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Rick Allen, who has been drummer with the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame band Def Leppard since 1977, keeps the beat for his other band, Raven Drum, during a visit to the New Hampshire Veterans Home on Monday.
John Koziol/Union Leader Correspondent Lauren Monroe of the band Raven Drum belts out a song Monday at the New Hampshire Veterans Home while her husband, Rick Allen, plays a shaker. Allen, who has been the drummer for Def Leppard since 1977, and Monroe, his wife, formed the Raven Drum Foundation in 2001 to use music to assist persons, including veterans, who are going through crises.
Rick Allen, who has been drummer with the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame band Def Leppard since 1977, keeps the beat for his other band, Raven Drum, during a visit to the New Hampshire Veterans Home on Monday.
John Koziol/Union Leader Correspondent Lauren Monroe of the band Raven Drum belts out a song Monday at the New Hampshire Veterans Home while her husband, Rick Allen, plays a shaker. Allen, who has been the drummer for Def Leppard since 1977, and Monroe, his wife, formed the Raven Drum Foundation in 2001 to use music to assist persons, including veterans, who are going through crises.
TILTON — Already a special, cherished group, the residents of the New Hampshire Veterans Home went up a level of coolness Monday when they got a chance to play and schmooze with a real rock star: Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen.
Def Leppard, whose beat Allen has kept since 1977, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 and did a world tour earlier this year and has one planned for 2023, too.
Allen and his wife Lauren Monroe, who co-founded Raven Drum Foundation in 2001, have worked to “serve, educate, and empower veterans dealing with PTSD and TBI, people in crisis, and other at-risk populations” through music.
The foundation, according to its website, “engages drumming as a tool for healing, allowing participants to use rhythm, mindfulness, and energy-medicine techniques as an avenue for connection and healing, and supports complementary and alternative-medicine programs for trauma recovery.”
On Monday, inside the Veterans Home’s Town Hall Auditorium, Monroe, Allen and the four other members of Raven Drum performed an hour’s worth of smart, tight, country-inspired, bluesy rock that had veterans clapping, stomping their feet and doing a lot of smiling.
“They were pretty good,” said Norman Sanborn, a Merchant Marine and a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
A resident of the Veterans Home for three years, Sanborn said the facility gets many entertainers — “we have a lot of singles and pairs,” but with the exception of an all-ukulele band, nothing as musically complete and diverse as Raven Drum.
Heather Sparano, who is the volunteer program assistant at the Veterans Home, said Raven Drum — which prior to performing there, assembled and donated a variety of comfort-and-care items for the residents, including toiletries, undergarments and clothing — came to the Veterans Home because of a fortunate coincidence.
“One of my dear friends, Laurie Baker, works for the Raven Drum Foundation,” Sparano explained, and when Baker called recently and inquired whether the Veterans Home had the capacity to host Raven Drum, Sparano immediately confirmed it did.
Before Raven Drum’s first song, Monroe told the audience that music brings healing, while Allen, who lost his left arm in a 1984 car accident, said performing at the Veterans Home “is such an honor for us.”
“Anytime we’re in the area,” Allen promised, “We’ll come and visit.”
On Tuesday, Raven Drum is playing at Jimmy’s Jazz and Blues club in Portsmouth. | https://www.unionleader.com/news/human_interest/rock-legend-rick-allen-visits-n-h-veterans-home/article_652b0418-e500-5c97-94ef-2f255d8767c8.html | 2022-11-15 01:24:41 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/human_interest/rock-legend-rick-allen-visits-n-h-veterans-home/article_652b0418-e500-5c97-94ef-2f255d8767c8.html |
Crews make progress against destructive fire near Yosemite
JERSEYDALE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters continue to make progress against a huge California forest fire that forced evacuations for thousands of people and destroyed 41 homes and other buildings near Yosemite National Park, officials said Tuesday.
Crews battling the Oak Fire in Mariposa County got a break from increased humidity levels as monsoonal moisture moved through the Sierra Nevada foothills, said a Tuesday morning report by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
After minimal growth Monday and overnight, the blaze had consumed more than 28 square miles (72 square km) of forest land, with 26% containment on Tuesday, Cal Fire said. The cause was under investigation.
“Fire crews continue providing structure defense, extinguishing hot spots, and building and improving direct fire lines,” the report said.
About 6,000 residents from mountain communities were still under evacuation orders while heavy smoke from the fire drifted more than 200 miles (322 kilometers), reaching Lake Tahoe, parts of Nevada and the San Francisco Bay Area, officials said.
Nearly 3,000 firefighters with aircraft support were battling the blaze that erupted last Friday southwest of the park, near the town of Midpines. It exploded in size on Saturday as flames churned through tinder-dry brush and trees amid the worst drought in decades.
Numerous roads were closed, including a stretch of State Route 140 that’s one of the main routes into Yosemite.
California has experienced increasingly larger and deadlier wildfires in recent years as climate change has made the West much warmer and drier over the past 30 years. Scientists have said weather will continue to be more extreme and wildfires more frequent, destructive and unpredictable.
The Oak Fire burned as firefighters also made progress against an earlier blaze that burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias in the southernmost part of Yosemite. The Washburn Fire, spanning a 7.6-square-mile (19-square-km) area, was 87% contained on Tuesday after burning for more than two weeks and moving into the Sierra National Forest.
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MUENSTER, Germany (AP) — Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies on Friday rallied support for Ukraine in its resistance to Russia’s invasion, expressing “unwavering commitment” to Ukraine’s defense, and expressed suspicion of China’s increasing assertiveness amid a panoply of global crises.
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations, wrapping up two days of talks in the historic western German city of Muenster, released a joint statement asserting common positions on Ukraine, Russia, China and recent developments in Iran and North Korea.
“We’re aligned, we’re united and we’re working together as never before,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
A year after warning Russia about the consequences of invading Ukraine, the G-7 ministers endorsed further punishments for the Kremlin, including setting a price cap for Russian oil exports in the coming weeks. They also pledged additional backing for Kyiv by creating a new way to assist with its reconstruction and to help other countries affected by the food and energy shortages exacerbated by the war.
“President (Vladimir) Putin bet that we wouldn’t back up our words with actions. We proved him wrong,” Blinken said, adding that G-7 sanctions and export controls have “directly impacted Putin’s ability to wage war.”
“We reiterate our unwavering commitment to continue providing the financial, humanitarian, defense, political, technical, and legal support Ukraine needs to alleviate the suffering of its people and to uphold its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the statement said.
The ministers accused Russia of “trying to terrorize the civilian population” of Ukraine by targeting critical power, water and other infrastructure and demanded an end to the war.
“We will continue to impose economic costs on Russia and on other countries, individuals or entities providing military support for Moscow’s war of aggression,” it said.
The G-7 is made up of the U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
As the meeting ended, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration boosted its military assistance to Ukraine by $400 million, bringing the U.S. contribution to more than $18.2 billion since Russia invaded Feb. 24.
The ministers also called out Iran for allegedly supplying weapons including drones to Russia and for a violent crackdown on antigovernment protesters. They condemned Iran’s “brutal and disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters and children” as well as Tehran’s “continued destabilizing activities in and around the Middle East.”
“All of that will draw consequences and the Iranian regime has to be aware of that,” said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. “We have made it very clear we will impose further sanctions, significant packages of sanctions.”
In addition, the G-7 statement further condemned the recent escalation of tensions in Asia caused by North Korean missile launches and delivered a stern warning against a possible new nuclear test. “Any nuclear test or other reckless action must be met with a swift, united, and robust international response,” they said.
One senior U.S. official said the group had demonstrated “remarkable” unity on virtually all major issues despite often-competing domestic interests, particularly in regards to China’s growing economic clout and global ambitions, even as the leader of G-7 host Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, visited Beijing.
The ministers said they sought “constructive cooperation with China, where possible and in our interest” in areas like climate change, clean energy and health but cautioned that Beijing must abide by global regulations, especially as it relates to Taiwan.
“These challenges can only be tackled successfully through cooperation within the rules-based international order,” the G-7 said. “We remind China of the need to uphold the principles of the U.N. Charter on peaceful settlement of disputes and to abstain from threats, coercion, intimidation, or the use of force. We strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion.”
“The G-7 stands together in defense of the rules-based international order,” Blinken said, referring to China and stressing that an understanding was reached about the need “to align our policies” in the face of “growing coercion” and unfair trade practices by Beijing.
“The convergence, the alignment on China, is increasingly strong and increasingly clear,” he said.
Yet Scholz was in Beijing on Friday, the first European and G-7 leader to make the trip since the war in Ukraine began. Chinese investment in a major port in Germany has raised concerns in Washington and other capitals that China might gain a controlling interest in critical infrastructure in the heart of an allied country.
Scholz’s visit has drawn criticism due to China’s tacit support for Russia and for coming after Chinese leader Xi Jinping cemented his authoritarian rule at a Communist Party congress last month. But it reflects the importance of Germany’s trade ties with China, the world’s second-largest economy.
Despite the strong words, it remains unclear how much influence the G-7 actually wields. Its warnings to Putin last December to stay out of Ukraine went unheeded and Xi is forging ahead with plans to reunify Taiwan with the mainland by force, if necessary.
In the meantime, Iran has ignored calls to return to a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, started to supply weapons to Russia and launched a major crackdown on domestic dissent. Similarly, North Korea has shunned appeals to return to nuclear negotiations and stepped up missile launches, raising fears of an open conflict.
In Germany, many noted the historic significance of the venue where the G-7 ministers met: the room where the Treaty of Westphalia ending Europe’s bloody 30 Years War was signed in 1648.
Blinken referred to the 374-year-old document, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was an attack on the concepts of national sovereignty and territorial integrity that many believe the centuries-old treaty established.
And, while chairing a meeting between her G-7 counterparts and the foreign ministers of Kenya and Ghana, Baerbock said she had raised the bloc’s concerns “over the growing presence of Russian and Russia-affiliated security forces in Mali and elsewhere on the continent and called for accountability for all those responsible for human rights violations.” | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-g7-ministers-rally-support-for-ukraine-suspicion-of-china/ | 2022-11-04 23:14:29 | 1 | https://phl17.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-g7-ministers-rally-support-for-ukraine-suspicion-of-china/ |
Lori Vallow won’t face the death penalty if convicted in the deaths of her children, Idaho judge rules
By Amy Simonson, CNN
Lori Vallow will not face the death penalty if she is convicted or murder in the deaths of her two children, an Idaho judge ruled.
Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, face multiple counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan.
The children’s disappearance became national news after Vallow and Daybell fled Idaho following police questioning about Tylee’s and JJ’s whereabouts and about the recent death of Daybell’s first wife, Tammy.
Attorneys for Vallow filed a motion earlier this month seeking the dismissal of the state’s notice of intent to seek the death penalty.
The death penalty should be dismissed because of media saturation, multiple discovery violations by the government, Vallow’s mental status and the inability of the state to effectively administer the death penalty should the jury decide to impose it, the defense motion said.
On Tuesday, Fremont County District Judge Steven Boyce ruled in favor of the motion to dismiss.
“The court concludes here that as an appropriate discovery sanction, the state will be precluded from seeking the death penalty at trial, and the state’s May 2, 2022, notice of intent to seek the death penalty will be stricken.
“To be clear, the court does not impose the sanction to penalize the state but rather to ensure the constitutional right of the defendant is protected, allowing for a reasonable defense to be prepared for this trial,” Boyce said in an oral ruling.
Late disclosure of evidence by state prosecutors, who failed to meet the required deadline, could also lead to an appeal in the case, according to Boyce’s ruling.
“First, with the defense having timely raised the issue, the court determines that if I were to fail to address this discovery issue, I believe this case would inevitably be reversed on appeal if there was a capital conviction,” Boyce said in the ruling.
Boyce said that the court has not found any “willful conduct” on the part of the state and is not concerned with “any sort of sanction or punishment.”
State prosecutors proposed a continuance with the trial, but Boyce said in his ruling he would not consider that because the “defendant has unequivocally asserted her right to a speedy trial.”
“While we are disappointed and respectfully disagree with today’s decision, we will continue to vigorously pursue justice for Tammy, Tylee and JJ,” Madison County Prosecutor Rob Wood and Fremont County Prosecutor Lindsey Blake said in a joint statement emailed to CNN on Tuesday,
CNN reached out to attorneys for Vallow for comment.
Vallow married Daybell two months after her children disappeared in September 2019, and a few weeks after the death of his first wife.
In June 2020, law enforcement officials found the remains of the children on Daybell’s property in Fremont County, Idaho.
Vallow and Daybell were indicted on murder charges in May 2021. Daybell has also been charged with the murder of his first wife, who died in her sleep.
The ruling on the dismissal of the death penalty only applies to Vallow, whose case has been separated from Daybell’s. Vallow’s trial is set to begin April 3.
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HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros opened the second half of the season by sweeping the New York Yankees in a doubleheader Thursday to inch closer in the standings to the team with baseball’s best record.
Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman both homered and combined for five RBIs as the Astros completed the sweep with a 7-5 win in Game 2.
Chas McCormick added a two-run home run for the Astros, who won the season series 5-2.
The Yankees are 64-30 and Houston’s two wins Thursday improved the team to 61-32.
“You want to get off to a good start, and I think everybody came in ready to play,” Bregman said. “This is what we expect out of this ball club every single night … and hopefully we can continue that for the second half.”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone seemed bothered by a question equating this season’s results against the Astros to their struggles against them in the playoffs in recent years.
“I understand it’s a big story,” he said. “I understand the season we’re in. It’s not going to matter unless (it’s) October. If we happen to come back here in October we’re going to show up. We’re going to expect to win. We think we’re really good. They’re really good. Don’t overstate this.”
Rookie J.J. Matijevic’s pinch-hit RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the Astros to a 3-2 win in the opener of the day-night doubleheader between the American League’s top teams.
“This is huge for us to start out 2-0, to take our lead back to double digits,” Houston manager Dusty Baker said of his team’s lead over the Mariners in the AL West.
Aaron Judge hit his MLB-leading 34th homer on a three-run shot off Brandon Bielak to the train tracks atop left field to cut the lead to 7-5 with one out in the ninth in Game 2.
Rafael Montero, who pitched an inning in the first game, took over and was greeted with a single by Gleyber Torres. But Matt Carpenter grounded into a double play to end the game and give Montero his seventh save.
Alvarez, who returned from the injured list Thursday, smacked his 27th homer to the seats in left field with two outs in the first to give Houston an early lead. The Astros went back-to-back when Bregman connected off Domingo Germán (0-1) four pitches later to make it 2-0.
“The guy hasn’t swung a bat against live pitching and hits it out on his first at-bat, he’s pretty awesome,” Baker said. “And Bregman is heating up.”
There were runners on second and third with two outs in the second when Alvarez doubled off the wall in left-center to score two more and extend the lead to 4-0. Bregman singled to left field to send Alvarez home and make it 5-0.
Judge walked with one out in the third before the Yankees cut the lead to three on a home run by Torres.
The doubleheader coming out of the All-Star break was scheduled to help make up a series that was postponed because of the lockout. Houston won the first game of the series on June 30.
“It’s definitely news to watch us play each other,” New York’s Giancarlo Stanton said. “But at the end of the day, we’ve got to stay ahead of them for home-field (advantage).”
Germán allowed six hits and five runs in three innings in his season debut after missing the first half of the season with a shoulder injury.
Houston starter Luis Garcia (8-5) yielded three hits and two runs in five innings for his fifth straight win after losing his previous four decisions.
In Game 1, Bregman led off the Houston ninth with a single against Michael King (6-3). Bregman advanced to third on Aledmys Díaz’s double. After Yuli Gurriel struck out, pinch-hitter Alvarez was walked intentionally to load the bases.
King looked as if he might be able to escape the jam after he struck out McCormick, but Matijevic drove in Bregman with an infield single to shortstop.
“The bullpen did a great job and boy, that was an exciting win for us and the fans and for J.J.,” Baker said. “I was happy for J.J.”
The Astros carried a 2-1 lead into the ninth. But Aaron Hicks singled against Héctor Neris (3-3) and scored on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s two-out single, a grounder that rolled just past shortstop Jeremy Peña for the tying hit.
DJ LeMahieu homered in the fifth, but the Yankees were just 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.
Jordan Montgomery tied a season high with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. He allowed seven hits and walked one.
Cristian Javier tied a season high by issuing four walks while allowing one run and two hits in five innings. It was Javier’s first start against the Yankees since he pitched seven innings in a combined no-hitter at New York on June 25. Neris and Ryan Pressly finished the historic gem.
It was just the third doubleheader for the domed Minute Maid Park, which opened in 2000.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Germán was activated from the 60-day injured list before Game 2. RHP Ryan Weber was designated for assignment.
Astros: OF Jose Siri was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land. … Pressly was not with the team after going on the paternity list following the birth of a daughter Wednesday. LHP Parker Mushinski was reinstated from the 15-day IL.
UP NEXT
Yankees: Jameson Taillon (10-2, 3.86 ERA) starts for the Yankees against Baltimore’s Tyler Wells (7-5, 3.38) in the opener of a three-game series against the Orioles on Friday night.
Astros: Houston’s Jose Urquidy (8-4, 4.09) opposes Seattle’s Marco Gonzales (5-9, 3.50) on Friday night in Game 1 of a three-game series against the surging Mariners, winners of 14 straight.
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NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans music legend Walter “Wolfman” Washington, a cornerstone of the city's musical nightlife for decades, has died of cancer, just days after turning 79.
Washington died Dec. 22 at Passages Hospice, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.
Funeral services are scheduled for Jan. 4. at 2 p.m. at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home. A benefit concert to help with medical and funeral expenses is planned for Jan. 8 at the Tipitina’s music venue.
Washington and his band, the Roadmasters, mixed blues, R&B, funk and soul, punctuating songs with his trademark howl, the newspaper reported. In director Michael Murphy’s 2005 New Orleans music documentary “Make It Funky!,” Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards bows down to Washington in tribute to his guitar style and tone, the newspaper reported.
Washington started his career backing New Orleans musical legends Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey and Johnny Adams, who ultimately became a mentor and close friend.
“Johnny taught me a whole lot,” Washington recalled in 1999. “He’d say, ‘If you want to sing high notes, you’ve got to pay attention to how you go up there. Take your time. Don’t rush yourself. Once you get used to going up there, it will come easy.’ He played guitar, too. He’d show me how to hit notes and how to run from one note to another and pay attention to why that note fits there. He was like a dad. I could talk to him about anything.”
Washington backed Adams on several Rounder Records albums before releasing his first album with the Roadmasters, “Leader of the Pack,” for the Hep’Me label in 1981. He moved to Rounder for 1986’s “Wolf Tracks” and the subsequent “Out of the Dark” and “Wolf at the Door.” The 1991 album “Sada” was named for his first daughter.
He traveled abroad and occasionally toured domestically, but New Orleans' nightclubs were his heart and soul. He was one of the first musicians to play in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina via generator-powered shows at the Maple Leaf.
After more than 10 years without a new album, Washington made a comeback with 2018’s “My Future Is My Past.” The album reunited him with Thomas for a duet on the old Adams song “Even Now” and earned Washington some of the best reviews of his career.
More recently, he finished another batch of eight blues-tinged songs, produced by Galactic saxophonist Ben Ellman. Washington’s manager, Adam Shipley, is currently shopping the finished album to record labels, the newspaper reported.
“For the last six or seven years, Walter got the recognition he deserved,” Shipley said. “He put out some great music, and had a great life.”
A dedicated smoker and drinker with a colorful personal life, Washington battled back from numerous health challenges over the years. Still, his March diagnosis of tonsil cancer was surprising.
Even as he underwent chemotherapy and radiation, he continued to perform, including at this year’s French Quarter Festival and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
“Nobody could tell what he was going through,” his wife, Michelle Washington said. “He was a trooper to the end. He didn’t want people feeling sorry for him. He led an amazing life. He touched a lot of people and brought them a lot of joy.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the last acts of the Democratic-led Congress, the House and the Senate are set to pass an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, the arcane election law that then-President Donald Trump tried to subvert after his 2020 election defeat.
The legislation, which Democrats and Republicans have been working on since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, is the most significant policy response so far to the attack and Trump’s aggressive efforts to upend the popular vote.
Led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, along with members of the House Jan. 6 panel, the bipartisan legislation was added to a massive year-end spending bill that was unveiled early Tuesday and will be voted on this week.
The bill would amend the 19th century law that governs, along with the U.S. Constitution, how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential election winners, ensuring that the popular vote from each state is protected from manipulation and that Congress does not arbitrarily decide presidential elections when it meets to count the votes every four years.
Supporters in both chambers — Democrats and some Republicans — have pushed to pass an overhaul before the start of the next Congress and ahead of the 2024 presidential campaign cycle, as Trump has announced that he is running again. More than a dozen GOP senators have publicly backed the legislation, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
“We are now one step closer to protecting our democracy and preventing another January 6th,” said Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who moved the bill through her committee.
A look at what the bill would do:
CLARIFY THE VICE PRESIDENT’S ROLE
Lawmakers and legal experts have long said the 1887 law is vague and vulnerable to abuse, and Democrats saw Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat ahead of Jan. 6, 2021, as a final straw.
Supporters of the Republican former president attacked the Capitol that day, echoing his false claims of widespread election fraud, interrupting the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory and calling for Vice President Mike Pence’s death because he wouldn’t try to block Biden from becoming president.
The bill clarifies that the vice president has a purely ceremonial role presiding over the certification every Jan. 6 after a presidential election and that he or she has no power to determine the results of the election — an effort to make that point emphatically in the law after Trump and some of his allies put massive pressure on Pence. Pence resisted those entreaties, but many lawmakers were concerned that the law wasn’t definitive enough.
The legislation states that the vice president “shall have no power to solely determine, accept, reject, or otherwise adjudicate or resolve disputes” over the counting of electors in Congress.
MORE DIFFICULT TO OBJECT
The legislation would also make it more difficult for lawmakers to object to a particular state’s electoral votes. Under current law, just one member of the Senate and one member of the House need to lodge an objection to automatically trigger votes in both chambers on whether to overturn or discard a state’s presidential election results. The bill would significantly raise that threshold, requiring a fifth of each chamber to object before votes would be held.
Raising the threshold for objections will do away with a partisan tradition that has rankled members on both sides. Democrats have objected the last three times that Republicans were elected — twice against George W. Bush and once against Trump. But in each of those cases the Democratic candidate had already conceded the election loss, and Trump to this day falsely claims he defeated Biden.
In 2021, Republicans objected to Biden’s electoral votes in Arizona and Pennsylvania, triggering votes in both chambers after the Capitol was cleared. The House and the Senate voted overwhelmingly to certify Biden’s win in those states, but members in both parties worried the process was too vulnerable to manipulation.
The House-passed version of the bill, written by Democrats and Republicans on the Jan. 6 panel, would have raised the threshold for a successful objection to a third of each chamber. But the final legislation is much closer to the Senate version overall, an effort to ensure that GOP senators backing the bill would stay supportive.
NO FAKE ELECTORS
The bill would ensure that there is only one slate of electors, a response to Trump allies’ unsuccessful efforts to create alternate, illegitimate slates of Trump electors in states that Biden narrowly won in 2020.
Each state’s governor would be required to submit the electors, which are sent under a formal process to Congress and opened at the rostrum during the joint session. Congress could not accept a slate submitted by a different official, so there could not be competing lists of electors from one state.
The bill would establish legal processes if any of those electors are challenged by a presidential candidate.
‘CATASTROPHIC’ EVENTS
The legislation would revise language in current law that wasn’t used during the 2020 election but that lawmakers think could be abused. Current law allows state legislatures to override the popular vote in their states by calling a “failed election,” but the term is not defined under the law.
The bill says a state could only move its presidential election day if there are “extraordinary and catastrophic” events, such as natural disasters, that necessitate that.
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The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, didn’t get much warning before dozens of cars went off the tracks, and there is no indication that crew members did anything wrong, federal investigators said Thursday as they released a preliminary report into the fiery wreck that prompted a toxic chemical release and an evacuation.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit to the crash site and took shots at former President Donald Trump, who had visited the day before and criticized the federal response to the train derailment. Their back-and-forth was the latest sign that the East Palestine wreck has become a hot-button political issue, prompting a rebuke from the head of the National Transportation Safety Board.
“Enough with the politics. I don’t understand why this has gotten so political,” safety board Chair Jennifer Homendy, clearly exasperated, said at a briefing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. “This is a community that is suffering. This is not about politics. This is about addressing their needs, their concerns.”
The NTSB report, which laid out the facts that investigators have gathered to date, said crew members had no indication the train was in trouble until an alarm sounded just before it went off the tracks.
An engineer slowed and stopped the train after getting a “critical audible alarm message” that signaled an overheated axle, according to the report. The three-person crew then saw fire and smoke and alerted dispatch, the report said.
“We have no evidence that the crew did anything wrong,” said Homendy, who announced a rare investigatory field hearing to be conducted in East Palestine this spring as officials seek to get to the bottom of the derailment’s cause and build consensus on how to prevent similar wrecks.
Investigators said the temperature of the failed wheel bearing increased by 215 degrees in a span of 30 miles (48 kilometers), but did not reach the temperature threshold that railroad company Norfolk Southern had set for an alarm to go off until just before the wreck.
The train was going about 47 mph (75 kph), under the speed limit of 50 mph (80 kph), according to investigators.
Outside experts who looked at the report said the system appeared to work as designed, from the spacing of the hot bearing detectors along the tracks to the operation of the sensors.
“There’s nothing in the NTSB report that surprises me at all,” said Dave Clarke, the former director of the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Tennessee. “I can’t see anything to really criticize about what happened or how the response was made.”
Christopher Barkan, director of the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center at the University of Illinois, said the spacing of the sensors that recorded the temperatures of the Norfolk Southern train — 10 and 20 miles (16 to 32 kilometers) apart — is common in the industry.
He said the detectors would not have notified the train crew of elevated bearing temperatures unless they met the threshold for action.
“I don’t see anything wrong here, but we just don’t know,” Barkan said.
Homendy said investigators would look at whether industry safety standards — including high-temperature alarm thresholds and sensor spacing — will need to change to prevent similar derailments.
Norfolk Southern said the NTSB report showed the heat detectors worked as intended and the train crew operated “within the company’s rules.” Nevertheless, the company said it would “need to learn as much as we can from this event” and “develop practices and invest in technologies that could help prevent an incident like this in the future.”
The freight cars that derailed on the East Palestine outskirts, near the Pennsylvania state line, included 11 carrying hazardous materials. Villagers evacuated as fears grew about a potential explosion of smoldering wreckage.
Officials seeking to avoid an uncontrolled blast intentionally released and burned toxic vinyl chloride from five rail cars, sending flames and black smoke into the sky. That left people questioning the potential health effects even as authorities maintained they were doing their best to protect people.
In another sign of the environmental impact, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said Thursday it now estimates spilled contaminants affecting several miles of streams killed nearly 44,000 fish, mostly small ones such as minnows. Its initial estimate was 3,500.
As NTSB released its preliminary findings, Buttigieg — who had been criticized for not coming to East Palestine earlier — went on a tour of the crash site and defended the Biden administration’s response to the Feb. 3 derailment, which Trump had portrayed as indifferent and a “betrayal.”
Buttigieg told reporters that if the former president — and current Republican presidential candidate — felt strongly about increased rail safety efforts, “one thing he could do is express support for reversing the deregulation that happened on his watch.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre excoriated “political stunts that we’re seeing from the other side” but did not say whether a trip by Democratic President Joe Biden was in the works.
Another Biden administration official, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, has been to East Palestine multiple times, most recently Tuesday as the EPA ordered Norfolk Southern to pay for the cleanup.
With heavy equipment rumbling behind him, Buttigieg slammed Norfolk Southern and other freight rail companies for fighting regulations he said would “hold them accountable and the other railroad companies accountable for their safety record.” He pressed Congress to act.
Heather Bable, who lives two blocks from the derailment site, said she’s relieved the government’s top brass is finally showing up.
“We need that attention because we weren’t getting it. They should have been here all along,” said Bable.
After throngs of residents lined the streets in pouring rain to welcome Trump on Wednesday, the reception for Buttigieg was decidedly more muted, with little fanfare around the village of just under 5,000 residents. Trump won nearly 72% of the vote in this heavily Republican region in 2020.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, whose Pennsylvania district borders the derailment site, asked Norfolk Southern to expand the boundaries of the geographic zone in which it is providing financial assistance and testing. He asserted the current zone excludes many affected Pennsylvania residents and businesses, and said the company should commit to cleaning up soil and water up to 30 miles (48 kilometers) beyond it.
“Norfolk Southern is failing to show any commitment to rebuilding lost trust in our community,” Deluzio wrote in a letter to Norfolk Southern’s CEO. Providing additional resources “would help your company restore the sense of security that the Norfolk Southern train derailment and its aftermath destroyed.” | https://www.mcall.com/2023/02/23/train-crew-got-safety-alert-just-before-east-palestine-derailment-ntsb-says/ | 2023-03-13 09:35:17 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/2023/02/23/train-crew-got-safety-alert-just-before-east-palestine-derailment-ntsb-says/ |
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A gunman stormed a service at his former Jehovah’s Witness hall in Germany, killing six people before taking his own life after police arrived, authorities in the port city of Hamburg said Friday.
Police gave no motive for Thursday night’s attack. But they acknowledged recently receiving an anonymous tip that claimed the man identified as the shooter showed anger toward Jehovah’s Witnesses and might be psychologically unfit to own a gun.
Eight people were wounded, including a woman who was 28 weeks pregnant and lost the baby. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the death toll could rise.
Officers apparently arrived at the hall while the attack was ongoing and heard one more shot, according to witnesses and authorities. They did not fire their weapons, but officials said their intervention likely prevented further loss of life at the boxy building next to an auto repair shop a few kilometers (miles) from downtown.
Scholz, a former Hamburg mayor, said the city was “speechless in view of this violence” and “mourning those whose lives were taken so brutally.”
All of the victims were German citizens apart from two wounded women, one with Ugandan citizenship and one with Ukrainian.
Officials said the suspected assailant was a 35-year-old German man identified only as Philipp F., in line with the country’s privacy rules. Police said he had left the congregation “voluntarily, but apparently not on good terms,” about a year and a half ago.
A website registered in the name of someone who fits the police description says that he grew up in the Bavarian town of Kempten in “a strict religious evangelical household.”
The website, which is filled with business jargon, also links to a self-published book about “God, Jesus Christ and Satan.”
Philipp F. legally owned a semi-automatic Heckler & Koch Pistole P30 handgun, according to police. He fired more than 100 shots during the attack, and the head of the Hamburg prosecutors office, Ralf Peter Anders, said hundreds more rounds were found in a search of the man’s apartment.
Germany’s gun laws are more restrictive than those in the United States but permissive compared with some European neighbors, and shootings are not unheard of.
Last year, an 18-year-old man opened fire in a packed lecture at Heidelberg University, killing one person and wounding three others before killing himself. In 2020, the nation saw two high-profile shootings, one that killed six people and another that took nine lives.
