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Suns vs. Clippers Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NBA Playoffs Game 1
Published: Apr. 16, 2023 at 2:54 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Los Angeles Clippers are 7.5-point underdogs heading into Game 1 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on Sunday, starting at 8:00 PM ET on TNT, BSSC, and BSAZ.
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Suns vs. Clippers Game Info & Odds
- Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT, BSSC, and BSAZ
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Venue: Footprint Center
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Suns vs. Clippers Score Prediction
- Prediction: Suns 116 - Clippers 110
Spread & Total Prediction for Suns vs. Clippers
- Pick ATS: Clippers (+ 7.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (225.5)
- The Clippers (40-42-0 ATS) have covered the spread 50% of the time, 1.2% less often than the Suns (41-38-3) this year.
- As a 7.5-point underdog or more in 2022-23, Los Angeles is 1-4 against the spread compared to the 9-8-1 ATS record Phoenix puts up as a 7.5-point favorite.
- Los Angeles and its opponents have combined to go over the total in 48.8% of its games this season (40 of 82), the same percentage as Phoenix and its opponents (40 of 82).
- As a moneyline favorite this season, the Suns are 36-14, while the Clippers are 9-21 as moneyline underdogs.
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Suns Performance Insights
- Phoenix is 17th in the NBA with 113.6 points per game so far this season. At the other end of the court, it ranks sixth with 111.6 points allowed per contest.
- With 27.3 dimes per game, the Suns rank third-best in the league in the category.
- This season, the Suns are draining 12.2 three-pointers per game (13th-ranked in NBA) and are shooting 37.4% (seventh-ranked) from three-point land.
- When it comes to shot breakdown, Phoenix has taken 63.8% two-pointers (accounting for 71% of the team's baskets) and 36.2% from beyond the arc (29%).
Clippers Performance Insights
- At 113.6 points scored per game and 113.1 points conceded, Los Angeles is 17th in the league on offense and 12th on defense.
- This season the Clippers are ranked 23rd in the NBA in assists at 23.9 per game.
- In 2022-23 the Clippers are 10th in the NBA in 3-point makes (12.7 per game) and third-best in 3-point percentage (38.1%).
- In 2022-23, Los Angeles has taken 38.8% percent of its shots from behind the 3-point line, and 61.2% percent from inside it. In terms of makes, 30.9% of Los Angeles' baskets have been 3-pointers, and 69.1% have been 2-pointers.
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VERONA, Italy (AP) — Early season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend. But beyond the wooden market stalls, the Italian city still has not decked out its granite-clad pedestrian streets with twinkling holiday lights as officials debate how bright to make the season during an energy crisis.
In cities across Europe, officials are wrestling with a choice as energy prices have gone up because of Russia's war in Ukraine: Dim Christmas lighting to send a message of energy conservation and solidarity with citizens squeezed by higher utility bills and inflation, while protecting public coffers. Or let the lights blaze in a message of defiance after two years of pandemic-suppressed Christmas seasons, illuminating cities with holiday cheer that retailers hope will loosen people's purse strings.
“If they take away the lights, they might as well turn off Christmas,” said Estrella Puerto, who sells traditional Spanish mantillas, or women’s veils, in a small store in Granada, Spain, and says Christmas decorations draw business.
Fewer lights are sparkling from the centerpiece tree at the famed Strasbourg Christmas market, which attracts 2 million people every year, as the French city seeks to reduce public energy consumption by 10% this year.
From Paris to London, city officials are limiting hours of holiday illumination, and many have switched to more energy-efficient LED lights or renewable energy sources. London’s Oxford Street shopping district hopes to cut energy consumption by two-thirds by limiting the illumination of its lights to 3-11 p.m. and installing LED bulbs.
“Ecologically speaking, it’s the only real solution,’’ said Paris resident Marie Breguet, 26, as she strolled the Champs-Elysees, which is being lit up only until 11:45 p.m., instead of 2 a.m. as in Christmases past. “The war and energy squeeze is a reality. No one will be hurt with a little less of the illuminations this year.”
It’s lights out along Budapest’s Andrassy Avenue, often referred to as Hungary’s Champs-Elysees, which officials decided would not be bathed in more than 2 kilometers (1.5 miles) of white lights as in years past. Lighting also is being cut back on city landmarks, including bridges over the Danube River.
“Saving on decorative lighting is about the fact that we are living in times when we need every drop of energy,’’ said Budapest’s deputy mayor, Ambrus Kiss.
He doesn’t think economizing on lighting will dissuade tourists from coming to the city, which holds two Christmas markets that attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
“I think it’s an overblown debate," he said.
Festive lights, composed of LEDs this year, also will be dimmed from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. in the old city center of Brasov in central Romania and switched off elsewhere, officials said.
The crisis, largely spurred by Russia cutting off most natural gas to Europe, is sparking innovation. In the Italian mountain town of Borno, in Lombardy, cyclists on stationary bikes will provide power to the town’s Christmas tree by fueling batteries with kinetic energy. Anyone can hop on, and the faster they pedal, the brighter the lights. No holiday lighting will be put up elsewhere in town to raise awareness about energy conservation, officials said.
In Italy, many cities traditionally light Christmas trees in public squares on Dec. 8, the Immaculate Conception holiday, still allowing time to come up with plans for festive street displays. Officials in the northern city of Verona are discussing limiting lighting to just a few key shopping streets and using the savings to help needy families.
“In Verona, the atmosphere is there anyway,’’ said Giancarlo Peschiera, whose shop selling fur coats overlooks Verona’s Piazza Bra, where officials on Saturday lit a huge shooting star arching from the Roman-era Arena amphitheater into the square.
The city also will put up a Christmas tree in the main piazza and a holiday cake maker has erected light-festooned trees in three other spots.
“We can do without the lights. There are the Christmas stalls, and shop windows are decked for the holidays,” Peschiera said.
After two Christmases under COVID-19 restrictions, some are calling “bah humbug" on conservation efforts.
“It’s not Christmas all year round,’’ said Parisian Alice Betout, 39. “Why can’t we just enjoy the festive season as normal, and do the (energy) savings the rest of the year?”
The holiday will shine brightly in Germany, where the year-end season is a major boost to retailers and restaurants. Emergency cutbacks announced this fall specifically exempted religious lighting, “in particular Christmas,’’ even as environmental activists called for restraint.
“Many yards look like something out of an American Christmas film,’’ grumbled Environmental Action Germany.
In Spain, the northwestern port city of Vigo is not letting the energy crisis get in the way of its tradition of staging the country's most extravagant Christmas light display. Ahead of other cities, Vigo switched on the light show Nov. 19 in what has become a significant tourist attraction.
Despite the central government urging cities to reduce illuminations, this year's installation is made up of 11 million LED lights across more than 400 streets — 30 more than last year and far more than any other Spanish city. In a small contribution to energy savings, they will remain on for one hour less each day.
The lights are Mayor Abel Caballero's pet project. “If we didn’t celebrate Christmas, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin would win,” he said.
Caballero says the economic return is vital, both for commerce and for businesses in Vigo. Hotels in the city and the surrounding area were completely full for the launch of the lighting and are expected to be close to 100% every week.
Germany’s Christmas markets have crunched numbers that could make any lighting Grinch’s heart grow at least three sizes.
The market exhibitor’s association said a family Christmas market visit consumes less energy than staying home. A family of four spending an hour to cook dinner on an electric stove, streaming a two-hour film, running a video console and lighting the kids’ rooms would use 0.711 kilowatt-hour per person vs. 0.1 to 0.2 kilowatt-hour per person to stroll a Christmas market.
“If people stay at home, they don’t sit in the corner in the dark,’’ said Frank Hakelberg, managing director of the German Showmen’s Association. “The couch potatoes use more energy than when they are out at a Christmas market.”
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Associated Press reporters Thomas Adamson in Paris; David McHugh in Frankfurt, Germany; Ciaran Gilles in Madrid; Justin Spike in Budapest; Giovanna Dell’Orto in Granada, Spain; Courtney Bonnell in London; and Stephen McGrath in Brasov, Romania, contributed. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/sober-or-bright-europe-faces-holidays-during-energy-crunch | 2022-11-26 21:29:44 | 1 | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/sober-or-bright-europe-faces-holidays-during-energy-crunch |
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group said Friday.
Human Rights Watch called in its report for donor countries to cut off funding to Palestinian security forces that commit such crimes and urged the International Criminal Court to investigate.
The report alleged that Palestinian security forces “use solitary confinement and beatings, including whipping their feet, and force detainees into painful stress positions for prolonged periods, including hoisting their arms behind their backs with cables or rope, to punish and intimidate critics and opponents and elicit confessions.”
HRW's report comes a year after the death of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, whose family says he died after security forces stormed his residence in the middle of the night and beat him with metal batons. His death sparked weeks of protests against the PA, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Palestinian security forces violently dispersed some of those protests..
Amnesty International said last week that the Palestinian Authority has failed to hold its security forces accountable for the death. Palestinian authorities arrested 14 officers last summer and are trying them in a military court, but have taken no action against top commanders.
“More than a year after beating to death Nizar Banat, the Palestinian Authority continues to arrest and torture critics and opponents,” said Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch.
“Systematic abuse by the PA and Hamas forms a critical part of the repression of the Palestinian people."
The group listed Palestinians who it said had been arbitrarily arrested in the aftermath of Banat's death.
HRW said security forces are not held to account for the alleged torture and that given their systematic nature over many years, the practice could amount to crimes against humanity.
Palestine is part of the Convention Against Torture, which requires members to work to prevent torture.
The report also describes Israeli mistreatment and torture of Palestinian detainees in the West Bank, saying that no indictments have been issued against Israeli security forces despite hundreds of complaints made over the last 20 years.
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WASHINGTON, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that calls to increase already record levels of immigration would only add to existing economic woes like decreased labor force participation and growing income disparities, while doing nothing to curb soaring inflation.
Proposals currently being pushed by business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and far-left mass immigration advocates would further harm American workers struggling to cope with 40-year high inflation. The study reveals that an even greater influx of new immigrants would drive down their wages even as prices continue to rise across the board.
"The so-called labor shortage is largely the product of poor policymaking by the White House – from massive economic shut-downs triggered by COVID to reckless spending," said Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "The same folks who created these ruinous policies and made poor decisions now propose to solve non-existent or unrelated problems with even more ruinous immigration policies."
With a focus on the period between the height of COVID and March 2022, Mass Immigration Won't Stimulate Post-COVID Recovery: Debunking America-Last Economic Myths finds that:
- Labor force participation rates have been steadily increasing since bottoming out in April 2020, and are likely to continue rising. The U-6 unemployment rate (workers who are unemployed, underemployed, or discouraged from even seeking jobs) stood at 6.9 percent at the end of the examined period and remains stagnant, dropping slightly to 6.7 percent last month. When combined with those who left the labor force due to COVID but haven't yet rejoined it, there are around 14 million available American workers to fill some 11 million job vacancies.
- An end to massive government stimulus programs (a key cause of inflation) means that more sidelined American workers are seeking to return to the labor market.
- An even greater infusion of immigrant workers would not lower inflation. It would merely inflict more economic pain on middle- and lower-income Americans as the law of supply and demand drives down wages that are already inadequate to keep up with rising costs.
"If mass immigration were a panacea for inflation and spot shortages in the labor market, these problems would have already solved themselves. Between September 2020 and March 2022, the foreign-born population of the U.S. has grown by 2.5 million and now totals some 49 million, largely due to disastrous open borders policies of the Biden administration," noted Stein.
"There is more than an ample supply of labor in this country. What is lacking? Sound policymaking to properly tame inflation while encouraging idled American workers to fill available jobs. As is typical of the Biden administration and a cheap labor lobby with access to lawmakers in both parties, their proposal is to compound these problems by putting already failed immigration policies on steroids," concluded Stein.
The full report, Mass Immigration Won't Stimulate Post-COVID Recovery: Debunking America-Last Economic Myths, can be found here.
Contact: Ron Kovach, 202-328-7004 or rkovach@fairus.org
ABOUT FAIR
Founded in 1979, FAIR is the country's largest immigration reform group. With over 3 million members and supporters nationwide, FAIR fights for immigration policies that serve national interests, not special interests. FAIR believes that immigration reform must enhance national security, improve the economy, protect jobs, preserve our environment, and establish a rule of law that is recognized and enforced.
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EPA agrees to make Pennsylvania cut Chesapeake Bay pollution
Apr 20, 2023, 2:11 PM
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Pennsylvania must minimize its outsized role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay, according to a proposed settlement agreement announced Thursday that would subject the state to increased oversight from federal environmental officials.
The agreement comes after other jurisdictions in the bay’s watershed — Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia — filed a lawsuit in 2020 arguing Pennsylvania wasn’t pulling its weight in their collective effort to reach a 2025 pollution reduction goal. The states were looking to reduce harmful nutrient and sediment runoff that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake.
Environmental groups also filed a similar lawsuit around the same time, and the two were combined. Thursday’s agreement between the plaintiffs and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would resolve both.
“The bay is a national treasure and a vital part of Maryland’s identity,” Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said on a call with reporters Thursday afternoon. “Marylanders deserve a clean, healthy bay … but we can only get so far without the commitment and the effort of all jurisdictions within the bay’s watershed.”
The nation’s largest estuary has been gradually rebounding under a federal cleanup program launched in 1983 that put an end to unbridled pollution, but more recent efforts have been lagging.
In Pennsylvania, the Susquehanna River cuts through the state’s farmland, picking up polluted runoff before pouring into the Chesapeake in Maryland — producing about half of its fresh water supply.
The 2020 litigation arose from an earlier settlement agreement that required the watershed states to each implement a pollution reduction plan by 2025. Pennsylvania largely did not follow through, and federal environmental officials have failed to adequately intervene, according to the lawsuits.
The so-called “pollution diet” sets limits in the Chesapeake for nitrogen and phosphorous, as well as sediment. The nutrient pollution often comes from agricultural fertilizer and livestock waste. It stimulates excessive algae growth that can create low-oxygen dead zones where aquatic animals and plants are unable to survive — bad news for Maryland’s crab industry, oyster harvests and more.
Robert T. Brown, president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association, said the upcoming fish spawning season provides an annual reminder of the myriad values of clean water.
“This is a major victory for the Chesapeake Bay,” he said of the proposed settlement.
The agreement, which will undergo a 30-day public comment period before taking effect, provides a mechanism for holding EPA officials accountable if they fail to enforce pollution requirements. It also lays out specific oversight actions — including an annual report examining Pennsylvania’s progress that will be published online — and calls for additional grant funding opportunities to help Pennsylvania make necessary changes. The state has more farmland than others in the watershed, a source of pollution that has proven difficult to address.
Federal officials also agreed to exercise more oversight of other pollution sources in Pennsylvania, such as factories, concentrated livestock operations and sewage treatment plants. That includes identifying and regulating them through an existing EPA permitting process.
However, the agreement avoids asserting a broader definition of the EPA’s oversight role under the Clean Water Act, saying the parties disagree on whether it’s “mandatory or discretionary.”
Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday afternoon.
New York was also a named defendant in the initial litigation, but later dropped from the lawsuit after it adequately amended its pollution reduction plans.
While the litigation was ongoing, Pennsylvania officials took steps to improve their implementation of a pollution reduction plan and obtain adequate funding. Last year, state lawmakers approved $154 million in pandemic-relief funding for a program that would help farmers implement more sustainable practices and prevent nutrients from entering the watershed.
Environmental groups have credited the Biden administration for signing onto the proposed settlement agreement, saying the decision demonstrates a commitment to curbing pollution that was missing under former President Donald Trump.
Despite the optimism, however, the 2025 pollution targets probably won’t be achieved, said Hilary Harp Falk, president of the nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
The Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint, a plan established in 2010 to reduce pollution, has already faced significant challenges and slow progress. In a report earlier this year monitoring the bay’s health, the foundation said polluted runoff was increasing amid inconsistent enforcement from government agencies, new development and climate change, which is causing stronger rainstorms that produce more polluted runoff.
“While 2025 will be yet another missed deadline, the Blueprint’s goal remains achievable and should remain our north star,” Falk said in a statement Thursday. “Together, we must build on lessons learned and accelerate progress toward a new deadline measured in years — not decades.”
EPA officials said they were unable to comment on the proposed settlement agreement during the 30-day public comment period.
“The agreement is just one part of EPA’s broader strategy to work with the Bay States and other stakeholders … to restore the Chesapeake Bay,” the agency said in a statement. | https://mynorthwest.com/3879195/epa-agrees-to-make-pennsylvania-cut-chesapeake-bay-pollution/ | 2023-04-20 23:44:28 | 1 | https://mynorthwest.com/3879195/epa-agrees-to-make-pennsylvania-cut-chesapeake-bay-pollution/ |
TikTok is the second-most-popular social media site among teenagers in the US. It not only offers kids an endless stream of entertaining videos, TikTok also connects people with their friends and family and with people who have similar interests. And it gives folks the chance to go viral with one of their own creations. But there's also a dark side of TikTok.
Many kids and teens who have their videos go viral are subjected to harassment, ridicule and bullying. There's also the worry of violent and obscene videos coming up in their timelines. Not to mention anonymous users sending inappropriate messages.
If you have kids on TikTok, or even use the service yourself, it's important to become familiar with the features and settings TikTok offers to keep you safer while you're online. Here are 11 settings that can help protect you from unwanted followers, harmful comments and violent videos on TikTok.
See everyone who views your TikTok profile
If you have a public account and you're over 16 years old, anyone on TikTok can access your profile and watch your videos. (Accounts for people under 16 are automatically set to private.)
For many users, widespread exposure is the attraction of TikTok. It's a chance for your content to be seen around the world. But you may not want everyone, like bullies or even some family members, to be able to view your TikTok account.
Luckily, it's easy to find everyone who has looked at your profile.
- On TikTok, go to Profile and tap on the three-dash menu in the top right.
- Tap Settings and privacy and go into Privacy.
- Hit Profile views and toggle on Profile view history.
You'll now be able to see everyone who's viewed your profile in the last 30 days. If you find someone that you don't want to have access to your profile and videos, you can then block them.
Block accounts on TikTok so they can't see your profile
If you want to stop a certain account from being able to see your profile, you can block them -- whether they're harassing or stalking you, or for any reason you like.
- First, find the account you want to block and go to their profile.
- Next, tap on the three-dot icon in the top right.
- Finally, hit the Block button in the small menu that appears and then hit Block again when prompted.
Not only will a blocked account be unable to view your profile, they also can't send you messages or even find your profile by searching for it. However, if your video is in a duet or you're on a livestream with multiple hosts, it's possible that a blocked account may be able to see those videos.
Set your TikTok account to private to control who can see it
The easiest way to maintain your privacy on TikTok is to make your account private, meaning only people you actively allow can view your profile and videos. To make your account private:
- Go to Profile in the nav bar at the bottom of the page.
- Tap the three-dash menu in the top right.
- Hit Settings and privacy > Privacy
- Toggle Private account to On
After changing to a private account, only users that you approve can follow your account and watch your videos, but existing followers are allowed to continue following you. If that's a problem, you'll need to individually block any followers that you don't want seeing your videos.
Stop people from downloading your TikTok videos
By default, anyone who stumbles across your video on TikTok can download it using the site's built-in video download feature. If you don't feel comfortable with other people having your videos saved on their devices, you can disable that feature.
- Go to Profile > three-dash menu > Settings and privacy
- Tap Downloads underneath the Interactions heading
- Toggle Video downloads to Off
Unfortunately, there are other ways that people can download your videos, such as screen recording, third-party apps and shortcuts, but this setting will prevent one of the most popular (and easiest) ways of downloading videos from TikTok.
Report problematic accounts, videos or comments on TikTok
Blocking an account may not always be enough. If an account is pretending to be someone else or harassing people in general, you might be able to report the offending actions and have the account restricted or permanently banned. Not only can you report individual accounts, but also specific videos, comments and direct messages.
To report hateful, violent or other prohibited content on TikTok:
- Account: Go to the account profile of the offending party, tap the three-dot icon in the top right, hit Report and follow the instructions.
- Video: Long press on the video, tap Report and follow the instructions.
- Live: Long press on the live video, tap Report and follow the instructions.
- Comment: Long press on the comment, tap Report and follow the instructions.
- Direct Message: Long press on the message or messages, tap Report and follow the instructions.
You can report something for a variety of reasons, including minor safety, disordered eating, self-harm, adult nudity, bullying, harassment, spam, harmful misinformation, illegal activities, violent content and more.
Stop TikTok from recommending your account to other people
If you want your account to stay low-key and away from too many people's eyes, you can stop your account from being suggested to other people that might have your contact information on their phone or have mutual friends with you. To stop your account from being recommended by TikTok:
- Go to Profile > three-dash menu > Settings and privacy > Privacy
- Tap Suggest your account to others
- Toggle off all the options
Your TikTok account is normally suggested to several groups, including your contacts, Facebook friends, people with mutual connections and people who open or send links to you (including links to content on TikTok that are shared outside of TikTok). Disable all of the settings to stop your account from being suggested at all, which will make it harder to find.
Keep your TikTok comment section safe and healthy
Comments on any social media service can quickly turn hostile, and TikTok is no exception. Fortunately there are several features buried in your TikTok settings to help you moderate your comments and eliminate spam and hateful comments.
To find your comment settings, go to Profile > three-dash menu > Settings and privacy > Privacy > Comments. Consider adjusting the following settings:
- Who can comment on your videos and Stories: Choose between all of your Followers, Followers that you also follow or No one.
- Comment filters: You can choose to filter all comments, only spam and offensive comments or comments with certain keywords. All filtered comments will be hidden until you individually approve them.
- Comment management: Here is where you can review your filtered comments, choosing Approve or Delete to decide which comments will appear beneath your videos.
Restrict who can tag and mention you on TikTok
As long as someone knows your TikTok username, they can tag you in other videos or mention you in comments. If someone is tagging you in videos you don't want to see or mentioning you in comments as a way of targeted harassment, there is a way to prevent unwanted tagging.
First, you'll need to find the mentions and tags settings. Go to Profile > three-dash menu > Settings and privacy > Privacy > Mentions and tags, and configure these settings:
- Who can tag you: Choose between Everyone, People you follow, People that follow you back or No one.
- Who can mention you: Again, choose between Everyone, People you follow, People that follow you back or No one.
An in-box notification setting can also send you a notification anytime someone you follow likes or comments on videos you're mentioned in, but that doesn't really affect your privacy on TikTok.
Stop direct messages from strangers and stalkers on TikTok
While most content on TikTok is out there for the world to see, direct messages aren't so clear and visible. Many people use DMs to harass, bully and spam other people. However, there is a way to help prevent that from happening to you.
Go to Profile > three-dash menu > Settings and privacy > Privacy > Direct messages, and change these settings:
- Who can send you direct messages: Choose between Followers that follow you back, People you sent messages to or No one.
- Message preference: If you toggle Filtered requests on, messages from people that TikTok suspects as being malicious or spammy will appear in your filtered requests until you reply to them.
Restrict who can Duet or Stitch your TikTok videos
On TikTok, you can react to other videos by either inserting yourself into their videos or using their videos in your own. The Duet feature lets you create a reaction split-screen video, combining half of your video with half of someone's else's video to create a single reaction video. With the Stitch feature, your video and someone else's video are integrated into each other -- you can edit a portion of their video into yours.
If you're not a fan of these features or don't want other users putting your videos into theirs, you can disable them so that no one can Duet or Stitch your video. To do this, go to Profile > three-dash menu > Settings and privacy > Privacy and then:
- Duet: Choose between Followers, Followers that follow back or No one.
- Stitch: Choose between Followers, Followers that follow back or No one.
If your account is set to private, no one but you can create a Duet or Stitch with your videos.
Prevent others from viewing your following list and liked videos
You might post videos on TikTok for everyone to see, but that doesn't necessarily mean you want everyone to be able to see who you're following or which videos you like. Who you follow and what you like can give others more information than you might want to share, but you can easily set TikTok so that no one but you can see your follower list and liked videos.
To stop others from viewing your following list or liked videos, go go to Profile > three-dash menu > Settings and privacy > Privacy and then:
- Following list: Choose between Followers or Only me.
- Liked videos: Choose between Followers or Only me.
If you select the "only me" option for the following list, other users will still be able to see your mutual friends.
For more about TikTok and privacy, learn how the company is protecting young users from inappropriate videos and why some US regulators are worried about TikTok sharing private user data with China. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/is-tiktok-safe-for-kids-change-these-11-privacy-settings-right-now/ | 2023-03-09 01:40:57 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/is-tiktok-safe-for-kids-change-these-11-privacy-settings-right-now/ |
Pfizer is spending about $43 billion to reach deeper into new cancer treatments that target tumor cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue.
The pharmaceutical giant said Monday it will pay $229 in cash for each share of Seagen Inc. Pfizer then plans to let the biotech drug developer “continue innovating,” except with more resources than it would have alone, Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla told analysts.
“We are not buying the golden eggs,” he said. “We are acquiring the goose that is laying the golden eggs.”
Bothell, Washington-based Seagen Inc. specializes in working with antibody-drug conjugate, or ADC, technology. Its key products use lab-made proteins called monoclonal antibodies that seek out cancer cells to help deliver a cancer-killing drug while sparing surrounding tissue.
Cancer treatments are a priority for Pfizer. They brought in $12 billion in revenue for the drugmaker last year. But Pfizer has only marketed a couple first-generation ADC treatments, a spokeswoman said.
Seagen has four treatments on the market. It also has a pipeline of drugs under development that includes potential treatments for a form of lung cancer and advanced breast cancer.
“We think this really changes dramatically the oncology presence of Pfizer, makes it one of a kind," Bourla said.
Seagen’s top seller, Adcetris, treats lymph system cancers. It brought in $839 million in sales last year, a 19% increase over the previous year.
Seagen also has a deal with Pfizer’s Array BioPharma to develop, make and sell the breast and colorectal cancer treatment Tukysa. It brought in $353 million in sales for Seagen last year.
The company, which changed its name from Seattle Genetics in 2020, saw total revenue grow about 25% last year to nearly $2 billion. Seagen also shaved its loss to $610 million from $674 million in 2021.
The drug developer predicts about $2.2 billion in sales for this year.
Pfizer booked about $100 billion in total revenue last year and has been flush with cash thanks to sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, Comirnaty and Paxlovid.
Bourla said earlier this year that the company planned to use its “extraordinary firepower” to buy products that will deliver $25 billion in incremental revenue by 2030.
The deal announced Monday and some previous acquisitions will help Pfizer account for most of that. But Bourla emphasized on Monday that the company expects Seagen's contributions to extend beyond the end of the decade.
New York-based Pfizer Inc. has already spent $11.6 billion on migraine treatment developer Biohaven Pharmaceutical. It also spent $5.4 billion on sickle cell disease treatment maker Global Blood Therapeutics and bought Arena Pharmaceuticals for another $6.7 billion.
The drugmaker needs more revenue sources in part because it faces the expiration of patents protecting drugs like its breast cancer treatment Ibrance from cheaper competition in the coming years.
Pfizer said Monday it will pay for Seagen mostly through $31 billion in new, long-term debt.
Both companies' boards have unanimously approved the deal. But regulators still need to look at it, and Seagen shareholders will have to approve it.
The companies expect to complete the transaction in late 2023 or early 2024.
Shares of Pfizer rose 2% to $40.26 after markets opened Monday, while Seagen's stock soared more than 15% to nearly $200. Broader indexes edged up slightly. | https://www.wsls.com/business/2023/03/13/pfizer-will-spend-43-billion-to-acquire-seagen/ | 2023-03-13 18:59:57 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/business/2023/03/13/pfizer-will-spend-43-billion-to-acquire-seagen/ |
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CHICAGO -- Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer's disease soared early Wednesday after Japan's Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease's progress in a late-stage study.
Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study of nearly 1,800 people with early-stage Alzheimer's.
The drugmaker said early results showed that its treatment, lecanemab, reduced patient clinical decline by 27% when compared to a placebo or fake drug after 18 months of the infused treatment. Patients were monitored using a scale that measures how they do in areas like memory, judgement, problem solving and personal care.
Eisai Co. Ltd. said it would discuss full results from the research at a conference in late November. It also plans to publish its findings in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
The company is already seeking an accelerated approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the agency is expected to decide by early next year. Eisai and Biogen will co-promote the drug.
The initial results appear to be "quite robust" and will likely support regulatory approval, Mizuho Securities analyst Graig Suvannavejh said in a research note.
A statement from the Alzheimer's Association called the findings the most encouraging to date for potential treatments of the underlying disease causes.
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Alzheimer's is a progressive neurological disease with no known cure. Long-standing treatments on the market just manage symptoms, and researchers don't fully understand what causes the disease.
