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Rory McIlroy overcame four bogeys in the final round to birdie-birdie the finish and best Robert MacIntyre by a stroke at the Genesis Scottish Open on Sunday.
Here is the equipment he used to do it:
Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (9 degrees)
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (15 degrees @13)
Irons: TaylorMade P760 (2, 4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG3 (46-09SB), TaylorMade MG4 (50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider X
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left a Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis.
The sun broke through the clouds during the Mass, one of the longest services on the Church’s calendar, as Francis, red vestments placed over his coat, sat in a chair under a canopy erected in the square.
He took his place there after standing and clutching a braided palm branch in a popemobile that drove at the tail end of a long, solemn procession of cardinals, other prelates and rank-and-file Catholics. Participants carried palm fronds or olive tree branches.
Francis, 86, received antibiotics administered intravenously during his three-day stay. He last previous appearance in St. Peter’s Square saw him conduct his his regular Wednesday public audience. He was taken to Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic that same day after feeling ill.
His voice sounded strong as he opened the Mass, but quickly turned strained. Despite the hoarseness, Francis read a 15-minute-long homily, occasionally adding off-the-cuff remarks for emphasis or gesturing with a hand.
The homily focused on moments when people feel “extreme pain, love that fails, or is rejected or betrayed.” Francis cited “children who are rejected or aborted,” as well as broken marriages, “forms of social exclusion, injustice and oppression, (and) the solitude of sickness.”
Deviating from his prepared speech, Francis spoke about a homeless German man who recently died, “alone, abandoned,” under the colonnade circling St. Peter’s Square, where homeless persons often sleep.
“I, too, need Jesus to caress me and be near to me,” Francis said.
Concern over abandonment threaded through his homily. “Entire peoples are exploited and abandoned; the poor live on our streets and we look the other way; migrants are no longer faces but numbers; prisoners are disowned, people written off as problems,” Francis said.
The pope also referred to “young people who feel a great emptiness inside without anyone really listening to their cry of pain,” and who “find no other path but that of suicide.”
Palm Sunday marks Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem in the time leading up to his crucifixion, which Christians observe on Good Friday.
At the end of Mass, Francis greeted the Romans, tourists and pilgrims who had flocked to the square, noting that many in the crowd of 60,000 had come from afar.
“I thank you for your participation and prayers, that in the last days you intensified,” the pontiff said, a reference to the many wishes he received for a quick recovery during his hospitalization. ”Thanks!”
Francis’ appearance on Sunday opened a heavy schedule of Holy Week appointments, including a Holy Thursday Mass at a juvenile prison in Rome. Holy Week culminates on April 9 with Easter Sunday Mass, which recalls the Christian belief in Jesus’ resurrection.
Francis said Holy Week will see “more intense prayer” for the “martyred Ukrainian people.” In a reference Russia’s war in Ukraine, he noted that the olive branches Catholics wave on Palm Sunday are symbols of Jesus’ peace.
Then, the cardinals greeted Francis greeted one by one, some shaking his hand or chatting briefly with him as he sat in the wheelchair he uses to cope with a chronic knee problem. At least one prelate gave him a kiss on each cheek.
Finally, Francis went back aboard the open-topped popemobile to loop around and through the square, as he smiled and waved to the faithful, many of whom held aloft national flags. At one point during the nearly 20-minute jaunt over the cobblestones, he was driven down a stretch of the boulevard lined with cafes and souvenir shops that leads to St. Peter’s Square. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/international/rebounding-pope-francis-begins-palm-sunday-mass-at-vatican/ | 2023-04-02 18:43:08 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/international/rebounding-pope-francis-begins-palm-sunday-mass-at-vatican/ |
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. ("Harmony" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: HRMY), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative therapies for patients with rare neurological diseases, today announced that it will report first quarter 2023 financial results on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, before the open of the U.S. financial markets. Harmony will host a conference call and live webcast on May 2, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the results.
To participate in the call, please dial (800) 343-4136 (domestic) or +1 (203) 518-9843 (international), and reference passcode HRMYQ123. It is recommended that you dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the call.
The live and replayed webcast of the call will be available on the investor page of our website at https://ir.harmonybiosciences.com/.
About Harmony Biosciences
At Harmony Biosciences, we specialize in developing and delivering treatments for rare neurological diseases that others often overlook. We believe that where empathy and innovation meet, a better life can begin for people living with neurological diseases. Established by Paragon Biosciences, LLC, in 2017 and headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, PA, our team of experts from a wide variety of disciplines and experiences is driven by our shared conviction that innovative science translates into therapeutic possibilities for our patients, who are at the heart of everything we do. For more information, please visit www.harmonybiosciences.com.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Smart Sand, Inc. (SND) on Tuesday reported net income of $2.6 million in its fourth quarter.
On a per-share basis, the The Woodlands, Texas-based company said it had profit of 6 cents.
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The company posted revenue of $73.8 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $703,000, or 2 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $255.7 million.
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Ivey takes oath, begins second full term as Alabama’s 54th governor
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Monday marked the kick off Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s second full term in office with an inauguration and parade attended by several hundred invited guests and onlookers.
With five fabric panels hung from the building’s façade to create the backdrop of a large state flag, Ivey and other state constitutional officers walked down the marble steps of the Capitol, looked out on historic Dexter Avenue and pledged their oaths to defend the state and national constitutions during their new terms in office.
Ivey, 78, was dressed in a solid white suit that starkly contrasted with the red carpet behind her. She waited to give her inaugural address until each of the other state officials were sworn in and had a few minutes to speak.
“Standing here four years ago, I could’ve never imagined what was to come,” she said as she told the crowd how fortunate Alabamians are to call the state home. The light in the wake of last week’s deadly tornadoes was Alabamians’ love for each other, she said even as recovery efforts across central Alabama are fully underway.
“We all want Alabama to be the best place to live,” Ivey explained. “We want our people working and we want our children to get the best education.” She added that getting a high quality education for all students “will be my number one focus,” and said parents are a crucial element to that success.
The governor said later this week, she’ll sign an executive order establishing an executive commission on teaching and learning. She also confirmed a partnership with country music legend Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to bring free books to every child’s home until the age of 5.
The governor touched on the state’s record low unemployment, promising to cut business regulations by 25% over the next two years. She spoke of building new prisons, implementing criminal justice reforms and touted the 61,000 homes and businesses that have added access to broadband internet.
Ivey blamed the federal government’s spending for creating record high inflation and promised to work toward providing meaningful and responsible assistance following the pandemic. She noted that there will be a busy four years ahead.
As the state’s 54th governor, Ivey is just the second woman to lead Alabama and the first Republican female to do so. She previously held the offices of Treasurer, then lt. governor until mid-2017 when she was sworn in as governor following the resignation of then-Gov. Robert Bentley.
With her most recent election win, Ivey was given a second full term in office. When her current term ends in 2026, she will have become the longest consecutively-serving governor in state history. Only former Gov. George Wallace’s number of years in office were greater, though he served in multiple non-consecutive terms.
Following the inaugural ceremony, the governor climbed into a silver convertible and led a parade of nearly 60 entrants up Dexter Avenue. After making the trek back to the Capitol, she took to the stage and watch as bands, organizations and others representing much of the state marched past.
The parade line-up included the following participants:
Ivey started the day off with an early morning prayer service at her home church, First Baptist Church Montgomery around 8:15 a.m. Later in the evening, the governor will take part in a donor celebration and formal Inaugural Gala to mark the start of her second term. These events will not be broadcast live, however.
Monday’s events coincide with MLK Day, a federal holiday to mark the birthday of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as well and a state holiday to mark the birthdays of both King and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. State and federal offices were closed as a result of the holiday.
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Fresh off a strong finish at the Catholic High Invitation on Oct. 8 where Rhen Langley was the overall winner (15:20.46) and the boys finished fifth overall, the ZHS boys and girls track team hosted the ZHS Bronco Stampede on Oct. 15 at Port Hudson State Historic Park.
Coach Julie Fink’s team has grown to more than 70 male and female runners competing at the varsity and junior varsity levels that has provided much needed depth and demonstrates a growing popularity for distance running in Zachary.
The boys team recently cracked the top 10 of the Louisiana Track and Field Coaches Association state poll with a seven ranking.
Twenty-six teams participated with more than 400 high school runners competing in varsity and junior varsity competition. The temperature picked up across the day as the runners tackled the hilly Port Hudson course. In the first race of the day, Rhen Langley picked up the overall victory for the boys with a time of 16:47.63 and Damien Sprouse finished in third place. The boys team finished first.
In the second race of the day, Rylee Deignan was the high placer for the girls (20:25.27) finishing in fourth place overall. The girls team also finished first overall with strong showings by Korria Gordon, Deanna Anthony and Alaysia Wolf finishing in the top 20.
Time is short for the remainder of the 2022 season with the EBR Metro Championship at Highland Road Park on Oct. 27, regional championship on Nov. 3, and State Championships at Northwestern State University Nov. 14.
Later in the day the Northwestern Braves hosted their Battlefield Run at Port Hudson Park. Since we last checked on the Braves and Copper Mill teams, they competed in the St. Aloysius Cross Country Invitational at Highland Road Park.
Max Genarro was the top runner for the boys finishing third (11:31.66) and Cecelia Duggan was the top runner for the girls (14:08.81) finishing fourteenth.
The Braves under coaches David Onellion and Amanda Trimble had a strong showing at the Battlefield Run that had more than 400 runners and 22 teams. Northwestern's Max Genarro was the overall winner for the boys (12:04.81) and Vincent Bodine finishing in the Top 10.
Brett Burns was the top runner for Copper Mill finishing in 17th (13:47.15). The Braves finished third overall and Copper Mill was fifth overall on the boys side.
In the girls race, Cecelia Duggan was the high placer at fourth (14:05.37) with Jacelyn Smith the highest finisher for Copper Mill at 14th place (15:20.52). Copper Mill finished third overall and Northwestern finished fifth.
Like the high school events, there was strong competition at the middle school races and Northwestern and Copper Mill each fielded more than 30 runners. Coach Onellion said he was “excited for the future of Zachary cross-country. Things are headed in the right direction with Coach Fink.” Onellion also said Copper Mill coach Dillon Nugent is also doing a fantastic job.
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Dream vs. Wings Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - June 20
Arike Ogunbowale leads the Dallas Wings (5-6) into a matchup with the Atlanta Dream (5-5), one game after piling up 41 points in a 109-103 loss to the Storm, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET on NBA TV, BSSWX, and BSSE.
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- When: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: College Park Center in Arlington, Texas
- TV: NBA TV, BSSWX, and BSSE
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- Computer Predicted Spread: Dallas (-6.1)
- Computer Predicted Total: 162.4
Dream vs. Wings Spread & Total Insights
- Atlanta is 6-3-0 against the spread this season.
- There have been six Atlanta games (out of ) that hit the over this season.
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Dream Performance Insights
- In 2023, the Dream are second-best in the WNBA on offense (85.6 points scored per game) but third-worst on defense (86.5 points allowed).
- On the glass, Atlanta is second-best in the league in rebounds (36.6 per game). However it is third-worst in rebounds allowed (35.9 per game).
- The Dream are the second-worst squad in the WNBA in turnovers per game (16.1) and seventh in turnovers forced (13.2).
- In 2023, the Dream are seventh in the WNBA in 3-point makes (7.2 per game) and fourth in 3-point percentage (35.3%).
- In 2023, the Dream are fifth in the league in 3-pointers conceded (7.2 per game) and fourth in defensive 3-point percentage (31.7%).
- In 2023, Atlanta has taken 29.3% percent of its shots from beyond the arc, and 70.7% percent from inside it. In terms of made shots, 23.5% of Atlanta's buckets have been 3-pointers, and 76.5% have been 2-pointers.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — August is National Black-Owned Business Month! The purpose of this month is to highlight and focus on the needs of Black-owned businesses in the US.
“Our overall goal is to highlight, amplify, and spread the resources so this is our way of doing that," said J’Aaron, a merchant and organizer for Black-Owned Business Expo
Black-Owned NWA and Blackground Agency are celebrating by hosting a business expo where attendees can support local Black-owned businesses by engaging with and purchasing their products and services.
All are welcome to attend and support local Black-owned businesses at the NW Arkansas Business Expo on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Theater Squared in Fayetteville. General admission is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with doors opening for Early Bird ticket holders only from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The community and public are invited to attend at no cost, though registration is required to attend.
All attendees may be asked to complete a questionnaire and/or temperature reading to make sure they haven't been exposed to COVID-19 symptoms in the last two weeks.
Event information says any attendee with severe cough, sore throat, fever, or shortness of breath may be immediately asked to remove themselves from the venue with no exceptions.
Black-owned Businesnnesses are important for a lot of reasons. There are more than 2 million Black-owned businesses in the US that have contributed up to $165 billion in revenue and created more than 1 million jobs.
According to data, 35% of Black-owned businesses are also owned by women. However, Nearly 60% of Black-owned businesses were facing financial troubles before the pandemic, compared to less than 30% of white-owned businesses.
“So with a lot of those business closing we want to make sure those that remained and then encourage those to start up in the area to kind of come out and be apart of this specific event.," said Jasmine Hudson, organizer for Black-Owned Business Expo.
Local resources to find Black-owned businesses are BLACK IN NWA, NWA GIRL GANG and INTERFORM.
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Expert explains social media impact on children
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A new advisory from the U. S. Surgeon General is raising concerns about social media presenting “a profound risk of harm,” on children and teens, especially as it relates to their mental health.
Many social media platforms are designed to maximize the amount of time that kids spend on them, so how can parents better manage social media usage and impact?
Janelle Butler, a Licensed Professional Counselor with Everyday Wellness, says this is a problem that almost every parent will have to confront.
According to U. S. Surgeon General’s advisory up to 95% of kids ages 13 to 17 report using social media, with more than a third saying they use it “almost constantly.”
The report also reveals that even though 13 is the minimum age for most sites, nearly 40% of kids ages 8 to 12 use the platforms as well.
While experts recommend delaying social media use until at least after middle school, Butler says that won’t be realistic for some parents.
In order to create safe and healthy digital environments for kids and teens Butler recommends creating family media plans, encouraging kids to develop in-person friendships and modeling good social media behavior which means parents take healthy breaks away from their phones and social media too.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – New polling by Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College shows that Arkansans are split on the issues of abortion and recreational marijuana use.
As part of a larger poll gauging voter opinions on topics ahead of the November 2022 general election, the poll asked Arkansas residents if they supported current state law, which prohibits abortion except in cases to save the life of the mother, or if the law should be changed.
The data shows 50.5% of respondents answered that Arkansas law should be changed. Another 43% of respondents supported the current law, while 6.5% of those polled answered they didn’t know.
Following up on that question, the poll next asked that if the abortion laws in Arkansas were to change, should it be easier or harder for women to undergo the procedure.
An overwhelming majority of the responses, 92%, said it should be easier to get an abortion in Arkansas. Only 3% said access to the procedure should be harder to gain, and 5% said they did not know how to respond.
Roby Brock, Talk Business & Politics editor-in-chief and host of Capitol View on KARK 4 News, noted that the divisive issue is spurring voters to the polls around the country.
“Abortion is an issue that is driving a lot of voter participation in other states. Though Arkansas has a very traditional conservatism towards abortion, our polling observes there is a mood to change current law from its strict one exception to accommodate other exceptions,” Brock said.
The poll also tried to get an idea of public sentiment on the legalization of recreational marijuana use, even as the debate continues in the Arkansas Supreme Court and in the state capitol as to if the decision will even be on the November ballot.
The ballot measure, currently listed as Issue 4, would allow people 21 and older to possess and use up to one ounce of marijuana, direct the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Division to create rules for businesses involved and impose a 10% tax on sales.
The poll found a slight majority of those polled support to move to legalized marijuana use, with 58.5% saying they would vote for the measure if it ends up on the ballot. The data showed 29% would vote against the bill and 12.5% are still undecided.
According to Brock, the poll data indicates that if voters get to decide on the recreational marijuana question, they will likely approve it.
“This issue is in the hands of the Arkansas Supreme Court to determine if it will appear on the ballot this year. If it does, voters are poised to support it overwhelmingly,” he said. “We see support for the measure across a variety of demographics suggesting that opponents will have a tough time peeling off votes to defeat the proposal. Should it be kicked off the ballot this cycle, our polling suggests it may just be a matter of when, not if, that it becomes legal in Arkansas.”
The larger poll also asked Arkansans to share their thoughts on a number of races coming up in the November election. For those results, tune in to Talk Business & Politics Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on FOX 16 and Capitol View Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KARK 4. | https://www.fox16.com/news/your-local-election-hq/talk-business-politics-hendrix-poll-shows-arkansans-views-on-recreational-marijuana-abortion-rules/ | 2022-09-15 23:39:20 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/your-local-election-hq/talk-business-politics-hendrix-poll-shows-arkansans-views-on-recreational-marijuana-abortion-rules/ |
Celtics vs. Hawks Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NBA Playoffs Game 5
The Atlanta Hawks are 13-point underdogs heading into a potentially-deciding Game 5 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on Tuesday, starting at 7:30 PM ET on TNT, NBCS-BOS, and BSSE. The Celtics have a 3-1 series lead.
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Celtics vs. Hawks Game Info & Odds
- Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
- Time: 7:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT, NBCS-BOS, and BSSE
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- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Venue: TD Garden
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Celtics vs. Hawks Score Prediction
- Prediction: Celtics 122 - Hawks 111
Spread & Total Prediction for Celtics vs. Hawks
- Pick ATS: Hawks (+ 13)
- Pick OU:
Over (230.5)
- The Celtics (44-35-3 ATS) have covered the spread 53.7% of the time, 11% more often than the Hawks (35-45-2) this season.
- Boston's games have gone over the total 52.4% of the time this season (43 out of 82), less often than Atlanta's games have (46 out of 82).
- As a moneyline favorite this year, the Celtics are 53-21, while the Hawks are 12-22 as moneyline underdogs.
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Celtics Performance Insights
- It's been a dominant stretch for Boston, which is scoring 117.9 points per game (fourth-best in NBA) and ceding 111.4 points per contest (fourth-best).
- This season, the Celtics rank seventh in the league in assists, putting up 26.7 per game.
- The Celtics rank top-five this year in three-point shooting, ranking second-best in the league with 16 treys per game. Meanwhile, they rank sixth with a 37.6% shooting percentage from three-point land.
- This year, Boston has taken 52% two-pointers, accounting for 62% of the team's baskets. It has shot 48% from beyond the arc (38% of the team's baskets).
Hawks Performance Insights
- On offense, Atlanta is the third-best squad in the NBA (118.4 points per game). Defensively, it is 25th (118.1 points conceded per game).
- At 25 assists per game, the Hawks are 18th in the NBA.
- The Hawks are 24th in the NBA in 3-pointers made (10.8 per game) and 21st in 3-point percentage (35.2%).
- In 2022-23, Atlanta has attempted 66.9% percent of its shots from inside the arc, and 33.1% percent from beyond it. In terms of made shots, 75.9% of Atlanta's baskets have been 2-pointers, and 24.1% have been 3-pointers.
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CHICAGO (AP)The Minnesota Vikings come into the regular-season finale with the NFC North championship secured, a home game in the playoffs guaranteed and a bitter taste in their mouths.
A lopsided loss last week left them staggering. They hope to steady themselves before the playoffs start.
The Vikings will try to do just that when they visit the Chicago Bears to close out the regular season on Sunday.
”Momentum is real, and it’s really big in the playoffs,” defensive tackle Harrison Phillips said.
The Vikings (12-4) won’t have to contend with Justin Fields, after Bears coach Matt Eberflus announced the electrifying quarterback will miss the final game because of a strained hip and Nathan Peterman will start in his place. Chicago (3-13) comes in with nine straight losses after getting blown out at Detroit last week and a chance to become the first team in franchise history to drop 14 games in a season.
This would seem like a good opportunity for the Vikings to find their footing coming off a 41-17 beatdown at Green Bay.
The Vikings are all but guaranteed the No. 3 seed in the NFC. They can’t finish ahead of the NFC East champion, be it Philadelphia or Dallas. They would need struggling Arizona to beat San Francisco to have a shot at the second seed.
”I think to get that bad taste out of our mouth is something that would be really good to do,” said Kirk Cousins, who threw three interceptions and lost a fumble last week. ”No one’s just going to let that happen. We got to go earn it and play well enough to do that.”
SHOT AT TOP SPOT
The Bears assured themselves a top-four draft pick and have a shot at the No. 1 selection. The only team with a worse record is Houston (2-13-1).
”When you look at the wins and losses and that sort of thing, that’s disappointing obviously,” Eberflus said. ”But you see the progress. To me, it’s about foundational floor. You see that.”
LINE SHUFFLE
The Vikings suffered a big blow last week when center Austin Schlottman, who already was filling in for the injured Garrett Bradbury, broke his lower leg in the first quarter. A few minutes later, right tackle Brian O’Neill hurt his calf and partially tore his Achilles. Bradbury has missed four straight games and primary backup tackle Blake Brandel is on injured reserve with a torn MCL in his knee. Bradbury and Brandel are on track to return for the playoffs, but for now against the Bears, all signs point to Chris Reed holding down the fort at center and Oli Udoh subbing at right tackle.
O’Neill, who is in his fifth year, had never before missed a game due to injury.
”We’ve had a lot of very, very strong outings and high moments, but even during some of the moments where we weren’t at our best, Brian was still so consistent for us in his role,” coach Kevin O’Connell said. ”I just think it’s going to be a hard thing to replace.”
FOR STARTERS
Peterman shrugged off the idea the Bears are jockeying for draft positioning by holding out Fields.
”I’m very focused on going out there, playing great and winning a football game,” he said. ”That’s all you can do every time you go out there. I’m excited. Trying not to listen to the outside noise too much.”
Peterman is set to make his fifth career start and first since 2018. He almost got the call in Week 12 at the New York Jets.
Fields was sidelined because of a separated shoulder. Backup Trevor Siemian suffered an oblique injury in warmups, and the Bears announced Peterman would start in his place, only to reverse course. Siemian played through the injury, which required season-ending surgery.
FIRMER FOOTING
The Vikings hosted the Bears in the regular-season finale in five of the last six years under the translucent U.S. Bank Stadium roof. Now the venue is reversed, with the Vikings playing in Chicago to close the regular season for the first time since 1971 and after November for only the second time since 2009. The Vikings ought to be prepared for the often-rough Soldier Field playing surface; they had frequent trouble with traction at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field last week.
O’Connell said after that game the staff ”strongly recommended” that players use 7-stud cleats for maximum grip, but some of them – including wide receiver Justin Jefferson – didn’t switch until they started slipping during the game.
”Hopefully it’s a learning lesson for all of us that we don’t need to go through some of that early to rectify the problem,” O’Connell said.
NO RECORD
Fields finished his second season with 1,143 yards rushing, 63 shy of the record of 1,206 set by Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson in 2019 during his MVP season. He is sixth overall in rushing and is averaging a league-leading 7.1 yards per carry.
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Authorities have identified a Zahl man who died Friday after his motorcycle struck a semitrailer in Williams County.
Dominic Cunahan, 18, died at the scene on state Highway 50 about 10 miles east of Grenora, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Cunahan was going east at about 10:15 a.m. when his motorcycle struck the trailer of a semi that was making a left turn from 139th Avenue Northwest to go west, the Patrol said. The driver of the semi, Jarig Op De Hoek, 30, of Scobey, Montana, was not injured.
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This time of year can be a big gift-giving moment, with Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations, weddings and more. And whatever the occasion, if the recipient enjoys spending time in the kitchen, then food and kitchen-related gifts are a natural place to start.
More and more of us are shopping and cooking with an eye toward sustainability and eco-consciousness. So here are some cooking gifts and tips that fit that bill:
You can start by doing a little homework on the company you’re purchasing from. That job has been done for you if the company has gotten a B Corp certification. It shows that a business is meeting high standards in supporting a variety of community and environmental markers, with measurable metrics. The certification lasts three years before needing to be renewed.
Another accreditation to look for is 1% for the Planet, which means the company has committed to donate 1% of annual sales to environmental causes, and is transparent in its efforts to operate sustainably. Climate Neutral is an organization that measure carbon accountability.
Beyond such designations, visit a company’s website and see what they have to say about their practices and how the product was made. Customers are increasingly demanding transparency and accountability in companies they buy from.
FOOD
Pantry staples like olive oil are a great present. Companies like Bona Furtuna are paying attention to nurturing their regions' biodiversity. Their farm is fertilized entirely with organic matter, including compost created through the production of their olive oils. California Olive Ranch has committed to transparency and sustainable practices in both growing and packaging.
Brightland partners with small, family-run olive farms in California that grow without pesticides or chemicals and pay fair wages to farmworkers. The brand is helping to convert land use from water- and chemical-intensive crops to drought-resistant, low-impact olive production.
McEvoy Ranch has a wide range of flavor-infused olive oils and likewise aims to create a self-sufficient and balanced ecosystem. That includes tending orchards in accordance with organic regulations, and converting all ranch waste products, including spent olives, into compost that then nurtures the soil.
Buying meat and fish in a responsible way has become important to many of us. Luckily, there are companies like ButcherBox, which makes use of the whole animal. ButcherBox delivers grass-fed beef, free-range organic chicken, humanely raised pork and wild-caught seafood to your door. Crowd Cow, Porter Road and Good Chop are similar options, with no added hormones or antibiotics.
Awareness of how fragile our oceans have become has been heightened. Organizations like SeaChoice and the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch are good places to start investigating the sustainability of a particular kind of fish.
Think about buying a gift box or perhaps a monthly subscription to a company verified by one of these organizations. Vital Choice Wild Seafood & Organics says all its fish and shellfish are vetted and approved by a reputable third-party sustainability organization. Their orders are shipped with dry ice in corrugated cardboard boxes that are fitted with thermal liners made from recycled denim, which can then be recycled again. Offerings include a Wild Fish Monthly Subscription.
If you'd like to reduce food waste and also save money, consider another cool subscription gift: Misfits Market, which delivers produce and other healthy foods saved from going to waste.
How about a gift basket? Clif Family offers assortments of their small-production organic wines and specialty foods inspired by the flavors of Napa Valley, with a mission of bringing high quality with the lowest impact to the planet. Think honeys, wines, preserves and nuts. Frog Hollow Farm has lovely gift boxes filled with fresh fruits, sun-dried fruits, fruit spreads and more.
Or buy some pretty reusable jars and package up an assortment of granolas. Check out One Degree Organics from Canada (their motto is “all ingredients from farmers we know”) and Grandy Organics, made in small batches in a solar powered factory in Maine.
KITCHEN GOODS
There are companies producing beautiful and functional cookware and tabletop items with a focus on sustainability.
Tag Home Décor uses natural and sustainable materials in many of their products, such as a handwoven sustainable jute rug and upcycled, salvaged-cotton kitchen rug made on traditional pit looms. It cozies up a space and provides cushioning for a tired cook’s feet. They also have a hand-crafted, onyx-marble board made from natural stone.
Goodee works with artisans who exclusively use naturally occurring materials, and works to enable them to earn a sustainable living through their crafts. The company offers many items for cooking and dining, including lovely Oaxaca-made tumblers using locally sourced recycled glass and alternative energy. There's also a beautiful pepper grinder made from sustainably sourced teak wood.
Loopy Products makes products from upcycled agricultural waste; their sustainable coffee mug, made with waste from coffee manufacturing, was a Global Innovation Award Finalist at the Inspired Home Show this year. Their coffee, flour and tea storage containers are an eco-friendly way to store staples.
For the cook who wants to compost, there's the very affordable Bamboozle compost bin. The filtered lid helps to absorb any smells caused from off-gassing. It’s made from biodegradable bamboo fiber and dishwasher safe.