In the most recent shooting involving a site of worship, a far-right extremist attempted to force his way into a synagogue in Halle on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur in 2019. After failing to gain entry, he shot two people to death nearby.
The German government announced plans last year to crack down on gun ownership by suspected extremists and to tighten background checks. Currently, anyone who wants to acquire a firearm must show that they are fit to do so, including by proving that they require a gun. Reasons can include being part of a sports shooting club or being a hunter.
Hamburg Police Chief Ralf Martin Meyer said the man was visited by officers after they received an anonymous tip in January, claiming that he had “particular anger toward religious believers, in particular toward Jehovah’s Witnesses and his former employer.”
Officers said the man was cooperative and found no grounds to take away his weapon, according to Meyer.
“The bottom line is that an anonymous tip in which someone says they’re worried a person might have a psychological illness isn’t in itself a basis for (such) measures,” he said.
Germany’s top security official laid a wreath of flowers outside the hall to commemorate the victims and thanked police before taking questions from reporters.
Asked whether the attack could have been prevented, Interior Minister Nancy Faser said it was necessary to wait for the investigation to conclude, but she acknowledged that changes were needed in the way background checks are conducted and information is exchanged between authorities.
She said a bill now making its way through the legislative process would require gun owners to undergo psychological tests.
On Friday morning, forensic investigators in protective white suits could be seen outside the hall. As a light snow fell, officers placed yellow cones on the ground and windowsills to mark evidence.
A special operations unit that happened to be near the hall arrived just minutes after receiving the first emergency call at 9:04 p.m., Hamburg’s top security official said. The officers were able to separate the gunman from the congregation.
“We can assume that they saved many people’s lives this way,” Hamburg state Interior Minister Andy Grote told reporters.
Upon arrival, officers found people with apparent gunshot wounds on the ground floor and then heard a shot from an upper floor, where they found a fatally wounded person believed to be the shooter, according to police spokesman Holger Vehren.
Gregor Miebach, who lives within sight of the building, heard shots and filmed a figure entering the building through a window. In his footage, shots can then be heard from inside. The figure later apparently emerges from the hall, is seen in the courtyard and then fires more shots through a first floor window before the lights in the room go out.
Miebach told German television news agency NonstopNews that he heard at least 25 shots. After police arrived, one last shot followed, he said.
His mother, Dorte Miebach, said she was shocked by the shooting. “It’s really 50 meters (yards) from our house and many people died,” she said. “This is still incomprehensible.”
Jehovah’s Witnesses are part of an international church founded in the United States in the 19th century and headquartered in Warwick, New York. The church claims a worldwide membership of about 8.7 million, with about 170,000 in Germany.
Members are known for their evangelistic efforts that include knocking on doors and distributing literature in public squares. The denomination’s practices include a refusal to bear arms, receive blood transfusions, salute a national flag or participate in secular government.
David Semonian, a U.S.-based spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses, said in an emailed statement Friday that members “worldwide grieve for the victims of this traumatic event.”
___ Moulson and Jordans reported from Berlin. Associated Press journalist David Rising in Bangkok contributed to this report. | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/german-police-8-dead-in-jehovahs-witnesses-hall-shooting/ | 2023-03-10 22:51:23 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/german-police-8-dead-in-jehovahs-witnesses-hall-shooting/ |
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International migration drove US population growth in 2022
Updated: 7:57 PM EST Dec 24, 2022
The U.S. population expanded by 1.2 million people this year, with growth largely driven by international migration, and the nation now has 333.2 million residents, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.Net international migration — the number of people moving into the U.S. minus the number of people leaving — was more than 1 million residents from 2021 to 2022. That represented a growth rate of 168% over the previous year's 376,029 international migrants, with every state gaining residents from abroad, according to the 2022 population estimates.Natural growth — the number of births minus the number of deaths — added another 245,080 people to the total in what was the first year-over-year increase in total births since 2007.This year's U.S. annual growth rate of 0.4% was a rebound of sorts from the 0.1% growth rate during the worst of the pandemic from 2020 to 2021, which was the lowest since the nation's founding.“It’s welcome because we would have been back to almost flatline growth if not for this immigration,” said William Frey, a demographer at The Brookings Institution.Regionally, the Northeast lost almost 219,000 people in a trend largely driven by domestic residents moving out of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as deaths outpacing births in Pennsylvania. The Midwest also lost almost 49,000 residents, driven in part by people moving out of Illinois and deaths outpacing births in Ohio.The South gained 1.3 million residents, the largest of any region, driven by population gains in Texas and Florida that exceeded 400,000 residents each. Other Southern states like North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee had among the largest growth in numbers in the U.S.Texas, the second most populous state in the U.S., surpassed the 30 million-resident mark, joining California as the only other state in this category.But California lost more than 113,000 residents, and had a population just over 39 million in 2022, in what was the biggest annual decline behind New York's more than 180,000-resident loss. The population decline was driven by more than 343,000 domestic residents moving out of California, and it helped drag down the West region's population gain to only 153,000 residents.Despite the overall population loss, California had the largest growth of any state in international residents, just a hair's breadth ahead of Florida with more than 125,000 people. California also had the second highest natural increase, only trailing Texas. Births outpacing deaths and the international arrivals made California's population loss smaller than last year, when it dropped by more than 358,000 residents.Conversely, Florida had the largest natural decrease of any state, with deaths outpacing births by more than 40,000 people. But gains from international migration, as well the addition of more than 318,000 residents from domestic migration, the most in the nation, gave it the highest growth rate of any U.S. state at 1.9%.The West region in 2022 lost some of its luster as a magnet for domestic migration. Without international migration and a sizeable natural increase from births outpacing deaths, the West region would have lost population due to domestic residents moving out of California, Oregon and Washington. Western hotspots like Utah, Idaho and Montana also had smaller gains than last year.Some of the slower growth in the West has to do with the pandemic, which led to fewer people moving, and also the increasing cost of living in places once regarded as cheaper alternatives to California, according to Frey.“There isn’t as much magnetism for those classic magnets for moving out of California,” Frey said.Puerto Rico lost 40,000 residents, or 1.3% of its population, due to people moving away and deaths outpacing births, and its population now stands at 3.2 million residents.
The U.S. population expanded by 1.2 million people this year, with growth largely driven by international migration, and the nation now has 333.2 million residents, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Net international migration — the number of people moving into the U.S. minus the number of people leaving — was more than 1 million residents from 2021 to 2022. That represented a growth rate of 168% over the previous year's 376,029 international migrants, with every state gaining residents from abroad, according to the 2022 population estimates.
Natural growth — the number of births minus the number of deaths — added another 245,080 people to the total in what was the first year-over-year increase in total births since 2007.
This year's U.S. annual growth rate of 0.4% was a rebound of sorts from the 0.1% growth rate during the worst of the pandemic from 2020 to 2021, which was the lowest since the nation's founding.
“It’s welcome because we would have been back to almost flatline growth if not for this immigration,” said William Frey, a demographer at The Brookings Institution.
Regionally, the Northeast lost almost 219,000 people in a trend largely driven by domestic residents moving out of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as deaths outpacing births in Pennsylvania. The Midwest also lost almost 49,000 residents, driven in part by people moving out of Illinois and deaths outpacing births in Ohio.
The South gained 1.3 million residents, the largest of any region, driven by population gains in Texas and Florida that exceeded 400,000 residents each. Other Southern states like North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee had among the largest growth in numbers in the U.S.
Texas, the second most populous state in the U.S., surpassed the 30 million-resident mark, joining California as the only other state in this category.
But California lost more than 113,000 residents, and had a population just over 39 million in 2022, in what was the biggest annual decline behind New York's more than 180,000-resident loss. The population decline was driven by more than 343,000 domestic residents moving out of California, and it helped drag down the West region's population gain to only 153,000 residents.
Despite the overall population loss, California had the largest growth of any state in international residents, just a hair's breadth ahead of Florida with more than 125,000 people. California also had the second highest natural increase, only trailing Texas. Births outpacing deaths and the international arrivals made California's population loss smaller than last year, when it dropped by more than 358,000 residents.
Conversely, Florida had the largest natural decrease of any state, with deaths outpacing births by more than 40,000 people. But gains from international migration, as well the addition of more than 318,000 residents from domestic migration, the most in the nation, gave it the highest growth rate of any U.S. state at 1.9%.
The West region in 2022 lost some of its luster as a magnet for domestic migration. Without international migration and a sizeable natural increase from births outpacing deaths, the West region would have lost population due to domestic residents moving out of California, Oregon and Washington. Western hotspots like Utah, Idaho and Montana also had smaller gains than last year.
Some of the slower growth in the West has to do with the pandemic, which led to fewer people moving, and also the increasing cost of living in places once regarded as cheaper alternatives to California, according to Frey.
“There isn’t as much magnetism for those classic magnets for moving out of California,” Frey said.
Puerto Rico lost 40,000 residents, or 1.3% of its population, due to people moving away and deaths outpacing births, and its population now stands at 3.2 million residents. | https://www.wmur.com/article/international-migration-population-growth/42334087 | 2022-12-25 01:10:09 | 0 | https://www.wmur.com/article/international-migration-population-growth/42334087 |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has given Enbridge three years to shut down parts of an oil pipeline that crosses reservation land and ordered the energy company to pay a Native American tribe more than $5 million for trespassing.
Friday’s order from U.S. District Judge William Conley came after members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa told him during a hearing in Madison that the Enbrige Line 5 pipeline is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion and rupturing on their land.
The tribe argued that an emergency exists because large sections of nearby riverbank have washed away this year, leaving less than 15 feet (4.6 meters) of land between Line 5 and the Bad River as it meanders on the reservation.
Experts and environmental advocates have warned in court that exposed pipelines would be weakened and could rupture at any time, causing massive oil spills.
The judge’s order said a rupture on tribal land “would unquestionably be a public nuisance” but denied that the threat is imminent, and said a shutdown would likely “spark at least temporary shortages and increased prices for refined gas, propane and butane in the Upper Midwest and Eastern Canada, creating hardships, specially for the poor and other economically challenged households.”
“Nevertheless, given the environmental risks, the court will order Enbridge to adopt a more conservative shutdown and purge plan,” Conley wrote.
His order gives Enbridge three years to “cease operation of Line 5 on any parcel within the Band’s tribal territory on which defendants lack a valid right of way and to arrange reasonable remediation at those sites.”
Conley also ordered Enbridge to pay more than $5.15 million for trespassing, and to keep paying the tribe a portion of its profits for as long as the pipeline continues operating on tribal land.
Enbridge said Saturday that it plans to appeal and “remains open to an amicable resolution with the Bad River Band.” The statement says it disagrees that Enbridge is trespassing and with the judge’s order that Line 5 must stop operating on reservation land within three years.
Enbridge said the long-term solution to the dispute will be a 41-mile (66-kilometer) reroute of the pipeline, but “the project hinges on timely government permit approvals to allow construction to be completed within the next three years.”
Line 5 transports up to 23 million gallons (about 87 million liters) of oil and liquid natural gas each day, stretching 645 miles (1,038 kilometers) from the city of Superior, Wisconsin through northern Wisconsin and Michigan to Sarnia, Ontario.
The Bad River tribe sued Enbridge in 2019 to force the company to remove the roughly 12-mile (19-kilometer) section crossing its reservation, saying the 70-year-old pipeline is dangerous and that land agreements allowing Enbridge to operate on the reservation expired in 2013.
Conley sided with the tribe in September, saying that Enbridge was trespassing and must compensate the tribe for illegally using its land.
In November, Conley told Enbridge and tribal leaders to create an emergency shutoff plan given the significant risk of “catastrophic” damage to the reservation and its water supply.
The tribe’s office in Odanah, Wisconsin, was closed Saturday and a telephone message seeking comment on the order was not immediately returned. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/judge-gives-enbridge-3-years-to-close-oil-pipeline-on-tribal-land-in-wisconsin/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-06-17 22:08:00 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/judge-gives-enbridge-3-years-to-close-oil-pipeline-on-tribal-land-in-wisconsin/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions, elephants and buffaloes, are increasingly threatened by below-average rainfall and new infrastructure projects.
A prolonged drought in much of the continent’s east, exacerbated by climate change, and large-scale developments, including oil drilling and livestock grazing, are hampering conservation efforts in protected areas, several environmental experts say.
The at-risk parks stretch all the way from Kenya in the east — home to Tsavo and Nairobi national parks — south to the Mkomazi and Serengeti parks in Tanzania, the Quirimbas and Gorongosa parks in Mozambique and the famous Kruger National Park in South Africa, and west to the Kahuzi Biega, Salonga and Virunga reserves in Congo.
The parks not only protect flora and fauna but also act as natural carbon sinks — storing carbon dioxide emitted into the air and reducing the effects of global warming.
An estimated 38% of Africa’s biodiversity areas are under severe threat from climate change and infrastructure development, said Ken Mwathe of BirdLife International.
“Key biodiversity areas over the years, especially in Africa, have been regarded by investors as idle and ready for development,” said Mwathe. “Governments allocate land in these areas for infrastructural development.”
He added that the “powerlines and other energy infrastructure cause collisions with birds, due to low visibility. The numbers killed this way are not few.”
In their quest to bolster living standards and achieve sustainable development goals, such as access to clean water and food, boosting jobs and economic growth and improving the quality of education, African governments have set their sights on large building projects, many of them funded by foreign investments, especially by China.
The proposed East African Oil Pipeline, for example, which the Ugandan government says can help lift millions out of poverty, runs through Uganda’s Kidepo valley, Murchison Falls and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, threatening species and drawing criticism from climate campaigners.
The growth of urban populations and the building that goes with it, like new roads, electricity grids, gas pipes, ports and railways, have also added to the pressure on parks, conservationists said.
But they add that replacing wildlife with infrastructure is the wrong approach for economic growth.
“We have to have a future where wildlife is not separated from people,” said Sam Shaba, the program manager at the Honeyguide Foundation in Tanzania, an environmental non-profit organization.
When “people start to see that living with wildlife provides the answer to sustainable development … that’s the game-changer,” said Shaba.
Most of Africa’s wildlife parks were created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by colonial regimes that fenced off the areas and ordered local people to stay out. But now conservationists are finding that a more inclusive approach to running the parks and seeking the expertise of Indigenous communities that live around the parks can help protect them, said Ademola Ajagbe, Africa regional managing director of The Nature Conservancy.
“The inhabitants of these areas are forcefully evicted or prevented from living there such as the Maasai (in Tanzania and Kenya), Twa and Mbutis (in central Africa) who for generations have lived with wildlife,” said Simon Counseill, an advisor with Survival International.
“Africa is depicted as a place of wildlife without people living there and this narrative needs to change,” he said.
“If we don’t pay attention to communities’ social needs, health, education and where they are getting water, we miss the key thing,” said John Kasaona the executive director of the Integrated Rural Development in Nature Conservation in Namibia.
The effects of worsening weather conditions in national parks due to climate change should also not be ignored, experts said.
A recent study conducted in Kruger National Park linked extreme weather events to the loss of plants and animals, unable cope with the drastic conditions and lack of water due to longer dry spells and hotter temperatures.
Drought has seriously threatened species like rhinos, elephants and lions as it reduces the amount of food available, said Philip Wandera, a former warden with the Kenya Wildlife Service who’s now range management lecturer at the Catholic University of East Africa.
More intensive management of parks and removing fences that prevent species from migrating to less drought-prone areas are important first steps to protecting wildlife, Wandera said.
He added that financial help to “support communities in and around national parks” would also help preserve them.
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Good news for young artistic Central Floridians: $250,000 will be coming to the community to support the education programs of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando. We’re focused on youth in today’s column, which also will have information on the return of a beloved community Christmas tradition and an impressive honor for an Osceola school.
But first, we have the impressive sum of $250,000 to talk about.
The federal money was requested by U.S. Rep Val Demings as part of $6 million in projects for Florida’s 10th congressional district, which covers western Orange County. The money will fund arts-center educational programs such as Disney Musicals in Schools, the Applause Awards for excellence in high-school theater, 6th & Jazz, Project WoW, summer camps, youth-theater productions, the center’s Teen Ambassadors and the Four Counts and Quarter Notes performance groups. Together, the programs serve about 100,000 individuals annually.
“What is life without art?” said Demings, a Democrat and former Orlando Police chief who has represented the 10th district since 2017, in announcing the funding. “Every child in our community, no matter their background, should have a chance to access classes and camps that give them a chance to learn and grow and follow their passion.”
Speaking of the Applause Awards, its two representatives attended the national Jimmy Awards in Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre this week. Representing the local awards were Samantha Nelson, from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville and Jackson Chase from Lake Nona High School. (If you’re wondering how Jacksonville is “local,” there are only a few Jimmys-affiliated programs in the state, and the Dr. Phillips Center’s is the closest to Jacksonville.)
Chase was recognized at the Jimmys, which honors student thespians from around the nation, with an award for best performance in an ensemble.
And since we’re talking about student performers, here are a couple of other nuggets.
The Jones High School Foundation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of a community tradition this December.
The Jones High School Concert Choir and Jones High School Alumni & Community Choir will team with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra to present “Messiah 50,” a concert of Handel’s famed “Messiah,” at the Orlando school. The first “Messiah” performance by Jones High singers was in 1972 with the Philharmonic’s predecessor, the Florida Symphony Orchestra.
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“Jones High School is so thankful for the support of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra,” said principal Allison Kirby in announcing the concert. “Our collaboration will ensure that our students have access to professional musicians and strengthen their love of music. The ‘Messiah 50′ anniversary concert is the perfect way to showcase Jones High School’s rich history and traditions.”
Mark your calendars now: The concert will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at Jones High, 801 S. Rio Grande Ave. in Orlando. For more on the Jones High School Foundation and the work it does, go to supportjoneshigh.com.
And finally, Osceola County School for the Arts won first place in the 27th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in New York City.
The school accepted the first-place trophy from jazz great Wynton Marsalis — and took home $5,000 as well. The money will be used to further jazz education at the Kissimmee school.
Through the Essentially Ellington program, which has reached more than 7,000 schools, 15 high-school jazz bands were selected as finalists from around the country to come to New York and work with professional mentors, enjoy jam sessions and give a concert on the Jazz at Lincoln Center stage.
“What I love the most about Essentially Ellington is seeing bands sit and listen to their colleagues, and experience a depth of feeling about the music that’s genuine,” Marsalis said in a statement. “My hope for the future is for this feeling to continue growing deeper with meaning. We need these young musicians because we need change, and the humanity, understanding, and depth in musicianship that they bring.”
Find me on Twitter @matt_on_arts, facebook.com/matthew.j.palm or email me at mpalm@orlandosentinel.com. Want more theater and arts news and reviews? Go to orlandosentinel.com/arts. For more fun things, follow @fun.things.orlando on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/arts-and-theater/os-et-dr-phillips-center-jones-high-messiah-osceola-school-jazz-20220629-eldvaupw7jfy5eyey536aa23pu-story.html | 2022-06-29 09:58:07 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/arts-and-theater/os-et-dr-phillips-center-jones-high-messiah-osceola-school-jazz-20220629-eldvaupw7jfy5eyey536aa23pu-story.html |
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THE SERIES KICKS OFF WITH A CLASSIC PERFORMANCE FROM 1977, LIVE FROM THE SUMMIT, HOUSTON, TX, 1977
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LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In continued celebration of their 50th anniversary, today, the four-time GRAMMY® Award winning and Diamond-certified rock legends Aerosmith, (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer), announce the launch of 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults, the band's new "official bootleg" streaming concert series featuring five deep, archival, and unreleased multi-camera live shows from Aerosmith's vast personal vaults. With the entire production of all five concert films supervised by Aerosmith, the series kicks off with a live stream of Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977, a combination of classic live performances from a two-night stand in Houston in 1977 that captures the band in all its raw and powerful rock n' roll splendor. Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 will premiere on Aerosmith's official YouTube channel on July 29th at 12pm PT/3pm ET and will be available, in its entirety as a gift for fans, for one week only and can be viewed HERE. Highlight clips from Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 will also be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on July 30th and will include "Back In The Saddle," "Mama Kin" and "Sweet Emotion."
Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 is taken directly from the original in-house 2" master analog video cartridge for the best possible quality and features footage filmed over the course of two summer nights at The Summit in Houston, Texas on June 24 & 25, 1977. The original live feed edit, only intended for the in-house screens, was carefully cleaned, digitized, and remastered in HD, bringing the 45-year-old footage to life. This hour long, highly charged performance shows why Aerosmith became one of the hottest bands of the 70s and continues to this day. Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 kicks into full gear as the band burst onto The Summit stage, delivering powerful and raw renditions of "Back In The Saddle," "Mama Kin," "Lord Of The Thighs," "Lick And A Promise," and "Sweet Emotion," featuring Tom Hamilton's signature bass line as he lays down that familiar groove as Joe Perry's iconic talk box intro eases the audience in. Other highlights include "Draw The Line," "Walk This Way," a blistering version of "Toys In The Attic," and their 1973 Top 10 power ballad "Dream On."
For 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults, producer Steve Berkowitz, along with long-time Aerosmith employees Tommy Higgins & John Bionelli, combed through the band's vast Vindaloo Vaults, unearthing a treasure trove of filmed concerts recorded in the original formats of the day, covering the band's history throughout the decades. With the help of Director and Producer Jennifer LeBeau (Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon), this footage was carefully transferred and converted to digital to help preserve these historic recorded documents. Produced by Steve Berkowitz and Dennis Wolfe, the video and audio restoration was skillfully conducted by Vanderquest UK and Formosa Sound, giving these performances the highest possible visual and sonic quality.
For five consecutive weeks, starting on July 29th with Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977, Aerosmith's official website and YouTube channel will premiere a different concert every week from each decade. With each show, the band's official online store will also feature a new collection of exclusive merchandise capsules celebrating each decade. First collection is now available, HERE.
As part of the continued celebration around their 50th anniversary, Aerosmith will return to Las Vegas to bring their critically acclaimed residency, AEROSMITH: DEUCES ARE WILD to the Dolby Live at Park MGM. Kicking off September 14th — with shows running through December 11th — the residency is the first live concert experience presented in Dolby Atmos® at Dolby Live. Dolby Live is one of the world's most technologically advanced performance venues for enjoying live music in Dolby Atmos. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com/aerosmith.
In addition to their upcoming dates in Las Vegas, Aerosmith is set to perform at Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, Maine on September 4th before they head to Boston for a show at the historic Fenway Park on September 8th. For ticket information, please visit Aerosmith.com.
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Filmed in Landover, Maryland on December 17, 1989, Aerosmith closes out the 80s in top form with this dynamic performance at Capital Centre. Live From The Capital Centre features classic tracks such as "Walk This Way" and "Rats In The Cellar," as well as "Rag Doll," "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)," and "Permanent Vacation."
Highlight clips from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 6th will be: "Walk This Way," "Permanent Vacation" and "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)."
Throughout the 90s, Aerosmith continued to be an unstoppable force in rock, delivering a high energy set at Coca-Cola Star Amphitheater on July 2, 1993, with all the same swagger and attitude they had from day one. The tightly knit band belts out now classics such as "Eat The Rich," "Janie's Got A Gun," "Livin' On The Edge'" and "Cryin'." Older favorites include "Last Child." "Walk This Way" and "Back In The Saddle."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 13th will be: "Cryin'," "Janie's Got A Gun" and "Livin' On The Edge."
"Mama Kin" kicks things into high gear as Aerosmith storm through Michigan on September 7, 2003, at Comerica Park during their Rocksimus Maximus Tour. Included are classics such as "Same Old Song And Dance" and "Walk This Way," as well as "Jaded," "Love In An Elevator," and the GRAMMY® Award winning single "Pink." Aerosmith brings the incredible night to a close in a cloud of confetti and a frenetic version of "Toys In The Attic."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 20th will be: "Toy's In The Attic," "Same Old Song And Dance" and "Love In An Elevator."
Captured at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City on October 27, 2016, this show was enhanced with the discovery of the original multi-tracks that were added and mixed by Aerosmith's long-time Soundboard Engineer John Ship. The band wastes no time getting into their groove as Steven Tyler swaggers through classics such as "Draw The Line" and "Rats In The Cellar," as well as "Crazy" and their hit ballad "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing." Teasing the crowd with a "You See Me Crying" and "Home Tonight" medley, Tyler breaks into a powerfully moving rendition of "Dream On," before bringing the show to an explosive end with "Sweet Emotion."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 27th will be: "Crazy," "Dream On" and "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing."
In addition, Aerosmith – 1971: The Road Starts Hear (UMe) is now available globally on CD and vinyl LP and can now be streamed, HERE. This rare recording from 1971 was recently discovered in Aerosmith's Vindaloo Vaults and was originally only available as a limited-edition cassette and vinyl release for Record Store Day in 2021. The heavily sought-after RSD release quickly sold out and debuted on the Billboard 200, hitting No. 2 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart, No. 13 on the Vinyl Albums chart, and No. 19 on the Top Album Sales chart. In addition, the band's official online store now features a new 1971 collection of exclusive merchandise, available HERE.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members Aerosmith have sold more than 150 million albums around the world, produced genre-defining music videos such as "Amazing," "Crazy," "Janie's Got A Gun," "Livin' On The Edge," and "Love In An Elevator," and launched extravagant record-shattering global tours, most recently with their smash hit Las Vegas residency. The band has broken numerous boundaries, including becoming the first rock band with a massive commercially successful hip-hop collaboration with Run DMC on "Walk This Way" and the first hard rock band to appear during a Super Bowl Halftime Show with their 2001 performance, and in 1999, Aerosmith became the first band to have their own themed attraction at Disney World in Florida and later Paris with the launch of the Rock 'N' Roller coaster starring Aerosmith.
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a motorized device to automatically scale a palm tree to cut off certain palms," said an inventor, from Hobe Sound, Fla., "so I invented the GROOM-A-PALM. My design offers an alternative to manually climbing and trimming branches or palms."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective machine for removing old dead hanging or select live palms on a palm tree. In doing so, it eliminates the need to climb the tree. As a result, it enhances safety and efficiency and it would leave the upper portion of the tree clean and neat. The invention features a practical design that is easy to operate so it is ideal for tree service personnel, landscapers, do-it-yourselfers, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Tallahassee sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-TLS-265, 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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NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) today announced that John Berisford will assume a transitional role as executive advisor ahead of his departure from the Company in December 2022. In addition, he will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of CRISIL. Berisford, previously President of S&P Global Ratings, has led S&P Global's Integration Management Office since the close of the Company's merger with IHS Markit in February 2022.
"John has been a transformative leader through a period of impressive growth and innovation for the Ratings business, and an invaluable colleague through the evolution of S&P Global for more than a decade," said Douglas L. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer. "John's contributions paved the way for so much of the strategic foresight, innovation and pivotal investment at the foundation of the thriving company we know today. His leadership of the merger's Integration Management Office served as the fitting capstone of an extraordinary chapter with the Company, and we are fortunate to benefit from his insights and advice during his transition."
Berisford joined the McGraw Hill Companies in 2011 and served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources. He quickly established a reputation as an exceptional strategist and business leader. He served as one of the driving forces behind the Company's transformation from a well-established publishing and media conglomerate with a disparate group of assets into a leading global information services provider with a clear vision and focus on providing best-in-class data and analytics.
"It has been my great privilege to contribute to the growth and performance of this Company over the last eleven years," said John Berisford. "Leading the Ratings division was an unforgettable career highlight, and I am proud of the legacy we built as a team. I look forward to working closely with the S&P Global leadership team during this transition."
Prior to joining S&P Global, John had a successful 22-year career with PepsiCo. Starting as a campus hire, he rose to become the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Pepsi Bottling Group after its initial public offering. He also helped lead the successful integration of the bottling business into PepsiCo in 2009 before leaving to join the McGraw Hill Companies.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of hot air balloons are scheduled to lift off Saturday morning, marking the start of an annual fiesta that has drawn pilots and spectators from across the globe to New Mexico’s high desert for 50 years now.
As one of the most photographed events in the world, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta has become an economic driver for the state’s largest city and a rare — and colorful — opportunity for enthusiasts to be within arm’s reach as the giant balloons are unpacked and inflated.
Three of the original pilots who participated in the first fiesta in 1972 and the family members of others are among this year’s attendees. That year, 13 balloons launched from an open lot near a shopping center on what was then the edge of Albuquerque. It has since grown into a multimillion-dollar production.
Pilot Gene Dennis, 78, remembers the snow storm that almost caused him to miss that first fiesta. He had to rearrange his flight plans from Michigan so he could make it to Albuquerque in time.
The weather was perfect when he got to New Mexico, said Dennis, who flew under the alias “Captain Phairweather.” He was quoted at the time as saying he had brought good weather with him.
He’s on the hook again, as pilots hope predictions for opening weekend are fair.
“Ballooning is infectious,” Dennis said, describing being aloft like drifting in a dream, quietly observing the countryside below.
This year will mark Roman Müller’s first time flying in the fiesta. He’s piloting a special-shaped balloon that was modeled after a chalet at the top of a famous Swiss bobsled run. One of his goals will be flying over the Rio Grande and getting low enough to dip the gondola into the river.
“This is my plan,” he said, with a wide smile while acknowledging that it’s not always easy to fly a balloon.
One thing that helps, he said, is the phenomenon known as the Albuquerque box — when the wind blows in opposite directions at different elevations, allowing skillful pilots to bring a balloon back to near the point of takeoff.
Dennis said it took a few years of holding the fiesta to realize the predictability of the wind patterns allowed for balloons to remain close to the launch field, giving spectators quite a show.
Denise Wiederkehr McDonald was a passenger in her father’s balloon during the first fiesta. She made the trip from Colorado to participate in a re-enactment of that 1972 flight on Friday. Her father, Matt Wiederkehr, was one of the first 10 hot air balloon pilots in the U.S. and held numerous world records for distance and duration and built a successful advertising business with his fleet of balloons.
Wiederkehr McDonald, who went on to set her own ballooning records before becoming a commercial airline pilot, was wearing one of her father’s faded ballooning jackets and held a cardboard cutout of him as the balloon she was riding in lifted off.
She recalled a childhood full of experiences centered on ballooning.
“I remember the first time being down in the balloons with them all standing up and inflating and not being able to see the sky because it was all colored fabric. And then the other thing was the first balloon glow at night. Oh, my gosh,” she said. “There were a lot of firsts that I took for granted back then but really look back and appreciate so much now.”
The fiesta has grown to include a cadre of European ballooning professionals. More than 20 countries are represented this year, including Switzerland, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Taiwan and Ukraine.
It also serves as the launching venue for the America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race, one of the world’s premier distance races for gas balloons. | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/ap-annual-hot-air-balloon-festival-draws-global-audience-to-us/ | 2022-10-01 18:54:26 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/ap-annual-hot-air-balloon-festival-draws-global-audience-to-us/ |
CLEVELAND, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Freedonia Group analysis projects demand for residential indoor air filtration equipment to increase 2.1% per year through 2025, remaining by far the largest market for these products:
- The residential market accounts for the vast majority of indoor air filtration system sales, because consumers are more willing to invest in products that will allay their concerns over poor air quality.
