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Kourtney Kardashian's wedding kountdown is on!
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians clan descended upon the streets of Portofino on May 20 for a intimate Italian dinner to celebrate the Poosh founder's upcoming nuptials to Travis Barker. Kourtney's sisters—Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner—as well as mom Kris Jenner were dressed to impress as they made their way to a local restaurant for the special occasion.
Meanwhile, Kourtney's kids Mason, 12, Penelope, 9, and Reign, 7, (who she shares with ex Scott Disick) were seen arriving with members of her blended family, including her rocker husband's son Landon Barker, 18, and daughter Alabama Barker, 16.
During their night out, the bride wore a semi-sheer crimson dress with a furry stole and strappy crimson heels to twin with Penelope, who was in a red frock with puffed sleeves.
The couple, who got engaged last October, legally wed on May 15 in a small Santa Barbara, Calif., courtroom ceremony witnessed by bride's grandmother Mary Jo "MJ" Campbell and the groom's dad Randy Barker. Kourtney and Travis then jetted off to Italy to prepare for a larger wedding that's expected to also include other family members and close friends.
Ahead of their nuptials this weekend, a source close to Kourtney told E! News that the reality star is "madly in love" with the Blink-182 drummer.
The insider shared, "Kourtney is over the moon and so excited to start this next chapter with Travis."
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The realization came as a shock to Héloïse Luzzati. How could she have spent the better part of three decades playing music without every studying a piece composed by a woman?
As her gigs dried up at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and concert halls around the world went dark for months, the French cellist dedicated much of her time to remedying that gap. "The role of women in the history of music began to gain a certain importance in my life as a musician," the French cellist told NPR's Leila Fadel. "We don't know enough works composed by women. My aim is to increase the percentage of known works written by female composers."
She unearthed manuscripts by the likes of Mel Bonis (1858-1937), Clémence de Grandval (1828-1907) and Rita Strohl (1865-1941). In many cases, these pages of music had simply been sitting in a trunk in the attic, preserved by the composers' own descendants.
Luzzati has a hard time picking just one piece as her favorite. "There [are] so many. I cannot answer this question," she said. "I ask myself, how could I [not] know this piece?"
Many of these works had never been published or recorded before, and yet to Luzzati they shined like priceless jewels. Her project quickly grew from a set of online biographical videos to a virtual advent calendar featuring recorded performances, a festival with top soloists at châteaux and other historic sites near Paris — and now a new record label.
La Boîte à Pépites (The Jewel Box) aims to "exhume pieces that seem worthy of a good position in the standard musical repertoire," Luzzati explained. The label's first release, launched in France in April and set for September 30 in the UK, is centered around French composer Charlotte Sohy, who died in 1955.
"I was completely captivated by this music," said Luzzati, who gave a special nod to what she considers a "masterpiece," the Op. 24 piano trio.
"It's completely specific as French music from the beginning of the 20th century — sometimes impressionistic, sometimes figurative, with colors of Ravel, Chausson or Debussy."
The rich harmonies also come from someone who faced tremendous odds, having survived two world wars, mothered seven children and cared for a conductor-composer (Marcel Labey). At times, she composed under a male name — that of her grandfather, Charles Sohy — or just used the abbreviation Ch. Sohy "to bypass the prejudices about women," Luzzati explained. And yet her catalogue includes 35 opuses. She studied under composer Vincent d'Indy, himself a student of César Franck.
A three-CD boxset — also available on streaming platforms — features world premieres of Sohy's piano, chamber and orchestral works. Among the soloists are rising and veteran stars of the classical world in their own right, including David Kadouch, Xavier Phillips, Célia Oneto Bensaïd and Marie-Laure Garnier. The Quatuor Hermès recorded Sohy's first two quartets and the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence took up orchestral works under the baton of Debora Waldman.
It all began when Waldman introduced Luzzati to Sohy's grandson François-Henri Labey. Since retiring from directing regional conservatories about a decade ago, Labey has copied his grandmother's handwritten work in digital format on a computer. He's said that he stumbled upon her "Grande Guerre" (Great War) Symphony in C sharp minor in the bottom of a drawer. In 2019, Waldman led the Orchestre Victor-Hugo Franche-Comté in the posthumous world premiere of the work, composed during World War I. Sohy was informed of her husband's death on the battlefield while writing the second movement, only to learn a week later that he was found alive.
Luzzati is intransigent in her selection both of the pieces and performers put forward via her project, a charitable organization run by musicians. Violinist Renaud Capuçon and pianist Bertrand Chamayou are among the internationally renowned musicians who have joined the effort. Rather than simply performing a piece because it was composed by a woman, Luzzati and her fellow artists work together to breathe life into some of the most accomplished works by a composer who happened to be a woman.
"We want this music to exist for the future and for the young generations too," she explained. "We don't want to rewrite the story of the music. We want to add the women who count in the story."
Gender inequality is still prevalent in the music industry today. While there are growing efforts to promote music by composers of underrepresented genders and backgrounds, only 5% of compositions scheduled to be performed by 100 orchestras worldwide in the 2020-2021 season were written by women, according to the UK-based foundation Donne.
Historically, much of this music has been overlooked — if not dismissed entirely — by music directors, and even teachers. Music students, from their very beginnings to advanced studies at top conservatories, are still largely taught music composed by white men who have been dead for decades if not centuries.
Some women gained wide acclaim during their lifetimes, especially in the late 19th century. Virtuoso pianist Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a prolific composer and the only female professor of music to teach at the Paris Conservatory in that century. But she was quickly forgotten after her death, despite her work being published.
"So there you go. It's as simple as that. When a composer dies and she's no longer there to keep her work alive, it disappears almost instantly," Luzzati said.
Her group has also spotlighted living composers, like Ethiopian nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou or Alicia Terzian of Argentina. There are also new arrangements, such as one of a song by Barbara, who started out as a cabaret singer before writing her own tunes.
And Luzzati only just got started. She's setting her sights next on music publishing — blowing the dust off old manuscripts so that the works can be played by students and soloists alike. If she succeeds, the ripple effect could have a long lasting impact on the classical music industry.
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First pre-sutured fascia allograft designed for hip arthroscopists to help increase surgeon efficiency and reduce operating room time
CENTENNIAL, Colo., July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AlloSource®, one of the largest allograft providers creating innovative cellular and tissue products to help surgeons heal their patients, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510(K) clearance of AceConnex Pre-Sutured Fascia for hip labral reconstruction and augmentation. This product reinforces AlloSource's commitment to providing innovative products to support the overall sports medicine market, including hip arthroscopy.
"AceConnex Pre-Sutured Fascia was designed to help hip arthroscopists efficiently treat their patients by eliminating time and tedious effort associated with suturing in the OR," said Carolyn Rorick, AlloSource Senior Director Product Development, Innovation and Clinical Affairs. "We spent an extensive amount of time perfecting our design and suturing technique to ensure consistency and that design is now patented."
AceConnex Pre-Sutured Fascia is a device intended for use as a component in soft tissue surgical procedures where constructs, including those with allograft tissue, are used for reconstruction, replacement, or augmentation of the labrum. The ready-to-use, sterile device will be available in multiple pre-sutured sizes, with trimmable regions that allow for allograft adjustments to match patients' anatomy. In addition, AceConnex Pre-Sutured Fascia is manufactured to ensure consistency and minimize variability compared to allografts that are manually sutured pre-operatively. For years, fascia allografts have been documented as an effective allograft for labral reconstruction. 1,2,3
"AceConnex Pre-Sutured Fascia is integral to our mission of providing innovative allografts to advance patient healing," said Dean Elliott, AlloSource President and CEO. "We are proud to be first to market with an FDA cleared pre-sutured fascia device to meet the varying needs of hip arthroscopists and patients."
Since 2012, surgeons have trusted and implanted AlloSource's fascia in more than 4,000 labral procedures. For more information on new AceConnex Pre-Sutured Fascia please email info@allosource.org.
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AlloSource, one of the largest human tissue providers, honors tissue donors by creating innovative dermis, cartilage, tendon, fascia, bone, and amnion allografts to help heal patients. Since 1994, the Colorado-based nonprofit organization has continued to advance its allografts to improve patient outcomes, serving as a trusted tissue partner to the medical community. AlloSource® is registered with the FDA as a tissue establishment and accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks. Learn more at allosource.org.
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — The Fredericksburg Police Department is asking for help identifying and locating a check fraud suspect.
According to police, the woman pictured cashed fraudulent checks using a stolen ID at a Topside Federal Credit Union on Augustine Avenue on Jan. 18 and Jan. 19.
The suspect was driving a white Chevrolet SUV, anyone who recognizes her or has information related to this incident is asked to call Fredericksburg Police at 540-373-3122. | https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/fredericksburg-police-looking-for-check-fraud-suspect/ | 2023-02-01 16:57:27 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/fredericksburg-police-looking-for-check-fraud-suspect/ |
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Marvel Comics burst onto the market over 80 years ago and may be bigger than it ever was before. Now, it’s not just a comic; it’s expanded into a film franchise, several games, fashion, food, Legos and much more. Whether you have a Marvel fanatic in your life or hope to create one in the future, there are lots to choose from in the Marvel world to fit a wide range of ages and tastes.
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“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
The live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe may dominate televisions and theaters, but Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” showed that there are other ways to enjoy our favorite heroes in a self-contained movie. With beautiful animation and a touching story about our flawed heroes, this one’s great for Marvel fanatics and newcomers alike.
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A lot has happened since phase one of the MCU, but the groundwork laid by Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the rest of the original Avengers still goes strong today. This set features every movie from “Iron Man” to the first Avengers movie with plenty of special features and bonuses inside.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales: Ultimate Edition
Marvel’s Spider-Man quickly joined the ranks of Arkham as one of the best open-world superhero games in history. Thanks to this set, you can experience the remastered original and its sequel, Miles Morales, in the same box. With cinematic cutscenes and a groundbreaking, intuitive combat and stealth system, this one’s suitable for all ages and interests.
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Lego’s collectible line combines the childhood fun of constructing magnificent scenes and props with adult desires for something more collectible that you can proudly display on your bookshelf. This highly accurate Infinity Gauntlet comes straight from the MCU’s most vile villain’s hand and lets you take charge of its conversational power. Just try not to snap.
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Tony Stark built quite a collection of Iron Man suits during his time in the MCU. Thanks to this amazingly detailed set, kids and their parents can recreate their favorite scenes from Tony Stark’s adventures.
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“Black Panther” showed young audiences that heroes come from all across the globe, and this action figure pays tribute to the iconic character. This highly detailed, fully poseable T’Challa action figure designed after his “Avengers: Endgame” costume stands a foot tall. It’s great for children to play with, but adult collectors will also love it on their shelves.
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Why pick just one? This set of action figures features Iron Man, Hulk, Black Panther, Captain America, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, War Machine and Falcon in the same box. Each poseable action figure has a comic-style look and gives young fans a great start to their toy collection.
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What’s a Marvel collection without a Funko Pop? Inspired by Sony’s “Venom” franchise, this one features Eddie Brock mid-transition to his friend and alter ego. While there are many exciting Funko Pops on the market, this one’s uniquely cute and horrifying look will stand out of the crowd.
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You don’t have to be a Nordic god from outer space to lift this fun, electric recreation of Thor’s iconic hammer. Designed with the film franchise in mind, this one lights up and produces sound. Kids will love the authenticity, and collectors will love how it looks on its included stand.
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Everyone’s favorite talking tree can use three words to convey every emotion. Now, with this shirt that’s available for all ages, your favorite Guardian can pay homage to Marvel’s most adorable space mercenary.
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Every parent sees their kid go into a Bruce Banner fit from time to time, and this shirt warns guests and strangers that a wild child hides inside.
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Thanos’s snap won’t be the first thing people think of come November and December, but this hilarious reminder of the franchise’s most catastrophic event will undoubtedly be a hit for Marvel fans of every age.
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“How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way”
Stan Lee’s “How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way” is one of the most popular Marvel how-to guides on the market. In it, the face of the entire Marvel universe explains what goes into making a heroic figure and teaches you some skills beyond the comic page as well.
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“The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe”
This comprehensive look behind the scenes of Kevin Feige’s on-screen universe chronicles the universe’s early days and shows the artistry and love that went into the biggest franchise ever.
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This fun, light activity book lets children unleash creativity while learning valuable skills in the process. It’s a fun and simple way for kids to play with their favorite characters that don’t involve a screen or toy. The simplistic artwork helps kids of all skill levels get involved with all the fun.
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It’s hard to collect Marvel toys, films and games without acknowledging the source material. “Secret Wars” was among the Marvel comic world’s most earth-shattering events. With films and shows inspired by the “Secret Wars” coming up, here’s a good place to get ahead of the curve and learn what makes people like you love movies, toys and games.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with Nucor's (NYSE: NUE) first-quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its live conference call with host Leon Topalian, Nucor's President and Chief Executive Officer. This conference call will include a review of Nucor's results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2022, followed by a question-and-answer session. The event will be available on the Internet on April 21, 2022, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
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LOS ANGELES — When Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert held his midweek news conference with the team’s beat reporters Friday, he was not asked a single question about Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
It was a bit stunning, considering the two third-year signal-callers will always be linked after getting drafted one after the other in 2020. Tagovailoa was asked multiple questions about Herbert when he spoke Wednesday.
And it’s not just that intrigue in the storyline goes one way. This is a national narrative that is getting played up for the NBC broadcast and on social media promotions.
Maybe it’s not as much of a constant comparison in L.A. as in Miami. For one, it’s the Dolphins that had the choice in the matter, selecting fifth in the 2020 draft with the Chargers to follow at No. 6. The Chargers also haven’t looked into replacing their young quarterback twice in the time since, like the Dolphins have with their pursuit of Deshaun Watson and Tom Brady, as Herbert posted more than 9,300 yards and 69 passing touchdowns in his first two seasons. He won Rookie of the Year in 2020 and earned a Pro Bowl selection last season.
But there has been a shift in narrative in 2022. Tagovailoa, now with the right system and offensive help around him, leads the league in passer rating (112.0) and yards per attempt (9.0) while throwing 21 touchdowns to five interceptions through 10 games entering Sunday night.
[ Dave Hyde: Tagovailoa or Herbert? That’s not the prime question around these QBs anymore ]
Now, there are other factors contributing to the apparent lack of interest in the Tagovailoa-Herbert comparison in Los Angeles.
The major news update deep into the Chargers’ week, aside from the four starters deemed doubtful on the injury report, was the likelihood of wide receivers Keenan Allen and Mike Williams returning to the field together after playing just 46 snaps with one another this season entering Sunday.
Herbert was asked a series of questions about having that duo together. He was asked about dealing with pressure from the blitz, which could factor into the matchup against the Miami defense. He was asked about possibly making a run for the playoffs after a series of injuries Los Angeles has had to overcome.
There were also several instances when the South Florida media never asked questions about the opponent to Tagovailoa or Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel. And Fridays can often be a light day of media coverage, with all the week’s storylines usually covered by then, but quarterbacks league-wide usually hold their news conferences on Wednesdays.
Buffalo weather
The Dolphins were fortunate to play in 60-degree weather in Chicago in early November against the Bears and face the Detroit Lions in a dome, but the team that has dodged cold weather to this point could be in for a rude awakening on Saturday night at the Buffalo Bills.
Orchard Park, New York, is expected to see a low of 27 degrees, periods of snow and 22 mph winds with gusts up to 30 mph the night of Dec. 17, according to AccuWeather. There is a 67 percent probability of precipitation and expected 1.7 inches of snow. There is a “RealFeel” projection of 5 degrees.
Buffalo’s average low for Dec. 17 is 25.2 degrees with an average 39.4 percent chance of snow, according to extremeweatherwatch.com.
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The Dolphins will be in for more trips to Los Angeles in the coming seasons.
They return to SoFi Stadium next year as the whole AFC East faces the AFC West. Miami draws 2023 road games against the Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs while facing the Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos at home.
In 2024, the Dolphins and the rest of their division are due to face the NFC West, and Miami gets a road game against the Los Angeles Rams.
Kohou on SNF
Dolphins undrafted rookie cornerback Kader Kohou will make his “Sunday Night Football” debut after he was out for Miami’s previous Sunday night game, Oct. 23 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I’m real excited,” Kohou said. “The atmosphere when we were in Miami was fun, even not playing, being on the sideline.”
Kohou’s self-introduction was already recorded in anticipation of that Steelers matchup, so it will be aired for the first time when the Dolphins defensive starters take the field.
— The four Chargers that entered Sunday doubtful — safety Derwin James, cornerback Bryce Callahan, defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day and right tackle Trey Pipkins III — are all reportedly out, according to ESPN. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-notes-chargers-20221211-yrverysv2ncnvc2vtlwgmx2mwu-story.html | 2022-12-11 20:40:02 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-notes-chargers-20221211-yrverysv2ncnvc2vtlwgmx2mwu-story.html |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fifteen grade school students in Mexico have been treated after apparently taking part in an internet “challenge” in which groups of students take tranquilizers to see who can stay awake the longest.
The incident occurred Monday in the north-central city of Guanajuato. It came just days after health authorities issued a national alert about the craze. It was the fourth school in Mexico to suffer such incidents in the last year.
Guanajuato Mayor Alejandro Navarro said the students were treated at the school, and urged parents to supervise their kids’ use of social media.
“As a rule, girls and boys shouldn't have social media accounts, it's bad to start with,” Navarro wrote in his Facebook account.
There was no immediate information on the condition of the students, believed to be fifth and sixth graders, or where they got the tranquilizers.
The Health Department issued an alert on Jan. 25 about the dangers of clonazepam, a tranquilizer, and called on the public to report any store selling it without a prescription.
That alert came one week after eight students at a Mexico City middle school were treated after taking a “controlled medication.” Some were hospitalized. Just days before, three students at another middle school near the northern city of Monterrey were treated for taking doses of clonazepam.
The department warned about the social media challenge, dubbed “the last one to fall asleep wins,” calling it dangerous. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/15-students-in-mexico-treated-for-internet-drug-17754429.php | 2023-01-31 19:23:28 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/15-students-in-mexico-treated-for-internet-drug-17754429.php |
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: OM) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Outset Medical, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and /or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Outset Medical you have until September 6, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Outset Medical securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
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Orbital Infrastructure Group Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results
Published: Nov. 14, 2022 at 7:00 AM EST|Updated: 34 minutes ago
Third Quarter Summary
Revenues of $99.8 million compared to $24.8 million for the third quarter of 2021;
Adjusted EBITDA loss from continuing operations of $14.6 million compared to a loss of $6.3 million in the third quarter of 2021; excluding the results of the renewables segment, adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2022 was a positive $6.0 million;
Backlog of $472.3 million as of September 30, 2022, up 15% from the third quarter of 2021, with $265.9 million expected to be recognized in the next twelve months;
Non-cash impairment charges of $104.7 million related to goodwill, other intangible assets and financed leased assets due to the company's book value to market value evaluation and the impairment of leases for surplus equipment derived from synergistic cost savings initiatives.
