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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Bills traded up two spots to No. 25 during the first round of the NFL Draft to select Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid on Thursday night.
Kincaid is a 6-foot-4, 246-pound tight end touted by draft analysts as a talented pass catcher with strong hands and quality route running. He is still developing as a blocker and has some injury concerns, but looks poised to slot in alongside Dawson Knox and provide Buffalo’s offense with another weapon.
Here’s how a few draft analysts from various media outlets graded the Bills’ pick soon after it was announced.
Scott Dochterman, The Athletic
Grade: B+
“Josh Allen needed another talent in the passing game, and Kincaid gives it to him. Working in combination with Dawson Knox, Kincaid has a good frame, large hands and is a tremendous pass catcher. At this point in his career, Kincaid is more effective as a pass receiver than a full-service tight end.”
Brent Sobelski, Bleacher Report
Grade: A
“Technically, he’s a tight end. But he’s at his best when working as a detached option. His catch radius and toughness over the middle of the field cannot be questioned. Josh Allen should be one of the happiest guys in the league right now based on what the Bills accomplished in the first round.”
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports
Grade: C
“This is a strange pick when you consider they have Dawson Knox and have a few more pressing needs. Kincaid is a good player, but the position doesn’t make sense and they traded up to get him.”
PFF Staff, Pro Football Focus
Grade: Elite
“The Bills make a small jump to land the premier pass-catching tight end in the draft in Kincaid. This is a huge value pick for the 10th overall player on the PFF big board. Kincaid was the focal point of the Utah offense and led all players at the position with a 91.8 PFF receiving grade in 2022.”
Charles McDonald, Yahoo! Sports
Grade: C
“This one feels like a bit of a weird pick for Buffalo. Kincaid should play a similar role to Dawson Knox, who is still locked in on the Bills roster for at least the next two seasons. Perhaps they have a different idea in mind for how this duo will play together, but right now it looks a bit crowded. Kincaid is a stud, at least. It’s not a reach in terms of talent.”
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NEW ORLEANS, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Entergy will report its second-quarter 2023 financial results before the market opens Wednesday, Aug. 2.
Drew Marsh, chairman and chief executive officer, Kimberly Fontan, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and company leaders invite you to listen to a live webcast discussion of Entergy's financial results at 10 a.m. Central time the same day. The webcast may be accessed by visiting Entergy's website at entergy.com/investors or by dialing 888-440-4149, conference ID 9024832.
The presentation materials will be available on Entergy's website before the market opens on the day of the call. An archived replay of the webcast will be available on Entergy's Investor Relations website at entergy.com/investors. From time to time, Entergy posts new and/or revised materials on its website and on social media and anticipates doing so in connection with this event.
About Entergy
Entergy (NYSE: ETR) is a Fortune 500 company that powers life for 3 million customers through our operating companies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. We're investing in the reliability and resilience of the energy system while helping our region transition to cleaner, more efficient energy solutions. With roots in our communities for more than 100 years, Entergy is a nationally recognized leader in sustainability and corporate citizenship. Since 2018, we have delivered more than $100 million in economic benefits each year to local communities through philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy. Entergy is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has approximately 12,000 employees. Learn more at entergy.com and follow @Entergy on social media. #WePowerLife
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Nearly half of the American workforce is now working remotely at least one day a week. And new research shows that many employees consider remote work to be non-negotiable for their employment.
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Get ready for a new performance-oriented Ford Mustang Mach-E in showrooms soon.
Ford on Friday presented a prototype for the Mustang Mach-E Rally at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. and confirmed the start of orders this fall.
On hand for the debut was rally driver Ott Tänak, who drove the prototype up Goodwood’s hill-climb course. He currently competes in the World Rally Championship with a rally car based on the Ford Puma subcompact crossover.
“Mustang Mach-E took the freedom and fun of Mustang and made it free from emissions,” Darren Palmer, head of electric vehicle programs at Ford’s Model E division, said in a statement. “Now with Mustang Mach-E Rally, we’re providing our customers the freedom to venture off the asphalt and beyond the beaten path.”
Ford is holding back details until closer to the market launch but said the vehicle has been inspired by the rally cars that compete in rallycross, the closed mixed-surface racing with jumps galore. Ford has been a regular in rallycross competition over the years, typically with rally cars based on the Fiesta subcompact hatchback.
Judging by the prototype, the Mustang Mach-E Rally will feature unique designs for the front fascia and wheels, plus an aerodynamic package that includes a front splitter and an oversized roof spoiler. There are also driving lights mounted to the grille panel, as well as sport seats in the cabin.
Given the performance focus, the Mustang Mach-E Rally will likely employ the most powerful powertrain configuration offered in the Mustang Mach-E. Currently found in the GT Performance grade, the dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain is rated at 480 hp.
There will most likely be a few chassis upgrades, too, including potentially a slight increase in ride height given the need for off-road capability.
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The U.S. has brought sanctions against the former Olympic gymnast who is long-rumored to be the romantic partner of Russian President Vladimir Putin — adding the person known as "Russia's most flexible woman" to the growing list of individuals to face financial penalties in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Alina Kabaeva, 39, has been romantically linked to Putin, 69, for more than a decade and is thought to have had at least three children with him. In announcing sanctions against her on Tuesday, the Treasury Department said "Kabaeva has a close relationship to Putin" and that she was being targeted as part of an effort to "impose severe costs for those who support President Vladimir Putin's war."
"As innocent people suffer from Russia's illegal war of aggression, Putin's allies have enriched themselves and funded opulent lifestyles," said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a statement. "The Treasury Department will use every tool at our disposal to make sure that Russian elites and the Kremlin's enablers are held accountable for their complicity in a war that has cost countless lives."
While the Kremlin has long denied any relationship between Kabaeva and Putin, rumors of their partnership date back more than a decade. Here's some of what we know about them.
She was a gymnastics star, but was once banned for doping
Kabaeva is one of the most decorated rhythmic gymnasts in Russian history. She took up the sport at the age of 4 and would eventually go on to win 21 European Championship medals, 14 World Championship medals and two Olympic medals, including a gold at the 2004 Games in Athens. Her signature move, known as the "Kabaeva," helped her earn the nickname "Russia's most flexible woman."
Her career was not without controversy, though. In 2001, she tested positive at the Goodwill Games in Australia for the banned substance furosemide — a diuretic sometimes used by athletes to lose weight or to hide the use of other drugs. She denied doping and said the substance came from a tainted pill she bought at a local pharmacy. Nevertheless, she was briefly banned from competition and forced to return her medals from the 2001 World Championship in Madrid.
She went into politics, then the media business
Kabaeva retired from professional gymnastics around 2007 and decided to enter politics. She was selected for a seat in the lower house of parliament, where she served as a member of Putin's United Russia party. In parliament, she was a leading advocate for a law that deprived many Russian orphans the opportunity to be adopted abroad.
In 2014, she left politics to serve as chairwoman of Russia's New Media Group, which the U.S. describes as "a pro-Kremlin empire of television, radio, and print organizations." For months, Kremlin critics have accused the organization of framing Western commentary on the Ukraine invasion as a disinformation campaign. She was appointed to the job despite limited experience in the industry beyond hosting a TV talk show.
Putin and Kabaeva do not discuss the relationship
Kabaeva has denied a relationship with Putin, and Putin has similarly never acknowledged any such partnership. In 2008, the famously private Russian president was asked about Kabaeva during a news conference in Italy with Silvio Berlusconi, then the country's prime minister-elect.
"I am, of course, aware of the cliché that politicians live in glass houses, but even in these cases, there must be some limits," Putin said while dismissing the rumors. "I always disliked people who go around with their erotic fantasies, sticking their snot-ridden noses into another person's life," he continued.
Berlusconi, standing next to Putin, then mimed shooting the reporter who asked the question with an imaginary machine gun.
The question came just days after The Moskovsky Korrespondent, a Russian tabloid owned by a former Soviet intelligence officer, reported that Putin planned to marry Kabaeva. The paper was soon suspended "for financial reasons" and never resumed operation.
The sanctions may not have much effect
Kabaeva is just the latest individual in Putin's orbit to face sanctions in retaliation for the war in Ukraine. Since the launch of the Russian invasion in February, the U.S. has announced sanctions against a wide range of Russian banks and businesses, Putin associates and even two of his adult daughters.
But at this point in the war, it's unclear how far sanctions against any one individual will go to deter Putin, says Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Ziemba says there's little to suggest Kabaeva even has financial assets in the U.S., and in the aftermath of similar sanctions against her by both the U.K. and European Union, she has likely "prepared for the risk" of penalty by the U.S.
"The idea is that by targeting people close to Putin himself, that it will make his life and those close to him more difficult, which might lead to them to sort of change policy," Ziemba said. "The ship has probably sailed on that one."
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COSTA MESA, Calif. – Brandon Staley remained steadfast he would remain head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers despite plenty of speculation about his future.
“I am aware of the speculation because I have to be briefed of it to be prepared for guys like you," Staley said to reporters on Wednesday during his season-ending press conference. “I was not worried about that because I know what goes on here on a day-to-day basis and I know what we have in the locker room.”
Staley's status was a source of debate among fans and commentators during the past two weeks. It began after the loss to Denver in the regular-season finale when he played his starters and wide receiver Mike Williams suffered a season-ending back injury. It ramped up to fever pitch after last Saturday's 31-30 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in an AFC wild-card round game, when the Chargers blew the third-largest lead in postseason history.
The Bolts improved from 9-8 in Staley's first campaign in 2021 to 10-7 and the franchise's first trip to the playoffs since 2018 this season. Both years, though, have ended in disappointing fashion in which decisions by Staley backfired.
In last year's regular-season finale against Las Vegas, Staley called a timeout on defense in the final minute when the Raiders were content to run out the clock and play for a tie, which would have put both teams in the playoffs. Instead, Las Vegas ended up driving into field goal range and knocked the Chargers out of a postseason spot on the final play.
In reviewing the Jacksonville loss, Staley didn't point to one play but a series of plays, penalties or not converting in key situations.
“I’m proud that we were able to get a chance to compete. I thought that first half showed you what our team has inside of it and the second half showed where we need to improve," he said.
Staley's immediate task will be finding an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after Joe Lombardi and Shane Day were fired.
The Chargers were ranked ninth in total offense, but 20th in scrimmage yards per play, along with the league's third-worst rushing attack.
Staley said one of the most important factors he is looking for in a coordinator is being able to do a better job of bringing balance to the offense. Los Angeles had the NFL’s second-biggest discrepancy between passing and running plays (65% pass to 35% run).
“The offenses that I think are the most challenging to defend, and the people who have been here with me, are the ones that put a lot of pressure on you every snap, in terms of marrying the run game to the pass game, putting a lot of pressure on you with personnel groupings, pace, motion, and being able to get the explosions consistently,” Staley said. “I want to have an offense that mirrors our defense because I think that those are the types of organizations, those are the type of football teams, who are consistent, game-in and game-out, season-in and season-out.”
Justin Herbert, who will have his third offensive coordinator in four NFL seasons, will have some input in the process.
Staley said there isn't a set deadline on when he would like to name a new offensive coordinator, but added it would be fair to see that it is likely to be someone that has come from the coaching tree of 49ers boss Kyle Shanahan or Rams' coach Sean McVay.
Staley also left open the possibility that other changes could occur on the coaching staff with evaluations continuing.
One thing that Staley closed the door on was having someone else call the plays on defense. He said that it will still be his responsibility.
The Chargers devoted plenty of their offseason resources last year to upgrading the defense, yet it was ranked 20th in the league and the fifth-worse at stopping the run.
“Our players, our coaches, you guys know the improvement that I made from my first year to my second year. You’re able to see it, visibly. I don’t need to tell you the improvements I made," Staley said. "I’m excited to bounce back and to really attack this offseason and compete at a high level.”
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In the weeks since the the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire began, rescue organizations have been scrambling to save endangered animals. Santa Fe Cats, which is managed by Felines & Friends, has provided safe haven for nearly 40 evacuated cats.
When Felines & Friends offered to board cats from evacuated areas for free, many displaced families called for help, arriving within a few hours in vehicles filled with whatever they could pack, including their beloved cats.
“Everyone was so grateful we were accepting cats,” said Bobbi Heller, Felines & Friends executive director.
“Pet friendly hotels often only mean dog friendly, leaving people with cats in a panic. While many did not know if they would have a home to return to, at least they knew their pets were safe. Everyone was so grateful and there was a lot of hugging,” Heller said.
Senior cat Aubergine, adopted last summer, was among the lucky. When her owner had to evacuate, Aubergine returned to Santa Fe Cats. Another cat, Opi, a huge Maine coon, is still bunking at Santa Fe Cats because his Pecos owners left on a road trip and knew he would be safe there until they returned.
Santa Fe Cats also offered refuge for strays from evacuated areas. As a terrified Whiskey ran from the fire, he arrived at the home of a person who also had to evacuate. His rescuer couldn’t bear to leave Whiskey behind. Whiskey arrived at Santa Fe Cats oily, smelling of smoke and with a nasty respiratory infection. After vet care and rehab, this once-sooty stray is now a creamy white sweetheart, ready for adoption.
A litter of 3-week-old kittens was also lucky after being evacuated from Las Vegas, Nev. Sadly, rescuers were unable to catch the mother cat — a stray whose fate is unknown. After coming close to a tragic death, these five bottle-feeding babies are thriving in foster care. According to volunteer Christine Dugan, the litter is happy, social, and people-loving. “They are taken with our bigger cats and have fierce wrestling matches, followed by cuddly grooming sessions,” said Dugan.
“They are so good, even coming when called, and nothing is cuter than a stampede of kittens,” said Dugan. “People had suggested names related to the blaze, like Smoky or Ash, but we thought they had had enough fire trauma and were ready for fun-filled entertaining lives, so we named them after games: Mousetrap, Yahtzee, Bananagram, Kerplunk and Parcheesi.”
Offering free refuge for evacuated pets comes at a cost. According to Heller, a conservative estimate would be over $5,000 since evacuees were not charged regular boarding fees. Felines & Friends footed the bill for staff hours to care for extra cats, food and litter, and vet bills.
For those who want to help the nonprofit continue providing care and second chance adoptions for even more cats, Felines & Friends is holding a fundraising event “Cocktails for Critters” from 3-5 p.m. June 26 at the governor’s mansion. Tickets must be purchased in advance at fandfnm.ejoinme.org/2022CFC.
Tracks
Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society: Sheri Moon is a sweet 3-year-old dog, weighing 60 pounds. She knows many basic commands, including sit and down. Sheri Moon will put her paw out for a treat and is also house trained.
Snap is a 2-month-old domestic long-haired cat who weighs two pounds. She may grow to
10 pounds as an adult.
These and other animals are available for adoption from the animal shelter, 100 Caja del Rio Road.
The shelter’s adoption hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Call 505-983-4309, ext. 1610, or visit SFHumaneSociety.org.
Española Humane: Alice and her pup, Wonderland, are distemper survivors. Tragically, the rest of Alice’s litter didn’t survive this deadly, and vaccine preventable, disease. After weeks and weeks of intensive medical and foster care, these two are healthy.
The shelter has the cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in feline form. Adopt one of these cats, like baby Sleepy, and they are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.
Call 505-753-8662 or visit espanolahumane.org.
Felines & Friends: Kitten season is in full swing. Four-month-old Gray Tabbies Hotpot, Dumpling and Eggroll were taken in by a good Samaritan along with five similarly-aged cousins. Siblings Wonton and Fried Rice are gray tabbies, possibly mixed with some dilute calico. Cousins Orange Chicken, Shrimp Toast and Potsticker are all orange tabbies.
This eight pack of kittens are socialized and playful, having lived with dogs and many cats. Each kitten must be adopted either with another kitten or into a home with a young, playful cat for company. Visit Petco to meet them or apply at FandFnm.org.
Dew Paws Rescue: Biscuit is a 4-month-old black Lab mix. Biscuit was rescued in Portales after having his back legs broken by his owner. Biscuit is in recovery after having orthopedic surgery. Biscuit is good with other dogs, cats and children. For more information or if you are interested in adopting or fostering Biscuit, call 505-412-9096 or go to infodewpaws@gmail.com.
The Horse Shelter: Kai is a beautiful, 9-year-old, Perlino mare, who has a very sweet personality and has had extensive groundwork experience in the shelter’s training program. She is easy to handle and gets along with most horses. Kai is available as a nonriding/companion horse due to lameness issues. If you are interest in adopting Kai, call 505-577-4041 or go to thehorseshelter.org. | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/paws/felines-friends-helps-wildfire-victims-with-cats/article_3126d46c-ecfa-11ec-8e30-337691a6a2aa.html | 2022-06-16 08:16:09 | 0 | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/paws/felines-friends-helps-wildfire-victims-with-cats/article_3126d46c-ecfa-11ec-8e30-337691a6a2aa.html |
HiStone reveals LUNA X HK568/HK568U, an all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) model revolutionizing the retail and hospitality industries
QINGDAO, China, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- HiStone, a leading provider of innovative POS and Self-Checkout hardware solutions, announces the release of its latest addition to the LUNA X model range, the HK568/HK568U. This all-in-one POS model sets new standards in performance, flexibility, and user experience, solidifying HiStone's position as a reliable and premium-quality technology vendor in the industry.
The HK568/HK568U are equipped with Intel® Celeron® Elkhart Lake J6412 and Intel® Core™ Tiger Lake i3 CPUs respectively, delivering unparalleled processing power and performance to meet the ever-growing demands of modern businesses. This enhanced processing capability empowers retailers and hospitality providers to handle complex operations efficiently, ensuring frictionless payment services for their customers.
As one of the standout features of the HK568/HK568U, its smart hinge design enables seamless screen rotation and adjustable screen height. This flexibility enhances user comfort and convenience, providing operators with more freedom to configure the device according to their specific needs.
The 15.6" wide-screen POS display offers an immersive visual experience. This larger display brings greater clarity and detail to the forefront, enhancing both customer interactions and the overall user interface for operators. With the HK568/HK568U, businesses can provide their customers with a seamless and enjoyable purchasing journey.
Cube X box design adds value by optimizing counter space where room is an issue. The compact form factor ensures that businesses can maximize their operational efficiency without compromising on performance or functionality.
"HiStone's HK568/HK568U represents a significant milestone in our journey to provide the most reliable and high-grade solutions for the retail and hospitality industries," said Chris Yost, VP of Sales, North America region at HiStone. "Understanding today's business challenges, we deliver POS solutions that ensure the ultimate customer experience at scale."
With the launch of the HK568/HK568U, HiStone once again demonstrates its commitment to driving digital transformation and supporting businesses in the retail and hospitality sectors.
For more information about HiStone and the HK568/HK568U, please visit us at https://www.hics.histonetec.com/luna-x-hk568-all-in-one-pos.
About HiStone
HiStone is one of the world's leading providers of innovative hardware solutions, specializing in POS and self-checkout systems. With a strong focus on reliability, performance, and ultimate customer experience, HiStone delivers premium-quality solutions that empower businesses to capitalize on new opportunities in the digital age.
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GALLERY: Rocket launch seen from Myrtle Beach
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - It wasn’t a meteorite and it wasn’t a plane. It was an Antares Rocket launched from Wallops Island, Virginia!
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HONG KONG, Sept. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fosun International Limited (HKEX stock code: 00656, "Fosun International") said a major international investment bank Morgan Stanley has reiterated its "Overweight" rating on Fosun International with a target price of HK$11.4.
In the first half of 2022, Fosun achieved sustainable growth in its revenue, with a total revenue of RMB82.89 billion, representing an increase of 17.7% over the same period in 2021. The company pointed out that after entering the second half of the year, thanks to the Group's long-term adherence to profound industry operations, the financial and operational indicators of companies in multiple segments have rapidly shown signs of a steady recovery.
Fosun's Actual Debt is Only RMB100 Billion, Corresponding to Total Assets of RMB270 billion
The market is concern about Fosun International's debt situation and believes that Fosun is under the pressure of RMB650 billion debt. According to Fosun International's 2022 interim results, its total assets amounted to RMB849.7 billion and total liabilities amounted to RMB651.3 billion as of 30 June 2022. However, the market's perception of RMB650 billion debt is in fact a confusing statement.
This RMB650 billion figure is the consolidated total liabilities of Fosun International and its subsidiaries, including the liabilities of its financial institutions such as insurance companies, banks, etc. However, the liabilities of financial institutions and the commonly referred interest bearing corporate debt are two different concepts. In fact, the consolidated interest bearing debt of Fosun International stands at approximately RMB260 billion only, which also consists of debts of its consolidated listed subsidiaries such as Yuyuan and Fosun Pharma, etc. The repayment obligations of these debts are independently borne by the corresponding listed companies. In other words, the actual debt that is borne by Fosun International is only approximately RMB100 billion, corresponding to total assets of RMB270 billion and net asset value (NAV) of around RMB20 per share. From this perspective, Fosun is not under significant debt repayment pressure.
Morgan Stanley Reiterated its "Overweight" Rating on Fosun International with a Target Price of HK$11.4 for the Third Time
Morgan Stanley issued a research report on 16 September, the report said that most of Fosun's debt at the consolidated level reported in its recent interim results announcement consists of lending by Fosun's operating subsidiaries. The firm estimated that the debt at the holding company, including onshore debt, offshore debt and bank loans, is much lower. In terms of cash, with a tightening credit market, it is understandable that the company needs to take quick action to convert liquid assets into cash. It is estimated that the cash generated from its recent asset sales, together with its cash on hand is getting closer to being able to repay its near-term debt obligations. Morgan Stanley has therefore reiterated its "Overweight" rating on Fosun International with a target price of HK$11.4.
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Just in time for Christmas in July!
NORTHBROOK, Ill. , July 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Going Out of Business sales have commenced across all remaining Christmas Tree Shops store locations nationwide. The liquidation event is being managed by Hilco Merchant Resources.
At the Going Out of Business sales, shoppers can take advantage of discounts up to 50 percent off the lowest ticketed prices throughout the store, with all Christmas and other holiday items being 50% OFF the lowest ticketed prices. In addition to holiday items and décor, these stores offer a huge selection of home décor, furniture, gifts and so much more, including popular brands, now at even lower prices. New Merchandise will be arriving throughout the sale.
From furniture to seasonal decor, housewares to gifts, food and drinks to paper and party goods–your Christmas Tree Shops store has it all to help celebrate both special occasions and everyday living at a great value! Whether you're searching for the best deals on holiday decorations, trend-right home decor, gourmet treats, party supplies or great gifts…you'll be thrilled to discover all this and more at your store. Find big bargains on all your favorite things…its Christmas savings in July!
Select fixtures, furnishings and equipment will also be available for sale in closing locations. All sales are final during this store closing event.
Find a store near you: https://stores.christmastreeshops.com
About Christmas Tree Shops
Christmas Tree Shops operates in 20 states and is the go-to destination for celebrating, decorating and everyday-ing at bargain prices. Explore and discover seasonal and holiday decorations, trend-right home goods and fun finds of every kind. You'll also fall in love with one-of-a-kind items from our exclusive in-house collections. Our ever-changing assortment of merchandise makes for a treasure hunt shopping experience. You never know what surprises are in store! Whether you're hosting for the holidays, decorating your first home, planning a party, or stocking up on your favorite snacks, you can do it all here for less.
About Hilco Global – Hilco Merchant Resources: Hilco Merchant Resources is a division of Hilco Global (www.hilcoglobal.com). Hilco Global is a privately held diversified financial services company and the world's preeminent authority on maximizing the value of assets for both healthy and distressed companies. Hilco Global financial services leverage a unique blend of deep restructuring and advisory experience with capital solutions and principal investing. Hilco Global delivers customized solutions to undervalued, high potential companies to resolve complex and stressed situations and enhance long-term enterprise value. Hilco Global operates as a holding company comprised of over twenty specialized business units that work to help companies understand the value of their assets and as needed monetize the value. Hilco Global has almost 4 decades of a successful track record of acting as an advisor, agent, investor and/or principal in any transaction. Hilco Global works to deliver the best possible result by aligning interests with clients and providing them strategic insight, advice, and, in many instances, the capital required to complete the deal. Hilco Global is based in Northbrook, Illinois and has 700 professionals operating on five continents with US offices located in Boston, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and internationally in Australia, Canada, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico and throughout Asia.
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WFO SEATTLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, October 31, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Seattle WA
720 PM PDT Mon Oct 31 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BOLT CREEK BURN SCAR IS CANCELLED...
The Flash Flood Watch is cancelled for a portion of west central
Washington, including the following area, West Slopes North Central
Cascades and Passes.
Convergence zone shower activity has diminished in the vicinity of
the burn scar. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat
today. Heavy rain is possible Friday and Saturday. Please continue
to monitor products and services.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Another Puttshack to open in Natick
Puttshack, the mini golf venue that opened in the Seaport last month, is bringing another “upscale, tech-infused” location to Natick by the end of 2023. The 22,000-square-foot space will occupy two floors in the Natick Mall, with three, nine-hole courses. There, the company’s “Trackball” technology will keep score and display players’ progress on a digital scoreboard. It will also boast a full-service bar, outdoor patio, and semi-private room for events and corporate outings. “With its close proximity to Boston, in the heart of MetroWest suburbs, Natick serves as the ideal destination to extend our presence in Massachusetts,” Dave Diamond, president of Puttshack, wrote in a statement. Puttshack already operates almost a dozen cities nationwide and plans to open in Dallas, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and more next year. — DITI KOHLI
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RETAIL
Amazon reports its biggest Thanksgiving weekend ever
Amazon said Wednesday it had its biggest-ever Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend, aided by a record number of consumers looking for deals online amid high inflation. The e-commerce company does not typically share how much it earns during its sales events and did not disclose its overall revenue from the weekend. It said in a news release independent businesses that sell on its site generated more than $1 billion in sales. A record 196.7 million people shopped in stores and online during the five-day shopping period that stretched from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, 17 million more compared with last year, according to the National Retail Federation, a trade group. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEDIA
People names its People of the Year
Matthew McConaughey, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Hudson, and “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson have been named People magazine’s 2022 “People of the Year.” The magazine unveiled its annual list Wednesday, with editor in chief Wendy Naugle explaining this year’s honorees were selected because of their efforts to help others. McConaughey was chosen for his advocacy efforts after the Uvalde school shooting rocked his hometown. Kunis was lauded for her fund-raising — which People said has topped $37 million — for Ukraine, where she was born. Hudson and Brunson were honored for their onscreen work. Hudson, who launched a daytime talk show this year, was cited for her efforts to create an inclusive show where everyone felt welcome. Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary,” a critical hit that turned her into an Emmy winner, was praised as a show that brought many joy and showed that different generations can work well together. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BANKING
HSBC to shut more than 100 branches in the UK
HSBC has announced plans to shutter more than 100 of its UK branches next year as the bank pushes more of its customers to use its online services. The London-headquartered lender said it would begin the closure of 114 sites beginning in April, cutting its branch network by about a quarter, according to a statement Wednesday. The bank will have 327 branches at the end of the process to serve its 14.9 million UK customers. — BLOOMBERG NEWS
MEDIA
Guatemalan investigative newspaper shuttered after government arrests its president
The prominent Guatemalan investigative newspaper “El Periodico” announced Wednesday that it is stopping its print edition after the government arrested the paper’s president. José Rubén Zamora was arrested in July and charged with money laundering and extortion. Zamora has overseen dozens of investigations into corruption during his leadership at El Periodico since the paper was founded in 1996. All of the paper’s reporters have been let go, and it is not clear how it can continue with digital editions only. The government has withdrawn advertising and has allegedly pressured businesses to do the same. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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DELIVERIES
DoorDash to cut more than 1,200 jobs
DoorDash is eliminating about 1,250 corporate jobs, or about 6 percent of its workforce, saying it hired too many people when delivery demand surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief executive Tony Xu said in a message to employees Wednesday that DoorDash was undersized before the pandemic and sped up hiring to catch up with its growth. DoorDash and other start-up delivery services posted record revenue during the pandemic with millions sheltering at home. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
ENVIRONMENT
EU goes after plastic
The European Union is targeting coffee pods, hotel toiletries, and throwaway water bottles with a set of proposals meaning to save space at landfills and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. The measures released Wednesday by the European Commission seek to reduce packaging waste 5 percent from 2018 levels by the end of this decade, according to a draft seen by Bloomberg News. All packaging items would have to be recyclable, and items such as teabags and apple stickers would have to be compostable. — BLOOMBERG NEWS
INTERNET
Google sued in UK over advertising dominance
Google and its parent Alphabet Inc. were sued in a UK court over alleged antitrust abuses in a group claim by 130,000 businesses that argues the tech giant’s approach to advertising may have cost companies billions of pounds in lost revenue. The claim, filed at London’s UK Competition Appeal Tribunal on Wednesday, accuses Google and its parent of abusing their dominant position in online advertising and “earning super-profits for itself at the expense of the tens of thousands of publishers of websites and mobile apps in the UK.” — BLOOMBERG NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL
Brexit partly to blame for high inflation
Brexit is partly to blame for historically high inflation in the UK by causing job shortages, strengthening pricing pressure among firms, and weakening the economy, Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill said. The central bank has estimated that leaving the European Union will cost the UK 3 percent in permanently lost national output within 15 years and has seen no reason to change the assumption, he added. Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, Pill stressed that the bank’s focus remained on returning inflation — which hit 11.1 percent in October — to its 2 percent target, adding that he expects to see headline inflation tailing off “quite rapidly” in the second half of next year. — BLOOMBERG NEWS
RETAIL
H&M to cut about 1,500 jobs
Low-cost fashion brand H&M said Wednesday that it will be reducing its global workforce by around 1,500 positions as part of a plan to reduce costs and further improve efficiency. The staff reduction is estimated to provide annual savings of about 2 billion kronor ($190 million). H&M was founded in Sweden in 1947. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
LABOR
South Korean subway workers go on strike
Workers at South Korea’s major subway operator went on strike for the first time since 2016, further straining a nation roiled by disruptions from a walkout by truckers. Unionized staff at state-run Seoul Metro, which operates subways in the South Korean capital, stopped work on Wednesday morning, according to the Seoul Transit Corporation Labor Union. They’re demanding the government withdraw plans to shrink the workforce and instead hire more staff to improve safety. The walkout comes as South Korea faces supply chain turmoil caused by strikes by truck drivers. — BLOOMBERG NEWS
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s President Joe Biden’s refuge from Washington — a place that’s part home office, part Sunday family dinner venue, a safe place for his treasured 1967 Corvette and a makeshift campaign studio during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, is coming under fresh scrutiny as a repository of classified material.
