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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Food and Beverage Technology Association (IFBTA) announced today the newest programs added to its growing roster of industry resources including a TechCamp certification program, an industry-wide Community platform, and a global resource Exchange.
As the trade association focused on technology and providing education and networking to the global food and beverage industry, the IFBTA has created an online community inclusive of both end users and suppliers of technology. "The IFBTA Community acts as a centralized hub for anything related to food and beverage technology within the foodservice, hospitality, and retail industries," said IFBTA CEO, Rob Grimes. "We welcome everyone in the industry to join the Community, share resources and opportunities, and network with peers. This Community brings together professionals from all over the industry to gather, learn, and share: a mission of the IFBTA."
Included in the Community platform are channels focused on various industry segments, IFBTA chapters, and an Exchange providing research, education, and technology resources bringing the most pertinent and updated information to the industry in real-time.
Additionally, and adding to the success of the IFBTA's web-based Certified Foodservice Technology Professional (CFTP) certification program, is the introduction of TechCamp. With in-person and mobile instruction focused on Guest Facing, Behind the Scenes, and Management Technologies, TechCamp participants have an opportunity to take a final exam and receive their CFTP accreditation at the end of the course. TechCamp allows foodservice professionals to learn on the go via a mobile platform or in person at various industry events. TechCamp is taught by industry leaders and educators who bring decades of experience and expertise to viewers and participants. TechCamp covers all facets of food and beverage technology and is supported live and virtually.
This is the beginning of a series of new initiatives and offerings for the IFBTA that will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information on the IFBTA and these programs, visit www.IFBTA.org.
The IFBTA is a nonprofit trade association that promotes the use of technology within the global food and beverage industries with a specific focus on education, certification, research, and networking, while aligning with other industry associations and groups in support of their technology related initiatives.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Several human rights organizations are concerned about Open Society Foundations plans to lay off 40% of their global staff — the nonprofit’s second major cut in three years — as billionaire investor George Soros hands over leadership to his son.
“We are most concerned for social justice movements, which now have to wait for the impact on their sustainability,” said Kellea Miller, executive director of the Human Rights Funders Network. “In the field of philanthropy, decisions at the top can have an outsized ripple effect on those enacting change.”
Open Society Foundations, the umbrella organization for Soros’ charitable work, said its board of directors “approved significant changes to the Foundations’ operating model.” The layoffs will comply with local regulations, the foundations said, but they have not said where or when they will take place.
“This will involve some difficult decisions,” said Mark Arena, a spokesperson for the Open Society Foundations. ”We anticipate that implementing the proposed new model would involve the redesign and retooling of our existing operations, and a substantial reduction in headcount of no less than 40% globally.”
In 2021, the foundations offered buyouts to dozens of employees and sought to streamline their internal structures while maintaining roughly the same level of grant funding. The foundations say they currently employ around 800 staff members and maintain offices in more than 20 countries.
Kenneth Roth, the former longtime leader of investigative advocacy nonprofit Human Rights Watch, which was a major recipient of OSF funding, said he has no reason to think the OSF layoffs will mean a decline in support for human rights work. It may mean OSF makes fewer, larger grants in the future because the staffing decline makes it harder to handle multiple smaller grants.
According to The Human Rights Funders Network, which researches funding on human rights, OSF was the sector’s third largest funder in 2019, the most recent year it has analyzed.
“We also consider the humanity of those losing jobs at OSF,” Miller said. “This is not nominal, and it also means that movements that have longstanding relationships with program officers there now have to rebuild their access and wait for transparency about the implications.”
Earlier this month, the foundation announced that Soros was handing over control of his foundations to his 37-year-old son, Alex, who was elected head of OSF’s board in December.
The change to a “new model” is meant to maximize the foundations’ grantmaking dollars, the OSF statement said, and “create a culture of ‘strategic opportunism.’” The lack of details about the new plan, however, could provide fodder to those who see Soros as having undo power. Soros’ public profile began to change, experts say, began when he supported John Kerry’s run against then President George W. Bush. Then, Victor Orban, now Hungary’s prime minister, demonized him as a shadowy figure seeking to undermine Europe’s predominantly Christian majority through supporting migration, among other issues.
Republicans in the U.S. have seized on similar conspiracies about Soros, who is Jewish and a survivor of the Holocaust.
“Can you ever explain what you’re really doing to somebody who believes that a Jewish billionaire is bringing in migrants?” asked Emily Tamkin, a reporter and author of the book “The Influence of George Soros.” “Is there anything you can say that can make that person believe that you’re not a negative and nefarious force in society? I don’t think there is, and I definitely don’t think there is for political actors who are convinced that this is a useful device for them.”
Alex Soros told the Wall Street Journal, which first reported he would succeed his father at the helm of OSF, that he would be “more political,” but hasn’t elaborated further.
In the early years of the foundations’ work, George Soros praised it for being fluid and flexible and empowering staff in countries to run their own projects, said Tamkin.
“(He) contrasted that to these big foundations in New York City with the professional staff and how they were removed from what was actually happening and the people they were actually trying to help,” she said. “I think in some ways, philosophically, perhaps people within OSF making this decision see this as a return to form.”
Tamkin said it remains to be seen, “whether reducing staff allows that return to flexibility and empowering of people on the ground, or if really the bureaucratic center remains the bureaucratic center just with fewer people.”
OSF is perhaps most famous for its work supporting dissident movements in Soviet countries, including Soros’ native Hungary. It continues to pour funds into Central European University, which Soros founded in the early 1990s in Budapest. It was forced to relocate to Austria after Hungary’s parliament passed a new law governing universities with foreign accreditations.
Also among the largest recipients of OSF’s funding is Bard College, which received a $500 million gift in 2021. Alex Soros is a member of the college’s board of trustees.
According to data from the nonprofit Candid, the largest organizations OSF currently funds in Europe, outside of the local independent branches of its foundation, include the human rights campaigner Global Witness, policy group European Council on Foreign Relations and the advocacy group Roma Education Fund. The fund said it was aware of the layoff announcement and credited OSF as being the biggest private donor for Roma-led organizations across Europe. Global Witness said it was grateful for OSF’s support.
As a part of what it’s calling a new model, OSF may be holding more funds in reserve, Roth said.
“It sounds as if they’re going to reserve some percentage of funds, not commit them in advance to grantees and just have significant capital ready to invest when big opportunities or big challenges emerge,” Roth said.
In his view, George Soros has always been quick to respond to new problems.
“It sounds like Alex is planning to continue that, but is maybe being a bit more structured about keeping funds available and not being fully committed,” Roth said. “He probably won’t have the same options as his father, which is reaching into personal wealth to supplement the foundation.”
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors, a state appeals court ruled Monday, allowing the tech giants to bypass other state laws requiring worker protections and benefits.
The ruling mostly upholds a voter-approved law, called Proposition 22, that said drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft are independent contractors and are not entitled to benefits like paid sick leave and unemployment insurance. A lower court ruling in 2021 had said Proposition 22 was illegal, but Monday's ruling reversed that decision.
“Today’s ruling is a victory for app-based workers and the millions of Californians who voted for Prop 22," said Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer. ”We’re pleased that the court respected the will of the people.”
The ruling is a defeat for labor unions and their allies in the state Legislature who passed a law in 2019 requiring companies like Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers as employees.
“Today the Appeals Court chose to stand with powerful corporations over working people, allowing companies to buy their way out of our state’s labor laws and undermine our state constitution,” said Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, leader of the California Labor Federation and a former state assemblywoman who authored the 2019 law. “Our system is broken. It would be an understatement to say we are disappointed by this decision.”
The ruling wasn't a complete defeat for labor unions, as the court ruled the companies could not stop their drivers from joining a labor union and collectively bargain for better working conditions, said Mike Robinson, one of the drivers who filed the lawsuit challenging Proposition 22.
“Our right to join together and bargain collectively creates a clear path for drivers and delivery workers to hold giant gig corporations accountable,” he said. “But make no mistake, we still believe Prop 22 — in its entirety — is an unconstitutional attack on our basic rights.”
The California Legislature passed a law in 2019 that changed the rules of who is an employee and who is an independent contractor. It's an important distinction for companies because employees are covered by a broad range of labor laws that guarantee them certain benefits while independent contractors are not.
While the law applied to lots of industries, it had the biggest impact on app-based ride hailing and delivery companies. Their business relies on contracting with people to use their own cars to give people rides and make deliveries. Under the 2019 law, companies would have to treat those drivers as employees and provide certain benefits that would greatly increase the businesses' expenses.
In November 2020, voters agreed to exempt app-based ride hailing and delivery companies from the 2019 law by approving a ballot proposition. The proposition included “alternative benefits” for drivers, including a guaranteed minimum wage and subsidies for health insurance if they average 25 hours of work a week. Companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash spent $200 million on a campaign to make sure it would pass.
Three drivers and the Service Employees International Union sued, arguing the ballot proposition was illegal in part because it limited the state Legislature's authority to change the law or pass laws about workers' compensation programs. In 2021, a state judge agreed with them and ruled companies like Uber and Lyft were not exempt.
Monday, a state appeals court reversed that decision, allowing the companies to continue to treat their drivers as independent contractors.
The ruling might not be the final decision. The Service Employees International Union could still appeal the decision to the California Supreme Court, which could decide to hear the case.
“We will consider all those options as we decide how to ensure we continue fighting for these workers,” said Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California. | https://www.wsls.com/business/2023/03/14/california-court-rules-for-uber-lyft-in-ride-hailing-case/ | 2023-03-14 03:50:48 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/business/2023/03/14/california-court-rules-for-uber-lyft-in-ride-hailing-case/ |
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is calling President Biden a liar after being repeatedly characterized as a Republican seeking to end key entitlement programs.
During his Wednesday speech in Madison, Wisconsin, Biden acknowledged the "spirited debate" he had with House Republicans during the State of the Union address Tuesday night — when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and others booed and shouted that he was a "liar" for claiming Republicans want to cut Social Security and Medicare entitlements.
Refusing to back down at the Wisconsin rally, the president pulled out a brochure with the 12-point plan to "Rescue America" put forward by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., which Biden and Democrats have asserted lays out a proposal that would cause Social Security and Medicare programs to end without Congressional action.
The president then read a placard with a 2022 quote from Johnson, in which the Republican lawmaker called for Social Security and Medicare entitlements to be transitioned from mandatory to discretionary spending, which would require Congress to budget for those programs annually.
BIDEN DOUBLES DOWN ON SOCIAL SECURITY ATTACK ON REPUBLICANS, BRINGS PROPS
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SHOUTS 'LIAR' AS BIDEN CLAIMS GOP WANTS TO CUT MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY
Biden's accusation was in reference to August 2022, when Johnson suggested that Social Security and Medicare should no longer exist as federal entitlement programs. Johnson specified that he believed the programs should instead be approved annually as discretionary spending.
"If you qualify for the entitlement, you just get it no matter what the cost," Johnson said at the time. "And our problem in this country is that more than 70% of our federal budget, of our federal spending, is all mandatory spending. It's on automatic pilot. It never, you just don't do proper oversight. You don't get in there and fix the programs going bankrupt."
BIDEN’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: TOP 5 MOMENTS
In an interview after the comment, Johnson denied wanting to end Social Security or Medicare.
Johnson told Fox Digital in an exclusive statement on Wednesday, "President Biden is lying about me. He lied last night, and he lied again today. I never suggested putting Medicare & Social Security on the chopping block. In fact, it was Joe Biden himself who suggested freezing these programs."
Johnson's comment was in reference to proposed legislation from 1975 while Biden was in the upper chamber of Congress — the now-president put forward a bill requiring all federal programs to sunset after four years.
FLASHBACK: BIDEN INTRODUCED A BILL TO SUNSET ALL FEDERAL PROGRAMS — INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY
When pushing his bill as a senator, Biden said "it requires every program to be looked at freshly at least once every four years."
Johnson stood by his past comments and reiterated his belief that Social Security and Medicare are financially unstable.
"I want to save these programs. I have simply pointed out the greatest threat to these programs is out of control debt and deficits. We need a process to prioritize spending and decease our deficits," Johnson concluded.
Fox News' Houston Keene and Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/sen-ron-johnson-says-biden-is-lying-about-him-references-1975-proposal-to-cut-social/article_8be23eee-6378-5881-8a3e-9bdc688e61ae.html | 2023-02-09 14:37:45 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/sen-ron-johnson-says-biden-is-lying-about-him-references-1975-proposal-to-cut-social/article_8be23eee-6378-5881-8a3e-9bdc688e61ae.html |
(The Hill) – At least 47 multinational companies with a presence in Russia, including gas giant BP and aircraft behemoth Boeing, are at risk of having key assets seized by the Russian government.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February spurred dozens of major international companies to pull out of the country amid sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies.
A report that will be published next week from the Russian monitoring organization the Moral Rating Agency says the Kremlin may soon seize or redirect assets of those companies to a friendlier firm.
Other at risk firms include Shell, Samsung, PepsiCo, Nissan, Intel, Microsoft, Toyota and Ford. In total, the 47 companies at risk of losing assets to Russia make up 24 percent of the 200 largest corporations in the world, according to the Moral Rating Agency.
The founder of the agency, Mark Dixon, said in a statement the organizations anticipates “a tsunami of expropriations or blackmailed concessions over the next couple of months,” potentially affecting the U.S. stock market, which recently dipped into bear market territory.
“Even corporations with a mix of assets at risk and non-asset activities may suffer on both lines of business because it will be difficult for corporations to keep trading with a country that illegally expropriates its factory or assets,” Dixon said.
The report comes after Russia has already moved to seize assets from some companies.
On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing a new Russian firm to take complete control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil energy project in Russia’s east, according to Reuters. The gas project accounts for about four percent of the world’s liquefied natural gas.
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell and Japanese corporations Mitsui and Mitsubishi together held just under a 50 percent stake in the Sakhalin Energy Investment company, the outlet noted.
Moscow is also set to pass a law that will allow the Kremlin to seize assets from other western and international corporations.
Russia has been adapting to its new reality as a corporate pariah. In May, a Russian business owner — who purchased 850 restaurant stores from McDonalds— launched a rebranded restaurant chain using its buildings.
The Moral Rating Agency, which earlier this month called out companies for not following through to pull services out of Russia, ranked the 47 corporations in its upcoming report with a threat level rate ranging from one to 10.
On the top of the list is energy giant BP, which has a nearly 20 percent stake in the Russian oil and gas company Rosneft. BP announced it would end its shareholding stake with Rosneft shortly after the Russian invasion.
Snack and drink corporation PepsiCo, which has two plants in Moscow that make up around five percent of its total revenue, is also at the top of the threat list. In March, PepsiCo announced it was suspending the sale of its beverages in Russia.
LG Electronics, which makes Android smartphones, is at a medium threat risk with one production plant in Moscow. Nestlé, known for its candy and chocolate drinks, also holds a medium risk of Russia seizing a subsidiary company that makes up about two percent of its total revenue. Nestlé suspended KitKat and Nesquik sales in Russia, while LG also halted shipments to the country.
Other major corporations — Microsoft, Boeing, Toyota, Volkswagen, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Ford —are at a low risk of the Kremlin seizing or redirecting a small share of assets the companies hold in Russia.
The Moral Rating Agency said several companies made the correct decision when they exited early and sold their assets, including McDonalds, Alphabet (which owns Google), Amazon and Honda.
In his statement, Dixon said Putin is using the threat of expropriation, or seizing assets, as part of his plan to “follow his usual pattern of dividing the enemy.”
“In this case, he will seek to drive a wedge between the corporate and public sectors,” Dixon said. “He’s aware that companies are free to act independently of their governments and will often act selfishly if they are being threatened.”
“He is probably hoping that large corporations will lobby governments not to act in ways that will lose them their assets,” he added. “Putin is trying to throw a cat among the pigeons.” | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/at-least-47-top-companies-at-risk-of-having-russia-seize-key-assets-report/ | 2022-07-08 02:01:03 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/at-least-47-top-companies-at-risk-of-having-russia-seize-key-assets-report/ |
MONTERREY, Mexico, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ALFA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ALFAA) ("ALFA"), a company that has developed a diversified portfolio of leading businesses with global operations, announced today its unaudited results for the third quarter of 2022 ("3Q22"). All figures have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").
3Q22 HIGHLIGHTS
Message from ALFA's President
"We hope that you and your families have remained well. ALFA advanced on key strategic initiatives and delivered solid financial performance during the third quarter. The Axtel spin-off process has moved forward as planned. Accordingly, ALFA's consolidated financial statements now present Axtel as a discontinued operation.
ALFA's 3Q22 revenue and EBITDA increased 26% and 3% year-over-year, respectively. Third quarter EBITDA of US $454 million includes an impact of US -$118 million from extraordinary items at Alpek, comprised primarily of non-cash inventory adjustment and carry-forward effect amid the recent drop in petrochemical feedstock prices. Adjusting for extraordinary items, ALFA's Comparable 3Q22 EBITDA of US $572 million is a record-high third quarter figure, boosted by Alpek.
Alpek's 3Q22 Comparable EBITDA was up 81% versus 3Q21 and 15% higher than 2Q22 supported by higher-than-expected reference margins in polyester and expandable polystyrene (EPS). Alpek also benefitted from the successful integration of its most recent acquisition – PET Sheet & Resin Business. Results from this new business' first full quarter under Alpek's control exceeded expectations.
Sigma's 3Q22 Revenue increased 9% year-over-year, driven by Volume growth in all regions. However, EBITDA was down 14% over the same period as resilient performance in the Americas was more than offset by a decline in European operations. Performance in Europe continued to be negatively impacted by rising energy prices and the depreciation of the euro, among other unexpected inflationary pressures. It is important to note that Mexico, the U.S. and Latam have achieved positive Accumulated EBITDA growth year-over-year in local currencies. Looking ahead, Sigma's ability to generate stronger EBITDA is key for ALFA´s Unlocking Value process beyond the Axtel spin-off.
ALFA is fully committed to continue transferring value to shareholders by following a balanced approach which includes dividend payments, share buybacks and improvement in credit metrics, in addition to the transformational efforts that address its conglomerate discount. During 2022, ALFA has repurchased 86.9 million shares (~US $60 million). Moreover, Net Debt to EBITDA ratio at the close of 3Q22 was 2.2 times, versus 2.5 times in 3Q21.
The Axtel spin-off marks a new milestone in terms of enhancing our businesses' independence. As approved by ALFA shareholders on July 12 and following virtually the same process we undertook with Nemak, ALFA will transfer its entire share ownership in Axtel to ALFA shareholders via a new, publicly listed entity called "Controladora Axtel".
Following the approval, the required 45-day legal term was completed without objections during the third quarter. Additionally, the new legal entity "Controladora Axtel" was constituted, and its market registration process was initiated. Based on the timeline of our previous spin-off process, we expect the new entity to begin trading in the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) before year-end.
Upon completion of this transaction, ALFA will have a leaner structure comprised of only two major subsidiaries – Sigma and Alpek; both of which reinforce the Company's financial position with their respective investment grade credit ratings. Also, ALFA shareholders will gain autonomy by holding separate stakes in ALFA, Axtel and Nemak. Further, the spin-off marks a new era for Axtel and the attractive prospects of executing its strategic agenda as a standalone entity.
Strengthening the individual businesses via growth and profit-enhancing initiatives is another essential element of our transformational efforts. Alpek and its two partners in Corpus Christi Polymers (CCP) resumed construction of an integrated PTA-PET site in Corpus Christi, Texas with a planned annual capacity of 1.3 and 1.1 million tons of PTA and PET, respectively. Each partner will receive one third of the facility's total production, enhancing Alpek's ability to serve increasing customer demand. This state-of-the-art facility is expected to begin operations in 2025 as the most cost-competitive site in the Americas.
Moreover, Sigma's Growth business unit is actively engaged in developing new sources of revenue through high potential opportunities involving global categories and new business models. Better Balance®, the recently launched global plant-based brand, reached more than 1,000 points of sale across Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Also, during 3Q22, 12 startups were selected to run pilot tests in different regions following the third edition of Tastech by Sigma®, a business accelerator that seeks to transform the food industry.
Focus on continuous ESG improvement by integrating best practices is core to how ALFA and its businesses operate. Most recently, ALFA's S&P CSA rating increased, scoring significantly above industry average driven by improvements in all three pillars. Also noteworthy on the ESG front, Alpek announced that it had joined Cyclyx International, a consortium-based company that focuses on establishing a circular pathway for plastic recycling through innovative collection methods for expandable styrenics.
In closing, ALFA is on track to achieve its financial and strategic goals thanks to the dedication and hard work of all our team members who continue to execute at the highest levels. My most sincere appreciation to every one of them."
Keep well/Stay safe,
Álvaro Fernández
Important note on changes to ALFA's
Consolidated Financial Statements
ALFA's shareholders approved to spin-off ALFA's share ownership of Axtel into a new, listed entity called "Controladora Axtel" on July 12, 2022. In accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Axtel meets the definition of a "Discontinued Operation" for purposes of ALFA's Consolidated Financial Statements. "Discontinued Operations" are the net results of an entity that is either being held for disposal or which has already been disposed of.
The changes in ALFA's Consolidated Financial Statements are as follows:
- The Consolidated Statement of Financial Position presents Axtel's assets as "Current assets from discontinued operations" and its liabilities as "Current liabilities from discontinued operations" at the close of 3Q22. Prior periods are not restated.
- The Consolidated Statement of Income presents Axtel's net revenues and expenses as a single line item "Profit (loss) from discontinued operations" as follows:
- 3Q21: accumulated figures for the three months ended September 30, 2021
- 2Q22: accumulated figures for the three months ended June 30, 2022
- 3Q22: accumulated figures for the three months ended September 30, 2022
- YTD '21: accumulated figures for the nine months ended September 30, 2021
- YTD '22: accumulated figures for the nine months ended September 30, 2022
- The Change in Net Debt presents Axtel's net inflows and outflows as a single line item "Decrease (Increase) in Net Debt from discontinued operations" as follows:
- 3Q21: accumulated figures for the three months ended September 30, 2021
- 2Q22: accumulated figures for the three months ended June 30, 2022
- 3Q22: accumulated figures for the three months ended September 30, 2022
- YTD '21: accumulated figures for the nine months ended September 30, 2021
- YTD '22: accumulated figures for the nine months ended September 30, 2022
- The Change in Net Debt also presents Axtel's Net Debt balance as "Net Debt from discontinued operations" at the close of 3Q22. Prior periods are not restated.
About ALFA
ALFA manages a diversified portfolio of leading businesses with global operations: Sigma, a leading multinational food company, focused on the production, marketing and distribution of quality foods through recognized brands in Mexico, Europe, United States and Latin America. Alpek, one of the world's leading producers of polyester (PTA, PET, rPET and fibers), and the leader in the Mexican market for polypropylene (PP) and expandable polystyrene (EPS). Axtel, a provider of Information Technology and Communication (ITC) services for the enterprise and government segments in Mexico. In 2021, ALFA reported revenues of Ps. 308,060 million (US $15.2 billion), and EBITDA of Ps. 41,050 million (US $2.0 billion). ALFA's shares are quoted on the Mexican Stock Exchange and on Latibex, the market for Latin American shares of the Madrid Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.alfa.com.mx
Disclaimer
This release may contain forward-looking information based on numerous variables and assumptions that are inherently uncertain. They involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and financial market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately. These uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, such as the scope and duration of the outbreak, government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response, availability of workers and contractors due to illness and stay at home orders, supply chain disruptions and other impacts to the business, or on the Company's ability to execute business continuity plans, as a result thereof. Accordingly, results could vary from those set forth in this release. The report presents unaudited financial information. Figures are presented in Mexican Pesos or US dollars, as indicated. Where applicable, Peso amounts were translated into US dollars using the average exchange rate of the months during which the operations were recorded. Financial ratios are calculated in US dollars. Due to the rounding up of figures, small differences may occur when calculating percent changes from one period to the other.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with a decline in the number of corporate criminal prosecutions over the last decade, a top Justice Department official on Thursday unveiled new sweeteners for companies that cooperate with the government and a $250 million Congressional budget request to expand its work.
Every division that prosecutes corporate crime must now develop programs to incentivize companies to report misconduct, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a speech at New York University Law School. In some cases, no one will have to plead guilty to criminal charges if the violation was self-reported and the company fixed it.
The Justice Department’s top priority is prosecuting individuals who commit corporate crime, she said. She pointed to companies like Theranos, whose disgraced CEO Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on felony counts earlier this year.
“We will hold those who break the law accountable, regardless of their position, status, or seniority,” Monaco said.
Companies will also be required to come forward more quickly with evidence of suspected misdeeds to get leniency, and could eventually be rewarded for clawing back money from executives that break the law.
The new policies include alluring carrots for companies, but if they’re not accompanied by the stick of increased enforcement they may not have a big impact, so the $250 million request is a key piece, said Julian Andre, a former federal prosecutor who is now in private practice with the Los Angeles-based firm McDermott Will and Emery.
“Corporate prosecutions are still declining,” he said. “Until the DOJ devotes substantial additional resources to pursuing these time-intensive and complex investigations … many companies may still decide that voluntary disclosures are not in its best interests.” | https://www.fox16.com/news/business/ap-doj-unveils-more-carrots-to-ramp-up-corporate-crime-probes/ | 2022-09-16 21:01:45 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/business/ap-doj-unveils-more-carrots-to-ramp-up-corporate-crime-probes/ |
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- tonies®, the company behind the Toniebox, a child's first screen-free entertainment device designed to promote imagination and learning in a huggable little box, is making it easier for families to go on an adventure with global play and entertainment company, Hasbro's iconic preschool character, Peppa Pig. Starting today, the Peppa Pig Tonie is available as part of a Target-exclusive Starter Set that includes an appropriately pink-colored Toniebox.
"With an emphasis on family and embodying joy, the Peppa Pig-inspired Toniebox Starter Set in all its pink glory debuts this holiday as the perfect gift – a child's first, screen-free device complete with a collection of fun stories and silly songs," said Drew Vernon, Marketing Director for tonies® USA.
"We're excited to expand our audio footprint with a screen-free entertainment system, the Peppa-Pig inspired Toniebox Starter Set offers a unique experience fitting for preschoolers and their parents while on any adventure of their own," said Claire Gilchrist, Vice President, Americas & Pacific of Hasbro Consumer Products.
Peppa Pig Toniebox Starter Set (Target Exclusive)
The starter set includes a pink Toniebox, a screen-free entertainment system, along with the lovable Peppa Pig. Peppa brings a new audio collection of funny stories, music and special effects from the TV series for everyone to enjoy – perfect for any journey! Children will be transported to Peppa's fun world and delight in stories of Peppa Goes Around the World, Peppa Goes Skiing, Miss. Rabbit's Day Off, George's Balloon and many more.
(Ages 3+ / $99.99 MSRP)
Since launching in the U.K. almost 20 years ago, "Peppa Pig" has become a global phenomenon. Available in 180 countries, Peppa Pig is a friend to all around the world, supporting preschoolers and their families through everyday life situations. She helps preschoolers explore and expand their understanding of their own world through the experiences of Peppa.
The Peppa Pig Starter Set is for kids ages 3 years old and up, and available for purchase exclusively at Target. The individual Peppa Pig Tonie, and the Peppa Pig: George Tonie are available on tonies.com and wherever Tonies are sold. More Peppa Pig content for the Toniebox is planned to launch next year.
tonies® is the original screen-free audio entertainment system for young children. Launched in 2016 in Germany, co-founders Patric Faßbender and Marcus Stahl created tonies® with one thing in mind: their children. This revolutionary system allows kids to experience storytelling in a digital age, in a way that stimulates their imagination without screens. The Toniebox was created for kids and parents who want to feel good about their entertainment at home and to bring back imagination in its purest form. Today, tonies® is the fastest growing toy company in Europe and a rising star in the United States. Among its many achievements, tonies® was named among Fast Company's prestigious World's Most Innovative Companies for 2021, top ranked in Education. For more information, visit tonies.com.
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Celestino Mendoza loads colorful plastic asparagus lugs off a flatbed ‘95 Ford pickup at the end of a warm day.
His woven straw hat shades his face, but a smile flashes through the shadow when asked if the heat has meant a lot of work.
“I’m ready to go home,” he chuckles softly.
Work has been heavy at this farm north of Pasco for around a week now, especially since a burst of asparagus came in with the record high weekend temperatures that hit some areas of the Northwest.
Asparagus pushes out of the ground from their crowns when the soil temperature reaches above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
This recent burst of work – and so much asparagus, farmers call it “grass” – was a surprise. It’s been so cold this spring that for one of Washington asparagus farmers’ top-selling holidays – Easter – they didn’t have any to cut. They’re hoping Mother’s Day will make up for some of the lost sales.
For soil temperatures to go from 49 to 56 degrees in a week is like a race car accelerating from zero to 60 miles an hour. And the about face in weather creates a mix of bad and good for agriculture across the Northwest: Washington and Oregon growers are racing to protect their apples and pears from fire blight – a bacteria that spreads easily in warm, moist conditions and can kill trees. Meanwhile, in southeast Oregon, ranchers are moving cattle to higher ground as meltwater floods down from the snow-packed mountains.
The ‘grass’
Gary Larsen, the owner of a roughly 95-acre asparagus farm north of Pasco, said he's been getting up at 4 a.m. this past week.
“It’s a good problem, but it puts a lot of pressure on ya,” Larsen said. “Do you have enough boxes? Do you have enough trucks? Are your workers gonna make it? You get through the day and celebrate at the end – ‘Yeah, we made it!’ And then you have the next day to feel all those emotions again. Do we have enough boxes? Are the workers going to show up?”
The workers start picking at 3 a.m., he said, to beat the heat of the day. They bend low to the ground with a knife and have to decide in seconds which spears to cut, which ones to leave to grow more the next day, and which are damaged enough to trash.
“Without those workers, there wouldn’t be an asparagus industry anywhere,” Larsen said.