Need items for a little basket of eco-friendly items for a kitchen refresh? Consider botanically infused papers from The Fresh Glow Co,. which are designed to keep foods fresher longer, and are organic and compostable.
Everyone can use a spiffy new portable drink container. Klean Kanteen makes a ton of them, and the company a long-standing B Corp. and is certified by Climate Neutral (a carbon-accountability designation). Their products are made with 90% post-consumer recycled stainless steel, which results in a significant reduction in steel greenhouse gases.
Dish towels are always in short supply in an avid cook’s kitchen, and are a smart, reusable alternative to paper towels. Tag makes textured dish cloths in lots of colors, so you can add a bright spot to cleaning up. Atelier Saucier makes lovely table linens, all sustainably sourced, rescued or repurposed.
Material Kitchen's reBoards are BPA-free cutting boards made of kitchen plastic scraps and renewable sugar cane. They come in a variety of beautiful colors.
Sustainability means different things to different people, but these days it’s easier than ever to shop with purpose and give gifts with meaning.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The tornado that damaged more than more than 1,000 buildings in south-central Kansas generated winds up to 165 mph and carved a path of destruction nearly 13 miles long.
The National Weather Service said the tornado that caused extensive damage Friday mostly in the Wichita suburb of Andover and injured several people rated an EF-3 on the Enhanced Fujita scale it uses to assess tornadoes.
Andover Fire Chief Chad Russell said that at least 300 to 400 buildings were destroyed by the storm as part of a total of 1,074 buildings that were damaged. The Weather Service said the tornado was on the ground for 21 minutes Friday evening.
Four people, including two firefighters who were responding to a call in Andover, were injured during the storm but their injuries were minor.
Russell said it will take years for Andover to recover from this storm.
“The city of Andover will be affected by this for years,” he said. “We still have scars from 1991 (EF-5 tornado). I’m so thankful this tornado was not as bad as that, but we will literally be doing this for years.”
By Sunday, utility crews had restored power to nearly all of the more than 15,000 customers who lost power during the storm. Evergy said less than 1,000 people still lacked power in the Wichita area Sunday morning.
In addition to the storm damage, the Oklahoma State Patrol said three University of Oklahoma meteorology students were killed in a car crash about 85 miles north of Oklahoma City in Oklahoma Friday evening as they returned from storm chasing in Kansas. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Kansas-tornado-generated-165-mph-winds-as-it-17140012.php | 2022-05-01 17:02:15 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Kansas-tornado-generated-165-mph-winds-as-it-17140012.php |
The strategic collaboration will improve cash flow and efficiency for MatrixCare's skilled nursing clients nationwide
CHICAGO , May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MatrixCare, a leading software solutions provider for out-of-hospital care settings and multiyear winner of the Best in KLAS award for Long-Term Care Software, has collaborated with Quality Healthcare Resources (QHCR), a premier provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) and business services to skilled nursing organizations and life plan communities. The strategic collaboration will leverage QHCR's billing and collections expertise to increase cash flow and efficiency for MatrixCare clients.
As skilled nursing communities across the country continue to face challenges like staffing shortages and thinning margins, it's more important than ever for facilities to maximize their financial outcomes. Unfortunately, only 5% of skilled nursing facilities work with an expert revenue cycle management services partner. Without holistic RCM strategies and support, communities will continue to struggle with revenue leakage and overstretched staff. This collaboration will allow MatrixCare clients to focus on their core competencies while taking advantage of QHCR's expertise in RCM.
New Jersey-based Quality Healthcare Resources is an Assembly Health company and a leader in skilled nursing revenue cycle management (RCM) and business services. Hundreds of nursing homes operating on diverse billing platforms benefit from QHCR's billing practices, innovative payer tracking solutions, and data-driven processes. By collaborating with QHCR, communities see a consistent 3x return on investment and a 99 percent collection rate, significantly higher than the industry billing average.
"The days of billing a claim and trusting it'll be paid are over," explained Quality Healthcare Resources President, Aaron Hellman. "The financial and regulatory landscape of skilled nursing has grown too complex. Our communities need strategic, always-on revenue cycle management support powered by the right people, processes, and technologies to continue providing best-in-class care."
Jack Fitzgibbons, CEO of Assembly Health, continued, "The MatrixCare – Quality Healthcare Resources collaboration will help ensure MatrixCare clients are fully and quickly reimbursed for the care they provide. Communities will see an even healthier bottom line when they combine MatrixCare's system with QHCR's processes and seasoned professionals."
"We're always looking for opportunities to help our customers thrive and optimize their revenue operations," said Nick Knowlton, VP Business Development at ResMed, MatrixCare's parent company. "This new collaboration will allow us to provide even more value to our facility-based clients through well-integrated revenue cycle management services. Our customers will now be able to further improve their collections, reduce their costs, and free up their time to focus on value-added activities."
To learn more about MatrixCare's collaboration with Quality Healthcare Resources and their revenue cycle management services, visit here.
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BOSTON and DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axxess, the leading technology innovator for healthcare at home, today announced an integration partnership with CareAcademy that simplifies care at home operations by enabling organizations to seamlessly access CareAcademy's training and compliance management platform from within the Axxess Training and Certification Program.
Axxess clients can now connect their CareAcademy administrator accounts to their Axxess accounts through single sign-on (SSO) technology. Axxess clients who do not have CareAcademy accounts can launch a free trial of the integration from within the Axxess platform. Additional functionality to further integrate both platforms is planned for 2023.
"Interoperability is a critical factor for agencies when they are choosing technology solutions," said Robyn Lunsford, Chief Operating Officer of CareAcademy. "Seamless integrations between platforms help businesses to operate more smoothly and efficiently. CareAcademy is excited to add Axxess to our growing list of back office software integration partners."
"The ongoing nursing shortage has really amplified the need for training, and access to that training is critical," said Andrew Awoniyi, the vice president for patient engagement and analytics at Axxess. "We've already taken steps to meet this demand, like offering our Axxess Training and Certification Program at no cost, and this partnership was a natural next step. CareAcademy's efforts to provide access to training and passion for growth and innovation has made them ideal partners."
CareAcademy provides high-quality, state-approved training for home care agencies, home health agencies, franchise systems, and payors that increases learner knowledge for better health outcomes. More than 350,000 learners have completed more than 2 million hours of training with CareAcademy. With easy-to-use, web-based courses and a robust administrator platform, CareAcademy offers education and compliance solutions for home care and home health organizations of all sizes, from small agencies to multi-state enterprises. To learn more, visit www.careacademy.com.
Axxess is the leading technology innovator for healthcare at home, focused on solving the most complex industry challenges. Trusted by more than 9,000 organizations that serve more than 3 million patients worldwide, Axxess offers a complete suite of easy-to-use software solutions that empower home health, home care, hospice, and palliative providers to make healthcare in the home human again. The company's collaborative culture focused on innovation and excellence is recognized nationally as a "Best Place to Work."
Contact: Dennis Petroskey
(202) 215-6767
dpetroskey@axxess.com
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47-Year-Old Seriously Injured in Monday Morning Shooting
October 24, 2022 5:00PM EDT
Michigan State Police say a shooting early Monday morning in Saginaw resulted in a 47-year-old man being seriously injured.
Around 3:50, police were called to the 2600 block of Narloch Street. Investigators say the 47-year-old was shot inside a vehicle by another passenger. He sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, and was treated at a local hospital.
A 60-year-old man was arrested at the scene and was lodged at the Saginaw County Jail.
The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Saginaw Police Department or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-JAIL. | https://www.wsgw.com/47-year-old-seriously-injured-in-monday-morning-shooting/ | 2022-10-24 23:04:10 | 0 | https://www.wsgw.com/47-year-old-seriously-injured-in-monday-morning-shooting/ |
NEW YORK , June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Frier Levitt is pleased to announce a significant victory on behalf of HIV-focused specialty pharmacy, Mission Wellness, against Caremark and SilverScript that a federal court has refused to seal, resulting in the victory becoming public record through court filings. Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) often impose on pharmacies repressive "gag clauses" that prevent Providers and law firms from revealing victories achieved against PBMs.
Like many pharmacies around the country, Mission Wellness has been a passionate advocate for serving vulnerable patients and took appropriate steps to stand up to Caremark's unreasonable DIR fees and reimbursement "underwater." Frier Levitt obtained an Arbitration Award on behalf of the specialty pharmacy of over $3.6 Million. Frier Levitt prevailed on all counts, including breach of contract, with the Arbitrator ordering the return of 100% of the DIR fees recouped from Mission Wellness, plus attorneys' fees and interest, as well as a stern caution about future DIR fee assessment. As of the date of this article, Caremark and SilverScript have not yet taken responsibility and paid Mission Wellness the awarded amount. Frier Levitt filed a petition to confirm the unpaid Arbitration Award in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
PBMs assess DIR fees against pharmacies participating in Medicare Part D networks. "DIR" stands for "Direct and Indirect Remuneration," and describes any kind of remuneration Part D Plan Sponsors (PDPs) or their PBMs receive from any source after the point of sale that offsets the PDP's costs. In many instances, PBMs unilaterally recoup DIR fees from providers months after the provider is initially paid by the PBM.
Mission Wellness is a minority and woman-owned San Francisco specialty pharmacy. Because of Caremark's DIR fees, Mission Wellness was losing money while participating in Caremark's Medicare Part D networks. Caremark and SilverScript have profited at the expense of Mission Wellness, HIV patients and Medicare. Only Mission Wellness' sheer dedication to the HIV community motivated them to continue serving HIV patients at a loss. Mission Wellness is one of only a handful of specialty pharmacies located within walking distance of its San Francisco neighborhood. Had Mission Wellness dropped out of Caremark's Medicare network, HIV patients would have suffered. Mission Wellness continued to care for Caremark's Medicare patient population while facing financial ruin. The owner has a passion to care for this vulnerable patient population that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") legally recognizes as one of only a few federally "protected classes" of patients. Medicare Part D is our governmental prescription drug program for those aged 65 or older, but HIV patients qualify for Medicare regardless of age. Caring for HIV patients is a matter of national significance, according to CMS and Mission Wellness. But, for Caremark, it is all about DIR fees.
Caremark refused to provide the required discovery throughout the arbitration, including discovery necessary to "audit" Caremark's calculations of medication adherence, which serves as the basis for its recoupment of DIR fees. Even after being sanctioned by the Arbitrator, Caremark refused to provide the basis for the DIR methodology.
The victory against Caremark and SilverScript provides hope to independent pharmacies that wish to challenge PBM DIR fees. The victory arrives almost simultaneously with last week's announcement that the FTC is currently investigating the practices of Caremark and other PBMs, as it relates to their improper recoupment of DIR fees from independent pharmacies. According to trial counsel, Co-Founding Member Jonathan E. Levitt, Esq., "performance-based DIR fees are a threat to the existence of independent pharmacies and the deleterious impact of DIR fees is felt by patients, Medicare, drug manufacturers and wholesalers. PBMs profit from DIR fees." Levitt concludes that: "specialty pharmacies should be aware that they have rights under federal law, that can be vindicated in a court of law."
Frier Levitt LLC is a premier boutique law firm with offices in New York and New Jersey. Firm attorneys are leading practitioners providing an array of services to healthcare and life sciences clients nationally. Frier Levitt serves the provider community, wholesalers, manufacturers and plan sponsors, large physician group practices, hospitals, hospital medical staffs, ambulatory surgery centers, and laboratory companies. For more than 20 years, the Firm has been and continues to be a leader on PBM contracts and applicable law. Firm attorneys are at the forefront of disputing PBM-imposed DIR fees and have successfully challenged DIR fees against major PBMs, obtaining more than $40M in damages on behalf of its pharmacy clients arising from trials and settlements. For more information, please visit www.frierlevitt.com.
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The Record-Eagle asked all candidates seeking state elected office in this region about the three statewide proposals appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot — how they are voting on each proposal and why.
Responses from all the candidates who replied were published Wednesday regarding Proposal 1 and Thursday regarding Proposal 2. Today, the focus is on the last of the three statewide ballot proposals.
Proposal 3, if approved, would establish a constitutional right to “reproductive freedom” in Michigan. That right would extend beyond abortion to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, miscarriage management and infertility care.
The proposal, however, would allow elected officials to stop or regulate abortion after a fetus reaches “viability,” which is typically defined as about 24 weeks.
The state could not stop an abortion if a medical professional found it necessary to protect the pregnant person’s “life or physical or mental health.” This measure also would prevent the state from arresting someone based on “actual, potential, perceived or alleged pregnancy outcomes,” including abortion, miscarriages and stillbirths.
Proposal 3 would allow elected officials to restrict abortion rights if it is “justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”
Here’s how the responding candidates running for office say they will vote on Proposal 3 and why:
Michigan Senate — 37th District
Barbara Conley, D-Northport
I am in favor of Proposal 3. I believe everyone should have the right to make their own reproductive choices. This proposal grants the individual the right to carry out all decisions regarding prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control (contraception), sterilization, abortion (with some regulation), miscarriage management and infertility.
The state may — and I do favor — regulation of abortion after fetal viability, except in the case of threat to the life or health of the mother, or major medical problem with the fetus. The proposal prohibits prosecution of persons exercising this right, or of persons assisting with exercising this right. It invalidates laws conflicting with this amendment.
It does not, contrary to some claims, allow young teens to transition their gender without parental consent, nor does it allow for abortion up to the date of delivery. I do favor parental consent in most cases where a minor would be involved, except, as is currently the case, where that would endanger the health or life of the patient.
As a physician, I have been on the front lines with some of these decisions and I respect all life.
I firmly believe that reproductive care will be less available to Michiganders if we have a ban on abortion in the state, and I believe we will have more maternal deaths if the abortion procedure is banned.
Banning and/or criminalizing abortion will have the most adverse effect on the poor and disadvantaged; others will be able to access the care they desire.
John Damoose, R-Harbor Springs
I cannot imagine living in a state that condones killing a child up to the very moment of birth. That’s what Proposal 3 does, and I hope our people will stand up against such a horrific proposition.
But, for me, it goes even deeper. My wife, brother, sister and nephew were all adopted. I have seen personally the immeasurable value of the lives that can come from even the most desperate situations.
Every child is precious and every life matters. This point of view is a product of both my faith and my experience. As such, I will not support this proposal to codify abortion on demand in the state of Michigan.
I will continue to stand for life-affirming care for both mother and child, and for the most basic right to life for the unborn. That is why I strongly urge everyone to vote no on this proposal.
Michigan Senate — 36th District
Michele Hoitenga, R-Manton — No response
Joel Sheltrown, D-West Branch
I don’t like current positions of either side. About 70% of voters would agree with my position because my position is not extreme. Is this really the best we can do? In the end, the people will decide, and I will certainly except the will of the people.
A more relevant question might be: “If Proposal 3 doesn’t pass, what would your position on potential legislation be?”
I certainly don’t trust the current Legislature to resolve the issue without quickly resorting to highly partisan politics. I don’t like the idea of passing any ban that wouldn’t include some exceptions for issues such as rape, incest, or the health of the mother.
Proposal 3 is considered extreme by many, but the current 1931 law also is extreme. If this proposal doesn’t pass, we need to elect legislators who are willing to negotiate and finally resolve this issue. I am already working with Democrats For Life of America (DFLA) on draft language suitable for a compromise.
In the end, I will listen and consider all points of view. And, in the end, passing a law won’t be as effective a deterrent as a change of heart.
Michigan Senate — 32nd District
Jon Bumstead, R-Muskegon — No response
Terry Sabo, D-Muskegon — No response
Michigan House of Representatives — 103rd District
Betsy Coffia, D-Traverse City
I am voting yes. I helped collect signatures to get this on the ballot after the unthinkable overturn of Roe v. Wade this summer. It is shocking that we need to do this, given how hard our mothers and grandmothers fought to give us the right for reproductive freedom and privacy!
Proposal 3 would overturn Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban which has no exceptions, even for rape and incest. Proposal 3, in a nutshell, reinstates the rights Michiganders have had for my whole life under Roe. Since June, most Midwestern states now have total bans or six-week bans, which, for many, is before they even know they are pregnant. It’s critical we not let Michigan become one of them.
It will be important to both pass Proposal 3, and elect lawmakers Nov. 8 who have a trustworthy track record on reproductive freedom, because Proposal 3 will likely face legal challenges. If this happens, the Legislature, governor and attorney general will be critical to protecting our rights. My record is of supporting privacy and keeping politicians out of the doctor’s office when a woman is making difficult reproductive decisions.
In politics, actions speak louder than words. I strongly disagree with my opponent’s action in 2019, voting to imprison doctors for providing the most medically safe abortion care. Mr. Jack O’Malley and the Republicans’ bill to imprison doctors was thankfully vetoed; his 10 anti-choice votes — including this year — speak for themselves.
With Roe overturned, Michigan women need lawmakers they can trust on reproductive freedom.
Courtney Evans, L-Traverse City – No response
Jack O’Malley, R-Lake Ann
I will say that abortion has been a central focus for almost every voter this election. It’s a deeply personal issue and one that I believe is ultimately between the woman, her doctor and God — not me.
Because this is such a deeply personal and emotional issue, I encourage everyone to read the language and research this proposal in its entirety, and make that decision for yourself.
I do understand both sides to the issue; however, I will take this as an opportunity to reiterate my stance on the issue in general: I believe that there should be exceptions for the health of the mother, rape, incest and medical necessity.
Michigan House — 104th District
Cathy Albro, D-Bellaire
Proposal 3 would amend our state constitution for the right of reproductive freedom. It not only includes the right to abortion up to viability, but also the right to make and carry out decisions about pregnancy. It’s not complicated.
About three months ago, 195 Republican representatives (including Rep. Jack Bergman) voted to make the legalization of contraception a state decision. They aren’t stopping with abortion.
I am the oldest of eight kids. My mom had eight children and two miscarriages in 10 years, by the time she was 31. Her doctor finally prescribed birth control (for another health reason). We cannot go back to those times of subjugation, but that’s where we’re headed if we don’t pass Proposal 3.
One of the main arguments that has been made against this proposal is that parents would lose their right to know about their child’s reproductive decisions. This is not true. Parents would have the same rights as they do now. However, it’s important to note that there are times when it would be detrimental for a child to go to their parents/guardians first, as in cases of incest. We must protect those children.
Even for those who don’t agree with abortion, taking away people’s rights to make their own decisions about their health and family planning is wrong.
Let’s work together to provide comprehensive sex education and free contraception — then abortion rates will continue to go down. Colorado abortion rates keep declining. Free IUDs and easier access to the pill are the reason.
I will vote yes on Proposal 3.
John Roth, R-Interlochen — No response
Michigan House — 104th District
Ken Borton, R-Gaylord — No response
Adam Wojdan, D-Frederic
This November, I will be voting yes on Proposal Three, the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative.
The topic of reproductive rights has always held a lot of conflict for many people. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many states have had to figure out how they will handle this situation. It is a difficult road with a lot of disagreement. However, one person — or a group of people — should not be making decisions about someone else’s body. The state should provide services to aid with reproductive health.
There are several areas that this reproductive health initiative covers, not just simply abortion, and we need to make sure that this healthcare is available.
The people of Michigan matter — and we must make sure that we are doing everything we can for them. | https://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/proposal-3-heres-what-area-candidates-say-about-abortion-ballot-initiative/article_c1a42298-5a1d-11ed-a309-a3f2f4a56d36.html | 2022-11-04 11:33:21 | 0 | https://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/proposal-3-heres-what-area-candidates-say-about-abortion-ballot-initiative/article_c1a42298-5a1d-11ed-a309-a3f2f4a56d36.html |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, May 7, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
922 PM CDT Sun May 7 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL CALLAHAN AND EAST CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTIES...
At 922 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kirby Lake, or
over Potosi, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Potosi around 935 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Kirby
Lake.
This includes Interstate 20 between Mile Markers 292 and 294.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY...
At 923 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported flash flooding across
the warned area. Between 5 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Flash
flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Benjamin.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY...
At 924 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported flash flooding across
mainly rural areas of Central Knox County
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
EVENING FOR EASTERN FISHER AND WESTERN JONES COUNTIES...
At 923 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area...along and north of a Roby to Anson
line...moving east at 20 mph. Between 3 and 4.25 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Anson, Hamlin, Roby, Hawley, Neinda, Noodle, Mccaulley, Sylvester,
Longworth, The Intersection Of Us-180 And Ranch Road 126, Truby,
Stith, Hodges, Funston and Busby.
This includes the following Low Water Crossings...
CO Rd. 444 crossing Noodle Creek and County Road 260 crossing
Harmony Creek.
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Some species of shark return to the same breeding grounds for decades at a time, and live longer than previously thought, scientists studying the animals off Florida say.
Scientists with the New England Aquarium found that nurse sharks returned to the waters off the Dry Tortugas, 70 miles (113 kilometers) from Key West, to mate for up to 28 years. They also found that the sharks' life span appears to extend at least into their 40s, rather than about 24 years as previously believed.
The researchers published their findings in October in the journal PLOS ONE as part of the world's longest running study of shark mating behavior. The research sheds new light on the way sharks breed and the role their environments play in their reproduction, said Nick Whitney, a senior scientist with the aquarium and a co-author of the study.
“This is the first example that has shown long-term use of a mating ground,” Whitney said. “To observe natural shark behavior in the wild is incredibly rare to begin with and to observe mating behavior is really unusual.”
Scientists have known nurse sharks have used the waters off the Tortugas as a breeding ground since at least the late 19th century, but the question of whether the sharks returned to the area lingered. The researchers with the aquarium tagged 118 sharks from 1993 to 2014 and found that more than two-thirds returned to the breeding grounds in subsequent mating seasons.
The scientists wrote that this evidence of long-term fidelity to one site “reveals the importance of identifying and protecting mating sites for this and other” species.
Members of the research team said they did not guess the same animals would continue mating at the site for years at a time. Of all the sharks returning to the site, nearly 60% were monitored for more than 10 years and 13% were monitored for more than 20 years.
David Shiffman, a marine biologist at Arizona State University who was not involved in the study, said the work could open up new perspectives on sharks and how they migrate and make use of habitat.
That could be a key to helping conserve them, he said.
“Some of the better-known shark species are highly migratory, regularly crossing oceans. So to learn that other species are homebodies that use the exact same habitat year after year is fascinating,” Shiffman said.
The Dry Tortugas is a remote group of islands in the Gulf of Mexico that is beloved by divers and birdwatchers. The area's status as a breeding ground for nurse sharks could be jeopardized by a direct hit it suffered during Hurricane Ian in September, Whitney said.
The scientists have not yet been able to find out if their underwater monitoring stations held up through the storm, they said. They also don't yet know if sharks have come back. Female sharks come into the shallows in the area to get ready to give birth in September and October, said Ryan Knotek, an associate scientist with the aquarium and study co-author.
The site's vulnerability is a good reason to protect both the sharks and their breeding grounds, Whitney said.
“These sharks clearly have a strong interest to return to this state,” he said. “This was a shark that was once thought to be a sedentary couch potato of a shark. It turns out they are much more active.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Some-sharks-return-to-the-same-sites-to-breed-for-17658846.php | 2022-12-16 16:53:22 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Some-sharks-return-to-the-same-sites-to-breed-for-17658846.php |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate, while noting the end may be near for its economy-crunching hikes to interest rates.
The Fed raised its key overnight rate by a quarter of a percentage point, the same size as its last increase, in its campaign to drive down inflation. That effort has been complicated by turmoil in the banking sector, with investors worried that more banks might fail after Silicon Valley Bank’s recent collapse.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 0.2% to 27,419.61. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.7% to 6,968.60. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.3% to 2,424.48. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.7% to 19,923.04, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.5% to 3,282.11. Shares rose in India and Taiwan.
"A risk-off tone following the recent Fed meeting has set the stage for the Asian region to follow through with some losses,” Yeap Jun Rong, a market analyst at IG, said in a commentary.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 1.6% in its first drop in three days. It closed at 3,936.97. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.6% to 32,030.11, while the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.6% to 11,669.96.
Some of the sharpest drops came again from the banking industry after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she's not considering blanket protection for all depositors at all banks, unless they present a risk to the overall system.
The Fed's move was exactly what Wall Street was expecting. The bigger question was where the Fed is heading next. There, the Fed gave a hint it may not hike rates much more as it assesses the fallout from the banking industry's crisis.
Instead of repeating its statement that “ongoing increases will be appropriate,” the Fed said Wednesday that it now only sees “some additional policy firming may be appropriate.” Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the shift to ”may" from “will.”
The Fed also released the latest set of projections from its policy makers on where rates are heading in upcoming years. The median forecast had the federal funds rate sitting at 5.1% at the end of this year, up only a smidge from where it currently sits, in a range of 4.75% to 5%.
The yield on the two-year Treasury, which tends to track expectations for the Fed, tumbled to 3.46% from 4.13% just before the projections were released. It was above 5% earlier this month.
Powell said Wednesday the Fed is still focused on getting inflation down to its 2% goal and is not envisioning any rate cuts this year. He also said the Fed could begin raising rates again if high inflation makes that necessary.
The Fed was stuck with a difficult decision as it balanced whether to keep hiking rates or ease off the increases given the pain felt by banks. The second- and third-largest U.S. bank failures in history have both occurred in the last two weeks.
A worry is that too much pressure on the banking system, particularly among the smaller and mid-sized banks at the center of investors’ crosshairs, would mean fewer loans made to businesses across the country. That in turn could mean less hiring and less economic activity, pushing the risk of recession still higher.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 60 cents to $70.30 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard lost 52 cents to $76.17 a barrel.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar fell to 130.72 Japanese yen from 131.39 yen. The euro cost $1.0926, up from $1.0857. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/asian-shares-mixed-after-fed-hints-rate-hikes-may-17855396.php | 2023-03-23 07:54:59 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/asian-shares-mixed-after-fed-hints-rate-hikes-may-17855396.php |
In the eyes of scouts at Pro Football Focus, Arizona left tackle Jordan Morgan is one of the best at his position for the upcoming college football season.
PFF gave Morgan, who was the top-rated offensive tackle in the Pac-12 last season, a grade of 83.1, which ranks third behind Notre Dame's Joe Alt (91.4) and Duke's Graham Barton (88.2).
Other Pac-12 offensive tackles to crack PFF's Top 10: USC's Jonah Monheim (82), Oregon State's Taliese Fuaga (80.4) and Washington's Roger Rosengarten (79.6).
The 6-6, 320 pound Morgan, a Tucson native and former Marana High School star, only surrendered one sack in 443 pass-blocking snaps, according to PFF.
After completing his fourth season at the UA, the multi-year starter was expected to bolt early for the NFL Draft and likely get drafted in the first two days, but a season-ending knee injury in the Wildcats' upset win over No. 12 UCLA brought him back to the UA for his final season.
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After missing the entire spring practice period, Morgan is expected to start in Arizona's season opener on Sept. 2.
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Village Family Service Center to discontinue some services
Published: Jul. 27, 2023 at 4:18 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The Village Family Service Center announced it will discontinue its Adoption and Pregnancy programs and its Financial Resource Center because not enough people are using them.
The organization says since 2018 there was been a 70 percent decrease in adoption placements and 57 percent in clients using the Financial center.
VFSC says fewer than 3 percent of its clients were utilizing the now-discontinued services.
Village Family Service Center has four locations in North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Fargo and Grand Forks.
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KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Abraham Ancer had a 7-under-par 63 for a one-shot lead over Sebastian Munoz after the first round of the Saudi International on the Asian Tour.
Dustin Johnson, a two-time winner of the tournament when it was part of the European tour schedule, withdrew Thursday before the start with an injury the Asian Tour described as “tweaking his back."
The $5 million tournament has several players who have signed with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, and whose season is still three weeks away from starting.
The Daily Telegraph reported that Munoz will be signing with LIV.
