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CLAY COUNTY — Hidden gems and unique destinations can be found in all corners of the Hoosier state.
And the little community of Bowling Green in Clay County is no exception.
About an hour and fifteen minute drive southwest of Indianapolis sits a storefront farm with white siding and light green doors.
A mini Magnolia Market of sorts, but this Hoosier business boasts handmade artwork, signs, and hats. It's a space for inspirational home goods that speak to the soul.
"I just love bright colors and flowers," owner Maria Schopmeyer said. "I like anything old that you can paint up and make into something."
Maria has a knack for taking old things and giving them purpose, finding beauty in a pile of junk.
"Bryce says I'll paint on anything. He says if I see it laying on the edge of the road, that I'll just bring it home and paint it up and make it into something magical," Schopmeyer said.
Maria is a Brazil, Indiana native and met her now-husband, Bryce, when she was just 13 years old at the county fair. The pair were married when she turned 18.
"So typical, country, country kids," Schopmeyer said. The family now lives on Bryce's family farm in Bowling Green. "We gutted his family farmhouse to the studs."
Maria says she dreamed of being a stay-at-home mom and that is exactly what she started doing when her first son was born.
"I loved staying home and that's what I planned to do, was be a stay-at-home mom," Schopmeyer said. "But I was praying like an intentional prayer, that I wanted God to use me, like use the gifts and talents that He had given me to glorify His kingdom."
As Maria prayed for God to open doors for her and her future, she didn't realize that through a playdate with a fellow stay-at-home mom friend, He opened a window.
Maria says she has no formal training in drawing of calligraphy. But one day during a playdate her friend asked if they saved any of the old windows from the farmhouse construction.
And her husband did.
"He had saved the windows to the house and that's what I first started painting on," Schopmeyer said.
She started with some snowmen and says she had no intention to sell the designs, or even decorate with them. It was just a creative outlet that she needed as a stay-at-home mom.
Then one day, she decided just to see if she could sell some on a Facebook yard sale page, and then she brought some to the popular Covered Bridge Festival.
She says she was surprised that people wanted to buy her painted windows and designs.
"My phone kind of blew up overnight and things kind of took off," Schopmeyer said.
At first she planned to work during the year to make creations for the Covered Bridge Festival, but then a trip to Waco, Texas and Magnolia Market inspired her to want to do more.
Maria and Bryce renovated an old farm building on their property to a small storefront called The Farm & Co.
"This is what we've always called our house is 'The Farm' and then 'and Company' because with God's company," Schopmeyer said, who now has a bigger storefront in that space full of hand-drawn designs for sale.
"I love just finding like random things," Schopmeyer said. "If it's a cabinet door, or people will call and be like I have this that I pulled out of my house, or I'm redoing this, do you want it? Can you paint on it ? Can you use it?"
Maria says she gets most of her inspiration for the designs from the Bible and country music.
In addition to the signs and painted items in her store, she also has a hat bar, which is a showstopper for folks stopping by her shop.
"So they can come in. They can look up at all the ones on the wall and then they can come over here. They can pick out a band, they can pick feathers," Schopmeyer said.
She also uses a burning technique to draw designs on the hats. If she is in the store at the time she can even make custom designs for customers with names or favorite quotes.
The Farm & Co. has become so popular, several years ago, Bryce quit his corporate job to help with the store. He does a lot of the work on their laser and CNC machines where Maria draws a design on her iPad, which gets sent to a graphic designer. That person creates a cut path and sends the file to Bryce who can make custom designs cut from wood or metal, which have become very popular with customers.
Maria also says the demand is more than what she can drawn by hand online, so they also started making prints of some of her designs. The staining and framing still happens by hand on the farm, often with some helping hands from her two boys, so the farm is the only place to buy the original designs. The website has a variety of prints you can order.
They also added and event space to one side of the property that can be rented out for events like baby showers, wedding showers and birthday parties.
Events at The Farm & Co. are also a huge draw to the property, with many of their seasonal events bringing in nearly 70 vendors from across the area.
But for Maria, the self-taught artist and stay-at-home mom turned entrepreneur, there is no limit on what The Farm & Co. can become.
"I'm a dreamer," Schopmeyer said.
To learn more about The Farm & Co. you can follow them on Instagram and request to join their private Facebook Group. You can also visit their website https://www.thefarmandcompany.com/
This Spring, the storefront is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 to 4, with their next big event scheduled for Mother's Day weekend. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/finding-beauty-in-the-ordinary-how-one-mom-turned-a-painting-hobby-into-a-destination-in-clay-county | 2023-03-20 12:10:12 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/finding-beauty-in-the-ordinary-how-one-mom-turned-a-painting-hobby-into-a-destination-in-clay-county |
NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Saturday, October 29, 2022
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National Weather Service New York NY
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
NYZ072-301500-
New York (Manhattan)-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming
west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the
morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
NYZ073-301500-
Bronx-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. South
winds around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
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NYZ176-301500-
Northern Queens-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 50. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
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NYZ178-301500-
Southern Queens-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. West
winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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NYZ075-301500-
Kings (Brooklyn)-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 50. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the
morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ074-301500-
Richmond (Staten Island)-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. South
winds around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the
morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ177-301500-
Northern Nassau-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ179-301500-
Southern Nassau-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely in the morning, then a
chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ078-301500-
Northwest Suffolk-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 40s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
NYZ080-301500-
Southwest Suffolk-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds around
5 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely in the morning, then a
chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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NYZ079-301500-
Northeast Suffolk-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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NYZ081-301500-
Southeast Suffolk-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Patchy frost this morning. Sunny. Highs around 60.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely in the morning, then a
chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
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NYZ071-301500-
Southern Westchester-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
.TODAY...Patchy frost this morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower
60s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. South
winds around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. West
winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 70.
$$
NYZ070-301500-
Northern Westchester-
316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Areas of frost this morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower
60s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds around
5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows around 50. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s. South
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.MONDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy in the
morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds,
becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Areas of frost this morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower
60s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows around 40. South winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows around 50. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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316 AM EDT Sun Oct 30 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Areas of frost this morning. Sunny. Highs in the lower
60s. Light and variable winds, becoming south around 5 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. South
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight
chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
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As of Sept. 14, I have served 40 civil papers. I served two evictions: one in north Jasper, the other in east Jasper. I also served two Writs of Possession in east Jasper.
I attended a ceremony held at the Jasper County Courthouse to remember and honor those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
I also attended the CASA “Justice is Served” benefit at Elijah’s Café in Jasper. Thanks to all who participated, and thanks to CASA for the outstanding work they do for our community’s children.
Be happy with the little that you have. There are people with nothing that still manage to smile.
Take care and stay safe. That’s it for this Constable’s Corner. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/jasper/article/Jasper-Constable-serves-40-papers-during-first-17473026.php | 2022-09-30 00:53:45 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/jasper/article/Jasper-Constable-serves-40-papers-during-first-17473026.php |
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Skylar Vann scored a career-high 23 points and Madi Williams scored 19 and No. 16 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 90-86 in overtime Wednesday night.
Oklahoma (23-5, 13-4 Big 12) moved into a first-place tie with Texas.
Taylor Robertson scored 15 points with five 3-pointers, Liz Scott scored 11 and Ana Llanusa 10 for the Sooners.
Serena Sundell scored a career-high 33 points, Jaelyn Glenn 21, Gabby Gregory 16 and Eliza Maupin 14 for Kansas State.
The contest saw Oklahoma squander a 22-point second-quarter lead while committing 26 turnovers overall. Kansas State missed 3 of 4 foul shots in the final six seconds with two-point lead at the end of regulation squandering the chance to win it. The Wildcats were 18 of 30 overall from the line.
The Sooners built a 24-8 lead after the first quarter spurred by a 13-0 run to close the quarter. The Sooners maintained their 16-point advantage up 45-29 at intermission. Kansas State got back in it in the third outscoring Oklahoma 28-13 and took its first lead when Sundell made a 3 59 seconds into the fourth for a 60-58 advantage.
Up 77-75, Kansas State made just 1 of 4 foul shots in the final six seconds. OU's Madi Williams made 1 of 2 from the line before feeding Vann who laid it on off a set inbounds play with 1.4 seconds left to force overtime.
The Wildcats (16-14, 5-12) close the regular season on Saturday when they host No. 12 Texas, which beat Oklahoma in both meetings this season.
Oklahoma ends its conference schedule on Saturday at Oklahoma State.
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8 bodies discovered by police and Canadian Coast Guard in a Mohawk Nation territory near US border
By Mallika Kallingal and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN
Police in Canada said Friday they have recovered eight bodies in Akwesasne, the Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario along the banks of the St. Lawrence River.
Authorities said all of people were attempting to enter the US from Canada illegally and there’s no threat to the public.
Six bodies were initially discovered in waters of Akwesasne during a Canadian Coast Guard air search for a missing person named Casey Oakes on Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service.
The bodies are those of six adults and two children: one under the age of 3 who had a Canadian passport, the other an infant who was also a Canadian citizen, Akwesasne Mohawk Police Chief Shawn Dulude said at a Friday news conference, according to CNN news partner CBC.
They are believed to have been a Romanian family and an Indian family, according to police.
Police and Immigration Canada are also working to contact next of kin, AMP Deputy Chief LeeAnn O’Brien said during the news conference Friday.
Authorities are continuing to search for Oakes but didn’t confirm if the two situations are related, according to a statement.
There have been 48 separate incidents of people trying to cross the border since January, O’Brien added.
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Amber Alert issued for abducted 6-year-old boy in Texas
(Gray News) - The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an Amber Alert for a 6-year-old child who was allegedly abducted.
Authorities say Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez has been missing since March 24 from Wisteria Drive in Everman, Texas.
The 6-year-old Hispanic boy has black hair and brown eyes.
Police are looking for Cindy Rodriguez-Singh in connection to Rodriguez-Alvarez’s abduction, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
Investigators believe Rodriguez-Singh may be driving a gray 2012 Silverado with Texas license plate PLS7091.
The 37-year-old suspect is 5 feet tall, weighs 140 pounds and has black hair with brown eyes. She also has tattoos on her chest.
Police did not initially detail the circumstances that led up to the abduction.
It’s also not known at this time the specific relation between the suspect and 6-year-old boy.
Everman is located on the southern edge of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Aztecs coach vows full cooperation in SDSU probe into football player rape allegation
San Diego State head coach doesn’t answer follow-up questions on the incident, citing ongoing investigations by police and the university.
San Diego State University head football coach Brady Hoke on Wednesday said the team would “cooperate fully” in the investigation into allegations that several players raped a high school girl at an off-campus party last fall.
The coach addressed the investigation — but did not take questions — at the top of a news conference in advance of the team’s fall camp, which opens Friday.
On Monday, SDSU President Adela de la Torre said the school had just launched its own inquiry into the allegations, nine months after being told by San Diego police to hold off in order to avoid interfering with the criminal investigation. The university said the police notified school officials on July 22 that a “vital portion” of the criminal investigation had been completed, allowing SDSU to proceed with its administrative review.
The young woman, who was 17 at the time of the alleged attack, and her father spoke out publicly last week about their frustrations with the school’s lack of action.
Recent revelations about how California State University handled sexual harassment and workplace retaliation complaints have rocked the nation’s largest four-year public university system.
Little has been released about the police investigation, other than confirmation that one was still active.
“SDPD has not yet confirmed names of suspects or any charges to SDSU in the case in which student-athletes are alleged to have been involved,” Hoke said Wednesday.
“We are committed to hold accountable students found to have violated ... university policies.”
Hoke said that the team and its staff will assist the investigation in any way they can, and that their “hearts go out truly to the victim.”
“Being a father myself, joined by others on the staff, we will not tolerate this type of alleged behavior within our football program,” he said.
Hoke closed his comments by saying the criminal investigation and SDSU’s now-active process prevented him from discussing the matter further.
He pivoted to his thoughts on fall camp and then took questions about the upcoming season.
At one point, a reporter returned to the rape allegations with a more general question: “Coming into this year, what steps are you taking to make sure that things like this aren’t happening this year with your players?”
Hoke began to answer but was interrupted by an athletic department media relations official, who reiterated that “as Coach mentioned, he cannot share any details at this time and I direct you to the public website providing information about the off-campus incident and the actions the university continues to take.”
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Tesla has introduced a new round of price cuts, the sixth time it has done so this year.
The new pricing, which comes ahead of the company’s first quarter earnings to be announced later today, is listed on the company’s website and brings the Model 3’s starting price to $41,380, down $2,000 from the previous starting price that was only introduced in early April.
For the Model Y, the starting price is now $48,380, or $3,000 less than before. The Long Range and Performance grades have also seen $3,000 price cuts, with their starting prices coming in at $51,380 and $55,380, respectively.
This follows January price cuts of up to 20% across Tesla’s lineup. Tesla then lowered Model S and Model X prices in March, and again in April, bringing the starting price of the S down to $86,380 and the price of the X down to $96,380.
All figures mentioned include a $1,390 destination charge.
While some of Tesla’s lineup is still eligible for the full $7,500 in federal tax credits, Tesla notes that the Model 3 with rear-wheel drive only qualifies for $3,750 in credits due to new rules introduced on Tuesday that take into account sourcing of critical minerals and battery components.
Tesla delivered 422,875 vehicles in the first quarter of 2023. While that total was 4% higher than the previous quarter and 36% higher year-over-year, it also marked the second quarter in a row in which Tesla produced significantly more vehicles than it delivered to customers.
In February, market analysts predicted an EV price war, but outside of Tesla, prices have mostly held steady. The Ford Mustang Mach-E received a price cut of up to $5,900 in January, and more recently Ford raised prices on the F-150 Lightning pickup truck for a fourth time.
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The Daily Pledge for Friday, May 6th comes from Mrs. Anderson’s class at Johnson Elementary.
Published: Apr. 29, 2022 at 12:02 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Daily Pledge for Friday, May 6th comes from Mrs. Anderson’s class at Johnson Elementary.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Abortion providers in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Friday that challenges several provisions of a state law banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in the dwindling days before the new restrictions take effect.
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Dr. Beverly Gray, a Duke University OB-GYN, are asking a federal judge to block numerous provisions they argue are unclear and unconstitutional, or to place an injunction on the law to prevent it from being enforced.
Though the law may be commonly referred to as a 12-week abortion ban, the plaintiffs argue that it actually includes additional restrictions that many patients are not aware of — hurdles that will “impede health care professionals from providing quality care,” according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.
“Many of these provisions are going to constrain an already very constrained abortion ecosystem in this state,” Planned Parenthood South Atlantic CEO Jenny Black told The Associated Press on Friday. “And so we really thought it was important that we challenged the elements of the law that do that.”
North Carolina has been one of the few remaining Southern states with relatively easy access to abortions in the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to strip away constitutional protections for abortion. With the new restrictions set to take effect July 1, many out-of-state patients who had once viewed North Carolina as a refuge for care will soon have to travel even further up the coast to access abortions later in pregnancy.
The lawsuit comes one month after the Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly fast-tracked the measure through both chambers and overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who called it “an egregious, unacceptable attack on the women of our state.”
He and other abortion-rights supporters have raised concerns about several provisions addressed in the complaint, including one that the plaintiffs argue could prevent providers from performing a medication abortion after 10 weeks of pregnancy, despite another provision stating it’s lawful through 12 weeks.
That is one example of the contradictory and confusing nature of the law, said lead attorney Brigitte Amiri, deputy director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project. “The lack of clarity and vagueness run through,” she said.
Among the named defendants are North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, state Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley and the district attorneys who represent every county in the state where Gray and Planned Parenthood provide abortions.
Kinsley’s office and Stein’s office said they are reviewing the lawsuit. Stein, a Democratic candidate for governor in 2024, is an outspoken abortion-rights supporter but is named in the lawsuit because it’s his job as attorney general to defend state laws in court.
Spokespeople for the Republican legislative leaders, Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore, did not immediately respond Friday to phone messages seeking comment.
In the lead-up to July 1, Black said Planned Parenthood staff members have been coming in early and working through lunch to treat as many patients as possible, while stressing to others that “time is of the essence.”
Republicans had pitched the 47-page measure as a middle-ground change to an existing state law banning nearly all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, without exceptions for rape or incest. The new law adds exceptions, extending the limit through 20 weeks for rape and incest and through 24 weeks for “life-limiting” fetal anomalies, including certain physical or genetic disorders that can be diagnosed prenatally.
But abortion-rights advocates say limits on those exceptions, as well as new hurdles for patients and providers, make the law much more restrictive than the headline-grabbing 12-week limit conveys.
The lawsuit challenges a requirement that sexual assault survivors obtain abortions at a hospital after 12 weeks of pregnancy, rather than at one of the many clinics Planned Parenthood and other providers operate around the state.
Gray, an OB-GYN who provides care in a hospital setting, told the AP there is no procedural or medical difference between the unrestricted care she is able to provide miscarriage patients and the newly restricted care she provides abortion patients.
Similarly, Planned Parenthood clinics will be able to continue treating miscarriage patients after 12 weeks in cases where the fetus has already died but will be prohibited from providing identical care to rape and incest survivors in the context of an abortion.
“It’s the same care, and there’s zero regulations about caring for patients with miscarriages,” Gray said. “This is not about safety. This is about limiting access to abortion.”
Their complaint also seeks clarity on a provision that prohibits providers from advising how a person can access an abortion after 12 weeks, which Amiri said could violate the First Amendment if the court interprets it as preventing providers from helping patients access care in other states where it remains legal.
Amiri also raised concern about what she said was likely “a doozy of a drafting error” related to the state’s existing fetal homicide statute, which considers it homicide to willfully cause the death of an unborn child. That law contains exceptions for lawful abortions, but Amiri said when legislators replaced the abortion law, they removed the statutory reference for those exceptions.
“It leaves open the question of whether lawful abortion could be prosecuted under the fetal homicide statutes,” she said. “And that’s very concerning for everybody.”
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Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. flies out to shallow right field to Lane Thomas. Dansby Swanson flies out to deep center field to Victor Robles. Austin Riley homers to center field. Matt Olson grounds out to shallow right field, Luis Garcia to Joey Meneses.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 1, Nationals 0.
Braves fourth. Austin Riley walks. Matt Olson doubles to deep right field. Austin Riley to third. Travis d'Arnaud singles to right field. Matt Olson to third. Austin Riley scores. Michael Harris II singles to right field. Travis d'Arnaud out at third. Matt Olson scores. William Contreras out on a sacrifice fly to deep center field to Victor Robles. Michael Harris II scores. Eddie Rosario singles to left field. Vaughn Grissom grounds out to shallow infield, Riley Adams to Joey Meneses.
3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Braves 4, Nationals 0.
Nationals fifth. Ildemaro Vargas doubles to left field. CJ Abrams singles to center field. Ildemaro Vargas to third. Riley Adams strikes out swinging. Victor Robles out on a sacrifice fly to center field to Michael Harris II. Ildemaro Vargas scores. Lane Thomas walks. CJ Abrams to second. Alex Call doubles to left field. Lane Thomas to third. CJ Abrams scores. Luis Garcia grounds out to shallow infield, Austin Riley to Matt Olson.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Braves 4, Nationals 2.
Braves seventh. Eddie Rosario homers to right field. Vaughn Grissom hit by pitch. Ronald Acuna Jr. grounds out to third base. Vaughn Grissom out at second. Dansby Swanson walks. Austin Riley flies out to deep right center field to Lane Thomas.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 5, Nationals 2. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Washington-Atlanta-Runs-17453149.php | 2022-09-20 03:28:57 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Washington-Atlanta-Runs-17453149.php |
The airline industry will return to profit next year as pent-up demand for travel sustains bookings even as the global economy tightens, the International Air Transport Association trade group predicted.
Losses this year are likely to total $9.7 billion as air travel begins its recovery from the coronavirus crisis, IATA said Monday in an update at its annual meeting in Doha, an improvement on the $11.6 billion deficit predicted at the previous gathering last October.
“Industry-wide profit should be on the horizon in 2023,” IATA Director General Willie Walsh told the gathering of airline chiefs. “We are rebounding. By next year, most markets should see traffic reach or exceed pre-pandemic levels.”
Walsh said that while “there is no way to sugar coat the bitter economic and political realities,” of worldwide inflation, “the desire to travel and the necessity of moving goods are both solid.”
The return to profit is already underway in North America, with airlines there now expected to post a collective net income of $8.8 billion this year. While all other regions will still make a loss, passenger numbers worldwide are forecast to reach 83% of pre-pandemic levels.
Customers can expect to see higher fares as a consequence of surging fuel prices, especially outside the U.S., where a lack of hedging led to an immediate hike, Walsh cautioned. On the positive side, higher jet fuel prices could encourage the switch to sustainable aviation fuel, with the price differential between the two now much narrower, he said. | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/20/airline-industry-predicts-profit-in-2023-defying-slowdown/ | 2022-06-20 22:52:20 | 1 | https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/20/airline-industry-predicts-profit-in-2023-defying-slowdown/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested Tuesday that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report for claiming he was assaulted by a heckler who clapped him on the back Sunday at a Staten Island grocery store.
“Someone needs to remind former Mayor Giuliani that falsely reporting a crime is a crime," Adams told reporters, saying he'd watched security video that undercut Giuliani’s harrowing account.
Giuliani, 78, described being hit so hard it felt like being shot with a gun.
The heckler, who police said cried out “What’s up scumbag?” as he walked away from Giuliani, was arrested and spent more than 24 hours in jail before his arraignment Monday on misdemeanor charges including third-degree assault.
Adams said he thinks Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon “has the wrong person that he’s investigating.
“When you look at the video, the guy basically walked by and patted him on the back,” Adams said. “It was clear that he was not punched in the head. It was clear that it didn’t feel like a bullet. It was clear that he wasn’t about to fall to the ground.”
Adams and McMahon are Democrats.
Giuliani, a Republican, served as mayor from 1994 to 2001, gaining widespread praise for his leadership after 9/11. Now suspended from practicing law, he served as the personal lawyer for former President Donald Trump and took on a leading role in disputing the results of Trump’s 2020 election loss.
Sunday’s supermarket incident happened as Giuliani was campaigning for his son, Andrew, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor in Tuesday’s primary.
McMahon’s office declined comment on Adams' calls for an investigation into Giuliani. A message seeking comment was left with the New York City police department, where Adams once served as a captain.
Giuliani gave a profanity laced response when asked about Adams’ comments by the New York Post. He called the mayor a "scumbag.”
The heckler was released without bail Monday. He is due back in court Aug. 17. Court records indicate he is now represented by a private lawyer, who did not respond to a message seeking comment Tuesday. A public defender group that represented him at his arraignment decried the man’s arrest.
Giuliani was standing with a group of people when a man walking past reached out, touched his back with an open palm and then said something as he walked away.
Giuliani said the man accused him of being “a woman killer,” which he took to be a reference to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
In security video, Giuliani barely reacts when his back was touched, but speaking to fellow Republican radio host Curtis Sliwa on WABC, he said it felt “like somebody shot me.” Later, in a news conference on Facebook, he said it was “as if a boulder hit me.” | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NYC-mayor-Investigate-Giuliani-for-false-slap-17272750.php | 2022-06-29 01:09:10 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NYC-mayor-Investigate-Giuliani-for-false-slap-17272750.php |
Ford’s Garage, whose website blurb claims is “your neighborhood burger and beer joint, where everyone is welcome,” started out in Fort Myers, Florida, in 2012 and arrived in Plano this June.
This is another in a long line of cutesy-themed restaurants, this one decked out to resemble a service station from the early part of the 20th century, complete with fuel pumps, air hoses and other Ford memorabilia including vintage signs, fixtures and even a Model T suspended over the bar. The theme is extended into the service settings as well: The napkins are blue shop towels and some of the serving plates resemble hubcaps. The servers even wear mechanic’s jumpsuits. Remember the old Filling Station on Lower Greenville back in the day? Like that.
"All well and good," you say, "but how is the food?"
Well, their main focus is hamburgers and craft beer. The beer selection is OK, including about 25 brews, about half of which are from craft breweries both near and far across the country.
The hamburger selection is fine but doesn’t offer anything out of the ordinary. We decided to go with one of our usual go-tos, a mushroom Swiss burger.
A brioche bun would have been preferred as a pretzel bun can often be too dense and make for difficult burger eating, but the bun turned out to be light enough. The burger was tasty, but pedestrian. It's hard to make a truly bad burger, and good burgers are ubiquitous around here. This is just another option. An average option, but an option.
Our second sandwich was a smoked brisket burnt ends melt, which is prepared with burnt ends caramelized in a bourbon barbecue sauce with sharp cheddar and bacon jam on toast. This was also ... OK. It tasted fine but did not resemble what one comes to expect from brisket burnt ends and instead was more akin to a chopped beef sandwich. Again, it wasn’t bad but also wasn’t particularly noteworthy. The tater tots that came along with it, however, were good and nicely seasoned.
Who doesn’t like a good hot pretzel? This was our side selection, called Edsel’s Hot Pretzels on the menu. An odd name choice considering the flop that was the Edsel, but this was actually very well made. It came as four soft and salty large fingerling-sized pretzels and two dipping sauces, one a honey mustard, the other a beer cheese.
We paid our bill and headed out, but not after first being asked to take a picture of two older gentlemen who wanted to pose in front of the cars and pumps at the entrance, because at the end of the day, the décor is the highlight here.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Metro police are investigating after one person was injured in a shooting on the near northwest side late Friday.
IMPD Maj. Mike Leepper told 13News calls reporting the sound of gunfire came in just after 10 p.m. in the 1300 block of West 32nd Street.
When officers arrived, they found an adult male down on the ground with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital in extremely critical condition.
It's not clear if police have identified a suspect or motive in the case.
If you have information that could help, contact Central Indiana Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.
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Daboll’s Giants rally from 13 down to beat Titans 21-20
By TERESA M. WALKER
AP Pro Football Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daniel Jones hit Chris Myarick for a 1-yard touchdown pass, then found Saquon Barkley on a shovel pass for the 2-point conversion with 1:06 left, giving the New York Giants a 21-20 win over the Tennessee Titans. New Giants coach Brian Daboll didn’t hesitate to go for 2 and the win in his first game as an NFL head coach. New York snapped its skid of five straight losses in season openers. The Titans had a chance to win as time expired. But Randy Bullock pushed a 47-yard field goal wide left. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/11/dabolls-giants-rally-from-13-down-to-beat-titans-21-20/ | 2022-09-12 01:02:52 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/11/dabolls-giants-rally-from-13-down-to-beat-titans-21-20/ |
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The world’s whitest paint, developed by Purdue researchers and recognized in Guinness World Records, has been named winner of the 2023 Innovation Award in the sustainability category by South by Southwest Conference & Festivals.
The award “recognizes the most exciting creative developments in the connected world” and was presented to Purdue on Monday at the 25th annual SXSW Innovation Awards Ceremony in Austin, Texas, officials announced in a news release Tuesday. Purdue was chosen in the sustainability category from among four finalists that included Purdue; Indianapolis-based Atarraya: Sustainable Shrimp-Farming Tech; The Trees of the Future, based in Hayward, California; and Chicago-based Natures Fynd: Fy Protein.
The paint, developed by Purdue professor of mechanical engineering Xiulin Ruan, is fighting global warming by keeping surfaces cool enough to reduce the need for internal air conditioning. SXSW is the latest to recognize the innovation, which was previously featured on "PBS NewsHour" and "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
Earlier this month, the paint was named winner of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair.
In 2022, Ruan and his team innovated further by developing a new formulation of his groundbreaking paint that is now thinner and lighter, ideal for radiating heat away from cars, trains, airplanes and even spacecraft.
According to Ruan and his team’s models, covering 1% of the Earth’s surface in their technology could mitigate the total effects of global warming, a fact encouraging them to continue pursuing formulas suitable for surfaces like asphalt and roads.
Typical commercial white paint gets warmer rather than cooler when subjected to sunlight or other light sources. Paints on the market that are designed to reject heat reflect only 80% to 90% of sunlight and can’t make surfaces cooler than their surroundings. In comparison, researchers say the world’s whitest paint reflects 98.1% of solar heat away from its surface.
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A 14-year-old Florida boy was shot and killed when someone opened fire into a crowd of kids at a indoor park.
Police responded to the Dezerland Action Park in Orlando on Saturday night, in response to a group of minors loitering in a parking lot, the Orlando Police Department said. As the crowd began to disperse, someone began shooting.
Three teens were injured in the shooting and taken to a hospital.
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The boy killed was identified as Trevon Robinson, police said.
Another boy, also 14, remains hospitalized in critical, but stable condition, while a third has been released from the hospital.
No suspects have been identified.