HOUSTON, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. ("OIG") [NASDAQ: OIG] today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.
OIG's Vice-Chairman and CEO, Jim O'Neil, commented, "I am disappointed in our quarterly results, primarily driven by losses in the renewables segment, specifically the underperformance of one of our utility scale solar projects currently under construction. Despite reporting significant year-over-year and sequential revenue growth, the third quarter results fell short of our prior expectations and led to a downward revision to our fiscal year 2022 guidance. We believe profitable growth in the electric power and telecommunications segments, coupled with the shift in our renewables strategy away from fixed price EPC projects, will result in more consistent performance in the future"
O'Neil continued, "Our backlog remains healthy at $472.3 million, and we continue to see broad-based infrastructure market strength driven by continued investments in grid resiliency and upgrades to aging infrastructure, ongoing demand for renewable power and the 5G network transition. We remain committed to the execution of our growth strategy, improving profitability, and successfully restructuring our balance sheet to create a sustainable capital structure that matches the strength of our operating business."
Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total revenue was $99.8 million compared to $24.8 million in the third quarter of 2021. The year-over-year improvement is primarily due to acquisitions in the electric power and telecommunications segments as well as organic growth across all operating segments.
Electric Power revenue for the third quarter was $36.7 million compared to $12.2 million in the third quarter of 2021, an increase due to an acquisition in the electric power segment. Telecommunications revenue for the third quarter was $24.1 million compared to $8.7 million in the third quarter of 2021. The increase from prior periods is due to continued acceleration of infrastructure buildout associated with Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) deployment.
Renewables revenue for the third quarter was $39.0 million compared to $3.9 million in the third quarter of 2021. This increase is due to the ramp-up of construction activity on utility scale solar projects.
Gross loss in the third quarter was $5.8 million compared to gross profit of $2.3 million in the third quarter of 2021. Total operating expenses in the third quarter were $122.9 million compared to $13.1 million in the third quarter of 2021. Loss from continuing operations before income taxes in the third quarter was $141.4 million compared to a loss of $11.6 million in the third quarter of 2021.
Loss from continuing operations in the third quarter primarily includes a loss on impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets of $100.3 million associated with a shortfall in market value as compared to book value, a loss of $25.5 million in the renewable segment and a $4.5 million impairment of excess equipment derived from synergistic cost savings initiatives.
Full Year 2022 Outlook
On November 2, 2022, the Company announced its updated financial guidance for the full year 2022. The Company lowered its full year 2022 consolidated revenue guidance to a range of $350 million to $375 million from its previous range of $405 million to $450 million and lowered its full year 2022 adjusted EBITDA to a range of $4 million to $6 million from its previous range of $38 million to $43 million. Challenges primarily in the Company's Renewable Segment led to a revision of its full year 2022 revenue and adjusted EBITDA range.
Conference Call / Webcast Information
As previously announced, management will host a conference call today, November 14, 2022 at 9:00 am ET to discuss the Company's results and recent corporate developments. After management's opening remarks, there will be a question-and-answer period.
For those planning to participate in the call, please dial +1 (800) 715-9871(domestic) or +1 (646) 307-1963 (international) and provide conference ID 1846091.
The live webcast will be available on the Investors Relations/Events & Presentations section of the Company's website at https://orbitalinfrastructuregroup.com/
For those unable to attend the live call, a telephonic replay will be available until November 30, 2022. To access the replay of the call dial +1 (800) 770-2030 (domestic) or +1 (609) 800-9909 (international) and provide conference ID 1846091. An archived copy of the webcast will also be available via the website.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The financial measures not prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) that are utilized in this press release are provided to enable investors, analysts and management to evaluate Orbital Infrastructure's performance excluding the effects of certain items that management believes impact the comparability of operating results between reporting periods. In addition, management believes these measures are useful in comparing Orbital Infrastructure's operating results with those of its competitors. These measures should be used in addition to, and not in lieu of, financial measures prepared in conformity with GAAP. Please see the accompanying tables for reconciliations of the following non-GAAP financial measures for Orbital Infrastructure's current and historical results (as applicable): EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations (non-GAAP financial measures) to loss from continuing operations, net of income taxes.
About Orbital Infrastructure Group
Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc. [NASDAQ: OIG] is a diversified infrastructure services platform, providing engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to customers in three operating segments; electric power, telecommunications, and renewables.
Beginning in April 2021, Orbital Infrastructure Group transformed its infrastructure strategy with the acquisitions of GTS and Front Line Power Construction, the company's telecommunications, and electric power segment platforms, as well as three synergistic "tuck in" acquisitions (IMMCO, Inc, Full Moon Telecom, and Coax Fiber Solutions) and the divestiture of its legacy Orbital Gas Systems business.
Forward Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, as amended, including those relating to the Company's forecasted full year 2022 revenue, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking expressions, including, but not limited to, "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include the risk factors set forth in the Company's filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and its periodic reports on Form 10-Q. Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Orbital undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientology Network's VOICES FOR HUMANITY, the weekly series presenting heroic change makers from a variety of faiths, cultures and nations, working to uplift their communities, announces a new episode featuring the work of human rights activist Zakaria El Hamel.
VOICES FOR HUMANITY airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.
For nearly four decades, Morocco was a country plagued by systemic government oppression that bred widespread abuses, from torture to forced disappearances and unlawful imprisonment. Zakaria El Hamel is leading a national movement to bring human rights awareness to a nation emerging from nearly 40 years of tyrannical rule.
ABOUT ZAKARIA EL HAMEL
Zakaria El Hamel, the son of a human rights activist, was born in Morocco during one of the darkest periods in the country's history. Growing up, he saw firsthand the abuses perpetrated against Moroccan citizens at the hands of the police and government. Any act of political defiance, including freedom of expression, could be met with imprisonment, torture or even death. Ending a 38-year oppressive autocratic reign, a new king ascended the throne, and today there is a glimmer of hope that Morocco's darkest days are in the past. Zakaria, while attending university to study law, followed in his father's footsteps and took on the role of human rights activist. In partnership with Youth for Human Rights, Zakaria has educated hundreds of thousands of Moroccans on the importance of upholding human rights at every societal and institutional level.
Zakaria El Hamel currently serves as the president of the human rights group he founded, Youth for Peace and Dialogue in Morocco.
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Democratic senators and abortion rights advocates are marking what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade as Republicans at the federal level, and in many states, try to pass new, restrictive abortion legislation.
On the heels of what would have been the anniversary of Roe v Wade, Senate Democrats are vowing to protect women’s rights.
“Every single day, right-wing men are trying to claw back women’s right to privacy,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said.
Wyden says Republicans won’t stop until they make abortion illegal nationwide.
At 2023’s March for Life on Friday, Republicans, like Congressman Steve Scalise, vowed to make abortion not just illegal, but unthinkable.
“The next phase now begins. And that’s what this year is about, the next phase in a post-Roe world,” Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said.
Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto says Democrats support bills like the one to protect women’s right to travel for abortions, which was blocked by Republicans last congress.
“Hypocrisy is on the extreme with the far-right, including the idea that this is a state rights issue,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) said.
In January, House Republicans passed two anti-abortion bills, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate won’t be voting on those bills.
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Authorities find 8 bodies in Mexican resort of Cancun
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun said Tuesday they are trying to identify eight bodies found dumped in the Caribbean resort.
Speaking to families of missing people, Oscar Montes de Oca, the head prosecutor of the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo pledged to carry out more searches and identifications.
The bodies were found in searches over the weekend in which police looked in wooded lots and even sinkhole ponds known as cenotes.
More than 112,000 people are listed as missing in Mexico, and searches for clandestine grave sites have become common throughout the country. What is unusual is that they are now being carried out in Cancun, the crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry.
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Montes de Oca said five of the bodies were found at a building site that had apparently been abandoned. The bodies had been dumped there between one week and two months ago; three have been identified as people reported missing previously.
At another site in a wooded area on the outskirts of Cancun, authorities found three sets of skeletal remains. They have not yet been identified.
The bodies were found in a poor neighborhood about 10 miles (15 kilometers) from Cancun’s beach and hotel zone, but relatively closer to the resort’s airport.
Similar searches were also carried out in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, a town south of Tulum.
Volunteer searchers, including the relatives of missing people, and specially trained dogs also participated with investigators in the searches.
Feuding drug gangs have caused violence in Cancun and the resort-studded Caribbean coast south of it.
Earlier this month, four men in Cancun were killed in a dispute related to drug gang rivalries. The dead men were found in the city’s hotel zone near the beach.
A U.S. tourist was shot in the leg in the nearby town of Puerto Morelos in March. The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert that month warning travelers to “exercise increased caution,” especially after dark, at resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.
In 2022, two Canadians were killed in Playa del Carmen, apparently because of debts between international drug and weapons trafficking gangs.
In 2021, in Tulum, two tourists — one a California travel blogger born in India and the other German — were killed when they apparently were caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between rival drug dealers.
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House Democrats have delayed action on a sweeping defense policy bill following an eleventh-hour push from Black lawmakers for an accompanying vote to protect voting rights.
The House entered Wednesday expecting to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the evening. Negotiators had reached a deal on the $847 billion defense bill Tuesday night, and it was expected to sail through the lower chamber with bipartisan support when it hit the floor 24 hours later.
Under that scenario, one rule would govern both the NDAA and a separate bill providing federal protections for same-sex marriage, which is scheduled to hit the floor on Thursday.
But the plan hit a wall when members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), led by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), demanded simultaneous action on a separate bill to enhance the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The House last year had already passed the voting rights bill, named after the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights icon. But the Senate never took it up, and CBC leaders were seeking a way to force a vote in the upper chamber, even knowing the measure likely to fail.
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Carriers feeling cheery about on-time holiday deliveries
(AP) - The nation’s major shipping companies are in the best shape to get holiday shoppers’ packages delivered on time since the start of the pandemic, suggesting a return to normalcy.
Carriers like the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and United Parcel Service project to have enough capacity after struggling under the holiday crush for the past two years, when many people hunkered down at home and turned to online shopping.
The system is already being put to the test ahead of big shopping days on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, when retailers entice shoppers with bargains. Amazon held a second Prime Day in October to jumpstart early holiday sales, but some shoppers are still holding out for deals in the coming days.
Brie Carere, chief customer care officer at FedEx, told The Associated Press she’s not worried: “The network is running the best that it has since COVID. We’re confident and ready.”
There are several factors at play: Consumers have gotten an early start, done more shopping in stores and moderated spending because of inflationary pressures, thus reducing shipping volume and spreading out shipments over a longer period. An extra shipping day between Thanksgiving and Christmas helps, too.
The outlook could be a win for carriers who need fewer temporary workers, retailers who face fewer peak surcharges, and shoppers whose gifts are more likely to be delivered on time, said Satish Jindel, president of Pennsylvania-based ShipMatrix.
The overall optimism represents a sharp contrast to holiday seasons in 2020 and 2021 when more everyday items were shipped during the pandemic, supply chain problems were a concern, and shipping companies struggled to keep up.
Carriers that reached their capacity limit dumped their excess parcels on the struggling U.S. Postal Service in 2020, when more than a third of Postal Service first-class mail was late by the time Christmas arrived. Back then, the Postal Service battled through despite thousands of quarantined workers.
Performance improved last year. And Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the situation is even better now, with the installation of 137 new package-sorting machines ahead of the holiday season, bringing the total to 249 additional package-processing machines since March 2021.
That boosts the Postal Service’s daily package processing ability to 60 million, and staffing improvements allowed the Postal Service to reduce seasonal hiring by half.
“Our customers and the American people should feel confident in the service we will provide for the holiday season,” he said.
All told, shipping companies are projected to have excess capacity of 10 million to 20 million parcels beyond what’s needed each day at peak shipping time, providing a buffer and lowering peak surcharges, Jindel said.
And they continue to line up extra workers to help with peak demand. Amazon, which operates its own fleet of delivery vehicles, said it’s once again hiring 150,000 employees for full-time, part-time and seasonal roles in the United States. United Parcel Service planned to hire upward of 100,000 seasonal workers to get over the hump while stressing that it’s still a good idea to avoid waiting to the last minute.
“Shopping, buying and shipping early continue to be important to avoid the busiest times of peak season,” said UPS spokesperson Jim Mayer.
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Sharp reported from Portland, Maine. Associated Press retail writer Anne D’Innocenzio in New York contributed to this report.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A Black former professional rugby player from South Africa shot by police months after moving to Hawaii suffered from a degenerative brain disease often found in American football players and other athletes subjected to repeated head trauma, autopsy results show.
The finding could help explain Lindani Myeni’s bizarre behavior before the deadly 2021 confrontation with Honolulu officers. It also offers another layer of detail about a shooting that gained international attention during heightened calls for police reform following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
An addendum to Myeni’s autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press shows his brain tissue was sent to the Boston University CTE Center, which found the 29-year-old father of two suffered from stage three chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Commonly known as CTE, the disease can only be diagnosed posthumously.
Stage four is the most severe level and experts say it’s alarming for someone as young as Myeni to have such a critical case of CTE.
Lindsay Myeni, who filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging police shot her husband because he was Black, said she was shocked to learn of the CTE diagnosis.
“I had no clue. He had no clue,” she said from Richard’s Bay, South Africa, where she now lives. “So it was kind of devastating because it felt like … someone was telling me like, hey, he died from racism at 29, but he was going to be killed from his favorite sport at 50 or 51 anyway.”
Police were called to a Honolulu home about a stranger who had entered uninvited. He said, “I have videos of you,” claimed a cat at the home was his and made other strange comments, according to Honolulu’s prosecuting attorney, who decided not to pursue charges against any of the officers.
Police officials have said officers weren’t reacting to his race, but rather his behavior, which put officers’ lives in jeopardy. Prosecutors found that deadly force was justified because Myeni physically attacked officers, leaving one with a concussion.
He had been emotional earlier that day about family issues and the couple had visited numerous spiritual sites around the island of Oahu, Lindsay Myeni said, but he showed no signs of CTE symptoms. Those include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression and depression.
She said that looking back, she wondered if maybe he was depressed or had mood swings during the pandemic, “but didn’t we all?”
Myeni started playing rugby at around age 13, and by 19 had played professionally with the Border Bulldogs in South Africa, his wife said. He also played some rugby in Colorado and Florida, she said. She was aware of him only having two or three concussions.
Dr. Masahiko Kobayashi, the Honolulu medical examiner who autopsied Myeni and concluded he died from gunshot wounds, said he suspected CTE after hearing about Myeni’s behavior and his contact sports past.
“The case of Mr. Myeni was really simple when I just determined the cause and manner of death. But the circumstances were very complex, and the public was greatly impacted by this case,” he said.
Kobayashi said he hoped the CTE finding might provide a clearer picture of what led to Myeni’s death.
“We medical examiners sometimes act as a finder of facts more than the cause and manner of death,” Kobayashi said. “After I thought about all of this, I believed the results of a CTE study should be a part of a full and complete understanding of the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Myeni, which is why I decided to order the test.”
But CTE doesn’t help Lindsay Myeni understand what happened that April 14, 2021, night.
“To me, it still doesn’t answer any questions as to why you would shoot him,” she said.
Myeni’s behavior sounded like “classic symptoms” related to CTE, “confusion, disorientation, acting out in a very different way,” said Paul Anderson, a lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri, who represents families of athletes with brain injuries, but is not involved in the Myeni case.
The youngest case of stage three CTE diagnosed in medical literature was Aaron Hernandez, 27, making Myeni “an example of pretty severe CTE for someone that age,” said Dr. Daniel Daneshvar, an expert on the condition and a Harvard Medical School assistant professor.
Hernandez, a former New England Patriots football star, killed himself in 2017 in the prison cell where he was serving a life-without-parole sentence for murder.
While people with CTE tend to have problems with memory, thinking, impulsivity and paranoia, there could be other explanations, Daneshvar said.
“We can’t say for sure whether or not CTE in anyone’s brain can cause them to do any particular action,” he said.
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steven Alm said the CTE finding isn’t surprising and doesn’t change his conclusion that police were justified in using deadly force.
“It’s just a reminder for everybody that danger can come about, either because somebody just has that type of personality or they have some kind of … mental or emotional disability or, like this,” Alm said.
The investigation by Alm’s office found that two days before the shooting, Myeni told his kickboxing instructor that he was going through “crazy African spiritual stuff.”
About 30 minutes before the shooting, Myeni interjected himself in a situation where police were investigating a vehicle break-in and had to be told to go away by both the victim and officers, according to Alm’s investigation.
Myeni then asked one of the officers for money to buy food and tried to get into the back of a police car.
From there, he drove a short distance to a home where tourists who didn’t know him were staying. Wearing a feathered headband, he followed them into the house, told the woman, “I have videos of you,” claimed a cat there was his and made comments about hunting.
The frightened woman called 911.
Officer body camera videos showed Myeni punching responding officers, leaving one with facial fractures and a concussion. Myeni continued punching an officer even after he was shot once in the chest, Alm said.
Bridget Morgan-Bickerton, a Honolulu attorney representing Myeni’s wife, said he wasn’t aggressive, “until he was subjected to unjustified aggression, being yelled at, at gunpoint, in the dark to ‘get on the ground’ with no announcement of who was asking.”
Three months before the shooting, the Myenis moved to Hawaii, where Lindsay Myeni grew up, believing it would be safer for their two Black children than in another part of the U.S.
As a single mother of a 2- and 3-year-old, she doesn’t know if she can ever return to Hawaii, so they’re in South Africa, where the couple met while she was on a Christian mission trip. But it’s difficult there, too.
“It’s like I even moved out of our little township that he’s from and moved to the suburbs because … it’s hard to even be at the house,” she said. “I just went for a birthday party back to his home and I’m like, oh, this is so painful.”
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MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Houston Mallette led Pepperdine with 25 points and Jevon Porter hit the game-winning basket as time expired in double as the Waves knocked off Portland 94-93 on Saturday night to snap an 11-game losing streak.
Jay Yoon entered the game and moments later was fouled as he made a layup with 1.3 seconds left to trim Pepperdine's deficit to 91-90 but missed the and-1 free throw. Kristian Sjolund grabbed the rebound for Portland, was fouled by Jalen Pitre with 0.6 remaining and then was called for a technical foul — his fifth foul of the game — after throwing an elbow near Pitre's jaw.
