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3 charged with sending defense-related data to China
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Three people and a business have been charged in federal court with participating in an illegal scheme to export controlled data to China and to defraud the Defense Department.
An indictment was unsealed Wednesday in Kentucky after the defendants were arrested.
A statement from the Justice Department says they were charged with violations of the Arms Export Control Act, wire fraud and smuggling.
The agency says they are accused of illegally scheming to send defense-related technical data to a company in China and of unlawfully supplying the Defense Department with earth magnets from China for military items.
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters with a massive $120.5 million, more than tripling the debut of the 2018 animated original and showing the kind of movie-to-movie box-office growth that would be the envy of even the mightiest of Hollywood franchises.
Sony Pictures’ “Across the Spider-Verse,” the multi-verse spinning animated Spider-Man spinoff, sailed way past expectations, according to studio estimates Sunday, riding terrific reviews (95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and strong buzz for the hotly anticipated follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
In the sometimes formulaic realm of superhero movies, 2018’s “Into the Spider-Verse” offered a blast of originality, introducing a teenage webslinger from Brooklyn, Miles Morales ( Shameik Moore ), a punk-rock Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) and a host of other Spider-People. It launched with $35.4 million on its way to $384.3 million worldwide.
“Across the Spider-Verse,” which exponentially expands the film’s universe-skipping worlds, cost $100 million to make, about half the cost of the average live-action comic-book movie. So at even the forecast $80 million that “Spider-Verse” had been expected to open, “Across the Spider-Verse” would have been a hit.
Instead, it has turned out to be a box-office sensation, and the second largest domestic opening of 2023, trailing only “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” “Across the Spider-Verse,” directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, even topped “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which debuted with $118 million, for best opening weekend of the summer so far.
The film, shepherded by writer-producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is part two in a trilogy that will conclude with a third chapter to be released next year. “Across the Spider-Verse” over-performed abroad, too, with $88.1 million overseas.
After few family offerings for much of the first half of 2023, theaters are suddenly flush with kid-friendly entertainment. Last week’s top film, the Walt Disney Co.’s live action remake “The Little Mermaid,” slid to second with $40.6 million in it second weekend.
After launching with $95.5 million and $117.5 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, “The Little Mermaid” dipped 57%, partly due to the formidable competition from “Across the Spider-Verse.”
Having cost a reported $250 million to make, “The Little Mermaid” was met with mixed reviews but more enthusiasm from audiences, which gave it an “A” CinemaScore. But overseas, where previous Disney live-action remakes have thrived, is proving harder territory this time. The film added $42.4 million internationally over the weekend.
Disney also supplied the weekend’s top counter-programming option in “The Boogeyman,” a mostly well-received horror adaptation of a Stephen King short story. Director Rob Savage’s $35 million film, starring Sophie Thatcher and Chris Messina, had originally been intended to debut on Hulu before the studio pivoted. It opened with $12.3 million in ticket sales.
In limited release, the Sundance breakout film “Past Lives” launched with an impressive $58,067 per-screen average on four screens. Celine Song’s directorial debut stars Greta Lee as a woman torn between a childhood friend from Korea (Teo Yoo) and her American husband (John Magaro).
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” $120.5 million.
2. “The Little Mermaid,” $40.6 million.
3. “The Boogeyman,” $12.3 million.
4. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” $10.2 million.
5. “Fast X,” $9.2 million.
6. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” $3.4 million.
7. “About My Father,” $2.1 million.
8. “The Machine,” $1.8 million.
9. “Suga: Agust D Tour Live in Japan,” $1.2 million.
10. “You Hurt My Feelings,” $770,000.
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SEOUL, South Korea, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Key Foundry, the only pure-play foundry in Korea, announced today that it will release a 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI (Epitaxy) BCD (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process for low power PMICs.
This new 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI BCD process of Key Foundry shows the same level of performance compared to the existing EPI BCD process even without EPI layer. This new process is suitable for power semiconductors, which require higher voltage ratings, higher reliability and higher efficiency compared to ordinary semiconductors. It can be used in the production of low power PMICs such as DC-DC ICs and charger ICs for smartphones and smartwatches.
This new process maintains the same Rsp (Specific On-resistance) with the existing 0.18-micron EPI BCD process that are currently used for mass production. Key Foundry will support various power semiconductor devices in the range of 5V to 30V. As this new 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI BCD process requires no EPI process, the process efficiency is improved, and it supports efficient designs by offering 5V LDMOS transistors for 5V power blocks. Furthermore, as the logic device of this new 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI BCD process retains comparable characteristics of the logic device of EPI BCD process, this new 0.18 micron 30V NON-EPI BCD process is compatible with digital libraries and IP of the existing process that are currently used for mass production. In order to promote users' convenience, the new process also provides MTP (Multi-time Programmable) and OTP (One-time Programmable) IP without requiring any additional process steps. With these merits, this 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI BCD process is suitable for diverse types of applications such as power semiconductors, which a memory function is required for.
From the earliest stage of the process development, Key Foundry communicated closely with power semiconductor fabless customers to reflect what the market demands. With the user-friendly layout options and design kits which this new process provides to strengthen the users' convenience, the customer is able to achieve a streamlined process and higher-performing products compared to the existing products. This new 0.18-micron 30V NON-EPI BCD process satisfies Grade-1 requirements of the AEC-Q100, the international reliability specifications of ICs in automotive applications, and can be used not only for mobiles but also for automotive power semiconductors such as motor driver ICs and DC-DC ICs.
"As the power semiconductor market is growing rapidly, the demand for highly reliable but more streamlined BCD processes is increasing," said Dr. Tae Jong Lee, CEO of Key Foundry. "We will continuously improve our process technologies to offer the most optimized BCD processes that satisfy the needs of power semiconductor designers."
About Key Foundry
Headquartered in Korea, Key Foundry provides specialty Analog and Mixed-Signal foundry services for semiconductor companies to serve a wide range of applications in the consumer, communications, computing, automotive and industrial industries. With a broad range of technology portfolio and process nodes, Key Foundry has the flexibility and capability to meet the ever-evolving needs of semiconductor companies across the globe. Please visit https://www.key-foundry.com for more information.
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
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Post spreads baseless claim about Jan. 6 conversations
CLAIM: Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between Ray Epps’ cell phone and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office a week before the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
THE FACTS: Such records would not be obtainable through FOIA requests, because Congress is exempt from the law, legal experts say. Epps, an Arizona man who was filmed encouraging others to enter the U.S. Capitol the night before the riots, has long been the subject of a baseless conspiracy theory that he is a federal agent who helped orchestrate the insurrection. There’s no evidence to suggest that Epps was anything but a disgruntled supporter of former President Donald Trump, and Epps has testified to the House committee investigating Jan. 6 that he wasn’t working for law enforcement. But a new false claim based on the conspiracy still circulated widely on Twitter. “Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between the cell phone of Ray Epps and the office of Speaker Pelosi in the week before#January6th,” reads the tweet, which has been shared more than 15,000 times. The user provided no evidence for the claim. Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for Pelosi, said in an email to the AP that the claim is false. And experts in the Freedom of Information Act — which allows members of the public to request records from federal agencies — confirmed that such information cannot be obtained through a FOIA request. Congress is not subject to the law, which is limited to the executive branch of the federal government and agencies, experts said. “It does not apply to Congress, the courts, state and local governments, or private entities,” Kel McClanahan, executive director of the National Security Counselors law firm, told the AP in an email. “A right to access public records exists under the common law which has been occasionally interpreted by courts to apply to certain Congressional offices, but no Congressional office would voluntarily turn over such information without litigation,” McClanahan wrote. If such a case were litigated, the congressional office would likely win, because phone records would fall under the “speech or debate” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which places rigid restrictions on what information, if any, members of Congress can release, McClanahan said. Adam A. Marshall, a lawyer at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, concurred that such information couldn’t be obtained through FOIA. “Congress is not subject to FOIA. It doesn’t matter what type of records are at issue,” Marshall said in an interview with the AP. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who led questioning in the closing summer hearing of the Jan. 6 committee, also tweeted that the claim was false. “Take a gander. Absolutely false, literally made up, yet tens of thousands of RT’s, This is what democracy is up against,” Kinzinger said. “It’s time for the uneasy alliance between democracy defending people of all political stripes. #misinformation.” Epps did not respond to a request for comment.
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Contrary to false claim, Russia hasn’t closed WHO offices
CLAIM: Russia has “officially expelled” the World Health Organization and “closed all of its offices in Moscow.”
THE FACTS: The WHO continues to operate offices in Russia, the organization confirmed to the AP. A widely viewed Instagram video and posts on other social media platforms are spreading the false claim that Russia banned the global health agency from the country. “Russia has officially expelled the WHO and closed all of its offices in Moscow,” a woman in the video claims without evidence, before criticizing U.S. COVID-19 vaccine policies and mRNA vaccines. The same claim was spread thousands of times through an image shared on Facebook and Twitter. In reality, the WHO still maintains its offices in Moscow. “The claims made in the video are false,” WHO spokesman Bhanu Bhatnagar said in an email to the AP. “WHO continues to operate in the Russian Federation, both through our Country Office and our Office for Noncommunicable Diseases.” In May, Pyotr Tolstoy, the deputy chairman of the Russia State Duma lower house of parliament, did suggest Russia should withdraw from the WHO as well as the World Trade Organization. The same month, delegates of the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the WHO, approved a resolution condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine and attacks on health care facilities there. But Russia remains a member state of WHO and “nothing has changed,” said Lawrence Gostin, a Georgetown University law professor and director of the university’s WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law. Gostin noted in an email that the country still has voting rights in the World Health Assembly. European member states also suggested the organization should consider moving the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases from Moscow — a position that Ukraine has voiced. But Bhatnagar said that “matter is still under advisement.”
— Associated Press writer Angelo Fichera in New York contributed this report.
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Old video of Weather Channel co-founder fuels climate misinfo
CLAIM: Climate change is not happening, nor are humans causing significant global warming. There is also no scientific consensus that climate change is occurring.
THE FACTS: The scientific consensus is that climate change is real and that greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity are driving climate change, as the AP has previously reported. A video of John Coleman, the now deceased co-founder of The Weather Channel, making a variety of false claims about climate change during a 2014 interview on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” resurfaced online, with social media users sharing it as if it were new. During the interview, Coleman claimed that there is “no consensus” in science that humans are causing climate change. “Climate change is not happening, there is no significant man-made global warming now, there hasn’t been any in the past and there is no reason to expect any in the future,” Coleman said. A tweet featuring the footage has been shared over 28,000 times since it was posted last week. Coleman’s claims are false. As the AP has previouslyreported, overwhelming scientific evidence shows global warming and climate change are real and caused by human activity, including human-caused carbon dioxide emissions. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an entity consisting of more than 200 scientists, said in a report released in February that human-induced climate change is already causing deadly extreme weather, such as drought, fires, and floods, and that the situation will get worse if global warming isn’t curbed. “The cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health,” the report said. Coleman, who co-founded The Weather Channel and served for its CEO for about a year, died in 2018 at age 83, the AP reported. Despite his background as a meteorologist, Coleman caused controversy in the later years of his career for doubting humanity’s role in causing global warming, which he called a “hoax” and a “scam.” When Coleman appeared on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” in 2014, The Weather Channel’s parent company distanced itself from his comments. David Kenny, then CEO of the Weather Company, appeared on the same segment to respond, noting that Coleman hadn’t been involved at The Weather Channel for decades. “The science is pretty clear about climate change,” Kenny said. “I think some people were confused to hear a statement from somebody who was noted as a co-founder of The Weather Channel, which is true, we’re grateful that he got it started 32 years ago. But he hasn’t been with us in 31 years, so he’s not really speaking for The Weather Channel in any way today.” Weather Group, the channel’s current parent company, did not comment.
— Associated Press writer Josh Kelety in Phoenix contributed this report.
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CLAIM: A headline on People magazine’s website reports that Klondike’s Choco Tacos were discontinued in response to the “woke mob” and recent allegations of “cultural appropriation.”
THE FACTS: A representative for People magazine confirms this headline was fabricated, and Klondike did not cite cultural appropriation as a reason for discontinuing its beloved treat. Still, a manipulated image designed to look like a People magazine headline circulated as real across social media this week as the public reacted to the news of the Choco Taco’s demise. The fake headline, which amassed thousands of shares on Twitter, read, “Klondike’s Choco Taco Cancelled By Woke Mob After Almost 40 Years.” A fabricated subheading read, “A representative for the brand confirmed to PEOPLE that due to recent allegations of ‘cultural appropriation’ the Choco Taco is no more.” Though some Twitter users shared the image as a joke, others believed it represented a real People magazine story, but the image was fake, confirmed People spokesperson Julie Farin. People magazine did report on the news, but with a different headline, “Klondike’s Choco Taco Discontinued After Almost 40 Years.” The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Klondike had cited an “unprecedented spike in demand across our portfolio” over the past two years as its reason for discontinuing the product. A Klondike representative said the brand “had to make very tough decisions to ensure availability of our full portfolio nationwide” and said “a necessary but unfortunate part of this process is that we sometimes discontinue products.” Klondike also said on social media that it was “working hard to find a way to bring Choco Taco back to ice cream trucks in the coming years.”
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New 86,000-Square-Foot, Premier Medical Office Building Solidifies Next Phase of Development in Downtown Columbia®
COLUMBIA, Md., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) has broken ground on a four-story, $45.8 million medical office building in the Lakefront District in Downtown Columbia®, Maryland, signifying the next phase in the revitalization of the city's urban core. The groundbreaking marks the first major milestone in HHC's rejuvenation of the Lakefront District, which is poised to serve as the heart of the transformative $5 billion, 30-year plan for Downtown Columbia. Future development planned for the Lakefront District also includes two new community parks, three new residential buildings, and a wide variety of retail offerings.
The four-story, 86,000-square-foot medical office building will rise along the south shore of Lake Kittamaqundi at 10285 Little Patuxent Parkway, adjacent to the iconic former headquarters of The Rouse Company, now the home of Whole Foods. The striking new building is set in a picturesque, wooded landscape and will feature outdoor gathering spaces, a permanent public art installation, and a boardwalk-style public terrace offering expansive lake views.
"This state-of-the-art medical office building will be a significant addition to Downtown Columbia and the Lakefront District," said Greg Fitchitt, President, Columbia Region at The Howard Hughes Corporation. "As we welcome notable partners including the Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland, we continue to see the vision for the rejuvenation of the Lakefront District take hold and deliver a community anchor for all who will live, work and shop in the area."
Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland will occupy 25 percent of the new building, joining the growing list of Lakefront District tenants including The 3rd, a recently opened non-profit incubator space and café supporting women-of-color entrepreneurs, and the locally-owned unique dining and entertainment concept The Collective, which will open this winter. In contrast with larger national trends showing a decline in tenant leasing and profitability since the onset of the pandemic, Downtown Columbia's retail market has continued to experience strong momentum. In 2023, HHC will welcome over a dozen new restaurants and retailers to Downtown Columbia including Bark Social, Toastique, Banditos, Medium Rare, Blackwall Barn & Lodge, Mighty Quinn's Barbeque, Smashing Grapes, Jrip Coffee & Croissanterie, and Gyusan.
Columbia, MD, was founded by James Rouse as a "city in a garden," a vibrant urban destination surrounded by expansive green open space. The Howard Hughes Corporation's plans for the medical office building and surrounding area are designed to further enhance inclusivity and connectivity, reflecting Rouse's early vision for the Lakefront District as a community gathering space. Rouse commissioned the Frank Gehry-designed Rouse headquarters building in 1969, envisioning it as the future center of the city. For this project, HHC has worked with Studio Red Architects to complement Gehry's architecture in alignment with preservation guidelines.
HHC's development plans for the Lakefront District include up to 3 million square feet of overall redevelopment—1.3 million square feet of office, 281,000 square feet of retail and 1,284 residential units. The groundbreaking follows the recent completion of Marlow, a premier 510,000-square-foot, 472-unit apartment community in the heart of the Merriweather District®. Marlow will be anchored by Smashing Grapes, a favorite Maryland restaurant offering a fusion of Mediterranean and California coastal cuisines paired with world-class wines.
At full buildout, the redevelopment of Downtown Columbia will include three neighborhoods— Lakefront District, Merriweather District and Central District—and will feature more than 14 million square feet of residential, office, hotel, retail, cultural, and public uses including public parks, trails and more.
The new medical office building is expected to open in 2024.
About Downtown Columbia®
A development of The Howard Hughes Corporation®, Downtown Columbia is located at the center of Columbia, MD, one of the first master planned communities in the U.S. founded by legendary developer James W. Rouse in 1967. Conveniently located between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Columbia comprises 14,000 acres including ten completed residential villages and a deep pipeline of commercial development opportunities within its downtown. At full buildout, the redeveloped 391 acres of Downtown Columbia will include three new and reconfigured neighborhoods—the Merriweather District®, Lakefront District and Central District—featuring more than 14 million square feet of residential, office, hotel, retail, cultural, and public uses including public parks, trails and more. For more information about the redevelopment of Downtown Columbia please visit www.howardhughes.com/maryland.
About The Howard Hughes Corporation®
The Howard Hughes Corporation owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate throughout the U.S. Its award-winning assets include the country's preeminent portfolio of master planned cities and communities, as well as operating properties and development opportunities including: the Seaport in New York City; Downtown Columbia®, Maryland; The Woodlands®, The Woodlands Hills®, and Bridgeland® in the Greater Houston, Texas area; Summerlin®, Las Vegas; Ward Village® in Honolulu, Hawai'i; and Teravalis™ in the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area. The Howard Hughes Corporation's portfolio is strategically positioned to meet and accelerate development based on market demand, resulting in one of the strongest real estate platforms in the country. Dedicated to innovative place making, the company is recognized for its ongoing commitment to design excellence and to the cultural life of its communities. The Howard Hughes Corporation is traded on the New York Stock Exchange as HHC.
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ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s warring sides were beginning talks Saturday that aim to firm up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed the African country to the brink of collapse, the United States and Saudi Arabia said.
The negotiations, the first between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, since the fighting broke out on April 15, were taking place in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah, on the Red Sea, according to a joint Saudi-American statement.
The talks are part of a diplomatic initiative proposed by the kingdom and the U.S. that aims to stop the fighting, which has turned Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and other urban areas into battlefields and pushed hundreds of thousands from their homes.
In their joint statement, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. urged both parties to “actively engage in the talks towards a cease-fire and end to the conflict, which will spare the Sudanese people’s suffering.”
The statement did not offer a timeframe for the talks, which come after concerted efforts by Riyadh and other international powers to pressure the warring sides in Sudan to the negotiating table. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan welcomed the rival sides to Jeddah, saying on Twitter that he hopes the talks would restore “security and stability” in Sudan.
Since a 2021 coup that upended Sudan’s transition to democracy, the kingdom has been mediating between the ruling generals and a pro-democracy movement. After Sudan’s top two generals — commanders of the military and the paramilitary — turned on each other after months of tensions and the latest fighting broke out in April, Jeddah became a hub for those evacuated by sea from Sudan’s main sea port of Port Sudan.
Officials from the military and the RSF said the talks would address the opening of humanitarian corridors in Khartoum and the adjacent city of Omdurman, which have been the centers of the battles.
They would also discuss providing protection to civilian infrastructure, including health facilities that have been overwhelmed and suffer from dire shortages of both staff and medical supplies, one military official said.
An RSF official they would also discuss a mechanism to monitor the cease-fire, which is one of a series of truces that failed to stop the fighting. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks in Jeddah.
Meanwhile, Sudan’s pro-democracy movement said the talks would be “a first step” to stop the country’s collapse and called on leaders of the military and the RSF to make a “bold decision” to end the conflict.
The movement, which is a coalition of political parties and civil society groups, had negotiated with the military for months to restore the country’s democratic transition after a 2021 military coup led by army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, who also chairs the ruling sovereign council, and his deputy in the council Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.
On Saturday, Dagalo tweeted his first comment on the talks, welcoming the initiative to establish a firm cease-fire and open humanitarian corridors. “We remain hopeful that the discussions will achieve their intended goals,” he said.
At least 550 people have been killed, including civilians, and more than 4,900 have been wounded as of Monday, according to the Sudanese Health Ministry. The Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate, which tracks only civilian casualties, said Friday that 473 civilians have been killed in the violence and more than 2,450 have been wounded.
The fighting capped months of tensions between Burhan and Dagalo. It plunged the country into further chaos and forced foreign governments to evacuate their diplomats and thousands of foreign nationals out of Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese were displaced inside Sudan or crossed into neighboring countries as the fighting dragged on in urban areas.
The U.N. refugee agency estimated that the number of Sudanese fleeing to neighboring countries would reach 860,000, and that aid agencies would need $445 million to assist them.
On Saturday, unknown assailants fired on a convoy in Khartoum that included Turkish Ambassador Ismail Cobanoglu, reported Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency, citing diplomatic sources. There were no casualties in the shooting, the report said.
The Sudanese military and the RSF traded accusations of attacking the convoy.
Also, a bus carrying Sudanese fleeing the fighting, overturned in Egypt’s southern province of Beni Suef, leaving at least 36 Sudanese, including women and children, and two Egyptians injured, local authorities said.
Tens of thousands of Sudanese have crossed into Egypt since the fighting broke out.
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Associated Press writer Andrew Wilks in Ankara, Turkey, contributed to this report.
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Power being partially restored in Russian-occupied Kherson
By ANDREW MELDRUM
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-appointed authorities say they are working to partially restore power in the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson following what they have called a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” on power lines.
The southern city in the region that Moscow illegally annexed in September was cut off from power and water supplies on Sunday following damage to three power lines.
Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the pro-Kremlin administration of the partially occupied Kherson region, said Monday that “power and connectivity is being partially restored” in Kherson city. The alleged attack occurred on the Berislav-Kakhovka power line, and Russian state media reported on Sunday that the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station had also been damaged by Ukrainian strikes.
Ukrainian officials haven’t responded to the allegations.
Stremousov has repeatedly called for civilians to evacuate from Kherson — which lies on the western bank of the Dnieper River — to Russian-controlled territory on the eastern bank in anticipation of a major Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake the strategic port city.
Tens of thousands of civilians have already left the regional capital after being ordered to evacuate the area in October in the face of the Ukrainian counteroffensive which has retaken around 88 settlements in the region, or around 13% of territory previously held by Russian forces.
A daily update from Ukraine’s presidential office on Monday said that Russian soldiers in plainclothes have been moving into apartments in Kherson that civilians had left during the evacuation. One Kherson resident told The Associated Press that Russian military personnel were going door to door, checking property deeds and forcing tenants to leave immediately if they can’t prove ownership of apartments.
Last month, Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command reported that occupying Russian forces in the Kherson region had been purposefully shutting off electricity and water and depriving the population of internet access in order to force them to evacuate.
Yet on Monday, the region’s Russian-installed administration announced it was halting “the movement of civilian vehicles across the Dnieper by water and pontoon ferry,” citing “increased military danger” and threats to civilians.
Russia has focused on striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure over the last month, causing power shortages and rolling outages across the country. The capital, Kyiv, was having hourly rotating blackouts Sunday in parts of the city and the surrounding region.
Ukraine’s state-owned electricity grid operator Ukrenergo on Monday announced additional power outages in the Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava and Zhytomyr regions.
To repair the energy system, experts say that Ukraine needs high-voltage transformers and distribution and communication equipment, and that the deliveries must be systematic.
“It is important that there are constant, not one-time deliveries,” Gennadii Riabtsev, chief researcher on energy security at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, told the AP.
The first delivery of high voltage transformers from the European Union is expected in the coming weeks, but this supply isn’t enough to significantly improve the situation, he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation Sunday that about 4.5 million people were without electricity across the country. He called on Ukrainians to endure the hardships, saying, “we must get through this winter and be even stronger in the spring than now.”
Meanwhile, in another annexed region, Donetsk, Russian-installed officials accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the regional capital, also called Donetsk, with HIMARS rocket launchers early on Monday.
The city’s Kremlin-backed mayor, Alexei Kulemzin, said a fire broke out in an administrative building of the Donetsk Railways, but that the blaze had been contained and there were no casualties. Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the incident. The city of Donetsk has been controlled by Russian-backed separatists since 2014.
In Ukrainian-controlled territory, Russian shelling over the past 24 hours killed at least three civilians and wounded seven more, according to a Monday statement from Ukraine’s presidential office.
The office’s deputy head, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said that Russian strikes in the Zaporizhzhia region targeted civilian objects including a cultural center, farmers’ warehouses and private residences.
The official noted that the Zaporizhzhia region — also illegally annexed by Russia in September but not fully controlled by Russian forces — was shelled 52 times over the past 24 hours, and one person was killed. Two cities near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — Marhanets and Myrove — were shelled by heavy artillery and currently remain without power.
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A weak cold front has moved through the region allowing for slightly drier air to work in today. Highs will stay seasonal in the upper 70s with no rain in the forecast. Conditions will be slightly breezy but winds will calm by Sunday morning. Overnight lows will be in the pleasant mid-60s.
As high pressure takes control of the forecast, get ready for a big warm-up this week. Highs will soar well above average with temperatures near 90 degrees by Thursday!
Higher humidity will return as well. The weather by the end of the week will be closer to June averages than February! Find ways to stay cool and stay hydrated.
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Everything went according to plan for the Washington baseball team Friday evening.
Coming off of two big losses against Arizona, the increasing temperature and a clear blue sky was a sign that it was time for Washington to turn things around.
Thumping Arizona State 8-3 was just the way to do that.
Led by pitcher redshirt junior Stu Flesland III, Washington began with a strong defensive start, allowing only one hit in the first four innings.
The Sun Devils’ (24-9, 10-2 Pac-12) large number of self-inflicted errors did not help their cause, handing them only their second loss in conference play.
Arizona State pitcher junior Ross Dunn struggled through the first four innings, allowing five hits.
Wild pitches saw Huskies’ sophomore Cam Clayton score once in the first inning and again in the second.
Due to the amount of wild pitches, throwing errors, and a stolen base, redshirt junior Johnny Tincher managed to advance all the way home from first without another Huskies’ hit.
The continuous blunders from Arizona State saw Washington increase the lead to 8-0.
The Huskies (20-10, 7-6 Pac-12) smelt blood in the water going into the fifth inning, but a two-run homerun from Arizona State provided a quick response.
This offensive spark by the Sun Devils was boosted in the top of the sixth, when Flesland allowed another homerun, decreasing the deficit to 8-3.
The Sun Devils managed to prevent the Huskies from scoring in the final four innings, mostly due to a flurry of pitching changes that resulted in four different pitchers seeing the field.
This gamble from Arizona State proved not to be enough, as they failed to capitalize on the offensive side with only one hit in the final three innings.
The game ended with Washington’s defense replicating what it did for the majority of the night, as replacement pitcher freshman Sam Boyle allowed for no hits in the top of the ninth.
Washington will strive to repeat this performance Saturday, April 15, at 2:05 p.m.
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Russia unleashed a wave of missile strikes Tuesday at cities across Ukraine, hitting residential buildings and knocking out electricity in urban areas, in one of the most intense air assaults of the war.
In another development, Polish government spokesperson Piotr Müller said two people were killed in an "explosion" at a grain processing facility in the eastern edge of Poland, just a few miles from the border with western Ukraine.
Poland said it was attempting to determine the cause of the blast, while the government held an emergency meeting to deal with a "crisis situation," according to a government spokesman.
In Washington, the White House said it was working with Poland to investigate the reports, and that President Biden had spoken with with President Andrzej Duda of Poland. The president is in Bali, Indonesia, attending the G-20 summit.
In a statement, the White House said that it "cannot confirm the reports or any of the details at this time. We will determine what happened and what the appropriate next steps would be."
Russia, meanwhile, said that any suggestion its weapons had struck Poland was an "intentional provocation."
#BREAKING: #Kyiv mayor reports strikes on Ukraine's capital, says 2 residential buildings hit.#Ukraine #ukrainian #russianukrainewar #anews pic.twitter.com/TKVhxCosSq
— ANews (@anews) November 15, 2022
In Ukraine, the air force said Russia fired about 100 missiles at Ukraine over the course of several hours on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
"Does anyone seriously think that the Kremlin really wants peace?" Andriy Yermak, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter. "It wants obedience. But at the end of the day, terrorists always lose."
The attacks came a day after the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution saying Russia should be held accountable for the war it's waging in Ukraine, and should be required to pay reparations. And just last Friday, Russia suffered a major military setback as it was forced to retreat from the strategically important southern city of Kherson.
Ukraine said it shot down about 70 of the 100 incoming missiles, but others reached their targets in the capital Kyiv, the northeastern city Kharkiv, the western city of Lviv, and the southern city of Odesa, among others.
In Kyiv, two residential buildings were hit and one person was killed, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Video posted by the mayor's office showed an apartment building in Kyiv engulfed in heavy flames and thick smoke.
Half of Kyiv loses power
The mayor also said about half of the capital was without power.
The northeastern city of Kharkiv was without power, according to officials there.
"The United States strongly condemns Russia's latest missile attacks against Ukraine," said U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who was attending the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
"The United States and our allies and partners will continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to defend itself, including air defense systems. We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes," Sullivan said.
Earlier Tuesday, Zelenskyy spoke to the G20 by video, saying his country is determined to recover all of its territory taken by Russia.
"In order to free our entire land, we will have to fight for a while longer," Zelenskyy said.