"This remains a very active investigation and our homicide detectives continue to follow-up on all leads," Orlando police said in a news release. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/florida-14-year-old-shot-and-killed-when-someone-opens-fire-into-crowd-of-juveniles/article_bae3998a-215a-54c7-82aa-e7e2b7a599c3.html | 2023-05-02 01:31:55 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/florida-14-year-old-shot-and-killed-when-someone-opens-fire-into-crowd-of-juveniles/article_bae3998a-215a-54c7-82aa-e7e2b7a599c3.html |
By JAY COHEN
AP Baseball Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Justin Verlander agreed to an $86.7 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets on Monday, reuniting the AL Cy Young Award winner with Max Scherzer and giving the team a high-profile replacement for Jacob deGrom.
The contract is worth $43,333,333 per season and includes a vesting player option for 2025 at $35 million, according to a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke to The Associated Press on Monday on condition of anonymity because there was no immediate announcement.
Verlander leaves World Series champion Houston to step in for deGrom, who left New York after nine seasons when he agreed to a $185 million, five-year contract with Texas last week. It also puts Verlander on the same team as Scherzer after they played together with the Detroit Tigers from 2010-14.
Depending on the final details, it appears Verlander’s deal matches Scherzer’s for baseball’s record for highest average annual salary. Scherzer finalized a $130 million, three-year deal with New York a year ago.
Verlander’s storied career was in question after he had Tommy John surgery in 2020. But he made an impressive return this season, becoming the 11th player to win the Cy Young Award at least three times.
The 39-year-old Verlander went 18-4 with a major league-low 1.75 ERA in 28 starts for the Astros. The right-hander also got his first career World Series win in Game 5 as Houston beat Philadelphia in six games.
Verlander declined a $25 million option five days after helping the Astros to the franchise’s second championship, making him a free agent.
The nine-time All-Star broke into the majors with Detroit in 2005 and stayed with the Tigers until he was traded to the Astros in August 2017. He won his first Cy Young Award in 2011 and also took home AL MVP honors after going 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA in 34 starts.
Verlander agreed to a $66 million contract with Houston covering 2020 and 2021, then hurt his elbow. After pitching one game over the previous two seasons, Verlander became a free agent and re-signed with the Astros for a $25 million, one-year deal that included the option.
Verlander is 244-133 with a 3.24 ERA and 3,198 strikeouts in 17 seasons. He also won the 2019 AL Cy Young Award, going 21-6 with a 2.58 ERA in 34 starts.
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“A handful” of the colorful but destructive insects have been identified just inside Guilford County near Interstate 40, said Amy Michael, a pest survey coordinator with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
After a brutally hot summer, our recent slightly cooler temperatures have some people looking forward to even cooler weather the coming fall and winter seasons will bring. But just how cold will it get in North Carolina this winter? Can we expect a snowy winter wonderland, or will we be bringing out the flip flops in January? To get some possible answers to those questions, we consulted the ...
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OREM, Utah, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SecurityMetrics is proud to announce that they have won the following awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry's leading electronic information security magazine:
- "Most Innovative Cybersecurity Book" for the SecurityMetrics Guide to PCI DSS Compliance.
- "Editor's Choice Penetration Testing" for their penetration testing team.
- "Top Women in Cybersecurity" awarded to Jen Stone.
"SecurityMetrics embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow's threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution, and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach" said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.
SecurityMetrics is thrilled to earn these awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (http://www.cyberdefenseawards.com/) because they demonstrate their commitment to helping organizations see the threats they've been missing and providing exceptional support and services to businesses worldwide.
"Most Innovative Cybersecurity Book" for the SecurityMetrics Guide to PCI DSS compliance.
Audit Director, Matt Halbleib (CISSP, CISA, QSA), said of the seventh edition of the SecurityMetrics PCI guide: "Our guide was specifically created to help merchants and service providers address the most problematic issues within the 12 PCI DSS requirements, including auditors' best practices and IT checklists."
You can access the SecurityMetrics free guide to PCI Compliance here.
"Editor's Choice Penetration Testing" for their penetration testing team.
SecurityMetrics penetration testers use ethical hacking methodologies to identify vulnerabilities and minimize risk, protecting organizations against the most current threats.
Knowing the root cause of vulnerabilities is the first step to addressing network issues. SecurityMetrics Pen Test Analysts offer advice tailored to the company's needs to remediate and maintain a secure network going forward.
"SecurityMetrics' Pen Testing has definitely helped us improve our network security in ways I could have never imagined. You just don't know what you don't know. I am absolutely confident in their team's abilities and my experience has led me to trust them implicitly as a security partner. Their depth of understanding is impressive, and their professionalism is unmatched." Morgan Leppink, Internet Ticketing Systems
"Top Women in Cybersecurity" awarded to Jen Stone.
In addition to her many professional certifications and extensive experience in cybersecurity, Jen Stone is an award-winning podcast host for the SecurityMetrics podcast and has authored dozens of blog posts for the SecurityMetrics blog.
Jen serves as a "Women in Technology" Mentor for SecurityMetrics. She leads group meetings and provides one-on-one mentorships with women who want to pursue careers in security. Jen says this is an important mission, because "only 14-18% of the IT security workforce are women, and we lose something when people with different perspectives are not involved in solving problems."
Jen is an avid supporter of the arts, volunteering her time in technical production for live events, including the largest aerial arts competition in the US and an award-winning haunted house in Salt Lake City, Utah.
For press inquiries, email pr@securitymetrics.com.
SecurityMetrics secures peace of mind for organizations that handle sensitive data. They have tested over 1 million systems for data security and compliance. They understand the importance of industry standards, which is why they hold their tools, training, and support to a higher, more thorough standard of performance and service, so you never have a false sense of security.
As an Approved Scanning Vendor, Qualified Security Assessor, Certified Forensic Investigator, and Managed Security provider SecurityMetrics guides organizations through data security testing and compliance mandates (PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, HITRUST). With over 20 years of forensic investigations, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and compliance audits, SecurityMetrics has tested over 1 million systems for vulnerabilities. The privately held company is headquartered in Orem, Utah where it maintains a Security Operations Center (SOC) and 24/7 multilingual technical support.
This is Cyber Defense Magazine's tenth year of honoring InfoSec innovators from around the Globe. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage, or public companies in the INFORMATION SECURITY (INFOSEC) space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their product or service. Learn more at www.cyberdefenseawards.com
Cyber Defense Magazine is the premier source of cyber security news and information for InfoSec professions in business and government. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and special editions exclusively for the RSA Conferences. CDM is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group. Learn more about us at https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com and visit https://www.cyberdefensetv.com and https://www.cyberdefenseradio.com to see and hear some of the most informative interviews of many of these winning company executives. Join a webinar at https://www.cyberdefensewebinars.com and realize that infosec knowledge is Power.
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New Smucker's® Uncrustables® Meat and Cheese Bites are a delicious option that can go straight from the freezer to the lunchbox
ORRVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) today announced that lunch just got a little easier with the release of new product offerings from its popular Smucker's® Uncrustables® brand! New Smucker's Uncrustables Meat and Cheese Bites are a delicious option that can go straight from the freezer to the lunchbox and be ready for kids to enjoy, helping busy parents.
Whether they are packed in a school lunchbox or enjoyed as a quick, convenient snack no matter where you are, Smucker's Uncrustables are the no-mess, no-prep handheld sandwich that can satisfy the whole family. Known primarily as a frozen PB&J sandwich, the latest product offerings are frozen bites filled with quality meat and cheese and delicious soft bread people love to bite into.
"Smucker's Uncrustables have become a fan favorite," said Chris Achenbach, Director of Brand Strategy, The J.M. Smucker Co. "Kids and parents love the fun flavors that began with PB&J. To offer an even wider variety, we have now added tasty, wholesome meat & cheese bites that are perfect for the lunchbox."
New Smucker's Uncrustables Meat and Cheese Bites come in two varieties including Uncured Ham and Cheddar as well as delicious Turkey & Colby Jack. From freezer to lunchbox, they are ready to eat by lunch! Each product pack will be available at national retail locations beginning in early October.
"In addition to our focus on continued innovation, we remain committed to enhancing our production capacity to meet the incredible demand – including completing the recent expansion of our Longmont, Colorado facility and kicking off construction for the new facility we will be launching in McCalla, Alabama," said Achenbach. "This continued focus on delivering for consumers has always been a key value for the brand and it will be essential to realizing our goal of Smucker's Uncrustables delivering $1 billion in annual sales over the next five years."
For more information on new Smucker's Uncrustables Meat and Cheese Bites and to find them near you, be sure to visit www.smuckersuncrustables.com and follow the brand on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
About The J.M. Smucker Co.
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a diverse portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets and is found in more than 80 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® Milk-Bone® & Meow Mix® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker's® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer preferences and acting responsibly, we will continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on society. For more information, please visit jmsmucker.com.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson will start at quarterback for the New York Jets on Sunday against the Detroit Lions after Mike White was not cleared by doctors to play.
White is dealing with a rib injury that twice knocked him out of the Jets' 20-12 loss at Buffalo last Sunday. He finished the game, but was examined at a hospital afterward.
White was cleared to practice and said throughout the week he had no doubt he would start Sunday, but team doctors wouldn't clear him for contact. Saleh said White sought other outside medical opinions to see if he could get cleared for contact, but he did not get that clearance.
“We've got to protect the player from the player,” Saleh said.
Saleh said the Jets will re-evaluate White's injury Monday, but acknowledged it will be a short turnaround with New York hosting Jacksonville next Thursday night.
Wilson, the No. 2 overall pick last year, was benched last month to focus on improving his mental approach and mechanics. The Jets elevated him earlier this week from No. 3 behind White and Joe Flacco to No. 2.
Instead, Wilson will now be the starter with the Jets (7-6) trying to keep pace in the AFC playoff hunt.
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Astellas Announces Change of President and CEO and Management Structure
Published: Feb. 5, 2023 at 9:35 PM EST|Updated: 3 hours ago
TOKYO, Feb. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas") today announced that at a meeting of its Board of Directors, held today, approved changes of its Representative Director, President and CEO and its management structure.
1．Change of President and CEO
Reason for Change
Astellas has been working on its Corporate Strategic Plan 2018 and Corporate Strategic Plan 2021 ("CSP2021") since fiscal year 2018, when Kenji Yasukawa was appointed as President and CEO, to realize its VISION "On the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients". During this time, Astellas overcame the patent cliff associated with the expiration of products exclusivity that had supported its growth in the past, and revenue has turned upward trend after bottoming out in fiscal year 2020. In addition, Astellas moved away from its past business model of creating products with a focus on specific disease areas and promoted a shift to the Focus Area approach of determining R&D areas from a multifaceted perspective, and is also making progress in developing new drug candidates that will drive future revenues.
Fiscal year 2023 is the right time to go on the aggressive to further accelerate growth, and Naoki Okamura will take over as new President and CEO. Astellas decided it is best for it to consider and implement strategies for achieving CSP2021, which ends in fiscal year 2025 and long-term growth beyond that under the new leadership. The environment surrounding the company is changing rapidly, such as increasing geopolitical risks and changes in the finances and markets of each country due to the COVID-19 crisis, but the new top management has the ability to flexible in response to such changes.
Changes of Representative Directors
Effective date of change
April 1, 2023
2. Top Management (Effective April 1, 2023)
Claus Zieler will be appointed as CCO. He joined Astellas Group in 2019 as President, International Markets Commercial with experience in the commercial area at Schering and Bayer. He was appointed as President, Established Markets Commercial in January 2022. Together with Yukio Matsui, the current CCO, he has been implementing several imperative changes with his strong driving force and patient centric mindset.
Adam Pearson will be appointed as CStO. Since joining Astellas Group (former Yamanouchi Group) in 2004 after working at Boston Consulting Group, He has held various positions including Regional Senior Vice President, North Europe, Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd. and General Manager, United Kingdom, Astellas Pharma Ltd., and since 2020 has been Division Head of Corporate Strategy, leading the development and promotion of CSP2021.
*Yukio Matsui, the current CCO, will retire on March 31, 2023.
3. Change of Corporate Executive (Tantou-Yakuin) (Effective April 1, 2023)
*Yukio Matsui, the current Senior Corporate Executive (Senmu Tantou-Yakuin), will retire on March 31, 2023.
About Astellas
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx+® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.
Cautionary Notes
In this press release, statements made with respect to current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Astellas. These statements are based on management's current assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in general economic conditions and in laws and regulations, relating to pharmaceutical markets, (ii) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (iii) delays in new product launches, (iv) the inability of Astellas to market existing and new products effectively, (v) the inability of Astellas to continue to effectively research and develop products accepted by customers in highly competitive markets, and (vi) infringements of Astellas' intellectual property rights by third parties.
Information about pharmaceutical products (including products currently in development) which is included in this press release is not intended to constitute an advertisement or medical advice.
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2. Seattle, Davidson 21 (Schaefer) 14:16 (pp).
3. Brandon, Anderson 9 (Ritchie, Hyland) 19:43.
Penalties — Ritchie Bdn (slashing) 6:46; Schaefer Sea (holding) 10:16; Schaefer Sea, Wilson Bdn (roughing) 10:16; Brandon bench (too many men, served by Groening) 13:59; Roersma Bdn (interference) 14:06; Hanzel Sea (tripping) 20:00.
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4. Brandon, Roersma 10 (Ritchie, Mantei) 18:55 (en).
5. Seattle, Allan 6 (Crnkovic, Korchinski) 19:13.
6. Brandon, Danielson 21 (unassisted) 19:57 (en).
Penalties — Allan Sea (hooking) 0:11; Schaefer Sea (boarding) 8:29; Korchinski Sea (roughing) 19:57.
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Goal — Seattle: Ratzlaff (L, ). Brandon: Bjarnason (W, ).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Seattle: 1-5; Brandon: 0-6.
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Referees — Bryce Sebastian, Bob Millette. Linesmen — Andrew Paul, Logan Young.
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Giants drop chance to clinch playoff spot in loss to Vikings
By BRIAN HALL
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Daniel Bellinger’s fumble in Minnesota territory short-circuited one New York Giants drive and the ball kept slipping out of players’ hands in a 27-24 loss to the Vikings. Greg Joseph’s 61-yard field goal as time expired kept New York from clinching a playoff spot after Seattle and Detroit had lost on Saturday. Among the mistakes were dropped passes, a blocked punt, penalties and an interception thrown by quarterback Daniel Jones. New York will have a chance to clinch a playoff spot at home next week against Indianapolis. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/24/giants-drop-chance-to-clinch-playoff-spot-in-loss-to-vikings/ | 2022-12-25 02:42:14 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/24/giants-drop-chance-to-clinch-playoff-spot-in-loss-to-vikings/ |
OROVILLE — Oroville families gathered Saturday at the Southside Oroville Community Center eating food and grabbing gifts for children during the annual Oroville Rescue Mission Community Christmas Dinner.
This year, the mission was able to host a sit-down style dinner after COVID restrictions led the organization to do drive-through dinners, said Allan Dikes, CEO of the Oroville Rescue Mission.
“For me personally it’s a chance to give back to the community. I get to see volunteers who come back every year; this is part of their holiday festivities,” Dikes said.
Prepared for up to 1,000 people, the Oroville Rescue Mission lined up a Christmas Dinner, bottles of cider and a line for children to see Santa Claus and receive age appropriate gifts.
“I love doing this. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, it really is,” said Annie Terry, an organizer with Oroville Rescue Mission. “It’s one thing to get your picture taken at Walmart, but it’s another thing to get a gift from Santa Claus. It’s just a sweet thing for the kids.”
Dikes said the Oroville Rescue Mission has been hosting dinners for more than 30 years. This year, volunteers from local 4-H clubs and the Las Plumas Thunderbirds high school football team.
Food, toys and gifts were donated by local food banks and about 80 brand new coats were donated by RCBS Precision Reloading and the South Feather Water & Power.
Palermo 4-H members Tyler Anslie, Maddie Reiselt and Brooke Dikes began working this year with Oroville Rescue Mission in many of their projects including a canned food drive, food box giveaways and a toy drive.
“We’re essentially trying to make any community difference we can,” Anslie said. “We started to share our ideas and people from other clubs wanted to join and help our endeavor.”
Anslie said other 4-H clubs in Butte County are joining their endeavor on community service.
Emily Clifton is a guest at Oroville Rescue Mission and watched children receive presents from Santa.
“We live at the rescue mission and it was great. We had a lot of fun and we helped wrap some of the presents,” Clifton said. “It’s wonderful and I’m having a really good time.” | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/12/25/community-dinner-served-for-oroville-families/ | 2022-12-25 13:59:35 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/12/25/community-dinner-served-for-oroville-families/ |
The Credit Card Competition Act would allow business owners to choose the networks to process payments
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Many consumers don't realize that each time they swipe their credit card, to pay for a good or service, the business owner has to pay an additional percentage of the total bill to route the transaction. Unfortunately, due to a duopoly in the credit card processing system, the fees have been spiraling out of control, harming business owners across the nation who have no choice but to pay.
The bipartisan and bicameral Credit Card Competition Act of 2023, introduced today by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Reps. Lance Gooden (R-TX) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) would inject competition into this process by prohibiting card issuers from forcing restaurants to use the issuer's processing network. This change would drive down processing costs for both operators and diners alike, saving U.S. businesses and consumers an estimated $11 billion a year.
"Swipe fees are one of the most expensive costs restaurant operators have to manage – behind food and labor costs – and being able to accept credit cards is essential to running a restaurant," said Sean Kennedy, executive vice president of Public Affairs for the National Restaurant Association. "The Credit Card Competition Act would empower restaurant owners to choose the most cost effective and secure network to route a credit card transaction. The impact of this would be significant – saving restaurant operators and consumers billions of dollars a year."
The two dominant credit card companies account for over 80% of all credit card transactions in the U.S. and those transactions can only be processed on their network. This means that restaurants that want to accept these credit cards do not have a choice but to pay the processing fee set by these companies. The lack of competition means these two companies can effectively price-fix how much it costs restaurants to run a credit card. In the past decade the cost of these fees has more than doubled – unchecked by market competition. The Credit Card Competition Act would:
- Require that credit cards issued by the nation's largest banks – those with over $100 billion in assets – are able to be routed through at least two unaffiliated networks.
- Require that those banks offer a non-dominant network choice, creating competition and allowing smaller companies to compete in the credit card processing marketplace. This "dual routing" requirement already exists for debit cards and has saved businesses and consumers an estimated $9 billion a year over the last decade.
- The bill also strengthens national security by blocking networks that are "owned, operated, or sponsored by a foreign state entity," like China Union Pay, from entering the U.S. credit card market.
Learn more about the Credit Card Competition Act and its impact on restaurant operator costs here. Or, listen to our latest Order Up podcast for a discussion about what restaurant operators should know the bill.
About the National Restaurant Association
Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which comprises nearly 1 million restaurant and foodservice outlets and a workforce of 15 million employees. Together with 52 State Associations, we are a network of professional organizations dedicated to serving every restaurant through advocacy, education, and food safety. We sponsor the industry's largest trade show (National Restaurant Association Show); leading food safety training and certification program (ServSafe); and unique career-building high school program (the NRAEF's ProStart). For more information, visit Restaurant.org and find @WeRRestaurants on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
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AP source: Dolphins hire Vic Fangio as defensive coordinator
The Miami Dolphins have reached a deal with former Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio to become their defensive coordinator, a person familiar with the hire told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The person spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized.
Fangio, who had been one of the most sought-after defensive coordinator candidates this offseason, was Denver’s head coach from 2019-21, going 19-30.
The Dolphins fired defensive coordinator Josh Boyer after three seasons with the team.
Miami finished the season ranked 18th in total defense, 27th in passing defense and tied for 24th on third downs as the team dealt with various injuries.
The 64-year-old Fangio, a respected defensive mind, figures to mesh well with Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel and the talent Miami has on defense.
Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins had a career year, totaling 98 tackles. Linebacker Jaelan Phillips and rookie cornerback Kader Kohou both had standout seasons.
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MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (NEXSTAR) – A Hawaii man has pleaded guilty to disturbing a bison calf Yellowstone National Park rangers were later forced to kill earlier this month, the park announced Wednesday.
The man, identified as Clifford Walters, was seen approaching the calf, which had been separated from its mother when the herd crossed the Lamar River, on Saturday, May 20. He then allegedly pushed the calf away from the river and onto a nearby roadway.
According to Yellowstone visitors, the calf then walked up to and followed cars and people.
Park rangers tried “repeatedly” to reunite the bison calf with its herd but “these efforts failed,” Yellowstone officials said earlier this month.
“The calf was later killed by park staff because it was abandoned by the herd and causing a hazardous situation by approaching cars and people along the roadway,” authorities wrote in a news release.
Walters pleaded guilty to one count of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife before a U.S. magistrate judge on Wednesday. According to park officials, Walters has been charged a $500 fine, a $500 Community Service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Wildlife Protection Fund, a $30 special assessment, and a $10 processing fee.
Authorities noted that there was no indication that Walters acted maliciously.
Still, park regulations require visitors to remain at least 25 yards from all wildlife and at least 100 yards from bears and wolves. Violating those regulations could result in fines, or more seriously, injury and death.
Last year, a 25-year-old woman was tossed 10 feet into the air by a bison she approached while walking near Old Faithful. Less than two months later, a 71-year-old woman was gored by a bison she and her daughter “inadvertently approached” in Yellowstone. Two days earlier, a man was gored by a bison after it charged him and his family. Both individuals survived but suffered injuries. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/man-pleads-guilty-to-disturbing-yellowstone-bison-calf-that-later-had-to-be-killed-by-rangers/ | 2023-05-31 23:32:12 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/man-pleads-guilty-to-disturbing-yellowstone-bison-calf-that-later-had-to-be-killed-by-rangers/ |
BEIJING, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry is now about to step into a burgeoning period after going through the initial and growth phases, said experts at the Sino-German Forum on Development of NEV Industry on Wednesday.
They, together with scholars and entrepreneurs attending the forum held in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, believed that China expedited the NEV industry development with emerging new technologies, new products and new services.
Hildegard Müller, president of Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) or German Association of the Automotive Industry called on automobile industry to accelerate development of electric vehicles (EVs), improve performance of EV batteries and further widen coverage of charging sets to facilitate realization of the carbon neutrality goals of China and Germany.
In future, China's NEV industry is expected to present new trends of three aspects including low-carbon, high-end and smart power batteries, rapid iteration of electric chassis platforms and innovative development of energy infrastructure such as charging system and vehicle to grid, said Ouyang Minggao, academician with Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Currently, the development of NEV market in China has shifted from the policy-driven stage to a market-driven stage. In 2022, China's NEV sales are likely to increase about 56 percent year on year to top 5.5 million ones, forecast Shi Jianhua, deputy secretary general with China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
In Anhui Province, one of the important NEV industry bases in China, detailed and pragmatic measures have been mapped out to boost local NEV industry from multiple aspects including supporting NEV and intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) development so as to craft world class NEV and ICV industrial clusters, according to Wang Yi, secondary inspector with the province's reform and development commission.
Gabardi, CEO with Volkswagen Anhui, noted that the company's first model will go into production in October as a pre-production car and mass production will begin in 2023.
The forum is mainly organized by Anhui Provincial People's Government. During the forum, China Economic Information Service and CAAM jointly released a report on high quality development of China's NEV industry to depict the concrete industry situations from related policies, businesses development, application, supportive resources and development of ICVs.
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DENVER, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of the Fourth of July, Pet Releaf is sharing expert tips, resources, and CBD products to help keep pets calm and safe during fireworks. While the holiday weekend is the highlight of summer for many families, it also comes with a not-so-fun statistic: thousands of pets will go missing across the U.S. between July 4-6 this year.
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REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A series of stabbings at an Indigenous community and at another town nearby in Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said Sunday as they searched across the expansive province for two suspects.
The stabbings took place in multiple locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, police said.
Rhonda Blackmore, the Assistant Commissioner of the RCMP in Saskatchewan, said some of the victims appear to have been targeted by the suspects but others appear to have been attacked at random. She couldn’t provide a motive.
“It is horrific what has occurred in our province today,” Blackmore said, adding there were 13 crime scenes where either deceased or injured people were found.
It is among the deadliest mass killings in Canadian history. The deadliest gun rampage in Canadian history happened in 2020 when a man disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires across the province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people. A man used a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto in 2019. But mass killings are less common in Canada than in the United States.
Blackmore said police began receiving reports before 6 a.m. of stabbings on the First Nation community. More reports of attacks quickly followed and by midday police issued a warning that a vehicle reportedly carrying the two suspects had been spotted in Regina, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) south of the communities where the stabbings occurred.
Police said the last information they had from the public was that the suspects were sighted there around lunchtime. There have been no sightings since.
Regina Police Evan Bray said late Sunday they still believe the suspects are in the city of Regina and urged residents to follow alerts and provide information if they have.
“If in the Regina area, take precautions & consider sheltering in place. Do not leave a secure location. DO NOT APPROACH suspicious persons. Do not pick up hitch hikers. Report suspicious persons, emergencies or info to 9-1-1. Do not disclose police locations,” the RCMP said in a message on Twitter.
The suspects were identified as Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30. Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers issued a wanted list last May that included Myles, writing that he was “unlawfully at large.”
Doreen Lees, an 89-year grandmother from Weldon, said she and her daughter thought they saw one of the suspects when a car came barreling down her street early in the morning as her daughter was having coffee on her deck. Lees said a man approached them and said he was hurt and needed help.
But Lees said the man took off and ran after her daughter said she would call for help.
“He wouldn’t show his face. He had a big jacket over his face. We asked his name and he kind of mumbled his name twice and we still couldn’t get it,” she said. “He said his face was injured so bad he couldn’t show it.”
She said the man was by himself and “kind of a little wobbly.”
“I followed him a little ways to see if he was going to be OK. My daughter said ‘Don’t follow him, get back here.’”
Weldon residents have identified one of the victims as Wes Petterson. Ruby Works said the 77-year-old widower was like an uncle to her.
“I collapsed and hit the ground. I’ve known him since I was just a little girl,″ she said, describing the moment she heard the news. She said he loved his cats, was proud of his homemade Saskatoon berry jam and frequently helped out his neighbors.
“He didn’t do anything. He didn’t deserve this. He was a good, kind hearted man,″ said Works.
She said the event has shaken a community where the sounds of sirens are rarely heard.
“No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They’re going to be terrified to open their door,″ she said
Weldon resident Robert Rush also described the victim as a gentle, widowed man in his 70s.
“He wouldn’t hurt a fly,″ he said.
Rush said Petterson’s adult grandson was in the basement at the time and phoned police.
At the Weldon Christian Tabernacle Church the congregation began their regular Sunday service by saying a special prayer to the victims and their families.
At the James Smith Cree Nation, a convenience store that also serves as a gas station became a gathering place for community members, who greeted each other with tears and hugs.
A sign on the door said: “Due to safety concerns with our community we will remain closed until further notice.”
The elected leaders of the three communities that make up the James Smith Cree Nation, including the Chakastaypasin Band and the Peter Chapman Band, declared a local state of emergency on Sunday.
Chakastaypasin Chief Calvin Sanderson said he’d left his phone off on Sunday morning and only learned of the tragic events when community members came to his door to check on him. He is not related to the two suspects.
Everyone’s been affected, he said.
“They were our relatives, friends. Mostly we’re all related here, so it’s pretty hard,″ Sanderson said. “It’s pretty horrific.”
The emergency declaration, which was released by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, said two emergency operations centers have been set up.
“This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities, and we demand all authorities to take direction from the Chiefs and Councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
The search for suspects was carried out as fans descended on Regina for a sold out annual Labor Day game between the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Regina Police Service said in a news release that with the help of Mounties, it was working on several fronts to locate and arrest the suspects and had “deployed additional resources for public safety throughout the city, including the football game at Mosaic Stadium.″
The alert first issued by Melfort, Saskatchewan RCMP about 7 a.m. was extended hours later to cover Manitoba and Alberta, as the two suspects remained at large.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority said multiple patients were being treated at several sites.
“A call for additional staff was issued to respond to the influx of casualties,” authority spokeswoman Anne Linemann said in an email.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement he was “shocked and devastated by the horrific attacks.”
“As Canadians, we mourn with everyone affected by this tragic violence, and with the people of Saskatchewan,” Trudeau said.
Deadly mass stabbings are more rare than mass shootings but have happened around the world. In 2014, 29 people were slashed and stabbed to death at a train station in China’s southwestern city of Kunming. In 2016, a mass stabbing at a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Japan, left 19 people dead. A year later, three men killed eight people in a vehicle and stabbing attack at London Bridge.
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‘Desperation’: Child care struggle worsens in rural U.S.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A shortage of child care in the U.S. has become so acute that it’s reaching far into rural communities, including one northwestern Oregon county where future embryos are in line for a spot at Amy Atkinson’s nursery and preschool.