Last year, Biogen's Aduhelm became the first new Alzheimer's drug introduced in nearly two decades. But it has largely flopped after debuting with a price tag of $56,000 annually, which Biogen later slashed.
Doctors have been hesitant to prescribe it, given weak evidence that the drug slows the progression of Alzheimer's. Insurers have blocked or restricted coverage over the drug's high price tag and uncertain benefit.
Like Aduhelm, lecanemab, which Eisai developed and ran through clinical trials, seeks to remove a protein called beta-amyloid from the brain.
But Eisai executives say lecanemab focuses more on floating clumps of the protein before it forms a plaque, which is what Aduhelm targets.
Eli Lilly and Co. also is developing a potential treatment, donanemab, that helps clear the protein.
Shares of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Biogen Inc. jumped more than 50% in premarket trading Wednesday morning to top $300. The stock had largely tumbled since Aduhelm's debut last year.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Venterra Realty has ranked #3 among the top multifamily companies for online reputation in the 2022 Division II ORA® Power Ranking by Multifamily Executive, which recognizes companies that manage between 20,000 to 34,402 units.
Developed by J Turner Research, the ORA® Power Ranking is based on monthly online reputation research of over 128,000 properties' lifetime reviews across multiple review sites and Internet Listing Services (ILSs). Using a statistical model, J Turner assigns an independent ORA® Score to each property on a scale of 0–100. The ORA® Score was developed to simplify how online reputation is measured, and it serves as the multifamily industry standard to measure a property's online reputation. Each month, J Turner Research monitors the online ratings of more than 128,000 properties nationwide. The national average ORA score is 62.79, and Venterra scored 77.33.
"The Division ranking reflects multifamily companies' attention to customer service and online reputation. Research has shown that a positive online presence is critical to boosting marketing and leasing efforts. The companies awarded in this Division ranking have singularly focused on winning over their residents in person, as evident in their high ORA scores," said Joseph Batdorf, president of J Turner Research.
J Turner Research introduced the Division ORA® Power Ranking in 2019 to recognize management companies of all sizes for excellence in online reputation management. The companies are ranked based on their Online Reputation Assessment (ORA®) score—the multifamily industry standard to measure and benchmark a property/company's online reputation.
"Venterra is dedicated to building exceptional communities for people at every point in life with a focus on service and care. This ranking and our stellar online reputation are a direct reflection of our colleagues living out our 7 Core Values, and in turn, creating personalized experiences for every person living at a Venterra property," said John Foresi, CEO of Venterra Realty.
"Feedback is key to understanding and responding to our resident's needs and is key to helping us provide a great living experience to all our residents. We are pleased to receive such positive reviews, allowing for Venterra to be eligible for this recognition," said Venterra Chairman, Andrew Stewart. "This ranking is a notable accomplishment and can be attributed to each of our property's efforts to ensure we are offering quality communities, perpetually creating improvements that enhance renter experiences, simplifying processes for renters, and expressing unmatched genuine care."
Founded in 2001, Venterra Realty owns and manages over 70 communities and more than 20,000 apartment units across 16 US cities that provide housing to over 38,000 people and 12,000 pets. The organization has completed approximately $8.0 billion in real estate transactions and currently manages a portfolio of multi-family real estate assets valued at approximately $4.0 billion. Venterra is committed to improving the lives of its residents by delivering industry-leading customer experience. Find out more about Venterra Realty and its award-winning company culture at Venterra.com.
J Turner Research is an independent research company focused exclusively on the multifamily industry for almost two decades. It is the only company to monitor the online reviews and ratings of 128,000+ properties nationwide. J Turner pioneered the Online Reputation Assessment (ORA®) score, which serves as the multifamily industry standard to measure, benchmark, and compare a property/company's online reputation. The company is the national leader in enhancing resident satisfaction through intelligent resident and prospect survey programs, quantifiable action plans, customized training, and review response service. For more information, visit www.jturnerresearch.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday approved two massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to help them defend against Iran.
The more than $5 billion in missile defense and related sales follow President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East last month, during which he met with numerous regional leaders in Saudi Arabia. Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been hit in recent months with rocket attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi rebel movement in Yemen.
Although Tuesday’s approvals are for defensive weapons, they may be questioned by lawmakers who had supported Biden’s decision last year to cut Saudi Arabia and the UAE off from major purchases of offensive U.S. arms because of their involvement in the war in Yemen.
The new sales include $3 billion for Patriot missiles for Saudi Arabia specifically designed to protect itself from rocket attacks by the Houthis, and $2.2 billion for high-altitude missile defense for the UAE.
“The proposed sale will improve the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats by replenishing its dwindling stock of PATRIOT GEM-T missiles,” the State Department said in its notice informing Congress of the sale.
“These missiles are used to defend the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s borders against persistent Houthi cross-border unmanned aerial system and ballistic missile attacks on civilian sites and critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia," the department said.
For UAE, the department said the sale would “support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of an important regional partner. The UAE is a vital U.S. partner for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East.”
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada county’s plan to hand-count all paper ballots for the midterm elections is coming under renewed scrutiny just days before the tally is set to begin.
The sticking point: How the county will keep the ongoing vote totals from leaking publicly.
A ruling Friday from the Nevada Supreme Court allowed the hand count to move forward but with several provisions, one of which was to ensure that the vote counting was not live-streamed and to figure out a way to ensure that election workers could keep the tallies secret.
Ballots cast early, either in-person or by mail, are typically counted by machine on Election Day, with results released only after polls close. Nye County, where conspiracy theories about voting machines have run rampant, wants a hand count in addition to the machine tally. It and needs to start that before the Nov. 8 election to make the state's post-election certification deadline. State law limits the early hand-count to mail ballots.
In a letter to interim Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf over the weekend, Nevada Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Mark Wlaschin asked for a "written explanation as to how Nye County and you intend to comply with all of the provisions” of the ruling. He asked for the plan by the end of business Monday.
Hand-count tallies are done publicly for transparency, with observers in the room. Voting groups have said that raises the possibility that someone could release early results before most voters have even cast their ballot, which they have said could cause “manipulative release” and influence voter turnout.
Nye County’s hand-count of mail-in ballots is set to start Wednesday morning.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled partially in favor of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit that challenged several aspects of the hand-count, including a livestream that Kampf said allows individuals to “become poll watchers at home.”
In the letter, Wlaschin said he particularly needed to know how Nye County will ensure that observers do not prematurely learn the running results of any races. Nevada has nationally important races this year for U.S. Senate, governor and secretary of state.
“Time is of the essence should Nye County wish to proceed with its parallel process, which cannot proceed until compliance with these mandates from the Nevada Supreme Court is resolved,” Wlaschin wrote.
As it stands, observers will need to sign a form saying they will not release any early results they hear, per the lawsuit.
Under Nye County’s plan, hand-count teams of five will include a reader who announces each result, a verifier who looks over the reader’s shoulder and three talliers who write down the results. The talliers then compare their results before submitting them. They count ballots in batches of 50 in a public area.
In an email to The Associated Press, Kampf said he had 98 volunteers as of Monday morning.
Nye County is one of the first jurisdictions nationwide to act on election conspiracies related to mistrust in voting machines. In June's primary, Nevada’s least populous county, Esmeralda, took more than seven hours to hand-count the results on 317 ballots cast to certify results.
Elsewhere in Nevada, Elko County’s board of commissioners signaled their support for hand-counting and paper ballots last week, although they will likely stick with machines this cycle because Election Day is so soon.
Hand-counting is mostly used in small townships across New England and rural Wisconsin. There are 658 jurisdictions in the continental U.S. that rely exclusively on hand-counting, with the vast majority having fewer than 2,000 registered voters, according to data from Verified Voting, a group that tracks voting equipment across states.
The most populous county in the continental U.S. to use only hand-counting is Owyhee County, Idaho, which had 6,315 registered voters in 2020. Nye County had over 33,000 registered voters.
It also will use machine tabulators for the Nov. 8 election. But the sheer number of ballots to be hand-counted raises questions about whether the county can meet the Nov. 17 deadline to certify results.
Kampf was appointed county clerk after the long-time clerk resigned in July, a decision she made after election conspiracies, fueled by those repeating lies about former President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020, spread throughout the county. The board of commissioners voted unanimously to recommend doing away with voting machines and count all ballots by hand.
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The vaping company Juul Labs will be paying more than $400 million to settle an investigation into its marketing practices by Maine, and 32 other states and territories.
By the terms of the settlement announced Tuesday, Maine will get about $11 million annually over the next six to 10 years.
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said that Juul “targeted young consumers with products known to be highly addictive and ultimately deadly.”
As part of the settlement, Juul has agreed to refrain from youth marketing, funding education programs and the sale of any flavors not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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- Secured the effectiveness confirming data of PHAGERIA® technology for colorectal cancer organoids
- The first target cancer type of PHAGERIA® technology is colorectal cancer (CRC)
BOSTON and SEOUL, South Korea, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- iNtRON Biotechnology ("iNtRON", www.intodeworld.com) has announced today that iNtRON has demonstrated the effectiveness of P18-BE3CRC using a cancer organoid model. P18-BE3CRC is a drug candidate of PHAGERIA® platform technology, which is for the development and commercialization of bacteriophage-based drugs (Phageome API) effective for cancer control.
According to the company's explanation, bacteriophages have been mainly used for R&D on bacterial infectious diseases, but recently the scope of application of bacteriophages has been expanded to the anti-cancer field by the company. The company has begun to focus on related development and successfully secured a new platform technology called PHAGERIA®. The first target cancer type of PHAGERIA® technology is colorectal cancer (CRC).
Globally, colorectal cancer (CRC) is mainly prevalent in people in their 50s and older (In Korea, 89.3% of CRC patients are in their 50s or older / Source: statistics on the treatment status of the National Health Insurance Service in 2021), and the number of CRC patients for both genders has been increasing every year.
Chromosomal instability (CIN), microsatellite instability (MSI), and CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) are mainly described as molecular pathological features of CRC. It is predicted that the essential cause would be not much different from the general causes of cancer, such as genetic factors including family history, aging, smoking, and westernized eating habits, but the actual cause has not yet been clarified.
Recently, attention has been drawn to the possibility that a certain microbiome in the colon can be a major cause of colorectal cancer. Accordingly, there have been may researches regarding the microbiome and the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer along with the isolation and identification of the microbiome associated with colorectal cancer. The reason for this interest is the expectation that effective control of the microbiome in the colon may not only prevent cancer, but also prevent relapse or metastasis after surgery.
Among the various microbiomes, iNtRON Bio is paying attention to enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) and pks+ E. coli, which secrete toxins such as BFT (Bacteroides fragilis toxin) and Colibactin, respectively. iNtRON Bio is working on related researches to develop 'First-in-Concept' drugs to control the harmful microbiome through the phageome.
According to recent reports, the above-mentioned two microbiomes are present in over 70% of colorectal cancer patients and about 60% in normal individuals, indicating that the microbiome is closely related to the onset and progression of colorectal cancer.
To verify the cancer control effect of the PHAGERIA® candidate, a culture method for organoids derived from healthy human colon tissue was established, and induced tumorigenesis by treating them with ETBF and pks+ E. coli. As comparing the cases with or without administering PHAGERIA® candidate, it was confirmed that administering PHAGERIA® candidate significantly inhibited tumorigenesis. Thus, if the microbiome that causes cancer can be maintained in a low level in the body, it may be possible to prevent the recurrence or metastasis of cancer, increasing the utility of PHAGERIA® (phageome) as a new cancer- controlling drugs.
Dr. SON, Ji-soo, the head of the BD Department said that "We are continuously improving the PHAGERIA® candidate material and related platform technologies by using reverse/forward genetic engineering techniques to improve the performance and effectiveness.", and he added that "The bacterial phage-targeted gene editing technology implemented in PHAGERIA® along with PHAGERUS® is our proprietary technology, and we will further strengthen our rights by securing intellectual property rights".
Mr. YOON, Kyung-won, CEO of iNtRON said that "We will accelerate follow-up research and development through partnerships with global companies.", and "We are planning to develop a new Phageome drug through PHAGERIA® platform technology which will be an oral capsule for the easy intake, and we will speed up the development by collaborating with global partners."
About PHAGERIA® Platform
iNtRON's PHAGERIA® is a technical term for iNtRON, synthesized from bacteriophages and bacteria. In simple terms, PHAGERIA® is a platform for researching the impact of bacteriophages on intestinal bacteria and their effect on human health. When bacteriophages consume intestinal bacteria, it can lead to changes in the intestinal flora. These changes may have an impact on human immunity and overall health.
About iNtRON Biotechnology, Inc.
iNtRON (www.iNtODEWORLD.com) is a bio-new drug developing venture company and a leader in bacteriophage-based technology for human with aim to develop and investigate into the 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' market. While pursuing global research and business development (R&BD) investments since the foundation and accelerated development after entering its IPO in KOSDAQ, the company honed in on innovating BIO New Drugs by developing various 'First-in-Class" and "First-in-Concept' bio-drugs and conducting clinical studies in phases. The Company is committed to development of innovative innovation in the infectious diseases and 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' area.
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Randy Arozarena Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. Orioles - July 20
Published: Jul. 20, 2023 at 10:32 AM EDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
The Tampa Bay Rays and Randy Arozarena (.361 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including one homer), battle starting pitcher Kyle Gibson and the Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana Field, Thursday at 6:40 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-2) against the Rangers.
Randy Arozarena Game Info & Props vs. the Orioles
- Game Day: Thursday, July 20, 2023
- Game Time: 6:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Tropicana Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Orioles Starter: Kyle Gibson
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -238)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +135)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Randy Arozarena At The Plate
- Arozarena is hitting .276 with 10 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 48 walks.
- Among qualifying hitters in MLB, he ranks 37th in batting average, ninth in on-base percentage, and 43rd in slugging.
- Arozarena has gotten at least one hit in 62.8% of his games this season (59 of 94), with multiple hits 27 times (28.7%).
- He has hit a long ball in 17.0% of his games in 2023 (16 of 94), and 4.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 35 games this season (37.2%), Arozarena has picked up an RBI, and in 13 of those games (13.8%) he had more than one. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in eight contests.
- He has scored in 46 of 94 games this year, and more than once 12 times.
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Orioles Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Orioles has a collective 9.1 K/9, the ninth-best in the league.
- The Orioles have a 4.22 team ERA that ranks 16th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Orioles rank 17th in baseball in home runs surrendered (112 total, 1.2 per game).
- Gibson (9-6 with a 4.77 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 115 2/3 innings pitched) aims for his 10th win when he makes the start for the Orioles, his 21st of the season.
- The right-hander's most recent time out came on Saturday against the Miami Marlins, when he threw 5 1/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs while giving up nine hits.
- The 35-year-old ranks 54th in ERA (4.77), 49th in WHIP (1.348), and 54th in K/9 (7) among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Slovakia became the third European Union country to ban food imports from Ukraine on Monday, deepening the challenge for the bloc as it works to help Ukraine transport its grain to world markets.
Slovakia followed Poland and Hungary, both of which announced bans Saturday on Ukrainian food imports through June 30. They did so in response to rising anger from farmers who say that a glut of grain in their countries is causing them economic hardship.
The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, manages trade on behalf of the 27 member countries and objects to them taking unilateral or uncoordinated measures.
At a briefing in Brussels, two spokespeople stressed gratitude to Poland and other Central European countries for supporting Ukraine, but said a solution must be found that respects the EU legal framework.
“We are dealing with a war, right? And this war has consequences, obviously, on farmers and more generally, the population in Ukraine and the European Union and its member states,” said Eric Mamer, chief spokesperson.
He acknowledged that Poland and other countries “have been doing their utmost in order to help Ukraine, adding: “So this is not about sanctioning. This is about finding solutions based on EU law in the interests at the same time of the Ukrainians and of the EU.”
Five EU countries that neighbor Ukraine have asked the EU to treat the matter of Ukrainian food with urgency. Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia argue that they can’t allow their own farmers to bear the cost of disruption that Ukrainian grain and other agriculture products are causing to their markets.
Bulgaria is reportedly mulling a similar ban. The Czech Republic says it’s not planning one.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Ukrainian officials visited Warsaw on Monday for government consultations on the issue. Poland faces an election in the fall and farmer groups have been piling pressure on the government with frequent protests lately.
Hungary’s agriculture minister, Istvan Nagy, said the surge in Ukrainian products on European markets had made it “impossible” for Hungarian farmers to remain competitive.
Nagy also said low production costs in Ukraine, owing to practices being used that are not permitted in EU countries, had allowed Ukraine to export large quantities of poultry, eggs and honey to the European market, driving costs down to unsustainable levels.
The Slovak Agriculture Ministry announced last week that tests of 1,500 tons of grain from Ukraine in one mill in Slovakia revealed it contained a pesticide banned in the EU. As a result, the Slovak authorities decided to test all Ukrainian grain in the country and temporarily banned its processing.
Its ban will effect imports of grain and also some other food, including sugar, hops, flax, hemp, fruits and vegetables and products made of them, vine, honey and honey products. Slovak Agriculture Minister Samuel Vlcan said the ban that take effect Tuesday will remain in place until further notice and doesn’t apply for transit.
Ukraine and Russia are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other affordable food products that developing nations depend on. The war upended those supplies to Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia where people were already going hungry and helped push millions more people into poverty or food insecurity.
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it became too dangerous for ships to sail in the Black Sea, disrupting the flow of large ships carrying food to distant markets. Shipments resumed under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
The EU reacted to the crisis by lifting tariffs and other trade duties on Ukraine to help keep its economy afloat. That helped to divert Ukraine’s grain flows destined for Africa and the Middle East through Europe — but much of this food has instead remained in the bordering countries, creating a glut that has caused high losses for local farmers.
The EU measures expire in June, but the EU is expected to renew them.
Ukraine’s EU neighbors are, with the exception of Hungary, allies of Ukraine who favor their neighbor’s future membership in the EU.
Yet already the EU’s decision to banish tariffs for Ukrainian goods as a result of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor underlines the challenges that would come with integrating a huge food producer with the rest of the bloc.
Ian Mitchell, an economist and London-based co-director of the Europe program at the Center for Global Development, said it’s unusual for EU member states to “take unilateral trade action.”
Mitchell, who specializes in agriculture and trade, argued that the move undermines the solidarity of the EU and shows the power of farmers’ voices in politics. He described it as an attempt to get the EU to provide more support for the agricultural industry, even though aid is already generous for farmers in Eastern and central Europe.
“You’re a consumer in Hungary, Slovakia or Poland, then effectively the government has just ensured that you’re going to be paying a higher price for your food,” Mitchell said. “The balance of the food lobby is so powerful that it can get the government to do that even in a cost-of-living crisis.”
Their bans come as Russia threatens to pull out of the Black Sea deal. Moscow is complaining that a separate agreement to facilitate exports of Russian food and fertilizers amid Western sanctions hasn’t worked.
Global food commodity prices surged to record levels after the invasion of Ukraine and have been falling steadily since, but food is still expensive for people in many places because of factors like droughts, trade restrictions and the high cost of buying imported food priced in dollars as some emerging economies’ currencies weaken.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 1-year-old Australian shepherd took an epic trek across 150 miles (241 kilometers) of frozen Bering Sea ice that included being bitten by a seal or polar bear before he was safely returned to his home in Alaska.
Mandy Iworrigan, Nanuq's owner who lives in Gambell, Alaska, and her family were visiting Savoogna, another St. Lawrence Island community in the Bering Strait, last month when Nanuq disappeared with their other family dog, Starlight, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
Starlight turned up a few weeks later, but Nanuq, which means polar bear in Siberian Yupik, was nowhere to be found.
About a month after Nanuq disappeared, people in Wales, 150 miles (241 kilometers) northeast of Savoonga on Alaska's western coast, began posting pictures online of what they described as a lost dog.
"My dad texted me and said, 'There's a dog that looks like Nanuq in Wales,'" Iworrigan said.
She reactivated her Facebook account to see if it might be her wandering hound.
"I was like, 'No freakin' way! That's our dog! What is he doing in Wales?'" she said.
The events of Nanuq's journey will likely always be a mystery.
"I have no idea why he ended up in Wales. Maybe the ice shifted while he was hunting," Iworrigan said. "I'm pretty sure he ate leftovers of seal or caught a seal. Probably birds, too. He eats our Native foods. He's smart."
She used airline points to get her dog back to Gambell on a regional air carrier last week, a charter that was transporting athletes for the Bering Strait School District's Native Youth Olympics tournament.
Iworrigan filmed the happy reunion when the plane landed at the air strip in Savoonga, with both she and her daughter Brooklyn shrieking with joy.
Except for a swollen leg, with large bite marks from an unidentified animal, Nanuq was in pretty good health.
"Wolverine, seal, small nanuq, we don't know, because it's like a really big bite," she said.
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LOS ANGELES and HOUSTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National probate and inheritance dispute law firm, RMO LLP, announced that Founding Partner Scott Rahn has been recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America, while Houston Managing Attorney Andrea Uresti-Barr was also recognized as "One to Watch." Best Lawyer rankings are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers and honor only the top 5.3% of elite lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas.
Rahn is regarded as a leading probate trial attorney, focusing on high-stakes private wealth disputes, fiduciary litigation, and contentious trust, probate estate and conservatorship cases. Rahn guides RMO's clients (heirs, beneficiaries, trustees, executors, administrators, charities, creditors and conservators) through the emotional, legal and financial issues that arise when loved ones become compromised, taken advantage of, and, after they pass, whenever theft, manipulation, fraud, abuse, and other misdeeds are revealed.
Driven by a commitment to provide relief to people grieving the loss of a loved one, Rahn and the team at RMO collaborate closely with clients, pursuing and defending all types of probate litigation disputes, including claims involving incapacity, incompetence, undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference with expected inheritance, financial elder abuse, and other similar areas of conflict.
Recently named a "Legal Visionary" by the Los Angeles Times, Rahn advises clients on the best ways to protect and honor the legacy their loved ones intended for them by helping clients secure rightful inheritances, avoid having inheritances taken from them, and protecting loved ones and their intended legacies against those who seek to take advantage.
This year Rahn also was recognized as a "Top Litigator" by the Los Angeles Business Journal and a leader in Private Wealth Disputes in the Chambers and Partners "2022 High Net Worth Guide."
Andrea Uresti Barr manages the firm's Houston office. A seasoned probate litigator, Uresti-Barr's similarly guides clients involved in defending and prosecuting causes of action on behalf and against heirs, beneficiaries, fiduciaries, and creditors in probate, trust, guardianship, and power of attorney proceedings. She also handles contested estate, probate, and trust administrations.
Uresti-Barr defends wrongfully accused fiduciaries but also prosecutes fiduciaries who have abused their position, including experience handling several commercial real estate transactions (including acreage), commercial and dram shop liability litigation, equitable and statutory bill of review proceedings, and appeals. She also has extensive experience pursuing and defending will contests and trust contests, including claims for incapacity, undue influence, financial elder abuse, fraud and forgery.
RMO LLP provides personal, cost-effective inheritance dispute services to individual and institutional clients. The firm's attorneys focus on probate litigation involving contested trust, estate, probate, and conservatorship matters. RMO has offices serving clients with probate disputes throughout California, Florida, Texas, Kansas and Missouri. For more information, please visit https://rmolawyers.com/.
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Number of wrong ballots cast in Nashville now more than 430
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 430 voters cast ballots in the wrong race in early Election Day voting in Nashville, a left-leaning city that Republicans carved three ways during redistricting in hopes of flipping a Democratic seat.
The amount is a stark jump from the initial number that the Davidson County Election Commission provided last week, when officials said the problem was contained to just 212 miscast ballots. Election administrator Jeff Roberts said Monday that the initial amount did not take into account the final three days of early voting, which ended last Thursday. He also provided a list of the affected voters.
The new number places yet another level of scrutiny around Nashville’s voting system, which has faced criticism after The Associated Press reported that voters were being given ballots for incorrect congressional and statehouse races. The problem involves precincts that were split during the GOP-led redistricting process, which resulted in Nashville being divided into three congressional districts.
Republicans pushed back on the idea that redistricting caused the problem. Instead, they’ve placed the blame on Nashville election officials even though similar problems have popped up elsewhere across the state.
Shortly after the AP’s report last Tuesday, Roberts said his office had worked throughout the night to fix the problem and that voters would receive the correct ballot by Election Day this Tuesday.
On Friday, however, officials reversed course, saying there was still a risk of an unknown amount of voters receiving the wrong ballot.
Under an agreement sparked by a lawsuit filed Friday, voters now may be able to enter a provisional ballot on Election Day at the county election office if they submitted an incorrect ballot during the early voting period. Those provisional ballots will only be opened if the election is contested.
Meanwhile, voters who believe they are given the wrong ballot on a voting machine on Election Day will also be given a chance to use a special paper ballot at their assigned polling places.
Voters whose districts were correctly assigned will cast their ballots on voting machines at their regular polling places.
So far, Democratic leaders have varied widely on the appropriate solutions to the ballot mix up. Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Hendrell Remus called for Roberts’ resignation, while Rep. Vincent Dixie, who serves as the House Democratic caucus chairman, said that all early voting votes should be nullified and that the election should be delayed.
“The current compromise is not representative of one person one vote,” Dixie said. “People who voted on the wrong ballot are given the chance to submit a provisional ballot. In essence, they will have two votes.”
Incorrect ballot issues have not been contained to Nashville.
Shelby County election officials confirmed 50 ballots were cast in the wrong congressional race at one polling place during early voting, calling the issue a “clerical error” that was corrected for future voters.
Meanwhile, in Benton County, several addresses were still receiving conflicting information from different government sources on which congressional races residents should vote in.
The county of fewer than 16,000 people is split between the 7th and 8th congressional districts.
Benton County elections administrator Jeff Beasley said Monday that he has fixed assignments for a handful of people he said were put into the wrong contest. He said those people he reassigned — there were fewer than 10 — have not voted yet.
A spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office, Julia Bruck, noted that the information in its GoVoteTN app comes from local election commissions.
Under the new redistricting map, longtime Nashville Democratic representative, Jim Cooper announced he wouldn’t seek reelection for the 5th Congressional District. That created an open race in a newly drawn district — now snaking through six counties — that favored Donald Trump over Joe Biden by 12 percentage points in 2020.
The 6th District is the most favorable Nashville seat for Republicans, where GOP U.S. Rep. John Rose of Cookeville is running for another term. Trump topped Biden there by 30 points. Rose faces Democrat Randal Cooper.
Democrat Odessa Kelly and Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green are contending in the 7th District, which extends through 14 counties. Its voters favored Trump over Biden by 15 percentage points.
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An 18-year-old gunman opened fire on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing at least 19 children and two adults.
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ALBANY — When the 2022-23 school year opens at Deerfield-Windsor School in August, the Knights will be back to competing against familiar foes such as Terrell Academy, Brookwood, Valwood and other private schools in South Georgia.
Deerfield-Windsor announced earlier this year that its teams would leave the Georgia High School Athletic Association and join the GIAA (Georgia Independent Athletic Association). The GIAA is a new organizational structure for the Georgia Independent School Association which came into existence when a large number of private schools that had left the GISA were looking to come back because of issues with the GHSA.
In all, 16 private schools, including DWS and each of the schools that had competed with Knights in Region 1-A Private, moved away from the GHSA to the GIAA. In total, 76 private schools from around Georgia are listed on the GIAA website as members now.
"Both organizations offer similar programs," said Deerfield-Windsor headmaster Allen Lowe. "But many of the private schools south of Atlanta have a different perspective on some things than those larger private schools in the Atlanta area."
An earlier news report said the private schools were dissatisfied with the changing landscape of the GHSA after that organization had reclassified for the coming school year. Those changes included issues surrounding immediate eligibility for transferring students and distance parameters for enrollment.
"Here at Deerfield-Windsor, we always want to compete at the highest level we can," Lowe said. "When we moved to the GHSA, it was for the competition and with GISA what we saw was that the competition was not trending to be a growing organization. But with this new organizational design, all of the Macon private schools and the Columbus private schools are coming into the GIAA, that's huge for us. We really look forward to developing new relationships with the Columbus schools. The new organization is built for growth."
The GIAA is divided into four classifications based on enrollment size and Deerfield-Windsor will compete in AAA in District 2. So, while Lowe and Deerfield-Windsor will build new relationships, this move will also rekindle some rivalries that died when the Knights moved to the GHSA. Only Southland Academy of Americus remained on the Knights' football schedule last season, but this season the Knights will face former rivals such as Terrell Academy, Brookwood, Tiftarea, Southwest Georgia and Valwood, as well as Southland Academy. Those schools make up District 2 in the AAA division. There will be a 10-team playoff for the state title in football and a 12-team playoff for the state title in basketball.