There are some international calls for peace talks to end war in Ukraine. But Zelenskyy noted that the two countries reached interim agreements after Russia first invaded in 2014.
Russia used this period of relative calm to regroup militarily, he said, adding that Ukraine would not fall for this again.
We will not allow Russia to wait us out and build up its forces," said Zelenskyy.
In his speech, the president repeatedly called the G20 the 'G19,' saying Russia should be excluded.
Russia turns to air power
With Russia's ground forces unable to make much headway in recent months, and being significantly pushed back in many instances, Russia is increasingly relying on airstrikes.
Russia launched a heavy bombing campaign against Ukraine's energy systems in October, damaging around 40% of the country's electricity system, according to Ukrainian officials.
Ukrainian workers have scrambled to repair the damaged power grid. However, many parts of the country, including the capital, were suffering power outages for hours every day, even before the latest attack.
The Russian airstrikes come as temperatures are rapidly falling and a long, cold winter looms.
Ukraine's limited air defenses have proven more effective than expected in protecting key government and military facilities.
However, the recent Russian campaign has targeted such a wide range of civilian and energy facilities that Ukraine has been unable to protect them all.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Murray Matravers, frontman of the English indie pop band Easy Life, about the group's new album, "Maybe In Another Life."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Murray Matravers, frontman of the English indie pop band Easy Life, about the group's new album, "Maybe In Another Life."
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And what better way to announce it than in the form of a classic holiday poem?
ORLANDO, Fla. , Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
'Twas the month before Christmas and all through the state
The ABC dream team was staying up late;
Polishing up this year's holiday ad
in hopes that good-spirited fun would be had
A campaign to sweep you right off your feet
to shake you and stir you and serve you up neat
To show off our shelves from ceiling to floor
(And possibly mention all 125 stores)
A promo to highlight we're family owned
and remind you we sit on the liquor store throne
One that mentions delivery: curbside and front door
And expert-picked wines that we're happy to pour
Then up from Creative, on fluttering wings
A sweet angel whispered, "Focus on just one thing"
So we got in a huddle and knew what to do
a steadfast promise that always rings true:
Whether gifting or guzzling, you want to impress
and here at ABC, you can do that for less
Yes, you can live large without breaking the bank
And when your guests are dazzled, you'll have us to thank
More rapid than reindeer, our ideas they came
And we whistled and shouted these values by name:
Now small batch! Now new brands! Now rare and cool finds!
On top shelf! On specialty liquor and wines!
To the screen! On their phone! To a sign that they'll see!
Now, tell all Floridians about ABC!
Our boozy utopia with shelves to the sky
has selection so good it brings a tear to your eye
And hark! All this luxury comes at a good price
Our costs are not naughty, they're shockingly nice
Now how do you tie this all up in a bow?
You use holiday references everyone knows
Like a disgruntled dad obsessed with his lights
Like the parents whose kid didn't get on their flight
Like lords that are leaping and silly gift swaps
If they all had their way, ABC's where they'd shop
So, here's a sneak peek, we think that you'll love it:
Get Champagne Taste On An Eggnog Budget
ABC has been serving Florida residents and visitors since 1936 and offers in-store services from sampling areas, a concierge service for large events and online shopping with curbside pickup or delivery through abcfws.com. ABC has 125 locations in Florida, which typically carry more than 10,000 different wines, spirits, beers, cigars and accessories. Each location is staffed with a knowledgeable, passionate team to help guests find what they are looking for and discover new favorites.
Learn more about ABC Fine Wine & Spirits by visiting abcfws.com. Keep up with ABC on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
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epilogue
One final reminder before we are done
This press release rhymes so that you would have fun
Here's hoping this poem inspires you to pitch
Because writing these couplets sure was a b*#%!
We're toasting to you—with a sparkling white
Merry Marketing to all and to all a good night!
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HOUSTON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinavic Leadership Acceleration, a leadership acceleration and advisory firm focused on maximizing the potential of executive talent, today announced the addition of Stephanie Anderson as Managing Director.
As a consulting industry veteran and recent client of Kinavic, Stephanie brings deep consulting expertise combined with a passion for helping consulting leaders reach their full potential. At Kinavic, she will advise clients and develop new offerings that drive value for the future.
In her 24 years at Accenture, Stephanie spent most of her career as a consultant, delivering transformative programs across industries and around the globe, as well as serving as the global lead for customer strategy offering development. Most recently, she focused on talent strategy and development for Accenture, fostering a strengths-based culture designed to invest in the growth of senior leaders and teams.
"We are honored to bring Stephanie on as a Managing Director at Kinavic as we position ourselves for rapid growth through the second half of 2023 and beyond," said Angela Navarro, CEO on Kinavic Leadership Acceleration. "Her uniquely relevant experience supporting senior leaders as a consultant, executive advisor and program leader means she has stood in the shoes of the clients and executives we serve. Adding Stephanie to our team is an investment in our growth and an investment in the clients we serve."
"As a client of Kinavic, I saw first-hand the tremendous value our leaders received from strategic advisory services combined with the data and science of the Verity Leadership Assessment™", said Anderson. "I have always had a passion for helping people unlock their potential, recognize their strengths and acknowledge their vulnerabilities. At Kinavic, I'm excited to combine all my favorite things into a role where I can build new programs and custom solutions that drive real impact and value for our clients."
About Kinavic Leadership Acceleration
Kinavic Leadership Acceleration is a leadership acceleration and advisory firm focused on maximizing the potential of executive talent. We bring together science and data with deep leadership understanding to drive growth and performance improvements that you can actually measure. Connect with us at www.kinavic.com
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ABANDONED VEHICLE AUCTION
In compliance with the revised code of Washington 46.55.130, State of Washington, Bill’s Towing Inc. will sell to the highest bidder for cash at 1210 S. Sprague, Tacoma, Washington, on 9-14-22 at the hour of 12 noon. Inspection starts at 11 am on the following described vehicles. All cars must be paid for by 5 PM the day of the auction and must be removed also by 5 PM the day of the auction. Vehicles not removed will be awarded to the second bidder.
YEAR MAKE MODEL 99 Chev Suburban
00 Chev Tahoe
88 Ford Bronco II
01 Ford F150
00 Ford Ranger
99 Honda Civic
02 Honda Civic
00 Honda Odyssey
13 Land Rover Evoque
03 Mazda 6
03 Nissan Altima
01 Olds Intrigue
93 Sandpiper Trailer
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First lady Dr. Jill Biden made a surprise trip to Ukraine on Sunday, meeting with the first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and visiting with Ukrainian children who have been displaced by the ongoing war with Russia.
Biden, who embarked on her trip to Eastern Europe on Thursday, crossed the border from Slovakia into southwestern Ukraine on Sunday afternoon for the unannounced visit to a public school in Uzhhorod that was converted into a temporary shelter, housing 163 Ukrainians, including 47 children. It was a rare visit by a U.S. first lady into a war zone.
The first lady was greeted by Zelenska, who has not been seen in public since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, according to a U.S. official. The official said the two women have exchanged correspondence over the last few weeks.
"I wanted to come on Mother's Day," Biden told reporters traveling with her. "We thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop, and this war has been brutal, and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine."
Zelenska called the visit by Biden a "very courageous act."
"Because we understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war when the military actions are taking place every day, where the air sirens are happening every day, even today," she said. "We all feel your support and we all feel the leadership of the U.S. president, but we would like to note that the Mother's Day is a very symbolic day for us because we also feel your love and support during such an important day."
Biden and Zelenska held a private bilateral meeting for roughly 30 minutes, after which they met with Ukrainians who have been displaced from their homes and children who were making bears out of cardboard and tissue paper for their mothers.
The first lady returned to Slovakia after spending roughly two hours in Ukraine, and spoke with President Joe Biden after the visit, according to Michael LaRosa, Biden's press secretary.
LaRosa said Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, gave Biden a letter from Zelenska at the State of the Union in March, and Ukraine's first lady sent another letter last month expressing concerns about the toll of the war on the mental health of children, troops and families.
Biden joins a growing number of top U.S. officials who have made secret visits to Ukraine in recent weeks. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to the capital city of Kyiv in April, and a delegation of House Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a secret trip to the capital last week and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Mr. Biden has not traveled to Ukraine, though he visited Eastern Europe in March.
Biden's unannounced stop in Ukraine is the first by the spouse of a sitting president to a war zone since Laura Bush visited Afghanistan in 2008. The former first lady also visited Afghanistan in 2005. Michelle Obama in 2015 traveled to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which has been designated a combat zone since 1991, to meet with troops.
This story was originally published by CBS News on May 8, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. ET.
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Southwest Airlines schedule returns to relative normalcy
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Southwest Airlines returned to a relatively normal flight schedule Friday, as the focus shifts to making things right with what could be well more than a million passengers who missed family connections or flights home during the holidays, and many of whom are still missing luggage.
The Dallas carrier, which had canceled thousands of flights every day this week after a winter storm last weekend, reported less than 40 cancellations early Friday. While that was still more than United, American and Delta combined, it’s progress following one of the most chaotic weeks in aviation history for a single airline.
Federal regulators have vowed a rigorous review of what happened at Southwest, with all eyes on outdated crew-scheduling technology that left flight crews out of place after the storm hit, essentially shutting down almost all of the carrier’s operations.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a letter to Southwest CEO Robert Jordan late Thursday called the week of disruptions “unacceptable.”
“While weather can disrupt flight schedules, the thousands of cancellations by Southwest in recent days have not been because of the weather,” Buttigieg wrote. “Other airlines that experienced weather-related cancellations and delays due to the winter storm recovered relatively quickly, unlike Southwest.”
Southwest has begun accepting reservations again Friday after getting crews and planes into place, and executives have started on what is undoubtedly a long road to regaining the trust of travelers.
Southwest’s Robert Jordan said in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday that after safety, there is no greater focus than reimbursing customers and getting them reunited with their luggage.
“This has impacted so many people, so many customers, over the holidays. It’s impacted our employees. And I’m extremely sorry for that,” Jordan said. “There’s just no way almost to apologize enough because we love our customers, we love our people and we really impacted their plans.”
The air travel industry is just now recovering from the pandemic, which reduced activity to levels not seen since the beginning of the jet age.
Jordan warned that the meltdown this week will “certainly” hit the carrier when it reports fourth quarter financial results at the end of January.
Company shares, which tumbled 8% this week, fell another 1% before the opening bell Friday.
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Fintech acquires 16 new customers and is ranked #11 on HBJ Fast 100 List
HOUSTON, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FINBOA, Inc., a leading innovator in intelligent process automation for regulatory compliance in financial institutions, welcomed 16 new financial institutions during the third fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022. In addition to an expanded customer base, FINBOA experienced a 92% increase in revenue growth in 3Q 2022 over the same period 2021.
FINBOA was recently awarded 11th place on the 2022 Houston Business Journal (HBJ) Fast 100 List. This list recognizes Houston-area private companies with the fastest revenue growth over a two year period. FINBOA secured their ranking with over 300% revenue growth from 2019 through 2022.
FINBOA attributes their continued success to offering a proven portfolio of SaaS software solutions specifically designed for banks and credit unions to transform complex back-office processing and the customer experience using digitization and Robotic Process Automation. FINBOA increases staff efficiency and accuracy, while reducing compliance costs, loss and risk.
FINBOA CEO and Founder, Raj Singal commented, "We've had great success with our solutions and plan to continue to grow the business with a focus on serving our customers well and maintaining our current product and industry focus. We have been able to leverage our deep expertise to help institutions with their transition to fully digital operations. We are actively expanding our current offerings, and developing new solutions, which will accelerate our growth."
FINBOA's industry recognized SaaS products digitize and modernize the inefficient manual processes and disparate systems commonly used to manage regulatory compliance processing for Payment Disputes, Loan Onboarding, Exception Management, Wires and Treasury Onboarding.
FINBOA partners with customers to ensure successful implementation and solution adoption. Account retention remains high as FINBOA users experience real results. For example, FINBOA's Regulation E Payment Dispute solution reduces claim-related losses up to 25% and process time by 90%, with an average implementation timeline of less than 60 days.
About FINBOA
FINBOA provides intelligent process automation to banks and credit unions to simplify and improve regulatory compliance by eliminating manual systems. Leveraging extensive industry experience and a commitment to customer service, FINBOA delivers transformative software proven to enable institutional growth by reducing operational costs and risk. FINBOA is headquartered in Houston. Learn more at www.finboa.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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Home and design influencer duo Chris Loves Julia brings a modern look to everyday food storage
ATLANTA, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To bring modern looks to everyday food storage, Rubbermaid Incorporated, part of the Newell Brands portfolio, is introducing its new Designer Series for the popular EasyFindLids™ line, building on the brand's long history of innovative food storage and organization solutions. As part of the Designer Series, Rubbermaid® is collaborating with creators to add their personal touches to the container designs, making prepping meals and storing leftovers fun for any occasion.
Now available at retailers nationwide, the first Rubbermaid® EasyFindLids™ Designer Series collaboration is with home and design influencer duo Chris and Julia Marcum of Chris Loves Julia, who are known for uncovering their home's potential through DIY, renovations, splurge-and-save designs and day-to-day family living. Chris Loves Julia worked with Rubbermaid to put their personal touch on the new containers by adding a light, steely Skylight Blue color to the lids - a departure from the traditional red EasyFindLids.
"We believe in elevating the pieces people use every day, and these containers are as beautiful as they are functional," said Chris and Julia Marcum. "We've had the same Rubbermaid containers for 10 years, and this fresh, modern steely blue-gray has been a favorite color of ours for years. We're excited to put our spin on the classic EasyFindLids."
"We launched the Designer Series to reach new audiences, and we chose EasyFindLids because we wanted to put a contemporary spin on the classic design to cater to a wide range of consumers," said Kris Malkoski, CEO, Food & Writing Business Units at Newell Brands. "We are excited to debut this series in partnership with Chris Loves Julia, and we look forward to seeing how the Designer Series evolves and what new designs we'll develop in the years to come."
All Rubbermaid EasyFindLids containers are durable for long-term use and designed to reduce clutter and promote easy organization. The space-saving, modular design of the EasyFindLids System™ allows for flawless stacking and nesting inside each other, snapping to bases and other lids. The containers are also BPA-free, dishwasher safe and microwave safe, and depending on the lid size, the lid includes vents to help prevent splatters in the microwave.
The Rubbermaid EasyFindLids Designer Series containers designed by Chris Loves Julia are available in a variety of sizes and shapes for different needs, in sets ranging from 12 to 42 pieces. Sets start at $9.99 and can be purchased on Amazon, in-store or online at Target, and in-store at Kroger and Meijer. For more information, visit www.rubbermaid.com.
About Rubbermaid
Rubbermaid is a leader in developing innovative, high-quality solutions that help consumers keep their homes in order. Widely recognized and trusted, Rubbermaid designs and markets a full range of organization, storage and cleaning products to keep the home – including closets, garages, kitchens and outdoor spaces – neat and functional, freeing consumers to enjoy life. Rubbermaid (www.rubbermaid.com) is part of Newell Brands' global portfolio of brands.
About Newell Brands
Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, FoodSaver, Calphalon, Sistema, Sharpie, Paper Mate, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer's, Yankee Candle, Graco, NUK, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Spontex, Coleman, Campingaz, Oster, Sunbeam and Mr. Coffee. Newell Brands' beloved, planet friendly brands enhance and brighten consumers lives at home and outside by creating moments of joy, building confidence and providing peace of mind.
This press release and additional information about Newell Brands are available on the company's website, https://www.newellbrands.com/.
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Neuralink is one step closer to implanting computer chips into people's brains.
The company, which was founded by Elon Musk, announced on Thursday that it received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin its first human clinical study.
"This is the result of incredible work by the Neuralink team in close collaboration with the FDA and represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people," the company said in a tweet.
Neuralink said its initial goal is to give people with quadriplegia the "ability to control their computers and mobile devices with their thoughts."
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The company stresses that its implant can withstand "physiological conditions several times harsher than those in the human body."
Neuralink adds that the implant is powered by a small battery, which is charged wirelessly.
The process of inserting the implant into the brain is done by a robot, according to the company.
"The threads of our implant are so fine that they can't be inserted by the human hand," Neuralink states. "Our surgical robot has been designed to reliably and efficiently insert these threads exactly where they need to be."
The company is currently accepting applications from people interested in joining future clinical trials.
Anyone with quadriplegia, paraplegia, vision loss, hearing loss or the inability to speak is invited to apply.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – If you have ever wanted to be in a movie and are between 18 and 20, now is your chance. “Re-Election” is filming in and around Baton Rouge, starting Tuesday, May 30.
The movie stars Tony Danza, Bex Taylor-Klaus and Adam Saunders. Saunders is also directing the indie comedy.
Caballero Casting is looking for extras to play high school students in the production. If you want to be an extra, the casting company provided information about the casting call.
According to a synopsis on Deadline.com, Jimmy, played by Saunders, lost his bid to be high school class president to the current governor. He goes back to high school and plans to run again to reset his life. Danza plays his father and lifelong employer, and Taylor-Klaus will be the high school girl who tries to help him.
According to Caballero Casting, Saunders has already produced two films that were shot in Louisiana.
Mac Hendrickson and Erika Hampson are joining Saunders as producers on this project.
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MIAMI — Skip Schumaker was a candidate to take over as manager of the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets in recent years, only to see those clubs pick someone else.
“As we continue to grow as an organization, we felt it was important to find an individual who had been a part of a winning culture,” Marlins general manager Kim Ng said. “Having been a member of two championship teams, along with his reputation for tenacity and getting every ounce out of his ability, Skip will be a tremendous example to our players. His leadership style, teaching skills and attention to detail made him the clear choice as the club’s new manager.”
Schumaker — who played for World Series-winning clubs in St. Louis in 2006 and 2011 — comes to Miami from the Cardinals, with whom he spent this season as the bench coach. Schumaker had been a first-base coach and associate manager for San Diego from 2018 through 2021, then joined the Cardinals’ staff.
“Skip has a long list of distinguished accomplishments as both a player and a coach that showcase the remarkable individual he is as well as the high level of credibility and leadership he will bring to the dugout and the Marlins organization,” Marlins owner Bruce Sherman said. “He has an incredible passion and winning spirit that will set the course for the Marlins franchise.”
The 42-year-old Schumaker takes over for Don Mattingly, who managed the Marlins for seven seasons. Mattingly went 443-587 with Miami, winning the NL Manager of the Year award after leading the Marlins to the playoffs in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
Mattingly’s contract expired when this season ended, and he and the Marlins’ front office agreed it would be best for both sides not to enter into a new deal.
The Marlins went 69-93 this season, the 12th time they finished with a losing record in the last 13 years. The exception was 2020, when they went 31-29.
The 2022 season for the Marlins started with a bit of a shocker: In February, Hall of Famer Derek Jeter — who had been Miami’s CEO, the first Black person in baseball history to hold that role with a franchise — announced a surprise departure after 4 1/2 mostly unsuccessful years that didn’t come remotely close to matching his success as a player for the New York Yankees.
Now Mattingly, like Jeter a former Yankees captain, departs and Schumaker takes over to lead the next rebuilding effort in Miami. Schumaker inherits a club that has a Cy Young Award hopeful in All-Star ace Sandy Alcantara (14-9, 2.28 this season in an MLB-best 228 2/3 innings). But the Marlins struggled mightily at the plate — their .230 team average ranked 27th out of 30 MLB clubs, and the team was 28th in runs scored.
“I’m very excited and grateful that Bruce, Kim, and the Marlins organization have given me an opportunity to manage a very talented team,” Schumaker said. “Delivering a winning, sustainable culture with the expectation of getting into the postseason is the next step for this organization and South Florida — and I can’t wait to get started.”
The Marlins are the second team to change managers since the regular season ended. Texas hired veteran Bruce Bochy as its skipper last week, and now there are two openings left — Kansas City and the Chicago White Sox.
The NL champion Philadelphia Phillies made a managerial move of sorts, taking the interim tag off Rob Thomson. That move came two days after the Phillies swept St. Louis 2-0 in a wild-card series, which wound up as Schumaker’s farewell with the Cardinals. Also, Toronto reached a three-year deal with John Schneider, who had been the Blue Jays’ interim manager.
Schumaker played in the majors for 11 seasons, mostly with the Cardinals, and now gets his first managerial opportunity with Miami — which shares a spring training complex in Jupiter, Florida, with St. Louis.
Schumaker was a starter for the Cardinals team that won the 2011 World Series. The California native batted .278 in 1,149 games while primarily playing second base and the outfield. He retired in March 2016 while in camp with the Padres on a minor league deal.
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KILLEEN, Texas — One person is in the hospital after a stabbing in Killeen, says the Killeen Police Department.
According to KPD, officers were dispatched to the Killeen Mall shortly before 8 p.m. on Nov. 22 in response to a stabbing. Police say that they found a female victim at the scene who had been stabbed.
The victim was taken to Baylor Scott & White Hospital where she is reportedly in stable condition.
The suspect of the stabbing was also reportedly found and detained by police, and has been taken to the Killeen City Jail.
KPD says that this was an isolated incident and that there is no threat to the community.
No other information has been released at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Teladoc between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Teladoc Health, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LFST), if they purchased the Company's Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). Shareholders have until October 11, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nasdaqgs-lfst/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
Kuznicki Law PLLC is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a Company lead to artificial inflation of the Company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yourway, the only truly integrated premium courier and clinical packager in the clinical trials supply chain market, announced the construction of a new depot in Dublin, Ireland, conceived as the company's flagship European depot. The new GMP depot is being purpose-built to support Yourway's clinical trials offering, including premium courier services, primary and secondary packaging, and temperature-controlled storage, from ambient room temperature (20 °C) to liquid nitrogen storage at –180 °C. Yourway acquired the site, which is located at Dublin Airport Logistics Park, conveniently close to Dublin's major pharma players, and only 250 meters from the perimeter of Dublin Airport, offering convenient global access to several domestic and international cities.
The new location will comprise 69,120 square feet, over 90% of which will be warehouse space. Once completed, the site will offer all the value-added integrated services offered by Yourway to facilitate the rapid and efficient transport of clinical materials –– clinical trial kits, investigational medicinal products (IMPs), high-value drugs including APIs, and ancillary materials –– to support clinical trials across the globe. The surrounding industrial park boasts a number of high-profile life sciences companies, including Pfizer, Gilead, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Yourway's Dublin facilities represent a strategic location, enabling easy access to the considerable pharma and biopharma client base and clinical trials network within the Republic of Ireland, Yourway was seeking a prime location for a new flagship depot for the entire European continent, supported by the company's depots in London, UK; Bratislava, Slovakia; Kyiv, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Moscow, Russia.
"We've been doing business in Ireland for over 15 years, so it really made sense to establish a depot in Dublin," said Gulam Jaffer, Founder and President of Yourway. "We see a huge potential for growth across Europe over the next few years, which brings more opportunities to Yourway."
The new depot joins Yourway's existing network of 22 global depot locations, which in addition to the European locations mentioned above includes the company's headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and depots in Canada, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Israel, South Africa, India, China, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. With this robust global network of GMP-compliant depots offering both ambient and temperature-controlled pallet and shelf locations and packaging capabilities, the company is well positioned to offer its integrated suite of services to support clinical trials anywhere in the world.
About Yourway
Yourway is the only truly integrated premium courier and clinical packager, providing a full range of primary and secondary clinical packaging, ancillary materials sourcing, logistics, storage and distribution, and premium courier services serving the global biopharmaceutical industry. Headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with a global network of fully managed 22 GMP depots worldwide, Yourway is an agile and reliable partner with 25 years of experience. Visit https://www.yourway.com/.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Located in a serene suburb in West Palm Beach, Florida, Beachway Treatment Center specializes in helping patients who are struggling with mental health and substance abuse disorders regain their independence. The Joint Commission-accredited facility provides a cozy, supportive environment where individuals can receive individualized care and medication management to achieve sustained recovery from drug or alcohol abuse.
Beachway offers tailored treatment paths using evidence-based rehab therapy programs to address underlying emotional issues that lead to drug addiction. The facility's dedicated team of counselors and therapists are experts in long-term rehabilitation. Addiction-focused experts utilize a holistic approach designed with long-term recovery in mind to empower patients to overcome conditions that trigger a relapse.
Individuals can benefit from personalized recovery programs and therapeutic interventions, including dual diagnosis, drug and alcohol rehab, holistic treatment, and faith-based rehab. Licensed therapists at Beachway use trauma-focused healing, art therapy, and various recreational activities to heal the mind, body, and spirit.
The rehabilitation center recently renovated its community housing units for intensive outpatient or partial care patients. The luxurious accommodations are within walking distance of shopping, eateries, and other local amenities. The apartment complex is near walking trails and parks, allowing residents to experience the tropical Florida lifestyle during recovery.
Community Housing for Outpatient Treatment
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows millions of Americans are battling depression, a complex mental health disorder that can drive addiction.
Clients attending Beachway's outpatient rehab programs can benefit from a full spectrum of traditional and holistic therapies that help them overcome substance abuse, break away from destructive behavior, and regain control of their lives.
The outpatient drug rehab program at Beachway incorporates three levels of care: partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and outpatient (OP). Each approach offers a different level of care and clinical support, empowering patients to balance recovery with day-to-day living.
Beachway's counselors understand the need for continued therapy and support following inpatient rehabilitation. Patients entering the outpatient program receive specialized after-care services designed to empower them to re-enter everyday life and achieve success in the journey to lifelong sobriety.
Beachway recently finalized the renovations on a 12-unit apartment to accommodate clients requiring outpatient treatment or partial care services to overcome substance abuse. The newly renovated apartments feature spacious floor plans, walk-in closets, air conditioning, Internet access, and other convenient amenities.
Residents can go to the resort-style swimming pool, enjoy morning coffee in the breakfast bars, and get some fresh air in the community playground. They can access outdoor social areas to interact with groups that offer positive peer influence or engage in family therapy sessions.
Outpatient clients can take in stunning oceanfront or intracoastal waterway views from their balcony or stroll in the lush gardens around campus. They can also enjoy art and music therapy in the facility's recreation room and exercise in the fitness center with a yoga studio, strength training, and cardio equipment. Management at Beachway Therapy provides 24-hour emergency maintenance.
About Community Housing Units at Beachway Therapy
As a leader in mental health and substance abuse treatment, Beachway Therapy Center provides state-of-the-art accommodations for clients. The apartments offer a comfortable space where patients seeking Beachway's outpatient rehab solution can recover.
Here are some FAQs about the rehabilitation center's newly-refurbished community housing.
Are the apartments for inpatient stays, sober living, or both?
The apartments will house outpatient and partial care patients seeking rehab care at Beachway. They are called community housing and are intended for patients who have completed their initial 30-day therapy.
How many bedrooms are in each unit?
The housing units are either studio or one-bedroom.
How many patients reside in each unit/room?
The 12-unit apartment complex is designed for patients who prefer a private room. However, shared one-bedroom units are available.
How do the apartments differ from other living quarters at Beachway?
Located adjacent to Beachway's main campus, the newly renovated apartments offer all the amenities available for other living options. However, residents in rehab must stay on campus and follow the facility's program rules and guidelines. Patients can be afforded more independence as they become more independent and require lower levels of care.
What are the patients responsible for?
Beachway provides laundry, housekeeping, and meal preparation services to allow patients to focus only on recovery. Residents aren't responsible for anything but their own health, but they have a full kitchen and appliances should they wish to cook for themselves.
What amenities do the apartments include?
Each apartment is fully furnished and features a full kitchen, new appliances, and cable TV.
What is the square footage of the apartments?
The units are approximately 500 sq. ft.
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Beachway provides innovative, individualized treatment plans based on each patient's unique personality and history. Patients seeking treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues can access diverse therapy programs and clinical services that empower them to heal and thrive.
For individuals struggling with addiction or mental health, the experts at Beachway can create customized treatment plans. Contact us today to explore our treatment options and start the journey to long-term recovery.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new face mask that allows fresh air to be inhaled while covering carbon dioxide expelled from the mouth," said an inventor, from Henderson, Nev., "so I invented the FRESH FLOW FACIAL MASK. My design would enhance breathing comfort and it could help to prevent glasses from fogging."
The invention provides an improved design for a face mask. In doing so, it allows the user to breathe more comfortably. It also helps prevent optical products from fogging and it helps to reduce the spread of viruses. The invention features an effective design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Las Vegas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-LGT-267, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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James Gadsden, ambassador to Mexico, purchased the land south of the Gila River from Mexico in 1853, an area first called the Gadsden Purchase, now Southern Arizona. His name lives on today in Gadsden Peak and Gadsden, Arizona, among other places.
Here is his story:
Gadsden was born on May 15, 1788 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was the grandson of Christopher Gadsden, who was elected to the First Continental Congress, served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and is also the namesake of the well-known Gadsden Flag, with its yellow background, coiled rattlesnake and the "Don't Tread On Me" phrase.
Gadsden graduated from Yale College (now Yale University) in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1806, before returning home to the city of his birth where he was involved in business for a time.
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By the War of 1812, in which the United States fought Great Britain for the second time in less than half a century, he had been appointed as lieutenant of engineers in the U.S. Army, working on defenses of the Gulf Coast which continued after the war. At one point he became aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson, later president of the United States.
In 1818, he first set foot in Spanish Florida accompanying Jackson during the First Seminole War in order to help reconstruct a partially destroyed fort on the Apalachicola River. When the fort was completed Jackson named it Fort Gadsden.