“We have children that have not been implanted yet that are on our waitlist,” said Atkinson, referring to in vitro fertilization. “It’s desperation.”
Just past Bumble Art Studio’s rainbow-painted entryway, cubbies are filled with diapers and tiny backpacks. Every crib and little plastic chair is spoken for in the only licensed center offering infant care in Oregon’s historic port town of Astoria, where the wide mouth of the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean.
Parents trying to enroll children in the facility can spend months or even years on a 40-family waitlist.
From Oregon to New York, demand for child care far exceeds supply. Families are growing increasingly desperate as providers deal with staffing shortages exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic as well as historically low pay worsened by inflation.
“I haven’t even been able to answer my phone because it’s been nonstop,” said Angie Jannusch, the center’s co-director along with Atkinson. “We keep taking all of the emails and dumping them into a waitlist folder ... we’re busting at the seams. There’s nothing available.”
Half of U.S. residents live in child care deserts where fewer than a third of children have access to a slot at a licensed facility, according to the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank that has published reports on the issue. Access challenges have forced many parents to change jobs, reduce their hours or quit altogether.
When Capri Jackson’s son was born in March, she had to leave her job at a victim services agency in Colville, a rural town of about 5,000 in northeastern Washington state.
“There is not a single certified child care space,” Jackson said. “We hear that child care is hard to find, but not that it’s not actually existent.”
The coronavirus pandemic shone a spotlight on the national child care crisis as an estimated 10% of the country’s programs shuttered. Between December 2019 and March 2021, about 16,000 programs permanently closed across 37 states, according to a report from Child Care Aware of America, a national network of child care resources and referral agencies.
Oregon is among 11 states where at least 60% of residents live in a child care desert, according to Center for American Progress data. Utah ranks highest, with 77%.
Experts warn that restricted reproductive care with Roe v. Wade overturned could further strain a system already pushed to the brink.
“We have an especially dire situation when it comes to infant-toddler care,” said Linda Smith, director of the early childhood initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a nonprofit public policy think tank. “Adding more infants into this unmet need is just going to make the problem worse.”
Child care deserts are disproportionately in low-income urban and rural communities. In cities, day cares tend to be concentrated in wealthier neighborhoods and costs can be exorbitant, the Center for American Progress has found. But rural shortages are more likely and more acute — many communities have no child care facilities at all. A 2018 report by the center found that 59% of rural communities are child care deserts, compared to 56% of urban and 44% of suburban communities.
Jeanine Conboy runs one of two licensed, full-time day cares in northeastern Oregon’s rural Gilliam County, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island where wheat fields and rangeland stretch across the Columbia Plateau.
Conboy’s center in the small town of Condon is full and the waitlist is double her capacity. On the five days a year she closes for teacher training, “there’s no one else — we are it here,” Conboy said.
Those closures ripple throughout the community.
“That means our public transportation department doesn’t run that day,” said Elizabeth Farrar Campbell, Gilliam County’s judge and commission chair. “We are so interconnected.”
Low pay and lack of benefits are fueling the nationwide shortage, as providers scramble to retain workers.
The median hourly wage for child care workers is $11.43, according to May 2021 figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Starbucks, Target and Amazon offer a minimum wage of $15 an hour for entry-level positions with no certification requirements. Providers are struggling to match those wages in a tight post-pandemic labor market.
Bumble in Astoria pays its 14 employees $17 to $20 an hour in an attempt to help them afford basic needs. But that means higher parent fees: $1,600 a month for full-time infant care, topping $19,000 for a year.
With inflation at a 40-year high, many parents are facing a dilemma — they can’t find child care, but they can’t afford to stay home.
The national average cost of child care is $10,174 a year, more than 10% of the median income for a married couple in 2020, according to Child Care Aware of America. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services considers child care affordable if it does not exceed 7% of a household’s income.
Second-grade teacher Maddy Buoy is unable to find care in the small rural town of Knappa, about 15 miles (22.5 kilometers) east of Astoria along the Columbia River. Her husband works nights at Domino’s Pizza so they can trade off watching their 2-year-old son.
“A day care bill is a mortgage right now,” she said.
To address the shortage, counties and states have leaned on federal emergency coronavirus funds. Commissioners in Clatsop County, home to Astoria and Knappa, voted to spend $500,000 of their federal relief money on child care. The money will finance new grants to help providers retain staff, expand capacity and improve access for families.
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress last year included $39 billion to stabilize child care, sending a lifeline to many providers. But much of the funding expires in 2024.
President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better act initially proposed investing $400 billion in child care. But the final budget reconciliation package he signed in August, after being pared down to the much slimmer Inflation Reduction Act, contained no funding for it at all.
“It’s hard to imagine lawmakers would advance an effort to ease the burden of inflation on working families that fails to address the single largest expense many families face: child care,” Sarah Rittling, executive director of the advocacy group First Five Years Fund, said in a statement in July when the Senate revealed the details of the final bill.
Meanwhile, many states have sought to tackle the problem.
Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers approved $100 million in child care spending. Montana Gov. Gianforte and state public health officials announced $18 million in grants for areas known to be child care deserts. In New York, where an estimated 64% of residents live in a child care desert, lawmakers passed a budget that includes $7 billion in child care funding over the next four years that will, in part, raise the income cap to get financial assistance. In New Mexico, voters in November will be asked to amend the state’s constitution to increase public funding for early education.
But those efforts have yet to reach many parents as the pandemic continues to worsen the national child care shortage.
In Gearhart, a town of 1,900 residents about 14 miles south of Astoria, Karli Neilson takes time off and works part-time so that she can watch her 2-year-old son. She hasn’t been able to find formal care since he was born.
“It just got to be like a part-time job just doing the research and trying to find a place,” Neilson said. “Child care issues probably cause me more anxiety than anything else ever has in my life.”
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Fulfillment Fund, an organization making college a reality for students in under-resourced communities in Los Angeles, enters its 45th year with contemporary, more accessible branding
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulfillment Fund, one of Los Angeles' largest and oldest college access organizations, announced that it is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a new look. Approaching this important milestone, the rebranding process began when leadership made a concerted effort to make the brand more contemporary, appealing, and accessible to the students it serves.
Founded in 1977 by the late Dr. Gary Gitnick, along with his wife Cherna, Fulfillment Fund helps Los Angeles area students find a pathway to college and embark on professional careers. The organization focuses on supporting students in educationally and economically under-resourced communities with a vast majority growing up in low-income households and being the first in their families to earn a college degree.
The rebranding effort parallels the organization's anniversary to mark the evolution and growth it has achieved over the last several years. The celebration begins with an updated logo, brand style, and an animated video narrated by actor Ed Helms, a long-time supporter of Fulfillment Fund.
"It's an exciting moment for Fulfillment Fund because we are focusing on ways to bring together our community of donors, volunteers, and alumni so that we can do more to help students achieve their greatest potential," says Wendy Spinner, Fulfillment Fund Board Chair. "The rebranding will also allow us to connect with new students and a new generation of supporters to help us get through the next 45 years."
The 45th anniversary also marks a programmatic evolution for Fulfillment Fund where postsecondary achievement drives towards a career that leads to greater economic mobility, particularly important for Fulfillment Fund's students. This also implies deepening relationships with not only the philanthropic and civic community but with its students and alumni to strengthen a network of support for outgoing students.
"Fulfillment Fund has such a rich history. Our board members, leaders, supporters and staff have made Fulfillment Fund's success and longevity possible," says Joanne Reyes, Fulfillment Fund CEO. "We wanted to build on our solid foundation while concepting something fresh and exciting to lead us into the next stage of our evolution."
Amid the pandemic in 2020, Fulfillment Fund began a partnership with creative agency Elephant and began a conversation about what an updated brand could look like and how it would help position the organization for the years ahead. With the full support of Elephant and a dedicated team to reimagine the brand, Fulfillment Fund leaped forward.
Visit www.fulfillment.org to explore the updated website and new branding.
Fulfillment Fund is a life-changing organization that helps make college a reality for first-generation and lower-income students. Since 1977, we have been empowering students in Los Angeles to access and afford higher education. We partner with local high schools in educationally and economically under-resourced communities to support our students through college graduation and provide crucial life skills to help them transition into the workforce successfully.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that the firm was named a leader in Hatch-Waxman litigation for the third consecutive year in the 2022 Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Litigation Intelligence Report. The report, released by intellectual property analytics company Patexia, is a comprehensive look at the top 100 best-performing and most active Hatch-Waxman attorneys and law firms.
Katten ranked among the top three law firms in the Top 100 Most Active Law Firms Representing Defendants category. The firm also was ranked in the top 10 of the Top 100 Most Active Law Firms Overall (Representing Defendants or Plaintiffs) table and highly rated in the Best Performing Law Firms Representing Defendants category. Katten also appeared on the list of Best Performing Law Firms Overall (Representing Defendants or Plaintiffs).
"As one of the most active ANDA law firms in the US, this report affirms why Katten is so well known for our handling of Hatch-Waxman cases on behalf of the world's largest generic pharmaceutical companies," said Deepro R. Mukerjee, chair of Katten's global Intellectual Property department and a member of the firm's Board of Directors. "The report also demonstrates that Katten's IP patent attorneys are part of an experienced industry-leading team repeatedly trusted by clients to represent them in high-stakes and complex litigation in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry."
Seven of Katten's Patent Litigation attorneys were individually ranked as top active ANDA litigators. Featured in the report along with Mukerjee are Patent Litigation co-chairs Lance A. Soderstrom and Brian Sodikoff; partners Christopher B. Ferenc, Joseph M. Janusz, Dr. Jitendra "Jitty" Malik; and associate Jillian M. Schurr. Mukerjee, Janusz and Malik were each named individually on the Best Performing ANDA Attorneys Representing Defendants list while Mukerjee, Soderstrom, Janusz and Malik were spotlighted in the Top 100 Most Active ANDA Attorneys Overall (Representing Plaintiffs and Defendants) category.
The 2022 ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report is the third annual Patexia report based on the activity and performance of attorneys and law firms for Hatch-Waxman litigation. Researchers evaluated 269 law firms and 1,857 ANDA attorneys and analyzed the data from 1,439 ANDA cases filed from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022.
Patexia is the largest network for intellectual property professionals, with over 100,000 attorney profiles.
Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm's core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.
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It's been almost six months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, abortion funds, which help people pay for the procedure, have had to navigate a new legal reality.
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It's been almost six months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, abortion funds, which help people pay for the procedure, have had to navigate a new legal reality.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) and Cardea Bio, publicly congratulates the Chief Scientific Officer of Cardea Bio, Dr. Kiana Aran, for being awarded the Distinguished Engineer, Medal of Excellence award from Rutgers University.
The Distinguished Engineer, Medal of Excellence award recognizes Dr. Aran for her research achievements in the field of bio-integrated electronics and her contribution to advancing the biomedical engineering field through her academic research at Keck Graduate Institute and her successful commercialization efforts that has brought her science and innovations to market.
Dr. Kiana Aran reacts to the announcement by stating, "I am deeply honored for receiving this reputable award from Rutgers University, and I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to the many people that have helped me become the researcher I am today. Therefore, I want to pay it forward as my way of showing my gratitude. I will do that via our Aran Nebula Foundation www.arannebula.org where we help elevate other Excellent Female Scientists in the making."
Dr. Brett Goldsmith, Chief Technology Officer at Cardea Bio, adds, "It is a pleasure to experience the scientific community acknowledging and supporting Dr. Aran's tremendous achievements. She has been instrumental in developing our BPU (Biosignal Processing Unit) platform and exciting applications using the BPU. What is best about Dr. Aran, though, is her inspiring activity and attitude toward science and engineering. She has an amazing positive impact on everyone at Cardea, KGI, and on scientists around the world!"
The Distinguished Engineer award was established in 1960 and presented annually by the Rutgers Engineering Society to a fellow School of Engineering graduate who has made significant technical contributions in their career. Dr. Aran is only the second woman ever to win this award.
In relation to the award, Rutgers University issued this statement, "Dr. Aran received her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Rutgers and continued her postdoctoral studies in bioengineering at UC Berkeley. She is a recipient of the National Institutes of Health postdoctoral training fellowship at the Buck Institute for Age Research and is a consultant for the Gates Foundation. Her efforts have also been recognized within the scientific community by the National Science Foundation's early career award, Clinical OMICs 10 under 40 Award, Athena Pinnacle Award in Life Sciences, and the prestigious Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science. In addition, Dr. Aran is also the recipient of numerous government grants to develop the next generation of electronic biosensors."
Honorees are celebrated at a networking dinner event that will be attended by alumni, faculty, and students, as well as an impressive representation of industry members and other distinguished guests.
The Rutgers Engineering Society will give Dr. Kiana Aran the Distinguished Engineer "Medal of Excellence" at this event: Thursday, October 27, 2022, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM - Cocktail Reception, Dinner and Award Presentations, at The Palace at Somerset Park, 333 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08837.
Cardea Bio is the world's only mass producer of a biocompatible semiconductor, the BPU™ (Biosignal Processing Unit). The BPU is the first and only semiconductor capable of translating real-time streams of multiomics signals into digital information. Through the BPU™ platform, Cardea's long-term vision is to democratize access to the biosignals and insights behind the most advanced technology on our planet: Nature and biology. The Internet of Biology is that way becoming possible.
Cardea's rapidly expanding IP portfolio now has 29 broad patents issued and another 32 patents pending, cementing Cardea's market-leader position in the graphene biosensor industry, where they are bringing the BPU™ (Biosignal Processing Unit) Platform to market.
Cardea is headquartered in San Diego and has additional activity in Los Angeles. Cardea is a 100% American developed and built biocompatible semiconductor technology for applications across a variety of sectors including human health, agriculture, molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, environmental monitoring, and animal health.
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Taking children out of their homes and placing them with foster families is supposed to be a last resort. But even Oregon, with a relatively small population, has thousands of children in foster care.
Governor Kate Brown declared May Foster Care Month in Oregon, to put some focus on the reasons for foster care, the people who provide it, and the need for more people to get involved helping children get to a better day.
The state especially wants more relatives to get involved in foster care.
We learn more in a visit with Aprille Flint-Gerner, the Deputy Director of Equity, Training, and Workforce Development in the Child Welfare division with Oregon Department of Human Services. | https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2022-05-17/wed-8-am-oregon-works-to-improve-foster-system-during-foster-care-month | 2022-05-17 17:14:52 | 0 | https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2022-05-17/wed-8-am-oregon-works-to-improve-foster-system-during-foster-care-month |
NEW YORK — (AP) — To get a sense of just how much animosity is flying around Hollywood these days, watch how Ron Perlman responded to a report that the studios aimed to prolong a strike long enough for writers to lose their homes.
Perlman, the hulking, gravel-voiced actor of "Hellboy," leaned into the camera in a since-deleted Instagram live video to vent his anger. "Listen to me, mother-(expletive)," Perlman said. "There's a lot of ways to lose your house."
Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt. This time, though, the industry is engaged in a bitter battle over the how streaming — after advancing rapidly during the pandemic — has upended the economics of entertainment.
Having weathered plague, Hollywood is now fully at war in its own "Apocalypse Now" double feature. When tens of thousands Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists hit the picket lines last week, joining 11,000 WGA screenwriters who have been on strike since May, a smaller clash went nuclear just in time for the release of "Oppenheimer." As striking actors and writers mobilized to mob studio lots and streamer headquarters, Puck's Matthew Belloni wrote, "The town is burning to the ground."
"You cannot change the business model as much as it has changed and not expect the contract to change, too," said Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, in a fiery press conference announcing the strike. "We're not going to keep doing incremental changes on a contract that no longer honors what is happening right now with this business model that was foisted upon us.
“What are we doing?” she added. “Moving around furniture on the Titanic?”
Disaster also loomed in Hollywood when COVID-19 in March 2020 shuttered movie theaters, emptied TV studios and shut down all production. The recovery is still ongoing. Over the weekend, one of the first major film productions shut down by the pandemic – "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One" – only just reached theaters. And as its big-but-not-blockbuster opening showed, some of pre-pandemic Hollywood still just hasn't returned. Box office remains about 20-25% off the pre-pandemic pace.
“We’ve talked about disruptive forces on this business and all the challenges we’re facing, the recovery from COVID which is ongoing. It’s not completely back,” Disney chief executive Bob Iger said Thursday. “This is the worst time in the world to add to that disruption.”
Though many of the demands of SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America are longstanding, much of the current dispute gathered force in the helter-skelter days of the pandemic. A digital land rush to streaming ensued, as studios, in many cases, hurried to craft their Netflix competitors. Subscriber growth became the top priority.
Rahul Telang, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and co-author of the book “Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment,” says an entire era of change was condensed into two years.
“What is happening right now was bound to happen. With streaming, the whole business got disrupted,” says Telang. “So naturally, they’re complaining, ‘We need our fair share.’ But how do you decide what’s a fair share? There has to be a transparency about where the money is coming from and where it’s going. Until this gets resolved, this issue will keep coming up.”
The last time screen actors and writers struck simultaneously, in 1960, the guilds established royalty (later residual) payments for replays of films and TV episodes, among other landmark protections. If that strike reckoned with the dawn of television, this one does much the same for the streaming era.
But streaming, especially when companies carefully guard audience numbers, offers no easy metric like box office or TV ratings to establish residuals — long a foundational part of how writers and actors make a living. SAG-AFTRA is seeking a small percentage of subscriber revenue, with data measured by a third party, Parrot Analytics.
The AMPTP, which negotiates on behalf of the studios, hasn't agreed to that but says the studios have offered actors “historic pay and residual increases,” along with pension contributions and other other protections.
Meanwhile, actors are sharing images of their paltry residual payments for streaming hits. Kimiko Glenn of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" posted a clip of residual payments totaling $27.30.
“You used to be able to work on a broadcast show, one show and you’re good for the year because of the residuals,” said actor Nachayka Vanterpool on the picket lines. “And then you have streaming coming along and you got 20 cent residual checks. That impacts you.”
Increasingly, it’s looking like everyone lost in the so-called streaming wars that went into hyperdrive under COVID-19. Since Wall Street last year began souring on subscription numbers being the be-all-end-all, most media companies have suffered stock declines. Wall Street's message turned to: Show us the profits.
At the same time, the drive to streaming has accelerated the demise of traditional television and its ad-based revenue. That’s led analysts like Michael Nathanson of MoffettNathanson to survey a fragmented entertainment business and forecast a “scary” second half of the year for media companies.
With traditional TV increasingly eroded by streaming, many studios have been cutting costs. Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix all slashed jobs over the past year and a half. Streaming profitability has remained elusive. The Walt Disney Co. says Disney+ will get there in fall 2024. WarnerBros. Discovery, which has taken the extreme step of canning finished productions to reshape its streaming strategy, says Max will start marking money this year.
Many are now girding for a prolonged stoppage that, if carried into September, would greatly impact the fall TV schedule and the film festivals (Venice, Telluride, Toronto) that launch the season's awards contenders. Drescher said she “couldn't believe” how far apart her union and AMPTP are.
Ronny Regev, who penned the book “Working in Hollywood: How the Studio System Turned Creativity into Labor," thinks this strike could play out similarly to the 1960 stoppage, when actors struck for about a month but the writers strike dragged on.
“I hate to bring up the cliche but history repeats itself,” says Regev. “Like in 1960, there’s a good chance the actors will reach a deal sooner than the writers. Now we’re dealing with very different companies. These are conglomerates that have other businesses. I’m not sure if (Amazon chairman Jeff) Bezos really cares.”
There are also differences that favor the writers. In 1960, the strike by SAG (whose president was a then-Democrat Ronald Reagan) was fiercely opposed by some other guilds, including the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which represents below-the-line crew members. This time, the actors and writers have near-universal support throughout the guilds. IATSE, notably, is set to negotiate its own new contract next year.
“The urgency of this moment cannot be overstated. Our industry is at a crossroads, and the actions taken now will affect the future of labor relations in Hollywood and beyond,” Matthew D. Loeb, IATSE president, said in a statement. “Their fight today foreshadows our fight tomorrow.”
Cooler heads could prevail. Perlman, for his part, later apologized for getting so heated. He implored studio executive to find “a degree of humanity.”
“It can't all be about your (expletive) Porsche and your (expletive) stock prices,” said Perlman. “There's got to be dignity if we're going to hold a mirror up and reflect human experiences, which is what we do as actors and writers.”
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Aron Ranen contributed to this report.
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"Never Shut Up" set to debut, Wednesday, January 11th UNCENSORED
ATLANTA, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports personality powerhouse, Marcellus Wiley, inked a deal to acquire a stake in BrinxTV, the rising platform for the next generation of sports entertainment programming. Brinx.TV is the industry leader in unifying content, commerce, and community into a single screen experience. In addition to having true network quality programming, Brinx.TV also allows the audience to engage with the content through a proprietary interactive interface enabling retail purchases, auctions, and NFTs to transact in a single screen. The audience also can participate in polls, trivia, and even be pulled up into the broadcast through the BrinxTV app.
Wiley added, "I desired a platform that connected me closer to my audience, and John Brenkus and the BrinxTV team has done just that. Plain and simple, no other OTT platform is integrating the fan into the content streaming experience, like Brinx.TV."
Wiley is the most recent addition to the Brinx.TV lineup that includes top-tier talent like Ray Lewis and LaVar Arrington, NIL and NCAA programming for the most powerful Universities and NIL Collectives in the country, including those associated with Penn State, West Virginia, Arkansas, and The Ohio State, among others. Wiley's first show, "Never Shut Up" is set to debut Wednesday, January 11th and will focus heavily on exploring topics and opinions that challenge the audience to think outside of the box.
Wiley said, "I've always wanted to explore discussions not just in sports, but in the greater game of life. Too many voices and opinions today are being silenced. I believe in the power of every voice, and with a perfect partner like John Brenkus and Brinx.TV these voices will have a space to 'Never Shut Up'. My partnership with Brinx.TV aligns with my goal of having deeper conversations while allowing all sides to be heard. The world needs this now more than ever."
Founded by the 6-time Emmy Award-winning Creator/Host of ESPN Sport Science, John Brenkus, Brinx.TV is rapidly changing the power structure of Sports & Entertainment media.
"We are thrilled to have Marcellus onboard," added Brenkus. "He has played with the most powerful league in the world, has been on the most powerful networks in the world, and is poised to amplify and build the next generation of sports and entertainment programming on Brinx.TV."
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Leading Fast-Casual Concept's New Prototype Optimizes Off-Premise Channels with Redesigned Pick-Up Area, Among Other Features
WICHITA, Kan., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast-casual restaurant concept Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers® announced today the opening of a corporate-owned restaurant location in Belleville, Illinois, featuring its newest restaurant design. Now available to prospective franchisees, the format features a standard drive-thru and an enhanced mobile pick-up window to meet the increased consumer demand for off-premise dining. Standing at either 2,800 square feet or 2,400 square feet, the design includes an enhanced kitchen layout to enable each order channel to maintain high efficiency across the operation. The opening in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area comes on the heels of Freddy's recent announcement to open a location within the region's professional baseball arena, Busch Stadium.
"We recognize the importance of adapting with the constant shifts in consumer preferences and making it easier for people to access Freddy's. With nearly 70 percent of sales being consumed off-premise, our team has been focused on developing restaurant prototypes that cater to this preferred method of dining by increasing convenience and ease of use for our guests," says Chris Dull, CEO of Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers. "The new prototype design opening in Belleville increases the convenience our guests seek by optimizing off-premise channels and not sacrificing the speed and quality that has maintained loyalty to our brand with over 20 years of history."
Genuine hospitality remains a cornerstone of Freddy's brand value and is showcased through the new restaurant design. The format prioritizes guest satisfaction by incorporating innovative features that promote order accuracy and process efficiency through all order channels. These updates include Accutemp's XLR8 kitchen technology, which presses Freddy's steakburger patties into a consistent shape each time, making grill operations less physically demanding while increasing consistency for guests. Additionally, the restaurant's designated digital pickup area has a custard freezer to give quick access to mobile and delivery orders without interfering with the dine-in order queue. The back-of-house also has a transformed bagging station with a simplified, easy-to-interpret display, and a shared expo counter to give the shift lead the ability to manage every aspect of the operation from one location.
As Freddy's maintains a high level of growth across the country, the brand will look to gather insights and key data from the new restaurant in Belleville to continue refining real estate options for new and existing franchisees. Slated to open over 60 locations before the close of the calendar year, Freddy's remains committed to franchisees, team members and a one-of-a-kind guest experience to support the chains greater development goal of doubling its footprint within the next three years. Franchise opportunities remain in nine of Canada's provinces, excluding Quebec, and in the U.S. including the Northeast, Upper Midwest, California, Florida, Oregon, and Washington, and large metro areas such as Pittsburgh.
Freddy's wide variety of traditional and non-traditional restaurants has consistently earned the brand recognition as a leading fast-casual concept and franchise system. Most recently, the brand ranked #70 on Entrepreneur Magazine's highly competitive Franchise 500 ranking of the top franchise brands, QSR Magazine's esteemed QSR 50 list at #46, as well as being awarded North America's Best New National Brand Concept by Airports Council International for the opening of Freddy's first airport location in 2021 in Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport.
For more information about development opportunities, contact Mary Coots, Vice President of Franchise Development, at maryc@freddysusa.com or 316-719-7854; or contact Gregg Most and Jim Werschler at franchising@freddyscanada.net for Canadian inquiries. Prospective franchisees can also visit freddysfranchising.com for the latest information regarding available opportunities.
About Freddy's
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is a leading fast-casual franchise concept with more than 460 locations across 36 states nationwide. Founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 2002, the brand offers a unique combination of cooked-to-order steakburgers, all-beef hot dogs, shoestring fries and other savory items, along with freshly churned frozen custard treats. Known for operating The Freddy's Way, Guests experience genuine hospitality and food prepared fresh with premium ingredients. This signature approach has fueled Freddy's ongoing growth throughout the U.S. and garnered national recognition from industry-leading rankings, including being named No. 1 on Forbes Best Franchises to Buy and No. 70 on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500. For more on Freddy's, visit the Newsroom and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For more information about development opportunities, visit https://freddysfranchising.com/.
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Removing barriers by making AI tools available for all
RALEIGH, N.C., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Sound Imaging, Inc., creators of the Studycast® system and other industry-leading cloud-based software solutions for medical imaging and reporting, announced today they will preview the Studycast Integration Program at ASE 2023. The first of its kind, this integration program allows a cardiologist to choose from a menu of AI vendors and selectively utilize these AI tools on one or all exams. Additionally, the Studycast system allows the cardiologist to compare results from different AI vendors. This puts the ability to evaluate and build confidence in AI technologies in the hands of the cardiologist. The seamless user interface means that AI evaluation of cardiac images can be a frictionless solution that enhances the cardiology imaging workflow.
This new integration comes on the heels of a rising interest in AI for the medical imaging space. Core Sound Imaging is positioned to meet this demand for Studycast clients, and the market at large. Several vendors are in the final stages of partner agreements. Further announcements will follow as the agreements are finalized.
"We are excited about the significant impact this new Studycast Integration Program will have on our clients' ability to deliver the highest quality of care," said Laurie Smith, COO and founding partner at Core Sound Imaging. "Let's take an AI vendor who has a tool to calculate strain values based on the images acquired. Within hours, a clinic can be set up to utilize this vendor's analysis tool. The clinic may benefit because their technologists have not yet been trained to acquire strain values, or perhaps they have not added this functionality to their imaging machine yet. It's easy to see how this tool for early heart disease detection can ultimately improve patient care."
Studies sent to multiple vendors will receive values grouped by source. The system then allows clients to select and apply their chosen values from the data provided, even pulling values from multiple vendor sources, if desired.
"The flexibility to use these tools without the complexities of manual setup will make the exploration of AI in medical imaging so much more accessible to our clinical users as well as research and education facilities. We can't wait to bring this to our client base." said Alyssa Letteri, Product Manager.
Core Sound Imaging will be providing an early preview of the integration in their booth at the 2023 ASE meeting this month, with the public release to follow. Interested parties can learn more about the Studycast Integration Program in the coming weeks at: www.corestudycast.com/studycast-integration-program/.
About Core Sound Imaging, Inc.
Since 2007, Core Sound Imaging has provided leading-edge solutions for the medical imaging workflow, including image storage, a zero-footprint viewer, and a robust suite of interpretation and structured reporting tools. The company's flagship solution, the Studycast system, is currently used by hospitals, private practices, clinical research labs, and education programs in 49 US states and territories and 7 countries.
Core Sound media contact:
Kayle Cade
Marketing Content Manager, Core Sound Imaging
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, December 12, 2022
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albany NY
322 PM EST Sun Dec 11 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
MONDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6
inches.