- Consumers who suffer from asthma or other health ailments or are concerned about inhaling bad air caused by wildfires, which are increasingly common, particularly in the western half of the US.
- Additionally, the pandemic has forced more consumers to spend more time at home and prioritize their air quality, a trend that will likely continue as many employees continue to work from home, either permanently or as part of a hybrid model.
Air Filtration System Demand to Hit $1.8 Billion in 2025
The Freedonia Group forecasts demand for indoor air filtration equipment – including central systems, local units, and replacement filters – to grow 2.0% per year through 2025 to $1.8 billion from a high 2020 base. Concerns about airborne viral loads that came to light during the COVID-19 pandemic produced a large spike in demand in 2020 and 2021. This increased level of awareness about indoor air quality – along with ongoing concerns about respiratory ailments and increased building construction – is expected to maintain demand levels well above those seen before the pandemic.
However, growth will be relatively slow during the latter half of the forecast period as demand moderates to a more sustainable level.
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Latest edition of Specialty Insights Showcases 2022 Specialty & Custom Chemicals Show
ARLINGTON, Va., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) today unveiled its May 2022 edition of Specialty Insights, showcasing the industry's first in-person event of the year, the Specialty & Custom Chemicals Show, and reinforcing the unparalleled value the event provides this unique sector.
"The specialty chemical community thrives on relationships, whether creating new connections, or building upon existing ones," said SOCMA President & CEO Jennifer Abril. "The latest issue of Specialty Insights tells the story of the 'chemistry' ignited when potential partners meet for the first time, a company presents unique capabilities your next project requires, or when hearing a conference panelist share their experience navigating a relatable issue you've been facing. We are proud to deliver this edition of Specialty insights, capturing the unity of this sector through the connections, information sharing and business that happens at the SOCMA Show."
Articles in the May edition mirror topics discussed during educational programming and general sessions at the Specialty & Custom Chemicals Show, shining a spotlight on top-of-mind issues both inside and outside the fence lines of companies across the industry.
A sampling of key topics in the publication include:
- Supply chain resiliency and navigating challenges across a global landscape
- Redefining sustainability and corporate responsibility initiatives
- Toll manufacturing trends and a shifting emphasis to Just-in-Case inventories
- How an active M&A market highlights buyer selectivity and seller preparation
SOCMA also offers a snapshot of current industry trends and the latest updates on programs and services the association offers to address them.
You can download a copy of the May 2022 edition here: www.socma.org/specialty-insights/specialty-insights-6th-edition/
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(The Hill) – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) husband filed for divorce Wednesday on the grounds that the marriage is “irretrievably broken,” according to court documents.
Perry Greene is also asking the Floyd County Superior Court to seal the divorce proceedings, “because the parties’ significant privacy interest in sealing the records outweighs the public’s minuscule interest in access to said records.”
The filing contends that “sensitive personal and financial information” will likely be revealed throughout the case, “which would negatively impact the parties’ privacy interests.”
Perry Greene’s divorce petition requests an equitable division of the pair’s assets and debt. The filing notes that he and his wife have already separated.
“Marriage is a wonderful thing and I’m a firm believer in it. Our society is formed by a husband and wife creating a family to nurture and protect,” Marjorie Greene said in a statement shared with Nexstar’s The Hill.
“Together, Perry and I formed our family and raised three great kids. He gave me the best job title you can ever earn: Mom. I’ll always be grateful for how great of a dad he is to our children,” she said, adding that the matter is “private and personal.”
The congresswoman didn’t directly mention the divorce filing in her statement but signed a document included in the Floyd County court docket confirming receipt of her husband’s divorce filings.
In a statement obtained by the Hill, Perry Greene called Marjorie his “best friend” and said the pair are heading in different directions.
“Our family is our most important thing we have done. As we go on different paths we will continue to focus on our 3 incredible kids and their future endeavors and our friendship,” Perry Greene said. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/marjorie-taylor-greenes-husband-files-for-divorce/ | 2022-09-29 15:35:15 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/marjorie-taylor-greenes-husband-files-for-divorce/ |
Wife learns of husband’s motorcycle crash instantly with app
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (KPHO/KTVK) - A father of two is recovering from serious injuries following a motorcycle crash. His wife has been there every step of the way after a mobile app alerted her about the crash as soon as it happened.
Sarah Caine received an alert from the Life360 app just before 7 a.m. Saturday. Her husband, Tim Caine, had been out dropping his son off at football practice when he was involved in a motorcycle crash, KPHO/KTVK reports.
“It just says, ‘Life360 detected sudden motion on Dad’s phone,’” Sarah Caine said. “‘This could be a result of a collision, hard braking or a dropped phone. We suggest that you call Dad to check on them.’”
The “Dad” the app referred to is Tim Caine. He was five minutes from home when the crash happened, sending him off his motorcycle and 30 feet into the air, according to witnesses.
“When I called him and he didn’t answer, my first thought was ‘maybe it just fell out of his pocket,’” Sarah Caine said.
But using Life360′s GPS technology, Sarah Caine drove to her husband’s location and saw the scene of the crash.
“So, I drove there over the canal, and there he was on the side of the road with people standing over him. I was able to see him before he got into the ambulance,” she said.
Her husband later told her he was the victim of a hit-and-run crash. Tim Caine said he remembers seeing a car driving on the opposite side of the road that then dramatically turned in front of him. Witnesses say they saw him flying through the air after he slammed on his motorcycle brakes.
Police say right now, they’re calling this a single vehicle accident.
“I don’t think he’s ever been through anything like this,” Sarah Caine said.
Tim Caine suffered a broken collarbone, scapula and ribs, along with a collapsed lung, in the crash. He is recovering at the hospital.
His wife says the past few days have been the hardest of her life, but she’s grateful she’s been there every step of the way, thanks to the app.
“The ER nurse... I told her what happened with the app, and she told me that app probably saved me about an hour or two of waiting to see where he was because they would’ve had to pull his information [and] emergency contacts,” Sarah Caine said.
Tim Caine’s accident occurred just two weeks after he was laid off. The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with medical expenses.
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Taylor Swift fans descend on South Philadelphia despite many not having tickets
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - The Eras Tour is coming to an end Sunday and Taylor Swift really turned her hometown into Swiftadelphia over the weekend. Fans across the area poured into South Philly whether they had a ticket to any of the three jam-packed shows or not.
"These are my people. I’m just so happy," fan Mia New-Schnieder said. "I’m just so happy to scream words and see Taylor."
There is the concert and the concert outside the concert.
Fans of Taylor Swift who didn't have tickets went to the Linc anyway and enjoyed the party atmosphere outside of the stadium, while Swift performed.
"We came down on the train today. We’re going to be celebrating together in the streets, partying," Michelle Callow, who was tailgating the concert, said.
"No, we are not going to the concert," mom Brooke Clemmer said. Her Mother’s Day celebration was sending her daughters into the concert and staying behind.
"I think, as a mom, you just want your kids to have great experiences together and feel loved and I hope my girls feel loved in the stadium," Clemmer added.
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The line for merchandise was more than an hour wait into the evening and, while most tailgates end by concert time, the party just started on South 11th Street as soon as Swift took the stage. Sunday night capped an epic three days of shows at the Linc.
Fans at the Linc enjoy the Taylor Swift concert.
"I felt like it would be the perfect thing to do with my daughter. Taylor Swift concert to celebrate together, dance the night away, sing. It’s going to be perfect," said one fan.
Bringing in thousands of fans from across the Delaware Valley and beyond, those that did and didn’t have tickets and some that just found out they did Sunday.
"I just found out this morning," Alexis Bernstein exclaimed.
"I’ve known since December and I’ve been keeping it from her for her birthday," Alexis’ friend explained. | https://www.fox29.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-descended-on-south-philly-despite-many-not-having-tickets | 2023-05-15 03:02:02 | 0 | https://www.fox29.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-descended-on-south-philly-despite-many-not-having-tickets |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson had 24 points and 11 rebounds and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Connecticut Sun 67-64 on Sunday in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
The Aces staved off a late run by the Sun, who nearly erased a seven-point deficit with 1:24 left when Alyssa Thomas hit back-to-back shots to pull Connecticut within three. But DeWanna Bonner’s desperation 3-point attempt to tie the game fell short as time expired.
Chelsea Gray finished with 21 points for Las Vegas, while Jackie Young chipped in 11 as the franchise won their first WNBA Finals game in franchise history. They had been swept in 2008 when the team was in San Antonio and lost in three games in 2020.
“Coming from being swept and actually getting one. Pretty happy about this one,” Wilson said. “Not going to dwell on it long as we have a really tough Game 2 coming up.”
After squandering a first-quarter lead, and allowing the Sun to control the second and carry momentum in the third, the Aces outscored Connecticut 13-3 to close the third quarter and seize momentum for the final period before a frenzied record sold out gathering of 10,135.
Thomas led Connecticut with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Jonquel Jones added 15 points, Brionna Jones came off the bench to score 12 and Natasha Hiedeman contributed with 10.
Dearica Hamby came off the bench a bit past the midway point of the third quarter and provided an immediate spark for the Aces with a pair of offensive rebounds, a put back under the basket, two assists and a steal, as the Aces clawed their way back to turn a six-point point deficit into a two-point lead heading into the final period. Hamby missed the final month of the regular season with a knee injury.
She didn't play in the first round of the playoffs and was used sparingly in the final two games of the semifinals.
The Aces set the tone early by taking a 12-5 lead with Wilson leading the charge by scoring six of their points. Wilson scored 12 of her points in the first quarter, as Las Vegas shot 56.3% (9 of 16) from the floor. Connecticut finished the opening quarter hitting 8 of 18 (47.6%). And while the Aces were 5 of 7 from the free-throw line, the Sun didn’t have one attempt in the period.
The Sun wasted no time in getting back into the game, opening the second quarter by scoring the first six points to pull within two, and eventually took a one-point lead at 30-29 behind 13-4 run. The Aces shot a dreadful 3 for 15 (20%) and was outscored 21-9 in the second quarter. The Sun finished 9 of 14 (64.2%) in the quarter and hit 17 of 42 (40.4%) in the first half.
“We can’t let them get rockin' and rollin' like that,” Wilson said.
COURTSIDE CLUB
In attendance for Game 1 included Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore, Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, free agent DeMarcus Cousins and Los Angeles Clippers coach Ty Lue.
EXHIBITION, EH?
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced during her pregame press conference that the WNBA will hold a preseason exhibition game in Canada next year with hopes of continuing global exposure for the league. This will be the first time since 2011 that the WNBA has played an international game.
UP NEXT
The teams will play Game 2 in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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CA Phoenix AZ Zone Forecast for Monday, December 12, 2022
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Chuckwalla Mountains-Imperial County Southeast-Chiriaco Summit-
Chuckwalla Valley-
Including the cities of Imperial Hot Mineral Springs, Winterhaven,
Chiriaco Summit, and Midland
1151 PM PST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows 30 to 40. Northwest wind 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs 56 to 61.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 30 to 40. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 57 to 62. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Lows 30 to 40. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 54 to 64.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 35 to 44.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 55 to 65.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 32 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 53 to 63.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 34 to 42.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 54 to 64.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to 42.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 55 to 65.
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CAZ563-567-131100-
Salton Sea-Imperial Valley-
Including the cities of Desert Shores, El Centro, Calexico, Alamorio,
and Brawley
1151 PM PST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 47. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 58 to 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 47. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs 59 to 64.
South wind around 5 mph in the morning becoming north in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Lows 38 to 48. North wind around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the
lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 38 to 50.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 59 to 65.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 37 to 48.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
60 to 66.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 49.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
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Imperial County West-
Including the cities of Coolidge Springs, Salton City, Winona,
Coyote Wells, Ocotillo, and Plaster City
1151 PM PST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear and colder. Lows 33 to 43. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 58 to 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph in the
morning becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 42. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 64. West wind around 5 mph in the
morning becoming east in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Lows 34 to 44. West wind around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 47.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 38 to 45.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs in
the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 39 to 46.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
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Imperial County Southwest-
Including the city of Mountain Spring
1151 PM PST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 47. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 57 to 62. West wind 10 to 15 mph in the
morning becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 37 to 47. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 64. Southwest wind around 5 mph in
the morning becoming east in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Lows 39 to 49. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 56 to 64.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 43 to 52.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 57 to 65.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 40 to 49.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 56 to 64.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 49.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 56 to 64.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 41 to 49.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 57 to 65.
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Joshua Tree NP West-Joshua Tree NP East-
Including the cities of Cottonwood Visitor and Lost Horse-Keys
Village
1151 PM PST Mon Dec 12 2022
.TONIGHT...Clear and widespread frost. Lows 26 to 36. West wind 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs 44 to 54.
Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 27 to 37. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 47 to 57. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
clear. Lows 27 to 37. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 46 to 58.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 27 to 40.
.FRIDAY...Considerable cloudiness in the morning then becoming partly
sunny. Highs 46 to 58.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 25 to 38.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 45 to 57.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 26 to 39.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 46 to 58.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 27 to 38.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 46 to 58.
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BERLIN (AP) — The CEO of energy company Uniper has decided to step down after the German government nationalized the gas supplier last month, Uniper said Tuesday.
Klaus-Dieter Maubach is exercising a special right to terminate his contract and will leave the board this year, Uniper said in a statement. It added that Maubach, who has led the company since March 2021, was willing to stay in the job until a suitable replacement is appointed.
The German government announced its plan to nationalize Uniper in September, expanding state intervention in the energy sector to prevent a shortage resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine. The deal built on an initial rescue package agreed in July and featured a capital increase of 8 billion euros ($8.5 billion) that Germany financed.
Shortly before Christmas, the government took a stake of some 99% in the company. Uniper's existing management remained in place.
Maubach said in Tuesday's statement that the nationalization “marks the start of a new phase.”
“A strategic realignment of the company will have to take place, and there is no time to lose,” he said. "I am convinced that now is the right time to clear the way for a new Management Board team to take on the new challenges beyond the end of the stabilization measures.”
Under the terms of the European Commission's approval for Uniper's nationalization, the German government must reduce its stake to 25% plus one share by 2028. The deadline can only be extended with the commission’s approval.
Uniper said its chief operating officer, David Bryson, also plans to step down.
Before the invasion of Ukraine, the company bought about half of its gas from Russia, which started cutting deliveries to Germany in June and hasn’t supplied any gas to the country since the end of August.
Uniper has incurred huge costs as a result of those cuts because it was forced to buy gas at far higher market prices to meet its supply contract obligations. | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/CEO-of-nationalized-German-gas-supplier-Uniper-to-17706994.php | 2023-01-10 11:05:44 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/CEO-of-nationalized-German-gas-supplier-Uniper-to-17706994.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly though the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team’s reluctance to say whether it believed the records had been declassified.
“We're going to proceed with what I call responsible dispatch," Raymond Dearie, a veteran Brooklyn judge, told lawyers for Trump and the Justice Department in their first meeting since his appointment last week as a so-called special master.
The purpose of the meeting was to sort out next steps in a review process expected to slow by weeks, if not months, the criminal investigation into the retention of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House. As special master, Dearie will be responsible for sifting through the thousands of documents recovered during the Aug. 8 FBI search and segregating those protected by claims of executive privilege or attorney-client privilege.
Though Trump's lawyers had requested the appointment of a special master to ensure an independent review of the documents, one of the former president's attorneys, James Trusty, made clear they were concerned that Dearie's proposed deadlines were too ambitious.
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The lawyers are also resisting Dearie's request for information about whether the seized records had been declassified, as Trump has maintained. In a letter to Dearie on Monday night, the lawyers said that issue could be part of Trump’s defense in the event of an indictment.
But Dearie appeared unsatisfied with that position. He said if Trump's lawyers will not actually assert that the records have been declassified and the Justice Department instead makes an acceptable case that they remain classified, then “as far as I'm concerned, that's the end of it.”
Trusty said the Trump team should not be forced at this point to disclose a possible defense based on the idea that the records had been declassified. He denied that the lawyers were trying to engage in “gamesmanship” but instead believed it was a process that required “baby steps.”
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But Dearie at one point observed: “I guess my view of it is, you can’t have your cake and eat it” too.
Trump has maintained without evidence that all of the records were declassified; his lawyers have not echoed that claim, though they have repeatedly asserted that a president has absolute authority to declassify information, and they said in a separate filing Tuesday that the Justice Department had not proven that the records remained classified.
“As someone who has been president of the United States, he has unfettered access along with unfettered declassification authority,” Trusty said Tuesday.
The resistance to the judge’s request was notable because it was Trump’s lawyers, not the Justice Department, who had requested the appointment of a special master and because the recalcitrance included an acknowledgment that the probe could be building toward an indictment.
In the letter, Trump’s lawyers said the time for addressing that question would be if they pressed forward with demands for the Justice Department to return some of the property taken from Mar-a-Lago.
“Otherwise, the Special Master process will have forced the Plaintiff to fully and specifically disclose a defense to the merits of any subsequent indictment.” they wrote.
The Trump team also asked the judge to consider pushing back all of the deadlines for his review. That work includes inspecting the roughly 11,000 documents, including about 100 marked as classified, that were taken during the FBI's search.
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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who granted the Trump team's request for a special master, had set a Nov. 30 deadline for Dearie's review and instructed him to prioritize his inspection of classified records. The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to halt Cannon's order requiring it to provide him with classified documents for his review. That appeal is pending.
Dearie, a Ronald Reagan appointee whose name is on the atrium of his Brooklyn courthouse, made clear during Tuesday's meeting that he intended to meet the deadlines, saying there was “little time” to complete the assigned tasks.
Julie Edelstein, a Justice Department lawyer, said she was hopeful that the department could get the documents digitized and provided to Trump's lawyers by early next week. She noted that the department had given the legal team a list of five vendors approved by the government for the purposes of scanning, hosting and otherwise processing the seized records.
After some haggling, Dearie instructed Trusty's lawyers to choose a vendor by Friday.
Earlier Tuesday, the Trump legal team urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to leave in place Cannon's order temporarily barring the Justice Department's use of the classified records for its criminal investigation while Dearie completes his review. The department has said that order has impeded its investigation into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago.
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Trump's lawyers called those concerns overblown, saying investigators could still do other work on the probe even without scrutinizing the seized records.
“Ultimately, any brief delay to the criminal investigation will not irreparably harm the Government,” Trump's lawyers wrote. “The injunction does not preclude the Government from conducting a criminal investigation, it merely delays the investigation for a short period while a neutral third party reviews the documents in question.”
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Sisak reported from New York.
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Biden’s UN speech to focus on Russia’s ‘naked aggression,’ more support in Ukraine
NEW YORK - President Joe Biden is ready to make the case to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly that Russia's "naked aggression" in Ukraine is an affront to the heart of what the international body stands for as he looks to rally allies to stand firm in backing the Ukrainian resistance.
Biden, during his time at the U.N. General Assembly, also planned to meet Wednesday with new British Prime Minister Liz Truss, announce a global food security initiative and press allies to meet an $18 billion target to replenish the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
But White House officials say the crux of the president's visit to the U.N. this year would be a full-throated condemnation of Russia as its brutal war nears the seven-month mark.
"He’ll offer a firm rebuke of Russia’s unjust war in Ukraine and make a call to the world to continue to stand against the naked aggression that we’ve seen these past several months," White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in previewing the president's address. "He will underscore the importance of strengthening the United Nations and reaffirm core tenets of its charter at a time when a permanent member of the Security Council has struck at the very heart of the charter by challenging the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty."
The address comes as Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine have announced plans to hold Kremllin-backed referendums in days ahead on becoming part of Russia and as Moscow is losing ground in the invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization to call up 300,000 reservists and accused the West of engaging in "nuclear blackmail."
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech in televised address to nation to announce partial military mobilization in Russia, in Moscow, Russia on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Biden is confronting no shortage of difficult issues as leaders gather this year.
In addition to the Russian war in Ukraine, European fears that a recession could be just around the corner are heightened. Administration concerns grow by the day that time is running short to revive the Iran nuclear deal and over China's saber-rattling on Taiwan.
When he addressed last year’s General Assembly, Biden focused on broad themes of global partnership, urging world leaders to act with haste against the coronavirus, climate change and human rights abuses. And he offered assurances that his presidency marked a return of American leadership to international institutions following Donald Trump’s "America First" foreign policy.
But one year later, global dynamics have dramatically changed.
Stewart Patrick, senior fellow and director of the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Washington think tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, wrote in an analysis that Biden’s task this year is "immense" compared to his first address to the U.N. as president.
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"Last year, the U.S. leader won easy plaudits as the ‘anti-Trump,’ pledging that ‘America was back,’" Patrick said. "This year demands more. The liberal, rules-based international system is reeling, battered by Russian aggression, Chinese ambitions, authoritarian assaults, a halting pandemic recovery, quickening climate change, skepticism of the U.N.’s relevance, and gnawing doubts about American staying power."
Beyond diplomacy, the president is also doing some politicking. This year's gathering comes less than seven weeks before pivotal midterm elections in the United States. Shortly after arriving in Manhattan on Tuesday night, Biden spoke at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser for about 100 participants that raised nearly $2 million, and he's set to hold another fundraiser on Thursday before heading back to Washington.
US President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on September 20, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
His Wednesday address comes on the heels of Ukrainian forces retaking control of large stretches of territory near Kharkiv. But even as Ukrainian forces have racked up battlefield wins, much of Europe is feeling painful blowback from economic sanctions levied against Russia. A vast reduction in Russian oil and gas has led to a sharp jump in energy prices, skyrocketing inflation and growing risk of Europe slipping into a recession.
Biden's visit to the U.N. also comes as his administration's efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal appears stalled.
READ MORE: Biden approval rating rises significantly ahead of midterms, poll finds
The deal brokered by the Obama administration — and scrapped by Trump in 2018 — provided billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for Iran’s agreement to dismantle much of its nuclear program and open its facilities to extensive international inspection.
Sullivan said no breakthrough with Iran is expected during the General Assembly but Biden would make clear in his speech that a deal can still be done "if Iran is prepared to be serious about its obligations." He added that administration officials would be consulting with fellow signatories of the 2015 deal on the sidelines of this week's meetings.
This year's U.N. gathering is back to being a full-scale, in-person event after two years of curtailed activity due to the pandemic. In 2020, the in-person gathering was canceled and leaders instead delivered prerecorded speeches; last year was a mix of in-person and prerecorded speeches. Biden and first lady Jill Biden were set to host a leaders' reception on Wednesday evening.
READ MORE: Biden receives criticism from China after saying US would defend Taiwan against invasion
China's President Xi Jinping opted not to attend this year's U.N. gathering, but his country's conduct and intentions will loom large during the leaders' talks.
Last month, the U.N. human rights office raised concerns about possible "crimes against humanity" in China's western region against Uyghurs and other largely Muslim ethnic groups. Beijing has vowed to suspend cooperation with the office and blasted what it described as a Western plot to undermine China’s rise.
Meanwhile, China’s government on Monday said Biden’s statement in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tried to invade the self-ruled island was a violation of U.S. commitments on the matter, but it gave no indication of possible retaliation.
The White House said after the interview that there has been no change in U.S. policy on Taiwan, which China claims as its own. That policy says Washington wants to see Taiwan’s status resolved peacefully but doesn’t say whether U.S. forces might be sent in response to a Chinese attack. | https://www.fox29.com/news/bidens-un-speech-russias-naked-aggression-more-support-ukraine | 2022-09-21 14:43:34 | 1 | https://www.fox29.com/news/bidens-un-speech-russias-naked-aggression-more-support-ukraine |
Something was cooking Saturday, and it wasn’t on the grill but on the minds of almost everyone at the Sioux Center, Iowa, event: Will Gov. Ron DeSantis announce a White House run?
No, no announcement, but Iowans did get almost everything else you’d expect from a presidential candidate, from the meet and greet to the stump speech, which included support for a border wall, scaling down federal bureaucracy, fighting "woke-ism," and several not-at-all-subtle swings at former President Donald Trump.
"After watching all the good stuff you’ve done in Iowa, it may be that Florida is the Iowa of the Southeast," said DeSantis to the crowd. "Governing is not about entertaining. Governing is not about building a brand, or talking on social media, and virtue signaling; it’s ultimately about winning and producing results. That’s what you’ve done in Iowa and what we’ve done in Florida."
DeSantis is having a good couple of days in Iowa.
Besides packing rooms, he snagged at least 37 presidential endorsements from Iowa state lawmakers, including heavy hitters like the Iowa House Majority Leader.
"We need a leader that is actually focused on the future. Yes— he has not announced yet, but I am trying to work with him, encourage him and his team to say yes to this opportunity to get out there and fight the fight that I know he’s got in him," said Rep. Matt Windschitl, (R) Harrison County.
SEE MORE: Trump ups competition with DeSantis in planning trip to Iowa
DeSantis Super PAC Never Back Down said to expect more of the same as Iowans start to see Ron as Donald — without the baggage.
"The more they know about the man, the more they like him. When you couple that with unapologetic leadership and legislative success, as they’ve seen in Florida, people get really excited about that," said Erin Perrine, communications director of Never Back Down.
One of those people is already very excited.
"We are waiting for Gov. DeSantis to announce we’re ready," said Kay Quirk.
Quirk, who’s started her own grassroots effort to get Iowans to back a DeSantis ticket.
"I don’t like drama. I like the fact that Gov. DeSantis just gets it done," Quirk said.
But other people Scripps News spoke to said they were on the fence.
"I don’t know him well enough to know yet," said one person, and another said, "I don’t know. I’m going to have to wait and see. There’s a whole year and a half yet."
Trump had his fans as well, some hoping for a compromise.
"Probably the Republican dream ticket would be Trump-DeSantis. DeSantis as vice president," said a Trump fan.
However, that might be a tall order for Trump, who keeps taking swipes at the governor online and in person.
But not Saturday, as severe weather in central Iowa looks to be the reason Trump is canceling his rally in Des Moines.
Even so, Trump still holds a lead in fresh polling from Iowa and Florida, though political experts think it's too early to take it seriously.
In the meantime, the nation waits and wonders what the governor’s next move will be—back to Florida or the campaign trail.
Former President Trump has said he will reschedule his Des Moines rally soon. DeSantis, meanwhile, will be in Cedar Rapids for a state GOP fundraiser.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly advanced a plan to ban nearly all abortions in the state, despite opposition from abortion-rights supporters, who say the bill goes too far, and anti-abortion activists, who say it doesn’t go far enough.
Indiana has one of the first Republican-run state legislatures to debate tighter abortion laws since the U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v. Wade. Its debate comes amid an evolving landscape of abortion politics across the country as Republicans face some party divisions and Democrats see a possible election-year boost.
The U.S. Supreme Court formally issued its judgment Tuesday in the June 24 Dobbs v. Jackson ruling — a step that allows some state trigger laws to ban abortion to take effect.
In Indiana, chants from anti-abortion activists, such as “Let their heart beat,” could be heard inside the Senate chamber as a committee wrapped up two days of testimony during which none of the more than 60 people speaking voiced support for the Republican-sponsored bill. Indiana Right to Life, the state’s most prominent anti-abortion group, organized a rally that drew several hundred protesters to the Statehouse, and the group’s president, Mike Fichter, warned that conservative lawmakers need to act or explain themselves to voters in November.
A national poll taken this month found overwhelming majorities believe their state should generally allow abortion in specific cases, including if a pregnant woman’s life is endangered or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. Few think abortion should always be illegal, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.
Indiana’s measure would prohibit abortions from the time a fertilized egg implants in a uterus with limited exceptions — in cases of rape, incest and to protect the mother’s life. Abortion-rights supporters object to the bill’s tighter restrictions on the procedure, while abortion opponents say it’s too lenient with its exceptions and lacks enforcement teeth.
A top legislative Republican, Senate Majority Leader Mark Messmer, voted against the measure, lamenting the “near impossibility of threading the perfect needle” on the issue during a short special legislative session that GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb originally called to address a tax rebate plan. He has not said whether he supports the abortion ban that’s being discussed.
In West Virginia, the Republican-dominated Legislature rejected for the second time in two days efforts by Democrats to add exceptions for rape and incest victims to a bill banning abortion in almost all cases. It would make performing the procedure a felony punishable by three to 10 years in prison.
The Indiana proposal followed a political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from neighboring Ohio to end a pregnancy. The case gained attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child had to come to Indiana because a newly imposed Ohio law bans abortions if cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo or fetus, possibly as early as six weeks of pregnancy.
Such abortions would still be allowed under the Indiana proposal, though lawmakers voted Tuesday to limit how long rape and incest victims have. Those 16 or older could get an abortion until eight weeks of pregnancy, while people younger than 16 would have until 12 weeks.
The committee voted 7-5 in favor of the ban after also adding provisions under which doctors could face felony criminal charges and up to six years in prison for performing an illegal abortion. That’s the same potential penalty for performing abortions under Indiana’s current 20-week ban.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which has sued over previous abortion restrictions, said the ban would endanger women.
“Indiana legislators are putting the health and safety of Hoosier women at risk, and again surrendering to the demands of a small group of anti-abortion extremists,” said Katie Blair, the organization’s advocacy director.
Cathie Humbarger, a longtime leader of the Fort Wayne-based Right to Life chapter, also opposes the bill — for very different reasons.
“It is totally unenforceable and as such renders it basically worthless,” Humbarger told the committee. “You can, and must, do better.”
More amendments to the bill could be debated by the full Senate on Thursday.
Indiana Republican Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said lawmakers were struggling to deal with issues they hadn’t faced before Roe v. Wade was overturned.
“We’re working in earnest to try and find a path forward, listening to everybody that’s out there,” Bray said.
Elsewhere Tuesday, a South Carolina judge denied a request to temporarily block enforcement of that state’s six-week abortion ban. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and other plaintiffs had asked the judge for an injunction while courts determine whether the law violates the state constitution.
And in Louisiana, a judge rejected a request from state officials to lift his order blocking a ban while they pursue an appeal. That means abortions remain accessible in that state.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The below remarks are as prepared for delivery by Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy during the open session meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors on Aug. 9, 2022.
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would also like to publicly welcome Governor Tangherlini and Governor Kahn to the Board and thank all the governors for their guidance and public service.
The management team and I look forward to your continued consultation and support as we move forward with the many initiatives underway at the Postal Service.
Financial
In a few minutes Joe Corbett will give you an overview of our current financial results which are showing improvement despite some stiff inflationary pressure.
When I first joined the Postal Service, we were projected to lose 160 billion dollars over the next 10 years and run out of cash in the near term.
Today that deficit is substantially less, but we are still looking at $60 to $70 billion of losses over that period — which we will quickly wipe out our 20 billion dollar cash balance — unless we take immediate and substantial action.
All stakeholders need to realize that each day lost in executing on our strategy will consume cash and eventually accumulate to a cash deficit that will necessitate more aggressive actions by us or the federal government.