The White House confirmed Thursday that classified records were found in the garage of Biden’s Wilmington home, as well as an adjacent room that the president later identified as his personal library. The disclosure came three days after the White House said similarly classified materials were located at Biden’s former institute in Washington. The discoveries, taken together, prompted Attorney General Merrick Garland to tap a special counsel to oversee the matter.
The announcement shines a brighter spotlight on Biden’s Wilmington house, where he regularly spends the weekends and where he finds more freedom and a homier atmosphere than at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
“I said when I was running, I wanted to be president — not to live in the White House, but to be able to make the decisions about the future of the country,” Biden said in February 2021, just after he took office. Living in the White House, he said, is “a little like a gilded cage in terms of being able to walk outside and do things.”
So far in his presidency, Biden has spent part or all of 194 days in his home state of Delaware, spending most weekends in either at his Wilmington home or in Rehoboth Beach, where he owns a $2.7 million home, according to an Associated Press tally. He will head to Wilmington again this weekend.
Despite an onslaught of criticism, particularly from Republicans, for regularly escaping to the state, White House officials say the time spent in Wilmington is important for a president who traveled home nightly during the 36 years he served as senator. Biden also can stand up presidential operations at home, where he regularly meets with advisers, and an aide from the National Security Council travels with the president during Wilmington weekends.
“Every president can work from anywhere they are, because that is how presidencies are equipped,” former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in February 2022, as Russia began invading Ukraine and Biden was preparing for another weekend in Wilmington. She confirmed that Biden can make secure calls from “anywhere he is, yes.”
Biden’s custom-built Wilmington home, finished in 1998, is located in the tony Greenville section of the town and abuts a lake in a neighborhood where residents are now used to Secret Service vehicles and flashing motorcade lights. It’s a brief drive to his home church, St. Joseph on the Brandywine, and a branch of the upscale grocery store Wegman’s opened nearby in recent months.
The home is also a culmination of Biden’s decades-long quest to establish the perfect family home and his self-admitted obsession with real estate. Over the years, he would purchase several homes in Delaware and later sell them at a profit.
“Joe has a very symmetrical eye, and if he had a million dollars he wouldn’t be traveling, he would be putting it into his house,” his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, said in journalist Jules Witcover’s biography of the president. The book, “Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption,” described him as an “admittedly frustrated architect.”
So meaningful is the home to the Bidens that when the former vice president floated the prospect of a second mortgage to pay for his ailing son Beau’s expenses, then-President Barack Obama flatly refused “with a force that surprised me,” Biden wrote in his 2017 memoir, “Promise Me, Dad.”
“I’ll give you the money,” Obama said, in Biden’s retelling. “I have it. You can pay me back whenever.”
Jill Biden has also written fondly about the home, describing its sunroom — covered in family mementos, campaign paraphernalia and artwork — as “one of my favorite places in the world.”
“The small room overlooks the lake behind our house, and I like to sit with my feet tucked up on the sofa, wrapped in a pashmina, grading papers there from my classes at Northern Virginia Community College, where I’ve taught English and writing for the last eleven years,” she wrote in her memoir, “Where the Light Enters.” “It’s a room made for homeyness and comfort.”
This haven for the Bidens quickly morphed into his de facto campaign headquarters in March 2020, when Americans were suddenly homebound with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and presidential candidates ditched in-person stumping for virtual roundtables and Zoom fundraisers. Biden would keep up the at-home campaigning much longer than his opponent, Donald Trump, stirring some heartburn among Democrats and prompting mockery from Republicans that Biden was tethered to his basement.
But it also allowed for an unusual glimpse into the personal home of the Bidens, as he fielded questions sitting in front of shelves stuffed with books and posted Instagram photos of him and Jill dyeing Easter eggs in their kitchen.
In May 2020, Biden was speaking to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Victory Fund from home when he was repeatedly drowned out by squawking geese.
“There’s a pond on the other side of my property,” Biden remarked. “A lot of Canadian geese. If you hear them honking away, they’re cheering.”
The White House was pressed this week to disclose a visitors’ log to Biden’s personal home, but it’s unclear whether one even exists. Aside from family members and close advisers, there is little public knowledge about who comes in and out of Biden’s home, particularly when he is handling presidential business.
One exception was Sen. Joe Manchin.
In October 2021, Biden personally invited the influential West Virginia Democrat, as well as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to his home for breakfast and a tour of the property — a move seen as a deeply personal gesture from a president struggling to court Manchin on the Democrats’ massive social spending package that fall. Manchin would go on to extinguish those efforts two months later, and a furious White House responded that Manchin made a commitment to Biden “at his home in Wilmington,” portraying the senator’s announcement as a personal betrayal.
Now Biden’s home is again becoming a bit player in a political headache for the White House.
Garland said Thursday that the Justice Department was told Dec. 20 by Biden’s personal lawyer that classified material was found in the president’s Wilmington garage. Further, DOJ was notified Thursday that another record with classified markings was found elsewhere in the Wilmington home.
Asked about the disclosures Thursday, Biden kept his comments relatively brief, saying he will speak more on this “soon” and that he takes classified material seriously.
But Biden also wanted to make one thing about his house explicitly clear.
“By the way, my Corvette’s in a locked garage, OK?” he said. “So it’s not like it’s sitting out in the street.”
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday announced the appointment of former Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Steve Benjamin as a top adviser, filling a key White House role from a state that has become crucial to the Democratic Party ahead of the 2024 election cycle.
Benjamin will become director of the White House Office of Engagement. He takes over from another former mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, who had assumed the role in June and is returning to Atlanta, officials said.
Benjamin will oversee White House efforts “to ensure community leaders, diverse perspectives, and new voices have the opportunity to inform the work of the President in an inclusive, transparent and responsible way,” according to the White House. In a release, Biden called Benjamin a “longtime public servant” whose “deep relationships across the country” would well serve the administration.
Benjamin, 53, has long been considered a rising star in Democratic politics, serving three terms as Columbia’s mayor, and the first Black mayor in the city’s history. Serving as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and African Americans Mayors Association, Benjamin spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and was among the candidates considered for Hillary Clinton’s running mate that year. He opted not to run for a fourth term in 2021.
The appointment comes at a time when Benjamin’s home state is becoming even more critical to Democrats as they face the 2024 presidential campaign. Earlier this year, the Democratic National Committee voted to hold their first nominating contest of the next cycle in South Carolina, supplanting Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada in an effort to more deeply represent the desires of Black voters.
In South Carolina’s 2020 primary, Benjamin met with nearly all of the 2020 Democratic White House hopefuls, offering advice as they wound their way through South Carolina, a state in which support from Black voters is critical to Democratic candidates’ success. Benjamin initially gave his endorsement to former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg before supporting Biden, who scored a thundering win in the state’s primary.
Benjamin also served in the administration of Gov. Jim Hodges, who in 1998 was the most recent Democrat elected to South Carolina’s highest office. Earlier this year, his wife, DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, was sworn in as a judge on the 4th US. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, appointed to the post by Biden.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. (the "Company") (OTCPK: BHRB) and Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company (the "Bank") announced that, effective October 1, 2022, the Company and the Bank completed the reorganization transaction pursuant to which the Company has become the parent bank holding company for the Bank.
The Company will trade under the Bank's former ticker symbol BHRB on the OTC Markets trading platform. Each outstanding share of Bank common stock has automatically converted into one share of Company common stock and has the same rights and ownership percentage in the Company as it had in the Bank.
The Board of Directors of the Bank will serve as the Board of Directors for the Company and David P. Boyle will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer.
"This announcement is an important part of the continued success of the Company and we remain grateful for the ongoing support of our shareholders," said E. Hunt Burke, Chairman of the Board.
"This corporate reorganization can provide a number of benefits including additional access to capital markets, better liquidity for our shareholders, and increased visibility and demand for our stock," said David P. Boyle, the Bank's President & Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward to continuing on the path of executing our strategic priorities designed to deliver increased value for our customers, communities, employees and shareholders."
The Company formation does not impact the Bank's operations or workforce, and the Bank will continue to provide its full range of financial services from existing office locations throughout the greater Washington DC Metro area and the Commonwealth of Virginia. The headquarters for the Bank and the Company will remain in Alexandria, Virginia.
Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. is the bank holding company for Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company. Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company is the oldest continuously operating bank under its original name headquartered in the greater Washington DC Metro area. The Bank offers a full range of business and personal financial solutions designed to meet customers' banking, borrowing, and investment needs and has over 20 branches throughout the Northern Virginia region and commercial loan offices in Fredericksburg, Loudoun County, Richmond, and in Bethesda, Maryland. Learn more at www.burkeandherbertbank.com.
Member FDIC; Equal Housing Lender
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are based on certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of the Company and the Bank. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by use of the words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "will," "should," "may," "view," "opportunity," "potential," or similar expressions or expressions of confidence. The Company's ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has hired former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team.
Scarlet Knights coach Coquese Washington announced the hiring Tuesday, a day after adding former Rutgers star Tasha Pointer as an assistant coach.
McCray-Penson has 15 years of college coaching experience, most recently as head coach at Mississippi State and Old Dominion. She played nine seasons in the WNBA and won gold medals with Team USA at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
“Simply put, Nikki is a winner,” Washington said of her former Indiana Fever teammate from 2002-03. “She has excelled at the highest levels of our game. Her experience as a college All-American, a WNBA All-Star, an Olympic gold medalist, and her national championship-caliber coaching pedigree provides us with tremendous knowledge and wisdom."
McCray-Penson has won championships at all levels. Besides the Olympics, she was an assistant when South Carolina won the national championship in 2017 and led the Columbus Quest to the 1997 ABL Championship. In college, she helped Tennessee win three SEC regular-season championships, two SEC Tournament titles, and make a Final Four appearance in 1995.
McCray-Penson was named best defensive player for Tennessee in each of her four years.
After two straight 20-win seasons at Old Dominon, she left to become the head coach at Mississippi State in 2020-21. She coached the Bulldogs to 10 wins before stepping down after one season to focus on her health.
McCray-Penson also served as head coach at Western Kentucky.
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10 things to know about Queen Elizabeth II’s life
LONDON (AP) — Ten things to know about the life of Queen Elizabeth II:
BRITAIN’S LONGEST-REIGNING MONARCH
Elizabeth, who marked 70 years on the throne this year, wass the oldest and longest-reigning monarch in British history. In September 2015 she surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years and seven months.
In 2016, Elizabeth also became the longest-reigning monarch in the world with the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. In 2022, she became the second-longest-reigning monarch in world history, behind 17th century French King Louis XIV, who took the throne at age 4.
Apart from Elizabeth and Victoria, only four other monarchs in British history have reigned for 50 years or more: George III (59 years), Henry III (56 years), Edward III (50 years) and James VI of Scotland (58 years.)
HOME-SCHOOLING
Like many royals of her time and before, Elizabeth never went to a public school and was never exposed to other students. Instead, she was educated at home with Margaret, her younger sister.
Among those who taught her was her father, along with a senior teacher at Eton College, several French and Belgian governesses who taught her French, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, who taught her religion.
Elizabeth’s schooling also included learning to ride, swim, dance and the study of fine art and music.
“NO. 230873″
During World War II, young Princess Elizabeth briefly became known as No. 230873, Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor of the Auxiliary Transport Service No. 1.
After months of campaigning for her parents’ permission to do something for the war effort, the heir to the throne learned how to drive and service ambulances and trucks. She rose to the rank of honorary Junior Commander within months.
‘GREAT MIMICKER’
Elizabeth often gave the impression of a serious demeanor, and many have noted her “poker face,” but those who knew her described her as having a mischievous sense of humor and a talent for mimicry in private company.
Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has said the queen could be “extremely funny in private — and not everybody appreciates how funny she can be.”
Bishop Michael Mann, the monarch’s domestic chaplain, once said that “the queen imitating the Concorde landing is one of the funniest things you could see.” Ian Paisley, the Northern Irish clergyman and politician, also noted that Elizabeth was a “great mimicker” of him.
More recently, she showed her mischievous side during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, when she starred in a comic video alongside an animated Paddington Bear and spoke of hiding marmalade sandwiches in her purse.
ROYAL TAXPAYER
She may have been the queen, but she paid taxes too — at least since 1992.
When Windsor Castle, the queen’s weekend residence, was ravaged by fire in 1992, the public rebelled against paying millions of pounds for repairs.
But she voluntarily agreed to pay tax on her personal income. She said she would meet 70 percent of the cost of restoration work, and she also decided to open her home at Buckingham Palace to the public for the first time to generate extra funds from admission fees.
LITTLE LILIBET
The queen was christened Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor of York, in honor of her mother, paternal grandmother and paternal great-grandmother. But as a child, she was endearingly known as young Lilibet by her family — said to be because she couldn’t pronounce “Elizabeth” properly.
In a letter to her grandmother Queen Mary, the young princess wrote: “Dear Granny. Thank you very much for the lovely little jersey. We loved staying at Sandringham with you. I lost a top front tooth yesterday morning,” before signing off, “Love from Lilibet.”
The nickname became more widely known after Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, named their daughter Lilibet Diana in 2021.
A STEADFAST ROMANCE
Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip enjoyed a stable relationship for more 70 years, a union that far outlasted the marriages of three of her four children: Charles, Anne and Andrew.
“He has been quite simply my strength and stay all these years,” the queen said of Philip on their 50th wedding anniversary.
Their story began in 1939, when Prince Philip of Greece, a handsome 18-year-old naval cadet, was detailed to entertain the 13-year-old Elizabeth for a day. Several years later, Philip was invited to join the royal family at Windsor Castle at Christmas, and he soon made discreet inquiries whether he would be considered an eligible suitor.
The couple married in Westminster Abbey in 1947. When Philip died in 2021 at age 99, Elizabeth described his passing as leaving a “huge void” in her life, according to their son, Andrew.
MULTIPLE BIRTHDAYS
Elizabeth was born on April 21, 1926, but it was sometimes confusing for the public to know when to celebrate.
There was no universally fixed day for her “official birthday” — it’s either the first, second or third Saturday in June, and was decided by the government.
In Australia, her birthday was celebrated on the second Monday of June, while in Canada, was marked on a Monday either on or before May 24, Queen Victoria’s birthday.
Only the queen and those closest to her celebrated her actual birthday in private gatherings.
HOW MANY CORGIS?
It’s widely known that Elizabeth loved corgis — Princess Diana reportedly called the dogs the queen’s “moving carpet” because they accompanied her everywhere.
She owned more than 30 corgis over the years. She also had two “dorgis” — crossbreeds of dachshund and corgi — named Candy and Vulcan.
Elizabeth was photographed hugging one of the dogs as far back as 1936 at age 10, and was given a corgi named Susan for her 18th birthday. The breed was introduced to the royal family by her father, King George VI, in 1933, when he bought a male corgi called Dookie from a local kennel.
As queen, she also technically owned the thousands of mute swans in open British waters, and had the right to claim all sturgeons, porpoises, whales and dolphins, according to a statute from 1324.
‘A PRETTY NICE GIRL’
The queen inevitably became the subject of pop songs.
The Beatles immortalized her with the tongue-in-cheek “Her Majesty,” calling her “a pretty nice girl” though “she doesn’t have a lot to say.” The brief song, sung by Paul McCartney and recorded in 1969, appeared at the end of the “Abbey Road” album.
Other musical treatments weren’t so kind. The Sex Pistols’ anti-monarchist “God Save The Queen,” released right before her Silver Jubilee in 1977, was banned on British television.
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National Democrats breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as Sen. Jon Tester of Montana — one of the only red-state Democrats left in the Senate — announced that he will be running for a fourth term.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: MEGI) today announced the Fund's monthly distributions for August 2022 of $0.1083 per common share. The distribution reflects an annualized distribution rate of 6.5% based on a $20.00 per share initial public offering (IPO) price.
Dividend Distribution Schedule:
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Distribution Policy.
Future earnings of the Fund cannot be guaranteed, and the Fund's distribution policy is subject to change. For more information on the Fund, please visit the Fund's website here.
The Fund's monthly distribution is set by its Board of Trustees. The Board reviews the Fund's distribution on a quarterly basis in view of its net investment income, realized and unrealized gains, and other net unrealized appreciation or income expected during the remainder of the year. The Fund strives to establish a level monthly distribution that, over the course of the year, will serve to distribute an amount closely approximating the Fund's net investment income and net realized capital gains during the year.
The following table sets forth the estimated sources of income of the current distribution, and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital source. All amounts are expressed on a per share of common stock basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.
MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund is a closed-end fund, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and invests primarily in income-producing equity securities issued by infrastructure companies. Holdings are subject to change. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The Fund's daily New York Stock Exchange closing prices, net asset values per share, as well as other information are available by clicking here or by calling the Fund's shareholder servicing agent at (855) 456-9683.
Fund Performance Information:
October 27, 2021 (Inception Date) to July 31, 2022
The Cumulative Total Return: -1.42%
There is no assurance the Fund will continue to pay regular monthly distributions or that it will do so at a particular rate.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of its distribution to shareholders.
Any distributions in excess of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated first, as a tax-deferred return of capital, which is applied against and will reduce the adjusted tax basis of shares and, after such adjusted basis is reduced to zero, will generally constitute capital gains. A return of capital distribution may lower a shareholder's basis in the Fund, causing a potential future tax consequence in connection with the sale of Fund shares, even if such shares are sold at a loss to the shareholder's initial investments.
Any amounts and sources of distributions are only estimated and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of income of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will advise how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Before considering an investment in the Fund, you should understand that you could lose money. There are risks inherent in all investments. The Fund's risks include:
New Fund Risk: The Fund is a new fund which may result in additional risk. The Fund may cease operations and in such an event, investors may be required to liquidate or transfer their investments at an inopportune time.
Limited Operating History Risk: The Fund is a recently organized, non-diversified, closed end management investment company with limited operating history. It is designed for long term investing and not as a vehicle for trading. Shares of closed end investment companies frequently trade at a discount from their NAV.
Limited Term Risk: Unless action is otherwise taken by the Board in accordance with the Declaration of Trust, the Fund will commence the process of liquidation and dissolution at the close of business on December 15, 2033 (the "Termination Date"). The Fund will not seek to return an initial investment in common shares by an investor on the Termination Date. Instead, the Fund will distribute an amount equal to the Fund's NAV at that time, which may be greater or less than an investor's initial investment.
Infrastructure Industry Risk: The Fund is particularly exposed to adverse economic, regulatory, political, legal, geographical, and other changes affecting the issuers of infrastructure related securities. Infrastructure related companies are subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, difficulties in obtaining financing for construction programs, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies, changes in market sentiment and other factors. Additionally, infrastructure related companies may be subject to regulation by various governmental authorities, may also be affected by governmental regulation of rates charged to customers, service interruption, and/or legal challenges due to environmental, operational, the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies, and accounting standards. There is also the risk that corruption may negatively affect infrastructure projects, resulting in delays and cost overruns.
Leverage Risk: The use of leverage creates an opportunity for increased common share net investment income dividends, but also creates risks for the holders of common shares. Leverage is a speculative technique that exposes the Fund to greater risk, and increased costs. Leverage may cause greater changes in the Fund's NAV. The Fund will also have to pay interest on its borrowings, if any, which may reduce the Fund's return.
Equity Securities Risk: Equity securities prices have historically experienced periods of significant volatility, particularly during recessions or other periods of financial stress. Common stock prices, like other equity securities may be affected by macroeconomics and other factors affecting the stock market in general, including financial or political conditions that may affect particular industries, or the economy in general. Preferred stocks are subject to issuer specific risks, in addition to the general equity risks, and unlike common stocks, participation in the growth of an issuer may be limited.
Foreign Securities Risk: Foreign securities can be subject to greater risks than U.S. investments, including currency fluctuations, less liquid trading markets, greater price volatility, political and economic instability, less publicly available information, and changes in tax or currency laws or monetary policy. These risks are likely to be greater for emerging markets than in developed markets.
Convertible Securities Risk: The value of a convertible security, which is a form of hybrid security (i.e., a security with both debt and equity characteristics), typically increases or decreases with the price of the underlying common stock. In general, a convertible security is subject to the market risks of stocks, and its price may be as volatile as that of the underlying stock, when the underlying stock's price is high relative to the conversion price, and a convertible security is subject to the market risks of debt securities, and is particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, when the underlying stock 's price is low relative to the conversion price. The general market risks of debt securities that are common to convertible securities include, but are not limited to, interest rate risk and credit risk, they are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due; their market value may change based on changes in the issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of the issuer's creditworthiness.
Debt Securities Risk: The risks involved with investing in debt securities include (without limitation) credit risk, the risk that an issuer, guarantor, or liquidity provider of a debt security may be unable or unwilling, or may be perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations.
Maturity Risk: Maturity, the average expected repayment date of the Fund's portfolio, taking into account the expected final repayment dates of the securities in the portfolio. A debt security with a longer maturity may fluctuate in value more than a debt security with a shorter maturity. Therefore, the NAV of the Fund that holds debt securities with a longer average maturity may fluctuate in value more than the NAV of the Fund that holds debt securities with a shorter average maturity.
Investment and Market Discount Risk: An investment in the Fund's Common Shares is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest. As with any stock, the price of the Fund's Common Shares will fluctuate with market conditions and other factors. At any point in time an investment in the Fund's Common Shares may be worth less than the original amount invested, even after taking into account distributions paid by the Fund. The Fund uses leverage, which will magnify the Fund's investment, market, and certain other risks.
Dividend Paying Securities Risk: Dividends the Fund receives on common stocks are not fixed but are declared at the discretion of an issuer's board of directors. There is no guarantee that the issuers of the securities held by the Fund will declare dividends in the future or that, if dividends are declared, they will remain at their current levels or increase over time. The Fund's emphasis on dividend paying securities could cause the Fund to underperform versus similar funds that invest without consideration of a company's track record of paying dividends or ability to pay dividends in the future. Dividend paying securities may not participate in a broad market advance to the same degree as other securities, and a sharp rise in interest rates or an economic downturn could cause a company to unexpectedly reduce or eliminate its dividend.
Discount from Net Asset Value Risk: Shares of closed end investment companies frequently trade at a discount from their net asset value. This characteristic is a risk separate and distinct from the risk that the Fund's NAV per Common Share could decrease as a result of its investment activities. The net asset value per Common Share will be reduced immediately following this offering as a result of the payment of certain offering costs. Although the value of the Fund's net assets is generally considered by market participants in determining whether to purchase or sell Common Shares, whether investors will realize gains or losses upon the sale of the Common Shares will depend entirely upon whether the market price of the Common Shares at the time of sale is above or below the investor's purchase price for the Common Shares. Because the market price of the Common Shares will be determined by factors such as net asset value, dividend and distribution levels and their stability (which will in turn be affected by levels of dividend and interest payments by the Fund's portfolio holdings, the timing and success of the Fund's investment strategies, regulations affecting the timing and character of Fund distributions, Fund expenses and other factors), supply of and demand for the Common Shares, trading volume of the Common Shares, general market, interest rate and economic conditions and other factors that may be beyond the control of the Fund, the Fund cannot predict whether the Common Shares will trade at, below or above net asset value or at, below or above the initial public offering price.
Emerging Markets Risk: The risks of foreign investments (or exposure to foreign investments) are usually much greater when they are made in (or result in exposure to) emerging markets. Investments in emerging markets may be considered speculative. Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. They are more likely to experience high rates of inflation and currency devaluations, which may adversely affect returns. In addition, many emerging markets have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets, may be more likely to suffer sharp and frequent price changes or long-term price depression due to possible adverse publicity, investor perceptions, or the actions of a few large investors. Also, there may be less publicly available information about issuers in emerging markets, and such issuers may not be subject to accounting, auditing, recordkeeping, and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those to which companies in developed markets are.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The Fund's prospectus, which contains this and other information about the Fund, should be read carefully before investing. A copy of the prospectus relating to this Fund may be obtained by contacting your financial advisor, or by calling 800-624-6782.
About New York Life Investments
With over $650 billion in Assets Under Management* as of March 31, 2022, New York Life Investments is comprised of the affiliated global asset management businesses of its parent company, New York Life Insurance Company (New York Life), and offers clients access to specialized, independent investment teams through its family of affiliated boutiques. New York Life Investments remains committed to clients through a combination of the diverse perspectives of its boutiques and a long-lasting focus on sustainable relationships.
*AUM includes assets of Investment Advisors affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company. AUM for Candriam and Ausbil is reported at the spot rate.
"New York Life Investments" is both a service mark, and the common trade name, of certain investment advisors affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company.
About CBRE Investment Management
CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC is the listed real assets arm of CBRE Investment Management, a leading global real assets investment management firm, with $146.9 billion in assets under management* as of June 30, 2022, operating in more than 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor‐operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive.
CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2021 revenue). CBRE has more than 105,000 employees (excluding Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE's data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information about CBRE Investment Management, please visit www.cbreim.com
*Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real assets-related investments with respect to which CBRE Investment Management provides, on a global basis, oversight, investment management services and other advice and which generally consist of investments in real assets; equity in funds and joint ventures; securities portfolios; operating companies and real assets-related loans. This AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of CBRE Investment Management's presence in the global real assets market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers and from its calculation of regulatory assets under management for purposes of certain regulatory filings.
This press release is not an offer to sell securities and is not a solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor will there be any sales of securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
New York Life Investment Management LLC engages the services of SEC-registered advisors. CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets (CBRE Investment Management) is unaffiliated with New York Life Investments. The MainStay Funds® are managed by New York Life Investment Management LLC and distributed by NYLIFE Distributors LLC, 30 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company. NYLIFE Distributors LLC is a Member FINRA/SIPC.
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EUGENE, Ore. — Enjoying retired life, Allyson Felix was eating hot wings and sipping on a root beer float in Los Angeles when the phone rang.
She was needed back in Oregon for the prelims of the 4x400 women's relay. Could she return to world championships? She was on her way.
The most decorated sprinter in U.S. history jumped on a plane and was on the track Saturday night for the “last” time to help the Americans advance to the final.
Back into retirement she goes. She said she will watch the final of the women's 4x400 on Sunday from the seats.
That's the plan — for now. She did have the fastest one-lap split of her teammates as the U.S. posted the fastest qualifying time of 3 minutes, 23.38 seconds.
“From what I know,” the 36-year-old Felix said of whether this is really the end. “But you know, what do I know?”
Last Friday, she went through an emotional send-off after helping the 4x400 mixed relay team to a bronze medal. That was supposed to be it.
She went back to Los Angeles for the ESPY Awards and was a few hot wings in when she was summoned to the track for an encore performance.
Talitha Diggs ran the opening leg for the U.S. before handing off to Felix. She powered around the track and gave the baton to Kaylin Whitney, the sprinter who grew up idolizing Felix. Jaide Stepter Baynes brought it home.
“It’s kind of coming full circle, literally,” Whitney said of passing the baton to Felix. “To be able to run alongside her, as well as these other great ladies, is always a privilege. I can’t be happier.”
Soon after her run, Felix crouched down by the scoreboard and then sat on the grass to watch. When it was over, she hugged her teammates.
“I was well on my way (to retirement)," said Felix, who had her Saysh spikes — a footwear company she launched — dangling from her shoulder. “I had no plans to be back here for the rest of the meet. But things happen. I felt good. It was really cool to run when the stadium was full and just get all the love, and run with this amazing group of women. It's really set the team up to go after the title.”
The American contingent in the final figures to be 400-meter hurdle world champion Sydney McLaughlin, fresh off her world-record performance Friday, and Dalilah Muhammad, who won bronze in the race. They were on the winning 4x400 team at the Tokyo Games. So were Felix and Athing Mu. But Mu has the final of the 800 on the same day.
Any chance Felix may leave the seats to run again?
“I was asked to run in the prelim,” Felix said.
Should the group bring home a medal — the team is a big favorite — it would be Felix's 20th medal at world championships, extending a record she already held. She also has 11 Olympic medals.
“It was just about being a team player and putting them in position to run their best (Sunday),” Felix said.
Her immediate plans revolve around one thing — more hot wings.
“I only got a few of them,” Felix said. “I’ll finish them now.”