By 1820, he had earned the rank of colonel in the military and the following year was put in charge of establishing military posts in what soon became known as the Florida Territory, which had recently become a part of the country.
In 1822, he left the military but remained in the service of the U.S. government possibly as a surveyor and road builder. In 1823, he was appointed commissioner in charge of removing the Seminole tribe from the northern part of the Florida Territory to a central reservation as a result of the Treaty of Moultrie Creek.
In 1824, he became a member of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida and set up a plantation in the Tallahassee area. Three years later he returned home temporarily to marry Susan Gibbes Hort of Charleston; the coupling would produce no children.
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act authorizing the resettlement of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River in an area called Indian Territory, which later became Oklahoma. Gadsden negotiated the Treaty of Payne's Landing with numerous Seminole leaders in 1832, which called for the tribe to move within three years.
When Chief Osceola and some other Seminoles refused to leave the Florida Territory, the Second Seminole War broke out and Gadsden found himself once again in the U.S. military at least for a period. In time the Seminoles and Black Seminoles, the latter of whom didn’t have tribal membership, were relocated west.
Gadsden, while residing in the Florida Territory over several years, attempted to get elected as representative of the territory to the U.S. Congress several times but was defeated each time.
In 1839 he moved back to Charleston permanently and became involved in the expansion of southern trade. The following year he became president of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad, a project to bring trade in from the Midwest to Charleston, although this proved to be unsuccessful.
The enterprise was reincorporated as the South Carolina Rail Road three years later, with the intention of creating trade with the Midwest and also with the Pacific Coast. While an enthusiastic supporter of this business, he was ousted by shareholders of the company in 1850.
Still determined to create a transcontinental railroad to the Pacific, Gadsden planned a route along the Gila River through the Territory of New Mexico (present-day Arizona and New Mexico) to the coast. He realized that purchasing land in Sonora, Mexico, south of the Gila River, would help make this happen.
His opportunity came in May 1853, when U.S. President Franklin Pierce appointed him Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico — now more commonly referred to as Ambassador to Mexico.
In this official position he negotiated with Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and Mexican Foreign Minister Manuel Diaz de Bonilla for the sale of nearly 30,000 square miles — that later became Southern Arizona and a part of southern New Mexico — in exchange for $10 million, in what was called the Gadsden Purchase or the Treaty of La Mesilla.
This treaty was signed on Dec. 30, 1853 and ratified by the U.S. Senate on June 24, 1854.
It's unknown if Gadsden ever visited Tucson, which at this point consisted of a small Spanish-speaking population that resided inside the Mexican presidio or fort with possibly a few small adobe structures outside of the fort walls. The Acedo, Burrel and Gallego families were just a few of the families that called Tucson home.
By 1856, Tucson had officially became part of Dona Ana County, Territory of New Mexico, United States. The Mexican troops that had stayed on to protect the townspeople from Apache raids left, with a part of the town’s population, for Sonora, Mexico.
Gadsden remained in Mexico following the successful land purchase but was unable to have an influence in Mexican politics and eventually was recalled by the U.S. government. He returned home to Charleston, South Carolina and died there on Dec. 26, 1858.
His dream of a transcontinental southern railroad route from California to South Carolina never happened and it wasn't until the 1880s that the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line from California to Louisiana.
Today, several place names in the country are named for him or his famous land purchase, including Battery Gadsden on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina; Gadsden County, Florida; Gadsden, Alabama; and Gadsden, Arizona.
In 1953, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Gadsden Purchase, West Twin Peak in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, southwest of Tucson near the Arizona-Sonora border, was renamed Gadsden Peak, in honor of James Gadsden and the Gadsden Purchase.
David Leighton is a historian and author of “The History of the Hughes Missile Plant in Tucson, 1947-1960.” He has been featured on PBS, ABC, Travel Channel, various radio shows, and his work has appeared in Arizona Highways. He named four local streets in honor of pioneers Federico and Lupe Ronstadt and barrel racer Sherry Cervi. If you have a street to suggest for a column, or a story to share, email him at azjournalist21@gmail.com
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Inmate body slams, hospitalizes Riley Co. corrections officer
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - A Riley Co. corrections officer was sent to the hospital after an inmate body slammed him.
The Riley Co. Police Department Activity Report indicates that around 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, officers were called to the Riley Co. Jail at 1001 S Seth Child Rd. with reports of battery on a law enforcement officer and aggravated robbery.
When officers arrived, they said a 29-year-old male corrections officer reported that a 20-year-old inmate “body slammed” him in his cell and stole the guard’s radio and keys.
RCPD noted that the inmate was quickly restrained by other corrections officers.
According to the Department, the officer who was body-slammed was rushed to Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan for treatment of his back pain and scrapes. He was later released.
RCPD indicated that the inmate was taken to Osawatomie State Hospital for mental health evaluation.
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WHAT: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, South Alabama (10-2) vs. Western Kentucky (8-5)
WHEN: 8 p.m., Wednesday
WHERE: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans
SERIES: South Alabama leads 1-0
TV: ESPN
LINE: South Alabama by 4
THIS GAME WILL DETERMINE: If South Alabama can record its first bowl win and set a program record with 11 victories.
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THREE THINGS TO LOOK FOR
1. Can Sun Belt Conference continue its mastery of Conference USA?
The New Orleans Bowl is the third of three postseason matchups between the Sun Belt and CUSA, and the Sun Belt has a 2-0 edge so far. Troy beat UT-San Antonio 18-12 in Friday’s Cure Bowl, which paired the two conference champions. Southern Miss then outlasted Rice 38-24 in the LendingTree Bowl on Saturday. The Jaguars go for a clean sweep on Wednesday.
2. Will South Alabama look to control clock vs. Western Kentucky?
Western Kentucky’s offense is virtually identical to Georgia Southern’s, which stands to reason given that Hilltoppers coach Tyson Helton and Eagles coach Clay Helton are brothers. The Jaguars fell behind early against Georgia Southern, rallying from two touchdowns behind to win 38-31 in Statesboro on Nov. 12. South Alabama won that game behind its running attack, with La’Damian Webb grinding out tough yards in the second half. Look for the Jaguars to do the same vs. the Hilltoppers.
3. Can South Alabama continue its dream season for one more game?
The Jaguars have already accomplished so much in Year 2 under Kane Wommack, earning their first bowl bid in six years and doubling their win total from 2021. South Alabama had never won as many as seven games as an FBS program, but the overall school record of 10 victories (set in 2010 against largely Division II and FCS competition) is there for the taking. A win over Western Kentucky would give the Jaguars 11 victories, indisputably the program’s high-water mark.
KEY MATCHUP
Western Kentucky QB Austin Reed vs. South Alabama secondary: Reed ranks second nationally in passing yards (4,249) and has thrown 36 touchdowns. The Jaguars have been vulnerable at times this season to explosive passing games, though cornerback Darrell Luter and safety Yam Banks are star-level players.
BY THE NUMBERS
339.2 — Passing yards per game for Western Kentucky, which ranks second nationally behind only Washington’s 376.7.
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Elly De La Cruz’s arrival gave fans in Cincinnati a reason to be hopeful about the future.
Then the Reds started looking like they might be contenders — right now.
It helps that they play in the NL Central, where everyone is one great week away from challenging for the division lead. And after eight straight victories, the Reds are only a half-game behind first-place Milwaukee. Cincinnati finished the week by sweeping a three-game series on the road against defending champion Houston. The Reds haven’t had a winning streak this long since 2012.
Cincinnati is 10-2 since De La Cruz’s big league debut June 6. The 21-year-old shortstop already has six stolen bases to go with his .273 average. Jonathan India, the National League Rookie of the Year in 2021, has reached double figures in both homers and steals, giving the Reds an exciting young infield tandem.
Although the mediocrity in the NL Central — where the top four teams are separated by only four games — is one reason the Reds are near the top, they’re also just two games behind the NL’s third wild card. Cincinnati is one of four NL teams currently on a winning streak of six games or more, along with Atlanta, San Francisco and Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh has lost six in a row but in the NL Central, the Pirates are only 2 1/2 games out of first.
MEMORABLE DEBUTS
Saturday was quite a day for major league debuts. Kansas City’s Samad Taylor hit a walk-off single, giving the Royals a 10-9 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Zach Remillard entered in the middle of the game for the White Sox, and the 29-year-old infielder delivered a tying single in the ninth inning before putting Chicago ahead with a hit in the 11th. The White Sox beat Seattle 4-3.
The previous day, Emmett Sheehan of the Dodgers made his debut and threw six hitless innings before leaving the game against San Francisco. He’d been called up directly from Double-A.
TRIVIA TIME
Taylor’s hit snapped a 10-game losing streak for the Royals. Kansas City (19-52) and Oakland (19-55) are both on pace to challenge the modern record of 120 losses set by the 1962 Mets.
The Mets, however, do not hold the modern record for lowest winning percentage in a season. Who does?
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK
The Royals had to do a lot of work just to put Taylor in position for his big moment. They were down 8-2 before scoring three runs in both the seventh and eighth. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run double in the seventh and a two-run single the following inning. After the Angels went ahead 9-8 in the ninth, Maikel Garcia tied it with a single for Kansas City, then scored on Taylor’s winning hit.
According to Baseball Savant, Kansas City had a 1.2% chance to win in the seventh inning.
LINE OF THE WEEK
Lance Lynn struck out 16 on Sunday — three more than any other pitcher in a game this season — although his White Sox lost 5-1 to Seattle. Lynn tied a franchise record for strikeouts.
TRIVIA ANSWER
The Athletics already have that record. In 1916, the Philadelphia A’s went 36-117 for a winning percentage of .235. The 1962 Mets finished at .250, and this year’s A’s (.257) and Royals (.268) are further ahead of the pace.
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TOKYO (AP) — A 24-year-old man who allegedly threw an explosive at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wanted to be a politician and believed that he was unfairly blocked from running for Japan’s parliament by an age requirement, according to media reports and social media posts that appeared to be his.
The suspect, Ryuji Kimura, was wrestled to the ground and arrested Saturday at a campaign event in the fishing port of Saikazaki, in the western Japanese city of Wakayama. The explosive, believed to be a pipe bomb, landed near Kishida, who escaped unhurt.
Kimura has refused to talk to police, but local media reports that he bore grievances about Japan’s election system might shed light on his motives.
In June last year Kimura, who police said is unemployed, filed a lawsuit with the Kobe District Court claiming that he should have been allowed to register for the July 2022 Upper House election, according to Japanese media including NHK public television and Kyodo News. A candidate must be aged 30 years or older and present a 3 million yen ($22,260) deposit to run for the upper house, the less powerful of Japan’s two-chamber parliament. He was 23 at the time.
He demanded the government pay 100,000 yen ($740) in compensation for his psychological anguish, according to the reports.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan. With its strict gun control laws, the country has only a handful of gun-related crimes annually, most of them gang related. But in recent years Japanese police have worried about “lone offender” attacks with homemade guns and explosives. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated with a homemade gun at a campaign event on July 8, just two days before the upper house election.
In a document he submitted to the court, Kimura argued that the election system that blocked his candidacy was unconstitutional, the reports said.
Kimura argued that the election law violates constitutional guarantees of equality and other rights, according to media reports. The court dismissed his claim in a November 2022 ruling, and Kimura appealed the decision to the Osaka High Court, whose decision is expected in May, reports say.
Tweets posted to an account cited by local media as Kimura’s and seen by the Associated Press complained about Japan’s political system. The account does not carry his name, but identifies itself as representing the plaintiff in a lawsuit that matches the one filed by Kimura. The Associated Press was not able to contact the owner of the account. The account had only 23 posts since it began late June.
An Aug. 11, 2022 tweet said the deck is stacked against ordinary people who quit their job and pay the deposit to run in national elections. “There is an established system where ordinary people can never become politicians.”
Other tweets on the account criticized Kishida’s decision to hold a state funeral for Abe.
The man accused of shooting Abe, Tetsuya Yamagami, told authorities soon after his arrest that he killed Abe because of the former prime minister’s apparent links to a religious group that Yamagami hated. In statements and in social media posts attributed to him, Yamagami said his mother’s donations to the Unification Church bankrupted his family and ruined his life.
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Elegance Bratton is certainly not the first person to turn to the military to fill a hole in his life. But the filmmaker also knew he had a boot camp story that hadn’t been told a dozen times before. His feature debut, “ The Inspection,” is an intensely personal and truthful, if not entirely fact-based, account of joining the Marines as a gay Black man in the “don’t ask, don’t tell" era.
It is the type of film — brave, raw and poetic — that will rightly put Bratton on the map as someone to watch, not to mention the standout performances of Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union.
Pope plays the Bratton stand-in Ellis French, a quiet soul who has run out of options. A gut-wrenching early scene lets the audience know that he is not really welcome in his mother’s apartment. He knocks on the door, flowers in hand, and she opens it only as far as the chain latch will go. When she reluctantly lets him in to the cluttered space, she places a newspaper on the couch before he can sit down. She is, we understand, disgusted by her son.
It is a visceral introduction to this fractured family. Ellis is not at all disgusting, of course. He is kind and soft-spoken and eager to please this mother who lives in near squalor, with cardboard boxes and papers and blankets stacked chaotically around, refuses to offer her son anything to eat and can barely look at him without a scowl. Ellis’s visit is two-fold: He needs his birth certificate, but he also wants to tell his mother that the reason is because he’s joining the Marines. He still has hope.
Union gets the tricky task of playing the mother, Inez, who has all but disowned her still-young son for being gay. It is a staggeringly difficult role that Union masters despite just being in a handful of scenes that are the most powerful in the movie. She is an actor who, despite all her years and success in Hollywood, is still somehow undervalued. Hopefully “The Inspection” shows the industry that she has range and depths that have yet to be explored on screen.
The mother and son relationship is both throughline and bookend to the taut film, which is mostly set at boot camp. There, you see many familiar things: Screaming drill sergeants, recruit exhaustion, camaraderie, fear and violent homophobia. Bokeem Woodbine is especially effective as a drill sergeant Leland Laws. Raúl Castillo also makes an impact as a more empathetic officer.
But Bratton has some surprises up his military-issued sleeve as we are occasionally transported into the vivid fantasies of Ellis. The film nods to the glaring hypocrisy of having a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for some sexual preferences and not others.
Ellis is a quiet observer for most of this, even when he becomes a victim. If there were ever an indication of a star-in-the-making, it’s what Pope is able to convey with just his eyes as Ellis weathers it all on this journey to finding himself and his voice.
The most surprising element of the film is that it is not an all-out treatise against the military, but moreso a portrait of a complex organization that's a microcosom of a broader societal homophobia. And yet, Ellis, and perhaps by extension Bratton, seems to be fundamentally hopeful despite having every reason not to be.
“The Inspection,” an A24 release in theaters now, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “violence, language throughout, some nudity, sexual content.” Running time: 94 minutes. Three stars out of four.
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Man arrested after teenage girl hit by propeller after going overboard on boat
Published: Jul. 5, 2022 at 10:14 AM CDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB/Gray News) – A teenage girl was killed Monday after falling off a pontoon boat into the Blind River.
According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Madison Bradley, 17, and another male passenger were riding on the bow of the boat in front of the protective rail when they hit a wake from a passing vessel.
Both Bradley and the man were knocked into the water.
Authorities say Bradley did not resurface and suffered severe propeller strikes.
The man had minor injuries and should be OK.
The boat operator was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, driving a vessel while impaired and reckless operation of a vessel.
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High-profile lawyer Abbe Lowell again entered the national spotlight this week representing Hunter Biden in the legal battle involving his infamous laptop, and Lowell's hiring signals how seriously Biden is taking his situation, an attorney tells Fox News Digital.
"Abbe is not cheap, and you don't bring in Abbe unless you want to go to war or prevent one," said the source who's worked with Lowell. "They're going on the offensive. He hasn't been charged with anything, but they're trying to prevent that because that would be bad for [President] Biden and Hunter."
Lowell made a splash this week with letters urging prosecutors to launch state and federal investigations into John Paul Mac Isaac, who he accused of "unlawfully" accessing the younger Biden's personal data on his laptop after it was left at his repair shop in 2019. Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon and other notable Biden critics were also listed in the lawsuit for their role in disseminating the information to the public.
"Mr. Mac Isaac chose to work with President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer to weaponize Mr. Biden’s personal computer data against his father, Joseph R. Biden, by unlawfully causing the provision of Mr. Biden’s personal data to the New York Post," Lowell wrote Wednesday.
HUNTER BIDEN'S LAWYERS DENY ADMITTING LAPTOP'S EXISTENCE IN DEMAND FOR CRIMINAL PROBE INTO LEAKERS
Cease and desist letters were also sent to others who obtained and disseminated the laptop's contents.
After critics reacted to the letters saying Hunter Biden was essentially confirming the laptop was his, Lowell pushed back, telling Fox News, "These letters do not confirm Mac Isaac’s or others’ versions of a so-called laptop. They address their conduct of seeking, manipulating and disseminating what they allege to be Mr. Biden’s personal data, wherever they claim to have gotten it."
His past client list includes Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., John Edwards, Jared Kushner, and the source says his hiring was both a telling and "brilliant" move by Biden.
"Abbe is one of the best attorneys on Planet Earth, so hiring him from a strategic standpoint was a brilliant move," they said. "You couldn't find someone who can navigate Congress and the DOJ space better than him."
They also pointed to Lowell's ability to navigate Congress, where the new Republican majority is set to launch a series of investigations into the president's son, as well as the media attention any probe will get.
Lowell began his career in the Department of Justice from 1977 to 1981, which included serving as a special assistant to Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti under the Carter administration.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Right appointed Lowell as its special counselor from 1994-1996 in its investigation and prosecution of human rights violations in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
HUNTER BIDEN'S LAPTOP ADMISSION PROMPTS FIERCE CRITICISM OF MEDIA WHO INITIALLY DISMISSED IT: ‘CORRUPT ALLIES’
He was tapped by House Democrats as their chief minority counsel for the 1998 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton following his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
In 2012, he represented Edwards, the former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate, when he was accused of violating campaign finance laws. Edwards was found not guilty on one count while mistrials were declared for the other charges.
In 2015, Lowell took on Menendez as a client, who was hit with corruption charges by the DOJ.
A judge later declared a mistrial and the DOJ dropped all charges against the New Jersey Democrat.
More recently, Lowell appeared alongside Kushner as he testified in 2017 before the Senate Intel Committee investigating Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election.
Kushner is Donald Trump's son-in-law and served as a top White House aide during the Trump presidency.
HUNTER BIDEN’S LAWYERS DEMAND CRIMINAL PROBE INTO LAPTOP LEAKERS, GIULIANI AND OTHERS, ADMIT LAPTOP IS HIS
Other big name clients he has had over the years include D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff, actor Steven Seagal and music icon Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Lowell is a partner at the law firm Winston & Strawn.
Fox News' Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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HustleBlendz
Who? Patrice and Tweety Angwenyi are the founders and owners of HustleBlendz.
When? The couple started the business, roasting coffee in their one-bedroom apartment in 2019. They opened a brick-and-mortar storefront in January 2022.
Where? 1201 Evans Ave., No. 101, Fort Worth.
What? A company that specializes in all things cold brew.
Contact:
IG: www.instagram.com/hustleblendz
FB: www.facebook.com/hustleblendz
Patrice and Tweety Angwenyi, the faces behind HustleBlendz, spoke with the Fort Worth Report about transitioning from an online business to a physical one, and coffee culture in Fort Worth.
This interview has been edited for clarity and grammar.
Sadek: Tell me about HustleBlendz. How did it come about?
Tweety: HustleBlendz started with my wife. She had an idea. She was an educator coming out of school one day and she called me. She said HustleBlendz… I was like, ‘That’s cool. What a cool name.’ And she’s like, ‘No, we’re going to create a coffee shop called HustleBlendz because we’re going to blend two different hustles.’
Everybody always has a side hustle. A nurse is not always a nurse. A nurse has some other side hustle. A teacher always has another side hustle. But we want to create a community, a place where they can come together and share coffee because that’s where a lot of people meet for conversations — meetings at the coffee shop. So she had that idea and she decided to make it more of an online business. We started roasting and selling our coffee online on Amazon. And then we shifted to cold brew. We started selling our cold brew online and that was successful enough for us to start our brick-and-mortar.
Patrice: So the name HustleBlendz came to me but we were both neck deep. Tweety taught himself how to roast coffee, so at home, we would roast coffee and just kind of experiment with different blends and different origins and just really just kind of nurture the culture of HustleBlendz or what would be HustleBlendz. Our whole thing was one day aspiring to own our own business and honestly, just the grit of running with an idea. That was our biggest thing.
Hustle stands for ‘Help Us See The Light Everywhere.’ Our whole thing is we’re not trying to push the narrative of hustling and spinning your wheels and going crazy and just running into walls all the time. We really just want to inspire people to go after that thing, whatever that thing is. Don’t let another year go by or another decade go by and you have all these ‘should of, could of.’
Sadek: Can you tell me a little bit more about what it’s been like to go from online to now having this cool space? I love the idea of a coffee shop in a shipping container like Connex.
Patrice: Online is a totally different experience. At that time we were both employed full-time. The orders come in during the day and we’re like, ‘Oh, that’s really cool,’ you know? It feels more passive. With in-person, it’s the full experience.
For us online, it was really important for us to push what HustleBlendz meant almost to the point where a customer could recite the script back to us. And that was so effective because now, some of those online customers have transferred into in-person customers. And now they’re like, ‘Hey, I’ve been with you from the beginning. I remember this and I remember this and I remember this packaging and I remember this.’ In-person is also extremely gratifying, seeing people come in.
Sadek: Tweety, you mentioned your grandfather had a coffee and tea farm back home in Kenya. Does that play a role in how you make your coffee blends?
Tweety: When I was a little boy, we would go into the coffee and tea farms and take the tea, understand what tea leaves look like, and plant the actual plant that brings out the coffee. That process was so difficult as a kid that when I grew up and became older, I was like, ‘I don’t want to do anything with coffee and tea.’
It was just a lot of work that these farmers do for us to get the coffee bean over here. So coming here to America and seeing it being in other stores, I wanted to have a culture that represented that in this neighborhood so that people can see that there are African roots in our coffee items. Our menu was tailored specifically to our culture.
Patrice: There is one particular blend and we get from there, it’s Bwana. What that translates to in Swahili is boss and so everything about HustleBlendz translates or is related to the boss culture.
Sadek: Tell me more about your coffee menu. You don’t offer any of the classic coffee or espresso drinks.
Patrice: It’s a fair mix of us together. We’re married, we have two kids, but (HustleBlendz) is our first baby. And so many of the menu items coincide with who we are. I’m here from this side of town and I’ve just always had an old soul, a lot of older hip-hop music always really resonates with me. Our Luchini Macchiato, that’s based on a Camp Lo song. The Hola Hovito, that’s a Jay-Z song. The Southside Double Shot is a node to this side of town. The Kenyan Dirty Chai, I remember when I first started dating Tweety, I’d always come to his parents’ house and they would always have tea time.
Sadek: What has been the reaction to your niche menu and approach to coffee?
Tweety: It’s been a really great reaction because we’re a niche business and are cold brew centered. Everything is infused with cold brew or has cold brew in it when it comes to our drinks. And I believe that people have reacted better to it because we’re experts in what we do. We’re not trying to sell you the best match in town. We’re not trying to sell you the best espresso, we’re trying to sell you the best cold brew.
Patrice: Coffee culture is a thing here, but it’s totally made up. And so when you realize that a lot of the thriving businesses out here are making up their own rules, you kind of realize I don’t have to bend to a format.
Tweety: We’ve been disruptors in the coffee industry, I would say because our lack of being traditional has caused our customers to be more in love with our drink selection because they can’t get it anywhere else.
I was really big on the verbiage because coffee comes from countries like Kenya and Tanzania. It comes from Black and brown countries but when it gets to America and these European countries, all of a sudden it’s Italian, all of a sudden it’s cappuccino… We didn’t see a lot of coffee shops that were African American owned in Texas. Why are we the only second black-owned coffee shop in Fort Worth?
Sadek: You run this coffee business alongside your two babies. How do you manage?
Tweety: For me. It’s the idea of legacy… Our main focus is one day we’re going to hand this business over to our kids. So the idea of legacy, the idea of building something generational is what keeps us going. God first for sure. But the idea of building that legacy, something to leave behind — I think that rings heavy in our hearts.
Patrice: We also have a great village, a great support system.
Sadek: Anything else you’d like to share?
Tweety: I feel like a small business of our stature didn’t have a chance when it came to the competition. We have 176 square feet of opportunity every day. I like to say that we may be in a container but we’re not contained by it. We use our customer experience and our love for coffee to serve every single person the best version of coffee that we can do. That’s been a game-changer for us.
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
932 PM PDT Fri Jul 29 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
SATURDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM SATURDAY TO 11 PM
PDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...For the Excessive Heat Warning, dangerously hot
conditions with temperatures as high as 100 to 105. For the
Heat Advisory on Sunday, temperatures 95 to 98 expected.
* WHERE...East Slopes of the Washington Cascades.
* WHEN...For the Excessive Heat Warning, until 11 PM PDT
Saturday. For the Heat Advisory, from 11 PM Saturday to 11 PM
PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures 95 to 105. Warm overnight lows as high as
the upper 50s to mid 60s.
* WHERE...In Washington, Northwest Blue Mountains. In Oregon,
Ochoco-John Day Highlands, Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon,
Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Grande Ronde Valley, East
Slopes of the Oregon Cascades and Wallowa County.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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Groups to US: Protect Nevada flower from mine or face court
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists who won a court order against U.S. wildlife officials say they’ll sue them again for failing to protect a Nevada wildflower whose last remaining habitat could be destroyed by a lithium mine.
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice this week of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for missing this month’s deadline to finalize its year-old proposal to add Tiehm’s buckwheat to the list of endangered species.
The service concluded in its Oct. 7, 2021, proposal that the desert wildflower — which is only known to exist where the mine is planned halfway between Reno and Las Vegas — was in danger of going extinct.
Under federal law, the agency had one year to issue a final rule listing the 6-inch-tall (15-centimeter-tall) flower with yellow blooms, or explain why it had decided against taking such action.
“Tiehm’s buckwheat is staring down the barrel of extinction and it can’t wait one more day for Endangered Species Act protection,” said Patrick Donnelly, the center’s Great Basin director.
“The service is dragging its feet on protecting this rare wildflower and apparently needs the threat of legal action to do it’s job,” he said.
Agency officials refused to explain why they missed the deadline.
“We do not comment on litigation,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Laury Marshall emailed to The Associated Press.
The center first petitioned the agency for a federal listing in 2019. It won a federal court order the following year forcing the agency to render an initial decision on whether there was enough scientific evidence to warrant a full review of the plant’s status. The agency then proposed the endangered status, pending a year-long review.
“We find that Tiehm’s buckwheat is in danger of extinction throughout all of its range due to the severity and immediacy of threats currently impacting the species now and those which are likely to occur in the near term,” the agency said last October.
The primary threats are destruction, modification or curtailment of its habitat from mineral exploration and development, road development and other vehicle use, livestock grazing, invasive plant species and herbivory, the agency said. Climate change may further exacerbate the risks, and “existing regulatory mechanisms may be inadequate to protect the species,” it said.
The agency said then that fewer than 44,000 of the plants were known to exist, and the number likely was lower after thousands were destroyed in 2021 in what agency officials concluded was an unprecedented attack by rodents in the high desert near the California line.
Scott Lake, a lawyer for the center, said in the formal notice of intent to sue to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams on Tuesday that the “as-yet-unexplained collection/destruction events” have eliminated approximately 40% of the flower’s population.
“Additional disturbances within the species’ habitat continued to occur through 2021 and 2022, underscoring the significant risk that this species faces to its survival,” Lake said.
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...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 10 PM
EST /9 PM CST/ FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50
mph expected.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, Big Bend and Panhandle
Florida and south central and southwest Georgia.
* WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ to 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ Friday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 26 to 39 mph are
expected for at least 2 hours, or gusts between 40 to 57 mph for
any length of time are possible. Use extra caution when driving,
especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor
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From his early days on "Saturday Night Live" to his first standup special "Bring the Pain" and next a history-making live event on Netflix, Chris Rock's comedy has been shaping popular culture for more than three decades.
On Saturday, Rock's latest special, "Selective Outrage," will mark the first global live event to stream on Netflix. A teaser trailer for the special shows Rock sitting in a dressing room when he gets a knock at the door, announcing, "Chris, they're ready for you."
In anticipation for the main event, here are five times Rock was at his funniest.
He talked about firearms and ammunition being too accessible and suggested a solution.
"If a bullet cost $5,000, there'd be no more innocent bystanders," Rock said.
Election night sketch on 'Saturday Night Live' (2016)
Rock appeared as a castmember on "SNL" from 1990 to 1993 and has hosted the show three times since. In 2016, just after Donald Trump was elected US president, Rock made a surprise appearance in a sketch alongside the night's host, Dave Chappelle.
The two attended an election night party in the skit, where a group of White guests made comments about how shocked they were at the results of the presidential election.
Rock and Chappelle are shocked the guests had been so ignorant.