While we celebrate the passing of the Postal Reform Act and the reduction of our costs that it enabled, it should not be lost on any of us that one of the key benefits of the new law is that it is also is simply a deferral of our "pay as you go" portion of our retiree health benefit obligation, thus enabling us to prepare to cover this massive expense that we will be responsible for in a few short years.
Our required payments to our employee's retirement health care plan again begin in 2026 and grow to approximately $6.7 billion a year.
We will not be able to make these payments unless we timely engage in and accomplish all our initiatives – and we are trying to do just that!
This loss reduction effort will include the transactional improvements we need from our day-to-day operations — and the structural changes we need to make to overcome the years of neglect — neglect in strategy, neglect in discipline and neglect in resolve.
Operational
From an operational viewpoint, our teams led by Dr. Josh Colin, Isaac Cronkite and our new addition Kelly Abney are working hard …and together ….to improve our service, and we have already made significant progress in that regard.
Scott Bombaugh will later speak to you about the improvement to our service scores across the board.
Postal management has been dialing down on almost every detail of our operations and correcting for negative processes or actions that hurt service or add cost — plant by plant, delivery unit by delivery unit and transportation lane by transportation lane.
This transactional effort will produce improving results but fall far short of what we need to do to thrive in the near and distant future.
The improvements required for future survival can only be attained by executing on the necessary structural changes in our processing, transportation, and delivery network.
Our concepts are not revolutionary — they are basic and achievable and will shed thousands of truckloads a day, rid ourselves of wasteful operating practices, increase density in our delivery routes and will align our service and price to win new revenue in the marketplace.
These initiatives also result in significant reduction in our carbon footprint.
Our difficulties in the timely achievement of this new network lie in uncovering and rectifying the costly complexity of our existing operations, streamlining them, and doing so in a manner that mitigates our risk of performance.
Our difficulties also lie in resistance and interference to the necessary changes that will ensure that we will not only survive, but thrive.
Initiatives by stakeholders to delay the simplest of our operational changes to integrate our network, improve our service and reduce our cost are relics of our failed strategies of the past.
These actions have led to the near financial ruin of the Postal Service and I ask all stakeholders — mailers, shippers, legislators, and regulators — to support this management team and board of governors in what I believe should be our collective efforts to move swiftly with our plans to Save the Post Office and ensure a vibrant organization that provides the excellent service which our customers and country deserve.
Some other operational items I would like to highlight are as follows.
We are very proud of our continued partnership with the White House, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver COVID Test Kits throughout the nation.
To date, we have delivered 550 million test kits to 180 million households. Our average delivery time throughout the country is slightly greater than 1 day.
Election season is upon us and so far this year we have successfully participated in 54 primaries, runoffs and special elections, delivering approximately 40 million ballots to and from voters.
Americans should be confident that the United States Postal Service is well prepared and will provide extraordinary service in these coming November elections.
We are now preparing for our peak season, and I am confident that we will be in good shape for this year's challenges.
We will be adding approximately 120 package sorters throughout the network this year bringing the total since the release of the Delivering for America plan to 250 units across the nation, while adding over 13 million square feet to accommodate them.
This, combined with improved operating practices, will make the United States Postal Service your best option to ship your packages….and your only option to cost effectively mail your Christmas Cards. So ship them together, in an integrated manner!
We continue to recruit new employees to the organizations with job fairs and other initiatives around the nation with better than average success.
Many of our functional areas are near fully staffed and we have meaningful increases in our full-time career employment. This will enable us to rely less on seasonal employees which we believe will prove difficult to hire this season.
Having said that we are still having trouble in hiring new letter carriers, especially in the in rural communities. We are deploying new recruiting tactics and working with our union leadership to develop ways to improve on this situation.
Electric Vehicles
As everyone knows, the progress we have been making in improving our financial condition as well as our developing future operating strategy has enabled us to increase our commitment to electric vehicles consistent with our delivery vehicle strategy.
We have also committed to file Supplemental Environmental Impact Statements on our acquisition intentions on more frequent intervals.
This will enable us to capitalize on any EV opportunities — as the market catches up to the Postal Services needs and leadership in this initiative — and as our operating strategy continues to evolve.
While the NEPA filing strategy is new, the underlying fundamental Postal Service strategy of taking a step-by-step analysis of total operating cost, our financial condition and network changes when making acquisition decisions, has been in existence since we announced the program over 18 months ago.
This flexible strategy has and will continue to enable us to accommodate a thoughtful and cost-effective approach as our conditions improve and new opportunities are presented.
I also want to take a moment and recognize the Postal Service vehicle team that has spent many years studying the issues and making incremental recommendations as our operating and financial conditions have changed.
I am confident that we have the best, and only, team in the nation solely focused on understanding the needs of the Postal Service.
This team has and will continue to guide my decisions to reduce our impact on the environment while safeguarding our employees and fulfilling our mission to the American people, as defined and required by law.
Management Team
I now would like to recognize our management team. First to the 15 people in my executive leadership team and the 30 or so Vice Presidents who over the last year have become champions of this transformation. You have evolved as thoughtful leaders strategizing and implementing the changes we need to make in a powerfully collaborative manner. We are a unified and purposeful team.
We are now harnessing the power of our District Managers, Postmasters, Plant Managers, Supervisors and other field personnel to assist in the major operational and service initiatives we are pursuing.
To accomplish these goals, we will need all our hands participating in our initiatives including Union and Management Association leadership and every employee, as the transformation required will take all our efforts and require us to take steps that require trust in the face of tough reality.
I pledge to continue to work to earn that trust as we as we pursue our transformation and our mission.
As everyone knows, inflation has hit the nation hard, and the Postal Service has not avoided its impact.
We expect inflation to exceed our expectations by well over a billion dollars against our planned 2022 budget.
Because of this, my recommendation to the governors will be to remain on course to raise prices again in January.
I will soon begin to evaluate what we will be doing in 2023 as I pledge to keep the mailing community informed.
We must deal with the reality of our financial status and the impact inflation will have on our improvement strategies.
And finally, I would like to thank all our Postal employees for their hard work and express my appreciation for their service to the American people.
I ask that you have confidence in your leadership team and understand we are committed to improving your working environment and ensuring that you have a positive relationship and long-term career with the Postal Service, as we together serve our nation."
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Justin Najaka recalled a time when Santa Fe was a two-horse town when it came to high school soccer in Santa Fe — St. Michael’s and Santa Fe Prep.
Now, the stable is getting cramped.
St. Michael’s and Santa Fe Prep were the dominant forces in the 2000s, when they won a combined five state championships and made 14 finals.
Since then, a seismic shift has reverberated through Santa Fe, which has welcomed six state soccer champions from four schools (St. Michael’s, Santa Fe Prep, Capital and Santa Fe High) since 2010. This weekend will be chock full of excitement for city schools as the state tournaments in Class 1A/3A and 5A hit the quarterfinal stage.
Eight Santa Fe teams — four boys and four girls — remain in their respective state tournaments. The list includes both teams at St. Michael’s, Santa Fe Prep and Santa Fe High, plus the Tierra Encantada boys and Academy for Technology and the Classics girls’ squad.
While it does not have the population — nor the number of state champions — as Albuquerque, Santa Fe has turned into a mini-soccer factory.
Najaka, Santa Fe High’s head girls coach, said the spread of success across city schools doesn’t mean the pot of talented players is bigger. But there are more good options. It’s a far cry from his time as the girls coach at Monte del Sol from 2005-11, when Najaka said some of his teams feared playing the Blue Griffins and Lady Horsemen because of the huge talent gap.
“I think kids are really realizing you don’t need to go to St. Mike’s or Prep to be successful,” Najaka said. “You can go where you want for an education, and you can still participate in a program that’s successful.”
That’s the case at Santa Fe High, as the boys try to repeat as 5A champions while the girls reached the big school quarterfinals for the first time ever when they beat Albuquerque High on Tuesday.
It happened at Capital, which won the 4A boys title in 2014 and was considered one of the top programs in the state for much of the 2010s until a series of coaching changes halted the Jaguars’ rise.
Tierra Encantada, which started its program in 2016, has reached the 1A/3A boys tournament five times in the last six seasons and has a semifinal appearance. Meanwhile, charter school Monte del Sol reached the 1A/3A boys semifinals in 2018 and 2019. On the girls side, ATC won a district title in 2018 and reached the state tournament three times in the last five seasons.
All the while, St. Michael’s (one boys title, one girls title) and Santa Fe Prep (two boys titles) have continued to thrive.
Najaka said credit must be given to Santa Fe’s two primary youth soccer leagues, La Liga and Rio Rapids Northern Soccer Club, for developing players who have been essential to success for high school teams.
Many of those club teams had a conglomeration of players from a variety of schools. Grace Sandoval, a senior forward for the St. Michael’s girls team, said she can count players from Santa Fe High, ATC and Santa Fe Prep as teammates on club teams during her 16 years of playing the sport.
“I’m really excited and happy to see even the younger generation stepping up and putting Santa Fe on the map for soccer,” Sandoval said. “I feel like the soccer community in Santa Fe is a tight community, and we support each other.”
However, St. Michael’s boys coach Mike Feldewert said the city programs are not fielding teams full of club players who compete year-round. If anything, those players become pseudo-coaches and help train the less experienced during and after the fall season. Feldewert said he leaves the soccer goals out on the field during the spring and summer to help facilitate that experience.
The philosophy worked in 2019, as St. Michael’s won the program’s first state title.
“We preach that if we were going to get where we wanted to be at the end of the year, then we have to bring the other players along,” Feldewert said.
Najaka said players also have more options to play and work on their skills. He said several Demonettes travel to Albuquerque and around the Southwest with their club teams during the offseason. There are also indoor soccer leagues, especially at Genoveva Chavez Community Center, that help players with their ballhandling.
Some players continue to train on their own, Najaka said, and ask him for workouts they can do even as they participate in other sports, which he strongly recommends.
“Kids are just getting more touches on the ball, and more good touches that help them improve,” Najaka said.
Feldewert said another important element has been coaching stability, which has occurred at most of the city schools. Feldewert said that provides consistent instruction to the players and makes it easier to develop relationships that keep them engaged in the sport.
“You have time to build a program, like we have,” Feldewert said. “You don’t have a lot of uncertainty that comes with a lot of turnover.”
Feldewert and ATC girls coach Eddy Segura have the longest tenures among the city school coaches, with eight seasons each under their belts, while Santa Fe High boys coach Chris Eadie is in his fourth season. Najaka is only in his second year, but he credited predecessor Alvin Valdez, who spent five years at Santa Fe High, for building the program’s foundation.
There are exceptions to that rule. St. Michael’s is on its fourth coach, including interim coach Alexa Chavez, since Ed Velie left the program in 2013 after 19 years at the helm. The Santa Fe Prep girls program had three coaches in the past four seasons but still managed a 15-3-1 record and a District 2-1A/3A title under first-year coach Adelyn Smith.
Najaka said the city is in a good cycle of soccer talent, but that could change. He said Rio Rapids Northern, which he coaches in the offseason, has seen a decline in participation, from a high of around 1,400 players about a decade ago to just under 1,000.
He said the specialization of athletes has contributed to that decline, and the coronavirus pandemic didn’t help. However, he said plenty of good players are coming up.
“I don’t know if it’s going to be more successful or less successful, but I do think we will still be successful,” Najaka said. | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fes-soccer-community-good-and-growing/article_f2a761fc-558b-11ed-b778-3fd3f811d3f1.html | 2022-10-28 06:34:50 | 1 | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fes-soccer-community-good-and-growing/article_f2a761fc-558b-11ed-b778-3fd3f811d3f1.html |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
Training continued at Churchill Downs during the track’s investigation.
Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen called the deaths “a series of unfortunate circumstances” and said the review “didn’t find anything fundamentally wrong or different about our track from previous years.”
“That, in a sense, can sometimes be unsatisfying,” he said. “But that’s business, and that’s sports.”
Two of the horse deaths occurred in undercard races on Derby day. Another five died later.
“The takeaway is, the track is very safe,” Carstanjen said Thursday on an earnings call with CDI investors.
“What we needed to do was spend some of this time in the interim, while we ran the rest of the (spring) meet at Ellis to just go soup to nuts through every single thing we do at the racetrack. There was nothing that jumped out as an apparent cause of the injuries, of the breakdowns; and, as we went through and rebuilt our processes from the ground up to check everything that we do to make extra sure, we didn’t find anything material.”
The track’s fall meet begins Sept. 14 and runs through Oct. 1.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden unveiled reforms to immigration policy at the northern border on Friday to limit migration across Canada’s nearly 4,000-mile land border.
Asylum seekers crossing from the U.S. to Canada now must remain in the first “safe” country they arrive in, which for most migrants would be the U.S.
Dr. Myron Glick, founder and CEO of the Jericho Road Vive Shelter in Buffalo, New York, says he saw Canada’s immigration system as a “beacon” for migrants, but this new policy makes Canadian asylum more difficult to claim and the journey riskier. He joins host Deepa Fernandes to talk about the impact this new policy will have on demand for his shelter, which assists migrants on their journey to Canada.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Synthetic Chemical Found in Corona, CA Water Supply and Harming Residents
ONTARIO, Calif., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McCune Law Group, McCune Wright Arevalo Vercoski Kusel Weck Brandt APC (MLG) – a national law firm specializing in Environmental matters, Commercial Litigation, and Class Actions – will be holding a press conference regarding a class action lawsuit filed against 3M, an alleged major manufacturer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). The press conference will take place on November 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. PST, located at 3281 East Guasti Rd., Suite 100, Ontario, CA. The lawsuit alleges that 3M has contaminated the Temescal Subbasin, a significant source of drinking water for the City of Corona and surrounding communities. The lawsuit also alleges that a local 3M facility has repeatedly polluted the water system with PFAS for over a decade, despite knowing the health concerns associated with exposure to PFAS.
PFAS are chemicals that are ingredients in a wide variety of products used in the military, aerospace and textile industries, machinery manufacturing, construction, oil and gas industries, and many other applications. Because PFAS are entirely synthetic, they take an excessively long time to break down in nature or may not break down at all, earning them the nickname "forever chemicals." According to studies conducted by several government agencies, PFAS are extremely hazardous in large amounts, and their widespread use can pose a significant threat to the environment and the health of those who live or work near a contamination site. Most Americans have some PFAS within their bodies due to the widespread use of PFAS in manufacturing, but consistent, prolonged exposure to high levels of PFAS can cause medical concerns ranging from cancer to development delays in children.
PFAS have a significant presence in many wells used to access groundwater within the Temescal Subbasin. The lawsuit alleges that, over decades, the 3M Company – which has one of the oldest manufacturing facilities in Corona – manufactured, used, and sold PFAS, including products that contained PFAS, that made their way into the Basin and water supply. The City of Corona, the City of Norco, and Home Gardens County Water District utilize this groundwater to supply water to the surrounding communities.
This press conference aims to discuss the claims brought in the lawsuit and the concerns of residents who have allegedly been affected by PFAS pollution. Speakers at this press conference include MLG Founding Partner Richard D. McCune and MLG Partner Joseph L. Richardson. "Our neighbors in Corona, Norco, and other surrounding areas could have been exposed to PFAS for over a decade and never knew it," states Joseph L. Richardson, "We are dedicated to protecting individuals from the practices of large corporations that impact the environment and residents in the area." This press conference will be livestreamed via Zoom and Facebook Live.
About McCune Law Group, McCune Wright Arevalo Vercoski Kusel Weck Brandt APC: McCune Law Group has a deep history of success for its clients, including a $203 million verdict against Wells Fargo Bank, recovery of over $1 billion for its clients, and over 100 contingency cases with recovery of $1 million or more. MLG maintains California offices in Ontario, San Bernardino, Calimesa, Palm Desert, and Irvine and supports its national practice with offices in Illinois and New Jersey. For over 30 years, MLG has successfully represented Southern California residents and grown to be the largest Inland Empire consumer rights firm. Visit mccunewright.com for more information.
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FTC charges Amazon with privacy violations over Alexa and Ring cameras
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon will pay more than $30 million to settle alleged privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring.
The Federal Trade Commission voted to file charges in two separate cases Wednesday that could also force the company to delete certain data collected by its popular internet-connected devices.
Amazon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
In the Alexa case, the FTC said Amazon had deceived users of the voice assistance service for years. It retained children’s recordings indefinitely unless a parent requested the information be deleted, the agency said, and even when it deleted those recordings, Amazon often kept the transcripts.
The FTC ordered the company to delete inactive child accounts as well as certain voice information and geolocation data.
In imposing a $25 million fine, the agency said Amazon had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and FTC Consumer Protection Chief Samuel Levine accused the tech giant of sacrificing “privacy for profits” in “flouting parents’ deletion requests.”
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said Amazon kept kids’ data indefinitely to refine its voice recognition algorithm. In a separate statement, he said the Alexa ruling sends a message to all tech companies who are “sprinting to do the same” amid fierce competition in developing AI datasets.
“Nothing is more visceral to a parent than the sound of their child’s voice,” tweeted Bedoya, the father of two small children.
In the Ring case, the FTC accuses Amazon’s home security camera subsidiary of allowing its employees and contractors to access the private videos of consumers and providing lax security practices that enabled hackers to take control of some accounts.
Amazon bought California-based Ring in 2018, and many of the violations cited by the FTC predate the acquisition. The FTC’s order would require Ring to pay $5.8 million that would be used for consumer refunds.
The proposed orders must be approved by federal judges.
FTC commissioners unanimously voted to file the charges against Amazon in both cases. In addition to the fine in the Alexa case, the proposed order prohibits Amazon from using deleted geolocation and voice information to create or improve any data product. The order also requires Amazon to create a privacy program for its use of geolocation information.
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CALGARY - Ryan Hofer scored a goal and an assist as the Kamloops Blazers downed Calgary Hitmen 4-1 on Sunday in Western Hockey League play..
Caedan Bankier, Shea Van Olm and Daylan Kuefler also scored as Kamloops (35-10-6) won its eighth straight.
Dylan Ernst made 19 saves for the win.
Carter Yakemchuk scored once for Calgary (24-24-7) as goalie Ethan Buenaventura turned aside 46-of-50 shots.
The Blazers didn't connect on their three power plays and the Hitmen went 1 for 2 with the man advantage.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
08-13-28-29-31
(eight, thirteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-one)
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BENSALEM, Pa., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Schmitt Industries, Inc. ("Schmitt" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SMIT).
Class Period: September 1, 2020 – September 20, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: December 12, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Schmitt investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Schmitt continuously downplayed its serious issues with internal controls; (2) Schmitt's financial statements from August 31, 2021 to the present included "certain errors"; (3) as a result, Schmitt would need to restate its previously filed financial statements for certain periods; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 15 people were killed and dozens of others injured during two days of demonstrations in Congo’s east against the United Nations mission in the country, officials said Tuesday.
The United Nations said one peacekeeper from Morocco and two international policemen from India serving with the U.N. peacekeeping force were slain and a policeman from Egypt was injured at the U.N. base in Butembo in North Kivu province when “violent attackers snatched weapons from Congolese police” and fired on U.N. personnel.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the Butembo attack and violence targeting multiple U.N. bases across North Kivu since Monday, U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.
Haq said that on Tuesday “hundreds of assailants” attacked bases of the U.N. force in Goma and other parts of North Kivu, “fueled by hostile remarks and threats made by individuals and groups against the U.N., particularly on social media.’”
“Mobs are throwing stones and petrol bombs, breaking into bases, looting and vandalizing, and setting facilities on fire,” Haq said. “We are trying to calm things down” including by dispatching quick reaction forces but there is no evidence the violence has ended.
In addition, Haq said at least four incidents targeted the residences of mission staff, who have now been relocated to U.N. camps. A mob also tried to enter the compound of the U.N. Development Program Tuesday but was rebelled by security guards, he said.
Demonstrators on Monday set fires and forced entry into the U.N. mission offices in Goma, accusing the peacekeeping force of failing to protect civilians amid rising violence in Congo’s eastern region. They are calling for the U.N. forces, present in Congo for years, to leave.
Congo’s police said at least six people were killed in Goma on Monday, and eight civilians in Butembo. Earlier, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said at least five people were killed and about 50 wounded by Monday.
Protesters blamed shots fired by the peacekeepers for the deaths.
The secretary-general “regrets the loss of life of demonstrators” and affirms the U.N. peacekeeping mission’s commitment to work with Congolese authorities to investigate these incidents, Haq said.
Guterres underscored that any attack directed at U.N. peacekeepers might constitute a war crime and called on Congolese authorities to swiftly investigate the killings and bring those responsible to justice, the spokesman said.
Congo’s mineral-rich east is home to myriad rebel groups and the region’s security has worsened despite a year of emergency operations by a joint force of the armies of Congo and Uganda. Civilians in the east have also had to deal with violence from jihadi rebels linked to the Islamic State group.
The government spokesman didn’t say what caused the deaths but on Twitter, he described the response by security forces and peacekeepers as “warning shots to disperse the demonstrators and prevent any attack” on U.N. installations.
“The government has instructed the security forces to take all measures to ensure a return to calm and the normal resumption of activities in Goma,” he said. He also reiterated that steps are already being taken for the peacekeeping forces to be withdrawn.
In June 2021 and June 2022, the peacekeeping mission closed its office in Congo’s Kasai Central and Tanganyika regions. The mission has more than 16,000 uniformed personnel in Congo, according to the U.N.
The protests are taking place as fighting has escalated between Congolese troops and the M23 rebels, forcing nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes. The M23 forces have shown increased firepower and defense capabilities, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
Khassim Diagne, acting head of the peacekeeping mission, and Haq condemned the killings of U.N. personnel. Haq said U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean Pierre Lacroix, who is currently in Mali, will be traveling to Congo “at his earliest opportunity.”
Diagne described the violence against the U.N. as “absolutely unacceptable” and “counterproductive,” given the U.N. force’s mission to protect civilians, deter armed groups and build the capacity of state institutions and services.
Haq responded to a question asking whether the U.N.’s effort had been a failure because armed groups still roam the country saying “our presence has provided protection but it has not solved the problem” which involves the region and armed groups vying for control of mineral and resource-rich regions.
Within that, he said, the U.N. has been “doing our best” to ensure that people’s lives and basic freedoms aren’t taken away.
Haq said the U.N. has had plans to draw down its peacekeeping force and even withdraw from Congo but “we have stayed because the situation on the ground is is far too dangerous for us to contemplate leaving and putting that many people at risk.”
Guterres later reaffirmed the U.N.’s “strong commitment” to Congo’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the U.N. peacekeeping mission’s support for “the Congolese government and people in their efforts to bring about peace and stability in the east of the country.”
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Yordan Alvarez Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Athletics - May 26
Published: May. 26, 2023 at 3:31 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
The Houston Astros, including Yordan Alvarez (.353 batting average in his past 10 games), battle starting pitcher James Kaprielian and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Friday at 9:40 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a hitless performance (0-for-3) against the Brewers.
Yordan Alvarez Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Friday, May 26, 2023
- Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: James Kaprielian
- TV Channel: NBCS-CA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -238)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +270)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +130)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -120)
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Yordan Alvarez At The Plate
- Alvarez leads Houston in OBP (.403) and total hits (46) this season.
- He ranks 17th in batting average, eighth in on base percentage, and third in slugging among the qualified hitters in MLB action.
- In 79.1% of his 43 games this season, Alvarez has picked up at least one hit. He's also had nine multi-hit games.
- In 11 games this year, he has hit a long ball (25.6%, and 6.5% of his trips to the dish).
- Alvarez has an RBI in 23 of 43 games this season, with multiple RBI in 13 of them. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- He has scored in 25 of 43 games this year, and more than once 3 times.
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Yordan Alvarez Home/Away Batting Splits
Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 7.7 K/9, the third-worst in the league.
- The Athletics have the last-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (6.88).
- Athletics pitchers combine to surrender the most home runs in baseball (88 total, 1.7 per game).
- Kaprielian makes the start for the Athletics, his sixth of the season. He is 0-4 with an 8.68 ERA and 30 strikeouts through 28 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander's last appearance was on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when he tossed five innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up three hits.
- In eight games this season, the 29-year-old has amassed an ERA of 8.68, with 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .297 against him.
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I was out of town on a recent Tuesday, keeping up with the Conway School Board election results via Twitter. I said goodnight to my family at the normal time without mentioning it; they can only bear so much of my obsession with politics. I had only vaguely discussed the months-long dumpster fire as it burned in Conway with my husband, and didn't expect him to remember.
It's a matter of bandwidth. Stone was so on board with our educator coalition to fight the passage of LEARNS that he lived and breathed it with me, to the point of taking personal days to speak at the Capitol. And he still cares and keeps up and fights. We will definitely be gathering signatures for the ballot referendum to repeal LEARNS alongside the superheroes in CAPES.
However, as he had an athletic banquet that week and is smack in the middle of end-of-the-semester chaos like all K-12 teachers--and took full responsibility for our kids while I was away--I figured it wasn't on his radar.
As I sat in my Airbnb celebrating by myself once the results came in, I noted to a friend on Twitter how weird it was. I never would have imagined I could be so hyper-aware of, much less ecstatic over, the school board election results in another town. The funny thing is that when my family sat around the dinner table at home the next night and I explained all this, my husband laughed. He already knew about it. And was happy as a clam.
We have a dear friend who lives in Conway, a guy with whom Stone played football on the national championship team at UCA. A gentle giant. He was in our wedding almost 30 years ago. We have stayed in touch, not seeing each other enough, but keeping up. To try to characterize him further is hard. Maybe I'll just say he has taught me a lot about life in another color of skin--not by indoctrination, but by invitation, simply allowing us into proximity.
He and Stone have these talks I wish more men could observe and replicate. They will call every so often and just pick up where they left off. I don't exactly eavesdrop, but when Stone tells me about the conversations I see vulnerability, intimacy, empathy. It is amazing if you know them as the tough, elite athletes they were at UCA. But the truth is it was forged back then, when they were in a Bible study together with some other players.
Stone told me the last time they talked this guy was pretty down; discouraged, feeling isolated, carrying the weight that the politics of resentment and ugliness attaches to us all like a ball and chain. But he called Stone the night of the school board election with good news to report.
Sheila Franklin, his only child's godmother, had won, and so had another good person. Against the odds, against two incumbents endorsed by the governor of Arkansas, moderation and decency prevailed. Our friend felt hopeful again.
I think that's what my party of one, connected to others only by an exploding phone, was about as well. We have been up against this machine for so long that it felt like it was eating our best efforts alive. My story is just one of many folks who love Arkansas and want to see our people thrive.
But when I ran for office in 2020, no one wanted to talk about public education. They were all afraid of some imaginary radical leftist agenda that would kill their babies and take their guns. Only a few believed me when I told them there was a real agenda coming--and it would take their schools.
I lost that race and a few months later went to testify to a House Ed Committee full of elected officials who turned their backs to me as soon as I said I was a teacher. This was about a tiny voucher bill. They berated Superintendent Jared Cleveland--Arkansas Superintendent of the Year--as he tried to speak reason and sanity. Legislators didn't want to hear it.
Looking back now, I think we were trying to stop a leak while the dam had already broken. In one legislative session, Arkansas would go from narrowly defeating that little bill to the passage of an omnibus package that includes a universal voucher system.
And yet.
In Conway, where a guy named Bill Milburn spouts Sarah Sanders' talking points, campaigning on "I believe a teacher should teach their subject and avoid trying to indoctrinate their students," along came a roofer and father of three named Trey Geier. Geier's response was not to match right-wing nuttiness with a radical left agenda, but instead to inject some common sense: "They have taken their eye off the ball to push their political agenda. We shouldn't be worried about where kids go to use the bathroom. It was already happening the way that they legislated it. However, when they legislated it, they ostracized the kids."
Mrs. Franklin, our friend's child's godmother, was up against Jennifer Cunningham, the incumbent board vice president whose stance echoes Milburn's (and Sanders' and DeSantis', et.al.): "As a mother, I know how important it is to ensure that our children receive a quality education without the influence of woke indoctrination."
But voters chose the grandmother with experience as a Head Start teacher who spent 28 years working as a juvenile probation and intake officer, also the mother of a teacher. She said, "I have a passion for educators, and it hurts my heart to hear leaders talking about how our teachers are indoctrinating our students. They are educating our students, and it's an insult and slap in these professionals' faces to speak anything different."
These things hurt my heart too. But the fact that independent-minded, decent Arkansans got out and voted--regardless of what our governor told them to do--for what is reasonable and right makes my heart happy. And it is my hope and prayer--and belief--that there is more to come.
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian man sentenced to jail over a satirical drawing of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has died behind bars, the country’s leading rights organization reported on Monday.
Mikalai Klimovicz, a 61-year-old blogger and activist from southern Belarus, died on Sunday while in prison in the northeastern city of Vitebsk, just two months into his sentence, the Viasna Human Rights Center said in a statement.
Klimovicz in February was sentenced to one year in jail for drawing a caricature of Lukashenko and sharing it on social media. He suffered multiple bouts of heart disease during his trial.
Belarusian authorities on Monday confirmed Klimovicz’s death, but did not clarify what caused it. The Viasna statement said that Klimovicz was registered as disabled due to his illness, a stroke and a complex heart operation that he had undergone, but was denied medication while in jail.
“Before the verdict, the blogger said that he could die behind bars, as he needs to take a large amount of strong medicines,” the Viasna statement said.
During his trial, Klimovicz told reporters that the real reason for his prosecution was his “very firm” support of Ukraine and opposition to Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, as well as to Lukashenko’s policies.
Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, tweeted that she “deplored” Klimovicz’s death. “My thoughts are with his family and friends,” she added.
Belarus was rocked by mass protests in 2020 following a presidential election that gave Lukashenko — in power since 1994 — a new term in office, but that was widely regarded by the opposition and Western countries as fraudulent. Authorities responded with a massive crackdown that saw over 35,000 people arrested, thousands beaten by police and dozens of NGOs and independent media being shut down.
Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Monday demanded an independent medical examination of Klimovicz’s body, and said that “hundreds of political prisoners with serious health problems” risked suffering a similar fate in Belarus.
“Relatives and lawyers should be immediately allowed to visit prisoners, the possibility to pass on medicines to prisons should be reinstated,” Tsikhanouskaya said in a Telegram post, alleging that there was “no treatment” available in Belarusian jails.
“Not one more person should die,” she added.
According to Viasna, 1,498 political prisoners remain behind bars in Belarus, including the Nobel Peace Prize-winning pro-democracy activist Ales Bialiatski. | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/belarusian-jailed-for-satirical-drawing-dies-behind-bars/ | 2023-05-08 22:27:48 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/belarusian-jailed-for-satirical-drawing-dies-behind-bars/ |
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said it opposes an effort by multiple U.S. media organizations to unseal an affidavit related to the FBI's execution of a search warrant on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 8.
In the Monday court document, the DOJ indicated that it would not oppose unsealing, with redactions, other documents related to the search that would not harm an ongoing investigation.
The DOJ said if a court deems it necessary to release the FBI search affidavit in a partial unsealing, the department will not oppose it as long as the DOJ has an opportunity to redact parts of the document.