A LANE BY HERSELF
Belgian hurdler Anne Zagre will always have a cool story of how she ran all by herself in a heat at worlds. She will probably have the scars to prove it, too.
Zagre ran all alone in lane six because in a round one heat during the morning session, defending champion Nia Ali crashed into the 10th hurdle and impeded Zagre’s lane. The jury of appeal made the decision to have Zagre run in a substitute heat for a chance to advance. She hit the last hurdle and fell across the finish line. She had bandages on her left shoulder and hand, along with both knees.
“Such a pity that I touched the last hurdle and fell down,” Zagre said. “I have no words. I actually have mixed feelings. Just crazy.”
END OF REIGN
For Ali, her reign as world champion comes to an end. The 33-year-old mother of three hit the ninth hurdle while in the lead and fell into the 10th. She took the setback in stride.
“It’s part of my journey. I have to embrace every part of it,” Ali said. "I am not incredibly happy about it but I have to overcome it. I wanted to do my very best in front of the home crowd. I was prepared to show a fast time.”
Those who made it through round one of the hurdles included Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico and world-record holder Keni Harrison of the U.S.
“This is a pretty special moment," Harrison said. "To hear the crowd cheer for me brings a smile to my face.”
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Accused murderer in Ohio 2011 case in court for the first time
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -John Carter, 34, is being arraigned for the 2011 murder of his then fiancé Katelyn Markham near Cincinnati.
Markham’s remains were found in 2013, two years after she went missing, in a wooded area about 20 miles from her home in Fairfield, Ohio, which is a Northern suburb of Cincinnati.
Carter, who still lived in Hamilton, about 20 miles from where Markham’s body was found, will be arraigned on two counts of murder in Butler County Court of Common Pleas Monday morning.
These is another man in custody in connection with this case, but his possible role in the crime has yet to be explained.
Jonathan Palmerton was arrested in February on a felony perjury charge, for potentially lying to authorities.
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Jacklyn Zeman, who played Bobbie Spencer for 45 years on ABC’s “General Hospital” has died at 70.
Zeman died after a short battle with cancer, her family confirmed Wednesday. News of her death was first announced by the show’s executive producer, Frank Valentini.
“I am heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Jackie Zeman,” he wrote on Twitter. “Just like her character, the legendary Bobbie Spencer, she was a bright light and a true professional that brought so much positive energy with her work.”
ABC Entertainment and “General Hospital” also released a statement stating, “Jacklyn Zeman has been a beloved member of the General Hospital and ABC family since she originated the iconic role of Bobbie Spencer over 45 years ago. She leaves behind a lasting legacy for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of the bad girl turned heroine and will always be remembered for her kind heart and radiant spirit. We are devastated by the news of her passing, and send our deepest condolences to Jackie’s family, friends and loved ones.”
Zeman first joined “General Hospital” in 1977 as Barbara Jean, who went by Bobbie, and was the feisty, younger sister of Anthony Geary’s Luke Spencer. Zeman grew to regard Geary as family off camera. “I’m probably closer to him than I would be a real-life brother,” she told co-star Maurice Benard last year on his YouTube series “State of Mind.”
Bobbie had worked as a teen prostitute and given up a baby for adoption but had managed to turn her life around and become a nurse at General Hospital. Zeman’s portrayal of Spencer was a spirited, upbeat woman who was as sweet as pie but who also had a sense of self. She didn’t suffer fools and had no problem revoking the niceties if she believed it were warranted.
“Bobbie has been a fascinating person for me to play,” she said in an interview in 1982. “I get to do… all the things that most women think about but wouldn’t dare.”
One of Zeman’s most memorable scenes was in 1994 and Bobbie’s daughter BJ is in a school bus accident that leaves her brain dead. Bobbie and then-husband Tony (played by Brad Maule) made the decision to donate their daughter’s heart to her cousin, Maxie, who was battling Kawasaki disease.
Laura Wright, who plays Bobbie’s daughter Carly Spencer, posted a series of broken heart emojis. Jon Lindstrom, who plays Kevin Collins wrote, “This is going to take me a minute to process. I can’t believe such a life force as hers has left.”
Born March 6, 1953 in Englewood, New Jersey, Zeman discovered a love for dance as a child and as a teen, began acting in school productions. She worked in Venezuela as a dancer after high school and was pre-med at New York University but dropped out when she was offered a contract at the ABC soap “One Life to Live” after originally being hired for just three days of work.
On ’One Life,” she played Lana McClain for a little more than one year and then left for “General Hospital.” “I didn’t even audition,” she told a blogger in 2010. Zeman was nominated for four Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on the show.
Outside of soap operas, Zeman worked as a Playboy Bunny to help pay for college and also acted in commercials. She had a role in 1982’s “National Lampoon’s Class Reunion” appeared in a string of TV movies including the ABC Afterschool special “Montana Crossroads” in 1993. She also had a series regular role as Sofia Madison in the crime-drama series “The Bay,” earning her a fifth Emmy Award nomination.
Zeman last’s appearance on “General Hospital” before her death was in April for the wedding of her character’s grandson. The same month she also celebrated the show’s 60th anniversary by posting a video on Instagram to the fans.
“A great, big heartfelt thank you to the very special people who have been watching us and supporting us and keeping us on the air all these years. We love you.”
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1 dead, multiple injured in shooting near Valley Indoor Swap Meet in Panorama City
One person was dead and multiple others were injured in a shooting Wednesday near the Valley Indoor Swap Meet in Panorama City, Los Angeles police officials said.
The incident was reported at 2:27 p.m. near the intersection of Parthenia Street and Tobias Avenue.
Los Angeles police issued an alert indicating that a murder had occurred, with at least three gunshot victims found at the scene. It was unclear whether the gunshot victims included the deceased person.
A suspect described as a male in his 20s was seen leaving the area in a BMW with dark tinted windows, police said.
Los Angeles Fire Department officials said five people with injuries have been found at the scene with at least three people transported to hospitals by ambulance.
LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said the shooting is not related to the nearby Valley Indoor Swap Meet, and the number of injured is still being determined.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stroock is expanding its Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice with a team from Luskin, Stern & Eisler, a Chambers-ranked boutique firm focused on restructuring and bankruptcy. The attorneys will be based in Stroock's New York office.
The team includes partners Richard Stern, Matthew O'Donnell, Alex Talesnick, and Stephan Hornung, senior counsel Michael Luskin, and associate Genna Grossman. Richard Stern will join Stroock partner Jeffrey Lowenthal as Co-Chair of Stroock's Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group.
"A key goal has been the acquisition of additional restructuring and bankruptcy firepower that represents banks and financial institutions, positioning us to serve a strategically important sector ahead of the widely anticipated acceleration of the restructuring cycle," said Alan M. Klinger, Stroock Co-Managing Partner. "Importantly, each of these attorneys is substantively strong and has the personality to foster relationships within the firm, support business development efforts and attract and retain top partners and associates. This is a great match, and we are terrifically excited to welcome the group to Stroock."
The team is well-known for providing top-quality representation to financial institutions in restructurings, bankruptcy matters, creditors' rights litigation, and financing transactions in the United States, as well as in cross-border matters spanning Latin America, Canada, and Europe. The practice represents more than 20 leading financial institutions as well as Fortune 500 companies, Chapter 11 trustees and court-appointed examiners.
Stroock's current Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice has extensive experience representing sophisticated financial institutions as well as creditors, equity holders and new money investors and lenders in complex bankruptcy matters. The team is also one of the few groups that advises on the interplay between insolvency and commodities and derivatives matters. Encompassing tax, debt finance and litigation practitioners, the team devises creative solutions to transition distressed companies into recovery and deploys targeted and high-impact litigation strategies, often involving ground-breaking areas of the law, to help clients with multidimensional negotiations.
"Stroock's long history and reputation for excellence in restructuring is well known to our team," Richard Stern said. "Stroock understands the nature of restructuring practice and knows how to cultivate it. And the firm's strong and cohesive culture will foster the continued success that we've enjoyed as a boutique. Opportunities abound to collaborate with current practice partners as well as partners from across the firm to provide our clients the full range of legal services as well as to lend our expertise to Stroock's institutional relationships."
About the Attorneys
Richard Stern has practiced bankruptcy law for over 35 years. He regularly represents financial institutions in out-of-court workouts, restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings and lending transactions with an emphasis on complex financial restructurings and has been appointed as a fiduciary in several bankruptcy matters. His recent focus has been assisting lenders with unique issues in workouts and insolvencies in the energy, travel, healthcare, retail, and hedge fund industries.
Michael Luskin focuses on bankruptcy and other litigation, enforcing a creditor's rights under the Bankruptcy Code or defending a creditor against "lender liability," fraudulent conveyance or preference claims brought by a creditors' committee or bankruptcy trustee. He also has substantial experience representing creditors in loan restructurings and out-of-court workouts and representing trustees and examiners in cases presenting complex litigation issues.
Matthew O'Donnell represents financial institutions in all types of loan restructurings, out-of-court workouts, bankruptcy proceedings and lending transactions including domestic and cross-border commodity financing transactions, asset-based loans, leveraged financing transactions, aircraft and other equipment financings.
Alex Talesnick represents financial institutions in out-of-court workouts, restructurings, and bankruptcy proceedings and on asset-based and leveraged financing transactions. Alex regularly advises agents, lenders, and hedge providers on complex financial restructurings, and has substantial experience in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings.
Stephan E. Hornung represents financial institutions and other creditors in commercial litigation in state and federal courts, including bankruptcy courts, across the country.
Genna Grossman represents financial institutions in many types of finance transactions including asset-based loans, real estate financing, leveraged transactions, loan restructurings, workouts and bankruptcy proceedings.
About Stroock
Stroock provides strategic transactional, regulatory, and litigation advice to advance the business objectives of leading financial institutions, multinational corporations, and entrepreneurial businesses in the U.S. and globally. With a rich history dating back over 145 years, the firm has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Washington, D.C. For more, visit www.stroock.com.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have won their second Super Bowl in three years after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35. A last-minute field goal capped a thrilling come-from-behind victory.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have won their second Super Bowl in three years after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35. A last-minute field goal capped a thrilling come-from-behind victory.
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(NEXSTAR) – Many of us can deny it no longer – cold weather is here, with much of the country facing an arctic blast just in time for Christmas. That means some of our cold-weather habits are back, like weathering extra layers when we head outside, or staying inside as long as possible.
It might be time to leave one of those winter habits in the past, though.
We’ve likely all done it – traversing knee-high snow to our cars, starting them, and letting them idle to warm up for a few minutes before hitting the road. But do you really need to let your car warm up?
First, it’s important to note that idling your car doesn’t damage it. Idling does still consume gas, according to J.D Power, but it likely won’t lead to any other problems unless your car has mechanical malfunctions.
The idea that you have to idle your car when it’s cold out, though, is really just a misconception.
It wasn’t always an old wives’ tale. As The Washington Post explains in a 2014 article, cars used to rely on carburetors, which needed to warm up to work well. If they weren’t warm enough, they could cause your car to stall.
In the 1980s and 1990s, car makers turned away from carburetors and began using electronic fuel injection, which depends on sensors to supply fuel to the engine. Those sensors, according to industry experts, don’t need to warm up.
Sherwood Ford, an Alabama Ford dealership, explains modern vehicles do “not need more than a few seconds to start up,” adding that “modern technology requires modern approaches.”
Even the U.S. Department of Energy notes that guidance from most car manufacturers says your vehicle is ready to drive after just 30 seconds of warming up.
“The engine will warm up faster being driven, which will allow the heat to turn on sooner, decrease your fuel costs, and reduce emissions,” the federal agency wrote.
Letting your car idle for more than a couple of minutes can pose other problems. In addition to wasting fuel, it can cause pollution – as much pollution as a running car, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. Idling may also be illegal in your state. In Illinois, for example, state law says it is illegal for motorists to leave a car running with a key in the ignition, Nexstar’s WCIA reports.
When you do pull out of your driveway or parking spot, just because your car is ready to drive doesn’t mean it’s ready for you to gun it. Instead, take it easy. It can take your engine between five and 15 minutes to completely warm up, according to Business Insider. Plus, hitting the gas pedal hard right away can cause you to waste gas, MIT mechanical engineer John Heywood told the outlet in 2016, and pose a safety risk if roads are snowy or icy.
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This EPIC Family Entertainment Center is Opening a 2nd NJ Location in Edison!
This is a fun-filled entertainment center for both kids and adults!
Launch Entertainment, a family entertainment center with games and activities for people of all ages, is set open their second New Jersey location in Edison, according to NJ.com.
The franchise released a statement in early December announcing that the plans and agreements for the new location have been signed.
As for exactly when and where the location will be? We still don't know. No specific dates or precise locations were specified. However, the statement does say that construction is expected to begin in early 2023.
Never heard of Launch Entertainment? You may want to keep them in mind for your kid's next birthday party, group event, or even a fun, creative date night!
"We provide a unique variety of attractions desirable for all ages. Launch is the ideal place for kids, teens and adults alike to participate in active entertainment while also providing a place for families to spend time together,' their website reads.
Here are just some of the attractions you can enjoy!
- Trampoline Courts
- Bowling
- Bar Hops
- Omni Virtual Reality
- Laser Tag
- XP Arena
- Axe Throwing
- Sports Court Basketball
- Ninja Course
- Rock Climbing Wall
- Arcade
- Battle Pit
- Dodgeball
- Krave Restaurant
- Launch Pad
- Dunk Basketball
- Trampoline Courts
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Community will be within Monument's Village at Jackson Creek mixed-use development
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thompson Thrift, a full-service nationally recognized real estate company and one of the nation's leading multifamily developers, announced today the development of Alta25, a 264-unit Class A multifamily community in the Colorado Springs suburb of Monument. Thompson Thrift plans to welcome new residents starting in 2025.
"There is strong demand for luxury multifamily communities in this area," said Josh Purvis, managing partner for Thompson Thrift Residential. "We expect that Alta25 will provide an appealing rental option for residents desiring the style, luxury and convenience that Thompson Thrift communities feature."
Located at 16218 Jackson Creek Pkwy, Alta25 will offer eight, three-story garden style buildings and 96 detached garages. The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes will average 987 square feet with luxury finishes including gourmet bar-kitchens with elegant quartz countertops, timeless tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances, designer fixtures and finishes, Alexa-compatible smart hub to integrate all smart devices, smart thermostat and smart door locks, walk-in closets, full-size washers and dryers, as well as patio, balcony, and private yard options.
Luxury living will continue throughout the community with amenities such as a professionally decorated clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center, Amazon Package Hub, bike storage and workshop, thoughtfully designed courtyards, grilling stations, outdoor game area, an electronic firepit with seating area, a dog park, pet spa with grooming station, and more.
The site is adjacent to Monument Marketplace, which is home to over 658,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, and sits within The Village at Jackson Creek, a mixed-use project currently in development. Historic downtown Monument, less than three miles north, offers small-town charm filled with unique and locally owned boutiques, restaurants, galleries and spas.
Nearby Interstate 25 is currently being widened to six lanes, which will improve traffic flow from Colorado Springs to Denver, and further improve access to several major employers including Fort Carson, UCHealth Memorial Hospital North and Schriever Space Force Base.
Monument offers the ideal Colorado setting with views of Pikes Peak to the southwest, the Rocky Mountains to the west. Additionally, residents will enjoy an abundance of outdoor recreation, and highly rated public schools, both of which contributed to Monument being ranked as one of the best places to raise a family in Colorado.
During the past 30 years Thompson Thrift has developed more than $4 billion of ground-up development projects across the Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. The company made a name for itself by being one of the few developers to build high-quality, attractive Class A residential communities with a variety of conventional, luxury leased villa and townhome-style communities.
Alta25 will be Thompson Thrift's ninth community in Colorado.
About Thompson Thrift Real Estate Company
Thompson Thrift is an integrated full-service real estate company with offices in Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana; Denver, Houston and Phoenix. Three business units drive Thompson Thrift's success—Thompson Thrift Residential which is focused on upscale Class A multifamily communities and luxury leased homes, Thompson Thrift Commercial which is focused on ground-up commercial development, and Thompson Thrift Construction, a full-service construction company. Through these business units, Thompson Thrift is engaged in all aspects of acquisition, development, construction, leasing, and management of quality multifamily, mixed-use, retail, industrial and commercial projects across the country. We are passionate about our customer's success and strive to ensure our projects not only meet the needs of our customers but also the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.thompsonthrift.com
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Which photo backdrop stand is best?
Are you a professional photographer looking to prepare your studio or find a background for an outdoor portrait shoot? You’ve likely thought about buying a photo backdrop stand. Instead of having to change locations or shoot on a plain wall, you can take pictures with just about any background that can be hung on a stand. What’s more, you can change backgrounds quickly and easily. For professional quality and durability, the Limo Studio Heavy-Duty Backdrop ranks as a top pick.
What to know before you buy a photo backdrop stand
Materials
The materials that make up your backdrop stand will help determine its weight limit, general strength and durability. Typically, the tubing that makes up a frame isn’t made of just one material, but rather a mix. This ensures strength, flexibility and sturdiness. There are two categories of frames, largely based on the materials they’re constructed with:
- Heavy: Heavyweight steel frames are designed for photography studios, where they will be installed and rarely (if ever) moved. On the plus side, they’re sturdy, have a high weight limit and are built to last. However, they’re difficult to assemble. They often require multiple pairs of hands to set u, and they’re heavy. Because of this, they’re not best for outdoor or mobile shoots.
- Lightweight: Aluminum, composite, or PVC frames, on the other hand, are made for movable sets. They’re easier to carry, assemble and disassemble. The downsides are their smaller dimensions and decreased weight capacity.
Capacity
Unless you consistently work with a handful of set backdrops you know the weight of, you’re going to want a stand that can hold up more weight. That way, it can accommodate any new photo backdrops you decide to incorporate into your shoots. The material used is important, but the size and dimensions of a stand also determine its capacity load. While lightweight rigs are more easily to move around for mobile shoots, their weight limit is less. For studio backdrop stands, it’s safer to invest in a heavier rig.
Width, height and adjustability
While the frame itself won’t be visible in your photos, that doesn’t mean that its shape, make and size don’t matter. Its width capacity has to match the size of your photo backdrops. Most stands have a width of around 8 to 10 feet, but frames with sliding tubes can extend even farther. Similarly, the maximum height ranges from 5 to 10 feet. Be sure that the maximum height and width of a stand will fit even your longest or widest backdrops.
What to look for in a quality photo backdrop stand
Clamps
Clamps attach the backdrop to the stand itself. Some kits don’t contain enough clamps, so buy some to attach the backdrop to the tubing.
Protective gear
Travel bags and similar protective gear is ideal for mobile rigs. They keep the parts dry, rust-free and clean while also making for a convenient place to store clamps and extra tubing.
Extra tubing
For extendible rigs, extra tubing gives you the flexibility of adding length to the height or width of the frame.
How much you can expect to spend on a photo backdrop stand
Photo backdrop stands cost $50-$100. Lightweight and smaller rigs cost less, whereas heavy-duty stands with wider or taller frames cost more.
Photo backdrop stand FAQ
What are some tips for using my photo backdrop stand?
A. There’s a lot you can do to get the most out of your stand.
- For small subjects (like children), a smaller backdrop fits; for larger ones, choose a proportionally larger backdrop size.
- Angling the backdrop can create a cool visual effect in your photographs.
- Consider combining props or creative lighting with your photo backdrop.
Is it difficult to assemble a backdrop stand?
A. No frame comes fully assembled, so expect to have at least a few pieces to put together when assembling your stand. Lightweight frames are typically OK for one person to put together. If you’re a single photographer without a crew, they’re the best. Heavy-duty frames often need the help of at least one person, since linking the bar to the supports can take a bit of strength and coordination.
What’s the best photo backdrop stand to buy?
Top photo backdrop stand
Limo Studio Heavy-Duty Backdrop
What you need to know: This strong photo stand won’t buckle under the weight of wide, heavy backdrops.
What you’ll love: Weighty backdrops are safe to hang from these sturdy crossbars. The mounted tripod stand will hold steady on nearly any flat surface, soft or solid. It comes with a protective carrying bag.
What you should consider: Some buyers find it frustrating that the center crossbars don’t lock into place, so a strong push or wind could have them shaking.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top photo backdrop stand for the money
Emart Adjustable Backdrop Stand
What you need to know: For photographers on a budget, this reliable backdrop will do the trick.
What you’ll love: The crossbars interlock with a sliding motion to keep everything in place even when holding up a heavy backdrop. The frame is wide enough to accommodate most backdrops.
What you should consider: It may be necessary to have the help of more than one person to be able to set up this backdrop stand.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Julius Studio Photo Video Studio
What you need to know: This lightweight stand makes for both a great addition to a professional studio and a good breakthrough purchase for a beginning photographer.
What you’ll love: It’s lightweight and easy to assemble by oneself, making it ideal for mobile shoots and single photographers. It comes as a kit, including a travel bag and clamps.
What you should consider: The case tends to fray easily and seems poorly made.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Oil States International Inc. (OIS) on Thursday reported earnings of $2.9 million in its fourth quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had net income of 5 cents.
The energy services company posted revenue of $202.4 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $9.5 million, or 15 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $737.7 million.
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During the first week at the U.S. Open. Serena Williams made her exit, and the top two men's seeds were knocked out. An American is through to the quarterfinals, so will this end the U.S. drought?
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During the first week at the U.S. Open. Serena Williams made her exit, and the top two men's seeds were knocked out. An American is through to the quarterfinals, so will this end the U.S. drought?
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Partnerships with MIT, Stanford, Columbia, and others address some of the world's greatest challenges, including aging society, climate change, and human understanding
LOS ALTOS, Calif., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Research Institute (TRI) today announced the latest results of its collaborative research program with U.S. academic institutions. This initiative has funded $100M of research and generated over 1250 paper submissions since its inception in 2016, making it one of the largest collaborative research programs by an automotive company in the world.
The program expanded during 2022 to include 21 university partners and 61 projects focused on energy and materials, human-centered artificial intelligence, human interactive driving, machine learning, and robotics.
"We are deeply satisfied with the results of our partnerships with this outstanding group of institutions and researchers," said Eric Krotkov, who leads the university research program. "We believe that collaboration is the key to tackling society's biggest challenges and are confident that this program will continue to achieve new breakthroughs."
Each project consists of a TRI researcher working with a university team in a close collaboration bridging academia and industry.
"TRI's collaborations with universities bring a wealth of knowledge and new ideas to our research efforts," said Brian Storey, senior director of energy and materials at TRI. "This program both helps us create innovative technologies and fosters the next generation of innovative leaders."
The last year alone saw three papers win awards at the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS). Some project highlights from the program include:
Advanced Robotic Capabilities
The Columbia Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) Lab led by Computer Science Assistant Professor Shuran Song partnered with TRI to develop robotic capabilities that can handle deformable, non-rigid objects that can fold, bend, and change shape. These advancements were successfully tested by having robots fold laundry and manipulate flexible bags. Her team won a Best Paper Award at RSS 2022 for developing an algorithm called the Iterative Residual Policy (IRP), a general learning framework for repeatable tasks with complex dynamics.
"Working with TRI has been an incredible experience. The partnership has allowed us to leverage industry-level resources, which have been critical in driving our research forward," said Shuran Song. "I am honored to have the opportunity to work with such a great team, and I am excited to see what we can accomplish together in the future."
Fuel Cell Catalyst Durability
Both hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen electrolyzers require catalyst materials that utilize expensive and rare elements such as platinum and iridium. A long-standing challenge is to find replacement materials that use more abundant elements. However, all proposed alternatives don't last long in an operating environment before they dissolve. The laboratories led by Professor Thomas Jaramillo at Stanford University and Associate Scientist Michaela Burke Stevens at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) are working with TRI researchers to create data-driven theories of catalyst durability by using a novel experimental technique that enables real-time measurement of even the smallest amounts of dissolving materials.
Computational Governor
Professor Ilya Kolmanovsky's research team at the University of Michigan developed a governor architecture that could be used to speed up the execution time of a model predictive control (MPC) control system solution. TRI researchers collaborated on and took inspiration from this project to create a solution for Toyota Motors that solves a vehicle controller problem where sudden changes to setpoints would cause unresponsiveness.
"I believe our project is an exemplar of how TRI combines industry and academic knowledge, expertise, and capabilities to develop solutions that ultimately lead to real-world impact," said Ilya Kolmanovsky. "This is, without any doubt, one of the best research collaborations that I have ever had."
TRI plans to continue the program into 2024 with new additional high-risk, high-reward projects to accelerate the development of key technologies for Toyota.
Learn more about TRI's research efforts on Medium.
About Toyota Research Institute
Toyota Research Institute (TRI) conducts research to advance energy and materials, human-centered artificial intelligence, human interactive driving, machine learning, and robotics. Led by Dr. Gill Pratt, TRI's team of researchers are developing technologies to amplify human ability, focused on making our lives safer and more sustainable. Established in 2015, TRI has offices in Los Altos, California, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information about TRI, please visit http://tri.global.
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Arrest warrant issued for rapper Kodak Black in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has issued an arrest warrant for rapper Kodak Black for failing a drug test while on bail for a drug charge, court records show.
The warrant was issued Thursday after Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, did not appear for a scheduled drug test in early February and then days later submitted a sample that tested positive for fentanyl, according to records.
Broward County Judge Barbara Duffy issued the warrant and wrote that the rapper had violated the conditions of his pretrial release for an oxycodone trafficking charge from July.
Black had pleaded not guilty to the trafficking charge. His attorney was not immediately available to comment on Sunday.
In January 2020, then-President Donald Trump commuted a three-year federal prison sentence the rapper had for falsifying documents used to buy weapons. Black had served about half his sentence.
Black is nominated for the iHeartRadio Music Awards’ hip-hop artist of the year and has sold more than 30 million singles, with massive hits such as “Sup
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon will report financial results for the fourth quarter 2022 on Friday, January 13, 2023. Materials will be posted to BNY Mellon's website at approximately 6:30 a.m. ET, and management will host a conference call and simultaneous live audio webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET that same day. This conference call and audio webcast will include forward-looking statements and may include other material information.
Conference Call and Audio Webcast Access
Investors and analysts wishing to access the conference call and audio webcast may do so by dialing +1 800-390-5696 (U.S.) or +1 720-452-9082 (International), and using the passcode: 200200, or by logging onto www.bnymellon.com/investorrelations. The company's earnings release along with the quarterly financial highlights and other earnings-related documents will be available at www.bnymellon.com/investorrelations beginning at approximately 6:30 a.m. ET on January 13, 2023.
Conference Call and Audio Webcast Replays
An archived version of the fourth quarter conference call and audio webcast will be available beginning on January 13, 2023, at approximately 2 p.m. ET through February 13, 2023, at www.bnymellon.com/investorrelations.
About BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment and wealth management and investment services in 35 countries. As of Sept. 30, 2022, BNY Mellon had $42.2 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $1.8 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com. Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our newsroom at www.bnymellon.com/newsroom for the latest company news.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight, TIME hosts the second TIME100 Next Gala to celebrate the members of its annual TIME100 Next list, an expansion of the TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world. The event, which takes place at SECOND in New York City, will be hosted by Keke Palmer, with special remarks from members of this year's list including Simone Ashley, Lily Collins, Nalleli Cobo, Joel Kim Booster, George M. Johnson, Leah Thomas, Leah Thomas, and others, along with TIME co-chair Marc Benioff and TIME editor-in-chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal.
The 2022 TIME100 Next list, which highlights 100 rising stars who are defining the next generation of leadership in business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science, activism and more, was revealed on September 28. See the full list at time.com/time100next and see the issue's four covers at https://bit.ly/3y0HHl3.
Members of the TIME100 Next attending the celebration include: Keke Palmer, Machine Gun Kelly, Jennette McCurdy, Lily Collins, Simone Ashley, Jonathan Majors, Joel Kim Booster, Law Roach, Lashana Lynch, Joe Alwyn, Donnel Baird, George M. Johnson, Ayo Edebiri, Dan Erickson, Devery Jacobs, Erriyon Knighton, Raul Lopez, Nida Manzoor, Casey McQuiston, Jessica Nouhavandi, Trinity Rodman, Leah Thomas, Taylor Tomlinson, Nalleli Cobo and many more.
Of the rising stars and changemakers on the 2022 list, TIME editor in chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal writes: "Real change requires urgency and the determination to respond with speed to global challenges. The leaders featured on this year's TIME100 Next list have demonstrated that spirit. They are shaping our world—and demanding we join them."
The 2022 TIME100 Next event is presented by signature partner Booking.com and supporting partners Glenfiddich and HSBC.
Visit time.com/time100next for continuing coverage of the TIME100 Next.
TIME is the 99-year-old global media brand that reaches a combined audience of more than 100 million around the world through its iconic magazine and digital platforms. With unparalleled access to the world's most influential people, the trust of consumers and partners globally, and an unrivaled power to convene, TIME's mission is to tell the essential stories of the people and ideas that shape and improve the world. Today, TIME's 360° suite of products and platforms for storytelling also includes the Emmy Award®-winning film and television division TIME Studios, a significantly expanded live events business built on the powerful TIME100 and Person of the Year franchises, an industry-leading web3 division, an award-winning branded content studio, the website-building platform TIME Sites, its sustainability division and climate-action platform CO2.com, and more.
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Fauci tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’
(AP) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s pandemic response through two White House administrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, was experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms, according to a statement Wednesday from the National Institutes of Health.