In just a few days, Larsen’s crew of 60 workers cut 195,000 pounds of asparagus. That’s a semi truck load, plus an additional, smaller trailer pulling out of the farm every day, he said.
“I was very happy,” Larsen said about the grass tally. “That took care of a lot of payroll.”
Bloom boom, late bings, and blight
But the warmer weather during bloom season has also caused some complications. This year, the cool spring and then the flush of rapid warm weather has meant trees are blossoming across Washington and Oregon nearly all at once. Typically, warmer areas bloom first, then cooler and higher-elevation areas bloom weeks later.
So this year’s flip-of-a-switch conditions have created a bloom boom, of sorts.
Robin Graham is a manager at Stemilt Growers, one of the largest cherry growing operations in the United States. He said the bloom this year has been rapid. But overall, the cooler weather may delay bings and Rainier cherries about 15 days from usual harvest times to mid June.
“There’s sort of a joke in agriculture,” Graham said. “No year feels ideal, from a farming standpoint.”
But he said there’s been a pattern over the last few years. February is fairly warm – a false spring – then, a cool period reaches out and delays development of the fruit trees into the real spring.
“It pushes bloom out in a more condensed fashion,” Graham said. “When we have these types of area-wide rapid increases in temperature, bloom tends to condense together.”
He said that can affect the marketing of the cherries – because all the fruit will come closer together than having a wider spread across the calendar. And there may be less time for consumers to consume those sweet orbs.
Meanwhile, the combination of recent warmer weather, open blossoms, and expected rain is prompting a flurry of activity in many apple and pear orchards in central Washington.
Tianna DuPont is a Washington State University extension specialist based in Wenatchee. She studies bacteria that infect fruit trees called fire blight – and she said this spring could be fairly described as “scary.”
She said the blight infects pear and apple trees through the open blossoms before spreading to branches, or many times the entire tree – and sometimes killing it. It can be spread through pruning and pollen, and farmers don’t have great tools to fight it.
“We have extreme fire blight risk, due to very high temperatures in the 80s, [and] multiple rain events when bloom is open in apples and pears all across the region,” DuPont said. “Growers have told me that this level of fire blight is creating a lot of concern – and growers are being very aggressive, because a bad fire blight infection risks their entire orchard.”
Dupont said farmers should keep an eye out starting in about a week and cut out any infected branches right away. Early symptoms include weakened and blackened flower clusters.
“You’re trying to get it early, before it goes through the entire tree,” she said.
Cattle drive
Meanwhile, hundreds of cattle and their calves are being driven to their summer range in southeast Oregon.
David Bohnert is the director of Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, out of Burns.
He said the research center moved its nearly 250 cattle last week, a few weeks later than normal. Summer range hasn’t been greening up because of all the spring snow. Now, ranch managers are worried about possible flooding in the lowland meadows from the massive snow pack that has accumulated in the mountains.
Near Burns, the Silvies River was flowing at 300 percent of normal last week. Dally Swindlehurst is the state watermaster for District 10, in southeast Oregon.
“It’s flowing pretty good,” he said of the Silvies. “Right now we’re flowing at 2,760 CFS [cubic feet per second] and last year I had one day that was over 400. Down toward the lake [Malheur] they are starting to get their water too [at the federal refuge for migratory birds]. It’s just taking a long time because the ground is so dry.”
Cattle, Bohnert said, can usually deal with a bit of water, but there is nothing for them to eat with flooding covering any available grass, and the young calves have a harder time.
But the good news: watering holes for cattle have filled up, Bonhert said.
“Now we just need to make sure we have enough precept, some rain basically, in order to grow that forage to take advantage of that water and the grass.”
He said well-timed rains in the spring produce better grass for the cattle on the range throughout the summer. And he said even with the snowpack in the higher elevations — with the drought last year, lack of rain so far this year, and the wind – the soils are drying out faster than expected.
“Most of the range grass we get is from the rains we get in April and May,” Bohnert said. “That’s why it’s really critical for us to get both: We need the snowpack for our spring meadows, but we need the spring rains for our rangeland.”
Lots of crops are affected by the fluctuating conditions. Potatoes, alfalfa and wine grapes are still more than a week behind. And bee keepers are also scrambling with so many fruit trees blooming at once.
Spring and summer are always busy, and the weather is never predictable. But farmers are hoping for an easy entry into summer. As Drex Gauntt, an alfalfa and vegetable grower in Burbank, Washington put it: “One week of sunshine makes it a lot easier to be optimistic.” | https://www.ijpr.org/food-and-agriculture/2023-05-12/spring-push-long-cool-spring-then-record-warmth-sends-northwest-farmers-scrambling | 2023-05-12 23:13:51 | 0 | https://www.ijpr.org/food-and-agriculture/2023-05-12/spring-push-long-cool-spring-then-record-warmth-sends-northwest-farmers-scrambling |
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-2, 1-0 Big Ten) at Ohio State Buckeyes (6-2)
The Scarlet Knights have gone 1-0 against Big Ten opponents. Rutgers ranks eighth in the Big Ten with 14.4 assists per game led by Paul Mulcahy averaging 3.8.
The Buckeyes and Scarlet Knights square off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Sensabaugh is shooting 49.3% and averaging 14.3 points for the Buckeyes. Sean McNeil is averaging 10.4 points for Ohio State.
Cam Spencer is shooting 42.5% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Scarlet Knights, while averaging 13.8 points, 3.6 assists and three steals. Omoruyi is averaging 15.4 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks for Rutgers.
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A freight train derailment is affecting TEXRail service in Fort Worth.
According to officials, TEXRail trains cannot move between the North Side Station and the downtown T&P Station because a derailed locomotive is blocking the way.
Officials said westbound trains will end service at the North Side Station and all eastbound trains will begin service at North Side Station.
Busses will provide station connections between Fort Worth and North Side, officials said.
According to officials, there is no estimate on when normal service will resume as efforts to clear the area continue.
Officials have not said if anyone was injured in the derailment.
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SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that is key to Moscow’s efforts to quickly complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region, the mayor told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
“The city is essentially being destroyed ruthlessly block by block,” Oleksandr Striuk said. He said heavy street fighting continues and artillery bombardments threaten the lives of the estimated 13,000 civilians still sheltering in the ruined city that once was home to more than 100,000.
It’s impossible to track civilian casualties amid the round-the-clock shelling, said the mayor, who believes that more than 1,500 residents have died of various causes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February. Evacuation efforts from Sievierodonetsk have been halted because of shelling.
“Civilians are dying from direct strikes, from fragmentation wounds and under the rubble of destroyed buildings, since most of the inhabitants are hiding in basements and shelters,” Striuk said.
Electricity to the city has been cut off and people need water, food and medicine, the mayor said: “There are food supplies for several more days, but the issue is how to distribute them.”
Sievierodonetsk is important to Russian efforts to capture the Donbas before more Western arms arrive to bolster Ukraine’s defense. Moscow-backed separatists already held territory in the region and have been fighting Ukrainian troops for eight years.
Military analysts described the fight for Sievierodonetsk as part of a race against time for the Kremlin. The city. which is 145 kilometers (90 miles) south of the Russian border, is in an area that is the last pocket of Ukrainian government control in the Luhansk region.
In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation in the Donbas remains “extremely difficult” as Russia has put its army’s “maximum combat power” there.
At least three people were killed and six more wounded overnight in a Russian missile strike on the city of Sloviansk, west of Sievierodonetsk, Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning. A school was among several buildings damaged. A crater marked the road between two apartment buildings heavily pockmarked by shrapnel.
Blood smeared the floor and stairwell of one building.
Resident Olena Voytenko, 59, said she knew one of the people killed, a man whose apartment caught fire in the blast. She believes he burned to death.
Another resident, Mikhaylo Samoluk, said the strike occurred roughly after 1:30 a.m.
“I was on my sofa and suddenly my sofa just jumped in the air,” he said.
In neighboring Luhansk, two people were killed and four were wounded by shelling, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said Tuesday on Telegram. Haidai didn’t specify when or where the attack occurred.
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Yuras Karmanau reported from Lviv.
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(The Hill) — Rising prices in the first quarter of the year pushed up the income needed to afford a home to its highest level since 2007.
Major homeownership expenses last quarter required about 33 percent of a family’s monthly income, a report from nationwide property data provider ATTOM showed. Typically, lenders call for a buyer’s monthly debt-to-income ratio not to exceed 28 percent.
Now after three quarters of declines, the price for a median single-family home rose to $350,000 — up 10 percent from the first quarter.
ATTOM’s report shows prospective buyers needed to earn at least $75,000 annually to afford a median-priced home in about half of the nation’s housing markets.
The highest yearly wages needed to afford a median-priced home were highest in markets along the East and West coasts.
Wage requirements were highest in Manhattan County, New York, where prospective buyers need to earn more than $383,000 annually to afford a typical home. Manhattan is followed by San Mateo County, California, where buyers need an income higher than $361,000 for a typical home purchase.
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Three California counties — Marin, Santa Clara, and San Francisco — round out the top five. Buyers need earnings of $352,153 in Marin, $340,803 in Santa Clara, and $327,906 in San Francisco County.
California’s Santa Cruz, Alameda, Orange and Napa counties and Kings County, New York — which includes Brooklyn — completed the top 10. Wages higher than $200,000 were necessary in each of these counties to afford a median-priced home.
The report also notes where wage requirements to afford a median-priced home are lowest. Three of the counties were in Pennsylvania. Prospective buyers in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, must earn just less than $15,000 to afford a typical home.
Housing prices skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic boom. Rising mortgage rates exacerbated the housing affordability squeeze and have failed to make a dent in home prices.
Mortgage rates have settled above 6 percent in recent months after soaring from historic lows amid the Federal Reserve’s fight with inflation. And recent sales data indicates buyers are adjusting to the rates.
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Inflation in the U.S. hit a 40-year high in May 2022, as price increases continued to extend to everything from food to gasoline.
A viral tweet now claims that even a popular beverage isn’t safe from price hikes. The post shows two cans of AriZona Iced Tea next to each other – one priced at 99 cents and another priced at $1.29.
“If you weren’t panicking before…now is the time,” the tweet reads.
VERIFY reader Brian reached out to the team on Instagram to ask if it’s true that AriZona Iced Tea raised the price of its 99-cent can to $1.29.
THE QUESTION
Has AriZona Iced Tea raised the price of its 99-cent can to $1.29?
THE SOURCES
- AriZona Beverages
- Online check of AriZona Iced Tea prices
THE ANSWER
No, AriZona Iced Tea has not raised the price of its 99-cent can to $1.29.
WHAT WE FOUND
AriZona Iced Tea responded to the viral tweet from its official account, confirming that the price of the drink is still 99 cents in the U.S.
“This goes viral A LOT!” the tweet reads. “The can on the left is in US dollars. The can on the right is in Canadian dollars. Hope this clears things up. Don’t panic.”
A spokesperson for AriZona also told VERIFY that the price of its big can is $1.29 in Canadian dollars, which is equivalent to 99 cents in U.S. dollars.
Twitter user @__cordazzle, who shared the claim, acknowledged in a reply that the $1.29 price is for iced tea sold in Canada. But the tweet is still available on his page as of June 20.
VERIFY also searched online for the 23-ounce cans of AriZona Iced Tea, and found that Safeway, Fred Meyer and other U.S. stores are still selling them for 99 cents before taxes.
The claim about a price increase has garnered attention on social media since at least January 2021 when another Twitter user shared the same photo, writing, “If this world is coming, I don’t want to live in it.” That tweet received nearly 150,000 likes and tens of thousands of retweets.
AriZona responded to that tweet, too, writing that the recommended selling price in the U.S. was still 99 cents.
AriZona has sold the canned iced teas for the same price since its launch in 1992, CNN Business and TODAY reported.
Don Vultaggio, founder and chairman of AriZona Beverages, told CNN Business in an interview on June 9 that the can is still 99 cents because he doesn’t think customers need “another price increase.”
“We’re just fighting hard to maintain that price so we’ll give consumers a reason to buy us,” he said.
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Police: Fla. retiree fatally shoots 81-year-old neighbors after laundry room dispute
STUART, Fla. (WPBF) – Authorities said tensions between elderly residents in Stuart, Florida, eventually led to fatal gunfire.
It all started over an open laundry room door, according to the arrest affidavit.
The affidavit says 75-year-old Hugh Hootman told detectives his downstairs neighbor, 81-year-old Henry Wallace, recently yelled at Hootman’s wife for leaving the shared laundry room door open, and when he saw Wallace at the mailbox Saturday, Hootman told Wallace he needed to apologize.
Hootman told detectives that when Wallace tried to push past him without apologizing, he lost his temper, pulled out his gun and shot Wallace several times.
When Henry Wallace’s wife, Ginger Wallace, ran outside yelling, Hootman said he shot her twice, according to police.
Witness Kathy Barger said she was outside when she heard Ginger Wallace scream as she opened her door and realized her husband had been shot.
“I heard her, yell, ‘Oh, no, no,’” Barger said. “And then she screamed and then she was silent. That’ll stay with me all my days.”
Next-door neighbor Raymond Boze said he heard the shots and opened the door to see a shocked mailman calling 911.
Deputies said Hootman went upstairs to tell his wife, “Call the police, I just shot Henry and Ginger.”
Hootman’s wife told a 911 dispatcher: “My husband just shot two people and I believe he killed them.”
Hootman’s wife added: “The neighbor downstairs just the other day shouted at me and swore at me regarding the washer and dryer.”
The SWAT team arrived and took Hugh Hootman into custody.
According to detectives, Hootman said: “So sorry. I wish I could take it back.”
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'The future is right here in Brockton': Students get real world life science training
BROCKTON — Samantha Thevenin spent a portion of the last 10 weeks hunched over a black lab bench in the basement of Brockton High School. Her goal was to clone a sample of luciferase, the enzyme in the tails of fireflies that allows them to glow.
Thevenin, a senior at the school, and her lab partner Jaquan Chin met in the lab after school three days a week, totaling 65 hours of lab work by the end of the 10 weeks. The pair worked alongside nine other students as part of the Massachusetts Life Science Center biotechnology lab-training program.
All 11 students competed the program, receiving official diplomas at the program's graduation ceremony Wednesday evening. The 10-week program prepares selected Brockton High School students to work in industry-standard microbiology and biochemistry labs. Each student works on a full life science experiment using similar equipment to what's used in a college or industry laboratory.
"The goal is to prepare them so they are able to work in a commercial or academic life science lab," said David Mangus, the head of the school's life science department. "They get real world experience that sets them up for the future."
These 11 students make up the fifth cohort of the program, which is fully funded by the MLSC. Now, a total of 99 students have completed the program since it began in 2018, the majority of whom go on to work in a paid summer internship in life science labs at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Forsyth Institute, the Ragon Institute and Massasoit Community College.
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"You are the next generation of scientists who will cure the next pandemic," said Kenneth Turner, CEO and president of MLSC. "The future is right here in Brockton, right here in you."
This year, each experiment centered around luciferase, an enzyme used in COVID-19 research. Kayden Barros replicated the enzyme in E. Coli to further discover how it expresses itself. Raiyad Hassan created artificial luciferase, which shined up to 20% as bright as the enzyme does naturally.
"We got to learn about all the processes we would do in a bio lab," said Russel Monteiro, who studied how to genetically engineer the enzyme with his lab partner Sol Hassan.
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The students practiced valuable lab techniques that they wouldn't normally experience until the college level like micro pipetting, gene engineering and performing PCR on DNA, and doing it all in their own school's lab.
MLSC has invested a total of $206,532 in the Brockton High School program, providing the lab equipment, supplies and funding for the students. Just this year, MLSC gave $40,000 for Brockton's program. The organization also funds similar programs in New Bedford and Cambridge.
"This experience was monumental to me," Thevenin said. "As a senior, this is something I can take to college with me."
Thevenin will spend the summer in a neuro-oncology lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
"I want to inspire others who want to join STEM," she said. "I'm trying to be a role model for young girls."
The students presented the findings of their research to family, school administration and members of the MLSC inside the lobby of the school's fine arts building Wednesday evening. Students ranging from sophomores to seniors can apply to the program, where they work as a group to develop each experiment. | https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/education/2022/05/20/brockton-high-school-massachusetts-life-science-center-graduation/9836023002/ | 2022-05-20 12:28:24 | 0 | https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/education/2022/05/20/brockton-high-school-massachusetts-life-science-center-graduation/9836023002/ |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish former defense minister who had publicly claimed that Denmark’s secret service helped U.S. intelligence spy on several European leaders said Tuesday he has been charged with divulging state secrets.
Denmark’s prosecution authority said the country’s justice minister has agreed to the recommendation that charges be brought against a former lawmaker, whom it did not name, for “divulging or passing on secrets of importance to the state.”
“The case includes highly classified information that cannot be presented openly,” prosecutor Jakob Berger Nielsen said in a statement. “Regardless of the great public interest, in the opinion of the public prosecutor’s office, there is clearly a heavier consideration to be given to the work of the intelligence service.”
Danish media named the suspect as Claus Hjort Frederiksen, a 75-year-old former defense minister who retired from politics last year, and he later confirmed that on Facebook.
“I have not revealed alleged state secrets. Period,” he wrote on Facebook. “This was not how I had dreamed my retirement would be.”
In several interviews in 2020 and 2021, Hjort Frederiksen alleged that the Danish Defense Intelligence Service — which is responsible for overseas activities — had helped the NSA eavesdrop on leaders in Germany, France, Sweden and Norway, including former German chancellor Angela Merkel. He later said he faced preliminary charges for revealing the secret cable cooperation with the U.S.
In an interview with public DR broadcaster in December 2021, Hjort Frederiksen said “I must risk a prison sentence” for making the allegations.
In June 2021, DR said that the Danish military intelligence service had in 2014 conducted an internal investigation into whether NSA had used its cooperation with the Danes to spy against Denmark and neighboring countries. The probe, codenamed “Operation Dunhammer,” concluded that NSA had eavesdropped on political leaders.
The alleged setup between the United States and Denmark reportedly allowed the NSA to obtain data by using the telephone numbers of politicians as search parameters. The military agency allegedly helped the NSA from 2012 to 2014.
Reports in 2013 that the NSA had listened in on German government phones, including Merkel’s, prompted a diplomatic spat between Berlin and Washington, and French President Emmanuel Macron said that if correct ”this is not acceptable between allies.”
Then-Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg called it “unacceptable” and said that spying on others “creates more mistrust than it creates collaboration.”
In 2022, the government asked lawmakers to remove the parliamentary immunity of Hjort Frederiksen but a majority opposed the move because it was not known what he was suspected of.
“I did not run again for the election (in late 2022) and my parliamentary immunity has thus lapsed,” Hjort Frederiksen wrote on his Facebook profile on Feb. 18. “So the path is clear for the justice minister to decide to follow the prosecution’s recommendation to bring charges.”
Hjort Frederiksen was defense minister from November 2016 to June 2019, and earlier held the finance and employment portfolios. For years, he was a senior member of the Liberal Party and left parliament in November to retire.
No trial date has been set. If tried and convicted of the charges, Hjort Frederiksen faces up to 12 years in jail. | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-danish-former-minister-charged-with-revealing-state-secrets/ | 2023-02-22 00:20:58 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-danish-former-minister-charged-with-revealing-state-secrets/ |
‘Owen was in the best hands’: Newborn baby receives world’s first partial heart transplant
DURHAM, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) - A newborn baby in North Carolina received the first known partial heart transplant.
According to Duke Health, living arteries and valves from a donated heart were fused into a baby’s heart on April 22.
Duke officials said the surgery was performed on Owen Monroe, a 5-pound newborn.
“As harrowing of an experience as it was for our family, we knew from the beginning that Owen was in the best hands,” said Nick Monroe, Owen’s father.
WECT reports Owen’s family is from Leland, North Carolina, but the baby was born at Duke after his parents learned that he had a condition called truncus arteriosus, in which his two main heart arteries were fused together.
Duke Health said one of Monroe’s vessels was also equipped with a leaky valve, making it unlikely he could survive the wait for a full heart transplant.
According to the medical team, this scenario usually calls for preserved cadaver arteries with valves, but the non-living tissue requires repeated open-heart surgeries to be replaced as the person grows up. But by transplanting living tissue, the heart will grow over time as usual without needing those follow-up surgeries.
A partial transplant reportedly allows for portions of a heart to be used that would otherwise not be viable for a full transplant.
“Our greatest hope is that Owen’s success story will change the way organ donation and transplants are handled not only for congenital heart disease babies but for all patients,” Nick Monroe said.
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Nearly 2,000 people will gather in Westminster Abbey Monday morning for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
In addition to the family, friends and world leaders expected to gather in Westminster Abbey, the British government has erected large public viewing areas for the public to gather to watch the funeral service. Monday has also been declared a federal holiday in the U.K. and a number of Commonwealth nations.
Here is a schedule of events:
5:44 a.m. ET (2:44 a.m. PT): The coffin will travel from the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) to Westminster Abbey
6 a.m. ET (3 a.m. PT): Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral
6:55 a.m. ET (3:55 a.m. PT): Two-minute moment of silence near the end of the funeral service
7 a.m. ET (4 a.m. PT): Procession along Broad Sanctuary, Parliament Square, Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade, Horse Guards Road, The Mall and Constitution Hill
10:10 a.m. ET (7:10 a.m. PT): The hearse will travel in procession along Albert Road and the Long Walk to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it would back proposed federal legislation to safeguard same-sex marriages, marking the latest show of support for the measure from conservative-leaning groups.
The nearly 17-million member, Utah-based faith said in a statement that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships to be against God’s commandments. Yet it said it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they didn’t infringe upon religious groups’ right to believe as they choose.
“We believe this approach is the way forward. As we work together to preserve the principles and practices of religious freedom together with the rights of LGBTQ individuals much can be accomplished to heal relationships and foster greater understanding,” the church said in a statement posted on its website.
Support for the Respect for Marriage Act under consideration in Congress is the church’s latest step to stake out a more welcoming stance toward the LGBTQ community while holding firm to its belief that same-sex relationships are sinful. Still, its stance toward LGBTQ people — including those who grow up in the church — remains painful for many.
Patrick Mason, a professor of religious studies at Utah State University, said the church’s position was both a departure from and continuation of its past stances — respecting laws yet working to safeguard religious liberty and ensuring they won’t be forced to perform same-sex marriages or grant them official church sanction.
“This is part of the church’s overall theology essentially sustaining the law of the land, recognizing that what they dictate and enforce for their members in terms of their behavior is different than what it means to be part of a pluralistic society,” he said.
The faith opposes same-sex marriage and sexual intimacy, but it has taken a more welcoming stance to LGBTQ people in recent years. In 2016, it declared that same-sex attraction is not a sin, while maintaining that acting on it was.
The bill, which has won support from Democrats and Republicans, is set for a test vote in the Senate Wednesday, with a final vote as soon as this week or later this month. It comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, with Justice Clarence Thomas issuing a concurring opinion indicating that an earlier high court decision protecting same-sex marriage could come under threat.
The legislation would repeal the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act and require states to recognize all marriages that were legal where they were performed. It would also protect interracial marriages by requiring states to recognize legal marriages regardless of “sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.” It makes clear that the rights of private individuals and businesses wouldn’t be affected.
Utah’s four congressmen — who are all members of the church — each voiced support for the legislation earlier this year.
The church’s public stance is a stark contrast from 14 years ago, when its members were among the largest campaign contributors in support of California’s Prop. 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman in response to cities such as San Francisco granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Troy Williams, the executive director of Equality Utah, said it was “thrilling” to see the church part of the coalition in support of the legislation.
“Despite differences we may have, we can always discover common ground on laws that support the strengthening of all families,” Williams, who grew up a church member, said.
The faith opposes laws that would make it illegal for churches to not allow to same-sex couples to marry on their property. But it has supported state-based efforts to pass laws that prohibit employment and housing discrimination as long as they clarify respect for religious freedom.
The Respect for Marriage Act neither fully codifies the U.S. Supreme Court decision that enshrined a federal right to same-sex marriage nor details all religious liberty concerns of those who object to it.
Faith groups see it as vehicle for passing religious liberty protections they haven’t been able to in the past, said Tim Schultz, the president of the 1st Amendment Partnership.
Schultz’s organization is advocating for religious liberty on behalf of a coalition concerned with that subject — a coalition that includes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“Same-sex marriage has achieved broad appeal in our culture in significant part because it hasn’t trampled on people who believe in traditional marriage,” he said.
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Associated Press News Editor Brady McCombs contributed to this report. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-mormon-church-comes-out-in-support-of-same-sex-marriage-law/ | 2022-11-16 15:38:26 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-mormon-church-comes-out-in-support-of-same-sex-marriage-law/ |
Updated September 29, 2022 at 12:19 AM ET
Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida's Lee County on Wednesday afternoon, producing winds of 150 miles per hour and a storm surge over 7 feet high in Naples before coming ashore.
The National Hurricane Center predicts Ian's high winds and rain will cause intense storm surge and flooding, resulting in catastrophic damage to homes and businesses.
The hurricane, located 70 miles south of Orlando as of 11 p.m. ET, lost strength as it made its way across Florida. It was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 90 mph, the NHC said in an update.
More than 1.5 million homes and businesses are without power as of Wednesday night.
305 PM EDT 28 Sep -- Hurricane #Ian has made landfall as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa, Florida with maximum sustained winds at 150 mph. The minimum pressure from Air Force Reconnaissance Hurricane Hunters was 940 mb.
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The National Hurricane Center's Acting Director Jamie Rhome said in an advisory that the time for evacuation has long passed. Those who remain in the storm's path need to hunker down in the center of their home and prepare for sustained devastating winds.
The hurricane's eyewall reached Sanibel and Captiva islands, west of Fort Myers, shortly after noon. A webcam on Fort Myers Beach showed palm trees bending in the wind as waves toss furniture around in the surf.
Ian is forecast to continue making its way northeast across Florida. The situation on the ground will likely get worse before it gets better, as high tide isn't until 7:06 p.m. Wednesday, which will contribute to storm surge conditions.
The storm is expected to weaken after landfall, but could be near hurricane strength as it makes its way over Florida's east coast on Thursday, the NHC said. Ian will continue north toward Northeastern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina on Friday.
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Tesla owners may have to take their cars for service.
The company has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 16,000 Model S and Model X vehicles from 2021 to 2023 to "inspect and ensure" that the cars have properly working front-row seat belts.
In the recall, Tesla said the affected seat belts may not be properly connected to their pretensioner anchors. This can cause the seat belts to detach or not perform as designed in a collision, which can increase injury risk.
These seat belts had been disconnected from the anchor as part of a necessary repair to the vehicles, but the subsequent reconnection may have been faulty, resulting in the recall.
The company said it hasn't been aware of any crashes or injuries related to the recall, though it's been a point of safety inspection for months.
In March, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into Tesla's seat belts due to anchoring issues.
SEE MORE: US regulators probe complaints of Ford SUV doors opening while driving
Besides the seat belt issues, Tesla is also recalling more than 1,300 2023 Model S, Model X and Model Y vehicles due to camera issues.
Its recall report says some vehicle's forward-facing cameras may not be aligned or angled properly. That can cause some active safety features to be unavailable without letting the driver know, including the car's automatic emergency brake, forward collision warning and lane keeping assist.
Tesla Service will now look into the cameras and seat belts of affected cars, fixing the camera angles and inspecting the front-row seat belt connections. If they can't properly connect them to their anchors, they will fully replace the seat belt assemblies for free.
Owners of the seat belt recalled vehicles are expected to be notified by mail Sept. 12, but they may also contact Tesla customer service at 877-798-3752 or the NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 to remedy the recall.
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (NEXSTAR) — Police in Minnesota are looking for the person who fired multiple shots at the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis Thursday, according to police.
Around 5:40 p.m. CDT, Bloomington police officials confirmed that shots were fired, adding that a suspect fled the Mall of America on foot. As of that news release, no victim had been found.
The mall, which had been on lockdown for more than an hour, will close for the night once the lockdown is lifted, police said.
Mall of America spokesman Dan Jasper confirmed that the mall was locked down Thursday afternoon but had no other details.
The Mall of America tweeted that there was a “confirmed isolated incident in a tenant space” and asked shoppers to “remain in the closest secure location until the lockdown has been lifted.”
Video posted to social media showed what appeared to be a man shouting as he walked near the complex’s Nike store, with at least three apparent gunshots.
NASCAR’s Kyle Busch and his family were at the mall earlier in the day according to posts his wife, Samantha, made on Instagram. She posted that “If you are seeing the news about the [Mall of America] we got out and are safe. Praying others inside are too.”
The mall, which opened in 1992, is the largest in the U.S. and is a tourist destination and community gathering spot.
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(iSeeCars) – The electric car market has exploded in recent years. And with gasoline prices at record highs, many consumers are considering purchasing an all-electric vehicle. Today there are more electric cars on the market than ever, and among them are relatively affordable options for consumers who want a zero-emission vehicle that won’t break the bank.
While there are more new electric cars to choose from because many of these cars just came to market, there are also several used electric cars to choose from to provide even greater savings.
The Cheapest Electric Cars: New Cars
There are currently 15 electric cars on the market that have starting MSRPs less than $50,000. Here is a list of the cheapest EVs:
The most affordable electric car is the Nissan LEAF, with a base price of $27,400. With a range of 149 miles in its base model, its range improves on upper trims including 215 miles in the LEAF Plus trim and 226 miles of range in the S Plus trim. The compact hatchback is in the middle of the pack for range, but provides more than enough battery life for the daily commute. The second-most affordable is the MINI Hardtop 2 Door, which has the lowest range of the vehicles on the list, and it is also the smallest in size to make it ideal for city driving.
A pair of electric Chevy models earn the third and fourth spots, the Chevrolet Bolt hatchback, and its new-for-2022 crossover version the Chevrolet Bolt EUV. Both the Chevy Bolt hatchback and the Bolt EUV earn respectable range and are praised for their driving dynamics and affordability. The Bolt offers DC fast charging capability and offers infotainment features including a 10.2-inch touch screen, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto.