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Jack Perry replaced Sjolund and made 1-of-2 free throws before Mallette split the technical foul shots to make it 92-91 and Pepperdine retained possession. Mike Mitchell Jr. lobbed an inbounds pass to Porter in front of the basket for a winning tip-in.
Mallette also had five assists for the Waves (8-17, 1-10 West Coast Conference). Porter scored 18 points and added 11 rebounds and five assists. Carson Basham was 8 of 12 shooting and 2 of 5 from the free throw line to finish with 18 points. The Waves snapped an 11-game slide.
Tyler Robertson led the way for the Pilots (12-14, 4-7) with 35 points, 14 rebounds and five assists. Portland also got 19 points from Michael Meadows. In addition, Kristian Sjolund had 16 points.
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Mallette put up eight points in the first half for Pepperdine, who led 36-35 at halftime. Pepperdine was outscored by one point in the second half as the teams ended regulation tied 70-70. Porter scored four points to lead Pepperdine in double, including their game-winner.
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DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — A central Ohio family says their parents were robbed of their final wishes when they were buried in the wrong plots at a Delaware County cemetery. The family said they were later told they had to pay to move their parents to the correct spots.
Annetta and Bee Slone were together for over 50 years, said their daughter, Reba Tomblin.
“They were best friends. They loved each other so much,” she said.
Tomblin said her parents always worked hard to make sure to take care of their two daughters and two sons.
“Dad was the type of person that whenever I would look for a job, he would say, ‘You have to have a job that has a 401(k), Reba. You have to take care. You have to take care of the future,'” Tomblin said. “That was how he was, and they planned for the future.”
In 1970, the Slones purchased their own burial plots at Fairview Memorial Park. The plots were between each of their parents and next to each other.
The Slones later purchased two more plots, roughly six sections from theirs, for their two sons.
The family’s plans unraveled when Annetta Slone died in June 2020.
“The day of Mom’s funeral, we found out that the plots that they had both selected, that they wanted, in between their parents and their family, it was no longer available,” Tomblin said.
Bee Slone watched as his wife was laid to rest about 50 yards away from her father and sisters in a plot intended for her son.
“He was devastated,” Tomblin said.
Bee died six months later. Tomblin and her family made what she called a difficult choice to bury her father next to her mother, so they would not be apart.
The family later learned that the plots Annetta and Bee had bought for themselves were available, but the family would have to pay for the entire process of relocating their parents to the correct plots.
“I want them together, and I want them to be where they chose, where they want to be,” Tomblin said. “It’s very frustrating, and it’s very heartbreaking.”
“I understand completely where [Tomblin] is at,” said Tim Foor, who runs the cemetery, which is run by Berlin Township.
The township took control of Fairview Memorial Park in 2020, three years after previous owners Theodore and Arminda Martin were convicted on theft charges for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from families that paid for services they never received.
“We’re trying as hard as we can to make things right over there,” Foor said. “It’s just there’s a lot of wrongdoing that needs to be corrected.”
Foor showed WCMH the cemetery’s records, which included a disorganized box of cards with burial information on them and complaints from families handwritten on the back of some of the cards. Foor said that’s how he received the records, which he is in the process of entering into a computer program.
Because the records were so disorganized and, in some cases, inaccurate, the township spent more than $25,000 on a ground-penetrating radar survey last summer.
The survey unearthed a long list of problems: people were buried beneath walkways, doubled up in plots, overlapping plots, and buried in areas that were never even meant to be plots. Some graves were dug diagonally, and in one instance, a husband and wife were buried on opposite sides of a headstone instead of side by side.
Foor said he spoke with Tomblin about her family’s situation, and he wants to help.
“I’m dealing with possibly —how many families we don’t know — that are buried in situations like this,” Foor said. “If we extend the courtesy to Mrs. Tomblin and move her family at the township’s expense, then suddenly, I have all these people coming down and [they’ll say] ‘Oh, you moved her family. Move ours, too.’ And the township just can’t handle that load.”
For estimates correcting burial issues in just one section of Fairview Memorial Park would cost roughly $250,000.
It’s why he’s been applying for grants from the state and working with Ohio lawmakers on legislation, like Senate Bill 224, which includes measures to help make sure peoples’ preneed funeral contracts are honored.
“It’s not a problem that you can isolate and make go away,” Foor said. “You’ve got to address it on a scale that it’s going to grow to if it continues to go the way that it’s going.”
Foor said Berlin Township is not selling plots at Fairview Memorial Park until all of the existing issues are sorted out.
“I don’t think we’ll ever get it all resolved,” he said.
Meanwhile, a headstone for Annetta and Bee Slone sits in a warehouse, waiting to be placed in the right plot.
“We are still suffering. We are still here, and we want it done right,” Tomblin said.
Last year the township got a $13,000 grant from the state, which was used to repair things above ground.
As part of their criminal sentence, the cemetery’s former owners were ordered to pay more than $183,000 in restitution to dozens of families. According to court records, $60 has been paid, as the Martins remain in prison. | https://www.ksn.com/news/children-told-to-pay-to-relocate-parents-remains/ | 2022-07-29 21:36:02 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/children-told-to-pay-to-relocate-parents-remains/ |
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a contentious presidential pardon of a top government official and three subordinates and ordered a retrial of their case.
The surprise ruling in the years-long legal dispute surrounding the pardon went against the interests of the governing nationalist party. As such, it was a rare act of independence from a top court after years of efforts by the Law and Justice party and President Andrzej Duda to establish greater control over the judiciary.
An aide to Duda criticized the court’s ruling, arguing that it didn’t have the right to reverse his pardon. A governing party spokesman, Rafal Bochenek, slammed the court ruling as “anti-democratic.”
Opposition politicians who accuse government authorities of eroding democratic norms welcomed the court’s ruling in the case of Mariusz Kaminski, who is currently the interior minister and head of the secret services.
It was the latest blow to Law and Justice in recent days after frustration with the government boiled over into a mass protest of hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of Warsaw and other cities on Sunday. The next day, the European Union’s top court dealt another setback to the government in Warsaw, ruling that a crucial part of Poland’s judicial overhaul infringes EU law.
Kaminski was sentenced in 2015 by a court to three years in prison for abuse of power as head of a state anti-corruption office, the Central Anticorruption Bureau, a job he held from 2007-2009. His former deputy, Maciej Wasik, also now his deputy interior minister, and two other anti-corruption bureau officials, were convicted.
They appealed their convictions, but Duda pardoned them in 2015 before the appeals court heard their case.
His pardon came a day after Kaminski was named minister for secret services in a new government formed after Law and Justice won the 2015 election. Kaminski is an ally of the powerful party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
The pardon was controversial at the time, with many legal experts arguing that presidential pardons are to be reserved for cases that have gone through all appeals.
“Wasik and Kaminski should be expelled from the government,” leftist lawmaker Krzysztof Gawkowski said. “There is no place in the government for people who have convictions and unfinished proceedings on their account.”
The Supreme Court said in its oral justification on Tuesday that Duda had no power to issue his pardons.
“The administration of justice in the Polish legal order is the exclusive domain of the common courts and the Supreme Court,” Judge Piotr Mirek said.
But the matter is even more complicated.
The legal overhaul that Law and Justice began after winning the 2015 election has also led to chaos in the judiciary, with critics of the government changes often speaking of “pseudo rulings” by “pseudo courts” that have been taken over in a process that is illegal under Polish law.
The government has managed to impose political control over another top court, the Constitutional Tribunal, which ruled last week that the Supreme Court didn’t have the right to exercise legal control over presidential pardons.
The Supreme Court judge, Mirek, disputed that, saying: “The Supreme Court is of the opinion that the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal … did not have any legal consequences.” | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/polish-supreme-court-overturns-presidential-pardon-of-top-officials-going-against-ruling-party/ | 2023-06-07 04:11:07 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/polish-supreme-court-overturns-presidential-pardon-of-top-officials-going-against-ruling-party/ |
Factory optimization software maker Fero Labs is recognized for achievements in industrial automation for modern manufacturers
NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CB Insights today named Fero Labs to its annual AI 100 ranking, showcasing the 100 most promising private artificial intelligence companies in the world.
"This is the sixth year that CB Insights has recognized the most promising private artificial intelligence companies with the AI 100. This year's cohort spans 13 industries, working on everything from recycling plastic waste to improving hearing aids," said Brian Lee, SVP of CB Insights' Intelligence Unit. "Last year's AI 100 companies had a remarkable run, raising more than $6 billion, including 20 mega-rounds worth more than $100 million each. We're excited to watch the companies on this year's list continue to grow and create products and services that meaningfully impact the world around them."
"Manufacturing plants across sectors are embracing machine learning technology as a method to boost volume and profitability. However, to fully benefit from the power of machine learning, manufacturers must rely on software solutions that scale to their factories," said Berk Birand, co-founder and CEO of Fero Labs. "Fero's software predicts problems before anything can go wrong. That means engineers can keep issues from halting production, minimizing not only costs, but also waste and emissions. This recognition by the AI 100 ranking validates our purpose and we're eager to continue pushing the industrial sector forward."
Utilizing the CB Insights platform, the research team picked 100 private market vendors from a pool of over 7,000 companies, including applicants and nominees. They were chosen based on factors including R&D activity, proprietary Mosaic scores, market potential, business relationships, investor profile, news sentiment analysis, competitive landscape, team strength, and tech novelty. The research team also reviewed thousands of Analyst Briefings submitted by applicants.
Unlike black-box machine learning that gives recommendations with no context, Fero Labs' factory optimization software is powered by white-box machine learning that enables manufacturers to stay ahead of ever-changing production conditions. With Fero Labs' intuitive software, engineers can confidently take informed action that gets results without wasting time or resources. Today, Fero Labs is working with leading global manufacturers to deliver better production results in less time, while keeping sustainability top of mind.
To learn more about Fero Labs, please visit ferolabs.com.
Quick facts on the 2022 AI 100:
- Equity funding and deals: Since 2017, the 2022 AI 100 cohort has raised $12 billion+ from 650 investors, across 300+ equity deals.
- Unicorns: There are 16 companies with $1 billion+ valuations on the list.
- Geographic distributions: Seventy-three of the selected companies are headquartered in the US. Eight of the winners are based in the UK, followed by five in Canada. Other countries represented in this year's list include India, Sweden, China, and Germany.
About CB Insights
CB Insights builds software that enables the world's best companies to discover, understand, and make technology decisions with confidence. By marrying data, expert insights, and work management tools, clients manage their end-to-end technology decision-making process on CB Insights. To learn more, please visit www.cbinsights.com.
About Fero Labs
Fero Labs is a factory optimization software that is powering the next wave of industrial manufacturing. Since launching in 2015, Fero Labs has built actionable machine learning for the industrial sector to optimize production, reduce waste, and improve quality. Headquartered in New York, Fero Labs aligns with leading global manufacturers to increase profitability by up to 10% by cutting waste with confidence to increase sustainability and profits across your entire enterprise.
For more information, visit www.ferolabs.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.
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Invest in the artist in your life with gifts that motivate and inspire
The life of an art student is equal parts creative genius, commitment to craft, reliance on caffeine and sheer nerve. Apart from the creative challenges of producing art to maintain a GPA, art supplies are expensive. Then there are the usual stresses of college life: work-life balance, housing, socializing and remembering to feed yourself.
Between navigating adult life and forking out cash on paper, paint, graphite, clay and more, one thing’s for sure: the art student in your life will be delighted to receive a thoughtful gift. Whether it’s some much-needed supplies, organizational tools or inspiring books, you can provide an art major with a bit of inspiration and comfort by sending them the perfect gift.
The best gifts for art majors
Art supplies
When shopping for an art major, your best bet is to buy them a gift they’ll use, like art supplies.
Not familiar with the supplies artists use every day? Don’t make the mistake of aimlessly wandering the halls of an art store wondering whether a $40 paintbrush is any better than a $3 one. Instead, reach for tried, true and practical art supplies all artists need.
Prismacolor 3721 Premier Double-Ended Art Markers, Fine and Chisel Tip, 24-Count Assorted Colors
What you need to know: These dual-ended and dye-based markers are considered the premier marker for serious artists and illustrators.
What you’ll love: When you buy an artist a set of Prismacolors, you’re making an investment. Prismacolors are made to last. Once you buy them, keeping them fresh is as simple as purchasing replacement ink. Each marker includes both a fine and a chisel tip, rich color, high-blend-ability and a stunning range of colors.
What you should consider: These markers are an investment, but you’ll show your giftee you support their long-term art career when you splurge on supplies of the best quality.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Magicfly 100% Cotton Square Canvas Boards for Painting 32 Pack
What you need to know: This 32-pack of canvas boards will serve as a semester’s worth of surface for an art student’s practice paintings.
What you’ll love: This is an economical and versatile package of canvases, ideal for painters who produce many small pieces while working to improve their craft. They have durable and warp-proof medium-density fiberboard wrapped in 100% cotton canvas peel and are ideal for acrylic, oil, gouache and more.
What you should consider: Some professors can be picky about the surfaces students use for their coursework.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Organizational
While the mediums and practices of art students are as varied as their interests and imaginations, there’s one thing on which you can generally rely: an art major has a lot of stuff.
Art supplies of various sizes and mediums, inspirational trinkets, scraps, works in progress and syllabi are sure to pile up quickly if an art student doesn’t have a way to corral the tools of their trade. Desk organizers are a popular way to keep art supplies organized and come in a variety of styles.
Masterson Sta-Wet airtight Box Premier Palette, Standard, White
What you need to know: This is a unique palette system for keeping paint moist between art sessions.
What you’ll love: Quality paint is pricey, and nothing feels worse for an emerging artist than wasting precious supplies. This paint saver system will allow the art student in your life to squeeze and mix directly on palette paper placed within the airtight box. Once done with their session, they can wet the included sponge and seal the lid. Their paint will stay wet and workable for days at a time.
What you should consider: Some artists find this palette is too large to manipulate easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
SimpleHouseware Heavy Duty 3-Tier Metal Utility Rolling Cart, White
What you need to know: This wheeled storage option is ideal for providing easy access to supplies while creating and simplifying the cleanup process.
What you’ll love: It’s a heavy-duty, three-tier storage cart big enough to hold an artist’s supplies for painting, drawing, sculpture or any other medium. The wheels can be locked for stationary storage and released for easy transportation. Easy to assemble.
What you should consider: If an art student is living in a dorm or other small shared housing, they may not have much floor space to accommodate a rolling cart.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Books
Information is abundant for artists to reference online, but little replicates the joy of flipping through the pages of a book that truly speaks to you. While art students today live in a unique technological era, there are some books every artist should read on their educational journey.
Whether it’s discovering your unique vision or finding a way to turn your passion into a career, there’s a book for that.
What you need to know: “The Artist’s Way” is a book precious to artists of multiple generations and sure to spark a fire in the heart of the budding artist in your life.
What you’ll love: Author Julia Cameron has helped creatives unleash their potential for decades with her insight into the creative process and guidance for living an artist’s life. This kit brings incredible value with The Artist’s Way and the Morning Pages Journal bundled together. This sets an artist up for success in sticking with the suggestions of the lie-changing 12-week program outlined in the book.
What you should consider: This guide to creative recovery leans heavily on spiritual motifs and often refers to the universe as “God,” which won’t appeal to some secular readers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
What you need to know: This is a pragmatic and actionable guide to generative creativity that every artist owes to themself to read.
What you’ll love: From where do artists get their inspiration? How do you know if you’re finding inspiration from a piece of art or plagiarizing it? How do you find your style and get to know yourself as an artist? How do artists stay out of debt? Austin Kleon distills these far too often overly complicated questions into bite-size pieces of advice.
What you should consider: This book is notably brief and may leave your giftee wishing they could spend more time inside its pages.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic
What you need to know: This is a visually striking self-help book on discovering and nurturing one’s creative identity.
What you’ll love: Art students spend much of their time immersed in a world of technical lessons and imitation. It’s easy for a student to feel lost when it comes to their creative identity and forget what called them to create in the first place. Author, artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon offers practical exercises, strategies and advice to help artists develop their unique style and discover their voice.
What you should consider: Some readers find the grey text in this book challenging to read.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN -- A Wisconsin waitress got a Christmas morning surprise from a customer - a $1,000 tip.
Callie Blue, 29, was waiting tables at Gus's Diner in Sun Prairie, just outside Madison, at 6 a.m. Sunday when she started chatting with one of the few customers in the restaurant at that hour, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
He left her a $1,000 tip.
The customer was Michael Johnson, president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County. He told the newspaper he was looking for people in need as part of the club's Pay It Forward campaign. Two donors had given about $5,000 for tip money.
He said his Christmas Day schedule was booked with families he planned to help starting at 7:30 a.m. so he searched the internet for restaurants open at 6 a.m. and learned about Gus's Diner.
He also had gotten an email about Blue and wanted to measure her customer service skills and demeanor.
He was impressed enough to pull $1,000 from the $5,000 tip money. He said about 12 servers got big tips but Blue got the biggest one because it was Christmas morning and she was the last recipient.
Blue called the tip amazing and said she'll use it to help feed her four horses.
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Fond du Lac man sentenced to 10 days in jail for felony voter fraud in 2020 presidential election
FOND DU LAC – A 64-year-old Fond du Lac man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days in jail for felony voter fraud in the Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election.
In addition to the jail sentence, Donald Holz was ordered to pay $500 in fines, plus court costs, by Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Judge Tricia Walker.
Holz was on felony supervision due to a 2019 drunk driving conviction. According to a criminal complaint, Holz's probation was set to last until Oct. 8, 2024.
Holz told police he informed election workers about his probation and "doesn't know why they let him vote," according to the criminal complaint. Holz acknowledged that he was made aware of his ineligibility to vote when he was convicted of a felony in 2019, but said he wished he called his probation agent to ask if he had been eligible to vote, the criminal complaint said.
The maximum penalty Holz could have received was three years and six months of imprisonment, with a $10,000 fine. The state requested 90 days in jail and a $2,000 fine, according to Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney.
Holz is the second person in Fond du Lac County convicted of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, Toney said in a news release. On July 21, a man was convicted of misdemeanor election fraud for voting in Fond du Lac County while living in a different county. He was sentenced to a $500 fine plus court costs.