* WHERE...Northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and
the Capital Region, the Saratoga region, the mid Hudson Valley
and Taconics of eastern New York.
* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions due to snow covered
roadways, along with reduced visibilities.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snowfall rates between 0.50 and 0.75 of an
inch per hour will be possible at times through early this
evening which could result in hazardous travel conditions. Snow
should taper off in intensity later this evening.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
* WHAT...Snow. Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.
* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, central and western
Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning commute.
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Landfill extends deadline for free tire drop off
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill has now extended its program of accepting waste tires from residential customers for free to Jan. 7, 2023.
Originally ending on Oct. 31, the program is part of an effort to reduce the mosquito population in the Sioux Falls region.
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) obtained a grant authorizing it to issue subgrants for eligible projects for the collection and disposal of waste tires in select locations in South Dakota. The City of Sioux Falls uses the funds to dispose of waste tires to avoid standing water and eliminate breeding areas for mosquitoes. The grant for the City has been extended.
“Waste tires pose numerous threats to our health and environment because they provide excellent breeding grounds for mosquitoes. This is a great opportunity to get rid of unwanted tires to help keep our community clean and safe,” says Don Kuper, Landfill Superintendent.
Free tire recycling is for residential customers in the five-county area of Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, and Turner counties. Tires from commercial businesses will have a fee applied.
The landfill is located at 26750 464th Avenue, Hartford (west of Sioux Falls on 41st Street). Winter hours for the landfill, which go into effect Monday, Nov. 7, are Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The landfill is closed on Sundays. Going into this winter season, the landfill will be closed on Nov. 24 for Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 26 in observance of Christmas, and January 2 in observance of New Year’s Day. The landfill will also close early on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, at 1 p.m.
Please remember that all loads to the landfill must be tarped or in an enclosed vehicle. A $25 fee will be charged for loads arriving that are not properly tarped or secured.
General information regarding the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill, including hours of operation, rates, and materials accepted, is located at SiouxFalls.Org/Landfill or call 605-367-8162.
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Cottage's first annual ADU Impact Report reveals 66% of submitted ADU permits never result in a completed unit
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cottage, the company redefining the residential design-build process by uniting homeowners and contractors to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), today released its 2022 ADU Impact Report, which found the number of ADUs built in California is not keeping pace with increasing homeowner demand in the state.
California is facing a housing crisis with an estimated one million unit housing deficit. While California saw a 3% year-over-year increase in the number of ADU permit applications filed in 2022, local municipalities and contractors have not kept up with market demand. The ADU Impact Report uncovered that for every three ADU permits submitted in 2021, only one had resulted in a completed dwelling by the end of 2022. Additionally, the study found that if all ADU permits submitted across California in 2022 had been approved and built, the state could have created 50% more homes.
According to Renofi, 50% of homeowners found it difficult to build their ADUs to their city or county's development standards. Many people struggle with the length and complexity of the permitting process and feel like their jurisdictions impose unnecessary red tape in the permitting process. In an unpredictable industry, current homeowners and hopeful buyers face a myriad of challenges at almost every stage of the building process. In a 2022 survey of California homeowners, Cottage found that ADU projects are also abandoned due to other circumstances, including lack of financing, budget constraints, and/or site conditions.
While California recently implemented grants of up to $40,000 for low- to moderate-income Californians looking to build ADUs, the agency overseeing the program announced funds for the program had exhausted completely in late 2022 due to popular demand.
"What we're seeing is a major disconnect between homeowners and local regulators. Local requirements for ADUs are complex and have changed significantly over the past few years. Even well-researched homeowners with renovation experience struggle to navigate the permitting and build," said Alex Czarnecki, Founder, and CEO of Cottage. "ADUs are a growing, natural solution to the ongoing housing crisis that will create a major impact across the state. For this to happen, homeowners need to understand local ADU regulations and permitting, but they don't have to do it alone. Cottage's main objective is to help homeowners through this process so they can focus on the design and get their ADU over that finish line."
Since the company's launch in 2020, Cottage has added hundreds of homes to local communities and has seen a 350% increase in YoY demand. In a homeowner survey conducted by Cottage in 2022, 68% of respondents said they want to build an ADU to increase the overall value of their property, 57% want to create additional rental income, and 47% want to create a permanent residence for a family member. Cottage has noted homes with ADUs can have a 50% return or more on investment compared to homes without an ADU.
In the last three years, Cottage has created over 1,000 jobs for contractors and designers in 100 cities across California and has generated $75 million in business for local designers and contractors. Cottage guides homeowners from idea to move-in-ready home, including feasibility, design, permitting, and construction, allowing homeowners to enjoy the creative parts of the project without the hassle and stress.
To access the full data report, which highlights California demand across major cities, ADU legislation across the country, and what homeowners need to know, please visit https://cotta.ge/resources/california-adu-report.
About Cottage
Cottage is an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) platform committed to providing homeowners with the easiest process to build additional housing. Made up of architects, builders, and technologists, Cottage leverages its expertise in every step of the design and build process to build ADUs faster and more transparently, while simultaneously maintaining the highest standards for customization and quality.
After launching in 2019, Cottage has quickly become the go-to custom ADU option for California homeowners, working with homeowners in over 100 cities to create the Cottage of their dreams.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan manager Kideki Kuriyama still gets a special tingle watching Shohei Ohtani. It’s been that way since Kuriyama managed the two-way star with the Hokkaido Ham-Fighters.
“When we see Shohei playing, not only the players but also the Japanese baseball fans, all the nation is feeling something extra,” Kuriyama said through a translator after Ohtani led Japan over Italy 9-3 on Thursday night to put the Samurai Warriors in their fifth straight World Baseball Classis semifinal.
Ohtani pitched shutout ball into the fifth inning and sparked a four-run third with a bunt single.
“These kind of moments, this is how I feel the sense of Ohtani,” Kuriyama said. “This is Shohei. This is Shohei. When he plays a must-win game like tonight, we see who Shohei is.”
Boston’s Masataka Yoshida homered and drove in the go-ahead run with a grounder, giving him a tournament-leading 10 RBIs. Kazuma Okamoto hit a three-run homer for Japan, which has outscored opponents 47-11 in five games and is batting .313.
Japan travels to Miami for a semifinal on Monday against Puerto Rico or Mexico. Cuba plays the other semifinal against the United States or Venezuela.
Pitching before an adoring crowd of 41,723 at the Tokyo Dome, Ohtani threw his fastest pitch since he joined the Los Angeles Angels in 2018, strlking out Vinnie Pasquantino on a 102 mph fastball in the second. That topped a 101.4 mph pitch that struck out Houston’s Kyle Tucker last Sept. 10.
Ohtani (2-0) allowed two runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and a walk and went 1 for 4 with a walk at the plate. He is hitting .438 (7 for 16) with a home run, three doubles and eight RBIs along with a 2.08 ERA, 10 strikeouts and one walk on the mound. Ohtani would be available on four days’ rest to pitch in a possible final on Tuesday — 4 1/2 days, counting the time difference.
Ohtani stretched his tournament scoreless streak to 8 2/3 innings before the fifth, when Dominic Fletcher hit a soft bases-loaded single into right with two outs on Ohtani’s 71st and final pitch — nine short of the limit. Ohtani had hit Ben DeLuzio with a pitch with one out, allowed a single to David Fletcher, retired Sal Frelick on a flyout and hit Nicky Lopez with a pitch.
“In the fourth and fifth innings I struggled a bit, but until then I had good rhythm and I pitched well, I think,” Ohtani said.
Hiromi Itoh relieved and retired Miles Mastrobuoni on a flyout as Yoshida slammed into the left field wall while making the catch.
Japan is the only nation to reach the semifinals of all five WBCs, winning the first two tournaments in 2006 and 2009. The Samurai Warriors were knocked out by Puerto Rico in 2013 and the U.S. in 2017.
Italy, managed by Mike Piazza, advanced past the first round for the first time since 2013. Dominic Fletcher, an Arizona prospect, drove in all three of Italy’s runs and had the team’s first home run of the tournament, a solo shot in the eighth off Yu Darvish.
“Against a very good team, you have to be exceptional,” Piazza said. “And obviously tonight we weren’t, We didn’t throw the ball well tonight. We needed our pitchers to have a very good game.”
Italy pitchers walked eight.
“You’re not going to beat at team like Japan with eight walks,” Piazza said.
Japan went ahead in a four-run third.
Kensue Kondoh walked with one out against Tampa Bay minor leaguer Joe LaSorsa (0-1), and Ohtani bunted down the third base line for a single as LaSorsa threw wildly for an error that left runners at the corners. Yoshida’s groundout put Japan ahead, Munetaka Murakami walked and Okamoto homered.
Murakami, a two-time Central League MVP, hit an RBI double in the fifth and Kazuma Okamoto followed with a two-run double off Vinny Nittoli that opened a 7-2 lead.
Yoshida homered in the seventh against San Francisco prospect Joey Marciano and Sosuke Genda added an RBI single. ___
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Big changes have arrived for the family of Eric Alvarez.
Hours after a story aired on NPR's Morning Edition last week, a federal judge found "extraordinary circumstances" that called for the release of Alvarez's fiancée from a prison in Danbury, Conn.
"In other words, Petitioner's family is currently experiencing a dire, urgent situation," ruled U.S. District Judge Sarala Nagala.
Eva Cardoza was one of 230 people released from federal prison during the pandemic only to be sent back after small infractions, like a single positive alcohol or drug test. In June 2021, Alvarez and Cardoza took a 90-minute cab ride to the Bronx so Cardoza could meet with staffers in charge of her supervision. Alvarez waited outside in the taxi, but Cardoza, who had tested positive for marijuana, did not come out of the building that day.
"I mean, I just went down on my knees and just cried because it was a long process," Alvarez said of the moment when he learned Cardoza would return after 14 months in federal prison.
Alvarez has been struggling with heart trouble and colon cancer while taking care of his four children and his fiancée's daughter. He said the family celebrated Cardoza's homecoming with a tradition: a meal of Chinese food and photos on the porch.
Life for the children is returning to normal, with the most immediate changes for Cardoza's teenage daughter.
"Seeing her [go] from crying and being sad in the corner to seeing her alert and running and hugging on her mom, and you know, that's all I wanted," Alvarez said.
The Bureau of Prisons told NPR that 442 people released to home confinement during the pandemic have been returned to prison. More than half like Cardoza allegedly violated rules about alcohol or drug use. The BOP says a tiny fraction, 17 people out of 11,000, committed new crimes while released — mostly related to drugs.
Alvarez said he's grateful that the system worked in this case. But he said lots of other families need due process: the chance to challenge the evidence against them before being sent back to prison.
"If you're accused of something, you have every single right, you're innocent until proven guilty, to defend yourself and to comment on the things that are being said about you," he said.
Alvarez and Cardoza are now planning a wedding. He's thrilled that he'll have more time to take care of his health. But he said the prison system needs to develop clear rules for prisoners and their families.
"There's a lot of people like me at home, elderly that need their loved ones back so they can help, and they're being held over something really, really, really minor," he said. "It shouldn't be that way."
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(The Conversation) – The legend goes that there is a pot of gold hidden at the end of every rainbow. But is there really an “end” to a rainbow, and can we ever get to it?
Most us go through life seeing rainbows only as arches of color in the sky, but that’s only half of what is really a circle of color.
Normally, when you look at a rainbow, the Earth’s horizon in front of you hides the bottom half of the circle. But if you are standing on a mountain where you can see both above and below you, and the sun is behind you and it is misty or has just rained, chances are good that you will see more of the rainbow’s circle.
To see the full circle, however, you will have to be in an airplane, literally above the clouds. Or you could create your own rainbow. I am a physicist, and I’ll explain how to do that in a minute.
How a rainbow forms
Rainbows form when sunlight from behind you hits millions of tiny round water droplets in front of you and bounces back to your eyes.
As a sunbeam hits a droplet at an angle, it bends into the water and separates out into a spectrum of colors. Scientists call the bending of light “refracting.” The colors separate because each “color” of light travels with a different speed in water, or, for that matter, any transparent material that light can travel through, like glass in a prism.
When the colors hit the back wall of the water droplet, the angle is now too shallow for them to bend out into the air, so they reflect back into the water droplet and return to its entrance wall. From there, the colors can bend out again into air and reach your eye.The United Kingdom’s Meteorology Office explains how light refracts, or bends, in a water droplet or a prism.
As you look at these droplets, the different colors happen to bunch up at a slightly different angle, and each color forms the circular rim of a cone with your eye at the tip of the cone. And, voila, you have your own personal rainbow.
The droplets that send the colors to your eye cannot send them to anyone else, so even though everyone near you sees the same rainbow at a distance, each person really sees their own slightly different rainbow. It’s all in the eye of the beholder.
For rainbows to form, the shape of the water droplets has to be very close to a sphere for all of them to bend and reflect the colors in harmony. This happens for very small droplets, such as a fine mist, or just after a rain shower when the air is just moist. As the droplets get larger, gravity distorts their shape and the rainbow vanishes.
A rainbow is not physically present where it appears to be, similar to your image in a mirror. So, I’m sorry to say that you can never actually reach your rainbow. And, alas, nobody can ever find that pot of gold.
But you can create your own rainbow.
How to create and see a circular rainbow
One experiment you can try in summer is to turn on a sprinkler hose using the “mist” setting. Remember to have the sun behind you. If you create a fine mist screen in front of you and look at your shadow, you might see a rainbow.
It is not difficult to see colors, but to see a full circle, you will need some patience and practice, just like scientists.
So next time you are on an airplane, grab the window seat. If you are flying a little above the cloud cover, keep a lookout for the small shadow of your plane on the clouds. That means the sun is behind you.
The clouds are tiny water droplets, so chances are you may see a small circle of color around the shadow of the airplane. This phenomenon is nicknamed “pilot’s glory,” because pilots who fly all the time and have a good view from the cockpit have a better chance of seeing it.
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Health Plan uses Connect Oregon platform to facilitate integrated healthcare services
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trillium Community Health Plan (Trillium) is proud to announce its partnership with Unite Us, a leading technology company connecting health and social care services, to further enhance the health plan's ability to collaborate with providers and local community-based organizations to provide integrated healthcare services for Oregon Health Plan (OHP) members in Lane, western Linn, western Douglas, Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.
The Connect Oregon network, powered by Unite Us, is a coordinated care network of health and social service providers. Partners in the network are connected through the Unite Us Platform, an integrated, HI-TRUST-certified social care infrastructure helping providers and community-based organizations address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Trillium's care managers and member services staff will use the Connect Oregon network to efficiently coordinate care for OHP members, ensuring their access to needed services and supports.
"At Trillium, we are committed to ensuring our members have access to equitable, culturally sensitive care that addresses their whole health. This can mean helping members schedule preventive check-ups with their primary care providers; referring them to organizations that have safe, stable housing options; or connecting them with agencies that provide free or low-cost meal delivery services," said Sarah Brewer, Plan President and CEO, Trillium Community Health Plan. "Through the Connect Oregon network, we can facilitate engagement with a variety of services for our members while actively collaborating with our provider and community partners to assist if more care is needed along the way."
In alignment with Trillium's health equity strategy, the health plan will analyze metrics from the platform to track health outcomes and inform future partnerships and initiatives designed to invest resources where they are most needed, continuing to transform community health for all Oregonians.
"The collective goal of our partnership with Trillium Community Health Plan is to effectively increase equitable access to care for Oregonians regardless of circumstance," said Celia Higueras, State Network Director at Unite Us. "Trillium and Unite Us will work together to redefine the quality, impact, and intersection of health and social care across this community."
About Trillium Community Health Plan
Trillium Community Health Plan serves Oregon Health Plan members through the CCO model, which began in 2012. Trillium is a recognized leader for outstanding coordination of care. It was first awarded a contract with the state of Oregon to help manage care for the Oregon Health Plan in 1999. Trillium partners with an extensive group of providers to improve care and access to services for OHP members. For more information, please visit our website.
About Unite Us
Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers. With Unite Us' end-to-end solution, providers across sectors identify social care needs, send and receive secure, electronic referrals, report on tangible outcomes, and transform payment models within a secure and collaborative ecosystem. Unite Us' community engagement teams build sustainable partnerships with local organizations to ensure networks have solid foundations, launch successfully, and continue to grow and thrive. This HITRUST-certified social care infrastructure helps communities address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Follow Unite Us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Reading is the No. 1 way to absorb knowledge, but listening to an audiobook is more practical if you’re driving or trying to multitask. Audiobooks are excellent for listening with others as well, and there are plenty of terrific ones you can enjoy with family members of all ages. Whether you want something that offers life advice or an emotional fictional story to inspire you or your loved ones, you can enjoy several high-quality audiobooks for free.
How to listen
Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition
The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition has a crisp 6.8-inch screen with 300 pixels per inch and 32 gigabytes of storage space for keeping hundreds of books. The flush-front design and glare-free display allow for comfortable reading over extended periods — even under bright lighting conditions. The battery life lasts up to 10 weeks on a full charge. Plus, it supports Kindle audiobooks.
Read more: Tackle your summer reading goals with the newest Kindle models
Books to listen to … for the college student looking to save money
“Your Turn: How to Be an Adult” by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Young adults between 18 and 35 may learn a great deal from this book by Julie Lythcott-Haims. She offers terrific life advice for those struggling to find their place in the world and outlines the best ways to improve their situation on their terms. It’s partly a memoir where the author shares several experiences and stories, but they provide helpful insights and may resonate with the average college student.
Read more: Best Audible-friendly books for the college grad to keep on their shelf forever
Books to listen to … for middle schoolers who are nervous
Middle school can be a tumultuous time for any pre-teen, but this fictional tale by Kelly Yang may help inspire them to stand out among their family and friends. It’s a story of a young girl from China who moves to Los Angeles to live with her family. It focuses on friendship, family and challenges immigrants face and is an excellent book for youth.
Read more: Add these 2023 librarian-approved books to your reading list
Books to listen to … for teaching acceptance
“One Last Stop” by Casey McQuiston
Teaching acceptance can be challenging no matter what age, but this book is effective, thanks to its stimulating story and complex characters. It’s a little bit out there in terms of plot, but how the story moves is exciting and may ignite the flames of those who believe magic doesn’t exist.
Read more: 10 great books by LGBTQ+ authors
Books to listen to … for enjoyment
“Once There Were Wolves” by Charlotte McConaghy
Animal lovers will find this book enthralling, as it focuses on a woman’s quest to save the animals she loves. It’s set in the wild Scottish Highlands and filled with plenty of vivid imagery. The story revolving around the wolves is gripping and sure to invoke a visceral reaction. It’s exciting, but it may also leave one with more questions about humanity and the nature of people.
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After decades, Black Vietnam vet at last getting his due: Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation’s highest award for bravery during the Vietnam War, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, will receive the prestigious Medal of Honor on Friday.
The overdue recognition for the 83-year-old Virginia resident comes after his recommendation for the medal was lost, resubmitted — and then lost again.
It wasn’t until 2016 — half a century after Davis risked his life to save some of his men by fighting off the North Vietnamese — that a volunteer group of advocates painstakingly recreated and resubmitted the paperwork.
Some of Davis’ supporters believe racism was to blame, but Davis doesn’t dwell on it. He said he doesn’t know why it has taken decades for his heroism to be recognized.
“Right now I’m overwhelmed,” he told The Associated Press in an interview the day before he attends a White House ceremony where President Joe Biden will hang the blue ribbon holding the Medal of Honor around Davis’ neck.
“When you’re fighting, you’re not thinking about this moment,” Davis said. “You’re just trying to get through that moment.”
That moment lasted nearly 19 hours and stretched over two days in mid-June 1965.
Davis, then a captain and commander with the 5th Special Forces Group, engaged in nearly continuous combat during a pre-dawn raid on a North Vietnamese army camp in the village of Bong Son in Binh Dinh province.
He led the charge against the enemy, called for precision artillery fire, engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the North Vietnamese and thwarted the capture of three American soldiers — all while suffering multiple wounds from gunshots and grenade fragments. Davis used his pinkie finger to fire his rifle after his hand was shattered by an enemy grenade, according to reports.
Davis repeatedly sprinted into an open rice paddy to rescue each member of his team, according to the ArmyTimes. His entire team survived. Davis refused to leave the battlefield until his men were safely removed.
Davis, a native of Cleveland, retired in 1985 at the rank of colonel and now lives in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington. Biden called him several weeks ago to deliver the news.
He compares receiving the medal to getting a long-anticipated ice cream cone and says the wait in no way lessens the honor.
“It’s just the antithesis of that,” he said. “It heightens the thing, if you’ve got to wait that long ... It’s like someone promised you an ice cream cone. You know what it looks like, what it smells like. You just haven’t licked it.”
Davis’ commanding officer recommended him for the military’s top honor, but the paperwork disappeared. He eventually was awarded a Silver Star Medal, the military’s third-highest combat medal, as an interim honor, but members of Davis’ team have argued that his skin color was a factor in the disappearance of his Medal of Honor recommendation.
“I believe that someone purposely lost the paperwork,” Ron Deis, a junior member of Davis’ team in Bong Son, told the AP in a separate interview.
Deis, now 79, helped compile the recommendation that was submitted in 2016. He said he knew Davis had been recommended for the Medal of Honor shortly after the battle in 1965 and he spent years wondering why Davis hadn’t been awarded the medal. Nine years ago he learned that a second nomination had been submitted “and that also was somehow, quote, lost.”
“But I don’t believe they were lost,” Deis said. “I believe they were intentionally discarded. They were discarded because he was Black, and that’s the only conclusion that I can come to.”
Army officials say there is no evidence of racism in Davis’ case.
“We’re here to celebrate the fact that he got the award, long time coming,” Maj. Gen. Patrick Roberson, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, told the AP. “We, the Army, you know, we haven’t been able to see anything that would say, ‘Hey, this is racism.’”
“We can’t know that,” Roberson said.
In early 2021, Christopher Miller, then the acting defense secretary, ordered an expedited review of Davis’ case. He argued in an opinion column later that year that awarding Davis the Medal of Honor would address an injustice.
“Some issues in our nation rise above partisanship,” Miller wrote. “The Davis case meets that standard.”
Davis’ daughter, Regan Davis Hopper, a mom of two teenage sons, told the AP that she only learned of her dad’s heroism in 2019. But, like him, she said she tries not to dwell on her disappointment in how the situation was handled.
“I try not to think about that. I try not to let that weigh me down and make me lose the thrill and excitement of the moment,” Hopper said. “I think that’s most important, to just look ahead and think about how exciting it is for America to meet my dad for the first time. I’m just proud of him.”
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PITTSBURGH — Could Matt Carpenter be even more valuable to the Yankees? Sunday gave a brief glimpse of how the 36-year-old veteran infielder could see some more at-bats. Committed to keeping slugger Aaron Judge off his feet and giving him two days to rest his legs, Aaron Boone “ripped off the band-aid” and gave Carpenter a try in the outfield.
“I just didn’t want to put [Judge] in the field if I didn’t have to [Sunday] and I was like, ‘Let’s roll with it with Carp,’” Boone said. “It was good to get him out there.”
It had been eight years since Carpenter, who made his name with the Cardinals at third, had played in the outfield. But he eased right back into it with the only play to him in the final inning of a 2-0 loss to the Guardians.
This isn’t a sign that Carpenter is going to be replacing struggling outfielders Joey Gallo or Aaron Hicks anytime soon. It’s another option to get the lefty-hitting Carpenter some pinch hit at-bats. That is exactly the situation that Boone took advantage of Sunday, using him to pinch hit for Marwin Gonzalez.
In the top of the eighth, Boone tapped Carpenter trying to spark an offense that was being shut out by Cleveland. The Yankees skipper also wanted to save Judge’s big bat for an opportunity in the ninth.
So, Carpenter took over for Gonzalez in right field. It was the first time he played the outfield since playing 1.2 innings in the outfield for the Cardinals in 2014. Franmil Reyes grounded a single to score a run through the right side of the infield. Carpenter smoothly fielded it and threw it in.
It’s not like it’s that new of a concept for Carpenter, who has played 118 big league games in the outfield.
But it is a chance to get him more at-bats. Carpenter is slashing .286/.412/.881 with a 1.293 OPS since his late May pick-up. He’s hit eight home runs, a double and driven in 17 runs in 20 games with the Bombers.
It’s quite the dramatic turnaround from 2021, when he hit .169/.305/.275 with three home runs and 21 RBI in 130 games in his final season with St. Louis, where he was a three-time All-Star.
Carpenter spent the winter reworking a swing that he knew was out of sync for the last few years. He signed a minor-league deal with the Rangers looking for another chance and spent the first month in Triple-A.
“It’s [as] simple as my bat path through the zone was not good,” Carpenter said of the change he had to make. “It was in and out for the last two seasons. I could not get it consistently through the zone and now I feel like my swing is consistently in the zone. And if you throw pitches over the plate, I’m able to hit them where versus the last couple of years you could throw it wherever you want, you [could] throw [it] right down the middle, but my swing was so in and out of the zone I had a hard time hitting it.”
After the first month of this season, Carpenter opted out of his deal in Triple-A and the Yankees picked him up on May 26. They’d seen him in spring training, and with Josh Donaldson and Giancarlo Stanton on the injured list at the time, felt he could at least give them competitive at-bats. Carpenter had been home for a week and not sure if that was the end of an 11-year career that included three All-Star appearances.
“I went from really close to it being over to now getting an opportunity. But in the way that it’s happened, on the best team in baseball, a franchise like the New York Yankees to take a shot on me it means a lot‚” Carpenter said. “I’ve really enjoyed it and I’m glad that I can help contribute to a team that’s got a really good chance of winning the World Series.”
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(The Hill) — Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is sharpening its attacks on her Republican rivals, arguing that former President Trump is “consumed by the grievances of the past” and that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) isn’t “ready for prime time,” according to a campaign memo to donors obtained by The Hill.
The memo from Betsy Ankney, Haley’s campaign manager, casts Haley as above the political fray in the nascent GOP presidential primary, recapping her more than $11 million fundraising haul in the first quarter and early efforts in critical primary and caucus states like New Hampshire and Iowa.
In contrast, Haley’s campaign argues, Trump is campaigning on “the promise of more drama in the future, rather than a forward-looking vision for the American people,” noting that while the former president was facing arraignment last week in a New York courtroom, Haley “was on the U.S.-Mexico border offering her plan for stopping illegal immigration.”
“Donald Trump had a pretty good Q1, if you count being indicted as ‘good,’” according to the memo, which was first reported by Axios.
Haley’s campaign also takes aim at DeSantis, who’s widely expected to launch a White House bid later this spring, needling him for making “one misstep after another,” including describing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “territorial dispute.”
When it comes to other would-be presidential hopefuls, the Haley campaign’s memo was dismissive: “Wait, what others?”
“None have taken the plunge,” it says. “That’s of course their decision, but they certainly did nothing to help themselves in the first part of the year. By contrast, Nikki is a decisive person. When she puts her mind to something, she’s IN IT, devoting all her energy to it night and day, week-in and week-out.”
Haley became the first Republican to challenge Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination when she announced her campaign in February. Since then, only two other candidates have jumped into the race: entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a relative unknown on the national political stage, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Despite jumping into the contest early, polling shows Haley struggling to break out of the single digits. Trump, meanwhile, maintains a staggering lead over just about every other candidate, declared or potential, while DeSantis is running in second place in most surveys.
Haley’s campaign dismissed the surveys, writing in the memo that “polls at this point are meaningless. The only thing certain about polls is that a year from now they will look different than today.”
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Despite increased home prices and higher interest rates, housing market in Topeka still red hot
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Interest rates are up substantially since the start of the year.
Housing prices also are up.
Despite that, there is no shortage of buyers for houses that go up for sale in Topeka and Shawnee County.
Abbey Wostal, president of the Sunflower Association of Realtors in Topeka, said the market “has been great.”
In fact, many buyers are having to make offers that are higher than the asking price of houses in Topeka and Shawnee County, she said.
“It’s been a fight for a lot of buyers,” Wostal said, “because there has been more buyers than what there has been inventory.”
It’s the ages-old case of “supply and demand,” Wostal said.
The Topeka real estate market may be slowing “a little bit” in part because interest rates are up in recent months, Wostal said.
On Jan. 1, one Topeka lending institution was listing its 30-year mortgage rate at 3.0% while a 15-year note was listed at 2,25%.
On Monday, the institution was listing a 30-year home loan at 5.5% and a 15-year loan at 4.75%.
In spite of the increase in interest rates and prices, Wostal said homes continue to sell quickly in Topeka.
She said Topeka prices are still a bargain compared to some nearby cities.
“Our prices are still great,” Wostal said. “Though it seems high for what we’ve been used to because it has gone up over the last two years, it’s still such a value for what you get here compared to even 30 miles away or 50 miles away.”