Cameron Young, the PGA Tour rookie of the year, received a conflicting event release from the PGA Tour to play. He was at 65, along with Sergio Garcia and Louis Oosthuizen.
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LONDON (AP) — Victor Lindelof swept home the winning penalty kick against Brighton on Sunday to set up a first all-Manchester FA Cup final that could have so much more at stake than just the chance to win soccer’s oldest competition.
For Manchester United and Erik ten Hag, it could cap a very encouraging first year under the Dutch manager with a second major trophy — after winning the League Cup — and a statement of intent for next season.
For Manchester City, it could be the second leg of a historic treble that would emulate United’s feat in 1999 when it won the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup all in the same season.
Given the fan rivalry and City’s dominance over the past decade, the Wembley showdown is sure to be laced with tension.
“We will give everything and when I say everything, that is everything,” Ten Hag said after United beat Brighton 7-6 on penalty kicks in their semifinal game at Wembley following a 0-0 draw through extra time. “But of course we want to give that against City. We want to give the fans that, for sure.”
United’s treble success was its crowning glory under former manager Alex Ferguson, with the Champions League secured in dramatic fashion when substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored in second-half stoppage time to beat Bayern Munich 2-1.
While City has gone on to become the dominant force in English soccer since being taken over by Abu Dhabi’s ruling family in 2008, the club has still never won the Champions League.
That could all change this season with Pep Guardiola’s side advancing to the semifinals for the third year in a row and looking in ominous form on the back of a 16-game unbeaten run.
City plays defending champions Real Madrid in the last four, so still has much to do to lift the one trophy it is yet to win.
A treble could be considered by some as final confirmation that the club has left United in its wake.
“I understand, of course, the feelings from the Man United fans about it,” Ten Hag said. “We can do it, because we proved it. It’s not an easy job though, it’s a great team, but we also have a great team and great players and we can beat them.”
Ten Hag has already led United to its first trophy in six years this season and is on course to secure Champions League qualification.
While there have also been lows, such as a 6-3 loss against City and the 7-0 rout by Liverpool, there is hope among fans that the club is on the way back up after 10 years since its last league title.
Victory against City in the FA Cup final on June 3 would be seen as further evidence that Ten Hag is ready to challenge Guardiola’s supremacy.
City advanced to the final with a routine 3-0 win against second-division Sheffield United on Saturday, but United’s route was much more difficult against a Brighton team that had the better chances through regulation time.
David de Gea had to make three saves to keep the game goalless after 90 minutes, pushing away an early free kick from Alexis Mac Allister and then pulling off another flying save to deny Julio Enciso in the second half.
Solly March’s late effort was also stopped by De Gea.
Marcus Rashford was denied in extra time by Robert Sanchez.
March went on to miss the crucial penalty in the shootout, firing over the bar after both sides had scored their first six spot kicks.
United defender Lindelof struck the winner to spark celebrations from the red half of the stadium and ensure a potentially epic meeting with City.
“I think we deserved to win but (that’s) my opinion,” said Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi. “We played better and we had more chances to score.”
KISS OF DEATH?
Wout Weghorst scored United’s sixth penalty in the shootout and then kissed the ball before handing it to March, who blasted his shot over the bar.
Whether or not that played any part in the Brighton player missing his spot kick, it might have been an act of gamesmanship from United’s on-loan Dutch striker.
De Zerbi had supportive words for March afterward.
“In penalties anything can happen. You can make mistakes,” he said. “March is one of the best players in our team and I’m proud of him and the rest of the players, especially today.”
Rashford and Jadon Sancho both scored penalties after missing Wembley spot kicks in England’s Euro 2020 shootout loss in the final against Italy.
TOTTENHAM FANS’ FURY
Tottenham supporters have called for action after Sunday’s humiliating 6-1 rout by Newcastle.
Trailing 5-0 after just 21 minutes at St James’ Park, the loss inflicted a major blow to the club’s hopes of Champions League qualification.
“It’s clear that something is seriously wrong at Spurs and our loyal fans deserve so much better,” the Supporters’ Trust tweeted after the match. “Today was completely unacceptable. The @SpursOfficial board needs to act decisively to give us all some hope and something to get behind at the end of a truly awful season.”
Jacob Murphy and Alexander Isak both scored twice in a stunning start for Newcastle, with Joelinton adding another. Harry Kane pulled one back for Spurs, but Callum Wilson struck again for the home team.
Tottenham parted company with manager Antonio Conte by mutual agreement last month and has only won of four games since then.
This was a new low for the Londoners, who are now six points off fourth-place United, having played two games more.
“It was very embarrassing,” Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris said. “The first thing is we should apologize to the fans who traveled and who watched the game.
“It is difficult to analyze the performance, but the first thing was a lack of pride.”
WEST HAM RISING
It was a good week for West Ham.
After coming back from two goals down against Arsenal to earn a 2-2 draw last weekend, a place in the semifinals of the Europa Conference League was secured by beating Gent on Thursday.
But most important to the Hammers is Premier League survival and their hopes of avoiding relegation were boosted by a 4-0 win at Bournemouth on Sunday to move up to 13th.
“We certainly didn’t start the season well so hopefully we can finish it well,” manager David Moyes said.
First-half goals by Michail Antonio, Lucas Paqueta and Declan Rice put the visitors in control at Vitality Stadium and substitute Pablo Fornals added a fourth after the break.
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In a 2024 Republican presidential field full of long-shot candidates, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez may be — on paper anyway — the longest long shot of all.
No sitting mayor has ever been elected U.S. president, a job that historically has been won by governors, vice presidents, senators or Cabinet secretaries. Some former mayors have become commander in chief, but only after serving in higher-profile positions.
None of that has deterred Suarez, who announced his campaign this past week by talking up his experience leading the city of about 450,000 residents. Being a two-term mayor of Miami, he said, has helped him understand and confront issues facing most Americans, such as crime and homelessness. In the video for his kickoff, Suarez went for a run past his childhood home and his high school and spoke of his record of cutting taxes and expanding Miami’s technology economy.
“In Miami, we stopped waiting for Washington to lead,” Suarez said.
The 45-year-old corporate and real estate lawyer, a former president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, is competing for the nomination against two other Florida residents — former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis. They have consistently been first and second, respectively, in early primary polling, well ahead of the rest of the field.
That has so far made it difficult for other candidates to break through. Among them are former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, radio host Larry Elder and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.
Throughout U.S. history, just three presidents were former mayors, though each — Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland and Calvin Coolidge — held offices such as governor or vice president in between. And while this year’s primary field is crowded and the odds for a sitting mayor long, there is recent precedent both for a mayor to become a major candidate and for a person without government experience at all to become president.
Trump, a businessman and former reality television star, is the only person elected president without ever having served in public office or in the military.
In the 2020 election cycle, Pete Buttigieg — the young mayor of South Bend, Indiana — was the biggest surprise success story of the Democratic primary. Known during the campaign as “Mayor Pete,” he had a top finish in the leadoff Iowa caucuses and a close second-place finish in New Hampshire before flailing in more diverse states and dropping out to back Joe Biden.
When Biden won the presidency, he tapped Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary, and Buttigieg is now considered one of the party’s most promising future presidential candidates.
Buttigieg leaned heavily into his experience as mayor in his campaign, including his own work to turn around a Rust Belt city that was once described as “dying” because of the shutdown of manufacturing. He liked to tell voters that Washington should run more like the best U.S. cities.
Voters appreciated that being a mayor is a hands-on job and that mayors are accountable to voters in a way that senators and governors are not, said Lis Smith, a senior adviser to Buttigieg’s campaign who shaped his communications from the start. One of Buttigieg’s favorite lines while campaigning was about how he frequently ran into his constituents at the grocery store. The fact that Buttigieg was not a product of Washington also “was very, very appealing to voters,” Smith said.
“Republican and Democratic voters don’t have a lot in common these days, but I think that one thing they do share is their distaste for Washington politics and Washington politicians,” Smith said.
But Smith also warned that while mayors get to claim credit for all of the things that go right in their community, they also carry the responsibility for things that go wrong.
Buttigieg experienced that when a white South Bend police officer fatally shot a Black man, prompting the mayor to step away from campaigning so he could respond not just to the shooting but also to questions about racial inequality and tensions between Black residents and police in South Bend. That, Smith said, “by far was the toughest part” of his candidacy.
Suarez, the son of Miami’s first Cuban-born mayor and the only Hispanic candidate in the race, believes he can help the party better appeal to Hispanic voters. He also promotes his relative youth compared with the rest of the field — most of whom range in age from their 50s to 70s — saying he represents “generational change” that America needs.
“It’s time for a leader who can connect with segments of our country that Republicans have historically lost,” Suarez said during a speech about his presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Library in California on Thursday night.
Then, briefly repeating his credentials as Miami’s leader, he slipped for a moment into mayoral mode.
“I believe this city needs more than a shouter or a fighter,” Suarez said, apparently substituting “city” for “country.”
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These Volunteers Pour Their Hearts Into Keeping Wyoming Fed
Honestly, I had no idea.
Meals On Wheels in Laramie County Wyoming has been feeding needy people since the 1970s.
As the population has grown, the need has grown.
My friend Rhianna Brand gave me a tour of where she works and I was blown away by the scale and quality of their operation.
The Giving Hearts Of Meals On Wheels, Wyoming
There are people in your community that are stuck at home for various reasons.
They need help with food, and companionship.
In Laramie County Wyoming Meals On Wheels reaches out to them.
Best Wyoming Sports Moments From WyoPreps
If you're a fan of Wyoming high school sports, that probably means that you've played it, or have kids involved in local sports.
You'll also know the names of Frank Gambino and David Settle, who cover these local teams on your local radio stations across the state, and on WyoPreps, both the website and the app.
Here is a collection of the most memorable sports moments from WyoPreps from the past 12 months. From 2022 into 2023.
These photos were sent to WyoPeps by parents.
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To date, Hagee Ministries has donated more than $100 million to Israeli and Jewish charities
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Sunday, Hagee Ministries held its 42nd annual Night to Honor Israel at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio. Several thousand people were on hand for the event. The two keynote speakers were founder of Hagee Ministries and Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Chairman Pastor John Hagee and Texas Lt.Gov. Dan Patrick.
Pastor Hagee focused a substantial portion of his remarks on the rising tide of antisemitism in the United States, including efforts by some to use anti-Zionism as a fig leaf for Jew-hatred.
"Anti-Zionism is anti-Israel; both are antisemitic… We will continue to confront the enemies of Israel and the Jewish people in any form, wherever it may be found," Pastor Hagee said.
During his remarks, Lt. Gov. Patrick echoed a similar note, stating unequivocally, "We will not stand for antisemitism in this state. We will fight it!"
Towards the conclusion of the event, Hagee Ministries donated $1.7 million dollars to Jewish and Israeli charities. The donations come on the heels of the ministry raising more than $7 million dollars as part of a larger effort to aid the Jewish Agency for Israel in rescuing Ukrainian Jewish war refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of the European nation.
Recipients of Hagee Ministries donations during the Night to Honor Israel included, The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Afikim Family Enrichment Association, Bikur V'Ezas Cholim, Emunah Israel, Just one Life, the Koby Mandell Foundation, Nefesh B'Nefesh, Save a Child's Heart, and the Women's International Zionist Organization.
Since holding its first Night to Honor Israel, Hagee Ministries has donated more than $100 million to Israeli and Jewish charities.
Hagee Ministries is an international Christian Evangelical Ministry led by Pastors John and Matt Hagee. John Hagee is the founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church, a non-denominational evangelical church with more than 22,000 active members and is the founder and Chairman of Christians United for Israel, the nation's largest pro-Israel organization. Matt Hagee serves as the Lead Pastor of Cornerstone Church and is the sixth generation in the Hagee family to carry the mantle of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to America and the nations of the world.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will buy 100,000 rounds of howitzer artillery from South Korean manufacturers to provide to Ukraine, a U.S. official said Thursday, in a deal the two governments have been working on for some time.
The agreement comes as Ukrainian leaders press for more weapons and aid to take advantage of a counteroffensive that is pushing Russian forces out of some areas they had taken over earlier in the war. And it relieves concerns within the U.S. military — particularly the Army and the Marine Corps — who are worried that persistent transfers of the Pentagon's howitzer ammunition to Ukraine are eating into their stockpiles.
Other defense officials confirmed the broad outlines of the contract and said it would help with stockpile pressures, specifically involving the howitzer ammunition, which Ukrainian forces have been using at a high rate. Last week a defense official briefing reporters said Ukraine was burning through as many as 7,000 rounds of ammunition a day, while Russia was firing as much as 20,000 rounds daily.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the deal had not been made public.
The South Korea agreement provides a sharp counterpoint to U.S. accusations earlier this month that North Korea was covertly shipping artillery to Russia. Pyongyang denied the claim, which was laid out by John Kirby, a National Security Council spokesman.
Until now, South Korea had previously limited its support for Ukraine to non-lethal equipment and supplies. In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed South Korea to provide lethal arms after Russia’s attack on Mariupol. Seoul’s Defense Ministry confirmed at the time that it had rejected the Ukrainian request for anti-aircraft weapons, citing the South Korean government’s principle of sending only non-lethal aid.
International security experts have said both North Korea and South Korea maintain vast stockpiles of ammunition due to the decades-long tensions along their heavily fortified and militarized shared border.
In a statement, Army Lt. Col. Marty Meiners, a Pentagon spokesman, said the U.S. government has been in discussions to buy ammunition from South Korea's non-government defense industrial base. The ammunition would not come from South Korean military stocks. He declined to provide details.
Meiners said any potential sales always take into account the South Korean military's readiness and requirements and “will not detract from our defensive posture or readiness to respond against regional threats.” He added that South Korea's defense industry reguarly sells military equipment and weapons systems to allies and partners, including the U.S.
South Korea has also inked several recent arms deals with European countries eager to bolster their defenses in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including almost $9 billion in multiple contracts with Poland to provide F-16 fighter jets, training aircraft, tanks and howitzers.
The ammunition deal was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Meiners said he could not provide information on how quickly the ammunition could get to Ukraine. He said the Pentagon has regular conversations with South Korea and other allies around the world about how best to support Ukraine in the war.
The revelation of the agreement came as Russia said it was beginning to withdraw its forces from the key city of Kherson. Ukrainian officials acknowledged Moscow’s troops had no choice but to flee Kherson, yet they remained cautious, fearing an ambush.
Kherson was the only provincial capital Moscow captured after invading Ukraine in February. A Russian withdrawal would mark a serious setback for Moscow, while giving Ukraine a critical launching pad for supplies and troops to aid its effort to win back other lost territory in the south, including Crimea, which Moscow seized in 2014. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/US-to-buy-South-Korean-howitzer-rounds-to-send-to-17575780.php | 2022-11-11 00:40:41 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/US-to-buy-South-Korean-howitzer-rounds-to-send-to-17575780.php |
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VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are searching for at least two suspects who shot and killed six people — including a teenage mother and her baby — at a central California home Monday in what the local sheriff called a “horrific massacre” related to drugs and gangs.
Few details were available Tuesday, including which gangs may have been involved and the results of a narcotics search warrant that sheriff's deputies executed at the home last week in Goshen, a semirural community of about 3,000 residents in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley.
“We also believe this was not a random act of violence. We believe this was a targeted family,” Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said Monday at a news conference.
Samuel Pina said his granddaughter, 16-year-old Alissa Parraz, and her 10-month-old baby, Nycholas Nolan Parraz, were among those killed.
“I can’t wrap my head around what kind of monster would do this,” he told The Associated Press.
Pina said Parraz and her baby were living with her father’s side of the family in Goshen, and that her dad’s uncle, her dad’s cousin, her grandmother and her great-grandmother were also killed.
He said the family is in shock.
“It comes in big waves,” he said.
Deputies responded around 3:30 a.m. Monday to reports of multiple shots fired at the residence in unincorporated Goshen, some 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Fresno.
“Actually the report was that an active shooter was in the area because of the number of shots that were being fired,” Boudreaux said.
Deputies found two victims dead in the street and a third person fatally shot in the doorway of the residence, Boudreaux said.
Three more victims were found inside the home, including a man who was still alive but later died at a hospital, he said.
The sheriff's office previously said the teen mother was 17 and her child was 6 months old.
Rural California is no stranger to drug-related violence. In 2020, seven people were fatally shot in a small, rural Riverside County town where the property had been used for an illegal marijuana growing operation — a common practice in that area.
The following year, a man accidentally shot himself while working at his family's illegal marijuana grow in Butte County's Forbestown. His father and two brothers were accused of moving his body to prevent investigators from discovering the grow site.
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Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alexei Popyrin: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
On Saturday, Matteo Arnaldi (No. 76 in the world) meets Alexei Popyrin (No. 90) in the semifinals of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag.
Arnaldi is the favorite (-150) in this match, compared to the underdog Popyrin, who is +115.
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Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alexei Popyrin Match Information
- Tournament: The Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Stadium Goran Ivanisevic in ITC Stella Maris
- Location: Umag, Croatia
- Court Surface: Clay
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Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alexei Popyrin Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Matteo Arnaldi has a 60.0% chance to win.
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Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alexei Popyrin Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Arnaldi advanced past No. 33-ranked Jiri Lehecka, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Popyrin beat No. 287-ranked Dino Prizmic, winning 7-6, 7-5.
- Arnaldi has played 24.5 games per match (23.2 in best-of-three matches) in his 35 matches over the past year (across all court types).
- On clay, Arnaldi has played 18 matches over the past 12 months, totaling 24.5 games per match (23.4 in best-of-three matches) while winning 54.2% of games.
- In the past year, Popyrin has competed in 47 total matches (across all court types), winning 49.3% of the games. He averages 28.0 games per match (25.3 in best-of-three matches) and 10.6 games per set.
- On clay surfaces, Popyrin has played 16 matches and averaged 26.7 games per match (26.0 in best-of-three matches) and 10.2 games per set.
- Dating back to 2015, Arnaldi and Popyrin have not competed against each other.
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BEIJING, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- March 11, 2023, TOJOY, China's largest business acceleration platform announced plans for its new Oxygen-negetiveBar Hotel business during the China Hotel Green Development Forum.
TOJOY CEO Ge Jun's keynote on speech outlined TOJOY's approach to unifying enterprises and talent on health issues to spur new business in China's booming hospitality and health sectors.
The health and comfort of guests in hotels across China is an increasing priority for many hospitality businesses. According to Chinese Academy of Engineering medical and engineering expert Yu Mengsun, "Turning hotels into a healthy living environment that make use of air purification" can improve air quality in confined spaces and provide better sleep and recovery for guests.
TOJOY's Oxygen-negetive Bar Hotel business will primarily integrate air purification technology known as Boss Health Hotel Oxygen-negetive Bar into existing hotels. Hotel clients can work with TOJOY partners to integrate and maintain negative ion generators to existing hotel rooms without additional investment to remodel rooms or air circulation systems. TOJOY says the resulting air conditions in rooms with the technology installed will be near forest-level. Hotels may find the service useful for aiding in room sterilization, disease prevention, better sleep for guests, and overall guest health.
Boss Health Hotel Oxygen-negetive Bar president Zhang He said that the service is operating in more than 63,000 rooms nationwide. This is the second phase of the technology service's nationwide rollout, bringing a higher tech, lower investment model to entrepreneurs across the country.
According to Zhang, more than one thousand four- and five-star hotels have signed contracts with Boss Health Hotel Oxygen Bar, including well-known brands such as Jianguo Hotel, Narada, Marriott, Arcadia, and Wanda.
During the forum, Robam Health Technology Group also established a "China Hotel Association Oxygen Bar Hotel Special Working Group" under the guidance of China Hotel Association.
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"La Albiceleste" to Face Honduras on Sept. 23 at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium and Jamaica on Sept. 27 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ
TICKETS TO GO ON SALE FRIDAY, AUG. 26 AT 10AM ET
CHICAGO, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CMN Sports, an international sports and entertainment multimedia company, announced two major friendlies featuring 2022 FIFA World Cup contender Argentina against Honduras on Friday, Sept. 23 at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium (8:00pm) and Jamaica on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at Red Bull Arena (8:00pm) in Harrison, NJ. Tickets for both matches will go on sale Friday Aug. 26 at 10am ET and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com.
The games are expected to mark the beginning of the end of an illustrious international career for global icon Lionel Messi. The 35-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward, widely considered the best player in the history of the game, is preparing to make his fifth World Cup appearance for Argentina this year in Qatar.
"CMN Sports is committed to bringing top-flight soccer to the U.S. and we could not be more excited to host these matches ahead of the World Cup," said Carolina Daza, Director of CMN Sports. "Argentina and Lionel Messi are synonymous with excellence, and as the team prepares to compete on the world's biggest stage and possibly bid farewell to its greatest player, we invite fans to come out and honor Messi's incredible legacy."
A seven-time Ballon d'Or winner, Messi is set to captain a young but driven Argentina squad, which currently ranks third in the world. The former Barcelona superstar is Argentina's all-time leading scorer (86 goals) and this year helped his country capture the Finalissima via a 3-0 win over four-time World Cup Champion Italy. In 2021, Messi led "La Albiceleste" to its 15th Copa América title by defeating five-time World Cup Champion Brazil 1-0.
Argentina, currently on a remarkable 32-game unbeaten streak, won the World Cup in 1978 and 1986 and will face Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland in the group stage of the tournament, which kicks off on Nov. 20.
The South Americans' talented roster also includes goalkeeper Franco Armani (River Plate), defenders Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United), and Germán Pezzella (Betis), midfielders Angel Di María (Juventus), Nicolás González (Fiorentina), and Giovani Lo Celso (Villareal), as well as forwards Lautaro Martínez (Internazionale), Julián Alvarez (Manchester City) and Paulo Dybala (Roma).
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BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian veteran’s gravestone carries his photograph and birthday, but the date Roman Shadlovskyi died is a broad estimate: March 2022, the month Russian forces brutally killed both civilians and military personnel before ending their occupation of Bucha.
Shadlovskyi’s body was found about three months later in a mass grave along with the remains of six other people in a forest outside the city near Ukraine’s capital. Residents and relatives gathered at a Bucha cemetery on Tuesday to give him a proper burial.
“They took him on the fourth of March, but we don’t know when they tortured him and how long they tortured him,” Zynaida Nedoleshko, an aunt who helped raise Shadlovskyi and was very close to him. “We don’t know when he died.”
Shadlovskyi turned 27 two weeks before the Russians captured him. For his friends and family, the event created its own fog of war, weeks of uncertainty and waiting that prolonged their grief and undid their attempts to cope with the loss.
“We were searching for him for 103 days. And on the 103rd day, they recovered his remains,” his aunt recalled.
It took another year to confirm Shadlovskyi’s identity with DNA testing. Some of the bodies recovered along with his had tied hands and signs of tortures, Bucha Deputy Mayor Mykhailyna Skoryk-Shkarivska said.
Before his funeral and reburial on Tuesday, Shadlovskyi was buried under a number at a local cemetery along with dozens other unidentified bodies found in the area after Russian troops retreated. His remains were exhumed just hours before the ceremony.
“You know, it was painful back then,” Nedoleshko said about the period when they didn’t know anything about her nephew’s whereabouts. “It’s still difficult now. It feels like someone reached into my heart and twisted it. It’s terrifying to even think about what he went through, how they tortured him.”
She soothes herself by thinking of what Roman was like before the Russians came to Bucha.
“He always laughed. He always said, ‘Come on, let me hug you.’ Now. I will only hug him with prayers, and he won’t hug me back. He was a very good boy, very good. He always smiled.”
Foreign leaders visiting Ukraine to show support typically start their tours in Bucha and the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, which became synonymous with the horrors of Russia’s war because of what happened under occupation.
Other families are still awaiting the results of DNA tests so they can properly bury loved ones whose remains were recovered from different mass graves. Memories of the occupation and its aftermath are never far from the surface in Bucha, where Russian troops slaughtered hundreds of people early in the war.
Many of the locals who came for Shadlovskyi’s memorial service and funeral placed flowers on the closed casket. He was buried in a section of the central cemetery called the Alley of Heroes as he was a veteran of Ukraine’s armed forces when the war started.
He joined the army in 2017 and until 2019 fought in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Russia backed separatists in an armed confrontation with the Ukrainian military. Shadlovskyi’s Roman’s military experience was the main reason Russian troops detained and killed him, Bucha authorities say.
“On the honorary Alley of Heroes, there will be another grave,” an Orthodox priest, Father Andriy, said during the memorial service, standing with Ukrainian flags that each symbolized a Bucha resident who gave a life in the war.
“I hope that the time will come when among those buried as unknown, unidentified, there will be no more graves left,” the priest said.
After the ceremony, military personnel presented Shadlovskyi’s father with the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag from his son’s casket. Holding it, he burst into tears.
Municipal authorities say 458 bodies were found in the Bucha area after the 33-day Russian occupation. The dead included 12 children, most of whom were killed with their parents. A mass grave near the Church of St. Andrew the First-Called held the bodies of 116 people.
On the other side of the cemetery, hundreds of meters away from the place where Shadlovskyi finally rests under his own name, there are dozens of graves with numbers instead of names. The numbers on the tombstones are slowly fading away under the weight of time; some are barely visible now.
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4-year-old chokes to death while at Costco, coroner says
Published: Jul. 17, 2023 at 3:45 PM EDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
KENNEWICK, Wash. (Gray News) – A 4-year-old died after choking on what was believed to be a hot dog at a Costco in Washington state earlier this month, according to Benton County Coroner Bill Leach.
The child was just a few days away from her 5th birthday, KNDU reported.
Leach said several people at the store saw what happened and tried to use life-saving measures to keep the little girl alive.
EMS personnel removed food from the girl’s mouth before she was taken to the hospital where she died.
No autopsy is scheduled.
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BOLIVIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2020 fatal shooting of his girlfriend.
The News & Observer reported that 54-year-old Michael Todd Hill was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced Friday in the killing of 23-year-old Keonna Graham.
Graham was reported missing on July 20, 2020.
She was later found dead in a hotel with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Prosecutors said Hill confessed to killing Graham. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/north-carolina-man-who-won-10m-lottery-gets-life-sentence/ | 2022-05-31 17:09:58 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/north-carolina-man-who-won-10m-lottery-gets-life-sentence/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An oil leak was detected on a pipeline in Poland that’s the main route through which Russian crude reaches Germany, the pipeline’s Polish operator said Wednesday.
The operator, PERN, said it detected a leak in the Druzhba pipeline on Tuesday evening 70 kilometers (45 miles) from the central Polish city of Plock. It said the cause of the leak wasn’t known.
The incident follows leaks late last month in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines running along the Baltic seabed, and amid an energy standoff between Russia and the West over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Denmark and Sweden say those natural gas pipelines were attacked with large amounts of explosives.
The Druzhba pipeline, which in Russian means “Friendship,” is one of the world’s longest oil pipelines. After leaving Russia, it branches out to bring crude to points including Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Austria and Germany.
A Polish government security official, Stanislaw Zaryn, said the leak could be the result of an accident, but that officials were still investigating and were looking at all possible explanations.
“Different scenarios are possible. We don’t exclude any of them,” he told The Associated Press.
Firefighters were working in cornfields near the village of Zurawice to determine the exact point of the leak, according to a spokesman for firefighters, Brig. Karol Kierzkowski. He told the state news broadcaster TVP Info that approximately 400 cubic meters of spilled crude had been pumped out, and transmission along the line had been blocked off.
Germany’s Economy Ministry said that Berlin’s supplies are currently secure, with two German refineries continuing to receive supplies via the Druzhba pipeline. It said reserves at those two refineries have been increased in recent weeks, and that both can, if needed, be supplied via the German port of Rostock and the Polish port of Gdansk.