"Some of the sports such as cross country and track will not be divided up in AAA and AAAAA," said Lowe. "We will all compete together in those sports which will create a much deeper competition."
The football schedule for the Knights looks much different this season than a year ago. There are no games with any GHSA teams, except a scrimmage. The Knights will open the football season on Aug. 19 at home against the Westfield School of Perry.
"It just didn't happen in this two-year cycle in football," Lowe said. "I think we will scrimmage against Miller County and I know we have basketball games against Colquitt County and some others. There is no GIAA rule that said we can't compete against public schools."
Lowe said he is confident the GIAA will be competitive for the Knights and sees GIAA adding more schools in the future. The commissioner of the GIAA is Tommy Marshall, who recently retired from the Marist School in Atlanta. The president of the GIAA is Jeff Jackson, a former head of upper and middle school at Deerfield-Windsor. | https://www.albanyherald.com/sports/deerfield-windsor-athletic-teams-gearing-up-for-georgia-independent-athletic-association-debut/article_4b4772de-f434-11ec-820b-3f8f4b1191c0.html | 2022-06-25 04:10:15 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/sports/deerfield-windsor-athletic-teams-gearing-up-for-georgia-independent-athletic-association-debut/article_4b4772de-f434-11ec-820b-3f8f4b1191c0.html |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot stood at an estimated $825 million grand prize during Saturday night’s draw, but it was not immediately known if there was a winner.
The winning numbers announced at 11 p.m. Saturday were: 19, 31, 40, 46, 57, 23.
The $825 million estimated jackpot is the second largest in Powerball history. Strong ticket sales pushed the estimate up from $800 million on Friday, according to Powerball.
If there is no winner, the next drawing could offer an even bigger prize.
It has been nearly three months since anyone hit all six numbers and won the lottery game’s top prize, thanks to Powerball’s long odds of one in 292.2 million.
Dave Colbert, from Johnstown, Pa, buys a ticket for the Saturday, Oct. 29, drawing of the Powerball lottery at a market in Prospect, Pa., Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, Saturday's jackpot projected winnings of an estimated $825 million is the fifth-highest in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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A rack with cards bettors can use to choose their own numbers to purchase lottery tickets for the Saturday Oct. 29, drawing of the Powerball lottery, are seen on a counter at a market in Prospect, Pa., Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Saturday's jackpot projected winnings of an estimated $825 million is the fifth-highest in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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A customer buys lottery tickets at Bluebird Liquor, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Hawthorne, Calif. Saturday's jackpot projected winnings of an estimated $825 million is the fifth-highest in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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A customer holds a lottery ticket as she waits in line at Bluebird Liquor, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Hawthorne, Calif. Saturday's jackpot projected winnings of an estimated $825 million is the fifth-highest in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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PreviousNextThe biggest prize in U.S. history was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won by three ticketholders in 2016.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Virtual Education Helps Meet Needs of Students Across the Country
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Miller-Motte College (MMC) has included two new online Bachelor of Science Degrees in Cloud Computing and Software Development to address the needs of students. Both degree programs are a part of the school's expanding selection of technology-focused career paths.
"Today, people have more opportunities than ever to customize their educational experience," said Andrea Snow, SVP of Academics & Career Services at Ancora, parent company to Miller-Motte College. "Virtual learning has changed the structure of the classroom and as leaders in this field, we want to provide pathways that work with the modern-day student, not against them. It's the reason why we feel so strongly about offering programs that meet students where they need to be met and developing a timeline that supports the individual as they advance their career."
Bachelor of Science in Cloud Computing
Usage of cloud computing technology has become a more common practice among organizations and businesses as it helps support and share on-demand resources. The industry was recently ranked second in Forbes Five Top Industries For Job Seekers In 2023.
Miller Motte's Cloud Computing Bachelor of Science program is designed to help students learn how to effectively manage the various phases of an IT project, assess major cloud computing issues, deploy and configure virtual networking, and troubleshoot real-world hardware and software applications.
Cloud Computing students will receive education and training on relevant skills, including but not limited to:
- PC Operating Systems, this course provides an overview of installing, configuring and maintaining operating systems on devices, the basics of networking and security/forensics, properly and safely diagnosing, resolving and documenting common hardware and software issues while applying troubleshooting skills.
- Introduction to Programming in Python, where students can delve into how imports, modules, and packages work in Python, how to handle errors to prevent apps from crashing, as well as file manipulation. In addition, students will analyze how data is created, stored, accessed, and how the organization works with data to support organizational needs.
- Information Technology Project Management, which introduces students to business strategies for IT investments, digitization and transformation of business and organizational capability, design and implementation of IT architecture and IT governance.
- Introduction to Cryptography, exposes students to the concepts of block ciphers and message authentication codes, public key encryption, digital signatures, and key establishment.
Bachelor of Science in Software Development
As businesses become more reliant on software solutions and increased interest in artificial intelligence, tech talent is leading the market. More than 200,000 additional tech jobs were added in October 2022, according to Forrester. With tech roles creating a pipeline in many industries, U.S. News & World Report listed software development as the number one job of 2023.
The Software Development Bachelor of Science program weaves together database management, analytics, computer security fundamentals, and website development and design to create a more holistic approach to becoming proficient in the industry and having the opportunity to pursue entry level careers.
Software Development students will receive education and training on relevant skills, including but not limited to:
- Ethical Hacking, this course helps students identify security threats and attack vectors, attack detection and prevention. Students will also complete performance labs related to ethical hacking.
- Web Design Essentials, this allows students to focus on the fundamentals of designing websites and web pages using basic HTML code and authoring tools. The course will also help guide students on the use of collaborative web technologies in a web development or research project, and prepare site pages for publication.
- Game Development Essentials, this introduces the framework of interactive computer game creation, design process, content research and storyboard creation for developing a gaming program. It also exposes students to program flow modeling, code creation, and result evaluation and modification practices in the field.
- Mobile Application Development, allows students to examine the creation of mobile solutions for a variety of platforms, including major mobile operating systems. Some of the areas covered will dive into device architecture, programming languages, software engineering, user interface design, and app distribution.
Earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Cloud Computing or Software Development from Miller-Motte College provides students with flexible online learning. Enrollment is on a rolling basis with classes beginning every 5 to 10 weeks and programs that can be completed within 33 months.
*Miller-Motte College does not guarantee employment or salary. Students located in California cannot enroll in or attend Miller-Motte College.
About Miller-Motte College
Miller-Motte College has convenient locations in Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee offering training programs in Business, Healthcare, Technology, Education, and Skilled Trades (programs vary by location). Miller-Motte College also offers online learning, including Bachelor of Science degree programs in Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources Management, Business Management, Cybersecurity, IT Management, Computer Science, Data Management, Cloud Computing, Network Ops & Security, Software Development, Healthcare Management, and Allied Health Management. The online programs are delivered through the Chattanooga, TN campus. Graduates have access to career assistance including guidance from our Career Services team, resume updates, workshops, and more. Learn more at www.miller-motte.edu.
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Madison Keys vs. Aryna Sabalenka: Live Stream, TV Channel, How to Watch | Wimbledon
Published: Jul. 11, 2023 at 10:35 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
In the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Wednesday, Aryna Sabalenka, the No. 2-ranked player, and Madison Keys, the No. 18-ranked player, will be competing for a chance at the tournament semifinals.
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Madison Keys vs. Aryna Sabalenka Date and TV Info
- Round: Quarterfinal
- Date: Wednesday, July 12
- TV Channel: ESPN (Watch on Fubo)
- Court Surface: Grass
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Keys vs. Sabalenka Matchup Info
- Keys took down Mirra Andreeva 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 in the Round of 16 on Monday.
- Keys was victorious in her most recent tournament (Viking International Eastbourne), defeating No. 11-ranked Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-2, 7-6 on July 1.
- In the Round of 16 on Monday, Sabalenka clinched a victory against No. 22-ranked Ekaterina Alexandrova, winning 6-4, 6-0.
- Sabalenka suffered defeat in the round of 16 of her last tournament (Bett1open) on June 22, when she went down 2-6, 6-7 to Veronika Kudermetova.
- In the sole matchup between Keys and Sabalenka in the last five years, which took place in the Round of 16 at Bett1open, Keys came out on top, registering the 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win.
- Keys has taken two sets against Sabalenka, good for a 66.7% winning percentage, while Sabalenka has taken home one set.
- In 29 total games, Sabalenka has the upper hand, taking the win in 15 of them, while Keys has taken 14.
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Camp Beauregard hosts town hall to discuss name change
PINEVILLE, La. (KALB) - On Thursday, Sept. 8, the public got to weigh in on what will be the new name of Camp Beauregard in Pineville.
Similar to Fort Polk, Camp Beauregard is named after a Confederate general. However, unlike Fort Polk, Camp Beauregard is owned by the Louisiana National Guard and is not required to change its name through the Federal Naming Commission. Despite this, the Louisiana National Guard formed its own committee to find a new name for the camp.
At the town hall, concerned citizens were allowed to voice their opinions on the name change and what they thought the new name should be.
“Colonel Lesly Prestridge, he was the colonel out here for several years,” one citizen said. “He was born and raised in Tioga. He graduated from Tioga High School and was commander out here for years. I recommend his name because he is from here, and he served at this post.”
Another citizen stated he was against the change altogether and that history should be left alone.
“I know Pierre Gustav Beauregard is the man who fired on Fort Sumter and started the Civil War and that is an embarrassing time and for four years this country was torn apart,” he said. “The blood was so deep a racehorse couldn’t jump over it, but that’s what it took to end slavery.”
Up next, the names will be passed to a committee made up of 10 military, state and local officials who will then narrow the list to five names before passing the list to the Adjunct General and Governor John Bel Edwards for the final determination. They hope to have Camp Beauregard renamed by October 2023.
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Teachers in Seattle say they've reached a tentative agreement with the school district on a new contract. The deal means striking teachers and some 50,000 students will return to the classroom.
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Teachers in Seattle say they've reached a tentative agreement with the school district on a new contract. The deal means striking teachers and some 50,000 students will return to the classroom.
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PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I am a frequent commuter and I appreciate when people in other vehicles are polite to me," said the inventor from Manteca, Calif. "I created this invention to allow drivers to show their appreciation to other drivers who are polite and courteous on the roadway."
He created THANK YOU! that provides drivers with an option to communicate positive acknowledgements with a sign in the vehicle's rear window. This patent-pending invention would help improve mobile communication and give drivers a sense of satisfaction. The sign could be illuminated at the rear window of any vehicle by a push of a button. Additionally, this could help combat road rage that could result in accidents, providing drivers a safer environment to drive in.
The original design was submitted to the Sacramento sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SCO-190, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – Hurricane Ian is poised to wreak havoc on Florida’s western coastline, bringing with it 155-mph winds, 12 or more feet of storm surge, and at least a foot of rain. If the damage is as “widespread, life-threatening, catastrophic” as the National Hurricane Center is predicting, the name “Ian” could be retired from use forever.
Normally, the list of potential tropical storm and hurricane names is on a six-year rotation. However, the World Meteorological Organization retires a name when a storm is especially catastrophic or deadly, making the reuse of its name insensitive or inappropriate.
If retired, Ian would join a long list of “I” names put to rest. In fact, there are more “I” names retired than any other letter. There was Hurricane Ida last year, Irma in 2017 and Ivan in 2004, just to name a few.
Why are hurricanes that start with I more destructive? It all comes down to timing.
Tropical storms and hurricanes are named in alphabetical order, and I is the ninth letter of the alphabet. Often, the ninth storm of the year hits around peak hurricane season, reports the Washington Post, from mid-August to late September. Ocean temperatures and wind conditions during this period tend to contribute to especially strong storms that end up causing the most damage.
The full list of 13 “I” names retired is below (in alphabetical order):
- Ida – 2021
- Igor – 2010
- Ike – 2008
- Inez – 1966
- Ingrid – 2013
- Ione – 1955
- Iota – 2020
- Irene – 2011
- Iris – 2001
- Irma – 2017
- Isabel – 2003
- Isidore – 2002
- Ivan – 2004
(You can see all the retired hurricane names from the National Hurricane Center here.)
While meteorologists have all eyes on Ian right now, they’ve already planned ahead for the next potential storm. The list of names goes in alphabetical order alternating between male and female names, meaning the next named storm would be Julia, followed by Karl and Lisa, and so forth until Walter.
There aren’t any names chosen beginning with Q, U, X, Y and Z because those letters aren’t common enough to be easily understood in the local languages spoken in North America, Central America and the Caribbean (areas all affected by hurricanes).
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FRENCHTOWN, N.J. - A man has been charged with setting fire to an unoccupied RV in Frenchtown, Hunterdon County.
John Kopitskie, 23, of Milford, is charged with second-degree aggravated arson and third-degree burglary, according to a news release from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office.
He was arrested on Feb. 6.
The prosecutor's office said Kopitskie entered and set fire to a parked, unoccupied RV on May 4, 2022 in the parking lot of a local business in Frenchtown.
He was sent to the Warren County Jail and later released onto conditional pretrial monitoring.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orange County deputy slams on the horn of his sheriff’s office cruiser, turns left and then sees his target: Keith Moses, the suspect in a string of shootings that killed three people, including an Orlando TV reporter, a woman and a 9-year-old child.
Moses, 19, is accused of fatally shooting Nathacha Augustin, 38, earlier on Wednesday before returning to the crime scene several hours later, where deputies said he shot two Spectrum News 13 employees, killing 24-year-old reporter Dylan Lyons and injuring photographer Jesse Walden.
Deputies said he then went to a house on nearby Harrington Street and shot a mother and a daughter, killing 9-year-old T’yonna Major.
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Body-worn camera video released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Thursday shows the moment deputies jump out of their car, point their guns and demand Moses get on the ground.
You can view the video in the player above. A word of warning there is graphic language.
The video shows deputies approach Moses, who has his hands up, and pull him to the ground. As deputies struggle to get Moses on his back to put him in handcuffs, he’s heard screaming, “They killing me, they’re killing me.”
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Once deputies get up, he then starts screaming that he can’t breathe. Deputies get him into a sitting position and search him.
At one point, deputies get a knife and cut the fabric of his pants, where they find a gun.
“Grab the zero (gun), it’s hot still,” a deputy said.
At a community news event earlier Thursday, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said that the gun, a Glock 40 semi-automatic handgun, was found to still be hot.
Deputies took Moses to a nearby hospital because he said he couldn’t breathe.
Mina said Moses struggled with hospital staff and deputies and had to be subdued.
He was then taken to the sheriff’s office, where he pretended to sleep through an interview with deputies.
Moses has a lengthy criminal history and has previously faced charges of aggravated battery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and grand theft.
He faces a charge in connection with the death of the woman Wednesday morning and deputies expect additional charges for the other shootings.
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(OAE) — I was able to spend some time in Park City, Utah for the press launch of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq. This is the first all-electric Cadillac, which is significant for several reasons.
The company has invested two billion dollars in the Spring Hill Plant, to build the Lyriq. This vehicle will actually do 312 miles on a single charge. The all-wheel-drive version will get about 500 horsepower and you can recharge it on a DC fast charger, in half an hour to get 195 miles of range.
This Cadillac Lyriq will surprise you when you see what it can do on the road. This vehicle will show you what a hundred-year-old company can actually do when it goes to an all-electric future. Let’s start with design. The design is super significant for the new Lyriq. And the reason why is because this is different from any Cadillac you’ve seen before. The front is very Cadillac because this is a depiction of the original Cadillac badge. The lines are laser-etched lights. And when you see the sequence of them lighting up, it is unique to that specific Cadillac. All the lights in the Lyriq are vertical LEDs.
And as you’ll see new versions of Cadillacs come out, this front end will look different. This is the new face of Cadillac for the years going forward. The cool thing about the back end is because of the way they’ve shaped this. There is no need for a rear windshield wiper, the rain just bounces off the back of the vehicle. To open the trunk, the Cadillac symbol just gets a push and the trunk opens in the back. You are afforded 28 cubic feet of space for all your luggage. When you take a trip and the back seats fold down, with just a clever little push of the button, that increases the rear cargo space to 68 cubic feet of space in the back. That is enough room for five dogs. | https://www.wfla.com/automotive/here-is-the-first-electric-cadillac-the-lyriq/ | 2022-07-19 00:35:21 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/automotive/here-is-the-first-electric-cadillac-the-lyriq/ |
OSWEGO N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– Oswego Harborfest is back and better than ever! The event is one of New York State’s largest free music festivals and organizers expect almost 75,000 people to attend over the course of four days. The festival starts on Thursday, July 28, and lasts until Sunday, July 31, with the exception of the Midway Carnival that opens on the evening of Wednesday, July 27.
Harborfest takes place across multiple venues in Oswego and includes East Park (Washington Square), West Park (Franklin Square), Breitbeck Park, Veterans Memorial Park, and the east end of Lake Street, where the Midway will operate.
Each location will have music, food, and entertainment for the whole family. Read on to see what to check out this weekend and answers to some frequently asked questions about the event.
West Park (Franklin Square)
What: Children’s Parade
When: 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 29
The Oswego Harborfest will host a children’s parade on Friday, July 29, for kids and their parents to join! The parade will begin at West Park and travel along West Fifth Street to Lake Street. The parade will feature the Shadow Players, the Catskill Puppets, and the Super DIRT Week pace car.
The parade will end at Breitbeck Park and fesitivities will resume there. You can see what attractions will be offered below.
Breitbeck Park
What: Music, Food, Entertainment
When: Thursday to Sunday
Breitbeck Park offers serene views of Lake Ontario and scenic sunsets. The park boasts plenty of space for relaxing and entertainment and will be one of the main locations for Harborfest. The park will have music, food, and other attractions each day of the festival!
Music:
Thursday, July 28
Friday, July 29
Saturday, July 30
Sunday, July 31
Other Attractions
- Johnny Peers & the Muttville Comix – Friday through Sunday, three shows daily
This show offers “slapstick comedy like no other” as Johnny leads over a dozen dogs through challenging and hilarious tricks. The show is great for dog lovers everywhere and most of the animals have been rescued from shelters or pounds. - The Altman Science Bubble Experience – Friday after the Children’s Parade
This show offers plenty of activities for kids involving the magic of massive soap bubbles. - Catskill Puppet Theater Performance – Friday at 12:30 p.m.
The Catskill Puppet Theater provides delightful original musical productions on a variety of themes with vibrant and colorful sets. The stories address important issues for people of all ages. - The Shadow Players – Friday through Sunday
This ensemble-based theatre company has put on dozens of shows and will surely provide great entertainment each day. - Squawk: The Amazing Bird Show – Friday and Saturday only, two shows each day
This one-of-a-kind show is an hour long production filled with “amazing tricks, great talkers, and lots of fun and laughs suitable for the entire family.” - The REV Theatre Co. – Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
This group will perform The Fisherman and His Wife. - The Price Chopper “Hopper” – Saturday and Sunday
This bounce house will provide endless entertainment for the young ones. - Spectacular Fireworks Show – Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
This state-of-the-art fireworks show by Grucci will blow you out of the water.
East Park (Washington Square)
What: Jazz and Blues music, Vendors
When: Thursday to Sunday
East Park (Washington Square) is a “lovely, tree-lined setting.” This park will feature jazz and blues music all weekend, along with plenty of local vendors and food to enjoy!
Music:
Friday, July 29
Saturday, July 30
Sunday, July 31
Veterans Memorial Park
What: Music
When: Friday to Sunday
Veterans Memorial Park is home to Veterans Stage, where the Oswego Summer 2022 Concert Series is each week. The park offers a nice place to relax between events and will be a great spot to appreciate the fireworks.
Music:
Friday, July 29
Saturday, July 30
Sunday, July 31
Fireworks
Where: Over the water
When: July 30 at 9:30 p.m.
This fireworks show is a world class display of power by Grucci, who holds the Guinness World Record for “Largest Fireworks Display” and “Largest Pyrotechnic Image.” Their fireworks have been shown in famous performances, Olympic Games, and presidental inauguarations. This show won’t be one you want to miss!
Best viewing locations:
The fireworks will be simulcast on Dinosaur Radio at 103.9 FM.
The Midway
What: Carnival games and rides
When: Wednesday to Sunday
The Midway Carnival will be open throughout the festival and is stationed right by the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Lake Street. The carnival is run by Dreamland Amusements.
Hours of Operation:
Cost:
- Rides will cost either 2, 3, 4 or 5 tickets — or use an unlimited ride wristband
- Tickets are $1.50
- 20 tickets for $30
- 50 tickets for $60
Unlimited ride wristbands can be purchased for riders 3 ft. or taller on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday for $25 or for on Saturday for $30. You can buy them online. You can buy three wristbands and get one free for $75 until Wednesday, July 27 at 5 p.m.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is parking?
Since the festival is located in the City of Oswego, there are plenty of spots for parking — but you should be prepared to pay for private lot parking if you can’t find a spot on the street.
If you don’t want to pay for parking, you can park for free at the Oswego Speedway.
If you need handicap parking, you can try the parking lot in Breitbeck Park or in any of the handicap spots in the city.
Is there a shuttle service?
Shuttle buses travel between Oswego Speedway and festival venues. You can purchase a shuttle button for $5, which offers shuttle rides for the entire weekend.
Shuttle bus schedule:
Oswego Speedway is also offering NASCAR driving experiences on Saturday, July 30.
Should I bring a chair?
Yes, if you plan to sit and enjoy music.
Can I bring my pet?
The only animals allowed are guide dogs and service animals.
What’s the smoking policy?
Smoking and vaping are banned in all City of Oswego public places.
Are bikes, skateboards, and scooters allowed?
For safety reasons, bikes, skaetboards, and scooters are not allowed.
What if I want to take my boat?
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After a popular Charlotte braider Shanquella Robinson mysteriously died while vacationing in Mexico with her friends last month and her family is seeking answers about the questionable autopsy report.
According to WBTV.com, Shanquella Robinson’s parents Bernard and Salamondra Robinson said that their 25-year-old daughter left Charlotte on a trip to Cabo, Mexico with a group of friends on Oct. 28, and sadly, they would never see their daughter alive again.
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“[I] spoke with her Friday evening she was having dinner and I never spoke with her again,” Salamondra explained. “On Saturday evening, they called and said she wasn’t feeling well, and they were going to call a doctor. And when they called, the doctor hadn’t arrived yet, but they said she had alcohol poisoning.” Both parents were told that their daughter died from alcohol poisoning, however, an autopsy report refutes that as the cause of death. Robinson suffered a broken neck and spinal cord injury.
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Lore’l & Headkrack break down the latest surrounding the death, what her mother had to say, a response from one of the friends who were allegedly there, and the audio clip from a friend, who was on the trip but proved he arrived after the incident captured on video, took to social media to prove his innocence.
As spotted on HelloBeautiful, “A video showing Robinson being attacked while intoxicated hasn’t been validated by authorities but has been circulating social media spawning the theory her friends allegedly beat her to death and tried to cover up her murder.
Reports say Robinson’s friends returned home without her. According to TravelNoire, The family spent $6,000 to have her body to be returned home.
“We are aware of these reports. Protecting the welfare of U.S. citizens overseas is among our top priorities. Out of respect for the privacy of those involved, we have no further comment at this time.” said The U.S. Department of State issued the following statement after the passing of the young woman.
To solve the mystery surrounding the young woman’s death, the family has also contacted Charlotte’s FBI branch. A private investigator would be hired if necessary, they told the media.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Shanquella Robinson.
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Arçelik's sustainability efforts awarded global accolade for the sixth year running
ISTANBUL, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arçelik A.Ş. (IST: ARCLK) ("Arçelik"), the global leading consumer durables and electronics manufacturer, scored 87/100 (Score date: October 21) in the 2022 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSM), an independent evaluation of the world's largest companies that assesses their sustainability performance and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts.
The company also achieved the highest score out of 46 companies assessed in the DHP Household Durables Industry. The recognition reflects Arçelik's ambitious commitment to a sustainable future, placing the company once again as the benchmark brand in the manufacturing industry. Additionally, Arçelik has for the sixth year in a row been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
The recognition follows the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), where the company declares its commitment to push towards its science-based emissions reduction targets for their Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions by 50.4% in line with the Paris Agreement goals. This further demonstrates that Arçelik understands it has a responsibility to lead the way in energy transformation and a more sustainable future.
Prior to this, Arçelik had recently been recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for its progress in on-site sustainability measures at its Ulmi, Romania plant. The facility has recently been awarded Sustainability Lighthouse status by WEF, making it one of the ten Sustainability Lighthouse sites in the Global Lighthouse Network. Leading the way in efficient and sustainable manufacturing, the Ulmi plant is just one of the sites at Arçelik that uses cutting edge technologies for enhanced energy and water efficiency.
Arçelik is also one of 45 companies that have been awarded the former Prince of Wales' Terra Carta Seal in recognition of the company's commitment to creating a sustainable future.
Commenting on Arçelik's consistent inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, CEO Hakan Bulgurlu said: "We are honoured to have been included in the DJSI for a sixth year in a row. It is an even greater privilege to have achieved the highest score in our sector for four years running, a result of our relentless efforts in pushing for a better future for all. Our climate goals sit at the heart of our business and impact everything we do, from our products all the way to our people. This prestigious recognition is a reaffirmation of our solid commitment to sustainability and incredibly encouraging for our business. Sustainability efforts are now of even greater significance as the world is going through turbulent times, ridden with economic instability, high inflation rates, and an energy crisis. In line with our purpose-driven business strategy, we will continue to design products and develop technologies that not only live up to our consumers' expectations but also raise the standards for a greener industry."
ARÇELIK'S 2030 SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS
- Arçelik, which used 100% green electricity in 2019 for its Turkey and Romania operations, aims to use 100% green electricity in all global production facilities by 2030 (based on the availability of green electricity in those countries).
- Arçelik aims to decrease the energy consumption used to produce each product by 45% by 2030 (compared to 2015 baseline).
- Arçelik works to reduce water withdrawal per product by 45% (compared to 2015 base year) and increase the water recycling and reuse ratio to 70% in all manufacturing plants.
- Arçelik commits to make a minimum USD 50 million investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2030.
ABOUT ARÇELIK'S REVISED SCIENCE-BASED TARGETS (STILL BEING REVIEWED BY SBTi) AND OTHER RECOGNITIONS:
- Arçelik has revised its initial science-based targets, to contribute to the worldwide efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C, compared to pre-industrial levels. The business has committed to reduce its absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, and absolute Scope 3 emissions from the use of its sold products by 50.4% by 2030, compared to the base year of 2018. The Scope 3 is often overlooked by businesses as it requires them to reduce the carbon emissions generated in the entire value chain, including emissions generated from the extraction of raw materials, logistics, transportation, consumer use phase as well as end of life of the products.
- Arçelik is committed to being a Net-Zero company by 2050 and making this target compatible with the SBTi Net-Zero 2050 Standard
- Arçelik was selected as the most sustainable white goods company to enter Corporate Knights Global 100 World's Most Sustainable Companies ranking.
- Arçelik became the first and only company from its industry to receive the Terra Carta Seal by the Former Prince of Wales.
ABOUT S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND DOW JONES SUSTAINABILITY INDICES
S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the markets.
The DJSI are float-adjusted market capitalization weighted indices that measure the performance of companies selected using environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The DJSI, including the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), were launched in 1999 as the pioneering series of global sustainability benchmarks available in the market. The index family is comprised of global, regional and country benchmarks. Arçelik has featured in the DJSI since 2017.
The full results and list of DJSI constituents are available at https://www.spglobal.com/esg/csa/
For more information about the DJSI methodology, please visit: https://www.spglobal.com/spdji
ABOUT ARÇELIK
With 45,000 employees throughout the world, Arçelik's global operations include subsidiaries in 53 countries, and 30 production facilities in 9 countries and 12 brands (Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Blomberg, ElektraBregenz, Arctic, Leisure, Flavel, Defy, Altus, Dawlance, Voltas Beko). Arçelik, which is among the three largest white goods companies in Europe with its market share (based on volumes), reached a consolidated turnover of 6.5 billion Euros in 2021. Arçelik's 29 R&D and Design Centers & Offices across the globe are home to over 2,300 researchers and hold up to 3,000 internationally registered patent applications to date. For the 4th consecutive year, Arçelik achieved the highest score in the DHP Household Durables industry (based on the results dated December 2022) in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Through its leadership position in sustainability and credible decarbonization roadmap for achieving net zero, Arçelik became the first and only company from its industry to receive the Terra Carta Seal from the former Prince of Wales. Arçelik's vision is 'Respecting the World, Respected Worldwide.'