In a footnote on page 1 of the U.S. Southern District of Florida court filing, it says, "The government has carefully considered whether the affidavit can be released subject to redactions. For the reasons discussed below, the redactions necessary to mitigate harms to the integrity of the investigation would be so extensive as to render the remaining unsealed text devoid of meaningful content, and the release of such a redacted version would not serve any public interest. Nevertheless, should the Court order partial unsealing of the affidavit, the government respectfully requests an opportunity to provide the Court with proposed redactions."
Prosecutors noted in the document that the affidavit should stay sealed, in their opinion, because it "would serve as a roadmap to the government’s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps."
ABC News, one of the organizations that requested more documents be unsealed, reported that the DOJ would like to have an opportunity to provide minor redactions to documents contained within any potential unsealing to protect government personnel.
RELATED: Officials warn of spike in threats to law enforcement after search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued renewed warnings to law enforcement after they said a spike in threats had been received in the days after the FBI executed a search warrant at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
The memo's text was seen by multiple U.S. news outlets who reported that it said, “The FBI and DHS have observed an increase in threats to federal law enforcement and to a lesser extent other law enforcement and government officials following the FBI’s recent execution of a search warrant in Palm Beach, Florida."
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Jeopardy! fans ‘mixed’ on social media about possible new bonus rule
(CNN) - Jeopardy! might be making a change to its rulebook.
The long-time TV quiz show is considering a cash bonus for contestants who correctly answer an entire column of questions consecutively.
Executive Producer Mike Davies says this bonus would not affect the outcome of the game, and would just be a side benefit for the player who does it successfully.
Producers for the show say the bonus gives players a chance to go home with money, with or without a win.
Jeopardy! champion Austin Rogers says if this rule is adopted, some players may look at the game board differently.
“Let’s go back in the history of the game, back in the day, in the olden times, you used to play linearly. And the writers of Jeopardy!... they write their category top-down. And they are creating, in their head, a little narrative that they want to take the players and the viewers along with,” Rogers said.
“The example I give is - if at the top of a category it might say ‘Matterhorn’, and you might say, ‘Is it Matterhorn or Mote Blanc?’ And then at the bottom, they’ll have the opposite one and you’ll only learn that if you go down the category. Now, of course, is that the best way to play? No.” he said.
“You want to optimize with what the so-called forest bounds, perfected by James Holzhour, which is hunting, picking, building up money and then going targeted for the Daily Double... So we’re going to have some Jeopardy! boffins down the road right now, probably calculating what is the new optimum way to play. Is it to go for those bonuses or is it to just go for the hunt-and-pick daily double model?” Rogers said.
Opinions about the new rule have been mixed on social media.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As damage assessments continue in communities across southwest Florida, people all over the country are seeing shocking photos and videos emerge of the devastating damage Hurricane Ian left behind, and many are wondering how they can help.
Among those looking to help the hurricane victims is a 10-year-old boy named Carter from Wisconsin. His mom, Amber Kormanik, reached out to Nexstar’s WFLA.com because Carter is trying to get in touch with the owner of his favorite vacation spot in Fort Myers.
Kormanik explained that their family stays at a resort in Fort Myers called Lani Kai when they go on vacation. When Hurricane Ian hit Fort Myers earlier this week, Carter was devastated.
Hurricane Ian battered Fort Myers, Sanibel Island and several other communities in southwest Florida for hours on Wednesday. It made landfall near Cayo Costa just after 3 p.m. as a powerful Category 4 hurricane.
“Fort Myers to Carter is the only thing he knows as ‘vacation,'” Kormanik said. “He was in tears all last night seeing pictures of the area and the resort itself and he just wanted to help.”
Carter decided to write a letter to the owner of Lani Kai, according to his mom, because he wants to donate his allowance money to help rebuild.
“My heart is broken seeing pictures from the damage of the hurricane. I’m sure your family is very sad,” Carter wrote in the letter. “Your resort is my favorite place in this world. I know it’s not a lot, but I would like to give you my allowance money to help you rebuild your hotel. Thanks for letting me make memories there.”
Kormanik said their family just visited Lani Kai last December to celebrate Carter’s birthday. She told us the 10-year-old “has the largest heart” and loves to help others.
Carter ended the note he wrote to the resort owners by asking where he can send his allowance money.
According to its Facebook page, Lani Kai was built in 1978 and is a family-owned resort. The business posted on Wednesday morning letting everyone know they were “locked in tight and battened down” for the storm.
A follow-up comment posted later in the afternoon said, “our island is completely underwater, please pray for all those still out here on Fort Myers Beach. We are here if anyone can make it to get higher up.” | https://www.koin.com/news/10-year-old-offers-allowance-to-help-favorite-fla-vacation-spot-recover-from-hurricane-ian/ | 2022-09-30 22:41:03 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/10-year-old-offers-allowance-to-help-favorite-fla-vacation-spot-recover-from-hurricane-ian/ |
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s foreign ministry summoned the U.S. Ambassador to a meeting Friday over allegations he made a day earlier that the country had provided arms and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
Amid the diplomatic fallout over the allegations by the United States, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor will also speak with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (effectively the foreign ministry), said in a statement posted by spokesman Clayson Monyela on Twitter.
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety said at a press conference Thursday that South Africa had loaded weapons and ammunition onto a sanctioned Russian vessel at the Simon’s Town Naval Base near the city of Cape Town in December last year. The arms were then transported to Russia, Brigety said.
“We (the U.S.) are confident that weapons were loaded into that vessel and I would bet my life on the accuracy of that assertion,” Brigety said. He called South Africa’s “arming” of Russia “fundamentally unacceptable.”
Following Brigety’s comments, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed an investigaton was underway into the visit by the Russian cargo ship Lady R in December. That investigation had started before Brigety went public with his accusation and would use any evidence U.S. intelligence officials had over the alleged arms, Ramaphosa said.
But his office said in a statement there was “no evidence” currently that arms were loaded onto the ship in South Africa. The foreign ministry added in a statement Friday there was “no record of an approved arms sale by the state to Russia related to the period/incident in question.”
The Associated Press has independently verified that the Lady R did visit the South African naval base from Dec. 6-8, as Brigety claimed. A review of records by the AP has also shown that the Lady R is tied to a company that has been sanctioned by the U.S. for transporting weapons for the Russian government and aiding its war effort.
The issue threatens to seriously strain the relationship between the U.S. and one of its key African partners. Monyela said South Africa would issue a “demarche” against Brigety for his allegations, a diplomatic term that refers to a formal complaint. Monyela also said in his Twitter post that South Africa “values the relations we have with the United States of America. They’re cordial, strong and mutually beneficial.”
Ramaphosa’s office criticized Brigety on Thursday for making the allegations public.
South Africa’s position on the war on Ukraine has troubled the U.S. and other Western nations ever since Africa’s most developed country abstained last year in a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s invasion. South Africa stated it would take a neutral stance over the war and rather call for a diplomatic solution and an end to the fighting.
Critics said that South Africa had effectively sided with Russia after it hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for talks in January and allowed Russian and Chinese warships to use its waters for joint naval drills off its east coast in February. The exercises coincided with the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The South African government has also indicated it would be unwilling to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he visits, as expected, for a meeting of leaders of the BRICS economic bloc in August despite the International Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for him.
South Africa is a signatory to the international court and is obliged to arrest Putin if he sets foot on its territory.
South Africa has a historical relationship with Russia due to the former Soviet Union’s support for the ruling African National Congress when it was a liberation movement fighting to end the apartheid regime of segregation that oppressed the country’s Black majority. | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/south-africa-summons-us-ambassador-over-weapons-for-russia-allegations/ | 2023-05-12 15:05:29 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/south-africa-summons-us-ambassador-over-weapons-for-russia-allegations/ |
WWII veteran celebrates 97th birthday with fitness challenge
PHOENIX, Ariz. (KNXV) – A World War II veteran in Arizona celebrated his birthday with a feat of strength.
Dave Keaggy made an ambitious goal that would be difficult for most people look easy as he turned 97 years old.
He warmed up his body before he started the annual challenge he began with 85 push-ups in under a minute when he was in his 20s.
“I’ve been doing something like that ever since,” Keaggy said. “And that’s a long time ago.”
Whether it’s jumping out of an airplane for his 70th birthday, bench pressing 225 pounds for his 82nd, or 83 straight push-ups at 90, Keaggy’s always on the hunt for something different.
This year he’ll carry 100 pounds for 100 yards – an ambitious goal but far from surprising.
Since his time in the Air Force, he’s pushed his body to the limits which is a key, he says, to staying young.
“It works. And I recommend it for anybody who wants to live to be 100, and I will,” Keaggy said.
By the time he took his first steps in the challenge, dozens began chanting his name. Plodding along with a 40-pound dumbbell in one hand, a 30-pound in another and 15 pounds of ankle weights around each leg, Keaggy made it look easy.
The 97-year-old finished with just enough breath to blow out the candles.
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UMass-Lowell River Hawks (8-1) at Long Island Sharks (1-6)
The River Hawks are 3-1 on the road. UMass-Lowell leads the America East with 12.2 offensive rebounds per game led by Abdoul Karim Coulibaly averaging 4.0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Marko Maletic is scoring 15.4 points per game and averaging 2.4 rebounds for the Sharks. Burns is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers for LIU.
Everette Hammond is shooting 48.3% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the River Hawks, while averaging 12.3 points and 5.9 rebounds. Coulibaly is averaging 15.4 points and 9.9 rebounds for UMass-Lowell.
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AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Donald Trump isn't on the ballot in Maine's 2nd Congressional District this year, but his brand of politics is.
In a race that will help decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden will defend his seat against Republican former Rep. Bruce Poliquin and independent candidate Tiffany Bond. The race is a rematch for Golden and Poliquin, who ran for the same seat in 2018, when Golden emerged victorious by a razor-thin margin.
The appeal of Trump-style politics has grown in the district since then despite the fact it is represented by Golden, a moderate Democrat. Poliquin, who represented the 2nd District as a moderate Republican from 2014 to 2018, has shifted his own messaging rightward to try to take advantage of those headwinds.
The result is a race that could be an indicator of Trump's continued influence on swing districts and rural politics.
Voters in the district are taking notice. Mary Hunter, a Democrat and retired academic who lives in the city of Lewiston, thinks Golden is still the right candidate for the district. She said she’s voting for him in part because she’s concerned about Democrats losing control of Congress. And she’s aware Trump is still a big influence on a lot of voters in her district.
“Most people are kind of red team or blue team. I think Jared is doing his best to move to the middle. He’s very centrist,” Hunter said. “Whether that will serve him, I don’t know.”
But in Auburn, a nearby city of about 23,000 in the 2nd District, Coastal Defense Firearms owner Rick LaChapelle said he’s planning to vote for Poliquin. LaChapelle, a Republican city councilor in Lewiston, said he respects Golden but feels the Democratic Party has become too extreme.
“His party is too radical. He cannot overcome the strength of his party, so you have to change the party,” LaChapelle said.
The district, one of two in Maine, includes the state's second- and third-largest cities — Lewiston and Bangor — but is mostly made up of vast rural areas in northern and western Maine. It also includes the state's Down East coastline and is home to Maine's traditional industries such as lobster fishing, logging and potato and blueberry farming.
The district is also geographically the largest in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River, and it is far more politically mixed than the heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District in southern Maine. Trump won the 2nd District in 2016 and performed even better in the district in 2020, though he lost the statewide vote both times because of overwhelming margins in the 1st District, centered in liberal Portland.
Poliquin has focused his campaign on issues such as curtailing immigration and protecting gun rights. It's a shift from his earlier campaigns, which focused more closely on controlling taxes and protecting rural jobs, though he continues to tout those issues. His website has warned of liberals who want to defund law enforcement and push critical race theory in schools, and boasted of his work with Trump when he served in Congress.
“I came out again from semi-retirement because our country and our state are in deep trouble,” said Poliquin, who was once an investment manager and served two years as Maine's state treasurer.
Golden, a Marine Corps veteran, has long positioned himself as a moderate who supports the 2nd Amendment and works to safeguard industries such as commercial fishing and papermaking. He's continuing that approach this time around.
Golden has shown a willingness to buck his own party over the years, including coming out against President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan in August. His positions have sometimes won him crossover endorsements from groups that often back Republicans, such as when he received the backing of the state's largest police union in July.
The union also endorsed Republican former Gov. Paul LePage, who is running for his old job. Golden said he expects voters to reward him for standing up to the Democratic Party leadership on issues such as Biden's $740 billion climate and health care bill, which he opposed.
“In the last two years, I don't know of anyone who has been more independent, and more willing to stand up to their own party, than I have been,” Golden said. “I'm not trying to strategize ‘How do I hold on to the Democratic voters or to the Trump voters?’"
The race will include the use of ranked-choice voting, which Golden needed to win the seat in 2018. Bond, who came in third in 2018, said independent voters in the race will be the ones who decide it. She said she's focusing her campaign on issues such as improving health care access and addressing climate change.
Bond said she expects ranked voting will play a role again this time around.
“I was the candidate who got all the votes that neither party could," she said.
The race is likely to be much closer than Golden’s 2020 reelection victory, said Mark Brewer, a political scientist at University of Maine. Golden won that election handily over Republican Dale Crafts.
It'll be closer this time in part because of national backlash against Democrats over issues such as inflation, Brewer said. But it'll also be closer simply because the 2nd District is unpredictable, he said.
“It’s the kind of district that has a lot of the people Trump made his appeal to in 2016. Relatively rural, largely white working class voters who have a sense of grievance, economic grievance,” Brewer said. “I don’t think there’s any doubt that this race is going to be closer than Golden’s last race.”
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A gunman has been arrested Thursday after attempting to shoot Argentina’s vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at point blank range outside her home in Buenos Aires on Thursday.
It was all caught on video.
The video shows a man in the crowd point a a gun in Fernández de Kirchner’s face. No bullets were fired and the Fernández de Kirchner’s flinches. Argentine President Alberto Fernández said in a televised address Thursday that the trigger was pulled but no shot was fired.
“Cristina is still alive because – for some reason we can’t technically confirm at this moment – the weapon, which was armed with five bullets, did not shoot although the trigger was pulled,” said Argentine President Alberto Fernández in a televised address Thursday evening.
Argentina’s official news agency, Télam, per CNN, identified the man as a Brazilian national, later updating his name to Fernando Andre Sabag Montiel.
The Argentine Ministry of Security confirmed the weapon used in the incident was a .380 firearm with bullets inside.
Fernández de Kirchner served as President from 2007 to 2015, before taking office as vice president in 2019.
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ three-hour surgery Wednesday raised a question about what happens to papal power when a pope is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated and cannot lead the Catholic Church.
The answer: nothing.
While many countries regulate the transfer of power when a head of state becomes incapacitated, and the Vatican has governance norms when a pope resigns or dies, none of those regulations apply to a sick, unconscious or hospitalized pope.
In other words, Pope Francis was still pope, fully in charge of running the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while under general anesthesia and undergoing surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall. The Vatican said there were no complications and that he was expected to be hospitalized for several days.
No, the Vatican camerlengo, or chaimberlan, didn’t take over. No, the Vatican No. 2 didn’t step in.
“A brief period of impediment doesn’t create any problems,” said Geraldina Boni, professor of canon law at the University of Bologna and a consultant for the Vatican’s legal office. “The curial machine proceeds normally with ordinary administration.”
To wit: the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was out and about on Wednesday, presiding over the inauguration of an information center for pilgrims coming to Rome for the 2025 Jubilee. Shortly after Francis was admitted to the hospital, the Vatican’s daily noon bulletin came out with Francis’ new bishop appointments.
“The pope continues to act, even from the hospital,” said the Rev. Filippo Di Giacomo, a canonical expert and commentator. “Even when he’s facing painful moments like this, his power acts in the people who received vicarious power from him.”
Canon law does have provisions for when a bishop gets sick and can’t run his diocese, but none for a pope. Canon 412 says a diocese can be declared “impeded” if its bishop — due to “captivity, banishment, exile, or incapacity” — cannot fulfill his pastoral functions. In such cases, the day-to-day running of the diocese shifts to an auxiliary bishop, a vicar general or someone else.
Even though Francis is the bishop of Rome, no explicit provision exists for the pope if he similarly becomes “impeded.” Canon 335 declares simply that when the Holy See is “vacant or entirely impeded,” nothing can be altered in the governance of the church. But it doesn’t say what it means for the Holy See to be “entirely impeded” or what provisions might come into play if it ever were.
Recently, a team of canon lawyers set out to propose norms to fill that legislative gap. They created a canonical crowd-sourcing initiative in 2021 to craft a new church law regulating the office of a retired pope as well as norms to apply when a pope is unable to govern, either temporarily or permanently.
“If the condition of a totally incapacitated pope goes on for months or even years, it’s clear that this creates great harm for the church and the good of its souls,” said Boni, who is one of the initiative’s organizers. “We need norms that identify the people or organisms to deal with the problems that cannot be put off long-term.”
The eight-page set of proposed norms explains that with medical advancements, it’s entirely likely that at some point a pope will be alive but unable to govern. It argues that the church must provide for the declaration of an “totally impeded see” and the transfer of power for the sake of its own unity.
Under the proposed norms, the governance of the universal church would pass to the College of Cardinals. In the case of a temporary impediment, they would name a commission to govern, with periodical medical checks every six months to determine the status of the pope.
“If, with all the possible guarantees and procedures defined, it is verified that the Roman See is impeded by a certain, permanent and incurable incapacity of a pope, it’s necessary to proceed toward the election of his successor,” Boni said in an email.
There is no indication Francis is moving on the proposals, which seek to fill the legislative loophole that the 25th Amendment filled in the U.S. — to oversee the transfer of power in case a president dies or becomes incapacitated.
Francis recently revealed, however, that he had already penned a letter of resignation if he were to become incapacitated for a medical reason. In a December interview with Spanish newspaper ABC, Francis said he had given the letter to the then-secretary of state early on in his papacy, but didn’t know what became of it.
For now, unless his letter fulfills the legal requirements, papal power would only change hands if he dies or resigns. At that time a whole series of rites and rituals comes into play governing the “interregnum” — the period between the end of one pontificate and the election of a new pope.
During that period, known as the “sede vacante,” or “empty See,” the camerlengo, or chamberlain, runs the administration and finances of the Holy See. The position is currently held by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the head of the Vatican’s laity office. But he has no role or duties if the pope is merely sick or otherwise incapacitated.
In 1965, Pope Paul VI wrote letters to the dean of the College of Cardinals hypothesizing that if he were to become seriously ill, the dean and other cardinals should accept his resignation.
In one letter, published in 2018, Paul cited an infirmity “which is presumed incurable or of long duration and which prevents us from sufficiently exercising the functions of our apostolic ministry.”
The letter was never invoked, since Paul lived another 13 years and died on the job.
But experts say Paul’s letter was unlikely to have ever been used since current canon law requires a papal resignation be “freely and properly manifested” — as was the case when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in 2013.
Boni noted the faults in Paul’s letter and said she hoped Francis’s own set of instructions took them into account.
“I only hope Francis sought collaboration from expert canonists,” she said.
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This version corrects the second reference of Boni, not Bondi.
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Idaho house where four university students were murdered to be torn down
By Mallika Kallingal and Veronica Miracle, CNN
The Idaho house where four college students were murdered in November will be demolished as a “healing step,” the University of Idaho said in a statement Friday.
Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20 — were each stabbed multiple times in the early morning hours of November 13 at the off-campus house in the small college town of Moscow.
The house, which is located near the university campus, was given to the school by the owner, the statement said.
The bloody crime scene left in the aftermath of the killings helped authorities navigate their hunt to find the suspect, court documents unsealed last month revealed.
The residence “contained a significant amount of blood from the victims including spatter and castoff (blood stain pattern resulting from blood drops released from an object due to its motion),” according to a probable cause document.
It’s demolition “removes the physical structure where the crime that shook our community was committed” and “removes efforts to further sensationalize the crime scene,” the university said Friday.
It took investigators nearly two months to arrest and publicly name Bryan Kohberger, 28, as a suspect. Kohberger was a graduate student at Washington State University’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology and lived in Pullman, Washington, at the time of his arrest. He now faces four counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings.
Jodi Walker, a spokeswoman for the school said the university “hopes to demolish the house this semester.”
The university further revealed that planning is underway to create a memorial garden on campus for the slain students as a place of “remembrance” and “healing.” Designs for the garden will be contributed by the students.
Meantime, scholarships have been established in the names of three of the four students and work is underway to finalize the fourth scholarship, according to the university.
Kohberger is scheduled to have a preliminary court hearing in June where a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial.
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Scientists have discovered a worm that managed to stretch its short life expectancy — by tens of thousands of years.
A tiny roundworm was revived after it was frozen in Siberian permafrost 46,000 years ago, when Neanderthals still walked the Earth.
The worm, a previously unknown species of nematode, survived after entering a dormant state known as cryptobiosis, during which the animal doesn't eat and lacks a metabolism. The finding was detailed in a recent study published in the journal PLOS Genetics.
The most stunning part of the discovery was the length of time the worm had endured cryptobiosis, said Philipp Schiffer, one of the study's authors and a group leader at the Institute of Zoology at the University of Cologne in Germany.
Nematodes are among the planet's most ubiquitous life forms. Scientists had known that some could survive long periods of suspended animation in subzero environments. One Antarctic species spent over 25 years in frozen moss before resuscitation, the previous longest record of cryptobiosis recorded for a nematode.
"Nobody had thought that this process could be for millennia, for 40,000 years — or even longer," Schiffer said. "It's just amazing that life can start again after such a long time, in the stage between life and death."
Scientists used radiocarbon dating to determine that the soil from the permafrost sample was 46,000 years old.
Some nematodes are also known to survive parched climates, like in Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest nonpolar desert on Earth. One species was revived after spending nearly 40 years desiccated in a dry herbarium.
"Everything seems to be possible for these animals and that's what makes them so fascinating," the scientist said.
Schiffer says his worm lab in Cologne was able to analyze and identify the novel worm, which researchers named Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, using genome sequencing.
The nematode was found about 130 feet deep within the permafrost inside a burrow once home to Arctic gophers. After the chunk of frozen sediment was taken to the lab to thaw, the resurrected nematode crawled out and started making babies. The nematode, a female-only species, reproduces asexually, after about eight to 12 days.
The original worm, found five years ago, has died. Scientists are using its descendants to continue their research on the species, which will primarily involve investigating the genetic machinery behind these organisms to learn how these worms evolve to adapt in extreme environments.
That work could reveal how other animals might harbor the genetic superpowers to adapt to extreme environments today, as climate change drives more frequent heat waves and uninhabitable environments, Schiffer says.
"You might learn a lot about how and what's happening right now on Earth, and maybe even inform protection of endangered species," he said.
One challenge in researching the DNA sequences of this particular species, he adds, is how quickly the nematode evolves during its short life. The lifespan of Panagrolaimus kolymaensis is just one to two months.
Unless, of course, it happens to get frozen in time.
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How to Watch the Lightning vs. Maple Leafs Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for NHL Playoffs First Round Game 2
Published: Apr. 19, 2023 at 7:14 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of the NHL Playoffs First Round at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday, April 20, beginning at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, SportsNet, CBC, TVAS, and BSSUN. The Lightning lead the series 1-0.
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Maple Leafs Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SportsNet, CBC, TVAS, and BSSUN
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Where: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario
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Lightning vs. Maple Leafs Head-to-Head
Lightning Stats & Trends
- The Lightning give up 3.1 goals per game (252 in total), 14th in the NHL.
- The Lightning's 280 goals on the season (3.4 per game) rank them eighth in the league.
- In their last 10 matchups, the Lightning are 5-5-0 to earn 75.0% of the possible points.
- Over on the defensive end, the Lightning have allowed 28 goals (2.8 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- They are scoring at a 3.8 goals-per-game average (38 total) during that span.
Lightning Key Players
Maple Leafs Stats & Trends
- The Maple Leafs have allowed 220 total goals (2.7 per game), ranking seventh in league play for the fewest goals against.
- The Maple Leafs' 278 total goals (3.4 per game) rank ninth in the league.
- In the past 10 games, the Maple Leafs have gone 6-2-2 (70.0% of possible points).
- Over on the defensive side, the Maple Leafs have allowed 2.5 goals per game (25 total) over those 10 outings.
- They have scored 31 goals over that span.
Maple Leafs Key Players
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WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A man remains jailed in Georgia after police say he kidnapped a woman from South Carolina and held her captive for months in a motel while he raped her, beat her and forced her to perform work.
Burke County jail records show Ismael Patricio Aguirre, 22, was arrested Tuesday by Waynesboro police and charged with rape, kidnapping, aggravated assault, battery and false imprisonment. He was denied bail and it's unclear if he has a lawyer.
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Investigators say Aguirre took the woman from her home in Charleston, South Carolina, more than four months ago and held her in a motel room in Waynesboro, southeast of Augusta.
The woman escaped, investigators tell local news outlets, by faking pregnancy so she could go to a hospital. Hospital employees in Waynesboro said that Aguirre and the woman arrived at the hospital after she was reported as unconscious and pregnant. The woman told hospital employees she wasn't pregnant but needed help in escaping Aguirre.
A police report obtained by WRDW-TV shows the woman told officers she was forced to work, have sex with Aguirre, eat and drink when told to and “basically be a puppet to his demands."
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The woman told police Aguirre threatened that her children and mother would be killed if she didn't follow his orders.
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“Star Wars” and “House of Gucci” actor Adam Driver has been picked to play the lead role in an Enzo Ferrari biopic set for release in 2023.
Filming is already underway, with photos from the film set live on social media. Late last week, the first official photo showing Driver as Ferrari was released.
Both Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale were previously linked to the role of il Commendatore. While both accomplished actors, the younger Driver has also shown tremendous acting range. Ignoring the somewhat dry persona he portrayed in the “Star Wars” films, he’s delivered some impressive performances, for example in “Marriage Story” and the more recent “House of Gucci,” in which he also played an Italian figure.
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Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley are also set to star in the Ferrari biopic, playing the roles of Ferrari’s wife, Laura, and his mistress, Lina Lardi, respectively. Lardi is the mother of Ferrari’s only surviving child, Piero Ferrari. Patrick Dempsey, an avid racer, will play racing driver Piero Taruffi.
Michael Mann, who is probably most widely recognized for his directing work in “The Last of the Mohicans” and “Heat,” is the director. He’s been pushing to get the project going for years and worked on the screenplay together with new-deceased screenwriter Troy Kennedy-Martin. Inspiration came from the Brock Yates-authored book “Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine.”
The film will focus on Ferrari’s life during the highly difficult year of 1957, when he was close to 60 years of age, hence the gray hair on Driver. That year saw a Ferrari 335S race car lose a tire during the Mille Miglia. The car careened into a crowd where it killed the driver, co-driver, and nine spectators. Ferrari, still mourning from the death of his first son, Dino, the year earlier, and teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, was put on trial for manslaughter but the case was ultimately dismissed.
Although there have been Ferrari biopics before, most notably the 2003 Italian film “Ferrari,” this new film has been a Hollywood dream pretty much since Ferrari’s death in 1988, and possibly even before that. For a long time, it was set to be a passion project of director Sydney Pollack, but the director passed away before that could come to be. Now it’s in the hands of Mann.
Note, this is a separate film to the one linked to Robert De Niro, which was said to portray Ferrari in his later life. News of that movie came in 2015, but it isn’t clear if that film will ever see the light of day.
Apple’s streaming service also has a series about the Ferrari founder in the works with some big names attached.
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BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon is whipping up epic culinary adventures in the brand-new series The Tiny Chef Show, premiering Friday, Sept. 9, at 11:30 a.m. (ET/PT). Produced in association with Imagine Kids+Family and Nickelodeon Animation, the series follows the titular social media sensation and herbivore as he introduces and cooks new recipes for the world's tiniest plant-based dishes from his tree-stump home. The Tiny Chef Show will premiere on Nick's preschool platforms in the U.S., as well as Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels internationally. Paramount Consumer Products will lead consumer products licensing for Tiny Chef worldwide in partnership with Imagine Kids+Family.
"Mickeflowdeon and Blimagine hewped me make da besht cooking show evow, shecond onwy to Juwia Child. Fank you," said Chef.
In The Tiny Chef Show, Chef welcomes a variety of celebrity guests--Kristen Bell, Sky & Ocean Brown, Tabitha Brown, Josh Dela Cruz, Josh Gad, Liza Koshy, RZA, That Girl Lay Lay and Keith L. Williams--to talk food, friendship and more. Each episode will feature RuPaul as the voice announcer and showcase different ingredients, foods and dishes by Chef with the help from his friends: Olly, a practical and excitable robot who works closely with Chef assisting in the preparation of each episode's dish; Ruby, Chef's beloved caterpillar pet, friend and confidant with a boundless appetite; Henry, a loyal and loving snail who moves slowly around the stump and reveals Chef's Dish of the Day; and Stump Band, the show's very own house band consisting of a fork, spatula and spoon.
In the season premiere, "Pancakes/S'Mores," Tiny Chef makes pancakes but loses his confidence when he breaks his special lucky pancake flipping spatula, but with some help from his friends Chef whips up something new for a campout and overcomes his fear of the dark.
The Tiny Chef Show is executive produced by Imagine Entertainment Executive Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Imagine Kids+Family President Stephanie Sperber, as well as Kristen Bell, Morgan Sackett, and Tiny Chef creators Rachel Larsen, Adam Reid and cinematographer Ozlem Akturk for Tiny Chef Productions. Production of The Tiny Chef Show for Nickelodeon Animation is overseen by Eryk Casemiro, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon Animation, Global Series Content and by Elly Kramer for Imagine Kids+Family. Jen Pace and Kate Crownover serve as Nickelodeon's Executives in Charge of Production for the series.
About Imagine Kids+Family
Imagine Kids+Family was formed in 2019 by Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard with a focus on developing and producing premium kids and family entertainment with capabilities in consumer products and franchise building. Imagine Kids+Family is run by President Stephanie Sperber, a veteran kids entertainment executive with a successful career in building kids and family businesses, IP, and franchises. IKF is currently producing The Tiny Chef for Nickelodeon and acquired an equity stake in the The Tiny Chef brand to develop the original short-form stop-motion animation Tiny Chef character across all platforms including short-form, tv series, and digital, as part of a strategic global franchise plan which also includes consumer products. Currently, IKF is producing Wild Life for HBO and Kalamata's Kitchen to name a few. Previous productions included the live-action series The Astronauts, also for Nickelodeon IKF is also producing Max Einstein under its partnership with James Patterson's' kid imprint Jimmy Books, and has a first-look partnership with Academy Award-winning animation company Lion Forge (Hair Love) around its existing IP of both licensed and original ideas. www.imagine-entertainment.com
About The Tiny Chef
The Tiny Chef is 6.5 inches tall (without his hat) and never talks about his age. He's an herbivore, artist, author, filmmaker, musician, and of course, Chef. The Tiny Chef has had a meteoric rise to superstardom since his emergence on Instagram in 2018. The Tiny Chef's first picture Book THE TINY CHEF AND DA MISHING WESHIPE BLOOK released in 2020 from Penguin's Razorbill imprint was an Independent Bestseller featuring an audio book companion voiced by Tiny Chef with RuPaul narrating. Tiny Chef recently released his second picture book with Razorbill, THE TINY CHEF AND THE NIGHTIME BLADVENTURE. Tiny Chef's first edition plush sold out overnight and the bespoke talking plush is now in it's 4th edition. Tiny Chef collaborated in 2021 with Williams Sonoma on mini-spatulas and what became their #1 selling tea towel. All Tiny Chef products were sold to benefit NO KID HUNGRY and sold out. Cheffy returns in the 2022 No Kid Hungry collaboration with more products including a Mini-Wafflemaker made by DASH. Tiny Chef now counts over 42m likes and 3.3m followers on Tik Tok alone and delights audiences across all platforms including YouTube, Instagram, facebook and Twitter. The Tiny Chef produces all of his own material with some help from "The Tiny Team" which is Rachel Larsen, Ozlem Akturk, and Adam Reid. www.thetinychefshow.com
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 43rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.