Last year, Russia accounted for around 35% of Germany’s crude oil supply. But that proportion has been reduced following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February. Germany’s focus now is on phasing out the remaining supplies before a European Union embargo on most Russian imports goes into effect. An European Union embargo on most Russia oil goes into effect on Dec. 5.
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Melio Continues To Expand Its Product Offering, Enabling Users To Pay Suppliers Internationally
NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Melio, a leading B2B payments platform for small businesses, today announced the launch of international payments, enabling U.S. small businesses to make payments abroad with ease and build resiliency in their supply chains. By July 1, Melio customers will be able to pay suppliers in over 70 countries, including main import markets.
Small businesses are withstanding the brunt of supply chain disruptions with 63% saying they have had to alter their supply chains in the past six months. Cross-border payments made by small businesses have been growing sharply but many small businesses lack the infrastructure to process complex international payments. Melio's international payments solution widens the number of vendors that its customers can conduct business with, enabling them to better compete in the global marketplace.
"As Melio continues to scale rapidly we are growing our product and R&D team in order to expand our product offering for small businesses," said Ilan Atias, Melio's co-founder and CTO. "I am pleased that Melio has reached this milestone of enabling payments to over 70 countries, which will provide small businesses with more flexibility to expand their pool of suppliers abroad and with room to innovate."
Melio provides a single, integrated payments solution that allows small businesses to quickly and seamlessly transfer and receive payments – helping with cash flow needs, eliminating late payment costs, and giving businesses back valuable time.
About Melio:
Melio's mission is to keep small business in business, helping them improve their cash flow and workflow, gain more control over their finances, and optimize their business's financial health. Melio was founded by CEO Matan Bar, CTO Ilan Atias, and Ziv Paz in 2018, with headquarters in New York, an R&D center in Tel Aviv, and western U.S. headquarters in Colorado. The company has raised $506 million to date. Melio's smart B2B online payment solution is tailor-made for small businesses' needs. It is a free, simple, and secure solution that allows small businesses and their suppliers to transfer and receive payments quickly and easily.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bill introduced late Friday in the Nevada Legislature would give the Oakland Athletics up to $380 million for a potential 30,000-seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip.
The bulk of the public funding would come from $180 million in transferable tax credits from the state and $120 million in county bonds, which can vary based on interest rate returns. Clark County also would contribute $25 million in credit toward infrastructure costs.
The A’s have been looking for a home to replace Oakland Coliseum, where the team has played since arriving from Kansas City for the 1968 season. The team previously sought to build a stadium in Fremont, California, as well as San Jose and finally the Oakland waterfront — all ideas that never materialized.
The plan in the Nevada Legislature won’t directly raise taxes. It can move forward with a simply majority vote in the Senate and Assembly. Lawmakers have a little more than a week to consider the proposal before they adjourn June 5, though it could be voted on if a special session is called.
The Athletics have agreed to use land on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip, where the Tropicana Las Vegas casino resort sits. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has said she is disappointed the team didn’t negotiate with Oakland as a “true partner.”
Las Vegas would be the fourth home for a franchise that started as the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901-54. It would become the smallest TV market in Major League Baseball and the smallest market to be home to three major professional sports franchises.
The team and Las Vegas are hoping to draw from the nearly 40 million tourists who visit the city annually to help fill the stadium. The 30,000-seat capacity would make it the smallest MLB stadium.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Thursday said a vote on the Oakland Athletics’ prospective move to Las Vegas could take place when owners meet June 13-15 in New York.
The plan faces an uncertain path in the Nevada Legislature. On Thursday, Democratic leaders said financing bills, including for the A’s, may not go through if Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoes the five budget bills, which he has threatened to do as many of his priorities have stalled or faded in the Democratic-controlled Legislature.
Under the bill, the Clark County Board of Commissioners would create a homelessness prevention and assistance fund along the stadium’s area in coordination with MLB and the Nevada Resort Association. There, they would manage funds for services, including emergency rental and utility assistance, job training, rehabilitation and counseling services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
The lease agreement with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority would be up for renewal after 30 years.
Nevada’s legislative leadership is reviewing the proposal, Democratic state Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager said in a statement Thursday.
“No commitment will be made until we have both evaluated the official proposal and received input from interested parties, including impacted community members,” Yeager said.
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The Portland Thorns have dismissed a pair of team executives in the wake of an investigation into misconduct in the National Women's Soccer League.
The Thorns' move Wednesday came a day after owner Merritt Paulson removed himself from a decision-making role with the team.
Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler also stepped back from his role.
Meanwhile, Racing Louisville President James O’Connor apologized to fans and a former player who came forward with allegations of sexual abuse.
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates and the law firm of King & Spaulding released results of their investigation Monday that detailed “systemic” abuse and misconduct in women's soccer. U.S. Soccer retained Yates when a series of scandals rocked the league last year.
Five of 10 NWSL coaches either were fired or stepped down last season amid allegations of misconduct. Among them was former Thorns and North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley, who was accused by former players Mana Shim and Sinead Farrelly of sexual coercion and harassment dating back a decade. Riley has denied the allegations.
Yates’ report focused on three former coaches: Riley, Louisville's Christy Holly and Chicago's Rory Dames. Not only did the investigation find misconduct by all three, it also said their teams did not fully cooperate.
Thorns executives Gavin Wilkinson and Mike Golub were both relived of their duties Wednesday. The two were also dismissed from Paulson's other team, Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers.
Riley was coach of the Thorns in 2014 and 2015. His alleged misconduct was investigated by the team, which opted not to renew his contract but did not publicly reveal the reason for the decision.
Yates wrote that Thorns management “interfered with our access to relevant witnesses and raised specious legal arguments in an attempt to impede our use of relevant documents.” The investigation also found inappropriate workplace comments made by team executives.
Riley went on to coach the Western New York Flash, which subsequently became the North Carolina Courage. Riley was with the Courage until September 2021 when allegations of misconduct were published in The Athletic.
The Courage issued a statement saying the team is committed to player safety and will take appropriate action on the recommendations in the report.
“The North Carolina Courage stand in full support of the players impacted by abusive behavior across our league. We acknowledge our responsibility to continuously examine our organization and our role within the systemic problems in our sport, as described in the Yates report," the statement said. “The details and events are deeply disturbing, and action must be taken to ensure these types of occurrences are never again allowed to happen.”
Dames, a former coach of the Red Stars, allegedly abused players verbally and created a hostile work environment. He resigned at the end of last season.
Whisler has announced he is removing himself from a governance role on the NWSL board and giving control of the franchise to its executive team.
“The past few months have been a time of deep humility, contrition, and reflection for me. I have always strived to ensure that everyone hired in our environment is of high character and shares our positive values. But we have not always succeeded. For that, I am sorry,” Whisler said in a statement.
The investigative report also recounted an April 2021 encounter between then-Louisville coach Holly and a player, Erin Simon, who now plays in Europe. Holly invited her to watch game film with him and allegedly told her that for every pass she messed up, he was going to touch her. Simon told investigators Holly “pushed his hands down her pants and up her shirt.”
The club fired Holly last season for cause after looking into the allegations against him.
“We commend Erin for her bravery in coming forward as part of U.S. Soccer’s investigation. And while our former coach was terminated within 24 hours of us being alerted to the behavior, we know that wasn’t enough and that we failed our locker room by creating a space where this behavior could occur,” O'Connor said in a statement Wednesday.
He added: “We are not the same club that we were in August of 2021. We now owe it to our players and community to prove it.”
The NWSL and its players association are also investigating alleged misconduct in the league,
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‘American Idol’ Top 3 Finalists Revealed
Only three finalists are moving forward after the latest episode of American Idol, which aired live coast-to-coast on Sunday night (May 15). HunterGirl, Noah Thompson and Leah Marlene are now vying for the Season 20 grand prize, which includes roughly $250,000 and a recording contract.
Nicolina Bozzo and Fritz Hager were eliminated from the reality TV sing-off competition.
Keeping up with the tradition of previous episodes, live voting opened up at the top of the program and closed before the last commercial break. In the final seconds of the broadcast, long-running host Ryan Seacrest then called for the lights to dim before he revealed the fate of the remaining contestants.
“What an incredible ride it has been. Good luck to all of you as I read the results,” he told the Top 5 hopefuls as they waited to hear who would be heading home and who is still in the running for the Idol crown.
Both HunterGirl and Thompson represent the country music genre, which means there’s a good chance that a country singer will win it all. Fittingly, the contenders – aside from Thompson, who was still recovering from coronavirus – traveled to Las Vegas, where Carrie Underwood currently has a residency at Resorts World Theatre.
The Season 4 American Idol champion and country music icon appeared on the show as a mentor on Sunday. She helped prepare all of the hopefuls in singing a song from her extensive award-winning catalog. Pop star Finneas also guest performed on the show and shared his new song “Naked” with the studio audience and viewers at home.
The Season 20 three-hour American Idol finale will take place on Sunday (May 22) at 8PM ET on ABC. The broadcast will include appearances by Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Gabby Barrett, Sara Bareilles, Ben Platt, Flo Rida, Melissa Etheridge, Earth Wind & Fire, and more.
American Idol Season 20 Top 3 Contestants:
HunterGirl
Noah Thompson
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins discussed his country’s interest in boosting economic ties with China during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday.
Hipkins said the focus of his meeting with Xi was to “reaffirm our close economic relationship by supporting businesses (to) renew their connections with Chinese counterparts and helping grow new ones to support New Zealand’s economic recovery.”
Hipkins is on a five-day visit to China, his first since becoming prime minister in January, along with a business delegation representing areas including tourism and education.
Before starting his visit, he described New Zealand’s relationship with China as a “critical part of our economic recovery.”
New Zealand officially entered a recession this month after its economy contracted for two consecutive quarters. Officials say China is key to three of New Zealand’s engines for post-pandemic economic recovery: exports, tourism and education.
China is New Zealand’s largest export market, and Wellington over the years has managed to maintain warmer ties to Beijing than some of its Western allies. New Zealand has issued critical statements about China’s human rights and foreign policy practices, but has generally experienced less friction with China than other countries in the region such as Australia.
Xi praised “the great importance” of China-New Zealand ties, saying Hipkins’ visit was “very meaningful,” according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Earlier in the day, Hipkins attended a meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Chinese port city of Tianjin alongside other foreign officials and joined a signing ceremony for four New Zealand exporters and their Chinese counterparts, according to a statement from his office.
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Casper’s TOP 10 Snowstorms on Record
We've all been warned. Everyone is talking about the storm that is expected to arrive in Casper around five o'clock. The National Weather Service forecasts up to 18" over the next 24 hours.
If you're wondering if this year has been exceptionally snowy, IT HAS. This has been one of the biggest years for snowfall in decades.
But the biggest snowstorm on record happened on Christmas Eve in 1982, coming in at 31.3 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Check out this list of the TOP 10 Snowstorms in Casper over the years.
- December 23-24, 1982 - 31.3" (of snowfall)
- April 18-21, 1973 - 27.9"
- March 13-14, 2021 - 26.3"
- April 30- May 2, 1946 - 23.2"
- December 1-2, 1982 - 21"
- May 4-7, 1978 - 18.8"
- January 30- February 2, 2016 - 18.1"
- April 29- May 2, 1973 - 17.9"
- April 18- April 20, 1971 - 17.4"
- October 3-5, 2013 - 16.4"
Some of you are thinking, we've been here before. Ain't no biggie.
But forecasts are forecasts--sometimes it snows a lot less...sometimes it snows it a lot more than anybody could've guessed.
Not to mention the blistering cold winds and whiteout conditions to go with all the snow.
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MADRID, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seedtag the leader in contextual advertising in EMEA and LATAM, has today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of KMTX (previously Keymantics), a French company specialised in building AI models to optimise and automate performance campaigns. By combining Seedtag's contextual data with KMTX's models, Seedtag will be able to provide advertisers with a full-funnel cookieless solution that delivers outstanding results for both branding and performance objectives.
KMTX is a leading French technology company focused on delivering mid and low funnel KPIs to advertisers. They have developed proprietary AI to optimise post-click results based on multiple signals, with special focus on keyword and semantic audiences. Founded in París in 2017, KMTX spent two years on research and development into how data was collected, processed and acted upon in media buying, before launching commercially in 2019. Since then they have grown exponentially and its proprietary performance advertising solution has seen great success in France.
Jorge Poyatos and Albert Nieto, Co-CEOs and Co-Founders of Seedtag, state: "Over the last few years, we have seen a strong correlation between contextual signals and performance results although we have not had the technology to predict post-click behaviours at scale. The acquisition of KMTX brings AI based predictive models into our stack that combined with our proprietary contextual data will constitute a leading solution for achieving performance results in a cookieless world".
Arthur Querou, CEO and Co-Founder of KMTX, adds: "Over the past 5 years, we have built a successful business based on helping advertisers make better media buying decisions. With Seedtag we share a common vision of making advertising on the open web simpler through data-driven media investment. By combining KMTX's technology with Seedtag's, the industry will be able to avail of a full-funnel contextual AI solution that will help advertisers make accurate targeting decisions in a privacy-first world."
With this acquisition, Seedtag continues moving forward in its mission to become the global contextual advertising partner for brands and agencies. As announced at the beginning of the year, the company is now expanding into the US market and will continue investing in its contextual AI technology, LIZ©, in order to provide the most relevant and engaging communications in a privacy-first world.
About Seedtag
Seedtag is the leading Contextual Advertising Company that creates highly impactful and engaging solutions for relevant premium visual content, powering targeting and returns for top publishers and the finest brands. The company's contextual A.I. allows brands to engage with consumers within their universe of interest on a cookie-free basis.
Seedtag was founded in Madrid in 2014 by two ex-Googlers who wanted to get the most out of editorial images and to this day it is a global company that more than 300 employees and an important international presence with offices in Spain, France, Italy, UK, Benelux, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Argentina and Chile.
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All is not what it seems on Apple TV+'s sci-fi retro-futuristic dramedy, Hello Tomorrow!.
The upcoming series, led by The Morning Show's Billy Crudup, follows Jack Billings -- a talented, ambitious, ruthless salesman -- who leads a team of salespeople made up of "misfits and vagabonds" as they try to shill timeshares for a property on the moon called Brightside. While all may seem fine and dandy on the surface, in ET's exclusive first look behind the curtain of the show, there is far more sinister agenda at play.
"It's the land of opportunity. Americans promising more than we can deliver, that's the center of Hello Tomorrow!" Crudup previews. "They're giving people an opportunity to hope for a better future."
Meanwhile, co-star Jacki Weaver, who plays Barbara Billings, says the show is a case study in the American dream "and how askew it can go."
"The beginning of the show is defined by such optimism," actor Nicholas Podany, who plays Joey Shorter says, "and then very quickly it is made clear there is a lot more ominous undertones."
"I found it incredibly entertaining to imagine a world that's talking about the spirit of American salesmanship, that sense of hopefulness, as lie upon lie becomes to crumble down," Crudup adds, as scenes of Jack's seemingly perfect utopia begins to crack. "I've never seen it put on page before."
As the truth starts spilling out, Hank Azaria, who plays Eddie, says ultimately Hello Tomorrow! asks the important questions people deal with every day: "What's the truth? What's a lie? What do I actually believe in?"
Haneefah Wood, Alison Pill, Dewshane Williams and Matthew Maher round out the ensemble.
Co-created by Amit Bhalla and Lucas Jansen, the series is produced by MRC Television. Stephen Falk, Jonathan Entwistle, Bhalla and Jansen serve as executive producers alongside Crudup. Additionally, Blake Griffin, Ryan Kalil and Noah Weinstein serve as executive producers.
Hello Tomorrow! drops its first three episodes Friday, Feb. 17 on Apple TV+, followed by new episodes weekly through April 7.
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Updated July 4, 2022 at 4:32 PM ET
At least six people are dead following a shooting at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Ill., according to officials.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office tweeted that the suspect was described as being a white male between 18 to 20 years old, with long black hair and a small build. He was wearing a white or blue T-shirt.
Law enforcement, including federal partners, remain on the scene searching for the suspect.
— Lake County Sheriff (@LakeCoILSheriff) July 4, 2022
Law enforcement officials said the suspect appeared to be shooting from a rooftop, and that a rifle has been recovered at the scene.
During a news conference Monday afternoon, Highland Park police commander Chris O'Neill said the incident started at 10:14 a.m. local time.
At least 24 people have been transported to local hospitals, said O'Neill. It is unclear whether the six fatalities are included in the the number of those transported.
Earlier, NPR member station WBEZ reported the "vast majority" of the wounded are being treated for gunshot wounds. Some also "sustained injuries as a result of the ensuing chaos at the parade."
Witnesses in the area told The Associated Press they saw bloodied bodies covered with blankets.
Lynn Sweet, the Washington bureau chief at the Chicago Sun-Times who was at the parade, captured the chaos that ensued as gunfire erupted in a video.
My video.. I was at #Highland Park parade.. Terrified people fleeing July 4th parade when shooting started. pic.twitter.com/DSe0NJOuem
— Lynn Sweet (@lynnsweet) July 4, 2022
Several parade-goers described widespread confusion as the first shots rang out. One person thought the blasts came from a backfiring vehicle, while another person said they believed it was the sound of blank bullets fired by the Navy's marchers, WBEZ reported.
One father said he ran from the scene with his son and tried to break into a local building when the shooting stopped.
"I guess he was reloading. So I kept running and ran into an alley and put my son in a garbage dumpster so he could be safe," he said.
Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker called for prayer in the wake of the "the evil unleashed this morning" but added that prayers alone would not address the problem of gun violence in the country.
"There are no words for the kind of monster who lies in wait and fires into a crowd of families with children celebrating a holiday with their community. There are no words for the kind of evil that robs our neighbors of their hopes, their dreams, their futures," Pritzker said in a statement.
"We must — and we will — end this plague of gun violence."
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said: "Our hearts go out to the families of the victims at this devastating time. On a day that we came together to celebrate community and freedom, we are instead mourning the tragic loss of life and struggling with the terror that was brought upon us."
This is a developing story.
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On July 16, prospective homebuyers will meet industry experts – face-to-face for free.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of South Floridians will attend the annual Florida Homebuying Fair at Volunteer Park on Saturday, July 16.
The free event gives prospective but often-overwhelmed homebuyers the chance to meet Realtors®, mortgage brokers, title companies, appraisers, and HUD-certified housing counselors. It's an informative and no-pressure environment.
Purchasing a home in the current market is not an easy task. "At Consolidated Credit our housing counselors interact with people who have financial goals, and for many South Florida families, buying a home is one of the most critical on their list," says Sandra Tobon Consolidated Credit's Director of Housing & Community Outreach.
At the fair people will have the opportunity to ask the experts about the options and steps they need to take to buy a home. The event will put people in front of community resources to assist them on their homebuying journey.
The Florida Homebuying Fair has earned a reputation as the go-to location for free one-on-one HUD-approved counseling. This coaching – available in English and Spanish – lets Floridians with weak credit devise a plan to get them into a home while still sticking to a budget. There are similar services for veterans and current military service members.
Sponsored by major financial institutions, the Florida Homebuying Fair has become the must-attend event for local homebuyers.
WHEN: Saturday, July 16, 2022, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
WHERE: Volunteer Park, 12050 W Sunrise Blvd., Plantation, FL 33323 (Map)
For information, call 888-881-3576 or visit http://www.thehomebuyingfair.com/
About: In nearly 30 years, Consolidated Credit has helped over 10 million people overcome challenges with debt and financial issues. Its mission is to assist families throughout the United States to end financial crises and solve money management issues through education and professional counseling.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meson, a cross-chain protocol for stablecoin, has raised a $4 million funding round led by GSRV, a global web3 institutional investor, BAI Capital, Plug and Play, Mirana Ventures, M77 Ventures, SNZ Capital, A&T Fund, Smarti Labs also participated in the round. Raised fund will be used towards ecological partnerships and growth for Meson.
Meson provides minute-fast swaps with almost-zero costs & slippage across all leading blockchains and layer-2 rollups. Meson is already connected to Ethereum, BNB Chain, Tron, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche, Fantom, Evmos, Aurora, Conflux, Harmony, Moonriver and Moonbeam. In the coming months, Meson intends to support other non-EVM chains including Solana and more.
About Meson
Meson is a stablecoin swap protocol facilitating stablecoin free flows among Ethereum, Layer 2s, and major high-performance public chains. With its all-new product design and technology stacks, Meson offers point-to-point swaps among major stablecoins on any supported networks with fast confirmation, minimal fees and zero slippage. It does not rely on any existing cross-chain solutions and has been robustly audited by renowned auditors, including Trail of Bits and SSLabs at Georgia Institute of Technology. To learn more about Meson, visit https://meson.fi or follow along on Twitter and Discord at https://twitter.com/mesonfi.
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(The Hill) – Fox News made major changes to its weeknight lineup on Monday, shifting some of its top pundits into new time slots and signaling the beginning of a new era in primetime at the network.
The changes, which go into effect next month, offer clues about the conservative media giant’s strategy ahead of next year’s GOP primary and presidential election.
The reshuffling also comes amid a time of upheaval across the cable news business more generally and as Fox specifically deals with the fallout of a slew of legal headaches and controversies it has faced over its coverage of the 2020 election.
Here are five takeaways.
Jesse Watters sees his star rise further at Fox
Jesse Watters, who got his start in Fox’s 8 p.m. hour as a correspondent for Bill O’Reilly’s program, is taking over Tucker Carlson’s primetime hour. That gives him the keys to what has, in recent years, ranked as the network’s most-watched evening hour.
Carlson was ousted by the network last month and has since launched a version of his popular Fox program on Twitter. Watters was granted his own show at 7 p.m. last January and has reaped ratings success for Fox, consistently beating out other cable channels in that time slot.
Like Carlson, Watters has been no stranger to controversy during his tenure at Fox.
Dr. Anthony Fauci called for Watters to be fired a month before his solo show was launched after the host suggested activists ambush Fauci and go for a rhetorical “kill shot” to his credibility in the form of questions about a Chinese lab’s links to the coronavirus’s origins.
“The only thing that I have ever done throughout these two years is to encourage people to practice good public health practices: to get vaccinated, to be careful in public settings, to wear a mask,” said Fauci, who has been public about the death threats he’s received. “And for that, you have some guy out there saying that people should be giving me a kill shot, to ambush me?”
Fox defended its host at the time, saying his comments had been taken out of context.
“Based on watching the full clip and reading the entire transcript, it’s more than clear that Jesse Watters was using a metaphor for asking hard-hitting questions to Dr. Fauci about gain-of-function research and his words have been twisted completely out of context,” the statement said.
It was a key moment in Watter’s ascendance at Fox, as the network’s defense of his comments showed it was investing stock in one of the younger, more popular members of its roster.
Monday’s lineup shuffle shows Watters, who had been widely viewed as the odds-on favorite to take over for Carlson, has solidified himself as a fixture that the network is now pinning its hopes for a key post on.
Gutfeld takes his schtick to primetime
Greg Gutfeld has been another one of Fox’s rising talents for months, and now he’s getting a chance to bring his flair for comedy to primetime.
The network launched an eponymous Late Night comedy program for Gutfeld at 11 p.m. in 2021 and the conservative pundit has responded by beating out Late Night shows on the major broadcast networks for several weeks running.
Fox’s experiment with Gutfeld paying off proves that there is an appetite for conservative comedy among its audience, and that the network sees this as a growth area where it can capitalize.
Moving into primetime is likewise a significant milestone for Gutfeld, another co-host of “The Five,” who has worked himself from weekend host and comedian to a leading pundit now at the center of Fox’s daily programming during its most-watched hours.
But the lights are brighter in primetime, and Fox is wagering Gutfeld’s style will land well in Ingraham’s former time slot as it looks to hold on to its outsized audience share in the hour before the late local news on the broadcast networks airs.
Hannity, Ingraham remain as Fox mainstays
Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham are two of Fox’s longest serving hosts and while Hannity is staying in his 9 p.m. time slot, Ingraham’s show is moving up three hours from 10 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Ingraham’s Washington-based program focusing on politics and current events will replace Watters, who was given his first weekday solo show after anchor Martha MacCallum’s newscast was moved to mid-afternoons.
Fox choosing to feature Ingraham’s conservative commentary at 7 p.m. shows it is committed to opinion-based programming in that hour and is now using one of its household names to kick off, instead of wrap-up, its nightly lineup of punditry.
Replacing Watters at 7 p.m. could benefit Ingraham, who will now follow the network’s top-watched newscast at 6 p.m. and will have the advantage of reacting to the top news of the day three hours sooner each weeknight.
Keeping Hannity and Ingraham in the primetime mix also suggests that Fox would rather bet on horses it knows can deliver ratings, rather than look outside its ranks to fill key vacancies and stay atop the ultra-competitive cable news business.
Pro-Trump talk is welcome in primetime on Fox
Keeping Hannity and Ingraham in primetime shows Fox is not straying from pro-Trump commentary, as some critics on the right have suggested in recent months.
Text messages from Hannity and Ingraham made public as part of the investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot showed the two hosts pleading with Trumps’ aides to call the mob off, with Ingraham at one point writing the spectacle was “hurting all of us.”
The episode was a clear window into the mutually beneficial relationship between Trump, an avid cable news watcher, and the conservative media figures that have long backed him.
Watters and Gutfeld, meanwhile, have similarly used commentary supportive of Trump to boost their credibility with Fox’s conservative audience, much of which remains loyal to the former president.
As the 2024 GOP primary heats up, the assembling of the four pundits suggests it is unlikely viewers can expect to see a pivot away from Trump on Fox in primetime anytime soon.
Gutfeld, Waters do represent a kind of shift
Fox has always leaned on primetime pundits who appeal to conservative audiences.
But in tapping Gutfeld and Watters for primetime shows, Fox News is leaning into the news-entertainment business given the voices of the two up-and-coming conservative media stars.
Neither Gutfeld nor Watters are cut from the same kind of mantel as Carlson or Hannity.
While Gutfeld has used explicit joke telling to grow his audience, Watters has more often relied on quirky and unorthodox segments to spark shock, awe and sometimes controversy during his nightly show.
The pair’s ascendence also comes as Fox makes a push into entertainment programming on streaming, publishing stand up specials with controversial comedians like Roseanne Barr and Rob Schneider on its “Fox Nation” platform.
As the news consumption habits of Americans change, and public polling shows more people are growing increasingly tired of partisan politics, Fox attempting to carve a lane out in the political entertainment space can be seen as an acknowledgement the world it operates in is changing rapidly. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/five-takeaways-from-the-prime-time-shuffle-at-fox-news/ | 2023-06-27 11:11:16 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/five-takeaways-from-the-prime-time-shuffle-at-fox-news/ |
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Taylor Swift opened her U.S. concert series with a three-hour tour of her career.
Swift kicked off the first concert of the 27-date Eras Tour with a six-song set from her album “Lover” on Friday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where the Super Bowl was played a month ago.
“I don’t know how to address the way this is making me feel right now,” Swift, who hasn't toured since 2018, said early in the show.
She ended the concert with a seven-song set from her latest album “Midnights," closing with the song “Karma.”
In between she played clusters of songs from most of her albums — and just one, “Tim McGraw,” from her 2006 self-titled debut. In the end it took 44 songs and just over three hours for her to span her 17-year career.
Having not toured for her previous three albums, this concert series is intended to play catchup by providing the live debut of many of those songs. When Swift announced the tour in November she called it “a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!).”
Swift seemed to acknowledgethe Ticketmaster furor that sullied the run-up to the tour when she told the crowd of more than 70,000 that she understands it took “considerable effort” for them to be there.
After another show at the same venue Saturday night, the tour moves on to Allegiant Stadium outside Las Vegas and then AT&T Stadium near Dallas.