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Prepares for Installation of 500-Kilowatt Solar Generation System in Eddy County
Joins Innovative Demand Response Program to Support Reliability of North Dakota's Electrical Grid
DALLAS, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodnight Midstream LLC ("Goodnight"), a leading midstream produced water infrastructure company, today announced two new initiatives with industry-leading partners aimed at expanding the utilization of renewable energy and supporting grid reliability.
Goodnight has signed a definitive agreement for the installation of a 500-kilowatt solar generation system at one of its Llano pipeline receipt points in Eddy County. Goodnight will lease the photovoltaic supplemental power system from Priority Power, a leader in energy optimization and infrastructure, offering smart energy solutions and streamlined transitions to carbon neutrality. The system is expected to begin commercial operations during the fourth quarter of 2022, and Goodnight's ongoing produced water operations will enable an estimated 750 MWh of solar energy annually to be sold back to the New Mexico power grid for use by other customers in the region.
The Company today also announced that it has entered into a groundbreaking demand response program in North Dakota, in partnership with Power-on-Demand, LLC, which will provide a 500-kilowatt battery energy storage system for temporary power that can be utilized during operating peaks and demand changes. The program is designed to support the Southwest Power Pool Operating Reserves in improving the reliability, resiliency and sustainability of the grid, and managing peak demand for customers across a multi-state footprint. The program is expected to be operational by the end of 2022 and to expand to up to 14 additional sites in the state in the coming two to three years.
The program builds on Goodnight's current participation in the ERCOT demand response program that is increasingly critical to enhancing electrical reliability and combatting intermittency issues in the state of Texas.
"At Goodnight, our business is centered around an environmentally conscious approach and these recent initiatives underscore our commitment to expand our ESG efforts even further," said Patrick Walker, CEO of Goodnight Midstream. "As we provide safe, efficient and sustainable produced water services, we are continuously evaluating and identifying new ways to reduce emissions and have a positive impact on the environment. We look forward to continue working with industry leaders and innovators to enhance the amount of renewable energy that supports our infrastructure and operations, while simultaneously facilitating the delivery of reliable, sustainable energy to the communities in which we operate."
In 2021, Goodnight transported over 100 million barrels of produced water through its pipelines, resulting in 18,600 metric tons of reduced carbon dioxide emissions. That is equivalent to avoiding more than 11.9 million truck miles or removing 4,046 cars from the road.
About Goodnight Midstream LLC
Goodnight Midstream builds and operates midstream oilfield water infrastructure for oil and gas producers. The Company owns and operates an extensive network of water gathering pipelines and saltwater disposal wells focused on gathering, transporting, reusing and disposing of produced saltwater for its customers. Goodnight's midstream approach minimizes environmental impact and improves health and safety while lowering lease operating expenses and improving reliability for its customers. Goodnight operates in the most active basins in the United States with significant positions in the Permian Basin, Bakken and Eagle Ford shales. For more information, please visit www.goodnightmidstream.com.
About Priority Power
Priority Power is leading the Energy Transition with proven integrity, trust and transparency. Priority Power combines energy optimization and infrastructure expertise, with our proprietary technology, PriorityView, to help large scale commercial/industrial businesses achieve decarbonization and sustainability goals while also maximizing savings and efficiency. Priority Power serves over 7,000 clients, totaling $2.7 billion in energy spend, across nearly every industry and vertical. Priority has over $230 million of energy infrastructure projects completed, and over $1 billion in energy infrastructure projects in process. For more information on Priority Power, please visit www.prioritypower.com.
About Power-on-Demand, LLC
Power-on-Demand builds, owns and operates large-scale, industrial battery energy storage systems and behind the meter power solutions to assist our customers in meeting power reliability needs, while also optimizing power program revenues available with electric utilities. We utilize the latest technologies and systems that can easily integrate into an existing facility for the short, medium or long-term helping to support our customers with energy transition initiatives. For more information, please visit www.pod-llc.com.
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The weekly social media posts published by Cristiano Ronaldo this offseason typically have shown the soccer superstar half-dressed, muscles bulging, either working out or promoting one of his many brands.
Remaining relevant and highly visible is clearly so important to the player who, along with Lionel Messi, is the greatest of his generation. That also extends to the final years of his career on the field, too.
It’s why, for the 37-year-old Ronaldo, playing for Manchester United — still one of the world’s most famous sports teams, despite their recent trophy drought — just isn’t enough. He wants to be competing on the biggest stage, winning the biggest trophies while he can.
Hence the current standoff with United, which is becoming more damaging and disruptive as the days go by and the new season looms.
Publicly, Ronaldo has not yet returned to preseason training with the English club because of what has been described as “personal reasons.” The expectation, recently hired United manager Erik ten Hag repeats on an almost-daily basis, is that Ronaldo will be back before the Premier League begins and be a key member of the squad.
The reality, it seems, is different. Ronaldo reportedly wants out after just one season back at Old Trafford, with United no longer in the Champions League or in shape to compete with the best teams in England like Manchester City and Liverpool. United finished sixth last season, 35 points behind first-place City.
So, while the rest of the United squad has been on tour in Thailand and Australia, getting match-sharp and acquainted with ten Hag and his methods, Ronaldo has been back home in Portugal with his family while his agent, Jorge Mendes, shops around seeking a new club for his most famous client.
Currently, there is no buyer.
And the Premier League season starts in about two weeks.
“I don’t know what Cristiano said to the club and to the manager," said United midfielder Bruno Fernandes, who also plays alongside Ronaldo for Portugal. "I don’t know what’s going on in his head, if he wants to leave. I didn’t ask them that.
"From everything we know,” Fernandes added, “he had some family problems so we have to respect his space, give him some space and that’s it. The only thing I asked Cristiano when he didn’t turn up was if everything was OK with the family. He told me what was going on, that’s it and nothing more.”
On the face of it, United still wants to keep Ronaldo — he was the team’s top scorer last season with 24 goals and is back to being the club’s poster boy for the marketing department — and ten Hag has called the striker “extremely important” along with being “not for sale.”
But why would other top clubs be cold on a player who is still a guaranteed source of goals, and revenue for that matter?
Goals might be the aim of the game but they are not necessarily enough for a modern-day coach. A certain level of mobility and an ability to be part of a team pressing game counts for a lot, too, and Ronaldo does not offer that, even if he remains a supremely athletic player with that uncanny knack of coming alive in the penalty area and scoring from anywhere. A team’s structure must change to accommodate a player like an aging Ronaldo, covering for his deficiencies and the need to make him the focal point.
In short, his presence requires compromises to be made. He is a problem and a solution.
Maybe, if he ends up staying at United, ten Hag can come up with a system in which Ronaldo thrives and the players around him can cover for him and make the team operate in an efficient way. That's easier said than done.
Thomas Tuchel — the sort of coach who values a team over the individual — clearly thought that wasn’t possible, given his Chelsea team was one of the clubs Mendes apparently spoke to. There was a glaring hole in Chelsea’s forward line, too, with Romelu Lukaku returning to Inter Milan.
Bayern Munich is another team to have reportedly turned down the chance to sign Ronaldo. There has been no desire from Real Madrid or Juventus to go back in for him, either.
Ronaldo’s wage demands are likely ruling out most of the other clubs competing in this season’s Champions League, a competition in which he is the record scorer with 141 goals — 16 more than Messi — and for which he lives.
It leaves Ronaldo in an awkward spot. Still one of the greatest scorers in soccer but a player unwanted by the best teams.
So what comes next? An uneasy truce with United and a sheepish return to a team playing in the Europa League and unlikely to be involved in the Premier League title race? Or can Mendes pull a blockbuster move out of the bag, like he did last year when Ronaldo sealed a sensational return to England?
For his brand and his legacy, Ronaldo will want the latter, ending what has turned out to be a nostalgia project without a happy ending.
And deep down, that might suit ten Hag, too, enabling him to start the rebuilding job at United with a clean slate.
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MINNEAPOLIS — The long pass from Kirk Cousins up the left sideline landed in Justin Jefferson’s arms in just the right spot in the fourth quarter of Minnesota’s game with New England, a split second before two Patriots defensive backs slammed into the Vikings star.
“I love this team. I’d do anything for it, and when that ball’s in the air, it’s mine,” Jefferson said.
Already owning more receiving yards than any other third-year player in NFL history with six games left to pad his total, Jefferson has gained the trust of Cousins many times over. The quarterback has ever-growing confidence he can pinpoint a pass into a tricky spot and Jefferson will haul it in.
“The eye in the sky don’t lie, we say,” Cousins said. “When he puts that stuff on tape, it earns the right to keep getting the ball.”
Jefferson said he’s worked on hand-eye coordination, grip strength and peripheral vision to aid his success rate on those well-covered routes. The challenge won’t subside this week when the Vikings play the New York Jets, who boast a pair of standout cornerbacks: Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed.
“I’m confident in my game, my skill set to win my battles, and hopefully we don’t get too many double teams,” Jefferson said.
The Vikings (9-2) can clinch their first NFC North title in five seasons with Cousins by beating the Jets and having Jacksonville win at Detroit (4-7), but they’ve largely kept their feelings about their dominance in the division to themselves with the obvious bigger picture of seeding for the NFC playoffs in the background.
“I never think about future weeks, or really can’t afford to look in the rearview mirror either. It’s got to be all about this week and getting a win,” Cousins said, adding: “There are many teams who at this stage of the game are hovering around .500, and then they end up playing for the Super Bowl, so you understand how this league will beat you up and go back and forth.”
The Jets (7-4) are one game out of the AFC East lead, in an even more foreign place with meaningful games ahead in December. They haven’t been to the playoffs in 12 years.
“It’s not like it’s an elephant in the room. It’s not like you’re not going to acknowledge it, but none of it matters at the end of the day,” Jets coach Robert Saleh said. “You’ve got to quickly refocus back to what’s important, and what’s important is this moment.”
GREAT WHITE
Mike White stepped in for the Jets at quarterback for the benched Zach Wilson last week and performed with the poise and efficiency of a veteran in just his fourth career start — and first of the season. White went 22 of 28 for 315 yards and three touchdowns in the 31-10 victory over Chicago.
“He comes in and prepares, goes about his business the right way and goes about his preparation the right way,” rookie receiver Garrett Wilson said. “You do things like that consistently, you’re going to get it back.”
White already has just one fewer TD pass than Wilson and is two behind Joe Flacco for the team lead.
THE BREAKTHROUGH
Kene Nwangwu returned a kickoff 97 yards for the tying touchdown for the Vikings in the third quarter against the Patriots, his first score of the season after taking two of them all the way as a rookie last year. Special teams coordinator Matt Daniels blamed himself for holding Nwangwu back by overthinking the return schemes. He and assistant Ben Kotwica drew up a new plan on paper at halftime of that game that the Vikings had never practiced before.
“What a breath of fresh air it was to see him take one to the house,” Daniels said. “I know we’ve all been waiting on it.”
MIDDLE MAN
The Vikings ought to get a boost for their defensive line with the return of Dalvin Tomlinson, who has missed the last four games with a calf injury. The only previous game he missed in six years in the NFL came last year when he was sidelined by COVID-19.
Tomlinson, whose interior presence and push has contributed to edge rushers Za’Darius Smith and Danielle Hunter combining for 16 1/2 sacks, warmed up before the New England game but was held out as a precaution.
“It was more just about trusting things, making sure the muscles were ready for the pounding you’re going to take during the game,” Tomlinson said.
FOOTBALL FRIEND
Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore, who requested a trade earlier this season because of a lack of opportunities, has been more involved in the passing attack lately. With White at quarterback, Moore caught his first touchdown pass of the season against the Bears after having five as a rookie last year.
Moore said this week he actually took a ball the day before the game and had a monologue with it — even giving it a kiss for good measure.
“I was like, ‘Damn, you already know how I feel about you,’” Moore said.
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PFAS are harmful chemicals found in products we use every day. They’re even prevalent in drinking water. Scientists say consuming even small amounts can be toxic and lead to health concerns.
WBUR’s Gabrielle Emanuel explains what PFAS do to our bodies and how you can reduce your exposure.
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4th suspect arrested in shootings that left 2 Flagler Palm Coast High School students dead
A fourth man has been arrested for his role in a feud which led to the killing of two Flagler Palm Coast High School students who were innocent bystanders in separate shootings in south Bunnell earlier this year, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Terrell Sampson, 18, of Bunnell, was arrested on Thursday and charged with attempted second-degree murder in the killing of Noah Smith of Bunnell. The Sheriff’s Office also charged Russell Hillard, 30, with harboring a fugitive.
Smith was shot on Jan. 12 and Keymarion Hall was shot on May 3. Both were innocent bystanders, and both were 16 years old and students at Flagler Palm Coast High School.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office had been searching for Sampson since earlier this week and they found him on Thursday in a home on Wedge Lane in Palm Coast, according to a press release.
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While other occupants of the residence walked out when the Sheriff's Office arrived, Sampson remained inside, a report states. Sampson eventually exited the residence at 4:33 p.m. about 40 minutes after the Sheriff's Office began loud public address announcements, the report stated.
Hillard was arrested and charged with felony accessory after the fact and resisting officer without violence.
Besides Sampson, the Sheriff's Office has arrested three other men in the killings: Tyrese Patterson, 20, of Palm Coast; Devandre Williams, 18, whose arrest report listed Bunnell and Daytona Beach as residences, and Stephen Monroe, 23, of Oak Hill.
Patterson, Williams and Monroe are each charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Smith and were being held without bail in the Flagler County jail.
Williams was also charged with second-degree murder with a firearm and attempted second-degree murder with a firearm in the shooting of Hall.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said during a press conference on Tuesday that a group in Palm Coast, known as GSO (Get Stepped On) and a group in south Bunnell were engaged in “street justice” after Sampson and members of the Bunnell group shot at a vehicle occupied by the Palm Coast group.
Sampson was arrested May 5 on a charge of possession of a firearm but was released May 7 after posting $100,000 bail.
Noah Smith's killing
The report stated that Smith, identified as “NS,” was hanging out with five people, including Sampson, in the 400 block of South Anderson Street about 10:11 p.m. on Jan. 12.
Meanwhile, a black Kia driven by Devandre Williams and occupied by Tyrese Patterson and Stephen Monroe drove to south Bunnell from a home on Rosepetal Lane in Palm Coast.
The Kia slowed or stopped on South Anderson Street and the car’s occupants and Sampson “engaged in an antagonistic verbal exchange,” the report stated.
Another person told Sampson not to start anything in front of his residence and to leave and Sampson did, the report stated.
The Kia then headed south on South Anderson Street. But Sampson fired at the vehicle from a side yard, the report stated. The people in the vehicle drove away, the report stated.
Smith entered his home on South Anderson Street and said that Williams and Sampson were outside shooting, the report stated.
Smith then walked back outside, the report stated.
Meanwhile, the vehicle sped back east on East Booe Street and stopped at the intersection with South Anderson Street briefly, the report stated. Surveillance cameras recorded muzzle flashes coming from the right passenger side of the vehicle, the report stated. According to a report, Patterson and Monroe fired guns.
The vehicle then drove away.
Smith was struck by a single gunshot in the pelvic/hip area and died, the report stated.
Keymarion Hall's killing
Devandre Williams was a passenger in a car about 10:17 p.m. on May 3 which surveillance video recording slowing at the intersection of East Booe Street and South Pine Street in Bunnell, a report stated. Monroe was also in the car, the report stated.
About 15 muzzle flashes were seen from the passenger side of the vehicle, the report stated. Shortly after that, a camera recorded a man running and firing nine shots at the fleeing car, the report stated.
Hall suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his head and and "leg area" and died early the next morning at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach.
Another man, Nysean Giddens, suffered two gunshot wounds to a leg, which were non-life threatening, the report stated. The report does not state what Hall and Giddens were doing before the shooting before the shooting.
Williams stated in an interview with deputies that he was asleep but woke up prior to the shooting when Monroe was playing “Okay” according to the report. The song is a “diss track” created by Monroe and references an ongoing dispute or “beef” between Williams and Monroe’s associates and a separate group, the report stated.
Williams stated that when the car stopped at the intersection, he saw several people standing on South Pine Street, the report stated. Williams said that Monroe handed him a gun and Williams said he started shooting from the rear passenger window in the direction of South Pine Street, the report stated. After the shooting, they headed back to Volusia County, the report stated.
Monroe told investigators that Williams told the driver to stop the car and when the driver did, Williams started shooting, the report stated.
Staly said earlier this week that Smith and Hall had done nothing wrong and were not the intended targets. He said Sampson was the target.
“I want to emphasize again the victims of the homicides were good kids. They were innocent victims,” Staly said.
Staly said detectives worked more than 2,500 hours on the cases and served more than 40 warrants.
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Shippers and logistics service providers can overcome delays, optimize land-side operations and reduce demurrage fees
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- project44, the connective tissue of the global supply chain, today announced new capabilities within its supply chain visibility platform, Movement by project44™, with the addition of Ocean Terminal Visibility. With highly accurate, real-time data on the status and location of containers within the terminal, shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) can improve inland planning, minimize demurrage and drayage fees, and address delays or disruptions.
"Many supply chain delays don't happen in transit, but at interchange points like ports. Containers enter a 'black box' when they travel through terminals, and that jeopardizes efficiency downstream," said Jett McCandless, founder and CEO, project44. "We're taking the mystery out of container status and location with our new Ocean Terminal Visibility capabilities, giving customers true end-to-end visibility."
This week, project44 introduced Ocean Terminal Visibility at TPM23, a conference for the Trans-Pacific and global container shipping and logistics community held each year in Long Beach, California. Shippers and logistics services professionals are ushering in the next generation of supply chain management as they help their organizations navigate "never-normal" supply chains, taking innovative approaches to solve evolving logistics business challenges by harnessing advanced technologies.
By extending visibility for shippers and LSPs who are importing to North American ports, Ocean Terminal Visibility addresses persistent challenges like high demurrage fees, poor drayage operation management, inefficient warehouse management and substandard demand planning. Ocean Terminal Visibility provides container discharge events, precise location, last free day information and status—such as holds, customs clearance and availability for pickup.
"As an omnichannel retailer with over 1,000 stores in North America, having complete visibility into our supply chain gives us the insights we need to put customers at the center of every decision," said Jamie Bragg, EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Tailored Brands. "We source product from around the world, so gaining visibility into ports through Ocean Terminal Visibility will make a big difference in overcoming import delays."
Combined with project44's Ocean Visibility and Port Intel products, Ocean Terminal Visibility provides the only holistic solution for shippers and LSPs to address common port challenges. Beyond this, project44's Ocean Emissions Visibility, Sailing Schedules, Carrier Analytics and Detention & Demurrage offerings deliver the most comprehensive carrier insight capabilities available on the market. As companies move goods through ports, they now have access to the intelligence they need at the shipment and container levels to streamline operations and enable better business decisions. project44 cleanses and normalizes data and uses advanced data science to calculate the most accurate estimated times of arrival for key milestones, enabling more sophisticated logistics planning.
"Ocean visibility has been a challenge for ASICS over the last couple of years and terminals are the biggest blind spot. It's therefore exciting to see project44's continued innovation for international supply chain visibility," said Roy Nijman, Global SAP Logistics Solution Owner at ASICS.
"Steam has rapidly grown to over 250 drayage team members moving more than 120,000 containers a year over the last few years," said Jon Poehnelt, Chief Commercial Officer at Steam Logistics. "The key to our success has been our ability to keep decision-making as close to the customer as possible, allowing us to move fast and be proactive for our customers. With project44's extended capabilities, providing accurate and actionable visibility in the terminal, we're now better equipped than ever to provide an even greater value to our customers and carriers."
Ocean Terminal Visibility enhances Movement by project44, the award-winning platform that delivers connectivity and transparency to all supply chain partners, enabling a more agile, resilient and sustainable supply chain. Find out more about Movement by project44 at joinmovement.project44.com.
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The tech-driven dental company opens its first clinical studio at Five Points in East Nashville; supported by corporate headquarters with 100 team members
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tend, the first dentist that people actually look forward to, opened its first studio in Nashville today, adding a fifth clinical market to its growing national presence. The company currently operates 22 locations across Washington DC, Boston, Atlanta, and New York City, where it debuted its first studio in October 2019. Tend East Nashville, located at 962 Woodland Street in the Five Points neighborhood, will add to their presence in Music City, where their corporate headquarters and over 100 team members are based.
"Tend's arrival in Nashville is truly a full circle moment," said Doug Hudson, the locally-based co-founder and CEO of Tend. "For the last three years, our team members here have been heads down building Tend at a rapid pace to accommodate the quick growth of our member demand since our launch. I couldn't be prouder to debut our 'hometown' clinical outpost to share our mission with our team members and the community as a whole, and am confident we'll enjoy an enthusiastic welcome."
With a mission to transform dentistry into an empowering, human, and joyful experience, Tend has become ubiquitous in major cities along the East Coast and has grown to serve upwards of 100,000 members. The modern, tech-driven dental studios are beloved for their beautiful design, seamless online booking, expert clinicians, wide range of services, and elevated in-person experience driven by hospitality touchpoints.
Its East Nashville location will be joined by additional openings in 2023 as the organization continues to scale its full-service dentistry model nationwide, and deepening its presence in existing markets like the DC and New York City metropolitan areas.
Tend is the first dentist that people actually look forward to. Launched in October 2019, Tend was created to set a new standard for oral health by providing dentistry the way it should be—hassle-free, personalized, and straightforward, with a focus on patient happiness—all in a calm, inviting, and thoughtfully-designed space. Founding CEO Doug Hudson is supported by over 600 talented team members in New York City, Nashville, Washington, DC., Boston and Atlanta. In addition to operating 23 studios along the East Coast, Tend also offers a suite of dentist-designed consumer products to extend its mission into the daily lives of members. For more information, visit hellotend.com or download the Tend Dental app, available on all iOS and Android devices.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported another death and even more cases linked to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a drug-resistant strain of bacteria, found in artificial tears or eyedrops.
The bacteria strain has been found in 81 people — four of whom have died from infections, according to specimens collected between May 2022 and April 2023, according to the CDC's most recent update.
Over 10 different brands of ophthalmic drugs were involved in these cases, the CDC said. But the most common was Ezri Care Artificial Tears, which the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to stop purchasing in February.
The CDC confirmed a matching strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in opened bottles of the product and says it will test unopened bottles to test whether contamination occurred during manufacturing.
According to the FDA, Ezricare's parent company, an India-based pharmaceutical provider named Global Pharma Healthcare, had failed to provide appropriate microbial testing of its over-the-counter eye product. The same was true of another of the company's products, Delsam Pharma Artificial Eye Ointment, which the company voluntarily recalled shortly after.
The FDA said Global Pharma failed to use adequate, tamper-evident packaging and distributed the drugs without proper preservatives.
Global Pharma did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment.
Two additional companies, Apotex Corp. and Pharmedica USA, recalled eyedrop products in February, though products from those companies had not been linked to infections at the time.
Per the CDC's latest update, infections have been identified in 18 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.
Common symptoms of the bacterial infection include discharge from the eye, redness of the eye or eyelid, blurry vision, a sensitivity to light and eye pain.
In the most extreme cases, the infection can spread to other parts of the body, including the bloodstream. Four people have died due to infections, the CDC said. At least 14 others have experienced vision loss and four have undergone enucleation — the surgical removal of the eyeball.
Infections are generally treated with antibiotics, but the bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to multiple drugs. The CDC does not recommend patients undergo testing for infection unless they have symptoms.
In 2017, a drug-resistant strain of the bacteria was believed to have caused an estimated 32,600 infections among hospitalized patients in the U.S., continuing a downward trend from 46,000 in 2012, the CDC said in an informational tip sheet.
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Medina overcomes five walks, pitches five innings to lead A’s past White Sox, 7-4
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Luis Medina overcame his season-long control problems and pitched five mostly strong innings to earn his first win as a starter this season, Carlos Pérez hit his sixth homer while his brother sat in the opposite dugout, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 on Friday night.
Medina, the A’s rookie right-hander whose only other win came against Milwaukee on June 9 when he threw five strong innings of relief, struggled with his command for the second consecutive outing. He walked five — three in the first inning — and allowed four hits and one run in five innings.
Medina (2-7) gave up a run in the first after allowing a double to Andrew Benitendi leading off the game, struck out four and worked out of bases-loaded jams in the first two innings.
“I leaned over to (bench coach Darren Bush) and said, ‘I don’t know if I’ve seen two innings and 14 guys come to the plate and only one run given up,’” manager Mark Kotsay said.
Medina was in such a funk early that in between innings, he and Kotsay had a conversation while the manager held an iPad. When the chat ended, the iPad was on the floor of the dugout.
“I’m glad that he got it together,” Kotsay said. “He should build confidence from that standpoint and realize that less thinking is probably better for him.”
Medina has 12 walks over his last 10 innings.
“I know I got in trouble but I just made the pitch when I needed to make it,” Medina said through a translator. “That’s what helped me out, keeping myself in the game.”
Two days after being on the wrong side of the first perfect game in the majors this season, the A’s had 10 hits. That snapped an Oakland-record 19 consecutive games with nine hits or fewer.
Pérez, the A’s primary backup catcher who was making his second career start at first base, grounded out and flew out in his first two at-bats before crushing a 1-2 slider from reliever Jesse Scholtens over the fence in left to put Oakland up 5-1.
The A’s won for the third time in 15 games following their season-high, seven-game winning streak.
Luis Robert Jr. homered for Chicago, which had won four of six. Benitendi added a two-run double in the eighth.
White Sox hitting coach Jose Castro was ejected after the fourth inning when he came out to argue with home plate umpire Tripp Gibson.
Before the game, Chicago called up Pérez’s younger brother, also named Carlos, from Triple-A Charlotte. The two have an older brother also named Carlos, all three with different middle names. The first name is also shared by their father and grandfather.
The two youngest Pérez brothers had played against each other in the Venezuelan Winter League but this was their first game in the majors with each other.
“Feels nice that I did it,” the A’s Pérez said. “Feels nice that I saw him on the other side and I’m really happy for him.”
Chicago, which had scored 20 runs in its previous two games, loaded the bases twice in the first two innings but only scored once on an RBI single by Elroy Jiménez in the first.
The A’s responded with four runs off opener Tanner Banks (0-3) in the second. Shea Langeliers singled in a run, Tony Kemp had an RBI triple, and Jace Peterson and Esteury Ruíz each added sacrifice flies.
Benitendi’s two-out, two-run double off reliever Sam Moll in the eighth cut Oakland’s lead to 5-3 before Trevor May retired Tim Anderson on a swinging strikeout.
Aledmys Diaz had an RBI double and scored on Jace Peterson’s single in the bottom of the frame for Oakland.
Robert’s 24th home run came off Trevor May in the ninth. May retired the next three batters for his fifth save.
Banks allowed five hits and four runs in five innings. He struck out three and walked one.
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White Sox: OF Adam Haseley was optioned to Charlotte to make room for Pérez.
Athletics: RHP James Kaprielian was placed on the 15-day Injured List because of a strained right shoulder. RHP Yacksel Rios (Raynaud’s Syndrome) was also put on the 15-day IL. RHP Mason Miller (right forearm tightness) is in a throwing program but has been transferred to the 60-day IL. INF Jonah Bride was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. RHP Rico Garcia and INF Jordan Diaz were called up from Las Vegas. LHP Kirby Snead was activated off the 60-day IL.
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White Sox RHP Dylan Cease (3-3, 4.04 ERA) is scheduled to make his majors-leading 18th start Saturday afternoon. Cease, who has allowed two runs or fewer in his previous five starts, is 2-0 in four career starts against Oakland. The A’s plan to call LHP Kyle Muller (1-4, 8.04) up from the minors to make his first start since May 22.
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Wyoming Distillery Bottles Railroad History in Craft Whiskey
In 1867, the Union Pacific Railroad pulled into the dusty station of what would become Cheyenne, Wyoming. The railroad is deeply tied to our beautiful state. The pioneers, cowboys, and railroad workers came on the Old West steam engines that built Wyoming with their bare hands and endless dedication. The award-winning Wyoming-based Brush Creek Distillery seeks to embody this legacy of backbreaking work and determination in its Railroad Rye Whiskey.
Brush Creek Distillery Bottles the Spirit of Wyoming and the American West
Andrew Wason, the Managing Director of Brush Creek, described Railroad Rye as "a labor of love." But not just for a love of whiskey. No - the Railroad Rye is a love letter, a delicious sonnet, embodying the spirit of Wyoming and the American West. And it began with a train ride West, just as many pioneers who built the Cowboy State did.