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Partnership with agilon health Results in The Jackson Clinic Senior Care Advantage Program for the Clinic's Patients
JACKSON, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jackson Clinic, one of Tennessee's largest independent multi-specialty physician's groups, has established The Jackson Clinic Senior Care Advantage, a value-based care delivery model in which primary care physicians serve as the care quarterbacks for their patients. The introduction of this approach was made possible by the new partnership with agilon health (agilon), a company that empowers physicians to transform health care in their communities. The Jackson Clinic is the first independent primary care physician group in West Tennessee to adopt this new model of healthcare delivery, that will further enhance the quality of care for which The Jackson Clinic is known.
"Our goal is to put patients' needs first and foremost, and this model will give our primary care providers a unique opportunity to further connect with patients and focus on what matters most – keeping them healthy now and in the future," says Mark Allen, Chief Executive Officer of The Jackson Clinic. "We look forward to transitioning to this new value-based care approach for both our senior patients and the future growth of The Jackson Clinic."
Through this new partnership, The Jackson Clinic's vision is to transform from a fee-for-service model to a patient-driven model of health care that allows for physician independence. The Jackson Clinic Senior Care Advantage is designed to empower The Jackson Clinic's more than 50 primary care providers to support the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care for senior patients, who often require enhanced types of care due to age-related vulnerability.
"It's an honor and privilege to welcome The Jackson Clinic to the agilon health family," says Steve Sell, CEO of agilon health. "This impressive physician practice has been exploring ways to improve healthcare delivery options, and our partnership will help them transition to value-based care, which is a 'total care' delivery model whereby physicians focus on the entire health of senior patients."
The Jackson Clinic Senior Care Advantage will be available to all the clinic's patients who age-in or are eligible for Medicare or are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. The program is not a health plan, and The Jackson Clinic will work with several health plans in their service areas.
To learn more about The Jackson Clinic, visit here.
About The Jackson Clinic
The Jackson Clinic is one of Tennessee's largest independent physician organizations which brings together the knowledge of more than 165 providers in over 25 specialties and subspecialties, providing care to patients at 13 locations across nine counties in the Jackson area. The Jackson Clinic medical staff has privileges at hospitals throughout West Tennessee.
Their physicians are supported by state-of-the-art technology in diagnostic testing departments, which include Laboratory, Radiology (Ultrasound, CAT Scan, Dexascan, Bone Densitometry, Nuclear Medicine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Mammography), Stereotactic Biopsy, Pulmonary Function Analysis, Arterial Blood Gases, Electrocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound. The clinic's mission is to enhance the lives of West Tennesseans by healing individual patients and promoting wellness for all through a collaborative affordable, and comprehensive healthcare system. Visit jacksonclinic.com to learn more or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
About agilon health
agilon health is the trusted partner empowering physicians to transform health in our communities. Through our partnerships and purpose-built platform, agilon is accelerating at scale how physician groups transition to a value-based Total Care Model for senior patients. agilon provides the technology, people, capital, and process and access to a peer network that allow physician groups to maintain their independence and focus on the total health of their most vulnerable patients. Together, agilon and its physician partners are creating the healthcare system we need – one built on the value of care, not the volume of fees. The result: healthier communities and empowered doctors. agilon is the trusted partner in 17 diverse communities and is here to help more of our nation's best physician groups and health systems have a sustained, thriving future. For more information go to www.agilonhealth.com and connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
03-06-26-31-37-41, Extra Shot: 22
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Releasing on game consoles today, the multiplayer brawler full of brick-bashing fun takes the platform fighter genre to the next level with unique build-and-brawl customization mechanics
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- September 2, 2022: The new brick-based, team action brawler, LEGO® Brawls, releases today on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation® 5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Steam, and GeForce NOW. The multiplayer platformer is a first for the genre, combining near-infinite brawler customization, unlockable content, and action-packed, competitive gameplay set in the LEGO universe. With cross-platform play (cross-play) and multiple game modes, LEGO Brawls is a family-friendly video game for players of all ages, skill levels, and play preferences. LEGO Brawls is developed and published by the LEGO Group in partnership with Red Games Co., and is being distributed in physical format for consoles by Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.
"LEGO Brawls showcases LEGO play in a brand new way with its awesome family friendly fun. Customize your minifigure and team up with your friends for some supercharged action, across all your most loved LEGO themes," said Murray Andrews, Head of Publishing at LEGO Games.
The game's build-and-brawl mechanics are an unprecedented evolution of the traditional platform fighter genre. Players build and compete with custom, one-of-a-kind LEGO minifigure brawlers tailored to their personality, strategy, and play style. With more than 77 trillion customization possibilities, players can choose any combination of minifigure parts, accessories, melee weapons, power-ups, emotes, and names to build their winning brawler. Seasonal events and content create even more possibilities.
"In a uniquely LEGO approach to the genre, imagination, self-expression, and zany humor set the stage for the game's true-to-form, light-hearted competition style," said Brian Lovell, CEO of Red Games Co. "LEGO Brawls breaks into new territory that encourages individuality, team collaboration, and pure competitive fun."
The game features iconic LEGO themed levels, from beloved classic themes like Space and Castle, to fan-favorites such as LEGO Jurassic World™, LEGO NINJAGO®, and LEGO Monkie Kid™. Each level offers different game modes, unique challenges, and win conditions. During multiplayer online play, players can compete 4v4 to control the point, gather collectibles in Collect Mode levels, play a battle royale-style game where it's "every-player-for-themself," or have a free-for-brawl where the last player standing wins. In Party Mode, players can play private games with friends locally or online. With cross-platform support, players everywhere can team up and compete, regardless of their game system.
"LEGO Brawls is a distinct spin on the competitive brawler genre and a game the whole family can enjoy," said Savannah Ho, Associate Brand Manager, Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. "The game provides an amazing range of customizable options and game play features, giving players a platform for endless fun as they compete for bragging rights with friends or go for global glory on online leaderboards."
LEGO Brawls is now available via retailers, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store for Xbox, Steam, Apple Arcade, and GeForce NOW. For more information, please visit www.legobrawlsgame.com.
Red Games Co. is a game development studio based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Los Angeles, California, focused on creating fun, competitive, and family-friendly games. The studio creates original games that players of all ages and abilities can enjoy based on its own internal IP as well as collaborations with longtime partners (including LEGO®, Hasbro, and Crayola). Red Games Co.'s hit games and apps include LEGO Brawls, Crayola Create and Play, Transformers Tactical Arena, Solitaire Stories, Super Mega Mini Party, and Bold Moves. "Our mission is to create games that multigenerational audiences love to play, friends and families can enjoy together, and parents can endorse," says Red Games Co. CEO Brian Lovell. www.redgames.co.
The LEGO Group's mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through the power of play. The LEGO System in Play, with its foundation in LEGO bricks, allows children and fans to build and rebuild anything they can imagine. The LEGO Group was founded in Billund, Denmark in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, its name derived from the two Danish words LEg GOdt, meaning "Play Well". Today, the LEGO Group remains a family-owned company headquartered in Billund. However, its products are now sold in more than 130 countries worldwide.
For more information, please visit: www.LEGO.com.
Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc., part of the Bandai Namco Group, is a leading global publisher and developer of interactive entertainment for major video game consoles, PC, online, and mobile platforms. The company is known for creating many of the industry's beloved classic franchises such as PAC-MAN®, GALAGA®, TEKKEN®, SOULCALIBUR®, and ACE COMBAT®, and publishing the critically acclaimed DARK SOULS™ series and the blockbuster title ELDEN RING™. Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. is also the premier publisher in the Western hemisphere for anime-based video games including GUNDAM™, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™, DRAGON BALL™, and ONE PIECE®. Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. is headquartered in Irvine, California. More information about the company and its products can be found at http://www.bandainamcoent.com.
LEGO® BRAWLS SOFTWARE ©2022 Red Games Co. Produced by Red Games Co. under license from the LEGO Group. LEGO, the LEGO logo and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2022 The LEGO Group. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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Schwarber's walkoff HR lifts Phillies past Dodgers for sixth straight victory
PHILADELPHIA - Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking homer run with two outs in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 on Friday night for their season-high sixth straight win.
Nick Castellanos, Bryce Harper and Trea Turner also drove in runs for the defending NL champion Phillies, who pulled within a game of .500.
Schwarber drove an 87-mph cutter on a 1-1 pitch from Caleb Ferguson (3-2) into the seats in right field to end the game. It was his 17th home run of the season.
The Phillies doused Schwarber with water during a raucous celebration at home plate, and Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh dumped a large ice water jug over his head during a postgame interview. It’s starting to feel like 2022 all over again for the Phillies, who struggled during the first two months of the season.
Schwarber just needed the calendar to flip to June. The slugger had 12 homers in 27 games last June and now has four in eight games this month.
Gregory Soto (2-4) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, retiring Mookie Betts and striking out Freddie Freeman for the final two outs.
Betts and Freeman each went deep for the Dodgers, who have dropped five of six.
The Dodgers took advantage of starter Ranger Suárez’s departure by scoring three runs in the seventh off Matt Strahm to tie it at 4. Betts crushed a two-out, two-run shot to left, his 17th of the season, on an 82-mph slider. Freeman followed with a drive over the wall in left-center.
The power-hitting Dodgers entered leading the NL in runs, homers and extra-base hits.
Suárez retired his final nine batters, striking out five. The lefty departed after allowing one run and four hits with eight strikeouts and two walks in six innings.
After Dodgers lefty reliever Victor González faced the first three Phillies, Michael Grove came on and pitched four innings and gave up four runs and seven hits.
Harper’s RBI single in the third tied it at 1. The Phillies scored three in the fifth, on Castellanos’ RBI double to left-center, a wild pitch that brought home Schwarber and Turner’s RBI single to left-center.
ROCKET RETURN?
Roger Clemens threw batting practice to some Phillies hitters prior to the contest. The seven-time Cy Young winner is in town this week to watch his son, Kody, play. Kody Clemens hit a walkoff single in Philadelphia’s 3-2 victory over Detroit on Thursday night and made a stellar grab of Max Muncy’s liner to first in the sixth inning on Friday.
HONORING ALLEN
The Phillies honored Dick Allen during a pregame ceremony. A seven-time All-Star, Allen played nine of his 15 seasons in Philadelphia, where he won the Rookie of the Year award in 1964.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: SS Miguel Rojas (neck) was back in the lineup after sitting out Thursday’s 6-0 win over the Reds.
Phillies: LHP José Alvarado (left elbow inflammation) was activated before Friday’s game. Alvarado had been out since May 8. To make room for Alvarado on the 26-man roster, right-handed pitcher Connor Brogdon was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. The lefty pitched a scoreless eighth inning. … RHP Nick Nelson (left hamstring strain) gave up two runs in three innings during a rehab start for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Friday.
UP NEXT
Dodgers RHP Bobby Miller (2-0, 1.06) opposes Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (5-4, 4.30) in the second contest of the three-game series on Saturday. | https://www.fox29.com/sports/schwarbers-walkoff-hr-lifts-phillies-past-dodgers-for-sixth-straight-victory | 2023-06-10 03:52:45 | 1 | https://www.fox29.com/sports/schwarbers-walkoff-hr-lifts-phillies-past-dodgers-for-sixth-straight-victory |
DENVER, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shelton Capital Management ("Shelton"), a multi-strategy asset manager, announced today that Peter Higgins has joined the Firm as Head of Fixed Income and Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager. Mr. Higgins will lead Shelton's fixed income team, which now has over 100 years of combined research and trading experience across various fixed income products, including corporate credit, government and municipal bonds, as well as green bond portfolios.
With Mr. Higgins' appointment, Shelton aims to build on its already robust fixed income team. "Shelton has a long and rich history of fixed income investing dating back to Richard Shelton, who founded the firm in 1985, originally focusing on municipal bond investing," said Derek Izuel, Chief Investment Officer for Shelton Capital Management. "We're pleased to welcome Peter to the team. His impressive background fits seamlessly into the Firm's foundation of growing solutions in the fixed income space. That vision and commitment will continue to drive Shelton's investment capabilities and expertise."
Mr. Higgins has over 25 years of experience in fixed income investing, most notably as Partner and Lead Portfolio Manager at both Ares Management and BlueBay Asset Management. Previously, Peter specialized in global leveraged finance at investment banks such as Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse in both London and New York. Mr. Higgins earned a bachelor's degree in Economics-Political Science from Columbia University. His track record spans several different products within the Global Leverage Finance asset class, including US and European high yield bonds and leveraged loans. He will continue Shelton's dedication to growth in the fixed income space and will provide invaluable insight into global bond markets for our clients.
"I'm proud and excited to join the Shelton team, whose leadership has shown continued conviction with our fixed income products," said Mr. Higgins. "As a rapidly growing boutique firm with a highly professional and experienced team, Shelton has the resources needed to continue offering our existing clients and new prospects creative and flexible solutions to meet their investment needs."
Shelton offers multiple fixed income mutual funds and separately managed accounts. With interest rates continuing to rise, bonds are seeing renewed interest and popularity. The Shelton Tactical Credit Fund (ticker: DEBIX) is one of several offerings that is uniquely positioned to navigate the current challenges in the fixed income markets. DEBIX is a differentiated credit-focused fixed income total return strategy that employs credit analysis to identify bonds that are undervalued by the market.
Shelton Capital Management is a multi-strategy asset manager with fund administration and digital marketing expertise. With a determined focus on growth, Shelton is active in acquisitions and fund consolidations. Shelton Capital Management has expertise in mutual fund and separately managed account advisor mergers and has completed numerous transactions with the goal of improving the financial and economic performance of partner firms. Shelton manages over $3 billion of assets as of 9/30/22. For additional information, visit http://sheltoncap.com.
Investors should consider a fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the fund. To obtain a prospectus, visit www.sheltoncap.com or call (800) 955-9988. A prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
The Fund invests without restriction as to issuer capitalization, country, credit quality and without restriction as to the maturity of fixed income securities. The Fund generally will take long positions in securities believed to be undervalued and short positions in securities believed to be overvalued. The Fund typically employs derivatives for hedging purposes, such as futures contracts, options, credit-default swaps, and total return swaps.
The risk for loss on short selling is greater than the original value of the securities sold short, and theoretically is unlimited, because the price of the borrowed security may rise, thereby increasing the price at which the security must be purchased. Although the Fund intends to use derivatives to reduce risk, they may have the opposite effect and increase the volatility or magnitude of loss by the Fund. Derivatives may be illiquid and subject to the risk of default by a counter-party. The value of the Fund's investments in fixed income securities will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in interest rates causes a decline in the value of fixed income securities. The Fund may invest in non-investment grade fixed income securities, sometimes known as "high-yield bonds" or "junk bonds," which may subject the Fund to greater credit risk, price volatility and risk of loss than investment grade securities. Some of the "junk bonds" may include securities issued by distressed companies experiencing acquisition, merger, spinoff, restructuring, bankruptcy, downgrade, delinquency, default, or relatively poor financial performance. Distressed securities are speculative and involve substantial risks in addition to the risks of investing in junk bonds, including potential loss of the Fund's entire investment.
Shelton Tactical Credit Fund is distributed by RFS Partners, a member of FINRA and affiliate of Shelton Capital Management.
INVESTMENTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED OR BANK GUARANTEED AND MAY LOSE VALUE.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole was relieved to have navigated Philadelphia’s lineup unscathed when he walked off the mound in the seventh inning after a pitch-clock violation resulted in a walk.
“The Phillies are great. The lineup’s a joke, they’re so good,” he said.
There is little laughing among the NL champions heading into their home opener. Philadelphia was held to two runs or fewer for the third time in four games, with Aaron Nola losing to Cole and the Yankees 4-2 Wednesday in a marquee matchup of premier pitchers.
“It was going to be a fun scrap,” Cole said.
Philadelphia fell to 1-5 for the first time since 2007.
Cole was removed with one out in the seventh after shaking off catcher Jose Trevino with a full count on Nick Castellanos, resulting in Cole’s first clock violation. Reliever Jonathan Loáisiga allowed a single to Bryson Stott on his first pitch and hit Alec Bohm with his second, loading the bases, and Jake Cave’s sacrifice fly cut the deficit to 2-1.
Jose Trevino hit a two-run homer in the bottom half off Gregory Soto, and Kyle Schwarber had a solo shot against Loáisiga in the eighth, his second in two days.
“We just got to call a mound visit there,” Cole said. “It slipped both of our minds.”
Gleyber Torres had three hits, including RBI singles in the first and sixth innings, and two stolen bases. He is hitting .421 with six RBIs and five steals for the Yankees, who took two of three from both San Francisco and the Phillies.
“He’s fearless on the basepaths and instinctual,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Just been really patient, under-control at-bats. That’s what he’s capable of.”
Coming off six scoreless innings against San Francisco in the opener, Cole (2-0) pitched shutout ball into the seventh. The 32-year-old right-hander allowed three hits in 6 1/3 innings, struck out eight and walked three. He also picked off speedy Trea Turner at first base for the final out of the third.
“Getting ahead is always a good answer for avoiding situations where you got to come over the plate on someone else’s terms.” Cole said.
He has a 0.73 ERA with 19 strikeouts, five walks and six hits in 12 1/3 innings. Cole hasn’t given up any home runs after allowing an American League-high 33 last year.
“When you’re going against him, guys are selling out to certain things,” Boone said. “When he’s really dottin’ his fastball like that and dictating counts and gaining leverage within the counts, you know you’ve got to deal with wipeout secondary stuff, too.”
SUPERIOR
Nola entered third for pitcher WAR since 2018 behind Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom, and Cole was fourth. On a 48-degree afternoon with a chilling mist, Nola (0-1) gave up three runs and seven hits in six-plus innings with a walk and five strikeouts. He has a 7.45 ERA.
TOSSED
Phillies hitting coach Kevin Long was ejected by plate umpire Nic Lentz in the fifth for arguing a called strike to Cave.
CLOSER
Clay Holmes struck out three straight batters in the ninth, finishing the five-hitter for his first save this season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: OF Bryce Harper (Tommy John surgery) took batting practice on the field Tuesday, his first on-field BP since Tommy John surgery in November. … 1B Darick Hall sprained his right thumb when it landed on second base when he was trying to stretch a single in the fourth inning. SS Anthony Volpe caught RF Franchy Cordero’s throw on the fly and made a swipe tag, and Hall left the game in the middle of the fifth. … CF Brandon Marsh was scratched with a mild left ankle sprain sustained while trying to chase DJ LeMahieu’s ninth-inning homer Tuesday.
Yankees: 3B Josh Donaldson left with right hamstring tightness after hobbling while running to first on a second-inning flyout. “Don’t think it’s too severe, but it’s a hamstring,” Boone said. … LHP Carlos Rodón (left forearm strain) was to throw two simulated innings Wednesday, perhaps one to batters. … RHP Luis Severino (right lat strain) threw at 90 feet. … RHP Tommy Kahnle (right biceps tendinitis) started a throwing program.