It concludes with two Los Angeles-area shows in August. | https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2023/03/18/taylor-swift-kicks-off-us-eras-tour-at-super-bowl-stadium/ | 2023-03-18 23:29:17 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/entertainment/2023/03/18/taylor-swift-kicks-off-us-eras-tour-at-super-bowl-stadium/ |
WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Friday, April 7, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for Northeast Oregon and South Central Washington
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
WAZ026-082300-
Kittitas Valley-
Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 50s to lower 60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to
20 mph increasing to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Highs in the
mid 50s to lower 60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph
in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows in the mid to upper
40s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. West
wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the 30s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
or snow showers. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 40s to upper 50s. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ027-082300-
Yakima Valley-
Including the cities of Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, and Yakima
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts
up to 20 mph increasing to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. South wind 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
Light wind. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
rain showers. Lows in the mid to upper 30s.
.TUESDAY...Windy. Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain or snow showers. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
Highs in the 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
to mid 30s. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ028-082300-
Lower Columbia Basin of Washington-
Including the cities of Connell, Prosser, and Tri-Cities
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower to mid 60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts
to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. South
wind 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. South wind 5 to
10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the upper 60s to lower
70s. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Windy. Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain or
snow showers. Highs in the 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
to mid 30s. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ029-082300-
Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-
Including the cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, and Walla Walla
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. South
wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. South wind
5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows in the lower 50s. South
wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
South wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain or snow showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the
lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain or snow showers. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
Highs in the 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to
mid 30s. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ030-082300-
Northwest Blue Mountains-
Including the city of Ski Bluewood Resort
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. South
wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 50s, except in
the upper 50s to mid 60s valleys. Breezy. South wind 5 to 15 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows in the 40s. South wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation
60 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the 60s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around
30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Lows in the 30s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Windy. Rain and mountain snow showers likely. Light
mountain snow accumulations. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Lows in the mid 20s to
lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Lows
in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of rain or snow showers. Highs in the 40s. Lows in the mid
20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and
mountain snow showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
$$
WAZ522-082300-
Upper Slopes of the Eastern Washington Cascades Crest-
Including the cities of Roslyn and Easton
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain or snow showers in the afternoon. Snow
level 4000 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid
40s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and mountain snow
showers in the evening, then a chance of rain and mountain snow
overnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers and high mountain snow likely in the
morning, then rain showers in the afternoon. Little or no high
mountain snow accumulation. Highs in the 40s. Windy. South wind
15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows in the 30s. Southwest wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain and high mountain snow showers. Highs in the 40s.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and mountain snow showers. Light mountain
snow accumulations. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Snow showers. Light snow accumulations. Highs
in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Chance of precipitation
90 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow showers. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. Highs in
the lower 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 19 to 25.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of snow showers. Lows in the 20s. Highs in the upper 30s
to upper 40s.
$$
WAZ523-082300-
Lower Slopes of the Eastern Washington Cascades Crest-
Including the cities of Appleton, Cle Elum, and Cliffdell
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain or snow
showers in the afternoon. Snow level 4000 feet in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s, except in the upper 40s to
lower 50s valleys. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and high mountain snow
showers in the evening, then a chance of rain overnight. Lows in
the 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the morning,
then rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s to lower
50s, except in the 50s valleys. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up
to 25 mph increasing to 35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent. Rainfall amounts less than a quarter of
an inch.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s, except
in the 50s valleys. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to
around 20 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Rain and mountain snow showers likely.
Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Breezy. Rain or snow showers likely. Highs in the mid
30s to mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Highs
in the upper 30s to upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Highs
in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s to
lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
$$
WAZ521-082300-
Simcoe Highlands-
Including the cities of Goldendale and Bickleton
358 AM PDT Sat Apr 8 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s to upper 50s. Southwest
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
evening, then a chance of rain overnight. Lows in the mid 30s to
lower 40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph in the evening, becoming light.
Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 35 mph in the afternoon. Rainfall amounts
less than a quarter of an inch.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows in the 40s. Southwest
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Chance
of precipitation 90 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
rain showers. Lows in the 30s.
.TUESDAY...Windy. Partly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow
showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow showers. Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain or
snow showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the mid 20s to mid 30s. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 50s.
$$
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20 relevant facts about the powerful Latino influence in the U.S.
Each year the important contributions of Hispanics to the development of the country are highlighted.
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September 30th, 2022After the great L'ATTITUDE event, which was successfully held the previous week in San Diego, CA, several relevant data regarding the impact of Latino communities in the United States were socialized through important findings found in different studies focused on the contributions of this population to the American economy and culture.
“There is power bringing all of yourself into a room. You do not turn off your Latinidad when you enter a board room. Everything you learned at your grandmother’s feet and at your father’s will serve you in that board room. It’s not something you forget about, pic.twitter.com/YaWDfSFI3r
— L'ATTITUDE (@LATTITUDEevent) October 4, 2022
Highlighting especially the presentation of the Latino Donors Collaborative (LCD) report on the 2022 Latino GDP, these are important facts about Hispanics that everyone should share, especially to break outdated stereotypes:
1. $2.8 trillion is the Latino GDP in the U.S.
2. The U.S. Hispanic population represents the 5th largest economy in the world.
3. Among the 10 largest GDP indices, Latinos are the third fastest growing group.
4. They have a growth in consumption three times higher than non-Latino groups.
5. They presented a growth of 87% in their purchasing power.
6. They represent 20% of the North American population.
7. This population presented a growth of 51%.
8. They represent 52% of new homeowners in the U.S.
9. They present a rate of 68% in sales of new vehicles.
10. 66% consume higher sports.
From 2010 to 2020 U.S. Latino GDP was the THIRD fastest growing among the 10 largest GDPs.
— LDC Latino (@LDCLatino) September 22, 2022
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11. They presented a 78% growth in the labor force.
12. They stood out with a 35% increase in Latin music sales, compared to 23% for the music industry.
13. Latino small businesses drove 80% growth in this sector.
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14. Latino registered voters make up 30%.
15. They posted the largest revenue growth among small businesses.
16. They are the fastest growing personal consumption group.
17. They have the highest participation in the labor force.
18. They are the group with the highest consumption expenditure throughout life.
19. They only have 4.1% representation on boards of Fortune 1000 companies.
20. It is the most underrepresented group in the media.
Inspiring data that this event left us whose platform continues to work to continue leveraging Latino leadership and continue taking it to the top of corporate America.
Now, in addition to continuing to work to bring better conditions to the Latino populations in the U.S. and continue promoting their comprehensive growth, the challenge is to let the entire country know that the biased image they have of these communities is very different from what it actually happens with Hispanics in this country.
It is time to radically change the image of “invaders and people who take away jobs” to viralize that of drivers of the economy and creators of jobs and new opportunities.
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REHOVOT, Israel, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Steakholder Foods Ltd. (Nasdaq: STKH) ("Steakholder Foods" or the "Company"), an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultivated meat industry, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 6,000,000 of the Company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") (or ADS equivalents in lieu thereof), each ADS representing ten (10) ordinary shares, at a purchase price of $1.00 per ADS (or ADS equivalent in lieu thereof). The Company also issued in a concurrent private placement unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 6,000,000 ADSs. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.10 per ADS, are immediately exercisable upon issuance, and expire three and one-half years from the date of issuance.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The total gross proceeds to the Company from the offering were $6 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering as working capital for general corporate purposes.
The securities described above (excluding the warrants and ADSs underlying the warrants) were offered by the Company in a registered direct offering pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-264110) that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 4, 2022, and declared effective on April 13, 2022. The offering of such securities in the registered direct offering was made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus that forms a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relating to the registered direct offering were filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 856-5711 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.
The warrants described above were offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the ADSs underlying such warrants, have not been registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the warrants and the underlying ADSs may not be reoffered or resold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and such applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Steakholder Foods
Steakholder Foods Ltd., is an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultured meat revolution. The company-initiated activities in 2019 and is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker "STKH" (formerly MITC), with headquarters in Rehovot, Israel.
The company is developing a slaughter-free solution for producing cellular agriculture meat products, such as beef and seafood, by offering manufacturers the ability to produce a cultivated meat product that aims to closely mimic the taste, texture, and appearance of traditional meat- as an alternative to industrialized farming and fishing. With its membership in the UN Global Compact, Steakholder Foods is committed to act in support of issues embodied in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which include strengthening food security, decreasing carbon footprint, and conserving water and land resources.
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Her name was Halo, and she was born last week, on March 29, two months early and weighing 3 pounds. She lived for four hours, dying in the arms of her father, Luis Villasana.
Her mother, Samantha Casiano, knew their baby wouldn't survive long because she had anencephaly – part of Halo's brain and skull never developed.
Now, they can't afford to give their newborn daughter the funeral they would like to give her.
'Crushed' at 20 weeks
Casiano got the diagnosis three days after Christmas, at a prenatal appointment when she was 20 weeks pregnant. "I was told that she's incompatible with life," she says. "I was crushed."
She asked her OB-GYN what her options were. Casiano says her doctor told her, "Well, because of the new law, you don't have any options. You have to go on with your pregnancy."
Texas has among the strictest abortion laws in the country, with three overlapping bans. One abortion ban predated Roe v. Wade, another was triggered when Roe was overturned and comes with a maximum penalty of life in prison for providing an abortion in Texas. There's also SB-8, which allows people to bring civil charges for "aiding or abetting" an abortion in the state.
Casiano knew that Texas banned abortions, but she didn't think those laws would apply in a situation where the fetus was certain to die. But the laws do apply. A narrow exception allows for abortions when the mother's life or "a major bodily function" is in imminent danger, but there are no exceptions in Texas law for the diagnosis of a fetal anomaly, no matter how severe. In fact, very few states with abortion bans have such exceptions.
Casiano wishes she could have ended the pregnancy in Texas as soon as she got the anencephaly diagnosis.
"I should have had that choice – that right over my own body and over my daughter's body to be able to tell my daughter, 'It is time for you to rest,' because she was going to end up having to rest anyways," Casiano says.
Three months more
Samantha Casiano is 29 years old. She and Villasana are raising four kids, and a goddaughter who lives with them. Their youngest is 9 months old. They live in East Texas in a mobile home.
After she got the anencephaly diagnosis in December, she called clinics that provide abortions in New Mexico and Arizona, but she couldn't figure out how to make the trip. It would have been at least 700 miles and taken about 12 hours to drive to a clinic in New Mexico – that would have required days off of work and childcare for her kids. "It wasn't possible for us," she says. So she braced herself for five more months carrying a pregnancy that would end in a funeral.
Awful weeks, painful questions
Those weeks were awful, she says. She started on antidepressants. She also began to work remotely — she does document processing for a corporation. "There was no way I could go into the office because I couldn't hear the 'Oh, my gosh, how far along are you?'"
She also had to keep taking time off of work for the frequent doctors appointments that are necessary during any pregnancy. Being in the OB-GYN waiting room was painful. "I didn't want to go to the doctor's office," she says. "I don't want to sound hateful, but I don't want to see all these pregnant women and I'm over here carrying a baby – I love my baby, but she should be at rest by now. I just keep thinking that over and over again – my baby should be at rest, I shouldn't have to put her through this."
In March, she reached out to First Touch Family, a recently founded Christian nonprofit organization in East Texas that supports parents who have lost a child. Founder Chrissy Cogdell, who describes herself and her organization as pro-life, set up a fundraising page for Halo's funeral and paid for professional maternity and birth photos. The fundraiser only brought in $480, Cogdell says.
"Our fundraising effort for her has been not very good," she says, adding that a GoFundMe campaign Casiano's aunt helped her set up also hasn't gone very well either, only garnering one $20 donation in the first weeks. "I think people are scared of it."
Birth, at 33 weeks
Casiano also looked into donating the baby's organs. She thought, "Maybe this is why this is happening, because my baby can save another baby," she says. "I was told that anencephaly babies do not qualify to donate their organs. So I was like, 'OK, I don't see a purpose in this.'"
In the end, her daughter came early, at 33 weeks. Labor was painful, the baby was delivered breech and she needed an epidural. "Some of her brain was not fully developed – when she came out, I was just like, 'Oh my God.' I was just numb."
She says her husband really believed there was a possibility the baby would be OK, but she only lived a few hours. "When she died, it was heartbreaking to him," she says. They each took turns holding her. "Having to see my daughter that way was just so hard."
Post-Dobbs Texas
In addition to the abortion bans, another Texas law that came into effect when Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health reversed Roe requires all fetal remains to be buried or cremated. It's a law that Molly Duane, staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, challenged in court in 2017 and succeeded in blocking for years until Roe was overturned.
"Each person should decide what is right for their own family and should grieve in the way that they feel is appropriate and that the state shouldn't be taking away people's choices and forcing them to grieve in a particular way," Duane says. It's the same argument she made in court in 2017.
Duane calls Texas's laws on abortion and pregnancy "hypocritical." "They prohibit abortion even for people like [Casiano] — and they do so unapologetically — while simultaneously not providing any support for women and families," she says.
"Where is the state of Texas to provide the safety net for her, after forcing her to give birth to a child that didn't survive and never would?" she asks.
Duane, who has also spoken to Casiano, is now the lead attorney in a lawsuit challenging Texas's abortion bans announced last month.
'Texas laws are working as designed'
Amy O'Donnell, director of communications for the Texas Alliance for Life, calls Casiano's situation "heartbreaking," but says she supports the abortion bans and opposes creating exceptions for fetal anomalies.
"I do believe the Texas laws are working as designed," she says. "I also believe that we have a responsibility to educate Texas women and families on the resources that we have available to them, both for their pregnancy, for childbirth and beyond, as well as in situations where they face an infant loss."
She says several private and religious organizations provide free caskets and other services, but said public funds for infant funerals is not currently part of the "Alternatives to Abortion" state program. "That's not to say that it shouldn't be, and if the legislature decided to move that direction, we would support that," O'Donnell says.
Duane says Texas has promised those funds before, as part of its defense of the fetal burial law. In that lawsuit, Duane argued that funerals can be expensive. "The state kept promising that they were going to provide all of these resources and grants and all this money for people who needed to have funerals," Duane says. "[Texas] never did any of that. It was all just political theater."
Halo's funeral on Good Friday
Because she went into labor early, Casiano has less time than she expected to sort out how to pay for Halo's funeral. She was quoted $4,000 by one funeral home. The family moved less than a year ago and used up all their savings on the move.Her family cooked menudo, a spicy Mexican soup, and raised $645 selling it by the bowl.
Cogdell, who runs the Christian grief group that's been helping Casiano, says she was able to get several services donated, including picking up the baby's body. In addition to the $480 she raised for Halo's funeral, Cogdell said she used her organization's general family assistance funds to pay for the rest of the funeral, which cost $1,400 in all.
Casiano has the burial scheduled for Friday morning. Because it's Good Friday, she was told it would be an extra $1,100 – she and Cogdell protested and the funeral home agreed to waive it. Even so, she says because she is short on funds, she's going to dress Halo herself and have a simple graveside service with an open casket. Later, she'll try to do a memorial service and put down a headstone. "Ultimately, I just want my daughter buried," she says.
Casiano says she won't get pregnant again – she doesn't want to take the chance of reliving this experience. She wanted to have her tubes tied when she delivered last week, but couldn't because of a Medicaid rule that requires a 30-day waiting period after giving birth. She has an intrauterine device for birth control in the meantime.
She's applied for short term disability and is taking leave from work while she recovers physically and emotionally. Her young kids are trying to understand what happened, she says. "They know she passed away, they understand it," she says, but it's hard – they're emotional about it and have lots of questions. "Now they have to go to a funeral. Now they have to see her. Now they have to really understand what is going on."
Even as she tries to give her daughter the best funeral she can, she thinks she should have been able to get an abortion in Texas months ago. "This whole situation didn't even have to happen," she says.
Have you needed abortion care since Roe v. Wade was overturned? We are interested in your story if you feel comfortable sharing it.
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By DAN SEWELL (Associated Press)
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died Thursday at 79.
At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. cultural pariah, synonymous with lurid drama. Known for chair-throwing and bleep-filled arguments, the daytime talk show was a favorite American guilty pleasure over its 27-year run, at one point topping Oprah Winfrey’s show.
Springer called it “escapist entertainment,” while others saw the show as contributing to a dumbing-down decline in American social values.
“Jerry’s ability to connect with people was at the heart of his success in everything he tried whether that was politics, broadcasting or just joking with people on the street who wanted a photo or a word,” said Jene Galvin, a family spokesperson and friend of Springer’s since 1970, in a statement. “He’s irreplaceable and his loss hurts immensely, but memories of his intellect, heart and humor will live on.”
Springer died peacefully at home in suburban Chicago after a brief illness, the statement said
On his Twitter profile, Springer jokingly declared himself as “Talk show host, ringmaster of civilization’s end.” He also often had told people, tongue in cheek, that his wish for them was “may you never be on my show.”
After more than 4,000 episodes, the show ended in 2018, never straying from its core salaciousness: Some of its last episodes had such titles as “Stripper Sex Turned Me Straight,” “Stop Pimpin’ My Twin Sister,” and “Hooking Up With My Therapist.”
In a “Too Hot For TV” video released as his daily show neared 7 million viewers in the late 1990s, Springer offered a defense against disgust.
“Look, television does not and must not create values, it’s merely a picture of all that’s out there — the good, the bad, the ugly,” Springer said, adding: “Believe this: The politicians and companies that seek to control what each of us may watch are a far greater danger to America and our treasured freedom than any of our guests ever were or could be.”
He also contended that the people on his show volunteered to be subjected to whatever ridicule or humiliation awaited them.
Gerald Norman Springer was born Feb. 13, 1944, in a London underground railway station being used as a bomb shelter. His parents, Richard and Margot, were German Jews who fled to England during the Holocaust, in which other relatives were killed in Nazi gas chambers. They arrived in the United States when their son was 5 and settled in the Queens borough of New York City, where Springer got his first Yankees baseball gear on his way to becoming a lifelong fan.
He studied political science at Tulane University and got a law degree from Northwestern University. He was active in politics much of his adult life, mulling a run for governor of Ohio as recently as 2017.
He entered the arena as an aide in Robert F. Kennedy’s ill-fated 1968 presidential campaign. Springer, working for a Cincinnati law firm, ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1970 before being elected to city council in 1971.
In 1974 — in what The Cincinnati Enquirer reported as “an abrupt move that shook Cincinnati’s political community” — Springer resigned. He cited “very personal family considerations,” but what he didn’t mention was a vice probe involving prostitution. In a subsequent admission that could have been the basis for one of his future shows, Springer said he had paid prostitutes with personal checks.
Then 30, he had married Micki Velton the previous year. The couple had a daughter, Katie, and divorced in 1994.
Springer quickly bounced back politically, winning a council seat in 1975 and serving as mayor in 1977. He later became a local television politics reporter with popular evening commentaries. He and co-anchor Norma Rashid eventually helped build NBC affiliate WLWT-TV’s broadcast into the Cincinnati market’s top-rated news show.
Springer began his talk show in 1991 with more of a traditional format, but after he left WLWT in 1993, it got a sleazy makeover.
TV Guide ranked it No. 1 on a list of “Worst Shows in the History of Television,” but it was ratings gold. It made Springer a celebrity who would go on to host a liberal radio talk show and “America’s Got Talent,” star in a movie called “Ringmaster,” and compete on “Dancing With the Stars.”
“With all the joking I do with the show, I’m fully aware and thank God every day that my life has taken this incredible turn because of this silly show,” Springer told Cincinnati Enquirer media reporter John Kiesewetter in 2011.
Well in advance of Donald Trump’s political rise from reality TV stardom, Springer mulled a Senate run in 2003 that he surmised could draw on “nontraditional voters,” people “who believe most politics are bull.”
“I connect with a whole bunch of people who probably connect more to me right now than to a traditional politician,” Springer told the AP at the time. He opposed the war on Iraq and favored expanding public healthcare, but ultimately did not run.
Springer also spoke often of the country he came to age 5 as “a beacon of light for the rest of world.”
“I have no other motivation but to say I love this country,” Springer said to a Democratic gathering in 2003.
Springer hosted a nationally syndicated “Judge Jerry” show in 2019 and continued to speak out on whatever was on his mind in a podcast, but his power to shock had dimmed in the new era of reality television and combative cable TV talk shows.
“He was lapped not only by other programs but by real life,” David Bianculli, a television historian and professor at Monmouth University, said in 2018.
Despite the limits Springer’s show put on his political aspirations, he embraced its legacy. In a 2003 fund-raising infomercial ahead of a possible U.S. Senate run the following year, Springer referenced a quote by then National Review commentator Jonah Goldberg, who warned of new people brought to the polls by Springer, including “slack-jawed yokels, hicks, weirdos, pervs and whatnots.”
In the informercial, Springer referred to the quote and talked about wanting to reach out to “regular folks … who weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth.”
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Optimizely received recognition for sixth consecutive year, positioned furthest to the right for 'Completeness of Vision' and highest for 'Ability to Execute'
NEW YORK, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Optimizely, the leading digital experience platform (DXP) provider, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Content Marketing Platforms. Gartner has positioned Optimizely in the Leaders Quadrant for the sixth year in a row for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
"The marketers and content editors we serve need to deliver high-quality content and execute more efficiently than ever before," said Optimizely CEO, Alex Atzberger. "We understand there is incredible urgency to drive performance with excellent content experiences, so we're honored to receive recognition for our Content Marketing Platform (CMP) once again, which helps make collaboration to achieve this even easier. We're committed to continually investing in innovative ways to help forward-looking leaders across industries take control of the full content lifecycle and deliver for their customers."
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Marketing Platforms is an extensive evaluation of CMP technology providers. Gartner assessed eight vendors across different evaluation criteria, reviewing each company's Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
Today's announcement continues a strong start to the year for Optimizely, which was recognized as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms for a fourth consecutive year.** The news also arrives early in the tenure of the company's new CMO, Shafqat Islam. As the co-founder and CEO of Welcome (formerly known as NewsCred), Islam takes particular pride in how Optimizely CMP enables creativity for practitioners and growth for business leaders.
"We see the value of our integrated CMP in our own daily work. Optimizely's marketing team relies on this powerful solution to achieve streamlined collaboration and create beautiful digital experiences that are easy to find, use, and repurpose," said Islam. "There's a huge opportunity for the 10,000+ brands across the globe that rely on Optimizely to benefit from the rich content and improved collaboration they realize from using the CMP."
Optimizely CMP leverages embedded AI capabilities, modular asset creation, and a highly configurable UX to enable easy collaboration across functions and time zones and rapid generation of personalized content at scale. This year, the DXP provider has further delivered on its promise to drive growth for digital leaders with the introduction of text-to-image generative AI functionality.
To learn more about Optimizely's Leader position, download the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Content Marketing Platforms report.
*Welcome (acquired by Optimizely and later rebranded to Optimizely CMP) was named in the 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018 Magic Quadrant for Content Marketing Platforms.
**Episerver (acquired Optimizely in 2020 and later rebranded to Optimizely in 2021) named in the 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms.
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(The Hill) – Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon said Sunday that she disagrees with former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose family has backed Dixon’s campaign, about the role former President Trump played in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“The secretary knows that she and I differ on that subject. I want to make sure that political speech is always protected because that could open a can of worms for anybody on both sides of the party. But the secretary knows that I disagree with her on that point,” Dixon told “Fox News Sunday” host Bret Baier.
DeVos resigned from the Trump administration the day after the Jan. 6 riot, citing Trump’s involvement.
“There’s no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me,” DeVos wrote in her resignation letter, read aloud to the Jan. 6 committee late last month.
Dixon was also asked whether she believed the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, who has continued to make false claims about his loss to President Biden.
Dixon dodged the question, but said the election was “certainly a concern” due to changes made to accommodate voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have to make sure our elections are secure and what happened in 2020 doesn’t happen again,” she said.
Trump threw his endorsement behind conservative commentator Dixon on Friday. The DeVos family backed Dixon in May.
Dixon is in the primary ring with a handful of other candidates vying for the Republican Party’s nomination in the Aug. 2 election, with recent polling showing Dixon pulling ahead of the pack.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)Pinch hitter Tony Kemp had an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning, capping a spirited comeback that sent the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
Cristian Bride’s sacrifice bunt leading off the inning against Angels reliever Zack Weiss (0-1) advanced automatic runner Jonah Bride to third, and Kemp punched a single through the right side of the infield to drive in the winning run.
”This is a really good team win,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. ”A lot of excitement there late in the game, the energy picked up in the dugout. It was great to see.”
The A’s trailed 4-2 going into the bottom of the ninth and were down to their last out when Seth Brown’s two-run single off Aaron Loup tied it. Loup blew his fifth save in six attempts.
”It’s huge, especially for all the young guys, to watch how they battled and the resiliency they showed,” Kemp said. ”It’s a lot of the things that they can build off of and learn from and take into next year.”
Ernie Clement doubled and Nick Allen walked to start the inning against reliever Jose Quijad before Angels manager Phil Nevin summoned Weiss.
Kemp said he was sitting on a slider – Weiss’ favorite pitch to left-handers – after looking at a first-pitch fastball.
”Once I saw the slider pop, I just tried to get on top of it and not get under it,” Kemp said. ”Luckily the first baseman didn’t make the play.”
Domingo Acevedo (4-4) pitched a scoreless 10th inning for the win.
Oakland reliever Jared Koenig pitched four scoreless and hitless innings.
The Angels were one out away from extending their season-high winning streak to eight games, which would have been their longest since a 10-game streak Sept. 4-13, 2014.
Shohei Ohtani was 1 for 4 with a double to extend his career-high hitting streak to 18 games, and Livan Soto and Taylor Ward each had two hits for the Angels.
Allen had two hits for Oakland, which has won two straight after losing six in a row.
The Angels broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth on Jo Adell’s two-out, two-run bases-loaded single that slipped through the hole on the left side of the infield.
A’s starter Adrian Martinez gave up four runs and seven hits and two walks and struck out five in 4 1/3 innings.
HOT PITCHER
Angels starter Patrick Sandoval left the game with a 4-0 lead after throwing six innings of five-hit ball. Sandoval who struck out six and gave up one walk, has a 1.83 ERA over his last 10 starts.
He lowered his ERA to 2.91.
”Over a full season to be under three is a pretty big accomplishment for myself, and something I kind of set out to do, so I’m pretty pleased with that,” Sandoval said.
RENDON RETURNS
Anthony Rendon returned the lineup for the first time since going on the injured list June 17 with right wrist inflammation, for which the Angels star third baseman underwent surgery.
Rendon was 0 for 2 with two strikeouts and made a throwing error at third before being replaced by Luis Rengifo in the bottom of the fourth.
Rendon, who is in the third year of a seven-year $245 million contract, was activated Wednesday, but had to serve a five-game suspension for his role in a brawl in a game against Seattle.
PATERNITY LIST
The A’s placed infielder Vimael Machin on the paternity list and selected infielder Nate Mondou from Triple-A Las Vegas.
UP NEXT
Angels: RHP Michael Lorenzen (8-6, 4.52 ERA) pitched five innings of three-hit ball Wednesday in a 4-1 win against Oakland. He has a 3.05 ERA in four September starts.
Athletics: LHP Cole Irvin (9-13, 4.11) has given up 11 runs (10 earned) and 20 hits with three walks in 8 2/3 innings over his last two starts. He’s 2-6 with a 3.11 ERA in nine career starts against Los Angeles.
”Writing the name in there is pretty cool for me,” Nevin said. ”He’ll be back in there tomorrow. He feels good. He’ll go longer in the game if not the whole game, so I’m excited for him.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West Central Palo Pinto County in north central Texas...
Northeastern Stephens County in north central Texas...
* Until 130 AM CDT.