Brush Creek's Railroad Rye began its epic journey in Chicago when 80 barrels of whiskey were bundled securely onto one of the Union Pacific's railcars. Wason explained that just getting the whiskey on the train was a journey - he had to work with Union Pacific for several months and build safety frames to ensure the product could make the bumpy trip. But make the journey it did, following the historical trail of the Transcontinental Railroad to Rock Springs, Wyoming, at one of the oldest railway stations still in use in the state. It was the first time in ages that the Union Pacific had transported whiskey en masse on one of their trains.
From there, the whiskey made its way to Brush Creek's Distillery on a sprawling ranch in Saratoga. It would age for another ten months before becoming one of the 11 inaugural barrels of the Railroad Rye #1 Boxcar.
Wyoming's Brush Creek Distillery Brings Home the Gold for Craft Whiskeys
Brush Creek has brought home gold at the American Craft Spirits Association (2022 Judging of Craft Spirits) and the 2022 John Barleycorn Awards. Brush Creek Distillery's team is no stranger to creating unique, award-winning takes on Bourbon and Rye Whiskey. Their "Honig," a cabernet barrel-aged whiskey, has won 95 points at the 2022 Ultimate Spirits Challenge and a platinum medal at the 2022 SIP Awards. The Distillery also dabbles in gin and vodka.
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See all our stories about David Ortiz’s Hall of Fame induction here.
In the eyes of voters, David Ortiz’s baseball credentials are Hall of Fame-worthy.
To the Village of Cooperstown, N.Y., Big Papi is a certifiable Pied Piper.
Legions of New England Ortiz fans will hit the road this weekend, filling the streets, stores and motels surrounding the tourism-dependent hamlet. In doing so, they’ll provide a Papi-sized economic relief package that is perfectly timed. It will mark the first “normal” Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum induction weekend since pre-pandemic 2019.
“We still want the Hall of Fame to be cream of the crop and you definitely need that standard in my mind but business-wise, Ortiz really did help us bounce back from the two years that our area has gone through,” said Scott Barton, owner of the Lake ‘N Pines Motel and Hickory Grove Motor Inn. “Even though I’m an avid Yankees fan, a diehard Yankees fan – trust me, he put a lot of heartbreak in us in his time – I’m definitely excited to see him going into the Hall of Fame.”
Twelve hours after the Red Sox icon’s election was announced on Jan. 25, Barton’s lodges went from 50 percent occupancy to 100 percent for induction weekend, with the bulk of new reservations coming from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
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With studies by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum showing that visitors spend approximately 90 cents of every dollar on surrounding businesses, with the other 10 cents going to the museum itself, Ortiz’s election hits the upstate New York region’s sweet spot of timing, geography, and personality.
“When you have somebody with that sort of popularity and whose primary team was that close to Cooperstown, it certainly is going to mean an uptick in not just visitors for this weekend, but in the future,” said Josh Rawitch, president of the Hall of Fame. “People wanting to come and see his plaque, people wanting to purchase the merchandise that we have surrounding the induction because it is such a, frankly, once-in-a-lifetime experience for someone who’s a David Ortiz fan – there’s never going to be another thing like this.
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“For the village itself, it’s the feeling that things are going to be back to normal and in a good way,” Rawitch continued. “That there’s just going to be tens of thousands of people here, coming to the local businesses and spending money on restaurants and hotels and bars and souvenirs. All of that, it’s pretty powerful.”
The Hall of Fame refrains from making estimates on attendance, but a “normal” induction weekend draws between 30,000 to 50,000. A turnout towards or exceeding the high end of that range looks realistic this yaer.
It’s too soon to say if the crowd will break the record 80,000-plus who came in for Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. in 2007, but there will be a throng all weekend, including a Sunday night “Cooperstown Dominican Latin Fest” with Ortiz and other notables at the nearby Brewery Ommegang — free to the first 5,000 who show up.
The last “normal” induction in 2019 was also when the first unanimous electee, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, was inducted. Around 55,000 were in attendance.
The following summer was going to be another story.
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The 2020 induction ceremony was to feature Yankee icon Derek Jeter and “they were thinking of anywhere up to 100,000″ Yankees fans would make the trek to Cooperstown to pay homage to their captain, said Tara Burke, executive director of Cooperstown’s Chamber of Commerce. “The pandemic really created a challenge there.”
The July 2020 induction was wiped out, and so was the following July’s.
When Jeter was finally inducted in a mid-week, off-season ceremony last September, approximately 20,000 showed up.
While local businesses struggled and adapted to the tourist-less economy for two years, the hospitality industry was hit the hardest.
Otsego County, where Cooperstown sits, has a 4 percent occupancy tax. Revenue from the third quarter — when the traditional induction ceremony as well as the youth baseball tournaments draw players, coaches and family take place — traditionally comprising roughly 65 percent of annual tax revenues.
The total occupancy taxes collected in 2020 totaled just over $612,000, about 72 percent less than the $2.17 million collected in 2019.
“With COVID and having Jeter here, you know, the county kind of got shafted in that and I think Jeter got shafted, too because we thought he’d draw a huge crowd,” said Allen Ruffles, treasurer of Otsego County. “But now that COVID is kind of past us in a way, David Ortiz might give us the huge bump that we were looking for with Jeter because Boston’s still local.”
Jeff Katz, former mayor of Cooperstown, said that it “already feels like a normal summer” in the village. Restaurants are busy, traffic’s picked up, adding up to what is “really a harbinger of induction.”
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And while it’s too soon to say if COVID crowd hesitancy or gas prices will impact turnout, Katz senses Ortiz will draw an “above-average” crowd for what Katz describes as “the best baseball block party in the country.”
It’s hard to imagine an Ortiz fan who’d want to miss that.
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The older I get, the more I appreciate things I dismissed when I was younger: grapefruit, dry heat, Fleetwood Mac, slip-on shoes, being able to hear above the din, and now, the Nissan Leaf.
Somehow, it’s around for another model year with pricing on the 2024 Nissan Leaf announced late in June, the same time a 2023 Nissan Leaf SV Plus crept into my driveway. Basic, functional, budget-minded, unlike all those newfangled electric vehicles clamoring for attention, the Nissan Leaf is a venerable old bastard, an EV Clint Eastwood in Timothée Chalamet times.
It hasn’t worn out its welcome even though it’s been passed by time. The first mass-produced electric vehicle arrived late in 2010 with a range of 73 miles, and Nissan proved to the world that you could build and sell an affordable electric vehicle. More than a decade later, most automakers still aspire to fulfill this promise, especially now that the average new car price hovers around $47,000.
Nissan has evolved as well, with the arrival of the 2023 Nissan Ariya electric crossover that reorients the brand for the immediate future. It’s impressive, but with a starting price of about $45,000 it lacks what most appeals about the Nissan Leaf: a starting price under $30,000.
It likely won’t be around much longer, so a week with it allowed me to reassess its pros and cons.
Pro: The original affordable EV. Sometimes.
Tesla promised an affordable EV for a decade now, and delivered a few, through hoops. Chevy pledged a $30,000 Equinox EV, and other automakers have teased EV affordability. But Nissan’s been doing it in reality. With a small 40-kwh battery pack and a 149-mile range, the 2024 Leaf can be had for less than $30,000.
Con: Nissan Leaf has a Chevy Bolt EV problem
But so can the Chevy Bolt EV. GM’s recall-beleaguered hatchback remains not only the most affordable electric vehicle, but also one of the best buys of any new cars: It costs $27,495, including destination. And it has a 259-mile range, right up there with most new electric crossovers. The Leaf SV Plus I tested cost nearly $37,000, and had only a 212-mile range. And the Bolt still qualifies for the revamped $7,500 federal EV tax credit, which means it can be had for about $20,000, if you can find one. There’s no argument for the Leaf in this case.
Pro: Nissan Leaf carries on, Bolt doesn’t
The only argument in favor of the Nissan Leaf over the Chevy Bolt EV is that GM will be discontinuing the Bolt EV and larger Bolt EUV at the end of 2023. That may be the only reason Nissan will continue to sell the Leaf for the 2024 model year, to reclaim most affordable EV status.
Con: Weak range
The base model has only a 149-mile range, which is the lowest range on the market. Even the Leaf SV Plus with its 212-mile range comes up short of similarly priced rivals. The VW ID.4 Standard has a 62-kwh battery pack, a range of 209 miles, and a price of about $40,000, but it qualifies for the $7,500 EV tax credit, as long as you owe that much on your taxes. The Kona EV costs about $35,000, has a 258-mile range, but doesn’t qualify for the tax credit and sales are limited to about half of U.S. states.
Pro: Nissan Leaf efficiency
The EPA rates the SV Plus at 3.2 miles per kwh. On a warm summer day tooting around the suburbs with the air conditioning off but one-pedal drive on, I averaged 3.5 miles per kwh in a 40-mile span, according to the trip commuter. It makes a great municipal fleet vehicle, but it’s the only EV still using CHAdeMO fast-charging instead of CCS or NACS.
Con: Dull driving characteristics
The front-drive-only Leaf lacks the punch that makes other EVs fun to drive. As speeds intensify, the Leaf quakes as if in a storm. At highway speeds of 75 mph, it feels unsettled, as if it’s being abused, louder, rougher, shakier. The front struts and Torsion beam rear axle are standard fare for modern budget cars, and it feels planted and low to the ground due to its battery pack, but it’s nothing more than ordinary around town. It serves its purpose as a no-frills commuter faithfully. I’d still take a Bolt EV though.
Pro: One-pedal driving
There’s a charming simplicity to the Leaf, no layered touchscreen, no strange icons with wacky drive mode settings, and the interface is all very plain and simple. The only eco-indicator is a mushroom-shaped gear knob in the console, which is the nearest thing I’ve encountered to an automotive outie belly button. Shifting it to B mode results in the most significant regen braking setting, and activating the E-Pedal setting enables one-pedal driving down to a stop. It’s an easy regen setting lacking on many luxury electric cars.
The five-seat hatchback lacks the charisma, style, range, and punch of a slew of newer electric vehicles, and nearly 13 years after its arrival and one halfway-redesign later, that’s no surprise. Yet it earns a TCC Rating of 7.3 out of 10 for being a practical, affordable commuter that’s still a deal in the base Leaf. It’s a great daily commuter and errand gopher. But the SV Plus I tested can’t compete with the new kids on the block.
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2023 Nissan Leaf SV Plus
Base price: $36,825, including $1,025 destination
Price as tested: $36,985
Drivetrain: 214-hp motor with a 60-kwh battery pack and front-wheel drive
EPA fuel economy: 212-mile range, 109 MPGe, 3.2 miles/kwh
Pros: Relative base value, simplicity, efficiency, one-pedal driving
Cons: SV Plus price, relative range, boring
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Updated June 19, 2023 at 11:45 PM ET
CHICAGO — Mass shootings and violence killed and wounded people across the United States this weekend, including at least 60 shot in the Chicago area alone. Four people were found shot to death in a small Idaho town, a Pennsylvania state trooper was killed in an ambush, and bullets struck 11 teenagers, killing one, at a party in Missouri.
The shootings happened in cities and rural areas alike, following a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. Officers responded to mass shootings in Washington state, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Southern California, Milwaukee and Baltimore.
"There's no question there's been a spike in violence," said Daniel Nagin, a professor of public policy and statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. "Some of these cases seem to be just disputes, often among adolescents, and those disputes are played out with firearms, not with fists."
Researchers disagree over the cause. Theories include the possibility that violence is driven by the prevalence of guns in America, or by less aggressive police tactics or a decline in prosecutions for misdemeanor weapon offenses, Nagin said.
Only the Idaho killings fit the definition of a mass killing in which four or more people die, not including the shooter. However, the number of injured in most of the weekend cases matches the widely accepted definition for mass shootings.
Here's a look at some of the shootings this weekend:
Chicago
Five people were shot, two fatally on the city's South Side on Sunday evening when someone opened fire from a car that pulled up to a gathering, according to police.
Another four men were shot, one fatally, during an altercation in a garage in the West Side neighborhood of Austin around 3 a.m. Sunday, police said. Five others including a teenage girl were shot early Saturday near Lincoln Park Zoo, and two dozen more were shot in other incidents since Friday evening, city data shows.
Meanwhile in the suburbs, at least 23 people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday in a parking lot where hundreds of people had gathered to celebrate Juneteenth, authorities said.
The White House issued a statement calling the violence a tragedy and saying the president was thinking of those killed and injured. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement that he was monitoring the investigation.
Kellogg, Idaho
Police in Idaho arrested a suspect in a shooting that killed four people on Sunday at an apartment complex behind a church.
Responding officers found four people, all dead from gunshot wounds, at a residence in Kellogg that's behind the Mountain View Congregational Church, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office and news reports. Idaho State Police said a 31-year-old man was detained, KXLY-TV reported.
St. Louis
An early Sunday shooting in a downtown St. Louis office building killed a 17-year-old and wounded 11 other teenagers, the city's police commissioner said.
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Commissioner Robert Tracy identified the victim who was killed as 17-year-old Makao Moore. A spokesman said a minor who had a handgun was in police custody as a person of interest.
Teenagers were having a party in an office space when the shooting broke out around 1 a.m. Sunday.
The victims ranged from 15 to 19 years old. A 17-year-old girl was trampled as she fled, seriously injuring her spine, Tracy said.
Washington state
Two people were killed and two others were injured when a shooter began firing "randomly" into a crowd at a Washington state campground where many people were staying to attend a nearby music festival on Saturday night, police said.
The suspect was shot in a confrontation with law enforcement officers and taken into custody, several hundred yards from the Beyond Wonderland electronic dance music festival.
Central Pennsylvania
One state trooper was killed and a second critically wounded just hours apart in central Pennsylvania on Saturday after a gunman attacked a state police barracks.
The suspect drove his truck into the parking lot of the Lewistown barracks about 11 a.m. Saturday and opened fire with a large-caliber rifle on marked patrol cars before fleeing, authorities said Sunday.
Lt. James Wagner, 45, was critically wounded when he was shot after encountering the suspect several miles away in Mifflintown. Later, Trooper Jacques Rougeau Jr., 29, was ambushed and killed by a gunshot through the windshield of his patrol car as he drove down a road in nearby Walker Township, authorities said.
The suspect was shot and killed after a fierce gunbattle, said Lt. Col. George Bivens.
"What I witnessed ... was one of the most intense, unbelievable gunfights I have ever witnessed," Bivens said, lauding troopers for launching an aggressive search despite facing a weapon that "would defeat any of the body armor that they had available to them."
A motive was not immediately known.
Southern California
A shooting at a pool party at a Southern California home left eight people wounded, authorities said Saturday.
Authorities were dispatched shortly after midnight in Carson, California, south of Los Angeles, KABC-TV reported.
The victims range in age from 16 to 24, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
Baltimore
Six people were injured in a Friday night shooting in Baltimore. All were expected to survive.
Officers heard gunshots in the north of the city just before 9 p.m. and found three men with numerous gunshot wounds. Medics took them to area hospitals for treatment.
Police later learned of three additional victims who walked into area hospitals with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The wounded ranged in age from 17 to 26.
San Francisco
Six people were injured after a "car-to-car" shooting in the streets of San Francisco on Sunday evening, police said.
Two victims sustained gunshot wounds, one with life-threatening injuries, in the moving shootout beginning shortly before 7 p.m., San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said at a news conference Sunday.
Suspects in two cars, a black SUV and a white sedan, "drove very recklessly and chased each other while engaged in gunfire" near the northern waterfront, Scott said. The area includes Fisherman's Wharf, one of the city's busiest tourist areas.
Three victims were injured by glass shards caused by "errant gunfire," Scott said, with none of the injuries considered to be life-threatening.
Two girls, ages 10 and 16, were struck by one of the two vehicles while walking their bicycles across the street. The younger girl was injured and transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while the older girl was not injured.
Philadelphia
A 4-year-old boy was among five victims of a shooting in south Philadelphia Saturday night.
Police responded to the block shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday and found a 58-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to the legs, a 54-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to her wrist and leg, and the boy, who was brought to Presbyterian Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
A 30-year-old man also arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the wrist and a 40-year-old man was brought in with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The last victim was listed in critical condition; all others were said to be in stable condition.
Milwaukee
At least six teenagers were shot Monday afternoon around where Milwaukee's Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up.
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said among the wounded was a 17-year-old who may have been a gunman himself and is in custody. Police were still seeking additional suspects who hadn't yet been identified.
Police said the victims, four girls and two boys, ranged in age from 14-19.
Norman said the shooting may have stemmed from a fight among a number of girls and young women, but he didn't know what sparked the dispute. The injuries of those wounded varied but did not appear life-threatening, the chief said.
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The rental home where four University of Idaho students were found dead in November will be demolished, school officials said.
University President Scott Green said in a post on the school’s website Friday that the owner of the house, located in the nearby city of Moscow, offered to give it to the university, which will have it torn down.
“This is a healing step and removes the physical structure where the crime that shook our community was committed,” the post states. “Demolition also removes efforts to further sensationalize the crime scene.”
The deaths of four students — 21-year-olds Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen and 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — in the home shook the university campus and led police on a weeks-long search for a suspect.
Authorities eventually arrested 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger, a graduate student at Washington State University, in late December. He has been charged with first-degree murder and burglary, and investigators believe he broke into the house with the intent to kill and stabbed the four to death.
His DNA was found at the crime scene on a knife sheath near one of the student’s beds, police have said.
Green said the university is starting plans to build a memorial for the four students as part of a “healing garden,” which will be designed as a place to remember other students who the community has lost over the years.
He said scholarships have been established in honor of Mogen, Kernodle and Chapin, and officials are working with Goncalves’s family to establish one for her too. The scholarships will be intended to support students in their education at the university.
“We will never forget Xana, Ethan, Madison and Kaylee, and I will do everything in my power to protect their dignity and respect their memory. Together we will rebuild and continue to support each other. We are #vandalstrong,” Green said, referring to the university’s moniker.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Brewers vs. Mets on June 28, 2023
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- Francisco Lindor has put up 67 hits with 19 doubles, 16 home runs and 31 walks. He has driven in 54 runs with eight stolen bases.
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Authorities say 7 people, including the suspect, are dead following a mass shooting Tuesday night at a Walmart just off Battlefield Blvd. in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Police say there were multiple counts of both dead and injured found inside the building, where the shooting occurred. A greeter on duty at the time told WAVY the shooting started in the back of the store. One person was also found deceased outside the front entrance.
The call reporting the shooting came in at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday, when the Walmart Supercenter was still open to the public. Night shift workers had just recently checked in.
Chesapeake held an 8 a.m. news conference Wednesday with updates on the investigation.
Police Chief Mark Solesky confirmed the gunman was an employee at the store. He said the gunman used a pistol in the deadly mass shooting. The shooters’ next of kin has not been notified. They did not identify the gunman during Wednesday morning’s press conference.
Six people have died from their injuries; four remain hospitalized, Solesky said. The gunman died from a self-inflicted wound.
A spokesperson for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the area’s closest level 1 trauma center, confirmed five patients were being treated there. Two of those patients later died, two remain in critical condition and one patient is listed in good condition. 10 On Your Side is working to learn where the fourth remaining victim is being treated.
10 On your Side’s KaMaria Braye was able to interview a witness, an employee at the Walmart, who claims the shooter was a manager at the facility.
According to the witness, there were 14 employees in a meeting room waiting to learn their duties for the day when the shooting began. 10 On Your Side is still working to confirm the witness information with authorities.
The witness added that she believes the shooting was planned and targeted other managers at that specific Walmart. At one point, the witness tells 10 On Your Side she heard the suspect laughing.
A massive police response mobilized outside of the store after the shooting was reported, with FBI agents and Virginia Beach police responding to assist Chesapeake. The ATF in Washington tweeted just after midnight that they were also on the way to help in the investigation. Police entered the store after getting the call and continued to find victims for about 30 to 45 minutes, Kosinski said.
If you’re looking for information or for a loved one who works or was at the store, go to the Chesapeake Conference Center.
Employees also gathered at the nearby Sam’s Club, where attendance was being taken. A night shift employee who spoke with WAVY’s Brett Hall said “thank goodness I showed up late.”
The mother of an employee said she heard the shots when she was on the phone with her son. He was physically OK after the shooting.
Meanwhile, an employee who said she was inside the store at the time told WAVY that a teenage employee was shot.
Walmart shared a statement on Wednesday morning, saying: “We are shocked at this tragic event at our Chesapeake, Virginia store. We’re praying for those impacted, the community and our associates. We’re working closely with law enforcement, and we are focused on supporting our associates.”
The shooting left many shocked, as current and former employees at the Walmart who spoke with WAVY said the store felt like home.
“I’ve been on the phone with a few other friends who were former employees, and customers, and we’re all just in disbelief,” a former employee at the store said Wednesday morning while trying to get answers about the injured at the convention center.
WAVY’s Craig Loper spoke to Debra Hazlett, whose brother was one of the shooting victims, outside of Norfolk General on Wednesday morning. The victim, who has worked at the Chesapeake Walmart for about 20 years, called his family around 10:18 p.m. and said he’d been shot. Hazlett says it’s comforting to know he’s been talking. He had only been clocked in for about 10 minutes when he was shot.
Comedian Jay Pharoah, a “Saturday Night Live” alum from Chesapeake, wrote: “This happened right down the street from my neighborhood in Chesapeake at the Walmart that my family and I have gone to for years. My heart is broken for those who aren’t getting a chance to come home and my condolences to the families who have to suffer through their losses. If I’m thankful for anything this holiday it’s my families life and mine. Thank God we didn’t get caught in it, my mother was just there today, I pray everybody I know is okay. I pray for those who I don’t know. Pray for Chesapeake, keep Va in your hearts this holiday season.”
Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, who represents that portion of Chesapeake, shared a statement on Tuesday night, saying “I am absolutely heartbroken that America’s latest mass shooting took place in a Walmart in my district in Chesapeake, Virginia tonight. I will not rest until we find the solutions to end this gun violence epidemic in our country that has taken so many lives.”
Multiple other Virginia elected officials shared tweets and other statements early Wednesday morning:
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Employees in DHS inspector general’s office call for their boss to be fired
By Whitney Wild and Annie Grayer, CNN
Employees of the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s office are calling on President Joe Biden to fire Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, according to a letter obtained by the Project on Government Oversight.
“The mission of DHS OIG is to provide independent oversight and promote excellence, integrity, and accountability within DHS,” the employees wrote in the letter signed by “Concerned DHSOIG employees representing every program office at every grade level.”
The employees said they didn’t want to sign their names for fear of retaliation.
“Therefore, the highest priorities of an inspector general are integrity and independence. IG Cuffari and his inner circle of senior leaders have fallen short in these areas time and time again.”
The two-page letter lists several ways the unnamed DHS OIG employees believe Cuffari has derailed the office’s work and integrity, including significantly editing reports to remove key findings and interfering with staff efforts to gather information. The letter does not say how many employees feel this way.
“He has permanently damaged the reputation of DHS OIG, which already suffered public scandals and mismanagement,” the letter said.
“He no longer has the support of his workforce. Staff do not trust IG Cuffari and his senior leadership to make the right decision.”
CNN has reached out to the White House and the DHS OIG for comment.
The letter comes after a barrage of accusations from lawmakers that Cuffari and top deputies dramatically mismanaged investigations and possibly engaged in a coverup over the inquiry into US Secret Service text messages that were erased due to a data migration.
Democratic lawmakers have called for Cuffari to hand his investigation into the Secret Service to a peer inspector general, citing numerous reports that Cuffari’s office has inexplicably manipulated the investigation.
CNN previously reported that Cuffari’s office knew as early as May 2021 that the Secret Service deleted text messages and told the Department of Homeland Security in July 2021 that inspector general investigators were no longer seeking the records.
However, in mid-July, Cuffari wrote a short letter congressional oversight committees requesting they take action into the missing text messages, as well as into perceived roadblocks to accessing DHS records associated with the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol.
Lawmakers initially appeared open to Cuffari’s complaints the Secret Service and DHS frustrated the IG investigation. The House select committee investigating January 6 immediately issued a subpoena to the Secret Service for records in reaction to Cuffari’s concerns.
Patience with Cuffari quickly dissolved after several reports showed that Cuffari’s office knew about the missing text messages more than a year before he alerted Congress.
Last month, two top House Democrats accused Cuffari of obstructing their investigation into missing Secret Service text messages related to the January 6 Capitol attack,
In an August letter, House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, who also chairs the House January 6 select committee, wrote to Cuffari, pointing out that Cuffari has not cooperated with their previous requests to provide documents or make his employees available for transcribed interviews amid their ongoing investigations.
“Your obstruction of the Committees’ investigations is unacceptable, and your justifications for this noncompliance appear to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of Congress’s authority and your duties as an Inspector General. If you continue to refuse to comply with our requests, we will have no choice but to consider alternate measures to ensure your compliance,” Maloney and Thompson wrote.
Maloney’s and Thompson’s call In July for Cuffari to recuse himself was equally scathing. The letter said they had lost confidence in him after he waited months to inform Congress about the deleted Secret Service text messages from around January 6.
Senators on the Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee — the panel that voted in favor of Cuffari’s confirmation — are growing critical as well.
Sen. Gary Peters, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee, wrote to Cuffari in August to requested detailed information about the investigation, calling the allegations troubling.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagerty, an automotive lifestyle brand and a leading specialty insurance provider focused on the global automotive enthusiast market, has named its Top Gear Agents for 2023, based on their outstanding past year performance.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 15, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
337 PM CDT Thu Sep 15 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Lubbock, northeastern Hockley, southwestern Hale and southeastern
Lamb Counties through 400 PM CDT...
At 337 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles south of Anton, or 14 miles northeast of Levelland, moving
northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Shallowater and Anton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3363 10216 3374 10228 3394 10208 3370 10187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 232DEG 9KT 3373 10218
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Peter King knows a thing or two because he’s seen a thing or two.
Now an insider for NBC Sports, King rose through the ranks as New York Giants beat writer for Newsday from 1985 to 1989.
In his latest Football America in Morning column, King made sure to praise rookie pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux, who picked up his first career sack in the Giants’ stunning 24-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
After missing the start of his rookie season with a knee injury, it took until week six for Kayvon Thibodeaux to get the breakout moment fitting for his status as the number five overall pick. With the Giants holding a slim four-point lead and the Ravens driving late in the fourth, Thibodeaux strip-sacked Lamar Jackson, and Leonard Williams recovered to seal the win for the G-Men.
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King also had plenty of praise for the New York Jets, who sit at 4-2 after upsetting the Packers, 27-10, Sunday in Green Bay. Specifically, King locked in on rookie cornerback Sauce Gardner:
Sauce Gardner is every bit as good as he looks early on in his NFL career. On Sunday, against Aaron Rodgers, Gardner played man coverage on 11 of 42 coverage snaps and allowed no completions in two targets. So far this year, he’s allowed one reception for six yards in 40 man coverage snaps, the best record in man coverage of any cornerback in the league.
Gardner shared King’s Defensive Player of the Week honors with Thibodeaux and Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller.
What a statement game for the rookie cornerback. Even with his game-opening pick six of Aaron Rodgers reversed, his elite ballhawk capabilities were on full display. Gardner tallied two pass breakups, including interrupting a Rodgers deep throw intended for Allen Lazard.
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King also gave shout-outs to Jets safety Will Parks and defensive lineman Quinnen Williams for their work on special teams. And, of course, King had nothing but nice things to say about Robert Saleh, one of his Coaches of the Week.
So much of New York’s 4-2 start comes back to the top. In his second season with the big job, Saleh has found a way to build a strong defense and to empower the offense to play his style, which will always include a strong run game. After the game, Saleh shared some of his halftime speech: “Just keep giving ‘em blow after body blow after body blow.” That’s what the Jets have been doing for six weeks now. Saleh has the receipts to prove it.
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GREENBANK, Wash. — The day after Jordan Shelley was killed in a car crash on Seattle's Ship Canal Bridge, his mother, Teresa, recalled the day she met her adopted son at an Ethiopian orphanage.
She said it was love at first sight.
"Without any sort of reservation he just came running out of the orphanage and he just jumped on me and yelled, 'Mom!'" she said.
In Ethiopia, Jordan’s father had died. His family was poor, forcing his mother to beg on the streets.
When he arrived in America at 7 years old he was a fast learner.
Jordan graduated from Skagit Valley College at the age of 18. Upon his graduation in 2018, Jordan received a McIntyre scholarship, which afforded him a full ride to study medicine at the University of Washington.
Skagit Valley College President, Dr. Tom Keegan, told KING 5, “I am heartbroken. Jordan was such a bright light and a shining personality. His energy was infectious. He inspired many of us at the college, including his fellow students, faculty, and staff. My thoughts and prayers are with Jordan’s family."
His mom said Jordan hoped to become an anesthesiologist, so he could shield people from pain. Fittingly, Jordan's Ethiopian name loosely translated to "the one who helps."