With the higher real estate prices, property tax valuations also have gone up in Shawnee County.
“No one likes higher taxes, myself included,” Wostal said. “Mine went up pretty steeply. But at the end of the day, our home values have gone up, too.”
Shawnee County Appraiser Steve Bauman says prices began to skyrocket around two years ago.
“The market exploded and our appraised values had to reflect that,” Bauman said Monday, “so they’ve been increasing quite a bit over the last couple of years.”
Bauman said property tax appeals nearly doubled from 2022 compared to 2021 in Shawnee County. There were around 950 appeals a year ago and more than 1,800 this year.
“Of the 1,880 appeals that we had,” Bauman said, “there were probably 750 adjustments -- 39, 40 percent -- which is about normal.”
Still, the number of appeals in 2022 is far below the approximate 8,000 that were filed in 1995, according to the Shawnee County appraiser’s office.
Bauman said the increased taxes on a $100,000 house that saw a 10 percent hike in valuation with no change in mill levy would be approximately $185, based on its location in Shawnee Count.
In spite of the increase in home prices and property taxes, Bauman says real estate in Shawnee county remains “affordable,” especially compared to nearby cities such as Kansas City.
Bauman said the median sale price for a home in Shawnee County from January to the first week of June this year was $185,000.
For those looking to buy a house in Shawnee County, Bauman has this piece of advice.
“It’s moving fast,” Bauman said of the Topeka and Shawnee County real estate market, “and if you’re interested in buying a house, you’ve got to move.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is returning to an extremely volatile post-election landscape, with control of the House still undecided, party leadership in flux and a potentially consequential lame-duck session with legislation on gay marriage, Ukraine and government funding.
Newly elected members of Congress arrived for Monday’s orientation amid jarring disappointments for Republicans, setting up rocky internal party leadership elections for GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Republicans suffered one of the most disappointing midterm outcomes in decades when a mighty red wave forecast for the House never hit.
Democrats performed better than expected, keeping narrow control of the Senate and pressing a long shot race for the House. But they, too, face leadership turmoil as Republicans pick up House seats toward majority control that would threaten Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s gavel.
“There are all kinds of ways to exert influence,” Pelosi said Sunday, deflecting questions about her future if Democrats lose control of the House. “Speaker has awesome power, but I will always have influence.”
It’s a changed place on Capitol Hill in the aftermath of the first election since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, with the Republican Party split over its ties to former President Donald Trump, Democrats eyeing generational leadership changes, and Biden with just weeks to accomplish goals with guaranteed Democratic control of Washington. Much of the action will be playing out behind closed doors in private caucus meetings.
Against this backdrop, McCarthy has tried to tamp down unrest as he asked his GOP colleagues for their support ahead of Tuesday’s closed-door leadership elections, which would put him in line to take the House speaker’s gavel from Pelosi, D-Calif., if Republicans flip majority control.
“I will be a listener every bit as much as a Speaker, striving to build consensus from the bottom-up rather than commanding the agenda from the top-down,” McCarthy, R-Calif., wrote in a letter to his GOP colleagues.
But McCarthy enters the speaker’s race a weakened leader, confronted by his party’s losses and demands from his restive right-flank, led by the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and its ties with Trump. The former president backs McCarthy for speaker, but Freedom Caucus lawmakers are calling for elections to be postponed.
“I certainly don’t think we should have elections before we have everything counted and know what our numbers are,” said Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas.
Among the newly elected lawmakers, Republican Cory Mills, an Army combat veteran who won an open seat in Florida, said: “You’ve got actual races that haven’t been called yet and you want to go out and have leadership votes?”
But Mike Lawler, who delivered a stunning defeat in New York to Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the Democrats’ campaign committee, said McCarthy has “my full support.”
The tumult playing out on Capitol Hill comes as Trump is poised to announce his 2024 bid for the White House on Tuesday. The GOP is torn between those remaining loyal to the former president and those who blame him for the midterm losses and prefer to move on from his “Make America Great Again” brand. Some lawmakers begged off from joining Trump at his Mar-A-Lago club for the announcement because of their own work on Capitol Hill.
“The Republican Party has a choice,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday. “I say to the Republican senators and to Leader McConnell, we are willing to work with you to get things done for the American people.”
Funding to keep the government running past a Dec. 16 funding deadline, aid for Ukraine and bipartisan legislation that would safeguard same-sex marriages from potential Supreme Court challenges in states where they have been legal are all top priorities in the final weeks of the year.
But McConnell faces his own intraparty turmoil ahead of Wednesday’s closed-door leadership race, which his right flank also wants postponed as they review what went wrong in the midterm elections in general and the Georgia race now heading toward a Dec. 6 runoff.
“We need to have serious discussions,” said a draft letter led by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and signed by a handful of other GOP senators.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., put it more bluntly in a tweet: “The old party is dead. Time to bury it. Build something new.”
Democrats have pushed their own internal elections off until after Thanksgiving, at which time Pelosi has said she will decide whether she would seek to stay on as party leader.
A younger generation of Democrats has been eager to take the reins in the House once Pelosi and top leaders Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Jim Clyburn of South Carolina decide if they will stay or go.
At the same time, lawmakers are buckling in for a final weekslong legislative sprint of this session — potentially the last chance Biden will have with Democratic control of Congress and monopoly party power in Washington.
On the agenda ahead are must-do bills — most prominently funding to keep the government running or risk a federal shutdown. Conservatives are eager to use the December funding deadline to begin to extract their policy priorities from McCarthy, particularly their promises to slash spending and refuse to raise the nation’s debt limit.
The fiscal showdown, also expected to include a round of disaster funding for hurricane-hit Florida and other areas, could be a preview of the what’s next in the new year.
The outgoing Congress is also working swiftly to ensure another round of funding for Ukraine to fight Russia, particularly after McCarthy signaled Republicans will refuse to provide a “blank check” for the overseas expenditure.
One top priority of Biden and his party is post-Jan. 6 legislation to modernize the Electoral Count Act, an update to the late 19th century law.
Also a landmark bill that would require recognition of same sex and interracial marriages in states where they are legal has gained support from both parties, amid concerns the Supreme Court could roll back marriage protections. It is promised for a Senate vote after already passing the House.
Legislation helping young immigrants known as Dreamers in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program remain in the U.S. also is under consideration.
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Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rushed higher Friday after a strong report on the U.S. job market suggested a recession may not be as close as Wall Street had feared.
The S&P 500 leaped 1.5% for the latest surge in a rally that’s vaulted it nearly 20% since mid-October. That put Wall Street’s main measure of health on the edge of entering what’s called a “bull market” despite a long list of challenges.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 701 points, or 2.1%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1.1%.
The indexes got a boost after a report showed employers unexpectedly accelerated their hiring last month. It’s the latest signal that the job market remains remarkably solid despite much higher interest rates, and it offers a hefty pillar of support for an economy that’s begun to slow.
Areas of the market that do best when the economy is healthy led a widespread rally, including stocks of industrial companies, energy producers and banks. Exxon Mobil rose 2.3% as prices for crude oil climbed on hopes that a resilient economy would burn more fuel.
Perhaps more importantly for markets, the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report also showed a slowdown in increases for workers’ pay even as hiring strengthened.
While that may discourage workers trying to keep up with prices at the register, investors believe slower wage gains will mean less upward pressure on inflation across the economy.
That in turn could allow the Federal Reserve to take it easier on its hikes to interest rates meant to lower inflation. High rates do that by slowing the economy and hurting investment prices, and they’ve already caused pain for the banking and manufacturing industries.
The unemployment rate also rose by more than expected last month, moving up to 3.7% from a five-decade low. That implies a bit more slack in the job market and seems to conflict with the gangbusters hiring numbers, whose data comes from a separate survey.
“The reality is probably somewhere in between,” said Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management.
“One thing that is striking is that if you compare aggregate payrolls today to the pre-COVID trend, we still have more than a four million job hole to fill-in,” he said. “COVID led to strange times, a strange recovery and an even stranger slowdown.”
Following the report, traders were largely expecting the Fed to hold interest rates steady at its next meeting in two weeks. If it does, that would be the first time it hasn’t hiked rates in more than a year.
A pause on rate hikes would offer some breathing room for an economy that’s already seen manufacturing contract sharply for months. Higher rates have also hurt many smaller and mid-sized banks, in part because customers have pulled deposits in search of higher interest at money-market funds.
Several high-profile bank failures since March have shaken the market, leading Wall Street to hunt for other possible weak links. Several under the heaviest scrutiny rallied following the jobs report. PacWest Bancorp leaped 14.1%, for example, to trim its loss for the year to 66.6%.
But Fed officials have also warned recently that a pause on rate hikes in June wouldn’t necessarily mean the end to hikes.
Traders are increasingly expecting the Fed to follow up a June pause with a July hike to interest rates, according to data from CME Group. That helped push Treasury yields higher.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 3.69% from 3.60% late Thursday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans.
The two-year Treasury yield, which moves more on expectations for Fed action, jumped to 4.50% from 4.34%.
Also helping to support Wall Street was the Senate giving final approval late Thursday to a deal that will allow the U.S. government to avoid a potentially disastrous default on its debt. The move was widely expected by investors, and the deal moves next to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Lululemon Athletica jumped 11.3% after it reported stronger profit for the latest quarter than expected, crediting accelerating sales trends in China and other factors. It also raised its forecast for results over the full year.
MongoDB soared 28% after the database company reported bigger profit than expected. The company said it’s confident it will benefit from the wave of enthusiasm around artificial intelligence that’s swept the business world.
A frenzy around AI has helped the S&P 500 climb to its highest levels since August. Nvidia, whose chips are helping to power the move into AI, has soared 169% this year, for example.
Outsized gains for Nvidia and a small group of other stocks have been the main reason the S&P 500 has gotten so close to escaping its bear market, which saw a drop of 25.4% in nine months from early January 2022 into October.
Just a couple handfuls of stocks have driven the bulk of the gains for the S&P 500, and critics say that means the index may not be as strong as it appears. Even though the S&P 500 is up 11.5% for the year so far, nearly half the stocks in the index have lost ground amid worries about falling profits, still-high inflation and much higher interest rates.
All told, the S&P 500 rose 61.35 Friday to 4,282.37. The Dow climbed 701.19 to 33,762.76, and the Nasdaq gained 139.78 to 13,240.77.
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The 2023 Toyota Prius is the fifth generation of the world’s best-known hybrid vehicle. Since it first went on sale in Japan in 1997, the Prius has epitomized high fuel efficiency and the advanced technology of hybrid-electric powertrains.
The current fourth-generation Prius arrived in 2016 and its styling and design were not well-received. But the introduction of a Prius Prime plug-in hybrid version in 2017 and an all-wheel-drive version in 2019 were seen as smart moves to broaden this efficiency icon’s appeal.
The new Prius is due to arrive at dealers in January, yet Toyota’s November launch of the 2023 Prius lineup omitted some key pieces of backstory on why the latest Prius ended up with such a radical exterior but evolutionary tech.
In early December, Green Car Reports sat down with Satoki Oya, chief engineer for the fifth-generation Prius, during a San Diego media drive for the car. These six points below help flesh out some of the background of the 2023 Prius:
(1) Goals for the 2023 Prius took time to establish
The development of the fifth-generation Prius went “according to plan,” Oya told us, “and the team was able to keep on target.”
But, yes, there’s more to it. Asked why the outgoing generation stayed on sale for a seventh model year, Oya acknowledged it had taken time to settle on the future role of the Prius for the 2020s and beyond.
“The role of the new model was not concrete” at first, he suggested. Such a radical design for this iconic vehicle, with its great importance to the company’s technology image, took time to gain approval beyond the project team itself. The goals chosen were to offer both a striking design and performance worthy of that design.
The result gives the Prius even “more importance” in the lineup, Oya said. The new model is striking in its own right, not just because it’s a Prius, plus it gives better performance with the same outstanding 57-mpg fuel efficiency.
(2) Turning the design sketches into a car was a heavy lift
Toyota engineers had never done a mass-production vehicle with a design quite this radical, Oya suggested. And they had to do it while simultaneously increasing performance, reducing overall weight, and complying with more stringent future crash-test requirements.
The overall platform is an evolution of the TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) component set first launched on the 2016 Prius. You can think of it as TNGA-2, Oya agreed. The challenge was to use a standard architecture, due to roll into the next generation of millions of Toyotas, while retaining the striking look created by the designers.
(3) The windshield angle was especially challenging
The shape of the 2023 Prius is as close to a pure wedge as any generation has gotten, and a large part of that comes from its steeply raked windshield. While the outgoing model had a rake of 26.3 degrees, the new one is laid back even further, to 21.6 degrees—just half a degree from the 21.1 degrees of the exclusive, high-end Lexus LFA halo sports car. The highest point of the roof is also moved further back on the body.
To make that possible, Oya said, Toyota did a large amount of computer simulation specifically for the structure inside the steep windshield pillar (known as the A-pillar) to enable it to be fabricated out of new, higher-strength steels that made it 1.3 times as strong as the previous structure. That allowed the company to forgo hot stamping for parts of that assembly, saving energy and reducing the carbon footprint associated with manufacturing.
The company also worked with its glass supplier to create a windshield panel longer than for any previous Prius generation. While it didn’t extend into the roof, as a few electric vehicles have done, it was still “tough to manufacture,” Oya suggested.
(4) Underpinnings had to be redesigned to make the car 2 inches lower
To get a roofline fully two inches lower than the previous generation, Oya noted, required some rethinking about the seating positions to maintain adequate headroom.
In particular, he highlighted the need to redesign the battery pack and the gasoline tank—both under the rear seat—to be shorter in height, allowing the rear seat cushion to sit lower with the same amount of space above it.
(5) The Prius now, finally, has a conventional instrument cluster
As well as their distinctive exterior designs, largely in the service of lowering aerodynamic drag, earlier Priuses were known for unusual interiors—and digital displays centered at the base of the windshield. That’s all gone now.
The 2023 Prius has a relatively conventional, rectangular digital instrument cluster centered behind the steering wheel. It contains what you might expect: a digital speedometer inside a circular power gauge (“Chg”, “Eco”, and “Pwr”), odometer, time, external temperature, miles until empty, and a raft of various indicators and warning lights.
While Oya didn’t explicitly address the reasoning, it’s clear that the Prius now shares its information cluster and infotainment controls with the rest of the Toyota lineup—making it less distinctive but, perhaps, easier to understand at a glance for drivers new to the model.
(6) The powertrain is evolutionary—but a lot more powerful
This is probably the most predictable of the points we learned from Oya: As is Toyota’s wont, every component was analyzed, refined, and redesigned for continuous incremental improvement. We can’t think of a Prius generation in which that hasn’t been the case.
Here, the inline 4-cylinder engine of the 2023 Prius has a larger displacement—2.0 liters against 1.8 liters—and a higher compression ratio, now 14:1, up from 13:1. Still, its maximum thermal efficiency of 41% is only incrementally higher than the 40% quoted for the 2016 Prius. Similarly, the pair of motor-generators in the hybrid system output more power. The engine is rated at 150 hp, with the combined powertrain at 194 or 196 hp (for front- and all-wheel-drive versions respectively), against 96 hp for the engine and a total powertrain output of 121 hp for last year’s model. That’s a 60% boost, more than any previous Prius iteration.
The lithium-ion cells are a new type, jointly developed with the battery supplier. Oya declined to name that supplier, widely presumed to be Panasonic. Battery capacity is down to 0.9 kwh, versus 1.3 kwh in the previous generation.
A Prius Prime will be coming for 2024
Inevitably, we had to end our interview with a question about the future of the Prius Prime model. Toyota has already teased specs for it, including the idea that there will be a 50% boost in plug-in electric range versus the outgoing model.
But that, said Oya and other Toyota executives in various phrasings, is a topic we are not discussing today. Expect more details within a few months.
Toyota provided airfare, lodging, and meals to enable Green Car Reports to bring you this first-person drive report.
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LONDON — Kalvin Phillips withdrew from the England squad on Tuesday because of a shoulder injury in a concern for coach Gareth Southgate ahead of the World Cup.
Phillips, who was a regular in England’s team in its run to the European Championship final last year, has endured a frustrating time since leaving Leeds to join Manchester City during the offseason.
He has made just three substitute appearances for City, totaling 14 minutes, because of injury — the last being against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last week.
Coming on against Dortmund offered hope that Phillips was nearing fitness after hurting his shoulder during City’s friendly against Barcelona in August. He sustained two significant shoulder injuries during his time at Leeds.
The World Cup starts Nov. 20.
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LONDON, UK — Prince Harry has said he wants to have his father and brother back and that he wants “a family, not an institution,” during a TV interview ahead of the publication of his memoir.
The interview with Britain's ITV channel is due to be released this Sunday. In clips released Monday, Harry was shown saying that “they feel as though it is better to keep us somehow as the villains” and that "they have shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile” — though it was not clear who he was referring to.
Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan have aired their grievances against the British monarchy since the couple stepped down as senior royals in 2020 and moved to California, where they now live with their two young children.
Harry, 38, has previously spoken about his estrangement from his father, King Charles III, and elder brother Prince William since his departure from the U.K.
Last month Netflix released “Harry & Meghan,” a six-part series that detailed the couple's experiences leading to their decision to make a new start in the U.S.
In that documentary, Harry was scathing about how the royal press team worked, and spoke about how his relationship with William and the rest of the royal household broke down. Meghan described wanting to end her life as she struggled to cope with toxic U.K. press coverage.
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Mindfulness is mainstream. There are mindfulness retreats that will set you back thousands of dollars. Entire sections of libraries and bookstores are devoted to the subject.
My kids learn mindfulness and meditation techniques in their public elementary school. Before my weekly yoga class starts, the teacher says a bunch of stuff about mindfulness, and setting intentions for our downward dogs and plank poses.
On the whole, I think mindfulness showing up in our culture in new ways is a good thing.
However, I do think there's something off-putting about the "mindfulness industrial complex" - the expensive getaways and self-proclaimed gurus, who make promises about personal transformation they can't necessarily keep.
And I've been looking for something different. I wanted to understand the theology that birthed the modern mindfulness movement. I wanted to understand how, by training your mind, you could actually create some kind of divine connection to yourself, to other people in your life, or even to a higher power.
In all this spiritual seeking I'm doing these days, it was time to go deep on Buddhism.
My mom was a lifelong Presbyterian who served as a church deacon, and hung artisan-made crosses around her house. But I also have clear memories of her sitting on her black meditation pillow in front of the window in her bedroom, eyes shut, breathing deep and audibly.
She had books by the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh on her bedside table. Like a lot of Americans, she didn't see Buddhism and Christianity as contrary to one another — they could be complements.
I wanted to understand what that could look like. My mom died 14 years ago and I can't ask her, so I have to figure it out for myself. That means doing my own research and having my own experience with Buddhism. And what better way to do that than spending time at an actual monastery?
Now, I do not want to suggest that showing up at a Buddhist monastery for three days taught me everything I need to know about Buddhism or mindfulness. Obviously not.
But it did help me understand why more and more Americans are converting to Buddhism, or even, if they don't go all in that way, they are finding elements of that tradition that they can incorporate into their own spiritual life and identity.
So where do you go to learn about the ancient wisdom and revelation of the Buddha? New Jersey of course. And a monastery called Empty Cloud, which seemed perfectly on brand.
Yes, I, too, want to be like an empty cloud! So my producer Lee Hale and I drove five or so hours from Washington, D.C. to West Orange, N.J.
Two Buddhist monks run Empty Cloud. Their names are Ayyā Somā and Bhante Suddhāso. Ayyā Somā is Italian, and before she shaved her head and put on the robes, she was a fashion journalist.
Bhante is a soft-spoken guy from Colorado with small, round glasses. He grew up in a conservative evangelical family and found Buddhism after college.
They welcome us with tea and give us the basic instructions for staying there: No makeup or any other physical adornments. No fancy clothes. Monks always eat before the lay people like us who stay there, and, even when it's not an official silent meditation time, everyone needs to walk around sort of quietly and keep conversation at a moderate volume.
I spent most of my time with the Empty Cloud monks inside the monastery for meals, meditation, and dharma talks — which are like sermons or spiritual lessons.
But we did take one field trip — just a few miles away — to the campus of Rutgers University, where five of the monks walked into a frat house. Yes, it sounds like the beginning of a problematic joke. Even the monks recognized how surreal the scene was.
They went to campus to do something called "almsgiving." Meaning they hold a bowl and wait for people walking by to offer them some food, since monks of this Buddhist tradition can't make or buy themselves meals.
They've all got shaved heads and they're wearing traditional orange robes with sandals. Tevas seem to be the preferred brand in this group.
They situated themselves in a line in front of a shopping mall full of retail shops and casual dining options. They definitely stood out, and at one point the mall manager came out to see if they were staging some kind of protest.
She let them be, but the monks weren't having a lot of luck. People walked by and smiled, but they didn't really get what was happening.
So a young woman who's staying at the monastery called up a friend of hers who is a student at Rutgers. He rallied his frat brothers, and they showed up a couple minutes later to escort the monks a couple blocks away to their frat house, for takeout tacos.
A handful of college guys, mostly wearing pajama pants and hoodies, show the monks into the main living room — and yes, it is a SCENE. Red solo cups lying in one corner. A box of Franzia wine and random hot sauce on one table. A bong on another. The whole place smells like weed. Ayyā Somā makes small talk with the young men, and asks what a fraternity is really about. Just to be clear — she doesn't understand what a fraternity is because she's Italian, not because she's a monk.
One of the guys responds. His name is Michael Porucznik. "It's like a social group, mostly, I would say."
To be honest, all this feels sort of awkward. I'm a little worried these guys might be messing with the monks. But, they're respectful and they're asking legitimate, thoughtful questions. The mom in me is sort of proud of them – even though it's clear that some of them are ditching class.
Ayyā Somā asks the students what inspired them to make offerings.
Michael sits up on a worn-out red couch and sort of stutters into his answer. "I very much admire people who discipline themselves to like a specific aspect of life. And I feel like it's also good karma." Everyone laughs. "We also think it's good karma," Ayyā Somā replies.
Chatting with a bunch of monks for a half an hour isn't likely to turn these guys into Buddhists. But who knows what seeds the conversation has planted in their 20-year-old brains?
And that's sort of the deal with Buddhism. There's no proselytizing. In the car on the way back to the monastery, Bhante Suddhāso tells me it's just the opposite. "Buddhists play hard to get," he says.
Which is maybe why it's appealing to a lot of people: Buddhist monks might end up at your frat house for tacos, but they're not going to knock on the door to try and convert you.
In fact, most of the time, they're at their monastery doing their own individual spiritual work.
Just before the pandemic, they moved their home base from Queens to this center in West Orange.
They got a great deal on the place from the Augustinian monks who had lived there before. The Catholics were downsizing and moving west, and Ayyā Somā and Bhante Suddhāso, the co-founders of Empty Cloud Monastery, needed more space.
"They were just really overjoyed that another group of monks wanted to take over the monastery," Bhante Suddhāso told me.
The building itself has a medieval castle vibe. There's a stained glass window in the meditation room with an image of Noah's Ark on it, and there's a cross on the roof.
For now, the monks jokingly say the cross stands for the four noble truths — which Ayyā Somā says can be distilled to this from the Buddha's teachings:
"All he ever taught was suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering, and the way out of suffering. So that's all we are practicing is that, um, for the cessation of suffering."
Which sounds great, right? No one wants to suffer. I don't want to suffer. But I needed to understand why pulling away from modern life, the way monks do, alleviates suffering.
Because it's no joke what they have to give up. They pledge to live in celibacy. No meals after midday. No intoxicants of any kind. No pop culture. No money.
"The word renunciation for some people has a negative connotation," Bhante says. "But for us, renunciation means recognizing that we don't need something in order to be happy."
For example, he explains, "When I was a lay person, which was a very long time ago now — 15 plus years ago – I needed to always have music playing."
If it wasn't music in the car, he was listening to headphones. "Like, it was just constant. And so, then getting into this life, it's like, well, one of our rules is that we don't listen to music. So, clearly, I thought I needed that, but I don't need it."
"Do you miss music, though?" I ask. "No," he replies with a laugh.
Ayyā Somā chimes in: "Essentially, from the fear of missing out from FOMO, we go to JOMO, the joy of missing out."
They point out that this level of renunciation only represents about 1 percent of Buddhists worldwide.
I still don't understand exactly what these two get out of this really restrictive life. What is Buddhism freeing them from personally?
And I really want to know what they make of the fact that when I Googled "Buddhist retreat," a whole slew of places popped up where I could probably also get a hot stone massage and a facial peel.
As I was about to ask this question, we hear a bell ring and Bhante Suddhāso tells me we can take up the matter in the dharma hall.
Turns out, monks are highly scheduled people. It's time to move to a different room, where we join the other residents — the lay people who stay at the monastery for days or weeks at a time. We're all situated on individual meditation pillows, with the monks facing the rest of us at the front of the room. Everyone sips tea and eats small pieces of cheese and dark chocolate ... the only approved evening snacks.
There's a big golden statue of the Buddha on the mantle above the fireplace. Bhante Suddhāso pets Teddy, the black monastery cat, and I get another swing at my question.
I ask him what he makes of how mindfulness has made its way into the mainstream of American culture. Like, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
"I think it's mixed," he tells me.
"The Buddha does identify mindfulness as being a wholesome characteristic of mind, so wholesome in the sense that it's, it's beneficial that it brings happiness, it leads towards awakening," he explains. "But it's still only one factor of the eightfold path. So, if one is only practicing mindfulness, then at best you're practicing, uh, 12.5% of Buddhism. Which is not a complete path to awakening. So it's kind of like if you're making a cake and a cake calls for eight ingredients, and you're like, well, I'm just going to leave out seven of those ingredients. Well, that's not a cake, that's a bowl of raw eggs."
Here at the monastery they're interested in the whole cake. Which involves rising before sunrise, chores in the house and the yard, and finishing your meals before noon. Being on this path also means letting go of the big things you can't change, and focusing on what's happening in your own consciousness.
I've dabbled in meditation over the years. I started as a way to deal with my own grief after my mom died from kidney cancer.
But the longest I'd ever sat and tried to meditate was, maybe, 15 minutes. So, when it was time to go down to the meditation hall for an hour of silent sitting, I was a bit freaked out.
I situated myself on my meditation pillow, my eyes closed, and took in some deep breaths, like everyone else was doing.
This wasn't a guided meditation for beginners. There were a few monks in the room with about six other residents, and it was clear they knew what they were doing.
Me, not so much. Bhante Suddhāso had told me to come up with a mantra and just say that over and over. He suggested the words "loving kindness," so I went with that.
Breathe in, breathe out. Loving kindness. "Yes," I thought, "I am killing this meditation."
Then it started to unravel: "Are they seriously not going to feed us dinner? Did my kids get a ride to baseball tonight? How am I going to sleep here? Wait, no ... Loving kindness. Loving kindness. Kindness. Do the monks get to pick out their own robes? Does Ayyā Somā miss make-up? It's really hard to do a smokey eye."
Needless to say, I didn't reach any higher level of consciousness. But there were people who seemed to have.
When I snuck a peek during the meditation, I caught a glimpse of this young woman named Katie McKenna. She's not a monk, but she was sitting perfectly still, no fidgeting. And she was always smiling. She had definitely figured something out.
I caught up with her later and we chatted for a bit. She said she's been a Buddhist for about 10 years. She was laid off from her tech job earlier this year, and after that happened, she hightailed it to her happy place - the monastery.
She tries to visit monasteries whenever she can. She used to suffer from a lot of anxiety, but she says Buddhism has changed that: "I hardly ever have anxiety anymore. I just feel a lot of joy."
"I grew up in Indiana," she continued. "So, there's a lot of Christianity around around me. And I feel like people would just proselytize and tell me, like, this is the way. So I feel like I've just had this innate trust with Buddhism because there was this teaching – to come and see for yourself."
I asked if there was any part of her that wanted to go all in and become a monk?
"Yeah. That does come up for me from time to time. It's come up for my boyfriend, too, actually. We broke up for a little bit in September, briefly, 'cuz we were both struggling with, like fully giving ourselves to the relationship because we both had this inclination in our mind towards monasticism."
They stopped watching TV and movies. No music. No dinner. They meditate for long periods of time every day.
"The cool thing about this path," she says, "is, it just starts happening to you."
It definitely wasn't just happening to me. I mean, I'd only been at this for a few days, but I was more interested in a form of Buddhism that let me live in my actual life. I needed to talk to someone who wasn't about to shave her head and move into the monastery.
I found Sudha Ram.
Sudha wasn't staying at the monastery like the others, but she lives in the neighborhood and comes over a lot.
Within a few minutes of talking with her, it becomes clear that she has endured a lot of disappointments in life. And right now, she is working through problems in her marriage. She tells me that Buddhism has taught her things that her Hindu faith never did.