UP NEXT
Phillies: RHP Zack Wheeler (0-1) is to take the mound for Philadelphia’s weather-threatened home opener Thursday against LHP Nick Lodolo (1-0) and Cincinnati.
Yankees: RHP Clarke Schmidt (0-0) starts in Baltimore’s home opener against RHP Dean Kremer (0-0) on Friday, a game pushed back a day by a forecast of poor weather.
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BEIJING, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 11, 2022, the "Great Wall Hero 2022—Beijing, the Night is Young" global promotional campaign event (hereinafter referred to as Great Wall Hero 2022) hosted by Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau was held at Yansha Wharf on the banks of the Liangma River.
Deputy director of Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau, Pang Wei, attended the event and delivered a speech. The event was also attended by more than 100 guests, including members of the cultural and tourism bureaus of local Beijing districts, representatives involved in the management of tourist attractions around the city, inbound tourism companies, media reporters, and foreign guests. The event was live streamed on Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau's official international social media accounts to share this wonderful moment with fans around the world.
With the background of the 14th Five-Year Plan, "Great Wall Hero 2022" aims to make Beijing into an international consumption center by showcasing Beijing's nighttime economy, landmark attractions, and unique cultural resources. The campaign's diverse coverage of culture, history, entertainment, and lifestyle, in combination with the promotion of emerging cultural tourism resources, lays a solid foundation for the future development of inbound tourism to Beijing. The event aims to stimulate the vitality of Beijing's international cultural tourism marketing and enhance Beijing's international influence.
At the event, Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau released five new "night economy" themed cultural tourism routes through different regions of Beijing, namely Beijing on Stage, Beijing Through Culture, Beijing for Families, Beijing in Fashion, and Beijing in Motion. The "Beijing, the Night is Young" cultural tourism routes focus on nightlife must-sees in Beijing and showcase Beijing's rich nighttime cultural tourism from the perspectives of food, accommodation, travel, tourism, shopping, and entertainment. The routes take in some of the most representative nighttime culture and tourism consumption zones in the city, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Liangma River, Bloomage Live at Wukesong, Sanlitun, and Qianmen Street, showing off Beijing's "nighttime charm."
Foreign experts who have lived and worked in Beijing for a long time were invited to the event to experience the five routes and share the extraordinary fun of Beijing nightlife. Among the invitees were five "Great Wall Heroes," including professional performers, artists, fashionistas, top chefs, and star sports coaches. As long-term Beijingers, they conveyed their love for Beijing by showcasing the fun journeys they took through the five different routes.
After the video launch session, the guests took a night cruise on the Liangma River. The Liangma River night cruise route was officially opened in July 2021. The total length of the cruise is 1.8 kilometers, starting from Yansha Wharf and ending at Solana Wharf and passing through a number of important landmarks. The tour was live streamed on the Visit Beijing Facebook page, allowing overseas fans to experience "Beijing, the Night is Young." The live stream was viewed 100,000 views in total.
The "Great Wall Hero 2022—Beijing, the Night is Young" global promotional campaign digs deep into the significance of Beijing as an ancient capital and a modern center with a unique local flavor, striving to promote the integrated development of cultural tourism and commerce, technology, sports and more to increase the number of culture and tourism products in the market. The supply of high-quality cultural and tourism resources will continuously enhance Beijing's consumption vitality, restore the vitality of the cultural tourism industry market, and help the construction of Beijing as an international consumption center.
"Great Wall Heroes" is a global marketing campaign launched by the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau on Visit Beijing's international social media platforms. Every year, international influencers are invited to the event to experience the latest Beijing cultural tourism routes and products and promote them online through videos, photos, and more. It has been held for six consecutive sessions since 2016 and has become an important annual event to promote Beijing's culture and tourism resources. Each event is an organic combination of online and offline events to showcase all that Beijing has to offer in the best way possible. For example, "Great Wall Heroes" leveraged the China-US Year of Tourism to promote key cultural heritage belts like the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, as well as international events like the 2019 Beijing Horticultural Expo.
The tourism industry has been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020, and the "Great Wall Heroes" global promotional campaign has adapted in response. Since the pandemic, influential foreign experts with long-term experience in Beijing's cultural tourism industry have been invited to talk about the city from an international perspective. By leveraging the industry influence of foreign celebrities, the campaign aims to promote Beijing's international image as an inbound tourism destination and stimulate cultural tourism exchanges and cooperation.
In 2020, the "Great Wall Hero 2020—Visit Beijing Again" global promotional event was held at Guancheng Square at Badaling Great Wall Scenic Spot. The event was combined with the "Beijing Great Wall Cultural Festival" to promote five Great Wall Cultural Tourism Routes. In a popular video, 20 foreign influencers dressed in Han-style costumes toured the Great Wall at night. The video strengthened cultural exchanges between China and other countries around the wall, and greatly enhanced the cultural influence of the Great Wall.
In 2021, the "Great Wall Hero 2021—Beijing Winter Charms" event was held at the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval, which is nicknamed "The Ice Ribbon." The event showed off Beijing's sporting and cultural facilities as a winter sports capital, alongside lively Spring Festival folk cultural elements. The event reached an exposure rate of over 20 million views, attracting 200 media reports. A video about the event was viewed more than 430,000 times.
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NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Arthur Kroeber author of China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know, about the state of U.S.-China interdependence ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit.
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- Funding will support 24 nonprofits and government agencies from across the state
- Grants will pay for training, life-saving equipment and essential tools to aid in disaster planning and recovery operations
RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of another active storm season in the Carolinas, first responders and emergency managers are looking ahead to prepare their communities for the continued impacts of severe weather.
Duke Energy is preparing as well, and stands in support of these communities across North Carolina by announcing more than $750,000 in grants to reinforce their ability to help residents prepare for and recover from severe weather events.
"Emergency preparedness and storm recovery begin at the local level," said Stephen De May, Duke Energy's North Carolina president. "Households and businesses across our state have endured a number of significant and costly storms in recent years. These grants will help our communities by giving our first responders the tools and training they need to tackle whatever Mother Nature throws our way."
This year's emergency preparedness, response and recovery grants are designed to help organizations with key roles in emergency preparedness increase their ability to bounce back more quickly from major weather events through advanced preparation and planning. Grants will help local communities do everything from fund new materials, kits and shelters to provide specialized training for first responders for severe weather scenarios.
"Duke Energy is a mission essential partner for North Carolina Emergency Management and the wider State Emergency Response Team. This funding will allow local jurisdictions and organizations expand their capacity to effectively respond and to support expedited recovery," said Will Ray, Director of Emergency Management for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. "Successful preparedness, response, and recovery takes a whole of community approach from public, private, non-profits, volunteer agencies. This is an important initiative that will ultimately improve community resilience for 10.5 million North Carolinians."
A complete list of grant recipients and program details can be found here.
Duke Energy Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation provides more than $30 million annually in philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The foundation is funded by Duke Energy shareholders.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. The company has interim carbon emission targets of at least 50% reduction from electric generation by 2030, 50% for Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 upstream and downstream emissions by 2035, and 80% from electric generation by 2040. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "World's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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(The Hill) — Two of the four people who were injured after being struck by lightning near the White House in Washington, D.C., have died from their injuries, police confirmed.
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told The Hill that the two who died are 76-year-old James Mueller and 75-year-old Donna Mueller, both from Janesville, Wisconsin. MPD said the other two victims remain in critical condition in the hospital.
A spokesman for D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services (FEMS) said in a statement on Thursday that FEMS received a report of a lightning strike in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, just before 7 p.m.
FEMS found two adult males and two adult females injured when they arrived on the scene, and they quickly treated the victims and transported them to local hospitals. The spokesman said Secret Service agents and U.S. Park Police officers witnessed the strike and provided aid to those injured.
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STOCKHOLM, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) announces that Region Västerbotten has placed an order for the treatment planning system RayStation®* to be used at the department for radiotherapy at Norrlands universitetssjukhus.
The Cancer Center's department for radiotherapy at Norrlands universitetssjukhus annually treats around 1,900 cancer patients from all over northern Sweden. The center has four linear accelerators and also a small department for brachy treatment. RayStation will now be the sole treatment planning system for external radiotherapy. The order includes new and advanced technology, using machine learning techniques for automatic segmentation and planning.
Region Västerbotten chose to buy treatment planning independently of other equipment and had functionality as the main selection criterion.
Jörgen Olofsson, hospital physicist, Region Västerbotten, Norrlands universitetssjukhus: "When choosing a new treatment planning system, user-friendliness in combination with functionality at the forefront were important criteria for us. With RayStation, we get a modern and advanced system that provides good conditions for effective radiotheraphy for our patients, both now and in the future."
Johan Löf, founder and CEO, RaySearch, says: "Sweden is a pioneering country and a hub for research within radiotherapy technology. All research and development at RaySearch takes place in Sweden – 200 of our employees are working with this. For many years Norrlands universitetssjukhus and RaySearch have collaborated in various research projects and I am really happy that our technology now will be used clinically at another university hospital in our home country."
CONTACT:
For more information, please contact:
Johan Löf, founder and CEO, RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ)
Telephone: +46 (0) 8 510 530 00
johan.lof@raysearchlabs.com
Björn Hårdemark, interim CFO, RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ)
Telephone: +46 (0) 709 564 217
bjorn.hardemark@raysearchlabs.com
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The Golub Capital Altman Index can provide early insight into financial performance of public companies and GDP in advance of earnings season.
NEW YORK, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Middle market private companies in the Golub Capital Altman Index experienced year-over-year earnings growth of 5% and revenue growth of 4% during the first two months of the second quarter of 2023.
Lawrence E. Golub, CEO of Golub Capital, said, "Revenue and profit growth in Q2 remained consistent with our expectation of continued muddling economic growth. Despite much talk in recent months of an economic slowdown, our data suggests that the U.S. middle market remains resilient and companies continue to adapt to the uncertain environment. Although the pace of revenue and earnings growth in Q2 was slower than in prior quarters, profit margins remained stable in aggregate. Muddling growth and stable profitability are welcome signs that Main Street largely shrugged off the impact of March's bank failures."
Dr. Edward I. Altman said, "While our Q2 data shows revenue and earnings growth in aggregate, there are notable differences in performance by sector. Revenue in the Industrials sector declined 4% year-over-year at the same time as profits grew 9%. It's uncommon to see revenue fall while margins expand. In our view, this highlights the importance of pricing power. Industrial companies that were able to pass through price increases in prior quarters are now capturing the benefit of falling input costs. By contrast, labor market tightness weighed on margins in the Consumer and Healthcare sectors. The Technology sector had the best of both worlds: robust demand for productivity-enhancing software solutions and high operating leverage. In short, while our aggregate data supports an outlook of continued positive growth for the middle market, the trends are somewhat inconsistent across sectors."
The Golub Capital Altman Index ("GCAI"), which is produced by Golub Capital in collaboration with credit expert Dr. Edward I. Altman, is the first and longest-running index based on actual revenue and earnings (defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or "EBITDA") for middle market companies. It measures the median revenue and earnings growth of approximately 110–150 private U.S. companies in the loan portfolio of Golub Capital, a leading middle market lender. Reported shortly before public company quarterly earnings season, the GCAI has served as a reliable indicator of the overall growth rates in revenue and earnings of public companies in market indexes such as the S&P 500 and S&P SmallCap 600 ("S&P 600"), as well as quarterly Gross Domestic Product ("GDP"), according to statistical back-testing dating back to 2012, when data began to be tracked.
The size and diversity of the Golub Capital loan portfolio ensure that the confidentiality of all company-specific information used in the index is maintained in both the aggregate and industry segment data.
We believe the results (1) are representative of the general performance of middle market companies, which are a major contributor to U.S. private sector employment; (2) can be easily compared to the performance of the public companies that make up major stock indexes; (3) are relevant to the aggregate economic performance of the U.S. economy and (4) provide timely information for the investment community.
The companies in the GCAI operate in a wide range of industries. Results are provided for the total universe of GCAI constituents and by industry segment. Given the index's limited exposure to Financials, Utilities, Energy and Materials, comparisons are made to the S&P 500 and S&P 600 as well as to "adjusted" versions of those indexes that exclude the aforementioned sectors.
The Golub Capital Middle Market Report analyzes the results of the Golub Capital Altman Index ("GCAI"), which measures the median revenue and earnings growth of approximately 110–150 privately owned companies in the Golub Capital loan portfolio for the first two months of each calendar quarter. It compares these results to the financial performance of well-known market indexes, including the S&P 500 and S&P SmallCap 600. The GCAI is produced by Golub Capital in collaboration with credit expert Dr. Edward I. Altman. Effective Q2 2022, the Golub Capital Altman Index (GCAI) excludes Golub Capital portfolio companies that have recurring revenue-based credit facilities. The data referenced herein may not reflect all companies in the loan portfolio of Golub Capital during the time periods indicated.
Golub Capital is a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and experienced credit asset manager. We specialize in delivering reliable, creative and compelling financing solutions to companies backed by private equity sponsors. Our sponsor finance expertise also forms the foundation of our Broadly Syndicated Loan and Credit Opportunities investment programs. We nurture long-term, win-win partnerships that inspire repeat business from private equity sponsors and investors.
As of April 1, 2023, Golub Capital had over 800 employees and over $60 billion of capital under management, a gross measure of invested capital including leverage. The firm has lending offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and London. For more information, please visit golubcapital.com.
A leading expert on credit markets, Dr. Edward I. Altman is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, Emeritus at the NYU Stern School of Business, and Director of Research in Credit and Debt Markets at the NYU Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions. He is currently an advisor to several foreign central banks. Professor Altman has published or edited two-dozen books and over 150 articles in scholarly finance, accounting and economic journals. He has been inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame, served as President of the Financial Management Association, was an FMA Fellow, and was amongst the inaugural inductees into the Turnaround Management Association Hall of Fame. He received his MBA and Ph.D. in Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.
The Golub Capital Altman Index is provided as an indicator only and does not constitute investment advice or the offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security. Some of these statements constitute forward-looking statements, which may be predictions about future events, future performance, or future financial conditions. Some of these statements reflect opinions based upon the data presented in the Index, and these opinions may be incorrect. Actual results could vary materially from those implied or expressed in such forward-looking statements for any reason. The Golub Capital Altman Index has been created on the basis of information provided by third-party sources that are believed to be reliable, but the information has not been verified independently by Golub Capital. Golub Capital makes no warranty or representation as to the accuracy or completeness of such third-party information.
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Which White Elephant gift is best?
The gift-giving season is a fun one, especially when it comes to holiday parties. In lieu of traditional gift-giving to each person in an office or group, White Elephant gift parties are cost-effective, fun alternatives.
Once a price point is decided on by the group, participants purchase a gift to bring to the party. Since you don’t know who will end up with it, part of the fun is coming up with something funny, practical, or shocking. You can play it safe with a tame gift that has universal appeal or go for shock value with a gag gift.
To help you choose the perfect White Elephant gift, read our buying guide. We’re including our favorite gift idea, Buzzfeed’s Social Sabotage, which is sure to inspire laughs, or at the very least, interesting conversations.
What to know before you buy a White Elephant gift
How the game works
To organize the White Elephant gift game, first determine how many guests are involved in the exchange. Next, decide on a price point for gifts, keeping them affordable for everyone. After that, set the ground rules: if you don’t want mature-themed gifts or prefer nonfood items, let people know before they begin shopping.
At the time of the party, guests arrive with their wrapped White Elephant gifts. Numbers are pulled to see who gets first pick at the gifts, or can steal someone else’s. If you’re truly following the rules, guests are only able to steal two gifts. Lastly, everyone opens their gift to see their surprise.
Choose gifts based on the type of group
White Elephant gifting can push the limits with funny gifts among friends and relatives, but they might not be appropriate for the office or team parties. Not everyone has the same sense of humor, so a good rule is to purchase a gift that won’t cause someone to look at you differently after opening it. On the other hand, if you’re with friends and try to outdo one another, the sky’s the limit.
Popular gifting ideas
- Something that involves others: White Elephant gifts that involve others includes board games, food baskets, or even popular DVDs. These make great family-friendly gifts and boost the chances that your gift will be used and enjoyed by as many people as possible. Food baskets can also take the shape of giant popcorn tins, cookie trays, or specialty baking projects.
- Something that solves a problem: Practical gifts might seem boring, but consider a common problem among the group to which everyone can relate. Power banks are great for charging devices on the go, and car de-icer kits help someone clean off their car for a safe ride home in snowy conditions. Leather shoe care kits are also popular, as they include products that can be used on other leather items.
- Something for self-care: Self-care White Elephant gifts are thoughtful and safe options. They’re items that the recipient will enjoy but would not necessarily purchase for themselves. These can be bath and spa sets or small aromatherapy kits. Gift cards also fall into this category, especially for popular local restaurants or coffee shops.
How much you can expect to spend on a White Elephant gift
White Elephant gifts usually have $10-$25 limits among friends and coworkers. Some families opt to spend a little bit more and may push it to as much as $50.
White Elephant gifts FAQ
Q. I’m concerned the recipient won’t like or can’t use their White Elephant gift. What should I do?
A. Since you don’t know who’ll end up with the gift, consider including the gift receipt. That way, if the gift isn’t to their liking, they can discreetly return it for something they’ll truly enjoy.
Q. Should we include children in the White Elephant gift exchange?
A. It can get expensive if you start to include children, as parents end up footing the bill for an extra gift. You can do a modified exchange for children and limit it to less than $5 per child if it’s affordable and amenable to the whole family.
What White Elephant gifts are best to buy?
Top White Elephant gift
Our take: Get the whole party involved with an activity that garners belly laughs galore.
What we like: See which of your friends has the guts to send or post embarrassing stories on their social media channels.
What we dislike: Can have personal and professional repercussions, so choose your company wisely with this one.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top White Elephant gift for the money
Tipsy Elves Christmas Onesies For Adults
Our take: A budget-conscious White Elephant gift. Will become a seasonal favorite for the recipient.
What we like: Cute design and cozy fit. Great gift for the person who is truly a homebody in the colder months.
What we dislike: Some people found it to be too small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
Our take: Genuinely thoughtful gift. Light reading offering useful life hacks from the Danish way to live well.
What we like: All-encompassing subject material including fitness, fashion, décor, and even recipes.
What we dislike: Pretty inexpensive. You may need to pair it with something else to meet your White Elephant price limit.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Yeti Rambler Insulated 10-Ounce Lowball
Our take: Yeti’s lowball comes with the brand’s signature MagSlider Lid that seals in heat and cold so beverages are enjoyed at optimal temperatures.