Friends say Jordan earned a Bachelor's Degree in biochemistry after just two years at UW.
In his pursuit of a career in medicine Jordan was working as an EMT.
The company, American Medical Response, said he was on his way to work when his car broke down along Interstate 5 the morning of May 24. According to the Washington State Patrol, Shelley was standing outside his disabled vehicle on the Ship Canal Bridge when another vehicle hit Shelley's vehicle from behind. Shelley's vehicle was pushed forward, hitting Shelley and throwing him over the bridge's railing into the water below.
Divers recovered Jordan's body several hours later.
Barely 24 hours since her son’s tragic death, Teresa said she forgives the driver, in part, because Jordan would.
"Jordan was very quick to forgive, even more so than us," said Teresa. "That’s a huge lesson we’ve learned in this. Forgiveness can’t wait. You rush to forgive. We should all do that."
Jordan leaves behind his mom and dad along with six brothers and sisters – two of whom are his biological siblings from Ethiopia.
Their lives are shattered but their love is still very much intact.
"It doesn’t matter how many chairs are at our big family table," said Teresa. "It will always be obvious there is one missing."
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BEIJING, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hainan Baling Chemical New Material Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec"), has launched production of its styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) project (the "Project") in Hainan, China, which will reach an annual production capacity of 170,000 tons.
Sinopec now has the largest world's largest production capacity of SBC plants. Baling New Material and Sinopec Hainan Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. invested 1.924 billion yuan in the Hainan Baling project (USD 279.74 million). The project's SBC plant produces 170,000 tons of SBS and SEBS products annually, including 120,000 tons of SBS products and 50,000 SEBS products. The plant has 13 units including refining, polymerization, coalescence, recycling, auxiliaries preparation, and post-treatment, as well as supporting production and public facilities.
TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) is a class of copolymers that can be plasticized at high temperatures and has rubber elasticity at room temperature, and SBC is a type of TPE, the products of which include SBS, SEBS, SIS, and SEPS, which are widely used in shoes, asphalt modification, resin modification, adhesives, food packaging, medical equipment, sports equipment, automotives, and consumer electronics.
The Project uses Sinopec's self-developed SBS and SEBS full solution sets, including a clean manufacturing method that can create SBCs of varying grades and performances to fulfill customers' product customization needs. In the meanwhile, it's using Hainan Refining & Chemical's styrene and butadiene, Baling New Material's new technologies, and the Hainan Free Trade Port to minimize raw material and transportation costs and expand the industrial chain to optimize revenue. The Initiative will export SBC goods to developing European, Southeast Asian, and South Asian markets.
Sinopec has advanced synthetic rubber R&D in China for more than five decades. In the 1970s, Yanshan Petrochemical Research Institute developed butyllithium preparation and SBS polymerization technologies. Sinopec is one of only three firms in the world—and the only one in China—capable of industrial production of novel SEPS products using environmentally friendly technology. Baling New Material's SEPS facility, with a 20,000-ton annual production capacity, began production in August 2017.
With exclusive SBC technologies and proprietary intellectual property rights, Sinopec is now taking a technologically leading position in the world for the development of SBC technologies and products.
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WASHINGTON — Actor Kevin Conroy, one of the most iconic voices to play Batman, has died at 66, according to Warner Bros.
Conroy rose to fame as the voice of Batman in the 90s cartoon: "Batman: The Animated Series." In total, he was the voice of Batman in nearly 60 productions, including 15 films, Warner Bros. said in a statement.
The news was first shared by Diane Pershing, who played Poison Ivy on the show.
"Very sad news: our beloved voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, died yesterday," she wrote on Facebook. "He's been ill for a while but he really put in a lot of time at the cons, to the joy of all of his fans. He will be sorely missed not just by the cast of the series but by his legion of fans all over the world,"
In a press release, DC, the comic label owned by Warner Bros., confirmed the actor's death came after a short battle with cancer.
“Kevin was perfection,” said Mark Hamill, the "Star Wars" actor who also voiced the Joker on the animated show. “He was one of my favorite people on the planet, and I loved him like a brother. He truly cared for the people around him – his decency shone through everything he did. Every time I saw him or spoke with him, my spirits were elevated.”
Former colleagues and fans paid tribute to the late actor, calling him an icon in the superhero genre.
“Kevin brought a light with him everywhere,” said Paul Dini, producer of "Batman: The Animated Series." “Whether in the recording booth giving it his all, or feeding first responders during 9/11, or making sure every fan who ever waited for him had a moment with their Batman. A hero in every sense of the word. Irreplaceable. Eternal.”
Conroy, who was openly gay, in recent years had spoken out about how his acting career took off during the rise of the AIDS epidemic, and noted in DC's Pride issue earlier this year the comparisons between Batman's split identity as Bruce Wayne and the struggles of LGBTQ+ people to escape the closet.
Conroy is survived by his husband Vaughn C. Williams, sister Trisha Conroy and brother Tom Conroy. No information on memorial services was provided Friday. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/kevin-conroy-batman-dead/507-7ee2d996-92a6-44d9-b528-6993c77432f8 | 2022-11-11 18:15:44 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/kevin-conroy-batman-dead/507-7ee2d996-92a6-44d9-b528-6993c77432f8 |
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmark has arranged a $127.4 million loan for the refinancing of 575 Broadway, an iconic mixed-use office and retail building in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. The Newmark team was led by Vice-Chairmen and Co-Heads of the Debt & Structured Finance team Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub, Senior Managing Directors Chris Kramer and Nick Scribani. Citigroup and Société Générale originated the loan.
Built in 1882 by John Jacob Astor, 575 Broadway is a premier, Class-A office and retail building located in the heart of SoHo. In 1991, the property was redesigned by architect Arata Isozaki to become the Guggenheim Museum SoHo, which occupied the space for over a decade. Located on the corner of Broadway and Prince Street, the property sits on one of the best-located and accessible corners in SoHo. It is surrounded by hundreds of world-class restaurants, high-quality retailers and luxury fitness centers. 575 Broadway is conveniently located adjacent to the Prince Street subway station and a short walk from the Spring Street and Broadway-Lafayette stations.
575 Broadway has long been a desired destination for both retail and office tenants alike. The 176,000-square-foot property boasts over 100 square feet of retail frontage in the heart of SoHo, providing an unmatched combination of visibility, accessibility and quality. The Property is home to marquee tenants such as Estee Lauder, H&M and the NYC flagship location of Prada, who has occupied space at the Property since 2001. The Prada space, designed by renowned architect Rem Koolhas, features unique design elements, including a glass shaft elevator and a wooden floor that undulates, making the experiential location a retail epicenter along the Broadway corridor. Lure Fishbar, one of the most trafficked restaurants in New York City, is also located at the Property.
The property is owned by Peter Brant, a prominent American entrepreneur, manufacturing executive, publisher, philanthropist, and art collector whose mix of personal interests and commercial ventures have resulted in numerous achievements in business, philanthropy, the arts, and real estate. Since acquiring 575 Broadway in the late 1980s, Mr. Brant has completely transformed the asset from a museum into one of Soho's premier office, retail and F&B destinations.
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Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries ("Newmark"), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark's comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform's global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. Newmark generated revenues of approximately $3.1 billion for the twelve months ending September 30, 2022. Newmark's company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 180 offices with nearly 6,700 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.
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By MARC LEVY
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Doug Mastriano, who has pushed , said Monday that he had appointed Trump’s former campaign lawyer as a senior legal adviser to his own campaign.
The lawyer, Jenna Ellis, endorsed Mastriano in the state’s contested Republican primary, campaigned with Mastriano and hosted Mastriano on her podcast, where he once discussed how to overturn in the 2020 presidential election.
Ellis, who also promoted Trump’s election lies, was with Mastriano the night he won his gubernatorial primary and, speaking on her podcast last month, said, “I like to say that Doug Mastriano is the Donald Trump of Pennsylvania.”
The decision to bring on Ellis indicates Mastriano, who was , has little interest in moderating his gubernatorial campaign ahead of the general election in Pennsylvania. If Mastriano were to win in the fall, he would shape how elections are conducted in the pivotal battleground state — where the governor appoints the secretary of state, who oversees how elections are run. Mastriano has pledged to take the extraordinary step of requiring people to “re-register” to vote — , constitutional law scholars say — and decertifying certain voting machines.
After the 2020 election, Mastriano, a state senator, spearheaded a state Senate hearing in Gettysburg in which witnesses — including Ellis and fellow Trump campaign lawyer Rudy Giuliani — aired . Trump called into the hearing, as well.
In a statement Monday, Mastriano said Ellis’ “talent, experience and legal expertise” will help him defeat Democrat Josh Shapiro, the state’s two-term attorney general, in the Nov. 8 general election.
On Ellis’ podcast, Mastriano has talked about the search for evidence of election fraud, how to reverse Trump’s election loss and being in touch with a group including Ellis after the 2020 election.
“We spoke frequently, or texted,” Mastriano said. “I was asking you for advice and constitutional recommendations and, once again, anything that Jen and I or anyone else talked about was a legal, constitutional approach forward.”
Last year, Mastriano claimed on a radio show that to run for governor.
Besides promoting Trump’s lies about nonexistent, widespread voter fraud costing him the 2020 election, Mastriano was outside the U.S. Capitol when overran it during .
He later tried to bring to Pennsylvania before he was over it in a dispute with Senate GOP leaders.
Federal and state election officials and have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud were also , including by judges he appointed.
In February, Mastriano was subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol for his efforts to overturn Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania by letting lawmakers — instead of voters — .
A lawyer for Mastriano said . Mastriano told the FBI that he did not know anything about a planned insurrection or any coordination behind the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the lawyer said.
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LONDON (AP) — “ABBA Voyage” is certainly a trip.
Four decades after the Swedish pop supergroup last performed live, audiences can once again see ABBA onstage in an innovative digital concert where past and future collide.
The show opens to the public in London on Friday, the day after a red-carpet premiere attended by superfans, celebrities and Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. The guests of honor were pop royalty — the four members of ABBA, appearing in public together for the first time in years.
They were in the audience, though. Onstage at the specially built 3,000-seat ABBA Arena next to east London’s Olympic Park were a 10-piece live backing band and a digital ABBA, created using motion capture and other technology by Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects firm founded by “Star Wars” director George Lucas.
The voices and movements are the real Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad — choreographed by Britain’s Wayne McGregor — but the performers onstage are digital avatars, inevitably dubbed “ABBA-tars.” In unsettlingly realistic detail, they depict the band members as they looked in their 1970s heyday — beards on the men, flowing locks on the women, velour pantsuits all around.
The result is both high tech and high camp, a glittery supernova of stupefying technology, 1970s nostalgia and pop music genius.
For many in the audience, it was almost like being taken back in time to watch ABBA perform classics including “Mamma Mia,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” “SOS” and “Dancing Queen.” The peppy 90-minute set also includes tracks from “Voyage,” the reunion album the band released last year.
It’s a fusion of tribute act and 3D concert movie that transcends that description. At times it was possible to forget this wasn’t a live performance, though when the backing singers stepped forward to belt out “Does Your Mother Know,” a surge of live-music energy shot through the arena.
The four band members — two married couples during ABBA’s heyday, though now long divorced — got a rapturous ovation when they took a bow at the end of Thursday’s show, 50 years after they formed ABBA, and 40 years after they stopped performing live.
Watching one’s younger self perform must be a strange sensation, but the band members, now in their 70s, said they were delighted by the show.
“I never knew I had such amazing moves,” Ulvaeus said.
Lyngstad agreed: “I thought I was quite good, but I’m even better.”
Ulvaeus said the audience reaction was the most gratifying part of the experience.
“There’s an emotional connection between the avatars and the audience,” he said. “That’s the fantastic thing.”
Producers bill the show as “revolutionary.” Time will tell. Like the first audiences to watch a talking motion picture a century ago, attendees may leave wondering whether they are watching a gimmick, or the future.
The Times of London reviewer Will Hodgkinson judged the show “essentially an ABBA singalong with added sound and light show,” though he called the effect “captivating.” Writing in The Guardian, Alexis Petridis called the concert “jaw-dropping” and said “it’s so successful that it’s hard not to imagine other artists following suit.”
Gimmick or genius, “ABBA Voyage” is booking in London until May 2023, with a world tour planned after that.
The fans who attended Thursday’s show are just delighted ABBA is back.
“I’m so excited,” said Kristina Hagman, a Swede who has been a fan since the 1970s.
“I was bullied so much because you were not allowed to like ABBA at that time, because it was so commercial,” she said. “But now we are taking revenge.” | https://www.yourbasin.com/entertainment-news/stars-and-royalty-watch-abbas-return-in-digital-stage-show/ | 2022-05-28 00:01:26 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/entertainment-news/stars-and-royalty-watch-abbas-return-in-digital-stage-show/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Warsaw court on Tuesday convicted a women’s rights activist for helping a victim of domestic violence access abortion pills in Poland, and sentenced her to eight months of community service.
The case of Justyna Wydrzyńska has been closely watched by human rights activists, who believe it will set a precedent in a country with some of Europe’s most restrictive abortion legislation.
They feared that the charges and a guilty verdict would create an atmosphere of repression that would intimidate women’s rights activists and discourage them from assisting women seeking abortions.
A reproductive rights organization, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, said it was “appalled” that Wydrzyńska will now have a criminal record for helping a woman who was in an abusive relationship.
“We are deeply saddened by the decision and outraged by the entire process. Condemning a person for an act of empathy and compassion towards another human being is inconceivable,” said spokesperson Irene Donadio.
Ordo Iuris, an ultra-Catholic legal institute which joined the case on the side of the prosecution as an interested party, welcomed the ruling as “an important step towards real respect for the right to life of unborn children in force in Poland.”
“The defendant, as well as the entire environment of abortion activists, have been promoting abortion, including pharmacological abortion, for years, mocking the well-known law in force in Poland,” the organization said in a statement.
Prosecutors had charged Wydrzyńska with “helping with an abortion,” a crime punishable up by to three years in prison, for helping a woman in 2020 to obtain the pills.
The woman, identified in Polish media reports only as Anna, already had one child and was prevented by her partner from traveling abroad for an abortion. Her partner reportedly denounced her to the police for obtaining the pills.
In her closing statement to the court, Wydrzyńska described how she wanted to help the woman because she too had been in a relationship with an abusive husband and had an abortion at the end of her marriage in order to free herself and her three children from that situation.
She said she did not regret helping Anna.
“I am innocent,” she said. “This state is guilty and has failed me … and millions of women in this country.”
Wydrzyńska will appeal the case, according to Polish media reports. She’s the co-founder of the Abortion Dream Team, an organization that provides women seeking abortions with information and support.
Poland, a predominantly Catholic country, forbids abortion in almost all cases, with exceptions only when a woman’s life or health is endangered or if the pregnancy results from rape or incest.
For years, abortion was allowed in the case of fetuses with congenital defects. However, that exception to a ban on abortions was struck down by the country’s constitutional court in 2020.
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EADS, Colo. — In 1864, more than 230 peaceful members of the Apache and Cheyenne tribes were brutally killed by Union soldiers. The location of the massacre is now a national historic site in Colorado.
"When the attack came, you were attacking a village of elderly and women and children, and those are the people who were killed," said Rick Wallner, a retired National Park Service ranger who was stationed at the site of the Sandcreek Massacre.
He now is the head of Canyons and Plains Regional Heritage Task Force in southeastern Colorado, which is home to several historical sites that highlight painful truths of America’s past— including a Japanese internment camp and a militia-led killing of labor strikers. Wallner helps preserve their history.
"There's reckoning that, that our country's having with its past and its present," said Wallner.
He's been noticing an uptick in interest and visitors to the historical sites in recent years. Many of them are located hours away from urban centers.
"We've certainly seen an increase in interest in the area and what things happen down here," he said.
It’s a trend that travel experts say has been mimicked nationwide.
Consultancy Longwoods International, which specializes in long-term travel trends, says travel to historic sites has been on the rise, even before the pandemic.
CEO Amir Eylon said in a statement that the recent questioning of the country’s evolution, after the murder of George Floyd, has created a growing interest in those sites and storytelling.
He adds that more people are traveling for the purpose to draw their own conclusion on American history.
"It's a hard thing to say, 'I'm gonna go and listen to hard stuff on us on my Saturday or my Sunday,' but people are hungry for the knowledge. They're here," said Shannon Voirol, the director of exhibition at the History Colorado museum.
Last month, the museum opened a new exhibition on the history of the Sand Creek Massacre and its lasting effect on the impacted tribes. Voirol said she's been seeing people, in general, more interested in American history.
"The reckonings and the questions that people are asking has put a new spotlight on history. We have been working harder, faster, and more outwardly to share the dynamism and the relevancy that people are finding in history now," she said.
Voirol says they worked with representatives from the Apache and Cheyenne tribes every step of the way.
"Have some empathy for those kids, those victims, and the folks after the fact and what they needed to do to survive and how they are still surviving," Voirol said.
"You have to stop and think, what would be the mindset that would allow humans to do that to other humans?" Wallner reflected at the massacre site.
Historians hope interest continues, especially as many of the answers to modern difficulties lie in the past lessons and tragedies of ancestors.
"The life lesson for us is to remember that we're all human and we share this planet together, and when you start looking at someone as less human, it can lead to terrible things," Wallner said. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/increase-in-historic-site-tourism-shows-theres-interest-in-lessons-from-the-past | 2022-12-15 18:22:59 | 1 | https://www.ksby.com/news/national/increase-in-historic-site-tourism-shows-theres-interest-in-lessons-from-the-past |
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the longtime and beloved dancing DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and a former contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance,” has died at the age of 40.
His wife, Allison Holker Boss, confirmed his passing in a statement published Wednesday on People.com.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” she said. “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.”
Her statement did not include details on the cause of his death.
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tWitch started his tenure at “The Ellen Show” in 2014 and later was promoted to co-executive producer in 2020.
"I’m heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light. He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart. I will miss him. Please send your love and support to Allison and his beautiful children - Weslie, Maddox, and Zaia," Ellen DeGeneres stated on Twitter, alongside a photo of the two embracing in a hug backstage.
The dancer-DJ also appeared in films like “Step Up: All In” and “Magic Mike XXL" and was featured in Disney+’s ”The Hip Hop Nutcracker,” released this year. He also had placed as a runner-up on “So You Think You Can Dance” and later judged season 17 of the dance competition show.
The Alabama native studied dance performance at Southern Union State Community College and Chapman University.
His love of dancing permeated through all aspects of his life as he aspired to emulate greats like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
“My personal opinion: The greatest of all time had to be Gene Kelly, man. Gene Kelly, because he’s a guy’s guy. I love Fred Astaire, but Fred Astaire was so smooth, and it was great. He was so classy," Boss said in an interview with the Associated Press in 2014. "But Gene Kelly — he could be like somebody’s dad, who just decided to get up off the couch and dance around and clean the kitchen up.”
Boss posted dance videos on TikTok with his wife, who is also a professional dancer, with their children making guest appearances.
Celebrities like Questlove and Kerry Washington posted on social media in moruning.
“I have no words man. May his family find resolution in this dark time. May we all find peace of mind in our everyday lives. Everyday is a winding road and you just may never know who is on the edge,” Questlove posted on Instagram.
“Twitch brought joy and love to people all over the world through music and through dance. My heart is heavy today for his family and all of those who knew and loved him,” Washington also posted on Instagram.
Boss's passing was first reported by TMZ.
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ZURICH (AP) — Three-quarters of the 32 teams at the World Cup in Qatar will stay within a 10-kilometer (6.2 mile) radius in and around the capital city, FIFA said Tuesday.
Qatar will be the smallest country ever to host the World Cup, barely a quarter of the size of the next-smallest, 1954 host Switzerland.
Of the 32 teams, 24 will have their bases within the capital city of Doha and its suburbs.
England, Germany and Belgium are among eight teams who will be based further out.
The layout is the opposite to that used in Russia four years ago, when teams were spread out across the European part of the country with some bases more than 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) apart and a heavy reliance on air travel to get to games.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Technology International (ATI) and TechConnect today announced 25 finalists who will pitch on September 28, 2022 at Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit for $200,000 in non-dilutive awards. These candidates receive membership from four consortia with a combined $50B in federal contracting authority including: Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC), Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Consortium (CWMD), Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC), and Senior Healthcare Innovation Consortium (SHIC).
"Whether for civilian national security in facing epidemics, as we saw with consortia-led COVID-19 response, or for the warfighter on the battlefield or visiting the VA, medical innovation remains a critical priority for our nation," said Matthew Laudon, Vice President – TechConnect Division, ATI. "The Medical Innovation Challenge finalists represent top solutions, out of hundreds of innovators, that can and will change our world for the better. Thank you to our nation's four leading medtech consortia who identify, accelerate and fund breakthrough medical innovations for the protection of us all. Come meet their leadership and hear these innovators pitch this fall. We have a seat waiting for you!"
Challenge finalists represent health and biotech innovation with dual use for civilian and national security applications, especially in the areas of devices and sensors, digital and hardware, therapeutics and treatments, and materials and manufacturing. All have at least achieved prototype status and 26% have proven manufacturability.
Finalists include:
Darwin Biosciences, Inc.
Eclipxe
Ionica Sciences
Kowa, Inc.
Lab11 Therapeutics, Inc.
Limax Biosciences, Inc.
Livivos, Inc.
Luna Labs USA, LLC
Matregenix
McGill University Health Center
Nakamir, Inc.
Novaurum Bioscience
Pockit Diagnostics, Ltd
Rhaeos, Inc.
Ridgeline Therapeutics
Rubitection
SafeBeat Rx
Sana Health, Inc.
Sense Neuro Diagnostics
Sonogen Medical, Inc.
StataDX
Symphony Biosciences
Tao Treasures LLC
Teledyne FLIR Detection
XSurgical, Inc.
"Innovation without a client is just novelty, and the consortium model ensures that the nation's cutting-edge innovation finds its way into the most powerful and impactful client in the world: our federal government," said Phil Gisi, Co-Founder of Senior Healthcare Innovation Consortium (SHIC). "We eagerly await pitch presentations this fall and the chance to meet these impressive finalists who we know will have a profound impact on our world in the years to come."
"Prototype advancement of medical technology will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the capabilities that we are able to provide far forward in a military setting. Through TechConnect, the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) is able to showcase some of its innovative member companies to the broader medical ecosystem, hopefully resulting in further collaboration and investment to best serve our U.S. Warfighters," said Lauren Palestrini, Ph.D., Director of Research, MTEC.
For more information about this Challenge or to register to attend, visit: https://events.techconnect.org/DTCFall/medical_innovation_challenge/.
With 25+ years of experience connecting emerging technologies with unique funding and partnership opportunities, TechConnect boasts the most robust research and innovation network in the world. It employs a broad scope of tools to deliver top technologies, including open innovation programs, conferences, and open-access publications. Each year, TechConnect prospects, vets, and connects thousands of emerging technologies with corporate, investment, municipal, and national defense clients. TechConnect is a division of Advanced Technology International. https://techconnect.org
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Austin Riley Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Phillies - June 21
Published: Jun. 21, 2023 at 8:24 AM EDT|Updated: 49 minutes ago
On Wednesday, Austin Riley (.196 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 127 points below season-long percentage) and the Atlanta Braves play the Philadelphia Phillies, whose starting pitcher will be Aaron Nola. First pitch is at 6:40 PM ET.
In his last game, he notched a home run while going 1-for-5 against the Phillies.
Austin Riley Game Info & Props vs. the Phillies
- Game Day: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
- Game Time: 6:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Citizens Bank Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Phillies Starter: Aaron Nola
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155)
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Austin Riley At The Plate
- Riley is hitting .259 with 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 27 walks.
- Riley has gotten at least one hit in 69.9% of his games this year (51 of 73), with at least two hits 20 times (27.4%).
- He has hit a long ball in 11 games this season (15.1%), homering in 3.7% of his chances at the plate.
- Riley has driven home a run in 26 games this season (35.6%), including more than one RBI in 11.0% of his games and producing three or more of his team's runs on one occasion..
- He has scored in 34 games this season, with multiple runs seven times.
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Austin Riley Home/Away Batting Splits
Phillies Pitching Rankings
- The Phillies pitching staff ranks sixth in the league with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Phillies have a 4.31 team ERA that ranks 17th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Phillies rank 11th in baseball in home runs allowed (77 total, 1.1 per game).
- The Phillies will send Nola (6-5) out for his 16th start of the season. He is 6-5 with a 4.66 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 94 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent appearance was on Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, when the righty went 6 2/3 innings, surrendering four earned runs while giving up six hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB action this season, the 30-year-old ranks 58th in ERA (4.66), 20th in WHIP (1.099), and 32nd in K/9 (8.8).
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Things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 12:
GAME OF THE WEEK
Duke (7-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) at Pittsburgh (6-4, 3-3)
Improved bowl positioning could be the reward for the winner. The Blue Devils are tied with No. 20 Florida State and North Carolina State for the third-most wins in the league under first-year coach Mike Elko, but have lost 10 of their last 11 meetings with the Panthers. Both teams have allowed 22.8 points per game in league play. Pitt's Israel Abanikanda shares the NCAA lead with an average of two touchdowns per game.
BEST MATCHUP
Syracuse (6-4, 3-3) at Wake Forest (6-4, 2-4)
Two formerly ranked teams that have fallen on hard times and are trying to regroup as they head into the postseason. The Orange have lost four in a row after a 6-0 start, and the Demon Deacons have lost three straight after winning six of their first seven.
LONG SHOT
Virginia Tech (2-8) at Liberty (8-2)
The Hokies are limping their way through the end of the season, having lost seven in a row in Brent Pry's first season as coach. Liberty returns home after spending two weeks in the Top 25 before losing on the road at Connecticut last weekend.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman needs seven touchdown passes in his last two games to tie Tajh Boyd of Clemson for the most in ACC history. Boyd had 107 from 2010-13. ... Louisville's Malik Cunningham is one rushing touchdown shy of tying former Cardinals quarterback and 2016 Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson's ACC mark of 50 rushing touchdowns by a QB. ... Cunningham (12,822) and Hartman (12,780) are fifth and sixth in total yards in league history. Philip Rivers holds the record with 13,582 yards.
IMPACT PLAYER
Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis had one of those Swiss army knife games last week in a 38-3 victory against Syracuse. He threw for three touchdowns for the third game in a row, caught a scoring pass and ran for another score as the No. 20 Seminoles won their third straight. The victories have come by an average of 34 points and the 'Noles are seeking their first eight-win season since 2016.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A Williamsport Area School District principal is accused of having a sexual relationship with a former student.
Roger Freed, 34, is a ninth grade principal in the Williamsport Area School District.
He was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he sexually assaulted a former student for years.
Freed is charged with 30 counts of sexual contact with a former student. According to state police, Freed began an emotional relationship with the boy in 2015, and that relationship eventually became sexual.
Court papers indicate that when the student was in ninth grade, he turned to Freed for emotional support.
The student told troopers that Freed would text, call, and Facetime with him outside of school settings and would also massage his shoulders.
The relationship turned sexual during the boy's junior year and continued until this past spring.
Some of the alleged sexual encounters took place at the Williamsport Area High School and Freed's former home in the city.
Freed faces a list of charges, including sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault.
He was released, but he must wear an ankle monitor at all times and must stay away from the alleged victim.
The Williamsport Area School district would not comment on Freed's job status.
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First Atlantic hurricane season forecast issued on the same day as El Niño watch
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist
The Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t officially begin for another seven weeks, but early signs indicate there is more uncertainty than normal with this particular season — all thanks to El Niño.
Colorado State University released its 2023 Atlantic hurricane season forecast on Thursday morning and is predicting 13 named storms, six hurricanes and two major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher). Each of these numbers is slightly below the typical season average of 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes.
“We anticipate that the 2023 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have slightly below-average activity,” said Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at CSU.
“Current neutral ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) conditions look fairly likely to transition to El Niño this summer/fall. However, there is considerable uncertainty as to how strong an El Niño would be, if it does develop.”
Klotzbach says that one of those factors leading to uncertainty is sea surface temperatures in the eastern and central Atlantic. Sea surface temperatures are one of the ingredients needed to fuel hurricanes. The warmer the ocean, the more fuel available for the storms to tap into. And currently, sea surface temperatures are much warmer than normal, which means, even if El Niño does develop, the potential still exists for a busy Atlantic hurricane season.
While CSU’s forecast calls for slightly below-average numbers overall, the odds of a US landfall appear to be as high as in any normal year.
“We anticipate a near-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States coastline and in the Caribbean,” Klotzbach said.
“As is the case with all hurricane seasons, coastal residents are reminded that it only takes one hurricane making landfall to make it an active season for them. They should prepare the same for every season, regardless of how much activity is predicted.”
