was due to race again in March 2020 after the death of her father the previous month, but the races were called off because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“I’ve had a quite a few different experiences here,” Shiffrin said. “I have felt everything you can feel here so it’s special to be back.”
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Cancer-causing benzene will not be monitored at former PES refinery site in 2023
The company redeveloping the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery site in South Philadelphia plans to stop monitoring for benzene at the end of this year.
The cancer-causing chemical has been found at high levels at the property line even after the refinery shut down. Neighbors, advocates, and experts have called for the monitoring to continue.
“One way of showing good faith and that you care about the community is to keep monitoring to see if we’re safe,” said Shawmar Pitts, a managing director of the activist group Philly Thrive who has lived near the refinery all his life.
Benzene is found in things like car exhaust, tobacco smoke, and crude oil, which was processed at the PES refinery before it shut down following an explosion and fire in 2019.
The massive site is contaminated from more than a century of industrial use, and remediation has been going on for years. The refinery itself is now at least 88% demolished.
Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP), which bought the 1,000-acre former refinery in 2020 and plans to turn it into a logistics and life sciences hub branded the Bellwether District, continued to monitor for benzene at roughly 30 points along the property’s perimeter in line with the EPA’s Petroleum Refinery Sector Rule, posting results online. But because refinery operations stopped at the site in September 2021, according to HRP, and the site was officially reclassified through an updated operating permit issued this fall, HRP plans to stop monitoring at the end of 2022.
Average concentrations of benzene at the former refinery’s fenceline have fallen each year since 2019 to a fraction of what they were the year of the fire, according to HRP.
“Now that much of the decommissioning work has been completed and the demolition work is proceeding, we’re seeing those concentrations come down even lower,” said Julianna Connolly, HRP’s executive vice president for environmental remediation, at a public meeting in November.
But as recently as March 2022 — the most recent period the EPA published data for — the former PES refinery exceeded the EPA’s action level of 9 µg/m3 for a rolling annual measure the agency uses to approximate benzene emissions coming from refineries themselves rather than background levels in surrounding communities, by subtracting the lowest fenceline concentrations from the highest and averaging that difference over a year.
In May, an environmental watchdog nonprofit listed the shuttered PES site as one of the biggest polluters of benzene among refineries nationwide based on 2021 data.
“It’s hard for me to imagine how they justify no longer collecting the data that could show them when and whether they actually consistently get down to within safe levels,” said Gwen Ottinger, a professor in Drexel’s Department of Politics who recently led the creation of a website to make refinery benzene data accessible to members of the public and researchers. “Currently, they’re still getting some very high readings.”
An HRP spokesperson said current concentrations at the site are “consistent with concentrations typically detected in urban areas.”
Since the spring, average site-wide benzene levels have been close to, but still above ambient levels of benzene measured at four locations in Philadelphia by the city’s public health department, which each averaged below .7 µg/m3 in 2021. Between March and November 2022, benzene levels at the former refinery fenceline averaged around 1 µg/m3, but several individual fenceline monitors at the former refinery site detected spikes.
In October, a monitor on the southwestern edge of the site along the Schuylkill River picked up a benzene concentration of 11 µg/m3. The next month, a nearby monitor measured a concentration of more than 7 µg/m3.
“Prior to that, the numbers were below the EPA levels for some time, and then in October there was just a spike out of nowhere,” said Pitts, of Philly Thrive. “So it would be good if we could keep studying and keep monitoring to see what the tendencies are.”
Pitts said continued air quality monitoring as HRP redevelops the former refinery site should be a term of the community benefits agreement the company committed to negotiating with nearby community groups starting in 2023.
Asked what could be behind the spikes in benzene readings at the site’s perimeter, an HRP official told PlanPhilly in May they could be caused by external or mobile pollution sources, such as idling trucks.
“The benzene data do not indicate sustained elevated concentrations at the perimeter of the property during decommissioning and demolition activities, which began in mid-2020,” HRP’s Connolly said at the time.
New monitoring efforts could help fill the gap
Philadelphians will likely lose the biweekly data on benzene levels at the former PES refinery site’s fenceline, but several new sources of information could come online in 2023.
Researchers at Drexel University are partnering with Philly Thrive to set up a network of air monitors near the former refinery site that could start operating as soon as January.