What we like: It’s vacuum-insulated to keep drinks hot or warm for several hours. The sweat-free design keeps hands and gloves dry, and the sturdy construction will allow you to enjoy this vessel for a long time.
What we dislike: It keeps beverages ice-cold, but it is not as effective at keeping them warm.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Our take: This travel- and dorm-friendly mini waffle maker is a quick and easy way to whip up a favorite comfort food.
What we like: It heats up and cooks waffles within minutes. The cool-touch handle allows for safe waffle retrieval. It is available in many designs, including festive ones.
What we dislike: If you plan on making several waffles at a time, this model is not ideal.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Armor All Car Wash and Cleaner Kit
Our take: Not only does this set come with full-size products, but it’s also a convenient gift that most people can use.
What we like: The products are formulated by a trusted brand known for its streak-free shine, and there’s enough in this kit to cover at least half a dozen cleanings. A bonus pack of four air fresheners is also included.
What we dislike: The glass wipes may dry out quickly, even though they’re packaged in a resealable tube.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Our take: It’s hard to outshine this cuddly avocado at white elephant exchanges.
What we like: At 7 inches, this thick and soft avocado is an ideal kids’ plush toy or decorative pillow. It features a friendly face and vibrant green colors.
What we dislike: This avocado may fall over if it’s not leaned against something.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Our take: This best-selling handheld milk frother comes with a sleek chrome stand, making it practical and presentation-worthy.
What we like: The Zulay is simple to operate for beginners, and the steel whisk is easy to clean and rinse off. It can froth all milk varieties, including soy creamers and nut milks.
What we dislike: The frother and stand can be knocked over easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
The Big One Oversized Super Soft Plush Throw
Our take: At 60 inches by 72 inches, this super-soft patterned throw is ideal for cozying up on the couch.
What we like: This throw is warm without being bulky, and it retains its natural plush texture well, no matter how often it’s washed. Additionally, it is a kid-friendly white elephant gift option.
What we dislike: It’s notably thinner than premium-priced throws.
Where to buy: Sold by Kohl’s
Our take: This Cross pen features a timeless design that is ideal for white elephant exchanges at work.
What we like: The well-balanced design is comfortable for long periods of writing. Sleek polished chrome details give it an upscale appearance. It will last through years of use.
What we dislike: It’s much heavier and thicker than everyday disposable pens.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Godinger Hammered Copper Moscow Mule Mug Set
Our take: Since Moscow Mules are a favorite festive beverage, this four-mug set is an ideal white elephant gift.
What we like: The copper-plated mugs feature the signature hammered design and slender handles. Stainless steel construction makes the mugs more durable than most.
What we dislike: The mugs require hand-washing, otherwise they may get stained or damaged in dishwashers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
FreshJax Organic Spices Gift Set
Our take: Recipients get to take a trip around the world every time they try one of these organic spices.
What we like: This set includes a well-rounded variety of international flavors, and it comes in a giftable box. The spices are vegan-friendly, non-GMO and gluten-free.
What we dislike: The spices can taste smoky initially.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Our take: If you’re looking for a self-care gift, this affordable bubbly foot spa is the top choice.
What we like: It delivers a relaxing experience with invigorating bubbles. The splash guard minimizes the potential for spills, and toe-touch controls let users adjust settings without much effort.
What we dislike: Unlike similar foot spas, this model does not have heat settings.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW IBERIA, La. — A manager of the New Iberia Arby's was found dead in a freezer on Thursday night, according to our partners at NOLA.com.
New Iberia Police found the manager dead under "suspicious" conditions at the Arby's on East Admiral Doyle Drive on Thursday evening.
Her body was found inside the walk-in freezer at the restaurant.
Police consider the death "suspicious" but officers on the scene said the initial investigation does not currently point to foul play.
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By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA
Associated Press
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the recently liberated city of Izium on Wednesday, greeting soldiers and thanking them for their efforts in retaking the area, as the Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the burned-out city hall building.
Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week as Ukraine pressed forward in a sweeping counteroffensive that has reclaimed vast swaths of territory in the country’s northeastern Kharkiv region in a matter of days.
Much of Izium has been devastated. Apartment buildings are blackened by fire and pockmarked by artillery strikes. The entire center of one residential building had collapsed, a gaping hole and piles of rubble where homes used to be.
“The view is very shocking but it is not shocking for me,” Zelenskyy said in brief comments to the press, “because we began to see the same pictures from Bucha, from the first de-occupied territories … so the same destroyed buildings, killed people.”
Bucha is a neighborhood near Kyiv where the bodies of civilians, many of them bearing signs of torture, were found dumped in the streets, in mass graves and in yards after Russian forces withdrew hastily in March.
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Jon Gambrell in Kyiv contributed.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper will have surgery next week to repair the tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of his right elbow that forced the outfielder to spend the bulk of this season as designated hitter.
Phillies President Dave Dombrowski said Wednesday there was no timetable on Harper’s recovery until after the surgery, which was scheduled for Nov. 23.
“We have no prognosis, really, until he goes into the elbow and takes a look at it,” Dombrowski said of the surgeon. “We’ll have something at that time with the surgery and the anticipation something will happen. I think it will slow him down for the season. We’ll know more next week.”
Harper suffered the small tear in April and last played right field at Miami on April 16. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow in May and shifted to the designated hitter role. Harper met this week with prominent orthopedist Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who determined the tear did not heal on its own, forcing the surgery.
“We always knew that was a possibility. We’ve known that for months,” Dombrowski said.
The elbow injury did little to slow Harper’s offense. The 30-year-old led the Phillies to their first World Series since 2009, where they lost in six games to Houston.
In late June, Harper suffered a broken thumb when he was hit by a pitch and was sidelined for two months. He still hit .286 with 18 home runs and 65 RBIs for the season. He was named NLCS MVP and hit six home runs overall in the playoffs.
Harper left Washington and signed a 13-year, $330 million free-agent contract with the Phillies in 2019 and won the NL MVP award in 2021. A seven-time All-Star, Harper was the NL MVP with the Nationals in 2015 and has 285 career home runs.
Dombrowski said Harper’s availability for opening day and the early part of next season may not necessarily affect his decision-making in the offseason. Nick Castellanos, Kyle Schwarber and even catcher J.T Realmuto could play DH.
“You don’t ever want to lose Bryce, you really don’t,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Wednesday. “While we will be missing him, and looking forward to getting him back, it’ll give somebody else an opportunity.”
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The Aurora Highlands and Harmony masterplans get paired homes with designer details
AURORA, Colo., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond American Homes of Colorado, Inc., a subsidiary of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC), is pleased to announce the grand opening of Phase 2 at Urban Collection at The Aurora Highlands and also nearby Urban Collection at Harmony. These new additions to the Aurora masterplans bring paired two-story floor plans with open main-floor layouts for entertaining.
Grand Opening Events
Prospective homebuyers and area agents are invited to attend grand opening events at these new communities.
Urban Collection at The Aurora Highlands (RichmondAmerican.com/UCAuroraHighlandsGO)
Saturday, August 20, 12 to 3 p.m., enjoy complimentary lunch from Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs, tours of the brand-new paired Boston and Chicago model homes and a prize drawing. While you're there, explore the neighborhood's master-planned amenities, including a community garden, parks and playgrounds.
The community is located at 24145 E. 41st Avenue in Aurora. An RSVP is required to attend; please call 303.791.8330. Visit RichmondAmerican.com for more information about this must-see community. (RichmondAmerican.com/UCAuroraHighlands)
Urban Collection at Harmony (RichmondAmerican.com/UCHarmonyGO)
Visit between 12 and 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 27 to tour the brand-new, fully furnished Boston and Chicago model homes and to enjoy complimentary lunch and a prize drawing. Be sure to check out the masterplan's community center, parks and trails!
The event will be held at 27481 E. Maple Avenue in Aurora. Call 303.680.3607 to RSVP or visit RichmondAmerican.com to learn more about this beautiful new neighborhood. (RichmondAmerican.com/UCHarmony)
More about Urban Collection™ plans at these communities:
- Beautiful paired homes from the low $400s
- 3 bedrooms and approx. 1,430 to 1,470 sq. ft.
- Easy access to E-470, I-70, Buckley SFB and DIA
- Close proximity to notable schools, shopping, dining and more
Personalization is among the many factors that set Richmond American apart from other leading homebuilders. Those who choose to build a new home from the ground up will have the opportunity to work with professional design consultants to select colors, textures, finishes and fixtures for their new living spaces—a complimentary service!
About M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
Operating under the name Richmond American Homes, MDC's homebuilding subsidiaries have built more than 230,000 homes since 1977. Among the nation's largest homebuilders, MDC's subsidiary companies have operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Mortgage lending, plus insurance and title services are offered by the following MDC subsidiaries, respectively: HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation, American Home Insurance Agency, Inc. and American Home Title and Escrow Company. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "MDC." For more information, visit MDCHoldings.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending an additional $400 million in ammunition and generators to Ukraine, the White House announced Wednesday, and is pulling the gear from its own stockpiles to get the support to Kyiv as fast as possible as Russia continues to target Ukraine’s energy sources and winter sets in.
Including the latest aid, the U.S. has committed more than $19 billion in weapons and other equipment to Ukraine since Russia attacked on Feb. 24. The new package of aid will be provided through presidential drawdown authority, which allows the Pentagon to take weapons from its own stock and quickly ship them to Ukraine.
The latest package includes 200 generators, an undisclosed amount of additional rounds for both the advanced NASAMS air defense systems and the HIMARS artillery systems the U.S. has shipped to Ukraine, 150 heavy machine guns with thermal sights to shoot down drones, 10,000 120mm mortar rounds and 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition, among other items, the Pentagon said.
Now in its ninth month, the intense firefight in Ukraine has had both sides firing thousands of rounds of munitions a day, from bullets for small arms to truck-sized cruise missiles. In a sign of how intense the ground battle has been, the U.S. to date has provided 104 million rounds of small arms ammunition to Ukraine.
“With Russia’s unrelenting and brutal missile and (drone) attacks on Ukrainian critical energy infrastructure, additional air defense capabilities remain an urgent priority,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “The additional munitions for NASAMS and heavy machine guns will help Ukraine counter these urgent threats.”
The continued push of weapons to Kyiv, however, is raising questions about how long the U.S. and partner nations can continue to sustain the fight without harming their own military readiness. Many European nations have already said they have pushed forward all the excess they can afford to send.
Last week, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, Bill LaPlante, traveled to Brussels to meet with representatives of 45 partner nations to discuss some of Ukraine’s top priorities, including more air defense systems and long-range weapons. They discussed coordinating efforts to keep weapons flowing by identifying the capabilities of their individual defense industrial bases as well as the supply chain and production constraints they face, the Pentagon said in a statement.
The flow of weapons comes as the Biden administration seeks to pass an additional $37 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine during the post-election session of Congress, before Republicans take over control of the House in January. Some Republican members, including potential speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., have questioned the amount of money being spent on Ukraine.
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New feature will help educators track synchronous instruction and live interaction in virtual and hybrid classrooms
CHICO, Calif., Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- School Pathways has created a two-way product integration with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. that allows schools to connect Zoom Meetings with their Synchronous Instruction and Live Interaction calendar in School Pathways' software. Once connected, the Zoom integration will automatically log student participation in online meetings.
The passage of Assembly Bills 130 and 167 in California mandated that Independent Study and virtual learning educators provide and track regular opportunities for synchronous instruction and live interaction. While state-specific, this requirement is indicative of an overall trend as online instruction becomes more enmeshed in education following the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Zoom is a leading platform for conducting online learning, School Pathways' new Zoom integration allows for streamlined tracking and cuts down the amount of time teachers have to spend logging virtual instruction meetings and participation. The integration also makes it easier to keep engagement tracking and re-engagement plans for students up to date.
Having piloted the School Pathways Zoom integration at Visions in Education, Director of Operations Michael Brubaker explains, "I believe that this new feature will really benefit schools, teachers, and students as they schedule and track Synchronous Instruction or daily Live Interaction."
"Teachers will benefit immensely from the simplicity and convenience of this Zoom integration," says School Pathways CEO Oliver Wreford. "Not only will this result in accurate AB 130 and AB 167 compliance and reporting, but it will also help educators engage with their students on a deeper level."
School Pathways is a California-based education software company with 20 years of experience in K-12 education. We provide solutions for virtual, hybrid, and independent study programs that simplify school operations and foster student success in a variety of learning environments.
In addition to a Student Information System better-built for non-traditional learning environments, we offer software that allows our clients to manage online learning agreements, student activity tracking, re-engagement communications, audit preparation, adult education, and more. For more information, please visit schoolpathways.com.
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A Lafayette man was taken into custody by local police and federal law enforcement after ramming a woman’s car off the road following threats to kill her, Lafayette Police said.
Jason Batiste, 44, was arrested in Henderson on May 9 by agents with the U.S. Marshal Service Violent Offender Task Force and Lafayette Police Department patrol and canine unit officers after attempting to evade arrest, Lafayette Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Robin Green said in a statement.
Batiste was arrested on counts of attempted first-degree murder and violation of protective orders.
The 44-year-old is accused of showing up at the victim’s place of employment and threatening to shoot and kill her. He left the business, only to return later and follow the victim’s vehicle as she left work. He then rammed her vehicle, causing the woman to run off the road, strike a tree and flip into a ditch, Green said.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lazar Stefanovic had 15 points and six assists, Branden Carlson had his third double-double of the season and Utah beat California 61-46 on Sunday, the Runnin' Utes' fifth consecutive win in the series.
Carlson finished with 12 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks for Utah (16-9, 9-5 Pac-12).
Jaxon Brenchley converted a three-point play, hit a 3-pointer and made a layup before Stefanovic hit a 3-pointer to cap an 11-0 spurt that made it 22-18 with five minutes left in the first half and Utah never again trailed. Stefanovic made a layup and another 3 as the Runnin' Utes scored seven of the final nine points in the first half to take a five-point lead into intermission.
Cal didn’t make a field goal for the first six-plus minutes of the second half and Utah ripped off a 12-1 run — including a pair of 3s by Carlson — to make it 41-25 with 14 minutes to play. The Golden Bears trailed by double figures the rest of the way.
Cal (3-20. 2-10) is winless away from home this season (0-8 on the road, 0-2 at neutral sites) and has lost seven consecutive games following back-to-back wins over Colorado on New Year's Eve and Stanford on Jan. 6. The Golden Bears have scored fewer than 50 points in each of their last four games and are averaging 46.5 over that span.
Lars Thiemann led Cal with 12 points and Kuany Kuany scored 11.
Gabe Madsen, Utah’s second-leading scorer (11.7 per game) on 37.3% shooting from 3-point range, did not play (leg).
Ben Carlson added 11 points, including three 3-pointers, for the Utes.
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Utah wraps up a three-game home stand Thursday against Colorado
California returns home to play No. 5 Arizona on Thursday
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BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A look at the key hole Friday at The Country Club in the second round of the U.S. Open:
HOLE: 17
YARDAGE: 364
PAR: 4
STROKE AVERAGE: 3.782
RANK: 16
KEY FACT: After giving up 20 birdies and 35 bogeys in the first round, The Country Club’s historic 17th rolled over for the field, allowing 50 birdies and 12 bogeys Friday. Four of the top seven players made birdie at the hole in the second round, including co-leader Collin Morikawa. Aaron Wise came out of the left rough and missed an eagle by inches.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Efforts to get millions of dollars in funding to treatment centers and related services as part of Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization have been botched even as drug addictions and overdoses increase, state officials and lawmakers said on Thursday.
Oregonians passed Ballot Measure 110 in 2020 decriminalizing possession of personal amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs — the first in the nation to do so. A person found with drugs receives a citation, like a traffic ticket, with the maximum $100 fine waived if they call a hotline for a health assessment.
But in the first year after the new approach took effect in February 2021, only 1% of people who received citations for possessing controlled substances asked for help via the new hotline.
The ballot measure redirected millions of dollars in tax revenue from the state's legal marijuana industry to treatment. But applications for funding stacked up after state officials underestimated the work required to vet them and get the money out the door, officials testified Thursday before the House Interim Committee on Behavioral Health.
“So clearly, if we were to do it over again, I would have asked for many more staff much quicker in the process," said state Behavioral Health Director Steve Allen. "We were just under-resourced to be able to support this effort, underestimated the work that was involved in supporting something that looked like this and partly we didn’t fully understand it until we were in the middle of it."
Allen, who works for the Oregon Health Authority, told lawmakers in the remote hearing that this $300 million project has never been done before.
Rep. Lily Morgan, a Republican from the southwestern Oregon town of Grants Pass, said lives are being lost while the state waits for the ballot measure to have a positive effect.
“Director, you’ve mentioned a couple of times that you’re waiting to see, and yet we have overdoses increasing at drastic rates, in my community a 700% increase in overdoses and a 120% increase in deaths," Morgan told Allen. "How long do we wait before we have an impact that we’re saving lives?”
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan appeared before the committee, and described her own mother's struggles with heroin and methamphetamine addiction. Fagan said Oregon remains in a drug abuse crisis, despite the ballot measure.
“When the voters of Oregon passed Measure 110, we did so because it was a change of policy in Oregon to improve the lives of people, to improve our communities," Fagan said. “And in the years since, we haven’t seen that play out. ... Instead, in many communities in Oregon, we’ve seen the problem with drug addiction get worse.”
Allen acknowledged there has been a “dramatic” increase in overdoses and overdose deaths statewide and attributed much of the cause to the recent arrival of methamphetamine laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is so powerful that a tiny amount can kill, and illicit pills containing fentanyl.
That adds urgency to the effort to provide treatment services and harm reduction, like medication to treat overdoses and needle exchanges, that the measure also pays for, he said. Advocates point out that the services are available to anyone in Oregon, not just those who were cited for possession.
“Getting these resources out to the community is incredibly important ... not just the harm reduction resources, but people who can support folks who are at risk for overdose," Allen said. "So time is of the essence.”
Ian Green, an audits manager for Fagan, said the text of the ballot measure lacked clarity around roles and responsibilities of the health authority and the Oversight and Accountability Council that the measure established.
That “contributed to delays, confusions and strained relations,” Green said. He also blamed the health authority for not always providing adequate support to the accountability council.
Council co-chair Ron Williams said most of the available funds still haven't been released.