The biggest factor this year will definitely be El Niño.
“How quickly El Niño sets in could have significant impacts on how hurricane season unfolds, as it is one of the primary weather patterns affecting tropical seasons in the Atlantic and Pacific,” said CNN Meteorologist Brandon Miller.
“You can’t accurately predict this hurricane season without accurately predicting when and how intense El Niño will get by this fall.”
It all comes down to El Niño
El Niño traditionally inhibits hurricane activity, whereas La Niña or ENSO neutral conditions create a more favorable environment for tropical storm development.
The Climate Prediction Center issued an El Niño Watch on Thursday morning, indicating there is a 62% chance of El Niño developing during May-July 2023.
The exact timing of El Nino formation will be key, as well as how robust this particular El Niño becomes.
“El Niño tends to have its strongest impacts on hurricanes forming in the deep tropics,” Klotzbach said. “So, Caribbean storms tend to really get knocked down in El Niño years, due to increases in vertical wind shear.”
But systems that form in different areas of the Atlantic (tropical regions versus higher latitudes) are affected differently by El Niño.
“That is why we tend to find a strong reduction of hurricanes making landfall in Florida and along the East Coast in El Niño years, especially when the El Niño is fairly strong.”
But this isn’t the case for all areas of the US coastline. Klotzbach cautions that the reduction of storm activity along the Gulf Coast is actually weaker.
“While Gulf landfalling hurricanes can come from either tropical Atlantic or Caribbean storms, these systems can also form in … the Gulf of Mexico from entities like cold fronts. These systems don’t appear to have much modulation by El Niño/La Niña.”
Even if the season does end up below average, at the end of the day, it only takes one landfalling storm to be impactful.
“I think it’s important to convey that seasonal forecasts in April always have lots of uncertainty, but this one has even more uncertainty than normal given the potential combination of a robust El Niño but also a very warm tropical Atlantic,” said Klotzbach.
In fact, Klotzbach points out that some weather forecast models are predicting the warmest August-September values on record for both the tropical eastern and central Pacific and tropical/subtropical Atlantic basins.
“Typically we say that a strong El Niño trumps a warm Atlantic, but it’s unclear exactly how strong El Niño would be and how warm the tropical Atlantic is going to be.”
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PORTLAND, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins was blasted Friday for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as opponents targeted her votes to confirm two justices to the Supreme Court who were in the majority opinion allowing states to ban abortion.
Critics of the Maine senator haven’t forgotten the key role she played in confirming Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, and she was ripped anew on social media.
Some opponents took to name-calling and attacked Collins for being naive or complicit. Others called for her resignation. University of Maine professor Amy Fried said Collins “helped make this happen,” and the Maine Democratic Party said part of the blame lies at Collins’ feet.
Collins was considered a crucial vote on Kavanaugh. She waited months before announcing her decision in a 45-minute floor speech. Shortly after her speech ended, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced he, too, was voting for Kavanaugh.
The Senate vote was 50-48.
Mainers For Accountable Leadership, a liberal advocacy group, said Collins “must immediately apologize to these organizations who she dismissed and demeaned in her floor speech announcing her support of Kavanaugh.”
Rachel Irwin, who works for Building Back Together, which promotes President Joe Biden’s policy agenda, called Friday’s abortion news Collins’ “legacy.”
Collins, a Republican, has been a supporter of a woman’s right to an abortion. She has also crossed the aisle on key issues — including splitting with Republicans on former President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several Muslim countries, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and on whether to convict Trump after his impeachment following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
The senator said in a statement Friday that she had received assurances from Kavanaugh and Gorsuch that Roe v. Wade was an established legal precedent.
“Throwing out a precedent overnight that the country has relied upon for half a century is not conservative,” she said. “It is a sudden and radical jolt to the country that will lead to political chaos, anger, and a further loss of confidence in our government.”
Collins’ statement came moments before Biden called the ruling “a tragic error.” She did not respond to a request for an interview Friday from The Associated Press.
The senator in her statement took aim at Gorsuch and Kavanaugh for their about-face from what they told her privately and said in their confirmation hearings.
“This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon,” she said.
The vote to confirm Gorsuch wasn't as narrow as for Kavanaugh, whose nomination was nearly derailed by accusations of sexual assault that he denied. Senators approved Gorsuch's nomination with a 54-45 vote.
Collins voted against the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, saying that it was too late in Trump’s presidency and that his successor should’ve made a nomination to fill the vacancy.
Despite the vitriol against Collins and coat hangers mailed to her office, she easily won a fifth term in 2020.
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Cat Fan was in bed last November, recovering from major abdominal surgery, when her phone starting blowing up.
Facebook's parent company, Meta, had just announced a first round of layoffs: 11,000 employees, about 13% of the company, would lose their jobs.
Fan, a mother of three, had been a recruiting manager for Meta for almost five years.
But in the midst of a medical leave, she suddenly found herself without a job. Her layoff notification came while she was still on pain medications, in and out of sleep.
"By the time I woke up and checked my laptop, [I] was already fully locked out," she says.
Yes, it is legal to lay off an employee who's on leave
With the recent wave of layoffs in tech, media and elsewhere, stories of people laid off while on medical or parental leave are proliferating.
"I was washing baby bottles while humming a damn Wiggles song stuck in my head ... when I got the news," McKenzie Gregory, an internal communications specialist at Salesforce, recently posted on LinkedIn. "I thought I was protected being on maternity leave ... and obviously I was wrong."
Indeed, there is nothing illegal about laying off an employee in the middle of a leave "provided there's sufficient documentation that there's a legitimate, non-retaliatory reason that's based on the business," says Arianna Mouré, a labor and employment attorney with Scarinci Hollenbeck.
In other words, companies cannot use an employee's medical or parental leave as the reason to lay that person off.
"They have to be treated just the same, as if they were working as usual," says Mouré.
Still, some employers do wait until the end of someone's leave to implement a layoff. In some cases, they want to give that person extra time to get back on their feet. Other times, it's to avoid any chance of a costly legal fight.
Even though a company may have a legitimate business reason for laying someone off, there's still a risk that an employee could bring a discrimination claim, Mouré says.
Tech companies are giving generous severance to ease the sting
Google recently came under fire after CNBC published a story with the headline "Google nixes paying out remainder of maternity and medical leave for laid-off employees." A group of more than 100 laid-off staffers had called on Google to honor the paid leave it had already approved, CNBC reported.
The story generated comments ranging from "Google, do better!" to "What happened to the human factor?" to "Profits over people!"
In a statement, Google pointed to the generous separation package it's giving all laid-off employees, which includes Google stock and full salary during a 60+ day notice period, as well as a separate severance payment of at least 16 weeks of pay.
At Meta, which announced a second round of layoffs in March, Fan says a huge WhatsApp group has formed around the issue, with some affected employees trying to figure out if they can negotiate a different end date and others simply looking for support.
So far, Fan hasn't heard of anyone getting any extra time because they're on leave. The separation package Meta has offered is also very generous, she says, and includes six months of health care coverage.
"Which is amazing and very helpful," Fan says.
After all, employers in the U.S. are not required to provide severance, and many laid-off workers end up with nothing.
"Dumped and then ghosted"
Still, even with a financial cushion, Fan says the last few months have been stressful. After her surgery, she was bed-bound for many weeks, getting up only to shower or go to the doctor. But instead of focusing on her recovery, she was dealing with headaches like getting her cellphone number back.
Moreover, she was worried about who else on her team had lost their jobs. Her access to the internal chat system was gone.
"It just felt like you were dumped and then ghosted very quickly," Fan says.
She's knows she's fortunate she doesn't have to jump into full-time work right away. She still has health care coverage until July, and she's taken on a small amount of contract work as she rebuilds her endurance.
Given the mass layoffs across the tech sector, she's worried about finding a new job. She's been a recruiter in tech for almost a decade. But who needs a recruiter while hiring is on hold?
Advice for newly laid-off parents
For the many new parents who find themselves newly laid off, Karla Leon has a few words of advice.
In 2020, Leon was in the middle of a four-month paid maternity leave from her job as an accounts manager with Booking.com when the pandemic shut down most of the travel industry, and along with it her job.
The joy her newborn daughter brought her was suddenly mixed with fear about not having a job to return to.
"Try to enjoy your baby the most that you can," she says.
Jobs will come and go, she says, but the baby moments are fleeting.
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Man killed outside elementary school in officer-involved shooting in Alabama, sheriff says
GADSDEN, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - A man was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting outside an elementary school in Alabama on Thursday, according to the county sheriff.
It happened around 10 a.m. at Walnut Park Elementary School in Gadsden. A summer literacy program for 34 children was being held there, the Associated Press reported.
According to Gadsden City Schools Superintendent Tony Reddick, a man was seen approaching a door to the school and possibly attempting to gain access. After being notified, a school resource officer came outside and confronted the man. According to the superintendent, police were called to the scene to assist.
Etowah County Sheriff Jonathan Horton said there was a physical altercation involving the SRO and the suspect. The SRO sustained minor injuries.
Several emergency agencies responded to the scene.
Officials have not confirmed exactly what transpired after police arrived or what led up to the man’s death.
Children were inside the building at the time for a summer education program, but officials say all of them are safe. The school was placed on a brief lockdown, and children were bused to the local high school and parents were called to pick them up.
People are being asked to avoid the area at this time.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNX Resources Corporation (NYSE: CNX) ("CNX") today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer (the "offer") to purchase up to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the $700,000,000 amount outstanding of its 7.250% Senior Notes due 2027 (the "Notes").
The offer is being made pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Offer to Purchase dated September 12, 2022, copies of which may be obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the tender agent and information agent for the offer, by calling (855) 654-2015 (toll free) or, for banks and brokers, (212) 430-3774 or by email at contact@gbsc-usa.com.
The offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on October 7, 2022, unless extended or earlier terminated (such time and date as the same may be extended, the "Expiration Time"). Tendered Notes may be withdrawn at any time before 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on September 23, 2022 (the "Withdrawal Deadline").
Certain information regarding the Notes and the terms of the offer is summarized in the table below.
Each holder who validly tenders its Notes on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 23, 2022 (the "Early Tender Deadline") will be entitled to an Early Tender Payment, which is included in the Total Consideration above, of $30 for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered by such holder, if such Notes are accepted for purchase pursuant to the offer, Holders validly tendering, and not validly withdrawing, Notes after the Early Tender Deadline and on or before the Expiration Time will be eligible to receive only the Tender Offer Consideration, which is an amount equal to the Total Consideration less the Early Tender Payment.
In addition, holders whose Notes are accepted for payment in the offer will receive accrued and unpaid interest from and including the last interest payment date to, but not including, the applicable payment date for their Notes purchased pursuant to the offer. Notes tendered prior to the Withdrawal Deadline may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Withdrawal Deadline. Notes tendered after the Withdrawal Deadline may not be withdrawn.
If the purchase of all validly tendered Notes would cause us to purchase a principal amount greater than the tender cap set forth above, then the offer will be oversubscribed and CNX, if it accepts Notes in the offer, will accept for purchase tendered Notes on a prorated basis as described in the offer documents. At any time after the Early Tender Deadline and prior to the Expiration Time (such time, the "Early Acceptance Time"), CNX may elect to accept for purchase Notes tendered prior to such Early Acceptance Time on the terms and subject to the conditions of the offer, including any required proration. So long as the other terms and conditions described in the Offer to Purchase are satisfied, and subject to the Tender Cap, CNX intends to accept for purchase all Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline, and will only prorate such Notes if the aggregate amount of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn exceeds the Tender Cap. If the Tender Offer is not fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Deadline, Holders who validly tender Notes after the Early Tender Deadline may be subject to proration, whereas Holders who validly tender Notes at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline will not be subject to proration. Furthermore, if the Tender Offer is fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Deadline, Holders who validly tender Notes after the Early Tender Deadline will not have any of their Notes accepted for payment. Payment for any Notes so accepted will be made promptly after the Early Acceptance Time, which is currently expected to occur on or about September 27, 2022, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the offer.
CNX's obligation to accept for purchase, and to pay for, Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions described in the offer documents, including the completion of CNX's recently announced offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due 2031 on terms and conditions satisfactory to CNX. The offer is not conditioned upon any minimum amount of Notes being tendered and the offer may be amended, extended, terminated or withdrawn, subject to applicable law. The complete terms and conditions of the offer are set forth in the offer documents which are being sent to holders of Notes. Holders of Notes are urged to read the offer documents carefully.
CNX has retained Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to serve as the Dealer Manager for the tender offer. Questions regarding the terms of the tender offer may be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at (212)-723-6106 (collect) or (800)-558-3745 (U.S. toll-free).
CNX is the premier independent natural gas development, production, and midstream company, with operations centered in the major shale formations of the Appalachian basin.
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This press release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any notes in the offer. In addition, this press release is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities issued in connection with any contemporaneous notes offering, nor shall there be any sale of the securities issued in such offering in any offer, solicitation or sale of notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of an offering memorandum.
Various statements in this release, including those that express a belief, expectation or intention, may be considered forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. When we use the words "believe," "intend," "expect," "may," "should," "anticipate," "could," "estimate," "plan," "predict," "project," "will" or their negatives, or other similar expressions, the statements which include those words are usually forward-looking statements. When we describe strategy that involves risks or uncertainties, we are making forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release, if any, speak only as of the date of this press release; we disclaim any obligation to update these statements unless required by securities law and we caution you not to rely on them unduly. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks, contingencies and uncertainties relate to, among other matters, the factors discussed in the 2021 Form 10-K under "Risk Factors," which is on file at the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by any subsequent Form 10-Qs that we file.
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ISELIN, N.J., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hexaware has emerged as the winner in multiple categories at the 'Organisation Development Summit & Awards 2022' and the 'Future of Learning & Development Summit and Awards 2022'. It has won awards for its impactful programs and strategy.
The Organisation Development Summit & Awards are conferred to organizations that are 'human-centered' and showcase a solid level of adaptability and responsiveness. The summit aids businesses in leveraging their L&D capabilities to attain sustainable success and align their Organization Development and Design policies with overall business objectives. At the 2nd edition of these awards this year, Hexaware won awards for:
- Best Talent Development Strategy of the Year
- Best Organizational Development Program
- Best Capability Development Program of the Year
The Future of Learning & Development Summit & Awards provide a platform for industry and thought leaders to share their perspectives on the evolving learning and development domain. The summit focuses on the importance of technology to enable upskilling in organizations. At the 10th edition of these awards this year, Hexaware won:
- Digital Learning Transformation Award
- Innovation in Learning Award
Senthil Nayagam K, Chief Learning Officer at Hexaware, said, "These awards demonstrate the benchmarks that we have set for ourselves and peers across industries. It is a significant endorsement of our value propositions, and we will continue to enrich them for dependable capability building."
To know more about Hexaware's Learning & Development programs, visit Learning and Development - HexaVarsity | Hexaware.
To learn more about the awards, click here - Awards & Recognitions | Hexaware
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel Corporation Ltd. (TASE: ILCO) ("IC") announced today its second quarter results for the period ending June 30, 2022.
Selected Financial Figures for the second Quarter and 2022:
Debt Balances and Liquidity at the IC Headquarters Level1
As of June 30, 2022, total financial liabilities1 were $1,117 million, and investments in liquid assets amounted to $645 million, of which $8 are pledged deposits.
Net debt1 as of June 30, 2022, totaled $556 million. The net debt includes the fair value of derivative transactions, which increases the economic value of the financial liabilities in the amount of $5 million, and the fair value of the Bazan call options2 which increases the economic value of the financial liabilities by $19 million. As of March 31, 2022, the net debt1 was $686m.
Additional updates
On April 17, 2022, IC engaged in an agreement with the Hagag Group Real Estate Entrepreneurship Ltd. for the sale of shares of Bazan Group, Pursuant to the Agreement and subject to its conditions precedent*3. IC has undertaken to sell 16.687% of Bazan's issued share capital.
Immediately after the completion of the transaction, IC Board of Directors intends to distribute, as a cash dividend, 50% of the transaction proceeds subject to any law and to the criteria for the distribution of a dividend.
IC Total Assets, Net
About Israel Corporation
Israel Corporation Ltd. (TASE: ILCO) ("IC") is a reputable public investment company, which owns and invests in high quality companies with established managements and go-to markets.
In November 2019, IC announced its updated strategy, IC plans to expand its portfolio through new investments.
IC current core holdings include c.44% stake in ICL Group (NYSE:ICL, TASE:ICL), a c.24% stake in the Bazan Group (TASE:ORL) and c.18% stake in AKVA Group (OB:AKVA). IC is publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker ILCO and is included in the TA-35 Index.
For further information on IC, see IC's publicly available filings, which can be found on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange website at http://maya.tase.co.il.
Please also see IC company website http://www.israelcorp.com for additional information.
Convenience Translation
The financial information found in this press release is an English summary based on the original Hebrew financial statements and is solely for the convenience of the reader. The binding version is the original in Hebrew.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which may not materialize and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are not under the control of IC, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the disclosures.
Investor Relations Contacts
Idan Hizki
Vice President, Business Development & Investor Relations
Tel: +972 3 684 4500
idanh@israelcorp.com
1 Israel Corp and its wholly owned and controlled headquarter companies.
2 On November 11, 2021, IC completed a share sale of 9% of Bazan Group to qualified investors for ~$85m together with options for
additional stake of 7.3%, granted to the investors for no consideration, with exercise price of NIS 1.15, adjusted for dividends, with maturity of 22 months. Currently IC holds c. 24% in Bazan
3 For more details, please refer to IC immediate report dated April 17, 2022
4 As of June 30, 2022.
5 On March 9, 2022, IC completed a sale of ~1.6% ICL outstanding shares to international and Israeli institutional investors, post the sale IC holds 44.1% in ICL
6 Based on price per share of NIS 1.035 (adjusted to dividend) based on agreement to sale 16.687% of Bazan shares to Hagag Group. Remaining shares are according to closing price as of June 30, 2022.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island that the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is sending signals that it may erupt.
Although an eruption isn’t imminent, scientists are on alert because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the volcano’s summit. Experts say it would take just a few hours for lava to reach homes closest to the volcano, which last erupted in 1984.
“Mauna Loa makes up 51% of the Hawaii Island landmass. So anywhere within that 51% could be impacted by an eruption,” said Talmadge Magno, the administrator for Hawaii County Civil Defense. “Not to panic everybody, but they have to be aware of that you live on the slopes of Mauna Loa. There’s a potential for some kind of lava disaster.”
Mauna Loa, rising 13,679 feet (4,169 meters) above sea level, is the much larger neighbor to Kilauea volcano, which erupted in a residential neighborhood and destroyed 700 homes in 2018.
Its slopes are much steeper than Kilauea’s so when it erupts, its lava can flow downhill much faster. During a 1950 eruption, the mountain’s Honokua lava flow traveled 15 miles (24 kilometers) to the ocean in less than three hours.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey, said Mauna Loa has been in a state of “heightened unrest” since the middle of last month when the number of summit earthquakes jumped from 10 to 20 per day to 40 to 50 per day.
Scientists believe more earthquakes are occurring because more magma is flowing into Mauna Loa’s summit reservoir system from the hot spot under the earth’s surface that feeds molten rock to Hawaii’s volcanoes.
The temblors have declined in frequency in recent days but could rise again.
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ENDWELL, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – A brand new pizza restaurant has opened in Endwell at 3003 Watson Boulevard. “Taylors’ Pizza House” is set to celebrate it’s grand opening on Wednesday, August 31st.
The restaurant is owned and operated by George and Patricia Taylor. The Taylors’ previously ran a different Endwell pizza shop called “Taylors’ Neighborhood Pizza and Sandwich Shoppe” that was located on North Kelly Avenue.
The focus of Taylors’ Pizza House is serving craft beers, specialty pizzas, and wings. George and Patricia take great pride in their pizza making ability as they are both members of the U.S. Pizza Team, a group that competes worldwide and helps advance the education and passion for people globally.
Taylors’ features a dining room and beer bar, along with a new menu that includes specialty pizzas and Detroit-style pizzas. According to the Taylors,’ they serve the only Detroit-style pizza in the area.
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Mr. and Mrs. Taylor said, “our goals are to continue to provide a high quality of food and service that customers will enjoy time and again. We look forward to seeing both new and established customers at our new location.”
The restaurant is already open, but Town of Union will help celebrate the official grand opening on Wednesday and provide the Taylors’ with a Certificate of Business Appreciation and Welcome.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Calling 8-year-old Londin Thomas brave is an understatement. She was inside the Jefferson Avenue Tops grocery store with her parents Saturday during a deadly mass shooting. Throughout it all, she remained calm, and stuck by her dad.
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DEAR AMY: I’m a 41-year-old man. My wife is 34.
We’ve been married for 15 years. We have two children, ages 14 and 8.
Our marriage has been difficult, mainly due to my PTSD from Iraq and an opioid addiction. Once I got sober, I shut out the world.
I was an avoidant parent.
My wife stuck with me through all of this, but 18 months ago she confessed to a short-lived affair.
We’ve decided to reconcile. I’ve since changed as far as being avoidant, she’s changed and made great efforts, but I’m so profoundly affected by her affair that I tend to get stuck and have a hard time getting through the day without being angry or sad.
I know I was a crappy husband. She wasn’t perfect either, but this whole thing about her stepping out of that marriage is crushing.
I’m trying to forgive, she’s working hard on everything, and yet I often feel very empty and lonely, as well as angry.
We’ve had counseling for about 14 months, but I feel like I need to find healing for me, not just the marriage.
I’m finding it very difficult. Any advice?
– J
DEAR J: You are objectively presenting your own challenges and the extreme impact – over many years – on your family. Your wife stuck with you throughout this ordeal. She doesn’t seem to be blaming you for your own extreme challenges, and you seem to be trying very hard not to blame her for hers.
You definitely need healing – for you. You don’t mention what, if any, treatment you’ve had for your PTSD, but I urge you to start, continue, or resume treatment. Ideally this would involve talk therapy with a counselor trained in working with service members. Loneliness, emptiness, sadness, isolation, and especially anger are all residual effects of PTSD, and private as well as group counseling with other veterans would help you to continue to heal.
I hope you can see this healing as a process for all of you. And it will take time.
To me, you seem like a fierce and resilient survivor. I hope you can learn to see yourself that way, too.
You can connect with local services for veterans by going through the VA. You can also get immediate help by dialing 988 and pressing 1 to contact the Veterans Crisis Line. A counselor would guide you through the process of finding the best support for you.
(Veterans may still reach the Veterans Crisis Line with the previous phone number: 800-273-8255 and press 1, by text at 838255, and through chat on the website: VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat).
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DEAR AMY: I am a man in mid-life. My wife and I get along very well and co-parent our three children.
My wife keeps busy outside of our jobs and family life with friends and occasional pickleball matches. She seems to be thriving.
Me? Not so much.
I am deep into the blahs, and I’m not sure what to do about it. My friends and I don’t seem to jell with each other the way my wife and her friends do.
I’m looking for ideas on how to enhance my life.
Your thoughts?
– In the Blahs in Mid-life
DEAR BLAHS: I prescribe regular exercise, whether it is on your own or with a group. If you sing or play an instrument, a “dad band” might be a fun diversion. Check social media for postings.
Pickleball is all the rage for a reason. It’s fun, fairly easy to play, and if you’re with the right group that isn’t too crazily competitive, it will get your heart racing without being too stressful.
You and your wife might not be able to play mixed-doubles because of your parenting duties, but you should look into whether this sport could help to pull you out of your blahs.
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DEAR AMY: Responding to “Controlled Husband,” many years ago, about a month into my father’s retirement (when we were all sitting down at the dinner table) my mother said, “Honey, I married you for better or worse. But not for lunch.
I want you to go to your studio, (he was an artist), for at least four hours a day. I don’t care what you do there. Read the paper, paint, have an affair. Anything. Just please get out of the kitchen.”
– Fond Daughter
DEAR DAUGHTER: I felt so sorry for this retired man, whose wife was insisting that he stay out of the house for most of the day. I assume your mother’s message was well-received and helpful.
(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Twenty-two recruits with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office were injured while on a run when they were struck by a man driving the wrong way, the sheriff's office said.
Five of the recruits were critically hurt and four suffered moderate injuries, Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Sheila Kelliher said at a news conference.
The 22-year-old driver, who has been detained, has minor injuries, Kelliher said.
About 40 recruits were running together at the time of the accident, which took place around 6:29 a.m. Wednesday, while it was still dark out, officials said. The recruits were wearing reflective vests at the time, a sheriff’s department official said.
“It is hard to see, because these young people are getting ready to go put themselves in the line of danger in their career. And who knows that while you're training to do that you are actually in harm’s way,” Kelliher said at a news conference. “So my heart goes out to all of them as they pursue this career. I hope that they all have speedy recoveries.” | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/21-injured-7-critically-as-car-strikes-la-sheriffs-office-recruits-while-running | 2022-11-16 17:36:27 | 0 | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/21-injured-7-critically-as-car-strikes-la-sheriffs-office-recruits-while-running |
The new partnership will make a transformational impact on improving the health and well-being of Georgians through education, research and innovative patient care.
MARIETTA, Ga. and AUGUSTA, Ga., March 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wellstar Health System and Augusta University Health System (AUHS) have reached an agreement to form an innovative new partnership that expands Augusta University's health sciences training and research across the state and builds a broader affiliation between Wellstar Health System and the university's Medical College of Georgia (MCG). The agreements were approved this week by the boards of Wellstar and AUHS, as well as the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
Wellstar, AUHS and Augusta University share a mission to create a healthier future for Georgians and solve health care challenges across the state. Through this partnership, they plan to make a transformational impact on improving the health and well-being of every patient they serve.
"This is an important day for health care in Georgia. I am excited for the benefits that this partnership will provide our state, including world-class care sites, greater access to care for our communities and more training and education for physicians and other vitally important health care providers at Augusta University and its outstanding Medical College of Georgia," said Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
To be known as Wellstar MCG Health, the partnership will expand medical training, research and clinical care throughout Georgia, while implementing a successful model of bringing together community-based health systems and academic medical centers like MCG and its affiliate hospitals. MCG and Augusta University are part of the University System of Georgia (USG), and MCG serves as the only public medical school in the state.
"This partnership combines the strengths of AUHS, Augusta University and Wellstar to advance medical education and research and provide more access to quality health care where people need it most, especially in rural Georgia," USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue said. "It allows AUHS to benefit from Wellstar's efficiencies in the delivery of health care and provide experiential education in a modern clinical environment, which increases MCG's positive impact on local communities and Georgia's medical workforce."
Upon regulatory approval, the partnership will focus on five areas to create a healthier future for Georgia:
- Access to Expertise: Creating an ecosystem of care that provides the most advanced clinical care, innovative academic teaching models and lifesaving research to all corners of the state and beyond.
- Expanding the Pipeline of Clinicians: Making significant investments to increase the number of physicians trained in Georgia at the Medical College of Georgia.
- Care Innovation: Creating new and innovative clinical care offerings and models to enhance the health and well-being of patients they serve.
- Pediatric Care: Bringing Wellstar and AUHS's exemplary pediatric care to more Georgians across the state through Children's Hospital of Georgia and Wellstar's dedicated pediatric care and emergency departments.
- Digital Health: Making significant investments in improving clinical IT, modernizing digital care centers and adding remote care offerings backed by the academic medical expertise of the Medical College of Georgia.
"Improving healthcare for Georgians requires taking new approaches, creating innovative care models and unprecedented collaboration," said Candice L. Saunders, FACHE, president and chief executive officer of Wellstar Health System. "This partnership will bring together the best capabilities and innovations from Wellstar, AUHS and the Medical College of Georgia to advance healthcare in Georgia, making it easier for patients to get the care they need wherever they are."
"As our two organizations have worked together over the last three months to reach this agreement, the rationale for our partnering with Wellstar has only grown stronger – to enable our health system to thrive in today's challenging health care environment and to extend our mission of improving health for all Georgians through excellence in patient care, education and research," said Brooks Keel, PhD, president of Augusta University and acting chief executive officer for Augusta University Health System. "Our partnership with Wellstar will secure the long-term future of academic medicine-influenced health care in Augusta and the surrounding region, increase the number of physicians, nurses and allied health professionals we are able to train and make substantial investments in our health care facilities and new technologies to provide care in more convenient settings for patients across Georgia."
In the proposed agreement, Wellstar has committed to investing nearly $800 million over 10 years in AUHS facilities and infrastructure, including more than $200 million allocated to Augusta University Medical Center – a more than 600-bed safety net and teaching hospital. Additionally, capital for a new hospital, medical office building and ambulatory surgery center in Columbia County and the costs associated with implementing a new state-funded electronic medical records system throughout AUHS will be funded. These investments will result in strengthened and expanded community programs, economic activity and jobs across the region.