The monitors will measure benzene, as well as pollutants like fine particulate matter and lead, said Sheila Tripathy, a senior research scientist at Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health working on the project.
Researchers plan to place the monitors at locations of “community concern,” Tripathy said, and are working with members of Thrive to determine where these will be.
“We’re focusing on Grays Ferry and Wilson Park, but we will also have sites upwind of the refinery and along Passyunk Avenue and other locations so that hopefully we can develop a clear understanding of what pollutant levels are at varying distances from the Hilco site, and then also in areas with high and low traffic,” Tripathy said.
Thrive members will also help determine how members of the public can access the data. The project aims to provide information on pollutant levels inside communities near the former refinery — something residents have called for during public meetings.
The project will not be a replacement for the fenceline monitoring HRP has done at the former refinery site, Tripathy said. It was planned before the company announced they would stop.
“Ideally having continued access to fenceline benzene data would allow us to compare concentrations both on the site and off the site,” Tripathy said.
The city also collects some data about benzene. Four of the 10 the stationary air quality monitors the city operates for the EPA measure the chemical. The one nearest the former refinery site is located at 24th Street and Ritner Street in South Philly.
New data will also be available in April from a different monitoring project nearby. Air Management Services (AMS) within the city’s Department of Public Health launched a “community-scale” monitoring project in March 2022 to measure the top seven air toxics in Philly, including benzene, in areas near the former refinery site, including South Philly, Eastwick, and Center City.
AMS is also working on deploying, purchasing or planning real-time monitors to measure benzene, among other pollutants, through various projects, including a mobile monitoring van that can be used in air quality emergencies or in ongoing areas of concern. It will launch for the first time in January, collecting data at four locations including one near the former refinery, said James Kyle, a spokesperson for AMS.
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50 most meaningful jobs in America
(Stacker) - Every job applicant is trying to find the sweet spot between two numbers: the salary they would need to take on a job they really didn’t like, and the lowest salary they could live on in order to take a job they truly loved. In a perfect world, one’s passion for a job would be matched by salary. But unfortunately, that’s not always how the job market works—ask anyone who has ever settled for a small paycheck in order to follow their dream.
Anthropologist David Graeber made headlines with a book on the “useless jobs that no one wants to talk about” (though the actual title was slightly more profane). In countries around the world, 30–40% of adults reported wondering why their jobs even existed, even though most are well-compensated for their time. Some blame the rise of technology and automation making it harder to find jobs that are high-paying, productive, and fulfilling (to say nothing of the jobs that are none of the above). Graeber argues in his book and elsewhere that people would be a lot happier if these jobs didn’t exist and if productive jobs (for example, teaching) were better paid.
Stacker considered two data metrics compiled by PayScale to find out which jobs are the most meaningful. In a 2013–2015 survey, PayScale asked more than 2 million workers if their job makes the world a better place, a metric that the company calls “job meaning.” Stacker compared this data to the national median salary to find the 50 most meaningful jobs in the country.
Read on to discover which jobs were rated the most meaningful and to decide if it might be time to consider a career change.
#50. Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
- Median pay: $44,100
- High meaning: 84%
- High satisfaction: 72%
Jobs in the education field appear several times on this list, starting with middle school teachers, who find playing a role in the development of young minds to be a particularly meaningful experience.
#49. Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
- Median pay: $47,100
- High meaning: 84%
- High satisfaction: 76%
Though high school teachers found their jobs just as meaningful as middle school teachers did, they had a higher rate of satisfaction. One reason behind this could be because their salaries were also slightly higher.
#48. Medical and health services managers
- Median pay: $70,800
- High meaning: 84%
- High satisfaction: 81%
The medical field also appears repeatedly on this list, indicating that medical professionals find a high level of meaning in their jobs overall. Medical and health services managers (also known as health care administrators or executives) take a lot of satisfaction from their jobs, possibly because they know they make a direct impact on others’ health.
#47. Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
- Median pay: $36,100
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 74%
Though substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors typically make less each year than people in some other professions on this list, they still find their work especially meaningful. Like health services managers, these counselors likely find helping people better their health to be very impactful.
#46. Recreation workers
- Median pay: $32,800
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 76%
Recreation workers design and lead activities at summer camps, parks, after-school programs and other social settings. While this job title does not tend to lead to a very high salary, the ability to help people become more active and social might be what led to a higher degree of satisfaction.