'Late Show with David Letterman' appearance (2010)
Rock appeared on the talk show many times, but a 2010 appearance stands out. At the time, Letterman was recovering from a public scandal after admitting he had been in intimate relationships with some female staffers. The host was under the weather and losing his voice, so Rock asked him why he hadn't taken a few days off.
"Wife still mad at ya, ain't she?" Rock joked. "Why drive back to Connecticut to a mean woman? 'I may as well just stay here and do the show with no voice.' I love ya honey. I been there, Dave. I do get sick on the road. And if my wife is mad at me I add a few shows."
He admits to his own faults (2018)
In his special "Tamborine," Rock got real about his divorce from Malaak Compton-Rock, admitting in his set, "I was not a good husband."
He went on to explain why.
"When you're in a relationship, you're in a band," Rock said. "And when you're in a band, you have roles that you play in the band. Sometimes you sing lead and sometimes you're on tambourine. And if you're on tambourine, play it right ... 'cause nobody wants to see a mad tambourine player."
O.J. Simpson (1996)
Rock's 1996 special "Bring the Pain" shot him to fame.
He talked about the O.J. Simpson trial.
"Black people too happy, White people too mad," Rock said of Simpson's acquittal. "I haven't seen White people that mad since they canceled "M*A*S*H."
"That s--- was about fame. If O.J. wasn't famous, he'd be in jail right now," Rock said. "If O.J. drove a bus, he wouldn't even be O.J. He'd be Orenthal, the Bus Driving Murderer."
Chris Rock "Selective Outrage" streams March 4, at 10 p.m. ET on Netflix.
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Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution.
The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority communities that are more likely to live near polluting plants and have higher rates of asthma. Detroit, a mostly Black city with a poverty rate of about 30%, had some of the worst air quality in the U.S. on Wednesday, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency to warn that "everyone should stay indoors."
"The more breaths you’re taking, you’re inhaling, literally, a fire, camp smoke, into your lungs," said Darren Riley, who was diagnosed with asthma in 2018, a few years after arriving in Detroit.
SEVERE WEATHER SHIFTS CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE EASTWARD, FORCING AIR QUALITY ALERTS
"Many communities face this way too often," said Riley, who is Black. "And while this wildfire smoke allows, unfortunately, many people to feel this burden, this is a burden that far too long communities have faced day in and day out."
The EPA's AirNow.gov site showed cities including Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, Ohio, had "very unhealthy air" as of Wednesday afternoon. A wider circle of unhealthy air spread into Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Louisville, Kentucky.
Earlier this month, smoke from the wildfires blanketed the U.S. East Coast for days.
Another round of drifting smoke from the wildfires was moving through western Pennsylvania and central New York and headed toward the Mid-Atlantic, said National Weather Service meteorologist Byran Jackson. In Canada, smoke will migrate across Quebec and Ontario over the next few days, Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder said.
In the U.S., the smoke is exacerbating air quality issues for poor and Black communities that already are more likely to live near polluting plants, and in rental housing with mold and other triggers.
Detroit’s southwest side is home to a number of sprawling refineries and manufacturing plants. It is one of the poorest parts of the city. According to a 2022 report by the American Lung Association, the city's and short-term particle pollution ranked among the worst in the nation.
"Being close to those refineries — that’s an environmental factor that’s difficult to control," said Dr. Ruma Srivastava, a pediatric pulmonologist at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. "It does increase their risk for asthma flareups. For them, it’s even more important to follow the (air quality safety) recommendations."
Riley’s own experiences prompted him to start JustAir, which provides air pollution monitoring.
"Just because you’re born in a certain ZIP code or you’re born into a certain family with a certain skin color doesn’t mean that you should have an unequal go at it," he said.
SMOKE FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES REACHES EUROPE SKIES
Elsewhere, Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services has seen a spike in calls for residents with respiratory complaints, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Office of Emergency Management data show a disproportionate amount of calls for respiratory issues – 54.8% – have been for Black people in Milwaukee, according to the newspaper. Milwaukee County’s population is 27.1% Black.
In Chicago, where about 29% of the population is Black, Mayor Brandon Johnson urged young people, older adults and residents with health issues to spend more time indoors. He pledged "swift action to ensure that vulnerable individuals have the resources they need to protect themselves and their families."
President Joe Biden visited the nation's third-largest city on Wednesday to promote his renewable energy policies. Biden has described the Canadian wildfires as clear evidence of climate change.
Minnesota issued a record 23rd air quality alert for the year through late Wednesday night, as smoky skies obscured the skylines of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana were among other states issuing air quality alerts, and cities including Louisville also advised people to limit prolonged or intense outdoor activity.
"This is particularly thick smoke," Jackson, with the National Weather Service, said.
A record 30,000 square miles of Canada has burned, an area nearly as large as South Carolina, according to the Canadian government.
"As long as the fires are burning and the smoke is in the atmosphere it is going to be a concern not just for Canadians but Americans as well," Flisfeder, the Canadian meteorologist, said.
The small particles in wildfire smoke can irritate the eyes, nose and throat, and can affect the heart and lungs, making it harder to breathe. Health officials say it’s important to limit outdoor activities to avoid breathing in the particles.
The warming planet will produce hotter and longer heat waves, making for bigger, smokier fires, said Joel Thornton, professor and chair of the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.
Quentin Hernandez, a 24-year-old event planner from Detroit, was out skateboarding for about an hour Wednesday at a skate park near the Ambassador Bridge, which connects the city and Windsor, Ontario.
"It just sits like this all day," said Hernandez, saying that it smelled like being at a barbecue. "Literally, the smoke just sits in the air."
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LOOK UP: April’s Pink Moon will be visible tonight
Published: Apr. 5, 2023 at 1:59 PM MST|Updated: 6 minutes ago
(CNN) – If you look up at the sky Wednesday night, you might get to see a pink moon.
Actually, the moon won’t be pink, but the full moon will still be a sight to behold.
The moon is named “Pink” as a nod to the flowers and trees that bloom during spring.
Venus and Mars will also be visible. The two planets will be out and relatively close to the moon in the night sky.
Later this month, a total solar eclipse will be visible to those in Australia, Southeast Asia, and Antarctica on April 20.
During a short time, the moon will move between the sun and the earth, causing the sun to look like a fiery circle in the sky.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose.
McCarthy has almost no room for error with his slim five-seat majority hold on power in the House. He has scoffed at the drama bearing down on him, mocking public interest at the will-he-or-won’t-he anticipation of the embattled Republican speaker’s ability to bring his fellow Republicans in line.
But the political stakes are sky-high for McCarthy, who is trying to entice President Joe Biden to the negotiating table. The nation is teetering toward a debt default crisis, needing to lift the borrowing cap to keep fully paying the bills in a matter of weeks.
“We’re going to vote on this — this week — and we’re gonna pass this bill,” the Republican Whip Tom Emmer told The Associated Press in an interview Monday.
Even if McCarthy can muscle the measure to passage this week, it has almost no chance of becoming law. Biden and his top congressional allies, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, say they are unwilling to negotiate over the debt ceiling. The House Republican package is essentially dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
At the White House, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the legislative package from the Republicans is “cruel,” and would hit Americans with steep and painful program cuts.
Still, McCarthy is trying to force Democrats to bargain, hoping that muscling his own party’s proposal to passage will be an opening bid that Biden will be forced to respond to with his own offer. Biden has derided the Republicans’ “wacko” ideas, but even some Democrats, including Sen Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., say it’s time to negotiate.
But first, the Republican speaker faces the enormous task of passing the package, uniting what his team refers to as the “five families” — the often warring factions of conservatives and far-right Republicans that make up the House GOP majority.
“We will hold a vote this week, and we will pass it,” McCarthy vowed in a Sunday interview on Fox News.
The hard-right House Freedom Caucus has yet to bless McCarthy’s proposal — though key conservatives who have bucked the speaker, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., have spoken favorably of it. Having gained much of what he wanted, Gaetz said he is still trying to bolster the new work requirements for those receiving some government aid.
Yet other conservatives are also unsure they can support the deal, particularly the loss of new tax credits for renewable energy production that would be rolled back. One person familiar with the situation said repealing the green energy tax breaks was not part of the initial plan, but was added after some members of the Freedom Caucus insisted it be included.
The GOP whip team under Emmer, R-Minn., is heavily counting the votes. With the House not returning to work until late Tuesday evening, the floor action is not expected until Wednesday at the earliest.
Emmer said lawmakers are still vying to tack on their own priorities, but the speaker’s office has made it clear that the bill, as it now stands, is closed — meaning no more changes.
Republican lawmakers, Emmer said, need to go through “whatever stages of euphoria and grief they have to go through,” before it’s time for the roll call.
“Your choice is you vote for this to move this forward and do what’s in the best interest of the country or you give Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer a blank check,” Emmer said, making his pitch to the holdouts.
He noted about his job rounding up the votes: “Be careful about getting into a wrestling match with a pig in a mud hole, because after a while you might find out the pig is having a good time.”
The sweeping 320-page package is a wish list of conservative priorities. In exchange for lifting the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion into March 2024, it would impose a range of Republican ideas.
Among them, rolling back federal spending to fiscal 2022 levels and imposing a 1% cap on future spending growth for the next decade. It would impose new work requirements for recipients of government aid and it would rescind Biden’s proposal to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt.
Pointedly the Republican package would undo many of Biden’s signature proposals for fighting climate in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, and instead put in place the Republicans’ own sweeping proposal to boost oil and gas drilling and ease permitting regulations.
Democrats led by the Biden administration say the cuts the Republicans propose would be sweeping, hitting programs and services Americans depend on every day.
The White House has said it’s willing to discuss federal spending levels as part of the regular budgeting process with Republicans, but Biden is refusing to hold those negotiations now while the threat of a federal debt default is at stake.
Treasury has announced it is taking “extraordinary measures” to keep paying the nation’s bills, having already hit the nation’s $31 trillion debt ceiling. The debt ceiling will need to be lifted by summer to avoid any trouble ahead.
Experts have warned that even the threat of a federal debt default could be cataclysmic, with harmful ripples through the economy.
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LONDON (AP) — Pfizer and BioNTech have asked the European Medicines Agency to authorize their updated coronavirus booster vaccine that includes the most recent omicron subvariants.
In a statement Friday, Pfizer said it is requesting that the EU drug regulator OK its combination COVID-19 vaccine that targets the original coronavirus and BA.4 and BA.5, the latest versions of omicron, which are causing the vast majority of infections globally now. Pfizer and BioNTech are asking that the vaccine be given the green light for people aged 12 and over.
The European Medicines Agency is currently reviewing whether to clear updated versions of vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer that target the subvariant BA.1, an earlier version of the virus that has since been overtaken by BA.4 and BA.5; that decision is expected next week.
If both of Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 boosters are authorized, the company said its adapted vaccines would be available in Europe “as early as September.”
Last week, the U.K. cleared Moderna’s updated COVID-19 booster targeting the BA.1 version of omicron and said it would be included in the country’s vaccination campaign for people aged 50 and over beginning next month.
Pfizer and rival Moderna both asked U.S. regulators this week to authorize modified versions of their booster vaccine — shots that are half the original recipe and half protection against BA.4 and BA.5.
Health authorities hope that the tweaked boosters might blunt the expected surge of COVID-19 this winter, but it’s still unclear how effective they might be. The gamble is that BA.5, or something similar, still will be circulating this the winter and that immunization with these latest vaccines will still offer significant protection.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Shipping companies will pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California, the pipeline company said Wednesday.
Amplify Energy, the Houston-based company that operates the pipeline, said in a statement that companies associated with the M/V Danit and M/V Beijing agreed to the payments. Amplify accused the vessels of dragging anchors in the waters off California and striking the pipeline during a January 2021 storm, which months later led to the spill of 25,000 gallons (94,600 liters) of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean.
Once the payments are made, Amplify said it would drop its claims against the shipping companies.
“The resolution of Amplify’s claims against the vessels and their affiliated entities concludes our involvement in the litigation related to the 2021 pipeline incident,” Martyn Willsher, Amplify’s president and chief executive, said in the statement.
Messages seeking comment were sent to lawyers for the shipping companies.
While less severe than initially feared, the oil spill sent blobs of crude washing ashore, shuttered beaches for a week and fisheries for more than a month, oiled birds and threatened area wetlands.
Southern California fishermen, tourism companies and property owners sued Amplify and the shipping vessels seeking compensation for their losses. Amplify agreed to pay $50 million and the vessels agreed to pay $45 million to settle those lawsuits.
Amplify, which reached a plea deal with federal authorities for negligently discharging crude, sued the vessels and the Marine Exchange, an organization that helps oversee marine traffic.
The Marine Exchange has also agreed to a non-monetary settlement with Amplify, the statement said. No details of this settlement were immediately released.
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“Riverdance” is back in town and we’ve got the “shocking statistics” — as clickbait internet headlines would scream — that back up its enduring popularity. On the local scene, Orlando Ballet has added a familiar name to its top creative team, and we have a peek at two upcoming dance performances — one celebrating our planet and the other celebrating love.
Strap on your dancing shoes, because today’s column is all about dance, dance, dance.
First: “Riverdance,” which returns to the Walt Disney Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on its 25th-anniversary tour Jan. 20-22.
The publicity tells us the Irish dancing spectacular has been freshened with new music, costumes, lighting and projections. The advance PR also touts the show’s “fresh, young, sexy company.” Well, ooh-la-la.
I was more fascinated by the reach of “Riverdance,” which began in Dublin in 1995. Just look at these stats.
Number of performances: 15,000+.
Number of audience members: More than 28.5 million.
Number of countries toured: 48, across six continents.
Number of videos and DVS sold: 10 million.
Number of TV viewers for recorded performances: More than 3.5 billion — yes, with a b.
If you are one of the apparently few who have never seen the show or if you want to revisit, there are five performances spread across the tour’s three days in Orlando: 8 p.m. Jan. 20, 2 and 8 p.m. Jan. 21 and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22. Tickets start at $44.75 at drphillipscenter.org.
Turning to Orlando Ballet, the company has added a new rehearsal director but it’s a name Central Florida dance fans will remember.
Heath Gill, who won acclaim last season for choreographing “Confronting Genius” for Orlando Ballet’s “Premiere Collection” program, has joined the leadership team of artistic director Jorden Morris and associate artistic director Lisa Thorn Vinzant.
A co-founder of Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre in Atlanta, he has retired from that company to take the Orlando position. In his new job here, Gill will create choreography, teach classes, coach dancers and help stage “Moulin Rouge,” which will be performed in February.
“I am incredibly fortunate to have worked for and alongside so many brilliant people that have fed me as an artist and shaped me as a human,” said Gill, who began dancing at age 3 and had a decadelong career with Atlanta Ballet. “Because of them, I can happily say that I’ve had a dance career that was fulfilling. Now I am thrilled to be shifting my focus outward to helping the next generation of brilliant artists achieve their dreams.”
“I could not be more excited about Heath’s joining the Orlando Ballet company,” said Morris in a statement. “Not only does he bring remarkable talent in terms of dance, Heath also has an exciting, fresh and innovative vision in contemporary choreography.”
Gill, who is preparing a piece titled “The Next Big Thing” for Orlando Ballet’s “Director’s Choice” in March, said he saw in his 2022 visit that the company “has a powerful wave already in motion, and I’m looking forward to doing my part in helping it reach new heights.”
Next, we turn to Emotions Dance, the Central Florida professional contemporary-dance company that focuses on social and environmental awareness.
An annual audience favorite, “Element Earth” returns Feb. 10-11. As always, the show will explore our relationship with our planet as the dancers explore climate change, pollution and oil dependency — through dance. But lest you think it sounds like a lot of doom and gloom, rest assured the show’s featured works also highlight the beauty of the planet. Along with Emotions Dance artistic director Larissa Humiston, the show will include works by guest choreographers Cristina Ramos, Ronnie Stripling and Genevieve Bernard.
The Feb. 10-11 performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre, 600 N. Lake Formosa Drive in Orlando. Right now, tickets start at $15 but early birds will score the best deals; ticket prices increase after Jan. 31. Go to emotionsdance.org/element-earth.
And finally, Emergence Dance will present “Let Love Move You,” a show using contemporary and jazz works to depict the highs and lows, the frustrations and joys, that love can bring. Guest artist Bryen Noel will perform his original work, and the audience will help choose the soundtrack for the evening.
“Let Love Move You” will take place at 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at N’Styl, 4241 LB McLeod Road, Suite A, in Orlando. Tickets for this informal showcase are $10-$15 at teachtix.com/emergencedance/let-love-move-you.
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Dedicated viewers of Fox News are likely familiar with Lear Capital, a Los Angeles company that sells gold and silver coins. In recent years, the company's ads have been a constant presence on Fox airwaves, warning viewers to protect their retirement savings from a looming "pension crisis" and "dollar collapse."
One such ad caught the attention of Terry White, a disabled retiree from New York. In 2018, White invested $174,000 in the coins, according to a lawsuit by the New York attorney general -- only to later learn that Lear charged a 33% commission.
Over several transactions, White, 70, lost nearly $80,000, putting an "enormous strain" on his finances, said his wife, Jeanne, who blames Fox for their predicament: "They're negligent," she said. A regretful White said he thought Fox "wouldn't take a commercial like that unless it was legitimate."
While the legitimacy of the gold retirement investment industry is the subject of numerous lawsuits -- including allegations of fraud by federal and state regulators against Lear and other companies -- its advertising has become a mainstay of right-wing media. The industry spends millions of dollars a year to reach viewers of Fox, Newsmax and other conservative outlets, according to a Washington Post analysis of ad data and financial records, as well as interviews with industry insiders. Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani have promoted the coins, while ads for Lear's competitors have appeared on a podcast hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Newsmax broadcasts of former President Donald Trump's political rallies.
An analysis by The Post of political newsletters, social media, podcasts and a national database of television ads collected by the company AdImpact found that pitches to invest in gold coins are a daily presence in media that caters to a right-wing audience and often echo conservative talking points about looming economic and societal collapse. The Post found no similar ads for gold retirement investments in mainstream or left-wing media sources in the databases.
These so-called "gold IRA" companies are not publicly traded, so their revenue, profits and ad budgets largely cannot be determined. Court documents filed by Lear say the company has about $200 million in annual revenue; Dale Whitaker, the former chief financial officer at another company, Augusta Precious Metals, said overall industry revenue likely approaches $1 billion a year.
Over the past decade, more than 30 customers in 20 states have sued a dozen gold IRA companies, including Lear. Federal regulators have sued four companies -- two in the past year alone -- claiming investors were systematically charged as much as triple the coins' value.
None of the cases have gone to trial; some are still pending. Of those that have been resolved, most have settled or been sent to arbitration, where outcomes are not made public. The companies have not admitted wrongdoing in any of the cases and say their customers have been adequately informed of the details of their purchases.
Joe Rotunda, enforcement director at the Texas State Securities Board, said the industry is extraordinarily difficult to police because selling gold, even as a retirement investment, is "extremely thinly regulated."
Experts on commercial speech say Fox and other media outlets have no obligation to spurn advertising from gold IRA companies, despite the allegations. "Courts are very hesitant to impose liability on publishers," said Harvard law professor Rebecca Tushnet, an expert in First Amendment and advertising law, who said the law is designed primarily to compel truthfulness by advertisers.
Tushnet added that "it might be reasonable, if you found out about the lawsuits, [to] contact the advertiser" and ask questions about the claims before running the ads. But if an advertiser blames their legal troubles on "the woke mob," she said, "you're often allowed to believe them."
Fox News declined to comment. In a statement, Newsmax spokesman Bill Daddi said the network does not see allegations against the gold IRA companies as "a cause to block them from advertising." Daddi compared them to some major financial firms that have been sued by customers or regulators, and whose ads continue to be accepted by mainstream outlets. For example, Wells Fargo paid $3 billion in 2020 to settle potential charges related to opening fake accounts in customers' names.
In a statement, Lear Capital spokesperson Tracy Williams defended the company's operations, saying most of Lear's customers would have made a profit if they had sold at a recent market high. Williams said that White, the New York retiree, had acknowledged the company's fee in a recorded call.
Last year, Lear settled New York's 2021 lawsuit involving White without admitting wrongdoing. However, the company agreed to repay some customers and to disclose its fees more clearly. Lear now gives customers 24 hours to pull out of purchases, Williams said, putting the company at the "vanguard of disclosure ... within its industry."
Lear declined to say how much it spends to advertise on Fox News, but Williams said the network is not Lear's primary source of customers. Nor is Lear likely to make up a significant share of Fox's total ad revenue, which exceeds $1 billion a year, according to securities filings.
Fox is a logical place for Lear to advertise because "purchasing physical assets appeals to persons who have concerns regarding ... topics often discussed on that platform," Williams said. She added: "U.S. monetary policy is inseparable from U.S. political dynamics and themes."
For years, gold IRA industry advertising has echoed accusations against Democratic politicians commonly found in news segments on conservative outlets. The ads tout the coins as a safe haven from economic uncertainty and social upheaval.
Most of the coins are manufactured by the Royal Canadian Mint, which says they're bullion, a kind of coin whose value is determined by the underlying metal. As such, they meet IRS rules for retirement investments.
Unlike most bullion coins, however, the gold IRA industry's coins are typically exclusive to the companies who sell them, usually with markups far higher than those charged by mainstream coin retailers, regulators and coin experts say. Alex Reeves, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mint, said the mint has no control "over sales practices further down the chain of distribution."
"They are priced like collectibles, but collectible coins aren't typically sold in bulk," said Everett Millman, a precious metals specialist at coin dealer Gainesville Coins. "If a customer spent the same amount of money on products that are more standard, like [Canadian] Silver Maple Leafs, they would end up with a lot more ounces per dollar."
With the exclusive coins, Millman said, "They're simply torching money."
"No one in their right mind would pay the premiums that these guys are charging," added Ken Lewis, CEO of online coin dealer Apmex, who reviewed several customer invoices at The Post's request.
The ads explain none of that. Instead, they focus on news events, such as a spate of recent bank failures and "everything that's happening in the economy right now ... with all the talk of inflation," Rotunda said.
For example, an email ad for Augusta, sent to a Newsmax mailing list last July, warned that "The Biden administration's economic policies are 'declaring war' on retirement savers." In December, American Hartford Gold Group sent an email ad with the subject line: "Bill O'Reilly Warns: Retirement Funds at Risk From a Biden Recession." The email is signed by O'Reilly, who did not respond to a request for comment.
Another ad for Hartford sent to the Newsmax mailing list in March warned of "Biden and Yellen's Secret Plan to Steal your Hard-Earned Money and Bail Out Their Wall Street Buddies."
Trump rallies are particularly big events for Hartford. On July 1, Newsmax aired a live broadcast of a Trump speech in Pickens, S.C., on a split screen with an ad for Hartford, which also sends "Trump Rally Special" email ads via Newsmax.
Since October 2020, email newsletters distributed by Newsmax have included more than 1,100 ads for gold IRA companies -- nearly a quarter of all Newsmax email ads reviewed by The Post. At $1,000 to $5,000 each, according to Augusta financial records from 2016 reviewed by The Post, the ads likely generate more than $1 million a year in revenue.
Daddi, the Newsmax spokesman, said gold IRA companies represent "a small percentage of the total advertisers on Newsmax across all platforms."
Hartford spokesman Steven Goldberg said it runs ads "where we believe it will create the most value." Among the company's chosen venues: a "prophetic" evangelical Christian email newsletter, two right-wing TV channels, and more than a dozen conservative radio shows and podcasts, including Giuliani's and Cruz's.
One of Hartford's ads caught the attention of Ed DeSanto, 65, a semiretired Florida medical coder and an avid right-wing radio fan. He invested a $100,000 lump-sum payout from his pension in a Hartford IRA in 2019.
DeSanto said he doesn't remember exactly where he heard the Hartford ad, but "if you listen to those radio shows, they play those commercials all the time." He said he believed he was being careful: He picked Hartford because it scored well in a ranking of gold IRA companies he found online. (Such rankings often include disclosures noting that the authors are paid by the gold IRA companies.)
DeSanto's $100,000 investment netted him just $53,000 worth of gold and silver, according to a Post analysis of his invoices -- meaning the coins had been marked up 92% over the value of the metal. DeSanto blames himself.
"I did a little bit of research, but evidently not enough," DeSanto said. "When I found the invoice, it was a big shock."
In 2018 and 2019, another retiree, John Mathys of Illinois, claimed a Hartford salesman persuaded him to invest his $569,000 retirement savings by "bombarding him" with calls and emails for months, according to a federal lawsuit Mathys filed against Hartford in 2020. The lawsuit was sent to arbitration. Neither Mathys nor his lawyer responded to requests for comment.
Mathys, who was 83 at the time of the lawsuit, is one of three customers who sued Hartford in the past six years accusing the company of fraud. The other two lawsuits settled.
Hartford declined to comment on any of the cases. "We are fully transparent with our clients about the pricing of the products they purchase and the potential range of markup for those products," Goldberg said in a statement, adding that the company operates "with a steadfast commitment to doing business legally and ethically."
"We deny the allegation that we've misled or otherwise acted improperly," Goldberg said.
In February and April, DeSanto sold back some of his gold coins to Hartford. Although gold prices had climbed an average of 32 percent since his 2019 purchase, he lost money on the sales, according to a Post analysis of his invoices.
DeSanto said he has complained to both the Florida attorney general and the CFTC about his experience with Hartford. He said he spoke twice with CFTC investigators in 2020, but the agency has not taken public action.
In February, DeSanto also called Hartford to try to sell back his coins. He said he was flabbergasted to learn that the salesman who handled his purchase was still employed there. And he was shocked to find O'Reilly's photo still featured on the company's website.
"Everything is the same there," DeSanto marveled. Of O'Reilly, he added: "I would think, for his reputation, he'd want to get away from a company like them."
Information for this article was contributed by Sarah Ellison,Dan Morse and Raz Nakhlawi of The Washington Post.
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Rain falling on umbrella
For many, carping about the weather is a favorite pastime. Given how much we react to atmospheric conditions, it’s obvious they play a major role in our lives, not just physically but also psychologically. There are, for example, studies linking certain climate scenarios to emotional states, like the depression suffered by those with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which stems from reduced exposure to sunlight during winter.
What’s more, most of us harbor strong weather preferences that influence our moods. Many folks favor a narrow band of atmospheric conditions (often, sunny and warm), and when these occur, they sport a brighter disposition. However, when they don’t, the inverse often proves true. What this tells us is that, with notable exceptions (like SAD), the attitudes and expectations we harbor about the weather shape our moods as much or more than the actual conditions themselves. If I walk out the door on a chilly, rainy day and tell myself, “This is horrible,” then I am the author of my discontent. I can blame my dysphoria on the wet and cold, but my expectations are the actual culprit.
Along with attitude, the way we interact with our environment also affects emotional states. While many of us tend to huddle indoors during unwelcome atmospherics, the irony here is that spending as little as ten minutes outside enhances our moods, reawakens our senses and even improves cognitive performance. The research is clear — provided conditions are not extreme or unhealthy (like our smoke-filled skies of late) and we are properly dressed, we feel better emotionally when we interact with nature, which also means the weather.
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Cabin Fever
So, “cabin fever” and its accompanying feelings of melancholy, irritability and claustrophobia, even when it occurs in summer, is largely self-induced. The obvious antidote involves getting out of one’s cabin, so to speak, but many of us remain cloistered as much as possible. When I walk around my neighborhood, even on days when the weather is seemingly ideal, I’m impressed by how few people are outside. In less than copesetic conditions, it’s often deserted. When it comes to interacting with the natural world, many of us are fair weather friends indeed.
Now, there are legitimate exceptions. People with mobility issues, certain health challenges and the homeless have every right to complain about the barriers placed on them by inclement or unhealthy weather. And those whose jobs require they toil outdoors for long hours also earn the right to kvetch. But, for most of us, the only thing that truly limits our ability to get positively engaged with the meteorological environment is attitude and common sense.
Some folks who gripe about our weather demonstrate some deficits in the common-sense bucket. For example, during one of our fierce Wisconsin winters (increasingly less common, I’m afraid), I battled my way through wind-driven snow and bitter cold to a building entrance. My attire? Goose down coat, hat, ski gloves and insulated hiking boots. Right behind me, a young man burst in, angrily decrying the conditions. Given that he was clothed in a hoodie sweatshirt, no hat or gloves, and tennis shoes, I was less than sympathetic.
In some sense, inclement weather challenges us to adopt one of two opposing attitudes—either feel like a victim or act like an agent. A victim complains and feels put upon but malevolent forces. An agent accepts what can’t be changed, makes the best of it, and doesn’t allow external circumstances full control over their mood. So, except when the weather poses a clear and present danger (tornadoes, floods, lightning, extreme heat, unhealthy air quality, etc.), for most of us, the cabin fever cure is to directly engage with the elements.
Walk the neighborhood, swim, jump in a leaf pile, sit outside, stroll in the woods, take nature photos, throw snowballs, or sleep with the window open. In other words, participate with the Earth’s atmospherics. After all, modern appearances to the contrary, we do live on a planet.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — President Joe Biden promised Saturday that the United States would work with a strategically vital coalition of southeast Asian nations, telling leaders that “we’re going to build a better future that we all want to see” in the region where U.S. rival China is also working to expand its influence.
Citing the three Association of Southeast Asian Nations summits he’s participated in as president, Biden said the 10-country bloc is “at the heart of my administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy” and promised to collaborate to build a region that is “free and open, stable and prosperous, resilient and secure.”