Rounding out the top five is Mazda’s first all-electric vehicle, the MX-30 compact crossover. The MX-30 features Mazda’s engaging driving dynamics but falls short with its electric range due to its small battery pack. The vehicle was introduced in California in 2021 and is set to become available in the rest of the U.S. in 2022.
Hyundai and Kia models are well-represented on the list, including the Hyundai Kona Electric, the Kia Niro EV, the Kia EV6, and the Hyundai IONIQ 5. The mechanically similar Hyundai Kona and Kia Niro have been available as all-electric vehicles since 2019, while the EV6 and IONIQ 5 electric SUVs just entered the market in 2022. The Kona and Niro are subcompact SUVs, while the EV6 and IONIQ 5 are compact electric SUVs offering more cargo and passenger space. Rear-wheel-drive (RWD) Ioniq 5 models feature a single electric motor with 225 horsepower, while all-wheel-drive (AWD) models feature two electric motors with a combined output of 320 horsepower. The Kia offers more powertrain options including a base engine with a 58-kWh battery pack and a single 167-horsepower electric motor. The upper trims feature a 77.4-kWh battery with the same output as the IONIQ 5. Though not luxury vehicles, the IONIQ 5 and the EV6 are critically acclaimed and draw comparisons to the Tesla Model Y.
The highly anticipated Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck makes the list with its starting price falling just under $40,000. The Lightning offers an EPA-estimated 230 miles of driving range on a full charge in its entry-level base form with its 98-kWh Standard Range battery pack. The base Ford F-150 Lightning can tow 5,000 pounds when paired with its Standard Range battery and up to 7,700 pounds when paired with the Extended Range battery. A towing package can be added to improve these ratings to 7,700 and 10,000 pounds. The F-150 Lightning also comes with a suite of driver-assist features including blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, forward automatic emergency braking, and adaptive headlights.
The Cheapest Electric Cars: Used Cars
For drivers who want even more affordable electric cars, there are many used versions to choose from. However, these vehicles were among the first EVs on the market, and do not benefit from the technological advances in battery range. Here are the cheapest five-year-old used electric cars you can buy:
With the exception of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Bolt EV, each model on the list has been discontinued. The 2017 Nissan LEAF has about half the battery range of its newest version, and 2017 is the last model year for the previous generation. Used car buyers seeking longer ranges should consider LEAFs from the 2018 model year and newer. The 2017 Chevy Bolt has the longest range of 238 miles and boasts a price tag of under $25,000 on average.
The price of used electric cars can also vary by geographic area, so buyers should refer to the best and worst cities to buy used electric cars.
Other Considerations: Federal Tax Credit
Another consideration for buyers of new EVs is the federal tax credit. The EV tax credit is a federal incentive that encourages drivers to purchase a plug-in electric vehicle. This credit applies to all electric and plug-in vehicles, but it phases out once an automaker reaches 200,000 sales of the qualifying vehicle. All Tesla models and the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV are no longer eligible for the tax credit. A list of qualifying vehicles can be found on the U.S. Department of Energy’s website, fueleconomy.org.
Bottom Line
While electric vehicles tend to be more expensive than their gasoline counterparts, there are affordable EVs on the market for both new and used car shoppers. It’s also worth noting that along with fuel savings, electric vehicles tend to have lower maintenance costs because they don’t require routine maintenance like oil changes, and their regenerative braking improves brake life. Electric cars are also the future of transportation, as most automakers have pledged to fully electrify their fleets and to phase out gasoline cars. Additionally, the charging infrastructure continues to make significant gains and many EVs now offer fast-charging ports to allow for faster charging times.
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Trailer for Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ is out
(Gray News) – A classic coming-of-age novel written for teens and older children is getting a big screen adaptation this year.
Judy Blume’s “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” hits theaters on April 28.
The story features 11-year-old Margaret as she is raised by a Christian mother and Jewish father. Because of her parents’ interfaith marriage, Margaret doesn’t have a personal affiliation with either religion.
First published in 1970, the book was notable for exploring the themes of religion with young readers, as well as common coming-of-age concepts like sex and relationships.
The film stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret and Rachel McAdams as Margaret’s mother, Barbara. Kathy Bates and Benny Safdie costar, and the movie’s score will be composed by Hans Zimmer.
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A majority of Americans are stressed out by inflation, violence and the political state of the country, according to a new poll by the American Psychological Association.
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A majority of Americans are stressed out by inflation, violence and the political state of the country, according to a new poll by the American Psychological Association.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A judge is mulling an Arizona death row prisoner’s request to have fingerprint and DNA tests conducted on evidence from the two 1980 killings for which he is scheduled to be executed next month.
A lawyer for Murray Hooper said at a hearing Wednesday that her client is innocent, that no physical evidence ties him to the killings and that forensic testing could lead to the identification of those responsible. Kelly Culshaw, Hooper’s attorney, also raised questions about the benefits received by witnesses who testified against her client, including favorable treatment in other criminal cases.
“Forensic evidence would have made a difference in this case,” Culshaw said.
Hooper was convicted before computerized fingerprint systems and DNA testing were available in criminal cases, according to his legal team.
Prosecutors say that even if someone else’s prints or DNA were found, that wouldn’t overcome the overwhelming evidence against Hooper.
Hooper is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection or lethal gas at a prison in Florence, Arizona, on Nov. 16 for the killings of William “Pat” Redmond and his mother-in-law, Helen Phelps, at Redmond’s home in Phoenix on Dec. 31, 1980. Redmond’s wife, Marilyn, was shot in the head but recovered.
Lawyers for Hooper say Marilyn Redmond’s description of the assailants changed several times before she identified their client, who claimed not to be in Arizona at the time.
Superior Court Judge Jennifer Green, who hasn’t yet issued a ruling on the forensic testing request, pointed out that a federal appeals court characterized the evidence implicating Hooper as overwhelming.
Asked about the criticism that some witnesses had an incentive to lie, prosecutor Jeffrey Sparks said jurors at Hooper’s trial and appeals courts considered those claims and concluded there was no chance that would have changed the verdict.
Two other men, William Bracy and Edward McCall, were convicted in the killings but died before their death sentences could be carried out.
Authorities say Robert Cruz, who was alleged to have had ties to organized crime, hired Hooper, Bracy and McCall to kill Pat Redmond, who co-owned a printing business. They said Cruz wanted to take over the business and was unhappy that Redmond had rejected his offers to enter several printing contracts with Las Vegas hotels, according to court records. In 1995, Cruz was acquitted of murder charges in both deaths.
Hooper would be the third prisoner put to death this year after Arizona resumed carrying out executions in May, following a nearly eight-year hiatus attributed to both the difficulty of obtaining lethal injection drugs and criticism that a 2014 execution was botched.
There are 111 prisoners on Arizona’s death row, and 22 have exhausted their appeals, according to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-arizona-death-row-inmate-seeks-forensic-tests-in-1980-deaths/ | 2022-10-20 11:52:08 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-arizona-death-row-inmate-seeks-forensic-tests-in-1980-deaths/ |
Pelosi: China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday that China will not isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there.
She made the remarks in Tokyo on the final leg of an Asia tour highlighted by a visit to Taiwan that infuriated China.
The Chinese have tried to isolate Taiwan, Pelosi said, including most recently by preventing the self-governing island from joining the World Health Organization.
“They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there,” she said.
Pelosi said her trip to Taiwan was not intended to change the status quo for the island but to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait. She also praised Taiwan’s hard-fought democracy, including its progress in diversity and success in technology and business, and criticized China’s violations of trade agreements, proliferation of weapons and human rights problems.
Pelosi, the first House speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years, said Wednesday in Taipei that the U.S. commitment to democracy on the island and elsewhere “remains ironclad.”
Pelosi and five other members of Congress arrived in Tokyo late Thursday after visiting Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea.
In Taipei on Wednesday, Pelosi said the American commitment to democracy in Taiwan and elsewhere “remains ironclad.” She became the first House speaker to visit the island in 25 years.
China, which claims Taiwan and has threatened to annex it by force if necessary, called her visit to the island a provocation and on Thursday began military drills, including missile strike training, in six zones surrounding Taiwan, in what could be its biggest since the mid-1990s.
Pelosi said that China had launched the “strikes probably using our visit as an excuse.”
Earlier Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that China’s military exercises aimed at Taiwan represent a “grave problem” that threatens regional peace and security after five ballistic missiles launched as part of the drills landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
Kishida, speaking after breakfast with Pelosi and her congressional delegation, said the missile launches need to be “stopped immediately.”
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said five missiles landed on Thursday in Japan’s exclusive economic zone off Hateruma, an island far south of Japan’s main islands. He said Japan protested to China, saying the missiles “threatened Japan’s national security and the lives of the Japanese people, which we strongly condemn.”
The Defense Ministry later said it believed the other four missiles, fired from China’s southeastern coast of Fujian, flew over Taiwan.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, attending a regional meeting in Cambodia, said China’s actions are “severely impacting peace and stability in the region and the international community, and we demand the immediate suspension of the military exercises.”
Japan has in recent years bolstered its defense capability and troop presence in southwestern Japan and remote islands, including Okinawa, which is about 700 kilometers (420 miles) northeast of Taiwan. Many residents say they worry their island will be quickly embroiled in any Taiwan conflict. Okinawa is home to the majority of about 50,000 American troops based in Japan under a bilateral security pact.
At the breakfast earlier Friday, Pelosi and her congressional delegation also discussed their shared security concern over China, North Korea and Russia, and pledged their commitment to working toward peace and stability in Taiwan, Kishida said. Pelosi was also to hold talks with her Japanese counterpart, lower house Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda.
Japan and its key ally, the U.S., have been pushing for new security and economic frameworks with other democracies in the Indo-Pacific region and Europe as a counter to China’s growing influence amid rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
Days before Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, a group of senior Japanese lawmakers, including former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, visited the island and discussed regional security with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. Ishiba said Japan, while working with the United States to prevent conflict in the Indo-Pacific, wants a defense agreement with Taiwan.
On Thursday, the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations issued a statement saying “there is no justification to use a visit as pretext for aggressive military activity in the Taiwan Strait.” It said China’s “escalatory response risks increasing tensions and destabilizing the region.”
China cited its displeasure over the statement for the last-minute cancellation of talks between the Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Cambodia on Thursday.
Pelosi held talks on Thursday in South Korea, also a key U.S. ally, which stayed away from the Taiwan issue, apparently to avoid upsetting China, focusing instead on North Korea’s increasing nuclear threat.
In recent years, South Korea has been struggling to strike a balance between the United States and China as their rivalry has deepened.
The Chinese military exercises launched Thursday involve its navy, air force and other departments and are to last until Sunday. They include missile strikes on targets in the seas north and south of the island in an echo of the last major Chinese military drills in 1995 and 1996 aimed at intimidating Taiwan’s leaders and voters.
Taiwan has put its military on alert and staged civil defense drills, while the U.S. has numerous naval assets in the area.
China also flew war planes toward Taiwan and blocked imports of its citrus and fish.
China sees the island as a breakaway province and considers visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as recognizing its sovereignty.
The Biden administration and Pelosi have said the United States remains committed to the so-called one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing as the government of China but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei. The administration discouraged but did not prevent Pelosi from visiting.
Pelosi has been a long-time advocate of human rights in China. She, along with other lawmakers, visited Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1991 to support democracy two years after a bloody military crackdown on protesters at the square.
As leader of the House of Representatives, Pelosi’s trip has heightened U.S.-China tensions more than visits by other members of Congress. The last House speaker to visit Taiwan was Newt Gingrich in 1997.
China and Taiwan, which split in 1949 after a civil war, have no official relations but multibillion-dollar business ties.
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Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, and Huizhong Wu in Taipei, Taiwan, contributed to this report.
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In honor of Short Wave's third birthday, hosts Aaron Scott and Emily Kwong quiz All Things Considered hosts about some of the many nuggets of information the science podcast has shared with listeners.
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WASHINGTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ferguson Group, a leader in federal advocacy, consulting, and grants today released its first Letter from the CEO, Roger Gwinn. The Letter can be viewed and downloaded here on TFG's website.
This letter highlights the following:
- July 2022 marks TFG's 40th anniversary!
- TFG is growing. TFG brought on more staff to new positions this year than ever before.
- TFG prioritizes an inclusive work environment. TFG proudly offer competitive wages, extensive health and life insurance benefits, a strong retirement savings package, tuition stipends, and a combination of remote and in-person work scheduling that is highly flexible to staff needs. The firm also annually budgets funds for staff to spearhead their own firm innovation ideas.
- Stephanie Missert, TFG Principal, graduated from Johns Hopkins University with her Master of Arts in Government conducting her thesis research on the federal grant making process from the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
- TFG represented more public agencies in Washington, DC than any other advocacy firm in the nation for the second year in a row.
- Our clients won over $37 million in federal grant funding in Fiscal Year 2021 and secured over $54 million in FY22 earmarked funding for specific projects.
Roger Gwinn, TFG CEO, wrote to clients:
I'm excited to introduce TFG's Letter from the CEO where I will provide regular updates so you can get to know us better, see where our clients are achieving significant wins in their communities, and learn more about what we do. This first edition highlights the firm's greatest asset—our staff!
July 2022 marks our 40th anniversary! Since 1982, we've seen the communities we work with advance remarkably. I'm proud to see our team expand and am eager to show you what's in store for TFG and our clients going forward. Thank you for an incredible forty years!
P.S. Don't forget to visit our website and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
We hired more staff to new positions this year than ever before. Our new team members come from a wide breadth of backgrounds and their fresh perspectives are of enormous value to our work.
- Janet Atabansi
Executive Assistant - Chris Cummins
Legislative and Policy Director - Lane Dickson
Principal - Wyatt Fritz
Research Assistant - Kristen H. Long
Grants Analyst - Evan Sarnor
Intern - DeAndre' Smith
Grants and Technology Project Coordinator - Alexandra Yiannoutsos
Communications Director
Our staff is our best asset. I highly value the contributions our staff make at the firm and in the communities where we work every day. Over two-thirds of our management and stockholders are women and individuals from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. It is my priority to create a work environment at TFG that is inclusive of broad backgrounds, expertise, and experiences at all levels. Doing so brings in varied perspectives and ideas firmwide, helps us better serve our diverse client base, and is the right thing to do.
For all our staff, we proudly offer competitive wages, extensive health and life insurance benefits, a strong retirement savings package, tuition stipends, and a combination of remote and in-person work scheduling that is highly flexible to staff needs. TFG provides maternity and paternity leave, and it has been a privilege to see many members of our staff start and grow their families throughout the years. TFG also works to create a platform for growth and advancement. We not only encourage new ideas, but annually budget funds for staff to spearhead their own firm innovation ideas.
Every member of our team seeks out learning opportunities in a variety of ways and I'm pleased to highlight one of our member's Master's degree program completion in the last year! Congratulations, Stephanie!
Stephanie Missert
TFG Principal
Stephanie graduated from Johns Hopkins University with her Master of Arts in Government conducting her thesis research on the federal grant making process from the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Not only did Stephanie graduate with Highest Distinction from the program for receiving an A or better in all coursework and honors on her thesis, but she was also awarded the William F. Clinger, Jr. Award, which is presented annually to a student for an outstanding thesis in the topic of institutional or representative government.
"I learned so much during my time studying at Johns Hopkins. Being well into my career, I used my knowledge and experience and applied it to the academic study of democratic governance in a real and meaningful way. It gave me an opportunity to analyze and investigate critical issues affecting public entities, like issues in the federal grantmaking system, and produce academic studies highlighting challenges that are currently overlooked by the legislative and executive branches of government. Now, I get to apply everything I learned from some of the nation's leading academics in political science and government to my work, which is incredibly exciting." ~ Stephanie Missert
One of our greatest achievements over the last forty years as a firm has been retaining our staff while fostering an environment conducive to new talent and growth. Seven members of our team have been with us for over fifteen years! It has been an honor to not only see them grow professionally and into positions of leadership, but also celebrate their engagements, welcome their children, toast their new homes, and delight over their new pets.
Most importantly, TFG has worked hard to maintain decades-long relationships with our clients, leveraging our networks on Capitol Hill and constantly innovating our strategies to be ahead of the curve. For the second year in a row, we represented more public agencies in Washington, DC than any other advocacy firm in the nation. Notably, our clients won over $37 million in federal grant funding in Fiscal Year 2021 and secured over $54 million in FY22 earmarked funding for specific projects. Along with legislative and regulatory accomplishments on behalf of our clients, this funding will have a direct impact on communities across the country.
Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact our nation and local communities over the past year. As the challenges continued, we worked with our clients to address their needs and understand the support coming from Washington. In response to the historic opportunity presented by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed in November 2021, we successfully advocated for the inclusion of client priorities in the package to ensure our clients have as much direct access to that funding as possible. Furthermore, we responded to this new opportunity by more than doubling our grants team and continue to recruit to meet the rising need.
I look forward to highlighting the incredible work our clients are doing in their communities in the next edition my letter. Thank you for joining me!
Contact: Alexandra Yiannoutsos, The Ferguson Group, Phone: (202) 331-8500, ayiannoutsos@tfgnet.com
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Get paid to learn a trade at Barker’s Heating & Cooling
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - What started as a pilot program in the Fall of 2022, is now a fully functional trade program with 10 students and more actively applying.
“This started because there isn’t enough people in the trade. There are so many people who want to be in it, but don’t know how to get into it,” Phillip Burleson, General Manager of Barker’s Heating & Cooling, said.
If you have no HVAC experience, that’s not a problem.
“We’re taking people with no experience in HVAC and training them the way we want them to be. Eventually, they’ll move up the ladder to be Senior Techs,” Burleson said.
The Barker’s Trade Up Program is a 6,000 hour class. Burleson says 432 hours of that is classroom training and the rest is hands-on.
“We’ll have some classroom training and then we’ll send them out into the field with our Senior Techs and they’ll teach them hands-on. What they’re learning in the classroom, they’re actually doing in the field,” he said.
Burleson says the feedback from students has been positive.
“They love it. We’ve had some guys go through other trade schools and tell us that in this one, they learn everything a lot faster,” he said.
They are currently accepting applications for the next round of the program starting this October.
“We have a lot of applicants,” Burleson said. “We live in Texas. There’s always going to be a need for air conditioning. It’s a continuous job, so this is a great field to go into.”
If you or someone you know is interested in a career in HVAC, you can apply for the trade up program here.
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (WHO) — Family and friends are leaning on each other to support a nine-year-old Iowa boy who survived a deadly shooting that killed both of his parents and his younger sister on Friday at Maquoketa Caves State Park.
Three campers were killed and another camper took his own life at Maquoketa Caves State Park in eastern Iowa, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation reports.
The names of the victims have been confirmed as Tyler Schmidt, 42, Sarah Schmidt, 42, and Lula Schmidt, 6, all from Cedar Falls. Their bodies were found in their tent early Friday at the Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground, about 180 miles east of Des Moines.
According to a news release, authorities were called to the park in Jackson County on a report of a triple homicide at 6:23 a.m. Friday. Authorities immediately began searching for another unaccounted for camper, 23-year-old Anthony Sherwin. His body was located a short time later, dead from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety’s division of criminal investigation, told The Associated Press on Saturday that the motive for the attack was still unknown.
“We don’t know what led up to this, what precipitated it,” he said, adding that so far, “the investigation has not revealed any early interaction between the Schmidt family and him.”
Adam Morehouse, Sarah Schmidt’s brother, said the family had no connection to Sherwin and he believed it was a “completely random act.” He added that while the boy, Arlo, was on the family camping trip, he isn’t sure where the boy was at the time of the shooting.
“He is with family and he is OK, but I have not had any interaction with him,” Morehouse said Saturday. “As far as I know, he was uninjured physically.”
The park is closed and is considered an active crime scene, the DCI says.
A GoFundMe account has been set up by family members of Sarah and Tyler Schmidt. The account has been confirmed as valid to Nexstar’s WHO by Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green.
As of Sunday, over $136,000 has been donated to the GoFundMe.
On Friday, Mayor Green took to social media to offer his sympathy to the community. “Like many of you just hearing the news, I’m devastated,” he said.
In 2018, the Schmidts moved to Cedar Falls and had been active in the community ever since, Morehouse said. He said they loved the outdoors, and just got four pairs of snowshoes for Christmas.
“The best way to describe all four of them was the quintessential Midwestern family. They gave everybody everything they possibly could. They loved family … They enjoyed the outdoors, enjoyed the hiking — and this is just a question mark of ‘Why that campground and that campsite on that night?’”
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The Auburn University family is celebrating after one of its directors received a prestigious award from the Federal Aviation Administration.
On Jan. 27, Auburn leadership and community gathered to celebrate School of Aviation Director James Witte after he received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award.
The award is the FAA’s highest honor issued to pilots certified under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 61, according to an Auburn University press release. The award was established in 2003 and consolidated the FAA’s other pilots’ recognition programs. It was named in honor of America’s first pilots, Orville and Wilbur Wright.
People across the city joined for the celebration, including Auburn President Christopher Roberts, Executive Vice President Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, College of Liberal Arts Dean Jason Hicks, Maria Witte, associate dean of the Graduate School and Witte’s wife, Alabama State Representative Joe Lovvorn, and Auburn Mayor Ron Anders.
This award is granted to pilots who have at least 50 years of experience and skill.
“The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award is more than an individual recognition,” Witte said, according to the press release. “It is a reflection of the entire School of Aviation.”
In 1964, Witte joined the United States Army and spent time as a helicopter pilot, where he flew operations in Vietnam and Pakistan. He retired from the military in 1990. During his military career, he was ranked Lieutenant Colonel and earned 29 air medals, two Bronze Stars, the Pakistani Wings and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
After retiring from the Army, Witte went on to earn a doctorate from the University of South Florida and taught at the school until 1999. Witte then came to Auburn as the only faculty member in the university’s adult education program.
In 2020, Witte was tasked to lead Auburn’s College of Liberal Arts’ Departments of Aviation. The program has since been designated as the School of Aviation.
“Your career as an educator and pilot is distinctive and extraordinary with an assortment of aircraft experience and thousands of accident-free flight hours,” FAA Administrator for Standards and Programs, Richard Henry said in a press release from Auburn. | https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2023/02/auburn-university-flight-school-director-receives-prestigious-award-from-faa.html | 2023-02-08 17:02:22 | 1 | https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2023/02/auburn-university-flight-school-director-receives-prestigious-award-from-faa.html |
Senator Todd Young offers up Hoosier State confections at Senate candy desk
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Senator Todd Young (R-IN) is now taking on a sweet Senate tradition as the new host of the chamber’s candy desk.
“The Senate Candy Desk is is the best thing going on in Congress right now. It’s a long standing tradition. It was actually a U.S. senator from California in the mid-sixties. He came to the U.S. Senate and he started stashing his desk full of hard candies and chocolates and other senators would pick from it,” said Sen. Young.
The senator took over the candy desk from former Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and is now responsible making sure it is stocked with sweets from all across the Hoosier State state including gummy candy, rock candy, chocolate, jelly beans and more.
The candies offered include:
- Assorted Gummi Products from Albanese Confectionery Group in Merrillville
- Chocolate Bars from DeBrand Fine Chocolates in Fort Wayne
- Red Hots from Schimpff’s Confectionary in Jeffersonville
- Toxic Waste Hazardously Sour Candy from New Albany Sugar Shoppe in New Albany
- Sour Punch Straws from The Sweet Tooth in Munster
- Caramels from Kraft in Kendallville
- Jumbo jelly beans/chocolate covered jelly beans from Wakarusa Dime Store in Wakarusa
- Buckeyes from Mr. Fudge’s Confectionary in Metamora
- Mini Chocolate Bars from Endangered Species Chocolate in Indianapolis
- Rock Crystal Candy Sticks from Squire Boone Village in New Albany
- Chocolate covered popcorn from South Bend Chocolate Company in South Bend
- Red Vines, Sour Punch Straws, Torrie & Howard Organic Candy Chews from American Licorice Company in La Porte
The candy in the desk is from companies that that all volunteered to donate it.
Senator Young said that the desk is a great way to highlight some of Indiana’s best confections while also offering a sweet break for him and colleagues from both sides of the aisle.
“I saw an opportunity for the Hoosier State to once again highlight our wares and put a smile on the face of my colleagues. Republican, Democrat. It doesn’t matter, as long as they have a sweet tooth, which I’m finding out is most U.S. senators,” he said.
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The U.S. misses out on the latest generation of the full-size Toyota Land Cruiser, which was launched in 2021 and is closely related to the redesigned Lexus LX that arrived for the 2022 model year.
A report is now out that points to Toyota possibly filling the void of the Land Cruiser in U.S. showrooms with a redesigned version of the mid-size Land Cruiser Prado, which is set to debut shortly.
The current Land Cruiser Prado was never sold in the U.S., though it is closely related to the Lexus GX. A redesigned GX debuts later today as a 2024 model, and a new Land Cruiser Prado twin is also waiting in the wings.
Citing a person familiar with the matter, Automotive News (subscription required) reported on Wednesday that Toyota is considering the new Land Cruiser Prado for sale in the U.S., possibly badged as a Land Cruiser.
The Land Cruiser Prado may also tempt those buyers still lamenting Toyota’s decision to drop the FJ Cruiser last decade. Strong sales of vehicles like the Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler shows there’s demand for rugged SUVs from mainstream brands.
Despite being smaller than the Land Cruiser, the Land Cruiser Prado has traditionally been equally capable off road but easier to drive around town, making it the preferred option in many markets.
The platform destined for the new Land Cruiser Prado (and new GX) is Toyota’s TNGA-F body-on-frame platform shared with the Land Cruiser and LX twins, as well as Toyota’s Tundra pickup and related Sequoia SUV. The platform also features in the recently revealed 2024 Toyota Tacoma pickup, and will likely end up in a related 4Runner SUV at some point.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two foreign tourists, German and Swiss nationals, have died after the vehicle they were traveling in veered off the road and overturned in Kenya’s Maasai Mara national reserve, police said Sunday.
The crash happened after the vehicle car got stuck in the mud and veered off the road on Saturday, police said.
One other tourist was injured and two others, a German and a Swiss national, escaped unhurt. They were part of a tour group, but it wasn’t immediately clear who was driving the vehicle.
The injured tourist was airlifted to a hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Maasai Mara Chief Warden Stephen ole Mining said.
Police spokesperson Resila Onyango said the crash was under investigation.
Maasai Mara national reserve is a popular tourist destination and features the annual wildebeest migration from the Serengeti in Tanzania.
Climate change effects are being felt in the expansive wildlife reserve with little vegetation because of five failed consecutive rainy seasons with less than usual rainfall recorded over the last two years. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/2-foreign-tourists-die-in-kenya-nature-reserve-crash/ | 2023-03-12 16:14:50 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/2-foreign-tourists-die-in-kenya-nature-reserve-crash/ |
DETROIT (WJRT) — Flint native Claressa Shields has done it again.
Performing in front of nearly 12,000 fans at Little Caesars Arena, Shields defended her undisputed middleweight title belt by unanimous decision, dominating from start to finish.
The undefeated Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) earned scores of 100-89, 100-90, and 100-90, from the judges scoring the fight.
“I feel great. I was landing my shots. I won every round like I knew I could," Shields said. "I went for the knockout how many times this fight? Maricela is tough. She did a great job. Congrats to me again."
Shields, also known as "The GWOAT" (Greatest Woman of All Time), has won undisputed title belts in three weight classes, and has also won two Olympic gold medals in her career.
Shields wasn't the only Flint native boxing at Little Caesars Arena.
Ardreal Holmes Jr. (14-0, 5 KOs) defeated Wendy Toussaint by a controversial split-decision to win the super-middleweight title.
After an accidental headbutt that left Toussaint bleeding profusely from his face, the fight was halted after eight rounds.
"I was expecting a tough fight," Holmes said. "Just wasn’t in the shape we wanted to be in, but no excuses. I got the job done. I felt like I didn’t catch my second wind until the seventh or eighth round. That’s when I felt like the fight was really changing. I felt like I took the earlier rounds and he started coming on late, but I felt like I closed the show with the last one."
Shields and Holmes say it was an honor to compete in their home state.
“It means everything to be part of an event like this," Holmes said. "I know everybody is going to be expecting more out of me. From here on out, I stay in the gym."
"To everybody in the house, I want to thank all of you for coming out," Shields said. "It means so much to me. When I walked out with Kash Doll and to see our fans that were here, I couldn’t even explain how much it means to me."
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ALNA, VERU, FFIE, ADVM, and DNA.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
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- FFIE: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=FFIE&prnumber=070720221
- ADVM: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=ADVM&prnumber=070720221
- DNA: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=DNA&prnumber=070720221
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The Launch of Illusive Spotlight™ and Illusive Shadow™ is Driving Strong Sales Momentum; New Class of Executive Hires Bolsters Sales and Product Teams
NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illusive, the leader in identity risk management, today announced the appointment of four new executive hires since the launch of Illusive Spotlight™ has driven great interest and adoption of the solution. Illusive has appointed Kristen Twining as VP of Sales - Americas, and Carlos Ferro as VP of Sales - EMEA and APAC to support the company's rapid sales growth. The company further strengthened its leadership with the appointment of Sarit Kozokin as VP of Product Management and Meny Duek as VP of R&D to propel its agile product development.
"Illusive is solving a problem that others cannot by focusing on protecting identity security vulnerabilities, which has galvanized worldwide demand for our solution," said Ofer Israeli, founder and CEO, Illusive. "There is a growing interest in Illusive SpotlightTM as our customers come to appreciate that stopping the menace of ransomware requires eliminating the identity security vulnerabilities related to those attacks."