#45. Child, family, and school social workers
- Median pay: $33,700
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 65%
Social workers found a very high degree of meaning in their work. However, job satisfaction was a bit lower than other professions in this section of the list. It’s possible that the dramatic nature of this work could have something to do with those results: Although social workers can have an incredibly positive impact on families, they also often witness tragic circumstances.
#44. First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
- Median pay: $65,500
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 82%
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers have an extremely important job: coordinating the activities of firefighters and other emergency personnel. The significance of their day-to-day duties might have driven these workers to report finding their jobs so meaningful.
#43. Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
- Median pay: $37,100
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 74%
Like first-line supervisors, emergency dispatchers who answer emergency calls and send first responders out to emergencies found their jobs extremely meaningful—even though they are paid a much lower salary than the former.
#42. Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
- Median pay: $39,800
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 71%
Like other professionals in the health and fitness industries, fitness trainers and aerobics instructors find lots of meaning in their work. People who seek out these careers are often very dedicated to their own health and likely enjoy helping others become healthier.
#41. Veterinarians
- Median pay: $70,600
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 70%
Pursuing a career in veterinary medicine can feel very meaningful for any animal lover, as it gives them the priceless opportunity to heal cats, dogs, and other animals.
#40. Orthotists and prosthetists
- Median pay: $50,200
- High meaning: 85%
- High satisfaction: 79%
Orthotists and prosthetists design and fit patients for artificial limbs, braces, and other medical support devices. Professionals who chose this career path also found it very meaningful, likely because they relish the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
#39. Physical therapist aides
- Median pay: $24,100
- High meaning: 86%
- High satisfaction: 74%
Although they receive the lowest median pay of anyone on this list, physical therapist aides feel their jobs are extremely meaningful. This could be due to the gratification they feel after helping a patient recover.
#38. Military enlisted tactical operations and air/weapons specialists and crew members, all other
- Median pay: $38,400
- High meaning: 86%
- High satisfaction: 68%
Members of the military with this job title often work in data collection and intelligence gathering, which helps the military plan missions and defense. The importance of this work is likely what makes these specialists find such a high degree of meaning in the job.
#37. Marriage and family therapists
- Median pay: $47,900
- High meaning: 86%
- High satisfaction: 75%
The day-to-day work of marriage and family therapists is directly tied to their patients’ happiness. It can be rewarding to see a couple or family have a breakthrough after working with them for months or years.
#36. Optometrists
- Median pay: $102,000
- High meaning: 86%
- High satisfaction: 81%
Putting on glasses after living with poor vision is a revelation: The world suddenly looks sharper and brighter than one ever thought possible. Helping their patients achieve perfect vision is optometrists’ way of making the world a better place, one pair of glasses at a time.
#35. Dentists, general
- Median pay: $129,000
- High meaning: 86%
- High satisfaction: 82%
Dentists take a lot of satisfaction and meaning from their work—perhaps because a smile is one of the first things that is noticed about someone else. Dentists are also often their own boss, so they generally have control over their work lives.
#34. Physical therapist assistants
- Median pay: $50,800
- High meaning: 86%
- High satisfaction: 82%
Although this job is similar to physical therapist aides, physical therapist assistants also need an associates degree from an accredited program. The higher level of education required translates into a higher median pay, perhaps leading to higher overall job satisfaction.
#33. Occupational therapist assistants
- Median pay: $52,300
- High meaning: 86%
- High satisfaction: 81%
Occupational therapist assistants help their patients recover and build the skills needed for daily life and work—things like learning to climb the stairs again or finding ways to shower independently after a surgery. Because of their ability to help people in their day-to-day lives, occupational therapist assistants say their jobs are very meaningful.
#32. Recreational therapists
- Median pay: $30,900
- High meaning: 87%
- High satisfaction: 74%
Recreational therapists plan and coordinate treatment programs for people with injuries, illnesses, or disabilities. Their work can be lighthearted and fun—treatments often take the form of art projects, games, or outings—but it also has the potential to dramatically improve their patients’ lives.
#31. Funeral directors
- Median pay: $44,800
- High meaning: 87%
- High satisfaction: 68%
Funeral directors see their clients on one of the saddest days of their lives: They have just lost a loved one and have to navigate the often confusing process of planning a funeral. In that dark moment, funeral directors can provide some dignity, comfort and kindness.