"If you don't love yourself and put yourself in front of others, who're not gonna give you love, you're not gonna be successful. So I give loving kindness to myself. I give loving kindness to the other people who need to be given loving kindness. That helps a lot because the anger, the rejection, and, you know, the ill feeling, come often."
I think she's about to share more about her relationship with her husband, or her kids, or something about work. But she starts telling me about her dog. A golden retriever named Simba who died not long ago. The dog came to her in her dreams.
"He came to me and he said, 'mom, what did you learn from me?' I had to think, what did I learn from him? I know he was very loving. He was a golden retriever. He loves people, he loves pets, he loves everybody."
"So I said, 'yeah, you are very loving.' And he said, 'Mom, you are very loving, too. But you still have judgment. You still judge. I'm not. I love everybody. So that's the difference.' "
I know how bizarre this sounds. I'm sitting in the basement of this Buddhist monastery, talking with this woman I barely know, about her dead dog who talks to her in her dreams. And tears are welling up in her eyes and then in mine.
And I get that her grief and loneliness are bigger than this story. And we hold hands briefly across a table. And I share my own losses with her. And none of it is healed, but there is a comfort in that shared intimacy between strangers.
Letting go may be the Buddhist precept for ending suffering. But I think, just as important as the letting go is the letting in. Letting monks into the frat house. Letting a journalist into your monastery. Letting a stranger into your grief.
Yes, the ultimate enlightenment happens internally — when you free your mind from attachment and longing. But awakening also happens when you are willing to step into the breach with someone else. To be present in their pain and have them witness yours.
Pali is the ancient language of Buddhism, and Ayyā Somā told me that her favorite Pali word is "kampa".
"Which literally means 'trembling together.' Sometimes we focus a lot on our trembling, or the trembling of the other person. But we don't realize that it's actually the same trembling, and we're all trembling together."
Buddhism may teach that the individual has the power to ease their own suffering, but true contentment requires us all to care about each other. It's not just about being alone in our mind on the mat. Buddhist monks still have to engage with the rest of the world. And the world has to engage back. We share our stories with strangers and absorb one another's grief.
We tremble, together.
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The company prepares for its next phase of growth in providing customers with a world-class experience paired with the industry's leading software.
VIENNA, Va., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GenNext Media, dba Surefire Local (www.surefirelocal.com), the leading business intelligence marketing software for small businesses to attract customers, grow profits, and maximize efficiency, announced today the appointment of Jeff Gossman to Chief Operating Officer.
Hired as SVP of Customer Success in Spring 2021, Jeff Gossman has spearheaded a number of new initiatives that advanced the company's customer-focusing strategies, processes, and infrastructure. Developing and executing these strategies has allowed the company to scale at an unprecedented rate, with customer satisfaction and retention at an all-time high. With the introduction of a new customer onboarding journey, Surefire Local has seen monthly gross churn reduced by 93 bps YoY.
Establishing the Chief Operating Officer role is the next step in the company's accelerated growth plan. The appointment positions Jeff to oversee the day-to-day operations of the company and reaffirms Surefire Local's leadership in providing cost-effective business intelligence marketing software that local, small businesses love and rely on daily as they strive to tackle the challenges of online marketing in today's consumer-driven world.
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Man spotted in wheelchair on 405 Freeway in West L.A. over the weekend
A man in a wheelchair was spotted on the 405 Freeway in West Los Angeles Saturday evening, according to news reports. The man was not hurt and was detained by the California Highway Patrol just before midnight.
The man, wearing a flannel shirt and a blue surgical face mask, was seen propelling himself on the busy freeway, according to video from news station KTLA. He first traveled in the slow lane, then moved into a middle lane. Drivers were forced to slam on their brakes as the man continued to wheel himself in lanes, and at one point a motorist drove behind the man in the wheelchair with hazard lights flashing. A videographer could be heard yelling at the man to get out of the freeway, but he did not respond.
Officers with the California Highway Patrol eventually stopped and detained the man somewhere near Santa Monica Boulevard, according to news reports.
CHP officials said the incident was reported as a pedestrian on the freeway but did not have any additional information about the man’s status or whether he was cited. Reports of pedestrians on the freeway are not uncommon, said CHP Officer Alicia Kolter.
“In Southern California, there are many instances of pedestrians reported walking on the freeway,” Kolter said. “Because this pedestrian was in a wheelchair changes it slightly, but not much.”
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LONDON — A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.
Parliament’s digital committee asked the Tesla CEO on Wednesday to give evidence about his proposals “in more depth.” “At a time when social media companies face the prospect of tighter regulations around the world, we’re keen to learn more about how Mr Musk will balance his clear commitment to free speech with new obligations to protect Twitter’s users from online harms,” said Julian Knight in a statement.
Knight is the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the U.K.
Musk said it’s too early to give an answer because shareholders haven't voted on the Twitter deal yet.
The committee said it’s interested in Musk’s plans, especially his intention to roll out verification for all users, which echoes its own recommendations.
The U.K. government's online safety bill would give regulators wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies.
Musk recently bought the social media platform for $44 billion.
The U.K. Parliament has previously summoned Musk.
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To help set the stage again, here are the starting lineups for each side as the American League and National League All-Stars battle for the 93rd time.
The American League currently leads the series 47-43-2 and comes in riding a nine-game winning streak dating back to 2013. In fact, the National League has emerged victorious just three times (in three consecutive seasons from 2010-to-2012) since 1997 and walked away with one tie during that infamous 2002 contest.
American League:
1) Marcus Semien (TEX) – 2B
2) Shohei Ohtani (LAA) – DH
3) Randy Arozarena (TB) – LF
4) Corey Seager (TEX) – SS
5) Yandy Díaz (TB) – 1B
6) Adolis García (TEX) – RF
7) Austin Hays (BAL) – CF
8) Josh Jung (TEX) – 3B
9) Jonah Heim (TEX) – C
National League:
1) Ronald Acuña Jr. (ATL) – RF
2) Freddie Freeman (ATL) – 1B
3) Mookie Betts (LAD) – CF
4) J.D. Martinez (LAD) – DH
5) Nolan Arenado (STL) – 3B
6) Luis Arraez (MIA) – 2B
7) Sean Murphy (ATL) – C
8) Corbin Carroll (ARI) – LF
9) Orlando Arcia (ATL) - SS
The 2023 All-Star Game starting lineups! pic.twitter.com/nirtDpuvnP
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 10, 2023
When Gerrit Cole takes the mound on Tuesday night, it’ll be the first time that the six-time All-Star has been given the honor of starting the Mid-Summer Classic. Cole told reporters on Monday, “It’s always something that I’ve wanted to do… I feel like I’m physically able to do it, and I’ve got an opportunity.”
Astros’ skipper Dusty Baker – who is at the helm for the American League squad on Tuesday evening noted that it was an easy decision on his part -- “Guy’s been here about five or six times… About time he’s started one. He’s one of the best there is. … Hey man, if Gerrit Cole wants to pitch, I’ll let him pitch.”
The New York Yankees’ Gerrit Cole will start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game for the American League and Arizona’s Zac Gallen will open on the mound for the NL. Cole will start for the first time in his sixth All-Star nod. https://t.co/KJVL1GGnHN
— FOX 2 Detroit (@FOX2News) July 11, 2023
Fun fact from the exceptional Sarah Langs (@SlangsonSports), tonight’s contest will mark the first ever Major League All-Star game in which a rookie has been in the starting lineup for each club – Josh Jung at third base for the Rangers and Corbin Carroll in left field for the Diamondbacks. Just one other time in the history of the Mid-Summer Classic have two rookies been in the starting lineup – that was in 2008 where the Cubs’ rookie duo of Geovany Soto and Kosuke Fukudome each represented the National League
Josh Jung and Corbin Carroll will be the second-ever duo of rookies to start the same ASG, joining 2008: Kosuke Fukudome and Geovany Soto
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) June 29, 2023
so 1st time 1 in each league! https://t.co/d0FcueG4hO
With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Randy Arozarena collected the first hit in the All-Star game, but he was gunned down attempting to swipe second base. We’re scoreless heading to the second..
In doing so, he became the first player caught stealing in an All-Star Game since speed demon Lance Berkman way back in 2011.
Randy Arozarena is the first player to get caught stealing in an ASG since Lance Berkman in 2011.
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) July 12, 2023
We’re scoreless heading to the bottom of the first inning, thanks to a pair of defensive gems from Adolis Garcia and Randy Arozarena!
ADOLIS!
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 12, 2023
Adolis García robs Ronald Acuña Jr. to start the All-Star Game! pic.twitter.com/FkcEaKBvUB
Randy Arozarena absolutely loves the big stage pic.twitter.com/dtRj2AjnlS
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NEW YORK (AP) — Customs officers at New York’s Kennedy International Airport seized $450,000 worth of cocaine from a traveler who was smuggling the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair, federal authorities announced.
The bust happened Nov. 10 when Customs and Border Patrol officers stopped a woman traveling from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with a wheelchair whose wheels weren’t turning, agency officials said.
The officers X-rayed the wheelchair and noticed an “anomaly” in all four wheels, CPB officials said in a news release. Officers checked the tires and found a white powder that tested positive for cocaine, they said.
A total of 28 pounds (12.7 kilos) of cocaine with a street value of $450,000 was removed from the wheels, officials said.
The woman, a Dominican citizen named Emelinda Paulino De Rivas, was arrested on smuggling charges and turned over to Homeland Security Investigations. It wasn’t clear if she had an attorney who could comment.
“CBP stands steadfast and determined in working with our partners to identify the trans-national criminal networks responsible for importing these deadly drugs into our neighborhoods.” Francis J. Russo, Director of CBP’s New York field operations, said. “CBP’s mission is to guard the borders and ports of entry 24/7, 365 days a year to prevent these dangerous drugs from potentially killing our family, friends, and neighbors.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/ap-feds-cocaine-worth-450000-seized-from-wheelchair-wheels/ | 2022-11-16 04:41:55 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/ap-feds-cocaine-worth-450000-seized-from-wheelchair-wheels/ |
On January 25, 1839 the official flag of Texas was adopted by the Third Congress of the Republic of Texas. It specified the look of the iconic Lone Star Flag that we know and love today. The colors were chosen to signify certain attributes: red for courage, white for purity and liberty, and blue for loyalty. The Texas flag is the only flag of an American state that previously served as a flag for an independent country.
Here are five things happening around your state:
1. Starting pay at state hospitals and state supported living centers increases
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announced it is increasing salaries and starting pay at state hospitals and state supported living centers to combat staffing shortages and bring hospital beds back online. HHSC said there are 700 state hospital beds offline due to a shortage of staffers. The commission is hoping to recruit and attract workers, reduce vacancies, and bring more beds back online. There are approximately 1,805 openings in state hospitals and 2,137 openings in state supported living centers. Registered nurses with three years' experience could have starting salaries as high has $90,000 per year. Psychiatric nursing assistants and direct support professionals would start between $17.50 and $21.00 an hour depending on experience. Current employees are also receiving salary increases.
2. Bill filed to make catalytic converter theft a state felony
Senator John Whitmire and Senator Carol Alvarado jointly filed Senate Bill 224 which seeks to increase the criminal penalty for catalytic converter theft. For the past several years, there has been a marked increase in thefts of catalytic converters. Even when thieves are caught in possession of stolen catalytic converters it can be difficult to prove the case. This bill seeks to increase the penalty for stealing catalytic converters to a state jail felony and makes it easier for law enforcement to charge those who possess catalytic converters unlawfully. The bill adds additional penalties for criminals who stole catalytic converters while in possession of a firearm. Criminals engaging in catalytic converter theft have become violent and there have been many stories from around the state of Texans being injured or killed during the theft. It is time to give law enforcement more tools to combat these violent crimes.
3. Senate committee assignments announced
This week Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick released committee assignments for the 88th Legislature. I was honored to be reappointed as chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and remain a member of Senate Finance, Business and Commerce, Local Government, and Redistricting Committees. The Senate Finance Committee will begin holding hearings next week to start the budget process. Each state agency will come before the committee and discuss their appropriations request with the committee. Members of the committee will have the opportunity to ask questions and get further clarification on details of the budget before further deliberations begin.
4. Afghan soldier arrested as US-Mexico border has federal immigration charges dropped
Abdul Wasi Safi is a former Afghan special forces intelligence officer who worked directly with US forces in Afghanistan. During the collapse of the Afghan government, he was unable to escape the country on any of the US military flights out of Kabul. He became a target of the Taliban once they took over the country. He went into hiding for months before he trekked across countries and continents to make it to the US-Mexico border in an attempt to join his brother who lives in Houston as a US citizen. He was apprehended by federal authorities and charged with a criminal misdemeanor. He has spent nearly four months in a detention center, but now an assistant US attorney asked the judge this week to dismiss the case against him in the interest of justice and the judge agreed. He will now continue on his journey toward asylum and will hopefully be released and reunited with his brother soon.
5. Jim and Margaret Perkins honored for higher education initiatives
This week it was my pleasure to honor Jim and Margaret Perkins on the Senate floor for all of their contributions to our communities, specific in higher education. This year, they were recognized with the 2023 Texas Higher Education Distinguished Service Award. Leaders from more than 100 institutions of higher education chose them for their work supporting East Texas students, institutions, and communities. Starting in 2014, the Perkins worked with Tyler Junior College to establish a scholarship program for local high school graduates known as the "TJC Promise," which has supported hundreds of students pursue post-secondary education. Congratulations to the Perkins for this tremendous achievement! | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/opinions/columns/article/5-things-watch-around-texas-week-17746302.php | 2023-02-01 05:14:15 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/opinions/columns/article/5-things-watch-around-texas-week-17746302.php |
- Through an energy savings performance contract, infrastructure updates at NRG Park will be entirely funded by savings, with additional savings redirected back to Harris County.
- The project will significantly reduce carbon emissions in alignment with Harris County's Climate Action Plan, which aims to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030.
- Upgrades include building equipment and controls, water conservation, and life safety systems as well as the integration of Johnson Controls' OpenBlue Central Utility Plant and ongoing service to measure and verify results.
MILWAUKEE, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today announced its collaboration with Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation (HCSCC), NRG Park and Harris County, Texas, to embark on a historic sustainability and energy efficiency project at one of the nation's busiest sports and entertainment complexes. The 20-year energy savings performance contract is expected to generate more than $54 million dollars in savings that will fund the entire cost of the complex-wide upgrades, as well as provide surplus savings to be reinvested back into the Harris County community.
"Our partnership with Harris County and HCSCC's team to guide the enhancement initiative at NRG Park is paving the way for more sustainable practices across the sports and entertainment sector," said Julie Brandt, president of Building Solutions North America at Johnson Controls. "We look forward to seeing how this project will inspire other industry leaders and drive smart savings and significant emissions reduction, not only in Harris County but on a national scale."
Encompassing 350 acres of land and three sports, entertainment and event venues – NRG Center, NRG Stadium and NRG Arena – NRG Park is an integral part of the Houston community and hosts over 500 events and over 5.5 million people annually. The project spans across much of the complex including upgrades to HVAC equipment, building automation systems (BAS), water conservation, life safety systems and lighting improvements, as well as high-efficiency chiller upgrades and the integration of Johnson Controls OpenBlue Central Utility Plant. Johnson Controls will continue to measure and verify results through an ongoing service agreement.
"We remain committed to maintaining NRG Park's distinct position as a part of the fabric of our community and a landmark for visitors globally," said Ryan Walsh, CEO & executive director of HCSCC and NRG Park. "This upcoming year promises to be incredibly exciting. We have the privilege of hosting an impressive lineup of leading sports and entertainment events including the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the NFL Houston Texans as well as the College Football Playoff Championship and FIFA World Cup. These enhancements allow us to maintain our reputation for excellence and continue to deliver the best fan experiences, while exploring innovative and financially responsible approaches to sustainability."
"Our engagement with Johnson Controls is a dynamic addition to the highest caliber of overall guest experience provided at NRG Park. This is a demonstration of superb facilities management and fiscal responsibility," said Bishop James Dixon II, chairman of the board at HCSCC. "Because the project is completely funded by generated savings, it is a win for all involved stakeholders, including our tenants, guests, clients, meeting planners, promoters, performers, staff and Harris County taxpayers. We are excited to continue our mission to provide an elevated and unparalleled experience at all of our venues while reinvesting in the community that makes our diverse county and region uniquely special."
"NRG Park is a premier destination that welcomes more than 5.5 million people annually," said Rodney Ellis, Harris County Commissioner for Precinct 1. "These enhancements will create a more enjoyable and resilient environment for people traveling from near and far to attend the multitude of events hosted there."
In addition to creating a renewed environment for NRG Park attendees, the project is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 241,000 metric tons annually, making this a project of significance to Harris County, which aims to reduce the county's carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 per its Climate Action Plan. Launched in January 2023, the plan outlines steps to reduce carbon emissions, including energy audits at outdated buildings and facilities to determine where energy-efficient equipment can be implemented, leading to better-performing facilities and long-term cost savings for the entire county.
Precinct 2 Harris County Commissioner, Adrian Garcia, added, "This project will be a significant contributor to Harris County's Climate Action Plan that was established in January. The NRG Park and Johnson Controls partnership is advancing our emissions reduction goals significantly and setting the standard for other local organizations and future county projects."
To learn more about how Johnson Controls serves leaders in sports and entertainment, visit https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/industries/sports-and-entertainment.
About Johnson Controls
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation, we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive digital offering.
Today, with a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most trusted names in the industry.
Visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com for more information and follow @Johnson Controls on social platforms.
About Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation
The Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation (HCSCC), is a component of Harris County, Texas, which was created by the Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas for the purposes of aiding and acting on behalf of Harris County in managing, operating, maintaining and developing the 350 acre sports and entertainment complex located on County-owned property, known as NRG Park. It includes three venues: NRG Stadium, NRG Center, and NRG Arena. It is also home to Houston's historic NRG Astrodome.
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New Mexico State agreed to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit involving two basketball players who said they were sexually assaulted by teammates, according to state records released Wednesday.
Deuce Benjamin and his father, William, who was a co-defendant, will receive $4.125 million, while the other plaintiff, Shak Odunewu, will receive $3.875 million, according to the terms on the state’s open-records website.
In agreeing to the settlement, the New Mexico State board of regents does not admit liability. The funds will come from a state risk-management insurance policy. The settlement is not expected to directly impact the school’s annual budget.
Benjamin’s attorney told The Associated Press the settlement was made in part to keep the players from having to relive their experience over what could have been a years-long legal process.
“To New Mexico State’s credit, they took the lawsuit very seriously,” Joleen Youngers said. “They obviously recognized that our clients had been harmed.”
Youngers said both players hoped to continue their basketball careers at other schools, but no solid plan was in place.
“I know there’s a powerful love for the game, but I know it’s taken a toll on them,” she said.
The AP normally does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault, but Benjamin and Odunewu had both agreed to let their names be used in both the lawsuit and subsequent media interviews.
In addition to the regents, two coaches and three players were also released from liability in the lawsuit. The state attorney general’s office is looking into possible criminal charges in the case.
In their lawsuit, Benjamin and Odunewu described being ganged up on and assaulted on more than one occasion. Odunewu said one time, after seeing Benjamin being assaulted, he asked a coach to do something, and the coach responded by laughing and asking “What do you want me to do about it?”
Benjamin went to campus police after one of the assaults, which led to the abrupt cancellation of the 2022-23 season and the firing of coach Greg Heiar.
In a news conference to discuss the lawsuit in May, Benjamin and his father, a former Aggies star basketball player, said Heiar’s replacement, Jason Hooten, suggested to Benjamin that he find a new school.
“I don’t think you’re supposed to hit the reset button and lump in victims with everyone you’re getting rid of,” William Benjamin said. “Deuce was going to be an Aggie if he was good enough.”
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Bismarck Public Schools is seeking feedback from community members about their experiences with the district.
The two-minute questionnaire is at bit.ly/3YAhGn7. Parents, students, staff and other community members in the district can participate.
Submissions will be accepted through Friday, March 24. The results will be shared with the Bismarck School Board. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-public-schools-seeks-community-feedback/article_a062d8d6-bf7b-11ed-8022-23c72248c38d.html | 2023-03-13 08:56:26 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-public-schools-seeks-community-feedback/article_a062d8d6-bf7b-11ed-8022-23c72248c38d.html |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
2-3-3
(two, three, three)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
2-3-3
(two, three, three) | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17173826.php | 2022-05-15 04:57:07 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Game-game-17173826.php |
Annual Holiday Campaign Raises $60,000 for Children in Need
NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TransPerfect, the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced a donation of $60,000 worth of toys for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. This is the largest sum the company and its employees have raised for donations in the 13 years of participating in the charity drive. In total, more than $300,000 in toys have been donated to the Foundation.
The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation collects and distributes new toys to America's less fortunate children every Christmas to spread joy and hope, unite local communities in a common cause, and contribute to the improvement of these communities' futures.
To assist in this mission, TransPerfect employees in the US raise money every December, and the total amount is equally matched by the company. Using this grand total, employees then select and purchase gifts to donate. This year, the amount raised translated to approximately 4,200 toys for children in need.
Since TransPerfect's first campaign in 2010, the company and its employees have combined to donate over 26,000 toys to help brighten the holiday season for children across the country.
TransPerfect President and CEO Phil Shawe commented, "After 30 years in business, I still find myself inspired by the generosity and selflessness of the TransPerfect team."
For more information about TransPerfect's Toys for Tots campaign or any of the company's charitable efforts, visit the company's website or email community@transperfect.com.
About TransPerfect
TransPerfect is the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business. From offices in over 100 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 200+ languages to clients worldwide. More than 6,000 global organizations employ TransPerfect's GlobalLink® technology to simplify management of multilingual content. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, TransPerfect is fully ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified. TransPerfect has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.
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PONTIAC, Mich. — Thundering gas-powered muscle cars, for decades a fixture of American culture, will be closing in on their final Saturday-night cruises in the coming years as automakers begin replacing them with super-fast cars that run on batteries.
Stellantis says it will stop making gasoline versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger muscle cars and the Chrysler 300 large car by the end of next year. The Canadian factory that makes them will be converted to electric vehicles. Other automakers are moving — or have moved — in the same direction.
General Motors has said it will build an all-electric Chevrolet Corvette. Tesla says its Model S Plaid version is the fastest production vehicle made, able to go from zero to 60 mph (97 kilometers per hour) in under 2 seconds. Audi, Mercedes, Porsche and other European automakers already have high-performance electric models on sale. And Polestar, an electric-performance spinoff from Volvo, just announced a new Polestar 6 roadster for 2026.
One reason for the industry shift is that electric vehicles are simply faster off the starting line. Their handling is typically better, too, because their heavy batteries create a low center of gravity.
Stricter government pollution requirements are another factor, too. As automakers in the U.S. face more stringent fuel-economy requirements adopted by the Biden administration and produce a broader range of EV vehicles, they will have to jettison some of their gas-fueled muscle-car models.
Tim Kuniskis, CEO of the Dodge brand, said the possibly of government fines for not meeting gas-mileage requirements hastened the shift to the electric Charger. “Compliance fines and things like that associated with a big cast-iron supercharged V8, yes, it’s tough,” he said.
Still, it will take a few years for the gas-powered classics to go away.
“Over the next several years, I think we’ll continue to have some internal combustion stuff, probably through most of the decade,” said Sam Abuelsamid, a research analyst at Guidehouse Insights. “But increasingly, the focus is going to be on the electric ones.”
Under new gas-mileage standards that were unveiled in April, the fleet of new vehicles will have to average around 40 miles per gallon in 2026, up from 25.4 mpg now, the EPA says. The standards are likely to become even stronger in the future, a trend that will compel U.S.-based automakers to shed some gasoline muscle cars if they are to avoid fines.
Of all major automakers, the EPA says, Stellantis had the lowest average fuel economy — 21.3 miles per gallon — and the highest average carbon dioxide emissions. So the company likely will have to eliminate some models to avoid fines. Its limited-edition Charger SRT Widebody, with a supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi Hellcat V-8, for instance, gets only 12 mpg in city driving and 21 mpg on the highway.
To many gearheads, the thought of a muscle car without noise and smells is heresy. But Kuniskis says Dodge is working hard to make the electric experience match internal combustion. The Charger, he said, will generate its own air flow to make an exhaust noise that rivals gas performance cars. And the transmission will shift gears.
Electric vehicles, he said, have the potential to perform better than gas muscle cars with fast acceleration. But he said they are kind of sterile. “It doesn’t have the emotion. It doesn’t have the drama. It doesn’t have the kind of dangerous feeling that ICE (an internal combustion engine) has when it’s loud and rumbling and shifting and moving the car around.”
Kuniskis wouldn’t say how fast the electric Charger will go from zero to 60 mph, but said it would be faster than the company’s current petroleum performance cars. He also wouldn’t say the range-per-charge for the new Challenger, but added that range isn’t as important as making it a true muscle car.
Rick Nelson, the owner of Musclecar Restoration & Design in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, near Springfield, cautioned that switching from loud fuel-burning engines to quiet electricity may be a hard sell to old-timers who grew up with the sounds and smells of racing.
Nelson, 61, said he restored his first car while a teen-ager and spent hours at drag strips. He acknowledged that the switch to electricity is inevitable and is needed to attract a new generation that has become used to quiet speed. Still, he said, electric muscle cars won’t have manual shifters, and he’ll miss the smell of racing fuel at the track.
Already, Nelson said, businesses are cropping up to put electric powertrains in classic muscle cars. He has been in touch with an engineer at Tesla about retrofitting batteries and electric motors into some classics.
“Guys like me are just going to frown on it and laugh at it,” Nelson said of electric muscle cars. “But this isn’t about my generation.”
Kuniskis says the shift to electricity doesn’t mean the end of the muscle car. It’s just a new era.
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SynKIR-110 addresses gaps in treatment options for those with malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive cancer that affects the lining of the chest or abdominal cavities
PHILADELPHIA, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verismo Therapeutics, a clinical-stage CAR T company, Penn spinout, and pioneer of the novel KIR-CAR platform technology, today announced that it has received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational new drug, SynKIR-110, for the treatment of patients with mesothelioma.
Fast Track designation is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs intended to treat serious or life-threatening conditions and address unmet medical needs, thus enabling drugs to reach patients sooner. Clinical Programs with Fast Track designation may also be eligible to apply for Accelerated Approval and Priority Review if relevant criteria are met.
SynKIR-110 is an investigational new drug for the treatment of mesothelin-expressing mesothelioma, cholangiocarcinoma and ovarian cancer. Verismo Therapeutics is conducting a Phase 1 multicenter clinical trial in these tumor types to evaluate the safety, feasibility and anti-tumor activity of the SynKIR-110 (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05568680).
"We are thrilled to receive Fast Track designation from the FDA," said Dr. Bryan Kim, DMD, Co-Founder and CEO of Verismo Therapeutics. "This designation is an important milestone in our efforts to bring this potentially life-saving drug to patients who are in need of new treatment options."
Verismo Therapeutics is committed to developing innovative treatments for patients with serious and life-threatening conditions using its novel KIR-CAR platform.
For more information about SynKIR-110, please visit www.verismotherapeutics.com.
The KIR-CAR platform is a dual-chain CAR T cell therapy and has been shown in preclinical animal models to be capable of maintaining antitumor T cell activity even in challenging solid tumor environments. DAP12 acting as a novel costimulatory molecule for T cells, aids additional T cell stimulating pathways, further sustaining chimeric receptor expression and improving KIR-CAR T cell persistence. This continued T cell function and persistence can lead to ongoing regression of solid tumors in preclinical models, including those refractory to traditional CAR T cell therapies. Furthermore, the KIR-CAR platform can be combined with many additional emerging technologies, such as in vivo gene engineering, advanced cell manufacturing and reprogramming, combinational therapies, and even allogeneic cellular therapies to provide the next-generation multimodal targeted immunotherapy for patients in need.
Verismo Therapeutics is a pioneer in dual-chain KIR-CAR technology, on track to bring its first asset into first-in-human clinical trials in 2023. Verismo is the only company developing the KIR-CAR platform, a modified NK-like receptor designed to improve persistence and efficacy against aggressive solid tumors. The KIR-CAR platform technology was developed specifically for advanced solid tumors, an area of high unmet medical need. For more information, visit: www.verismotherapeutics.com
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LNL: 2024 Presidential hopeful Asa Hutchinson speaks to Local News Live exclusively
Published: Apr. 28, 2023 at 4:46 PM CDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his run for the 2024 Republican nomination for President this week. He visited the Local News Live studios and sat down for a wide-ranging interview with anchor and national correspondent Debra Alfarone.