Fauci has not recently been in close contact with President Joe Biden or other senior government officials. He tested positive on a rapid antigen test. He is following public health guidelines and his doctor’s advice, and will return to work at the NIH when he tests negative, according to the statement.
Fauci is Biden’s chief medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He was a leading member of the White House coronavirus task force under former President Donald Trump.
Earlier this week, U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for the virus. It was the second time Becerra had come down with symptoms and tested positive.
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — It was a night for fans, filled with food, fun, and of course, baseball in Lycoming County.
The Williamsport Crosscutters kicked off their 25th season with a home opener against the State College Spikes.
Jason and Ella Fisher threw out the first pitch.
"I was excited. It's always exciting. I grew up playing baseball, so coming back here to Bowman Field and being able to throw the first pitch out. It's exciting," Jason said.
"I don't know. I guess it was just fun. I think I've only been out there like once just for a kids thing, but it was fun because I know, right," added Ella.
For the father and daughter team having baseball players in the MLB Draft League right in their backyard is something that makes the team at Muncy Bank Ballpark at the historic Bowman Field unique.
"I think the Hometown feel it's a smaller ballpark, so I actually played here in high school, so you know, being able to look at the field, the fields a lot bigger than most minor-league fields, so in just the atmosphere, everything's close," added Jason.
A new addition to the ballpark this year is local food options like a meatball hoagie from Tag's Family Style Takeout.
"I'll tell you one thing it's cheaper concessions and just really a lot of fun," said Kurt Schawaller, Muncy.
A fun night at the ballpark to start another season of baseball, with fans leaving the stands cheering for the home team.
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From the moment the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was leaked last spring, researchers and pundits began to predict the consequences.
A year later, data is beginning to bring the real-life effects into focus. Over a dozen states have near total abortion bans, with several more state bans in the works. At least 26 clinics have closed. In Texas, nearly 10,000 more babies were born in the state since its 2021 "heartbeat bill" took effect.
The number of abortions that happened nationally declined, though not as much as many anticipated. Health care workers provided 25,000 fewer abortions through March 2023. For context, there were around 930,000 abortions in 2020 according to the Guttmacher Institute.
As the U.S. enters its second year without the abortion access provided by Roe v. Wade, NPR asked abortion researchers and clinicians what they expect will change in the year to come.
1. The entire Southeast could become an abortion desert
A growing number of states are taking steps to ban or severely restrict abortion. Researchers think as many as 25 states could ultimately do so.
"There are several states in the Southeast that are really essential to abortion access – Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina as well," says Ushma Upadhyay, a professor and public health scientist at University of California San Francisco. She analyzed abortion data from providers for #WeCount, a project of the Society of Family Planning. She explains that there has been a surge of people traveling to those states for abortion in this first year, from places like Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma.
But those states are either considering or beginning to implement new bans of their own. If and when those bans take effect, "it will cut off access for people in the entire Southeast," she says, from west Texas to halfway up the Atlantic coast.
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What happens in Florida could have an especially big impact. It's a huge, populous state, with 21 million residents. Currently, abortion is legal there through 15 weeks, but governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is eager to change that. A six-week ban is on hold, pending a decision in a case challenging the current abortion law.
At a national convention of anti-abortion rights activists last month, attendees made clear their goal is to ban abortion in all states.
2. Doctors may start pushing legal boundaries more
Doctors who violate abortion laws can face the possibility of prison time, fines, and the loss of their medical license. There are a lot of unanswered legal questions about what exactly would violate these laws and what the consequences would be. Those questions remain unanswered because so far in the first year post-Roe, there have been no reported charges against physicians for providing illegal abortions.
"Doctors and institutions have been very careful," says Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN working in Atlanta who consults with the American College of Obstetrician Gynecologists. In Georgia, where she practices, abortion is illegal after six weeks of gestation, before many people know they are pregnant.
In places with abortion bans, health care providers often face situations where they must balance worrisome health risks to pregnant patients with compliance with the law.
For example, when a patient's water breaks too early, before 22 weeks or so, the pregnancy can't continue and the patient is at high risk of developing an infection. Many doctors and hospitals in states that ban abortion won't provide an abortion procedure unless the fetal heart has stopped or the pregnant patient's condition is severe enough that it's an emergency.
For cases like this, says Verma, "a lot of institutions have said ... even though [the patient's] risk of getting sick is super high, we can't provide care until they get sick."
This approach is called "expectant management" and the results may not be good for patients. Verma points to a study of 28 Texas patients who were only offered expectant management instead of immediate care after their water broke early. Most of these patients developed a serious condition, including 10 who developed infections, five who needed blood transfusions, and one who required a hysterectomy.
Bioethicists have argued that doctors and hospitals have a moral duty to err on the side of early intervention, and Verma thinks that may be starting to happen, including at her own hospital. "Now we're figuring out, how much can we push the envelope?" she says. "But it's scary – no one wants to be the test case."
She thinks, as doctors and hospitals get bolder, eventually a physician will get charged for providing an abortion – perhaps in the coming year. The questions are who, where, and what will the ensuing legal case change about abortion access.
3. A key abortion medication is in jeopardy
There's a lot of legal activity happening around one of the two medications used for at-home abortions: mifepristone. Since more than half of abortions in the U.S. are medication abortions, this could have huge ripple effects.
There are two conflicting federal cases at play. One judge in Texas ruled that the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved mifepristone; another judge in Washington ruled that FDA must preserve access to mifepristone.
For now, mifepristone is still available in states where abortion is legal, and nothing is expected to change until the Supreme Court hears arguments on the Texas case and issues a decision, which won't happen for many months.
"If medication abortion were meaningfully limited as a result of this [Texas] case – and that's a big 'if' – it would dramatically reduce abortion access, most especially actually in states right now that have the highest levels of access," says Middlebury College economics professor Caitlin Myers, who manages an abortion facilities database.
Many abortion facilities only provide medication abortions, not procedural abortions she says, so the decision could lead to many clinics shuttering. "California stands to lose more facilities than any other state if medication abortion were actually not available anymore.
"I don't know what will happen, but it could be bigger than Dobbs," in terms of its impact on reproductive health access, Myers says. "I think that's important for people to understand."
4. Some funding to protect abortion access may fizzle out
One reason abortions didn't decline as much as expected in the first year after Dobbs is because of a swell of support for abortion access that emerged in response, say Diana Greene Foster, the author of The Turnaway Study, a landmark research project documenting the long-term medical and social impacts of abortion on women's lives.
This support included abortion funds and online guides that provided women help finding appointments, raising money to cross state lines, and navigating the confusing legal landscape. "New funds popped up, people were generous," Greene Foster says. "There was a sense of emergency and funds came in."
But that might not last, she says. "I am worried about the resources drying up," she says. "On the other hand, the very first year is the year when the most resources are needed to set up the systems and get the word out."
5. A clearer view of what just happened will develop
It's actually not yet clear how many people who sought abortions couldn't get them in 2022, notes Upadhyay. Of the 25,000 fewer people who got abortions with health care providers, "we don't know how many of those 25,000 ended up self-managing their abortions [with abortion medication at home] and how many ended up continuing with their pregnancies," she explains. "We won't know until the birth data are released in about a year from now."
The true effect of abortion bans on the number of children born takes a long time to gather and analyze, in part because full-term pregnancies take nearly a year. Once the CDC releases 2022 birth data in the coming year, the number of people denied abortions will be easier to calculate.
6. Contraception access may increase but it won't change demand for abortion
The FDA appears likely to approve over-the-counter birth control pills this summer. But both Greene Foster and Upadhyay doubt that will have a big impact on the need for abortion.
"People want to hear that there's some silver lining and contraceptive use is going to go up," Greene Foster says. "But most people who become pregnant and seek abortion were already using a contraceptive method." Every birth control method has failure rates.
Upadhyay agrees. "There will always be a need for abortion," she says. "No matter how careful people are or how responsible they are trying to be, people always need abortions."
7. 'Sanctuary' states might go further to protect patients and doctors
As patients have to travel farther and raise more money to access abortion out-of-state, their care may be delayed until further along in pregnancy. Upadhyay did an analysis that found that abortion providers have increased their use of telehealth and begun offering care later in pregnancy to meet the needs of patients.
Many states have passed "shield" laws to protect out-of-state patients and the doctors who treat them. But Upadhyay notes, some of the same states that are spending millions to increase access to abortion, have their own abortion restrictions.
"So many states that proclaim to be protective of abortion rights actually have gestational limits at viability," Upadhyay says. In rare cases, these limits could present obstacles to parents in difficult and tragic circumstances. States with these limits include California, Illinois, New Mexico, Massachusetts, New York, and others.
Upadhyay says she hopes that these states will do more to increase access to abortion, especially since residents in states with no access have farther to travel.
Edited by Carmel Wroth.
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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) accused Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) of “doing the bidding” of former President Trump during the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on violent crime in Manhattan on Monday.
The GOP-led committee announced the field hearing in New York City shortly after a grand jury empaneled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) voted to indict former President Trump.
“We are here today in lower Manhattan for one reason and one reason only: the chairman is doing the bidding of Donald Trump,” Nadler said in his opening remarks. “Committee Republicans designed this hearing to intimidate and deter the duly-elected district attorney of Manhattan from doing the work his constituents elected him to do.”
The hearing — titled “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” — came nearly two weeks after Trump traveled to New York City and pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts related to hush money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.
Congressional Republicans have turned their attention to Bragg, arguing he is prosecuting Trump for partisan reasons while failing to crack down on crime.
Three GOP committee chairmen launched an investigation into Bragg even before Trump was indicted, and Jordan has since expanded the probe.
He escalated those efforts on Monday, holding the hearing in Bragg’s backyard. Nadler argued that the GOP’s moves against Bragg are meant to protect Trump.
“They are using their public offices and the resources of this committee to protect their political patron, Donald Trump,” Nadler said. “It is an outrageous abuse of power.”
“It is, to use the chairman’s favorite term, a weaponization of the House Judiciary Committee,” Nadler added, making reference to the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which Jordan also chairs.
He accused Republicans of using the committee to “undermine” the legal process Trump faces, calling it “cynical, unethical, and given the violence unleashed on the Capitol by the former president, just plain dangerous.”
Throughout the hearing Monday, Republican lawmakers discussed crime in New York City, arguing that Bragg is responsible for the violence. Witnesses included a father whose son was the victim of an antisemitic attack and the mother of a homicide victim.
“Our witnesses today have felt the effects of crime up close and personal. They’ve been victimized by a justice system that cares more about political correctness than punishing the criminals who’ve harmed victims and harmed their family,” Jordan said in his opening remarks.
“In this country, justice is supposed to be blind, regardless of race, religion or creed. However, here in Manhattan the scales of justice are weighed down by politics. For the district attorney justice isn’t blind; it’s about looking for opportunities to advance a political agenda, a radical political agenda,” he later added.
Nadler, however, accused Jordan of using violent crime as a “pretext” for going after Bragg.
“We all grieve for the victims of violent crime here in Manhattan and everywhere. But it is shameful that the Republicans on this committee would use the pretext of violent crime as an excuse to play tourist in New York and bully the district attorney,” he said. “It is particularly disgraceful that they would use this pretext after doing nothing, nothing to stop the gun violence that terrorizes our nation.” | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/nadler-says-jordan-is-doing-the-bidding-of-trump-with-hearing-on-manhattan-crime/ | 2023-04-17 18:45:28 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/nadler-says-jordan-is-doing-the-bidding-of-trump-with-hearing-on-manhattan-crime/ |
Tyshaun Baker dropped 18 points to lead Triton to an 87-60 victory over Bridgeton on senior day in Runnemede.
Miles Jones scored 15 points for Triton (13-7), who built an eight-point lead by halftime. Triton dominated the second half, outscoring Bridgeton 53-35.
Jameel Purnell erupted for 27 points for Bridgeton (4-18), while Azhone Burden scored 13.
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CLIFTON, N.J., Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Passaic Valley Water Commission (PVWC) customers in Clifton, Passaic, Paterson, Lodi, North Arlington and Prospect Park can expect to see changes to improve water quality. On December 21, 2022, PVWC Executive Director Jim Mueller, asked the Board of Commissioners for and received approval of four engineering contracts to begin the initial studies necessary to make the improvements by upgrading aging cast iron water pipes.
"Shortly after I became Executive Director, I asked the Communications and Intergovernmental Affairs department to set up quarterly meetings with each of our three owner cities and other municipalities we serve," said Mueller. "At each meeting, I listen to issues, and we work to find solutions, some of which include more frequent flushing of water mains, if necessary."
The engineering contracts, which total about $1 million dollars, are necessary to help evaluate conditions and alternatives and to develop a prioritization plan so the company can begin the initial phase of replacing aging cast iron water pipes in the ground. A plan to improve water quality by upgrading these aging pipes is anticipated to be complete by the end of 2023, including identifying the first phase of work to be executed soon after. The water commission will take into account high priority areas that have systemic taste, odor and color issues; and will also evaluate water demand and pipe capacity to ensure pipes are sized properly for existing and future generations.
"PVWC is one of New Jersey's largest public water systems and the company takes pride in providing clean drinking water to its customers. We appreciate the patience our customers have shown as we work to upgrade our system infrastructure," Mueller concluded.
For more information on these projects, customers can call the Customer Service department at 973-340-4300 or follow us on Facebook (@thePVWC), Instagram (@passaic_valley_water), or Twitter (@PVWC).
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As travel restrictions ease in Japan, the country's ancient former capital, Kyoto, is anticipating a return of tourists. But it may not be enough to save the city from its financial difficulties.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Google has discontinued its Google Translate services in mainland China, removing one of the company’s few remaining services that it had provided in a country where most Western social media platforms are blocked.
The Google Translate app and website now display a generic search bar and a link redirecting Chinese users to its page in Hong Kong, which is blocked on the mainland.
Users reported not being able to access the service since Saturday, according to Chinese social media posts. The translation feature built into the Google Chrome browser also no longer functions for users in China.
The Google Translate service was discontinued in China due to “low usage,” Google said in a statement. It is not clear how many users were using Google Translate in China.
The U.S. technology firm’s has a fraught relationship with China. In 2010, Google pulled its search engine from the Chinese market after it became unwilling to abide by the country’s censorship rules.
China later moved to block other Google services such as its email service Gmail and Google Maps.
Chinese authorities typically block most Western social media platforms and services, including those of Google, Facebook and Twitter as the government seeks to maintain strict censorship rules. Chinese platforms must abide strictly by those rules and censor keywords and topics the authorities deem politically sensitive.
In 2017, Google made its translation service available on the mainland via a Chinese domain as it explored ways to offer services in the Chinese market. Its Google Translate service competed with other popular, homegrown translation alternatives provided by Chinese technology firms including Baidu and Sogou.
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On Wednesday, the American Lung Association released its State of Tobacco Control Report. This year they listed Virginia as one of the states with the worst policies to prevent and reduce tobacco use.
The report covers tobacco prevention and control program funding, smoke-free air, tobacco taxes, and more.
Virginia’s tobacco taxes are one of the lowest in the nation.
According to the report, the tax rate per pack of 20 cigarettes is 60 cents. Washington D.C., which has one of the best tobacco control reports, charges a tax of $4.50.
Experts with the ALA also recommended increasing the price of all tobacco products.
“When you raise tobacco taxes for every ten percent increase in the price of cigarettes it reduces consumption by about four percent among adults and seven percent among youth,” Aleks Casper, Director of Advocacy for the American Lung Association said.
We’re told investment in prevention is also important.
Virginia also has one of the highest percentages of high school tobacco use rates at 22.5 percent. The national average is around 16 percent.
“We have seen our youth vaping rates continue to increase. They are at an epidemic level. I think they are drawn to the flavors they have been marketed to. They are accessible in certain places,” Aleks Casper, Director of Advocacy for the American Lung Association said.
On the other hand, our adult tobacco use rate is 12.5 percent, which is right around the national average.
The American Lung Association said this yearly report gives an opportunity to improve the health of the Commonwealth.
However, Virginia did receive recognition for providing comprehensive coverage for all medications that help you quit smoking and counseling.
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The goal after a month off due to knee pain and then a return 10 games ago was to be here, with a better Kyle Lowry, a productive Lowry, something close to the player the veteran point guard was at both the start of this season and the start of his Heat tenure at the beginning of 2021-22.
For the Miami Heat, it is an ongoing process, but one moving toward mission accomplished at the most important stage of the season.
“I could not feel better about it than when we started the process, and we knew we were going to have to shut him down,” coach Erik Spoelstra said of the 37-year-old former All-Star being out from Feb. 4 through March 10 due to knee pain and then returning March 11.
“There’s an unknown with that, and you know the clock is ticking against you. But he handled those five weeks really well, behind the scenes, and I think our communication between myself, Kyle, the training staff and our medical staff was as good as it’s ever been, which really helps when you don’t have all the time.”
Part of the process has been holding Lowry out of one game in each of the back-to-back sets since his return. So after Lowry closed Thursday night’s 129-101 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center with 11 points, seven assists and five rebounds in 22:08, he was given Friday night’s game off against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena.
“It’s part of the plan, honestly, it’s part of the plan,” Lowry said, with Friday closing the Heat’s final back-to-back ahead of Sunday’s home season finale against the visiting Orlando Magic and no back-to-backs during the postseason. “And it’s been the plan since I’ve come back. And then we go from there.”
Since his return, Lowry is averaging 8.7 points on .474 shooting from the field and .436 shooting on 3-pointers, with 4.6 assists and 3.4 rebounds in an average of 24.4 minutes per game, while playing solely as a reserve. Over that span, the Heat are outscoring the opposition by 6.6 points while Lowry has been on the court.
“He’s in a great place physically right now,” Spoelstra said. “So his plus-minus, on-and-off while he’s been back has been outstanding. The most important thing is he responds, his body responds really well the next day.
“What that’ll mean down the line, whether he’ll be able to play significantly more minutes, who knows? But I don’t care. This is a great victory right now, the fact that he’s healthy, playing great, and he’s moving the needle on the scoreboard.”
Lowry said what mattered was the work done while away that allowed him to reach this point.
“I wouldn’t say a month off,” he said. “It was a month of getting back, getting healthy. But I think it’s just been a part of the plan, that [having] everyone on the same page was big.
“And of course, I wish I was healthier. But at this time of the year, it doesn’t matter. I think for me, and I said, when I told Coach when I’m coming back, whatever it takes to help our team win, and I’m going to do it. And that’s what it’s been.”
Taking charge
There was a point during the victory in Philadelphia that Kevin Love had a smile on his face even before the officials signaled that he had, indeed, drawn another charge.
For the veteran big man, it has become such a pattern since his acquisition at the buyout deadline that he leads the Heat in charges drawn for the season, despite not arriving until Feb. 20.
Against the 76ers there were four more charges drawn by Love, who is second in the league in that category, when counting those he also drew while with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Entering Friday, Love stood with 33 charges taken this season, behind only the 43 of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Jaylin Williams.
“He has a knack for that,” Spoelstra said. “He understands that that’s important for us. And that’s what he does.
“You have to have the courage to do it. But you also have to have the IQ defensively. You have to see plays develop before they happen.”
Love said he was feeling it after the game.
“Just giving up my body for the team,” he said. “I talk about doing the little things that don’t necessarily show up in the stat sheet.”
Heat Lite
With the odds against the Heat moving up in the seeding in their final two games, the team announced at midday that in addition to Lowry, Jimmy Butler (hand bruise) and Bam Adebayo (quadriceps stain) also were being held out against the Wizards.
For their part, amid their chase for lottery position, the Wizards previously announced that their entire starting lineup would be out, meaning no Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis, Kyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija or Monte Morris.
In addition, the Heat listed Tyler Herro (quad), Love (rib) and Max Strus (finger) as questionable.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Summer is almost here, and AAA says travel is surging.
According to a new AAA travel survey, 83% of Floridians will travel this year and 57% of them will take a summer vacation, so it’s recommended to start planning soon if you are among them.
Of those traveling this summer, 40% are going to beach destinations, 37% to theme parks, 27% to cities or major metro destinations, 25% to all-inclusive or multi-amenity resorts and 22% to national or state parks.
AAA offered the following travel tips for those planning trips near and far this summer.
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- If you are one of the 87% planning to take a road trip, leave early. Expect congestion near the beach and other attractions, especially on weekends and holidays. Gas prices are expected to fluctuate through the summer, so use the AAA mobile app to compare prices.
- Ensure your vehicle is road trip ready by getting it inspected by a local mechanic before your trip. Visit AAA.com/AutoRepair to find a trusted local mechanic.
- As 25% of people plan to take a commercial flight, book a non-stop flight leaving early in the morning to reduce the likelihood of delays or cancellations. Download the airline’s mobile app to receive updates about your flight status and consider travel insurance.
- According to AAA, 21% of people plan to go on a cruise, so AAA suggests booking with one of its travel advisors for discounts and benefits like early boarding, specialty dining upgrades, onboard credits and additional savings on your airfare.
- If you are one of the 33% of people planning to rent a car, book early for the best combination of availability and price. AAA members also receive up to 20% off base rates at Hertz car rental locations.
- As international travel booking are up more than 200% compared to 2022, ensure your passport is up to date as strong demand and pandemic-related backlogs have led to passport processing delays. Wait times have increased from 8-11 weeks to 10-13 weeks. AAA members also get exclusive rates on expediting services for U.S. passports and global travel visas with RushMyPassport.
- Travel insurance is highly recommended to help deal with medical emergencies, flight cancellations, severe weather or unexpected life events.
- Plan ahead. Whether it’s mapping out gas stations or electric vehicle charging stations along your route and at your destination, or planning which attractions and activities you want to visit when you arrive, AAA offers TripTik and Trip Canvas, two free travel tools to help you stay organized and prepared.
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Day's hat-trick moves Boyne to 6-0, East Jordan baseball sweeps again
BOYNE FALLS — Opponents know there’s a few players they need to watch out for within the Boyne City attacking lineup.
But, even knowing who to mark doesn’t make it much easier. Not when multiple could go off on any given night.
When the Boyne City girls’ soccer team met up with Ogemaw Heights in a rescheduled match at Boyne Mountain Monday, it was Elly Day’s turn to go off.
Not that she hasn’t done that already, though.
Day came through with her first hat-trick of the season against Ogemaw, scoring three goals in a 5-0 victory that kept the Ramblers undefeated.
Along with Day, Braydin Noble and Mackensy Wilson each added one goal. Noble also had one assist and Mira Hauger notched a pair of assists.
It brings the season total to six goals through six games for Day, while Noble has five and Wilson, four.
Maggie McHugh earned another shutout victory in net for the Ramblers, her third of the season.
It sets up an unbeaten showdown with Elk Rapids ahead on Thursday, April 27 when the Ramblers make the trip to the Elks.
Boyne City will head in at 6-0 and 4-0 within the Lake Michigan Conference and the Elks are currently 5-0-1 and 4-0 in the LMC.
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Lake City at East Jordan
EAST JORDAN — Ethan Thomas, Eli Burns and Lucas Stone combined to throw a no-hitter for the East Jordan baseball team in the opening matchup vs. Lake City Monday.
The Red Devils earned a two-game sweep with wins of 9-0 and 6-4.
“Our first game was probably our best played game of the season to this point,” EJ coach Tom Reid said. “Our pitchers may have led us with the no-hitter, but there were really good plays made in the field and the bats carried us through. Game two was a very gritty win. The boys seemed to hit rockets right to the Lake City’s gloves every inning, but we were able to eke out the win.”
Thomas, Burns and Stone combined for nine strikeouts and four walks issued in the no-no.
Ryder Malpass had a double, single and two RBIs, Thomas had a two-run double Ben Reid and Steven Anderson each drove in a run on a single and Brenden Aenis doubled.
Reid earned the win in game two with four strikeouts in relief action, while Stone earned the save in an inning of work. Dawson Carey singled twice and had an RBI and Thomas had a two-run single.
The Red Devils (10-0) host Petoskey on Wednesday, April 26.
Brimley at Mackinaw City
MACKINAW CITY — The Mackinaw City baseball team earned a pair of victories over Brimley Monday in wins of 10-1 and 7-2.
Lars Huffman improved to 6-0 as a starter on the mound in game one, striking out four over three and two thirds, before Braylon Currie took over.
Huffman also tripled and drove in two runs, Nick Vieau went 2 for 3 and Trystan Swanson had an RBI single.
Swanson earned the victory in game two, striking out five over five innings to earn his first win.
Huffman singled, doubled and scored twice, Currie went 2 for 3 with two runs scored, Tyler Hingston doubled in a run and Vieau, Myran Thompson and Lucas Bergstrom all added an RBI each.
Mackinaw City improved to 9-3 overall and host Atlanta on Wednesday, April 26.
Harbor Springs at Alpena
ALPENA — The Harbor Springs baseball team got back to the diamond Monday after a layoff and took a pair of losses against Alpena on the road in games of 9-6 and 7-6.
In the opener, Nate Schumaker went five innings and struck out five, while allowing five hits.
Jack Clancy singled in two runs, while Tyler Piper, Brady Keiser and Max Bassett all added an RBI single.
In game two, Keiser and Clancy combined for four strikeouts and five hits allowed over five and two thirds, as the Wildcats walked it off.
Clancy went 4 for 4 at the plate with two RBIs, Chase Kruzel drove in two runs, while Andru Lynch and Ethan Berry each had an RBI.
The Rams moved to 1-4-1 overall and next head to East Jordan on Thursday, April 27.
Inland Lakes at Harbor Light
HARBOR SPRINGS — Harbor Light Christian baseball fell in a doubleheader at home vs. Inland Lakes Monday in games of 13-4 and 11-4.
Caleb Ogden had a home run over the left centerfield fence in game two of the night, then added another RBI and run scored, along with a couple innings on the mound.
Joe Ruthig singled twice, scored two and stole a pair of bags and Derk Boerman went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs combined between the two games.
SOFTBALL
Brimley at Mackinaw City
MACKINAW CITY — The Mackinaw City softball team battled through a doubleheader with Brimley Monday to pull in a sweep with wins of 18-8 and 13-5.
Marlie Postula earned the pitching win in both games, striking out five in five innings with seven hits allowed in the opener, before then going six innings with seven strikeouts and six hits given up in game two.
Postula also doubled twice and drove in four RBIs in the opener, Madison Smith and Julia Sullivan each singled, doubled and had an RBI and Jillian Poumode scored three runs.
In game two, Gracie Beauchamp singled three times, scored three runs and stole three bases, while also driving in two runs.
Smith tripled and had an RBI, Sullivan singled in a run and Rian Esper singled and scored twice.
Mackinaw City next meets Atlanta at home Wednesday, then heads to Pickford Friday.
Lake City at East Jordan
EAST JORDAN — After earning a sweep over the weekend, the East Jordan softball team was back to it Monday and back to taking a pair for the win column.
Meeting Lake City in a non-conference doubleheader, the Red Devils pulled in wins of 9-8 and 9-4 to improve to 4-6 on the season.
In the opener, Alley Whiteford drove in a pair of RBIs on a game-winning double in the sixth inning. She also added a single in the game.
Lillian Stone also had an RBI double and Caitlyn Burks singled twice.
Skylar Barnett earned the win pitching, striking out four with 12 hits allowed.
In game two, Burks had a single, double and two RBIs, Lizzie Pop drove in two runs, Lindsey Cross singled twice and drove in a run, Whiteford doubled and Avary Wilson and Barnett each had an RBI.
Sydney Guerriero earned the pithing win with a pair of punchouts and eight hits issued.
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SAN ANTONIO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- School Innovation Collaborative (S-I-C), a network of in-district charter schools, saw significant increases in reading achievement and student growth during the 2021-20221 school year. Each of the four network campuses (Bowden Academy, Cameron Elementary, Gates Elementary, and Lamar Elementary) exceeded pre-pandemic academic achievement in reading and more than 80% of all students met their annual growth goals. .
According to TEA accountability data, campuses across Texas experienced 15% and 4% achievement drops in math and reading performance respectively during the pandemic. The S-I-C partnership with SAISD launched in 2019 with the goal of improving academic performance by empowering campus leadership with enhanced autonomy to meet community needs and keep students at the forefront. Three years into the partnership, these campuses have been able to achieve phenomenal results and close COVID learning loss gaps in many areas.
"The work of our teachers and campus leadership has been nothing short of heroic and should be seen as a historical achievement." said Executive Director, Doug Dawson, "Closing COVID learning loss gaps while overcoming unprecedented challenges requires a relentless commitment to our students and great deal of personal sacrifice."
Since the beginning of the pandemic, S-I-C campuses recognized the importance of ensuring all students had access to strong instruction and student support given the impact of being remote for a large part of the 2020-2021 school year. To make this happen, campuses set ambitious goals, implemented new curriculum, revised student supports, and continually monitored student progress. One Master Teacher at Lamar Elementary, Cindy Moneyhon, expressed how COVID required teachers to laser focus on the quality of instruction but also allowed teachers to get back to what they do best - "TEACH!". The result was double digit increases to reading achievement with 81% of students meeting growth goals in reading and math.
"Our students and families have lost so much these past two years. Educators have always worked to be the equalizer in our communities, and it is imperative that we work to repair the loss so that each student is able to fulfill and access all opportunities ahead of them." said Master Teacher, Cindy Moneyhon, "As we closed out the year and had those two final weeks with students and families, the satisfaction in hearing our families express immense gratitude for all our work was so sweet and gratifying."