#30. Health educators
- Median pay: $55,600
- High meaning: 87%
- High satisfaction: 75%
Health educators teach various communities about health and wellness; they cover everything from safe sex to proper nutrition. The effect that this work has on the wellbeing of others must make health educators feel their jobs are extremely important.
#29. Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
- Median pay: $40,800
- High meaning: 87%
- High satisfaction: 72%
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators manage machines used to treat water and wastewater. Though this might not seem like the most glamorous job, it is undeniably important to the health of society.
#28. Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
- Median pay: $91,200
- High meaning: 87%
- High satisfaction: 81%
This category includes all health practitioners not included in PayScale’s other categories, such as acupuncturists, naturopathic physicians, and orthoptists. Like dentists and doctors, professionals in this field likely find a high degree of meaning in their work because of the influence they have on their patients’ health.
#27. Audiologists
- Median pay: $69,500
- High meaning: 88%
- High satisfaction: 72%
Audiologists identify, diagnose, and treat hearing and auditory disorders. Similar to optometrists, audiologists have the power to restore their patients’ senses, opening up a whole new world of sounds.
#26. Firefighters
- Median pay: $43,100
- High meaning: 88%
- High satisfaction: 83%
There’s a reason why so many kids want to be firefighters when they grow up: This job has a huge effect on the safety of communities nationwide. Firefighters themselves also found a lot of meaning and satisfaction in their work.
#25. Music directors and composers
- Median pay: $46,500
- High meaning: 88%
- High satisfaction: 80%
Though conductors and composers don’t make an especially high median salary, they still find a very high degree of meaning in their work. People who choose this field often feel a deep, emotional connection to music and relish the chance to pursue their passion.
#24. Clinical, counseling and school psychologists
- Median pay: $60,800
- High meaning: 88%
- High satisfaction: 78%
These types of psychologists diagnose and treat learning disabilities, mental disorders, and cognitive, behavioral, and emotional problems. Whether they work in schools, outpatient care centers or other offices, psychologists know that their work can hugely benefit their patients.
#23. Pediatricians, general
- Median pay: $149,000
- High meaning: 88%
- High satisfaction: 89%
Pediatricians diagnose and treat children, something that many find extremely rewarding. People in this profession had a very high degree of meaning, high satisfaction, and a high median salary—the professional trifecta.
#22. Mental health counselors
- Median pay: $40,700
- High meaning: 89%
- High satisfaction: 70%
Mental health counselors use cognitive therapies to help their patients deal with difficult life events or manage mental disorders. Similar to psychologists and marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors likely find their job very meaningful due to the lasting effects their work can have.
#21. Physicians and surgeons, all other
- Median pay: $225,000
- High meaning: 89%
- High satisfaction: 80%
Like other professionals in the medical field, physicians and surgeons find their work very meaningful. They are also well compensated for their work, bringing in the second-highest median pay on this list.
#20. Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
- Median pay: $33,200
- High meaning: 90%
- High satisfaction: 81%
Education administrators at preschools or other child care centers work with preschool teachers to plan and coordinate activities for children. Though they don’t make a very high salary compared to some of the jobs on this list, these administrators still took a lot of satisfaction from the job.
#19. Physical therapists
- Median pay: $73,400
- High meaning: 90%
- High satisfaction: 79%
Since physical therapist assistants and aides also appear on this list, it’s no surprise to see licensed physical therapists rank higher. Physical therapists likely find great meaning in their ability to help patients recover after an illness, injury, or surgery.
#18. First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
- Median pay: $69,200
- High meaning: 90%
- High satisfaction: 85%
Supervisors of police and detectives have some extremely important responsibilities: It’s their job to coordinate shifts and directly oversee the actions of the police force. This line of work is one that has considerable weight in public safety.
#17. Medical appliance technicians
- Median pay: $37,900
- High meaning: 90%
- High satisfaction: 78%
Without the complex medical devices they need, doctors wouldn’t be nearly as effective at treating their patients. Medical appliance technicians know how essential their work is to patients’ treatment and recovery, which likely leads them to find their jobs so meaningful.
#16. Family and general practitioners
- Median pay: $165,000
- High meaning: 90%
- High satisfaction: 78%
Family and general practitioners treat everything from the common cold to chronic health conditions. Because they often see the same patients for many years, general practitioners and family doctors also forge strong personal connections with their patients.