“I look forward to continuing our work together with ASEAN and with each one of you to deepen peace and prosperity throughout the region to resolve challenges from the South China Sea to Myanmar and to find innovative solutions to shared challenges,” Biden said, citing climate and health security among areas of collaboration.
Biden’s efforts at this year’s ASEAN summit are meant to lay the groundwork for his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping — the first face-to-face encounter of Biden’s presidency with a leader whose nation the U.S. now considers its most potent economic and military rival.
Biden and Xi will meet on Monday at the Group of 20 summit that brings together leaders from the world’s largest economies, which is held this year in Indonesia on the island of Bali.
Traveling to Phnom Penh earlier Saturday, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden will raise issues such as freedom of navigation and illegal and unregulated fishing by China with the ASEAN leaders — aimed at demonstrating U.S. assertiveness against Beijing.
Freedom of navigation refers to a dispute involving the South China Sea, where the United States says it can sail and fly wherever international law allows and China believes such missions are destabilizing. Sullivan said the U.S. has a key role to play as a stabilizing force in the region and in prevention of any one nation from engaging in “sustained intimidation and coercion that would be fundamentally adverse to the nations of ASEAN and other countries.”
“There’s a real demand signal for that,” Sullivan told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday. Referring to the People’s Republic of China, Sullivan continued: “I think the PRC may not love that fact, but they certainly acknowledge it and understand it.”
One new initiative related to those efforts that Biden will discuss Saturday focuses on maritime awareness, specifically using radio frequencies from commercial satellites to better track dark shipping and illegal fishing, Sullivan said.
Biden’s visit to Cambodia — the second ever by a U.S. president — continues his administration’s push to demonstrate its investments in the south Pacific, which was highlighted earlier this year when the White House hosted an ASEAN summit in Washington, the first of its kind. He also tapped one of his senior aides, Yohannes Abraham, as the official envoy to ASEAN, another way the White House has highlighted that commitment.
ASEAN this year is elevating the U.S. to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” status — a largely symbolic enhancement of their relationship but one that puts Washington on the same level as China, which was granted the distinction last year.
Biden opened Saturday in Phnom Penh by meeting with Hun Sen, the prime minister of Cambodia, the host for the regional summit. He also participated in the traditional family photo with southeast Asian leaders — one that required a re-do as the gregarious Biden was too busy shaking hands with other heads of state — and later, will attend a gala dinner hosted by a parallel summit in Cambodia focusing on east Asia.
Another topic Biden focused on is Myanmar, where the military junta overthrew the ruling government in February 2021 and arrested its democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. As he met with Hun Sen, Biden stressed that the U.S. was committed to the return of democracy in Myanmar, which had steadily headed toward a democratic form of governance before the coup.
Biden also raised human rights concerns in Cambodia. In a statement after the meeting with Hun Sen, the White House said Biden urged the prime minister — an authoritarian ruler in a nominally democratic nation — to “reopen civic and political space” before its 2023 elections.
Biden, according to the White House, also pushed Hun Sen to release activists including Theary Seng, a Cambodian-American lawyer who was convicted of treason as the prime minister’s long-running rule aimed to crack down on his opposition. The White House said Biden also raised concerns about activities at Ream Naval Base, whose expansion Cambodian officials have described as a collaborative effort between it and China.
At the U.S.-ASEAN summit, there was an empty chair where a representative from Myanmar would have sat had its leaders not been barred from participating in official ASEAN meetings.
In his brief remarks Saturday, Biden mistakenly identified host nation Cambodia as “Colombia,” a flub he also made on Thursday night as he was leaving the U.S.
Biden will participate in East Asia summit sessions on Sunday, including a three-way meeting with the leaders of South Korea and Japan, before leaving for the G-20 summit in Bali.
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CONWAY -- The West put on one of the most consistent performances in the history of the Arkansas High School Coaches Association girls All-Star basketball game Saturday afternoon.
The West led from start to finish and scored 16 points in each of the first three periods before halftime and cruised to an 84-66 win over the East at the Farris Center at the University of Central Arkansas.
Farmington's Jenna Lawrence scored eight points in the first quarter to pace the West to a 16-9 lead.
Jasper's Aubrey Henderson scored the final seven points of the second quarter, including a three-point bucket, as the West bumped its lead to 32-18.
In the third seven-minute quarter, Morrilton's Cheyanne Kemp scored three baskets, turning a steal into a fast-break bucket, and Bergman's Maddi Holt drained a three-pointer to end the quarter to give the West a 48-25 lead at halftime.
"The talent in that locker room is just unbelievable and it's a great opportunity to coach those kids," said Lamar's Brandon Schluterman, the West head coach. "You see those kids all year or read about them in the paper but to get to coach them and be around them has been great. They're great kids that came from great programs and great schools."
In the second half, which included two 8-minute quarters, the East made a run.
"We got off to a good start," Schluterman said. "They made a run on us the fourth quarter. We challenged them at halftime that we knew the intensity was fixing to pick up. We made a couple of plays and answered. They did a great job. The players earned all that."
Conway's Kamille Brown converted a steal into a layup, North Little Rock's April Edwards scored off an offensive rebound and Jianna Morris of Sylvan Hills scored the first three baskets to draw the East within 48-31.
Morris scored five straight points, including a three-pointer, to pull the East within 50-37, and a three-point play by Cabot's Layla Reese and a bucket inside by Edwards had the East within 54-45.
Then Kemp earned the game's Most Valuable Player ring.
"It's really a blessing," Kemp said. "I just came out here and played basketball and had fun. To get that is such a blessing."
Kemp grabbed a defensive rebound and went coast-to-coast for a driving basket.
After Morris made a three-pointer for the East, Kemp drove for another basket and ended the fourth quarter with a free throw to push the West up 61-48.
"I tried to help my team's momentum and stop the East's momentum as well," Kemp said. "We just wanted to stop the run, and we created turnovers. They were pressing so we were just trying to break the press and get down the court as fast as I can."
Kemp added a dazzling basket in the fifth quarter and a three-pointer as the West coasted to the win.
Kemp, who will play on the same court for the UCA Lady Bears, finished 8-for-11 shooting with a three-pointer and added a free throw for 18 points. Kemp did not play in the first two quarters.
"I'm not used to that," Kemp said. "I'm used to playing the whole game, but it's the all-stars from all the state so whenever you get your chance to play you just go out there and play your game."
She also had two assists and two rebounds.
Lawrence finished with 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Holt had 12 points and eight rebounds to earn the Outstanding Player award from the West.
Morris, who was the East Outstanding Player, finished with 15 points. Reese had 12 points and seven rebounds, and Janiyah Tucker of West Memphis scored nine points.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Harris, in partnership with the Real Estate business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs), today announced they have closed on the sale of the 367,000-square-foot building at 650 South Tryon in Charlotte's Legacy Union mixed-use development to Highwoods Properties Inc. (NYSE: HIW).
"The vision for Legacy Union has always been to create a dynamic gateway for Uptown Charlotte, and with three first-class office towers totaling more than 1.5 million square feet of space, that vision is certainly becoming a reality," said Johno Harris, president of Charlotte-based Lincoln Harris. "Legacy Union is a nod to our community past, present and future, and we look forward to watching the city of Charlotte continue to transform and thrive."
The asset, Legacy Union SIX50, represents the third sale following Honeywell's Global Corporate Headquarters which was sold in December 2021 and Bank of America Tower which was sold in November 2019.
"The success of SIX50 is a testament to the strength of the partnership between Goldman Sachs and Lincoln Harris to build a best-in-class, ESG focused trophy office building. This is the culmination of more than seven years of effort to entitle, develop, lease, and sell more than 1.5 million square feet of mixed-use commercial real estate on the former Observer site which has redefined Charlotte's skyline. We're excited for the next phase of office development at Legacy Union currently underway, and congratulate Highwoods on their acquisition as they expand their footprint in Charlotte," said Chris Nelson, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
The 18-story building features a cantilevered glass façade, covered executive parking and convenient access to dining, retail, light-rail transit and all the other amenities in the surrounding Brooklyn Village Avenue Corridor. The building is leased to prominent tenants such as Deloitte, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, and JLL.
"We entered Charlotte in 2019 via a tremendous asset and partnership with Lincoln Harris and Goldman Sachs at Legacy Union with our purchase of Bank of America Tower. The success we've had together continues to bear fruit as we've expanded our presence and partnership with our acquisition of 650 South Tryon," noted Highwoods CEO Ted Klinck.
Lincoln Harris will retain management and leasing for the building.
Located at the southeast corner of Hill and South Tryon streets, Legacy Union SIX50 was the second tower completed at Legacy Union. The 10-acre project comprises two city blocks on the historic former site of The Charlotte Observer. Other elements of the property include the 33-story Bank of America Tower; Honeywell's 23-story Global Corporate Headquarters; a new 24-story, 415,000-square-foot office building currently under construction; a 14-level parking garage; and a street-level public plaza.
Lincoln Harris, together with Lincoln Property Company, provides clients with a national platform and unparalleled institutional resources, including commercial real estate development, investment and property management. Based in Charlotte, Lincoln Harris takes great pride in its reputation as one of the region's most accomplished full-service commercial real estate companies. Lincoln Harris' multi-disciplinary team has a long history of working through complex transactions and adopting innovative approaches to real estate problems. We develop and implement comprehensive national real estate programs for our clients and cultivate a sense of trust in the communities we serve and the individual transactions we service. To learn more about Lincoln Harris properties and services, please visit www.lincolnharris.com.
Highwoods Properties Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, is a publicly-traded (NYSE:HIW) real estate investment trust ("REIT") and a member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The Company is a fully integrated office REIT that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. For more information about Highwoods, please visit our website at www.highwoods.com.
Bringing together traditional and alternative investments, Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides clients around the world with a dedicated partnership and focus on long-term performance. As the primary investing area within Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), we deliver investment and advisory services for the world's leading institutions, financial advisors and individuals, drawing from our deeply connected global network and tailored expert insights, across every region and market—overseeing more than $2 trillion in assets under supervision worldwide as of June 30, 2022. Driven by a passion for our clients' performance, we seek to build long-term relationships based on conviction, sustainable outcomes, and shared success over time. Goldman Sachs Asset Management invests in the full spectrum of alternatives, including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure. Established in 1991, the Real Estate business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management is one of the largest investors in real estate with over $50 billion in assets invested since 2012 across the spectrum of investment strategies from core to opportunistic. Our global team invests across all sectors with deep expertise across the capital structure, in assets ranging from single properties to large portfolios, through senior mortgages, mezzanine debt and equity. Follow us on LinkedIn.
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2023 Wells Fargo Championship Schedule: Thursday Start Time, How to Watch Live Stream, Tee Times & Pairings
Watch the opening round on Thursday, May 4, as competitors take the links at the 7,538-yard, par-71 Quail Hollow Club for the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, trying for a share of a $20M purse. Max Homa is the defending champion at the event.
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- Start Time: 6:50 AM ET
- Venue: Quail Hollow Club
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Par/Distance: Par 71/7,538 yards
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
02-03-07-11-17-25-29-35-37-43-44-48-59-60-68-69-72-73-74-77, BE: 7
(two, three, seven, eleven, seventeen, twenty-five, twenty-nine, thirty-five, thirty-seven, forty-three, forty-four, forty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-seven; BE: seven)
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Mileage Plan members now receive preferential pricing on a CLEAR Plus membership and bonus miles
NEW YORK, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines and CLEAR (NYSE: YOU), the secure identity company, today announced a new strategic collaboration to make travel easier and more predictable for Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan members. Through the new partnership, Mileage Plan members will receive preferential pricing on an annual CLEAR Plus membership, allowing them to move faster through security at 52 airports nationwide by verifying their identity with their eyes or fingerprint and replacing the need to take out their wallet and driver's license. This is the first step in the innovative partnership to accelerate the adoption of digital identity and remove friction throughout the travel journey with innovations such as biometric boarding passes.
Starting today, all Mileage Plan members can enroll in CLEAR Plus at a preferred rate of $179 a year at www.clearme.com/alaska. Elite Mileage Plan members – MVP, MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75K and MVP Gold 100K – who enroll in a new CLEAR Plus membership will receive 1,500 miles, and Elite Mileage Plan members who renew their CLEAR Plus membership will receive 1,250 miles every year upon renewal. From now through July 16, 2023, all Mileage Plan members who enroll in CLEAR Plus for the first time will receive an additional 1,000 Mileage Plan miles.
"We understand from our guests how important it is for them to have the best possible experience when traveling with us, and part of that is saving time when they're at the airport," said Shane Jones, vice president of real estate and business development at Alaska Airlines. "Our frequent flyers are already big fans of CLEAR Plus. With a discounted CLEAR Plus membership available to all of our Mileage Plan members, we believe more of our guests will appreciate this valuable travel benefit."
"CLEAR is obsessed with delivering the best customer experience, so we're excited to provide Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan members with the confidence and predictability of CLEAR Plus," said Kasra Moshkani, EVP of Operations at CLEAR. "We look forward to expanding our partnership with Alaska Airlines to continue unlocking seamless experiences for their frequent flyers from home to gate and beyond."
Mileage Plan members who join CLEAR Plus can add up to three family members or friends to their account for $70 each. Family members under 18 years old can always join CLEAR members in the CLEAR Lane for free. Beyond the airport, CLEAR members can seamlessly affirm their identity for free wherever life takes them – whether they're checking into a hotel, visiting the doctor, renting a car, or cheering on their favorite sports team.
About CLEAR
CLEAR's mission is to create frictionless experiences. With more than 16 million members and a growing network of partners across the world, CLEAR's identity platform is transforming the way people live, work, and travel. Whether you are traveling, at the stadium, or on your phone, CLEAR connects you to the things that make you, you – making everyday experiences easier, more secure, and friction-free. CLEAR is committed to privacy done right. Members are always in control of their own information, and we never sell member data. For more information, visit clearme.com.
About Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines and our regional partners serve more than 120 destinations across the United States, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico. We strive to be the most caring airline with award-winning customer service and an industry-leading loyalty program. As a member of the oneworld alliance, and with our additional global partners, our guests can travel to more than 1,000 destinations on more than 25 airlines while earning and redeeming miles on flights to locations around the world. Learn more about Alaska at news.alaskaair.com and follow @alaskaairnews for news and stories. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group.
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The Women-Owned, Local Business Supports the Fight Against Breast Cancer As this Year's Bib Sponsor
BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BeBOLD Bars, a delicious on purpose, healthy snack bar created to fuel people's day, is thrilled to be this year's bib sponsor at the American Cancer Society's (ACS) Annual Making Strides of Boston on September 25, 2022. New England native Stacy Madison, creator of BeBOLD Bars, Stacy's Juicebar in Needham and co-founder of the iconic Stacy's Pita Chips, is a breast cancer survivor that has been committed to helping others fight the battle personally and through her business ventures. Stacy and the entire BeBOLD team are looking forward to being part of this year's milestone 30th anniversary Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.
"At BeBOLD we embody our mission and core values to spread love and kindness through amazingly delicious, healthy snacks." said Stacy Madison, co-founder of BeBOLD Bars. "We are proud to support Making Strides of Boston as a title sponsor and in my hometown. My family and I have been involved in this event for 26 years and I am a breast cancer survivor. I will continue to find ways to support the 3.8 million breast cancer survivors in the US today, living those same day-to-day struggles."
This year, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer celebrates its 30th anniversary and is a celebration of courage and supportive communities. At the Boston event, BeBOLD will have a tent where they will be distributing their bars to participants to help them stay energized for the event. The team will also be handing out branded dog bowls, Frisbee's and will have a spin-to-win wheel with prizes.
Join BeBOLD Bars at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. It will begin with a rolling start between 8 am and 10 am at DCR Memorial Hatch Shell venue (47 David G. Mugar Way, Boston). Participants can choose from a 2-mile or a 5-mile route.
BeBOLD Bars are crafted using fresh, clean plant-based ingredients that are delicious on purpose. Created by Stacy Madison, co-founder of Stacy's Pita Chips, these snack bars have 18g whole grain, are gluten and dairy free, and kosher. BeBOLD is a woman-owned company on a mission to inspire people to find their BOLD. Visit BeBOLDbars.com to purchase.
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In the spring Nielsen Audio ratings, 98.5 The Sports Hub put up huge numbers across the board as all of its weekday programs finished first in their time slots.
The Sports Hub was first overall in the men 25-54 demographic, earning a 21.4 share in the period from March 31 through June 22.
Sports station WEEI 93.7 took fourth (5.2, with 0.2 coming from its online stream). The Sports Hub’s stream is already built into its overall share.
In morning drive (6-10), The Sports Hub’s “Toucher & Rich” show grabbed first with a 22.2 share. WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” tied for fifth (5.5, including 0.2 from streaming).
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In middays (10 a.m-2 p.m.), The Sports Hub’s “Zolak & Bertrand” was No. 1 with a 21.2 share. WEEI’s “Gresh and Keefe” came in sixth (5.3, including 0.3 for streaming).
In afternoon drive (2-6), The Sports Hub’s “Felger & Mazz” program earned a massive 24.6 share to finish first. WEEI’s “Merloni, Fauria, and Mego” finished third (6.0, including 0.1 for the stream). That show added Meghan Ottolini as a full-time host in early May and did see some improvement over its winter ratings (4.2, sixth).
From 6-7 p.m., the Tony Massarotti-hosted “The Baseball Hour” was first with an 18.4 share. WEEI, which usually has Red Sox pregame coverage in that spot, was second (5.3, 0.2 from streaming).
In the 7-11 p.m. window, The Sports Hub, which included Celtics and Bruins playoff broadcasts in the spring as well as “The Adam Jones Show,” finished first (23.1). WEEI’s programming, which includes Red Sox broadcasts and “Mut at Night,” tied for second (4.8, including 0.5 for streaming).
In the winter, The Sports Hub took first (16.3), while WEEI was seventh (4.4). In spring 2021, The Sports Hub was first (15.2), while WEEI was tied for sixth (4.2).
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — As quickly as he plummeted out of co-leading the PGA Championship by starting his third round with four bogeys through seven holes, Scottie Scheffler understood things could have been worse.
“That would have definitely been a kick in the gut for sure if the ball went in the hazard,” Scheffler said after finishing with a round of 3-over 73, which left him at 2-under 208 and four shots behind leader Brooks Koepka entering the final round. “Definitely fortunate to not have the ball not end up in the creek, and saved me a full shot at least.”
Though he bogeyed the par-4 seventh, little did Scheffler realize at the time the hole would prove to be a turning point a day he began at 5-under and tied for the lead with Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland.
The 2022 Masters champion and two-time PGA Tour winner this year played his final 11 holes in 1 under, including a 12-foot putt for birdie on the par-4 14th.
“It could have gone the opposite direction as well. That front nine was rough,” the 26-year-old said.
“But the way I played the back nine, I started hitting a lot of fairways and hitting some quality shots,” he added. “I didn’t shoot myself out of it on a day where the conditions were tough, and I didn’t have my best stuff. I hung in there pretty good.”
Though Scheffler by far didn’t post the worst score on a day that featured persistent rain and a few sudden downpours that took much of the roll out of the lengthy East Course, his was among most disappointing outings among the players atop the leaderboard.
Dustin Johnson, who began the day in a tie for 19th at 1-over, dropped into a tie for 33rd after carding a 4-over 74. England’s Callum Tarren, meantime, toppled completely out of contention with a 79 that included three double bogeys. The 32-year-old Tarren dropped into a tie for 52nd after beginning the day tied for sixth with Koepka at 2-under through two rounds.
Koepka carded the best round of the day with a 4-under 66 that has him leading the tournament at 6-under 204, a shot ahead of Hovland and Conners. Only nine players in the 76-man field played the third round under par.
Scheffler counts himself among the fortunate to find himself still in contention, knowing he has some catching up to do on Sunday.
“I hit a lot of quality shots there after that start. So I’m pretty proud of how I fought. I stayed in it,” Scheffler said. “I started driving it really good on the back nine, and that will be important if I’m looking to make a run tomorrow.”
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Friday, Aug. 5
Eintracht vs. Bayern, 2:30 p.m.
Germany Bundesliga 2
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Friday, July 15
Kaiserslautern vs. Hannover, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 16
SpVgg Greuther Furth vs. Holstein Kiel, 7 a.m.
St. Pauli vs. Nuremberg, 7 a.m.
Sandhausen vs. Arminia Bielefeld, 7 a.m.
SSV Jahn Regensburg vs. Darmstadt, 7 a.m.
FC Magdeburg vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 17
SC Paderborn vs. Karlsruher SC, 7:30 a.m.
Hansa Rostock vs. Heidenheim, 7:30 a.m.
Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Hamburger SV, 7:30 a.m.
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BANGKOK (AP) — A group of German air force fighter jets neared Singapore on Tuesday in a marathon bid to fly them some 22,000 kilometers (13,700 miles) from their home base to Southeast Asia in just 24 hours.
The exercise comes at a time of heightened tensions between China and the U.S. and its allies over Taiwan and demonstrates the ability for a European nation to move air power quickly to the region.
The European Union unveiled a new strategy in September for boosting economic, political and defense ties in the Indo-Pacific. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told reporters that despite the war in Ukraine being a priority at the moment, the Eurofighter mission underscores that Asia has not been forgotten.
“We are at the side of all of those who stand for our values such as democracy, freedom and security, and are also willing to contribute,” she said as the aircraft took off from Neuburg, Germany, on Monday, the dpa news agency reported.
“Our focus at the moment is naturally on the eastern flank, for which Russia's brutal war of aggression is to blame, but we also have to keep an eye on other regions.”
Part of the EU's new strategy for the Asia-Pacific is focused on improving maritime security and ensuring safe passage through sea lanes, and several European nations have sent naval assets to the region for maneuvers this year.
As China has grown more assertive in the region, the United States, Britain and others have also made it increasingly a priority.
Germany sent the frigate Bayern to the region on a nearly seven-month deployment that wound up earlier this year, the first time a German warship had been in the Indo-Pacific for nearly two decades. It took part in joint exercises with allies including Australia, Singapore, Japan and the United States, and was denied a port call in China.
The six multirole Eurofighter jets involved in the current exercise were accompanied by four transport aircraft and three tankers. They were refueled in-air along the lengthy flight, and also made stops along the way for refueling, inspection and rotations of pilots.
During a stop at a base near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe, said that two of the Eurofighters were found to have technical problems. One was fixed on site but the other had a defect in its hydraulics system so was held back.
The Luftwaffe said personnel were sent from Germany to repair it further so that it would be available for upcoming exercises in Australia, where all the aircraft are heading after Singapore.
The so-called Pitch Black exercise is bringing together some 2,500 personnel and 100 aircraft from around the globe for three weeks in Australia's Northern Territory.
In addition to Germany, European NATO members France, Britain and the Netherlands are participating, along with the United States, New Zealand, Korea, the UAE, India, Japan, Thailand and others.
The exercise is designed to test and improve multinational force integration, and “recognize Australia's strong relationships and the high value we place on regional security and fostering closer ties throughout the Indo-Pacific region,” the Royal Australian Air Force said.
Following the Aug. 19-Sept. 8 exercise in Australia, the German jets are to stop in Japan and South Korea on their way back home.
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MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (AP) — An explosion at a condominium complex injured five people, one critically, on Wednesday in the California mountain community of Mammoth Lakes, authorities said.
The blast occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. at Val d’Isere Condominiums in the Sierra Nevada. Authorities who arrived on the scene found a building collapsed next to the pool area, the Mammoth Lakes Police Department reported.
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They found two men who worked at the complex, including one who had to be freed from snow and debris, police said.
A man then approached and said his wife and son were trapped in their home. The son was located in the bedroom of the collapsed building and the wife was found in the kitchen, police said.
The woman was flown to a hospital in critical condition. The others were taken to a local hospital. Two had moderate injuries and two had minor injuries, police said.
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Authorities using dogs searched the area but didn't find any other victims.
The cause of the explosion was under investigation.
A series of blizzards that began last month have loaded mountains with so much snow that roofs have been crushed and crews have struggled to keep highways clear of avalanches.
However, it wasn't immediately clear whether the building may have collapsed from snow or the explosion.
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LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A dispute between Lafayette Consolidated Government and St. Martin Parish is all but over, after a federal judge recommended a lawsuit filed by LCG be dismissed.
The lawsuit arises from a flood mitigation project by LCG involving, among other things, reducing a spoil bank on the St. Martin Parish side of Vermilion Bayou. LCG argued this will improve the flow of stormwater into and out of the Cypress Island Swamp and reduce flooding in Lafayette Parish.
LCG removed the spoil bank in March 2022 without permission or consultation from St. Martin Parish.
St. Martin Parish had passed an ordinance requiring a permit from the parish before any change to any levees in the parish, which LCG claimed in its lawsuit is unconsitutional.
St. Martin Parish moved to have the suit dismissed, and Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst recommended to Fifteenth Judicial District Court Judge Robert R. Summerhays that the motion be granted.
“It is recommended that the Motion to Dismiss be granted, and the claims of LCG be denied and dismissed with prejudice,” Whitehurst wrote.
Dismissal with prejudice means the ruling is final and may not be revisited. The parties now have two weeks to file objections to the recommendation before Summerhays makes his ruling.
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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – “Barbie” has been a huge box office success, outperforming projections over the weekend.
The movie reached No. 1 with $155 million sold in ticket sales in U.S. theaters.
Many may not know, though, that North Myrtle Beach has its own Barbie dream house.
Right off Highway 17 is a vacation rental called “Inn the Pink,” but it’s also known as the North Myrtle Beach Barbie Dream House.
Co-owner Cristy Weber said she had been wanting an all-pink house for four years, way before the Barbie movie was getting buzz.
Weber said she originally wanted it for fun – not really something that would work for her everyday life. She said she wanted vacationers to North Myrtle Beach to feel good and happy about themselves while in the house.
“Like in the game room out back, they could have different balloon arches and different signs and stuff like that,” she said. “And really just give them a plethora of Instagram photos so that they don’t have to go and spend all this time decorating and spend part of their vacation doing that to get ready for their bachelorette parties and things like that.”
Weber said she didn’t know about the movie release when they closed on the house on March 31 and opened it in June for short-term vacation rentals, but she said it was perfect timing.
“We went and looked at the house down the street and driving by this one, this home was blue on the exterior, and I told my husband, ‘I want that house for my pink house,’ and he said, ‘no,’ and I was like, ‘yes,'” Weber said.
Weber said the house’s name was inspired by its pink exterior paint.
“I just started out with my wallpapers . . . I just started researching all the wallpapers I wanted. I think we have about 10 or 11 wallpapers in the house,” Weber said. “I decorated off of that. I went with all the pink colors and then with the home décor that I could find from local stores and online, like Amazon and things like that.”
The house is about a six-minute walk to the beach and can sleep up to 22 people, but 15-16 comfortably.
Weber said she always wanted to use her talents in a special way.
“The Lord is using you through this timing with the Barbie movie, and we talked about doing some different types of charities, like auctioning off the house … to raise funds for girls and just some different things,” she said. “We got some things we’re going to do in the works.”
Weber said they just started pool construction between the two-house structures, and they are also adding fencing and a mural to the backyard.
She said staying at their house is just like living in a “Barbie World.”
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Election officials used to toil in relative obscurity. Poll workers put in long, intense hours around voting time, filling low-paid bureaucratic roles that were poorly understood by the public they served.
But since 2020, that world has turned upside down. Today, many election workers are the subject of harassment, threats and even acts of violence. Some have had to flee their homes or have been assaulted. One said it’s “like nothing I’ve ever seen.”
The sudden vitriol stems from the Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, which has metastasized in voting precincts nationwide. The result is as predictable as it is disturbing: All across the country, election workers are quitting in record numbers. In my own home state of Kentucky — hardly a battleground — about 20% of all county clerks opted to retire rather than run for reelection last year.
Which raises an urgent question for 2024: Who is going to be left to work the elections?
Consider the recent case of Lindsey Taylor. As reported by NBC News, after being hired as voting registrar in rural, deep-red Buckingham County, Virginia, she found herself at the center of an effort by local election deniers to oust her. She was harassed at meetings, accused of treason, and her bosses were pressured to fire her. In March, she resigned, along with all her staff.
In Tarrant County, Texas — home to Fort Worth and 2.1 million voters — Heider Garcia was known as “the gold standard” of election administrators, according to the Texas Tribune. Last month, he resigned in response to a sham “election integrity task force” imposed by a new county judge. “I wish Tarrant County luck in finding somebody as professional, forward-thinking and as focused on transparency and accuracy,” Chris Davis, elections administrator for nearby Williamson County, told the Tribune.
The list goes on: A Boston Globe review of six states — Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — found a roughly 30% increase in turnover among election officials since 2020. This will only exacerbate an already critical manpower shortage at a time when trust in elections is historically low and declining.
Now think about the following hypothetical: It’s November of next year and voting is underway. Throughout the country, polling places are drastically understaffed due to waves of resignations. Many of those who are working are inexperienced. This leads to long lines at the polls and even longer waits for results as vote counting is conducted by skeleton crews working around the clock.
Last time — in an election widely considered to be the most secure in history — we saw rampant conspiracy theories and simmering violence that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. What might we expect in this even graver, more combustible scenario?