Illusive's platform is a full lifecycle identity threat detection and response solution. Illusive Spotlight™ automatically and continuously discovers and mitigates privileged identity risks while Illusive Shadow™ protects against identity risks that can't be readily remediated. Despite the deployment of privileged account management (PAM), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and other identity and access management (IAM) solutions, research from Illusive reveals that exploitable identity risks are present on 1 in 6 enterprise endpoints.
Carlos Ferro joins Illusive as VP of Sales - EMEA and APAC, to guide and grow Illusive's presence in Europe. Carlos has more than 20 years of experience leading cross-functional teams, establishing operations, and achieving business objectives in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. Prior to joining Illusive, Carlos served as VP of Sales at Thycotic, where he set operations in EMEA and APAC. Carlos has also held leadership positions in Symantec, Altiris, and Novell.
Kristen Twining joins Illusive as VP of Sales - Americas, where she will develop, grow, and lead Illusive's presence in North America. Kristen has more than 16 years of demonstrable sales experience. Prior to Illusive, Kristen was VP of Business Development at FireMon, where she achieved double-digit demand and ARR growth. Previously, Kristen served as VP of North America Inside Sales for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
"Kristen and Carlos are both extremely passionate about leadership and are eager to accelerate our growth and to inspire their teams to thrive in this rapidly growing market," said Israeli. "Identity is the number one attack vector, and both Carlos and Kristen are motivated by a true desire to help our customers find and fix their vulnerable identities."
Sarit Kozokin joins Illusive as VP of Product Management, where she leads Illusive's product team with a specialization in product strategy, development, operations and launch. Sarit has more than 20 years of technology experience with a focus on software development, SaaS, and cybersecurity. Prior to Illusive, Sarit was Head of Product at Cyberint, Director of Product Strategy at Checkmarx, and Portfolio and Business Operations Manager, Product Management at IBM.
Meny Duek joins Illusive as VP of Research and Development, where he is responsible for driving excellence in technology. Meny has more than a decade of experience managing global organizations and large-scale engineering teams. Prior to Illusive, Meny was VP of Engineering in the Cloud Service division of Salesforce, where he managed a team of 150 engineers.
"Meny and Sarit are the perfect fit for Illusive because they have a proven track record of innovation in product development," said Israeli, "Illusive has a long history of industry accolades for our innovative solutions, but what is really exciting is how many new features and services we will continue to roll out to our customers. Illusive is in the business of discovery, but you haven't seen anything yet!"
Learn More about Illusive Spotlight™
lllusive continuously discovers and automatically remediates privileged identity risks that are exploited in all ransomware and other cyberattacks. Despite best-practice investments to protect identities, including deployment of PAM and MFA, 1 in 6 enterprise endpoints holds exploitable identity risks.
Illusive makes it easy for security teams to get visibility into the vulnerable identities sprawled across an organization's endpoints and servers, then eliminate them or deploy deception-based detection techniques as a compensating control to stop attackers. Illusive has participated in over 140 red team exercises and has never lost one!
Founded by nation state attackers, Illusive's technology is trusted by large global financial companies, retailers, services organizations, and pharmaceutical companies.
For more information, visit www.illusive.com, contact us at info@illusive.com or follow on LinkedIn, @illusivenw on Twitter and Facebook.
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Bet on it: Sports gambling effort in California is not over
By BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for competing ballot measures as they were battered by negative advertising that doomed both to spectacular failure in the most expensive ballot race in U.S. history. With more than 5 million votes counted Wednesday, more than 80% of voters rejected an effort that would have allowed online and phone wagers and 70% opposed a measure to let gamblers place sports bets at tribal casinos and horse tracks. Supporters of both measures say they will reevaluate how to stake a claim to a potential billion dollar market in the nation’s most populous state. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/11/09/bet-on-it-sports-gambling-effort-in-california-is-not-over/ | 2022-11-10 07:01:14 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/11/09/bet-on-it-sports-gambling-effort-in-california-is-not-over/ |
MH17 verdicts: 2 Russians, 1 Ukrainian convicted of murders
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Thursday convicted two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. One Russian was acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said that evidence presented by prosecutors at a trial that lasted more than two years proved that the Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was brought down by a Buk missile fired by pro-Moscow Ukrainian fighters on July 17, 2014. The crash scattered wreckage and bodies over farmland and fields of sunflowers.
Against the geopolitical upheaval caused by Russia’s full-blown invasion of Ukraine, the court also held that Moscow had overall control of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, from where it said the attack was launched.
None of the defendants appeared for the trial that began in March 2020 and if they are convicted, it’s unlikely they will serve any sentence anytime soon. Prosecutors had sought life sentences for all four. Prosecutors and the suspects have two weeks to file an appeal.
Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis opened Thursday’s hearing and said “the court takes the view that the MH17 was brought down by a Buk missile” launched from an agricultural field in eastern Ukraine.
The judge said he would go on to rule on other legal issues and the guilt or innocence of the suspects later in the hearing.
Tension was high among families before the hearing.
“The truth on the table — that is the most important thing,” said Anton Kotte, who lost his son, daughter-in-law and his 6-year-old grandson when MH17 was shot down. He said the hearing was a “D-Day” for relatives.
Robbert van Heijningen, who lost his brother, sister-in-law and nephew, called the downing “an act of barbarism” that he could never put behind him, regardless of the verdict.
“I call it a stone in my heart, and stones ... don’t disappear,” he said.
None of the suspects appeared for the trial that began in March 2020 and if they are convicted, it’s unlikely they will serve any sentence anytime soon. Prosecutors have sought life sentences for all four. Prosecutors and the suspects have two weeks to file an appeal.
The Hague District Court sat at a high-security courtroom at Schiphol Airport.
Hundreds of family members of people killed had traveled to the court to hear the verdict, bringing them back to the airport their loved ones left on the fateful day MH17 was shot down. Outside the court, planes could be heard taking off and landing nearby on a cold, gray day.
Dutch prosecutors say the missile launcher came from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, a unit of the Russian armed forces based in the Russian city of Kursk and was driven back there after MH17 was shot down.
The suspects aren’t accused of firing the missile but of working together to get it to the field where it was fired. They are accused of bringing down the plane and the murder of all those on board.
The most senior defendant convicted is Igor Girkin, a 51-year-old former colonel in Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB. At the time of the downing, he was defense minister and commander of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic — the region where the plane was shot down. Girkin reportedly is currently involved in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Also convicted were Girkin’s subordinates, Sergey Dubinskiy and Leonid Kharchenko, a Ukrainian who prosecutors say was commander of a pro-Russia rebel combat unit and took orders directly from Dubinskiy.
Oleg Pulatovis the only one of the suspects who was acquited represented by defense lawyers at the trial. They accused prosecutors of “tunnel vision” in basing their case on the findings of an international investigation into the downing while ignoring other possible causes.
In a video recording played in court, Pulatov insisted he was innocent and told judges: “What matters to me is that the truth is revealed. It’s important for me that my country is not blamed for this tragedy.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willson and William Contreras turned a goal into reality last month when they played on the same major league diamond. On Tuesday night, they'll make an even bigger dream come true when they suit up together in the All-Star Game.
The Contreras brothers will become the fifth siblings to start together in the Midsummer Classic — and they're batting back to back in the National League's lineup.
Willson, the Chicago Cubs catcher, will bat sixth while William, a catcher for the Atlanta Braves, is seventh as the designated hitter. William was elevated to the starting lineup after Philadelphia Phillies’ slugger Bryce Harper could not play due to injury.
The two brothers were side by side in the middle of the second row for the NL All-Star photo taken before workouts at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
“This is once in a lifetime and one of those experiences we will never forget,” said Willson, who is making his third appearance. “It is amazing for my family. I'm proud of everything that we have done. Hopefully we can expect to spend more together.
“The whole family is here — my parents, older brother, nieces and sister-in-law. This is something that I feel like they deserve to be here because of everything that we go through as a family. We are just enjoying the moment.”
It is the first time since Roberto and Sandy Alomar Jr. in 1992 that siblings have been on the same team and only the second time brothers are hitting back-to-back. Dixie and Harry Walker did it in the 1947 game for the NL.
William Contreras said he and Willson had dinner Sunday night in Los Angeles and hoped they would be next to each other in the lineup.
“We're really happy for that,” the first-time All-Star said via a translator. “Even in the back of the lineup it is something special for us to share.”
Brothers on the same team have had mixed results. The best was by Joe and Dom DiMaggio, who combined for four hits and four RBIs in the AL's 11-7 victory in the 1949 game.
The Alomars each had a hit in the 1992 contest while the Walkers were 0 for 4. Mort and Walker Cooper were the starting pitcher and catcher for the NL in the 1942 and '43 games — both losses.
The Contreras bothers are separated by six years and had not been on the same field since Little League in Venezuela until last month at Chicago's Wrigley Field. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that was the first time that brothers started against each other in the majors since Yadier and José Molina on June 10, 2014.
William, 24, has played in only 46 games this season but is tied for third among NL catchers with 11 home runs. He is one of four Atlanta players selected for the first time.
Even with the offense, Willson lauded his brother's defense as a strength.
“Framing pitches. He's way, way better than I was when I was 24,” Willson said. “I'm still working on that part of my game. I'm not going to give up.”
Willson has 13 home runs, second among NL catchers with at least 100 plate appearances, and leads in extra-base hits with 31.
“He can catch, throw and hit. He doesn’t see any weakness,” William said of his brother through an interpreter.
Willson joins Gabby Hartnett as the only Cubs catchers to make three All-Star Game starts, but many are wondering if this will be his final one for Chicago. The 31-year-old can become a free agent at the end of the season and has become the subject of trade speculation as the deadline nears.
Willson doesn't see the end of his Cubs career coming anytime soon.
“To be honest, I don’t feel like this is just gonna be my last time in a Cubs uniform. I don’t know why. I haven’t talked with the team or anything. it’s just a feeling that I have,” he said. “It’s been hard with the losing but I also understood that this is part of a rebuild. I know that the Cubs are trying to put a lot of pieces together. But I also want to do my best to guide the younger guys, because they need someone with a little more experience.”
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For months, Native Americans have been targeted in fraudulent sobriety programs based in Arizona. The Albuquerque Journal's Elise Kaplan recently reported that Native Americans living on the streets in Albuquerque are being approached by people promising help getting sober, only to abandon them. Kaplan spoke to KUNM reporter Alice Fordham about the fraud, which is being investigated by the FBI.
ELISE KAPLAN I started hearing about this from some people who do outreach on the streets in Albuquerque. So what I did is I just went down to the International District in southeast Albuquerque, and just started talking to people and seeing what they'd seen. It is mainly targeting Native Americans, so going up to them and seeing what their experiences have been, what they'd seen, what their friends had seen. Some people didn't want to talk. But those who had had experiences, did want to talk about it and had been approached by these vans and did know about this and did want to share their experiences.
KUNM What did they have to say? You mentioned the vans. What are the vans doing? How is this affecting that community, that group of people?
KAPLAN It seems like the vans pull up next to them, or somebody gets out and comes up to them and says, "Hey, do you want to come with us to Arizona? Do you want to get sober? Do you want to…we'll pay you," even. And the people I talked to did kind of want to get sober. They didn't love living on the streets, they're not happy about being addicted to the substances they're addicted to. But they did feel like there are some red flags in this situation. One guy I talked to had been in rehab before and he knew that you're not supposed to go straight to a sober living home, you should detox first. He said they even offered him something to help him along the way, which he felt was kind of a red flag. So yeah, the particular men I talked to, did not end up going. But one had had some friends who did go and kind of reported back that it was not a good situation for them.
KUNM And so what were you able to find out about what these homes are doing? What's the exact mechanics of the scam?
KAPLAN So the FBI had put out a press release a couple of months ago about it, it seems like they bring people to these homes, and I'm using the word home very loosely, it can also be a motel, or like an apartment or something, it's not really a group home. And they bring them there, and then they get Medicaid benefits through Arizona's Medicaid program, or food stamps or something like that. So they're getting paid to provide these services. But they're not behavioral health specialists. They're not providing any kind of therapy. They're not providing any kind of substance abuse treatment or mental health treatment, but they are getting benefits for providing those things. And then once the people get signed up for those services, often because they're not providing the services at these homes, these people either leave or they get kicked out or they're stranded in Arizona and have to find their way back to New Mexico or wherever they came from.
KUNM Did you get a feel for the scale of the problem? Like how many people these scams are affecting?
KAPLAN I think a lot like I think it is affecting a lot of people. Just in Gallup alone, the best numbers I was able to get was from Gallup Police Department, they'd had 32 people go to these homes over the past 18 months, and of those 14 people are still missing. So some had returned, but not all of them. And that's just in Gallup. I think in Albuquerque, it's you know, it's probably much more. It's also a problem all over Arizona, all over the Navajo Nation. It seems like it's an Arizona problem that's kind of bleeding into New Mexico and also affecting New Mexico residents.
KUNM And are any measures being taken to stop this happening?
KAPLAN The New Mexico State Legislature and the Arizona State Legislature each tried to pass a bill that would basically require group homes to notify family members of patients that the people were there. But those bills both failed. And some advocates — I've talked to some people who work in this in this realm felt like that wasn't really the right solution. Because sometimes you don't want your family to know you're in rehab, or maybe you're trying to escape a toxic environment. So that seemed like it was a solution, but maybe not the best solution. Definitely the Navajo Nation is very aware of this. I think there's task forces looking for people. The Gallup Police Department told me about posting on social media, but also going and just handing out flyers to people to say, watch out for these things. Just doing street outreach themselves to try to make people aware of it and not get themselves into these situations.
Since we recorded this interview, Navajo leaders have also announced an operation called Rainbow Bridge to find and help hundreds of tribal members in Arizona who may have been subject to this fraud. | https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2023-05-25/native-americans-in-new-mexico-fall-victim-to-fraudulent-sober-living-homes | 2023-05-26 03:43:08 | 0 | https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2023-05-25/native-americans-in-new-mexico-fall-victim-to-fraudulent-sober-living-homes |
TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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Austin-
Including the cities of Sealy and Bellville
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Near steady temperature in
the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Rain showers likely in the morning. Cloudy. Patchy
fog. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
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around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Including the cities of Pearland, Alvin, and Angleton
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
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drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Patchy
fog. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Brazos-
Including the cities of College Station and Bryan
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Near steady temperature in
the lower 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers likely with a slight chance of drizzle in
the evening, then rain showers with a chance of drizzle after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Rain showers in the morning. Cloudy. Patchy fog.
Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows around 30.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Not as cool with lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Including the cities of Caldwell and Somerville
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of freezing drizzle. Freezing rain
likely after midnight, then rain showers with possible freezing
rain and drizzle likely. Patchy fog. Ice accumulation of a tenth
to one quarter of an inch. Near steady temperature in the lower
30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
80 percent.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of drizzle. Rain showers, freezing
rain likely with a slight chance of freezing drizzle in the
evening, then rain showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Ice
accumulation of up to a tenth of an inch. Near steady temperature
in the lower 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Rain showers likely in the morning. Cloudy. Patchy
fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds around 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
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winds 10 to 15 mph.
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.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
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.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
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Chambers-
Including the cities of Winnie, Mont Belvieu, Anahuac, Stowell,
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258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...A slight chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows around 40. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
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upper 40s.
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.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
lower 60s.
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the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Including the cities of Columbus, Eagle Lake, and Weimar
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...Rain showers likely. Near steady temperature in the mid
30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers likely in the morning. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds around 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
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Fort Bend-
Including the cities of Missouri City, Mission Bend, Sugar Land,
Rosenberg, First Colony, and Pecan Grove
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers with a slight
chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s.
North winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Cloudy. Showers, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ238-012200-
Inland Galveston-
Including the cities of League City and Friendswood
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph,
diminishing to around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ198-012200-
Grimes-
Including the city of Navasota
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Highs in the upper 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of drizzle. Rain showers. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy
fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Not as cool with lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ213-012200-
Inland Harris-
Including the city of Houston
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ163-012200-
Houston-
Including the city of Crockett
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Highs in the upper 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers with a slight chance of drizzle in the
evening, then rain showers with a chance of drizzle after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers with a chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North
winds around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ235-012200-
Inland Jackson-
Including the cities of Edna and Ganado
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A slight chance of
drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely in the morning. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ200-012200-
Northern Liberty-
Including the cities of Liberty, Cleveland, and Dayton
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers after midnight. A
slight chance of drizzle. Rain showers likely this afternoon.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers after midnight. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers in the morning, then a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Patchy fog. Highs in
the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear, cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ176-012200-
Madison-
Including the city of Madisonville
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Highs in the mid 30s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers with a slight chance of drizzle in the
evening, then rain showers with a chance of drizzle after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Rain showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the
morning. Cloudy. Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening. Lows
in the mid 30s. North winds around 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs around 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ236-012200-
Inland Matagorda-
Including the city of Bay City
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A slight chance of
drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Showers likely,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ199-012200-
Montgomery-
Including the cities of Conroe and The Woodlands
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Near steady temperature in
the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of drizzle. Rain showers. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ179-012200-
Polk-
Including the cities of Livingston and Corrigan
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...A chance of rain showers after midnight. A slight chance
of drizzle. Rain showers likely this afternoon. Patchy fog. Near
steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of drizzle. Rain showers. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. Northeast winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Patchy fog.
Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Near steady temperature in the upper
30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ178-012200-
San Jacinto-
Including the cities of Shepherd and Coldspring
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of rain
showers after midnight, then rain showers likely this afternoon.
Patchy fog. Highs around 40. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of drizzle. Rain showers. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Patchy fog.
Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ164-012200-
Trinity-
Including the cities of Trinity and Groveton
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. A chance of rain showers
after midnight, then rain showers likely. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. A slight chance of drizzle in the
evening, then a chance of drizzle after midnight. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. North winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers with a chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds around 10 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ177-012200-
Walker-
Including the city of Huntsville
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Highs in the upper 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers likely with a slight chance of drizzle.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers with a chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then a chance of rain showers in the afternoon.
Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening. Lows
in the mid 30s. Northwest winds around 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ212-012200-
Waller-
Including the cities of Hempstead, Prairie View, Brookshire,
and Waller
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Near steady temperature in
the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ197-012200-
Washington-
Including the city of Brenham
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
.TODAY...A slight chance of drizzle. Near steady temperature in
the lower 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...A slight chance of drizzle. Rain showers. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Rain showers likely in the morning. Cloudy. Patchy
fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds
15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Not as cool with lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ226-012200-
Wharton-
Including the cities of El Campo and Wharton
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers with a slight
chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs around 40. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely in the morning. Patchy fog in
the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ300-012200-
Southern Liberty-
Including the city of Devers
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...A slight chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature around 40. North winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Near steady temperature in the lower
40s. Northwest winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ313-012200-
Coastal Harris-
Including the cities of Pasadena and Baytown
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ338-012200-
Coastal Galveston-
Including the cities of Texas City, Dickinson, and La Marque
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and not as cool. Near steady
temperature in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ337-012200-
Coastal Brazoria-
Including the cities of Lake Jackson, Freeport, and Clute
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs in the
mid 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A slight
chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s.
North winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Patchy
fog. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Not as cool
with highs in the upper 50s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ336-012200-
Coastal Matagorda-
Including the city of Palacios
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. A slight
chance of drizzle. A slight chance of showers this afternoon.
Patchy fog. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A slight
chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature around 40. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Showers likely,
mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 50s.
North winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ335-012200-
Coastal Jackson-
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A slight chance of
drizzle. Patchy fog. Highs around 40. North winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely in the morning. Patchy
fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the
upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ436-012200-
Matagorda Islands-
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Showers likely after midnight. A slight chance of
drizzle. A slight chance of showers this afternoon. Patchy fog.
Breezy with highs in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A slight
chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s.
North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Showers likely,
mainly in the morning. Breezy with highs in the upper 40s. North
winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows around 40. North
winds 15 to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, diminishing to 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and not as cool. Near steady
temperature in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Near
steady temperature in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ437-012200-
Brazoria Islands-
Including the city of Surfside Beach
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A slight
chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Patchy
fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower
40s. North winds 15 to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy with
highs in the mid 50s. North winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the mid
60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ438-012200-
Galveston Island-
Including the city of Galveston
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight, then showers
likely with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. North winds
15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy, breezy with lows in the lower 40s.
North winds 20 to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy with
highs in the upper 50s. North winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the
upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ439-012200-
Bolivar Peninsula-
258 AM CST Wed Feb 1 2023
.TODAY...A chance of showers after midnight, then showers likely
with a slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. A chance of
showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight.
Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Showers, mainly in the morning. Patchy fog.
Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy, breezy with lows in the lower 40s.
North winds 15 to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then clearing. Breezy with
highs in the mid 50s. North winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and not as cool. Near steady
temperature in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature in the
lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
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- Richmond City Council unanimously approved California Environmental Quality Act Permit
- Project is the first waste diversion to renewable hydrogen facility permitted in California
- Hydrogen to be produced from green waste and food waste with proprietary non-combustion reforming process
- Richmond, Calif., facility to serve local hydrogen transportation fuel market, providing alternative to conventional fuels
- Raven SR's non-combustion thermal process is less energy-intensive than other hydrogen production technologies, such as electrolysis, and does not use fresh water for feedstock
PINEDALE, Wyo., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Raven SR Inc. (Raven SR), a renewable fuels company, announced today the unanimous approval of its California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) permit by the Richmond City Council on May 16 for Raven SR's first organic waste-to-hydrogen bioenergy project, which will be located in Richmond, California. This permit marks a significant step in approving the world's first Steam/CO2 Reforming hydrogen production facility using diverted waste as a feedstock.
"We are honored that the City of Richmond unanimously approved our waste-to-hydrogen facility, setting the stage for the community to be a leader in the global hydrogen transition," said Matt Murdock, CEO of Raven SR. "By diverting organic waste from Republic Services' closed West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill (WCCLS), this facility will produce clean hydrogen and reduce both greenhouse gases and cumulative cancer and non-cancer risks in the community. Moreover, the project will economically benefit the Richmond community by supplying local gas stations with clean, zero-carbon hydrogen fuel for fuel cell vehicles and creating new green jobs, including 100-150 construction positions."
"The City of Richmond is excited to begin this journey into the future of green technology, a green economy, a green workforce, and a greener world," said City of Richmond Mayor Eduardo Martinez. "The Raven SR project will contribute to the reduction of waste and greenhouse emissions, and will employ local residents. The message that we are sending today is, Richmond is serious about addressing climate change and serious about providing solutions and alternatives to dirty jobs."
The project is expected to divert up to 99 wet tons of green and food waste per day from Republic Services' WCCSL into Raven SR's non-combustion Steam/CO2 Reforming process, producing up to 2,400 metric tons of renewable hydrogen per year. Diversion of the organic waste will help fulfill California's SB 1383 mandates, and will potentially avoid up to 7,200 metric-tons per year of CO2 emissions from the landfill. The project is expected to produce at least 60% of its own electricity by using methane from the landfill in new state-of-the-art electric generators, further reducing both the current air emissions and the need for grid power for its non-combustion process.
"Raven SR is poised to make a significant impact in reducing short-lived climate pollutants, the most damaging climate pollutants and the most urgent climate solution," said Julia Levin, Executive Director of the Bioenergy Association of California. "Cutting these climate super pollutants benefits the climate right away and buys us time until fossil fuel reductions, which take decades to begin to benefit the climate, begin to take effect. Reducing methane and black carbon also provide immediate benefits to public health since these are powerful air pollutants as well."
The Raven SR Richmond project is in the final stages of obtaining a permit from the Bay Area Air Quality Management Department (BAAQMD), which previously approved its pilot facility. Upon receiving authority to construct, the company plans to break ground this summer, with full commercial operations beginning in Q1 2024.
Off-take agreements for the hydrogen supply are in place with several companies, including project equity investors Hyzon Motors and Chevron New Energies, that plan to market the hydrogen in Bay Area and Northern California fueling stations, enabling the energy transition to zero-emission vehicles. Hyzon, a global supplier of fuel cell electric commercial vehicles, plans to provide refueling for hydrogen fuel cell trucks at a hydrogen hub in Richmond.
The Raven SR technology is a non-combustion thermal, chemical reductive process that converts organic waste and landfill gas to hydrogen and Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuels. Unlike other hydrogen production technologies, its Steam/CO2 Reformation does not require fresh water as a feedstock and uses less than half the energy of electrolysis. The process is more efficient than conventional hydrogen production and can deliver fuel with low to negative carbon intensity. Additionally, Raven SR's goal is to generate as much of its own power onsite as possible to reduce reliance on, and/or be independent of the grid. Its modular design provides a scalable means to locally produce renewable hydrogen and synthetic liquid fuels from local waste.
The Richmond facility is owned by Raven SR S1 LLC (Raven SR S1). Raven SR will operate the facility. Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and Hyzon Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: HYZN), are collaborating with Raven SR to commercialize operations. Chevron and Hyzon were among Raven SR's initial strategic investors, along with ITOCHU, Ascent Hydrogen Fund and Samsung Ventures.
About Raven SR
Raven SR, headquartered in Wyoming, transforms biomass, mixed municipal solid waste, bio-solids, sewage, medical waste, and natural or biogas into renewable fuels. Using its proprietary, non-combustion, non-catalytic "Steam/CO2 Reformation" technology, Raven SR dependably produces a hydrogen-rich syngas regardless of feedstock utilized. Raven SR, led by co-founders Matt Murdock and Matt Scanlon, is committed to adding value to local resources and communities while responsibly reducing greenhouse gases and achieving a low carbon economy. By using modular systems and producing low air emissions, their systems can be located closer to customers and feedstock, creating local fuel from local waste for local mobility. Visit https://ravensr.com.
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Blast of air, dust during implosion damaged some homes; repairs vowed
SPRINGDALE, Pa. (AP) — A blast of air and dust from the implosion of two smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania last week felled power poles and caused damage to nearby homes. But the demolition company is vowing full repairs.
The implosion at the Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, a borough just northeast of Pittsburgh, occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, bringing the stacks down with a loud crash and a huge cloud of dust. One tower stood about 550 feet (170 meters) tall and the other 750 feet (230 meters).
Controlled Demolition said in a statement that the chimneys fell “exactly where they were supposed to” and noise and vibration levels were “well below” allowable state environmental protection limits, KDKA-TV reported. But, the company said, the larger chimney’s steel liner “focused air pressure as it collapsed upon impact.”
Bruno Moretti, Allegheny County’s emergency management coordinator, said the air blast broke windows and blew dust from the fallen stacks into homes. The surge also felled trees and several power poles and their wires, leading to a power surge that damaged electrical appliances such as stoves, furnaces, air conditioners, refrigerators and TVs, he said.
The company’s statement said repairs of “minor damages caused by the focused air pressure” had already begun and promised that they “will be fully completed to the satisfaction of each property owner affected,” KDKA-TV reported.
Moretti said he didn’t yet have a final report about how many people had reported damage, and more reports may be coming in. He said, however, that people he has talked to have had positive things to say about the company’s response.
“They were out cleaning up 15 minutes after the blast, getting streets open, they went around pressure-washing cars off, so in my eyes they’re trying to do right,” Moretti said. “As long as they take care of the people, I don’t have a complaint. As far as I can tell right now, everybody’s pleased with their response.”
Video of the implosion recorded by Joe Kern shows the two smokestacks fall one after the other as a thunderous blast is heard. Dirt and debris cover the air as the smokestacks hit the ground, shaking the trees and powerlines in the area. Voices can be heard yelling as debris consumes the area following the collapse.
“They ruined everything,” Kern said in the video as he shows the debris on the roof of his home, yard and vehicle.
The Cheswick plant stopped making power in the spring of 2022 and has since been taken over by an environmental remediation firm.
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Associated Press video journalist Patrick Orsagos in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.
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Dartmouth Big Green (1-3) vs. Incarnate Word Cardinals (2-3)
San Antonio; Friday, 6 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Incarnate Word -7.5; over/under is 138
BOTTOM LINE: The Incarnate Word Cardinals play the Dartmouth Big Green in San Antonio, Texas.
Incarnate Word went 7-25 overall with a 4-14 record in non-conference play in the 2021-22 season. The Cardinals allowed opponents to score 76.4 points per game and shoot 49.9% from the field last season.
Dartmouth finished 9-16 overall with a 3-8 record against non-conference opponents during the 2021-22 season. The Big Green averaged 68.4 points per game while allowing opponents to score 68.2 last season.
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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A type of tree native to the Eastern US is now part of the Wilkes-Barre Area Community Garden. Some group members braved the cold Sunday to plant a half-dozen PawPaw trees at their plot of land on the 400 block of South River Street.
The trees are expected to grow between 15 and 20 feet tall and produce green fruit called PawPaws.
Those in the know say the fruit tastes like banana, mixed with mango and citrus.
The community garden club’s goal is to expand knowledge of both inexperienced and advanced gardeners.
“A lot of people around here have never had a garden, have never tried gardening at all. So just with the idea of exposing people to new things, to new things they could do on their own, we thought it’d be nice to get something that is more difficult to get on your own, but that people still haven’t ever had,” said Cory Ruda, a Volunteer with the Wilkes-Barre Area Community Garden.
The PawPaw trees were donated by Bear Creek Organics.
No fruit is expected from the trees until next fall at the earliest. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/pawpaw-trees-planted-on-south-river-street/ | 2022-11-21 06:18:32 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/pawpaw-trees-planted-on-south-river-street/ |
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The Klamath Irrigation District in Southern Oregon plans to defy a U.S. government order issued last week for a halt to water deliveries to farmers in the drought-stricken basin.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation manages the Klamath Project, which includes Klamath Irrigation District and serves 266 square miles (689 square kilometers) of farmland around the Oregon-California border. A limited allocation of water was allowed for irrigators from Upper Klamath Lake this year because of extreme drought.
The bureau has said the project is now out of water and ordered a shutdown last week, but irrigation district directors met Monday and authorized the district’s manager, Gene Souza, to continue operations, the Capital Press reported.