“I feel these challenges can be overcome and corrected with deliberate, intentional, focused effort and courageous, solution-oriented conversations,” Williams said.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Progyny, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGNY) resulting from allegations that Progyny may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Progyny securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10272 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On December 7, 2022, market analyst Jehoshaphat Research published a report addressing Progyny, entitled "A Love Child of Accounting Games & Credit Risk" (the "Jehoshaphat Report"). The Jehoshaphat Report alleges that Progyny "is deceiving the investor community via its financial reporting practices" and that Progyny "is actually unprofitable but masks this problem with accounting games." Among other items, the report alleges that Progyny "apparently decided to recently stop accruing allowances for customer cancellations, which . . . may have added up to another ~400bps to both revenues and gross profit margins" and that "credit losses" reported by Progyny "are more like reversals of inflated revenues," citing the Company's "corporate customer base of high quality." On this news, Progyny's stock price fell sharply intraday trading on December 7, 2022.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hummingbird Bioscience, a data-driven precision biotherapeutics company discovering and developing transformative biologic medicines for hard-to-treat diseases, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Piers Ingram, Ph.D., and Chief Financial Officer Josh House will participate in one-on-one investor meetings at Morgan Stanley's 20th Annual Global Healthcare Conference (September 12-14, 2022), held at the Sheraton New York Hotel in New York City.
About Hummingbird Bioscience
Hummingbird Bioscience is a data-driven precision biotherapeutics company discovering and developing transformative biologic medicines for hard-to-treat diseases. The Hummingbird Bioscience model combines computational and systems biology with wet lab drug discovery in a multi-disciplinary, collaborative environment spanning initial discovery through clinical development. We harness this integrated approach across target identification and patient selection, enabling our team to increase the efficiency of translating novel scientific insights while reducing the inherent risk in drug discovery and development. We are currently developing two clinical-stage assets: HMBD-001, a humanized anti-HER3 monoclonal antibody targeting a novel epitope on HER3, and HMBD-002, a humanized anti-VISTA IgG4 monoclonal antibody. Both programs are currently in Phase 1 studies. At Hummingbird Bioscience, our commitment to rigorous science, teamwork and intellectual integrity underpins our passion to accelerate the journey of new drugs from concept to clinic.
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Announcing the world's first asteroid "29438 Zhengjia (1997 MV)" named after an enterprise engaging in public education and the opening ceremony of Grandview Museum of Science & Grandview Museum of Astronomy
GUANGZHOU,China, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 8, 2022, asteroid No.29438 was officially named "29438 Zhengjia (1997 MV)", the phonetic spelling of Grandview in Chinese, and the opening ceremony of Grandview Museum of Science and Grandview Museum of Astronomy was held at Guangzhou Marriott Hotel. This is the first asteroid named after an enterprise engaging in public education by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which represents not only the recognition and affirmation on the Grandview Group's contribution to citizens' science education by international and domestic scientific and educational societies, but also the expectation and encouragement for the future development of astronomy research and popular science education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. The opening ceremony also announced the official opening of Grandview Museum of Science and Grandview Museum of Astronomy, two new members of the "Grandview Planet".
On June 26, 1997, an asteroid was detected and recorded at Xinglong Observatory of National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC). This year, with the approval of the WG Small Bodies Nomenclature, this asteroid was officially named "29438 Zhengjia (1997 MV)". Chen Jiansheng, astrophysicist and academician of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented the certificate of asteroid naming to Grandview Group. "The naming of 29438 Zhengjia (1997 MV) is a gift from the NAOC and the IAU to Grandview Group, which is committed to promoting the development of astronomical science popularization and research education in the form of public welfare venues," said Academician Chang Jin, Director of the NAOC, at the event.
The Group will join hands with the NAOC, to build the Grandview Astronomical Education Center. Notably, the pictures of Xinglong Observatory will be sent to Grandview Astronomical Education Center in real time. In this way, the public are invited to explore the mysteries above the starry sky together.
Max Xie, Vice Chairman and CEO of Grandview Group Co., Ltd., said at the ceremony, "Imagination is the gene engraved in our bones. As a trendy landmark in Guangzhou, Grandview Mall has been committed to creating imaginative new-type businesses, integrating culture, creativity and dreams into different formats, and creating more joy and happiness for the public."
On the same day, two museums were officially opened. Grandview Museum of Science, with an area of 10, 000㎡, is China's first theme science museum built in accordance with the standards of world-class science museums. It presents the visitors with a series of interesting exhibits, including world's largest Coriolis turntable, the world's first Madeburg hemisphere experience, the reproduced classic scientific experiment of Leaning Tower of Pisa and the "descendants" of the apple tree that hit Newton in history, and so on.
The Grandview Museum of Astronomy brings the audience into a magnificent world where myth, science, stories and history coexist! You can lie on the grass, look up at the starry sky; you can experience the shock of reaching out to pick stars with the supernovae erupting overhead!
As an important place to protect and inherit human civilization, museums are one of the important ways to help people learn science. The naming of 29438 Zhengjia (1997 MV) and the brand-new appearance of the two museums will facilitate Grandview Mall to be built into the most complete science education base in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, with the most complete fields, the most diverse types as well as the richest content.
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SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) _ Civista Bancshares Inc. (CIVB) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $11.1 million.
The Sandusky, Ohio-based bank said it had earnings of 72 cents per share.
The bank holding company posted revenue of $38.3 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $36.2 million, exceeding Street forecasts.
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MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP) — After seeing a five-shot lead slip away in the final round, Ashleigh Buhai still managed to secure a first major title at the Women’s British Open.
Buhai kept her composure to beat In Gee Chun — and the setting sun — in a playoff at Muirfield on Sunday for her first career victory in an LPGA Tour event.
With the light fading, the South African golfer made a superb bunker shot on the fourth playoff hole to leave herself with a short par putt, while Chun settled for a bogey.
The 33-year-old Buhai calmly rolled in from less than three feet and then clutched her face in relief, before being drenched in water and other beverages by her entourage.
“I was surprisingly calm,” Buhai said about the clutch bunker shot that secured the victory. “My caddie said to me on the last one, I don’t want to brag, but she said ‘Show them why you’re No. 1 in bunkers this year.’ So, you know, she gave me the confidence. Maybe it’s got something to do with Muirfield and South Africans and bunker shots.”
Ernie Els also won the men’s British Open in a playoff at Muirfield in 2002 after a memorable bunker shot during the final round. This was the first time the Women’s British Open was played at Muirfield, a club that didn’t even allow female members until 2019 following a vote two years earlier.
Buhai made things a lot more difficult than they had to be, though.
She entered the final round with a commanding five-shot lead and was still three strokes ahead before a triple bogey on the par-4 15th that put her level with Chun.
Both players missed long birdie putts on the 18th as they settled for a playoff after finishing on 10-under 274.
“I know there are a lot of people in South Africa with lots of gray hairs right now after that 15th hole,” Buhai said. “But I’m very proud of myself, the way I dug deep and kept myself in it to get into that playoff.”
Buhai shot a 4-over 75 in the final round, while Chun carded a 70.
Hinako Shibuno of Japan, the 2019 champion, finished one shot back in third after missing a chip from just off the green that would have made it a three-way playoff.
Chun was in trouble on the first two playoff holes, but her short game bailed her out both times.
On the first, Chun sent her second shot into a bunker while Buhai found the heart of the green. But the South Korean hit a near-perfect bunker shot to within a few feet of the hole to salvage the par.
On the second, she needed to make an 8-foot bogey putt to stay in it after sending her second shot wide and then barely making it onto the green with a chip from the tall grass.
Buhai nearly won it on the third playoff hole, but her long putt for the win pulled up a few inches away from the hole.
For Buhai, the win more than made up for a near-miss at that 2019 Women’s British Open, when she led the event at the halfway stage at Woburn but finished fifth.
“Forgive me, there will be a few tears,” Buhai said during the trophy presentation. “Obviously there’s a lot of hard work and many years of dedication going into this.”
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Some businesses experience growth during pandemic
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many businesses had to close their doors because of social distancing and health concerns. Some industries are still struggling, but a few were able to grow.
Early pandemic concerns pushed people to spend more time outdoors. Due to this, outside activities like golf were able to prosper.
“Since 2020, a lot of people have started golfing more because that’s a sport they can actually do individually,” Kong Chang, Pine Meadow Golf Course Manager, said. “You can still stay six feet apart and still have fun at it.”
Chang said, that interest in golf hasn’t gone anywhere.
“Just since last year, since I started here, I’ve noticed there’s been an increase in golfing as well as younger kids coming out this past summer,” Kong said. “So, there’s probably been about 60-70% increase in youth playing golf.”
Outdoor activities weren’t the only organizations that experienced growth. Prevea Health staff said their app had increased activity.
“Prior to the pandemic, our usage was in totality with our patients and who was an active online portal user. Who was an active MyPrevea user,” Erin Choate, Prevea Health Director of Front Office Revenue and Operations, said. “We hovered between 40 and 50% upon implementation.”
But over two years later with a global pandemic, those numbers rose.
“Now, we hold steady as an organization around almost between 70-73% of our patients are active MyPrevea users,” Choate said. “So, they’ve used and logged in to the functionality recently.”
Prevea staff said the growth comes from how simple the app is to use.
“Patients saw how easy and convenient it was,” Choate said. “so, you continue to use those tools for a smoother and more pleasant health care experience, especially when it comes to appointments, scheduling, or event being able to message a provider.”
Both Chang and Choate said they expect these higher interest levels in golf and the MyPrevea app to continue.
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MIAMI (AP) — Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5.
People must register to participate and complete an online training course for the event, which typically draws hundreds from across the country. Last year’s “Python Challenge” involved more than 600 people from 25 states, DeSantis said at a news conference in the Everglades.
Behind the Republican governor, it took three people to hold a live, 10-foot (3-meter) female python as a demonstration. The snakes have virtually no natural enemies in the Everglades and have decimated native populations of mammals, birds and other reptiles.
“These pythons are a threat to the Everglades,” DeSantis said. “Let’s reel in some pythons.”
The hunt begins Aug. 5 at 8 a.m. and ends Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. Prizes include $2,500 for the most pythons captured and $1,500 for the longest snake. Last year, the first-prize winner captured 223 pythons, while the $1,500 winner bagged a snake that was more than 15 feet (4.5 meters) long. Snakes must be killed humanely.
DeSantis said this year’s state budget includes $3 million specifically for python removal in the Everglades, including technology such as infrared sensors to locate the hard-to-see snakes in the wild. A key point of the snake event, the governor said, is to raise awareness about the threat and enable people to take part.
“We view this as a challenge,” he said. “We really wanted to supercharge those efforts.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/weird/ap-strange-news/burmese-python-hunt-in-florida-everglades-slated-for-august/ | 2022-06-17 15:46:03 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/weird/ap-strange-news/burmese-python-hunt-in-florida-everglades-slated-for-august/ |
BEIJING, July 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on Japanese tourists in Xinjiang:
In midsummer, 20 Japanese residents headed to Xinjiang from various places in Japan, for a journey at their own expense.
Xinjiang, what kind of place is this?
For those who live outside China and have never been to Xinjiang, their first impressions are probably related to stereotypical labels like "cotton" or "human rights," which in this case, suited quite many of these 20 travelers. To some of them, Xinjiang is at most, a "remote desert."
Over this trip of nine days and eight nights, these travelers traversed the autonomous region from north to south, during which they could take photos or do livestreams whenever they wanted. On social platforms, they shared what they witnessed and experienced in Xinjiang.
In Urumqi, a traveler finished his night market tour at 1:00 a.m. Then he chose to stroll back to the hotel, which is an act, one could assume, to test if Urumqi is safe. After his return, he posted that he felt no danger along the way.
In Aksu, people saw the cotton fields in Awat County, where only two days are needed to sow 303 mu (about 49 acres) of cotton, and only five hours to finish pesticide application using drones for plant-care spraying. In a spinning company in Aksu, the travelers visited a workshop where highly automated machines operate efficiently, with very few laborers in sight. The travelers were amazed at the high degree of mechanization, a living testament to the absurdity of the so-called "forced labor." On their way to the night market, they passed by a park, where adults were dancing and children were playing around; a traveler captured the scene, commenting how peaceful people's lives are. The Consul General of China in Osaka posted some photos of the Aksu night market from a traveler's perspective, to which a Japanese user commented: It's so lively, (they) seem so happy!
In Kashgar, the Japanese travelers were warmly welcomed by the locals, and they even danced together with a Uygur "internet celebrity grandpa" who had gone viral in China. When visiting a local elementary school, Uygur children invited Sawada Osamu, the youngest member of the tour to dance with them. Despite the language difference, the boy, who started out shy, joined the students and danced freely. A Twitter user posted, when seeing the video afterwards, that he found the cross-cultural power magical!
There are also posts about fresh watermelons, tasty kebabs, about girls selling flowers while singing by the road, about people living leisurely lives…
Now, in your eyes, what is Xinjiang like?
To the unknown, it is much easier to hear and believe what others say than explore and validate via your own actions. Meanwhile, these Japanese residents chose to go to Xinjiang, venturing thousands of miles, and see for themselves. There, they appreciated the exotic scenery, relished in the fresh fruits and gourmet cuisines, and experienced the real everyday life in Xinjiang, all the while gaining a different seeing perspective from what they had heard about Xinjiang.
The gate to China is now wide open. Welcome friends from all the world to come to China and witness the country for yourself.
China Mosaic
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DETROIT — Antoine Davis had 26 points in Detroit Mercy’s 70-49 win against Charlotte on Wednesday.
The 49ers (4-2) were led in scoring by Brice Williams, who finished with 16 points and eight rebounds. Charlotte also got eight points and four assists from Jackson Threadgill.
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LONDON — The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowd-lined streets of London to Westminster Hall. There, Britain's longest-serving monarch will lie in state for the world to mourn.
Her son, King Charles III, and his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and her crown resting on a purple velvet pillow.
The queen will lie in state for four days until her funeral Monday, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to file past. Eight pall bearers carried the oak and lead-lined coffin into Westminster Hall, placing it on a raised platform known as a catafalque.
The military procession from Buckingham Palace was designed to underscore the queen's seven decades as head of state as the national mourning process shifted to the grand boulevards and historic landmarks of the U.K. capital.
Thousands who had waited for hours along The Mall outside the palace and other locations along the route held up phones and cameras, and some wiped away tears, as the procession passed. Applause broke out as the coffin passed through Horse Guards Parade.
The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard and topped with the Imperial State Crown — encrusted with almost 3,000 diamonds — and a bouquet of flowers and plants, including pine from the Balmoral Estate, where Elizabeth died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96.
Two officers and 32 troops from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in red uniforms and bearskin hats walked on either side of the gun carriage. The 38-minute procession ended at Westminster Hall, where Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led a service attended by Charles and other royals.
"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you," Welby read from the Book of John.
Thousands had queued up along the banks of the River Thames, waiting their turn to enter the hall and pay their respects.
The crowds are the latest manifestation of the nationwide outpouring of grief and respect for the only monarch most Britons have ever known after her 70 years on the throne.
Joan Bucklehurst, a 50-year-old retail worker from Cheshire in northwestern England, said the queen "meant so much for everybody."
"She was amazing, yeah," she added, choking up with emotion. "So, we had to be here. We've been here a few times when there have been special occasions, but this one, I couldn't miss this."
Maj. Gen. Christopher Ghika, of the Household division, who organized the ceremonial aspects of the queen's funeral, said it was "our last opportunity to do our duty for the queen, and it's our first opportunity to do it for the king, and that makes us all very proud."
Troops involved in the procession have been preparing since the queen died. So have the horses of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Sgt. Tom Jenks, from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, said the horses were specially trained, including how to handle weeping mourners, as well as flowers and flags being tossed in front of the procession.
Heathrow Airport temporarily halted flights, saying it would "ensure silence over central London as the ceremonial procession moves from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall."
President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with Charles to offer his condolences, the White House said.
Biden recalled "the Queen's kindness and hospitality" she hosted them and the first lady at Windsor Castle in June, the statement said. "He also conveyed the great admiration of the American people for the Queen, whose dignity and constancy deepened the enduring friendship and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom."
Crowds have lined the route of the queen's coffin whenever it has been moved in its long journey from Scotland to London.
On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the hearse, with interior lights illuminating the casket, drove slowly from an air base to Buckingham Palace.
Earlier, in Edinburgh, some 33,000 people filed in silent respect past her coffin as it lay for 24 hours at St. Giles' Cathedral.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to visit the 900-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest building in Parliament, for four days before her state funeral on Monday.
The hall is where Guy Fawkes and Charles I were tried, where kings and queens hosted magnificent medieval banquets, and where ceremonial addresses were presented to Queen Elizabeth II during her silver, golden and diamond jubilees.
Chris Bond, from Truro in southwest England, was among those lining up along the banks of the River Thames. He also attended the lying in state of the queen's mother in 2002.
"Obviously, it's quite difficult queuing all day long, but when you walk through those doors into Westminster Hall, that marvelous, historic building, there was a great sense of hush and one was told you take as much time as you like, and it's just amazing," he said.
"We know the queen was a good age and she served the country a long time, but we hoped this day would never come," he added.
Chris Imafidon, secured the sixth place in the queue.
"I have 1,001 emotions when I see her," he said. "I want to say, God, she was an angel, because she touched many good people and did so many good things."
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The motorcycle was traveling northbound in the left lane of State Route 1 south of Trap Shooters Road in the Magnolia area around 1:30 a.m. when the SUV, which had been in the right lane ahead of the motorcycle, changed lanes, Delaware State Police said.
The motorcycle, which police say was traveling at a high rate of speed, hit the rear bumper of the SUV, and the cycle's 22-year-old rider was thrown to the pavement.
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(The Hill) – Researchers in the U.K. found evidence linking the recent pediatric hepatitis cases detected around the world to the coinfection of two viruses that normally do not cause severe illness, while also finding no connection to COVID-19.
Earlier this year, health authorities in the U.S., western Europe and Japan noted what seemed to be an increase in pediatric hepatitis cases resulting from an unknown cause. In the U.S. alone, more than 300 cases across 42 states are being investigated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Many of the children who presented with cases of hepatitis — an inflammation of the liver — also tested positive for adenovirus, a common pathogen that usually does not affect the liver. In the U.S., health authorities said very few of the children tested positive for COVID-19 or had a history of the virus.
Several have had to receive liver transplants due to the incurred damage, though the majority of children affected have fully recovered, with the health outcomes usually good.
Now researchers from University College London (UCL) say they have found a possible link between the hepatitis cases and the common adeno-associated virus 2 or AAV2. The virus was found in 96 percent of cases observed in the studies.
As researchers noted, AAV2 is usually “harmless” and unable to replicate without a “helper” virus, such as an adenovirus or herpesvirus. They believe that the infection resulting from both AAV2 as well as the herpesvirus HHV6 offers the best explanation for what caused the unexplained hepatitis.