And the problem isn’t confined to just one side. Over the years, those on the left have registered their share of doubts about free and fair elections. After the 2000 vote-counting debacle in Florida, more than a third of Democrats said they thought the election had been stolen. After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, Nancy Pelosi said, “Our election was hijacked. There is no question.” Hillary Clinton called Trump an “illegitimate president.” After losing the Georgia governor’s race in 2018, Stacey Abrams refused to concede, saying the election was “rigged” and “stolen.” In the lead-up to 2020, Democrats charged that Trump’s postmaster general was trying to “sabotage” the election.
None of which is to draw a false equivalence between the two sides after the 2020 election. The violence of Jan. 6 was appalling. But we see from both Democrats and Republicans a growing tendency to cast doubt on the legitimacy of elections that their side loses. This spells trouble in 2024.
That’s why we must fix the problem, and do it now. The task of restoring Americans’ confidence in elections is too great for any single election administrator, agency or legislature to handle alone. It requires cooperation within and between governments at every level. The best way to safeguard against future crises is by building a broad-based, cross-partisan coalition of election defenders who are willing to stand up for the integrity of the vote.
One of the reasons American elections are so secure is because they’re decentralized, with states exercising wide latitude to administer their own procedures. We don’t have one voting system, we have 50. But this also makes it hard to organize a response to the Big Lie. Grassroots efforts to support election officials and educate the public, like the National Association of Secretaries of State’s #TrustedInfo network, are a good start. But more coalition-building and resource-sharing will be necessary heading into a 2024 election in which election lies are likely to play a major role.
A reform agenda should have two priorities: ensuring no votes are tampered with or cast fraudulently; and preserving access to the ballot for everyone who’s eligible. We should provide more funding at the state level to improve voting technology, much of which is hopelessly antiquated. And we should hire more election administration personnel across the board to enable more timely reporting of results. Because nothing saps voter confidence like a months-long vote-counting odyssey.
Common-sense solutions like automated voter registration have proven effective at cutting costs and making voting systems more efficient in red and blue states alike. And doing so improves the accuracy of these states’ registration lists without purging voters — something that the “election integrity” crowd and the “voting rights” crowd can both celebrate.
At the same time, we should also work to expose fake or fraudulent security ideas being passed off by politicians who are trying to manipulate our elections. Governors should veto bills that would have the effect of undermining election integrity, as Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf did last year in the lead-up to the midterms. Lastly, Democrats should learn to accept that not all election security measures equal voter suppression, and Republicans should learn that voter access is good politics.
Or we can do nothing, let the partisan acrimony continue to boil, and hope the problem goes away on its own. In the meantime, we’ll lose another generation of Lindsey Taylors and Heider Garcias. The indispensable talent that makes up the unseen-but-essential backbone of American democracy will continue to slip away under a deluge of tribal acrimony.
If we don’t stand up for election workers, we’re going to be forced to reckon with a world without them. And that’s a nightmare scenario for democracy. The choice is ours.
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S. Illinois at Murray St., 7 p.m.
Missouri St. at Belmont, 7:30 p.m.
Robert Morris at Milwaukee, Noon
Cleveland St. at Wright St., 6 p.m.
Detroit at IUPUI, 7 p.m.
Indiana St. at Illinois St., 7:30 p.m.
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Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Villanova at Creighton, 9 p.m.
UC Irvine at Hawaii, 12 a.m.
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Southern Cal at Washington St., 10 p.m.
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Navy at Army, 11 a.m.
Butler at UConn, Noon
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Southern Miss. at Marshall, 1 p.m.
Texas Tech at West Virginia, 1 p.m.
UMBC at New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
Boston U. at Loyola (Md.), 2 p.m.
Brown at Columbia, 2 p.m.
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Iona at Siena, 2 p.m.
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Georgetown at Providence, 5 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at St. Francis (NY), 5 p.m.
Quinnipiac at Marist, 7 p.m.
Vermont at NJIT, 7 p.m.
UTSA at FIU, 1 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman at Jackson St., 1:30 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Campbell, 2 p.m.
Chattanooga at Furman, 2 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at Appalachian St., 2 p.m.
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E. Illinois at UT Martin, 2 p.m.
ETSU at Wofford, 2 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee, 2 p.m.
Md.-Eastern Shore at SC State, 2 p.m.
Morgan St. at Howard, 2 p.m.
Nicholls at McNeese St., 2 p.m.
Norfolk St. at Coppin St., 2 p.m.
North Florida at E. Kentucky, 2 p.m.
Old Dominion at Georgia St., 2 p.m.
Presbyterian at Longwood, 2 p.m.
Radford at High Point, 2 p.m.
Samford at Mercer, 2 p.m.
Stetson at Queens (NC), 2 p.m.
Texas A&M Commerce at SE Louisiana, 2 p.m.
Texas St. at South Alabama, 2 p.m.
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Arkansas St. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 3 p.m.
Florida A&M at Alcorn St., 3 p.m.
Georgia Southern at Louisiana-Monroe, 3 p.m.
Northwestern St. at New Orleans, 3 p.m.
Temple at Memphis, 3 p.m.
Tulsa at Tulane, 3 p.m.
UNC-Asheville at SC-Upstate, 3 p.m.
Texas Southern at Alabama A&M, 4 p.m.
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W. Kentucky at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Prairie View at Alabama St., 4:30 p.m.
Grambling St. at MVSU, 5 p.m.
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George Mason at Richmond, 6 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Liberty, 7 p.m.
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Tennessee Tech at SE Missouri, 3 p.m.
Valparaiso at Drake, 3 p.m.
St. John's at DePaul, 5 p.m.
Kansas at Iowa St., 6 p.m.
TCU at Kansas St., 7:30 p.m.
Lipscomb at Cent. Arkansas, 2 p.m.
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Houston at SMU, 3 p.m.
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UAB at North Texas, 3 p.m.
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Wisconsin at Penn St., 5 p.m.
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William & Mary at Coll. of Charleston, 2 p.m.
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Mississippi at Auburn, 5 p.m.
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Virginia at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.
Evansville at Illinois St., 3 p.m.
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Indiana St. at Bradley, 3 p.m.
La Salle at Loyola Chicago, 3 p.m.
Rutgers at Michigan St., 3 p.m.
Seton Hall at Marquette, 3 p.m.
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Georgia at Texas A&M, 3 p.m.
Texas at Baylor, 5 p.m.
UC Riverside at Hawaii, 12 a.m.
Southern Cal at Washington, 3 p.m.
UCLA at Washington St., 3 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona St., 5 p.m.
Colorado at Stanford, 5 p.m.
Utah at California, 7 p.m.
DePaul at UConn, 7 p.m.
Norfolk St. at Morgan St., 4 p.m.
Coppin St. at Howard, 5:30 p.m.
Delaware St. at SC State, 5:30 p.m.
Md.-Eastern Shore at NC Central, 5:30 p.m.
Prairie View at Alabama A&M, 6 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6:30 p.m.
Florida A&M at Jackson St., 6:30 p.m.
Southern U. at MVSU, 6:30 p.m.
Texas Southern at Alabama St., 6:30 p.m.
LSU at Alabama, 7 p.m.
Webber International at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.
Iowa at Ohio St., 7 p.m.
Indiana at Michigan, 8 p.m.
Grambling St. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 6:30 p.m.
Creighton at Providence, 7 p.m.
Hartford at Bryant, 7 p.m.
St. Francis (IL) at Chicago St., 8 p.m.
Maine at Mass.-Lowell, 11 a.m.
American at Army, 6 p.m.
Binghamton at Vermont, 6 p.m.
Bowling Green at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Canisius at Niagara, 6 p.m.
Holy Cross at Lehigh, 6 p.m.
Boston U. at Colgate, 7 p.m.
Bucknell at Navy, 7 p.m.
Butler at St. John's, 7 p.m.
Lafayette at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m.
NJIT at UMBC, 7 p.m.
New Hampshire at Albany (NY), 7 p.m.
Richmond at Fordham, 7 p.m.
Seton Hall at Georgetown, 7 p.m.
St. Bonaventure at Saint Joseph's, 7 p.m.
Memphis at East Carolina, 6 p.m.
Winthrop at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
UNC-Asheville at Presbyterian, 6:30 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at SC-Upstate, 7 p.m.
High Point at Campbell, 7 p.m.
Radford at Longwood, 7 p.m.
Rhode Island at George Mason, 7 p.m.
Saint Louis at Davidson, 7 p.m.
Temple at Tulane, 7 p.m.
George Washington at Loyola Chicago, Noon
Akron at Ball St., 6:30 p.m.
Duquesne at Dayton, 7 p.m.
E. Michigan at W. Michigan, 7 p.m.
Houston at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
Kent St. at N. Illinois, 7 p.m.
Miami (Ohio) at Toledo, 7 p.m.
Ohio at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m.
Valparaiso at Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago St. at Northwestern, 8 p.m.
Xavier at Marquette, 8 p.m.
South Florida at Tulsa, 5 p.m.
Iowa St. at TCU, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas St. at Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas, 8 p.m.
S. Utah at Grand Canyon, 8 p.m.
VCU at UMass, Noon
North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Coll. of Charleston at Stony Brook, 6:30 p.m.
Michigan at Maryland, 6:30 p.m.
CCSU at Merrimack, 7 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m.
Mount St. Mary's at Fairfield, 7 p.m.
N. Kentucky at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.
Penn St. at Rutgers, 7 p.m.
Quinnipiac at Manhattan, 7 p.m.
Rider at Siena, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m.
St. Peter's at Iona, 7 p.m.
Virginia at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
Wagner at St. Francis (NY), 7 p.m.
SIU-Edwardsville at Tennessee Tech, 4 p.m.
North Alabama at Kennesaw St., 5 p.m.
UALR at Morehead St., 5 p.m.
Boston College at Miami, 6 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.
Louisville at Wake Forest, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at SE Louisiana, 6 p.m.
Rice at Charlotte, 6 p.m.
Appalachian St. at Georgia St., 6:30 p.m.
Houston Christian at Northwestern St., 6:30 p.m.
Lindenwood (Mo.) at UT Martin, 6:30 p.m.
Texas St. at Old Dominion, 6:30 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas at Jacksonville St., 6:45 p.m.
Auburn at Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Bellarmine at Stetson, 7 p.m.
Clemson at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.
FAU at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Furman at Samford, 7 p.m.
Liberty at Austin Peay, 7 p.m.
Missouri at Georgia, 7 p.m.
North Florida at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.
Queens (NC) at Lipscomb, 7 p.m.
South Alabama at Troy, 7 p.m.
UAB at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.
UNC-Greensboro at Chattanooga, 7 p.m.
W. Carolina at ETSU, 7 p.m.
Wofford at Mercer, 7 p.m.
FIU at W. Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.
Marshall at Louisiana-Monroe, 7:30 p.m.
UConn at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Duke, 8 p.m.
Mississippi St. at Mississippi, 9 p.m.
E. Illinois at S. Indiana, 6 p.m.
Tennessee St. at SE Missouri, 6 p.m.
Cleveland St. at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Drake at S. Illinois, 7 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Oakland, 7 p.m.
N. Iowa at Missouri St., 7 p.m.
Wright St. at Youngstown St., 7 p.m.
Florida St. at Notre Dame, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Purdue at Illinois, 8 p.m.
St. Thomas (MN) at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
W. Illinois at South Dakota, 8 p.m.
UMKC at Omaha, 8:05 p.m.
Ohio St. at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.
Nicholls at Texas A&M-CC, 6 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston St., 6 p.m.
Texas A&M Commerce at Lamar, 6 p.m.
McNeese St. at Incarnate Word, 6:30 p.m.
Alabama at Arkansas, 7 p.m.
Cal Baptist at Texas-Arlington, 8 p.m.
North Texas at UTSA, 8 p.m.
Southern Miss. at Arkansas St., 8 p.m.
Idaho at Weber St., 1:30 p.m.
Abilene Christian at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.
Oral Roberts at Denver, 8 p.m.
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Air Force at Boise St., 8:30 p.m.
CS Bakersfield at UC Davis, 9 p.m.
Colorado St. at New Mexico, 9 p.m.
E. Washington at Idaho St., 9 p.m.
Fresno St. at San Diego St., 9 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, 9 p.m.
Nevada at San Jose St., 9 p.m.
Pepperdine at Portland, 9 p.m.
Portland St. at Montana St., 9 p.m.
Sacramento St. at Montana, 9 p.m.
San Diego at Pacific, 9 p.m.
Tarleton St. at Utah Tech, 9 p.m.
BYU at Saint Mary's (Cal), 9:30 p.m.
CS Northridge at UC San Diego, 10 p.m.
Cal Poly at Long Beach St., 10 p.m.
Cal St.-Fullerton at UC Irvine, 10 p.m.
Hawaii at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Practising Law Institute (PLI), a leading nonprofit learning organization serving the legal community, and the Legal Marketing Association (LMA), the premier organization for professionals in legal marketing and business development, have announced a new partnership.
Through this initiative, PLI will offer LMA members exclusive complimentary access to select educational programs. Curated for LMA members with their professional development goals in mind, these programs will provide legal marketing professionals with relevant, useful information on the business of law and substantive legal issues, presented by PLI's faculty of leading industry experts.
"PLI and the LMA have a shared goal of contributing to the legal industry by ensuring that professionals have access to best-in-class training opportunities," says Sharon L. Crane, President of PLI. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to connect with LMA's members and help legal marketers and business development professionals build their expertise and deepen their understanding of the legal market. Through this training, these professionals will strengthen their abilities to support attorneys, practices, and firms."
Beginning this month, PLI will make the program Improving Law Firm Profitability available at no cost to LMA members. This 70-minute, interactive online course will help legal marketers develop a basic knowledge of the key financial drivers in a law firm to understand the business of law and how a law firm achieves financial profitability. Over the next year, LMA members will receive complimentary access to programs on practice areas, industries, and trending topics, from corporate law, IP, and litigation to cybersecurity and data literacy.
"We are excited to launch this collaboration between LMA and PLI," says Danielle Holland Gorash, Chief Executive Officer of LMA. "Over two years ago, we realized the synergy of our audiences and offerings, and have been working on this partnership to bring new and elevated legal marketing education to our LMA members. We are grateful to our colleagues at PLI and look forward to building upon this successful launch."
Kirsten Talmage, PLI's Senior Director, Product Strategy & Customer Experience, and Holly Amatangelo, LMA's Education Director, conceived of and led this initiative.
For more information, visit https://legalmarketing.org/Education/LMA-PLI-Partnership and https://www.pli.edu/lma.
Practising Law Institute is a nonprofit learning organization dedicated to keeping attorneys and other professionals at the forefront of knowledge and expertise. PLI is chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, and was founded in 1933 by Harold P. Seligson. PLI provides the highest quality, accredited, continuing legal and professional education programs in a variety of formats. This content is delivered by more than 4,000 volunteer faculty, including prominent lawyers, judges, investment bankers, accountants, corporate counsel, and U.S. and international government regulators. PLI publishes a comprehensive library of treatises, course handbooks, answer books, and journals, also available through the PLI PLUS online platform. The essence of PLI's mission is its commitment to the pro bono community.
Please visit www.pli.edu to learn more.
Founded in 1985, the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) is the universal voice of the legal marketing and business development profession, a community that brings all levels together, from CMOs to entry-level specialists, from firms of all sizes, consultants, vendors, lawyers and marketers from other professions to share their collective knowledge. LMA has eight regions and more than 40 local groups across the United States, Canada and Europe, and its nearly 4,000 members hail from 48 U.S. states and more than 20 countries. More than 90 percent of the largest 200 U.S. law firms employ an LMA member. Members at every stage in their career development benefit from participating in LMA's wide array of programs, services and resources. For more information, visit www.legalmarketing.org.
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Witnesses said the two men pointed an all-black pistol and a black and silver pistol, possibly both 9mm caliber at three people at the party, along with others.
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A juvenile also dies in Monday afternoon collision.
The California security company cited for a “serious” safety violation in connection with the Boise Towne Square mall shooting last year is appealing the decision.
Audit found almost $11,800 missing in 2020.
Former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate was convicted Monday of kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old girl who went missing nearly 40 years ago.
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American Falls man dies at the scene after rollover crash.
David Neil Shaw, 86, of Twin Falls died Friday Oct. 28, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are under the care of Rosenau Funeral Home, Twin Falls.
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KSNF/KODE — Energy efficiency is good for you, but also for the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the community in which you live. At the same time, efficiency also saves money. For most Americans today, saving money is especially important, considering the price of all goods and services continues to rise.
Saving energy is an attainable goal for any household. Several factors can affect your energy consumption, like your home’s square footage or your family size, but everyone can take advantage of home energy-saving tips. You might even want to begin a sustainable home improvement project to address sources of energy waste.
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To lower your energy bill, start taking notes on your routines. For example, count how many weekly loads of laundry you run or see if you leave your TV on while you fall asleep. When you notice wasteful habits, you can set achievable goals to help limit your energy usage.
A few simple changes around your home can lead to energy savings. Energy experts suggest you try these simple, low-or-no-cost tips for greater control over your electric bill, saving you money during this period of high inflation:
- Weather strip and caulk around all entrance doors and windows to limit air leaks. In a typical home, air leaks can be responsible for 25 to 40 percent of the energy used for heating and cooling.
- When roasting or baking, avoid making frequent progress checks that involve opening the oven door. Each time the door is opened, a considerable portion of the oven’s heat escapes.
- Raise shades and open curtains during the day to allow the sun to warm your home naturally. Close shades and curtains at night to keep out the cold.
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Cleveland was a nightmare for the Cincinnati Bengals on Halloween.
The Browns stalled a Bengals offense that had put up 75 points over the past two games, and Cincinnati’s defense had no answer for Nick Chubb and Jacoby Brissett as Cleveland rolled to a 32-13 win in the “Battle of Ohio” on Monday at FirstEnergy Stadium.
The Bengals (4-4) have lost five straight in the series. Cleveland (3-5) was coming off a four-game losing streak but picked up its second AFC North win while Cincinnati is 0-3 in the division.
Here are three takeaways from the loss:
1. Secondary backups struggle
Injuries in the Bengals secondary took a toll Monday. Cam Taylor-Britt struggled in his first NFL start after he was expected to rotate with Eli Apple before a hamstring injury kept Apple inactive. Then, shutdown corner Chidobe Awuzie went down with a right knee injury in the second quarter and was declared out, so Tre Flowers entered in his absence.
In the third quarter, Flowers suffered a hamstring injury, forcing safety Dax Hill into action and giving the Bengals two rookies at cornerback.
Taylor-Britt’s day got off to a rough start when he tried to undercut Donovan Peoples-Jones and got beat for a 37-yard reception. Peoples-Jones finished with 81 yards on four catches, and none of the options on the left side could stop Amari Cooper, who had 131 yards and one touchdown on five catches.
The Browns were finding success in the running game, and that opened up the passing game, which Brissett led with consistency to throw for 278 yards while Chubb ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns.
2. Offense out of sorts
The Bengals saw what games without Ja’Marr Chase could look like, but they looked out of sorts in all regards Monday night, as they had just 95 of offense in the first half and finished with 229 total net yards.
Cincinnati’s offensive line had been playing much better in recent weeks, especially in pass protection after allowing 13 sacks in the first two games. However, the Bengals had no solutions for Myles Garrett and company and that was the source of a lot of problems.
Burrow was sacked five times and was playing under pressure all game. Garrett finished with 1.5 sacks, four quarterback hurries and a pass defensed, and Sione Takitaki had a strip sack for a fumble that defensive tackle Tommy Togiagi recovered.
The offense was moving the ball well on the first drive, but just like in Burrow’s last two games against the Browns, the first possession ended in a turnover. Burrow’s pass intended for Tee Higgins was tipped by Garrett and picked off by cornerback A.J. Green at the Cleveland 16-yard line. Mike Thomas, starting in Chase’s place, had a key drop in the first half as well.
Trailing 8-0 in the second quarter, Burrow was sacked by Takitaki at midfield and while the Bengals ended up getting the ball back on an Akeem Davis-Gaither fumble recovery, Cincinnati still went into the break scoreless. The Bengals trailed 25-0 before Tyler Boyd caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Burrow in the fourth quarter. They got another score late on a Higgins 41-yard touchdown catch.
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3. “Money Mac” struggles
It was clear Monday wasn’t the Bengals’ night when even Evan McPherson struggled. After Zac Taylor initially wanted to go for it on fourth-and-8 from the Cleveland 28-yard line with 44 seconds left in the second quarter, Cincinnati elected the safe option to take the three points with a field goal attempt. However, McPherson’s normally routine 47-yard field goal went wide right, and the Browns went down and extended the gap with Cade York’s 55-yard field goal to end the half with an 11-0 lead.
That might have been the turning point in the game. Cleveland then received the kickoff to start the second half and got touchdowns on its first three drives of the half to put the game away.
McPherson also missed a PAT after Boyd’s touchdown.
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(KXNET) — You can’t legally smoke inside the state capitol, but lawmakers were taking up a smoking issue in the Senate this week.
On Wednesday afternoon, state senators passed House Bill 1229, which legalizes cigar lounges in the state.
A committee made a few changes to the bill from its original inception, stating that a lounge cannot serve alcohol, and a business must take in at least 15% of its money from cigar sales. Following the changes, the bill was presented again by representative Dan Ruby from Minot.
“We used to have ashtrays on the desk,” stated Senator Tim Mathern. “We had some wonderful people in the Senate. In fact, I can think of two on that side and two on this side who enjoyed smoking cigars. I am here. They are not.”
So far, there are two proposed cigar lounges in North Dakota — one in Mandan and another in Grand Forks.
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Ellen Wilkirson Promoted to Managing Director
Pierce Latham Promoted to Vice President
DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Freestone Holdco, LLC ("Freestone"), a portfolio company of Tailwater Capital LLC ("Tailwater") focused on disruptive energy transition investments, today announced the promotions of Ellen Wilkirson to Managing Director and Pierce Latham to Vice President, effective immediately.
"As we continue to grow the Freestone platform and partner with disruptive businesses enabling the transition to a more carbon-neutral economy, both Ellen and Pierce have played a significant role in our success to date, and I am pleased to recognize those contributions with these well-deserved promotions," said Alan Boswell, Managing Director at Freestone. "I look forward to continuing to work with Ellen and Pierce to build on our momentum, expand our portfolio of transformative investments and capitalize on exciting new initiatives and opportunities alongside our partners at Tailwater."
Ellen Wilkirson joined Freestone in April 2021 and has been instrumental in sourcing and evaluating the company's investments in Elemental Recycling and Momentum Technologies. As Managing Director, she will continue to focus on the origination of new opportunities, executing investments and partnering with management teams to identify and implement long-term strategic and growth initiatives. Prior to joining Freestone, Ms. Wilkirson worked as a Vice President at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors focusing on public and private investments in energy infrastructure and renewable energy. Ms. Wilkirson currently serves as a Director for Momentum Technologies and a Board Observer for Elemental Recycling.
Pierce Latham joined Freestone in May 2021 and has made significant contributions to the execution of Freestone's investment strategy. In his role as Vice President, he will continue to be responsible for evaluating, executing and monitoring Freestone's investments. Prior to joining Freestone, Mr. Latham worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley in the Global Natural Resources group and RBC Capital Markets in the Global Power and Utilities group.
To date, Freestone has made two investments in the waste-to-value sector including Elemental Recycling, a company that has developed a process to upcycle plastic and other organic waste material into high-quality graphite and hydrogen, and Momentum Technologies, a lithium-ion battery and rare earth magnet recycling company.
About Freestone
Freestone is a portfolio company of Tailwater Capital that is focused on investing in companies that specialize in disruptive infrastructure, manufacturing, support services, and technologies that enable the transition to a lower carbon or more circular economy. For more information, please visit www.freestoneac.com.
About Tailwater Capital LLC
Dallas-based Tailwater Capital is an energy and growth infrastructure private equity firm with a well-established track record of working constructively with proven management teams to deliver value-added solutions. Tailwater has raised more than $3.8 billion in committed capital since inception and the team has executed more than 100 transactions representing over $23 billion in value. For more information, please visit www.tailwatercapital.com.
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Which swinging camping chair is best?
Swinging camping chairs are perfect for if you want to go camping but still have some comforts of home available. There are a number of different price points, materials and features to look for in swinging camping chairs. The DEERFAMY Swinging Camping Chair is a stellar swinging camping chair — it’s easily portable and can hold up to 350 pounds.
What to know before you buy a swinging camping chair
Benefits of camping chairs
Some of the top benefits of camping chairs include versatility, warmth and comfort. Swinging camping chairs work well for sporting events, music festivals and tailgates, and these camping chairs can keep you warm on cold nights, since they raise you off the ground. They also provide a more comfortable alternative to sitting on the ground.
Chair weight
Some swinging camping chairs are heavier than others. Look for lightweight swinging camping chairs that are about 2 pounds if you have weak arm muscles, poor balance or limited mobility, or if you’re hiking a long distance to your camping space or taking a chair to a music festival. Heavier swinging camping chairs are acceptable if you just want to use the chair for tailgating or camping in spaces that you can drive up to.
Weight limit
All swinging camping chairs come with a maximum weight limit. The weight limit differs from one chair to another, but it’s typically somewhere from 200-300 pounds. There are some swinging camping chairs with larger weight limits, but they’re more difficult to find.
Material
Camping chairs are made with different materials. Most of these chairs have nylon seats with aluminum or steel frames. Some swinging camping chairs have foam padding inside the chair. Make sure the foam isn’t closed-cell foam, since this kind of foam doesn’t absorb any water and will get soaked through if you’re stuck in the rain.
What to look for in a quality swinging camping chair
Comfort
Well-padded swinging camping chairs allow you to lounge for several hours, but there are some chairs out there with little to no padding, which isn’t very comfortable for long periods of time. Keep in mind that comfortable chairs tend to be heavier, so you need to think about what matters more to you: comfort or portability. Lighter swinging camping chairs tend to be more portable, while padded chairs are comfortable but heavy.
Chair height
Some swinging camping chairs are taller than others. Lower chairs work well for campfires, while taller chairs work best for sitting at a table, so think about how you plan on using your chair. If you plan on purchasing swinging camping chairs for your entire family, you should buy each and every person chairs that are the same height.
Color
Swinging camping chairs come in a diverse array of different patterns and colors. You certainly shouldn’t compromise on quality to find the color of a swinging camping chair, but if you locate a high-quality camping chair with a print or color you like, it can make it more enjoyable to use.
If you buy a swinging camping chair that has a distinctive look, it will be much easier to recall which chair is yours and less likely that someone else will accidentally take your chair.
How much you can expect to spend on a swinging camping chair
Swinging camping chairs vary in price from about $10-$150. The most inexpensive swinging camping chairs cost about $10-$20, while midrange chairs vary in price from about $20-$60. High-end swinging camping chairs go for $60-$150.
Swinging camping chair FAQ
How should you care for a swinging camping chair to ensure it lasts a long time?
A. Swinging camping chairs don’t require much maintenance or care, but you should make sure that the chairs are always dry and clean before packing and storing them away. The chair could have problems with mildew or mold if you don’t clean and dry them before storing them.
Are there child-sized camping chairs?
A. Yes, there are a wide range of small camping chairs that are created specifically for kids. These smaller camping chairs are a better size for kids, and they’re able to get in and out of them safely without help. Many kid-sized camping chairs come in fun prints and designs that appeal to kids of all ages. These chairs also take up less room in your car and are simpler to transport during hikes.
What’s the best swinging camping chair to buy?
Top swinging camping chair
DEERFAMY Swinging Camping Chair
What you need to know: This swinging camping chair from DEERFAMY can hold up to 350 pounds and comes with a stand included.
What you’ll love: This chair features a carrying bag for easily transporting the chair for road trips, car camping, campsites and the backyard. The chair comes with durable curved back support, multilayer protection and multilayer stitching.
What you should consider: This swinging camping chair doesn’t have much of a swing and doesn’t come with a headrest.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top swinging camping chair for the money
Rio Foldable Hammock Chair Lounger
What you need to know: This swinging camping chair from Rio is meant to provide hammock-style seating.
What you’ll love: This inexpensive chair includes a sturdy steel frame that’s simple to fold, rust-resistant and powder coated. The chair is portable and lightweight for easy transportation, weighing only 11 pounds.
What you should consider: Some of the stitching on this chair breaks fairly easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Alpha Camp Hammock Camping Chair
What you need to know: This swinging camping chair from Alpha Camp comes with a cupholder.
What you’ll love: This camping chair offers a weight capacity of up to 350 pounds and is meant to provide hammock-style seating. The chair uses unique lifting technology and a sturdy iron structure.
What you should consider: This chair leans way back, which isn’t ideal for some customers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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CHICO — Each week this newspaper will feature free (or close to it) community activities.
Healthy Kids Day
The YMCA is hosting its annual Healthy Kids Day 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday outside at the Oroville Convention Center at 1200 Myers St. This free event features a variety of family-friendly vendors and lots of activities including cornhole and youth soccer.
Wildlife ‘baby shower’
Bidwell Wildlife Rehabilitation is holding a “baby shower” from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the barn in Meriam Park. The volunteer-run organization will have two live animal shows on stage provided by Conservation Ambassadors’ Wild Things along with face-painting, craft vendors and a photo booth. There is no set admission price, but donations are requested.