The district operates a canal that provides water to nine irrigation districts encompassing about 191 square miles (495 square kilometers).
Souza said in a letter to Alan Heck, acting area manager for the U.S. agency, that it has not provided a legal basis for shutting down the project and that doing so would deny farmers of the water they have legal rights to receive.
“I am not doing my duty if I just comply, because I do not have a legal justification to deny the people I serve their property,” Souza told the Capital Press.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation could not immediately be reached for comment, the Capital Press reported.
The agency has said it would take an adaptive approach to project operations in 2022.
Under the Endangered Species Act, the agency must uphold protections for several species of fish, including shortnose and Lost River suckerfish in Upper Klamath Lake and coho salmon in the lower Klamath River.
The federal bureau initially allocated 15% of full demand for irrigators starting on April 15. Officials said that if inflows to Upper Klamath Lake exceeded expectations, they would set aside 50% of the additional water for irrigators.
The Klamath Falls area experienced slightly above-average precipitation in May and June. As of Aug. 1, the project's water supply had increased while maintaining a minimum lake elevation for suckers to access critical habitat.
Brad Kirby, manager of the Tulelake Irrigation District in Tulelake, California, said shutting off water now could mean disaster for some farmers.
"We are looking at severely reduced production,” Kirby said about crops including alfalfa. “But for row crops like potatoes and onions, there is essentially no production unless you have water through the end of the irrigation season.”
The Endangered Species Act requires the Bureau of Reclamation to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service to establish guidelines for protecting endangered fish. The results form the basis for how much water fish and irrigators receive annually.
A current guideline for the suckers establishes an “absolute minimum” water elevation of 4,138 feet (1,261 meters) above sea level in Upper Klamath Lake for fish to access critical habitat and hide from predators.
The Klamath Tribes sued the federal government in May, claiming any water diverted from Upper Klamath Lake for irrigation in 2022 threatens the survival of suckers during the drought.
The fish, known as C’waam and Koptu, are central to the tribes’ history and culture.
Don Gentry, Klamath Tribes chairman, said earlier this summer that agriculture should be based on what’s sustainable, noting “there’s too many people after too little water.”
In response to the Aug. 19 shutdown, other irrigation districts are scrambling to help save as many crops as possible.
Kirby, with the Tulelake Irrigation District, said irrigators are being forced to pump groundwater from the district’s wells to keep crops alive through harvest.
“We’re having to rethink our entire system,” Kirby said.
Scott White, manager of the Klamath Drainage District, said the Bureau of Reclamation proposed a plan to “borrow” additional water for farmers from the PacifiCorp electrical power company that manages hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River. But board members rejected the proposal after learning the water would be repaid out of the district’s winter agricultural diversions.
“It’s been a different year, for sure, in terms of operating and cooperating with the bureau,” White said. “These policy decisions that are contrary to precedent and contrary to history, they do us no benefits in terms of managing our water wisely.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Oregon-officials-defy-order-to-halt-farmer-water-17393243.php | 2022-08-23 22:35:51 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Oregon-officials-defy-order-to-halt-farmer-water-17393243.php |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — By this time four years ago, at least a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls eager to make their case against Donald Trump had either visited Iowa or announced plans to soon visit the leadoff voting state ahead of the 2020 election.
Iowa’s campaign landscape is markedly different this year, with a Republican field seemingly frozen by Trump’s early announcement of a 2024 campaign. So far, only former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has visited this year, and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is making plans to stop by in the next few weeks.
Even Trump, the only declared candidate in the 2024 race right now, has been absent from Iowa, choosing instead to kickstart his campaign last weekend in New Hampshire and South Carolina, two other early voting states.
With Iowa’s first-in-the-nation GOP caucuses just a year off, the field of would-be White House candidates has largely been content to steer clear of bone-chilling Iowa — and, perhaps more importantly, avoid being the first candidate to announce a bid against the former president.
“No one wants to be on a limb by themselves against Trump,” said Alan Ostergren, a Republican lawyer in Des Moines who is involved in GOP politics. “They’ll all break at some point. But no one wants to go first.”
For now, the quiet in Iowa gives other contenders weighing campaigns — among them former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, all of whom campaigned in Iowa last year for GOP candidates — time to talk to potential donors, promote their new books and summon the mettle to take on Trump.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a leading GOP presidential prospect coming off a blowout reelection victory, is not expected to make any 2024 moves until the spring, after the Florida Legislature adjourns and he completes a national book tour.
As a warning to other potential competitors, Trump and his team have been lashing out at would-be rivals. The former president has dubbed DeSantis “Ron DeSanctimonious” and said that a DeSantis challenge for the 2024 GOP nomination would be “a great act of disloyalty.”
Trump’s universal name recognition gives him space to stay away from Iowa for now, GOP operatives say, as his team charts a strategy that’s expected to be more organized than his freewheeling 2016 campaign, which resulted in a second-place finish in the state’s caucuses.
Although he remains deeply popular within a core of the Republican Party, Trump is facing a number of investigations that could complicate his third bid for the White House. Among them are a criminal investigation over top-secret documents found at his Florida estate, a probe in Washington into his efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, an investigation in Georgia into his efforts to remain in the presidency after losing reelection, and more probes in New York.
“He’s not looked at as someone who should automatically get the nomination. He’s no longer in office, and two years have gone by,” said Steve Scheffler, Iowa’s Republican National committeeman, who has pledged to remain publicly neutral. “Even though the base loves him and his policies, he may have to do more of what others have to do. I definitely think he’s more vulnerable.”
So far, Trump is the lone 2024 Republican with a paid presence in Iowa. Alex Latcham, the former regional political director for the Iowa Republican Party, now works for Trump’s national team but still lives in Iowa. He is helping recruit an Iowa campaign director for Trump.
Unlike four years ago, around the time then-California Sen. Kamala Harris, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and then-South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, among others, were visiting Iowa, Democrats this year are standing to the side with the expectation that President Joe Biden will seek a second term. In any case, the Democratic National Committee is expected to strip Iowa of its leadoff voting status for the 2024 presidential nominating calendar, though Republicans plan to keep Iowa as its first-voting state.
Despite the relative quiet in Iowa so far this year, potential Republican candidates are still finding ways to make inroads with GOP activists in the state without setting foot there.
At the GOP legislative breakfast on Jan. 9, legislators and party officials flipped through a printed program that included full-page ads from Trump, Pompeo and Scott.
That’s in addition to the tens of thousands of dollars that they and others, including Haley and Pence, contributed to Iowa Republican candidates from their political fundraising organizations for their 2022 midterm election campaigns.
Without setting foot in Iowa, DeSantis, too, worked to sow goodwill last year with Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds by inviting her to meet in Florida.
Several would-be presidential candidates are expected to attend an annual spring fundraiser for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, a Christian conservative group, on April 22.
Hutchinson, the only 2024 GOP candidate to visit Iowa this year, made a low-profile visit to Iowa early this month, holding private meetings and speaking to a GOP state legislative breakfast. Scott is scheduled to speak at the Polk County GOP annual fundraising dinner on Feb. 22.
Gloria Mazza, chair of the Polk County Republican Party, said it’s only a matter of time before the behind-the-scenes maneuvering by potential GOP Trump rivals spills out into the open.
“It’s going to pop, but it’s hard to tell when. It’s like a game of chess,” Mazza said. “Who is going to make the first move on him?” | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-in-iowa-potential-2024-gop-trump-challengers-quiet-for-now/ | 2023-01-31 22:03:00 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-in-iowa-potential-2024-gop-trump-challengers-quiet-for-now/ |
CA Eureka CA Zone Forecast for Saturday, February 11, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for California
National Weather Service Eureka CA
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
This is an average forecast over a large and geographically diverse
area. For a specific forecast for your location...please refer to
the point and click forecast on our webpage at:
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Monday.
CAZ101-130230-
Coastal Del Norte-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 69. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 36 to 46. Northwest wind 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 47 to 57.
Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Snow level 500 feet overnight. Lows
29 to 39. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers, snow showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Snow level 500 to 1000 feet. Highs 43 to
53. North wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows
24 to 34. Highs 43 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows 30 to 40.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain
showers. Highs 47 to 57. Lows 30 to 40.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 51 to 61.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 30 to 40. Highs
51 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Crescent City 58 43 51 / 0 0 20
Klamath 63 38 53 / 0 0 20
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CAZ102-130230-
Del Norte Interior-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST
TUESDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 54 to 68.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 31 to 41.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy frost in the morning. Chance of
rain showers through the day. Chance of snow showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 2000 to 2500 feet. Highs 37 to 52.
Northwest wind around 20 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to
35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers, snow showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Snow level 1000 feet falling to 500 feet
overnight. Lows 24 to 34. Northwest wind around 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Rain showers, snow showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Snow level 500 feet rising to 1000 feet in the
afternoon. Highs 33 to 48. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph with gusts
at higher elevations to around 40 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows
17 to 27. Highs 38 to 53.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 35.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers
and snow showers. Highs 41 to 56. Lows 26 to 36.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 25 to 35. Highs
43 to 58.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gasquet 67 38 49 / 0 0 40
$$
CAZ103-130230-
Northern Humboldt Coast-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST MONDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy fog and frost in the morning. Highs 54 to
64. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog overnight. Lows 37 to 47. Northwest wind 10 to
20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Highs 46 to 56. North wind 15 to
25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Chance of rain showers.
Snow level 1000 to 1500 feet. Lows 31 to 41. North wind 15 to
25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Rain showers likely and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Snow level 1000 to 1500 feet. Highs
42 to 52. North wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows 23 to 33.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 47 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 29 to 39.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 47 to 57.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely. Lows 32 to
42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 50 to 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 29 to 39.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 50 to 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
McKinleyville 59 41 51 / 0 0 10
Arcata 59 42 51 / 0 0 10
Eureka 55 42 52 / 0 0 10
Fortuna 59 43 50 / 0 10 10
$$
CAZ104-130230-
Southwestern Humboldt-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST
TUESDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 54 to 67.
North wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows 37 to 47. North wind 15 to
25 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around 40 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Very windy. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s.
North wind 25 to 40 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
55 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Windy. Slight chance of rain
showers and snow showers. Snow level 1000 feet overnight. Lows
31 to 41. North wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts at higher elevations
to around 55 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Windy. Chance of rain showers, snow
showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Snow level 1000 to
1500 feet. Highs 37 to 48. North wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts at
higher elevations to around 55 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows 25 to 35.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 44 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 29 to 39.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow showers.
Highs 42 to 52.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and snow showers likely. Lows
33 to 43.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow showers.
Highs 45 to 55.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 30 to 40.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 47 to 57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Honeydew 64 41 48 / 0 0 10
$$
CAZ105-130230-
Northern Humboldt Interior-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST
TUESDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 55 to 67.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 32 to 42.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy frost in the morning. Slight chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Windy. Snow level 2000 feet in the
afternoon. Highs 38 to 51. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts
at higher elevations to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Chance of rain showers and
snow showers. Snow level 1500 feet falling to 500 feet overnight.
Lows 25 to 35. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph with gusts at higher
elevations to around 40 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Windy. Chance of rain showers, snow
showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Snow level 500 feet
rising to 1500 feet in the afternoon. Highs 31 to 46. Northwest
wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows 17 to
27. Highs 39 to 54.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows 25 to 35.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain
showers and snow showers. Highs 38 to 52. Lows 26 to 36.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs
42 to 57.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 25 to 35.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 44 to 58.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Orleans 67 38 51 / 0 0 10
Hoopa 66 38 47 / 0 0 10
Willow Creek 66 37 48 / 0 0 10
$$
CAZ106-130230-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST
TUESDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 57 to 69.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 33 to 43. Northwest wind around
20 mph overnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy frost in the morning. Windy. Highs 39 to 52.
Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to
around 50 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Windy. Slight chance of rain
showers and snow showers. Snow level 500 feet overnight. Lows
25 to 35. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher
elevations to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Windy. Rain showers, snow showers
likely and slight chance of thunderstorms. Snow level 1000 to
1500 feet. Highs 33 to 46. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts
at higher elevations to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows 18 to 28.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 43 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 25 to 35.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 40 to 52.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and snow showers
likely. Lows 29 to 39.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs 43 to 56.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 25 to 35.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 47 to 59.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Garberville 65 41 50 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ107-130230-
Northern Trinity-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST
TUESDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 51 to 66.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 30 to 40.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Windy. Highs
40 to 55. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 20 to 35 mph
in the afternoon. Gusts up to 50 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Slight chance of snow
showers. Snow level 1000 feet falling to 0 feet overnight. Lows
18 to 28. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher
elevations to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Breezy. Chance of snow showers. Snow
level 500 feet rising to 1000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 30 to
45. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph with gusts at higher elevations
to around 40 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows 13 to 23.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 40 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 30.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers. Highs
35 to 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Lows
23 to 33.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs
39 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy frost. Lows 20 to 30.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 44 to 59.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Trinity Center 59 40 51 / 0 0 0
Weaverville 64 35 51 / 0 0 10
$$
CAZ108-130230-
Southern Trinity-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM PST
TUESDAY ABOVE 1000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 54 to 69.
Northeast wind around 20 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 31 to 41.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Windy. Highs
39 to 54. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 20 to 35 mph
in the afternoon. Gusts up to 55 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Slight chance of snow
showers. Snow level 0 feet overnight. Lows 21 to 31. Northwest
wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
55 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Chance of snow showers. Snow
level 1000 feet. Highs 30 to 44. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with
gusts at higher elevations to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of frost. Lows 15 to 25.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 40 to 55.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 22 to 32.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers. Highs 35 to
50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Lows 25 to 35.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs
38 to 53.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 22 to 32.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 44 to 59.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hayfork 63 32 47 / 0 0 0
Ruth 62 33 49 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ109-130230-
Mendocino Coast-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 59 to 69.
North wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 38 to 48. North wind 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to around 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny, windy. Highs 48 to 58. Northwest wind 20 to
35 mph with gusts to around 55 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Lows 31 to 41. North wind
20 to 35 mph with gusts to around 55 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Snow level 1000 to 1500 feet. Highs 42 to 52. Northwest
wind 15 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 25 to 35.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 48 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 29 to 39.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 45 to
55.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows 33 to 43.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 47 to 57.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Slight chance of
rain showers. Lows 30 to 40.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 50 to 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Fort Bragg 61 43 54 / 0 0 0
Point Arena 58 45 53 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ110-130230-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 62 to 72.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to 43.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Windy. Highs 46 to
61. In the valleys, northwest wind up to 20 mph increasing to up
to 30 mph in the afternoon. At higher elevation, northwest wind
20 to 35 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Lows 24 to 34. Northwest
wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
55 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Chance of snow showers. Snow
level 1000 to 1500 feet. Highs 38 to 48. Northwest wind 20 to
30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows 19 to
29. Highs 43 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 24 to 34.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 43 to 53.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and snow showers likely. Lows
29 to 39.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow showers.
Highs 45 to 55.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Slight chance of
rain showers. Lows 24 to 34.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 51 to 61.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Leggett 67 39 51 / 0 0 0
Laytonville 65 37 51 / 0 0 0
Willits 67 38 54 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ111-130230-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 56 to 71.
Northeast wind around 20 mph in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 34 to 44.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Windy. Highs 45 to
60. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 20 to 35 mph in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 55 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Lows 21 to 31. Northwest
wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
55 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Slight chance of snow showers.
Snow level 1000 feet. Highs 32 to 47. Northwest wind 20 to 35 mph
with gusts at higher elevations to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows 18 to
28. Highs 42 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 24 to 34.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 37 to 52.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Lows 27 to 37.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow showers.
Highs 38 to 53.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 23 to 33.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 45 to 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Covelo 68 36 53 / 0 0 0
$$
CAZ112-130230-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST
TUESDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 62 to 72.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy valley fog overnight. Lows 36 to
46.
.MONDAY...Sunny, windy. Highs 49 to 59. Northwest wind 20 to
25 mph increasing to 20 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to
55 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy. Lows 30 to 40. Northwest
wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
50 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Slight chance of rain showers
and snow showers. Snow level 1000 to 1500 feet. Highs 41 to 51.
Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph with gusts at higher elevations to
around 40 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows 23 to
33. Highs 45 to 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 28 to 38.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 45 to
55.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows 32 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 46 to 56.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Slight chance of
rain showers. Lows 29 to 39.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 52 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Boonville 66 38 54 / 0 0 0
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CAZ113-130230-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 62 to 72.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 35 to 45.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Windy. Highs 49 to
59. Northwest wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 20 to 35 mph in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 55 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows 28 to 38. Northwest
wind 20 to 35 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
55 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Slight chance of snow showers.
Snow level 1000 to 1500 feet. Highs 41 to 51. Northwest wind
20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around 45 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Areas of frost. Lows 22 to
32. Highs 44 to 59.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Lows 26 to 36.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 44 to 54.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and snow showers
likely. Lows 32 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow showers.
Highs 44 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Slight chance of
rain showers. Lows 27 to 37.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 52 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Ukiah 72 38 59 / 0 0 0
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CAZ114-130230-
Northern Lake-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs 54 to 68.
Northeast wind around 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows 37 to 47. North wind 20 to 25 mph
in the evening.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Windy. Highs 49 to
62. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations
to around 45 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows 21 to 31. Northwest
wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
50 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Windy. Highs 33 to 47. Northwest wind
20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows 20 to 30. Highs 41 to
56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 24 to 34.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers. Highs
36 to 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain
showers and snow showers. Lows 27 to 37. Highs 36 to 50.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers.
Lows 24 to 34.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 45 to 59.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Pillsbury 67 37 59 / 0 0 0
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CAZ115-130230-
Southern Lake-
327 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY...
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs 61 to 71. North wind 20 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 38 to 48. North wind around 20 mph in the
evening.
.MONDAY...Sunny, windy. Highs 54 to 67. Northwest wind 20 to
30 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 50 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Windy. Lows 27 to 37. Northwest
wind 20 to 30 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
45 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Breezy. Highs 41 to 52. Northwest wind
20 to 25 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around 40 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 24 to 34.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Areas of frost. Highs 48 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows 26 to 36.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 44 to 54.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain
showers and snow showers. Lows 31 to 41. Highs 43 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy frost. Slight chance of
rain showers. Lows 28 to 38.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs 52 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lakeport 66 38 57 / 0 0 0
Middletown 68 40 65 / 0 0 0
Clearlake 66 40 61 / 0 0 0
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Old Trafford rejoiced as the final whistle blew on the 189th Manchester derby.
A win against Manchester City is always something to celebrate. This, however, felt like more for the Manchester United fans.
A come-from-behind 2-1 victory on Saturday was the latest evidence of the team’s improvement under manager Erik ten Hag and the potential of an unlikely Premier League title challenge.
“The belief is back and we’re in a good direction,” Ten Hag said.
Substitute Jack Grealish had put City ahead in the second half, but goals from Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford secured the points for United and went some way toward avenging the humiliating 6-3 loss to its neighbor in October.
The win also puts United just one point behind defending champion City and up to third in the standings — six points behind leader Arsenal.
For now Ten Hag is dismissing the idea of United being in contention for a first title since 2013. His team’s form, however, tells its own story.
“Fans may dream, but we are not. We have to keep our feet on the ground and face that our game has a lot to improve,” the Dutchman said.
Ten Hag was unhappy with the manner in which United allowed City to take control after having the better chances in the first half.
Fernandes’ 78th minute equalizer, meanwhile, was contentious after an initial offside decision was overruled.
Rashford was beyond the last man in the buildup to the goal and even though he did not touch the ball, Pep Guardiola and City’s players believed the forward had interfered in the play.
“To be honest, for me the first goal is a joke that it is going to be allowed like this,” said City defender Manuel Akanji.
Guardiola suggested the game being played at Old Trafford was a factor in the goal being allowed.
“The decision is they didn’t believe Rashford was intervening in this stadium. This is Old Trafford, we have to play much better, like Anfield, we have to do better,” he said.
The debate over the goal aside, this was another encouraging performance from United to come from a goal down and end a three-game losing streak against City.
United has already beaten Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham this season and has now won nine games in a row.
It has only lost one of 18 games since that derby loss to City in October.
“We improved, that’s obvious. Still a long way to go, a long path to go, a lot of aspects in our game we have to improve, but we’re progressing, that’s quite obvious,” Ten Hag said. “We often talk about teams developing, tactics progressing. One of the main jobs for a manager, for a coaching staff is to work on the mentality of the team and this mentality has a lot of elements. One of them is resilience, the determination of this team is progressing a lot in those facts, dealing with setbacks, dealing with suffering in painful moments and keep going after setbacks like a goal against us.”
This was the sternest test of United’s resurgence under Ten Hag, even with City coming off a surprise 2-0 loss to Southampton in the English League Cup on Wednesday.
United had the better chances in the first half, with Rashford having one shot cleared off the line by Akanji after rounding Ederson and then seeing another effort smothered by the City goalkeeper.
City took control after the break and Grealish opened the scoring in the 60th minute, just three minutes after coming on, when he headed in Kevin de Bruyne’s cross.
United evened the score against the run of play when Fernandes struck.
Rashford then hit the winner from close range just four minutes later when he converted substitute Alejandro Garnacho’s cross.
It was the forward’s 16th goal of the season and his eighth in his last seven games.
“After conceding a goal we cannot concede the next one, this is the most important detail we have to improve in the future,” Guardiola said.
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Experimental therapy gantenerumab fails to slow or improve Alzheimer’s memory loss in clinical trials
By Brenda Goodman, CNN
An experimental treatment, gantenerumab, failed to help people at high risk of memory loss from Alzheimer’s or those who were in the early phases of the disease, the manufacturer said Monday.
Gantenerumab is part of a class of injected drugs that are designed to remove sticky protein pieces called beta amyloid from the brain. Beta amyloid buildup is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
Most of these drugs have worked as intended to clear the beta amyloid, but many have still failed to demonstrate any real-life benefits to patients; their brain function and memory doesn’t improve significantly, despite treatment.
Roche said Monday that gantenerumab appears to have removed less beta amyloid from the brains of study participants than anticipated. The company said the results from Phase 3 of its trials, called Graduate, were hard but important to share.
“So many of our families have been directly affected by Alzheimer’s, so this news is very disappointing to deliver,” Dr. Levi Garraway, Roche’s chief medical officer and head of global product development, said in a news release. “While the GRADUATE results are not what we hoped, we are proud to have delivered a high quality, clear and comprehensive Alzheimer’s dataset to the field, and we look forward to sharing our learnings with the community as we continue to search for new treatments for this complex disease.”
Roche said it would share more findings from its study at an upcoming medical conference.
The results for gantenerumab follow positive results for a different beta amyloid reducing drug, lecanemab. The companies testing that medication, Biogen and Eisai, announced this year that lecanemab had slowed the decline of brain function in Alzheimer’s disease by about 27% compared with a placebo. Some experts feel that degree of benefit is on par with that of the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, which was approved by the US Food and Drug Adminstration despite a lack of support from the agency’s independent advisers.
Dr. Constantine Lyketsos, a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, said that if gantenerumab had removed as much beta amyloid as the company predicted it would, it might have shown a degree of benefit in line with lecanemab and Aduhelm.
“In other words, a very modest but not clinically significant effect,” said Lyketsos, who was not involved in the research.
The Alzheimer’s Association said in a statement that the results of Roche’s study are “disappointing,” but it remains “hopeful for this class of treatment.”
“Each anti-amyloid treatment being tested acts in a different way, and research into their effectiveness and safety must continue. It is important to evaluate each treatment independently,” Maria Carrillo, the nonprofit’s chief scientific officer, said in the statement.
An estimated 6.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2022, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of National Realty Investment Advisors LLC membership units (NRIA) of the important March 13, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action.
The case is against Rey E. Grabato II, Daniel Coley O'Brien, Thomas Nicholas Salzano, Arthur Scutaro, Arthur Raymond Scutaro, Sr., Arthur Raymond Scutaro, Jr., Olena Budinska, Ivel Turner, Jeff Rosenberg, Mark Korczak, Byron Cartozian, and Brian Harrington (together, "Defendants").
SO WHAT: If you purchased NRIA membership units you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the NRIA class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10974 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 13, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, National Realty Investment Advisors LLC offered and sold NRIA, a membership unit in the NRIA Fund. Defendants used NRIA and the NRIA Fund to carry out a fraudulent scheme, including making and disseminating material misrepresentations, and effectuating a Ponzi scheme to divert millions of dollars invested in the NRIA Fund for their own personal gain.
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Pharrell Williams debuted his first collection as Louis Vuitton Men’s creative director on June 20 with a star-studded runway show in Paris. Celebrity onlookers included fashion royalty Beyoncé Knowles and hubby Jay-Z, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, Savannah and LeBron James, Kelly Rowland, Meg Thee Stallion, Naomi Campbell, Zendaya, and more.
Pharrell teased the collection on Instagram last week, standing in front of a larger-than-life billboard featuring Rihanna. Fashion lovers have waited with bated breath to see what star power the producer would bring and what creativity would come down the runway.
The LV Men’s Collection
The collection, highly anticipated since the passing of legend and fashion icon Virgil Abloh, consisted of 75 looks. I speak for fashion lovers everywhere when I say it was well worth the wait! Runway creations consisted of digitized Damier print in fur, leather, and denim, bright colored monogram, classic silhouettes mixed with edge and funky styling, fatigue-esq rain boots, and varsity jackets.
Not to be outdone, celebrity attendees were just as on-trend as the collection. Beyoncé was spotted in black and gold exaggerated visor glasses and a gold head-to-toe suit and duster. Zendaya wore a two-piece sequins button-down blouse and relaxed-fit pants. Naomi Campbell wore a black and purple blunt haircut with a classic oversized monogram blazer, a mini skirt, and black sunglasses. And, Meg Thee Stallion wore a stand-out denim “Canadian tuxedo” look.
In true hip-hop fashion, the show ended with a choir draped in white robes and digitized Damier print. “Joy, joy, unspeakable joy,” the melodic singers belted as Pharrell bowed and took his walk down the runway.
Here’s your front-row access to Pharrell’s star-studded debut. Watch the show here and tell us your take on this new Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring 2024 collection. See below what some of your favorite celebrities wore to the show.
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1. Jay-Z
Source:GettyJay-Z wears a tailored brown Louis Vuitton suit and black sunglasses.
2. Quavo
Source:GettyQuavo attends the Louis Vuitton Spring 2024 Men’s show in wide leg pants and a graphic jacket.
3. Beyoncé
Source:GettyQueen Bey stops her Renaissance World Tour to support Pharrell Williams wearing a gold duster, button down and pants.
4. Jaden Smith
Source:GettyJaden Smith rocks a black and white Damier set and Louis Vuitton bag.
5. Kim Kardashian
Source:GettyKim Kardashian poses at the Louis Vuitton Spring 2024 show.
6. Kelly Rowland
Source:GettyKelly Rowland matches her chic haircut with a sophisticated oversized suit look.
7. Nina and Russell Westbrook
Source:GettyNina and Russell Westbrook attend the Louis Vuitton Spring 2024 show in relaxed sportswear.
8. Naomi Campbell
Source:GettyNaomi Campbell shows the “power of the mini” in a head-to-toe classic monogram look.
9. Meg Thee Stallion
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday posted guidance for battery materials, helping to clarify whether those buying EVs as soon as later next month will be able to claim the $3,750 credit dedicated to critical mineral origins under the new Clean Vehicle Credit.
Based on an initial look, the rules will cast a wide net that follows the more liberal definition the administration previewed in December—allowing critical minerals from nations with which the U.S. has established free trade agreements to count toward the tax credit. The interpretation of the rules, as a result, includes this week’s agreement with Japan, and confirms that South Korea is included among many other nations.
The less critical rules over critical minerals, despite the pushback over the original intent of the law as passed by Congress, are likely a good thing over the next several years for both automakers and vehicle shoppers, as it will assure that a wider pool of North American–made EVs are eligible for the credit’s full $7,500 amount.
What was revealed Friday is a proposed rule, that will then be formed into a final rule after feedback from stakeholders. Rather than diving into all the fine details, what follows is a top-level view of what this new limitation means for shoppers in the immediate term and the EV market in a big-picture sense.
For the vehicle to qualify for the tax credit
Under the Clean Vehicle Credit, known as 30D, vehicles must undergo final assembly in North America and not exceed the maximum allowed prices of $55,000 for cars and $80,000 for SUVs, pickups, and vans.
If they meet that cut, there are two portions that determine the actual credit amount: one for battery components, and the other for critical minerals.
The latter is the especially challenging one today, as while most EVs for U.S. sale have American-made batteries, about 60% of the world’s EV critical-mineral battery material is processed in China. The battery component portion for 2023 requires 50% of the value of components in the battery to be made or assembled in North America. For this critical minerals portion clarified today, 40% of the critical mineral value contained in the battery for 2023 must be extracted or processed in the U.S. or a country with a free trade agreement with the U.S. Both requirements get tighter in future model years.
Further in 2024 for battery components and 2025 for critical minerals, additional restrictions will be placed on those made by “foreign entities of concern.”
For the buyer to qualify for the tax credit
It’s also worth noting that to qualify for the credit you must buy the vehicle for your own use, use it primarily in the U.S., and have a modified adjusted gross income of no more than $150,000 for single filers or $300,000 for married couples filing jointly. You’ll also need to have at least as much as the credit in taxes due.
Where’s the list of eligible vehicles and amounts?
Manufacturers are self-certifying this under penalty of perjury, with the IRS responsible for enforcement, the rules, and making sure a list of vehicles is maintained. Automakers will need to certify with the IRS on a monthly basis, so the list will be constantly evolving and might need to be much more granular and handled on a VIN basis—with VW’s ID.4 and its like-sized battery packs sourced from different suppliers, for instance.
But the list isn’t posted yet. The rule for critical minerals goes into effect on Tax Day, April 18, and the agencies will have a list of eligible vehicles available by then.