"Our affiliation with Wellstar will accelerate the advances MCG will make in clinical care, medical education as well as research across the state. This includes enabling a larger number of students and residents to have expanded opportunities to learn from some of the most highly qualified physicians and other health care professionals in our state," said David Hess, MD, dean of the Medical College of Georgia and executive vice president of medical affairs and integration at Augusta University.
The primary AUHS clinical sites involved in the agreement include AUMC, Children's Hospital of Georgia, the clinical operations of the Georgia Cancer Center, Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital and the new hospital in Columbia County.
"I'm grateful for the support of Governor Kemp and the General Assembly as we've worked to ensure the future of AUHS and find a partner willing to invest in the newest facilities, technology and equipment to care for patients and provide state-of-the-art training for MCG's medical students and residents," USG Board of Regents Chairman Harold Reynolds said.
The agreement also includes AU Medical Associates, the physician practice plan comprised of faculty physicians who have appointments at MCG and community physicians directly employed by the plan, as well as several clinics and other health care sites in Augusta, throughout Georgia and in certain counties in South Carolina.
"As an Augusta resident, I'm excited to see the potential of MCG as it grows and matures into what I believe is one of the best public medical schools in the nation," said USG Regent Jim Hull, chairman of the AUHS Board of Directors. "This partnership is vital for that journey and will only enhance both MCG's reputation and Augusta University's recognition as a best-in-class research university."
Pending regulatory approvals, the organizations plan to close the partnership in late summer.
About Augusta University Health System
Augusta University Health System, in partnership with the Medical College of Georgia, is Georgia's only public academic health center and a place where world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. As the primary teaching affiliate of MCG, AUHS provides the most comprehensive routine-to-complex care at AU Medical Center, which houses the region's only Level 1 trauma center, Children's Hospital of Georgia, which houses the regions only Level IV NICU, the Georgia Cancer Center, as well as historic Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals, a virtual care network and more than 80 primary and specialty, and subspecialty care clinics across the state. Learn more at augustahealth.org.
About Wellstar Health System
As one of the most advanced and integrated health systems in Georgia, Wellstar Health System doesn't take a one size fits all approach to healthcare. We provide deeply personal care that takes each person's unique life story into account. With 24,000 team members, nurses and doctors, Wellstar provides compassionate, high-quality care. Our team is made up of more Top Doctors than any other health care system in Georgia, across nearly every specialty. We are training the next generation of clinicians, offering graduate medical education that prepares clinicians to deliver the highest quality of health care to our community. Several Wellstar facilities have been recognized in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings for providing world-class care in a variety of specialties, including cardiology, neurology, cancer care and pediatrics. In addition, Wellstar Paulding Hospital has been awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest level of recognition for performance excellence. Wellstar is the only health system to have a digital innovation hub – Catalyst by Wellstar. Catalyst by Wellstar is the -first-of-its-kind innovation company and venture firm created and operated within a health ecosystem to holistically address healthcare disruption by harnessing problems, building solutions, deploying capital and establishing strategic partnerships across industries. Wellstar operates the only comprehensive trauma care system in the state with Level II, Level III and Level IV trauma centers, pediatric emergency departments and a dedicated Burn Center. These centers help us serve the most critical patients with a range of emergency care options. Together, we're proud to have served one out of every six Georgians, including patients from 148 out of 159 Georgia counties. We provide nearly $1 billion in uncompensated care in Georgia annually and have been recognized as one of the top 10 providers nationally on charity care. Through more than 450 community partnerships, including our Wellstar Center for Health Equity, the care we provide in our community extends far beyond the walls of our facilities. And our journey continues as we work to reach patients and families in new communities in new ways— to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.
About Augusta University
As one of Georgia's four public research institutions, Augusta University offers customizable, accessible education on campuses in Augusta and across the state. Augusta University aims not only to be different, but also to make a difference — to reimagine and recreate the future of art, technology, education and health care. Home to Georgia's only public academic medical center and designated by the state as a health sciences center of excellence, Augusta University is dedicated to creating a safer, healthier and more equitable Georgia. Learn more at augusta.edu.
About the Medical College of Georgia
The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is one of the nation's largest medical schools by class size, with 264 students per class. The educational experience is anchored by the main campus in Augusta, regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students across the state and a second four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. MCG's expanding partnerships with physicians and hospitals across Georgia currently provides about 350 sites where students can experience the full spectrum of medicine, from complex care hospitals to small-town solo practices. MCG and its teaching hospitals also provide postgraduate education to more than 500 residents and fellows in more than 50 different Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved programs.
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By STEFANIE DAZIO
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people were killed and three wounded in shootings before dawn Monday at four 7-Eleven stores in Southern California and authorities said they were seeking a lone gunman in at least three of the shootings.
The shootings appear to have occurred after robberies or attempted robberies at the four convenience stores on July 11, or 7/11 — a day when the national 7-Eleven brand is celebrating its 95th birthday by giving out free Slurpee drinks.
“Our hearts are with the victims and their loved ones,” 7-Eleven, Inc. said in a statement. “We are gathering information on this terrible tragedy and working with local law enforcement.”
It wasn’t immediately clear to investigators what prompted the shootings in the cities of Riverside, Santa Ana, Brea and La Habra, or why the violence occurred July 11.
“I think the only person to answer that would be the suspect,” said Officer Ryan Railsback, a spokesperson for the Riverside Police Department, where the first shooting happened at about 1:50 a.m. “There’s no way it can be a coincidence of it being 7-Eleven, July 11.”
The Riverside shooting — where the victim was in grave condition — has not yet been officially connected to the others, Railsback said, “although they all seem very, very similar.”
In that case, the gunman robbed the clerk and brandished a gun, then turned the weapon on a customer, opened fire and fled, Railsback said.
“It doesn’t appear to be any reason that the suspect shot the customer,” Railsback said. “It sounds like the clerk gave him whatever he asked for.”
The second shooting occurred around 3:20 a.m., about 24 miles (39 kilometers) away, in Santa Ana, authorities said.
Officers responding to reported gunshots at the 7-Eleven in that city and found a man dead in the parking lot with one bullet in his upper torso, according to Sgt. Maria Lopez, a Santa Ana police spokesperson. The violence appeared to include an attempted robbery.
“At this moment, we don’t believe he was an employee. We don’t really know yet what he was doing there in a parking lot, if he was a potential customer or just walking by,” Lopez said.
Lopez said detectives believe the suspect in the Santa Ana killing is the same person who then traveled 12 miles (19.31 kilometers) to Brea, where a 7-Eleven employee was found dead of a gunshot wound at about 4:18 a.m.
Brea Police Capt. Phil Rodriguez said officers responded to a report of a man suffering from a gunshot wound and found the employee wounded. He was later pronounced dead.
“This does appear to be a robbery that turned into a homicide,” Rodriguez said.
Less than an hour later, officers in neighboring La Habra were sent to a reported robbery at a 7-Eleven. They discovered two gunshot victims around 4:55 a.m., according to Sgt. Sumner Bohee. The gunman had fled.
“We feel confident that it is the same suspect,” Rodriguez said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection in the seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and four others charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol began Monday after the judge denied defense attorneys’ last-minute bid to delay over expected congressional action related to Jan. 6, 2021.
Defense attorneys pushed to postpone jury selection in the high-profile case until after the new year due to the expected action this week by the House committee investigating the insurrection. A defense lawyer argued that it’s impossible to know what evidence related to the Proud Boys might be released by the committee and that media coverage could taint the jury pool.
“We don’t want to be picking the jury in this highly confusing and combustible environment,” attorney Norm Pattis, who is representing Proud Boy Joseph Biggs, told the judge.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said they would push ahead despite the committee’s work and told defense attorneys that he would remind jurors to avoid media coverage related to Jan. 6. The first group of potential jurors was brought into the courtroom Monday morning to begin the process of choosing a panel, which could take several days.
“The former president is not on trial here today,” the judge said before he called potential jurors into the courtroom.
Tarrio is perhaps the highest-profile defendant to face jurors yet in the attack that halted the certification of President Joe Biden’s win, left dozens of police officers injured and led to nearly 1,000 arrests. Tarrio, of Miami, and the others — Ethan Nordean, Zachary Rehl, Dominic Pezzola and Biggs — are charged with several other crimes in addition to seditious conspiracy.
They are accused of plotting to attack the Capitol in a desperate bid to overturn Biden’s victory. They will face jurors just weeks after two leaders of another extremist group, the Oath Keepers, were convicted of seditious conspiracy in a major victory for the Justice Department’s extensive Jan. 6 prosecution.
If convicted of sedition, they could face up to 20 years in prison. The trial is expected to last at least six weeks.
Jury selection comes as the House committee that has been investigating the insurrection is poised to recommend criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and potentially against associates and staff who helped him launch a multifaceted pressure campaign to try to overturn the 2020 election. The committee is holding a final meeting on Monday and is expected to preview its massive final report, which will include findings, interview transcripts and legislative recommendations. Lawmakers have said a portion of that report will be released Monday.
Tarrio wasn’t in Washington on Jan. 6 because he had been arrested two days earlier on charges that he vandalized a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. But prosecutors say he was the leader of a conspiracy to stop the transfer of power from Trump to Biden.
Days before the riot, Tarrio posted on social media about “revolution,” according to court papers. Citing what they alleged was an encrypted message group created by Tarrio, authorities say members discussed attacking the Capitol. One message said: “Time to stack those bodies in front of Capitol Hill.” Another asked whether people were going to “push thru police lines and storm the capitol buildings?”
Prosecutors allege that even after his arrest, Tarrio kept command over the Proud Boys who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 and cheered on their actions from afar. As rioters stormed the building, he posted “don’t (expletive) leave” on social media, and then later “We did this…”
Nordean, Pezzola, Biggs and Rehl were part of the first wave of rioters to push onto Capitol grounds and charge past police barricades toward the building, according to prosecutors. Pezzola used a riot shield he stole from a Capitol police officer to break a window, allowing the first rioters to enter the building, prosecutors allege.
Nordean, of Auburn, Washington, was a Proud Boys chapter president; Biggs, of Ormond Beach, Florida, was a self-described Proud Boys organizer; Rehl was president of the Proud Boys chapter in Philadelphia; and Dominic Pezzola was a Proud Boys member from Rochester, New York.
Defense attorneys have denied that the Proud Boys leaders planned or led an attack on the Capitol.
Tarrio’s lawyers say he didn’t instruct or encourage anyone to go into the Capitol or engage in violent or destructive behavior. Nordean’s attorney accused the Justice Department of selective prosecution and targeting him based on his political associations and beliefs. Rehl’s lawyer asked the judge to toss the indictment on First Amendment grounds, arguing that the case rested solely on Rehl’s political views and free speech.
Another former Proud Boys leader, Jeremy Joseph Bertino, pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy in October, and could testify against Tarrio and the others under a cooperation deal with the government.
Last month’s guilty verdicts for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs were the first seditious conspiracy trial convictions in decades. Seditious conspiracy, enacted after the Civil War to arrest Southerners who might keep fighting the U.S. government, has rarely been brought in recent memory, with mixed results.
Jurors acquitted three other Oath Keeper defendants of seditious conspiracy, although they were convicted of other crimes. Four others associated with the Oath Keepers are also currently standing trial for seditious conspiracy.
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Richer reported from Boston.
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Family: Sisters among 4 missing boaters after vessel found partially submerged in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two vacationing couples — including sisters — and a fishing boat captain were on a charter boat found partially submerged off southeast Alaska over the weekend amid rough seas, family members said Wednesday.
The 30-foot (9-meter) aluminum charter vessel was overdue Sunday evening and last seen earlier that day near Sitka, a community about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Juneau, according to the Coast Guard. Crews later found the boat off an island about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Sitka.
The search for the four missing people was suspended by the Coast Guard late Monday. Their names were made public Wednesday.
Maury Agcaoili, 57, of Waipahu, Hawaii, was found unresponsive in the water and later pronounced dead. His partner Danielle Agcaoili, 53, is among the missing boaters. The missing also include her sister Brandi Tyau, 56, of Canoga Park, California; Tyau’s partner, Robert Solis, 61; and the boat captain, Morgan Robidou, 32, of Sitka.
The charter company, Kingfisher Charters, said in a statement that it was “devastated by the loss of the guests and captain of the Awakin. We are fully cooperating with the U.S. Coast Guard in its investigation of this tragic event and hope that it furnishes answers to the questions as to how it occurred.”
The sisters’ parents and brother were also on the trip with them but had taken a separate vessel, according to Jim Solis, the brother of Robert Solis.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Ian Gray has said the region was experiencing 6- (1.8-meter) to 11-foot (3.35-meter) seas on Sunday.
Austin McDaniel, a spokesperson for the state troopers, said Wednesday that the three passengers and captain are still considered missing persons. He said authorities hope to learn more once the boat is recovered.
The troopers said efforts to recover the vessel have been ongoing, with rough seas and strong winds in the area.
The Solis brothers grew up in Burbank, California, Jim Solis said. Solis and Tyau met in Hawaii several decades ago when Solis, a Navy diver, was stationed there as an instructor. They have a son together. The couple loved to fish together.
“He was a big surfer, a really good musician. He played guitar and put together songs,” Jim Solis said of his brother. “The ocean really was his life.”
Solis became a private investigator in 1992 after eight years in the military, according to the website for his firm, The RES Group.
He was introduced to the work by an acquaintance and “felt the attraction to the field in that each and every case while having similarities depending on the nature of the case, each and every instance also had differences in that no two cases should be treated the same,” he wrote on his website.
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Dazio reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press News Researcher Randy Herschaft in New York contributed.
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TB_Rudolph 8 pass from Brady (Succop kick), 9:53. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 5:13. Key Plays: Thompkins kick return to Tampa Bay 30; Brady 17 pass to Godwin; Thompkins 17 run; Brady 5 pass to Otton on 3rd-and-4.
Atl_Pruitt 2 pass from Ridder (Koo kick), 3:22. Drive: 9 plays, 91 yards, 4:00. Key Plays: Ridder 26 pass to London on 3rd-and-5; Allgeier 17 run; Allgeier 16 run.
Atl_FG Koo 49, :54. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 1:36. Key Play: Allgeier 6 run on 3rd-and-13.
TB_FG Succop 41, 8:15. Drive: 15 plays, 52 yards, 7:39. Key Plays: Brady 9 pass to Godwin on 3rd-and-1; Brady 5 pass to Gage on 3rd-and-2; Vaughn 12 run on 3rd-and-1; Brady 9 pass to Godwin on 3rd-and-10.
TB_Gage 3 pass from Gabbert (Succop kick), 1:46. Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards, 2:14. Key Play: Gabbert 13 pass to Thompkins.
Atl_FG Koo 24, 10:27. Drive: 10 plays, 69 yards, 4:33. Key Plays: Ridder 16 pass to London; Ridder 29 pass to Pruitt; Allgeier 12 run.
Atl_Zaccheaus 3 pass from Ridder (Koo kick), :51. Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards, 7:58. Key Plays: Ridder 17 pass to London; Allgeier 13 run; Ridder 11 pass to Firkser on 4th-and-3; Allgeier 5 run on 3rd-and-3.
Atl_Patterson 2 run (Koo kick), 8:07. Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 6:04. Key Plays: Ridder 11 pass to Zaccheaus; Ridder 40 pass to London on 3rd-and-6; Ridder 15 pass to Darby; Ridder 14 pass to London on 3rd-and-6.
Atl_FG Koo 51, 4:00. Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards, 3:10. Key Plays: Allgeier 28 run; Ridder 17 pass to Zaccheaus on 3rd-and-21; Ridder 6 pass to Zaccheaus on 4th-and-4.
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RUSHING_Tampa Bay, Bernard 7-28, Vaughn 8-26, Thompkins 1-17, R.White 4-15. Atlanta, Allgeier 24-135, Patterson 5-18, Williams 4-12, Ridder 2-9.
PASSING_Tampa Bay, Brady 13-17-0-84, Gabbert 6-8-0-29, Trask 3-9-0-23. Atlanta, Ridder 19-30-0-224.
RECEIVING_Tampa Bay, Godwin 6-55, Thompkins 4-25, Gage 3-15, Vaughn 2-8, Bernard 2-(minus 1), Perriman 1-9, Miller 1-8, Rudolph 1-8, Otton 1-5, Fournette 1-4. Atlanta, London 6-120, Zaccheaus 4-37, Pruitt 3-34, Patterson 2-1, Darby 1-15, Firkser 1-11, Hesse 1-6, Byrd 1-0.
PUNT RETURNS_Tampa Bay, Thompkins 1-12. Atlanta, None.
KICKOFF RETURNS_Tampa Bay, Thompkins 1-24. Atlanta, Williams 1-17.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Tampa Bay, Winfield 10-3-0, Delaney 6-2-0, Nelson 3-1-0, Tryon-Shoyinka 3-0-0, Britt 2-5-0, Odenigbo 2-4-0, Murphy-Bunting 2-2-0, Hicks 2-1-1, David 2-1-0, D.White 2-0-0, Russell 1-3-0, Nunez-Roches 1-2-0, O'Connor 1-2-0, Chesley 1-1-0, Hall 1-1-0, McCollum 1-0-0, Gholston 0-3-0. Atlanta, Grant 4-3-0, Oliver 4-0-0, Evans 3-2-0, Johnson 3-2-0, Andersen 3-0-0, Armstrong 2-3-0, Carter 2-1-0, Jarrett 2-1-0, Malone 2-1-0, Alford 2-0-0, Ogundeji 2-0-0, Hawkins 1-0-0, Terrell 1-0-0, Dickerson 0-4-0, Anderson 0-2-0, Allgeier 0-1-0, McGary 0-1-0, Walker 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS_Tampa Bay, None. Atlanta, None.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
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The National Hurricane Center is upgrading the computer models it uses to predict storm surge. People will be able to see maps about how much storm surge is predicted when a storm is headed their way.
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The National Hurricane Center is upgrading the computer models it uses to predict storm surge. People will be able to see maps about how much storm surge is predicted when a storm is headed their way.
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Last week, reports confirmed that Walt Disney World in Orlando would host the Out & Equal Workplace summit in September, the “largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world,” with participants pressing for LGBTQ equality in the workplace. The report came after Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in February that puts the state in control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a unique governing body that had given Disney the ability to largely regulate itself in Central Florida.
A shift in control over the Reedy Creek Improvement District is believed to be a form of retaliation after Disney leaders spoke out against the DeSantis-backed law popularly known by critics as “don’t say gay.” While Disney’s then-chief executive Bob Chapek hesitated to speak out against that bill at first, he later did. When Chapek left the company in November, Bob Iger, a longtime Disney CEO, returned to the helm. Under Iger, the corporation joined LGBTQ advocates in calling the law discriminatory. The law passed despite the condemnation, and DeSantis called Disney’s public position on the issue an example of “corporate wokeness.”
But DeSantis is correct that Disney has become more vocal over the years in support of LGBTQ rights, a departure from the corporation’s historical engagement with anti-gay politics. To better understand the fraught relationship between the changing face of corporate activism today, we should look no further than to the creation of one of Disney’s most beloved cartoon characters: Orange Bird.
In 1967, Republican Gov. Claude Kirk supported an agreement between Disney and Florida to create the Reedy Creek Improvement District to boost the tourist dollars that Disney’s new theme park would bring to the state.
The following year, Disney entered negotiations to establish a partnership with the Florida Citrus Commission — a board appointed by the governor to represent the interest of the state’s citrus growers and processors. In October 1969, representatives from Florida and its citrus interests, including Kirk and Disney leaders, accompanied by someone dressed as Mickey Mouse, signed a $2.2 million contract. Florida citrus interests would help pay for a Polynesian-style pavilion that which would become the “Enchanted Tiki Room,” featuring a tropical bird and music show, as well as a “Sunshine Tree Terrace.” The contract required Disney to serve Florida citrus products at all Walt Disney World dining sites.
Kirk heralded the move as a powerful union between the state and business, hoping others would “take heed” of how two of the state’s biggest economic engines — tourism and agriculture — came together to benefit Florida, just as he had envisioned a couple of years earlier when he supported the creation of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
As part of their agreement, Disney created a new character to help promote Florida orange juice. In March 1971, Disney unveiled Orange Bird, who would nest in the Sunshine Tree Terrace at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.
Disney and Florida orange juice interests rolled out an ambitious marketing campaign that paired Orange Bird with singer and celebrity Anita Bryant. The Florida Citrus Commission had hired Bryant in 1969 to serve as its main spokesperson, in no small part because her religious music and musings had helped make her the face of wholesome family goodness.
In addition to appearances and publicity photos, Bryant recorded several commercials and advertisements featuring Disney’s Orange Bird to promote Florida citrus. She performed and narrated a music album on Orange Bird’s origins story in 1971 written by the Sherman Brothers, the musical team behind some of Disney’s most iconic films, including “Mary Poppins.” It seems to have helped: Florida orange juice sales largely trended upward in the 1970s.
Such efforts soon came into direct conflict with the LGBTQ rights movement, which had entered a new and much more visible phase after police raided the Stonewall Inn, an LGBTQ bar in New York, on June 28, 1969 — all while Disney and Florida citrus were busy negotiating their contract. Despite the growing determination by LGBTQ people to fight back against the violence and oppression they had long experienced in the aftermath of Stonewall, many of them continued to live closeted lives, fearful that being “out” would cause them to lose their jobs, family and more.
In response to calls from LGBTQ activists who sought to change that, the Dade County Commission passed an ordinance in January 1977 that shielded lesbians, gays and bisexuals from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations.
But these protections were overturned within just six months, thanks in part to fundamentalists like Anita Bryant. Conservative civic and religious leaders went to the streets and built support for overturning anti-discrimination protections twice at the ballot box. Bryant argued that the legislation had infringed on her rights as a mother who wanted to keep her children safe from gay people, whom she often insinuated were predators — not unlike the anti-LGBTQ slurs, such as “groomers,” that some conservatives are using today.
Almost overnight, Bryant became better known as the face of the anti-gay movement than that of Florida orange juice.
The conflict mobilized LGBTQ people across the country in important ways, including harnessing their growing strength in numbers as consumers. They flexed their economic muscle and staged a boycott, or what became known as the “gaycott,” of Florida orange juice. Activists distributed T-shirts and bumper stickers that read “A Day Without Human Rights Is Like a Day Without Sunshine” — a play on the slogan Bryant and Orange Bird had helped popularize in their media campaigns, “Breakfast Without Orange Juice Is Like a Day Without Sunshine.”
Despite the LGBTQ community’s efforts, the Florida Citrus Commission renewed Bryant’s contract as their spokesperson for several more years. It was not until August 1980 that it dropped her from their payroll. And even that decision, it was reported, had been a result of her filing for divorce from her husband — not her position on gay rights — which helped tarnish her wholesome family image.
For their part, Disney and Orange Bird remained mum on the issue. Disney and Florida citrus parted ways a decade later in 1987, with Disney retaining the rights to Orange Bird, who largely faded from public view in the United States. In 2012, Disney released Orange Bird back into the Sunshine Tree Terrace along with new merchandise carrying its face.
Certainly, Disney’s record on LGBTQ issues today remains checkered. Last year, reports revealed Disney had made financial contributions to the campaigns of Florida politicians who would later sponsor or co-sponsor what is officially known as the Parental Rights in Education bill (“don’t say gay”). But, corporations like Disney have also become more vocal in their support of LGBTQ rights, in no small part because of lobbying efforts, changing attitudes toward LGBTQ people and their buying power as consumers.
With its massive LGBTQ following, sometimes endearingly referred to as “Disney Gays,” Disney has incorporated more LGBTQ characters and storylines, programming and events. It has also taken a public stance in opposition to anti-LGBTQ legislation — one that may cost the company over $700 million.
Even Orange Bird has changed, as evident in a tumbler Disney recently sold with the character and the slogan: “Spread Sunshine Not Shade.” The item, which has since sold out online, recalls Bryant’s original orange juice motto with Orange Bird but with major gay undertones of “throwing shade” — a slang term popularized especially in LGBTQ communities of color that means to attack someone with your words or actions.
Unlike in the 1970s and 1980s, when it seemed safer for corporations to stay quiet to protect their profit margins, many corporations are now heeding the calls LGBTQ activists have been making for decades by pleading for them to rethink their strategies and offer up their support. Although profits will continue to drive decisions in the boardroom, corporations have learned that LGBTQ dollars are indeed worth the investment. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/04/06/what-disneys-orange-bird-says-about-corporate-support-lgbtq-rights/ | 2023-04-06 10:23:20 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/04/06/what-disneys-orange-bird-says-about-corporate-support-lgbtq-rights/ |
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Wyndham Hotel employees from around the world participated in a day of service at the Out of the Garden Project Warehouse while in town for a meeting.
Geoffrey Ballotti, CEO and president of the Wyndham Hotel Group and Bobby Powell, director of the Wyndham Championship, and 40 global sales team members helped sort and pack healthy food to be distributed throughout the Triad.
Angels
The Truckload Carriers Association has named truck driver Lance Kent, from Greensboro, a Highway Angel for stopping to help another trucker whose truck was engulfed in flames. Kent drives for Murrows Transfer out of Thomasville.
On Feb. 24, 2023, around 7 p.m., Kent was driving on U.S. 77 through Rocky Gap, Va.
"I could see smoke from a distance," Kent said as he drove closer to what ended up being a truck on fire. He stopped his truck to see if he could help; he was the only one who stopped. The flames were so intense it destroyed the truck and the driver lost everything. Fortunately, the driver was uninjured and able to exit the vehicle.
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The association also named truck driver Don Cronic, from Alma, Ga., a Highway Angel for stopping to help an elderly woman who had a flat tire, had fallen and was laying on the side of the highway. Cronic drives for Menke Trucking out of Thomasville.
Announcements
The Out of the Garden Project Urban Teaching Farm will hold an Earth Day event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 22.
Hamburgers and plant-based burgers will be served to the first 150 people.
Participants will learn how the nonprofit is focusing on sustainability through its waste diversion initiative and take a self-guided tour of the farm, located behind Urgent Church, 508 Knox Road in McLeansville.
For information, visit https://outofthegardenproject.org/.
Grants
The Golden Leaf Foundation has awarded a combined $1.02 million in grant funds to four Triad educational institutions.
Board chairman Don Flow said the awards were made to projects “that will support the long-term economic advancement of rural, tobacco-dependent and economically distressed communities.”
The largest of the four grants, at $455,000, went to Davidson County Schools to support addition of a welding fabrication pathway at South Davidson High School that would double its capacity to 40 for high school students. Students can earn a welding certification from Davidson-Davie Community College through the Career and College Promise program.
A $200,000 grant went to Rockingham Community College for equipment to support expansion of its welding program to help meet the region’s welder and welding skills shortage.
A $200,000 grant to Surry Community College will be used to purchase two automatic range trucks with trailers to expand its truck driver training program and to increase the number of students trained by up to 60 students annually.
A $164,000 grant to Uwharrie Charter Academy in Randolph County will pay for equipment for its Career Academy facility that will open in August. | https://greensboro.com/lifestyles/helping-hands/article_4a2584a4-d7be-11ed-a0d7-ef088920f8d0.html | 2023-04-10 17:33:16 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/lifestyles/helping-hands/article_4a2584a4-d7be-11ed-a0d7-ef088920f8d0.html |
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — A faith-based organization, known for its dedication to the community, is working to help improve the lives of children.
“When we asked how many beds were needed, we were told: ‘Well, you probably can’t make enough beds to meet the total need,’ but at the same time, every bed, they said, was very much appreciated,” Knights of Columbus Council 6540 Grand Knight John Berger said.
The Bismarck Mandan Knights of Columbus are working on an initiative they’re calling “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep,” using donations to make 50 beds for children with the Catholic Indian Mission and Saint Bernard’s Mission School in Sioux County.
According to the mission’s website, Sioux is one of the 20 poorest counties in the United States, with an unemployment rate between 65% and 75%. Berger said while this project will help some of those in need, there’s a lot more work needing to be done.
“The nice thing about this project is it’s very concrete. You’re not wondering what particularly is this money going to be used for. It’s going to be used to provide a child with a bed, so he has a safe and warm place to sleep at night; so it’s pretty simple,” Berger said.
If you’d like to provide a bed or bed supplies for a child in need, donations can be made to the Cathedral Knights. You can also make a donation by clicking here. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/bismarck-mandan-knights-of-columbus-building-beds-for-catholic-indian-mission/ | 2022-08-24 02:18:38 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/bismarck-mandan-knights-of-columbus-building-beds-for-catholic-indian-mission/ |
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