* At 1028 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain along and north of Highway 180 between Breckenridge and
Palo Pinto. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
poor drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Breckenridge and Caddo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is
harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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Owners of emotional support pot-bellied pig kept against city ordinance could face criminal charges
NEWTON, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A family in Kansas keeping a pot-bellied pig as an emotional support animal against the city’s ordinances may now be facing criminal charges.
KWCH reports that the Grigoreva family kept the pig, named Ginger, as an emotional support animal for their oldest son, Owen.
Although city leaders have expressed sympathy for the family’s situation, commissioners this spring opted against changing its ordinance that doesn’t allow Ginger to be kept in the city’s limits.
Jessica Grigoreva said she refuses to move Ginger or surrender the pet and could now face criminal charges.
In May, Grigoreva addressed city commissioners, explaining the purpose Ginger serves for her son. She cited allergies as the reason a pot-bellied pig works better as a support animal for her son than a dog.
She also made a case for why pot-bellied pigs shouldn’t be considered livestock, which is why, by ordinance, Ginger is not allowed to live in town.
Grigoreva said she has tried to stay positive, hoping for a good resolution to the issue that started with an anonymous complaint about Ginger. She said other neighbors have supported the pot-bellied pig being kept and have even come over to pet and feed her.
KWCH reports support for the family has expanded across the U.S. as well as Canada and the United Kingdom.
“The thought that we may have to remove her has been very difficult for everyone in our house,” Grigoreva said.
Grigoreva said she will be criminally charged with harboring an animal.
The dire situation has caught the attention of attorney David Graham, who is now contesting the ordinance and arguing it is unjust in Ginger’s case.
“In this case, pigs are allowed in the city of Newton under certain circumstances, just not purely as a pet,” Graham said. “That’s not right. That doesn’t make sense. That’s not rational.”
While the Grigoreva family does have options if they have to rehome Ginger, they said they are not taking that step for Owen.
“At the end of the day, the mental health of my son would be compromised. It’s not an option,” Grigoreva said.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Dana and John Pope had never heard of kratom before their 23-year-old son, Ethan, was found dead on the kitchen floor in his apartment last December with his puppy by his side.
Extracted from the leaves of a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, kratom is used to make capsules, powders and liquids and is marketed as an aid for pain, anxiety and drug dependence. In Georgia and some other states, it's often sold at gas stations and smoke shops.
A Georgia Bureau of Investigation autopsy found that Ethan Pope died from mitragynine intoxication and had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system. Mitragynine is a psychoactive compound in kratom, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Dana and John Pope have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against about a dozen people, companies and organizations connected to the manufacturing, marketing and sale of kratom.
They don’t know how long their son had been using kratom, but he must have been experiencing adverse effects, Dana Pope said at a news conference Thursday. In his apartment, they found a to-do list with one task that stuck out: Stop taking kratom.
The lawsuit was originally filed in May and an expanded version was filed earlier this week. The lawyers who filed the suit said they want to send a message that kratom is unsafe for human consumption.
“The kratom industry claims that it is a natural, completely safe substance that can lead to greater health and well-being," lawyer Matt Wetherington said. “However, even if that were true, the kratom that is sold in the United States is ultra-concentrated and is more similar to heroin or other opioids.”
Proponents of kratom say it's a safe, natural herbal supplement that can help manage pain and ease the effects of opioid withdrawal.
Ethan Pope bought bottles of O.P.M.S. Liquid Kratom in the days before his death. Liquid kratom shots are especially dangerous, “because they are intended to provide consumers with higher concentrations of mitragynine, substantially increasing the risk of overdose and death,” the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit alleges that producers of kratom illegally import it by misclassifying it as an agricultural product and have begun producing, marketing and selling concentrated forms of kratom.
Kratom acts as a stimulant in low doses and a sedative at high doses. It can be addictive and can cause hallucinations, delusions and confusion, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
The FDA has not approved any uses for kratom and “continues to warn consumers not to use any products labeled as containing kratom." It issued an import alert in 2014 allowing the seizure of kratom as an unapproved drug.
U.S. health officials said in a report released in 2019 that kratom was a cause in 91 overdose deaths in 27 states. While most of those who died had also taken heroin, fentanyl or other drugs, kratom was the only substance detected in seven of the deaths.
The defendants in the lawsuit were negligent in their “duty to prevent foreseeable injuries arising from the use of their products,” the lawsuit says. That duty includes making truthful statements about the risks and side effects of kratom and ensuring that the product is consistent in its purity and potency, it states.
Ethan Pope used the kratom products for their intended purpose and the defendants “did not provide adequate warnings and instructions that an ordinary consumer would expect, and the inadequate warnings made the kratom products more dangerous than an ordinary consumer would expect,” the lawsuit says.
Optimized Plant Mediated Solutions, or O.P.M.S., which the lawsuit says manufactured the kratom that Ethan Pope used, is named as a defendant. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment submitted Thursday via a form on its website.
The lawsuit also alleges that the American Kratom Association, a trade organization, invites consumers to rely on “false, misleading, and materially incomplete medical claims” regarding kratom. It has pushed legislation in numerous states that it says is meant to protect consumers but that actually facilitates the selling of an unpredictable and dangerous drug, said Drew Ashby, a lawyer for the Popes.
“It is unfortunate and disappointing that Georgia is one of the few states in the country that allows this to be sold legally with actual legislation,” Ashby said, referencing a 2019 law that restricted the sale of kratom to people over 18 and implemented labeling requirements that the lawsuit says are not followed.
Daniel Delnero, a lawyer for the association denied the claims against it.
“The American Kratom Association is a consumer advocacy group dedicated to education and responsible use of Kratom. It was improperly added to this lawsuit, and we will vigorously defend the spurious claims against it,” he said in an emailed statement.
The lawsuit asks for damages and seeks a jury trial.
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Today is Saturday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2022. There are 14 days left in the year.
Birthdays: Pope Francis is 86. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 86. Actor Ernie Hudson is 77. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 76. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 66. Actor Sarah Paulson is 48. Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 40.
In 1777, France recognized American independence.
In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer.
In 1933, in the inaugural NFL championship football game, the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants, 23-21, at Wrigley Field.
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In 1944, the US War Department announced it was ending its policy of excluding people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast.
In 1957, the United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
In 1969, the US Air Force closed its Project “Blue Book” by concluding there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings.
In 1975, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was sentenced in Sacramento, California, to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford. (She was paroled in Aug. 2009.)
In 1979, Arthur McDuffie, a Black insurance executive, was beaten by police after leading them on a chase with his motorcycle in Miami. McDuffie died in a hospital four days later. (Four white police officers accused of beating McDuffie were later acquitted, sparking riots.)
In 1992, President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate ceremonies. (After President Donald Trump demanded a new deal, the three countries signed a replacement agreement in 2018.)
In 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died after more than a decade of iron rule; he was 69, according to official records, but some reports indicated he was 70.
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In 2012, Newtown, Connecticut, began laying its dead to rest, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys, the first of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. A pair of NASA spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were deliberately crashed into a mountain near the moon’s north pole, ending a mission that peered into the lunar interior. Longtime Democratic U.S. senator and World War II hero Daniel Inouye of Hawaii died in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 88.
In 2014, the United States and Cuba restored diplomatic relations, sweeping away one of the last vestiges of the Cold War.
In 2017, facing an investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct and using racist language, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced that he would sell the NFL team after the season. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” took in $220 million in its debut weekend in North America, good for the second-best opening ever and behind only its predecessor, “The Force Awakens.” French sailor Francois Gabart broke the record for sailing around the world alone, circumnavigating the planet in just 42 days and 16 hours.
In 2018, a report from the Senate intelligence committee found that Russia’s political disinformation campaign on US social media was more far-reaching than originally thought, with troll farms working to discourage Black voters and “blur the lines between reality and fiction” to help elect Donald Trump.
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In 2020, a government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for the shot from Moderna and the National Institutes of Health to be added to the US vaccination campaign.
Last year, a federal appeals court panel ruled that President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger private employers could take effect. (Weeks later, the Supreme Court rejected that mandate.) A Florida man, 54-year-old Robert Palmer, who had attacked police officers trying to hold back the angry mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced to more than five years behind bars. The National Labor Relations Board confirmed a vote to form a union at a Starbucks store in Buffalo; the coffee retailer, for the first time, would have to bargain with organized labor at a company-owned US store. A fire that spread from a fourth-floor mental clinic in an eight-story building in downtown Osaka in western Japan left 25 dead. (A clinic patient suspected of starting the fire died two weeks later at a hospital where he was being treated for burns and smoke inhalation.) | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/17/metro/today-history/ | 2022-12-17 05:28:53 | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/17/metro/today-history/ |
IRVINE, Calif. , July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Advisors Group (AAG), the nation's leader in home equity solutions, today announced its partnership with EZ-ACCESS, a division of Homecare Products Inc., a leading provider of quality access and mobility solutions. The partnership allows EZ-ACCESS dealers to connect customers with AAG to help them understand options for accessing their home equity to fund home modification projects such as modular and portable ramping, patient transfer and vertical platform lifts.
"AAG is excited to partner with a company that provides durable, safe and convenient mobility products for seniors across the country. It's a partnership that naturally embodies our core values of being caring, driven and ethical," said Scott Slifer, AAG Chief Administrative Officer. "In 2022, the industry can expect AAG to bring more companies into our family of partners who align with our company mission and provide wholistic solutions to seniors both financially and in the home."
AAG's products allow seniors to responsibly access their home equity to make home modifications needed to remain in their home long term. All AAG borrowers are of course required to maintain the home, pay property taxes and homeowners insurance, and otherwise comply with loan terms.
According to a recent AAG study, over 80% of seniors wish to live in their home for the rest of their lives, but the vast majority do not have homes equipped for the journey. In fact, according to the CDC, each year 3 million older Americans are treated for emergency injuries due to falls and over 800,000 are hospitalized at an estimated cost of over $50 billion. AAG believes this issue can be countered with the responsible use of home equity to help seniors fund their home safety and preparedness projects.
"EZ-ACCESS is driven by our mission to enrich lives by providing access to life beyond barriers," said Don Everard, CEO and Co-owner EZ-ACCESS. "Our environment simply isn't flat, and this is challenging for anyone with limited mobility and especially those who rely on a mobility device to get around. By partnering with AAG, we are excited to bring our customers a trusted option to help them get the accessibility solutions they need for a fulfilling life."
In the agreement, EZ-ACCESS dealers will now be able to connect their customers who are 62 and older directly with AAG loan officers in their area. These loan officers will work in-person with each individual client and their families to discuss the financing options they have available to fund home modifications unique to their situation. As part of the partnership, AAG will also provide EZ-ACCESS dealers with educational material about home equity usage and will take part in industry related events. AAG's partnership with EZ-ACCESS is another step in ensuring that seniors have access to a variety of helpful resources for their later years.
To find out more about the AAG/ EZ-ACCESS partnership dealers can call (855) 288-0456 or visit: https://www.aag.com/vgm-home/p/1
About EZ-ACCESS
EZ-ACCESS® has been a family-owned and operated company since 1984 and continues to be one of the World's leading producers of high-quality accessibility solutions. We remain dedicated to providing access to life beyond barriers by offering our nationwide network of dealers safe, durable, and dependable ramps, platforms, stairs, and lifts that help get elderly, disabled, or recovering individuals where they need to go. Our products are suitable for home, vehicle, or travel and offer temporary or long-term solutions to accommodate a wide variety of needs. To learn more about EZ-ACCESS and our suite of products, you can visit our website at www.ezaccess.com.
About AAG
AAG is dedicated to helping older Americans find new ways to fund a better retirement through the responsible use of home equity. As the nation's leader in reverse mortgage lending, AAG offers a suite of home equity solutions, including Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, traditional and proprietary mortgages, that are designed to give seniors a better financial outcome in retirement. AAG is a proud member of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA). To learn more about AAG and reverse mortgage loans, please visit the company's website at www.aag.com.
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The legal challenges facing the Biden administration over its student loan forgiveness program is leaving borrowers in limbo as the White House is now forced to halt administering the program until the Supreme Court rules on the matter.
Spirits among advocates were high when the program was announced in August, when Biden promised $10,000 in federal loan forgiveness for those making less than $125,000 and $20,000 for those making that same amount who received Pell Grants.
While the administration recently notified certain borrowers who are eligible for forgiveness, it also indicated that it cannot execute the program while the Justice Department fights legal challenges in court, leaving borrowers confused over the status of their promised debt relief. The administration has also stopped accepting applications for the program as a result.
Here are five things you need to know about where student loan forgiveness stands.
Court cases hold up program
The Biden administration has faced at least six court challenges since announcing the student debt relief program, but only two so far have seen success in their efforts.
A Texas-based, Trump-appointed federal judge earlier this month invalidated the program, saying Biden has overstepped his power in the executive branch and that it was up to Congress to make such laws.
“In this country, we are not ruled by an all-powerful executive with a pen and a phone. Instead, we are ruled by a Constitution that provides for three distinct and independent branches of government,” the judge wrote. The administration has asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to halt that ruling until it files an appeal in that case.
A second successful challenge came from six conservative-led states, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina, in the St. Louis-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit back in October.
The states argued that they were harmed by the freeze in student loan payments. A three-judge panel unanimously decided the program should be paused until further notice from that court or the Supreme Court.
Biden administration fights back
The Biden administration has taken action against both of those cases, most recently asking the Supreme Court to intervene.
“We’re not going to back down though on our fight to give families breathing room,” Biden said on Tuesday when he announced another extension to the pause on federal student loan payments. “That’s why the Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court of the United States to rule on the case.”
In the Texas case, the Justice Department submitted a legal filing to the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit asking for it to pause the order from that judge.
The department’s filing to the 5th Circuit came only a day before it filed a petition to the Supreme Court, asking the high court to overturn the 8th Circuit’s decision so the Biden administration could administer its debt relief program.
“The [8th Circuit’s] injunction thus frustrates the government’s ability to respond to the harmful economic consequences of a devastating pandemic with the policies it has determined are necessary,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the justices.
Along with hurting the government’s program, the Justice Department argued the 8th Circuit’s ruling regarding the program leaves “vulnerable borrowers in untenable limbo.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said this week that the administration is confident the program will hold, adding that all options are on the table when asked if the White House is putting contingency plans in place.
“We took it to the highest court of the land, as you know — the Supreme Court — because we wanted to get a clarification on this quickly. And so, we’re confident in that process,” she said on Monday.
Loan payment pause extended to next year
After pressure from activist groups, the Biden administration announced on Tuesday they would be extending the pause of student loan payments into next year.
The pause, which was set to expire on Dec. 31, was extended up to June 30, with Biden saying the extension allows the Supreme Court time to hear the case in its current term.
The payment pause will end “no later than June 30, 2023,” Biden said, because payments will resume 60 days after the Education Department is permitted to implement the program or the litigation is resolved, which should come before the end of June, when the Supreme Court term typically concludes.
The announcement comes after the administration fell under pressure from student loan advocacy groups, which argued borrowers should not have to pay monthly student loans bills until the courts reach a decision on the legality of student debt forgiveness.
The pause on student loan payments began at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic under former President Trump to give relief to struggling Americans. It has been extended under the Trump and Biden administrations at least six times.
With the legal barricades that have popped up against the debt relief program, Biden said he is “never going to apologize for helping working class and middle class families.”
Forgiveness timeline unknown
Despite the payment pause deadline being extended to June, a firmer deadline on any court decisions remains unknown.
Borrowers could be waiting anywhere from weeks to months before they know if Biden’s program will be executed and any actual debt be forgiven.
In the meantime, the Biden administration has encouraged borrowers to sign up for updates from the Department of Education regarding the program so borrowers can know when any updates are available.
Robert Moran, a former senior policy adviser in the Education Department under President George W. Bush predicted the legal challenges could be resolved in the next few months.
“I do think the Supreme Court will resolve in February or March, which means folks will start repaying in April or May,” he said.
Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, predicted that it could take longer.
“Much currently remains unclear,” he said. “The justices could be waiting to weigh in for more than preliminary rulings and district court opinions before the high court seriously considers any appeal … if that happens, it may consume much time before the issue is resolved.”
Education Department is ready to provide relief
More than 23 million people applied for student loan relief before the legal limbo halted the program.
Although the Education Department has had to pull loan forgiveness applications off its website, it still has the information for the millions who moved to apply so far.
Over the weekend, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced borrowers were getting updates on their applications despite the legal fight in which borrowers are being informed about whether their federal student loans would eventually qualify for debt forgiveness.
“Your application is complete and approved, and we will discharge your approved debt if and when we prevail in court,” an email to an approved borrower says.
Even if an application is approved, however, no debt relief can be applied to a borrower’s account until the legal challenges that have stopped the program from being administered are ruled upon. | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/what-to-know-about-the-pause-on-student-debt-relief/ | 2022-11-26 13:16:27 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/what-to-know-about-the-pause-on-student-debt-relief/ |
The House Republican majority hit the ground running in the first weeks of the 118th Congress, passing several GOP-sponsored bills and establishing committees that will investigate the Biden administration over the next two years.
But the legislative work came only after the conference elected Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker, a process that stretched four days and 15 ballots after a coalition of conservative Republicans refused to back McCarthy out of the gate, forcing him to give up a number of concessions to win over their support.
The protracted Speaker’s race and early legislating have offered a glimpse into which Republicans will hold power in the 118th Congress — and how they could wield it.
Here are the House GOP power players to watch.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
McCarthy’s election to Speaker cemented him as the leader of the House — and House Republicans — for the 118th Congress.
As Speaker, McCarthy decides what bills come to the floor for a vote, allowing him to shape Congress’s agenda, as well as frame the GOP’s message through legislation intended to please its base that have little to no chance of clearing the Democratic-controlled Senate.
McCarthy also has significant influence over the Republican Steering Committee, which determined committee chairmanships and assignments for the GOP conference. And McCarthy had the power to select the chair of the House Administration Committee, a position for which he tapped his close ally, Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.).
But McCarthy’s power was diluted during the Speakership fight when GOP holdouts negotiated several concessions that empowered rank-and-file members of the conference.
At the top of that list is the single-member motion to vacate the chair, which allows just one lawmaker to force a vote on ousting the Speaker. The mechanism was used to force former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to resign in 2015.
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and the House Freedom Caucus
Perry and the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which he chairs, flexed their muscles during this month’s Speakership fight, forcing a number of concessions from McCarthy and indicating that they will continue working to push McCarthy and the GOP conference to the right.
After voting against McCarthy on the first 11 ballots, Perry threw his support behind the California Republican on the 12th, bringing with him 13 other GOP lawmakers — a number of whom are members of the caucus.
In addition to the single-member motion to vacate the chair, the group also got more members on the House Rules Committee and agreements to hold votes on congressional term limits and a border bill.
The next showdown could come over the debt ceiling, when the Freedom Caucus is expected to make a full-court press to cut federal spending and decrease deficits in an effort to balance the budget. Conservatives say such assurances were included in Speaker negotiations.
But the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House are unlikely to get on board with spending slashes, putting McCarthy in a tough spot.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)
Roy, a rank-and-file member of the Freedom Caucus, emerged as a key participant in this month’s Speaker election.
The Texas Republican, who voted against McCarthy on the first 11 ballots, was instrumental to helping strike a deal between the GOP leader’s allies and holdouts that marked a significant step towards the California lawmaker winning the gavel.
He secured concessions for which he had long pushed, including the single-member motion to vacate the chair, the 72-hour rule to consider a bill, banning House GOP leadership and affiliated PACs from getting involved in open-seat primaries, increasing the number of Freedom Caucus members on the House Rules Committee and creating a committee to target “weaponized government.”
Roy was also one of the lawmakers who said the debt ceiling should not be raised without a plan to limit spending, and he asked that “must-pass” bills be used as leverage to pass conservative priorities — two requests that he will likely keep pushing for as the session progresses, and ones that could put McCarthy and moderates in a bind.
Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Comer (R-Ky.)
Jordan and Comer are poised to be key players in the 118th Congress as they take on the reins of two committees that have vowed to conduct a number of probes into the Biden administration.
Jordan heads the Judiciary Committee and Comer holds the gavel for the Oversight and Reform Committee.
Both panels hit the ground running this month by taking a microscope to the discovery of Obama-Biden era documents bearing classified markings at President Biden’s home and an old office.
Jordan’s Judiciary Committee launched an investigation into the matter, requesting information from Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Comer’s Oversight Committee has requested information from the White House and the University of Pennsylvania, after documents were found at Biden’s old office at the Penn Biden Center.
Jordan is also set to chair the newly created select subcommittee aimed at investigating the “weaponization of the federal government,” which is preparing to scrutinize departments and agencies probing former President Trump — such as the Department of Justice and the FBI.
That assignment will give Jordan access to the same information shared with the House Intelligence Committee.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
Greene’s power in the 118th Congress skyrocketed on Tuesday when she secured assignments on the Oversight and Accountability Committee and the Homeland Security Committee, putting her on the path to serving on panels after she was stripped of her assignments in 2021.
But even before that, she emerged as one of McCarthy’s fiercest advocates during the race for the gavel.
After announcing in 2021 that he did not have the full support to be Speaker, she argued in November that any challenge to the California Republican would be a “bad strategy.” She also had a prime seat at McCarthy’s “Commitment to America” rollout back in September.
And when the House was on the brink of adjourning in the early hours of Saturday morning after McCarthy failed to win the Speakership on the 14th ballot, Greene stepped in to try and save the day by putting the remaining holdouts on the phone with former President Trump, who earlier had urged all members of the conference to support McCarthy.
On Wednesday, she called herself “the leading MAGA voice in Congress.”
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and other Republican moderates
With the GOP’s slim 222-212 majority in the House, some moderate Republicans could team up with Democrats to circumvent McCarthy and bring must-pass legislation directly to the floor for a vote — including when dealing with raising the debt ceiling.
Some middle-of-the-road Republicans are already floating the possibility.
“The discharge petition will only take myself and four of my colleagues on the GOP side to side with Democrats if that is necessary to circumvent that,” Fitzpatrick said in an interview on CNN during the Speaker’s race.
“The reality is, it’s a tight margin. It’s a four-vote margin in the House. In many ways, that is [a] good thing; that’s an opportunity for a lot of cross aisle collaboration,” he added.
Discharge petitions are mechanisms that allow a majority of the House chamber to bring legislation to the floor for a vote without help from the Speaker. The bill, however, must have been referred to committee for at least 30 legislative days, and it must be on the calendar for at least seven legislative days, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Then a member who signed the discharge petition can call up the measure within two legislative days.
McCarthy allies
McCarthy’s allies will be key players in the 118th Congress as the California Republican works to keep his conference united to pass bills in the narrowly-split chamber.
A group of GOP allies — including Reps. Patrick McHenry (N.C.), Garret Graves (La.) and French Hill (Ark.) — were key players in negotiations with McCarthy holdouts to help the California Republican secure the gavel. After McCarthy’s losses on the early ballots, his allies asked the GOP leader how they could help unite the conference.
In the final moments before McCarthy won, McHenry was among the Republican lawmakers engaging with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in an effort to convince him to switch his vote.
In a press conference after winning the gavel, McCarthy thanked McHenry, Graves, Hill and Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) for helping push his bid past the finish line.
Those allies will likely play a similar role throughout the 118th Congress since Republicans can only afford to lose four votes on bills, assuming all Democrats vote “no.”
Bonus round: anyone can be a power player if you have at least four allies
The current breakdown of the House chamber — 222 Republicans, 212 Democrats — means any GOP lawmaker can become a power player if they rally enough support within the conference.
Republicans can only afford to lose four members on votes, assuming all Democrats vote in opposition and all members cast a vote, meaning any group of four or more GOP lawmakers can hold up legislation brought to the House floor.
This state of affairs was on full display during the Speaker race, when a coalition of 20 GOP lawmakers — just a little more than 4 percent of the entire chamber — dragged out the Speaker’s race and delayed the beginning of legislative business.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MCAP Inc. (OTC: MCAP), a financial technology and electronic securities market maker today reported second quarter 2022 net earnings of $0.10 per share. Quarterly revenue was $20.2mm, a 15% YoY increase compared to 2nd quarter 2021. Resulting quarterly after-tax net income was $2.3mm with EBITDA of $2.7mm.
MCAP continues to expand through its investment in customer relationships, software development, and strong strategic partnerships. The company also seeks M&A opportunities that are aligned with the company's core competencies while creating long term shareholder value.
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The Strand celebrates with a jolt of caffeine
EAST VILLAGE, N.Y., June 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 25th the Strand Book Store will celebrate it's 95th year as the largest independent bookstore in New York City. Nestled deeply in the heart of the Village, the Strand Bookstore has brought some of the greatest literary leaders, artists and bohemian types together for nearly a century. The landscape of the Village has changed over the decades, from Beatniks, to millennials, and the streets that were once filled with gas-fueled cars have now been replaced with electric cars and bicycles. One thing that has remained is the coffee house culture, the cross section of where the new generation of hippies and business culture of today meet to share in a communal cup of Joe.
Now, for the first time since it's opening in 1927, the Strand flagship store is proud to welcome one of the finest coffee makers in the world to share a cup of coffee while getting lost in the stacks. "Bringing coffee to our customers has been a long-time dream for The Strand," stated Laura Ravo, Strand Books, COO. "When we made the decision to add it to our store, we sought to bring customers the most authentic coffee experience and Brooklyn Roasting Company fit that vision perfectly. Furthermore, Brooklyn Roasting Company shares many of the Strand's principles. They deliver a quality product, care about the New York and provide excellent customer service; while giving back through conscientious charitable contributions to further the arts, literature and music in our city."
The Brooklyn Roasting Company, founded in 2009 is now New York City's leader in the homegrown coffee business, and recently voted as the 2022 Best Overall Fair-Trade Coffee by TreeHugger. Jim Munson, Brooklyn Roasting Company's Founder and CEO reports, "I've enjoyed drinking coffee and reading books for most of my life. It only makes sense to embrace a partnership between the coffee company I've built and my favorite New York City independent bookseller, the Strand. Both coffee and books feed the life of the mind, and the lives of so many thoughtful New Yorkers. Our sustainably-sourced coffees mirror the Strand's customer base with a wide range of rich and diverse flavor palettes, presented to customers unpretentiously."
The Strand at 828 Broadway, and Brooklyn Roasting Company invite the media and general public to their 95th Birthday Celebration and Brooklyn Roasting Company Grand Opening!
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About The Strand Book Store:
Strand Book Store is the landmark independent book store of New York City. With nearly 100 years of history and a global community of support; Strand Books is part of the New York landscape attracting book lovers from every corner of the world. Within its walls, Strand houses thousands of books ranging from new and rare books, hard to find art and photography books, souvenirs, hosts best- selling author events and more. For further information visit: www.strandbooks.com
About Brooklyn Roasting Company:
Brooklyn Roasting Company sources and serves superb and sustainable specialty grade coffee from the world's most renowned growing regions. We are serious, not snobby. Like Brooklyn, we are bold, brave, colorful and creative.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senate primary on Wednesday, narrowly defeating former hedge fund CEO David McCormick after a dayslong recount.
Oz will face Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in November in a race that could help determine control of the closely divided Senate. Democrats view it as perhaps their best opportunity to pick up a seat in the race to replace retiring two-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.
The recount determined that Oz had eked out victory over McCormick by 951 votes out of more than 1.3 million cast. That margin dropped by 21 votes from the Associated Press tally of the initial result in the May 17 primary election.
McCormick conceded to Oz last Friday, acknowledging after a week of the county-by-county recount that he was not getting the boost he needed to close the gap.
Trump endorsed Oz about five weeks before the primary, saying his decision was “all about winning elections.” The former president also had a long personal history with Oz, who is best known as the host of daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show.” Trump said his wife, Melania, was a big fan of the show.
Fetterman, meanwhile, is recovering from a stroke he suffered just days before his own primary, which he easily won. He said last week that he “almost died” from the stroke, acknowledging that he had ignored warning signs for years and a doctor’s advice to take blood thinners.