After Friday’s release of the framework, the Department of Treasury will give automakers two weeks to analyze the rule and how it affects them, so this could change yet.
To underscore: The list of eligible vehicles is expected not to just get shorter. Amounts will be down to $3,750 for many U.S.-built EVs, as few if any will initially qualify for the critical minerals portion.
What this means for U.S. jobs
It could mean a great many jobs over time. The guidance, according to senior White House officials, “will give manufacturers more certainty so that they can make plans to onshore more of their supply chain in the coming years, and ensure that we can work with our allies and partners to reduce our reliance on China and bolster our national security.”
According to the Biden administration there has been $90 billion in new investment related to the EV battery supply chain, wth half of that investment occurring after the passage of the IRA. Currently there are about 75 American facilities across 24 states involved in the battery critical material supply chain.
Ultimately, the tighter controls over details like critical minerals could help hold true to the intent of the Inflation Reduction Act, aiming to improve energy security, reducing costs to Americans, and reducing our national debt.
And the guidance, according to senior Treasury, Energy, and White House officials, will give manufacturers more certainty so that they can make plans to onshore more of their supply chain, to reduce our reliance on China and bolster our national security.
While the guidance only applies toward the Clean Vehicle Credit, the hopes are that this helps drive a broad shift in the supply chain that affects everything from solar panel and wind turbines to EV batteries.
But wait, there’s more—incentives for companies
From the IRA, the federal government has both the Clean Vehicle Credit and the Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit. The IRA isn’t the only tool the federal government has activated to help cut battery costs. Manufacturers are eligible for the 45X per-unit credit for manufacturing clean energy components, including batteries, solar components, inverters, and more, while the 48C is an upfront 30% tax credit for clean energy component manufacturing.
And then there’s 45W, the Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit, which may have been written so that companies could claim a $7,500 credit for fleet vehicles. But for now it’s helping make luxury EV leases cheaper, no matter what the battery or mineral origin. Loophole or not, it’s another way the IRA is directly helping EV shoppers.
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Future-Ready Bank Supports Republic's Mission to Fuel Innovation for Tomorrow's Leading Companies
AMESBURY, Mass., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BankProv, a future-ready commercial bank that offers adaptive and technology-first banking solutions to emerging markets, announced today that it will team up with Republic, a leading investment platform and crowdfunding marketplace. The Republic ecosystem has deployed over $1.5 billion in capital, supports over 600 companies, and includes over two million community members across 150 countries.
Through the collaboration, Republic will offer escrow accounts to companies looking to raise capital from investors on their platform. The Republic platform provides investors with access to vetted investment opportunities in startups, real estate, video games, crypto, and other verticals as well as syndicated funds and alternative investment opportunities. Republic was created to support fundraising efforts, expand equity investing to the masses and empower individuals by providing financial education.
"We are delighted to work with Republic and support their mission to expand access to new investment opportunities," said Dave Mansfield, CEO of BankProv. "Our focus on developing specialized Banking as a Service (BaaS) technology tailored for our customers allows us to deploy industry-first solutions to underserved markets."
Republic will utilize BankProv's BaaS offering from Treasury Prime, a leading provider of BaaS for small- to mid-sized banks, to provide escrow accounts to their clients. Treasury Prime will also provide BankProv's application programming interfaces (APIs).
"BankProv's proven ability to offer future-forward banking solutions aligned perfectly with our strategic goals," said Chuck Pettid, Head of Republic Retail. "Not only are we working with an industry leader, but we are also expanding our products to further serve our customer's evolving needs."
About BankProv
BankProv, legally operating as The Provident Bank, is a subsidiary of Provident Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVBC). BankProv is a future-ready commercial bank for corporate clients, specializing in offering adaptive and technology-first banking solutions to niche markets, including cryptocurrency, renewable energy, fin-tech and enterprise value lending with a focus on search fund and sponsor finance acquisition loans. We are committed to offering state-of-the-art APIs (application programming interfaces) for all business clients and BaaS (Banking-as-a-Service) partners. Through our offerings, BankProv insures 100% of deposits in the event of bank failure through a combination of insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF). For more information, visit bankprov.com.
About Republic
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At noon today, dozens of Hickman High School students filed out of their classes in the chilly, windy weather to call for more shooting-related safety procedures in Columbia Public Schools. Hickman’s Students for Change, which organized the walkout, joined in a nationwide protest against gun violence.
The group organized its first walkout to express students’ grief and frustration following the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee last Monday.
Students for Change’s co-Vice President Taylor Lee said gun violence is an obvious problem.
“This is happening so often, and I'm tired of walking into school scared wondering if I'm not going to make it out,” Lee said.
According to Lee, today’s protest was one of the largest walkouts Hickman has seen in the last few years.
“I think, sadly, I'm just not really surprised anymore and I think each time I just get a little more angry and a little more upset. And that's why we're out here today,” Lee said.
Students for Change is creating their own trauma kits, which have medical supplies in the event of a life-threatening injury that might be sustained in a school shooting. They are also working on fundraising to get an AI-based security system for Hickman.
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Updated December 22, 2022 at 5:05 PM ET
Sarah Polley begins her adaptation of Miriam Toews' 2018 novel Women Talking with girls in long calico dresses braiding each other's hair amid haystacks, horses clip-clopping down dirt roads and children playing.
All appears idyllic in what looks like a timelessly remote religious colony, except for what none of the women has said aloud until a voiceover speaks for them: "When we woke up, feeling hands that were no longer there, the elders told us that it was the work of ghosts, or Satan, or that we were lying to get attention, or that it was an act of wild female imagination."
They had endured years of being bruised and bloodied while drugged, some even left pregnant. When they finally caught an attacker and he named others — all men from the colony — the women's rage knew no bounds, and the abusers were taken off to jail "for their own protection."
The colony's remaining men have now gone to town to bail them out, leaving instructions that the women must forgive their abusers before they return. If they do not, the women are told they will be forced to leave the colony, and be "denied entry to the Kingdom of Heaven."
An act of female imagination
So the women, most of whom cannot read or write, have decided to vote on their options — to do nothing, to stay and fight, or to leave — and as they gather in the barn, a legend comes on the screen: "What follows is an act of female imagination."
The jury-room drama 12 Angry Men long ago established that you could hold a cinema audience rapt with nothing more than spirited debate. Polley aims to do something similar, though with considerably more art and less visual constraint. Call it "Eight Angry Women"? Sure, but it's more than that.
The eight women remain in the barn because two of the three choices — stay and fight, or leave — have deadlocked, and they've been deputized to decide (with the colony's male schoolteacher taking notes) what all of them will do.
From the furiously unforgiving Jessie Buckley, to sharp-tongued traditionalist Frances McDormand, to a pregnant and pensive Rooney Mara, the cast is as terrific as it is outspoken. Ben Whishaw's deferential schoolteacher, who's pined after Mara's character since they were children, makes almost as many points with his silence.
Filmmaker Polley has so bleached their world of color that it's almost as if she's shooting in black and white — appropriate for a film where arguments tend to be about moral grey areas. The sunlight that streams bleakly through slats in the barn, offers no warmth, but the conversations sure do.
That Toews' novel was based on actual incidents in Bolivia, makes Women Talking all the more harrowing, but frankly, it doesn't need the help. Anyone clear-eyed about the world today will recognize the truths that these women are talking.
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LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — Five adults were found dead in a Maryland home after deputies responded to reports of a shooting, according to a sheriff.
The Charles County Sheriff's office said in a tweet that deputies responded to the home in La Plata at 4 p.m. Friday in response to the shooting reports.
The sheriff's office said investigators found five adults dead inside of the house in the city about 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Washington, D.C. The sheriff's office said there isn't a threat to the public and that the situation “appears to be isolated to the residence.”
Investigators were working to determine the relationship between the people found dead.
A spokeswoman for the sheriff's office didn't immediately respond to an email Saturday asking if investigators could release more information on possible suspects or causes of death. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Deputies-find-5-dead-in-Maryland-home-after-17560803.php | 2022-11-05 14:51:37 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Deputies-find-5-dead-in-Maryland-home-after-17560803.php |
Lawyer: New York Congressman George Santos once faced theft charges in York County
Controversial New York Congressman George Santos once faced theft charges in the Susquehanna Valley.
That's according to a lawyer friend who helped Santos navigate the case.
She said Santos was charged with theft over bad checks used to pay for puppies from a dog breeder in York County in 2017.
The case was ultimately dismissed after Santos said the nine checks – totaling more than $15,000 – were from a checkbook that had been stolen from him.
The charges have since been expunged from his record.
A spokesperson for the York County District Attorney's Office, where the charges were filed, said the office cannot comment on expunged cases.
Santos, a Republican, faces multiple investigations, including an FBI probe into allegations he took money raised through his pet charity that was set up to provide medical care for a veteran's dying dog. | https://www.wgal.com/article/us-rep-george-santos-once-faced-theft-charges-in-york-county-lawyer-says/42827559 | 2023-02-10 18:15:12 | 0 | https://www.wgal.com/article/us-rep-george-santos-once-faced-theft-charges-in-york-county-lawyer-says/42827559 |
Standards Are the First to Specifically Address Plugging Orphan Oil and Gas Wells – a Substantial Source of Methane Emissions
Key Leaders From Rebellion Energy Contributed Technical Expertise to ACR in Its Development of the Framework
ACR Methodology Underpins the Value of Carbon-Offset Credits, a Vital Tool to Incentivize and Accelerate Incremental Activity to Permanently Halt Methane Emissions From Orphan Wells
Scale of Opportunity to Curb This Source of Methane Emissions Is Vast – Extending Far Beyond the Capacity of Designated Federal Funding to Address
TULSA, Okla., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebellion Energy Solutions today commented on the significance of the American Carbon Registry's (ACR) newly published methodology for quantifying and validating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions from plugging orphan oil and gas wells.
"This framework serves as an economic catalyst for accelerating and scaling up activity to plug orphan oil and gas wells – immediately and permanently halting decades of future methane emissions," says Staci Taruscio, Rebellion Energy Solutions chief executive officer. "The capital to fund plugging these wells relies on emissions-offset credits that meet the highest standards of carbon accounting. The American Carbon Registry methodology – the first to specifically address orphan oil and gas wells – is designed to meet that need."
The American Carbon Registry on May 24th published its methodology for quantifying, monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG emissions reductions from plugging orphan oil and gas wells. The methodology provides science-based mitigation strategies necessary to drastically cut emissions from orphan wells using carbon credits as one source of funding, ACR reports.
The atmospheric concentration of methane – which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change notes is about 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide on a 20-year time scale – has more than doubled in the last two centuries, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says.
"It is imperative to take immediate action to see benefits of mitigating this short-lived climate pollutant to slow down the rate of warming in the near term," ACR reports. "This methodology is intended to be used as an incentive to drastically cut emissions by creating carbon credits as a source of funding for the plugging of leaking – sometimes for decades – orphan oil and gas wells, and to help operators and jurisdictions prioritize leaking methane as an environmental risk."
The scale of the methane-leaking, orphan-well problem is enormous – with the U.S. EPA conservatively estimating the volume at 6.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMT CO2e) escaping each year from millions of defunct oil and gas wells that need to be plugged.
"We have seen first-hand America's outdated orphan-well system and understand that regulators alone are critically under-resourced to identify or quell the environmental hazards of methane leaks from millions of abandoned wells that have essentially become wards of the state – in the absence of any responsible entity," says Taruscio, of the Oklahoma-based company.
"Getting to zero emissions on these wells requires a fully engaged marketplace, not just governments," she says. "It also requires carbon credits that meet the highest standards of credibility and veracity. ACR's framework represents a giant step forward in efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions."
Carbon credits can help get wells plugged and permanently halt decades of methane emissions. The credits provide an incentive to target the worst offenders – the highest-volume methane wells. The greater the volume of methane that plugging can halt, the greater number of carbon credits are available for verification and monetization.
Key leaders from Rebellion Energy, Taruscio and project-executive Brooke Swain – each with prior experience in the exploration-and-production sector of the oil-and-gas industry – contributed technical expertise to ACR in its development of the orphan oil-and-gas well framework. ACR's methodology process also included a public-comment period and final scientific peer review.
Rebellion Energy's mission is focused on bringing energy, environment and markets together to drive responsible completion – confirmed zero methane emissions and restored, sustainable landscape – of the oil-and-gas well lifecycle.
In its role, Rebellion Energy:
- Identifies high-environmental-impact orphan wells that, without plugging, are expected to produce specific, quantifiable decades-long methane emissions;
- Collaborates with landowners whose property is compromised by these wells;
- Takes multiple methane measurements from the wells to establish accurate baselines;
- Acquires ownership of and rights to access those wells, assuming the role of responsible party;
- Completes the wells' lifecycle by permanently plugging it and restoring a sustainable landscape;
- Takes final measurements to confirm zero methane emissions;
- Engages a third-party to validate the results;
- Obtains carbon-offset credits issued in a quantity that reflects the quantified avoided methane emissions; and
- Monetizes the carbon-offset credits in direct or exchange transactions – providing the capital necessary to fund plugging the orphan wells.
About Rebellion Energy Solutions https://rebellionenergy.com
Rebellion Energy Solutions is a privately held company with headquarters in Tulsa, Okla. It is a woman-led business with a multi-disciplinary team of experts committed to creating sustainable solutions through oilfield cleanup and environmental justice in a comprehensive effort to restore the land, reduce harmful carbon emissions, and create taxable revenue streams for communities.
Rebellion Energy's solutions combine its principals' background in the energy industry and a shared passion to solve America's broken orphan-well system to form an innovative business model that helps ESG investors make meaningful strides toward a net-zero carbon-emission goal and shift industry cultures along the way.
As a company, Rebellion Energy aims to contribute to the global Sustainable Development Goals as adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. The company's work directly tackles climate change, and each one of its projects is linked to quantifiable U.N. SDGs.
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Andrey Rublev 2023 Nordea Open Odds
The Nordea Open field is dwindling in Båstad, Sweden, as Andrey Rublev competes in a quarterfinal against Alexander Zverev. At +400, Rublev has the third-best odds to win this tournament at Bastad Tennis Stadium.
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Rublev at the 2023 Nordea Open
- Next Round: Quarterfinals
- Tournament Dates: July 15-23
- Venue: Bastad Tennis Stadium
- Location: Båstad, Sweden
- Court Surface: Clay
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Rublev's Next Match
On Friday, July 21 at 7:40 AM ET, Rublev will meet Zverev in the quarterfinals, after defeating Pavel Kotov 6-3, 7-6 in the previous round.
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Andrey Rublev Grand Slam Odds
- US Open odds to win: +3300
- Nordea Open odds to win: +400
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Rublev Stats
- In the Round of 16 on Thursday, Rublev beat No. 89-ranked Kotov, 6-3, 7-6.
- Rublev is 54-24 over the past 12 months, with two tournament victories.
- Rublev is 14-5 on clay over the past year, with one tournament title.
- Rublev has played 26.3 games per match in his 78 matches over the past 12 months across all court surfaces.
- On clay, Rublev has played 19 matches over the past year, and he has totaled 25.6 games per match while winning 56.7% of games.
- When it comes to serve/return winning percentages over the past year, Rublev has won 83.7% of his games on serve, and 24.5% on return.
- When it comes to serve/return winning percentages on clay over the past 12 months, Rublev has won 80.8% of his games on serve, and 32.1% on return.
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Even as the Kremlin moved to absorb parts of Ukraine in a sharp escalation of the conflict, the Russian military suffered new defeats that highlighted its deep problems on the battlefield and opened rifts at the top of the Russian government.
The setbacks have badly dented the image of a powerful Russian military and added to the tensions surrounding an ill-planned mobilization. They have also fueled fighting among Kremlin insiders and left Russian President Vladimir Putin increasingly cornered.
Here is a look at the latest Russian losses, some of the reasons behind them and the potential consequences.
STRING OF DEFEATS IN THE NORTHEAST, SOUTH
Relying on Western-supplied weapons, Ukraine has followed up on last month's gains in the northeastern Kharkiv region by pressing deeper into occupied areas and forcing Russian troops to withdraw from the city of Lyman, a key logistical hub.
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The Ukrainian army has also unleashed a broad counteroffensive in the south, capturing a string of villages on the western bank of the Dnieper River and advancing toward the city of Kherson.
The Ukrainian gains in the Kherson region followed relentless strikes on the two main crossings over the Dnieper that made them unusable and forced Russian troops on the western bank of the Dnieper to rely exclusively on pontoon crossings, which also have been repeatedly hit by the Ukrainians.
Phillips P. O'Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews, predicted more Russian failures in Kherson, noting that it's “hard to stabilize a line when your logistics are stretched, your troops are exhausted and your opponent is much, much smarter.”
Pressed against the wide river and suffering severe supply shortages, Russian troops face a looming defeat that could set the stage for a potential Ukrainian push to reclaim control of the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014.
MILITARY SHORTAGES AND COMMAND WOES
Military reporters and bloggers embedded with Russian troops in Ukraine have painted a bleak picture of an ill-equipped and poorly organized force under incompetent command.
With the war in its eighth month, the Russian military suffers from an acute shortage of personnel, lack of coordination between units and unstable supply lines.
Many Russian units also have low morale, a depressed mood that contrasts sharply with Ukraine’s well-motivated forces.
Unlike the Ukrainian military, which has relied on intelligence data provided by the U.S. and its NATO allies to select and strike targets, the Russian army has been plagued by poor intelligence.
When Russian intelligence spots a Ukrainian target, the military engages in a long process of securing clearance to strike it, which often drags on until the target disappears.
Russian war correspondents particularly bemoaned the shortage of drones and noted that Iranian-supplied drones have not been used for maximum effectiveness due to the poor selection of targets.
KREMLIN CALLS UP MORE TROOPS, ANNEXES TERRITORY
Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to the Ukrainian counteroffensive by ordering a partial military mobilization, which aims to round up at least 300,000 reservists to beef up forces along the 1,000-kilometer front line in Ukraine.
At the start of the invasion, Ukraine declared a sweeping mobilization, with a goal of forming a 1 million-member military. Russia until that moment had tried to win the war with a shrinking contingent of volunteer soldiers. The U.S. put the initial invading force at up to 200,000, and some Western estimates put Russian casualties as high as 80,000 dead, wounded and captured.
While the hawkish circles in Moscow welcomed the mobilization as long overdue, hundreds of thousands of Russian men fled abroad to avoid being recruited, and protests flared up across the country, raising new challenges to the Kremlin.
Fresh recruits posted images showing them being forced to sleep on the floor or even in the open air. Some reported being handed rusty weapons and told to buy medical kits and other basic supplies themselves. In a tacit recognition of supply problems, Putin dismissed a deputy defense minister in charge of military logistics.
The mobilization offers no quick fix for Russia's military woes. It will take months for the new recruits to train and form battle-ready units.
Putin then upped the ante by abruptly annexing the occupied regions of Ukraine and voicing readiness to use “all means available” to protect them, a blunt reference to Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
RIFTS OPEN UP AT THE TOP
In an unprecedented sign of infighting in the higher echelons of the government, the Kremlin-backed regional leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has scathingly criticized the top military brass, accusing them of incompetence and nepotism.
Kadyrov blamed Col. Gen. Alexander Lapin for failing to secure supplies and reinforcements for his troops that led to their retreat from Lyman. He declared that the general deserves to be stripped of his rank and sent to the front line as a private to “wash off his shame with his blood.”
Kadyrov also directly accused Russia's top military officer, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, of covering up Lapin's blunders — a pointed attack that fueled speculation that the Chechen leader might have forged an alliance with other hawkish members of the Russian elite against the top military leadership.
In a blunt statement, Kadyrov also urged the Kremlin to consider using low-yield nuclear weapons against Ukraine to reverse the course of the war, a call that appeared to reflect the growing popularity of the idea among the Kremlin hawks.
In a show of continuing support for Kadyrov, Putin promoted him to colonel general to mark his birthday, a move certain to anger the top brass. And while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described Kadyrov’s statement as overly emotional, he strongly praised the Chechen leader’s role in the fighting and his troops’ valor.
In another sign of intensifying dissent at the top, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a millionaire businessman dubbed “Putin's chef,” lashed out at the governor of St. Petersburg, charging that his failure to provide assistance for Prigozhin's Wagner private security company amounts to supporting Ukraine.
Some other members of the Russian elite offered quick support for Kadyrov and Prigozhin, who have increasingly served as frontmen for the hawkish circles in Moscow.
Retired Lt. Gen. Andrei Gurulev, a senior member of the lower house of Russian parliament, strongly backed the Chechen leader, saying that the Russian defeat in Lyman was rooted in the top brass' desire to report only good news to Putin.
“It’s a problem of total lies and positive reports from top to bottom,” he said. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/explainer-russias-military-woes-mount-amid-ukraine-attacks/article_ef7a8d35-155d-5975-a50c-7c0ebb20feba.html | 2022-10-06 07:17:40 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/explainer-russias-military-woes-mount-amid-ukraine-attacks/article_ef7a8d35-155d-5975-a50c-7c0ebb20feba.html |
RICHMOND, Va., March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LINGERFELT announced today that it closed on a $105.6 million acquisition of Northlake and Walthall Distribution Centers in a joint venture with Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm acting on behalf of its clients. The portfolio includes four Class A multi-tenant logistics facilities totaling 1,161,716 square feet in the Richmond, Virginia MSA. The facilities are 100% leased to a total of 18 diversified tenants including major, creditworthy multinational firms.
Walthall Distribution Center (1964-1984 Ruffin Mill Road, 1900-1934 Ruffin Mill Road, 1936-1962 Ruffin Mill Road) is a three-building, 868,601 square-foot logistics portfolio situated along I-95 in the highly sought-after Walthall/Ruffin Mill submarket in Chesterfield County, VA.
Northlake Distribution Center (11800-11900 N Lakeridge Parkway) is a 293,115 square-foot logistics facility located along the premier I-95 North distribution corridor in Ashland, VA.
Developed between 2000 and 2003, the institutional-quality logistics facilities provide all of the functionally relevant attributes required by today's modern industrial user, including cross-dock and rear-load configurations, market-appropriate 32' clear heights, a high ratio of dock positions, ESFR fire protection and ample auto parking spaces.
"This is an attractive opportunity for our partnership to acquire a portfolio of high-quality, stabilized industrial buildings with solid cash flow at current rents which are far below where the market has trended over the prior 3 years," said Rob Valentine, Principal at LINGERFELT. "These buildings really cater to the under-served small to mid-size industrial user which characterizes the vast majority of the users in the Richmond market."
LINGERFELT and Partners Group will make a number of immediate capital improvements to the properties, including full replacement of the buildings' roofs, interior and exterior lighting upgrades, cosmetic enhancements and paint, as well as significant asphalt repairs, replacements, and sealing and re-restriping of parking areas.
Matt Anderson and Harrison McVey of Colliers International will handle the marketing and leasing of the portfolio. Colliers International will also provide property and facility management services for the properties and tenants.
ABOUT LINGERFELT
LINGERFELT is a vertically integrated real estate investment and asset management company investing and developing throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Together with its predecessors, LINGERFELT has maintained a reputation of quality and excellence in the commercial real estate industry dating back to 1957. LINGERFELT and its partners have built, acquired, and managed over 25 million square feet of commercial real estate valued at approximately $3 billion across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. To learn more, visit www.lingerfelt.co.
ABOUT PARTNERS GROUP
Partners Group is a leading global private markets firm. Since 1996, the firm has invested over $195 billion USD in private equity, private real estate, private debt, and private infrastructure on behalf of its clients globally. Partners Group seeks to generate superior returns by capitalizing on thematic growth trends and transforming attractive businesses and assets into market leaders. The firm is a committed, responsible investor and aims to create sustainable returns with lasting, positive impact for all its stakeholders. With over $135 billion USD in assets under management as of December 31, 2022, Partners Group provides an innovative range of bespoke client solutions to institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and private individuals globally. The firm employs more than 1,800 diverse professionals across 20 offices worldwide and has regional headquarters in Baar-Zug, Switzerland; Denver, USA; and Singapore. It has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2006 (symbol: PGHN). For more information, please visit www.partnersgroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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The 2023 The Memorial Tournament Presented By Workday Odds & Preview: Rory McIlroy
After the second round of The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, Rory McIlroy is in seventh at -4.
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Rory McIlroy Insights
- McIlroy has finished better than par five times and shot nine rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 14 rounds.
- He has recorded a top-five score once and a top-10 score twice in his last 14 rounds.
- Over his last 14 rounds, McIlroy has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on seven occasions.
- McIlroy has finished in the top 10 twice in his past five events.
- The past five times he has played a tournament, he's made the cut three times.
- In his past five tournaments, McIlroy has finished within five shots of the leader one time and with a better-than-average score twice.
- McIlroy has made the cut three times in a row, and hopes to extend that run this week.
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The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Insights and Stats
- In McIlroy's past 10 appearances at this tournament, he has finished among the top five once and the top 10 three times. His average finish has been 20th.
- McIlroy has made the cut in eight of his past 10 appearances at this tournament.
- McIlroy finished seventh in his most recent appearance at this tournament (2023).
- At 7,571 yards, Muirfield Village GC is set up as a par-72 for this tournament. In the past year, tournaments on the PGA Tour have been played on courses with a shorter average distance of 7,301 yards.
- Muirfield Village GC checks in at 7,571 yards, 232 yards longer than the average course McIlroy has played in the past year (7,339 yards).
McIlroy's Last Time Out
- McIlroy was above average on the 16 par-3 holes at the PGA Championship, averaging par to finish in the 75th percentile of the field.
- He averaged 4.00 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 48) at the PGA Championship, which was strong enough to place him in the 94th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.18).
- On the eight par-5 holes at the PGA Championship, McIlroy was better than 65% of the competitors (averaging 4.75 strokes).
- McIlroy shot better on par 3s than most players his last time out, carding a birdie or better on three of 16 par-3s at the PGA Championship (the field averaged 1.3).
- On the 16 par-3s at the PGA Championship, McIlroy had three bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 2.8).
- McIlroy's 10 birdies or better on the 48 par-4s at the PGA Championship were more than the field average (4.5).
- At that most recent competition, McIlroy's par-4 showing (on 48 holes) included a bogey or worse 10 times (worse than the field average, 9.7).
- McIlroy finished the PGA Championship registering a birdie or better on three par-5 holes, while the field averaged 1.3 on the eight par-5s.
- On the eight par-5s at the PGA Championship, McIlroy had the same number of bogeys or worse (one) as the field average.
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff's office has confirmed the death of Julian Sands after human remains were found on Southern California's Mount Baldy. He was 65 years old.
He was hiking Mount Baldy when his family reported him missing on January 13, 2023.
Sands had a wide and varied career but was best known for his role in the 1985 movie A Room with a View, starring opposite Helena Bonham Carter.
Sands learned acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In A Room with a View, he played George Emerson, a love interest to the young upper-class Lucy Honeychurch, played by Carter. In 1986, he told NPR in an interview that he was well aware of the class dynamics at play in the movie. "Nobody's actually seen to do anything other than live some leisurely life which allows them to pursue their own indulgences," he said.
Sands' acting career brought him an eclectic array of roles. His film credits include Arachnophobia, Leaving Las Vegas, and the Jackie Chan movie The Medallion. On TV, he appeared in small roles on shows such as Castle, Smallville and Dexter. In Season 5 of the action drama 24, he played the main villain Vladimir Bierko, a terrorist in possession of a deadly nerve gas.
He loved the outdoors. In a 2020 interview with The Guardian, he was asked when he was happiest. His answer was: "Close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning."
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The Naturally Flavored Pumpkin Spiced Blend Is Back, and It's Not Just for Sweater Weather
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Death Wish Coffee Co., The World's Strongest Coffee®, is resurrecting one of its most popular seasonal blends, Pumpkin Chai, to spice up everyone's favorite time of year. The re-launched fall favorite—made with no artificial ingredients—is anything but basic with its chai-inspired blend of cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg, resulting in a delicious, cozy, autumnal flavor.
Inspired by Death Wish Coffee's homemade chai, a staple in the coffee shop where the brand was first created, this premium blend is the perfect companion for the brisk days of fall. For the first time ever, it's available on shelves at Walmart nationwide, as well as Kroger, Publix, Albertson's, and Sprout's. Online, Pumpkin Chai is available on Amazon and deathwishcoffee.com.
Pumpkin Chai Coffee is available in the traditional 12-ounce ground and whole bean bags, as well as 10-count Death Cups, compatible with Keurig machines. The blend is made with Fair Trade Certified and USDA organic coffee beans and natural ingredients.
Death Wish Coffee is sourced from the highest-quality coffee beans in the world and roasted to deep, never-bitter perfection. In addition to their limited-time innovative flavored coffee offerings, the brand boasts a Dark Roast, Medium Roast, and Espresso Roast, available in whole bean, ground, and single-serve coffee pods. The company also sells collectible mugs and merchandise.
For more information about Death Wish Coffee Co. and to purchase Pumpkin Chai products, visit deathwishcoffee.com/pumpkin.
ABOUT DEATH WISH COFFEE CO.: THE WORLD'S STRONGEST COFFEE
Good things start small. Mike Brown brought his bold idea to life in 2012—seeking a stronger coffee for his local community. He searched far and wide for the world's best beans, perfected a unique roasting technique and Death Wish Coffee Company was born. What started as a few employees packing orders in the basement of a quaint coffee shop is now consistently named Amazon's #1 "Most Wished For" coffee and can be found in over 20,000 stores nationwide. Death Wish Coffee Company's blends, including its Dark Roast, Medium Roast, Espresso Roast, flavored coffees and Valhalla Java, are always Fair Trade + USDA Certified Organic. For more information, visit www.deathwishcoffee.com.