Entering the partnership, only one of the four campuses achieved the TEA accountability designation of A or B. S-I-C projects that all four campuses will now receive an A or B accountability rating from TEA.
Families and stakeholders interested in learning more about the S-I-C partnership campuses may contact S-I-C at 979-203-0616 or info@schoolcollaborative.org for more information about campus offerings or a guided campus tour.
About School Innovation Collaborative (S-I-C)
Founded in 2019 by district leaders, School Innovation Collaborative is a nonprofit organization that partners with Texas districts to support district leaders in an effort to launch in-district charter networks focused on improving student outcomes.
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Premieres "Happy Anniversary" Video Clip From 1956 (Show's 8th Year Anniversary) Ft Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Ronald Reagan, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Walt Disney, Marlon Brando
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 20, 1948 Toast of the Town (the original name of The Ed Sullivan Show) debuted with a historic performance by the Father of the Blues W.C. Handy, and changed the course of American television and music history. From the time the show originally launched when very few people owned TVs, until the last episode that aired in 1971, The Ed Sullivan Show had presided over many "firsts" on American television. The Ed Sullivan Show holds the record as the longest-running primetime variety show in television history with a 23-year primetime run on CBS. The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the first shows to be shot in front of a live audience introducing musical talent to the world – Dick Clark, Don Kirshner, Don Cornelius, and Johnny Carson were influenced by and used The Ed Sullivan show as their template. Some of the earliest or first televised performances of the world's music superstars including Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Jackson 5, The Mamas and the Papas, The Supremes, and The Rolling Stones. The first to bring country music (Chet Akins, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Dean, Brenda Lee, and Buck Owens). First to showcase key jazz artists Ella Fitzgerald, Nat "King" Cole to national television viewers. In a time of segregation, Ed Sullivan, an influential Civil Rights advocate, was the first to invite Black actors (Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll), athletes (Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson), comedians (Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson), and musicians (Harry Belafonte, James Brown), to appear on the show. Sullivan invited Black artists onto his stage despite what network censors and the show's sponsors demanded. In a segregated era when music heard on the radio was either white pop or "race" music, Ed was never afraid to cross racial lines. If you had talent, you were on his show.
With more than a thousand episodes filled with iconic performances by groundbreaking artists from rock 'n' roll, comedy, novelty, pop music, politics, sports, opera and more, the show had something for everyone. The Ed Sullivan Show was special in that it brought people and families together every Sunday evening. This June 20th celebrates the legendary show's 75th Anniversary.
After surpassing ONE BILLION total views across all channels (including YouTube, Apple Music and Facebook) late last year, the archives of The Ed Sullivan Show have opened again on the day of the show's 75th anniversary (June 20) to bring forth a "Happy Anniversary" clip originally airing on the show for their 8th year anniversary in 1956. The video clip consists of a broadcast message from Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Ronald Reagan, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Walt Disney, Marlon Brando, and many other big stars singing a "Happy Anniversary" song to their friend, Ed Sullivan. Watch, HERE. Fans can also tune into the YouTube channel the week of the anniversary to see key performance clips by Tony Bennett "What The World Needs Now Is Love/I've Gotta Be Me/People/What The World Needs Now Is Love (Reprise)" on June 18th; The 5th Dimension "Up, Up & Away" on June 19th; and Connie Francis "Second Hand Love" on June 25th.
Also, a new animation series kicks off June 21 focusing on Sullivan's impact on modern culture. The collaboration with Pixel Park presents pieces of Ed Sullivan's story in short, compelling visual adventures. The first animation is "Who Was Ed Sullivan?"
On The Ed Sullivan Show's YouTube Channel, fans can tune into newly released video clips of Hidden Gems featuring Ed Sullivan giving history lessons on the city of Las Vegas (where the show was filmed numerous times); watch Ed interview French actress, singer and model Brigitte Bardot on his "Around The World" series; follow Ed as he tours Rome on a carriage with English actor Rex Harrison; step onstage with actor and filmmaker Kirk Douglas as Col. Marcus in Cast A Giant Shadow; attend the premiere of Trapeze on the show while he interviewed actors and actresses Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Marie Wilson and June Haver as they arrive on the red carpet; visit actor Clark Gable on the set of The King & Four Queens; converse with actor, dancer and film director James Cagney, actor, director, and producer Robert Montgomery; and actress, singer, and businesswoman Debbie Reynolds on set with Ed talking about The Singing Nun.
Personally involved in his show's bookings, Ed was known to have said he wanted to "entertain all of the people some of the time," leading the way for what American television would become. His television career initially began when, unbeknownst to him, the Harvest Moon Ball he hosted for The New York Daily News in 1947, was televised. CBS subsequently hired Sullivan to host their new variety show, Toast of the Town. In 1955 the show was re-named "The Ed Sullivan Show" and in 1967 Ed received one of his greatest honors — the theater from where he broadcast his show was re-named The Ed Sullivan Theater. This is the first theatre in New York to be named after a television personality. Watch the unveiling, HERE.
Among the individuals or groups who made their first television appearances on the show, or who were relatively unknown until they appeared, include Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, The Supremes, Dick Van Dyke, The Jackson 5, Hank Williams, Jr., The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Mamas and The Papas, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and, of course, The Beatles. Still, Ed would be as likely to present unusual acts like plate spinners, The Singing Nun, Señor Wences, and Topo Gigio (a mechanical Italian mouse) as he would be to introduce America to "culture" like ballet, opera, classical music and Broadway show tunes. In short, Ed became the arts and culture educator for America.
Incredibly powerful in making and breaking artists, Sullivan is credited for influencing society by creating a platform for diversity. In the Sixties, he embraced the brand of a (then) small record company from Detroit – Berry Gordy's Motown! He presented nearly all the Motown acts including The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & The Pips, etc. The Ed Sullivan Show was revolutionary as it was the first-time white people saw Black people on TV AND the first-time Black people saw Black people on TV. He aimed to support talent, regardless of race, with a voracious passion introducing an audience to other timeless legends like Nat "King" Cole, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ella Fitzgerald and dozens more. One time, he was threatened by the network not to touch Coretta Scott King so he embraced and kissed her. He held hands with Pearl Bailey on his show, much to the chagrin of his sponsors (especially in the South). He was very close friends of Louis Armstrong and paid for the Harlem funeral of dancing legend, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as he died penniless. Sullivan also helped break the race barrier in the comedy world by presenting comedians such as Richard Pryor, Moms Mabley, and Flip Wilson. Furthermore, Sullivan's importance in television history and humanitarianism shows in the fact that he would book outdated vaudeville artists so they would qualify for their medical insurance.
Perhaps the most memorable and iconic moments is U.S. music history, on "The Ed Sullivan Show" is it gave us two moments in television history – the legendary "from the waist-up only" appearance of Elvis Presley and the American television debut of The Beatles.
The Ed Sullivan Show ended in 1971 after over more than a thousand episodes. Ed Sullivan passed away on October 13, 1974 at the age of 73.
Sullivan's show and its timeless 10,000 performances by so many of the world's greatest artists (1,045 hours of "The Ed Sullivan Show" are archived) live on and to this day his name and all he accomplished still reverberates in both television and rock 'n' roll history. Taking a page from Ed Sullivan, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert today still highlight artists from music, TV, and film, giving them a platform to directly connect with a global audience.
In June 2020, UMe announced a global deal with SOFA Entertainment for 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Catalog. Currently, The Ed Sullivan Show has since surpassed 1.8 Billion total views across all online channels (including YouTube, Apple Music and Facebook) in tandem with reaching the 587K+ YouTube subscribers' milestone and more than 385 Million YouTube views. Ed Sullivan continues its run on TV with The Ed Sullivan Show YouTube Channel, airing on TV daily, on MeTV weekly, and streaming on Paramount's Pluto TV in America, Europe, and South America.
Focusing on digital, The Ed Sullivan archive continues to target with new platforms and audiences with social media collaborations with artists who appeared on the show or artists who were influenced by them.
New videos are updated to The Ed Sullivan Show's official YouTube channel and EdSullivan.com. Across YouTube/Apple Music/Facebook, the most-viewed clips include The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" (72.6M streams), Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" (61M streams) and "Don't Be Cruel" (58M streams), Ike & Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" (47.7M streams), The Temptations' "Get Ready/Stop! In The Name of Love/My Guy" (37.5M streams), Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" (31M streams), Janis Joplin's "Maybe" (27.6M streams), Tom Jones' "Delilah" (23M streams), and The Mamas & The Papas' "Words Of Love" (22M streams), and "Creeque Alley" (20M streams).
"Sullivan attracted some 40 million viewers nearly every Sunday night for two decades -- when the country had half as many people as it does now." LA Times - July, 2011
"For 23 years, Ed Sullivan brought his "really big show" into millions of homes on Sunday nights" - Billboard 2020
"The Ed Sullivan Show is now remembered most for providing so many iconic moments in the history of televised rock and roll." History - June, 2009
"The Ed Sullivan Show is a classic, not to be missed by this generation or the next," "He (Sullivan) was so instrumental in shaping American entertainment culture, the effects of which are still reverberating today." - Otis Williams (The Temptations). Rolling Stone - June, 2020
"It was almost as if Ed Sullivan had been intentionally curating Black history on television, knowing that Black lives not only mattered then, but would matter to those to come…." – uDiscover, Kevin Powell 2023
"By just being himself, my grandfather was able to help bridge a divided country. His life provides authentic yet extraordinary lessons for all of us today, with the most important one being to embrace humanity. It's essential that his story continues as a lesson for future generations." — Margo Precht Speciale, Ed Sullivan's granddaughter
About The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show is the most popular primetime variety show in American history. For nearly a quarter century, Ed Sullivan hosted the greatest array of talent on television, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley and Motown artists such as The Supremes, The Temptations and The Jackson 5. Every Sunday night at 8pm on CBS from 1948-1971, The Ed Sullivan Show showcased a wide variety of pop culture from the worlds of music, comedy, novelty and much more. The library of 1,000 hours includes over 10,000 performances.
About SOFA Entertainment
In 1990, Andrew Solt founded SOFA Entertainment Inc. and acquired The Ed Sullivan Show from the Sullivan family. In 2020 Josh Solt left Google to lead SOFA as CEO of the company. The Ed Sullivan Show is the most revered variety show in American television history. SOFA Entertainment is the copyright holder of the original Ed Sullivan programs and over 150 hours of newly created programming.
About UMe
Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) is the global catalog and special markets division of Universal Music Group (UMG). Working closely in concert with UMG's record labels, territories and operating companies, UMe provides a frontline approach to catalog management, an emphasis on strategic marketing initiatives and creating opportunities in new technologies.
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SPS, the nation's largest network dedicated to improving safety in children's hospitals, demonstrates benefits to pediatric patients in today's JAMA Pediatrics article
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers and collaborators from the Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) network have validated that participation in the network was associated with an immediate reduction in central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) and falls of moderate/greater severity, and that the implementation of SPS protocols was associated with a reduction in the monthly rate of adverse drug events (ADE) after participation in the network.
SPS, which was founded in Ohio in 2009 by six Ohio children's hospitals and expanded to eight Ohio hospitals, created a network of 25 additional hospitals across the United States in 2011 through the federal Hospital Engagement Network program and the Partnership for Patients initiative. The network has continued to enroll new hospitals, and as of 2022, includes more than 140 children's hospitals across North America.
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics today, includes 99 members of SPS and supports the assertion that participation in the Partnership for Patients program was highly effective in accelerating reduction in hospital-acquired conditions. The study reviewed data and outcomes over an eight-year period, from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2018.
The cohort of children's hospitals saw significant improvement in the three areas of harm above (CLABSI, falls and ADE), accounting for secular trends, with the implementation of the network's core principals. These principals include implementation of harm prevention bundles, reporting of outcomes and bundle compliance using standard definitions to the network monthly, participation in learning events, and implementation of a broad safety culture program.
"When we started SPS 13 years ago, we knew we were doing something transformative, but to see it validated through the data is really rewarding," said study co-author and SPS Strategic Advisor, Stephen Muething, MD. "Two of the core tenets of SPS are that everyone has something to teach, and everyone has something to learn, and that we must act with a sense of urgency. Seeing these results, we know these tenets work and most importantly, that they have saved children's lives – and we are excited to see what the network can do next!"
The study's authors include Muething; Trey Coffey, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C); Paul Sharek, MD, MPH; James Hoffman, Pharm.D, MS; Dave Purcell, PhD, MA; Miguel Marino, PhD; Anne Lyren, MD, M.Sc.'; Michele Saysana, MD; Richard Brilli, MD; Dan Hyman, MD, MMM, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
More information about SPS is available at solutionsforpatientsafety.org.
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Asian shares sink on revived worries over recession, China
By ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares retreated in Asia on Friday after a mixed day on Wall Street as optimism over signs the Federal Reserve may temper its aggressive interest rate hikes was replaced by worries the economy might be headed for a recession.
A U.S. measure of inflation that’s closely watched by the Federal Reserve eased in October, raising questions over the central bank’s determination to keep raising interest rates to tame price increases.
And activity in American manufacturing contracted in November for the first time since May 2020, according to the Institute for Supply Management. The report also showed that prices are falling.
Slower growth due to tighter monetary policies has slowed new orders and order backlogs, “which saw manufacturing conditions contracting for the first time since June 2020,” Jun Rong Yeap of IG said in a report. That may suggest that with “inflation risks behind us now, ‘bad news’ in economic data may not be ‘good news’ for markets as recession fears could be brewing,” he said.
Signs of weakening trade, especially for export dependent economies in Asia, have deepened worries over slowing growth in China and its implications for the global economy.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.6% to 27,777.90 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong edged down 0.1% to 18,717.28. The Kospi in Seoul shed 1.8% to 2,434.33.
The Shanghai Composite index gave up 0.3% to 3,156.14 and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.7% to 7,301.50.
Bangkok’s SET index lost 0.3% and the Sensex in Mumbai was down 0.8%.
The declines followed a 0.1% retreat in the benchmark S&P 500, which closed at 4,076.57 on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6% to 34,395.01, while the Nasdaq edged 0.1% higher to 11,482.45.
The Russell 2000 index of small companies also took a step back, falling 0.3% to close at 1,881.68.
Action was muted as traders awaited a closely watched monthly report on jobs due out Friday that will show how the labor market is holding up, which may influence what the Fed does next in its bid to cool inflation.
Banks and household goods providers were among the biggest drags on the benchmark S&P 500. Bank of America fell 2.9% and Costco slid 6.6%.
Gains in health care companies, communications services stocks and elsewhere in the market helped keep the losses in check. Drugmaker Pfizer rose 1.9% and Netflix climbed 3.7%.
Salesforce slumped 8.3% for the biggest drop in the S&P 500 after Bret Taylor said he would resign as co-CEO of the customer-management software developer.
Markets rallied Wednesday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell the central bank could begin moderating its pace of rate hikes at its next meeting in mid-December. The Fed, though, has been very clear about its intent to continue raising interest rates until it is sure that inflation is cooling.
The Fed has raised its benchmark rate six times since March, driving it to a range of 3.75% to 4%, the highest in 15 years. Wall Street expects the benchmark rate to reach a peak range of 5% to 5.25% by the middle of 2023.
A big concern for Wall Street has been whether the Fed can tame rates without sending the economy into a recession as it hits the brakes on growth. Businesses are seeing demand fall for a wide range of goods as inflation squeezes wallets. Analysts generally expect the U.S. to dip into a recession, even if it is mild and short, at some point in 2023.
Also Friday, U.S. benchmark crude oil lost 13 cents to $81.09 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It gained 67 cents to $81.22 per barrel on Thursday.
Brent crude oil, the standard for pricing oil for international trading, added 10 cents to $86.98 a barrel.
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Top Suns vs. Nuggets Players to Watch - Western Conference Semifinals Game 6
The Phoenix Suns (45-37) and the Denver Nuggets (53-29) are set to play on Thursday at Footprint Center, with a tip-off time of 10:00 PM ET. When these two squads hit the court, Deandre Ayton and Nikola Jokic are two players to watch.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to keep your eye on in this matchup, which you can watch on ESPN with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
How to Watch Suns vs. Nuggets
- Game Day: Thursday, May 11
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
- Arena: Footprint Center
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Suns' Last Game
On Tuesday, the Nuggets defeated the Suns 118-102, led by Jokic with 29 points (plus 12 assists and 13 rebounds). Devin Booker was the leading scorer for the losing side with 28 points while adding four assists and six rebounds.
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Suns vs Nuggets Additional Info
Suns Players to Watch
- Ayton averages a team-leading 10 rebounds per contest. He is also averaging 18 points and 1.7 assists, shooting 58.9% from the field.
- Booker is tops on his team in both points (27.8) and assists (5.5) per game, and also puts up 4.5 rebounds. Defensively, he averages 1 steal and 0.3 blocked shots.
- Kevin Durant is putting up 29.1 points, 5 assists and 6.6 rebounds per game.
- Torrey Craig posts 7.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. At the other end, he averages 0.6 steals and 0.8 blocked shots.
- Josh Okogie averages 7.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest. At the other end, he averages 0.8 steals and 0.5 blocked shots.
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Nuggets Players to Watch
- Jokic paces the Nuggets in scoring (24.5 points per game), rebounding (11.8) and assists (9.8), shooting 63.2% from the floor. He also posts 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.
- Jamal Murray is averaging 20 points, 3.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, making 45.4% of his shots from the floor and 39.8% from 3-point range, with 2.6 triples per game.
- Aaron Gordon is putting up 16.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, making 56.4% of his shots from the field.
- Bruce Brown gives the Nuggets 11.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. He also averages 1.1 steals and 0.6 blocked shots.
- The Nuggets get 17.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1 assists per game from Michael Porter Jr..
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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Early on in “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise hops on his sleek motorcycle, wearing Aviator sunglasses and a leather jacket with patches, and speeds into a time machine. No, that’s not right. It’s actually us who take a trip back.
More than 30 years after Cruise smirked his way to the cocky heights of the ’80s as the maverick Navy pilot codenamed Maverick, he effortlessly picks up the character in a new chapter of “Top Gun” that is an absolutely, thoroughly enjoyable ride – a textbook example of how to make a sequel.
“Top Gun: Maverick” satisfies with one foot in the past by hitting all the touchstones of the first film – fast motorcycles, the song “Danger Zone,” military fetishisms, humorless Navy bosses, shirtless bonding sports, “the hard deck,” bar singalongs and buzzing the tower – and yet stands on its own. It’s not weighed down by its past like the last “Ghostbusters” sequel, but rather soars by using the second to answer and echo issues with the first.
Cruise is, of course, back, reprising his rebel test pilot now based in a forgotten corner of the Mojave Desert, a mere captain when he should be an admiral because he keeps bucking authority. The years have not calmed Maverick from his impulsive, hot-headed style. Pilots do, he argues; they don’t ruminate. “You think up there, you’re dead,” he states. This is Cruise at his most Cruise-iest, coiled, sure and arrogant, teeth gleaming in the sunshine.
His once-rival Iceman – Val Kilmer – is back, too, a huge Navy muckety-muck now. And even Goose is back, by way of his son, the similarly mustachioed Miles Teller, who is strikingly similar looking to Anthony Edwards, the actor who played Maverick’s doomed flight partner and wingman in life in the first film. That death looms large for Maverick even 30 years on: “Talk to me, Goose,” he’ll whisper to himself.
Some things have changed, of course. The F-14A Tomcats have been replaced by the F/A-18 and the all-male cocky pilots of the first film have been infiltrated by a few cocky women. Unfortunately, it seems these are the last days of envelope-pushing men and women in naval aviation; pilotless aircraft are more reliable and they’re next. “The future is coming and you’re not in it,” Maverick is told by Ed Harris, playing a humorless admiral.
But Maverick, on the edge of extinction, has one last job for the Navy: Train a group of young hotshots for a dangerous bombing mission in Iran. One potential snag: The young hotshots he must train include Goose’s son, call sign Rooster. Will Maverick be responsible for cooking another Goose? Can he outwit John Hamm, playing an imperious by-the-book officer with delicious calm fury?
Director Joseph Kosinski brings a visceral feel to the film, somehow making us feel claustrophobic in the wide open sky as pilots swoop and swerve. He wonderfully alternates between loud scenes outside with airplane engines roaring and quiet ones indoors of people almost whispering. He also switches from brilliant sun to dark interiors.
One welcome touch in the screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie is a new love interest for Maverick. Jennifer Connelly plays a divorced bar owner who has a townhouse, a beach house, a sailboat and a Porsche, so business is good. But she’s also not a push-over for on-again-off-again Maverick and, in a key scene, she’s the comfortable pilot of a boat and he’s the clueless one.
This is a more thoughtful Maverick, more gloomy. “Top Gun: Maverick” is in some ways a meditation on what happens to gifted rebels later in life. He is riven by guilt and in one scene he is picked up and unceremoniously tossed out of a bar by the very same hotshots that he was 30 years ago. Worst, he’s called “pops.” What is remarkable is that Cruise looks to have indeed found a way to thwart time. His chiseled body and still-boyish face are indistinguishable from the pilots three decades his junior during a football game on the beach.
The film handles Maverick’s personal stuff – wooing the barmaid, repairing his relationship with Goose’s kid – while also fulfilling its promise as an action movie. There are jets pulling 10Gs, the metal sound of cockpit sticks being pulled, epic dogfights and the whine of machinery balking at the demands put on it. The action even takes a few unexpected and thrilling turns. So jump on Maverick’s bike, hug him tight and join him on the highway to the danger zone. | https://www.abqjournal.com/2502450/top-gun-maverick-a-welcome-return-trip-to-the-danger-zone.html | 2022-05-25 22:08:33 | 1 | https://www.abqjournal.com/2502450/top-gun-maverick-a-welcome-return-trip-to-the-danger-zone.html |
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* WHAT...East winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts 40 to 55 mph
expected. Strongest winds in the hills and near the Columbia
River Gorge.
* WHERE...In Oregon, Greater Portland Metro Area. In Washington,
Greater Vancouver Area.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM PST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A suspect in a Reno drug-trafficking case who fled to Mexico in 2014 has been arrested and is expected to be returned to Nevada to face drug and money-laundering charges involving more than 140 pounds of methamphetamine, federal officials said Thursday.
Nassrollah Behmard, 64, of Reno was indicted by a federal grand jury in Reno in June on eight criminal counts, including distribution of meth and conspiracy to launder money, the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office said.
He was arrested on a federal warrant in Mexico and was returned to Southern California where he made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court on Tuesday.
Behmard, who also is known as Michael Holt and “Benny,” fled to Mexico in 2014 to avoid being arrested for his involvement in Washoe County drug-trafficking case, federal prosecutors said.
Last March, the FBI learned he was still in Mexico and conspiring with others in Reno and Los Angeles to distribute multiple-pound quantities of meth.
From March to June 2022, he's accused of distributing over 140 pounds of meth. The FBI said law officers intercepted 100 pounds of the meth and traced it back to a clandestine lab in the Los Angeles area, which authorities dismantled and seized about 1,000 pounds of the drug.
Four other suspects were arrested in July.
Behmard is expected to be extradited from California back to Reno to face the criminal charges in federal court, the U.S. attorney's office said. His next court appearance is Dec. 27. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Reno-drug-trafficking-suspect-arrested-in-Mexico-17657057.php | 2022-12-15 21:40:42 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Reno-drug-trafficking-suspect-arrested-in-Mexico-17657057.php |
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Investment in new Shanghai-based facility will allow the company to better serve its customers and meet growing demand
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the opening of its first manufacturing site in China. The new Shanghai-based facility enables localized production for Illumina's gene sequencing instruments and consumables and reflects the growing demand in the Chinese market for Illumina's systems and products.
"Our new manufacturing site in Shanghai will allow us to bring more of our innovative and life-changing technologies to the region," said Kevin Pegels, chief of Global Operations at Illumina. "This investment also creates greater efficiencies in our global supply chain to meet increasing customer demand in this critical growth geography."
The new Illumina China manufacturing site will initially produce 16 sequencing reagents for clinical use, with production on the first batch of products scheduled to begin by the end of this year. The company aims to achieve complete localized production for its gene sequencing instruments and consumables within the next five years.
"This investment in China signifies Illumina's commitment to China's vibrant life sciences and genomics industries," said Li Qing, senior vice president and general manager of Greater China at Illumina. "Illumina intends to further invest across the entire value chain in China, in pursuit of our mission to improve the health of people throughout China and around the world by unlocking the power of the genome."
The new manufacturing site is expected to become the company's third largest production operation globally and follows Illumina's recent opening of both its new Greater China headquarters and distribution center. Earlier this year, Illumina was honored by MIT Technology Review as one of the "50 Smartest Companies in China."
Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical, and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture, and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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NEW YORK (AP) — British novelist Martin Amis, who brought a rock ‘n’ roll sensibility to his stories and lifestyle, has died. He was 73.
His death on Friday at his home in Florida, from cancer of the esophagus, was confirmed by his agent, Andrew Wylie, on Saturday.
Amis was the son of another British writer, Kingsley Amis. Martin Amis was a leading voice among a generation of writers that included his good friend, the late Christopher Hitchens, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie.
Among his best-known works were “Money,” a satire about consumerism in London, “The Information” and “London Fields,” along with his 2000 memoir, “Experience.”
Jonathan Glazer’s adaption of Amis’ 2014 novel “The Zone of Interest” premiered Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, about a Nazi commandant who lives next to Auschwitz with his family, drew some of the best reviews of the festival.
The Holocaust was the topic of Amis’ novel “Time’s Arrow” and Josef Stalin’s reign in Russia in “House of Meetings,” examples of how his writing explored the dark soul.
“Violence is what I hate most, is what baffles me and disgusts me most,” Amis told The Associated Press in 2012. “Writing comes from silent anxiety, the stuff you don’t know you’re really brooding about and when you start to write you realize you have been brooding about it, but not consciously. It’s terribly mysterious.”
Amis was a celebrity in his own right, his life often chronicled by London tabloids since his 1973 debut, “The Rachel Papers.” His love life, his change of agents, even his dental work were fodder for stories.
“He was the king — a stylist extraordinaire, super cool, a brilliantly witty, erudite and fearless writer and a truly wonderful man,” said Michal Shavit, his editor in England. “He has been so important and formative for so many readers and writers over the last half century. Every time he published a new book it was an event.”
Critic Michiko Kakutani wrote of Amis in The New York Times in 2000 that “he is a writer equipped with a daunting arsenal of literary gifts: a dazzling, chameleonesque command of language, a willingness to tackle large issues and larger social canvases and an unforgiving, heat-seeking eye for the unwholesome ferment of contemporary life.”
“We are devastated at the death of our author and friend, Martin Amis,” Amis’ publisher, Penguin, tweeted. “He leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/entertainment-news/ap-martin-amis-british-novelist-who-brought-a-rock-n-roll-sensibility-to-his-work-has-died-at-73/ | 2023-05-21 20:03:50 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/entertainment-news/ap-martin-amis-british-novelist-who-brought-a-rock-n-roll-sensibility-to-his-work-has-died-at-73/ |
Part proceeds from ticket sales will go to Bahamas Baseball Association
MIAMI, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Miami Marlins are suiting up to host the second edition of Bahamian Heritage Celebration this Saturday, June 25 at loanDepot park at 4:10 p.m. when they take on the New York Mets. The Bahamian Heritage Celebration is in honour of Bahamian second baseman, 24-year-old Jasrado "Jazz" Chisholm Jr. – the first Bahamian player with the Marlins franchise and only the seventh Bahamian in Major League Baseball (MLB) history.
The Heritage Celebration is a collaborative initiative by the Miami Marlins, The Bahamas Consulate General (Miami) Office, The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation (BMOTIA), the National Sports Authority (NSA) of The Bahamas and Bahamas Baseball Association (BBA) to shine the spotlight on "Jazz", Marlins' Bahamian player while simultaneously introducing ticketholders to varying aspects of Bahamian culture.
Against the backdrop of Bahamian themed colours, aquamarine, gold and black, the Heritage Celebration will feature a pregame Junkanoo rush out lead by The Bahamas Junkanoo Revue of Miami and legendary Junkanooers Barabbas Woodside and Langston Longley, as well as a postgame concert featuring popular rhythmic Bahamian music.
Bahamians throughout Florida, the wider USA and across the Bahamian archipelago are encouraged to bring their Bahamian flags, goatskin drums and other paraphernalia to the special Bahamian Heritage celebratory game. It is to be noted, however, that noise makers such as cowbells and wind instruments are strictly prohibited in the stadium.
The purchase of a Bahamian Heritage Ticket Package includes an exclusive Bahamian Heritage Marlins Jersey and access to the pregame and postgame events. This year, spectators will also have a chance to receive a collectible Jazz Chisholm Jr. bobblehead souvenir, presented by loanDepot.
Part proceeds from the special ticket package will go to The Bahamas Baseball Association to increase investment in local baseball. General game tickets do not grant attendees access to the exclusive Bahamian Heritage Celebration t-shirt or events.
Tickets for the game and celebration can be found at https://www.mlb.com/marlins/tickets. Direct bookings are also available for groups of 10 or more through Brad Johnson at brjohnson@marlins.com or 305-480-1548.