He has remained out of public view and has given no date to return to campaigning.
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DURHAM, N.H. (AP)Kyree Brown had 25 points in New Hampshire’s 83-71 win against Fairfield on Friday.
Brown shot 8 for 10 and 7 of 8 from the free throw line for the Wildcats (2-0). Nazim Derry scored 17 points, going 4 for 6 from distance, and Clarence O. Daniels II finished with 15 points.
Caleb Fields led the Stags (0-2) in scoring, finishing with 19 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Fairfield also got 13 points from James Johns.
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Both teams play again on Tuesday. New Hampshire visits Fordham and Fairfield travels to play Xavier.
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(The Hill) — The midterm election doomsday scenario for Democrats is becoming clearer, scarier, and more real as inflation and gas prices remain stubbornly high and dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden is through the roof.
Democrats are seeing their chances of retaining the House slimmer than ever, with both history and the dreary political environment working against them. In the Senate, where the party had hoped strong swing state candidates could help save the majority, fears are also growing.
It seems that wherever voters look, things are bad in Biden’s Washington — and getting worse.
“Democrats haven’t done things they promised,” said Connor Farrell, a strategist who founded the progressive consultancy Left Rising. “In this environment, the best general election candidates will be bold [ones] that can distinguish themselves from what we’re getting from the White House.”
The high national anxiety — which many lawmakers, operatives, and activists are now openly acknowledging as problematic — was further laid bare when a poll released by the New York Times found that just 13 percent of voters surveyed think the country is on the right path. More strikingly, 64 percent of Democratic voters want someone other than Biden as their nominee in 2024.
The high prices of daily essentials, a gloomy appraisal of what’s happening around the country, and the prospect of more impending losses are leaving Democrats more concerned than ever about their odds in November.
“Democratic leadership should look no further than the fact that they need to wake up and step up to the plate,” said Jon Reinish, managing director at the political strategy firm Mercury.
While the idea that Democrats need to brace for a potential fall wipeout is not new, Monday’s poll highlights a trend that many see as particularly damning — a majority of registered Democratic voters are not happy with the overall direction of the U.S. under Biden’s leadership and they are not on board with another four years of it.
Sixty-three percent of Democrats polled said the country is headed in the wrong direction, while only 27 percent said it is on the right track.
“They’re not just losing Independents or you know, Never-Trump Republicans,” said Reinish, referencing two blocs that helped Biden establish a diverse coalition in 2020. “They’re losing their own voters. Democrats’ own voters don’t feel as if their leaders hear their concerns.”
That mindset is adding to what many already fear is an uphill midterm battle. A Politico/Morning Consult poll conducted last month did, however, find that registered voters are evenly split on the generic congressional ballot if the election were held that day.
Beyond the bleak bird’s eye view, there are some granular differences that are adding to frustration within the party and confusion among voters. The persistent debate about party direction, particularly felt in the battle for the House, is not over, some progressives and moderates say.
While certain ideological debates have been put on the back burner to focus more acutely on Biden, there are regular disagreements about the types of candidates who can win elections and who deserve to keep their seats.
Liberals think newer and more progressive candidates should be ushered in during the general election and have worked to defeat some Democrats they believe represent the old guard. A recent example came in Oregon, when insurgent Jamie McLeod-Skinner, an attorney, ousted Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), a rare Biden endorsee, to face off against a Republican in the coming months.
“We think our progressive candidates are best positioned to survive the crosswinds,” said Farrell. “They are the most forceful in advocating for what Democratic voters actually want – bold leadership.”
But even that has sparked resentment, adding to the perception that the party lacks unity and direction on top of all their other problems.
And while some moderates typically like to jab progressives whom they believe can’t win general elections, others are now even cautious about bringing Biden into the conversation as a leader worth emulating. That hesitation has further blurred the lines of the ideal prototype of a Democrat who can win.
To that end, some prominent centrists have appeared to be moving away from Biden in recent weeks. The latest came from Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who is typically outspoken about the dangers of moving too far to the left ahead of election time.
She recently gave a speech in Woodbridge where she failed to offer even a tacit nod to the commander-in-chief. And Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), one of Biden’s close personal friends who is running for the Senate, also decided not to show up for an event the president held in Cleveland.
Strategists have taken note.
“You’ll probably see moderates like [Spanberger] cold-shouldering Biden and progressives pushing him to do more,” Farrell said.
In the Senate, the outlook is more up-in-the-air. With the chamber currently split 50-50, it is anyone’s game.
Reinish said he was not shocked by the numbers in the Times poll because they reflect a growing frustration Democrats are feeling with 79-year-old Biden and top congressional figures in the party who have served in leadership roles for decades with no indication of stepping down.
“Democrats are angry, frustrated, dissatisfied and dispirited,” he said, reacting to the data. “And that’s not surprising to me.”
While social issues remain important to activists and others in Democratic circles, economic issues topped the list of topics voters care about more than anything, building on a trend that’s endured cycle after cycle.
Twenty percent of registered voters said the economy, including jobs and the stock market, is the most important problem facing the country today, which was the highest figure for any issue received. Inflation and the cost of living came in second with 15 percent.
With all the bad news, a newly released jobs report gave some relief to the White House in search of more than a simple narrative tweak.
“In the second quarter of this year, we created more jobs than in any quarter under any of my predecessors in the nearly 40 years before the pandemic,” Biden said in a statement announcing the optimistic numbers late last week.
“We have more Americans working in the private sector today than any day during Donald Trump’s Presidency – more people than any time in our history,” he said, careful to specifically call out his predecessor that many believe is exploring the idea of a rematch.
The White House is also going to great lengths to point out that gas prices are seeing even the tiniest decline.
In that, Democrats see another potential bright spot on the horizon, if not for 2022, but two years later.
For now, Biden still beats Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up in 2024. The edge is narrow and within the margin of error – 44 percent to 41 percent – but it’s something they can work with, some say.
“The Republicans cannot point to anything that they’re actually for. The only thing that they can tell you is that they are against what we are for,” said Antjuan Seawright, an operative based in South Carolina. “And so if anything, they should be fearful that we will hold them accountable between now and November about how high the stakes are, and what can and cannot be done between their party and ours.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/doomsday-political-scenario-takes-shape-for-democrats/ | 2022-07-12 12:47:35 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/doomsday-political-scenario-takes-shape-for-democrats/ |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Two healthcare workers were arrested after live-streaming themselves abusing an elderly person in their care, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said.
The live-stream video shows two women allegedly verbally abusing and taunting the woman who also has dementia.
The first woman, 18-year-old Jada Harris was arrested for video voyeurism, abuse and neglect of elderly or disabled adult, and interception or disclosure of wired communications. The second woman, 20-year-old Shy’Tiona Bishop, was arrested for video voyeurism and abuse and neglect of elderly or disabled adult.
“The only good news, in this case, is that the victim is now safe and sound with true professional healthcare workers that are with her and her family taking care of her, said Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey
The local facility told deputies they were not aware that the abuse was taking place
Both women were fired immediately, the sheriff’s office said. | https://blackchronicle.com/2-women-arrested-after-taunting-abusing-elderly-women-on-live-stream-brevard-county-deputies-say/ | 2023-04-23 22:08:17 | 0 | https://blackchronicle.com/2-women-arrested-after-taunting-abusing-elderly-women-on-live-stream-brevard-county-deputies-say/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — TJ Gadsden had 16 points, Xzavier Long scored 14 and Canisius turned back Manhattan 64-57 on Friday night to snap a nine-game losing streak.
Gadsden sank two 3-pointers and made all six of his free throws for the Golden Griffins (3-11, 1-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Long added eight rebounds. Jamir Moultrie scored nine.
Josh Roberts, Anthony Nelson and Samir Stewart all scored 13 for the Jaspers (4-10, 2-3). Roberts added 11 rebounds and Nelson had five assists.
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Both teams next play Sunday. Canisius visits Saint Peter's and Manhattan hosts Niagara.
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A new version of the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept is coming to the annual SEMA aftermarket show in Las Vegas from Nov. 1-4. It’s called the Charger Daytona SRT Banshee Concept, and it previews a drag racing version of the car, as well as power upgrades to be offered through Dodge’s Direct Connection aftermarket arm. Dodge also released possible power figures on Tuesday, the opening day of the SEMA show.
The Daytona SRT Concept’s horsepower ratings could preview those of the future production version of the Charger Daytona SRT EV, or whatever it may be called. Power starts at 455 hp and is accompanied by all-wheel drive. Dodge names the concept models for the combined kilowatt rating of their motors, much like it did with the cubic-inch size of the Dodge Charger SRT 392. Thus, the Daytona SRT Concept 440 makes 440 kw, or 590 hp.
In addition, each of the 340 and 440 grades will come with DC Stage 1 and DC Stage 2 power kits sold through Direct Connection, Dodge’s in-house performance parts division. The 340 DC Stage 1 will get a 370 badge (and a rating of 370 kw) and make 496 hp, while DC Stage 2 will be called 400 and make 536 hp. The DC Stage 1 upgrade for the 440 level will be called 470 and make 630 hp, while the DC Stage 2 500 version will make 670 hp. These cars will use a 400-volt electrical system.
Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis noted those are six of the nine possible power levels the production Charger Daytona will offer. Another powertrain called Banshee will use an 800-volt architecture and also get two Direct Connection upgrades. Expect 800 hp or more.
To unlock the extra power, buyers will download and install OTA software based on their VINs. They will also get a crystal key to authenticate the upgrades.
The Banshee Concept appears at SEMA in Stryker Red instead of the Greys of Thunder fans have already seen. It sits on 305-mm drag radials mounted on 18-inch center lock wheels with aluminum center sections, carbon-fiber rims, and titanium bolts. Kuniskis said the light weight of the wheels will improve the moment of inertia; the power will be able to rotate the lighter wheels more quickly. The car likely previews a Drag Pak version Direct Connection would sell to drag racers, and the Stage 2 fender badges indicate it represents the highest output for the future car.
SEMA attendees will get a chance to influence the Charger Daytona’s sound. Dodge will start and rev the car throughout the event to show off its unique Fratzonic exhaust system. The Fratzonic system has a tailpipe and an underbody chamber with baffles. A speaker up front (Kuniskis called it a piston) moves air through the baffles to create a sound that should approximate the way an engine revs based on throttle position. Dodge is tweaking that sound, and customer clinics at the show will let attendees choose sound profiles to pick the one they like. Dodge also said opinion leaders in the automotive performance field will influence the final sound.
Dodge says the way the car sounds could influence the purchase decision. In clinics, the company said 48% of millennials are considering an EV for their next purchase, and 51% of them said a BEV exhaust sound would increase the likelihood of purchase.
The production version of the Dodge Charger Daytona is set to hit the market in 2024.
For more from the show, check out our dedicated SEMA hub.
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- Volvo provides glimpse at EX90 electric SUV’s design | https://www.kxnet.com/automotive/internet-brands/dodge-shows-banshee-concept-performance-ev-tips-455-670-hp/ | 2022-11-02 11:03:00 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/automotive/internet-brands/dodge-shows-banshee-concept-performance-ev-tips-455-670-hp/ |
Hail pummels concertgoers at Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver, injuring dozens
DENVER (AP) — Seven people were taken to the hospital and up to 90 were treated for injuries after hail pummeled concertgoers at Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver on Wednesday, firefighters said.
None of those hospitalized suffered life-threatening injuries, West Metro Fire Rescue said. The injuries included cuts and broken bones, it said.
The hail piled up like snow at the amphitheater in Morrison before a scheduled show by the singer Louis Tomlinson, formerly of One Direction, as strong to severe thunderstorms blew through the Denver area.
The show was initially delayed because of the weather, with fans told to take shelter in their vehicles, according to tweets from the amphitheater. It was later canceled.
Tomlinson tweeted that he was “devastated” about the show and promised to return.
“Even though we didn’t play the show I felt all of your passion! Sending you all love!,” he said.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A free health clinic is returning to Charleston next month after suspending operations for two years due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that West Virginia Health Right has partnered with Tennessee-based Remote Area Medical to hold a two-day pop-up clinic on June 4-5 at the Bible Center School. Free dental, vision and medical care will be offered regardless of insurance status.
“We’re just really excited to have this back after taking a two-year break because of (COVID19),” said Angie Settle, CEO and executive director at Health Right. “We know that people have a lot of dental needs, vision needs, medical needs. They need new glasses, they need vaccines and screenings. Well, we’ll have it all.”
The Bible Center School parking lot will open at midnight on June 4 and numbered tickets will be handed out around 3 a.m., Settle said, but she encouraged people not to worry if they can't show up early.
“Everybody who is doing this (volunteering) is doing it for the right reasons, and we want to serve as many as possible. If you show up, we’re going to do our best to see you," she said. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Free-pop-up-clinic-returning-to-Charleston-17205301.php | 2022-05-28 16:35:25 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Free-pop-up-clinic-returning-to-Charleston-17205301.php |
DENVER (AP) — A judge on Wednesday denied an attempt to punish authorities after the media obtained documents showing detailed allegations about the suspect in the Colorado gay nightclub shooting previously plotting to be “the next mass killer” in an old case that was sealed at the time.
Lawyers for Anderson Aldrich, who is charged with killing five people and wounding 17 others at Club Q in Colorado Springs in November, accused the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office of leaking documents in the old case to the media. They asked Judge Robin Chittum to hold the office in contempt and order it to pay $10,000 in fines and train staff on the records sealing law.
But Chittum, siding with lawyers for the sheriff’s office, said the defense had not presented facts that showed that the sheriff’s office was the source of the information.
“It is just speculation. I can’t make an assumption that it was,” she said.
She noted that a Dec. 6 Associated Press story cited by the defense about the documents, which were obtained earlier by Colorado Springs television station KKTV, said the documents had been confirmed as authentic to the AP by a law enforcement official who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the sealed case. Chittum said that could have been done by members of a number of local or national law enforcement agencies.
In 2021, Aldrich, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns according to court filings, was arrested after their grandparents told authorities that Aldrich threatened to kill them after becoming upset about their plans to move and get in the way of Aldrich’s alleged plan to stockpile guns, ammunition, body armor and a homemade bomb.
“You guys die today and I’m taking you with me,” they quoted Aldrich as saying. “I’m loaded and ready.”
The charges filed against Aldrich in the 2021 case were dropped after the grandparents refused to cooperate with prosecutors and testify. The court file was sealed under a state law aimed at preventing people from having their lives ruined if cases are dismissed and never prosecuted.
One day after the AP story ran that illustrated how the dropped case was one of most glaring missed warnings in America’s long line of mass violence, Chittum unsealed the 2021 case at the request of the sheriff’s office, district attorney’s office and a coalition of media outlets including the AP. She said the “profound” public interest in the case outweighed Aldrich’s privacy rights. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/ap-leaked-report-about-colorado-springs-shooter-to-be-discussed/ | 2023-01-11 23:02:01 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/ap-leaked-report-about-colorado-springs-shooter-to-be-discussed/ |
(The Hill) — Amazon announced Thursday it is rolling out its pay-by-palm services in Whole Foods Market stores across the country, making it possible for customers to use their palm for purchases without a wallet or phone.
The palm recognition service, called Amazon One, will be available for payment and Prime membership benefits in all Whole Foods Market locations by the end of this year. Instead of traditional payment methods, the Amazon One allows customers to hover their pam over an Amazon One device.
Customers who link their Prime membership with their Amazon One profile will also automatically receive savings once their palm is registered, according to the Seattle-based retail giant.
Launched in 2021, Amazon said the technology “uses the information embedded in your palm to create a unique palm signature that it can reach each and every time you use it.”
Technology experts have expressed concerns in the past over Amazon’s collection of such data. Amazon said customers’ information is not stored on an Amazon One device and “is protected at all times, both at rest and in-transit,” adding it treats palm signatures like other highly sensitive personal data.
Whole Foods is among 400 locations using Amazon One technology, others including Panera Bread, Coors Field in Colorado, airport travel retailers, sports and entertainment venues.
Amazon purchased Whole Foods in a $13.7 billion deal in 2017. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/amazon-rolling-out-pay-with-palm-technology-at-all-whole-foods-stores/ | 2023-07-20 18:26:00 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/amazon-rolling-out-pay-with-palm-technology-at-all-whole-foods-stores/ |
US economy likely returned to growth last quarter
WASHINGTON (AP) - The problems have hardly gone away. Inflation, still near a 40-year high, is punishing households. Rising interest rates have derailed the housing market and threaten to inflict broader damage. And the outlook for the world economy grows bleaker the longer that Russia’s war against Ukraine drags on.
But for now anyway, the U.S. economy has likely returned to growth after having shrunk in each of the first two quarters of 2022.
At least that’s what economists expect to see Thursday when the Commerce Department issues its first of three estimates of gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic output — for the July-September period.
Economists surveyed by the data firm FactSet have predicted, on average, that GDP grew at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. That would reverse annual declines of 1.6% from January through March and 0.6% from April through June.
Consecutive quarters of declining economic output are one informal definition of a recession. But most economists say they believe the economy has so far skirted a recession, noting the still-resilient job market and steady spending by consumers. Most of them have expressed concern, though, that a recession is likely next year as the Federal Reserve continues to steadily ratchet up interest rates to fight inflation.
Preston Caldwell, head of U.S. economics for the financial services firm Morningstar, notes that the economy’s contraction in the first half of the year was caused largely by factors that don’t reflect its underlying health and so “very likely did not constitute a genuine economic slowdown.” He pointed, for example, to a drop in business inventories, a cyclical event that tends to reverse itself and generally doesn’t reflect the state of the economy.
By contrast, consumer spending, fueled by a healthy job market, and stronger U.S. exports likely restored the world’s biggest economy to growth last quarter.
Thursday’s report from the government comes as Americans, worried about high prices and recession risks, are preparing to vote in midterm elections that will determine whether President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party retains control of Congress. Inflation has become a signature issue for Republican attacks on the Democrats’ stewardship of the economy.
The risk of an economic downturn next year remains elevated as the Fed keeps raising rates aggressively to try to tame stubbornly high consumer prices. The central bank has raised its benchmark short-term rate five times this year, and it’s expected to announce further hikes next week and again in December. Chair Jerome Powell has warned bluntly that taming inflation will “bring some pain’' — namely, higher unemployment and, possibly, a recession.
Higher borrowing costs have already hammered the home market. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, just 3.09% a year ago, is approaching 7%. Sales of existing homes have fallen for eight straight months. Construction of new homes is down nearly 8% from a year ago.
Still, the economy retains pockets of strength. One is the vitally important job market. Employers have added an average of 420,000 jobs a month this year, putting 2022 on track to be the second-best year for job creation (behind 2021) in Labor Department records going back to 1940. The unemployment rate was 3.5% last month, matching a half-century low.
But hiring has been decelerating. In September, the economy added 263,000 jobs — solid but the lowest total since April 2021.
International events are causing further concerns. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted trade and raised prices of energy and food, creating a crisis for poor countries. The International Monetary Fund, citing the war, this month downgraded its outlook for the world economy in 2023.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (KTVE/KARD)— The Louisiana Department of Health reported 1,944 new cases and 10 new deaths on Friday, August 26, 2022, bringing the total number of cases to 1,422,451 and the total number of deaths to 17,843.
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As stated on the LDH website, the new case increase may not match the difference between today’s total cases and the previous update because of the daily removal of newly identified duplicates and out-of-state cases.
Hospitalizations decreased by 15 and the number of patients on ventilators decreased by 4 as of Friday; coming to a total of 397 hospitalized patients with 11 on ventilators.
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In our area, 266 new cases and 0 new deaths were reported on Friday. Ouachita Parish is still reporting the most cases and deaths in our area with 57,554 total confirmed cases and 785 total confirmed deaths.
Here is a list of local parishes reporting confirmed cases and deaths:
- Ouachita Parish – 57,554 cases, 785 deaths (71 new cases)
- Lincoln Parish – 13,967 cases, 151 deaths (34 new cases)
- Morehouse Parish – 7,896 cases, 137 deaths (4 new cases)
- Franklin Parish – 8,151 cases, 182 deaths (14 new cases)
- Union Parish – 8,098 cases, 140 deaths (16 new cases)
- Richland Parish – 7,885 cases, 104 deaths (6 new cases)
- Concordia Parish –5,807 cases, 91 deaths (9 new cases)
- Jackson Parish – 5,057 cases, 77 deaths (9 new cases)
- Madison Parish –3,649 cases, 58 deaths (2 new cases)
- Winn Parish – 5,022 cases, 65 deaths (13 new cases)
- West Carroll Parish – 4,229 cases, 70 deaths (9 new cases)
- LaSalle Parish – 4,773 cases, 64 deaths (15 new cases)
- Catahoula Parish – 2,936 cases, 59 deaths (2 new cases)
- East Carroll Parish – 2,905 cases, 38 deaths (3 new cases)
- Caldwell Parish – 4,095 cases, 55 deaths (58 new cases)
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LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Tens of thousands of revelers will watch marching bands play music, people wave from floats, and even a couple get married at the Lakeland Christmas parade Thursday evening.
“What’s so beautiful about the Lakeland Christmas parade is that it is one of a kind and it’s arguably one of the biggest Christmas parades that’s in the central Florida area,” said Maggie Briggs, president of the Junior League of Greater Lakeland, which hosts the parade with the city of Lakeland every year. “People drive for miles and miles and miles to come to this parade.”
The idea came about four decades ago when the then-president of the Junior League was inspired by an event out of town.
“She had been visiting a small local town that had a beautiful Christmas parade, very much like what we see today. She just loved the atmosphere that that brought to the community,” Briggs said.
This year, 100 groups are participating in the parade that begins after a fireworks display over Lake Mirror at 7 p.m.
A tradition involving chairs grew into a nuisance for city officials.
People were setting their chairs out days in advance to secure a spot to watch the parade, causing safety hazards on the sidewalk.
In recent years, the city has restricted its policy to only allow chairs to be placed on the day of the parade.
“I can tell you this is the first year that we didn’t see a chair out until the day of the event, so thank you, citizens. It’s been a big issue,” said Kevin Cook, city of Lakeland communications director.
The parade, considered the biggest event of the year in Lakeland, requires involvement from several city departments, including public works, Lakeland Fire Department, and even solid waste.
“We use our solid waste trucks to block some of the entrances and some of the side streets just as a safety factor,” Cook said.
More than 100 Lakeland police officers will be working the event as well, an official said.
Parents of students at South McKeel Academy were assembling their float Thursday afternoon, making for a long, but worthwhile work day.
“The kids love it. The kids on the float, the kids that see it in the crowds, they are like, oh! Because it’s their school. It’s worth it,” Michele Hart said.
“It’s kind of like the kickoff to the holidays for us. Once the parade has started then we’re in full Christmas spirit,” said Elizabeth Wisneski who runs two floats for each of her businesses, Family Martial Arts and Family Reptiles.
The parade kicks off at 7 p.m. following a fireworks display over Lake Mirror.
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Lehigh River one of the most ‘endangered’ says conservation organization
Warehouses with their massive parking lots threaten the health of the Lehigh River with increased stormwater runoff.
The Lehigh River watershed provides recreational opportunities, such as fishing and whitewater rafting, habitat for marine life and animals, and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people.
However, continued development threatens the 109-mile tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania, according to an annual report of the health of rivers in the U.S.
American Rivers ranked the Lehigh River 7th out of 10 in its “America’s Most Endangered Rivers” report.
American Rivers is calling on lawmakers to ensure watersheds are protected from more warehouses.
“Recently, the region has really become the logistics hub of the Eastern seaboard. This is obviously happening up and down our region, but it’s really notable in the Lehigh Valley and along the river,” said Lia Mastropolo, the organization’s director for clean water supply. “All of this rapid, pretty poorly planned development is putting the river’s health at risk.”
“America’s Most Endangered Rivers,” now in its 38th year, aims to advocate for watershed protections. Each year, local partners nominate rivers that are important to people and wildlife, and are vulnerable to environmental impacts. The rivers also are selected based on opportunities to improve the issues facing them.
Warehouses and distribution centers occupy more than four square miles of land within the Lehigh River watershed, with additional plans for another square mile of development. Stormwater runoff from warehouses and parking lots impacts water quality. Instead of soaking into the ground, warm, salty, dirty water runs off the pavement into the river and its tributaries.
“In addition to carrying lots of sediment that makes the water cloudy, it’s much warmer, and it can carry toxic contaminants from the trucks and fuel. It also enters the stream or river much faster, and that leads to higher flows and risks of erosion and flooding downstream,” Mastropolo said.
Lehigh Valley resident Donna Kohut nominated the Lehigh River to be included in the report. She’s the campaign manager for the Delaware River Basin for the environmental group PennFuture.
“What large scale and irresponsible land development does is it damages watersheds through a kind of a death by a thousand cuts,” Kohut said.
“You look at one or two projects and you’re like, ‘Okay, that’s fine, that’s reasonable.’ But when you continue to build and build, and pave and pave … it’s quite literally reshaping the physical landscape of a region, and changing the ecosystems within that watershed. And when you do that, water will literally move differently over the landscape than it had five,10, 20, 50 years before. So you’re eventually going to have these cumulative impacts.”
She added that overdevelopment also creates an economic toll on communities, because poor water quality can strain water infrastructure.
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission said it helps municipalities manage development by amending its zoning and land use designations. Dozens of communities have been successful in the process, according to the commission.
Developers also must draft a stormwater management plan, which must be approved by the commission before a project is given the green light.
“The Lehigh River is a critical resource for the Lehigh Valley and has always been a top priority of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission,” Executive Director Becky Bradley said in a statement.
“That’s why we’re working with dozens of communities to strengthen their planning and zoning regulations so they can better manage the development coming to their doorstep, while making sure the structures that do get built include green infrastructure and good stormwater management.”
The Environmental Protection Agency this month awarded $1 million each to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, and the Southwest Pennsylvania Commission to fund projects that help reduce the effects of climate change.
American Rivers is calling for increased federal and state funding for watershed protection, particularly for the Delaware River Basin Commission, a regulatory agency that oversees water quality for the Delaware River and its tributaries, including the Lehigh River.
American Rivers also wants Pennsylvania lawmakers to ensure waterways are protected with vegetative buffers, and restrict the distance between development and rivers.
“We’re not saying that none of this [development] should be happening,” Mastropolo said. “We just want to improve protections for local waterways like the Lehigh and all the rivers in our region, so that there’s systems in place to ensure that this kind of development is managed in a responsible way.”
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INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — Police in Indianapolis have arrested a woman who drove on a frozen canal on Christmas night.
Biankia Gleason, 33, was allegedly behind the wheel in a now-viral video that shows a vehicle driving down the downtown canal sometime before 11 p.m. on Christmas night.
She was arrested for drunk driving, according to a police report.
Gleason allegedly told firefighters that her GPS took her onto the canal. She said she went down an embankment, through a park, and onto canal’s frozen surface. When she hit a dead end on 10th street, she turned around and headed south, she said.
The car broke through the ice before reaching New York Street. The driver made it out of the car with the help of some witnesses nearby.
Mason Brauchla, who lives right along the canal, said he was taking the trash out when he saw the headlights.
“I couldn’t even believe what I was seeing,” Brauchla said.
“I couldn’t believe, first off, the ice was even supporting their car for that long. They were probably going 30 miles per hour, at least. I was just shocked.”
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday searched for at least eight migrants believed to be missing in waters near the historic area of Puerto Rico’s capital.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the migrants were apparently aboard a boat that capsized in San Juan Bay on Tuesday night, according to two survivors from the Dominican Republic who were rescued.
The search comes amid a spike in human smuggling voyages departing from Haiti and the Dominican Republic as people flee poverty and violence.