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Nearly $3.6 million and 10,400 hours donated last year
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sammons® Financial Group, Inc. continued its ongoing community support by donating nearly $3.6 million to charitable organizations throughout 2022. Additionally, employees contributed 10,400 hours in volunteer service, 90% higher than 2021 volunteer hours.
"Our employees have always stepped up for our communities, and I'm proud and humbled to see we've so dramatically increased our volunteer hours from 2021," said Esfand Dinshaw, chairman and chief executive officer at Sammons Financial Group. "A culture of giving is deeply woven into our DNA. Even though I know this to be true, I'm continually impressed by how our employees seem to give more and more support to our communities."
As an employee-owned company, Sammons Financial Group supports a broad range of local charitable organizations tackling issues and needs that its employees are passionate about. In 2022, the company supported organizations focused on diversity and inclusion, homelessness, education, hunger, and children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and specialized healthcare needs.
"It's incredible to see the passion and excitement when our teams come together to make a difference in our communities," said Tom Nucaro, chair of Sammons Financial Group's Des Moines-area community involvement committee. "While many of our donations are allocated at the corporate-level, we also have opportunities for our employees to nominate charities and direct funds to the organizations that are most impactful to them."
Sammons Financial Group has corporate locations in five cities – each donating a portion of the total $3.6 million to local community partners. A few 2022 highlights include:
- Central Iowa: From its West Des Moines office, Sammons Financial Group donated more than $1.1 million to organizations in the community. This includes a number of charities from the Community Outreach Program, United Way, Principal Charity Classic, Special Olympics of Iowa, The Legacy Project, West Des Moines Pedestrian Bridge, ChildServe, and Single Parent Provision. Employees volunteered nearly 5,000 hours for these, and other, causes. Sammons Financial Group also has more than 40 employees on boards of local charitable organizations.
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota: Sioux Falls-area charities received nearly $1 million, including donations made through the Community Impact Challenge. Funding went to United Way, South Dakota Furniture Mission, Forward Sioux Falls, South Dakota Special Olympics, LifeScape, Junior Achievement, Military Heritage Alliance, Children's Home Society, and Boys & Girls Club. Employees also logged more than 5,100 volunteer hours, a 133% increase from 2021.
- Fargo, North Dakota: In Fargo, $400,000 went to key organizations, such as YWCA of Cass-Clay, Fraser LTD, United Way, Legacy Children's Foundation, and Great Plains Food Bank. Employees tallied more than 300 volunteer service hours.
- Chicago, Illinois: Chicago-based charities received nearly $400,000 in 2022. Key partners included Cal's All-Star Angel Foundation, Marillac St. Vincent Family Services, Deborah's Place, The Boulevard, and various charities through the Big Hearts Program.
- Dayton, Ohio: In Dayton, employees supported Brigid's Path, YWCA, Boys & Girls Clubs of Dayton, Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami Valley, Ronald McDonald House of Dayton, For Love of Children, Dayton Food Bank, First Dawn Food Pantry, and Be Concerned.
"The health of our communities impacts us all, and it's vital we do our part," added Dinshaw. "Every dollar donated and every volunteer hour given is another building block strengthening the foundation of our communities."
The companies of Sammons Financial Group® help families and businesses protect their future to enjoy life's moments today. A subsidiary of Sammons Enterprises, Inc., Sammons Financial Group is privately owned with member companies that are among the most enduring and stable in the financial services industry. Our companies include Midland National® Life Insurance Company (including Sammons® Corporate Markets); North American Company for Life and Health Insurance®; Sammons Institutional Group® (including Midland Retirement Distributors® and Sammons Retirement Solutions®) and Beacon Capital Management, Inc. Together, we offer today's most sought-after life insurance, annuity, and retirement planning products.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has found the country’s past military governments responsible for atrocities committed at Brothers Home, a state-funded vagrants’ facility where thousands were enslaved and abused from the 1960s to 1980s.
The commission on Wednesday announced the initial results from its investigation into human rights violations at Brothers, including extreme cases of forced labor, violence and deaths.
The commission said it has so far confirmed 657 deaths at Brothers, which was higher than the previously known tally of 513 between 1975 and 1986 documented in the facility’s records.
It also found that police in the southern city of Busan, where the facility was located, randomly grabbed people off the streets to send them to Brothers, regardless of whether they had easily identifiable homes or families, and often allowed Brothers employees moving in trucks to do the kidnapping themselves.
The commission also said it found that Brothers, run by late owner Park In-keun and his family, embezzled the wages of thousands of inmates who were forced into slave labor.
So far, no one has been held accountable for hundreds of deaths, rapes and beatings at Brothers.
Jung Geun-sik, the commission’s chairperson, said its findings were based on its investigation into the cases of 191 individuals, who were among 544 Brothers survivors who have so far filed applications. Jung said the commission also plans to look into the foreign adoptions of Brothers children as it continues its investigation.
From the 1960s to 1980s, South Korean military dictators ordered roundups to beautify the streets. Thousands — including homeless and disabled people, as well as children — were snatched off the streets and brought to facilities where they were detained and forced to work.
In interviews with dozens of former Brothers inmates, many said that as children, they were brought to the facility after police officers kidnapped them, and that their parents had no idea of their whereabouts.
The drive intensified as South Korea began preparing to bid for and host the 1988 Summer Olympics. Brothers, a mountainside compound in the southern port city of Busan, was the largest of these facilities and had around 4,000 inmates when its horrors were exposed in 1987.
Kim Yong Won, the former prosecutor who exposed Brothers, told The Associated Press that high-ranking officials blocked his investigation under direction from the office of military strongman Chun Doo-hwan, who feared an embarrassing international incident on the eve of the Olympics.
The commission began investigating the Brothers abuse in May last year, following a years-long struggle for redemption by Brothers survivors, many of whom who are struggling with financial and health problems. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/commission-seoul-government-responsible-for-facility-abuse/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-08-24 05:20:21 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/commission-seoul-government-responsible-for-facility-abuse/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
Nikiesha Barnett had knee surgery in 2006 and took unpaid leave from her job as a Georgia hospital coordinator while she was recovering. When Barnett wasn’t able to keep up with the payments for the surgery, she ended up owing about $4,500.
Barrett says when she was in debt, she felt too guilty about what she owed to go to the doctor. Now that concern has been wiped away.
Barnett is one of the millions of Americans who’ve had medical debt paid by nonprofits that receive increased support from a wide variety of grantmakers and donors, including MacKenzie Scott. Scott gave RIP Medical Debt $30 million in November after awarding the organization $50 million in 2020.
That support has fueled RIP Medical Debt’s far-reaching debt relief. The nonprofit has cleared more than $7 billion of debt since it was founded in 2014 and helped more than 4 million families.
As nonprofits have expanded their efforts, they’re taking a dual approach — paying off debt and pushing for legislative change to prevent or alleviate that debt, such as by expanding Medicaid eligibility.
More than half of adults in the United States have gone into debt because of medical or dental bills in the past five years, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Black and Hispanic adults are disproportionately burdened by medical debt. States in the South also see higher rates of medical debt.
RIP Medical Debt has gained support from other sources beyond Scott. Individual donors, corporations, and grantmakers provided $17.3 million last year, about 8% more than its previous best fundraising year.
Dollar For, a national nonprofit that helps patients get financial assistance from hospitals, increased its budget from $350,000 last year to more than $1 million this year. One big grant came from Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, which is giving the nonprofit $300,000 total over three years.
Nonprofits that help with medical debt at the local and state levels also have received a boost in giving. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gave $2.4 million to Community Catalyst, a health policy nonprofit that gives aid to small groups that work with hospitals on their financial policies and advocate for new policies.
Also, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has made grants to groups addressing medical debt such as the Tennessee Justice Center over the past five years. It contributed about $1.7 million to organizations dealing with debt in 2019. At least $356,200 of that was directed to medical debt.
More foundations and people are giving for various reasons. Jared Walker, founder of Dollar For, says the COVID-19 pandemic helped more people become aware of the urgency of the issue and inspired donors to give more.
Allison Sesso, executive director of RIP Medical Debt, adds that some of the increase in funding is because donors want to see immediate help for those with debt.
“There’s a lot of frustration with our elected officials in terms of them moving and solving issues, and we give an opportunity for people to have relief right now,” Sesso says.
Two former debt collection executives, Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico, founded RIP Medical Debt in 2014. The organization buys the medical debt of low income people in bulk from hospitals and debt collectors at a reduced cost.
RIP Medical Debt used the initial grant from Scott to bolster cybersecurity to protect the health and financial data it collects and improve software that combs through hospital data to identify groups of people eligible for debt relief. It has also used the funding to pay local organizations to help RIP Medical Debt connect with new hospitals to build new partnerships and purchase their debt.
There are limitations to RIP Medical Debt’s original approach, as it helps people after they have gone into debt. The nonprofit has increasingly backed efforts to change policy as well. It recently supported a ballot proposal in Arizona to limit interest rates charged for medical debt and actions against debtors, which voters approved in November.
But Sesso says the systemic solutions that would prevent debt aren’t coming soon enough to negate the nonprofit’s debt relief work.
Meanwhile, Dollar For, which started in 2012, has helped relieve more than $20 million of debt. It does so by helping people access charity care, which nonprofit hospitals are required to provide to low-income patients. In some cases, charity care pays all of a patient’s expenses; in others, it covers a portion. Many eligible patients aren’t aware they can access charity care, and nonprofit hospitals have been criticized for seeking payments from low income people who qualify for financial assistance.
An increase in individual donors and grants since 2021 brought the nonprofit’s budget to more than $1 million in 2022. That increase allowed Walker, the organization’s sole employee, to bring on six additional staff members.
For the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Dollar For has a promising approach to give immediate help to people facing medical debt. While debt forgiveness and advocacy are important, the foundation’s CEO Jim Bildner and managing director Oliver Rothschild say that those approaches have drawbacks. The former comes after people have suffered from medical debt, and the latter can take years to result in change.
“The organizations we see making the greatest difference in the lives of others are those that have identified existing legislation that should be helping folks in real time, and in this case, with their medical debt,” Bildner says.
While groups combating medical debt have seen an influx of funding, most national philanthropies haven’t put an emphasis on the issue, says June Glover, a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
“This issue of medical debt will start to come to the forefront again as more states broaden coverage and more Americans are covered, because that’s like the upstream intervention,” she says.
In addition, across the South, the Annie E. Casey Foundation leads the Southern Partnership to Reduce Debt initiative, which funds organizations that reduce different types of debt. One of its grantees, the Tennessee Justice Center, helped eliminate $420,488 in medical debt for eight people in 2021. The center also trains health care providers and other nonprofits as they work to increase the number of people enrolled in Medicaid.
Other local nonprofits are helping reduce the consequences of medical debt by pressing for policy changes. Economic Action Maryland, formerly known as the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, also advocated for several new state laws in the past two years.
The Maryland nonprofit is also raising money to replenish its Medical Debt Freedom Fund, which pays off up to $1,000 in medical debt for people in the state. Since 2020, the fund has distributed about $15,000.
But even if it raises more to distribute, that won’t help enough people, says Marceline White, the nonprofit’s executive director. However, she says, “if you pass laws, you’re able to help hundreds of thousands of people across the state.”
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TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) — Wednesday begins one of the busiest travel seasons of the year as loved ones reunite to give thanks.
With many traveling by car, law enforcement is prepping for long patrols.
Roads throughout the country are expecting an increased volume of traffic starting tomorrow through Sunday. The Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office is prepared with extra patrols and enforcement for use during the holiday period.
Robert Hainje, Captain of Patrol with the Sheriff's Office, knows the excitement of the holiday can leave some antsy.
"Obviously everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere so we ask people to make sure to slow down and allow adequate time for their travels," Hainje said. "Also when we have inclement weather come in. That's one of the main things that drivers need to understand, they need to slow down when road conditions are not the best.
The focus of the extra patrols is aggressive driving, seatbelt safety and all traffic related business. With the rise of traditions such as Black Out Wednesday or Drinksgiving impaired driving has become more of a holiday problem.
"Everybody is out celebrating with family and coworkers, so we do have a higher incidence of impaired driving situation," Hainje said. "So we focus primarily on those periods."
Drivers are encouraged to have a sober driver, or use public transportation. To make the holiday travels as smooth as possible Hainje has four main tips to follow.
I think the main thing is allow yourself ample time to travel, be patient, don't drive aggressively and absolutely make sure you're wearing your seatbelt," he said.
Drivers are encouraged to contact their local department or call 911 if they encounter an unsafe driver.
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The percentage of U.S. families who could not afford sufficient food increased substantially in the months after the federal government’s advance child tax credit cash payments expired late last year, a new analysis has found.
These findings, published on Friday in JAMA Network Open, confirmed earlier fears from public health experts, according to the authors: that the end of this monthly federal pandemic benefit could push millions of American families back into poverty and hunger.
The monthly cash benefits were a key component of the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan — providing about 92 percent of U.S. households up to $3,000 per child ages 6 to 17 and up to $3,600 per child under 6 from July through December 2021, the authors noted. Half of the credit amount was distributed ahead of time as advance monthly payments.
From January to July of this year, food insufficiency increased by about 25 percent among families with children, after they stopped receiving payments on January 15, the study found.
“This significant increase in food insufficiency among families with children is particularly concerning for child health equity,” lead author Allison Bovell-Ammon, director of policy and communications at Children’s HealthWatch at Boston University School of Public Health, said in a statement.
“Child health, development, and educational outcomes are strongly linked to their family’s ability to afford enough food,” Bovell-Ammon continued. “Even brief periods of deprivation during childhood can have lasting impacts on a child.”
Bovell-Ammon’s analysis follows up on a previous Boston University investigation — published in JAMA Network Open in January — indicating that the expansion of the child tax credit program reduced food insufficiency by 26 percent in 2021.
In the current study, Bovell-Ammon and her colleagues said they examined nationally representative census data on demographics, employment, social supports and food insufficiency among about 600,000 families from July 2021 through July 2022.
Not only did the expiration of the monthly payments increase food insufficiency, but it also exacerbated the racial and economic inequities in consistent access to healthy food, according to the study.
Low-income households endured the biggest surges in food insufficiency after the advance payments ended — especially in the spring, after many families likely used up the second half of their advance payments, the authors observed.
Single-adult, non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic households also encountered greater food insufficiency after losing their payments, the researchers found.
The expanded child tax credit payments in 2021 had helped reduce racial inequities by ensuring that Black, Latino and Indigenous children who had previously been excluded from the full benefits of the program received them, according to the study.
Immigrant families also faced obstacles when trying to access child tax credit benefits — an issue that continued for many families even when they were eligible, added study coauthor Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, a research associate professor Boston University School of Public Health and executive director of Children’s HealthWatch.
“Following the expiration of the payments at the end of 2021, the gains in racial equity were eroded, potentially further exacerbating racial and health inequities and increasing distrust,” Ettinger de Cuba said. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/hill-politics/us-food-insufficiency-surged-by-25-percent-after-end-of-child-tax-credits-analysis/ | 2022-10-21 16:14:10 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/hill-politics/us-food-insufficiency-surged-by-25-percent-after-end-of-child-tax-credits-analysis/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting remained largely deadlocked Monday in eastern Ukraine where Russian shelling killed five civilians over the past day, according to Ukrainian officials, as the warring sides sized up their needs for renewed military pushes expected in coming weeks.
The casualties included a woman who was killed and three others who were wounded by the Russian shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the country’s northeast, regional Gov. Oleh Syniyehubov said Monday.
Russia’s troops seized large areas of the northeastern Kharkiv region in the months following its invasion of its neighbor last February. But Ukrainian counteroffensives that began in August snatched back Russian-occupied territory, notably in Kharkiv.
Those successes lent weight to Ukraine’s arguments that its troops could deliver more stinging defeats to Russia if its Western allies provided more weaponry.
Kyiv last week won promises of tanks from the United States and Germany.
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday hinted at the prospect of more upcoming pledges, saying that “any activity aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s defense powers is under consultation with our NATO partners.”
Such a move could encounter some familiar political obstacles, however.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after demurring for weeks over sending Germany’s Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, looks set to dig his heels in over providing fighter jets. Germany would not have the key role in aircraft deliveries that it did with the Leopards, which are German-made and require German export approval.
Scholz, who is on a trip to South America, said he regretted the emergence of the discussion on aircraft.
He said in Chile on Sunday that a serious debate is necessary and not a “competition to outdo each other … in which perhaps domestic political motives are in the foreground, rather than support for Ukraine.”
Military analysts say more aid is crucial if Ukraine is to block an expected Russian spring offensive and launch its own effort to push back Russian forces.
“The pattern of delivery of Western aid has powerfully shaped the pattern of this conflict,” the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based think tank, said late Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said keeping up the pace of allies’ support is crucial.
“The speed of supply has been, and will be, one of the key factors in this war. Russia hopes to drag out the war, to exhaust our forces. So we have to make time our weapon,” he said Sunday in his nightly video address. “We must speed up the events, speed up the supply and opening of new necessary weaponry options for Ukraine.”
With the war approaching its one-year mark and draining both sides’ resources, the Western call for weapons for Kyiv is spreading beyond NATO.
The alliance’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, on Monday called for South Korea to send direct military support to Ukraine, too. South Korea is a growing arms exporter with a well-equipped, U.S.-backed military.
France and Australia announced Monday plans to jointly produce and send several thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells to Ukraine. The first deliveries are expected in the first quarter of this year.
On the Russian side, indications are emerging that more manpower may be enlisted for the fight.
The British Ministry of Defense noted Monday that the Kremlin never formally rescinded last September’s order for a partial mobilization of reservists that boosted troop numbers for combat in Ukraine. It said Russia may be keeping the door open for further call-ups. The mobilization in the fall was reported to have amassed 300,000 more troops.
“The Russian leadership highly likely continues to search for ways to meet the high number of personnel required to resource any future major offensive in Ukraine, while minimizing domestic dissent,” it said in a tweet.
Russian officials have denied plans for additional troop mobilizations, while also tapping into a mercenary force.
With more talk of military aid from Ukraine’s allies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted Western weapons won’t stop Russia.
“Ukraine keeps demanding new weapons and the West is encouraging those demands,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters Monday. “It’s a deadlock. It results in a significant escalation and makes NATO countries increasingly involved in the conflict.”
Ukraine’s presidential office said the situation in the eastern Donetsk region, which has been the scene of intense fighting for months, remains “invariably hard.”
Heavy fighting continued around Bakhmut and Vuhledar, with regional Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko saying 15 towns and villages came under shelling Sunday. Russian authorities claimed advances in Vuhledar, contentions that could not be independently verified.
Russian forces have been trying for months to capture Bakhmut, with the leadership of the Wagner Group, a private military company led by a millionaire with longtime links to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian troops last week said they conducted an organized retreat from Soledar, some 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Bakhmut, under pressure from Wagner, which is believed to include a large number of convicts.
Ukrainian authorities said the southern city of Kherson also has come under Russian shelling. The bombardment damaged residential buildings, a hospital, a school, a bus station, a bank and a post office.
Two foreign vessels were damaged in the port of Kherson, the presidential office added, without elaborating.
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Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig assaulted at D.C. apartment building
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Washington — Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat from Minnesota, was assaulted in the elevator of her Washington, D.C., apartment building and suffered bruising, her office said.
The incident occurred around 7:15 a.m. on Thursday morning, Craig’s chief of staff Nick Coe said in a statement. Craig saw the assailant in the lobby area of her apartment building, located several blocks northeast of the U.S. Capitol, “acting erratic as if he were under the influence of an unknown substance,” according to a public incident report from the district’s Metropolitan Police Department.
When she entered the elevator to go to her apartment, the male suspect followed her and began to do push-ups, police said. The attacker then punched Craig on the chin and grabbed her neck, according to the report. Craig tossed hot coffee on the suspect to defend herself, though he escaped before police arrived. Two officers canvassed the basement level parking lot of the building, but could not find the attacker.
Coe said Craig suffered bruising from the attack, “but is otherwise physically okay.”
“There is no evidence that the incident was politically motivated,” he said. “Rep. Craig is grateful to the DC Metropolitan Police Department for their quick response and asks for privacy at this time.”
U.S. Capitol Police said they believe the man who attacked Craig is homeless.
“At this time, there is no indication that the Congresswoman was targeted because of her position, however the case is still under investigation by both the MPD and the USCP,” the agency said.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the caucus is “horrified” by the attack and thanked law enforcement who responded to the scene.
“We are all very grateful that she is safe and recovering, but appalled that this terrifying assault took place,” he said in a statement.
Jeffries also requested the House Sergeant at Arms and U.S. Capitol Police work with Craig, her wife and their sons to ensure they are safe while in Washington and at their home in Minnesota.
Republicans and Democrats alike wished Craig well and for a quick recovery.
Craig was elected to Congress in 2018 to represent Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District, which is located south of St. Paul.
The House on Thursday voted to adopt a resolution disapproving of a bill passed by the D.C. City that overhauls the district’s criminal laws. Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the proposal, but the city council overrode her veto. Craig was one of the 31 Democrats who voted with all Republicans in favor of the resolution condemning the new D.C. measure.
D.C.’s bill reduces the maximum sentences for some offenses such as carjackings and robberies, and eliminates most mandatory minimum sentences. The chief of the Metropolitan Police Department and top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia objected to some of the plan’s provisions.
The assault on Craig comes as members of Congress are facing a high number of threats against them. The U.S. Capitol Police investigated roughly 7,500 cases of potential threats against lawmakers in 2022, the agency said, down from 9,600 cases in 2021 and 8,600 in 2020.
In October, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was attacked with a hammer at their home in San Francisco and suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his arms and hands. The suspect, David DePape, shouted “Where’s Nancy?” and told police he planned to hold her hostage and break her kneecaps.
To help address the surge in threats, Congress approved funding as part of a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package to bolster security for members and on the Capitol grounds.
The measure includes $6 million for general expenses to support U.S. Capitol Police recommendations to enhance member protection, including through a security program for congressional leadership, as well as expanding services from the Dignitary Protection Division and expanding the Capitol Police’s field office presence. It also provided $2 million for salaries for Capitol Police to provide member security outside of Washington as warranted. | https://www.wsgw.com/minnesota-rep-angie-craig-assaulted-at-d-c-apartment-building/ | 2023-02-10 03:24:28 | 0 | https://www.wsgw.com/minnesota-rep-angie-craig-assaulted-at-d-c-apartment-building/ |
WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, December 8, 2022
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DENSE FOG ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
304 PM CST Wed Dec 7 2022
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
CST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.
* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west
central Louisiana and southeast Texas.
* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 10 AM CST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
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WATCH: Fans riot after shock Saint-Etienne relegation
The 5-4 penalty shootout defeat to Auxerre in May was followed by ugly scenes, with supporters clashing with police and security staff after storming the pitch and targeting players.
The Ligue de Football Professionnel announced on Thursday that the club had been handed a six-point deduction, though three were suspended.
Saint-Etienne will also play its first four home games of the season at an empty Stade Geoffroy-Guichard after two of the six-match ban they received were suspended.
The club said in a statement: "Given the nature of the facts, Saint-Etienne has decided not to appeal the decision.
"The club appeals strongly to everyone's responsibility so that these unspeakable acts never happen again at the Geoffroy-Guichard." | https://www.beinsports.com/au/ligue-2/video/saint-etienne-docked-three-points-for-crowd-c/1904888 | 2022-06-24 06:07:15 | 1 | https://www.beinsports.com/au/ligue-2/video/saint-etienne-docked-three-points-for-crowd-c/1904888 |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman was killed after getting hit by a car in Tampa on Wednesday morning.
According to a release from the Tampa Police Department, the crash occurred on Nebraska Avenue just after 2 a.m.
Police said the woman was walking in the road on the Hillsborough River bridge when she was struck by a car in the northbound lanes.
Investigators said they did not know the reason the woman was walking in the street. The bridge has a sidewalk on either side, separated from the roadway by a concrete barrier.
Police said the driver stopped and cooperated with the investigation. The driver is not being charged in connection to the crash. | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/woman-dies-after-being-struck-by-car-on-tampa-bridge/ | 2022-10-12 10:44:49 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/woman-dies-after-being-struck-by-car-on-tampa-bridge/ |
(KTLA) – Two Alaska Airlines employees are now engaged after one popped the question 30,000 feet in the air during a special flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Veronica Rojas, a flight attendant at Alaska, proposed to her girlfriend, Alejandra Moncayo, a pilot for the carrier, got engaged on Wednesday during an Alaska Airlines flight aboard the company’s Pride in the Sky plane.
The two met on board an Alaska Airlines flight in 2020.
When Rojas got the idea to propose in the air, she contacted the higher-ups at the airline who were more than willing to make sure the proposal went off without a hitch.
On Wednesday, Rojas asked Moncayo to accompany her on a quick trip from San Francisco to L.A., which happened to be on board the Pride plane.
During the flight, Rojas dropped to one knee and proposed to her girlfriend over the PA system.
Moncayo said yes.
The romance continued once the plane landed. As the newly engaged couple deplaned and headed towards the gate, Moncayo then proposed herself. Neither Rojas nor airline officials knew Moncayo had been planning to propose as well.
The double-proposal comes during Pride Month, and coincides with the one-year anniversary of the debut of Alaska’s Pride in the Sky plane.
In the end, it wasn’t just the couple who felt the love on the flight. In honor of the special proposal, Alaska awarded every person on the plane free tickets for a future Alaska flight, the airline said. | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/alaska-airlines-flight-attendant-proposes-to-pilot-on-pride-flight-to-la/ | 2022-06-19 11:50:12 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/alaska-airlines-flight-attendant-proposes-to-pilot-on-pride-flight-to-la/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Calling all pet lovers! On Monday, Amazon announced it’s bringing back Amazon Pet Day for the second year to celebrate National Pet Month with 48 hours of fetching deals.
Amazon said the two-day event will begin at midnight Tuesday, May 2, and last until May 3. During the Pet Day sales, customers will be able to shop deals on top brands like Purina, Blue Buffalo, Furbo, Milk-Bone, Doggy Parton, and more for all of their furry, fuzzy, and scaly family members’ needs
Pet movie lovers who are also Prime members will be able to save up to 50% on iconic pet movies and shows on Prime Video.
As if offering discounts to customers wasn’t enough, Amazon announced it’s also teaming up with country music legend and founder of Doggy Parton Dolly Parton for Amazon Live broadcasts during the two-day sale.
According to Amazon, Dolly will also make an appearance during the live broadcasts.
“‘Puppy Love’ was my very first record and six decades later, my love for pets is stronger than ever,” Parton said in a statement. “This inspired me to start my own line of Doggy Parton apparel, accessories, toys and more with a little ‘Dolly’ flair. I’m so excited to join Amazon Live alongside my god-dog, Billy the Kid, to show off some of our Doggy Parton style for Amazon Pet Day this May 2nd and 3rd. Don’t forget to tune in on Amazon!”
For more information on Amazon’s Pet Day sales event, visit here. | https://www.wfla.com/dont-miss/amazon-announces-2-day-sales-event-for-national-pet-day-heres-when-you-can-get-the-deals/ | 2023-04-24 17:51:40 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/dont-miss/amazon-announces-2-day-sales-event-for-national-pet-day-heres-when-you-can-get-the-deals/ |
He’s up. He’s down.He’s getting in. Maybe he won’t.He’s a savior. He’s an authoritarian.Everyone, it seems, has a visceral, unnuanced view of Gov. Ron DeSantis and his presidential ambitions.
After a campaign he’s effectively been running for the last two years, all is lined up for the Florida governor to take the next step, formally moving forward as a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Among the multiple frenzies of speculation about DeSantis is one about timing. When does he take the next step, either a presidential “exploratory committee” or a formal declaration of candidacy?Most presidential candidates create exploratory committees, even when there’s no doubt they will ultimately announce they’re running. Besides creating a legal mechanism to raise and spend money, the move generates publicity. And then the candidate generates a new round of publicity for the final announcement.
“Mid-May is the target,” for some kind of announcement, NBC News reported at the end of April, citing “GOP operatives familiar” with conversations about the planning.
Bumpy spring
As he cruised to re-election, and in the aftermath of his overwhelming re-election victory, supporters viewed DeSantis as a mighty Republican force. He was depicted as someone more effective than former President Donald Trump and a potential president who could carry forward with more discipline and effective implementation than Trump.
And he’s put himself on the national stage as a scourge of Democrats in Florida, and been able to get fellow Republicans who control the Florida Legislature to fall in line with just about anything he wants.
More recently, however, a much different narrative has developed around DeSantis.
“It does seem as though his campaign is struggling before it begins,” said Gregory Koger, a professor of political science at the University of Miami. “It’s very noticeable that his support base has been dwindling out there for the last few months.”
His popularity in Florida “created some pretty stratospheric expectations for him. And because of that the only place he could go is down. That, I think, is the challenge of the DeSantis effort. It may very well be the victim of its own success in Florida and the victim of its own sky high expectations that it set,” said Joshua Scacco, an associate professor of political communications at the University of South Florida, and author of The Ubiquitous Presidency: Presidential Communication and Digital Democracy in Tumultuous Times.
Still, no one should count out DeSantis, said Matt Terrill, a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Firehouse Strategies.
“This is a marathon, not a sprint. We still have a long way to go,” Terrill said. The 24/7 news cycle of cable news is largely gone, he said, replaced by a 24-second news cycle in which a moment can have a huge impact on social media.
“All it takes is one moment on a debate stage, or one moment on the stump, to potentially catch fire for any of these candidates,” he said.
Terrill was chief of staff for Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s 2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination and later that year ran get-out-the-vote operations for Florida Republicans.
A new DeSantis coming?
The pending formal launch of the campaign provides DeSantis a chance to change course, present a new story, and begin shaping a new narrative that goes beyond what people have already seen and know.
“They probably need to, when they launch the campaign, tell a story that Americans haven’t heard about Ron DeSantis. He’s already had a great deal of publicity. Voters have learned a lot about him, especially through Fox News and other conservative outlets. A campaign launch would be a chance for him to reframe his story, bring up new elements,” Koger said.