Kite Day
When Kite Day was rained out in March, it was rescheduled for Sunday. Bring a kite and head to Community Park from noon to 4 p.m. for music, bounce houses, food trucks and of course, kite flying.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PlusMedia, LLC, a leading omnichannel performance marketing organization dedicated to helping brands acquire and retain customers while driving profitable revenue growth, has received strategic investment from an investment group led by Lightview Capital, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm focused on partnering with specialized tech-enabled businesses. Aldine Capital, Harbert Credit Solutions, and Resolute Capital Partners also chose to participate in the financing of PlusMedia's future growth.
BrightTower, a New York City headquartered investment banking and M&A advisory services firm, served as exclusive financial advisor to Lightview Capital in this transaction.
The partnership enables PlusMedia to enhance its highly differentiated offering across traditional and digital media, through investment in talent, capabilities, and technology to further support its clients in driving business growth and leveraging emerging opportunities.
"We are thrilled to partner with Lightview Capital who shares our vision for creating a next generation multichannel performance agency," said Sherry Scapperotti, President & CEO of PlusMedia. "Their operator friendly approach, industry relationships, and access to capital will allow us to accelerate our momentum through organic and inorganic strategies."
"We have been impressed with PlusMedia's strong reputation and success in delivering best-in-class service and exceptional results and are excited to partner with Sherry and her team to accelerate their growth by expanding capabilities to create greater client value. This approach is consistent with our investment strategy of partnering with founder-led companies in our core sectors of focus," said Conor Mullett, Co-founder and Managing Director of Lightview Capital. James Elliott, Vice President at Lightview Capital added, "We're excited to help PlusMedia continue to build on their success through further investment in the Company's data capabilities and technology platform."
Over the past 24 years, PlusMedia has successfully executed on a strategic growth plan that has provided clients with media strategy, campaign planning and analysis, creative services, print production management, and media monetization to serve direct-to-consumer, non-profit, and B2B brands across the globe. As an early pioneer and leader in insert media, the Company has combined their domain expertise with a fully integrated omnichannel approach to performance marketing, providing clients with a true performance partner.
Incepted by Sherry Scapperotti, the Company has expanded organically to over 50 employees and has been servicing clients in North America and internationally.
BrightTower is a New York City headquartered investment bank focused on M&A advisory services, capital raising, and debt capital markets. The firm leverages sector expertise, global reach, and tailored insights to deliver enterprise advisory services across the software, technology-enabled marketing, IT business services, and information markets. BrightTower is focused on growing a robust ecosystem supporting entrepreneurs, private equity firms, growth equity firms, venture capitalists, debt providers, and corporations as they stay ahead of quickly evolving markets. The firm is committed to delivering world class advisory talent to every engagement that builds trust in the knowledge economy. Visit us on LinkedIn.
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Marks event with Open House
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. , April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tidal Basin, a leading emergency management and enterprise solutions firm, opened the doors to its newest office in Tallahassee, Florida. To celebrate this milestone, Chief Executive Officer Daniel A. Craig and several other representatives of Tidal Basin hosted an open house at the office, located at 204 S. Monroe Street, Suite 1, Tallahassee.
"This office and its people will serve as a vital resource for our clients and the communities we serve during times of crisis such as natural disasters, public health emergencies, and other unforeseen events," said Craig, as he welcomed the guests to the event. "Tidal Basin will always invest in Florida and remain dedicated to helping communities build back stronger after a disaster."
The team located in Tallahassee consists of experienced emergency and program management professionals dedicated to providing exceptional service to our clients and ensuring the safety and well-being of the residents of Florida. The office staff will have the resources to provide rapid response and effective management during emergencies.
"As a Floridian, I am excited about the emphasis Tidal Basin has placed on supporting the people of this state, and I believe opening this office clearly represents that commitment," said Nikole Souder-Schale, Tidal Basin Regional Vice President. "We are committed to maintaining our standards of excellence and will continue to provide the high-quality services that are expected from Tidal Basin."
About Tidal Basin
Tidal Basin is a leading comprehensive emergency and disaster management consulting firm, providing programmatic and technical management experience and resources to governments, organizations, businesses, and communities. Our integrated disaster management and enterprise solutions helps our clients and partners achieve their disaster preparedness and recovery goals more effectively and enables them to make their communities and businesses more resilient. We look beyond the obvious and create new opportunities to transform and empower communities, making them stronger. To learn more about what we do and our team, visit tidalbasingroup.com.
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BIG SKY, Mont., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With offices in Big Sky and Bozeman, Outlaw Partners is southwest Montana's most influential experiential marketing, media and events company, and now offers clients focused expertise in real estate. Company leaders look forward to expanding Outlaw's real estate footprint as L&K Real Estate joins its family of brands and relaunches as Outlaw Realty.
The agents at the Outlaw Realty have been working in southwest Montana for 23 years with over $2 billion in transactions across land, ranch, commercial, and development consulting deals. The new partnership gives the team a strategic advantage in executing transactions for buyers, sellers and developers by having the state's most robust media platform and marketing agency behind them.
"The merger with Outlaw Partners gives us access to state-of-the-art services for our sellers and buyers," said founder and Chairman, Eric Ladd. "This allows the agents to have an even closer relationship with Montana's largest marketing, media and events company. It unlocks some serious potential for our real estate clients."
At Outlaw Realty, the client experience is the top priority. Bringing together an experience-driven platform with a dynamic brokerage and seasoned real estate experts results in a new era of real estate for southwest Montana. Ladd says combining each company's respective strengths and Outlaw Partners' global reach makes for an unmatched partnership within the real estate industry.
"The real estate brokerage business is competitive, and this merger will allow us to be the most cutting-edge brokerage in the region. The key to gaining great results in the real estate sector is having a team that is armed with talented brokers and agents who have access to the best data and suite of marketing and advertising services. This is what our team will deliver," Ladd said.
Outlaw Partners is the powerhouse behind Outlaw Realty and will provide access to media and marketing services to make the brokerage stand out against its competitors in the southwest Montana real estate market.
"This is a very significant merger, as it truly pulls together all of Outlaw's resources under one brand and will provide our customers with not only cutting-edge real estate resources but will also give them access to some of Montana's best events, adventure travel opportunities, strategic marketing services and the largest media network of its kind in the Northern Rockies," said EJ Daws, managing broker at Outlaw Realty.
As with all Outlaw Partners businesses, there will be a strong ethos of building community and giving back. This past year, Outlaw celebrated efforts in helping raise and donate over $400,000 for local nonprofits in addition to hosting the Wildlands music festival, which helped raise money and awareness for preserving land and waters in southwest Montana.
"One of the most important responsibilities of being in the real estate brokerage business is helping build community and support thoughtful and responsible development. This will be a core ethos of Outlaw Realty," Daws said.
About Outlaw Realty
Outlaw Realty brings together the top brokers in southwest Montana to deliver a thoughtful and consistent real estate buying and selling experience. As a leader in real estate sales in Big Sky, Bozeman and the surrounding areas, the real estate opportunities and marketing reach is unmatched. In addition to facilitating the sale of existing homes and properties in the area, Outlaw Realty is the exclusive sales partner for developer offerings at Wildlands, Urban + Farm and Sandhill, all located in Bozeman. The company's website is the leading real estate platform for southwest Montana, which offers premium visibility and reach for the company's property listings. For more information, please visit: outlaw.realty
About Outlaw Partners
Outlaw Partners is an award-winning experiential marketing, media and events company based in Big Sky and Bozeman, Montana. Formed around the pioneering principles of the Code of the West, Outlaw Partners builds brands that live to challenge the status quo. Founded in 2009, Outlaw Partners' award-winning media publications include Mountain Outlaw magazine, Explore Big Sky newspaper and VIEWS magazine. In addition, we produce hand-curated events in Southwest Montana such as Wildlands Music Festival, Big Sky Professional Bull Riding, and the Big Sky Ideas Festival. With multiple awards for content and graphic design, Outlaw Partners is driven to make an impact in the world by creating meaningful connections, supporting local community organizations, inspiring action in service, and producing quality content that represents a unique demographic and fosters a global kinship to the spirit of the Mountain West. For more information, please visit www.outlaw.partners
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MARNE - In what is shaping up to be an exciting night of racing this Saturday, there are many talented drivers, including a well-known celebrity, taking to the asphalt at Berlin Raceway in the annual Berlin ARCA 200.
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LOTS OF LOVE
Arguably one of the hottest drivers in the upper levels of stock car racing is Jesse Love. The 18-year-old sits atop the ARCA Menards Series (AMS) standings heading into this weekend, thanks to wins in each of the last three races, all three have come at circuits featured on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar. After a disappointing 27th-place finish at Phoenix, Love won at Talladega, before also taking the checkered flags at Kansas Speedway and Charlotte.
“Really happy with how we’ve been able to rattle off some wins already,” Love said to be when we talked earlier in the week.
The Menlo Park, California resident started racing Super Late Models as a 13-year-old, and has as much experience, if not more, than drivers years older than him.
“I’ve been able to learn for a long time and try to maintain a child’s mind, continuing to learn every time I come to the race track. All that stuff adds up.”
Love’s performances over his career has earned him a shot in the NASCAR ranks, competing in the Craftsman Truck Series back on June 3 at World Wide Technology Raceway, finishing ninth. He will also be running the No. 11 Tricon Garage machine in the series trips to Kansas and Phoenix.
The Venturini Motorsports driver has ran well in his two appearances at Berlin, finishing fifth in the 2021 edition of the race, before ending up third behind victor Sammy Smith and teammate Tom Hessert III last year. Love looks to become the third driver from VMS to win at Berlin, as Byron native Erik Jones won as a 17-year-old in 2013, while Dalton Sargeant ended up in victory lane three years later.
“Berlin would be a cool place to win. I love the fans there, they do a good job of promoting the race track, and obviously the facilities and all that is very nice.”
Love is on the right path to contending for the series championship this year, though he has finished at the top of one of its regional series, as he won the ARCA Menards West series title in 2020 and 2021.
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MUNIZ IN THE MIDDLE
One of the big new faces in the AMS this season has been Frankie Muniz. While he is fresh to the stock car racing circuit, Muniz is well known by many for his television and film career, the 34-year-old decided to pursue his passion for racing.
Muniz has shown that he is no slouch by any stretch. He grabbed everyone’s attention by posting the fastest time in practice at Daytona back in February, finishing the 200-mile race in 11th. The driver of the Rette Jones Ford No. 30 has finished in the top 10 in each of the last four events, including a season-best sixth-place finish in the General Tire 150 at Charlotte during Memorial Day Weekend.
The consistent runs by Muniz have helped place him right behind Love in points heading into Berlin.
This is actually not the first season Muniz has ever raced before. From 2007-09, he ran for multiple seasons in the open-wheel Atlantic Championship Series, which is well-known for breeding future IndyCar drivers. That said, Muniz has never won a race.
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ROSE PEDALS HIS WAY TOWARD THE TOP
Coming out of the foothills of West Virginia, Christian Rose is earning the respect of those around the racing community, and it has helped the 28-year-old get a shot in the annals of NASCAR, despite just starting out his racing career driving Late Models five years ago.
In his first full season with AM Racing, Rose is coming off two of the best runs of his career. Heading into 2023, the former D1 baseball player never finished inside the top 10 in ARCA’s top series, but the change from Cook Racing Technologies has helped Rose put together some impressive performances, finishing ninth at Kansas, before an eighth-place finish at Charlotte.
“We’ve led laps in two of the first five races,” Rose mentioned when I chatted with him on Tuesday. “I had never led laps in my career, and to do it at Dayton and Charlotte have been big steps in my career and for my team.”
The results have helped the driver of the No. 32 West Virginia Department of Tourism Ford Fusion move up to fifth in points, just a few back of Andres Perez De Lara. However, as he only raced part-time in the AMS last year, this will be Rose’s first laps at Berlin, though a number of members on his team have raced there in the past.
“It’s pretty cool to know that, you got someone that has a ton of laps to coach you around there.”
While he has raced on various tracks over the years, and has some quality finishes, Rose has never won a race, but the paved oval in West Michigan might be the place to right that ship. There have been a lot of first-time ARCA winners at Berlin Raceway. In fact, each of the three winners in the 200-lap event, including Sammy Smith last year, have picked up their maiden win in Marne.
“I’m hoping that Jesse [Love] and the No. 18 of William Sawalich get up there racing each other hard, and we get a chance to steal one.”
Rose has driven well enough to earn a shot up in NASCAR, as he will be driving for AM Racing in the Truck Series in July of this season at Richmond Raceway.
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The ARCA Menards Series has been coming to Berlin Raceway dating back to 1958, and has produced many of NASCAR’s biggest stars. From former ARCA champs like Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick, to Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Newman, many have earned their racing stripes in this series, including battling it out on the banks of the 7/16-mile oval.
The race is scheduled to begin around 8 p.m. ET, and will be broadcasted on FOX Sports 1, and can be streamed on FuboTV (Free Trial).
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While ARCA will be the headliner on the night’s festivities, a couple of local series will also be burning rubber, as the Model Coverall Limited Late Models and Betten Baker Sportsmans hit the track.
Check out the full Berlin Raceway schedule of events here
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Carletta Tilousi hit the trail as the sun rose, the light revealing a grouping of cottonwood and ash trees deep in the Grand Canyon.
Birds soared above and reptiles scampered across the rocks as the canyon walls grew taller and taller behind her. This was home, yet she rarely had been there over the years.
“I can't believe how far I've come, it's amazing,” she said about halfway through the 4.5-mile hike over steep, rocky terrain. “I can't believe my ancestors used to do this all the time.”
The journey was both emotional and celebratory. She remembered the words of her uncle, the late Rex Tilousi, who told stories of Havasupai people being forced out of what's now Grand Canyon National Park. But that day she was hiking with joy at a pivotal moment in the tribe's relationship with the National Park Service — headed toward a private ceremony rededicating a popular campground as Havasupai Gardens or “Ha'a Gyoh” in the Havasupai language.
The name change from Indian Garden came in November after the tribe lobbied for years to reclaim a part of its heritage and force a historical reckoning over the treatment of the Havasupai people, the last of whom the park service removed in 1928 from their onetime farmlands.
Descendants of the last Havasupai man to leave, Captain Burro, recall how he carried watermelon in a basket to sell to tourists and how his heart broke when he was ordered to leave. Some family members later changed the name Burro, Spanish for “donkey,” to Tilousi, or “storyteller.”
Park Superintendent Ed Keable acknowledged the removal and sometimes violent injustices over decades on the part of the federal government. Speaking after the ceremony at Havasupai Gardens last Friday, he said the renaming marked a new era of collaboration with Havasupai and other Native American tribes associated with the canyon.
"That took some time to build some trust because of the history of how this land was established as a national park, against the will of the people who have lived here since time immemorial,” Keable said.
The Havasupai Tribe was landless for a time after the removal until the federal government set aside a plot in the depths of the Grand Canyon for tribal members. It was slashed to less than a square mile (2.6 square kilometers) and, nearly a century later, enlarged substantially in 1975 in what was one of the biggest land transfers to a tribe.
Today about 500 of the nearly 770 tribal members live in Supai Village on the reservation adjacent to the Grand Canyon, so remote it can be reached only by foot, mule or helicopter.
It's known for the towering waterfalls that give the Havasupai, or Havasu ‘Baaja, their name — “people of the blue-green waters.” Thousands of tourists from around the world visit annually, providing the tribe’s largest source of income.
Events marking the rededication of Havasupai Gardens began last Thursday, when dozens of tribal members and others gathered for a public event at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Dancers from the Guardians of the Grand Canyon, a traditional and multigenerational group, performed, with men wearing ram horns representing the bighorn sheep that roam the canyon, and women carrying woven baskets. Bells on their feet jingled as they moved in a circle.
Many had their faces marked with red ochre, a pigment from the walls of the Grand Canyon that by tradition is tied to everything from a child's birth and its first steps to protection and as an expression of beauty.
"No matter where we go, where we are, we are still the Grand Canyon," said Rochelle Tilousi, a great, great, great granddaughter of Burro and a cousin of Carletta Tilousi.
“It is our home, it is our land and it is our well-being,” said another cousin, tribal Vice Chairman Edmond Tilousi.
That evening and the following morning, a smaller group traveled below the rim for the private ceremony, descending 3,000 feet (900 meters) on a hike that typically takes two to four hours. Some went by foot, while others took a quick ride on a helicopter.
Carletta Tilousi trekked steadily along the rocky switchbacks, stopping occasionally to rest and talk to fellow hikers. One said the Havasupai Gardens name would be hard to get used to.
She arrived at Ha'a Gyoh just as the helicopter landed, smiling broadly as a handful of Havasupai got off. She and Ophelia Watahomigie-Corliss introduced themselves to the canyon, greeted the ancient beings in prayer next to a creek and joined others in letting the canyon know it was never forgotten despite the displacement of their people.
“We have always maintained our connection to this place, not by showing or by boasting. It's just that we came here and we did our prayers, we did our songs on the rim," said Dianna Sue Uqualla, an elder who participated in the blessing at a small amphitheater off Bright Angel Trail. “Through that, I think the spirits heard and awoke and said, ‘Yes, you are still here.’”
Her brother, Uqualla — who goes by a single name — sat with a drum before a fire pit and next to a set of antlers holding a water-filled gourd, preparing to conduct the ceremony.
He encouraged those present to set aside their egos, to see the canyon as a source of medicine and hear it, feel it. And also to connect to the elements that Havasupai view as relatives — trees, rocks, birds, clouds, wind.
“When your heart is open, it's a master receiver of everything,” said Uqualla, who had been making monthly pilgrimages to the canyon at each full moon. “What is coming through is the speak of all that is down here.”
A few hikers wandered into the amphitheater, and he assured them that anyone who was there was meant to be.
Kris Siyuja, 14, took seriously his duties over the two days of events, which included untying bundles of sage, carrying a staff and tapping a drum that he said would amplify Havasupai voices.
“One day the grandparents, the parents and some of the family members might pass away, and they'll just have to carry on that tradition ... wearing the headdress, the regalia, and just walking in their footsteps,” Siyuja said of his generation.
As the sage was lit, Uqualla placed red ochre and corn pollen in the fire. Tribal members guided the smoke using a bundle of feathers onto themselves as a blessing. They prayed and sang in Havasupai and in English. Before leaving, they placed a staff on a hillside to honor the spirits.
Some signs nearby already bore the Havasupai Gardens name among the lush landscape that includes a campground and cabins, one of which Keable recently set aside for Havasupai members to use. More signs and programming is planned with history as told by the tribe, according to park officials.
It parallels a broader trend in which the park has been working with nearly a dozen Native American tribes with ties to the Grand Canyon on exhibits, cultural demonstrations and first-person audio and video. The work has gained the attention of other national park units such as the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore in California, plus the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association, said Jan Balsom, Grand Canyon's chief of communications, partnerships and external affairs.
“The more of this we have provided, the more the visiting public is interested,” Balsom said.
Carletta Tilousi wants to see more Havasupai involved in shaping how the Grand Canyon and its resources are managed, something that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Cabinet-level official, has pushed for within federal agencies.
At Ha’a Gyoh, Tilousi imagines a return to traditional farming with apricot trees, melons, corn and sunflowers. She has also pushed for the Havasupai language to be on maps, posters and ranger badges.
The day after her emotional trek, she awoke with a sense of calmness knowing she and others had returned home and the canyon recognized their voices, songs and prayers.
“It was a very growing experience that I'll probably hold dear to my heart for a long time, and I'd like to return sooner than later,” Tilousi said. “I want to take full advantage of getting to know the trail more, feeling the animals, the air, enjoying the environment.”
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By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — Families of victims in last week’s massacre at a day care center gathered Tuesday at Buddhist temples in rural northeastern Thailand for the start of a shared cremation ceremony that marks an end to three days of funeral rites.
The gun and knife attack carried out by a former policeman Thursday on the Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan killed 36 people, .
On Tuesday morning, many of the young victims’ bodies were outfitted as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up — before they were to be cremated in the evening.
Volunteer rescue worker Attarith Muangmangkang said his organization arranged for the costumes and assisted the families with changing the victims’ outfits Tuesday.
“The more we talked (to the families), we realized that these children also had dreams of becoming doctors, soldiers, astronauts, or police officers,” Attarith said. “We provided those uniforms for them.”
Mourners also placed children’s toys, candles, and incense sticks in front of portraits of the victims at Rat Samakee temple, just 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the scene of the bloodshed.
Petchrung Sriphirom, 73, was one of many local residents who traveled to the temple to offer condolences to the families and make a small donation to help with funeral costs, which is a common Thai tradition.
“I just want to help our friends and share our thoughts with them,” said Petchrung. “We are not talking about money or anything but rather sharing our thoughts and feelings as a fellow human being,”
Rat Samakee temple will cremate 19 bodies in a simultaneous cremation ceremony Tuesday evening along with two other nearby temples that account for the other victims.
The temples have to deal with the high number of bodies from , which was the biggest mass killing by an individual in the country’s history.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A co-founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency OneCoin, a pyramid scheme that conned billions of dollars from investors worldwide, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges, U.S. prosecutors said Friday.
Touted as a “Bitcoin killer,” prosecutors said the purported cryptocurrency co-founded by Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood in 2014 in Bulgaria was actually worthless. Though marketed as a cryptocurrency, it was was never mined using computers and there was no public and verifiable blockchain. The value of OneCoin was not set by supply and demand, but by its operators, they said.
Greenwood, 45, was arrested at his island residence in Thailand in 2018 and extradited to the United States. He pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Manhattan.
Greenwood, a citizen of Sweden and the United Kingdom, has been detained since his arrest.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Greenwood helped operate one of the largest international fraud schemes ever. His office said victims invested more than $4 billion.
“Greenwood’s lies were designed with one goal, to get everyday people all over the world to part with their hard-earned money — real money — and to line his own pockets to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars,” Williams said in a release.
Ignatova, nicknamed the Cryptoqueen and described as OneCoin’s top leader, disappeared in October 2017 and remains at large. In June, she was added to the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List and there is a $100,000 reward for information leading to her arrest.
OneCoin’s growth was fueled by multilevel marketing, in which members received commissions for recruiting others to purchase cryptocurrency packages.
Though Ignatova boasted that OneCoin would be “the Bitcoin killer,” she and Greenwood referred to it as “trashy coin” in email correspondence. In one email, Greenwood referred to investors as idiots.
He will be sentence April 5.
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Which recessed lighting is best?
Recessed lighting is versatile and unobtrusive. Most recessed lighting fixtures are made to aim the light down, but some aim it up or to the side. When recessed lights are installed in the ceiling, nothing hangs down to intrude on the room and take up space, so rooms feel bigger.
If you are looking for recessed lighting to brighten up your home, take a look at the Lumary Smart 4-Inch LED Recessed Lights With Junction Box 4-Pack.
What to know before you buy recessed lighting
Unlike chandeliers and pendant lighting, recessed lighting draws little attention to itself.
Type of recessed lighting
- Ceilings: Fixtures for mounting in the ceiling are the most common type of recessed lighting.
- Walls: Fixtures mounted in the walls use flanges to direct light downward to bathe the room in reflected light and to illuminate stairs.
- In-ground: Outdoor light fixtures mounted below ground are used to throw light upward to illuminate landscaping.
Components
- The housing is the protective safety covering around the bulb and wiring. It’s the part that’s mounted in the ceiling (or wall or ground) and where the bulbs are inserted. Often called a can, the housing contains the wiring, socket, lamp and all the hardware required for mounting.
- The bulbs determine the brightness, color and mood of your lighting. They are sometimes covered by lenses made to diffuse the light.
- The controls are the switches that operate your recessed lighting and are mounted elsewhere.
Trim
The trim is the only part of a recessed lighting fixture that is seen from the room. It is decorative molding that adds a subtle touch of color, texture and style to your lighting fixture.
- Baffle trim reduces glare by absorbing light.
- Reflector trim has a smooth, highly polished interior to maximize the amount of light.
- Gimbal trim has a housing that swivels so you can control the direction of the light without the lamp extending below the ceiling.
- Eyeball trim directs the light, too, but the fixture protrudes from the ceiling.
What to look for in quality recessed lighting
What effect do you want to create?
- Room-wide ambience: Illuminating a kitchen calls for more and brighter lighting than you’d want in a den or a bedroom.
- Accent: When you have something you want to enhance, such as a fireplace, sculpture or painting, lighting it at an angle produces the most flattering results.
- Downwashing: Harsh spots directly beneath bright ceiling lights can be avoided by placing your recessed downlighting near a wall and directing the light onto it. The light that bounces off the wall is warmer and more soothing than direct light.
- Task: When you want a small area to be very bright so you can read or do detailed work, place your fixture directly above your desk or countertop.
Choose a lamp type
- Classic, or A, lamps are the most common. They are general-purpose, useful for many applications.
- Reflector, or R, lamps are best for flood, spot and display lighting, because they have reflectors and controlled beams.
- Parabolic aluminized reflector, or PAR, lamps are great for task lighting because they have long beams with a wide spread.
- Multifaceted reflector, or MR16, lamps are made for accent lighting because they concentrate the beam.
Lumens
Lumens are the way to measure how much brightness a bulb produces and watts are the way to measure how much energy a bulb uses. Because LEDs are so efficient, watts are no longer the best way to measure brightness. What was called 100 watts with incandescent lighting is equivalent to 1,600 lumens with LEDs. To get 60 watts of lighting, choose an LED with 820 lumens.
How much you can expect to spend on recessed lighting
What drives pricing for recessed lighting more than anything else is the number of fixtures that come with the package or the kit. You can expect to pay from $7-$12 per fixture.
Recessed lighting FAQ
What is an IC rating?
A. An IC rating means the recessed lighting housing is safe to come in contact with insulation in the ceiling.
What is the best way to aim light at my painting?
A. When spotlighting art, light angled 30 degrees downward does the best job of reducing glare.
What’s the best recessed lighting to buy?
Top recessed lighting
Lumary Smart 4-Inch LED Recessed Lights With Junction Box 4-Pack
What you need to know: These ultra-thin 810-lumen dimmable recessed LED lights with edge-lit technology work with your remote control, Alexis or Google Assistant.
What you’ll love: A single button turns the lights on and off, adjusts brightness and changes colors on all four of these lights. Safe to install in direct contact with insulation, the lights attach by spring clips. Set your own schedule to turn lights on and off.
What you should consider: You may need to reset the timer occasionally.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top recessed lighting for the money
Mounight 6-Pack LED Recessed Ceiling Light With Night Light
What you need to know: These ultra-thin can-killer downlights are dimmable.
What you’ll love: The night light mode reduces output for soft illumination at night without flickering, flashing or humming. The memory function returns your lights to the last mode you had set and you can choose between five color temperatures.
What you should consider: Some said the wire nuts were the wrong size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Halo 6-Inch LED Recessed Can Light Downlight 6-Pack
What you need to know: The connectors that join the fixture to the junction box are waterproof, an excellent choice for the high humidity in bathrooms.
What you’ll love: These lights are listed for showers and protected ceilings and can be used for outdoor walkways, covered porches and gazebos. The LED module is fully interchangeable and upgradable.
What you should consider: Some buyers report having trouble getting the fixtures to fit flush against the ceiling.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Logistics giant FedEx makes an investment in Vue.ai through FedEx Innovation Lab
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vue.ai announces a new investment from FedEx Innovation Lab(FIL). FedEx and Vue.ai will collaborate to use advanced technology and data-driven insights to create smarter supply chains with differentiated offerings to deliver greater value and experience for customers.
The FedEx Innovation Lab(FIL) makes investments in rising start-ups in India and brings additional value in terms of capabilities and speed to market to start-up firms through the FedEx network, resources, and global customer base. These collaborations will help expand FedEx advanced digital capabilities globally as it continues to evolve its operations and product offerings to meet the needs of the modern supply chain. The partnerships formed through FIL will benefit customers globally.
Vue.ai, powers AI transformation for fortune 2000 companies and large enterprises across industries. Vue.ai enables meaningful adoption of AI and builds a wide range of applications across industries on top of the platform using a combination of it's large preset model marketplace or DSML tools which allow them to build their own models on top of a fully setup data platform layer.
The Vue.ai platform takes a data-centric approach to operationalizing AI on the scale in the enterprise. With a focus on enriching and extracting the most out of data, letting the AI decide which models get applied when for whom and by whom based on interaction with its users. The company will continue to expand its capabilities across industries, to serve as the single unifying AI platform on top of which large enterprises can build entire vertically integrated stacks that are relevant to their industry.
Ashwini Asokan, Mad Street Den's CEO highlighted the significance of this collaboration, noting that "Vue.ai is thrilled to be working alongside FedEx. The FedEx vision for logistics powered by AI was an incredibly exciting proposal for us. Through this partnership, we aim to power mission critical applications and a data centric approach for the logistics industry and collaborate on a holistic vision for AI in the organization. By bringing this collaboration to market, our goal is to explore and execute tech-led product innovation and enable smart logistics for all.'
"FedEx is committed to creating smart logistics for all and this investment will be instrumental for both parties to achieve technological innovation that benefits global customers. This collaboration will also help expand FedEx's advanced digital capabilities as it continues to differentiate its portfolio offerings to meet modern supply chain and logistics needs'', said Kami Viswanathan, senior vice president, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa (MEISA), FedEx Express
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CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 49 points, Zach LaVine finished with 39 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 139-131 in double overtime on Friday night.
Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 11 rebounds.
Minnesota All-Star Anthony Edwards left with a sprained right ankle in the first quarter, and the Timberwolves lost for the fourth time in five games.