#15. Counselors, all other
- Median pay: $34,000
- High meaning: 90%
- High satisfaction: 77%
This category includes counselors who weren’t listed by their specific area of focus. Although the median pay for these jobs is rather low, counselors still rated their job meaning very highly.
#14. Speech-language pathologists
- Median pay: $65,700
- High meaning: 90%
- High satisfaction: 79%
Speech-language pathologists (or SLPs) assess, diagnose, and treat disorders related to speech, language, swallowing, and communication in patients of all ages. Like other professionals in the medical field, SLPs have a significant influence on their patients’ day-to-day lives, perhaps leading them to rate their jobs so highly on meaning.
#13. Epidemiologists
- Median pay: $69,000
- High meaning: 91%
- High satisfaction: 77%
Since these public health experts investigate the causes of injury and disease, their work could not only improve the well-being of a few people, but society at large.
#12. Kindergarten teachers, except special education
- Median pay: $39,000
- High meaning: 91%
- High satisfaction: 81%
While being a kindergarten teacher is hard work, the good times involved make this a rewarding job for anyone who enjoys spending time with children.
#11. Occupational therapists
- Median pay: $64,400
- High meaning: 91%
- High satisfaction: 77%
Occupational therapists land much higher on this list than their assistants, likely because of the difference in pay and seniority. Still, the job’s direct impression on the lives of others remains the same.
#10. Rehabilitation counselors
- Median pay: $39,100
- High meaning: 91%
- High satisfaction: 74%
While the term “rehabilitation counselors” might bring up ideas of drug or alcohol rehab centers, these counselors don’t only work in those settings. Rehabilitation counselors often work in nursing homes, community centers, or other medical offices and help their patients overcome physical, mental, developmental, or emotional disabilities.
#9. Anesthesiologists
- Median pay: $273,000
- High meaning: 91%
- High satisfaction: 83%
Anesthesiologists play a crucial role in surgery: Without their expertise, physicians would not be able to safely put their patients under general anesthesia. Due to this incredibly important role in medical care, anesthesiologists feel their work is very meaningful.
#8. Psychiatrists
- Median pay: $197,000
- High meaning: 92%
- High satisfaction: 85%
These doctors focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of medical, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Though the illnesses psychiatrists treat can’t be seen with the naked eye, they play a huge role in patients’ lives.
#7. Chiropractors
- Median pay: $60,100
- High meaning: 92%
- High satisfaction: 70%
Anyone who has ever felt back pain knows how helpful chiropractors can be, as one simple adjustment can really mitigate the discomfort. These health care professionals found plenty of meaning in their work, perhaps because many sessions help their patients feel better right away.
#6. Radiation therapists
- Median pay: $70,200
- High meaning: 93%
- High satisfaction: 86%
Radiation therapists administer treatments to cancer patients in hospitals, doctors’ offices and outpatient treatment centers. The heartbreak involved in this work is outweighed by seeing patients recover after months of treatment.
#5. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
- Median pay: $76,700
- High meaning: 95%
- High satisfaction: 88%
Principals, superintendents, athletic directors, and school administrators all fall under this category. Education administrators at the elementary and secondary level ranked their jobs as much more meaningful job than teachers did.
#4. Directors, religious activities and education
- Median pay: $37,600
- High meaning: 96%
- High satisfaction: 84%
Religious activities and education directors plan and run religious programs for a particular denominational group. They might also serve as counselors and trusted advisors to their parishioners. For someone with a deep connection to their religion, it’s no surprise that this job would make someone feel as though they’re making the world a better place.
#3. Surgeons
- Median pay: $304,000
- High meaning: 96%
- High satisfaction: 83%
Surgeons not only receive the highest median pay of any job on this list, but they also ranked as the third most meaningful job. The opportunity to save lives in their job every day must be the thing that makes a career in surgery so rewarding.
#2. English language and literature teachers, postsecondary
- Median pay: $43,600
- High meaning: 96%
- High satisfaction: 74%
Teachers or professors who focus on the English language and literature at the college level also found their jobs incredibly meaningful. Forging intellectual connections with students makes these teachers’ work truly meaningful.
#1. Clergy
- Median pay: $46,600
- High meaning: 98%
- High satisfaction: 90%
The most meaningful job on this list doesn’t pay much and isn’t particularly glamorous. Nevertheless, deeply religious individuals who feel called to work as clergy members feel that their everyday work makes the world a better place, and that’s enough for them.