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VENICE, Fla. , March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The America Project (TAP) proudly announces Mr. Thomas D. Homan as our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Homan is a 34-year veteran of law enforcement, with 33 years dedicated to the enforcement of our nation's border and immigration law. In his new role as CEO, Mr. Homan assumes leadership of an organization on a national scale defending Rights & Freedoms, Election Integrity, and Border Security for all Americans.
Prior to assuming the CEO position at TAP,
was appointed by President
as the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Under his outstanding leadership, the U.S. enjoyed the most secure border
in our nation's history. From Special Agent to Director, Mr. Homan improved ICE at every level. ICE grew into the largest investigative arm within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and became the second largest investigative agency in the federal government.
Mr. Homan led the organization with more than 20,000 Special Agents, Officers, Attorneys, and support staff, with an annual budget of more than
while providing America with the most secure border
on record. Tom Homan remained the Director of ICE until his retirement on
. Since retirement, he has tirelessly advocated for the Border Security community and for immigration reform measures that will restore border integrity. In 2022, the 5
th
United States District Court officially declared Homan to be a Recognized Expert in immigration enforcement and border security.
Tom is universally recognized as the most important national leader defending our Nation's borders. His proven track record of selfless service, lifelong commitment to defending Rights and Freedoms, his unwavering faith in God and Country make him the exact leader that The America Project needs to continue defending the American people. To read Mr. Homan's biography and his extraordinary service to our country go to https://americaproject.com/about/
For more information contact:
info@americaproject.com
"As someone who has been deeply involved in border security from the front line to the highest levels for nearly 35 years, I am excited about leading the professionals at The America Project to relaunch our new focus on Border Security. Through our Border911 program, we will educate the American people on the dangers of an open border to include criminals, gang members, child trafficking, massive drug flow and those that are known or suspected terrorists taking advantage of a vulnerable border. No country has good national security if they do not have good border security. It's past time to get the truth about our nation's vulnerable borders to the American People."
-Thomas Homan
"I am a serial entrepreneur I have started numerous businesses in various industries, but no business will prove as historically significant as The America Project, and in no business has it been such an honor to be involved. From the start I have seen my role as designing and building this extraordinary enterprise, knowing someday it would need a real National Security professional to lead it. Tom Homan is that professional. The Nation's top lawman will CEO the organization whose mission is to defend our borders, protect our rights and freedoms, and secure election integrity."
-Dr. Patrick Byrne
March 1, 2023
Founder of The America Project
http://americaproject.com/
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, August 22, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Henderson County in central Texas...
* Until 230 PM CDT.
* At 928 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Athens, Gun Barrel City, Mabank, Chandler, Malakoff, Tool, Seven
Points, Brownsboro, Eustace, Berryville, Trinidad, Edom, Enchanted
Oaks, Coffee City, Caney City, Payne Springs, Log Cabin,
Murchison, Star Harbor and Poynor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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RideCo secures court wins on several important issues in advance of trial in its patent litigation with Via Transportation ("Via"). RideCo looks forward to its day in court where it will defend itself against Via's meritless lawsuit and secure an injunction to stop Via's ongoing infringement of RideCo's patents.
LOS ANGELES, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, on July 5, 2023, heard arguments and ruled on a variety of competing pretrial motions in the ongoing patent infringement litigation between RideCo and Via.
Ruling from the bench, the Court denied each of Via's motions heard by the Court.
The Court granted RideCo's motions on several important issues. First, the Court further narrowed the scope of Via's patents by holding Via to definitional statements that Via made to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an Inter Partes Review proceeding initiated by RideCo. The Court also rejected Via's faulty bid to collect "lost profits." Via's damages calculation was significantly reduced by more than 80% as a result of this ruling, while RideCo's damages claim remains intact. As it stands from the Court's latest ruling, RideCo's damages claim against Via is more than double the amount that Via may seek from RideCo at trial.
These rulings by the Court, which follow the Court's earlier rulings that invalidated all asserted claims from one of Via's asserted patents, position the case to proceed to trial on the remaining claims. "RideCo continues to be committed to developing innovative and market leading technology. We are glad that the Court took a careful look at these motions, and we are pleased with the favorable rulings. RideCo is well-positioned for trial where we will seek to stop Via's ongoing infringement through an injunction," said Prem Gururajan, CEO of RideCo.
Trial in this matter had been set to begin July 24, 2023. However, in connection with the July 5th hearing, Via requested that the Court delay the trial. Subsequently, the Court reset the trial date to December 4, 2023. Gururajan stated, "While we would have preferred the July trial date, we look forward to our day in court in December."
RideCo is an industry leader in on-demand transit technology, enabling on-demand ridesharing for transit riders around the globe. We partner with transit agencies, municipalities, and experienced local fleet operators to design and operate on-demand transit services. Our solutions reduce travel time, decrease walking distance, and increase service frequency for riders while lowering transit agencies' cost-per-ride, reducing demand for parking, and attracting net new riders to transit systems. RideCo provides paratransit and microtransit services for some of the largest cities in the United States and Canada including Los Angeles, Houston, San Antonio, Las Vegas, and Calgary. RideCo continuously drives innovation and to-date has been awarded U.S. Patent Nos. 10,248,913 ; 10,853,743 ; and 11,429,910. To learn more about our proprietary cloud-based platform and how it can revolutionize mobility in your city, visit www.rideco.com.
Links:
Initial Press Release from 2021: https://www.rideco.com/post/patent-infringement-claims-against-via-transportation.
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BOSTON (AP) — Moments after Boston’s dramatic win at Miami on Saturday night, Jaylen Brown began thinking about the future. He raised his hands, put up seven fingers and began yelling, “Game 7! Game 7!”
Game 7, indeed.
Brown and Boston are on the brink of history after Derrick White’s buzzer-beating putback lifted the Celtics to a 104-103 victory over the Heat in Game 6. One of the league’s most storied franchises is trying to become the first team in NBA playoffs history to overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series.
Next up is one more game in the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night in Boston. And it looks as if the back-and-forth series could be on its way to an epic conclusion.
The Celtics are the fourth NBA team to erase a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series and force a deciding game. The previous three teams — the 1951 New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, the 1994 Denver Nuggets in the second round and the 2003 Portland Trail Blazers in the first round — lost Game 7, all on the road.
“We’ve got another chance, another opportunity,” said Jayson Tatum, who had 31 points, 11 rebounds and five assists in Game 6 to join Larry Bird as the only other Celtic with double-digit playoff games with at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. “It’s far from over. Still an uphill battle. But it always feels good to give yourself another chance, another opportunity.”
Boston is looking to extend a wild postseason ride that already includes five wins when facing elimination — twice in the East semifinals after falling behind 3-2 to the 76ers, and now three straight times against the Heat.
The Celtics are 27-9 in Game 7s and have won their last four — including a 112-88 win against Philadelphia in the previous round that featured Tatum breaking out for 51 points, the most in a Game 7 in NBA history. Boston also beat the Heat in Game 7 in Miami in last year’s East finals when Jimmy Butler missed what would have been a go-ahead 3-pointer with about 17 seconds left.
The Heat are 6-5 all-time in Game 7s, losing their last two. Miami is 0-2 when facing such a game on the road.
The winner of Sunday’s matchup will advance to face the Western Conference champion Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals.
Despite being denied a finals berth in three straight games, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said his message to the team after Saturday’s loss was just to focus on the next game. Let the past be the past.
“Let’s just rally around each other,” Spoelstra said. “These are emotional games and things can swing in that Game 7. The pressure can go back and forth in Game 7s quite a bit. We’re not going anywhere.”
But what may be most concerning for the Heat heading into Monday is the Celtics — typically reliant on their ability to make 3-point shots — were able to pull out Saturday’s win despite making a playoff-low 7 of 35 attempts from deep.
In addition, until Butler’s incredible flurry of 10 points in just over two minutes to put the Heat in front, he was mostly a non-factor on a night in which he went just 5 of 21 from the field. Over the past three games Butler has shot a combined 19 of 55.
He said it hasn’t shaken his resolve to do what he can to prevent what would be a disappointing finish for Miami.
“You’re going to get the same test until you pass it, I swear,” Butler said. “We were in this same position last year. We can do it. I know that we will do it. We’ve got to go on the road and win in a very, very, very tough environment.”
That environment just happens to be the city that is home to the first — and still only — team in Major League Baseball history to pull off a 3-0 series comeback.
That squad, the 2004 World Series champion Red Sox, rallied from that hole in the American League Championship Series against the rival New York Yankees.
David Ortiz, the 2004 ALCS MVP, said it makes sense that the Celtics are in position to pull off what has previously been unthinkable.
“Yeah, and there’d be no better time than this one for that happen,” Ortiz said in an interview with The Associated Press. “If you do it in basketball, it’s got to be the same city.”
The Celtics are just 5-5 at home during these playoffs, but there is no place there would rather be with their season on the line.
“It’s going to be huge. The best two words in sports is ‘Game 7,’” Brown said. “And our home crowd, I know they’re going to bring the energy. So, I’m excited.”
There was no word on the status of Boston guard Malcolm Brogdon for Game 7. The NBA Sixth Man of the Year missed Saturday night’s win with a right forearm strain.
Boston’s reserves were outscored 22-11 in Brogdon’s absence. Robert Williams III went to the locker room late in the second quarter with a left wrist injury, but he returned in the second half and finished with 10 points and seven rebounds in 17 minutes on the night.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals had qualified candidates to become their next manager already in the organization, including one hired by the Chicago White Sox just this week. Yet their six-person committee that waded through the options came to the conclusion that an outside voice was necessary.
It wound up belonging to Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro.
The Royals formally introduced Quatraro as their new manager during a news conference Thursday at Kauffman Stadium. With his wife and two boys watching, Quatraro slipped a white No. 33 jersey over a neatly pressed shirt and gold tie, shook hands with general manager J.J. Picollo and proceeded to lay out a vision for turning around a club that won the World Series a mere seven years ago but quickly returned to irrelevance.
“I’ve been really fortunate to be around good coaches and people that mentored me,” said Quatraro, who also worked alongside Terry Francona in Cleveland. “As excited as I am to be named the manager, I’m even more excited to jump into the process. I’m extremely process-oriented, and the process we all envision here is building a championship environment that brings the Royals back to the top tier of baseball, and be that way year after year.”
There already are some building blocks in place.
Quatraro is in the process of calling current players, and the first two were longtime catcher Salvador Perez and up-and-coming star Bobby Witt Jr. Perez represents the past and present of the organization, one of the stars of that 2015 title team, while Witt represents the future as one of the best rookies in baseball this past season.
Quatraro will lean on those two, along with a bevy of young position players that made their big league debuts last season, to quickly improve on a 65-97 finish and once again help the Royals play meaningful baseball past June.
“There were some real similarities this year — certain points in the year — they were running out seven rookies in the lineup, and we had a similar stretch in Tampa this year,” Quatraro said. “That’s challenging to grow in that environment.”
Yet the Rays have done it year after year, first with Joe Maddon calling the shots and the past eight seasons with Kevin Cash in charge. Tampa Bay, a small-market franchise with limited resources — in other words, a club like the Royals — has managed to reach the playoffs each of the past four years with a trip to the World Series in 2020.
That track record is one of the reasons Picollo chose Quatraro over Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol, who was hired to manage the White Sox, and internal candidates Vance Wilson and Scott Thorman.
“It kind of pains me to say that because I’ve been very intentional in hiring people internally,” said Picollo, a longtime Royals front-office executive who was put in charge of baseball operations when Dayton Moore was fired late in the season.
“You want your minor league staff to feel like there’s going to be opportunity for them to reach the major leagues in whatever position it is,” Picollo said. “So we did have good internal candidates. They all interviewed very well. You know, they all have different strengths. But after we got through that initial work, our committee of people felt like we needed at this time a little outside influence, fresh thoughts, challenge us professionally as well. And I know Matt will do that.”
The Royals intended to keep most of their hitting staff in place, though that may change depending upon whom Grifol hires in Chicago. But the previous pitching staff already had been let go, so Quatraro — working with Picollo — must not only hire a pitching coach but build out an entire pitching program that spans the organization.
In fact, when Quatraro was asked Thursday what the biggest common denominator in the success of Cleveland and Tampa Bay has been over the years, his one-word reply was: “Pitching.”
“There’s a tremendous amount of talent on this pitching staff now. I’ve talked to a handful of guys already,” Quatraro said. “I can’t tell you exactly what the process has been, but what I’m looking for now moving forward is maximizing their potential through tweaks in approach pitch usage. The talent is clearly there.”
Yet for whatever reason, the Royals have continually failed to maximize it. Top prospects have flamed out in the minors, and many that have reached the big leagues have initially struggled only to flourish with other organizations.
One thing is certain: The Royals believe Quatraro is the right choice to change that narrative.
“When we announced this deal earlier in the week,” Royals principle owner John Sherman said Thursday, “I traded text messages with Matt to congratulate him, and he thanked me for the confidence we have shown in him. And I would turn that around and say, ‘Thank you for having the confidence in the Kansas City Royals.’”
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BANGKOK -- One of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 after being trapped for more than two weeks has died in England, where he was attending a sports academy, the foundation sponsoring his studies said Wednesday.
Duangphet "Dom" Phromthep, 17, was found unconscious in his room on Sunday at the Brooke House College Football Academy in Leicestershire and was taken to a hospital, where he died Tuesday, Thailand's Zico Foundation said. The school also confirmed his death.
"This event has left our college community deeply saddened and shaken," school principal Ian Smith said in a statement. "We unite in grief with all of Dom's family, friends, former teammates and those involved in all parts of his life, as well as everyone affected in any way by this loss in Thailand and throughout the college's global family."
The head of the Zico Foundation, former Thai national team captain and coach Kiatisuk Senamuang, said in an online news conference that he did not know the cause of death and that Dom had apparently been in good health.
Dom was the captain of the Wild Boars, a youth soccer team in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai. Twelve members of the team aged 11 to 16 and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in June 2018 when they were trapped by rapidly rising floodwaters. A massive search and rescue operation was launched that involved international divers.
The boys spent nine nights lost in the cave, living on very little food and water, before a diver spotted them deep in the twisting cave complex huddled on a patch of dirt above the rising water line. The moment was captured on video and soon broadcast to the world.
It was another eight days before all were safely rescued. A team of expert divers guided each of the boys out of the cave on special stretchers after anesthetizing them to keep them calm enough to transport. The operation required placing oxygen canisters along the path where the divers maneuvered through dark, tight and twisting passageways filled with muddy water and strong currents.
Dom's mother, who joined the online news conference, said she hoped a Buddhist monk in England could conduct rites for Dom so his spirit would not be trapped where he died according to Buddhist beliefs.
The story of the Wild Boars, which was covered intensely by international media, has been retold in several movies, including Ron Howard's 2022 feature film "Thirteen Lives" and the 2021 documentary "The Rescue."
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced on Wednesday after solid earnings pushed retailers higher on Wall Street ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S.
Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney but fell in Shanghai. Markets were closed in Japan for a holiday.
New Zealand’s share benchmark fell 0.9% after the raised its benchmark rate by three-quarters of a point to 4.25%, striving to rein in inflation that is now at 7.2%.
It’s the first time the bank has raised rates by more than a half-point since introducing the Official Cash Rate in 1999. The new rate is the highest in New Zealand since early 2009.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 1% to 17,600.93 and the Kospi in Seoul rose 0.7% to 2,421.84. In Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.5% to 7,220.40.
The Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.2% to 3,082.95. Shares rose in Southeast Asia.
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 1.4% to 4,003.58 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.2% to 34,098.10. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite added 1.4% to 11,174.41.
Smaller company stocks also got a boost. The Russell 2000 rose 1.2%, to 1,860.44.
All the company sectors in the benchmark S&P 500 index rose, with technology stocks driving much of the rally. Chipmaker Nvidia rose 4.7%.
Best Buy soared 12.8% after the Minneapolis-based consumer electronics chain did better than analysts expected and said a decline in sales for the year will not be as bad as it had projected earlier.
Energy stocks notched the biggest gain as the price of U.S. crude oil rose 1.5%. Chevron rose 2.6%.
Long-term Treasury yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, fell to 3.76% from 3.84% late Monday.
The Federal Reserve will release minutes Wednesday from its latest policy meeting, potentially giving investors more insight into its decision-making process. Wall Street has been hoping that the central bank might ease up on its aggressive rate increases. Its benchmark rate currently stands at 3.75% to 4%, up from close to zero in March.
“Ahead of the release of Fed minutes, much focus has been placed on a slowing down on the pace of rate hikes,” Mizuho Bank said in a commentary. “Nonetheless, even if a Fed rate hike step down might be imminent, the picture on risk/growth outlook is far from certain.”
Investors have very little other news to review this week, but several retailers and technology companies are closing out the latest round of corporate earnings with their financial results.
Dell Technologies rose 6.8% after the computer maker reported strong third-quarter profit and revenue. Zoom Video slumped 3.9% after giving investors a weak profit and revenue forecast.
Several retailers made particularly strong gains following solid financial results. Abercrombie & Fitch surged 21.4% and American Eagle jumped 18.2%.
The Fed has warned that it may have to ultimately raise rates to previously unanticipated levels to cool the hottest inflation in decades. That raises the risk it could go too far in slowing economic growth and bring on a recession.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is forecasting globally this year and more tepid growth in 2023. Russia’s war in Ukraine continues threatening energy supplies and key food commodities including wheat. A resurgence of continues threatening the world’s second-largest economy and global supply chains.
“In 2023, we expect less pain but also no gain,” stated a report from Goldman Sachs looking ahead to the new year.
The investment bank expects inflation and high interest rates to essentially flatten out corporate earnings and hold the broader stock market at its current levels, with the S&P 500 ending 2023 where it currently sits at around 4,000 points. | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1587276/asian-shares-gain-after-earnings-fueled-rally-on-wall-street | 2022-11-23 06:25:45 | 1 | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1587276/asian-shares-gain-after-earnings-fueled-rally-on-wall-street |
Arkansas Heritage Director Jimmy Bryant will retire at the end of the month after serving as head of the state agency for more than three years.
Bryant's last day on the job will be June 30, Shealyn Sowers, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, said Friday in an email statement.
Bryant, 68, joined Arkansas Heritage, a division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, in January 2020. He accepted the job after working at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway for more than 20 years.
In 2019, Bryant told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette he had already made arrangements to retire from his position as the university's director of archives and university historian when Stacy Hurst, then-secretary of the department, contacted him about serving as head of Arkansas Heritage.
Bryant did not immediately return phone calls from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Friday afternoon.
News of Bryant's retirement plans come a week after Mike Mills, secretary of the department, resigned from his position.
In recent days, the directors of Arkansas Tourism and Arkansas State Parks, the two other major divisions of the department, have transitioned to other roles or announced plans to leave state government.
Travis Napper, director of tourism, has said he will step away from his position later this month to take a job in tourism consulting.
Last week, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders shifted Shea Lewis, who was serving as director of the Arkansas State Parks division, to serve as interim head of the department after Mills resigned.
After news of Mills' resignation broke, Bryant described the former secretary as "a first class executive" when commenting on a social media post.
"I can tell you that when the employees of Arkansas Heritage who worked in the Headquarters building heard about his resignation they recoiled in disbelief," said Bryant in the social media comment. "There was absolute stunned silence when word got out. It was as if the employees had lost a relative and I am not exaggerating."
In response, Mills commented that he "was doing fine until I read this."
"I couldn't even read it to my wife because my eyes were full of tears. My heart was breaking," said Mills in the social media comment. "Thank you and every single person who you represent for your energy, your respect, your dedication to Arkansas, and your heart felt love!!!! I will always be a part of this great Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism."
Mills, who served as secretary for less than six months, has not responded to repeated requests for comment made by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Bryant's annual is $123,961.55, according to the Arkansas Transparency website.
The Division of Arkansas Heritage, originally the Department of Arkansas Natural and Cultural Heritage, was created in 1975 to preserve and promote Arkansas's natural and cultural heritage. The agency consists of eight divisions and a director's office, according to the agency's website. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jun/10/director-of-arkansas-heritage-plans-to-retire-at/ | 2023-06-10 12:17:08 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/jun/10/director-of-arkansas-heritage-plans-to-retire-at/ |
Countdown to 250th anniversary begins in the US, an effort planners hope can unify a divided country
(AP) - It’s three years until the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, but festivities are already starting.
The anniversary push will formally launch July 4 with an event during a Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs at American Family Field in Milwaukee. The organization spearheading the celebration, known as America250, will start recruiting people to share their stories of what the country means to them.
The country is headed toward the anniversary date as it remains riven politically, its citizens divided over how to view the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol and whether President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. Even decisions on where to shop or what beer to drink have been caught up in political fighting.
Before the U.S. reaches its semiquincentennial — try saying that out loud — it will have to survive the 2024 presidential election, which is shaping up to be as divisive as its prior two contests.
Times also were fraught in the run-up to the country’s 1976 bicentennial celebration, which came two years after Richard Nixon resigned his presidency over the Watergate scandal and convulsions over the end of the Vietnam War. It followed a decade that saw the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.
But Rosie Rios, the former U.S. treasurer who heads America250, has fond memories of that celebration as an 11-year-old in Northern California. She watched old-fashioned sailing ships gather in Boston and New York harbors on her family’s black-and-white television, and she visited the national Freedom Train exhibit when it stopped in Oakland. And, of course, she remembers the fireworks.
“I couldn’t have been more proud than that evening to be an American, and I want my kids to feel the same way,” Rios said in an interview.
Rios said she hopes the 2026 celebrations have a similar effect, regardless of national fights.
“I feel like we’ll be successful if as many Americans as possible feel like this is the land of opportunity,” Rios said.
The July 4 event will be the formal kickoff for planning for the celebrations. America250, a nonpartisan organization created by Congress in 2016 to mark the anniversary, will oversee that process. It has already enlisted the neighborhood app Nextdoor and the YWCA as partners.
“We certainly have ideas,” Rios said, “but we’d like to hear ideas from students. We’d love to hear ideas from all parts of the country.”
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As we near the end of Gov. Asa Hutchinson's time in office, I'd like to applaud his administration's work to expand computer science and STEM education in Arkansas. One look at the numbers tells the story of that effort's continuing success, and points the way forward as we welcome the administration of Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
When Hutchinson launched The Arkansas Kids Can Code Initiative and its statewide push for expanded computer science education in 2015, Arkansas' public schools had fewer than 50 computer science teachers, with only about 500 high school students enrolled in computer science courses statewide. As of October 2022, more than 800 certified computer science teachers now work in our public schools, with over 23,500 kids enrolled in at least one computer science class this semester. That's up from around 12,500 students just a year before.
It's having a real impact on college degree paths and careers. According to data from the National Science Foundation, between 2014-2022, the percentage of total higher education diplomas that went to science and engineering graduates in Arkansas rose by 1.6 percent. STEM degrees are now more than a quarter of all degrees conferred in our state.
It's a win for both Arkansas and our economy. By exposing a generation of young learners to the possibility and promise of computer science education, these efforts will go a long way toward kick-starting our state's STEM workforce supply chain. Many Arkansans who found a love of coding or computer science in high school are now entering the job market as STEM-prepared college graduates. They're helping create Arkansas' growing ecosystem of next-generation businesses.
In the past, Arkansas businesses in STEM fields often had to source employees from out of state. With only a paycheck to keep them here, many of those recruits stayed in Arkansas only a few years before leaving for other opportunities. That "boomerang effect" has kept many high-tech companies in the state a bit off-kilter, locked in a constant struggle to attract, recruit, compete for and retain scarce talent from afar. That could be especially challenging for startups, which are vital to creating the economy of tomorrow.
Today, thanks to our state's efforts to give more high school students an opportunity to pursue computer science and a gateway to STEM education, Arkansas is producing homegrown talent whose family ties and deep roots will keep them here in Arkansas. A steady source of these skilled workers not only fosters the workforce accessibility that attracts investment and helps businesses grow, it's also spawning an interconnected sphere of STEM-based businesses and startups in our state. With them come the high-paying, high-tech jobs that will help stop our state's tech-degree "brain drain," allowing more Arkansans with in-demand skills to stay close to home while pursuing their careers.
At UA Little Rock, we're helping keep higher education's link in the STEM supply chain strong. UA Little Rock's Department of Computer Science rose 18 spots in the most recent U.S. News and World Report list of the best undergraduate computer science programs in the nation, and we launched our first bachelor's degree program in cybersecurity last year. We're also exploring ways to make STEM courses more accessible, more approachable and less boring for college students to help them succeed.
Led by chemistry professor Dr. Mark Baillie, Ph.D., a multidisciplinary team at UA Little Rock was recently awarded a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study and develop active learning techniques for university-level STEM courses, with a particular focus on helping underserved and first-generation college students succeed in STEM. We have reconfigured our biology undergraduate degree to offer a "clinical biology" concentration to prepare students for a high-demand career path in addition to our pre-med tracks. Also, our construction management program has partnered with Vilonia High School to provide a pathway for yet another in-demand career.
If you're one of those people who's thinking "science and math are supposed to be boring" right now, maybe you had the wrong teacher. Studies show that college students are 1.5 times more likely to receive a passing grade in courses that employ active learning techniques like lively discussions, problem solving, real-world case studies and role-playing when compared to lecture-based courses.
As we change the STEM classroom where college students get and stay as excited about science as your average 10-year-old, we'll help hundreds more succeed in STEM majors and minors every year. That's a ticket to high-paying careers, a more vibrant state economy and a more prosperous future for all Arkansans.
Lawrence E. Whitman, Ph.D., P.E., is dean of the Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/dec/31/help-workforce/ | 2022-12-31 11:21:11 | 0 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/dec/31/help-workforce/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Azure Power Global Limited (NYSE: AZRE) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: June 15, 2021 to August 26, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Azure Power Global Limited made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there were procedural irregularities, including deviations from safety and quality standards, at one of Azure's plants; (2) certain project data was manipulated; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's internal controls and procedures were not effective; (4) Azure had received a credible whistleblower report alleging such misconduct; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed a resolution calling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism for its invasion of and actions in Ukraine.
In a lopsided 494-58 vote with 48 abstentions, the EU legislature sought to increase pressure on Moscow to bring anyone responsible for war crimes committed from the Feb. 24 start of the invasion before an international court.
The 27-nation EU has condemned in the harshest terms the invasion and repeatedly said that several Russian actions over the past 10 months have amounted to war crimes. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/ap-eu-parliament-calls-russia-terror-sponsor-in-plenary-vote/ | 2022-11-23 16:56:55 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/ap-eu-parliament-calls-russia-terror-sponsor-in-plenary-vote/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — This summer has been a breakthrough for streaming, with the time viewers spent watching services like Netflix and Hulu outpacing broadcast and cable television networks in July for the first month ever.
Viewers spent 35% of their time with streamers, 34% on cable networks and 22% watching broadcast television last month, the Nielsen company said Thursday. Video on demand or DVD playback accounted for much of the other time.
July is an unusual month — broadcast TV is essentially on vacation with little live sports or scripted programming and a prime-time schedule clogged with game shows — but it’s a clear indication of how rapidly the business is changing.
“It was inevitable,” said David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University and critic on NPR’s “Fresh Air.” “I knew it had to happen, but I didn’t know it would happen as quickly as it did.”
Streaming’s audience share in July was up 23% compared to July 2021, Nielsen said. Broadcast television’s share was down 10% and cable down 9%.
Streaming services learned from what cable did in its infancy, using broadcasting’s quiet summer months to put forward some of their best programming, said Brian Fuhrer, Nielsen’s senior vice president for product strategy and thought leadership. New episodes of “Stranger Things” alone on Netflix accounted for 18 billion minutes of streaming, while “Virgin River” and “The Umbrella Academy” also did well.
Netflix is still the top streamer, but it no longer dominates the field the way it once did. In July, Hulu had strong numbers for “Only Murders in the Building” and “The Bear,” while Amazon Prime hit with “The Terminal List” and “The Boys.”
With pandemic-related pauses in shooting schedules now largely over, the streamers have a backlog of fresh material, Fuhrer said.
Many viewers became familiar with streaming and added it to their media diets during the pandemic, he said. They haven’t looked back. Each week in July had more total minutes of streaming than any other weeks Nielsen has ever counted, with the exception of the week between Christmas and New Year’s last year.
The return of football games and a new season of fresh scripted shows this fall should boost the broadcast networks, Fuhrer said.
Yet it’s hard to see them pushing back to a level of dominance approaching anything in the past. For one thing, media companies that own broadcast networks also have sister streaming services — CBS and Paramount+, NBC and Peacock, for instance — and generally see streaming as the future, he said.
“The networks have collectively decided not only that streaming is the future, but they can’t wait to get there as fast as they can,” Bianculli said. “They’re not doing anything to slow down the charge.”
Fuhrer said it will be interesting this fall when large football audiences return to broadcast TV to see whether those networks will spend a great deal of time promoting their own shows.
“This month and the next two to three months may be the most pivotal in the history of television in terms of all the media companies and their strategies,” he said.
Some business experts believe streaming services are in a pre-shakeout period, with several trying to establish themselves before the industry learns there are only so many outlets consumers are willing to pay for. The result may be a period of consolidation.
“It’s a great time to be a TV viewer,” Bianculli said, “and I can’t imagine there will ever be a greater time to go into television creatively.” | https://www.kron4.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/for-1st-month-ever-streamers-rule-broadcast-cable-networks/ | 2022-08-19 18:57:56 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/for-1st-month-ever-streamers-rule-broadcast-cable-networks/ |
Avalanche warnings issued for Colorado as winter storms continue to impact the West
By Jennifer Gray and Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologists
Multiple avalanche warnings are in place across western Colorado through the next couple of days due to favorable avalanche conditions. Meanwhile, a train of winter storms continues across the West, prompting winter weather advisories.
Heavy snowfall combined with strong winds is overloading the weak snow near the bottom of the snowpack across much of the Colorado Rockies.
“Significant new snow, in some places over 36 inches, has fallen on a weeks-old snow layer. The top layer of the older snow is hard and slick,” CNN meteorologist Chad Myers explains. “The new snow can’t attach to it and will slide off creating the avalanche danger.”