Mike Conley led Minnesota with 28 points, nailing 8 of 12 3-pointers. Rudy Gobert finished with 21 points and 19 rebounds, and Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points.
The Bulls led 130-125 in the second OT before Conley hit a 3-pointer. Minnesota’s Naz Reid had a layup rim out, and DeRozan made a turnaround jumper to bump Chicago’s lead to 132-28 with 1:27 remaining.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made the second free throw after an airball to pull the Timberwolves within three, but Vucevic brought the Bulls bench to its feet with a thunderous one-handed dunk for a three-point play with just over a minute left.
Reid drove for a layup to make it a four-point game. But DeRozan made four free throws in the final 36 seconds to help Chicago come away with a wild win.
Edwards was hurt late in the first quarter when he landed awkwardly after jumping while throwing a pass. He stayed down clutching his ankle before being helped to the back.
Losing Edwards would be a big blow for the Timberwolves, who came in tied for seventh in the Western Conference and are trying to avoid the play-in. He came into the game averaging 25 points and made his first All-Star team this year.
Conley nailed a 3 to give Minnesota a 121-118 lead in the first overtime. DeRozan tied on a three-point play with just over a minute left, with Gobert fouling out in the process.
McDaniels then scored to put Minnesota back on top. LaVine drove for a tying layup with 11 seconds remaining after the Timberwolves' Taurean Prince threw the ball away, and McDaniels missed a pull-up 3 for Minnesota.
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Timberwolves: Coach Chris Finch said there are “a lot of dynamics” to Karl-Anthony Towns' impending return that the Timberwolves “haven't really dug into” because there are still some unknowns, such as whether he will be on a minutes restriction. Towns hasn't played since he strained his right calf against Nov. 28 in a game at Washington. The team announced Wednesday the three-time All-Star is expected to return “in the coming weeks.” “The good thing about KAT is he's pretty much wired to make the right play, whether it's passing or shooting," Finch said.
Bulls: Coach Billy Donovan wasn’t sure when or even if Lonzo Ball will play again for Chicago, with the point guard set to have yet another surgery on his troublesome left knee. Donovan said Ball will likely undergo a cartilage transplant early next week, though he wasn’t sure which day, and is in for “a long rehab.” The surgery will be the third on the knee in 14 months for Ball, who was ruled out for the season in February.
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Timberwolves: Visit Toronto on Saturday.
Bulls: Host Miami on Saturday.
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KILLEEN — Lake Belton’s Tiffany Lange won the individual District 22-5A title, leading the Lady Broncos’ charge Monday and Tuesday to the team championship at Stonetree Golf Club.
Lange, Lake Belton win 22-5A golf tourney; Belton’s Munoz moves on
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President Biden spoke by phone with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Monday and offered federal assistance as New York deals with a massive winter storm that has claimed more than two dozen lives.
Biden offered “the full force of the federal government” to address the impacts of the “historic winter storm,” the White House said, adding that he’s directed officials to quickly respond to any requests for assistance from New York.
“The President shared that his and the First Lady’s prayers are with the people of New York and all those who lost loved ones. He expressed his gratitude to the Governor for her leadership and to the National Guard, law enforcement, and first responders for their tireless work,” the White House said in a statement.
The death toll from the storm in New York hit 27 on Monday, according to The Associated Press, representing roughly half of the total fatalities attributed to the Christmas weekend storm that swept across the country.
Many of the deaths in New York are in Erie County, around Buffalo.
“I am sad to announce that our City has lost at least 20 members of our community due to the winter storm. Everyone please continue to be safe,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown tweeted on Monday.
Eighteen storm-related deaths were confirmed over the weekend across Erie and Niagara counties, local outlet WIVB reported, before topping two dozen on Monday.
As much as 49 inches of snow have been reported in some areas of western New York as of Monday afternoon, with local authorities warning of more on the way.
“This is a major disaster that in some ways may turn out to be worse than the blizzard of ’77,” Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said at a news conference on Sunday.
Some people were stranded in their vehicles for more than two days while others have faced below-freezing temperatures in their homes, Poloncarz said.
The city has told residents to keep cars off roads as responders try to rescue motorists still stranded.
Around 10,000 Buffalo residents are still without power, Brown said Monday, down from a peak of around 20,000.
A winter weather advisory for the area in western New York remains in effect until 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Hochul called it the “most devastating storm in Buffalo’s long, storied history” and said the state is at “war with Mother Nature.”
Julia Mueller contributed.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police searched the home of a nephew of former President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday in connection with the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings in the capital by far-right protesters.
Police said Leonardo Rodrigues de Jesus, known by Bolsonaro supporters as Leo Índio, was one of the targets of a series of raids that led to 11 arrests in different states. It was the first time a member of Bolsonaro’s family has been included in the investigations of the uprising in Brasilia, which underlined the political polarization in Brazil.
Police said those under investigation could be tried for crimes against democracy and criminal association.
De Jesus posted his picture near the entrance of the Congress building on social media on the day of the uprising. Later, Bolsonaro’s nephew accused leftists of infiltrating the protest to attack government buildings. Police investigations have found no evidence to back up this claim.
De Jesus has a close relationship to one of Bolsonaro’s sons, Carlos Bolsonaro, a city council member in Rio de Janeiro. The two often appeared together at the presidential palace in Brasilia when the far-right president was in office. Their visits were kept secret by the Bolsonaro administration following opposition criticism.
Carlos Bolsonaro is the head of the former president’s digital operations and a key member of Bolsonaro’s failed reelection bid.
De Jesus was one of Carlos Bolsonaro’s aides in Rio and moved to Brasilia in 2019. He joined a senator’s Cabinet team and later Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party group as an adviser at the Senate. He was later fired after the local media revealed he was a “phantom employee” — someone who did not show up for work but still was paid for the post.
In 2022, he ran as a Federal District councilor but didn’t gather enough votes.
De Jesus has been investigated by Rio de Janeiro’s judicial authorities since 2021, when it was alleged he received money transfers from the Cabinet of one of Bolsonaro’s sons, Flavio, when he was on the city council. Public money was also allegedly used to pay De Jesus’ rent.
The Supreme Court had already requested De Jesus’ preventative arrest in connection with the Jan. 8 attacks, but police said he had not been detained yet. De Jesus can appeal that order, but he declared a lack of funds to pay the costs of his attorneys.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva guaranteed at a meeting with state governors that what happened on Jan. 8 won’t occur again, calling it a coup attempt
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McAllen Sees Decline in Permits for Residential Construction
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MCALLEN – Construction in McAllen will continue despite the lulls in activity. Where homebuyers may see the difference is in availability and price.
For over 40 years, the purpose of Affordable Homes of South Texas is to help low-income families purchase their lot of the American dream.
Deputy Executive Director Ken Dejarnett says the need continues to this day.
"We have 300-400 families a month," he said.
They buy and build in large tracts of land to sell at-cost.
However, Dejarnett said, "Those days are gone for us and certainly in the affordable housing."
These past few years, finding properties is an increasingly challenging task. They became resourceful resorting to scattered site-building.
He explains, "If you look there are large number of vacant lots and lots with old deteriorating home in the downtown area."
City data CHANNEL 5 NEWS analyzed says overall permit activity went down for residential construction. The number of certificates declaring a residence was in compliance declined from 521 in 2016 to 249 in 2017. That's 52 percent less.
There's another way the city measure growth. McAllen City Manager Roy Rodriguez says they track the amount added to the tax base. It reflects a similar decrease.
In 2014 and 2015, they brought in about $200 million for each year; but 2016 was exceptionally good.
Rodriguez says the city attributes that to, "an IDEA Academy, a waste water treatment plant that went up, obviously La Plaza Mall."
Then the city went from $405 million down to $215 million in 2017. There are some notable culprits.
"Dirt in McAllen is more expensive," explains Rodriguez.
McAllen also faces land-lock issues. He says, "We all know that we're surrounded by cities around us east and west and to the northeast for that matter. So our growth corridor is north and northwest."
Construction in that far part of town is ongoing for upscale subdivisions like Tres Lagos. The land is more accessible there but still not within the reach of Affordable Homes clientele.
Dejarnett explains, "The only negative about that for us, particularly with the lower and moderate-income families, is they need transportation to the work areas."
Affordable Homes continues to strive to build between 75 to 100 homes this year as they do every year. They'll just have to adapt to the challenges to stay in the market.
Dejarnett says they are now working in Rio Grande City, Mercedes and San Antonio not only because of the need in those areas but because the land is also more affordable.
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Women say the college ignored harassment, failed to pay overtime and retaliated against them for telling the truth
TALLADEGA, Ala., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three employees filed a federal lawsuit against Talladega College this week charging, among other things, that the college routinely failed to pay them overtime and subjected them to a hostile work environment rife with sexual harassment, degradation, and fear. The women are represented by Artur Davis (HKM Employment Attorneys) and Arnold Lizana (Law Offices of Arnold J Lizana III).
Filed Thursday in the Northern District of Alabama, the lawsuit reveals a disturbing account complete with alcohol-fueled parties, unwanted sexual advances, and a culture of silence where the three women, employed as housekeepers, lived in fear for their jobs and their safety while supervisors turned a blind eye or retaliated against anyone who complained.
"These women worked in an atmosphere of exploitation and intimidation when they were simply trying to earn money to survive," said Davis who confirms they are also filing charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). "Our grandmothers told these kinds of stories and they have no place in today's workforce."
Among the examples outlined in the lawsuit is harassment by a state inmate working at the college as part of a work release program. Though the women notified their superiors of the behavior, which included everything from profanity, propositions, and threats to unwanted groping and fondling, they were either ignored or told to "stop griping." The lawsuit alleges that supervisors and senior executives were made aware of the harassment complaints, but never informed Talladega's Title IX Coordinator, the official responsible for investigating sexual harassment on campus.
When one of the women complained to the Alabama Department of Corrections and Attorney General's Office out of fear for her safety, she was disciplined by the college and banned from campus.
"By its actions, Talladega College is essentially telling women on that campus that it doesn't matter how many times you're groped, propositioned, or threatened, they're not going to do anything about it," said Lizana. "They're saying that you're not even allowed to call law enforcement and, if you do, they'll punish you."
"That's not just immoral. It's illegal."
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PARIS (AP) — While the European Union agreed to curtail its use of Russian oil and gas, its member nations continue to import and export nuclear fuel that is not under EU sanctions – to the chagrin of the Ukrainian government and environmental activists.
A cargo ship carrying uranium that departed from the French port of Dunkirk traveled the North Sea on Thursday, heading toward the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga. It was the third time in just over a month that the Panama-flagged Mikhail Dudin ship docked in Dunkirk to transport uranium.
Environmental group Greenpeace France denounced the ongoing shipments to and from Russia and called for stopping all trade in nuclear fuel, which it said was “financing the war in Ukraine, extending (Europe’s) energy dependence and delaying the transition to renewable energy.”
The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, did not propose targeting Russia’s nuclear sector in its latest sanctions package presented Wednesday.
“France ensures strict compliance by economic players with all the European sanctions adopted against Russia. Civil nuclear power is not affected by these sanctions,” the French Foreign Affairs Ministry told the Associated Press.
The ministry added in a written statement: The EU member states “did not consider this to be a relevant area for ending Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
Ukraine, meanwhile, is pushing for European sanctions in that area.
The Ukrainian president’s economic adviser, Oleg Ustenko, said Wednesday that “in terms of uranium, we think it’s extremely important to impose sanctions, not only on Russian oil.”
“Oil, gas, uranium and coal, all this should be banned. Because they are using this money in order to finance this war,” Ustenko said.
According to Greenpeace France, reprocessed uranium meant to be transported to Russia were loaded onto the Mikhail Dudin on Wednesday. A video provided by the environmental group shows a crane lifting containers onto the ship.
Pauline Boyer, an energy campaigner at Greenpeace France, said in a statement that the ship’s repeated trips between Russia and France show “the extent to which the French nuclear industry is trapped in its dependence on Russia.”
French authorities have repeatedly said the country does not depend on Russia to supply the nuclear power plants that provide 67% of its electricity — more than any other nation.
“The value of trade in nuclear fuel exported from Russia is small compared to that of gas and oil exports,” the French foreign ministry said, suggesting that imposing sanctions in that area would not have much effect on Moscow.
The ministry said France and the European Union aim “in the long term” to be independent from all Russian energy sources, including nuclear fuel.
Greenpeace France said a shipment of Russian uranium that an Associated Press reporter saw getting unloaded in Dunkirk earlier this month was transported by trucks to a plant in Lingen, Germany.
The Lingen plant is operated by Framatome, which is majority-owned by French utility giant EDF.
Faced with activists’ protests, the German government took a critical view toward the uranium shipment but said it couldn’t stop the fuel from being processed because it isn’t covered by the EU’s war-related sanctions on Russia.
At the end of last month, enriched uranium unloaded from the Mikhail Dudin in Dunkirk was destined for the Rhone valley in southern France, which is home to major sites of the French civil nuclear industry, according to Greenpeace France.
The French nuclear sector has a series of contracts with Russian state-controlled energy giant Rosatom, including some to import enriched uranium destined for European nuclear power plants and to export reprocessed uranium to Russia. Rosatom is one of the world’s biggest actors in the nuclear energy market.
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There was hope that the work being done to Easton’s Centre Square would be done in time for PA Bacon Fest, but by the time the grease started sizzling, there were still sections blocked off for construction.
It was far from the hellscape it was just a week prior, when roads weren’t paved and every entry street was blocked off, but it wasn’t quite over the finish line, and there were chances it could’ve been a huge pain in the pork butt.
Fortunately, the festival went off without a hitch in the eyes of the city and festival organizers. In fact, the construction was far enough along that the newly refurbished area around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument was quite the hit.
“It was really great to see so many of our guests enjoying the inside of the circle,” Marcy McKinney, the manager of special events and promotions at the Greater Easton Development Partnership.
“We got a lot of great comments about it,” said Mayor Sal Panto Jr., who noted that he received a handful of compliments on how the project was turning out.
The one major phase of the renovation that wasn’t finished was the quad in front of the Crayola Experience. Panto said there was a concrete supply issue that prevented that section from being wrapped up. McKinney said that the festival actually had a perfectly fine time working around the unfinished quad, which would normally host vendor tents.
“The construction of Centre Square certainly kept us on our toes as far as layout for our vendors,” she said. “It was something that kept evolving, and then all of a sudden, it kicked into full gear, and everything came together there at the end.”
Anyone who’s driven into downtown Easton for Bacon Fest before knows what a nightmare it can be, and with all the construction projects going on around the city — not just in the circle — there was a chance it could’ve been exacerbated.
Apparently, that possibility was on festival-goers minds this year too, because McKinney said it seemed like far more guests used the festival’s shuttle services that take guests into downtown from locations like Braden Airpark and the William Penn Highway Park & Ride. In turn, there was far less gridlock on the streets of downtown Easton than a typical Bacon Fest. McKinney said she’s now thinking of adding yet another shuttle to the festival fleet for next year.
Speaking of, next year’s Bacon Fest will take place on Nov. 4 and 5 with just as much bacon and far less construction.
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CNN anchor Kasie Hunt has welcomed her second child — after a surprise delivery one day early.
"My husband (Matt Rivera) & I are thrilled to introduce our daughter, Grey Hunt Rivera—though really, she introduced herself," she wrote on Instagram Friday. "Grey was delivered by dad on the bathroom floor after 13 minutes of labor, before we even had time to dial 911, and 24 hours before she was scheduled to arrive via C section."
Hunt, who is CNN's chief national affairs analyst, said the Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Department talked the couple through the stressful moments of the delivery. First responders arrived "within minutes" to take Hunt and her newborn to the hospital.
She shared a photo of herself cradling the baby girl, sitting on the bathroom floor and smiling as she spoke to a paramedic.
"Congratulations, and we are proud to have played a role in bringing this beautiful child into the word. It’s what we train for," the department said on Twitter.
The couple told People that Grey was born on Wednesday, weighing 8 pounds and 4 ounces. Their first child, 3-year-old Mars, is thrilled to be a big brother.
"We're so excited about life as a family of four — and reminded it's going to be that much more unpredictable!" the couple told the magazine.
According to a Saturday Instagram story from Hunt, both mom and baby are back home from the hospital.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP)Kris Monroe scored 23 points as North Carolina Central beat UNC Asheville 79-66 on Tuesday night.
Monroe shot 9 for 13, including 5 for 9 from beyond the arc for the Eagles (4-3). Justin Wright scored 16 points and added three steals. Eric Boone shot 3 of 4 from the field and 4 for 4 from the line to finish with 11 points, while adding seven assists and three steals.
Alex Caldwell led the Bulldogs (4-3) in scoring, finishing with 16 points. Drew Pember added 15 points, eight rebounds and three blocks for UNC Asheville. Tajion Jones also had 15 points.
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Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird has nominated a local architect to be the new director of the city's Urban Development Department.
Peter Hind, who is manager of the Lincoln Architecture Group at Schemmer Associates Inc., will start in September, assuming his appointment is approved by the City Council. His salary will be $165,000.
Hind has more than 23 years of experience in residential, commercial, multi-family and health care design. Before joining Schemmer in 2019, he was a founding partner of studio951 in Lincoln and principal of award-winning FOUNDarchitects.
Hind also was a tenured professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a member of the city's Urban Design Committee.
“Peter’s diverse professional background and impressive portfolio position him to continue Lincoln’s trajectory of growth and success,” Gaylor Baird said in a news release. “He commands rich experience in seeing complex projects through to completion and brings with him a strong commitment to problem-solving, innovation, and public service.”
Hind would take over for Dan Marvin, who is retiring this month after leading the department since 2019.
“Dan Marvin’s visionary leadership of our Urban Development team resulted in record-setting progress on affordable housing, increased housing stability for our most economically vulnerable community members, improved quality and safety of our existing housing stock, and a boom of growth and development across the city," Gaylor Baird said. "He leaves a legacy that can be seen across Lincoln’s growing skyline and in the hearts and homes of residents across the community."
The Urban Development Department manages Lincoln's share of federal Community Development Block Grant funds, serves as the city's redevelopment authority, coordinates acquisition of right of way and sales of city property, and manages public parking resources.
"I am truly honored to be given this opportunity to serve the people of the city of Lincoln. I'm excited to work with the Urban Development Department team, the mayor's office, and the various constituents and stakeholders to help make Lincoln an even more vibrant, sustainable, and beautiful city," Hind said.
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Which oversized blazer is best?
The 1980s trend of the oversized blazer quickly became a wardrobe staple for many due to its versatility and comfort. It’s ideal for any season because you can pair it with bike shorts and a crop top in warmer months, and it looks just as great with slacks, leggings and a button-up when the weather cools down.
The best ones, such as the Grlasen Long-Sleeved Oversized Blazer, have long hemlines with button closures and lining for coverage. They should also sport hues that complement the rest of your wardrobe.
What to know before you buy an oversized blazer
What is an oversized blazer?
An oversized blazer is what it seems; it’s a blazer with a loose fit that hangs on your body for a casual but elegant aesthetic. Also called the boyfriend blazer, it typically has slightly longer arms with a cuff that lands just past your wrists and a bottom hemline that rests low on your hip, sometimes at mid-thigh.
You can easily dress them up or down, and the best varieties have universally flattering silhouettes with structured shoulders and a button closure to show off your curves.
Oversized blazer styles
The right oversized blazer can bring out your best features. There are six silhouettes and textures to consider.
- Classic oversized: This is universally flattering with a long hemline, wide lapel and button closure.
- Leather: This is made from matte or shiny leather, adding an edgy touch to the everyday blazer.
- Waterfall: This boasts the shape of the classic blazer, but instead of a button closure, it has added fabric that drapes at the center.
- Belted: This gives you a flattering silhouette by tapering your waist with a chic belt.
- Denim: This supremely stylish blazer is made from denim with washes that range from dark to light with optional distressing.
- Tuxedo: This has a matte shell with a satin lapel and joins at the waist with several rows of buttons, giving it a more formal look.
How to find your blazer size
To ensure you get an oversized blazer that fits, compare your measurements to the manufacturer’s sizing chart. There are three easy steps to finding your measurements.
- Shoulders: Place the measuring tape on the tip of one shoulder and measure the distance across your back to the tip of your other shoulder.
- Chest: Wearing a thin top, measure the circumference of the fullest part of your bust.
- Waist: Measure the smallest part of your midsection, typically at your navel.
What to look for in a quality oversized blazer
Lining
Lined blazers give you more warmth and coverage than unlined ones. They also help you achieve a clean, smooth look because they mask the lumps and bumps caused by bra lines and the clothes you wear under the jacket.
Pockets
Pockets are important on blazers because they help you tote around essentials, such as your phone, credit cards and keys. While pockets are typically placed at the hips, you can also check for them on the jacket’s chest and interior.
Button closure
A button closure can help you create a curvier silhouette and stay warm. Even if you prefer to let your jacket hang open, it’s still helpful to have the option to close it when you need to.
How much you can expect to spend on an oversized blazer
While designer models can cost $100 or more, you can easily find a high-quality blazer from a retailer for about $40-$70.
Oversized blazer FAQ
How can you give your blousy blazer a more fitted look?
A. Consider a belt or a cinch clip that secures the extra fabric at the small of your back.
How should you wash your machine-washable blazer?
A. Fill your sink with water and add 1 teaspoon of a gentle detergent. Place your blazer in the water and let it soak for 30 minutes. Then gently scrub soiled areas with a cloth and rinse the garment with clean water. Finally, place it on a hanger and hang it out to dry.
What’s the best oversized blazer to buy?
Top oversized blazer
Grlasen Long-Sleeved Oversized Blazer
What you need to know: This trendy blazer has structured shoulder pads with a loose but elegant aesthetic and goes with anything.
What you’ll love: This oversized blazer lands mid-thigh and has a classic boxy shape with long arms and a wide lapel. It also features a button closure, pockets at the hips and a smooth lining for a polished look. It comes in 30 varieties, in sizes S-XXL.
What you should consider: Some people reported that the bottom hemline was a bit longer than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top oversized blazer for the money
What you need to know: This chic blazer lands at your mid-thigh and gives you a perfectly polished look with a casual feel.
What you’ll love: It has a blousy look, long sleeves, a single-button closure and a notched lapel. It’s also lined for coverage, has pockets at the hips and has added stretch for comfort. It comes in eight hues, in sizes S-XXL.
What you should consider: Some people reported that its sleeves aren’t as slouchy as they hoped they would be.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This sophisticated blazer can easily be dressed up or down and completes any outfit.
What you’ll love: It features a notched collar, long hemline and polyester lining. It also has added stretch for comfort, closes with a large button to create a flattering silhouette and has long sleeves. It comes in 13 hues, sizes S-XXL.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said they didn’t like that this blazer is dry-clean only.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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‘Oh my God’: Woman survives bison attack at state park
QUITAQUE, Texas (CNN) - A Texas woman is recovering after surviving being gored by a bison.
Rebecca Clark shared a video on social media of the incident. She said she posted the video in hopes of educating others.
Clark said she was on a hike earlier this month in Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway in Briscoe County when she came upon several bison.
According to Clark, she tried to walk past them slowly, but one of them charged her. As she ran, a bison gored her and knocked her into a thorny mesquite bush.
Clark can be heard saying in the video, “Oh my God,” while attempting to escape the animal.
The woman said she texted her son and friends for help as authorities responded and rescued her.
According to an incident report, Clark suffered about a 3-inch puncture wound on her back. She said she is healing from her injuries and plans to continue hiking.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reminded visitors to give bison plenty of space by staying at least 50 yards away.
Officials urged hikers to leave the area if they notice animals changing their behavior.
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Yosemite fire grows as crews protect iconic sequoias
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town.
Campers near the blaze were evacuated but the rest of the sprawling park in California remained open, though smoke that hung in the air obscured some scenic vistas.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened in the Mariposa Grove but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, including the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant. Some of the massive trunks were wrapped in fire-resistant foil for protection as the blaze burned out of control.
The cause of the Washburn Fire was under investigation. It had grown to nearly 2.5 square miles (6.7 square kilometers) by Sunday morning.
Beyond the trees, the community of Wawona, which is surrounded by parkland and a campground, was under threat, with people ordered to leave their homes and campsites Friday night.
The blaze was proving difficult to contain, with firefighters throwing “every tactic imaginable” at it, including dropping fire retardant from the air, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.
Firefighters planed to use bulldozers to create fire lines protecting Wawona, she said. About 600 to 700 people who were staying at the Wawona campground in tents, cabins and a historic hotel were ordered to leave.
Though firefighters were facing hot and dry conditions, they didn’t have to contend with intense winds over the weekend, said Jeffrey Barlow, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford. Given the relatively small size of the fire and minimal winds, smoke impacts were not expected to stretch far beyond the park, he said Saturday.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove over a year ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
Meanwhile, most evacuation orders were lifted Saturday in the Sierra foothills about 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, where a fire broke out on July 4. The Electra Fire that began near Jackson was mostly contained, and only areas directly within the fire’s perimeter remained under evacuation orders, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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NEW YORK — Dust off your eclipse glasses: It’s only a year until a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America.
On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness.
It’s been less than six years since a total solar eclipse cut across the U.S., from coast to coast. That was on Aug. 21, 2017.
If you miss next year’s spectacle, you’ll have to wait 20 years until the next one hits the U.S. But that total eclipse will only be visible in Montana and the Dakotas.
Here’s what to know to get ready for the 2024 show:
Where can I see it?
Next year’s eclipse will slice a diagonal line across North America on April 8, which falls on a Monday.
It will start in the Pacific and first reach land over Mexico around 11:07 a.m. local time, NASA predicts. Then, it’ll cross over into Texas and move across parts of the Midwest and Northeast in the afternoon.
All in all, it will hit parts of 13 U.S. states: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Cities in its path include Dallas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Indianapolis; Cleveland and Buffalo, New York.
Parts of Canada — including Quebec and Newfoundland — will also get a glimpse before the eclipse heads out to sea in the early evening.
A total eclipse will be visible within a 115-mile wide swath — the path of totality. Outside that path, you can still see a partial solar eclipse, where the moon takes a bite out of the sun and turns it into a crescent shape.
Total eclipses happen about every 18 months, but a lot of times they cross over remote areas where few people see them.
What happens during an eclipse?
Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes in between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s light from reaching us.
Even though the moon is about 400 times smaller than the sun, it’s also about 400 times closer to Earth, explained University of Colorado astronomer Doug Duncan. So when the orbits line up just right, the little moon can block out the whole sun. Those who are standing in the right spots will experience totality: when the moon casts its shadow over the landscape.
“In just seconds, you go from bright, bright daylight to like the middle of the night,” said Dr. Debby Brown, who saw her first total eclipse in 2017 with Duncan in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
“The stars are out. All of a sudden, all the animals are quiet,” recalled Brown, of Arlington, Virginia.
During the 2024 eclipse, totality will stretch to around four and a half minutes — almost twice as long as in 2017.
What’s the best spot?
To catch the full eclipse experience, planning ahead is key, Duncan said. Weather could be a big factor since the eclipse is coming in the spring, when conditions are unpredictable. That’s why Duncan selected Texas for his eclipse tour next year, where there are better odds of clear skies.
Your choice also depends on what kind of experience you’re looking for, said Bob Baer, who’s coordinating eclipse plans at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Carbondale — in the crossroads of both the 2017 and 2024 eclipse paths — will hold a viewing event at the school’s stadium again. It’s a big group experience, Baer said: “The last 20 minutes before totality, the stadium gets as loud as a football game.”
But you can find eclipse events of all different flavors planned along the eclipse path: luxury cruises in Mexico, music festivals in Texas, farm camping in Arkansas, planetarium visits in upstate New York.
“The goal, at the end of the day, is to get as many people outside as possible, looking up during totality,” said Dan Schneiderman, who is helping the Rochester Museum and Science Center plan events. “Hopefully with their close friends and loved ones.”
You’ll want to grab eclipse glasses to see the partial phases before and after totality, Schneiderman added. Looking at the partially covered sun without protection can cause serious eye damage.
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Brown and her husband are planning to join Duncan’s eclipse tour in Austin. Her first eclipse experience flew by.
“I’m looking forward to being able to enjoy this even longer,” Brown said. “To be able to just lean into the moment.”
What other eclipses are coming up?
The U.S. will get some eclipse action ahead of the big event in 2024. There will be an annular eclipse — when the sun isn’t completely covered, but appears like a ring of fire in the sky — later this year, on Oct. 14.
The path of that eclipse will cross from Oregon down through California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Later this month, there will be a rare hybrid eclipse, which switches between a total and an annular eclipse at different points along its path. But few people will see it. The April 20 eclipse is mostly over the Indian Ocean, and only crosses over a few slivers of Australia and Southeast Asia.
With a 20-year gap until the next total solar eclipse in the U.S., Duncan says it will be worth it to be in the path of totality next year. He’s witnessed 12 total eclipses so far.
Seeing a partial eclipse — even if it’s 90% covered — means “you missed all the good stuff,” he said.
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2 dead in Brookhaven apartment fire
Published: Feb. 26, 2023 at 8:29 AM CST|Updated: 21 minutes ago
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WLBT) - Two people died in an apartment fire in Brookhaven Saturday night.
According to officials, the fire occurred around 11 p.m. at the Brookwood Apartments in the 100 block of East Chippewa Street.
The fire at the scene is still being contained and put out by the Brookhaven Fire Department.
It is believed that the fire was set intentionally.
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