In the interview, he laid out his potential path to the presidency, detailed what sets him apart from Republican frontrunners and talked about what he would do with the debt ceiling.
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Which wall-mounted wine rack is best?
A wine rack is a practical, stylish way to organize bottles, and a wall-mounted wine rack goes that extra mile without taking up floor space. It’s great for small spaces or areas where too much furniture would make the room feel cluttered. It also lets you store items at eye level, so there’s no need to bend down to retrieve a bottle.
Take a look at the GWH Industrial Wall-Mounted Wine Rack for a rack that pulls double duty and looks great doing it.
What to know before you buy a wall-mounted wine rack
For bottles with a cork
A wall-mounted wine rack is designed to either store a bottle upright or cradle it on its side. When deciding how you want to store wine bottles, consider the wine you drink. Does the bottle have a cork? Corked bottles should be cradled to keep the cork from drying out, while twist-cap bottles can be arranged vertically without the same concern.
Tall vs. wide rack
Most wine racks are tall (vertical) or wide (horizontal). Tall racks tend to store bottles on their sides while wide racks usually store bottles upright. It’s important to measure the space you intend to use, as wide racks are more likely to bump up against furniture or picture frames. A tall rack usually holds more bottles, is better for corks and takes up less space, but the height can make it difficult to reach bottles near the top.
Hardware
Most wall-mounted wine racks come with the same basic hardware, including precut holes in the rack and metal screws for mounting. If a rack doesn’t come with anchors, you might want to buy them separately for extra support. Products can come with missing screws, so count the screws before you begin to make sure you have the correct number.
What to look for in a quality wall-mounted wine rack
Additional storage
If you only need space for a few bottles at a time, a wine rack with extra storage features is convenient and helps minimize your need for other shelving. Additional storage can mean a shelf or two above the rack for barware or souvenir displays. A lot of racks include hooks or slots for hanging wine glasses, and some feature a compartment for used corks.
Construction materials
The strongest, most stylish wine racks are constructed from wood or metal. Wood is sturdy with beautiful natural tones, while a steel or iron rack is strong and sleek with a modern or industrial aesthetic. If you’re not sure what kind of look you want, consider a rack that brings together wood and metal.
Artistic elements
A great wine rack doesn’t just store bottles on a wall — it doubles as a dynamic, engaging piece of art. With a fun theme or bold geometric design, it can go from being a practical wall accessory to a room’s focus. Keep in mind, however, that highly stylized racks often hold fewer bottles than racks designed primarily for practicality.
How much you can expect to spend on a wall-mounted wine rack
A wall-mounted wine rack usually costs $30-$200, depending on how elaborate the design is and the number of bottles it can accommodate.
Wall-mounted wine rack FAQ
How much does a bottle of wine weigh?
A. A single bottle of wine weighs about 2-3 pounds. If your rack has a weight capacity but doesn’t feature individual bottle slots, just multiply the weight of the bottle by the number of bottles you want to store to make sure you’re not going over the limit.
How many bottles does a wall-mounted wine rack hold?
A. Wall-mounted wine racks under 25 inches in length or height hold two to six bottles, while large racks over 30 inches in length or height can accommodate 9-27 bottles.
Can you hang a wall-mounted wine rack on drywall?
A. You can hang the wine rack on drywall, but take extra precautions. Use anchors to keep the screws secure. If possible, line the rack up against the stud, which is a solid wood support structure that runs vertically behind the wall. There is usually a stud every few feet.
What’s the best wall-mounted wine rack to buy?
Top wall-mounted wine rack
GWH Industrial Wall-Mounted Wine Rack
What you need to know: This wood and iron rack for upright bottles features three shelves and comes in two sizes.
What you’ll love: It’s very sturdy. The design is sleek and practical, with plenty of room for extra storage. It holds about 12 bottles and six to eight stemware glasses.
What you should consider: The rack can be difficult to screw into place on the wall. Corks dry out faster when bottles are stored upright.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top wall-mounted wine rack for the money
What you need to know: This black metal wall-mounted wine rack is 18 inches tall and cradles nine bottles on their sides to keep corks moist.
What you’ll love: It’s practical and attractive while taking up minimal space. Bottles are separated so they don’t hit each other. The price is hard to beat, and it’s easy to install.
What you should consider: Longer screws would make it more secure.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Sorbus Wall-Mounted Bordeaux Chateau Style Wine Rack
What you need to know: This black metal wall-mounted wine rack is 33 inches long and 16 inches tall with space for seven bottles and five glasses.
What you’ll love: The rounded shape is eye-catching and it has elegant metal flourishes. Bottles are stored upside down to keep corks from drying out. There’s a small shelf for additional storage.
What you should consider: The included screws do not always align perfectly with the precut holes.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Macy’s
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MIAMI GARDENS — Cedrick Wilson Jr. was bound to be one of the valued free-agent pickups of the Miami Dolphins’ 2022 offseason when he was acquired that March.
One problem for the 6-foot-2 wide receiver who was coming off a 600-yard, six-touchdown season with the Dallas Cowboys: The Dolphins traded for elite wideout Tyreek Hill about a week later.
What followed, after Wilson came to Miami as the potential No. 2 receiver behind Jaylen Waddle, was 12 receptions on 18 targets for 136 yards. His offensive snap count dipped from 528 in Dallas in 2021 to less than half of that — 237 with the Dolphins last year as Trent Sherfield, who recently signed with the Buffalo Bills, surpassed him on the depth chart.
That’s not much production one season into the three-year, $22 million deal he signed. Naturally, after Miami has since signed receivers Braxton Berrios and Robbie Chosen this offseason, Wilson has been the subject of trade speculation.
For Wilson, the lack of play or production hasn’t deterred his desire to play in Miami.
“I want to be here,” Wilson said this week at Dolphins organized team activities. “I’m here right now. I’m going to give it my best.”
The last time Dolphins brass had an update on Wilson, it seemed like Miami wasn’t actively dangling him to other teams, but the Dolphins were at least fielding calls.
“We’ve had teams call and ask about him,” general manager Chris Grier said in a pre-draft press conference. “We’re not shopping him, but teams have called. And especially when we just added Chosen, we’ve had a couple of teams reach out. He’s a really good guy and I’m trying to do right by him because of how he’s handled himself on and off the field.”
Part of what Wilson did last season to incorporate himself into the team, despite diminished opportunities, was volunteer to return punts for a roster that needed someone to do it if Hill wasn’t going to get trotted out for punt returns.
“I feel like I wasn’t being used on offense, so, punt return, I feel like nobody was there to do it, and that’s the only way I could help at the time,” Wilson said.
The same professionalism Grier appreciated last fall has been exhibited by Wilson this offseason.
“I work out every offseason to perform when the game comes,” he said. “Whatever opportunity presents itself, I’m going to take full advantage of it. That’s the mindset I’ve always carried as long as I’ve been in the league.
“I’m not sure what they talk about, the agent and [Dolphins front office], but for me, I just told them, ‘Let me know whatever goes on after the fact. I’m at work, so don’t bother me with it every day.’”
Wilson said he’s gaining greater comfort in a second year in coach Mike McDaniel’s offense. If he remains in Miami for the regular season, he feels he can still produce if called upon.
“When stats not there, it just feels like you didn’t play football,” he said. “If I played, then the numbers are going to match.”
Punt return opportunities may diminish for him in 2023, though, as Berrios is a specialist in that realm.
Slimmed-down Davis in new defense
Dolphins nose tackle Raekwon Davis looked slim at OTAs after losing weight in the offseason.
“I feel good,” said the defensive lineman entering a contract year in his fourth NFL season. “I still got to bring it down a little bit more. I’m not at my goal weight this year, but I’m getting there.”
Davis is listed at 6-foot-7, 335 pounds on the Dolphins roster. He would not reveal what his goal is for the season.
The run-stuffing former second-round draft pick out of Alabama has 101 tackles in three NFL seasons, with 1 1/2 sacks. He has playedabout half the team’s defensive snaps in his first three years in Miami.
One of the benefits of carrying around less weight is Davis feels “more conditioned up.” He has even been seen with more pass-rushing proficiency during OTAs.
“That’s my new thing,” he said.
Davis’ role in the Dolphins defense under new coordinator Vic Fangio shouldn’t alter too much.
“New system, a couple of things changing up,” Davis said. “Just a little different here and there, but my job is kind of similar.”
The Dolphins wrapped up voluntary OTAs this week and will go into a three-day mandatory minicamp Tuesday through Thursday, which will conclude their offseason workout program before training camp in late July. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/06/02/dolphins-wr-cedrick-wilson-jr-i-want-to-be-here-despite-trade-speculation/ | 2023-06-04 18:09:10 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/06/02/dolphins-wr-cedrick-wilson-jr-i-want-to-be-here-despite-trade-speculation/ |
The federal government is releasing its latest update on the U.S. economy. But numbers showing negative growth in the second quarter of the year will add to fears that a recession is underway.
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The federal government is releasing its latest update on the U.S. economy. But numbers showing negative growth in the second quarter of the year will add to fears that a recession is underway.
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Dolly Parton has famously used her success to help others, especially in areas of literacy and education. She just got a huge boost in those efforts: a $100 million gift from billionaire Jeff Bezos.
"Did you say a hundred million?!" Parton said after Bezos announced the gift over the weekend.
Parton can use the money to support any charitable cause she chooses, similar to the deal Bezos made last year when he gave $100 million each to humanitarian chef José Andrés and activist/pundit Van Jones.
"I try to put my money where my heart is," Parton said of receiving the Courage and Civility award. "I will do my best to do good things with this money."
I try to put my money where my heart is. I will do my best to do good things with this money ❤️ Thank you @JeffBezos #LaurenSanchez https://t.co/8RHh51z3jT
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) November 13, 2022
Parton's ongoing charitable projects include the Imagination Library, a popular literacy effort that is now closing in on sending its 200 millionth free book to young children in five countries.
After receiving last year's award, Andrés committed half of the money to seed the Climate Disaster Fund, amplifying its existing efforts to help communities cope with life-threatening conditions. His group also rushed to provide hot meals for Ukrainians after Russia's wide-scale invasion.
Unlike Andrés, Jones was not operating a global-scale charity when he was chosen for the Bezos award. In an update on his plans for the money earlier this year, Jones said that while he knows many nonprofits could sorely use part of the $100 million, he has assembled a team to look for strategies that could have long-lasting benefits for people in struggling Black, brown and poor communities.
"Fortunately, I can take time to be strategic and deliberate about this process," Jones said. "Bezos has given award recipients 10 years to disburse the funds."
Unlike last year's award, Bezos did not announce his largesse just after returning from space — a juxtaposition that immediately raised questions about his commitment to helping others.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) topped former President Trump in a new poll asking GOP voters who they trust to guide the party into the future.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll, published on Sunday, found that 72 percent of registered Republicans believe that DeSantis, a former U.S. congressman, should have a great or good deal of influence in the future direction of the GOP, while 64 percent of respondents said the same of Trump.
Sixty-three percent of registered Republicans believe that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who ran for president in 2016, should have significant influence in the party’s direction, according to the poll.
Among Democrats who were asked the same question, 83 percent of those surveyed believe that former President Obama should have great influence over the party’s future, as 69 percent of respondents believe President Biden should call the shots over the direction of the party.
Sixty-three percent of those surveyed said the progressive branch of the party should have influence on the party’s direction.
The poll comes as Trump said at a weekend rally “I will probably have to do it again,” when talking about his previous presidential runs.
DeSantis is seen as the top potential GOP presidential nominee if Trump doesn’t run, though he has also polled ahead of the former president in his home state.
According to a USA Today-Suffolk University poll released last month, DeSantis holds an 8-point lead against Trump among Florida Republicans in a theoretical 2024 primary.
Biden says he fully intends to run for reelection, though like Trump has not made his candidacy official.
In the new ABC News/Ipsos poll, 38 percent of respondents believe Republicans are better tasked to handle inflation, compared to 21 percent for Democrats. About a third of respondents said neither party was equipped to address the issue.
On abortion, 48 percent of respondents believe Democrats are better suited handle the issue, as 25 percent of those surveyed trusted Republicans on the issue, the poll said.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted from October 21 to October 22 with 686 respondents. The poll’s margin of error is 4.0 percentage points. | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/more-republicans-trust-desantis-than-trump-to-chart-path-of-gop-poll/ | 2022-10-24 00:03:44 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/more-republicans-trust-desantis-than-trump-to-chart-path-of-gop-poll/ |
CLEVELAND, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated expansion of private sector packaging sustainability targets, even as the pandemic has caused public sector efforts to slow somewhat, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis. Key packaging sustainability targets include:
- source reduction (i.e., reducing packaging material volume)
- improved recycling rates, especially for plastics
- increased use of materials that are biodegradable and/or compostable
- increased use of recycled content in packaging
- expansion of reusable packaging programs
Packaging sustainability has been most pronounced in the food, beverage, and consumer markets, with major packaging firms as well as end users – including Nestlé, Keurig Dr Pepper, PepsiCo, and L'Oréal – announcing aggressive new goals for packaging sustainability and introducing packaging solutions to meet established ones.
Efforts have also grown in the e-commerce market. For instance, in 2021, major shipping concerns in Europe launched reusable e-commerce packaging solutions that could translate to the US market.
However, the pandemic also introduced some constraints to packaging sustainability
Still, the COVID-19 pandemic did constrain progress in packaging sustainability to an extent, especially in the public sector. For instance, early in the pandemic, a number of state and local governments suspended some of the restrictions on plastic retail bags and single-use foodservice products that have proliferated across the country in recent years. While most of these measures were lifted within the first year of the pandemic, they stymied momentum on curbing plastic bag consumption.
Corporate packaging sustainability efforts were also hindered by issues in some markets with packaging availability, supply chain disruptions, and material pricing increases. Additionally, limited availability of recycled material due to supply chain disruption forced some end users to reduce consumption of post-consumer recycled (PCR) in packaging production. Similarly, the sharp rise in e-commerce boxes being shipped to consumers exacerbated a longer term decline in paperboard recycling rates.
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Sustainability in Packaging is focused on identifying key trends in sustainability in the packaging industry, including:
- shifts in material mix toward more sustainable alternatives to virgin plastics (e.g., paper, bioplastics, molded fiber, recycled materials, reusable packaging)
- packaging producer and end user sustainability efforts and target goals
- product innovation in compostable, biodegradable, recyclable, and lightweight packaging
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Sustainability trends are analyzed by leading packaging material (plastic, paper and paperboard, metal, glass, molded fiber) and in terms of packaging producer and end user sustainability goals. Historical data and forecasts for overall packaging demand and key market segments (food, beverage, pharmaceuticals, foodservice disposables, and other markets including e-commerce) are also provided. Additionally, profiles of select packaging products, markets, and materials are highlighted. Consumer survey data related to packaging sustainability collected by The Freedonia Group are also presented.
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent Monday evening detailing how Black women have been vital in the fight to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the constitution.
The group was clear about why now is the time to make that amendment the law of the land.
“Black women have always been leaders of the fight to enshrine equality in our nation’s constitution, but we haven’t always been in the headlines for leading that work,” said Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo).
“Equality is overdue,” she said. “I rise in support of the Equal Rights Amendment today on the shoulders of the scores of Black women and LGBTQ+ people who have toiled on this initiative for 100 whole years to amplify their calls, calls they made in this very chamber and outside of it, that resonate today as the attacks against us intensify.”
The congresswoman’s remarks came on the eve of the creation of the Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment, which Bush and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) founded and will co-chair together with the sole purpose of enshrining the ERA as the 28th constitutional amendment.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is seen during the first day of the 118th session of Congress on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
Equal Rights Amendment has long political history
The ERA was introduced in Congress in 1923 to enshrine equal rights regardless of gender in the constitution. On March 22, 1972, Congress passed the amendment with more than the required a two-thirds majority.
Despite this, only 38 states have ratified the ERA and only 27 states have Equal Rights Amendments in their state constitutions today.
Members said Monday that the recent spate of anti-abortion laws circulating the country since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, along with a slate of laws prohibiting instruction on race and racism, is why the ERA is needed now more than ever.
Finally writing the amendment into the Constitution, said Bush, will lead to equal rights, violence prevention, LGBTQ+ rights, healthcare equity and reproductive rights.
Hearing from Black woman in particular is vital to ensuring policy change, added Pressley.
“As Black women who have earned the right to be members of this august body, we find ourselves at the intersection of both race and gender,” said Pressley. “Some of the most profound and most impactful policies come directly from our lived experiences.”
“I know how transformative the ERA will be for millions of women and our LGBTQ siblings across this country,” Pressley said.
“It is long past time the Constitution affirms our equality and our very existence in the eyes of the law,” she said. “The ramifications run deep as women faced daily sexism, pregnancy discrimination, pay inequities, sexual violence and persistent legislated attacks on our bodily autonomy. We need the ERA now.”
Black women have been instrumental in ERA history
It’s not the first time Pressley has spoken about the need for the ERA.
In late January, Pressley, along with Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) unveiled a bicameral, joint resolution to affirm the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
On Monday, Bush and Pressley were joined by other members of the CBC, including Democratic Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), Joyce Beatty (Ohio), Yvette Clark (New York) and Alma Adams (North Carolina).
Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.). (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)
They highlighted names like suffragette and abolitionist Sojourner Truth, Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first Black female vice president.
Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), the first Black woman elected from Pennsylvania, and Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.), the first Black woman elected from Virginia, closed out Monday’s comments.
“I stand today frustrated that it is not obvious to all elected members of Congress that the rights of all women, and specifically Black women, need to be protected,” said Lee. “As we are wrapping Women’s History Month, I remain steadfast in making sure that our daughters and granddaughters of the future do not have to continue to discuss this.”
“Constitutional equality is powerful,” Lee added. “Women and states have done their part to ratify the ERA … but now Congress must swiftly follow suit. We must take this action to move one step closer to enshrining the dignity, the humanity and the equality of all people into the highest law in the land.” | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/equality-is-overdue-congressional-black-women-lead-fight-for-era-as-28th-amendment/ | 2023-03-28 03:25:58 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/equality-is-overdue-congressional-black-women-lead-fight-for-era-as-28th-amendment/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution is set to receive a $2.5 billion loan from the Energy Department to build battery cell factories for electric vehicles in three states.
The Energy Department said it has made a conditional commitment to lend the money to Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of GM and LG. The loan could help Ultium finance three lithium-ion battery plants planned in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, bolstering the Biden administration’s efforts to promote electric vehicles and reduce dependence on China for critical components.
The plants will help strengthen U.S. energy independence and support Biden’s goal to have electric vehicles make up half of all vehicles sales in the United States by 2030, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.
Ultium Cells will supply GM as it works to convert its light-duty fleet to all-electric by 2035.
The plants are expected to create up to 6,000 construction jobs and 5,100 operations jobs when completed. Ultium Cells is weeks away from opening its first EV battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio, which it says will help it meet strong demand for electric vehicles.
The joint venture also plans to build battery plants in Lansing, Michigan, and Spring Hill, Tennessee. GM plans to announce the site of a fourth plant this year, CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday.
The federal loan would be the first exclusively for a battery cell manufacturing project under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program, which provides loans to support U.S. manufacturing of light-duty vehicles, qualifying components and materials that improve fuel economy, the Energy Department said.
Jigar Shah, director of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, said Tuesday the loan would “help build a domestic supply chain to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles” and “create thousands of good-paying jobs across three states while enabling improvements in existing lithium-ion battery technologies.”
Ultium Cells has allotted about $2 billion for construction of each plant, but a GM spokesman said commitments GM and LG have made to fund the joint venture don’t preclude them from pursuing a loan under a program designed to advance clean energy technology.
“Assuming the loan is approved, it would have the effect of lowering the amount of capital the joint venture partners would need to fund directly,” spokesman Jim Cain said. “Ultium Cells will repay the loans with proceeds earned by selling its cells to GM.”
Tesla, Ford and Nissan are among auto companies that received ATVM loans under the Obama administration.
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AP auto writer Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this story. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/energy-dept-backs-2-5b-loan-to-gm-venture-for-ev-batteries/ | 2022-07-27 11:49:35 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/energy-dept-backs-2-5b-loan-to-gm-venture-for-ev-batteries/ |
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-married first couple ever as both nonagenarians face significant health challenges.
The 39th president is 98 and has been in home hospice care since February. The former first lady is 95 and has dementia. The Carter family has not offered details of either Jimmy or Rosalynn Carter’s condition but has said they both have enjoyed time with each other and a stream of family members, along with occasional visits from close friends, in recent months.
“As we have looked back at their legacy, it has been really wonderful to see the outpouring of support and respect and love,” grandson Jason Carter said recently. “That word love is really the one that defines certainly their personal relationship, but also the way they approach this world.”
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been on the American and international stage together for a half-century. What they described as “full partnership” began years earlier in the Carter family farm business before his political career and their decades of global humanitarian work since leaving the White House in 1981 and establishing The Carter Center the following year.
Through the center, Jimmy Carter conducted multiple diplomatic missions, working with the blessings of his Oval Office successors, even as he sometimes rankled them. The former president and center employees have monitored at least 114 elections across Asia, Africa and the Americas since 1989. They have recently turned their efforts to U.S. elections.
Among their public health outreach, the center’s Guinea worm eradication program has nearly conquered the water-born parasite once prevalent in the developing world. Known cases measured in the millions in the mid-1980s when Jimmy Carter set a goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease. There were fewer than two dozen cases in 2022 and, as of earlier this spring, the center had yet to document a case in 2023.
Rosalynn Carter, meanwhile, took her signature policy issue — mental health treatment and advocacy — beyond the White House and established an annual fellowship for journalists to concentrate on mental health reporting. She also advocated widely for better services for caregivers, a focus the Carter family highlighted earlier this year when they announced the former first lady had dementia.
Beyond the Carter Center, the couple became the most famous volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, the international outfit that builds, repairs and renovates homes for low-income people. The Carters first volunteered for Habitat in 1984, taking a bus from Georgia to the New York City worksite along with other volunteers. They would soon begin hosting annual builds bearing the former president’s name, donning hardhats with volunteers into their late 80s and early 90s.
“Everything they’ve done is really just an extension of what they started and who they were in the White House,” said Donna Brazile, a former Democratic Party chairwoman who got her start in politics on Carter’s presidential campaigns. “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are just good, decent people.”
The Carters married July 7, 1946, in their hometown of Plains. But their relationship extends to the cradle.
Jimmy Carter’s parents were friends of Rosalynn’s parents. The future president’s mother was the nurse who delivered Eleanor Rosalynn Smith at the Smith family home in 1927. “Miss Lillian” returned to the Smith home a few days later with her eldest son, preschooler Jimmy, to meet the new baby. The Carters moved to a farm in nearby Archery, just outside of Plains, not long after, though the Carter children and Smith children would continue to see each other at school in Plains.
Rosalynn would become a close friend of Jimmy’s sister Ruth, who played the part of matchmaker during one of her elder brother’s visits back home from the U.S. Naval Academy. Jimmy and Rosalynn married soon after he graduated. They left Plains with no intention of returning other than as visitors. But in 1953, James Earl Carter Sr. died, leaving behind the family’s farming and warehouse enterprise. Without consulting Rosalynn, the young lieutenant decided to leave the Navy and move his young family back to Georgia.
The future president, who became an advocate for women’s rights and nominated more women and non-white people to federal posts than any of his predecessors, later called it inconceivable that he did not consult his wife. Yet over the ensuing years, Rosalynn Carter became a key partner in the family business.
“I knew more on paper about the business than he did. He would take my advice about things,” she told The Associated Press in a joint interview with her husband ahead of their 75th anniversary in 2021.
That continued in politics, as Rosalynn Carter proved herself a skillful campaigner and forceful policy advocate in her own right, overcoming her youthful shyness that the former president has depicted in his writing and painting.
“My wife is much more political,” he said in the interview.
Beyond their longevity, both Carters credit their long marriage to open communication and their shared Christian faith.
“Every day there needs to be reconciliation,” the former president said in 2021. “We don’t go to sleep with some remaining differences between us.”
The pair also have enjoyed hobbies together for years — sometimes even competitively. Before they became frail, they enjoyed playing tennis, hiking and cycling together. Both prolific writers, they sometimes raced to finish drafts of books. Fishing often involved competition, too, and they continued to fish into their 90s on their property in Plains. They added bird watching in recent decades as they slowed down physically.
For all their common joys, Rosalynn Carter added another component of a successful marriage. “Each should have some space,” she said. “That’s really important.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-mark-77th-wedding-anniversary-at-home-in-plains-georgia/ | 2023-07-08 03:22:22 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-mark-77th-wedding-anniversary-at-home-in-plains-georgia/ |
We regularly answer frequently asked questions about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you'd like us to consider for a future post, email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions." See an archive of our FAQs here.
I'm on a family vacation and I'm the only one who tested positive for COVID. How do I protect everyone else?
Yeah, it's exactly what you don't want to have happen. You're on a family vacation, maybe your first in a couple of years because of the pandemic. It could be just immediate family — or maybe grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and others have come along.
Then a couple days in, you get that scratchy throat feeling. Your COVID self-test delivers the bad news. Yup, you've got it. It happened to a colleague who was away with their partner and young kids. She felt like crying — and then wondered: Are my tears going to spread my COVID?
We talked to experts for advice on how to prepare ahead of time for a possible COVID infection while on vacation — and what to do if it does strike.
The big question of course: Will everyone get it?
"Part of me thinks: we're doomed!" says Linsey Marr, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. "But the other part of me knows there are many things we can do to reduce the risk — and many, many cases where one person gets it [in a household] and not everyone else does. So it's not inevitable." Including her own family — her son had COVID and no one else got it.
Various studies estimate what's known as the "secondary attack rate in households" — other household members who catch COVID from an infected individual. "It does look like the secondary attack rate is over 50%," says Marr. "It is quite high but it is not 100%." Studies of earlier variants suggest that vaccination is a good way to keep down the infection rate in a household — and that if lots of people are packed into tight quarters, rates of infection are, as you'd expect, higher.
Tip 1: Preplan
Just like you pack suntan lotion and bug spray, you need to take a good supply of good quality masks (N95 or KN95), self-tests and maybe a few helpful medical tools, like a thermometer and pulse oximeter ... just in case. Also ask if folks in your vacation group are all vaccinated and boosted (if eligible for boosters). The shot might not keep you from becoming infected with the highly infectious and currently dominant omicron BA.5 variant, but it could lessen the severity of disease or shorten the span of your contagiousness.
Tip 2: Figure out the best way to isolate the person with the virus
"You need to remove them from the mix," says Dr. Preeti Malani, an infectious diseases physician and a professor of medicine at the University of Michigan. That's the ideal. But it may not be possible depending on your budget and your lodging options.
If you can book a separate hotel room or put the COVID vacationer in their own room in a rental property, that's ideal. If you're renting a house or staying with family or friends, see if you can assign the COVID case to their own room.
Tip 3: Mask up!
They've been politicized, people are tired of them, they're not exactly fun to wear in a heat wave. But masks are still the front line of protection. The patient should wear a mask when anyone is in proximity — and so should the rest of the vacation party if they're in the same space as the patient. I know we just said this a few paragraphs above, but our experts stress that you want N95s or KN95s for maximum protection and a mask that fits well. So it shouldn't slide down off your nose — and should also be comfortable. Some N95s have over-the-head straps that won't pinch the ears, notes Abraar Karan, an infectious disease physician at Stanford University.
Tip 4: Open windows
The overall goal is "harm reduction," says Malani. And opening windows is a helpful step for any space where the infected person might hang out or pass through. The airflow can help disperse pathogens exhaled by a sick person.
Hotel room windows cannot always be opened, so if your only option is to stay in the same room as the infected person, you might look for an alternative hotel with openable windows or balconies.
Tip 5: Fans are your friend
If the person with COVID will be sharing common space with others, fans are another harm reduction measure. See if you can get a box fan — hotels may have them or you may be able to buy one. Put the fan in the window, pointing outward to suck air (which could contain pathogens exhaled by the patient) out of the room. This is especially helpful if you can't find a separate bedroom for the contagious vacationer. See if you can push their bed near the window with the fan.
Tip 6: Distance makes the pathogen less risky
It's been drummed into the public mind that 6 feet of distance from a sick person is a way to reduce the risk of infection. That's true, but it's not an ironclad guarantee. Pathogen-packed aerosols exhaled by the sick person can travel beyond 6 feet — but "there's far less risk if the sick person is 6 feet away from others," says Karan, who adds, "the more feet the better."
Tip 7: Be bathroom-conscious.
Let's say the sick person is isolated in their own room but the vacationers are sharing a bathroom. If the patient takes off their mask for various bathroom activities, like showering or oral hygiene, they can exhale aerosols (containing viral pathogens), which will linger in the air. So someone who walks in immediately after the sick person is done is going to "walk into a big cloud" of SARS-CoV-2 pathogens, says Karan.