And that could make up for any perceived shortcomings.
Brian Crowley, a Florida political analyst who as a Tallahassee and South Florida-based journalist spent decades covering the state’s governors — and presidential campaigns as they blossomed or stumbled in early states of Iowa and New Hampshire — expects that “when he announces, we’re going to see a new Ron DeSantis. We’re going to see someone who is ready to take the national stage.” He thinks “the presentation is going to be really different from what we’ve seen so far.”
“He knows what he has to do. He’s not dumb. He knows what he’s up against. He knows the adjustments he’s going to have to make in order to win this,” Crowley said.
That could mean a more amiable DeSantis, Crowlely said. “From what we’ve seen of his public personality, that’s not an easy thing for him to do. But he’ll do what he needs to do to win.”
Scacco also said DeSantis has an opportunity for a reset. “He can fix this fairly quickly,” he said, aided by the campaign funds he’s been accumulating. “He’ll have $100 million to begin to shape that narrative.”
Polling, donors
DeSantis has plunged in poll after poll of Republican primary voters, falling farther and farther behind Trump. (Though he’s still the clear second place choice, at least for now.)
An Emerson College poll released on Jan. 24 found Trump had the support of 55% of Republican voters and DeSantis had 29%. An Emerson poll released on April 28 had 62% for Trump and 16% for DeSantis.
Over the three months, Trump’s support increased 7 percentage points — and DeSantis lost 13 points.
Some influential big-money donors reportedly are disenchanted, on several levels.
Among the questions are a widely discussed personality that’s seen as curt and lacking in social niceties of the kind people like to see in their political leaders. Some feel DeSantis has made problematic policy moves, both because of the substantive impact and the political implications.
That view isn’t universal. Plenty of others are strongly supportive of the governor, and plenty are willing to financially support his candidacy.
Cultural, social issues
His moves to position himself as a culture warrior is celebrated on the political right, but has generated intense opposition, and even ridicule, from others.
The two most often cited moves are his feud with the Walt Disney Co. and his decision to sign into law a near-total ban on abortions in Florida after the sixth week of pregnancy.Signing the abortion restrictions may endear him to anti-abortion voters, who are a significant part of the Republican primary electorate. But many Republicans don’t want to go as far as the new law, and his support for banning virtually all abortions could hurt Republicans among voters at large, and make it more difficult to win in November 2024.
Disney incurred DeSantis’ wrath when it opposed what the governor calls parental rights and critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” law that prohibits instruction in sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade, and limits it in older grades. (The Legislature voted this year to expand it and DeSantis’ state Board of Education subsequently broadened it to apply to all grades.)
Disney has retaliated against DeSantis, prompting a round of state laws, legal actions and other skirmishes. And the governor has been mocked for getting into a fight, and many say losing, with Mickey Mouse.
“I think ultimately, the Disney thing hurts Ron DeSantis. It’s partly because it’s an unexplainable fight. He picked a fight simply because he was mad, not because it was a good policy issue,” Crowley said.
And, he said, DeSantis’ response to Disney is concerning to business leaders and conservatives who don’t think the government should retaliate against businesses for their statements. “That poses a threat to every other business that would have to worry that a President Ron DeSantis would go after them simply because he got mad about something, and that’s not a healthy look for a president.
Campaign schedule
Even the schedule of his unofficial campaign has left him open to attack.
DeSantis has been campaigning across the country. Ostensibly his purpose has been to promote his pre-campaign book to friendly crowds, including key appearances early in the presidential nomination process.
And he spent the penultimate week of the annual legislative session away from Tallahassee, traveling on “an international trade and cultural mission” to Japan, South Korea, Israel and the United Kingdom.
He’s been traveling so much that the Trump campaign issued an illustration of a calendar on which more than a third of the days in March and April were covered with Post-It notes listing the places where DeSantis was out of state. “Ron DeSantis Spends Half His Time Running for President Outside of Florida, While Florida Taxpayers Pay the Tab,” the Trump campaign proclaimed.
As parts of Fort Lauderdale and southeastern Broward County contended with the aftermath of record-breaking rain and began recovery efforts from historic flooding in mid-April, DeSantis headed to Ohio for political events on April 13. He returned to Florida that night, where he held a late-night event in his office where he hosted anti-abortion activists and signed the new, restrictive law.
The next day, he flew to Virginia and New Hampshire for political events.
DeSantis was pilloried by Democrats — and the Trump camp — for not visiting the flooded areas that a preliminary state estimate said caused more than $100 million of damage, including “major damage” to almost 1,100 homes, and hundreds of temporary and permanent layoffs by affected businesses.
Reelection, then Trump
After his stunning reelection victory last year in which he finished 19.4 percentage points ahead of Democrat Charlie Crist, in a year when Republican performance around the country was worse than expected, DeSantis captured enormous attention, especially as fingers were pointed at Trump as a drag on the party’s performance.
Even before voting was done, DeSantis drew the ire of Trump, who’s focused much of his energy on tearing down his rival. In recent months, Republican voters’ support for the former president has been increasing and DeSantis has been slipping, even as Trump was indicted, and is the subject of other investigations and courtroom battles.
“If Trump becomes disqualified then DeSantis would become obviously the next leading candidate,” Koger said.
Trump, whose support propelled DeSantis to the 2018 Republican gubernatorial nomination and a narrow November victory that year, regards DeSantis as an ingrate. And he’s delivered a constant barrage of criticism in person and through posts on his Truth Social social media platform.
Trump’s attacks are tricky for DeSantis. Respond too forcefully to Trump, and it risks alienating the MAGA base of supporters the former president made a potent force in Republican politics. Don’t respond and Trump’s attacks can take hold.
Owing to the hold Trump has on Republican primary voters and the candidate’s approaches to wooing influential party members – Trump does it; DeSantis doesn’t – the former president has racked up many more primary endorsements.
Trump has the endorsements from 11 of the 20 Republican members of the Florida Congressional Delegation; DeSantis has one. The endorsement of a particular member of Congress isn’t going to convince many, or any, people to vote for Trump. But the cumulative effect is important, Koger said, adding that endorsements do a good job of predicting the outcomes of presidential nominations.
DeSantis has some endorsements of his own; on Thursday the Republican majority leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives endorsed DeSantis. A week earlier, Trump announced he had endorsements from more than 50 state legislators in New Hampshire, the first primary state on the Republican nominating calendar.
Don’t count him out
DeSantis foes may love the gloomy portrait, but a range of analysts said it is premature. The Never Back Down super PAC supporting DeSantis is hiring staff and started advertising.
It’s so early in the campaign that DeSantis hasn’t yet campaigned during the Iowa State Fair, an iconic summer stop in the state that will hold the party’s first presidential nominating caucuses next year. If he does, he’ll have a chance to display his appetite for a corn dog or his admiration for an intricately crafted replica of a full grown cow — sculpted out of butter.
“He’s not doomed. There’s a lot of time to go. He still hasn’t launched his campaign. He still has time to launch and reshape the narrative,” Koger said.
Anthony Man can be reached at aman@sunsentinel.com, on Twitter @browardpolitics and on Post.news/@browardpolitics. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/07/is-sun-setting-on-desantis-presidential-run-before-he-officially-enters-or-is-it-about-to-rise/ | 2023-05-12 03:16:47 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/07/is-sun-setting-on-desantis-presidential-run-before-he-officially-enters-or-is-it-about-to-rise/ |
PELL CITY — Pell City school administrators and the Pell City Police Department came together Wednesday to hold active shooter training.
Superintendent James Martin, central office staff, school administrators, Pell City Police Chief Clay Morris and several officers met at Pell City High School on Wednesday morning to attend the training guided by a state instructor.
Morris said the purpose of the training was not necessarily to teach the administrators how to respond to an active shooter situation but rather to teach them how a situation might look and how the police department would respond. To do this, the group worked through different scenarios with help from the Pell City volleyball team working as roleplayers.
“We just want you to see, smell and feel the stress that happens and how difficult of a situation that can be,” the chief said, adding that it was also meant to highlight how officers are trained to deal with those stressors.
Morris said the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were fatally shot at an elementary school in May, and the failures in local law enforcement's response to it has brought the discussion of active shooter scenarios to the minds of many people.
“It is horrific,” he said. “And let me be exceedingly clear to you, as the police chief of Pell City, we will not allow that to happen in this city. It will not happen. Myself and everyone below me will come and we will address any situation just as fast as we can do it.”
After some discussion of how officers are trained to respond to crisis, the instructor and the chief, assisted by Sgt. Eddie Branham and Capt. Josh Herren, worked the group through mock scenarios with non-lethal practice ammunition and plenty of safety gear for all involved.
The administrators themselves were able to work through the scenarios in the officer’s shoes and see how they reacted.
City Council President Jud Alverson, who was observing the training, said the training was incredibly important in today's world.
“Every day society gets more depraved and it seems this stuff is popping up all across this country,” he said. “From the city’s perspective, anything we can do to help out the school system and make them more safe … any training, anything we can do to make our schools safer, I am all for it and I know the rest of the elected body is all for it.”
Alverson said he wanted to be present to let the school know the city always has the school system’s back. He said the city is also currently working with the school board to fund more school resource officers.
Alverson said ultimately school safety is a project for the whole community.
Morris agreed and said that's one reason he wanted to be sure to hold the training.
“It shows them the importance of our partnership, it shows them a proper law enforcement response and it shows them the intricacy of that response,” he said.
The chief said school specific conversions on active shooter scenarios are something he wants to discuss over the next couple weeks.
Martin, for his part, said he felt the training was informative to the school's team.
“I can't thank the Pell City Police Department enough for setting this up,” he said. “It's really really great to be a part of a community where everybody is on the same team.” | https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_news/pell-city-schools-police-department-team-up-for-active-shooter-training/article_dcab451a-143d-11ed-9e61-6bee2f407977.html | 2022-08-05 00:23:18 | 0 | https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/stclair_news/pell-city-schools-police-department-team-up-for-active-shooter-training/article_dcab451a-143d-11ed-9e61-6bee2f407977.html |
Reward offered for missing teenager
Published: Sep. 17, 2022 at 1:01 PM EDT|Updated: 40 minutes ago
BERKELEY, S.C. (WCSC) - The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information from the public regarding a missing teenager that was last seen at a Summerville high school.
Sarah Pipkin, 15, was last seen at Cane Bay High School wearing faded black jeans, a black Bob Ross T-shirt, and white Air Force 1′s. She also had a gray backpack with flowers on it.
CrimeStoppers of the Lowcountry is offering a $1,000 reward, plus up to an additional $1,000 for information leading to the location of Pipkin.
Those with information are asked to call CrimeStoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111.
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Barbara Jenkins Nichols, 80, formerly of Golden, MS, died Sunday, June 19, 2022 at her son's residence in Ripley, MS. She was born in Vernon, AL and was a homemaker. Services will be Wednesday, June 22, 3 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Belmont, MS with Bro. Merlin Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Belmont City Cemetery. Deaton Funeral Home, Belmont, MS will be in charge of arrangements. She is survived by her husband - Wesley Nichols and two sons - Paul Jenkins and Brian Jenkins (Shelley). She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Dollie Mae Bradford, her husband of forty-four years, Bobby Jenkins, a son, Tony Jenkins and a daughter-in-law, Tania Jenkins. Pallbearers will be Anthony Jenkins, Mike Duncan, Terry Middendorf, Ashton Middendorf, Brayden Middendorf and Micah Middendorf. Honorary pallbearers will be Steven Walkley, Ian Middendorf, Jaxson Jenkins, Greyson Jenkins and Johnny Walkley. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 21, 4-8 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home, Belmont, MS.
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The West Texas Sports Banquet, originally slated for Wednesday at Midland Country Club, has been rescheduled for March 1 due to winter weather according to the Midland RockHounds.
This year’s event features former Dallas Cowboys cornerback and Super Bowl XXX MVP Larry Brown as the special guest and Hall of Fame baseball player Andre Dawson as the keynote speaker.
The event, which started in 1991, is put on annually by the RockHounds, and benefits children’s charities. | https://www.mrt.com/sports/rockhounds/article/west-texas-sports-banquet-rescheduled-march-1-17754762.php | 2023-01-31 21:36:08 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/sports/rockhounds/article/west-texas-sports-banquet-rescheduled-march-1-17754762.php |
Chefs and Food Science Influencers Honor the Art of Sous Vide with
Inaugural Ambassador of Sous Vide Awards & Exclusive Global Events
STERLING, Va., Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cuisine Solutions Inc., (CUSI), the global leader and largest premium food company in pioneering and perfecting the sous vide cooking technique, will celebrate their 6th International Sous Vide Day on January 26th, honoring the 81st birthday of Dr. Bruno Goussault, the Master of Modern Sous Vide and Chief Scientist of CREA (Culinary Research and Education Academy), the research and innovation arm of Cuisine Solutions.
This year, Cuisine Solutions will host a global celebration with a trio of exclusive events in Washington D.C., Thailand, and France. Celebrated master chefs and industry leaders will come together to experience the artistry and history of the sous vide cooking method, pioneered by Dr. Goussault over 50 years ago in 1971. In Epernay, France, an elegant reception will be held at the Château Comtesse Lafond, where invited guests will be treated to innovative small sous vide plates and craft sous vide cocktails created by the company's renowned culinary team. The afternoon affair will be emceed by Cuisine Solutions Chief Strategy Officer, Gerard Bertholon, and attended by Dr. Bruno Goussault and Chairman Stanislas Vilgrain. Top chefs and culinary luminaries slated to attend include President of French Master Chefs USA/Canada, Jean-Louis Dumonet, two Michelin star chef Jacques Chibois, President of Cuisiniers de France, Christian Millet, and chefs Ghislaine Arabian, Sébastien Canonne, Michel Widehem and Christian Segui. Bertholon will present the first annual Ambassador of Sous Vide Awards, honoring influential voices in the food science space who have demonstrated excellence in sous vide and have created awareness of the technique. All winners will be announced for each region on January 26th at their respective celebrations.
In Thailand, guests will mingle with Cuisine Solutions President and CEO Felipe Hasselmann and award-winning chef and TV personality Ian Kittichai, who is expected to attend, at the Avani Riverside Hotel's SEEN rooftop, where guests will be treated to elegant Thai sous vide delicacies and traditional Thai performances. The company will also host an event at Taffer's Tavern in Washington, D.C. with sous vide dishes and custom cocktails. Cuisine Solutions partnered with Jon Taffer on the Taffer's Tavern franchise's "kitchen of the future" concept, utilizing sous vide technology. The company is the owner-operator of the Washington D.C. location, which opened this past year.
International Sous Vide Day pays homage to Dr. Bruno Goussault's legacy in the art of sous vide. Dr. Goussault serves as the Chief Scientist at Cuisine Solutions and founded the Culinary Research & Education Academy (CREA). He has taught the application of sous vide cooking to Michelin-starred chefs such as Yannick Alléno, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, Anne-Sophie Pic, and Joël Robuchon, among many others. Since its inception in 1991, CREA and Dr. Goussault have trained over 80% of the three-star Michelin chefs around the world. Dr. Goussault holds a seat on the board of the Association des Chimistes (Association of Chemists) and Ingénieurs et Cadres des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires (Engineers and Managers of Agricultural and Food Industries) and was named as one of the 100 visionaries in the Albert Einstein Legacy Project's Genius: 100 Visions of the Future initiative.
Further information about International Sous Vide Day and special sous vide recipes can be found at: www.internationalsousvideday.com and www.cuisinesolutions.com.
For additional information, please contact R. Couri Hay or Sarah Gartner at R. Couri Hay Creative PR
T: 1-212-580-0835 E: Couri@rcourihaycpr.com | Sarah@rcourihaycpr.com
Cuisine Solutions is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of sous vide foods. Led by an international team of award-winning chefs, Cuisine Solutions is recognized as the authority on sous vide—the innovative precise-cooking technique that the company pioneered, perfected, and popularized decades ago. Headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, Cuisine Solutions services more than 22,000 restaurants and 6,000 retailers, as well as first and business class on the top 10 airlines in the world, and major hotels. To learn more, visit www.cuisinesolutions.com.
International Sous Vide Day, celebrated every year on January 26th since 2018, marks the birthday of Dr. Bruno Goussault - the pioneer of modern sous vide. The art of sous vide spans the globe, crossing borders and boundaries to connect people through beautiful meals. On International Sous Vide Day, we bring the art of sous vide to the forefront, celebrating culinary innovators and the work they do to inspire and transform the dining experience. For more information, visit www.internationalsousvideday.com.
The Culinary Research and Education Academy (CREA) is a global leader in culinary research, education and consulting. Founded in 1991 in France by Chief Scientist Dr. Bruno Goussault as Centre de Recherche et d'Études pour l'Alimentation, CREA aims to change the way chefs prepare food through rigorous training, food science innovation and food consulting. To date, CREA and Dr. Goussault have trained over 5,000 chefs around the world and over 80% of the world's 3-Star Michelin chefs. Through its headquarters in Paris and Washington, D.C., CREA educates and consults professional chefs and top industry professionals alike through educational programs, global seminars, online video courses and customized engagements. For more information, visit www.lecrea.com.
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Ben Davis big man Zane Doughty staying in-state, commits to Ball State basketball
Zane Doughty will play his college basketball in-state, but at a different school than where he originally committed.
The 6-9 Ben Davis standout, the Marion County player of the year and one of six finalists for IndyStar Mr. Basketball, announced his commitment to Ball State on Sunday, following a weekend official visit. Doughty was committed to Valparaiso before coach Matt Lottich was fired at the end of March.
Ball State coach Michael Lewis showed interest quickly after Doughty was released from his letter of intent, making an in-home visit. Doughty was previously recruited by Ball State prior to his commitment to Valparaiso, but did not have an offer.
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“Coach Lewis is a really good guy and he really expressed everything they could do,” Doughty said last week. “Overall, it was a really good meeting. I know Ball State just lost their big man (Payton Sparks transferred to Indiana) so that’s a factor.”
Doughty, who averaged 13.5 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots as a senior for the Class 4A state champion Giants, also picked up offers from Eastern Kentucky, IUPUI, Nicholls State, St. Bonaventure and Southern Indiana after opening his recruitment.
New Valparaiso coach Roger Powell Jr. reached out Wednesday to Doughty and made a strong impression, but Ball State quickly became the frontrunner following the in-home visit with Lewis.
Going up against Flory Bidunga in the 4A title game against Kokomo, Doughty finished with 20 points on 10-for-13 shooting, three rebounds and two blocked shots. Something about these matchups with five-star prospects like Bidunga and Cathedral’s Xavier Booker seemed to bring out the best in Doughty.
“I just play basketball,” Doughty said. “I don’t really care who you are. It’s the second five-star I’ve played against. Honestly, everybody has their weaknesses. I just tried to go up quick on him and go through his chest. Everybody thinks these big guys are untouchable gods. They’re not. They’re just basketball players."
Doughty became Ben Davis’ all-time program leader in rebounds this season.
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In the world of hybrid work, IT must balance commitments to both the organization and its employees for it to be effective.
TORONTO, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Over the past three years, hybrid work has been catapulted to the forefront of strategic organizational decision making, with organizations across various industries continuing to offer some form of long-term hybrid or remote work options. As such, IT departments are still being tasked with not only solving hybrid work questions for their own personnel but also with supporting a hybrid-first organization and accommodating significant changes to technology and operations. To support IT and organizational leaders faced with decisions that alter the very foundation of how an organization functions now and in the future, Info-Tech Research Group has released its newest industry research, State of Hybrid Work in IT: A Trend Report.
"The days of a 'typical' workplace have passed. When it comes to the new world of hybrid work, there is no best-of-breed example to follow," says Jane Kouptsova, senior research analyst, People & Leadership Practice, at Info-Tech Research Group. "Among the flood of contradictory decisions made by industry leaders and tech giants, IT teams must forge their own path, informed by the needs of employees and organizational goals."
More than 500 professionals were surveyed for the report. Respondents were primarily located in the US and Canada but included professionals from Central and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, Africa, Great Britain, and more. They also spanned a variety of industries, roles, workforce types, operating budgets, revenues, and levels of IT maturity and effectiveness.
One of the major takeaways highlighted by research participants is that, at a high level, hybrid work in IT is everywhere, with 100% of industries, organizational sizes, and position levels reporting some level of hybrid or remote work. This is largely positive, as the research also identified that flexible work location options are the single greatest concern for employees seeking a new job in a challenging labor market.
Furthermore, the advisory firm's report emphasizes the fact that IT has two roles: to effectively support the broader organization and to function effectively to support the organization's employees. The report expands on the impact of hybrid and remote work models on both roles, dividing analysis into two sections:
- Technology: IT and the organization – The first section of the report focuses on IT effectiveness in a hybrid world and the impact of hybrid on infrastructure and operations. Some of the key research takeaways include the following:
- Hybrid work models in IT bolster effectiveness. IT is significantly more effective when some degree of remote or hybrid work is present, with organizations that reported more opportunities for hybrid and full remote work for IT also reporting consistently higher effectiveness scores than those with little to no hybrid or remote opportunities.
- IT has risen to the challenge of hybrid. The majority of respondents reported that service desk support has been maintained (54%) or improved (35%).
- The transition to hybrid was worth the effort. Eighty-eight percent of respondents reported increased or consistent Infrastructure & Operations customer satisfaction scores.
- Hybrid has permanently changed deployment strategy. Only 13% of respondents stated that their deployment processes remained unchanged following the shift to hybrid work, meaning 87% saw shifts in deployment strategy.
- Hybrid work has accelerated organizational digitization. More than half of respondents reported significantly decreased reliance on hard copies and volume of pages printed, instead shifting toward digitization.
- Hybrid work has sped up modernization of IT processes and infrastructure and necessitates network and communications modernization. Sixty-three percent of respondents reported making significant changes to conference room technology as a result of hybrid work.
- Hybrid means permanent changes to how IT hires. With 47% of respondents indicating that hybrid work options are the most important consideration when looking at a potential role, employers should consider embracing a hybrid environment.
- A recession may not significantly impact hybrid work decisions overall. Just over half of the IT organizations surveyed are considering expanding hybrid work (32%) or moving to fully remote work (19%), even in a recession.
- Hybrid work may help small organizations in a declining economy. Hybrid work could work in favor of smaller organizations, helping keep the critical employees needed to survive an economic downturn.
- Hybrid mitigates the main challenge of remote work. One advantage of hybrid over remote work is the ability to maintain an in-office presence, which provides a failsafe should technology or other barriers stand in the way of effective distance communication or connection with coworkers.
- Hybrid work necessitates additional efforts by managers. The top two tactics used by managers to mitigate concerns about distance communication, team cohesion, employee wellbeing, and the ability to pick up on signs of demotivation and disengagement are instant messaging and increasing team meetings.
- Autonomy is key to hybrid team success. Two to three days in office is the most selected option for both employee and manager preferences in hybrid work situations, with employees at most organizations given a choice of which days they spend working remotely.
- Work is still needed to increase autonomy in hybrid teams. Organizations' success in establishing hybrid team autonomy varies greatly post pandemic. Responses were roughly equally split between employees feeling more, less, or the same level of autonomy as before the pandemic, leading to the conclusion that not all hybrid implementations are equally effective in terms of employee empowerment.
- Connectedness in hybrid teams lags. There is a need for hybrid teams to invest in team building and communication practices to instill a sense of autonomy, which is key to hybrid team success.
One of the unique challenges of hybrid work is that there are many viable models rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. It is worth remembering that competitors are not only competing for customers, but for employees too. In the post-pandemic workspace, leaders should look to organizations that have walked their organization's path in terms of scope, goals, and structure to identify and emulate hybrid work models that may fit organizational needs.
Info-Tech Research Group's report suggests that hybrid and remote teams require more attention, connection, and leadership from managers, as the shift from doing the day-to-day tasks to effectively leading people is critical for the success of nontraditional work models. As hybrid and remote work become engrained in society, organizations must ensure that managers have the time, tools, and resources to focus on managing their teams from any location.
The firm also recommends that IT leaders be intentional, involve employees, allow choice, and be transparent in their hybrid work planning and best practices. Building a team charter, creating the necessary tools and templates, conducting surveys and focus groups, providing freedom for employees to have some level of choice in hybrid arrangements, and disclosing the rationale and criteria for decision making are all essential for leading IT into the future of hybrid work.
For the full report detailing the impacts, challenges, and areas of opportunity of hybrid and remote work on IT, download and read the complete State of Hybrid Work in IT: A Trend Report.
To learn more about Info-Tech Research Group, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and Twitter.
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September 1, 1952 – October 22, 2022
Timi was born on September 1, 1952 and passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 22, 2022. She was born in Coos Bay, Oregon to Don and Lee Falls. She was “once a pirate always a pirate” who graduated from Marshfield in 1970.
She was a good mother to her three children, Chris, Shanna, and Kami. She also lived for her grandchildren, Brenden, Kyla, Braelynn, Lillian, Tres, and Julian. Chris will take over as the celebrity death announcer to our family, Shanna will take over her monitoring of the scanner, and Kami will take over her love to complain about anything and everything.
She enjoyed her life as a stay-at-home mom until her children became teenagers. She then began working outside of the home at Albertsons for 20 years until they closed. She continued working at the Goodwill until retirement. Upon retirement, she began her full time Facebook snooping career.
Her dry sense of humor that was loved by many will surely be missed. You can forever thank Kami for teaching her how to work Facebook and send everyone she knew and some she didn’t messages. At least she learned how to send them privately and not to your walls.
She was proceeded in death by her parents; brother, Terry; nephew, Roger; and her favorite dog of all time, Scooter. She is survived by Chris (Jana); Shanna (Tony); Kami (Jamie); her grandchildren, Brenden, Kyla, Braelynn, Lillian, Tres, and Julian; her sisters, Dona (Bob), Jane (Albert), and Joan (Ron); many nieces; great nieces/nephews; and her best friend, Sally.
She was one of a kind and will truly be missed by all.
Per her wishes she was cremated as she didn’t want anyone “freaking” (edited for the paper) looking at her. The family held a small memorial eating her favorite BBQed “little” cheeseburgers and homemade potato salad in her honor.
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Miss Tennessee Volunteer pageant kicks off a week of glamour and competition
The Miss Tennessee Volunteer pageant kicked off to a glitzy and glamourous start Sunday as contestants for the inaugural competition arrived in the city for the week-long event.
After setting up camp at a Jackson hotel, the crew of 36 competitors went to the Carl Perkins Civic Center for the fan-favorite meet and greet portion of the event.
“I’m so excited to be back here in Jackson,” said Amelia Collins, Miss Tennessee Volunteer 2021. “Jackson has been my second home this past year, and I am so thankful to everyone for being so gracious to me. It’s just so wonderful to be back.”
Collins said she was most excited to reunite with all of the contestants.
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“A big part of my job was traveling to all the preliminaries, so I’m really excited to see all the girls here,” she said, smiling. “It’s going to be a great week.”
Contestants were introduced to the enthusiastic crowd at the Civic Center before lining up for autographs and photos.
“I’m definitely a people person. I love meeting new people,” said Kirsy Walsheimer, Miss Tipton County. “To have this is an experience of a lifetime, and I’m so excited to be here.”
Following formal introductions of the contestants, Miss Townsend Blackwell of Memphis was crowned Iris Tennessee Teen 2022.
Crowds of eager Jackson residents then met and chatted with contestants, before the young ladies moved on to the second portion of the day’s event, in which the Miss Tennessee Teen Volunteer was crowned.
Miss Annie Zhao of Memphis, the first Asian American titleholder in the Tennessee USA System after her 2021 win at the Miss Tennessee Teen pageant in Tunica, took the crown of the night.
The Miss Tennessee Volunteer competitions will be held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. in the Carl Perkins Civic Center, with the final crowning competition on Saturday night at 9 p.m.
Tickets are available at www.etix.com.
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TX Amarillo TX Zone Forecast for Monday, December 19, 2022
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the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
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with gusts up to 40 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill
readings 10 below to zero after midnight.
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readings 8 below to 18 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around zero. Wind chill
readings 10 below to 20 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 10 below to 20 below
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.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
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.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
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wind chill readings 17 below to 27 below zero after midnight.
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readings 21 below to 31 below zero.
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readings 20 below to 30 below zero.
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readings 20 below to 30 below zero in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Decreasing clouds. Lows zero to 5 above zero.
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10 to 20 mph.
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wind chill readings 16 below to 26 below zero after midnight.
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chill readings 21 below to 31 below zero.
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30 mph.
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chill readings 19 below to 29 below zero.
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chill readings 20 below to 30 below zero.
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around 5 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
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the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
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north 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Lowest
wind chill readings 17 below to 27 below zero after midnight.
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chill readings 22 below to 32 below zero.
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readings 20 below to 30 below zero.
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zero to 5 above zero. Wind chill readings 20 below to 30 below
zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 10-15. Wind chill readings 10 below to zero.
.CHRISTMAS DAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the
lower 50s. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ008-210100-
Hutchinson-
Including the city of Borger
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around 2 below.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill
readings 13 below to 23 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 11.
North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind chill
readings 19 below to 29 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 5 below-zero. Wind chill
readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows 5-10 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 15-20. Wind chill readings 5 below to 5 above zero.
.CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
50s. Lows in the mid 20s.
$$
TXZ004-210100-
Ochiltree-
Including the cities of Farnsworth, Perryton, Wolf Creek Park,
and Waka
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog late. Mostly clear. Highs around 40. North
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 20s. Temperature
rising into the upper 20s after midnight. South winds 10 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Lows around 5 below.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming north 20 to 30 mph with
gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill readings
17 below to 27 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around
7 above. North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind
chill readings 22 below to 32 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 10 below. Wind chill
readings 20 below to 30 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 20. Lows
zero to 5 above zero. Wind chill readings 20 below to 30 below
zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
30s. Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 10 below to zero.
.CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ009-210100-
Roberts-
Including the cities of Codman, Lora, and Miami
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. South winds 10 to
20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around 1 below.
South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph with
gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill readings
12 below to 22 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 11.
North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind chill
readings 18 below to 28 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows around 5 below. Wind
chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 20. Lows
5-10 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 15.
Highs around 50.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ005-210100-
Lipscomb-
Including the cities of Booker, Higgins, and Follett
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Mostly clear. Highs in
the upper 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 20s. Temperature
rising to around 30 after midnight. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. Windy. Lows around 4 below.
South winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming northwest 25 to 35 mph with
gusts up to 50 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill readings
17 below to 27 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around
8 above. North winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind
chill readings 21 below to 31 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 5 below-10 below zero. Wind
chill readings 20 below to 30 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 20. Lows
zero to 5 above zero. Wind chill readings 20 below to 30 below
zero.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 30. Lowest wind chill
readings 10 below to zero in the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly clear. Lows around
10 above. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ010-210100-
Hemphill-
Including the cities of Canadian, Glazier, and Lake Marvin
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Partly cloudy. Highs
around 40. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. South winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 50. South winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Lows around zero. South
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming northwest
25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph after midnight. Lowest wind
chill readings 11 below to 21 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 11.