From October 2021 through September 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard detained at least 88 such voyages in waters near Puerto Rico and in the Mona Passage, which separates the U.S. territory from the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. During that period, more than 1,700 Dominicans were detained, along with 444 Haitians and four Cubans. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/ap-migrants-missing-after-boat-overturns-in-puerto-rico-bay/ | 2022-10-26 17:56:17 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/ap-migrants-missing-after-boat-overturns-in-puerto-rico-bay/ |
Younger school students across the nation are still struggling post-pandemic in reading and math. Some schools were able to hire older students as tutors.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with Kalyn Belsha, national reporter for non-profit organization ChalkBeat.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Thousands of Cyclists will Ride Up to 211 Miles across Massachusetts This Weekend
BOSTON, Aug. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7, the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) will bring together more than 6,300 registered riders from around the globe for its 43rd ride with the goal of raising a record-breaking $66 million for cancer research and patient care at the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
"We are excited to bring together our dedicated riders, volunteers, donors and sponsors this weekend for our first traditional PMC since 2019 as we raise the fundraising bar for Dana-Farber once again," said Billy Starr, founder and executive director of the PMC. "Our PMC community has demonstrated their unwavering commitment to our mission by raising $114 million over the last two years, and we are collectively focused on achieving another record-breaking gift in 2022."
For the 16th consecutive year, the PMC will donate 100% of every rider-raised dollar to Dana-Farber as its largest single contributor, accounting for 55% of the Jimmy Fund's annual revenue. If the PMC achieves its goal of raising $66 million this year, it will bring its total contributions to more than $897 million since 1980. Since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020, the PMC has raised more than $114 million for Dana-Farber, making a 42-year contribution to Dana-Farber of $831 million.
"As our largest single contributor, we are incredibly grateful for the PMC and its dedicated community that continues to remain steadfast in its commitment to fundraising for critical cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber," said Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dana-Farber. "Cancer doesn't stop for anything, so we are especially inspired by the perseverance the PMC community has continued to show over the last two challenging years."
PMC 2022 includes 16 one and two-day routes ranging from 25 to 211 miles that are designed to cater to all levels of cycling and fundraising ability. Cyclists from 8 countries and 43 states will participate in this year's ride, many in honor of a family member or friend fighting cancer. At the cornerstone of the PMC community are the more than 950 riders and volunteers are cancer survivors or current patients, considered Living Proof® of the PMC's mission. More than 140 Dana-Farber employees are committed to the PMC as riders and volunteers as well, in some cases helping to fund their own cancer research.
The PMC is presented by the Red Sox Foundation® and M&T Bank. To learn more or to make a financial contribution to the cause, visit www.pmc.org, or call (800) WE-CYCLE. Connect with #PMC2022 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
About the Pan-Mass Challenge
The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is a bikeathon that today raises more money for charity than any other single athletic fundraising event in the world. The PMC was founded in 1980 by Billy Starr, who remains the event's executive director, an annual cyclist and a fundraiser. The PMC has since raised $831 million for adult and pediatric patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. The event donates 100 percent of every rider-raised dollar directly to the cause, generating 55 percent of the Jimmy Fund's annual revenue as Dana-Farber's single largest contributor. The PMC has successfully melded support from committed cyclists, volunteers, corporate sponsors and individual contributors, all of which are essential to the PMC's goal and model: to attain maximum fundraising efficiency while increasing its annual gift. The PMC's hope and aspiration is to provide Dana-Farber's doctors and researchers with the necessary resources to discover cures for all cancers. The PMC is presented by the Red Sox Foundation® and M&T Bank. For more information on the Pan-Mass Challenge, visit www.pmc.org.
About Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is one of the world's leading centers of cancer research and treatment. Dana-Farber's mission is to reduce the burden of cancer through scientific inquiry, clinical care, education, community engagement, and advocacy. Dana-Farber is a federally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. We provide the latest treatments in cancer for adults through Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center and for children through Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center. Dana-Farber is the only hospital nationwide with a top 5 U.S. News & World Report Best Cancer Hospital ranking in both adult and pediatric care. As a global leader in oncology, Dana-Farber is dedicated to a unique and equal balance between cancer research and care, translating the results of discovery into new treatments for patients locally and around the world, offering more than 1,100 clinical trials.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient hair care accessory that can be used to evenly apply hair products directly onto the roots of hair and the scalp," said an inventor, from Brooklyn, N.Y., "so I invented LILI'S TREATMENT COMB. My mess-free design can be used with conditioners, hot oil treatments, hair coloring and other products."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to dispense hair treatments onto the hair and scalp. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional methods of applying hair and scalp products. As a result, it helps to prevent messes and it saves time and effort. The invention features a simple and versatile design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the New Jersey sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-LJD-151, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until July 19, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Okta, Inc. ("Okta" or the "Company") (NASDAQGS: OKTA), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 5, 2021 and March 22, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
If you purchased securities of Okta as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-okta/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by July 19, 2022.
Okta and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On March 22, 2022, the Company disclosed that it had detected an attempted hacking attack in late January 2022, and that, "[b]ased on our investigation to date, there is no evidence of ongoing malicious activity beyond the activity detected in January." Later that same day, the Company disclosed that "[a]fter a thorough analysis of [the hackers'] claims, we have concluded that a small percentage of customers – approximately 2.5% – have potentially been impacted and whose data may have been viewed or acted upon."
On this news, shares of Okta fell $17.88 per share, or 10.74%, to close at $148.55 per share on March 23, 2022.
The case is City of Miami Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Retirement Trust v. Okta, Inc., No. 22-cv-02990.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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Raphael Mechoulam, the Israeli researcher whose work helped to broaden the scientific understanding of cannabis and the compounds that cause the drug's distinctive high, has died.
Mechoulam, who was 92, died in Jerusalem early this month, according to American Friends of the Hebrew University.
Among Mechoulam's contributions to the field of marijuana studies was the first isolation of the psychoactive compound of the cannabis plant — tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. His work earned him the nickname "father of cannabis research."
He was a "sharp-minded and charismatic pioneer," said Asher Cohen, the president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where Mechoulam had long served on the faculty.
"Most of the human and scientific knowledge about cannabis was accumulated thanks to Prof. Mechoulam. He paved the way for groundbreaking studies and initiated scientific cooperation between researchers around the world," said Cohen. "This is a sad day for the academic community and for the university."
Mechoulam was born in 1930 in Bulgaria. He immigrated to Israel in 1949, and soon pursued an education in chemistry.
When Mechoulam entered the research field in the 1960s, morphine and cocaine had long been isolated from opium and coca, the plants in which the compounds naturally occur, Mechoulam said in a 2018 presentation at the university.
But the same could not be said for marijuana, or hashish, which prevented academic study of the drug in chemistry or pharmacology labs.
So, in 1962, Mechoulam and his research team, then at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, turned their focus to the drug right on the precipice of its explosion in popularity worldwide. (At first, his team acquired the marijuana needed for his research from the local police, he said.)
Over the course of his career, marijuana grew in both popularity and in controversy as debates unfolded over the safety of the drug. In 1970, the U.S. declared marijuana a "controlled substance."
But Mechoulam, who moved to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1972, continued his studies for decades. He worked to isolate and synthesize other compounds in the drug, as well as to demonstrate the potential for uses in the medical field — including to treat epilepsy and autoimmune diseases.
And his work helped to show that, despite the controversy over its use in the second half of the 20th century, humans have been using cannabis for millennia.
In 1993, he and his team published a study in the journal Nature analyzing the ashes found in the 4th-century Roman tomb of a young woman who had died while giving birth.
"They obviously gave her something to ease the pain or to do something with the hemorrhage she was apparently undergoing. We thought that it might be cannabis," he told NPR in an interview that year.
An analysis showed his hunch was correct, providing the first ever physical evidence of the drug's use in the ancient Middle East. "We have no doubts about it," he said.
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LONDON (AP) — An alleged member of an Islamic State group cell nicknamed “The Beatles” that tortured and killed Western hostages was charged with terrorism offenses in Britain on Thursday after being deported from Turkey.
The militants dubbed “The Beatles” by their captives because of their British accents, held about two dozen Westerners a decade ago, when IS controlled a large swath of Syria and Iraq. Several of the captives were killed in gruesome beheadings that were broadcast online, including Americans James Foley and Steven Sotloff and Britons David Haines and Alan Henning.
Aine Davis, 38, was arrested at Luton Airport north of London on Wednesday night after arriving on a flight from Turkey and charged with offenses under the Terrorism Act, the Metropolitan Police Service said.
Davis is due to appear in a London court on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service said the charges relate to terrorism offences in 2014 and possession of a firearm for a purpose connected with terrorism.
Davis was arrested in Turley in 2015 and convicted in 2017 of belonging to the Islamic State group. During his trial there, he denied being one of “The Beatles.”
The group’s four alleged members knew one another in West London before traveling to the Middle East and joining IS. Mohammed Emwazi, who carried out the executions and was nicknamed “Jihadi John,” was killed in a drone strike in 2015.
Two others, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, were captured by U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in 2018 and are imprisoned in the U.S. Kotey has been given a life sentence and Elsheikh is expected to get life when he is formally sentenced later this month. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/alleged-member-of-is-beatles-charged-in-uk-with-terrorism/ | 2022-08-11 09:49:15 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/alleged-member-of-is-beatles-charged-in-uk-with-terrorism/ |
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Improved gross margin before depreciation and amortization across all three segments while maintaining a positive net cash position
HOUSTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) ("Select" or the "Company"), a leading provider of sustainable water and chemical solutions to the energy industry, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
John Schmitz, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, stated, "The second quarter proved to be a significant step forward in the continued fulfillment of our strategy to improve and bolster the base business, advance our technology, sustainability and diversification efforts, and execute on strategic M&A. Supported by 14% sequential revenue growth, we significantly improved our profitability during the second quarter with Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA growing 83% and 48%, respectively, quarter over quarter. Reinforced by a steadily improving activity backdrop and an increasingly tight labor and equipment supply environment, we continue to see pricing improvements across each of our segments.
"We are also making progress on the integration of our recent acquisitions, capturing continued efficiencies and cost synergy realizations, which has contributed to sequential margin improvement across each of our segments. Additionally on the cost synergy front, SG&A costs decreased by 6% sequentially to below 8% of revenue, a threshold we last achieved in 2018.
"We have continued ramping up the buildout supporting the consolidated infrastructure footprint we've assembled through our recent acquisitions as well. During the second quarter of 2022, we signed a 5-year agreement to tie in an operator's existing water distribution and gathering pipeline system in Upton County, Texas, interconnecting with two of our existing recycling facilities. This interconnection will allow us to efficiently gather produced water, transport recycled volumes between our two existing facilities and dispose of water, if necessary, broadening the commercialization opportunities of the systems and allowing for more efficient management of water needs across multiple operators in the area.
"In addition, during the second quarter we commenced operations at our two most recently announced recycling facilities in the Northern Delaware and Rockies regions, adding an incremental 75,000 barrels per day of recycling capacity. With this increased recycling capacity, we are well on our way towards achieving the 2022 recycling targets tied to our sustainability-linked credit facility. We have a strong backlog of additional development opportunities and I look forward to executing on additional projects in the second half of the year. As previously announced, I'm also pleased to have issued our inaugural annual sustainability report during the second quarter. While recycling remains a top priority for us, we are excited about many of our other near-term sustainability initiatives discussed in the sustainability report including additional technology, emissions reduction, and green chemistry R&D investments.
"Ultimately, I am very pleased with our recent financial performance, supported by our recent acquisitions, pricing improvements, organic growth opportunities and our other strategic investments. I look forward to building upon our recent positive results with further improvements to our revenue and profitability, while meaningfully expanding our free cash flow generation in the second half of the year," concluded Schmitz.
Consolidated Financial Information
Revenue for the second quarter of 2022 was $335.9 million as compared to $294.8 million in the first quarter of 2022 and $161.1 million in the second quarter of 2021. Net income for the second quarter of 2022 was $14.6 million as compared to $8.0 million in the first quarter of 2022 and a net loss of $19.6 million in the second quarter of 2021.
For the second quarter of 2022, gross profit was $35.7 million, as compared to $24.7 million in the first quarter of 2022 and a gross loss of $1.6 million in the second quarter of 2021. Total gross margin was 10.6% in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to 8.4% in the first quarter of 2022 and (1.0)% in the second quarter of 2021. Gross margin before depreciation and amortization ("D&A") for the second quarter of 2022 was 19.3% as compared to 17.4% for the first quarter of 2022 and 12.0% for the second quarter of 2021.
SG&A during the second quarter of 2022 was $26.7 million as compared to $28.3 million during the first quarter of 2022 and $15.9 million during the second quarter of 2021. SG&A during the first and second quarters of 2022 was impacted by non-recurring transaction costs of $3.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively.
Adjusted EBITDA was $47.7 million in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to $32.2 million in the first quarter of 2022 and $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted EBITDA during the first and second quarters of 2022 was impacted by the deduction of $11.4 million and $5.6 million, respectively, of non-recurring bargain purchase price gains that benefited Net Income during the quarters related to the Company's recent acquisition activity. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA was impacted by $2.9 million of non-recurring transaction costs, $1.0 million of non-cash losses on asset sales, $0.2 million in lease abandonment costs, and $0.2 million in other adjustments during the second quarter of 2022. Non-cash compensation expense accounted for an additional $3.9 million adjustment during the second quarter of 2022. Please refer to the end of this release for reconciliations of gross profit (loss) before D&A (non-GAAP measure) to gross profit (loss) and of Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP measure) to net income (loss).
Business Segment Information
The Water Services segment generated revenues of $196.0 million in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to $163.6 million in the first quarter of 2022 and $76.7 million in the second quarter of 2021. Gross margin before D&A for Water Services was 19.4% in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to 16.2% in the first quarter of 2022 and 7.7% in the second quarter of 2021. Revenues for this segment improved 19.8% sequentially, with approximately 70% of the revenue growth from the existing business and approximately 30% of the growth from a full quarter contribution from the recent Nuverra acquisition that closed during the first quarter of 2022. Looking at the third quarter of 2022, the Company expects to see mid- to high-single digit percentage revenue growth with modest continued improvements to gross margins before D&A, supported by continued pricing improvements and market activity.
The Water Infrastructure segment generated revenues of $60.3 million in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to $58.6 million in the first quarter of 2022 and $33.3 million in the second quarter of 2021. Gross margin before D&A for Water Infrastructure was 25.5% in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to 24.2% in the first quarter of 2022 and 21.3% in the second quarter of 2021. Revenues improved 3.0% sequentially, with strong incremental margins driven by increased volumes at our recycling facilities and a full quarter contribution from the recent Nuverra acquisition, offset by seasonal volume decreases at our Bakken pipeline facilities. For the third quarter of 2022, the Company anticipates mid-single digit percentage revenue growth, with gross margins before D&A in mid- to high-20 percent range, supported by continued growth in recycled water volumes.
The Oilfield Chemicals segment generated revenues of $79.6 million in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to $72.6 million in the first quarter of 2022 and $51.1 million in the second quarter of 2021. Gross margin before D&A for Oilfield Chemicals was 14.6% in the second quarter of 2022 as compared to 14.4% in the first quarter of 2022 and 12.5% in the second quarter of 2021. Revenues improved 9.7% sequentially, exceeding expectations, driven by strong growth in the Permian and Rockies regions. Supported by the recent strong revenue growth in the first and second quarters of 2022, the Company anticipates relatively stable to modestly improving revenues in this segment during the third quarter of 2022 with gross margins before D&A of at least 15% as operational efficiencies and pricing improvements counteract rising raw materials costs.
Cash Flow and Capital Expenditures
Cash flow from operations for the second quarter of 2022 was $11.1 million as compared to ($18.6) million in the first quarter of 2022 and ($7.6) million in the second quarter of 2021. Cash flow from operations during the second quarter of 2022 was significantly impacted by a $31.5 million use of cash to fund the working capital needs of the business resulting from growing revenues and the ongoing integration efforts of the recent acquisitions.
Net capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2022 were $9.9 million, comprised of $15.5 million of capital expenditures meaningfully offset by $5.6 million of cash proceeds from asset sales, including the divestment of underutilized equipment and real estate from recently acquired businesses. Cash flow from operations less net capital expenditures was $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2022.
Cash flow used in investing activities during the second quarter of 2022 included an outflow of $1.1 million related to working capital settlements for recent acquisitions, while cash flow from financing activities accounted for another $0.9 million of cash outflows.
Balance Sheet and Capital Structure
Total cash and cash equivalents were $25.7 million as of June 30, 2022 as compared to $24.8 million as of March 31, 2022. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under its sustainability-linked credit facility as of June 30, 2022 or March 31, 2022.
As of June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the borrowing base under the sustainability-linked credit facility was $216.5 million and $204.1 million, respectively. The Company had available borrowing capacity under its sustainability-linked credit facility as of June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022, of approximately $195.6 million and $188.5 million, respectively, after giving effect to $20.9 million and $15.6 million of outstanding letters of credit as of June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
Total liquidity was $221.3 million as of June 30, 2022, as compared to $213.3 million as of March 31, 2022. The Company had 92,833,593 weighted average Class A shares outstanding and 16,221,101 weighted average Class B shares outstanding during the second quarter of 2022.
2021 Sustainability Report
On April 28, 2022, Select issued its 2021 Sustainability Report, the Company's inaugural release. Select's 2021 Sustainability Report highlights the policies, processes, procedures and performance by which Select establishes and advances Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") goals and criteria, as well as how the Company aims to act as a force for environmental stewardship and promote sustainable development in communities in which it operates. The report reviews the application of Select's business principles and supporting policies across the business. The report includes information based on internal discussions, external stakeholder feedback, and consultations with third-party experts. Select intends to regularly report on our ESG policies, procedures, and performance, both on our website and through our annual Sustainability Report. Readers are encouraged to read the report in its entirety, which is accessible at https://www.selectenergy.com/sustainability/.
Conference Call
Select has scheduled a conference call on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time / 10:00 a.m. Central time. Please dial 201-389-0872 and ask for the Select Energy Services call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time of the call, or listen to the call live over the Internet by logging on to the website at the address http://investors.selectenergy.com/events-and-presentations. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through August 17, 2022 and may be accessed by calling 201-612-7415 using passcode 13731255#. A webcast archive will also be available at the link above shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days.
About Select Energy Services, Inc.
Select Energy Services, Inc. (collectively, with its consolidated subsidiaries, referred to as "Select" or the "Company") is a leading provider of sustainable water and chemical solutions to the energy industry. Select develops, manufactures and delivers a full suite of chemical products for use in oil and gas well completion and production operations as well as integration into the full water life-cycle. These solutions are supported by the Company's critical water infrastructure assets and water treatment and recycling capabilities. As a leader in sustainable water and chemical solutions, Select places the utmost importance on safe, environmentally responsible management of oilfield water throughout the lifecycle of a well. Additionally, Select believes that responsibly managing water resources throughout its operations to help conserve and protect the environment is paramount to the continued success of the Company. For more information, please visit Select's website, http://www.selectenergy.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this communication other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements which contain our current expectations about our future results. We have attempted to identify any forward-looking statements by using words such as "could," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "project," "will," "estimate" and other similar expressions. Although we believe that the expectations reflected, and the assumptions or bases underlying our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results, events or financial positions to differ materially from those included within or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could materially impact such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the severity and duration of world health events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a negative impact on our business; the global macroeconomic uncertainty related to the Russia-Ukraine war; actions by the members of OPEC+ with respect to oil production levels and announcements of potential changes in such levels, including the ability of the OPEC+ countries to agree on and comply with supply limitations; operational challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus, including logistical challenges, protecting the health and well-being of our employees, remote work arrangements, performance of contracts and supply chain disruptions; the level of capital spending and access to capital markets by oil and gas companies, trends and volatility in oil and gas prices, and our ability to manage through such volatility; and other factors discussed or referenced in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and those set forth from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. Investors should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, unless required by law.
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Comparison of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit before depreciation and amortization (D&A) and gross margin before D&A are not financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP. We define EBITDA as net income (loss), plus interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus/(minus) loss/(income) from discontinued operations, plus any impairment charges or asset write-offs pursuant to accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. ("GAAP"), plus non-cash losses on the sale of assets or subsidiaries, non-recurring compensation expense, non-cash compensation expense, and non-recurring or unusual expenses or charges, including severance expenses, transaction costs, or facilities-related exit and disposal-related expenditures, plus/(minus) foreign currency losses/(gains) and plus/(minus) losses/(gains) on unconsolidated entities less bargain purchase gains from business combinations. We define gross profit before D&A as revenue less cost of revenue, excluding cost of sales D&A expense. We define gross margin before D&A as gross profit before D&A divided by revenue. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit before D&A and gross margin before D&A are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures that we believe provide useful information to external users of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies because it allows them to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis across periods by removing the effects of our capital structure (such as varying levels of interest expense), asset base (such as depreciation and amortization) and non-recurring items outside the control of our management team. We present EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit before D&A and gross margin before D&A because we believe they provide useful information regarding the factors and trends affecting our business in addition to measures calculated under GAAP.
Net income (loss) is the GAAP measure most directly comparable to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. Gross profit (loss) is the GAAP measure most directly comparable to gross profit before D&A. Our non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Each of these non-GAAP financial measures has important limitations as an analytical tool due to exclusion of some but not all items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. You should not consider EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or gross profit before D&A in isolation or as substitutes for an analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and gross profit before D&A may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.
The following table presents a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to our net income (loss), which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure for the periods presented:
The following table presents a reconciliation of gross profit before D&A to total gross profit (loss), which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure, and a calculation of gross margin before D&A for the periods presented:
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glassbeam, Inc., a pioneer in data and predictive analytics for connected medical machines, today announced that Rhonda Longmore-Grund will be joining the Board of Directors of Glassbeam. Ms. Longmore-Grund is the former President & CEO of Alliance Healthcare Services, a leading provider of comprehensive radiology and oncology services, partnering with over 1,000 hospitals across 46 states in the US to provide high quality, compassionate care to ~1 million patients each year. When Alliance was acquired in 2021 by Akumin Inc. (NASDAQ: AKU), Ms. Longmore-Grund served as President, Co-CEO and a Director of the newly merged Akumin/Alliance company to facilitate a smooth transition through mid-2022.
Ms. Longmore-Grund will join Glassbeam at an opportune time when the company is poised for scaling its solutions and operations in the connected medical equipment world, both in the US and abroad in Europe, Japan and Asia. As healthcare becomes leaner, hospitals and health systems must evolve their care models and adopt technology solutions that support efficient utilization of medical equipment infrastructure to deliver high-quality, lower-cost care. With Glassbeam Clinsights™, hospitals and healthcare providers can implement intelligent analytics to better understand the needs of both patients and staff, create a more seamless patient experience, and deliver higher standards of care.
"The Glassbeam team is thrilled to welcome Rhonda to its Board of Directors, as an international, results-oriented C level executive with deep strategic, operational and financial leadership experience across a variety of company profiles", said Eric Milledge, Chairman of the Board at Glassbeam. "As a former CEO as well as CFO with deep capital markets experience, Rhonda will expand the leadership, coaching and mentoring skills of the current Board and help the management team deliver sustainable growth and shareholder value in the coming years".
"Data analytics leveraging AI and cloud-based technologies is the next frontier of innovation in the world of healthcare", said Ms. Longmore-Grund. "As former CEO and CFO in large healthcare organizations, my world has always revolved around data driven decisions and how to harness deep insights for future growth and operational efficiencies. I am extremely excited to bring that experience to the Glassbeam Board and its management team as it navigates its way through future growth and market challenges".
Ms. Longmore-Grund is also currently an Adjunct Professor at Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics, where she teaches Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. She holds a Masters of Arts in Law & Diplomacy, International Business Relations and International Finance from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
For more information about Glassbeam's Leadership team and Board, please visit: https://www.glassbeam.com/leadership/.
Glassbeam is a pioneer in data and predictive analytics for connected medical machines that bring structure and meaning to complex data generated from a heterogeneous fleet of medical equipment. Only Glassbeam's patented cloud-based platform is designed to transform and analyze multi-structured data, delivering powerful solutions for enhancing machine uptime and utilization for organizations such as Canon Medical Systems USA, MultiCare Health System, Brown's Medical Imaging, Renovo Solutions, Agiliti Health, Harris Health and US Radiology Specialists. For more information, visit www.glassbeam.com.
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JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) — A man is facing charges in connection with a 2020 attack that left his sister in a coma for two years.
According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Wanda Palmer was hacked and left for dead in June 2020 near Cottageville, West Virginia. The incident left her in a coma up until a few weeks ago.
“Massive massive amounts of head trauma consistent with a machete or hatchet type injury to the head,” said Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger. “She was unconscious at the time and has been virtually ever since.”
Now, Wanda Palmer is awake and she has identified her brother, Daniel J. Palmer III, 55, of Cottageville, as the person who attacked her. He has been charged in her attack.
After two years of no answers, Mellinger said everything is now coming full circle.
“This about as rare as it gets,” Mellinger said. “I think it’s a true testament to the perseverance and strength and victim herself. And that’s really what it is all about. Being strong enough to persevere through something like this two years later.”
According to the criminal complaint, the Jackson County E991 Center received a call on the morning of June 10, 2020, that Wanda Palmer’s neighbors had found her in her trailer home “injured and covered in blood.” Officers said they found her “slumped over on her couch” and say she was severely wounded and unresponsive.
Authorities described Wanda Palmer’s injuries as appearing that she had been “bludgeoned about the head and face with an object that caused lacerations.” She was taken to a hospital for treatment and was unable to tell investigators what had happened. The complaint states Wanda Palmer remained unresponsive and was later taken to a nursing home for care.
The criminal complaint states that Daniel Palmer had initially been considered a possible suspect due to a “previous violent history” between the siblings. Investigators say he denied being involved and said he had not been to his sister’s home for days prior to her attack. The complaint states, however, that a witness investigators spoke with claimed to have seen Daniel Palmer at the front door of his sister’s trailer around midnight on the night of the incident.
Investigators say they worked for months to eliminate possible suspects and generate leads, but Wanda Palmer remained unresponsive and unable to provide information in the case.
Then on June 27, 2022, according to the complaint, investigators received a call from Wanda Palmer’s caseworker that she had uttered “some single words” and was appropriately responding when asked questions.
Authorities say on July 12, 2022, they went to the facility in New Martinsville, West Virginia, where she was being cared for to speak with her.
The complaint says one deputy went into Wanda Palmer’s room at the facility to speak one-on-one and said she appeared to be oriented to the situation and gave coherent and relevant answers.
During the interview, Wanda Palmer told the deputy that the person who attacked her was her brother, Daniel.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LivePerson, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPSN) is providing confirmatory notice, pursuant to the requirements of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), of recent grants of equity-based incentive awards that LivePerson made under its Inducement Plan.
LivePerson established the LivePerson Inc. 2018 Inducement Plan (the "Inducement Plan") to provide equity-based incentive awards to new hires. In connection with recent employee hires through December 28, 2022, LivePerson has made grants of RSUs to 5 employees totaling 60,790 shares.
RSU and stock option grants generally vest in equal tranches over 3 to 4 years under the Inducement Plan. All grants are subject to the grantee's continued employment on the scheduled vesting date. Each award under the Inducement Plan was granted as an inducement material to the grantee entering into employment with the Company.
About LivePerson, Inc.
LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is a global leader in customer engagement solutions. We create AI-powered digital experiences that feel Curiously Human. Our customers — including leading brands like HSBC, Virgin Media, and GM Financial — have conversations with millions of consumers as personally as they would with one. Our Conversational Cloud platform powers nearly a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set to build connections that reduce costs, increase revenue, and are anything but artificial. Fast Company named us the #1 Most Innovative AI Company in the world. To talk with us or our Conversational AI, please visit liveperson.com.
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