Conditions will allow for avalanches to occur naturally, but can also be easily triggered, even from a distance.
“You can expect to easily trigger a large and dangerous avalanche on steep northerly and easterly-facing slopes at all elevations,” warned the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
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There is typically a sharp increase in avalanche deaths during the months of January and February, but avalanches can form anytime if the right conditions are present.
“Early season snowpack can be highly unstable because of the lack of consistent storms,” said CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam. “Once the storm door is open to more frequent snow events in January and February, snow begins to pile up in layers on top of the unstable, early season snowfall.”
Though we are still early in the snow season, several winter storms with heavy snowfall have impacted the Colorado Rockies in recent weeks, creating these very dangerous avalanche conditions.
It’s very rare to survive an avalanche, according to Jake Hutchinson, an avalanche rescuer and safety instructor in Utah.
“That’s the hard part about the avalanche rescue world is that we very rarely can get people there in time to make it a live find,” Hutchinson pointed out. “Realistically, people have a really pretty good chance of survival if they can be fully dug out in the first 15 to 30 minutes of burial.”
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Winter storm could bring a foot of snow
Winter weather alerts are in effect for eight western states as rounds of moisture continue to hit the Western US over the coming days, bringing valley rain and higher elevation snowfall.
Higher elevations in the Rockies could pick up a foot of snow from this storm system.
Along with heavy show and treacherous travel on the mountain passes, winds will be gusting as well. Wind gusts in western Colorado could be up to 40 mph at times. A blizzard warning is in place for a portion of Montana for gusts as high as 60 mph blowing snow and creating whiteout conditions.
Snow will also spread across portions of the north-central Plains where a few inches of accumulation are forecast by Friday morning.
By Thursday, the next storm arriving along the West Coast will bring the next round of unsettled weather into the Pacific Northwest, and to northern and central California by early Friday.
Snowfall totals in the Sierra and Cascades will range anywhere from six inches to a foot.
The consistent rounds of winter storms have made for a great start for the western snowpack, leaving experts cautiously optimistic for a good snow season.
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CAIRO (AP) — An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities determined it was looted years ago, Egyptian officials said Monday.
The repatriation is part of Egyptian government efforts to stop the trafficking of its stolen antiquities. In 2021, authorities in Cairo succeeded in getting 5,300 stolen artifacts returned to Egypt from across the world.
Mostafa Waziri, the top official at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the sarcophagus dates back to the Late Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, an era that spanned the last of Pharaonic rulers from 664 B.C. until Alexander the Great’s campaign in 332 B.C.
The sarcophagus, almost 3 meters (9.5 feet) tall with a brightly painted top surface, may have belonged to an ancient priest named Ankhenmaat, though some of the inscription on it has been erased, Waziri said.
It was symbolically handed over at a ceremony Monday in Cairo by Daniel Rubinstein, the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Egypt.
The handover came more than three months after the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office determined the sarcophagus was looted from Abu Sir Necropolis, north of Cairo. It was smuggled through Germany into the United States in 2008, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg.
“This stunning coffin was trafficked by a well-organized network that has looted countless antiquities from the region,” Bragg said at the time. “We are pleased that this object will be returned to Egypt, where it rightfully belongs.”
Bragg said the same network had smuggled a gilded coffin out of Egypt that was featured at New York’s Metropolitan Museum. Met bought the piece from a Paris art dealer in 2017 for about $4 million. It was returned to Egypt in 2019. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Looted-ancient-sarcophagus-returned-to-Egypt-from-17689523.php | 2023-01-02 13:19:01 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Looted-ancient-sarcophagus-returned-to-Egypt-from-17689523.php |
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Single game tickets for Purdue football home games are now available.
Some of the big names coming to West Lafayette this year include Ohio State, Syracuse, Wisconsin and of course Indiana. At the time of this article seats were still available for most games.
For more information about single game and season tickets, click HERE.
Purdue's home game schedule for the coming year:
- Vs Fresno State Saturday, Sept. 2
- Vs Syracuse Saturday, Sept. 16
- Vs Wisconsin Friday, Sept. 22
- Vs Illinois Saturday, Sept. 30
- Vs Ohio State Saturday, Oct. 14
- Vs Minnesota Saturday, Nov. 11
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Allen Lazard enjoyed everything about New York when he visited for the first time a few months ago.
Now, it will be home for the Jets’ newest wide receiver. And he’ll be reunited with his former offensive coordinator in Nathaniel Hackett— and perhaps soon quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Lazard signed a four-year contract with the Jets on Friday, a deal worth $44 million and includes $22 million guaranteed, according to multiple reports.
“For me, I just wanted to get to a big city,” Lazard, who is from Iowa, said during a Zoom call. “I wanted to get to a spot that especially has just a melting pot of culture and just be able to get that experience. You know, the bright lights, New York City.”
The Big Apple spotlight might soon shine on Rodgers, Lazard’s former Packers teammate, who said on “The Pat McAfee Show” this week that he intends to play for New York this year after 18 seasons in Green Bay. The sides are still working on compensation details to try to complete a trade.
Lazard knows expectations will rise enormously if Rodgers lands with the Jets, a franchise that hasn’t been to the Super Bowl since 1969 and has the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 12 seasons.
“Him being here definitely helps the entire organization be able to take that next step that they need to to make a deep playoff run and go win that Lombardi trophy,” Lazard said.
The 27-year-old wide receiver said Rodgers’ decision wasn’t necessarily a determining factor on where he’d sign as a free agent, but “it definitely helps.”
Lazard said coach Robert Saleh’s presence also was a factor, but he raved about Hackett, who worked with the receiver in the same role as offensive coordinator in Green Bay from 2019-21.
“He’s the best teacher I’ve ever had in my life,” Lazard said. “And I go from school to football, he just makes learning fun. … He makes it really easy and he allows you to go out there and just play fast and not think. Because of that is why I’ve had a lot of success these past few years.”
Lazard tweeted Thursday night that he and Hackett were at dinner together, hinting the signing was imminent. On Wednesday, he posted on Twitter a farewell to the Packers and their fans: “It’s been an honor to represent the ‘G’ and to rock the green and gold with each and every one of you.”
The 6-foot-5 Lazard, regarded as a terrific blocker as a receiver, is coming off his best NFL season. He had personal highs of 60 catches and 788 yards receiving to go along with six touchdowns; in 2021, he had a career-best eight TD receptions.
“I think objectively, a lot of people can look at Allen Lazard and go, he’s a really good player, we would love to have him on our team,” Rodgers said on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “Anybody would be lucky to have him in the locker room.”
Lazard was signed by Jacksonville as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa State in 2018 and was signed by Green Bay off the Jaguars’ practice squad that season.
“I still feel undrafted,” Lazard said with a smile, “because the checks haven’t hit yet.”
After starting just 12 games in his first three seasons, Lazard moved into a starting role and developed a strong rapport with Rodgers while starting 28 games the last two years. In five NFL seasons, Lazard has 169 career receptions for 2,236 yards and 20 TDs.
“During my time with Aaron in Green Bay, he really put his arm around me and he’s a big reason for why I’m here today,” Lazard said of his NFL career. “I can’t deny that. … He’s relied on me in a lot of heavy-pressure situations and always believed in me.”
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Friday on whether to make an exception to its in-person meeting of world leaders next week and allow Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to deliver a pre-recorded address.
The proposed document to be voted on would have the 193-member world body express concern that leaders of “peace-loving“ U.N. sovereign nations can’t participate in person “for reasons beyond their control owing to ongoing foreign invasion, aggression, military hostilities that do not allow safe departure from and return to their countries, or the need to discharge their national defense and security duties and functions.”
The document, which has about 50 co-sponsors, would then permit Zelenskyy to submit a pre-recorded statement to be played in the General Assembly hall, stressing that this would not set a precedent for future high-level assembly meetings.
The draft document refers to the General Assembly resolution adopted at an emergency special session on March 2 — six days after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine — demanding an immediate halt to Moscow’s offensive and withdrawal of all Russian troops. The vote on the resolution, titled “Aggression against Ukraine,” was 141 to 5 with 35 abstentions.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual meeting of world leaders at the General Assembly was all virtual in 2020 and hybrid in 2021. But this year the assembly decided that all speeches must be in person.
The proposal to let Zelenskyy pre-record his statement requires a majority vote in the assembly and diplomats say it is virtually certain to be approved. If so, his address will be delivered on the afternoon of Sept. 21, according to the latest schedule. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-un-to-vote-on-allowing-ukraines-leaders-virtual-address/ | 2022-09-15 20:28:40 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-un-to-vote-on-allowing-ukraines-leaders-virtual-address/ |
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E. Michigan at Akron, 7 p.m.
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Army at Boston U., 1 p.m.
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Elon at Coll. of Charleston, 4 p.m.
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Howard at Norfolk St., 4 p.m.
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LSU at Alabama, 4 p.m.
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Northwestern St. at Nicholls, 4 p.m.
SC State at NC Central, 4 p.m.
Tennessee St. at Tennessee Tech, 4 p.m.
Troy at Appalachian St., 4 p.m.
UAB at Louisiana Tech, 4 p.m.
UNC-Greensboro at Furman, 4 p.m.
Virginia at Florida St., 4 p.m.
Houston Christian at McNeese St., 4:30 p.m.
Austin Peay at Lipscomb, 5 p.m.
Duke at Clemson, 5 p.m.
Jacksonville at Jacksonville St., 5 p.m.
N. Iowa at Belmont, 5 p.m.
William & Mary at UNC-Wilmington, 5 p.m.
Chattanooga at Samford, 6 p.m.
Texas A&M at South Carolina, 6 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas at Liberty, 7 p.m.
FIU at W. Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Georgia Southern at James Madison, 7 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 7 p.m.
SC-Upstate at Longwood, 7 p.m.
VMI at Wofford, 7 p.m.
Mississippi St. at Auburn, 8:30 p.m.
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Providence at Creighton, 2 p.m.
Youngstown St. at Oakland, 3 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Bellarmine, 4 p.m.
Iowa St. at Kansas, 4 p.m.
Tulsa at Wichita St., 4 p.m.
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N. Kentucky at Green Bay, 7 p.m.
S. Dakota St. at South Dakota, 7 p.m.
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Bradley at Drake, 8 p.m.
Illinois St. at S. Illinois, 8 p.m.
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UTEP at Rice, 3 p.m.
Cincinnati at SMU, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Texas A&M-CC, 4:30 p.m.
Abilene Christian at Tarleton St., 5 p.m.
SE Louisiana at Incarnate Word, 5 p.m.
Lamar at Texas A&M Commerce, 5:30 p.m.
Alcorn St. at Texas Southern, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma St. at Baylor, 6 p.m.
Jackson St. at Prairie View, 6:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas, 8 p.m.
North Dakota at Denver, 3 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at S. Utah, 3 p.m.
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California at Washington, 6 p.m.
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Chicago St. at Texas Rio Grande Valley, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at UCLA, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Utah Valley St., 8 p.m.
Stanford at Washington St., 8 p.m.
W. Illinois at UMKC, 8 p.m.
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New Mexico at San Diego St., 9 p.m.
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Texas-Arlington at New Mexico St., 9 p.m.
Grand Canyon at Cal Baptist, 10 p.m.
N. Colorado at Portland St., 10 p.m.
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San Diego at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m.
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Ark.-Pine Bluff at Bethune-Cookman, 7:30 p.m.
MVSU at Florida A&M, 7:30 p.m.
UAB at Middle Tennessee, 9 p.m.
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Houston at Tulane, 7 p.m.
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Ohio at Toledo, 7 p.m.
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Texas at Iowa St., 8 p.m.
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Baylor at Texas Tech, 9 p.m.
Nevada at Boise St., 9 p.m.
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East Carolina at Temple, 7 p.m.
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TCU at West Virginia, 7 p.m.
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Virginia Tech at Virginia, 7 p.m.
Winthrop at High Point, 7 p.m.
Wofford at W. Carolina, 7 p.m.
Bradley at Indiana St., 7 p.m.
Ohio St. at Nebraska, 7 p.m.
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Illinois St. at N. Iowa, 8 p.m.
Missouri St. at Drake, 8 p.m.
Xavier at DePaul, 8:30 p.m.
Arkansas at Missouri, 9 p.m.
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Providence at Marquette, 9 p.m.
Florida at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
North Alabama at Cent. Arkansas, 8 p.m.
SMU at Tulsa, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., 9 p.m.
Abilene Christian at Utah Valley St., 8 p.m.
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Oregon at California, 10 p.m.
San Diego St. at Colorado St., 10:30 p.m.
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Charlotte at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.
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Georgia St. at Old Dominion, 7 p.m.
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James Madison at Troy, 7 p.m.
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Liberty at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.
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Queens (NC) at North Florida, 7 p.m.
The Citadel at UNC-Greensboro, 7 p.m.
Towson at NC A&T, 7 p.m.
Wichita St. at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Bellarmine at Austin Peay, 8 p.m.
E. Kentucky at Lipscomb, 8 p.m.
McNeese St. at Nicholls, 8 p.m.
South Alabama at Southern Miss., 8 p.m.
Texas A&M Commerce at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Northwestern St. at SE Louisiana, 8:30 p.m.
E. Illinois at Tennessee St., 9 p.m.
W. Kentucky at Louisiana Tech, 9 p.m.
Rutgers at Michigan St., 6:30 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Wright St., 7 p.m.
Oakland at IUPUI, 7 p.m.
Purdue at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Denver at South Dakota, 8 p.m.
Omaha at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
Oral Roberts at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
Robert Morris at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
UMKC at North Dakota, 8 p.m.
UT Martin at SE Missouri, 8 p.m.
Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Illinois, 8:30 p.m.
Morehead St. at SIU-Edwardsville, 8:30 p.m.
S. Indiana at Lindenwood (Mo.), 9 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston St., 7:30 p.m.
FAU at UTSA, 8 p.m.
Incarnate Word at Houston Christian, 8 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas St., 8 p.m.
Marshall at Texas St., 8 p.m.
Rice at North Texas, 8 p.m.
Texas A&M-CC at Lamar, 8 p.m.
Texas Rio Grande Valley at Texas-Arlington, 8 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at UALR, 8:30 p.m.
FIU at UTEP, 9 p.m.
E. Washington at N. Colorado, 8 p.m.
Idaho at N. Arizona, 8 p.m.
UC Riverside at UC Davis, 8 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, 9 p.m.
New Mexico St. at S. Utah, 9 p.m.
Portland St. at Weber St., 9 p.m.
Sacramento St. at Idaho St., 9 p.m.
San Diego at Portland, 9 p.m.
Southern Cal at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Washington St. at Utah, 9 p.m.
Washington at Colorado, 9 p.m.
CS Northridge at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m.
Cal St.-Fullerton at Long Beach St., 10 p.m.
Hawaii at UC Irvine, 10 p.m.
Tarleton St. at Seattle, 10 p.m.
UC San Diego at Cal Poly, 10 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona St., 10:30 p.m.
BYU at Santa Clara, 11 p.m.
Oregon St. at Stanford, 11 p.m.
Pacific at San Francisco, 11 p.m.
Saint Mary's (Cal.) at Pepperdine, 11 p.m.
CCSU at Wagner, 7 p.m.
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Iona at Manhattan, 7 p.m.
Mount St. Mary's at Siena, 7 p.m.
Niagara at Rider, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m.
St. Francis (NY) at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m.
St. Peter's at Marist, 7 p.m.
Stonehill at LIU, 7 p.m.
Villanova at St. John's, 7 p.m.
Toledo at Buffalo, 8:30 p.m.
VCU at Richmond, 7 p.m.
Ball St. at Kent St., 6:30 p.m.
Boise St. at New Mexico, 11 p.m.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Five people died Saturday in New Zealand after the small charter boat they were aboard capsized, authorities say, in what may have been a collision with a whale. Another six people aboard the boat were rescued.
Police said the 8.5-meter (28-foot) boat overturned near the South Island town of Kaikōura. Police said they were continuing to investigate the cause of the accident.
Kaikōura Police Sergeant Matt Boyce described it as a devastating and unprecedented event.
"Our thoughts are with everyone involved, including the victims and their families, their local communities, and emergency services personnel," Boyce said.
He said police divers had recovered the bodies of all those who had died. He said all six survivors were assessed to be in stable condition at a local health center, with one transferred to a hospital in the city of Christchurch as a precaution.
Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle told The Associated Press that the water was dead calm at the time of the accident and the assumption was that a whale had surfaced from beneath the boat.
He said there were some sperm whales in the area and also some humpback whales traveling through.
He said locals had helped with the rescue efforts throughout the day but the mood in the town was "somber" because the water was so cold and they feared for the outcome of anybody who had fallen overboard.
Mackle said he'd thought in the past about the possibility of a boat and whale colliding, given the number of whales that frequent the region.
"It always plays on your mind that it could happen," he said, adding that he hadn't heard about any previous such accidents.
Mackle said the boat was a charter vessel typically used for fishing excursions. News agency Stuff reported the passengers belonged to a bird enthusiasts' group.
Police said they were still notifying the relatives of those who died, and couldn't yet publicly name the victims.
Vanessa Chapman told Stuff she and a group of friends had watched the rescue efforts unfold from Goose Bay, near Kaikōura. She said that when she arrived at a lookout spot, she could see a person sitting atop an overturned boat waving their arms.
She said two rescue helicopters and a third local helicopter were circling before two divers jumped out. She told Stuff that the person atop the boat was rescued and a second person appeared to have been pulled from the water.
Kaikōura is a popular whale-watching destination. The seafloor drops away precipitously from the coast, making for deep waters close to the shore. A number of businesses offer boat trips or helicopter rides so tourists can see whales, dolphins and other sea creatures up close.
Compliance agency Maritime New Zealand said it sent two investigators to the scene and would be conducting a thorough investigation once recovery operations had concluded.
Principal Investigator Tracy Phillips said the agency "offers its heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the people who have died."
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LIVE: Expert Tips For Tackling The Toughest Thanksgiving Tasks
We're about to come to grips with the biggest mess of all.
It’s probably something you’ve been putting off… and for good reason.
This time of year, between making pies, holiday breads, cakes, stuffing, and of course that great big turkey, your oven is probably getting quite a workout.
And, like most of us after a workout, it’s a bit of a mess.
But this year, cleaning experts in the region are sharing their tips with KVRR on how you can clean it top to bottom.
They shared their professional secrets with us, walking us through all the tools, products, and techniques it takes to turn a disaster zone in the kitchen into a sparkling appliance once more.
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Daily Devotional: Your name is safe
"But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine." — Isaiah 43:1 NRSVUE
“Richard Michael Sanders!”
As a child, when I heard my entire named called out, I knew I was in for it! You know what I mean — But when our name is called other times we may hear love, concern or compassion. Many different emotions can come with the same words, the same name.
A friend once forwarded some thoughts on love. This is what a boy named Billy, age four, said:
“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.”
Our name is safe. When God calls us, when God speaks our name, the representation of who we are, we are safe. Even if God must call our entire name because we have disobeyed, there is ultimate love in God’s voice and we are safe.
Prayer: Lord, thank You for calling me by name — in good times and in hard times, thank You for knowing my name and loving me.
Books of Devotions by Rev. Dr. Michael Sanders can be found locally at Ken’s Village Market in Indian River. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2023/07/21/daily-devotional-your-name-is-safe/70426801007/ | 2023-07-21 12:19:06 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2023/07/21/daily-devotional-your-name-is-safe/70426801007/ |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fear of attacks that had rippled through Muslim communities nationwide after the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque gave way to shock and sadness when it turned out the suspect in the killings is one of their own.
Muhammad Syed, 51, was arrested late Monday after a traffic stop more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from his Albuquerque home. The Afghan immigrant denied any connection to the crimes that shook the city and its small Muslim community.
In court documents, in fact, he told police that he was so unnerved by the slayings that he was driving to Houston to find a new home for his family, which includes six children.
But investigators said they have ample evidence to prove his guilt, though they have yet to uncover the motive for the ambush-style killings, the first of which was in November and then three between July 26 and last Friday.
According to the criminal complaint, police determined that bullet casings found in Syed's vehicle matched the caliber of the weapons believed to have been used in two of the killings and that casings found at the crime scenes were linked to guns found at Syed's home and in his vehicle.
Of the more than 200 tips police received, it was one from the Muslim community that led them to the Syed family, authorities said, noting that Syed knew the victims and "an interpersonal conflict may have led to the shootings."
The news of Syed's arrest stunned Muslims in Albuquerque.
"I wanted a little closure for the community, as we saw it going out of hand and people were really panicking. But, I'll be honest with you, I was shocked," said Samia Assed, a community organizer and member of the Islamic Center of New Mexico. She said she did not want "these heinous crimes to be in any way, in any capacity used to divide a community."
Salim Ansari, president of the Afghan Society of New Mexico, said he felt relief at the news that an arrest had been made. But he was especially taken back because he knew Syed through social gatherings and was dumbfounded to learn the accusations against him and that court documents showed three domestic violence cases against the man.
"We never knew," he said.
Ansari said he first met Syed and the family when he was invited into their home in 2020 to tell them about the local Afghan community and the group that he heads. The couple ended up joining the society as members. As recently as last month, Syed and his family brought food and joined a potluck gathering, Ansari said.
"I don't know what happened," he said.
On Wednesday, Syed made his first court appearance during a virtual arraignment. He was shackled and in a jumpsuit that said "HIGH RISK" on the back. His case was transferred to state District Court, where a judge will consider a motion by prosecutors to keep him detained without bond pending trial.
"He is a very dangerous person, and the only way to protect the community is to hold the defendant in custody," prosecutors said in court documents.
Syed, through an interpreter, asked for permission to speak, but his attorney asked that the court not take any statements from him. He was not asked to enter a plea.
Syed has lived in the United States for about five years. When interviewed by detectives, Syed said he had been with the special forces in Afghanistan and fought against the Taliban, according to a criminal complaint filed late Tuesday.
Police said they were about to search Syed's Albuquerque home on Monday when they saw him drive away in a Volkswagen Jetta that investigators believe was used in at least one of the slayings.
In the complaint, authorities said a 9mm handgun was seized from his vehicle, and they found an AK-47-style rifle and a pistol of the same caliber at the family home while serving a search warrant. Syed bought the rifle and his son Shaheen Syed purchased the pistol at a local gun shop.
On Wednesday, Shaheen Syed was charged by federal prosecutors with providing a false Florida address when he bought two rifles last year. He has denied any role in the killings and has not been charged in connection with them. He and another brother were interviewed by police on Monday.
The first of the four people fatally shot was Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, an immigrant from from Afghanistan. Naeem Hussain, a 25-year-old man from Pakistan, was killed last Friday. His death came just days after those of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41, who were also from Pakistan and members of the same mosque.
Ehsan Chahalmi, the brother-in-law of Naeem Hussain, said he was "a generous, kind, giving, forgiving and loving soul that has been taken away from us forever."
Investigators consider Syed to be the primary suspect in the deaths of Naeem Hussain and Ahmadi but have not yet filed charges in those cases. Albuquerque police said Wednesday that as long as the suspect is detained, homicide detectives will not rush the case.
Police say they are looking at a number of possible motives. When asked at a news conference Tuesday if Muhammad Syed, a Sunni Muslim, was angry that his daughter married a Shiite Muslim, Deputy Police Cmdr. Kyle Hartsock did not respond directly. He said "motives are still being explored fully to understand what they are."
CNN interviewed Syed's daughter shortly before the announcement of his arrest. She said her husband was friends with two of the men who were killed. She also acknowledged her father initially was upset about her 2018 marriage but recently had been more accepting.
"My father is not a person who can kill somebody," the woman told CNN, which did not disclose her identity to protect her safety. "My father has always talked about peace. That's why we are here in the United States. We came from Afghanistan, from fighting, from shooting."
In 2017, a boyfriend of Syed's daughter reported to police that Syed, his wife and one of their sons had pulled him out of a car, punching and kicking him before driving away, according to court documents. The boyfriend, who was found with a bloody nose, scratches and bruises, told police that he was attacked because they did not want her in a relationship with him.
Syed was arrested in May 2018 after a fight with his wife turned violent, court documents said. Prosecutors said both cases were later dismissed after the victims declined to press charges. Syed also was arrested in 2020 after he was accused of refusing to pull over for police after running a traffic light, but that case was eventually dismissed, court documents said.
Former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O'Toole said the crimes Syed is suspected of carrying out fit the definition of a serial killer even though Albuquerque police have not classified him as such. She said serial killers often have red flags like domestic violence or sexual assaults in their past that precede the killings.
"People don't wake up one morning and just become a serial killer," she said. "We would go back and we would look at other crimes that were occurring in the area before the serial murders occurred. Because there's periods of time where they have to practice being violent. And that practice can begin at home."
O'Toole said motives for the four killings may have varied from victim to victim. O'Toole said she would want to know what prompted three killings in quick succession eight months after the first.
"This behavior that we're seeing in this case is cold-blooded, pre-meditated, and it involves hunting behavior – actually hunting human beings – which is probably as cold as it can get," she said.
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Dazio reported from Los Angeles and Fam from Winter Park, Florida. Associated Press writer Robert Jablon in Los Angeles and researchers Rhonda Shafner and Jennifer Farrar in New York contributed to this report.
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MIAMI, Nov. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The product liability lawyers at the Law Offices of Jason Turchin are now pursuing injury claims on behalf of a victim of the recently recalled MIGHTY BLISS Electric Heating Pad. Amazon recently sent a notice to purchasers of the possible heating pad injury concern acknowledging a potential defect. If you were injured by a MIGHTY BLISS Electric Heating Pad, you could qualify for compensation.
According to the recall notice, the manufacturer of the MIGHTY BLISS Electric Heating Pad, Whele LLC, warns users that use of this product may lead to burns, mild shocks, or rashes/irritation. It further advised that it received 286 complaints between July 2021 to September 2022 related to the product overheating, sparking, burning, or presenting other electrical problems. 31 of these complaints reported injuries such as mild shocks, burns, and rashes or irritation.
Many states have product liability laws to protect consumers from defective products. "Our product liability law firm is already handling a case against Mighty Bliss for burns caused by an allegedly defective heating pad," said Product Liability Attorney Jason Turchin. He adds, "When a product hurts someone, the company should take responsibility by removing the product from the market and compensating all purchasers immediately, including any victims injured by the defective product."
Victims injured by a defective product may be entitled to compensation for any medical treatment, scar treatment, and both past and future pain and suffering. Turchin says, "Our product liability attorneys have handled hundreds of product defect cases around the country. One injury is one too many."
The product liability lawyers at the Law Offices of Jason Turchin have handled hundreds of product defect injury claims. Jason Turchin has handled more than 6,500 accident and injury cases throughout the US. He is co-lead counsel in a class action lawsuit filed against Sunbeam Products, and has handled various national product liability claims involving pressure cooker explosion injuries, Takata airbag shrapnel injury claims, One Wheel injury claims, and various other automotive, medical device, pharmaceutical and consumer product liability cases.
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Investigation after apartment fire in Lexington
The fire happened in the 500 block of Hollow Creek Rd.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Lexington Fire Department is investigating a fire at a three-story apartment complex in the 500 block of Hollow Creek Rd. According to the Fire Department, the fire happened Thursday night at around 9:25 p.m.
The Fire Department says when fire crews arrived, the fire was not visible from outside the building, but there was a smell of smoke in the area. Firefighters say they were able to locate a small fire in a third floor apartment unit. The fire was contained to that apartment. According to the Fire Department, no one was injured.
The Fire Department says a person who lives in the apartment where the fire started, and two people from the unit below were displaced due to water damage. Apartment management is providing temporary lodging for them. Fire Investigators are investigating the origin and cause of the fire. | https://www.wtvq.com/investigation-after-apartment-fire-in-lexington/ | 2022-06-17 06:34:09 | 0 | https://www.wtvq.com/investigation-after-apartment-fire-in-lexington/ |
Suspect arrested in connection with Mesa Fry's stabbing
A suspect was taken into custody in connection with a stabbing that occurred at a Fry's supermarket in Mesa last week, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.
Police identified Henry Mcleod, 37, as the suspect after officers saw surveillance video from the store and spoke with the man who was stabbed. Mcleod, a contract employee of the store, admitted to stabbing the man after he felt "disrespected," police said.
After 4 a.m. on Nov. 23, deputies were dispatched to a reported stabbing at a Fry's on South Ellsworth Road in Mesa, according to MCSO. Upon arrival, they discovered a fight had occurred between two adults, resulting in one man who was a store employee being stabbed.
The Sheriff's Office said deputies performed first aid on the man before he was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. Mcleod fled before deputies arrived on scene.
Maricopa County detectives located Mcleod and took him into custody without incident. He faces three counts of aggravated assault. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-breaking/2022/12/01/suspect-arrested-in-connection-with-mesa-frys-stabbing/69690676007/ | 2022-12-01 02:05:58 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-breaking/2022/12/01/suspect-arrested-in-connection-with-mesa-frys-stabbing/69690676007/ |
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon and State Department are set to share with Congress their after-action reports on the 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the White House announced at Thursday's press briefing.
NOTE: The video in the media player is from a previous report.
"As you all know, over these many months departments and agencies key to the withdrawal, conducted thorough, internal after-action reviews, each of them examining their decision-making processes, as well as how those decisions were executed," said White House national security spokesman John Kirby. "Today they are making those reviews available to relevant committees in the Senate and House as previewed by Secretaries [Antony] Blinken and [Lloyd] Austin, in testimony last month."
"We are also making available to all of you and to the public, is a document that provides our perspective on the withdrawal and outlines in broad strokes, some of what we learned, as well as how we are already implementing some of those lessons," Kirby added.
The reports will be provided to lawmakers via a secure portal so members can access them electronically, according to a U.S. official.
The White House will also publicly release a 10-page unclassified summary on the withdrawal, which has long drawn sharp criticism from Republicans.
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