A delegation from The Bahamas Government will travel to Florida for the exciting event, including Latia Duncombe, Acting Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation; Dr. Kenneth Romer, Deputy Director General; Senator Hon. Randy Rolle, Global Relations Consultant/Sr. Advisor, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; and the Hon. Mario Bowleg, Minister of Youth Sports and Culture and members of his team.
The Bahamas lies just 50 miles off the coast of Florida, offering an easy flyaway escape that transports travelers away from their everyday. Explore all the islands have to offer at www.bahamas.com or on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram to see why It's Better in The Bahamas.
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Which Amazon Fire tablet is best for kids?
Parenting in the modern world presents unique challenges. Kids want more access to tech, but parents want to make sure their kids stay safe. Some of Amazon’s Fire tablets are great for kids thanks to their impressive kids’ content and built-in parental controls, so children can only access age-appropriate content.
But which Fire tablet is best for your child? This primarily depends on your child’s age, since a suitable tablet for a 5-year-old won’t be the same as a suitable tablet for a 13-year-old. Once you know more about what to look for in kids’ tablets, it will be easier to pick the best one for your child.
What are Fire tablets?
Fire tablets are Amazon’s range of tablets. They run their own operating system, FireOS, which is similar to Android. Fire tablets are popular for kids because of their affordable price and selection of tablets aimed specifically at children. Some are designed for younger children than others, however, so you’ll need to find out more to choose the best model for your offspring. For more information, see the guide to Amazon Fire Tablets at BestReviews.
What to look for in tablets for kids
Look out for some basic features that are desirable in kids’ tablets, both to keep your child safe and to keep the tablet going strong for longer. Although you can set parental controls on almost any tablet, kids’ tablets can have additional modifications to steer children toward age-appropriate content and prevent access to anything a little too grown-up for them.
Durability
Tablets designed for children should be durable enough to withstand plenty of wear and tear. No matter how many times you ask your child to be careful with their tablet, it will inevitably end up being dropped or knocked to the ground regularly. Tablets themselves are only so strong, so kids’ tablets often come with extra-sturdy cases designed to withstand impacts.
Parental controls
Parental controls are essential in kids’ tablets. These keep kids safe online and prevent them from seeing anything age-inappropriate. Airtight parental controls allow caregivers peace of mind while kids play on their tablets, meaning constant monitoring of what the kids are up to isn’t necessary. Some tablets for kids, including kids’ Fire tablets, have parental controls already built-in, which is ideal for adults who aren’t confident enough with tech to be certain they’ve locked down all potential areas where kids could see something unsuitable for their age group.
Content
Some kids’ tablets come with easily accessible content specifically aimed at kids, so they have plenty to see and do that they can access directly from the home screen. Fire kids’ tablets include a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids+, which gives children access to a range of videos, books, games and educational content. It includes some popular kids’ shows like “Peppa Pig” and “Paw Patrol.”
Fire tablets for young kids
Standard Fire kids’ tablets are aimed at ages 3-7. They have a simple interface and only basic apps are available, making them extremely simple for little kids to use. The interface is more image-based than text-based, so young kids can see images of shows or apps that they want to access and press them, easily navigating their tablet before they can read.
The tablet only allows heavily restricted access to a small selection of hand-picked websites as kids should get most of what they need from the included apps. The case that comes with this model is extra bulky, providing excellent impact protection.
The Fire 7 Kids Tablet is the 7-inch version, which is a compact and manageable choice for young children. However, you can opt for a larger 10-inch model, the Fire 10 Kids Tablet. Bear in mind that these measurements are for the screen size only. The case adds another couple of inches to these measurements.
Fire tablets for older kids
Fire HD Kids Pro tablets are aimed at ages 6-12. There’s some crossover in the recommended age ranges between the standard Fire Kids tablet and the Fire Kids Pro, but we’d recommend the Pro if you’re buying for a 6- or 7-year-old, as it will last them longer before they outgrow the available content.
The Pro’s interface is more similar to a standard tablet or smartphone, though with a limited range of available apps and complete parental control over which apps kids can access. Users can browse the web on this tablet, though heavy parental controls are in place to keep kids safe. The included case is slimmer as older kids shouldn’t need quite as much drop protection.
The Fire HD 8 Kids Pro Tablet is a great mid-sized 8-inch tablet for kids, that’s large enough to watch videos and read books on but isn’t unmanageably large. However, some users may prefer a larger tablet with a bigger screen that’s better for watching movies and longer shows, in which case the 10-inch Fire HD 10 Kids Pro Tablet is a great choice.
Fire tablets for teenagers
If your child has reached their teenage years, they’re too old for tablets designed for kids. They’re more likely to want to chat to their friends online and scroll through Instagram than watch cartoons. A greater range of apps and more freedom over browsing the web are required than kids’ tablets provide.
Teenagers are ready for regular Fire tablets as opposed to Fire Kids tablets. A regular Fire tablet doesn’t come with limited apps or other built-in parental controls, but you can set your own parental controls before you give your teen the tablet. At this age, balance is key. You can set controls to keep teenagers from accessing inappropriate content, but you must also give them some degree of autonomy and trust their choices.
The Fire HD 8 Tablet is an affordable compact tablet choice for teens, while the Fire HD 10 Tablet is a great choice for users who need a bigger screen.
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Which ‘Lion King’ posters are best?
If you’re still humming “Hakuna Matata” almost 30 years later, you can celebrate “The Lion King” by purchasing a poster for your home. Movie posters can make a fun addition to your home office, kid’s bedroom, movie theater room or game room. Thinking about the poster’s size, framing needs and which “Lion King” film is your favorite can help you pick the perfect poster for your space. A top pick for many is the MoviePostersOnline The Lion King 1994 Movie Poster.
What to know before you buy a ‘Lion King’ poster
Size
Many sellers offer multiple sizing options for their posters. Determining the dimensions that your space can accommodate in advance makes your shopping experience much more convenient. You can use a tape measure to easily figure out what size will fit. If you don’t want to just eyeball it, hold a piece of paper or another poster up against your wall to see which size will look best.
Framing
You don’t have to frame your poster, but it can give your poster a more polished look, and poster frames are inexpensive and simple to hang on your wall. If you live in a rental that doesn’t allow you to make substantial holes, try a lightweight frame made specifically for posters. Frames come in all different colors and are usually made from wood, metal or plastic. You can use a frame that matches your room to blend your poster into your home decor.
Location
A movie poster will most likely stand out from the rest of your home’s decor, and that’s OK — you can utilize a movie poster in the same way you would a bold piece of art. Find a narrow table to center your poster over when using it in your living room, hallway or foyer. If you’d like a location that’s a little less conspicuous, try a home office or game room. You can also make a gallery wall by hanging several movie posters in a row.
What to look for in a quality ‘Lion King’ poster
‘The Lion King’ (1994)
A classic these days to both children and their parents, this movie started it all. The original movie poster advertisements for this film feature Simba on pride rock and Mufasa’s face in the sky. It has the look of a vintage Disney VHS and is perfect for those wanting to celebrate one of their favorite films from childhood with the whole family.
‘The Lion King’ (2019)
Have your kids developed their own love for “The Lion King” through the new movie rendition? This poster features the realistic versions of Simba and Mufasa in the light of a scorching African sun.
‘The Lion King’ musical
Almost as famous as the films is “The Lion King” musical. One of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, this show has its own very poster. The poster features the face of the king in black on a yellow background.
‘The Lion King’ poster art
If you want something with a little more artistic flair, there are many fun posters inspired by the “Lion King” movies. You can find posters that creatively depict your favorite characters, scenes, locations, songs and quotes. There are also minimalist and vintage-style takes on the film’s poster.
How much you can expect to spend on a ‘Lion King’ poster
You can expect to spend $10-$40 on a “Lion King” poster, depending on the size you want.
‘Lion King’ poster FAQ
What’s the best way to hang my poster?
A. You can attach your poster directly to your wall or you can hang it inside a frame. Poster putty allows you to hang a poster on your wall without damaging the paint or making holes. Lighter frames can be hung with Command strips or hook-and-nail picture hangers.
What’s the standard movie poster size?
A. If you want a poster the same size as those you see at your local movie theater, look for one sized 27 by 41 inches. This is the most standard movie poster size and the one favored by collectors.
What’s the best ‘Lion King’ poster to buy?
Top ‘Lion King’ poster
MoviePostersOnline The Lion King 1994 Movie Poster
What you need to know: This is an excellent-quality movie poster of “The Lion King” from 1994.
What you’ll love: The poster features Simba standing on Pride Rock with Mufasa looking down on him. The 275 gsm ‘Lustre’ photo paper stock makes for a long-lasting image with a nice finish. You can choose from five different sizes, and all items ship protected by a postal tube or hardback envelope.
What you should consider: While excellent quality, these posters are on the pricey side.
Where to buy: Sold by Etsy
Top ‘Lion King’ poster for the money
Trends International Disney The Lion King Mufasa and Simba Wall Poster
What you need to know: This officially licensed poster features the lifelike Mufasa and Simba from the 2019 movie.
What you’ll love: This poster is available in two different sizes, and you can choose a framed poster, a poster with a clip or a plain poster. Frames come in a variety of colors, including black, mahogany, silver and white. The print has a satin finish and vibrant colors.
What you should consider: The price goes up significantly if you buy this poster framed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
DramaLlamaPrints The Lion King Movie Quote Poster
What you need to know: This poster has all your favorite quotes from the original 1994 movie.
What you’ll love: You’ll love to be inspired by lines like, “I laugh in the face of danger” and “Remember who you are.” Lines like, “What do you want me to do? Dress in drag and do the hula?” will make you chuckle every time you walk past. You can choose between two different sizes.
What you should consider: This poster is on the small side.
Where to buy: Sold by Etsy
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A leading association marketing firm streamlines event planning with new plugin, ParrotWP™
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadmium today announced a partnership with the David James Group to streamline event marketing for their customers in the association, non-profit, and corporate sectors.
The announcement coincided with the unveiling of ParrotWP™—a plugin developed by David James Group to enable the automatic transfer of presentation and presenter data from Cadmium's event technology software to WordPress-based event websites. The plugin promises to eliminate errors and tedious manual data entry for the customers of both organizations.
The David James Group unveiled the plugin today at Cadmium's annual conference, Cadmium Spark, at Nationals Park in Washington.
Cadmium is an event and learning software provider based in Forest Hill, Md., that offers continuing education, professional development, and content management solutions. The David James Group is a Chicago-based association marketing firm specializing in event marketing, website design and development, rebranding strategies, and more.
"We believe in making a client's event brand experience as positive as possible," said Ron Zywicki, president of the David James Group. "ParrotWP and our partnership with Cadmium allow us to ensure that any visitor to an event website developed in WordPress will have seamless, user-friendly access to the info they need."
ParrotWP retrieves presentation and presenter information from the Education Harvester—one of Cadmium's flagship event technology products. The plugin thus provides several key benefits to their mutual customers:
- Seamless data migration into WordPress-based websites ensures that presentation and presenter information remain in sync and up to date.
- By eliminating the need for manual data entry, ParrotWP reduces the risk of errors and inconsistencies on attendee-facing websites.
- Automatic syncing across more than 280 custom fields in the Education Harvester puts total control over event data in the hands of meeting planners.
"We value partners who develop solutions that fit seamlessly onto our products," said Paul Zickert, vice president of Partnerships at Cadmium. "The David James Group has invented an indispensable time-saving tool that promotes seamless event marketing for users of Cadmium technology."
To learn more about the DJG plugin ParrotWP, visit here.
Cadmium simplifies the production of live, hybrid and virtual events and maximizes the value of online learning with a single, flexible platform designed to capture the chemistry of people, ideas and knowledge. The company's software products are trusted by more than 1000 content-driven organizations worldwide to generate revenue, drive customer retention, and lower operational costs for their events and education initiatives. For more information, visit https://gocadmium.com.
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DJG is a full-service association marketing communication firm focusing on successful event marketing, membership marketing, brand and rebranding strategies, website design and development, social media, public relations, video production and other services. DJG serves mission-based clients of all sizes with specialties in healthcare, engineering, diversity & inclusion, life sciences, manufacturing, energy, technology, and business services. DJG is a division of the David James Company. For more information visit davidjamesgroup.com
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NEW YORK, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Tupperware Brands Corporation ("Tupperware") (NYSE: TUP) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between November 3, 2021 and May 3, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Tupperware, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Tupperware includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Tupperware was facing significant challenges in maintaining its earnings and sales performance; (ii) accordingly, Tupperware's full-year 2022 guidance was unrealistic and/or unsustainable; (iii) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Tupperware's financial condition; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 15, 2022
Aggrieved Tupperware investors only have until August 15, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped from Portugal’s starting lineup for the second straight match at the World Cup.
The 37-year-old Ronaldo won’t play from the outset in the quarterfinal match against Morocco on Saturday, after starting on the bench and then coming on as a substitute for the round-of-16 match against Switzerland.
Gonçalo Ramos, who scored a hat trick on Tuesday in Portugal’s 6-1 win over Switzerland on his first start for Portugal, was again selected ahead of Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is playing in his fifth and likely final World Cup.
He was left out of the lineup against the Swiss after coach Fernando Santos expressed frustration about his team captain’s attitude in the previous game.
Santos later said Ronaldo was “not happy” to be told he was being benched, but never threatened to leave the World Cup because of the decision.
Ronaldo, the all-time leading scorer in men’s international soccer with 118 goals, eventually came in as a replacement in the 74th minute. He had looked somewhat disconnected from the rest of the squad after the match, and had already shown a poor attitude after being substituted in the last group game against South Korea.
Ronaldo was coming off lackluster performances in the group stage, though he scored in the 3-2 win against Ghana to become the first player to score in five World Cups. He has played in every edition of the tournament since 2006.
Portugal’s other starters against Morocco at Al Thumama Stadium included João Félix, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes and Otávio.
Portugal is trying to make it to the last four for the third time, having finished third in 1966 and fourth in 2006. It hadn’t gotten past the round of 16 since that tournament in Germany 16 years ago.
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Fears Nachawati trial lawyers gearing up for next Roundup cancer trial in August
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer has run out of appeals over a $25 million jury verdict for a California man who developed cancer after using Roundup weedkiller. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for thousands of pending lawsuits on behalf of people who developed cancer after exposure to the herbicide, said trial lawyer Majed Nachawati.
"The Supreme Court has spoken loud and clear," said Mr. Nachawati, whose Dallas-based firm represents more than 5,000 cancer victims in litigation against the global chemical giant which owns Monsanto, the maker of Roundup.
"Bayer and Monsanto cannot shirk responsibility to those who have been harmed by this cancer-causing weedkiller. This important decision means cancer victims can have their day in court, and Bayer Monsanto has reached the end of the line in efforts to stall and delay justice."
The Supreme Court's rejection of Bayer's appeal was the second setback in recent days for Bayer (OTCMKTS: BAYZF, BAYRY). On June 17, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to re-examine the cancer risks associated with Roundup's active ingredient, glyphosate.
"Bayer and Monsanto have been using their armies of corporate lawyers and lobbyists to avoid accountability for too long," said Mr. Nachawati. "They can't hide from justice and the cancer victims who deserve answers. It's past time for this global chemical giant to stop playing games with people's lives."
Mr. Nachawati and the Fears Nachawati law firm are gearing up for the next trial on behalf of Roundup cancer victims in early August in state court in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Nachawati has been an outspoken voice against Monsanto's attempts to circumvent the settlements of thousands of related lawsuits consolidated in multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Three bellwether trials have produced multimillion-dollar verdicts, finding that exposure to the herbicide caused cancer. All three verdicts have been affirmed on appeal. A $25 million verdict for California resident Edwin Hardeman is the case that Bayer unsuccessfully appealed to the Supreme Court.
The multidistrict litigation is In re: Bayer Roundup Products Liability Litigation, case number 3:16-md-02741.
Mr. Nachawati represents individuals in mass tort litigation, businesses and governmental entities in contingent litigation and individual victims in complex personal injury litigation. The Fears Nachawati law firm is one of the largest and most diverse products liability law firms in the nation. The firm is ranked No. 1 nationally in products liability filings in federal court over the past three years, according to Lex Machina. For more information visit https://www.fnlawfirm.com.
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Amen and Ausar Thompson have literally known each other since before they were born. Amen Thompson was born just one minute before Ausar. So it was only fitting that minutes after Amen Thompson was selected No. 4 overall in the NBA Draft, Ausar Thompson would go No. 5.
Amen was picked up on Thursday by the Houston Rockets. Minutes later, the Detroit Pistons selected Thompson with their pick. Together, the 20-year-olds became the first brother duo to go in the top 5 of an NBA Draft.
"I think it's kind of cool going first," Amen Thompson said. "It means a lot to my family. Me and Ausar, we were going to be happy whoever went first. But it means a lot to my family seeing all the hard work pay off. Us go back-to-back, be the first twins in the same draft to go top five, it means a lot."
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Rather than going the collegiate route after high school, the Thompsons were teammates in the Overtime Elite league, which is a professional basketball league for 16-20 year olds. The duo led the City Reapers to this year's title.
The draft meant the two brothers will not be teammates for the first time in their careers.
"I feel like we're going to adapt," Ausar Thompson said. "It may be a little hard, but I think he's going to be fine. I know I'm going to be fine. I'll FaceTime him."
Amen Thompson said they have gotten to do a number of endorsement deals together. They knew they would be drafted early, but had no clue they would go back-to-back.
"It was weird, we never really talked about going back to back. We just talked about both being top 10. I never really thought about it, but it's cool that that's how it ended up being the way it happened," Amen Thompson said.
Jay Bilas, an ESPN basketball analyst, explained how the Thompsons are both alike and different in their play.
"The Thompson twins are both really talented and can absolutely play. They’re just not really good shooters," Bilas said. "Amen Thompson is probably the better offensive player I would say, but Ausar Thompson is an outstanding defender, and that’s going to mean a lot in the NBA because he’s so versatile and athletic, and he’s a really, really hard worker."
The two also had an older brother, Troy Jr., play in the NBA developmental G League for the Stockton King after playing at the collegiate level for Prairie View A&M. Their uncle Mark Thompson was a Jamaican Olympian in the 400 meter hurdles.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A drone strike caused a fire at a refinery in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine on Wednesday, but no one was hurt and the blaze was contained quickly, officials said.
The fire engulfed industrial equipment at the Novoshakhtinsk oil processing plant in the Rostov-on-Don region. The authorities said that dozens of firefighters extinguished the flames in a half-hour and no one was hurt.
The refinery said in a statement that the fire was caused by a strike carried out by two drones, describing it as a “terrorist” act. It didn’t give further details, but the state news agency Tass said that two Ukrainian drones flew over the plant and one of them slammed into a heat exchanger, triggering the fire.
Ukrainian officials haven’t claimed responsibility for the drone strike.
A video posted on a messaging app channel showed a drone flying by and hitting what was purported to be the refinery, a giant plume of smoke rising into the sky. The authenticity of the video couldn’t be independently verified.
The Rostov regional governor, Vasily Golubev, said that fragments of two drones were found on the territory of the plant.
The refinery said it temporarily suspended the operations to assess the damage.
Wednesday’s attack on the refinery follows a series of explosions and fires in western Russia amid Moscow’s fighting in Ukraine in an operation that began nearly four months ago.
In April, two Ukrainian helicopter gunships struck an oil depot in Belgorod, according to Russian officials, causing a massive fire.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an “attempted coup” that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department.
That is expected to be the committee’s closing argument as it wraps up a year-and-a-half-long inquiry and prepares to release a final report detailing its findings about the insurrection in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory. The committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans is set to dissolve at the end of the year.
Monday’s meeting will be the committee’s 11th public session since forming in July 2021. One of the first hearings, on June 9, was viewed by more than 20 million people.
What to watch for in Monday’s meeting at 1 p.m. EST:
REFERRING A PRESIDENT
The committee is expected to make both criminal and civil referrals against the former president and his allies, who, according to lawmakers, broke the law or committed ethical violations.
The committee’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the referrals may include criminal, ethics violations, legal misconduct and campaign finance violations. Lawmakers have suggested in particular that their recommended charges against Trump could include conspiracy to defraud the United State, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and insurrection.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that he believes Trump committed multiple crimes. Pointing specifically to insurrection, Schiff said that “if you look at Donald Trump’s acts and you match them up against the statute, it’s a pretty good match.”
“This is someone who in multiple ways tried to pressure state officials to find votes that didn’t exist, this is someone who tried to interfere with a joint session, even inciting a mob to attack the Capitol,” Schiff told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “If that’s not criminal then I don’t know what it is.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said last week that the committee’s actions will focus on “key players” where there is sufficient evidence or abundant evidence that they committed crimes.
It will fall to federal prosecutors to decide whether to bring charges. Even though they are non-binding, the recommendations by the committee would add to the political pressure on the Justice Department as special counsel Jack Smith conducts an investigation into Jan. 6 and Trump’s actions.
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COMPLICIT LAWMAKERS?
The committee on Monday could also make ethics referrals involving fellow lawmakers.
“We will also be considering what’s the appropriate remedy for members of Congress who ignore a congressional subpoena, as well as the evidence that was so pertinent to our investigation and why we wanted to bring them in,” Schiff said. “We have weighed what is the remedy for members of Congress. Is it a criminal referral to another branch of government, or is it better that the Congress police its own?”
He said the committee considered censure and ethics referrals and will be disclosing their decision Monday.
Lawmakers who did not comply with subpoenas from the Jan. 6 committee included House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California, as well as GOP Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama.
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A RECORD FOR HISTORY
Lawmakers have promised that Monday’s session will include a preview of the committee’s final report, expected to be released Wednesday. The panel will vote on adopting the official record, effectively authorizing the release of the report to the public.
The eight-chapter report will include hundreds of pages of findings about the attack and Trump’s efforts to subvert democracy, drawing on what the committee learned through its interviews with more than 1,000 witnesses.
It will roughly mirror the series of public hearings the committee held in the summer that detailed the various facets of the investigation, including the role of extremist groups in the violence on Jan. 6, Trump’s attempt to enlist the Justice Department in his schemes and Trump’s coordination with GOP lawmakers to overturn the election results.
Additional evidence, including some of the massive trove of video footage and testimony the committee collected, is expected to be released publicly before the end of the year.
Anticipation for the final report is high. Book publishers are already offering pre-release versions for sale to the public.
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LEGISLATIVE CHANGES
As the committee convenes one final time, a major legislative response to the insurrection could be on the fast-track to passage.
Lawmakers are expected to overhaul the arcane election law that Trump tried to subvert after his 2020 election defeat by including legislative changes in a year-end spending bill.
The proposed overhaul of the Electoral Count Act is one of the many byproducts of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. A group of bipartisan lawmakers has been working on the legislation since the insurrection. Trump and his allies tried to find loopholes in that law before the congressional certification of the 2020 vote as the former president worked to overturn his defeat to Biden and unsuccessfully pressured Pence to go along.
The bill, if passed, would amend the 19th century law that, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential election winners, ensuring the popular vote from each state is protected from manipulation and that Congress does not arbitrarily decide presidential elections.
The committee is also expected to release its own legislative proposals in its final report, with ideas for how to strengthen and expand the guardrails that protected the Electoral College certification in 2021.
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CLOSING ARGUMENTS
Since its formation, the Jan. 6 committee has strived to build a record for history and deepen the public’s understanding of what led to the Capitol attack and the individuals involved in it.
“We obviously want to complete the story for the American people,” Raskin said. “Everybody has come on a journey with us and we want a satisfactory conclusion, such that people feel that Congress has done its job.”
After conducting thousands of interviews — ranging from Trump Cabinet secretaries to members of his own family — and obtaining tens of thousands of documents, congressional investigators say they have created the most comprehensive look at the worst attack on the Capitol in two centuries.
But the 16-month investigation has also provided a road map of sorts for criminal investigations, influencing the probes of Trump and Jan. 6 that are progressing at the local, state and federal level.
There is some question whether the Justice Department will act with Trump announced as a 2024 presidential candidate. Schiff expressed worry on Sunday that federal prosecutors may be slow to move on charges as long as Trump is politically relevant. “I think he should face the same remedy, force of law, that anyone else would,” Schiff said.
Still, Monday’s session remains the last word for the committee as its temporary, or “select,” committee status expires at the end of the current Congress.
Once Republicans take the majority next year, they are not expected to renew the committee, instead launching a slew of investigations that will focus on the Biden administration and the president’s family.
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Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
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ROME (AP) — A meticulously reconstructed Pompeii bridal chariot that eluded the ancient city’s modern-day looters is a star of an ambitious new exhibition in Rome, which invites viewers to reflect on today’s connections with classical Roman and Greek civilizations.
Shown for the first time to the public since it was discovered in 2021 under four meters (13 feet) of volcanic ash, the four-wheeled chariot features silver and bronze decorations, including of erotic scenes.
The chariot was found under the ruins of a villa just outside Pompeii, an excavation prompted by the discovery that artifact thieves were tunneling through the area in hopes of finding saleable ancient loot.
Wooden parts of the chariot, like the sideboards, didn’t survive the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ended Pompeii’s run as a thriving, enterprising Roman city. But to reconstruct what didn’t survive of the chariot, experts used same the pioneering technique that have been employed for decades now to make casts of human victims of the eruption, by filling in the space left in the ash by the vanished organic matter.
In a sobering reminder how life can vanish in an instant, as reflected in the show’s title “The instant and eternity, between us and the ancients,” the casts of two male victims — one of the pair is believed to have been the enslaved person of the other man — were transported to Rome from Pompeii’s archaeological park to greet visitors at the exhibition’s entrance.
But the chariot is just one of many stellar pieces in the exhibition, which opens on Thursday for a three-month run in the towering, cavernous halls of the Baths of Diocletian, a structure in central Rome that dates to about A.D. 300 and now is home to the National Roman Museum just across from Rome’s bustling main train station.
To better understand what the chariot looked like in its heyday, including the color of its original wooden sides, restorers drew from ancient texts describing such ceremonial vehicles.
But the special role of ceremonial chariots long-predated Pompeii, noted the museum’s director, Stephane Verger, pointing to another impressive display in the exhibition. On display are three painted walls from a third century B.C. tomb in Paestum, a city in present-day southern Italy founded by the Greeks. On one wall, the painting depicts a woman, being fanned by a servant while she rides a ceremonial funeral chariot, while on the opposite wall is a depiction of her just-deceased husband.
Many of the 65 ancient sculptures and artifacts on display have left Greece for the first time.
Italian museums Director General Massimo Osanna said the exhibit challenges what he described as a popular “cancel-culture” premise that dismisses the value of studying ancient classical civilizations.
“It’s fundamental to reflect on our common roots,” said Osanna, in counter-tendency to what he lamented was a push to ”ignore the classics” because of the “uncomfortable” legacy of ancient civilizations, especially the practices of slavery and colonization.
He cited the ancient Roman entertainment in the Colosseum of deadly gladiatorial bouts. While that violent practice is relegated to history, “that doesn’t mean we don’t have violence” today. “We channeled it elsewhere,” Osanna said.
“To reflect, to know” our past, “doesn’t necessarily mean imitating it,” Osanna said.
Among the “cords” that tied the ancients to humans today is the theme of grief, said one of the exhibition’s curators, Maria Luisa Catoni, who cited some of the treasures on display. On display is an evocative representative of mourning — a depiction, on a sarcophagus, from the 13th century B.C., of a procession of four weeping women, starkly outlined in a terracotta hue, from Thebes, a city that was a power center of ancient Greece. She noted that many master painters of the Renaissance, about three millenniums later, would explore the same theme of weeping women to convey unspeakable grief.
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HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he trusts that Finland and Sweden will be admitted into NATO by July, and hinted that he wants the United States to put pressure on Turkey to approve their membership bids.
If the issue drags on, the entire process of admitting new members into the military alliance will become questionable, President Sauli Niinistö said in an interview with the Finnish news agency STT.
“If it doesn’t happen by the Vilnius meeting, why should it happen afterwards?” Niinistö said.
Lithuania is set to host a NATO summit in the Baltic nation’s capital on July 11-12.
NATO requires unanimous approval from its existing members to admit new ones. Turkey and Hungary are the only nations in the 30-member military alliance that haven’t formally endorsed Sweden and Finland’s accession.
While Hungary has pledged to do so in February, Turkey hasn’t indicated willingness to ratify the two countries’ accession any time soon. Niinistö stressed that the final Turkish decision is up to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“I think that under no circumstances will he allow himself to be influenced by any public pressure,” Niinistö said. ” But if something opens up during the bilateral talks between Turkey and the United States, it might have an impact.”
Turkey has been holding off approving Sweden and Finland’s membership into NATO as it has been infuriated, among other things, by a recent series of demonstrations in Stockholm by activists who have burned the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy and hanged an effigy of Erdogan.
In January, Ankara indefinitely postponed a key meeting in Brussels that would have discussed the two Nordic countries’ entry into NATO.
Niinistö said that Finland and Sweden heard many encouraging statements from NATO last spring — the Nordic duo had stated their intention to join NATO in May — about smooth and painless progress of membership.
He said that did not happen, adding that the delay isn’t only a headache for the two applicant countries.
“I can see that this has already become a problem for NATO. Clearly, NATO countries have also been surprised,” Niinistö said. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/finnish-president-wants-finland-sweden-in-nato-by-summer/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-02-11 13:55:21 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/finnish-president-wants-finland-sweden-in-nato-by-summer/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Fred Payton threw three touchdown passes and Mercer rolled to a 45-14 victory over Gardner-Webb on Saturday night.