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NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil both homered and drove in two runs, leading Carlos Carrasco and the streaking New York Mets past the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Lindor became the first Mets shortstop with multiple 20-homer seasons when he opened the scoring with a two-run shot in the third. He has scored at least one run in 12 straight games, the longest streak of his career and tied with Mookie Betts for the longest in the majors this season.
McNeil led off the fourth with a homer and added an RBI single in the sixth, extending his hitting streak to 12 games.
Darin Ruf laced a two-run single in the seventh for the Mets, who have won 14 of 16. They began the day with a seven-game lead in the NL East over Atlanta.
Mike Minor (1-9) lost his sixth consecutive decision after allowing four runs on five hits with three walks in 5 1/3 innings.
NATIONALS 6, CUBS 5
CHICAGO — Joey Meneses hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, Keibert Ruiz went deep twice and Washington regrouped after blowing a three-run lead to snap a six-game losing streak.
The Nationals were rolling along with a 4-1 lead, thanks to Ruiz’s solo drive in the second and three-run shot in the fourth against Marcus Stroman. Chicago scored four in the seventh to go up 5-4, capped by RBI singles by newcomer Franmil Reyes and Nico Hoerner against Kyle Finnegan (3-2).
However, Meneses came through against Mark Leiter Jr. (2-5) in the eighth, after Maikel Franco singled with one out and Yadiel Hernandez struck out. He launched a drive to the left-field basket, putting Washington back on top, 6-5.
The Cubs had two on with two out in the bottom half when Carl Edwards Jr. came into the game and struck out Willson Contreras. He then worked the ninth for his first save.
ASTROS 7, RANGERS 5
HOUSTON — Aledmys Díaz hit a grand slam and Houston roughed up Texas’ Martín Pérez and rallied past the Rangers.
Pérez (9-3) tied a season high by allowing seven runs in five-plus innings to snap a nine-game winning streak, the longest active string in the majors and the best of his career. He had gone 19 straight starts without a loss, with his last one coming on April 17.
The Astros snapped a two-game skid playing without manager Dusty Baker who remained out after testing positive for COVID-19 Thursday. Bench coach Joe Espada is managing the AL West leaders until Baker returns.
Jose Urquidy (11-4) yielded five runs with a season-high three home runs in five innings but got his third straight win thanks to his offense. Ryan Pressly allowed a double to Bubba Thompson to start the Texas ninth before retiring the next three batters for his 22nd save.
ROYALS 4, WHITE SOX 2, first game; WHITE SOX 3, ROYALS 2, second game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lenyn Sosa hit his first major league home run and Yoan Moncada also connected as the Chicago White Sox, minus injured All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson, salvaged a split of the doubleheader.
Vinnie Pasquantino homered in both games for Kansas City, becoming the 13th different Royals player to accomplish the feat.
Anderson is expected to miss six weeks with a tear in the middle finger of his left hand. Anderson was injured on a check swing during his last at-bat on Saturday night at Texas. He will have surgery on Thursday in Chicago.
The 29-year-old Anderson is hitting .301 for the playoff-contending White Sox. He missed the opener while finishing up a two-game suspension for making contact with an umpire. He was put on the 10-day injured list between games of the twinbill.
Davis Martin (2-3) picked up the victory in the nightcap after being called up as the 27th man for the doubleheader. He allowed one run on three hits in 5 2/3 innings. Liam Hendriks earned his 23rd save in 26 opportunities.
Jonathan Heasley (1-7), who was called up as the 27th man for the Royals, allowed two solo home runs in 5 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
The Royals got a solid performance from Brady Singer (5-4) in the first game. He allowed one run in 7 1/3 innings.
Lance Lynn (2-5) allowed homers to Pratto and Pasquantino. Lynn gave up four runs on seven hits across six innings.
BRAVES 9, RED SOX 7, 11 INNINGS
BOSTON — Austin Riley had a go-ahead, two-run single in the 11th inning and Atlanta rallied to beat Boston.
Riley also hit his 30th home run of the season, a towering, two-run shot over the Green Monster, and an RBI triple to help Atlanta snap its first three-game losing streak of the year.