North winds 30 to 35 mph, diminishing to 20 to 30 mph in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 50 mph. Wind chill readings 17 below to
27 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows around 5 below. Wind
chill readings 20 below to 30 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 20. Lows
5-10 above. Wind chill readings 20 below to 30 below zero.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly clear. Lows 10-15.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the lower 50s.
$$
TXZ011-210100-
Oldham-
Including the cities of Vega, Wildorado, and Boys Ranch
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the upper 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Brisk. Lows around 2 above.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming north 15 to 25 mph after
midnight. Lowest wind chill readings 7 below to 17 below zero
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Blustery. Much colder. Highs around 14.
North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Wind chill
readings 12 below to 22 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 5 below-zero. Wind chill
readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s. Lowest wind
chill readings 10 below to 20 below zero in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows
around 10 above.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 15-20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
50s. Lows in the mid 20s.
$$
TXZ016-210100-
Deaf Smith-
Including the cities of Dawn, Hereford, and Bootleg
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Clear. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Brisk. Lows around 3 above. West
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming northwest 15 to 25 mph after
midnight. Lowest wind chill readings 1 below to 11 below zero
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Brisk. Much colder. Highs around 15.
North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill
readings 9 below to 19 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 5 below-zero. Wind chill
readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 20. Lows
around 10 above. Wind chill readings 10 below to 20 below zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 15-20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
50s. Lows in the mid 20s.
$$
TXZ013-210100-
Carson-
Including the cities of Panhandle, Pantex, White Deer,
and Skellytown
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Mostly clear. Highs in
the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around zero.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill
readings 9 below to 19 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 11.
North winds 30 to 35 mph, diminishing to 20 to 30 mph in the
afternoon. Wind chill readings 14 below to 24 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows around 5 below. Wind
chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below
zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 15-20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
50s. Lows in the upper 20s.
$$
TXZ018-210100-
Armstrong-
Including the cities of Claude, Washburn, Wayside, and Goodnight
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Mostly clear. Highs in
the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around 2 above.
Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph
with gusts up to 45 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill
readings 5 below to 15 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 16.
North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind chill
readings 11 below to 21 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 5 below-zero. Wind chill
readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below
zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 15-20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
50s. Lows in the upper 20s.
$$
TXZ014-210100-
Gray-
Including the cities of Kingsmill and Pampa
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Mostly clear. Highs in
the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around zero. South
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up
to 50 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill readings 9 below to
19 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 12.
North winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph in the morning. Wind
chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows 5 below-zero. Wind
chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below
zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 15-20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 50.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ019-210100-
Donley-
Including the city of Clarendon
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Mostly clear. Highs in
the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs in
the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around 3 above.
South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 25 to 35 mph with
gusts up to 50 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill readings
6 below to 16 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 16.
North winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph, decreasing to
45 mph in the afternoon. Wind chill readings 12 below to 22 below
zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around zero. Wind chill
readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below
zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
30s. Lows 15-20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs around 50.
Lows in the upper 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ015-210100-
Wheeler-
Including the cities of Briscoe, Wheeler, Lela, Shamrock,
and Twitty
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Partly cloudy. Highs in
the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Decreasing clouds. Highs around 50. South winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around 3 above.
South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 25 to 35 mph with
gusts up to 55 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill readings
7 below to 17 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 13.
North winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph, decreasing to
45 mph in the afternoon. Wind chill readings 13 below to 23 below
zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows 5 below-zero. Wind
chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below
zero.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY...Mostly clear. Lows 15-20.
Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ020-210100-
Collingsworth-
Including the cities of Lutie, Wellington, Dozier, and Samnorwood
246 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022
...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
.TODAY...Patchy fog early in the morning. Partly cloudy. Highs in
the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Decreasing clouds. Highs in the lower 50s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows around 7 above.
South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 25 to 35 mph with
gusts up to 55 mph after midnight. Lowest wind chill readings
1 below to 11 below zero after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Windy. Much colder. Highs around 16.
North winds 25 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph in the morning. Wind
chill readings 8 below to 18 below zero.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around zero. Wind chill
readings 10 below to 20 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s.
Lows around 10 above. Wind chill readings 10 below to 20 below
zero.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
30s. Lows 15-20.
.CHRISTMAS DAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the
upper 40s. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s.
$$
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WASHINGTON, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 75 percent of Americans say religion is an important part of their lives. How do these Americans see themselves and their faith reflected in news coverage? What does reporting on faith get right and wrong? How do editors and reporters think about who they're reaching with these stories and who they've lost? And how might this coverage build trust in journalism among communities who have been historically misrepresented?
Registration is open for this program, which will take place on Friday, June 24 at 11:30 a.m. ET. Participants will learn:
- How journalists of faith navigate challenges from inside their newsrooms and from inside their faith communities
- Whose faith is centered in coverage and whose is marginalized, mischaracterized, or misunderstood
- Which best practices can help extend our community's understanding of itself
The program will also surface suggestions for covering people of faith and faith practices in ways that broaden reach and build credible connections in the communities journalists serve.
Panelists include:
- Dawn Araujo-Hawkins, news editor at Christian Century; vice president at Religion News Association
- Alison Bethel, vice president of corps excellence at Report for America
- Sarah Breger, editor at Moment Magazine
- McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic
- Richard Flory, executive director at USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture
- Aysha Khan, journalist and Harvard Divinity School student
- Holly Meyer, religion news editor at The Associated Press
- Bill Mitchell, publisher, CEO, and president at the National Catholic Reporter
- Paul O'Donnell, editor-in-chief at Religion News Service
The conversation will be moderated by Julie Moos, the Institute's Executive Director, and is supported by an operational grant from the Deseret Management Corporation.
The National Press Club Journalism Institute promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press, and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire a more representative democracy. As the non-profit affiliate of the National Press Club, the Institute powers journalism in the public interest.
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UK zoo names baby elephant in honor of Queen Elizabeth II
Published: Sep. 26, 2022 at 10:59 AM CDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
(CNN) - A baby elephant has been named the Thai word for “queen” at the UK’s largest zoo in honor of its late patron, Queen Elizabeth II.
The calf is called Nang Phaya which means “queen” or “strong female monarch.”
Queen Elizabeth II, who died over two weeks ago, once met the calf’s mom, Donna, when she opened the zoo’s Centre for Elephant Care in 2017.
A photograph of the queen feeding Donna a banana was featured on her official Christmas card that year.
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MIAMI, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Eyewear, Inc. ("Innovative Eyewear" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LUCY; LUCYW), the developer and retailer of smart eyewear under the Lucyd®, Nautica® and Eddie Bauer® brands, announces today that five new styles of Lucyd Lyte 2.0 audio eyewear are now available. These new styles are an addition to the 10 styles of Lyte 2.0 introduced in early February. On top of including the major feature upgrades of the Lyte 2.0 such as 12 hours playback per charge, this collection update brings several new design aesthetics to the Lucyd Lyte 2.0 line and the smart eyewear market overall:
- The Electra frame introduces the first smart eyewear with a two-tone titanium frontplate, bringing the category to a new height of luxurious finishes.
- The Shimmer frame introduces the first smart eyewear on the US market in a rose gold titanium colorway.
- The Earthbound introduces the best-selling clubmaster style in a Bluetooth format, another first for the US smart eyewear market.
- The Starlyte style is a key addition developed based on user demand for a cateye style designed for women.
With the introduction of these frames, Lucyd Lyte 2.0 eyewear is now available in 15 distinct styles, the most of any smart eyewear on the US market since the company's Lyte 1.0 collection. The combination of two different temple lengths, seven styles designed specifically for women, and three styles designed for petite heads, truly open the typically adult male-oriented smart eyewear category to new demographics for the first time.
In other news, the popular tech and entertainment site ScreenRant (90m+ monthly visitors) just rated Lucyd Lyte 1.0 eyewear the best on the market.
"With these five new styles of Lyte 2.0 smart eyewear, we are continuing to make the category more accessible than ever before, particularly to women and petite customers by giving them the sizing and styles they need," says Harrison Gross, CEO of Innovative Eyewear. "A great pair of smartglasses is defined by three key factors: fashion, tech and suitability for all-day vision correction. The Lyte 2.0 collection addresses this successfully by offering smart frames with seamless, user-friendly Bluetooth features, high-end designer styling in a large number of shapes and sizes, and the comfort necessary for all-day wear."
Watch a video of the new glasses here. Interested retailers are encouraged to visit our booth #P1951 at Vision Expo East 2023 in New York City, or to contact us at info@lucyd.co.
About Innovative Eyewear, Inc.
Innovative Eyewear is a developer and retailer of cutting-edge smart eyewear, under the Lucyd®, Nautica® & Eddie Bauer® brands. True to our mission to Upgrade Your Eyewear®, our Bluetooth audio glasses allow users to stay safely and ergonomically connected to their digital lives, and are offered in hundreds of frame and lens combinations to meet the needs of the optical market. To learn more and explore our continuously evolving collection of smart eyewear, please visit www.lucyd.co.
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Michael A. Taylor Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Orioles - July 1
Published: Jul. 1, 2023 at 8:24 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
On Saturday, Michael A. Taylor (.161 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 92 points below season-long percentage) and the Minnesota Twins play the Baltimore Orioles, whose starting pitcher will be Kyle Bradish. First pitch is at 4:05 PM ET.
He had a hitless performance in his last game (0-for-2) against the Braves.
Michael A. Taylor Game Info & Props vs. the Orioles
- Game Day: Saturday, July 1, 2023
- Game Time: 4:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Orioles Starter: Kyle Bradish
- TV Channel: MASN2
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -133)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +800)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +275)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +195)
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Michael A. Taylor At The Plate
- Taylor has 10 doubles, 10 home runs and 10 walks while batting .208.
- Taylor has picked up a hit in 50.7% of his 69 games this season, with more than one hit in 10.1% of those games.
- In nine games this year, he has homered (13.0%, and 4.5% of his trips to the dish).
- Taylor has had at least one RBI in 23.2% of his games this year (16 of 69), with more than one RBI six times (8.7%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- In 29.0% of his games this year (20 of 69), he has scored, and in three of those games (4.3%) he has scored more than once.
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Michael A. Taylor Home/Away Batting Splits
Orioles Pitching Rankings
- The Orioles pitching staff is seventh in the league with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Orioles' 4.34 team ERA ranks 18th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Orioles pitchers combine to allow 98 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (to rank 20th in the league).
- Bradish gets the start for the Orioles, his 15th of the season. He is 4-3 with a 3.75 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 72 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty's last time out was on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, when he threw seven innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up two hits.
- In 14 games this season, the 26-year-old has a 3.75 ERA and 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .244 to opposing batters.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made insult-laden threats against South Korea on Thursday for considering unliteral sanctions on the North, calling the South’s new president and his government “idiots” and “a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the U.S.”
Kim Yo Jong’s diatribe came two days after South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said that it was reviewing additional unilateral sanctions on North Korea over its recent barrage of missile tests. The ministry said it would also consider sanctions and clampdowns on North Korea’s alleged cyberattacks — a new key source of funding for its weapons program — if the North conducts a major provocation like a nuclear test.
“I wonder what ‘sanctions’ the South Korean group, no more than a running wild dog gnawing on a bone given by the U.S., impudently impose on North Korea,” Kim Yo Jong said in a statement carried by state media. “What a spectacle sight!”
She called South Korea’s new conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol and his administration officials “idiots who continue creating the dangerous situation.” She added that South Korea “had not been our target” when Moon Jae-in — Yoon’s liberal predecessor who sought reconciliation with North Korea — was in power. It could be seen as a possible attempt to help foster anti-Yoon sentiments in South Korea.
“We warn the impudent and stupid once again that the desperate sanctions and pressure of the U.S. and its South Korean stooges against (North Korea) will add fuel to the latter’s hostility and anger and they will serve as a noose for them,” Kim Yo Jong said.
Kim Yo Jong’s official title is a vice department director of the Central Committee of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party. But South Korea’s spy service believes she’s the North’s second-most powerful person after her brother and handles relations with South Korea and the United States.
While it’s not the first time Kim Yo Jong has used crude invectives on South Korea, North Korea is still expected to further escalate military tensions on the Korean Peninsula given she’s in charge of relations with South Korea and wields some influences on the North’s military, said analyst Cheong Seong-Chang at the private Sejong Institute in South Korea.
Last month, South Korea imposed its own sanctions on 15 North Korean individuals and 16 organizations suspected of involvement in illicit activities to finance North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs. They were Seoul’s first unilateral sanctions on North Korea in five years, but experts say they were largely a symbolic step because the two Koreas have little financial dealings between them.
But observers say Seoul’s push to coordinate with the United States and others to crack down on the North’s alleged illicit cyber activities could anger North Korea and damage its financing of its weapons programs. Earlier this year, a panel of U.N. experts said in a report that North Korea was continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs.
North Korea has been under 11 rounds of U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile tests since 2006. But the U.N. Security Council has failed to adopt fresh sanctions on North Korea over its torrid run of banned ballistic missile launches this year because China and Russia, two of the veto-wielding members of the council, have opposed them as they are separately locked in confrontations with the United States.
North Korea has repeatedly said the U.N. sanctions are proof of U.S. hostility toward North Korea along with its regular military drills with South Korea. U.S.-led diplomacy on North Korea’s nuclear program collapsed in early 2019 due to wrangling over how much sanctions relief North Korea would be given in return for its limited denuclearization steps.
Kim Yo Jong warned Tuesday the United States would face “a more fatal security crisis” as it pushes for U.N. condemnation of the North’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile test that demonstrated its potential to strike all of the mainland U.S. In her Tuesday statement, Kim Yo Jong compared the United States to “a barking dog seized with fear.”
North Korea is notorious for its colorful, crude personal attacks on South Korean and U.S. leaders. It called previous South Korean Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye “a rat” and “a prostitute” respectively while describing President Donald Trump as “a mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” In March 2021 when Moon was still in office, Kim Yo Jong called him “a parrot raised by America.” | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Kim-s-sister-makes-insulting-threats-to-Seoul-17607696.php | 2022-11-24 01:42:12 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Kim-s-sister-makes-insulting-threats-to-Seoul-17607696.php |
The Republican candidate in the 8th U.S. congressional district race is filing suit against Luzerne County's Board of Elections.
Jim Bognet filed suit after some Luzerne County polling places ran out of paper for voting machines. Voters were allowed to fill out provisional ballots instead, and a judge extended voting hours in the county.
The 8th District covers most of Luzerne County and all or part of four other counties.
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Advocates say they’re making inroads with Republican senators on a beefed-up version of the child tax credit (CTC), which has become a top priority for Democrats during the lame-duck session.
Tax negotiations have been heating up as lawmakers try to strike a deal on a year-end spending deal, with Democrats pushing for the CTC as well as an earned income tax credit for working families and Republicans arguing for a set of tax credits favorable to businesses.
“Senator [Bill] Cassidy and Senator [Shelley] Moore Capito both have openness to something,” Adam Ruben, campaigns director of the progressive advocacy group Economic Security Project, said on the sidelines of a rally for the CTC held outside the Capitol on Wednesday, referring to the senior senator from Louisiana and the junior senator from West Virginia, both Republicans.
“We think there’s openness from [Lisa] Murkowski and [Susan] Collins as well,” Ruben said of the Alaska and Maine senators, adding that his organization has talked to six Republican congressional offices in the last week and a half. He also mentioned Republican Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah), Richard Burr (N.C.) and Steve Daines (Mont.), who co-sponsored their own version of a CTC earlier this year.
“The numbers add up,” Ruben said.
“We think that there’s a sense from a number of Republicans that in the wake of the Dobbs decision, they want to do something that’s more visibly pro-family and they feel like the child tax credit is a way to get that done,” Ruben added, referring to a Supreme Court ruling earlier in the year that took away the federal right to an abortion.
Democrats are pitching an exchange between an expanded CTC and a business tax credit for research and development (R&D) costs favored by Republicans. But Republicans have raised eyebrows about such a quid pro quo since Democrats have supported the research credit themselves in the past.
One Republican aide on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee called such a proposal “confusing.”
“We’re willing to talk,” Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Wednesday. “I mean, the deal’s on the table. We’ll do R&D for CTC, they can come back with something and start negotiating.”
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) suggested Democrats would be open to considering other credits in addition to the write-off for research and development.
“We’re going to use every leverage point we have,” he said. “This is the No. 1 thing we’re fighting for.”
Other tax credits that could sweeten the deal for Republicans include the deductibility of interest costs and a renewed rule that allows capital expenditures like machinery costs to be written off in the year that they’re purchased as opposed to over a period of years.
“Some Republicans think the Democrats will just vote for [the R&D credit] anyway, so they should just do it next year,” Ruben said. “But I just don’t see what the pathway is very clearly for them, because next year is going to be mostly gridlock.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is “struggling to round up the votes for his Speakership, and I want to entrust tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks to a very closely divided House along with a Senate from the other party? Even if there is support in both parties, that’s not an easy path,” he added.
Other advocates said this week that legislators should not be considering any tax breaks for corporations at the moment but should instead be figuring out ways to raise taxes on private enterprises.
In a letter signed Tuesday, members of 58 organizations including Oxfam America and the Teamsters urged Congress “to oppose the inclusion of corporate tax breaks in any lame-duck legislative package.”
“At a time when corporations are making record-high profits while paying record-low taxes as a share of the economy, and when corporate price gouging is helping to fuel inflation, corporations should start paying more of their fair share, not less,” they wrote.
Specifically, the groups objected to business credits on bonus depreciation, the net interest tax deduction and the research and experimentation tax credit.
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Wednesday's results
Swift Current 5 Lethbridge 4
Red Deer 6 Victoria 2
Thursday's results
Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Friday's games
Winnipeg at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Everett at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Saturday's games
Brandon at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Everett at Regina, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Prince George, 6 p.m.
Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Portland, 6 p.m.
Tri-City at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Vancouver at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Tri-City at Regina, 4 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Everett at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
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SEPT. 1-11, 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 20th year, the annual Pay it Forward 9/11 campaign is encouraging individuals, companies, schools and houses of worship to unify during the 11 Days of Kindness & Unity campaign (Sept. 1-11) leading up to the anniversary of 9/11, a National Day of Service and Remembrance. Everyone may register their commitment on the website payitforward911.org and perform three random acts of kindness for strangers. Each act recognizes the life of a 9/11 victim and may inspire a ripple effect of kindness and unity.
Day 1 (Sept 1) acts of kindness include volunteers serving free Starbucks coffee to random strangers walking public sidewalks in New York City near Xavier Mission; donating 500 backpacks with school supplies to Brown Elementary students in Austin Tx.; and hundreds of Pre-K through 8th grade students at St. Matthew Elementary in Franklin, TN will document their acts of kindness during the 11 days. Other commitments are listed on payitforward911.org.
Created in Austin in 2002 to honor compassionate Canadians in Newfoundland and Labrador, Pay It Forward 9/11 was started by Kevin Tuerff, one of thousands of airline passengers from 90 countries stranded there on 9/11. After receiving free food, clothing and shelter from the good people of Gander, he created Pay It Forward 9/11 to honor those killed in the 9/11 attacks and express gratitude to the compassionate Newfoundlanders. The "11 Days of Kindness & Unity" campaign encourages acts of compassion anytime, and anywhere.
"After the 9/11 attacks, people all over the world used the words 'united we stand' and came together as one to help each other and support those in need," said founder Kevin Tuerff. "We invite everyone to register their commitment and share stories on social media to start the ripple effect and inspire others."
The 20th anniversary of Pay it Forward 9/11 is generously supported by the producers and writers of Come From Away musical, Dell Technologies, Tito's Handmade Vodka, Gallin & Son, and University Federal Credit Union (UFCU).
Learn more at http://payitforward911.org, the book Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11, or Facebook. Pay it Forward 9/11, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization registered in New York.
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BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) _ Paccar Inc. (PCAR) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $769.4 million.
On a per-share basis, the Bellevue, Washington-based company said it had net income of $2.21.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.01 per share.
The truck maker posted revenue of $7.06 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $6.69 billion, falling short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $6.73 billion.
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KOLKATA, India, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TCGLS is a global CRO and CDMO company with operations in Kolkata, Hyderabad, Richmond, VA, and Princeton, NJ; offering seamless and integrated R&D services to pharma, biotech, agriscience, animal health, specialty chemicals, and related industries. It employs more than 1,200 scientists and other technical personnel from the best talent pool around its strategic locations.
Pune, Maharashtra, with its proximity to Mumbai and Gujarat, offers a great ecosystem of talents, scientific institutions, and relevant industry players which TCGLS plans to leverage to build a major presence there. It is taking up approximately 100,000 SFT of space to build a comprehensive discovery services center. Starting with an efficient team of chemists and support personnel in July 2022, TCGLS foresees the ability to accommodate a sizeable batch of chemists, biologists, and formulation scientists in the coming years. It is also looking at opportunities in specialty chemicals and polymer sciences activities in line with its parent company, The Chatterjee Group's investments in those domains.
"Pune, being an education hub of the country, produces a large number of postgraduates. We want to induct and nurture these young talents coming from the reputed academic institutes and research laboratories and provide them an excellent foundation for their career growth," commented Mr. Anirban Mitra, Head of Human Resource Development at TCGLS.
The current team is headed by existing and highly experienced TCGLS leadership team members. The center is equipped with high-end scientific infrastructure, equipment, and analytical instruments to address the diverse and complex requirements of its clients and partners. The labs are equipped with automation devices, safety instrumentation, and regular and walk-in fume hoods. It is supported by general access to scientific journals/databases, IT systems with secured networks, human resource officers, and best practices in safety and supply chain.
"Setting up this new facility in Pune further demonstrates our commitment towards building a world-class provider of CRO and CDMO services. In particular, we will strive to provide our customers and partners with cutting-edge science, best-in-class practices and on-time deliveries," says Dr. Goutam Saha, Vice President and site head of the Pune operations.
About TCG Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.
TCG Lifesciences Pvt. Limited (formerly "Chembiotek Research International") is a leading global Contract Research and CDMO company delivering innovative R&D services in the areas of pharmaceutical, biotech and related industries. We started our operations in 2001 in Kolkata, India, and currently have our presence in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
TCGLS and its subsidiaries have a strong talent pool of approximately 1200 scientists, of which over 280 have PhDs and the balance hold master's degrees; drawn from leading global academic institutions and industry. Our services span chemistry synthesis, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, DMPK, analytical development and validation and data science. We offer specific/functional solutions to integrated projects across multiple therapeutic areas with a specific focus on Inflammation & Pain, Infectious Diseases, Central Nervous systems, and Oncology. Our infrastructure includes world-class chemistry and biology laboratories, AAALAC certified animal facility, electrophysiology laboratory, BSL 2 laboratory, and cGMP kilo labs and US FDA accredited manufacturing company.
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- Type IV high-pressure Neptune tanks are to be delivered by Hanwha Solution's hydrogen tank manufacturing subsidiary Hanwha Cimarron.
- Hanwha Cimarron will work with Shell to build extensive hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California.
- With its Alabama factory expected to come online late this year, Hanwha Cimarron will churn out 4,000 high-pressure tanks annually.
SEOUL, South Korea and HUNSTVILLE, Ala., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanwha Solutions announced today it joined Shell's efforts to build extensive hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California. Supplying Shell with high-pressure hydrogen tanks for transport within its network of stations, Hanwha will help accelerate the Golden State's energy transition and decarbonizing efforts.
Hanwha Solutions' hydrogen tank manufacturing subsidiary, Hanwha Cimarron, said it finalized a Purchase Order with Shell to provide Type IV high-pressure hydrogen tank called Neptune. The carbon fiber-reinforced, 2,000-litre-capacity vessel can store hydrogen at a pressure of 517 bar -- the largest pressure level among Type IV tank.
Another strength of Neptune comes from Anti-buckling technology, which can fully extract hydrogen without causing internal damage. Given that most Type IV high-pressure tanks can shrink easily when stored fully, they often have one-tenth of storage capacity in reserve. Receiving certificates from the Department of Transportation, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and other state agencies, Neptune has proved its strength for transportation and storage usage.
Hanwha Cimarron's supply of hydrogen tanks will support Shell's efforts to extend its hydrogen refueling network across California. The state is emerging as a key hydrogen hub in the US, with 52 out of 66 refueling stations in the US operating there. According to research firm MarketsandMarkets, the global hydrogen energy storage market is projected to reach 119.2 billion by 2027 and North America will constitute about 13 percent of the global market volume.
"This supply contract is a great foundation for our collaboration with Shell and our efforts to expand our presence in the US hydrogen market," said Ryoo Du-hyoung, who heads Hanwha Solutions' Advanced Materials Division. "We are also expanding hydrogen tank business in Europe, including Germany, to attract more clients globally."
Acquired by Hanwha Solutions in December 2020, Hanwha Cimarron, formerly known as Cimarron Composites, founded by NASA scientist Tom Delay, is seeking to scale up its business. Its $51 million investment plan to build a high-pressure tank manufacturing facility in Opelika, Alabama, is well underway. When the construction is complete later this year, Opelika factory can produce up to 4,000 high-pressure tanks annually.
In 2021, it signed a deal with Texas-based energy company Sunbridge Energy Services to provide storage tanks for compressed natural gas (CNG). The $260-million deal aims to deliver tube trailers containing dozens of vessels that can store CNG and other pressurized gases such as hydrogen.
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rowley Law PLLC is investigating potential securities law violations by Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN) and its board of directors concerning the proposed acquisition of the company by an investor group led by Permira and Hellman & Friedman LLC. Stockholders will receive $77.50 for each share of Zendesk, Inc. stock that they hold. The transaction is valued at approximately $10.2 billion and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022.
If you are a stockholder of Zendesk, Inc. and are interested in obtaining additional information regarding this investigation, please visit us at: http://www.rowleylawpllc.com/investigation/zen/. You may also contact Shane Rowley, Esq. at Rowley Law PLLC, 50 Main Street Suite 1000, White Plains, NY 10606, by email at info@rowleylawpllc.com, or by telephone at 914-400-1920 or 844-400-4643 (toll-free).
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As the Supreme Court weighs in on a lower court decision related to mifepristone, how do suburban voters in Texas - ground zero for restrictions - view the national conversation around abortion?
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As the Supreme Court weighs in on a lower court decision related to mifepristone, how do suburban voters in Texas - ground zero for restrictions - view the national conversation around abortion?
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More than 70 percent of this year's scholars are pursuing degrees in business or STEM and over 60 percent are women or hail from HBCUs.
More than 1700 attendees gathered over three days of professional development, thought leadership and celebratory events to honor trailblazers and leaders who have demonstrated excellence in advancing Black leadership and diversity and inclusion in corporate America.
Corporate leaders and organizations including Target, Lowe's Chairman and CEO Marvin Ellison, philanthropist and corporate director Brenda Lauderback and Ambassador Andrew Young Jr. were among this year's honorees.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the preeminent global membership organization for Black current and former CEOs, senior executives, and board members of Fortune 1000 and equivalent companies, top-tier entrepreneurs, and global thought leaders, has announced that it has awarded over $1.5M in scholarships to 132 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual recognition gala and fundraising event which took place on October 6, 2022 in Washington D.C.
Black executives, philanthropists and influential leaders came together in person, after a two-year hiatus, to celebrate The ELC's larger mission of providing programmatic pillars which work to increase opportunities for Black scholars and professionals to succeed on their path to becoming high-powered business executives.
"It is our mission as members of The ELC to support these young people in their pursuit of higher education, leadership roles and future careers," said ELC President and CEO Michael C. Hyter. "Philanthropic endeavors like these ensure that students know they are being supported in their journey and that we are growing, maintaining and securing the talent pipeline that is needed for corporations to fulfill their DEI commitments to our community."
IMAGE GALLERY: The Executive Leadership Council Honors Corporations, Executives and Scholars at 36th Annual Recognition Gala
This year's scholars represent a diverse number of fields with 73 percent pursuing either a STEM or business-related degree. Approximately 61% of this year's scholars are women and 61% hail from a long list of HBCUs and other prominent universities from across the country including: Columbia University, Emory University, Florida A&M University, Florida State University, Howard University, Loyola University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Texas A&M University, University of Miami, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, Virginia State University, and many more.
"We are grateful to have the opportunity to come back in person to celebrate with our scholars their academic achievements and through these contributions, their future success," said ELC Board Chairman & CitiGroup CRA Regulatory Group Managing Director and Head Lloyd W. Brown, II. "Our partners' commitment to the next generation of Black professionals through an intentional investment of their professional development will exponentially help facilitate The ELC's ongoing efforts to expand the pipeline of future Black executive leaders. We truly value their support."
As an ELC scholar, students are welcomed into a large network of opportunities, are given internship opportunities through the companies that help support The ELC Scholarship Program and attend a four-day Scholars Symposium where they participate in virtual developmental workshops.
"The access to Black professionals across numerous fields, academic enrichment and the ability to relieve part of my financial burden are the reasons why The ELC scholarship program is important to me. Knowing that I will have a network of executives and peers, who look like me, and with whom I can network and learn, encourages me to pursue my passions. I am excited to embark on this journey as an ELC Scholar," said University of Miami Brunswick Scholar, Jaida Headley.
This year's scholarships were made possible by: Bank of America, Bristol Myers Squibb, Brunswick Corporation, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HSBC USA, Johnson & Johnson, Linde, Lowe's, Moody's, Nationwide, Otsuka, Synchrony, The Coca Cola Foundation and The Executive Leadership Council.
In addition to the scholars, The ELC presented honors to Marvin Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Lowe's, Brenda J. Lauderback, chair of the board of Denny's board of directors and a member of the Sleep Number and Wolverine Worldwide corporate boards, Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell on behalf of Target, and the Honorable Ambassador Andrew Young, Jr. who this year received the prestigious 2022 Global Game Changer Award.
The 2022 ELC Annual Recognition Gala, presented by returning lead sponsor Johnson & Johnson, also recognizes notable business achievements for corporate organizations and individuals who have demonstrated outstanding efforts to pave the way to a successful enterprise that benefits and sheds light on their communities.
The Executive Leadership Council opens channels of opportunity for the development of Black executives to positively impact business and our communities. An independent non-profit 501(c)(3) founded in 1986, The ELC is the pre-eminent membership organization committed to increasing the number of global Black executives in C-suites, on corporate boards and in global enterprises. Comprising more than 800 current and former Black CEOs, senior executives and board directors at Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies and entrepreneurs at top-tier firms, its members work to build an inclusive business leadership pipeline that empowers global Black leaders to make impactful contributions to the marketplace and the global communities they serve. For more information, please visit www.elcinfo.com. Engage during the event on social media: #ELCGALA on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, April 23, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
248 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY...
At 248 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Alamo Village, or 17 miles north of Brackettville, moving east at 25
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Kinney County, including the following locations...
Kickapoo Cavern State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Austin San Antonio.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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