Payton was 15-of-23 passing for 187 yards. He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Devron Harper and one to Drake Starks. Harper made eight catches for 109 yards and added 64 yards on the ground.
Harper broke loose on a 66-yard touchdown run on the game's first play from scrimmage. Payton added a 27-yard TD pass to Harper and a 15-yarder to Starks as Mercer (3-1) built a 21-0 first-quarter lead. Cameron Sims' 67-yard pick-6 stretched the Bears' lead to 28-7 heading into halftime.
Bailey Fisher threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Luther and Jalin Graham ran into the end zone from the 1 for Gardner-Webb (1-3). Luther had six receptions for 98 yards.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A well-known Kentucky Republican on Monday blasted the GOP's push for transgender legislation, calling it “a bad look for the party of Abraham Lincoln” in a radio ad coming days before lawmakers could vote to override the Democratic governor's veto of the bill.
Former longtime GOP state lawmaker Bob Heleringer evoked Lincoln's memory and words in lashing out against the Republican measure. A companion radio ad features Trey Grayson, a former Republican secretary of state in Kentucky. The Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization in Kentucky, paid for the commercials, which are airing statewide.
It's part of an uphill effort by the bill's opponents to try to fend off an override of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of the measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths. The bill would ban access to gender-affirming health care and restrict the bathrooms they can use. It also would allow teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use.
The bill easily passed with veto-proof margins in the legislature — where Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers. Lawmakers are set to reconvene Wednesday for the final two days of this year’s session, when they could vote to push aside Beshear's veto. Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer said Monday that the ads would not slow the bill's momentum among legislators.
The supporters say they are trying to protect children from undertaking gender-affirming treatments they might regret as adults. Research shows such regret is rare.
The Family Foundation, a faith-based organization in Kentucky, is urging lawmakers to override the veto. It said Beshear put “radical sexual ideology above protecting Kentucky children from harm.”
Heleringer pushed back against his party's efforts throughout the session. In one of the new ads, he asks if the GOP worked for years to gain legislative majorities in Kentucky "just to wage an all-out war against defenseless transgender children? Wow, what a bad look for the party of Abraham Lincoln.”
In the ad featuring Grayson, the ex-statewide official says he can’t believe lawmakers are “working in the final days to take rights away from Kentucky parents” by pushing the transgender bill.
“They want to overrule parents and doctors when it comes to care for transgender kids,” he said in urging Kentuckians to contact their lawmakers to speak out against the bill.
It's similar to the arguments made by the governor, who says the bill “tears away the freedom of parents to make critical and difficult medical decisions for their children.”
The legislation in Kentucky is part of a national movement, with state lawmakers approving extensive measures that restrict the rights of LGBTQ+ people this year, from bills targeting transgender athletes and drag performers to measures limiting gender-affirming care.
The Kentucky measure would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. It would outlaw gender reassignment surgery for anyone under 18, as well as the use of puberty blockers and hormones, and inpatient and outpatient gender-affirming hospital services.
Doctors would have to set a timeline to “detransition” children already taking puberty blockers or undergoing hormone therapy. They could continue offering care as they taper a youngster’s treatments, if removing them from the treatment immediately could harm the child.
Transgender medical treatments have long been available in the United States and are endorsed by major medical associations.
The bill would not allow schools to discuss sexual orientation or gender identity with students of any age. It would require school districts to devise bathroom policies that, “at a minimum,” would not allow transgender children to use the bathroom aligned with their gender identities. It also would require schools to notify parents when lessons related to human sexuality are going to be taught.
Chris Hartman, executive director of the Fairness Campaign, said featuring well-known Republicans in the ads was “intentional for us to show the support on both sides of the aisle, which we know exists” in opposing the bill. Both Heleringer and Grayson have lobbied on behalf of issues important to the Fairness Campaign, he said.
Thayer took issue with the strategy, saying it “crosses a line.”
“They have a First Amendment right to say whatever they want, but it’s extremely rare for registered lobbyists to appear in an advertising campaign,” Thayer said. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/foes-of-kentucky-transgender-bill-push-back-with-17862535.php | 2023-03-27 18:28:14 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/foes-of-kentucky-transgender-bill-push-back-with-17862535.php |
BASRA, Iraq — The lights at Basra International Stadium went down. Then the show began.
The spectacle on Jan. 6 marked the beginning of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup soccer tournament, hosted by Iraq for the first time since 1979 — as the country seeks to turn the page on decades of violence, instability and isolation.
“Gulf 25 is an opportunity that can help strengthen relations between Iraq and the rest of the gulf countries,” said Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who attended the opening ceremony alongside Arab officials from across the region and FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “It will be a sign of recovery from the lean years and political turmoil.”
The tournament, which is held every two years, features countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman), in addition to Yemen and Iraq. Much as the recent World Cup in Doha, Qatar, served to introduce Persian Gulf culture to the outside world, the tournament in Basra gave many gulf citizens their first chance to experience Iraq.
For locals, it was a rare opportunity to watch international soccer in their own backyard and, just as importantly, to express national pride and regional solidarity.
“Despite the fierce competition between the gulf countries to win the championship, what matters to us in the first place is honoring our guests after a long absence,” said Hussam Muthana, 27, a Basra taxi driver. “We are neighbors and cousins, even if outside political circumstances have kept us apart.”
More than 50,000 gulf visitors have poured into Iraq over the past two weeks, according to Iraqi authorities, as the country eased border restrictions and granted free visas. They made their way to the southern port of Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, where they were welcomed with banners and gulf flags.
Visitors flocked to the corniche that runs along the Shatt al Arab river, the city’s main tourist attraction, and the streets were humming with excitement, especially during matches. When the Iraqi team triumphed 5-0 over Yemen on Thursday, a dance party erupted and fireworks filled the sky. It was a joy that transcended sports.
“We are very happy with the presence of our brothers,” said Muhammad, who owns a coffee cart on the corniche and refused to accept money from gulf fans. “We hope that it will not end.”
Although Basra province sits on billions of dollars worth of oil, its people have never shared in the prosperity. Almost half of the city’s residents live below the poverty line; one-quarter of its youth are unemployed.
Yet with hotels in the city booked up for the tournament, locals opened their homes. First-time visitors from the region were overwhelmed by the generosity. “Everyone, without exaggeration, was ready to host you, and the city stayed awake all night and day,” said Ibrahim Ali, 40, who made the trip from Oman. “Even taxi drivers were objecting when we tried to pay their fare.”
“I came from Kuwait with my own car a week ago, and so far, I have not spent a single dinar,” 37-year-old Salim Mubarak said in amazement. “Everything is free.”
Inside Basra’s main stadium, more than 60,000 spectators packed in to watch Kuwait face off against Bahrain on Friday. Among them was Raheem Ali, 54, who has spent his whole life in Basra.
“We must show support to the guests so that they feel at home,” he explained. “Could you have imagined that the Kuwaiti who was occupied by Iraq 30 years ago would come here to play football with us and sing about the love of Iraq?”
Iraq was banned from competing in the cup after invading Kuwait in 1990, only rejoining in 2004. In the years since, the country was considered too dangerous to host the tournament.
“We expected the security situation to be bad and the militias to be in control,” said Abdul Rahman Meshal, 40, a visiting Emirati fan. “We thought gulf nationals were not welcome because of the Iranian influence, but we were surprised by the different reality.”
This year’s tournament was not totally spared from political controversy. Iran has long objected to use of the term “Arabian Gulf” to describe the cup, arguing it should rightfully be called the “Persian Gulf.” Last week, Iran summoned the Iraqi ambassador to lodge an official protest.
Sudani downplayed the disagreement in an interview with Deutsche Welle, saying, “We respect all points of view, and today we are part of the Arab system, and we are keen on perpetuating our relationship with the Arab Gulf states.” Iraqis were less measured on social media, flooding Twitter with the hashtag “Arabian Gulf.”
“For 20 years, Iran has tried to strip the Arab identity from Iraq in general and from the tribal society of southern Iraq in particular,” said Muhammad Al-Bazuni, 34, an engineer in Basra. “What happened in this tournament angered [Iran] very much. … They realize that what is between us and the people of the gulf is too big to be broken.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/18/iraq-arabian-gulf-cup-soccer/ | 2023-01-18 08:13:46 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/18/iraq-arabian-gulf-cup-soccer/ |
DALLAS (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran out of his house and jumped into a truck driven by his wife, a state senator, to avoid being served a subpoena to testify Tuesday in an abortion access case, according to court documents.
A process server wrote in an affidavit that he was attempting to deliver the federal court subpoena Monday at Paxton's home and ultimately had to leave the document on the ground. He said the Republican avoided him for more than an hour from inside his house, then dashed toward the truck and the couple drove off.
Paxton, who is facing a variety of legal troubles as he seeks to win a third term in November, said he avoided the server out of safety concerns and said the news media should be ashamed for reporting on what happened.
“It’s clear that the media wants to drum up another controversy involving my work as Attorney General, so they’re attacking me for having the audacity to avoid a stranger lingering outside my home and showing concern about the safety and well-being of my family,” Paxton wrote on Twitter Monday night.
On Tuesday, a judge hearing the lawsuit by nonprofit groups that want to help Texans pay for abortions out of state granted Paxton's request to quash the subpoena. The attorney general wrote in court documents that he and his wife were “accosted” by the process server and the judge also granted Paxton's request to seal the affidavit, which had been publicly accessible for hours.
Ernesto Martin Herrera said in the affidavit that he arrived at Paxton's home in the Dallas suburb on McKinney Monday morning and knocked on the front door, which had a window in it. Paxton could initially be seen approaching the door but then turned back. Republican Sen. Angela Paxton opened it, telling the process server her husband was on the phone, according to the court document, which was first reported by The Texas Tribune.
More than an hour later, the affidavit says, Paxton walked out of the garage but then turned around and ran back inside when Herrera walked up the driveway and called his name. A few minutes after that, Angela Paxton allegedly came out, opened the rear driver-side door of a truck in the driveway, got in the driver's seat and started the truck.
“A few minutes later I saw Mr. Paxton RAN (sic) from the door inside the garage towards the rear door behind the driver side,” Herrera wrote, adding that Paxton ignored his calls that he was there to serve the attorney general legal documents. Herrera said he left the subpoena on the ground beside the truck but the couple drove off without taking it.
Paxton was indicted in 2015 on state securities fraud charges but is yet to face trial amid long delays over where the felony case should be heard and payment for the special prosecutors. The FBI is investigating Paxton over allegations of corruption that eight of Paxton's own deputies leveled at him two years ago. The Texas state bar has also brought a lawsuit seeking to discipline Paxton for allegedly misleading the U.S. Supreme Court in his suit seeking to challenge Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
Paxton has broadly denied wrongdoing and remained popular among GOP voters. He faces Democratic challenger Rochelle Garza, a first-time candidate and former ACLU attorney, in the November election.
“Texans deserve an AG who will uphold the law, not run from it,” Garza wrote on Twitter Tuesday. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Records-Texas-attorney-general-fled-home-to-17470049.php | 2022-09-27 17:40:26 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Records-Texas-attorney-general-fled-home-to-17470049.php |
10 abandoned cars recovered from Ohio River
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - A new effort by law enforcement is using technology to solve cold cases, find missing people and clean up the Ohio River.
Whatever lies beneath the river’s silty murk, it’s fewer by 10 abandoned cars as of last Friday, WXIX reported.
That’s how many have been recovered so far in the joint endeavor of the Hamilton County Police Association Dive and Recovery Team, the Cincinnati Police Department and Living Lands & Waters.
The team will work through the week to recover more than a dozen cars currently sitting at the bottom of the Ohio River. The cars were identified using sonar technology.
Since last Friday, the team has scanned 26 miles of the river.
The machinery and expense to retrieve the cars is provided by Living Lands & Waters, a river cleanup operation.
It’s the first partnership between Living Lands & Waters and the police’s dive and recovery team.
Seven police divers are assisting, and the Cincinnati police’s Criminal Investigations Section is providing personnel to process the cars that come up and make sure none are tied to a crime.
Once the cars are out of the water, the officers look up the VINs and thoroughly search the vehicles, attempting to solve missing persons reports or cold cases.
Living Lands & Waters typically focuses on cleaning and maintaining rivers. They said this is their first time teaming up to do a job that involves recovery efforts.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A bear escaped an exhibit at a Florida zoo and attacked a zookeeper before being fatally shot by workers, officials said.
The escape in a behind-the-scenes area happened just after 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
Zoo officials said in a Facebook post that an emergency call was initiated and the facility’s “lethal weapons team responded immediately.”
“Our highest priority is always the safety of human lives, therefore, the bear was shot and killed,” the statement said. “We will be conducting an ongoing investigation over the coming days and weeks. We do not take this lightly. It is profoundly painful when we have a loss of an animal, especially under circumstances such as this.”
FirstCoast News reported that Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews took the zookeeper who was attacked to a hospital for treatment with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
News outlets identified the bear as Jonny, a 5-year-old North American black bear.
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The news of Tony Bennett's death at age 96 has created an outpouring of love and condolences from the worlds of music, entertainment and the civil rights movement.
Here is some of the reaction:
“So sad to hear of Tony’s passing. Without doubt the classiest singer, man, and performer you will ever see. He’s irreplaceable. I loved and adored him. Condolences to Susan, Danny and the family.” — Sir Elton John, via Instagram.
“Tony Bennett was a consummate artist. All you have to do is listen to any one of his hundreds of recordings to recognize that. Very early on, his music quietly wove itself into the fabric of our lives. His voice felt as familiar and as close as the voices of our loved ones. I know that this was true for millions of people around the world. For Italian-Americans who were growing up in the middle of the twentieth century, that familiarity ran even deeper. At a certain point, we started to imagine that Tony would live forever. Of course he didn’t. Nobody does. But the music? That’s another story.” — Martin Scorsese, in a statement.
“Rest in peace, Tony. You were the epitome of a gentleman with a God given one-of-a-kind voice. It was truly a great honor of my career and of my life to get to share the stage with you…” — Carrie Underwood, duet partner on “It Had to Be You,” via Instagram.
“RIP Tony Bennett. The best of the best. The last of the legends. A man whose heart was as big as his voice. The world's foremost practitioner of the ‘Art of Excellence.’ Deepest love and condolences to my friend Danny and the family.” — Stevie Van Zandt, via Twitter.
“Sending my prayers for and condolences to the family of #TonyBennett whose legendary career spanned seven decades. He marched with us in 1964. He was dedicated to civil and human rights and to the arts. He will lives as long as we remember him. #IleftmyheartinSanFrancisco.” — Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., via Twitter.
“We loved and admired Tony Bennett and marveled at the breadth of his talent and depth of his commitment to creating a better world. ... We will always be personally grateful to Tony for performing at the 1993 Inaugural and for lending his talents, time and again, to support the work of the Clinton Foundation. With his singular voice and generous spirit, he lived his remarkable life with perfect pitch.” — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in a statement.
“This one shouldn't sting so much because any of us would take 96 years, but man is it hard to imagine a world without the great Tony Bennett.” — actor Josh Gad, via Twitter.
“The world was a better place with Tony Bennett at the microphone in a tuxedo, singing. To one of the kindest, most loving people I've ever known... Rest in peace, dear Tony.” — actor and comedian Ruth Buzzi, via Twitter.
“Sesame Workshop mourns the passing of Tony Bennett, who brought joy and music to millions of people around the world. Mr. Bennett joined us on Sesame Street in 1998 to turn a classic of his into a new favorite of ours.” — Sesame Street, via Twitter.
“RIP Tony Bennett. Such a big loss. Deepest sympathy to his family and the world.” — Carole King, via Instagram.
“Rest in Peace to one of the best to ever grace the stage. I was just saying that the greatest gig I had ever witnessed was Tony Bennett at North Sea Jazz in 2012. It was like dropping a needle on a record. He was the last of the greatest generation of singers and musicians.” — guitarist Joe Bonamassa, via Twitter.
“My most heartfelt condolences go out to Tony Bennett's family and friends. They're also my emotional family and friends.” — producer Nile Rodgers, via Twitter.
“Ahhh, RIP Tony Bennett, truly one of the greats. The first album I had was Tony Bennett sings 10 Rodgers and Hart songs, from when my record company in 1976 let me do a ‘bank raid’ of their vinyl stock and I was a fan from there on in. An incredible singer live, saw him many times.” — musician, singer and songwriter Paul Young, via Twitter. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/nation-world/friends-admirers-of-tony-bennett-react-to-his-death/507-8cfbca55-01bc-4118-a783-31bad1112f21 | 2023-07-21 18:40:08 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/nation-world/friends-admirers-of-tony-bennett-react-to-his-death/507-8cfbca55-01bc-4118-a783-31bad1112f21 |
The various flood mitigation projects related to the Museum Fire scar are on track to be completed before monsoon season, according to updates presented to the Flagstaff City Council during Tuesday's meeting.
With the exception of one project, all others were reported to be proceeding at a timely rate, with expected completion by July 1 or earlier. There are also upcoming volunteer events through which community members may contribute to mitigation and monsoon preparation efforts.
Here’s a breakdown:
Finances
The City of Flagstaff’s financial focus group has been meeting weekly and is creating processes to “track expenses related to flood mitigation preparations and potential response” as they are charged to the city’s stormwater fund, said management services director Rick Tadder.
“That’s where we’re going to charge a majority of things to," Tadder said.
They’ve been “primarily focused on pre-monsoon action,” Tadder adeed, and have identified the need for city investment of up to $350,000 in preparation costs.
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The hope is that it will be at least several years before the city experiences flooding similar to that which occurred in 2021, but Tadder said they are already planning financially in the event that 2022 brings more flooding. The focus group is also working to identify further funding sources.
Equipment
Thanks to funds from the Department of Forestry and Fire Management, the city of Flagstaff has been able to order new equipment for flood management and response.
Development engineer Gary Miller reported that the city had received delivery of four digital portable message boards, three light plants, and traffic barricades (including 1,100 road cones). They are expecting delivery of a Combo vac truck for culvert cleaning by the end of August. They have also ordered a mini excavator and trailer, two vehicle mounted signboards, 200,000 empty sand bags, and a manual sandbag machine, but the timeline of delivery for these items is uncertain.
Dortha Crossing
The Dortha Crossing project includes a box culvert and some open-channel construction.
Contractor Tiffany Construction “has been moving quickly out in the field,” said Christine Cameron, capital improvements project manager. The open channel grading between Cedar and Dortha is “about half done,” with pouring of shotcrete scheduled for the week of June 20.
For the box culvert, “shoring is in place,” Cameron said, the floor was poured Tuesday and walls are expected to be poured the week of June 13.
The “lid” of the box culvert is likely to be installed the first week of July. In total the Dortha Crossing project is estimated to come in at a cost of about $2.6 million.
Killip retention basins
The Killip School retention basin project is “in its final leg of development,” said Scott Overton, public works director.
Both basin fields are at their “final grade” and the weir structure is being completed. Fencing went in on Tuesday, and landscaping elements such as trees are “coming soon.”
The project did incur some “cost overruns” due to rock work and unanticipated utility work, Overton said, but overall “the project looks very good.”
It is in position to be completed early potentially — by the third week of June.
Killip inlet at Ponderosa Park
The inlet structure at Ponderosa Park will allow flood management to “take full advantage of the Killip retention basins,” said Miller.
This project is being funded by Environmental Infrastructure grant money — about $1.5 million worth — but the city is having “a hard time getting a response” from the granting agency about when this money will become available. The inlet structure project is still moving ahead, with the city working alongside to parks department to figure out a conveyance structure design that “works with the rest of the park and what the park was intended for.” Next steps include removing park equipment that is no longer in use and removing barriers that are currently being stored in the park.
Route 66 channel / FUTS crossing
Sediment and debris from the flooding a year ago have been fully removed from the channel between Route 66 and the BNSF railway, reported Ed Shanks, stormwater manager. A Flagstaff Urban Trail System crossing has also been repaired using a 2019 FEMA pre-disaster grant.
“Just to give you some idea of the speed of FEMA, we were awarded that grant in 2019,” Shanks said. “We got the funding this year.”
On-forest mitigation
Mitigation and watershed restoration on the Coconino National Forest is “progressing very well,” said Lucinda Andreani, deputy county manager.
Alluvial fan work on the West tributary is expected to be completed by July 1. The “Paradise Fan” closer to Paradise Street is expected to be completed “probably by the end of next week.”
A small portion of the main tributary has also been restored, but a “significant” portion of that tributary has been closed to construction due to seasonal protections of Mexican spotted owl habitat.
“The remainder will be constructed this coming fall” when restrictions are lifted, Andreani said.
Mitigation within Mount Elden Estates, which includes construction of low-water crossings and grade control, is “85%” complete and “expected to be done in the next two to three weeks.” In the area known as the “40-acre parcel”, grade control and alluvial fan work is set to be completed by the end of next week.
Parkway sediment basins
The Parkway sediment basin project is “moving” though won’t be delivered by July 1. From the beginning, the project has been challenged by complex legal jurisdictions in the proposed area.
“Next month, I'm hopeful we’ll have a little more information on the Parkway basins,” Overton said.
Flood warning siren system
Installation of the flood warning siren systems broke ground on Tuesday, and residents can expect to see “poles going up this week,” Overton said. The systems have been transitioned to rely on solar power.
Onsite testing is expected to occur in the next few weeks, and county emergency management is in the process of integrating siren software into the county emergency notification system.
Upcoming events
There are two upcoming volunteer events on Saturday and June 18 that will be primarily geared around helping residents refresh sandbags in their neighborhoods. The city has also opened a service request line at (928)-213-2102, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday where residents can request assistance refreshing sandbag walls. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/museum-fire-flood-mitigation-on-track-for-monsoon-season/article_9f4440de-e2bd-11ec-9fbb-d77192163a5e.html | 2022-06-03 16:52:03 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/museum-fire-flood-mitigation-on-track-for-monsoon-season/article_9f4440de-e2bd-11ec-9fbb-d77192163a5e.html |
Experienced Data Center Solutions Architect Will Boost Customer Experience and Operational Results with New Insight and Technology Strategy
DALLAS, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stream Data Centers, an industry leader in delivering exceptional data center experiences to global enterprise and hyperscale clients, is proud to announce yet another strategic addition to its leadership team with the hiring of Joe Cavanaugh as Senior Vice President of IT. In this role, Cavanaugh will enhance Stream's overall technology strategy by delivering expertise in multiple areas, including software and corporate systems engineering, solutions architecture, network operations and global data center support.
As an established member of the data center industry, Cavanaugh brings a wealth of experience to the Stream Data Centers leadership team and will further optimize the company's ability to deliver customized, robust solutions to hyperscale customers, Fortune 100s and more. Prior to joining Stream, he served as the IT leader for another major global data center provider. During his tenure, he was a key contributor to the senior team, supporting five acquisitions and integrations, as well as expansion efforts in several global markets, while leading software development and all aspects of IT.
"I was eager to join the Stream team because I recognized that they are both a leading name in this space known for happy customers, a great culture and robust infrastructure solutions as well as a great team of collaborators that are ready to take the next step in their growth trajectory. Helping to shape this next phase is a very exciting opportunity," comments Cavanaugh. "As Stream looks to better serve the global enterprise and hyperscale communities, I look forward to helping architect the systems, processes and controls to help our team achieve that goal."
"Adding a leader like Joe with a proven history and well-earned relationships is a great win for Stream. Joe is a proven and effective team builder and leader in IT, and we're glad to have him on board. He brings precisely the skill set necessary to help Stream augment its IT organizational structure, improve innovation for our customers and generate greater operational IT efficiencies within our mission-critical environments," comments Rob Kennedy, Co-Managing Partner at Stream. "We're aggressively pursuing even greater results, experiences and trusted leadership on behalf of our customers, and when we're growing our leadership team with this kind of talent, we have no doubt that we'll hit our mark every time."
To learn more about Stream Data Centers, visit www.streamdatacenters.com.
About Stream Data Centers:
Stream Data Centers has provided premium data center services since 1999, with 90% of its inventory leased to Fortune 100 customers. To date, the company has acquired, developed and managed 24 data center campuses nationally, while leadership has remained consistent for all 24 years.
From site selection to data center construction and operations, Stream develops wholesale colocation capacity and build-to-suit solutions for hyperscale and enterprise users. Additionally, Stream sources and develops low-risk land sites for optimum data center development and provides energy procurement services with a focus on reducing market risk and providing low-cost renewable energy options. All of Stream's facilities feature carrier-neutral, low latency connectivity to network and public cloud providers.
Stream Data Centers is the technical real estate subsidiary of Stream Realty Partners, a full service commercial real estate investment, development and services company. With $5.8 billion in annual transactions and 294+ million square feet of leased or managed commercial space in active markets coast to coast, Stream Realty Partners is one of the most successful commercial real estate firms in the country.
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Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza is coming back for good
Published: Aug. 3, 2022 at 9:49 AM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
(CNN) - Taco Bell fans, mark your calendars!
Mexican Pizza is permanently returning to the menu Sept. 15.
After a three-month absence, the chain said the fan-favorite item is coming back permanently.
Mexican Pizza made an appearance earlier this year in May, but the demand was so high that Taco Bell ran out of its necessary ingredients just a couple weeks after its launch.
The company said it has worked out the supply chain issues, and Mexican Pizza is here to stay.
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Climate adaptation carries a $15 billion price tag for Pa. towns, study says
The analysis was created by the Center for Climate Integrity, an advocacy group that aims to hold polluters accountable.
This story originally appeared on StateImpact Pennsylvania.
A new study says Pennsylvania’s cities and towns will need to spend more than $15 billion by 2040 to protect residents from the effects of climate change.
The analysis does not include the price of recovering from climate-related disasters. It was created by the Center for Climate Integrity, an advocacy group that aims to hold polluters accountable.
The report used data on municipal budgets from the U.S. Census Bureau and cost projections for initiatives including air conditioning upgrades for schools, creating neighborhood cooling centers, planting street trees, and maintaining roads and bridges.
CCI says at least some of the costs for climate adaptation should be paid by fossil fuel companies that contributed to climate disruption.
Monica Taylor, Chair of Delaware County Council, said climate change can be seen in dramatic severe weather events.
“But its effects are also being seen in the less dramatic world of local economies, with our current and projected municipal, county, and state budgets starting to grapple with the costs of damaged infrastructure, increased repairs, accelerated maintenance cycles, high energy costs and lost productivity and wages,” Taylor said.
Climate change in Pennsylvania is expected to bring warmer temperatures and more intense storms and flooding.
A storm this month in Bucks County dropped a month’s worth of rain in two hours, causing flooding that killed 7 people. It’s the type of disaster climate scientists say will only get more common.
Brittany Reno is the Mayor of Sharpsburg, which sits on the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh. She said climate change is creating a budgeting crisis and public safety nightmare.
“I have neighbors who were rescued by a raft that paddled up to their front door and still haven’t entirely cleaned up their housing, got their indoor air quality worked out years later,” Reno said.
Reno says her community is one of the most flood-prone in the state. The CCI report calculates the borough will need to spend $4 million to adapt to the effects of climate change.
The report says Philadelphia will need to spend $3.3 billion to adapt to increasing heat,
precipitation, and rising seas by 2040. That works out to about $190 million per year. The city’s total 2023 budget is $5.8 billion.
CCI says Pittsburgh faces $520 million in adaptation costs. In Harrisburg, it’s $31.8 million. Allentown would need to spend $75 million, by the report’s estimates.
The analysis chose eight areas for cost projections:
- Installing and upgrading air conditioning in schools ($1.23 billion)
- Expanding and operating cooling centers ($78.8 million)
- Planting trees to combat urban heat islands ($1.7 billion)
- Increasing storm drainage capacity to avoid additional sewage overflows and flooding ($7.8 billion)
- Increased road maintenance due to increased heavy rain and heat stress ($2.98 billion)
- Reinforcing bridges against anticipated climate wear and tear ($268 million)
- Protecting against more frequent landslides ($935 million)
- Building coastal defenses to prevent infrastructure from rising seas ($547 million)
The estimates are based on a middle-of-the-road warming scenario that puts likely global temperature rise around 5 degrees fahrenheit.
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JPMorgan Chase is building a multibillion-dollar headquarters in New York City, designed by one of the most famous architects in the world. The bank hopes it will be a model for a post-pandemic workplace.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) _ Packaging Corp. of America (PKG) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $211.7 million.
The Lake Forest, Illinois-based company said it had net income of $2.31 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.35 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.24 per share.
The maker of containerboard and corrugated packaging products posted revenue of $1.98 billion in the period, missing Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.05 billion.
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CerraCap Cares announces its investment in Cuentame, set on a mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health, providing organizations with the right tools to create a highly integrated mentally healthy work environment.
COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CerraCap Cares, a women led impact fund recently invested in Cuentame that is primed to reinforce an increased need to address challenges in the mental health and its stacking cost. Pre-pandemic burn out was already a big problem. Post pandemic the situation has grown increasingly dire costing organizations across sectors an estimated $125 to $190 billion annually. Burnout and stress are everywhere. Such staggering numbers draw attention to stark reality. Cuentame's machine learning platform places a lot of emphasis on the role of workplace stress, and related high cost of healthcare. Through its tech-solution, Cuentame is enabling organizations to act & to prevent turnover due to burnout. It is designed to inspire & increase engagement in the workplace and promote a culture of proactive prevention to address the burnout.