Jarren Duran, Christian Arroyo and Tommy Pham homered for the Red Sox, who have lost three straight and five of six.
With automatic runner Michael Harris II on second base in the 11th, Ronald Acuña Jr. singled and then stole second, setting up Riley’s hit.
Atlanta scored five of its seven runs with two outs.
Dylan Lee (3-0) got the win and Tyler Matzek struck out two in a scoreless 11th for his first save of the season. Braves starter Charlie Morton allowed five runs and six hits over six innings. He struck out seven and yielded all three Boston homers.
Boston lefty Rich Hill was pulled after giving up four runs and seven hits over four innings. Kaleb Ort (0-1), the sixth Red Sox reliever, allowed three runs over 1 2/3 innings.
GUARDIANS 5, TIGERS 2
DETROIT — Shane Bieber pitched seven dominant innings, Oscar Gonzalez drove in two runs and Cleveland Guardians got its third straight win.
Bieber (7-6) allowed just four singles and a walk while striking out eight. Amed Rosario had three hits, including two doubles, while scoring a run and driving in another.
Cleveland entered the night trailing first-place Minnesota by one game in the American League Central Division.
Tyler Alexander (2-6) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings for Detroit. The Tigers barely avoid getting shut out for the second straight game, as Eric Haase drew a two-out, bases loaded walk against Eli Morgan in the ninth. They added another run on a wild pitch by Emmanuel Clase.
Clase then recorded his 25th save by getting Akil Baddoo to ground out.
ORIOLES 6, BLUE JAYS 5
BALTIMORE — Rougned Odor hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, and Baltimore rallied past Toronto.
The Orioles trailed 5-3 in the sixth when the game was delayed 78 minutes because of rain. Then Baltimore cut the lead in half on Ryan Mountcastle’s RBI double in the seventh. Odor connected off Yimi Garcia (1-4) to give the Orioles the lead an inning later.
Nick Vespi (4-0) struck out his only two hitters in the eighth, preventing the Blue Jays from adding to what was then a one-run lead. Félix Bautista pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
Santiago Espinal hit an infield single off Bautista with one out and went to second on a throwing error by Odor, the second baseman. After Lourdes Gurriel Jr. struck out, Bautista retired Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a lineout to second.
Bo Bichette hit two home runs for Toronto, including a three-run shot in the sixth. Guerrero extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a sixth-inning single.
BREWERS 5, RAYS 3
MILWAUKEE — Andrew McCutchen and Kolten Wong each drove in two runs and Milwaukee won for the second time in eight games.
The Brewers are 2-5 since trading four-time All-Star closer Josh Hader to San Diego last week, and have fallen out of first place in the NL Central.
Yandy Díaz hit a two-run homer for the Rays. Brewers center fielder Tyrone Taylor made a leaping catch to rob Tampa Bay’s David Peralta of a homer in the second inning.
Milwaukee’s Freddy Peralta (4-2) struck out four while allowing two runs, two hits and no walks over five innings in his second start since coming off the injured list.
Matt Bush struck out two and retired the side in order in the ninth to earn his second save of the season.
Reliever Ryan Yarbrough (0-7) took over for opener Jimmy Yacabonis to start the second inning and took the loss.
PHILLIES 4, MARLINS 1
PHILADELPHIA — J.T. Realmuto homered, doubled and drove in two runs, Zack Wheeler allowed one run in six sharp innings and Philadelphia won its sixth straight.
Jean Segura also went deep for the Phillies, who have won 11 of 12 while improving to 40-19 since June 1. Philadelphia started the day in second place in the NL wild-card standings.
JJ Bleday homered for the Marlins, who have lost eight of 10.
The game was delayed 32 minutes at the start by rain and again for 28 minutes with one out in the bottom of the seventh.
Wheeler (11-5) struck out eight and gave up five hits to lower his ERA to 2.63. Seranthony Dominguez pitched a scoreless ninth for his seventh save.
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US mother, daughter, reported kidnapped in Haiti, people warned not to travel there
(AP) - A woman from New Hampshire who works for a nonprofit organization in Haiti and her young daughter have been reported as kidnapped as the U.S. State Department issued a “do not travel advisory” in the country and ordered nonemergency personnel to leave there amid growing security concerns.
Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped on Thursday, the organization said in a statement Saturday. El Roi, which runs a school and ministry in Port au Prince, said the two were taken from campus. Dorsainvil is the wife of the program’s director, Sandro Dorsainvil.
“Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family,” El Roi president and co-founder Jason Brown said in the statement. “Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus.”
A State Department spokesperson said in a statement Saturday it is “aware of reports of the kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Haiti,” adding, “We are in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will continue to work with them and our U.S. government interagency partners.”
In its advisory Thursday, the department said that “kidnapping is widespread, and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.”
It said kidnappings often involve ransom negotiations and U.S. citizen victims have been physically harmed.
Earlier this month, the National Human Rights Defense Network issued a report warning about an upsurge in killings and kidnappings and the U.N. Security Council met to discuss Haiti’s worsening situation.
WMUR-TV reported that Dorsainvil is from Middleton, New Hampshire, and went to Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, which has a program to support nursing education in Haiti.
“It doesn’t surprise me that Alex chose to get involved in this type of service work,” Regis College president Toni Hays told the station. “She was amazing. She was passionate, she was compassionate.”
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“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The family-friendly Universal release dropped a slim 41% from its record-making opening weekend.
With $94 million from international showings, “Mario’s” global total now stands at a staggering $678 million, surpassing “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” to become biggest film of 2023 in just two weekends.
“There are not enough adjectives to describe the enormity of this box office performance,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comsore.
For most blockbusters, second weekends are usually down by about 60%, making “Mario’s” 41% drop especially noteworthy. According to Comscore, only a handful of films that opened over $100 million have had less of a fall, including “Shrek 2,” “Frozen 2,” 2002’s “Spider-Man,” “The Force Awakens” and 2016’s “The Jungle Book.”
“To the casual observer that may not seem like a big deal, but that is an important metric,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s the greatest indicator of audience love for the movie.”
“Mario” faced little major competition this weekend even with a slew of new national releases including “ Renfield,” “The Pope’s Exorcist,” “ Mafia Mamma ” and the animated “ Suzume.” It still has two weekends before “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” flies into theaters to jumpstart the summer moviegoing season.
Sony and Screen Gem’s R-rated “The Pope’s Exorcist” starring Russell Crowe as the late Father Gabriele Amorth — the chief exorcist of the Diocese of Rome from 1986 to his death at 91 in 2016 — fared the best. It made an estimated $9.2 million from 3,178 locations.
Third place went to “John Wick: Chapter 4” in its fourth weekend with $7.9 million. The Lionsgate action pic has now made over $160.1 million domestically.
Universal’s “Renfield,” the supernatural thriller starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as the title character, opened in fourth place with $7.8 million.
Some wondered if opening “Renfield” and “The Pope’s Exorcist” the same weekend — both R-rated and of similar genres — hurt the films. But Dergarabedian said that while audiences may have been similar, “these films play for more than just one weekend.”
Ben Affleck’s Air Jordan origin story “Air” rounded out the top five, with $7.7 million in its second weekend to bring its total domestic earnings to $33.3 million.
Makoto Shinkai’s PG-rated anime “Suzume,” released domestically by Sony with both dubbed and subtitled versions available, opened in 2,170 theaters and grossed an estimated $5 million in ticket sales.
A24 also debuted its new Ari Aster R-rated mind-bender “Beau is Afraid,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles where it made $320,396 over the weekend, boasting many sold out showings. The 3-hour odyssey from the director of horror favorites “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” expands nationwide on Friday.
“Beau’s” nearly $81,000 per-screen average is as remarkable as the slim “Mario” drop, Dergarabedian said, and is playing out in a marketplace with options for every kind of moviegoer.
“It’s one of the most diverse lineups of films I’ve seen on the marquee in years rivaling a streaming service in terms of the depth and breadth of content,” Dergarabedian said.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” $87 million.
2. “The Pope’s Exorcist,” $9.2 million.
3. “John Wick: Chapter 4,” $7.9 million.
4. “Renfield,” $7.8 million.
5. “Air,” $7.7 million.
6. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” $7.4 million.
7. “Suzume,” $5 million.
8. “Mafia Mamma,” $2 million.
9. “Scream VI,” $1.5 million.
10. “Nefarious,” $1.3 million.
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ATLANTA (AP) _ WestRock Co. (WRK) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $39.9 million.
On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had net income of 15 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.17 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.01 per share.
The paper and packaging company posted revenue of $5.38 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $5.08 billion.
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