"Stay out of the bathroom for half an hour to an hour," suggests Marr.
Tip 7: Stay outdoors whenever possible
Outdoor airflow doesn't mean no chance of infection, but it does help disperse pathogens. So if you want to have a meal and include the patient — dine al fresco and keep some distance. If the patient is feeling well enough to take a walk and others want to go along, "the safest thing is to wear a mask," says Malani. And make sure that the other walkers are not downwind from the patient, especially if it's a breezy day. If the patient takes a solo walk and no one else is around, "you don't need to have a mask," says Malani. "It's cumbersome to wear a mask all the time."
Tip 8: Be honest with little kids
Our colleague with COVID said her greatest frustration was not being able to hug or share ice cream with her kids, ages 4 and 7.
So how do you explain it all to a kid?
"Young children are very smart, very conscious of wanting to make sure people stay healthy," says Dr. Jill Weatherhead, assistant professor of adult and pediatric infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine. "Be honest: Explain you don't want others getting sick and [the person with COVID needs to] stay separate for a few days to make sure nobody else gets sick."
Or you might ask them questions instead of telling them what's up, suggests Junlei Li, the co-chair of the human development and education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. That way, you won't just be lecturing, you'll be discovering how much they do (and don't) know and what their concerns are. Li says you might say:
Whatever you tell your children, says Li, the main message you want to convey is: "I want to keep you (and other people) safe too. You know a lot about what to do and what not to do. And we can still be together. We just need to find new ways."
Tip 9: Self-tests can only tell you so much
The great hope, of course, is that the person with COVID will get to a negative test fairly soon and be able to socialize without putting others at risk of infection. Many people ask if a faint "positive" line on a COVID test after a few days means there's a lower load of virus and less chance of transmitting it. In theory it might, our experts say, but it's not a sure thing. "There's no data to suggest that," says Weatherhead. A self-test "is not a quantitative test, it's qualitative. If there's a line, even if it's faint, it's positive."
Tip 10: Don't feel guilty
"Guilt is not helpful," says Malani. "Understand that you're doing your best and this wasn't your fault. This happens."
Tip 11: Don't fret about tears and COVID transmission.
"You don't need to worry about tears" being a major risk for spreading SARS-CoV-2, says Marr. Malani agrees: "There may be some virus in tears, but that's not really how this is spread. It's spread through respiration."
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Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, June 3, and there’s a new contender in the San Francisco District Six supervisor’s race this fall. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Virus updates
Alameda County is the first in the Bay Area to reinstate its indoor mask mandate.
As coronavirus infection rates remain alarmingly high in the region, public health experts in the East Bay say it’s time to keep face coverings on in public indoor places such as grocery stores and restaurants.
With daily case rates now approaching the height of the winter surge in late 2020 to early 2021, experts are trying to keep hospitalization rates from hitting the highs from that period. Other Bay Area counties aren’t making masks mandatory again, but are strongly urging people to continue wearing them.
Read more from Catherine Ho.
• The White House expects vaccines for kids ages 5 and younger this month. Read more live updates about COVID in the Bay Area.
Police and Pride
After a prolonged, heated debate, San Francisco Police Department officers will march in the city’s Pride parade after all.
A limited number of officers will be allowed to wear special dress uniforms while participating in the parade. Originally, Pride organizers had asked the department not to wear their uniforms — though they could wear other police memorabilia — because participants had voiced discomfort with their presence at Pride.
The compromise brings to an end a boycott from San Francisco’s police, fire and sheriff’s departments.
Read more from Ryan Kost.
What to eat
After a yearlong closure, Kitchen Door in Napa is reopening in a new downtown space, this time with a full bar. Expect staples such as Korean short ribs and cream of mushroom soup, but also new menu items such as fish a la plancha with truffle meuniére sauce.
In San Francisco, the quiet West Portal neighborhood is becoming home to Unwined, a new wine bar. Owners Dino Lettieri and John Loufas want to bring the energy of downtown happy hours to what is arguably one of San Francisco’s most residential communities, with both approachable and special-occasion bottles on the menu.
Looking for somewhere to eat in the city? Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho has updated their list of the top San Francisco restaurants, with a recommendation for just about anything you could crave.
Around the Bay
• In Wine Country: A prominent Sonoma County restaurateur accused of sexual harassment has been denied a liquor license after opponents told officials he lacks the “professional and moral character to be allowed to operate an alcohol-related business.”
• Warriors lose: Golden State had a 12-point lead against Boston after three quarters in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but was crushed by the Celtics’ 40-point fourth to lose 120-108.
• District Six: Honey Mahogany, former S.F. Supervisor Matt Haney’s chief of staff, is throwing her hat in the ring for November’s election. If she wins, she could be the first transgender supervisor.
• ‘It didn’t have to happen’: Body camera footage of San Francisco officers fatally shooting two homeless men has policing experts concerned about how the incident unfolded.
• Personnel change: The chief executive officer of Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco is stepping down as the skilled nursing facility faces financial troubles.
• End of a run: A Berkeley City Council candidate is dropping out of the race, saying he was “priced out” of the city.
• Tragedy: A San Jose man who went missing after a swim in Stanislaus National Forest’s “God’s Bath” was found dead by a hiker.
• Housing crisis: The owners of a Marin apartment complex refused to rent to people with Section 8 housing vouchers. Now, they’ve reached a settlement with an anti-discrimination group that sued them.
• Redevelopment: A plan to jazz up San Francisco’s Piers 38-40 includes an international food market, a floating swimming pool and ferries.
At the top
As we near summer, it’s the best season to climb Mount Shasta.
Even experienced hikers need to prepare to properly scale the 14,000-foot volcano, which is summitable only when snow covers its slopes and provides smooth ground for people to climb it.
There’s no established trail, but we have a guide on the handful of trails that divide the mountain into quadrants, the gear you’ll need and the services that can help you climb “the Everest of Silicon Valley.”
Read more from Gregory Thomas.
• Plus: I tried to climb Mount Shasta but turned back just short of the summit. Here’s what happened.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — A year ago, Francie Pucin moved from Illinois to Florida, eager to enjoy the better weather that the Sunshine State ostensibly has to offer.
Instead, she's experienced the worst weather imaginable.
Hurricane Ian ripped through her mobile home park, Palmetto Palms RV Resort, sending a wall of water coursing through her single-wide.
"My coffee table is on top of my kitchen counter," Pucin says. "It looks like a bomb went off."
She evacuated at the last minute on Wednesday ahead of the storm, as did nearly all her neighbors. Everyone made it through the storm alive in this close-knit community, she says.
Pucin, 55, was an insurance agent in Illinois, but she says like most everyone else at the Palmetto Palms park, she was uninsured.
"It's hard to get insurance on mobile homes down here," she explains. "It's very, very expensive, if you can even get it."
Her home was everything, and without insurance to repair or replace it, she's lost everything, she says.
But she considers herself luckier than many of her neighbors. At least she has a place to go — her snowbird parents, who live in Pompano Beach on the other side of Florida.
For other residents in and around Fort Myers — even those fortunate enough not to have experienced much damage to their homes — fulfilling everyday needs is proving difficult. Power is still out in many areas. While water has been largely restored, there are no guarantees that it's safe to drink, so boil orders remain in place. Lines for gasoline can stretch for hours in many places.
The Army Corps of Engineers has been called to help with the water system, and power has been restored for a little more than half of the customers who lost it after the storm, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Meanwhile, response crews have been aided by good weather, speeding the repair of power lines and clearing of debris.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell says that priorities include helping search and rescue missions, and working to restore water and power services in hardest-hit Lee County.
"We're already beginning our planning processes for what the recovery is going to look like," Criswell tells NPR's Weekend Edition. "So while we're still saving lives and stabilizing this incident, we know that we're going to have a long and complex recovery. So we're putting the measures in place right now to make sure we've got the right people on the ground to do that in the days to come."
But as National Weather Service meteorologist Ross Giarratana explains, "even though the heavy rain and bad weather have left the state, all that rain that we did have is continuing to drain through our river system, so we've seen historic rises on many rivers across a good portion of west central and southwest Florida."
Evidence of that comes in a sudden rise on the Myakka River, which caused detours and traffic jams for several hours late Friday and Saturday on a section of I-75, a major artery in southern Florida. By Saturday afternoon, the highway had been reopened.
David Merrick is director of the Florida State University Center for Disaster Risk Policy and coordinates the state's drone reconnaissance. He has teams flying drones over the worst-hit areas, taking video of the damage.
"I guarantee you that people who are without power, without water, maybe without access to their homes, they thought they were fine yesterday or the day before," he says.
But "now it's getting warmer and warmer, and they're thinking, 'maybe I do need to go somewhere else at this point.'"
One of the most isolated areas to get hit by the hurricane is Sanibel Island, linked to the Fort Myers area only by a narrow causeway that was severed by the storm. It took until Friday for rescue crews to begin ferrying people off the island.
Chelle Walton and her husband, Rob, have lived on Sanibel since 1981. They've seen a lot of hurricanes, but by the time Ian shifted toward them last week, it was too late to leave. Lee County officials have been criticized for not ordering evacuation early enough.
As the sea rushed in and began filling up their house, she and her husband made a last phone call to their son, Aaron, with the water up to their chests.
It crested just in time to save the Waltons from drowning. But with no power or cell service, they couldn't call Aaron for three days.
There was nothing for him to do but wait and worry.
"I didn't want to assume the worst," Aaron Walton says. "I was trying to stay positive, and it was rough."
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Experts warn about possible misuse of new AI tool ChatGPT
(CNN) - A new artificial intelligence tool can write research papers and answer almost any question in seconds.
The powerful new technology, known as ChatGPT, is gaining popularity and has extraordinary potential, but there are also warnings about the huge risk of misuse.
ChatGPT, short for “Chat Generative Pre-Training Transformer,” is a machine-learning model that can generate human-like text.
It’s been trained on a massive amount of data, allowing it to understand and respond to a wide range of questions and prompts.
ChatGPT has exploded in popularity in recent months. CEOs are now using it to write emails and it even passed a Wharton School of Business exam.
Now experts are questioning whether people should be excited about ChatGPT or more fearful of it.
“I think we should have a mixed view,” said Gary Marcus, professor emeritus of psychology and neural science at NYU.
OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT, says the technology is still in its research phase and can produce inaccurate information.
“Artificial intelligence is sort of like a teenager right now,” Marcus said. “It’s exciting to see the teenager get its footing, but it’s also not there yet and we can’t trust it.”
Microsoft thinks it’s a good bet, even with some risks. They are investing billions of dollars in OpenAI.
Jack Po, CEO of Ansible Health, had ChatGPT take three versions of the U.S. medical licensing test. It passed all three.
“Not only can it answer very complex questions, it can also modulate its answer,” Po said.
Po and his team of 30 doctors started using the platform to help with treatment for their patients who have a pulmonary disease called COPD.
“What this technology could really enable, and has already started enabling us, is to suddenly suggest things that we might not be thinking of at all. It will absolutely save lives,” Po said.
Jake Heller is a lawyer who founded the company Casetext, which helps its clients comb through documents using AI like ChatGPT.
“You can have it read police reports. You can have it see if witnesses gave contradictory testimony. You can almost certainly help find information that is pertinent to guilt or innocence,” Heller said.
However, both Po and Heller say that human oversight of ChatGPT is still necessary. Even OpenAI says the platform can produce harmful instructions.
“In law, there absolutely is right and wrong answers. And that’s why, ChatGPT alone is not going to be enough to handle some of the most important questions in fields like law,” Heller said.
Then there’s the question of plagiarism.
Public schools in New York City banned ChatGPT on school network devices “due to concerns about negative impacts on student learning and concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of content.”
“It’s incredible innovation. At the same time it’s like opening a Pandora’s Box,” said Edward Tian, founder of GPTZero.
Tian, a 22-year-old Princeton student, spent his winter break building the app GPTZero, which he says can detect whether something is likely written by a human or ChatGPT.
He says teachers use it to check their students’ papers.
Tian said that it is a similar idea to an AI cross-checking another AI. He said that it could help with the possible spread of misinformation ChatGPT could cause, notifying if something has been AI-generated.
“So as opposed to misinformation, it’s more of like, it can only spot if something is AI-generated or human-generated,” Tian said.
That appears to be the greatest fear of all, the use of ChatGPT to spread misinformation.
“People who want to manipulate elections and things like that, instead of like writing one thing at a time, you’re going to be able to write thousands of things to give, for example, vaccine denialism more oxygen than it deserves,” Marcus said.
While ChatGPT is a tool designed to help humanity, it could also ultimately hurt it.
Marcus says we’re about 75 years away from AI becoming truly human-like.
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Firefighters rescue kitten stuck inside vending machine at Walmart
Published: Jun. 30, 2022 at 1:12 PM CDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (Gray News) – Fire crews in Tennessee rescued a kitten that was stuck inside a vending machine at a Walmart.
The Morristown Fire Department received a call from a Walmart worker named Lindsey about a kitten stuck in a Pepsi machine Wednesday morning.
Upon arrival, firefighters could hear the kitten crying but could not see it. Crews unplugged the machine and removed its back cover, but still couldn’t see the kitten.
They eventually found another opening where they could see the kitten and were able to coax it out.
Lindsey is adopting the kitten. Firefighters joked that she should name it Pepsi.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Garrett Wilson sprinted down the field as Aaron Rodgers launched a deep pass, looking for a big gain.
Sauce Gardner, step for step with his New York Jets teammate, stuck out his left arm just as the ball arrived and deftly knocked it away.
Advantage: Gardner. But only for a moment.
On the next play in Saturday’s training camp practice, Rodgers went Wilson’s way again — this time on a slant pass over the middle. And Wilson made a sweet move in front of Gardner and zipped ahead for extra yardage.
The reigning AP Offensive Rookie of the Year vs. the reigning AP Defensive Rookie of the Year is a must-see matchup this summer. Snap after snap.
“Yeah, it’s fun because sometimes the ball’s not even thrown and they’re out there competing because they find each other all the time,” coach Robert Saleh said. “It’s cliché — iron sharpens iron, an offensive and defensive rookie of the year — but it’s a pretty cool dynamic to watch those two go at it.
“It’s fun to watch those two.”
Wilson and Gardner became the third pair of teammates to win the offensive and defensive rookie awards in the same season, joining the Saints’ Alvin Kamara and Marshon Lattimore in 2017 and the Lions’ Mel Farr and Lem Barney in 1967.
“The entire organization should be proud, and they should be proud of themselves,” Saleh said. “They put in a lot of work. It’s a great reward. It was a great honor for them and it’s a really cool thing for us, but when the ball kicks off on Sept. 11 (vs. Buffalo), no one is going to care anymore, so we have to keep rolling.”
And the Jets hope they continue to make each other better so they can each dominate opponents for years to come.
Wilson was the No. 10 overall pick last year — six spots after the Jets took Gardner — and immediately developed into the Jets’ No. 1 wide receiver. He set the single-season franchise rookie records for receptions with 83 and yards receiving with 1,103 while scoring four touchdowns.
And that was with a mix of mostly subpar quarterback play with Zach Wilson, Mike White and Joe Flacco taking turns as the starter last season.
Now, Garrett Wilson has Rodgers throwing him the ball. And taking him aside, going over plays and quickly building a rapport.
“I want to get better every day,” Wilson said. “And I feel like he’s helping me get there. I mean, he doesn’t slouch on any details. He doesn’t beat around the bush. He’s straightforward. He’s going to tell you what we’ve got to work on, what we’ve got to do better. And, you know, that’s how I want it.”
Rodgers already sees similarities between Wilson and his former Packers teammate Davante Adams, who became one of the NFL’s top receivers and most consistent playmakers with the four-time NFL MVP throwing him the ball.
“Davante is in a category by himself, still, but that (No.) 17 reminds me of the other 17,” Rodgers said, “as far as his ability of getting out of breaks and his quick twitch at the line of scrimmage, for sure.”
Wilson said Adams was his favorite receiver to watch while growing up in Texas before heading to Ohio State.
“I’ve got a long way to go before I get to that point,” Wilson acknowledged.
But he could well be on his way.
During practice Sunday, Rodgers and Wilson connected for another highlight-reel play when the QB rolled to his right during red zone drills and fired a pass into the back of the end zone — where the receiver leaped to grab it and tapped his toes inbounds for the score.
“I feel like I have a great level of confidence,” Wilson said. “But now I’ve got to go out there and keep stacking. And that’s the goal.”
Gardner has taken the same approach, and it’s what guided him through one of the best seasons by a rookie defensive player in franchise history.
The former Cincinnati star had two interceptions and a league-leading 20 passes defensed and was selected an All-Pro while becoming one of the stingiest cornerbacks in the league — causing some to already compare him to Darrelle Revis, the former Jets All-Pro who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5.
“I want to be the best version of me,” Gardner said of his expectations for this season. “I was the best version of myself last year, but I had a whole offseason of working and making my weaknesses my strengths. This year, I’ll be a whole different version of myself.”
That’s a scary thought for opposing wide receivers, who already had a tough time against Gardner last season. Gardner’s competitive nature has him focusing on winning whenever he’s on the field — including those matchups with Wilson.
“That’s what makes Sauce so special,” Saleh said. “Every play is personal and he is trying to do his absolute best. There is no plays off, he’s not getting bored, he’s challenging himself every day. And because of that, I am excited to see what he does next.
“He’s just that type of guy that no mountain is high enough. He’s just going to keep trying to climb.”
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk described the electric automaker's factories in Austin and Berlin as “money furnaces” that were losing billions of dollars because supply chain breakdowns were limiting the number of cars they can produce.
In a May 30 interview with a Tesla owners club that was just released this week, Musk said that getting the Berlin and Austin plants functional “are overwhelmingly our concerns. Everything else is a very small thing," Musk said, but added that “it's all gonna get fixed real fast.”
It's not clear how much has changed in the three weeks since the interview, but last week Musk tweeted congratulations to his Berlin team for producing 1,000 cars in a week.
In the interview, Musk said the tooling for its 2170 battery cells were stuck at port in China.
Supply chain breakdowns since the onset of COVID-19 two years ago have been especially debilitating for automakers, who get parts from all corners of the globe. A lack of computer chips needed to run cars' computers compounded automakers' problems and sent prices for used and new cars skyrocketing.
Tesla recently raised prices broadly across its fleet of cars.
As the pandemic erupted in the U.S., automakers had to shut factories for eight weeks to help stop the virus from spreading. Some parts companies canceled orders for semiconductors. At the same time, demand for laptops, tablets and gaming consoles skyrocketed as people stuck at home upgraded their devices.
By the time auto production resumed, chip makers had shifted production to consumer goods, creating a shortage of weather-resistant automotive-grade chips.
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DURHAM, N.C., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New data from Target RWE's TARGET-PBC cohort found that pruritis (itching) was reported in 81% of patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), with those reporting clinically significant pruritus (30%) scoring worse on each domain of the PBC-40 and 5-D itch, more frequently having cirrhosis, and having significantly greater levels of fatigue. The study, "Impact of Pruritus on Quality of Life and Current Treatment Patterns in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis," was published in the peer-reviewed journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences.
PBC is a chronic liver disease in which bile ducts are slowly destroyed. PBC is associated with debilitating symptoms that affect quality of life, including pruritus and fatigue. The new research from Target RWE explored the impact of pruritus on quality of life and how it is treated in a real-world setting.
Key findings include:
- Patients reporting clinically significant pruritus were more likely to receive treatment, but 33% had never received treatment (no itch = 43.9%, mild itch = 38.3%).
- When itch medication was used, current treatment guidelines were not usually followed; in this cohort, 69.4% of patients with itch were currently treated with antihistamines despite data that cholestatic itch is not histamine-mediated.
- Only 24% of those with any itch who were receiving treatment for pruritus, and 9% of all patients with any itch reported, were treated with bile acid binding resins, which are recommended as first line therapy by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of the Liver.
"Clinically significant itch was associated with worse cognition, fatigue, emotional health, sleep, social life (including isolation, guilt, neglect, and sex life). The impact of itch on quality of life was truly pervasive! It is shocking to see that a third of patients with clinically significant itching have never been on any specific therapy despite the negative impact on quality of life," said Cynthia Levy, M.D., Associate Director for the Schiff Center for Liver Diseases, University of Miami, and study co-author.
"These eye-opening data illustrate the real-world extent, impact, and current management practice patterns of pruritus in PBC patients within the United States. Unfortunately, debilitating itch is prevalent but underestimated, and current options for medical treatment are not fully utilized," said Marlyn Mayo, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, and study co-author.
"Current treatment options are only partially effective, and none are FDA-approved specifically for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in patients with PBC. Rigorously designed clinical trials, as well as greater research efforts, are needed to better evaluate and communicate the debilitating impact of pruritus in PBC patients and to identify highly effective therapies needed to provide effective solutions to this significant problem," said Michael W. Fried, M.D., FAASLD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Target RWE.
A total of 211 patients with completed patient-reported outcomes (PRO) surveys were included in the study. PRO respondents were compared with non-respondents in the TARGET-PBC population and were broadly similar. Dr. Levy and Dr. Mayo are current members of the TARGET-PBC steering committee, which includes Dr. Levy serving as Chair of the committee.
TARGET-PBC is a longitudinal, observational cohort sponsored by Target RWE of patients with PBC across the U.S., enrolling over 700 participants to date. Real world data is collected from consented participants, who may also provide patient-reported outcome measures and biospecimens. Learn about TARGET-PBC publications here.
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OMAHA, Neb., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Workshop, a delightful platform for distributing and measuring internal email and communications, has raised $5.2 million in additional seed funding.
The round was led by McCarthy Capital out of their Emerging Growth strategy. It also included support from a group of prominent Silicon Valley and Midwest venture funds, including Coelius Capital, All Access Fund, Invest Nebraska, and M25.
This additional round of investment follows a pre-seed round for $3.5 million in April 2021. In the last year, Workshop has developed a standout platform for internal email and built up a customer base that's responsible for communications to over 50,000 employees every month, from Fortune 100 companies to beloved brands like Lime and Home Chef.
"Evolving work styles and the shift toward hybrid workplaces have increased the importance of employee communication," said BJ Hansen, Managing Director at McCarthy Capital. "Workshop enables companies to better connect and engage with their employees. We are excited to work with the experienced team at Workshop to support their efforts to become the leading platform for internal communications."
Workshop was co-founded in 2020 by Rick Knudtson (former founder of Flywheel), Ben Stevinson, and Derek Homann (former founders of Median). The group came together with a shared vision to help other organizations create positive, engaging company culture through great internal communication.
"We're excited to partner with McCarthy Capital through the next phase of growth. They believe in our product vision, our team, and the opportunity in the market," said CEO and co-founder Rick Knudtson. "With the new capital, we'll double down on our product strategy and work to provide even more robust solutions for internal communications teams across the world."
The startup plans to use the funds to continue to fuel product innovation and accelerate hiring, with a current focus on recruiting engineering and sales talent.
Workshop also announced the official launch of their new Automatic Lists feature, which enables internal communications teams to integrate with their best employee data sources and create their own automatically updated distribution lists (without the need for IT support). Workshop is able to deliver this feature by offering more integrations than any other internal email platform, enabling teams to pull in employee contact data from Outlook or Google, their HRIS system (including UKG, Workday, and more), or their payroll software (including Gusto, ADP, and more).
"We're really excited to expand Workshop's contact management and integrations to meet customers where they're at, no matter what tooling they're already using," said Chief Technology Officer and co-founder Ben Stevinson. "We've seen a strong signal that we're able to solve our customer's biggest internal comms pain points in a way that hasn't been possible before."
For more information and to request a demo, head to useworkshop.com. ABOUT WORKSHOP
Workshop is the most effective way to create, send, and measure employee emails and branded internal communications across distributed teams. It's intentionally built for internal use, with easy drag-and-drop templates, automatically updated distribution lists, and valuable engagement data. It also integrates with all of the internal communication channels you already use, including Slack, Sharepoint, SMS, Microsoft Teams, and more. Make every internal email a great employee experience with Workshop!
ABOUT MCCARTHY CAPITAL
McCarthy Partners Management, LLC is a registered investment advisor that conducts business as McCarthy Capital. McCarthy Capital, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is focused exclusively on lower middle-market companies. For more than 35 years, the McCarthy organization has been partnering with founders, families and exceptional management teams to support the growth of their companies. More information about McCarthy Capital can be obtained at www.mccarthycapital.com.
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A growing chorus of voices is urging Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to drop a murder charge a bodega clerk faces after he fatally stabbed a man who went behind his counter and pushed him.
The bodega clerk, Jose Alba, 61, was working at an Upper Manhattan store on the night of July 1 when he got into a deadly altercation with a man named Austin Simon, according to a copy of Alba's criminal complaint. Alba was also allegedly stabbed by Simon's girlfriend during the incident, the complaint states.
Simon's girlfriend had left the store after her payment was declined while attempting to buy a snack for her daughter, and she returned to the store with Simon.
The New York Post obtained surveillance video of the incident and reported that the woman is heard saying, "my n----- is gonna come down here right now and f—k you up" shortly before Simon came to the store.
According to the complaint, surveillance video showed Simon carrying a white towel in one hand, entering the area behind the counter where Alba sat and then pushing him.
"Mr. Simon then put the towel in his pocket and attempted to steer the defendant out of the area behind the counter, but the defendant picked up a kitchen knife that was stashed behind the counter and stabbed Mr. Simon in the neck and chest at least five times," the complaint states.
The complaint states that Simon's girlfriend attempted to pull Alba away from Simon, holding his right arm but that he continued to stab Simon. The complaint states that Simon's girlfriend, who is unnamed, then took a knife from her purse and stabbed Alba. She is not currently facing charges, according to a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office.
Simon died later that evening "of stab wounds to his neck and torso" the complaint states.
"He wanted me to come apologize to the girl. I took the knife we use to open boxes and I stabbed him," Alba told an investigator, according to the complaint.
Alba was arrested by police on July 2 and charged with one count of second-degree murder. Alba did not enter a plea, according to Emily Whitfield, a spokesperson for his attorney.
Alice Fontier, managing director of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, which offers legal services to the community and is representing Alba, said in a statement to CNN that Alba was defending himself during the incident.
"The video in this case speaks for itself: Mr. Alba was simply doing his job when he was aggressively cornered by a much younger and bigger man," Fontier said in the statement.
Alba has worked at bodegas since emigrating to New York City 35 years ago from the Dominican Republic in search of a better life, Fontier said, adding he has worked at the bodega where the incident took place for three years.
"He worked hard to earn his US citizenship 18 years ago and has been a constant source of support for his children and grandchildren," Fontier said.
Prosecutors moved to reduce Alba's bail after the clerk was held in Riker's Island for several days, saying at a hearing that they have been in conversations with defense counsel about coming up with a bail package that balances the facts of the case. He was released on $50,000 bond, partially secured by the owners of the bodega where Alba worked. Doug Cohen, a spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney's office, told CNN, "We are continuing to review the evidence and the investigation is ongoing."
Alba is due back in court on July 20.
Group urges DA to drop murder charge
On Sunday, Fernando Mateo, speaking on behalf of the United Bodegas of America, said he and other representatives of the organization are expected to meet with the Manhattan district attorney's office to urge prosecutors to drop Alba's murder charge.
"Jose Alba has our full support," Mateo said. "Our city is in crisis and at this point we are just fed up with people robbing, looting, attacking, assaulting, killing our small business owners."
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has voiced support for Alba, too, saying that after he saw surveillance video of the incident, he felt that Alba "was being attacked and we need to factor that in when we make these decisions," in a July 8 radio interview. Adams said that while the NYPD made the arrest, it is ultimately up to the DA to decide whether to go forward with charges.
"DAs have a non-mandate. No one can mandate how they determine to prosecute a case and my role is never to interfere with the police. I've never called the police since to tell police to make an arrest, not make an arrest. I don't do that, it's independent. The DAs are independent. My role is a very clear one," Adams said.
New York self-defense law
Mateo said current New York laws involving use of deadly force during self-defense need to change.
Criminal defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman told CNN that under New York state law, a person can only use deadly force to defend themselves if they "reasonably believed" the person they're defending themselves from is about to use deadly force.
The law also states that a person using deadly force to defend themselves has a "duty to retreat" from a threat, Lichtman said.
"The reason they arrested him was because their position was that the defendant was not facing deadly force," Lichtman said.
While Lichtman understands why Alba was charged under New York state law, he believes no reasonable juror would convict Alba of murder in this case.
"If I was defending him I'd say, 'This is an elderly, small man and he's got this very angry, very physical guy standing in front of him, pushing him around and clearly about to attack him. He felt that the was about to die and that's why he grabbed anything he could,'" Lichtman said.
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