There are several areas where the lack of mental care can have indirect economic costs. Organizational costs related to absenteeism, presenteeism and turnover. The public and private disability costs, lost tax revenue from unemployment and underemployment. Today emphasis on mental wellbeing investment continues to gain attention of the public & private sector. "We believe it is now a matter of global obligation to address the psychological risk factors for preventing and promoting a favorable environment in the workplace. With an increased need to offer mental health support by corporations, Cuentame is positioned to lead and have market penetration and growth in Latin America and beyond. Cuentame value proposition grows further as its integration elevates human resource function to be a data driven organization for talent management," shared Nikki Arora, General Partner, CerraCap Cares. "Cuentame's tangible value aligns to our mission to impact billions of lives through solutions that promise positive influence and create evidence-based change."
Cuentame began its operations in 2019 and has transformed the experience of more than 64 thousand collaborators and their family members in 30 high-impact global organizations. It has influenced the reduction of the turnover of key talent by up to 60% and increased the well-being of workers in the company by increasing participation by 40%.
"Our users range from growing startups to multinational corporations. We understand their priorities, the difference of backgrounds every person has from an employee in a manufacturing plant, to the technology lead at a corporation, so we provide a personalized experience to each collaborator, and we offer a variety of mental health tools: soft skills training, such as emotional intelligence, time management, meditation, mindfulness, and online psychological therapy with certified psychologists in a safe and confidential environment," explains Regina Athié, Founder, CEO of Cuentame.
"CerraCap Cares, with its team's cumulative experience & global ecosystem, combined with their proven sales and scale model with an effective proven risk mitigation techniques have aided portfolio companies in the many markets they invest," said Regina Athie CEO, Cuentame. "We look forward to the addition of CerraCap Cares to our select investor's group; with their partnership, we are sure to foster a more sustainable pathway."
About CerraCap Cares
CerraCap Cares, a women-led impact fund investing in early-stage human-centered technologies that aim to reduce disparities and innovate solutions for the 3Es: the Environment, Education, and the Empowerment of individuals and communities. Our core investment thesis is that technology can be the great equalizer that reduces disparities and empowers communities - all while generating strong financial returns. With a targeted focus on the underserved, particularly socially and economically disadvantaged communities, CerraCap Cares is on a mission to unleash the power of technology for good.
About Cuentame
Cuentame, a B2B mental wellbeing company based in Latin America, focused on reducing turnover and raising employee engagement by addressing employee burnout in the enterprise world. Through its digital solution Cuentame empowers companies to lead into the future workspace of mindfulness and higher participation. Cuéntame has already made strides by providing its solution accessible to more than hundred thousand users for the first time in their life. Cuéntame is on the mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health globally starting in Latin America. For more information, visit its website: https://sicuentame.com/
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ARLINGTON, Texas — This time last year, Alex Speas was out of professional baseball and coaching in a youth league.
Now, he's a Texas Ranger with three strikeouts to his name and all three were against All-Stars.
Speas made his debut for the Rangers on Wednesday in their 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Speas played a crucial role in the victory, entering the game in the seventh inning as Texas led 1-0 and the Rays had a runner on first base.
Speas, a hard-throwing right-hander, proceeded to strike out Rays star Wander Franco on a 92 mph cutter. Then catcher Jonah Heim threw out Tampa's Manuel Margot, who was trying to steal second base.
Speas returned in the eighth inning, with Texas leading 2-0. He struck out two more All-Stars in Yandy Diaz and Randy Arozarena, and he got Isaac Paredes to fly out to second base.
The Rangers extended their lead to 5-0 and finished off the Rays in the ninth. But it was Speas who got Texas through a late-game, high-leverage situation, a scenario the Rangers have struggled with mightily in 2023.
And it capped a notable journey to the big leagues.
Speas' 2023 journey would be impressive enough on its own: He started the season in Double-A Frisco, pitching to a sparkling 0.64 ERA with 47 strikeouts in 28.1 innings of relief. He got the promotion to Triple-A Round Rock and pitched just 7.2 innings before getting the call to the big leagues on Wednesday.
Speas' rapid ascent to the bigs in 2023 followed a year away from professional baseball in 2022, when he decided to coach youth baseball instead.
Speas was a second-round draft pick by the Rangers in 2016, but he battled injuries, including Tommy John surgery, and the 2020 minor-league season was canceled due to the pandemic. After struggling in Frisco in 2021, he stepped away from the game, according to the Associated Press.
“Being honest, fighting mental health sometimes is not the easiest thing to do. There’s some long nights, there’s some long days, and it’s a hard fight to get through it all,” he told reporters after Wednesday's game. “But glad we made it here. And I thank the organization for having trust in me and giving me the opportunity to come back and do this.”
Speas' role with the Rangers could be more than just a feel-good story. The club's bullpen has been inconsistent and in need of more hard-throwing options late in games. A trade for Aroldis Chapman solved some of that problem. And now Speas, at least through one outing, showed he could be a go-to option, as well.
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Trump legal team asks for neutral 'special master' to review files seized from Mar-a-Lago
Video above: Judge says Trump affidavit may be heavily redacted
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate earlier this month until a neutral special master can be appointed.
The attorneys asserted in a court filing, their first since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago, that the sets of documents taken from the residence were “presumptively” covered by executive privilege.
“This matter has captured the attention of the American public. Merely ‘adequate’ safeguards are not acceptable when the matter at hand involves not only the constitutional rights of President Trump, but also the presumption of executive privilege,” the attorneys wrote.
Separately Monday, a federal judge acknowledged that redactions to an FBI affidavit spelling out the basis for the search might be so extensive as to make the document “meaningless” if released to the public. But he said he continued to believe it should not remain sealed in its entirety because of the “intense” public interest in the investigation.
A written order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart largely restates what he said in court last week, when he directed the Justice Department to propose redactions about the information in the affidavit that it wants to remain secret. That submission is due Thursday at noon.
Justice Department officials have sought to keep the entire document sealed, saying disclosing any portion of it risks compromising an ongoing criminal investigation, revealing information about witnesses and divulging investigative techniques. They have advised the judge that the necessary redactions to the affidavit would be so numerous that they would strip the document of any substantive information and make it effectively meaningless for the public.
Reinhart acknowledged that possibility in his Monday order, writing, “I cannot say at this point that partial redactions will be so extensive that they will result in a meaningless disclosure, but I may ultimately reach that conclusion after hearing further from the Government.”
Several news organizations, including The Associated Press, have urged the judge to unseal additional records tied to this month's search of Mar-A-Lago, when FBI officials said they recovered 11 sets of classified documents, including top secret records, from the Florida estate.
Of particular interest is the affidavit supporting the search, which presumably contains key details about the Justice Department's investigation examining whether Trump retained and mishandled classified and sensitive government records. Trump and some of his supporters have also called for the document to be released, hoping it will expose what they contend was government overreach.
In his written ruling, Reinhart said the Justice Department had a compelling interest in preventing the affidavit from being released in its entirety. But he said he did not believe it should remain fully sealed, and said he was not persuaded by the department's arguments that the redaction process “imposes an undue burden on its resources."
“Particularly given the intense public and historical interest in an unprecedented search of a former President’s residence, the Government has not yet shown that these administrative concerns are sufficient to justify sealing,” he wrote. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/trump-legal-team-asks-for-neutral-special-master-to-review-files-seized-from-mar-a-lago/40960755 | 2022-08-22 21:48:28 | 0 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/trump-legal-team-asks-for-neutral-special-master-to-review-files-seized-from-mar-a-lago/40960755 |
In the hierarchy of pop music, there are defined tiers of success.
Behind the iconic career divas that need no introduction — the Madonnas and Janets of the world — there are industry A-listers, celebrities with established, multi-album careers who could net a diamond record if the cards were right: Billie, Dua, Ariana.
Beyond that is where things get a little murky; there are high-tier floaters, precariously moving between the A and B levels of stardom and musical ubiquity depending on the year. Take, for example, Selena Gomez, who, before 2023, had her last big hit pre-pandemic, or SZA, an artist that is five times platinum but still not quite a household name. Then there are up-and-comers shooting up the chart, aided by a fervent fanbase and the top 40 hits to match. These placements, though, are precarious, and this type of pop relevancy could end in an instant if a star can't pivot fast enough to accommodate the changing tastes of an audience.
Kim Petras, the 30-year-old German-born pop singer, is currently in the process of figuring out where she wants to be in the pop music echelon. After an early career of releasing demos on Soundcloud, her 2017 run of catchy debut singles positioned her as a newcomer who could potentially dominate the pop charts one day, her aesthetic slotting in comfortably among the more alternative, PC Music-adjacent pop darlings of the late 2010s. On paper, most of her career has aligned with the Ava Maxes and the Bebe Rexhas of the world: precariously placed, C-tier pop stars whose music is shared between gay people with the question "why is this lowkey good?" Artists destined to play at corporate Pride performances and maybe get a platinum single, if they're lucky, making inoffensive, nondescript electro-pop that could appropriately soundtrack a nightclub in a mid-budget Netflix original.
Instead, Petras has diverted from this path entirely. Over the past year, she's garnered an international number one hit with over a billion streams — the Sam Smith collaboration "Unholy" — songs with Nicki Minaj and Meghan Trainor, a historic Grammy Award and seemingly the support of the Great American Pop Music Machine. Her newest project and debut album, Feed the Beast, has collaborations with Max Martin and frequent Ariana Grande collaborator ILYA. On its release day, she adorned the stage of the Today show, a place that welcomes A-listers like Lady Gaga and Harry Styles in performances fit for middle American viewers. Through this, she's been poised to reach a level of A-/B+ superstardom, and it would seem that 2023 is meant to be Kim Petras' breakout year. But the paradox of Petras is proving to be unfortunate — her recent debut studio album Feed the Beast proves: the bigger her celebrity becomes, the more unremarkable her music gets.
In the earlier years of Petras' solo major label career, looking specifically at her output from 2017 through 2018, there was something special about the music she was making. Whether it was the sheer poptimism of the late 2010s, or the scrappier ethos of a budding artist, there's still a glimmer in tracks like "Hillside Boys" and "I Don't Want It At All." Petras was an artist with a personality, her image rooted in a nostalgic — albeit white-coded — ideal of '00s femininity: young, rich, blonde and pretty. On her early tracks, a signature "woo-ah!" tag emphasized a smart cheekiness to her music, whether it was a carefree ode to partying or the naivety of falling in love. These are songs where you don't just remember where you were when you heard them for the first time, but you remember the community around them. Nothing brought a sweaty queer dive bar together like the bit-crushed opening seconds of "Heart to Break," and Petras' feature on Charli XCX's mixtape Pop 2 track "Unlock It" felt like one of hyperpop's early crowning moments.
Kim Petras is also, to our knowledge, the very first openly transgender pop star to reach this level of mainstream visibility. For many of her fans, to see her succeed was a personal win; an unspoken sense of solidarity eternally present between Petras and her fans, the bulk of whom are members of the LGBTQ+ community. On the other hand, there's also the Dr. Luke problem. Many of Petras' hits were written and produced by the pop hit maker, known for his work with Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson, and who was sued in 2014 by Kesha who alleged the producer drugged and raped her, the lawsuit having only being settled this year. Publicly, Petras has frequently tossed aside criticisms to her working with Luke, and the producer is also all over Feed the Beast, with credits on almost half of the album. It's an upsetting duality that has followed her whole career, but more often than not Petras' music has prevailed over the narrative, with many forgetting that Dr. Luke produced the entirety of last year's dirty, sleazy, sex-positive EP Slut Pop.
Despite the issues plaguing her start, Kim Petras had promise — and a brand — as a pop star. But her current work seems to toss away everything that originally made her exciting as an artist. The music on Feed the Beast is inauspicious and soulless at its core, with the power and sense of self previously in her work fading away in favor of a disappointing anonymity in both style and substance. It's a premature push for stardom, with her identity as a musician suffering; many of the songs on Feed the Beast play out like an AI sex bot was told to write a song through a parameter of Twitter machinations and platitudes. Lyrics like "I like sex talk / Can you make my bed rock?" are repeated ad-nauseum until they become devoid of true meaning.
As a record, Petras's debut is not totally lacking effort; the tracks that show some promise, like "uhoh" and "King of Hearts," show her grasping for something, anything, to capture the magic that fueled her earlier work. There's hints of something special, shining through a well-placed vocal warble, 2007-era Britney Spears synth bass and gag-worthy hooks like "everything I drop is a banger." But ultimately even the best tracks come off like B-sides for a lesser artist, rejects for her C-tier pop peers that made their way to Petras. These rejects aren't awful, but they're not incredibly interesting, either. The album results in several songs that feel as though Petras never put any input into them; not even jaunty bubblegum production can save a song like "Hit It From The Back," which is so one-note it overstays its welcome after only a minute.
It creates a jarring disconnect between Petras' music and her potential — Feed the Beast doesn't fall in line with most of Kim Petras's output to date. Sonically, it's the same synth-heavy pop music that she's made her entire career, but spiritually, the lights aren't on at home. It lacks the concept of her Halloween-inspired TURN OFF THE LIGHT, the polished songcraft of her early-career singles, the carefree sexuality of Slut Pop. Some songs from earlier, more thoughtful eras happened to make it onto Feed the Beast — "Coconuts," for example, was released in 2021 — but when it comes to Petras' new music, her "brand" of pop bimbo-adjacent femininity seems to have run its course. If anything, Feed the Beast is most similar to her debut mixtape Clarity: a tepid collection of of-the-moment tracks where even the bright spots are void of a distinct personality.
Feed the Beast also follows the success of "Unholy," which won the Grammy this year for best pop duo/performance and made Petras the first trans woman to win in the category. But "Unholy," a meaningless romp about a daddy doing unsavory acts at the body shop, was a caricature of what "queer music" could be. It's a song designed for heterosexual middle America to clutch their pearls to, but not nearly transgressive enough to be actually scandalous. On the track Petras is an afterthought, her presence reduced to that of a diversity vixen, a disembodied female voice designed to add some much-needed levity.
There's an example to be made out of one of Feed the Beast's singles, "Alone (with Nicki Minaj)," a slightly rote sampling of the trance anthem "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay. Months ago, the song was teased on social media, prompting a level of anticipation that Petras, frankly, needed, after a string of lackluster singles and collaborations including "brrr," the remix of Meghan Trainor's "Made You Look," and the confusing "If Jesus Was A Rockstar" (the latter was appropriately left off of Feed the Beast). It promised a song along the lines of the simple ditties of Slut Pop, a track for the girls and gays to dance to this summer. After all, creating a song by sampling an already classic, queer dance anthem is, inherently, gay catnip.
When the song dropped, though, it was a lackluster trap-pop hybrid that immediately felt past its prime, the sample mostly discarded, with an anticlimactic Nicki Minaj verse that would land itself on the lower tier of her features. It is a hollow song, one that could possibly indicate how the industry sees Kim: a queer-pandering pop star stuck between mass, commercial success and alternative celebrity. This dichotomy, then, results in songs like "Alone," pieces not fit for her core fans, nor crowd-pleasing radio, despite best efforts to work for both. Since the song's release, Petras released several remixes of "Alone," including one named "Alone - 2.0" that remedies the main issue with the original, forgoing the muted trap verses for pounding, sample-heavy dance-pop production. It shows she's not entirely unaware, but that's why Feed the Beast is so frustrating: it's toeing the line of two worlds, unsuccessfully appealing to either.
What does it mean to be a queer-focused, transgender pop star in 2023, achieve a breakout moment with another transgender star and then immediately shun the specific sound and style that give rise to your stardom? It feels a bit like corporate pride platitudes: rainbow t-shirts and credit cards that attempt to placate a marketable demographic, which is then treated as an afterthought when more money is on the table.
Though I would pay good money to never hear "Unholy" again, I do respect that Sam Smith seems to have their own vision. The same can be said for Petras' other collaborators, like Minaj, Paris Hilton and even Trainor. Petras herself, however, doesn't seem to have a vision of her own. As the stages get bigger and the hype gets stronger, what made her voice and sense of self identifiable as an artist has fallen secondary to the sound and appeal required of a pop star in 2023. The exciting promise her music was founded on continues to shrink, and in tandem, her work's central appeal begins to be swallowed up by the pursuit of mainstream success. Maybe it's not Petras' fault, but one of the industry she finds herself in; in a way, she might actually be feeding the beast, just not in the way that she hoped.
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State of Tennessee Increases 9-1-1 Resiliency with FirstNet as Wireless Backup for AT&T ESInet™
DALLAS, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What's the news? FirstNet®, Built with AT&T covers more first responders than any network in the country. And as America's public safety wireless communications provider, AT&T* is furthering their critical communications by expanding 5G on FirstNet, boosting dedicated in-building connectivity and enhancing 9-1-1 resiliency across Tennessee with FirstNet as a wireless backup.
Expanding 5G on FirstNet, the only network built with and for the nation's first responders: Now, public safety in more than 40 cities – including Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Minneapolis, Nashville, Phoenix, Seattle and St. Louis – can access AT&T mid-band 5G+ spectrum to get the early benefits of its ultra-fast connectivity in a way that meets their unique mission needs. That means first responders in about 100 markets across the country have access to at least 1 of the 3 flavors of 5G (using low-, mid- and high-band spectrum) we're delivering on FirstNet. Learn more about 5G on FirstNet here.
Boosting dedicated in-building connectivity where public safety needs it most: Following the network investment from the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), qualified first responder agencies on FirstNet can now get Cell Booster Pros for use in areas where they've previously experienced connectivity challenges – all at no cost to them. It's just one more way our unprecedented public-private partnership is strengthening public safety's command and control of their network.
The Cell Booster Pro is an enterprise-grade mini cell site that provides reliable connectivity for public safety on FirstNet, as well as employees and visitors on the AT&T commercial network. The Cell Booster Pro transmits public safety's high-quality Band 14 spectrum as well as AT&T commercial LTE. With the ability to mesh 3 of these mini cell sites within a building, agencies can increase coverage by up to 45,000 square feet, supporting nearly 200 users. Thousands of devices are available to first responder agencies across the country – all at no additional cost to them.
Enhancing 9-1-1 resiliency across Tennessee: We are also uniquely positioned to equip 9-1-1 call centers, or public safety answering points (PSAPs), and first responders with an integrated infrastructure that allows them to be more flexible, resilient and agile. That's why we integrated AT&T ESInet with the FirstNet network to extend network connectivity to remote PSAPs that are either hard to reach or experiencing an outage. And the State of Tennessee is leading the country in deploying this innovative solution at every PSAP across the state. This further protects the nearly 7 million people who call the Volunteer State home.
Interoperability with FirstNet enables redundancy, resiliency and agility with AT&T ESInet so that PSAPs can focus on keeping their communities safe. If AT&T ESInet detects a disruption to the primary connection of a 9-1-1 call center, it will automatically route 9-1-1 calls over the FirstNet network to a remote PSAP. This integration strengthens PSAPs to maintain operations and creates a path for future Next Generation 9-1-1 technologies, including videos and images. These technologies allow PSAPs to coordinate with first responders more efficiently, improve situational awareness and reduce response times.
Why is this important? AT&T is the only carrier that can provide end-to-end emergency communication solutions, from 9-1-1 to dispatch to response. And as public safety's partner, it's about where first responders need connectivity. Emergencies are unpredictable and during these critical moments, the public safety community needs reliable, interoperable communications. Today, more than 21,800 agencies and organizations – accounting for 3.7 million connections1 – use FirstNet to stay mission-ready. We've seen significant growth in FirstNet because the public safety community recognizes commercial networks aren't designed to properly handle the specific and niche demands of first responders. And commercial networks are not subject to the rigorous level of oversight and accountability by the federal government. That's why public safety has FirstNet.
Where can I find more information? To learn more about America's public safety network, check out FirstNet.com. And click here for more FirstNet news.
What people are saying:
Jason Porter
President, Public Sector and FirstNet, AT&T
"Our commitment to first responders is unparalleled. By delivering 5G on FirstNet in this unique way, public safety is getting a head start on the future of connectivity, without compromising on the reliability they require for their critical communications. And with first responder agencies now able to put their network in buildings where they need it most, we're equipping first responders with a network that's second-to-none today and for decades to come."
Lisa Casias
Acting CEO, First Responder Network Authority
"The FirstNet Authority's investments in the network are guided by the needs of public safety. This unique process is a testament to FirstNet truly being built for and by public safety. We are pleased to work alongside public safety to bring them the tools needed to keep our communities safe."
Curtis Sutton
Executive Director, Tennessee Emergency Communications Board
"We understand that we play a vital role in providing a link to members of our community and first responders. We took key lessons learned following the emergency events in December 2020 and worked with AT&T and other agencies to design a solution to increase our reliability and resiliency. In addition to creating redundancies through traditional connections with AT&T ESInet, we are implementing a wireless connection with FirstNet, which gives us an even more robust dependability than we could have imagined."
1 As of Q2 2022
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CA San Diego CA Zone Forecast for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Extreme Southwestern California
National Weather Service San Diego CA
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
CAZ552-140015-
Orange County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs around 71 at the beaches to 75 to 80 farther inland
and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds becoming west 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows 58 to 63. Areas of winds west 15 mph in the evening
becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
partly cloudy. Highs around 72 at the beaches to 76 to 81 farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds becoming west
15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows 60 to 65. Areas of winds southwest 15 mph in
the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs around 75 at the beaches to 80 to 85 farther inland
and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 64.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 77 at the beaches to 82 to 87 farther inland and
near higher coastal terrain.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 62 to 67.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 74 to 79 at the beaches to 81 to 86 farther inland and near
higher coastal terrain.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 62 to 67.
.MONDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs around 75 at the beaches to 79 to 84 farther inland
and near higher coastal terrain.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs 72 to 77 at the beaches to 78 to 83 farther inland
and near higher coastal terrain.
$$
CAZ554-140015-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine,
Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viejo
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs around 78 towards the coast to 81 to 86 farther
inland. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then patchy low clouds and
fog. Lows 58 to 63. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs around 79 towards the coast to 82 to 87 farther
inland. Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 61 to 66. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs around 83 towards the coast to 87 to 92 farther
inland. Light winds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 62 to 67.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 85 towards the coast to 89 to 94 farther inland.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 63 to 68.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 82 to 87 towards the coast to 88 to 93 farther inland.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 62 to 67.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 82 towards the coast to
89 farther inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 61 to 66.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs around 81 towards the coast to 85 to 90 farther inland.
$$
CAZ043-140015-
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas,
Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs 69 to 74 near the coast to 75 to 80 inland. Light
winds becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows 59 to 64. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
partly cloudy. Highs 71 to 76 near the coast to 76 to 81 inland.
Light winds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 61 to 66. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs 74 to 79 near the coast to 80 to 85 inland. Light
winds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 63 to 68.
.SATURDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs 76 to 81 near the coast to 82 to 87 inland.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 63 to 68.
.SUNDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs 75 to 80 near the coast to 82 to 87 inland.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 63 to 68.
.MONDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
sunny. Highs 74 to 79 near the coast to 80 to 85 inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then patchy low
clouds and fog. Lows 62 to 67.
.TUESDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs 73 to 78 near the coast to 79 to 84 inland.
$$
CAZ050-140015-
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Warmer. Highs 77 to 82 in the western valleys to 89 to 94 near
the foothills. Light winds becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly cloudy.
Lows 59 to 64. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 79 to 84 in the western valleys
to 90 to 95 near the foothills. Light winds becoming west 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 62 to 69. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 83 to 88 in the western valleys to
93 to 98 near the foothills. Light winds becoming west 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 65 to 71.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 86 to 91 in the western valleys
to 94 to 99 near the foothills.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 65 to 71.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 85 to 90 in the western valleys to
93 to 98 near the foothills.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 64 to 70.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 83 to 88 in the western valleys to 91 to 96 near the
foothills.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 63 to 68.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 81 to 86 in the western valleys
to 89 to 94 near the foothills.
$$
CAZ048-140015-
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs 92 to 99. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 68. Areas of winds west
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 94 to 101. Light winds becoming
west 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 64 to 71. Areas of winds west 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph in the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 98 to 104. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 67 to 73.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 99 to 104.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 67 to 73.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 98 to 103.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 66 to 71.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 96 to 101.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 64 to 69.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 93 to 98.
$$
CAZ057-140015-
Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs 82 to 92. Light winds
becoming west 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 60 to 67. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 83 to 93. Light winds becoming
southwest 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 63 to 70. Areas of winds southwest 15 mph in the
evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 88 to 98. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 65 to 72.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 89 to 99.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 65 to 72.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 89 to 99.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 63 to 71.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 87 to 97.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 61 to 68.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 84 to 94.
$$
CAZ055-140015-
San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including the cities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear City,
Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, and Wrightwood
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Warmer. Highs 80 to 89 above 6000 feet to
87 to 95 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts to 25 mph...becoming 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 65 above 6000 feet to 62 to
72 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 mph with gusts to
30 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 81 to 90 above 6000 feet to
88 to 96 below 6000 feet. Areas of winds south 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts to 25 mph...becoming 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight.
Lows 60 to 70. Areas of winds south 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph
in the evening becoming light. Chance of measurable precipitation
less than 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 82 to 90 above 6000 feet to 90 to 97 below 6000 feet. Areas
of winds southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph becoming southwest
with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight. Lows
60 to 70.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 82 to 91 above 6000 feet to 90 to 98 below 6000 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight.
Lows 59 to 69.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 81 to 90 above 6000 feet to
89 to 97 below 6000 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 58 to 68.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 80 to 89 above 6000 feet to
87 to 95 below 6000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 56 to 66.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 78 to 87 above 6000 feet to 86 to 93 below 6000 feet.
$$
CAZ056-140015-
Riverside County Mountains-
Including the city of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 89 to 98. Areas of winds southeast
15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly clear.
Lows 60 to 70. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 90 to 98. Areas of winds
southeast 15 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 61 to 71. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 92 to 99. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight. Lows
61 to 71.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 92 to 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 60 to 70.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 91 to 99.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 58 to 68.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 89 to 98.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 57 to 67.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 88 to 97.
$$
CAZ058-140015-
San Diego County Mountains-
Including the cities of Julian and Pine Valley
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 88 to 98. Light winds becoming west
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 63 to 73. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 90 to 99. Areas of winds east
15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 66 to 74. Areas of winds west 15 mph in the evening
becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 92 to 100. Light winds becoming southwest 15 mph with gusts
to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable precipitation
20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 67 to 75.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 92 to 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 66 to 74.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 91 to 99.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 65 to 73.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 89 to 98.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 63 to 71.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 87 to 96.
$$
CAZ060-140015-
Apple and Lucerne Valleys-
Including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley,
and Lucerne Valley
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 101 to 108. Areas of winds east
15 mph with gusts to 25 mph becoming south with gusts to 30 mph
in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 69 to 76. Areas of winds southwest
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 102 to 108. Areas of winds east 15 mph becoming south with
gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of measurable
precipitation 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 71 to 77. Areas of winds southwest 15 to 20 mph with
gusts to 30 mph in the evening becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 102 to 108. Areas of winds
south 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
measurable precipitation 20 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 72 to 79.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 103 to 109.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 72 to 78.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly sunny.
Highs 102 to 108.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 70 to 77.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 101 to 107.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 68 to 75.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 99 to 106.
$$
CAZ065-140015-
San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
Including the cities of Banning and Desert Hot Springs
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 104 through the pass to
105 to 110 in the northern Coachella Valley. Light winds becoming
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 76 through the pass to 85 in
the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds northwest 20 to
30 mph. Gusts to 40 mph...becoming 35 mph overnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 105 through the pass to
107 to 112 in the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 78 to 87. Areas of winds northwest 15 to 25 mph.
Gusts to 40 mph...becoming 35 mph overnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 106 through the pass to 107 to 112 in the northern
Coachella Valley. Areas of winds south 15 to 20 mph. Gusts to
25 mph...becoming 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight.
Breezy. Lows 80 to 89.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs around 106 through the pass to 108 to 113 in the northern
Coachella Valley.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 79 to 87.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 107 to 112.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 77 to 87.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 103 through the pass
to 106 to 111 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Breezy. Lows 76 to 84.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 101 through the pass to 105 to 110 in the northern
Coachella Valley.
$$
CAZ061-140015-
Coachella Valley-
Including the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City,
Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, and Coachella
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 111. Light winds becoming
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 82 to 87. Areas of winds southeast
15 mph becoming northwest overnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 112. Light winds becoming
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 83 to 88. Areas of winds northwest 15 mph with gusts
to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 113. Light winds becoming
southeast 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight. Lows
85 to 90.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with
a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs around 114.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 84 to 89.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 113.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 83 to 88.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 111.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 81 to 86.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 110.
$$
CAZ062-140015-
San Diego County Deserts-
Including the city of Borrego Springs
205 AM PDT Wed Jul 13 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 109 to 114. Light winds becoming
east 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 82 to 87. Areas of winds south
15 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 110 to 115. Light winds becoming east 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Lows 83 to 89. Areas of winds west 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 111 to 116. Light winds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear overnight. Lows
84 to 91.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 112 to 117.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 84 to 90.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 112 to 117.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows 82 to 89.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 110 to 115.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 80 to 88.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 108 to 113.
$$
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We take a look at how the balance of power between the Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate, and consider how Donald Trump's fresh bid for the White House is landing with the GOP.
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