HHV6 is an extremely common pathogen, with nearly 100 percent of humans having the virus. This strain of herpes often manifests as a rash and fever in very young children and typically resolves on its own.
“While we still have some unanswered questions about exactly what led to this spike in acute hepatitis, we hope these results can reassure parents concerned about Covid-19 as neither teams have found any direct link with SARS-SoV-2 infection,” said Judith Breuer, professor at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
Sofia Morfopoulou, a physician at the Institute of Child Health, noted that while AAV2 was found in nearly all of the cases that were part of the study, it is relatively rare in the general population. | https://www.wfla.com/news/health-news/researchers-link-pediatric-hepatitis-cases-to-common-virus-find-no-connection-to-covid-study/ | 2022-07-28 12:09:21 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/health-news/researchers-link-pediatric-hepatitis-cases-to-common-virus-find-no-connection-to-covid-study/ |
WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, October 31, 2022
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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Eureka CA
747 PM PDT Sun Oct 30 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM PDT MONDAY
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Large unexpected waves expected along the coast.
* WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast,
Southwestern Humboldt and Mendocino Coast Counties.
* WHEN...From 3 AM PDT Monday through Monday evening.. .
* IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach
without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks,
jetties, and beaches. These waves can also move large objects
such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Don't be fooled by an ocean that looks calm. there can be
30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes. Avoid
rocks and jetties. Avoid steep beaches. Stay much farther back
from the water and never turn your back on the ocean.
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM PDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost
formation.
* WHERE...Southern Humboldt Interior, Northwestern Mendocino
Interior and Northeastern Mendocino Interior Counties.
* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM PDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if
left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are issued during the local
growing season as defined by climatology and local agriculture
experts. Once the growing season has ended these statements will
no longer be issued until the spring.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
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BOSTON (AP)Xander Bogaerts was listening when the Red Sox brass said they weren’t shopping him around at the trade deadline.
”I think I started playing better after that, right?” he said after hitting a three-run homer to lead Boston to a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday night.
”It has been (tough)” dealing with trade rumors, said Bogaerts, a four-time All-Star who is eligible to opt out of his contract and become a free agent in the offseason. ”But I mean, we’re professionals in the end. You sign up for this. You’ve got to deal with it.”
Kutter Crawford scattered three hits over 5 2/3 innings, and Alex Verdugo had a pair of hits to help the Red Sox win for just the fifth time in 20 games. The slump has led to talk that the team will sell off its best players before Tuesday’s trade deadline, including Bogaerts and third baseman Rafael Devers.
But Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom told reporters on Wednesday that there were no plans to do so. Bogaerts said he also received a similar message in person.
And then on Thursday he hit his first homer in 19 games. Despite sitting in last in the AL East, the Red Sox are at .500 and only 3 1/2 games back in the wild-card race. (Cleveland is 2 1/2 games out.)
”It can be really tough – some days more than others,” Bogaerts said. ”But get this thing over with and keep rolling.”
Guardians starter Triston McKenzie, who had allowed one run total in four previous July starts, took a one-hit shutout into the sixth before putting two on with one out for Bogaerts. The Red Sox shortstop hit an 0-2 slider out to center field to turn a one-run deficit into a 3-1 lead.
”That was a huge win for us,” said manager Alex Cora, whose team hadn’t hit a three-run homer since July 7. ”We haven’t had one of those in a while and we’re able to breathe.”
Boston scored another off McKenzie, who hadn’t allowed an extra-base hit all month, when Franchy Cordero led off the seventh with a double and scored on Bobby Dalbec’s hard line drive off the Green Monster.
In all, McKenzie (7-7) allowed six hits and walked one in seven innings in his first loss since June 27. He was 3-0 with a sparkling 0.34 ERA over his previous four starts.
Jake Diekman (2-0) got the win, retiring each of his four batters. Garrett Whitlock pitched two innings for his third save.
Crawford’s only mistake was a solo homer by Jose Ramirez in the fourth that sailed high over the top of the Pesky Pole.
The ball curved far to the right of the foul pole and Cora challenged whether it was fair, but replays gave no evidence that could say either way.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
The Red Sox honored broadcaster Joe Castiglione before the game for his 40 years on the air with the team. A surprise guest was Roger Clemens, who was a rookie in 1984, the year after Castiglione debuted on the team’s radio call.
Clemens brought out a replica of the new plaque that marks the ”Joe Castiglione Booth” in the Fenway press box.
Castiglione called Clemens’ record-setting 20-strikeout game against Seattle in 1986 and the game where he matched the record 10 years later against Detroit. The Connecticut native was also on the mic, exclaiming ”Can you believe it?” when the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series to end an 86-year drought.
Before Thursday’s game, he said it again: ”Forty years. Can you believe it?”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Guardians: OF Oscar Gonzalez rested after going 1 for 5 in two minor league rehab appearances as he tries to come back from an abdominal strain. He will make another start for Double-A Akron on Friday.
Red Sox: 2B Trevor Story rested Thursday after feeling pain when he swung a bat on Wednesday for the first time since he went on the IL after being hit by a pitch on the right wrist.
UP NEXT
Guardians: RHP Shane Bieber (4-6) faces Tampa Bay LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-2) when Cleveland and the Rays open a three-game series on Friday night.
Red Sox: Rookie RHP Brayan Bello (0-2) faces Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff (8-3) in the opener of a three-game series at Fenway on Friday night.
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Florida murder trial of rapper YNW Melly results in mistrial after jury deadlocks
Rapper had his breakthrough in 2017 and went on to work with Kanye West on the 2019 song, 'Mixed Personalities'
A South Florida deadlocked jury resulted in the mistrial of rapper YNW Melly, who is accused of murdering two of his friends in 2018.
The Broward County, Florida jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of the rapper, whose real name is Jamell Demons, after three days of deliberations.
County prosecutors sought the death penalty and are likely to retry the case with a new jury, according to the Associated Press.
To convict or acquit Demons, all 12 jurors are required to find him guilty or not guilty of the crimes.
JUDGE DENIES MISTRIAL IN YNW MELLY DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL AS SECOND WEEK BEGINS
When the jury became deadlocked the first time, Judge John Murphy asked them to continue deliberating, but after the third time, he declared a mistrial.
Demons is accused of shooting Anthony Williams, or YNW Sakchaser, and Christopher Thomas Jr., also known as YNW Juvy on Oct. 26, 2018 as they rode in a Jeep driven by Cortland Henry, also known as YNW Bortlen, prosecutors say.
FLORIDA MAN FATALLY SHOOTS PREGNANT WOMAN, UNBORN CHILD IN DOUBLE MURDER-SUICIDE: DEPUTIES
The shootings happened after a recording session in Fort Lauderdale, and prosecutors claim they were part of a gang action. Defense attorneys, though, said the claim lacks credibility because Demons, Williams and Thomas were all close friends.
Henry was charged as an accomplice and will be tried separately.
After shooting and killing the two victims, prosecutors said, Demons and Henry took the bodies to an area near the Everglades and shot at the back and passenger sides from outside the Jeep to make it appear that Thomas and Williams were victims of a drive-by shooting.
Although prosecutors say ballistics show the two men were shot from inside the vehicle, defense attorneys say a gun was never recovered.
The defense also said during trial that Demons did not have a motive for the crime.
In 2017, YNW had his breakout and went on to work with Kanye West on "Mixed Personalities," which was released in January 2019.
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A month later, Demons, 24, was arrested on murder charges.
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Alyssa Thompson was the top pick Thursday in the National Women’s Soccer League draft by Angel City, becoming the first high school player to be selected in the history of the league.
Thompson, an 18-year-old forward out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, declared her eligibility for the draft late last week. She initially committed to Stanford.
“It's a crazy feeling,” said Thompson, who watched the draft from her home in Los Angeles. “And I'm so happy that I get to be surrounded by my friends and family. I'm just really excited. My heart's beating really fast.”
Thompson made her debut with the U.S. senior team last year while also playing for the under-19 Total Futbol Academy boys’ team in MLS NEXT. Thompson and her younger sister Giselle also became the first high school players to sign a name, image and likeness deal with Nike last year.
The Kansas City Current selected MAC Hermann Trophy winner Michelle Cooper out of Duke with the second pick of the draft. The Current acquired the pick in a trade with Gotham for forward Lynn Williams.
In the hours before the draft, NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman spoke to reporters at length about the state of the 12-team league, which is preparing for its 11th season amid ongoing fallout from a pair of investigations into coach misconduct.
The NWSL is implementing the recommendations stemming from its own investigation — conducted jointly with the players association — into the scandals that first rocked the league in 2021. A lengthy report was released in December.
The investigations began after two players accused longtime NWSL coach Paul Riley of harassment and sexual coercion in a story published by The Athletic in September 2021. Coach of the North Carolina Courage at the time, Riley was fired. He denies the allegations.
Riley was among five NWSL coaches who resigned or were dismissed that year, with the repercussions extending into last season.
Earlier this week, the league permanently banned four coaches, including Riley, and imposed other sanctions. Berman said the NWSL will now focus on making lasting change.
“Systemic reform is not something that can be a box check. Unlike factfinding and corrective action, which is something that had to be on a to-do list, systemic reform is an ongoing commitment,” Berman said. “We will continue to work and learn and listen.”
Berman also noted that the NWSL's media agreement with CBS expires at the end of the season and the league is looking at its options.
The NWSL is expected to name two expansion teams to join the league in 2024 and Berman said the league is “closing in on a decision.” Additionally, the Portland Thorns and the Chicago Red Stars are currently up for sale.
Berman said that this season will be the first that the league utilizes a Video Assistant Referee, or VAR, for games.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A former employee with the Danish police has been charged with hacking and attempted hacking of 140 employees’ mobile phones, and accessing more than 100 cases of investigative material, investigators said Friday.
The material included images of child pornography and photos belonging to a large number of private citizens, police on the central Denmark island of Funen said in a statement. It was unclear how he accessed the material and whether the man was a police officer or a civilian employee.
The man faces charges of sexual harassment, hacking, abusing his position and possessing child pornography. If found guilty, he faces fines or up to six years in jail.
His victims include former colleagues, friends and acquaintances and random individuals from whom he bought used hard drives “from which he recovered and acquired private and humiliating content,” police said.
On top of that, police said that about 140 employees had their mobile phones hacked at least once. Some cell phones were hacked up to 30 times. He also took pictures of a female colleague through a keyhole to a changing room at the police station.
The man, who was not named in line with Danish policy, allegedly committed the offenses from both his workplace and his home, over a long period of time before he was arrested on March 29, police said in a statement.
No date for a trial was announced.
The man’s defense lawyer, Henrik Garlik, declined to say how his client will plead, the Ekstra Bladet newspaper reported. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ex-danish-police-employee-charged-in-huge-hacking-case/ | 2022-05-28 01:14:15 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ex-danish-police-employee-charged-in-huge-hacking-case/ |
New East Coast Operation and Incremental Capabilities Added
SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, DCG ONE, a Seattle-based marketing services organization, announces the acquisition of Corporate Communications Group (CCG) based in Upper Marlboro, MD, an integrated commercial print and direct marketing company, expanding the organization's high-volume direct mail, data, and fulfillment capabilities.
"As we grow our services, we are constantly seeking out ways to create more value for our clients all across the country. The addition of CCG provides us with key operations on the East Coast to complement our Seattle based headquarters" noted Brad Clarke, President of DCG ONE. "Additionally, their strategic direct marketing capabilities, specifically high-volume direct mail and fulfillment servicing a variety of verticals will be a great advantage for our current clients ongoing and future programs."
Founded in 1951, CCG has carved out a niche in the high-volume direct mail space and in addition has built a team of commercial print and fulfillment experts providing end to end solutions to help their clients realize their vision of creative, effective, and relevant communications across all media.
Michael Marcian, CEO of CCG added "As we analyzed different ways to grow and expand our expertise in the direct marketing space, making the decision to join the DCG ONE team became the clear and obvious choice. Their innovative approach to solving complex client problems, willingness to invest in new technologies and capabilities all tied together with a genuine culture and care for their people allowed us to feel great about the acquisition."
With roots in print production, DCG ONE has expanded in recent years in the areas of retail packaging and POS signage, branded merchandise, embedded technology solutions, customer experience, loyalty, and acquisition marketing. In addition, its full-service digital and brand agency division has provided their clients with a turn-key solution to marketing challenges – from concepts to final execution.
"It's a very exciting time to be at DCG ONE," says Tammy Peniston, DCG ONE's Chief Commercial Officer. "Throughout the years, we've worked tirelessly to do more than simply check boxes for our clients. We want to add value every day – and the addition of CCG and the talented team within will only further strengthen our ability to find the best solutions for our clients – anywhere in the country.
When big ideas, bold creative and brilliant delivery converge, business thrives. DCG ONE is a marketing, technology and print production powerhouse that helps companies expand opportunities, drive customer engagement and blow past their business goals. Our smart, seamless strategic approach always pushes what's possible. At DCG ONE, that's the whole idea.
Based in Seattle, WA, DCG ONE has grown to become one of the largest privately held marketing services providers in the country. With locations including Seattle and New York, NY, DCG ONE services a variety of Fortune 500 companies.
Contact:
Mandy DiCesare, Marketing Specialist
Mandy.DiCesare@dcgone.com
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Finseca is unveiling its main stage lineup for its can't-miss Advanced Markets event early next year in Washington, D.C. Jim Hebets, Eric Naison-Phillips, Keith Wagner, and former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will serve as keynote speakers for the premier gathering of the most sophisticated holistic financial planners and life insurance advisors in the profession. Specifically, the Advanced Markets event will take place March 20-22, 2023, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
"This is a meeting of the minds for the elite advisors in the advanced markets space and those who want to learn from them," said Marc Cadin, CEO of Finseca. "We are thrilled to bring the most impressive advisors from across the profession – Jim being the nation's foremost expert in loan regime split dollar; Eric, the nation's expert on how to utilize life insurance for high net worth individuals and families; and Keith the all-time leading producer at Northwestern Mutual -- to our nation's capital to share their insights. Couple this technical expertise and knowledge sharing with the political insights we'll hear from former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan – and the opportunity to advocate for financial security for all on Capitol Hill, this event will be the one and only gathering the best in the profession can't miss in 2023!"
In addition to the keynote speakers, Finseca's Advanced Markets event will feature cutting-edge breakout sessions, networking events, additional opportunities to hear from and engage with key policymakers and public policy experts, and exclusive access to lawmakers and their staff during our Capitol Hill Day.
Full event programming and registration can be found here: www.finsecaadvancedmarkets.org
At Finseca, we know that financial security improves people's lives and protects their livelihoods and future wellbeing. We are rising to the challenge of increasing financial security for all. Finseca represents the men and women of the financial security profession who dedicate themselves to delivering financial security to their clients every day.
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Proposed bill aims to prevent hospital mergers, citing more costs on patients
SEATTLE - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Victoria Spartz have introduced a bipartisan bill to prevent hospitals from merging.
Jayapal (WA-07) and Spartz (IN-05) introduced the Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act, which aims to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to expand antitrust enforcement to nonprofit hospitals.
Nonprofit hospitals qualify as charitable organizations to the IRS, and are tax-exempt.
The congresswomen argue that when hospitals merge to save money, more costs fall on their patients. According to the New York Times, the average cost of a hospital bed increased by up to 54% in the years after a merger. The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that hospitals without competition in a 15-mile radius have 12% higher prices than those with competition. Between 2010 and 2017, there were 778 hospital mergers in the U.S.
By 2017, 66% of all hospitals were part of a consolidated system, KFF reports.
"Health care is a human right, and there’s no reason why, in the richest country in the world, people shouldn’t be able to access quality, affordable health care," said Jayapal. "But too often, the corporations that run hospital chains put profits over patients – leading to worse outcomes and massive, unpayable bills. My bill with Congresswoman Spartz will put in place critical guardrails to rein in predatory practices."
Jayapal previously introduced the bill in 2022.
The goal of the bill is to extend the FTC's jurisdiction to nonprofit or tax-exempt hospitals, giving them the authority to block monopolistic practices.
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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is recalling 2,700 bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could become loose, in a major setback for the Japanese automaker’s ambitions to roll out electric cars.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday the cause is still under investigation, but the whole wheel could come off, risking a crash.
“Until the remedy is available, no one should drive these vehicles,” the company said in a statement.
Among the vehicles subject to the latest recall, about 2,200 were destined for Europe, 270 for North America, 112 for Japan, and 60 for the rest of Asia, according to Toyota. They were produced between March and June.
The bZ4X, which went on sale about two months ago, is a key model in Toyota’s plans to strengthen its electric lineup.
Toyota is planning to have 30 EV models by 2030, selling 3.5 million electric vehicles globally that year. Toyota is also investing 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) in battery research and development to achieve such goals.
The “bz” in the recalled model’s name, as well as others in the works, stands for a “beyond zero” series, including sport-utility vehicles of all sizes, pickup trucks and sportscars, according to Toyota.
The maker of the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models has been seen by some critics as a straggler in pushing electric vehicles, partly because it has been so bullish, and successful, in other green technology, such as hybrids and fuel cells, as well as efficient gas engines.
Demand for electric cars is expected to continue growing, especially with gas prices soaring recently, amid worries about inflation and the war in Ukraine, and people around the world become more conscious about climate change and the environment.
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Review: 'Full Swing' pulls on heartstrings, pulls no punches in PGA Tour-LIV feud
The success of the golf swing is built largely on timing.
That's the case, too, with Netflix's new docuseries on the PGA Tour, "Full Swing." The streaming behemoth and the world's elite golf tour signed on for the project in January 2022, only for the cameras to be rolling — to the tune of 700 hours of footage — when the disruptive LIV golf arrived on the scene, poaching some of the biggest names in the sport away from the tour that Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and, more recently, Tiger Woods built.
The LIV-PGA Tour rivalry was one of the hottest stories in sports last summer, and Netflix was the beneficiary, having already scored interviews with the likes of Dustin Johnson (and wife Paulina Gretzky), Brooks Koepka (and wife Jena Sims) and Ian Poulter, before each of them defected to LIV golf, along with Phil Mickelson, who wasn't interviewed because he might've been suspended by the PGA Tour following his controversial comments on Saudi Arabia.
"(Bleep) you, Phil!" the PGA Tour's new golden boy, Rory McIlroy, says to the cameras. "I hope that makes it in."
Yeah, that definitely made it in.
"Full Swing," a fascinating, eight-episode pull-back-the-curtain look at a year on the PGA Tour, doesn't obsess over the LIV rivalry, but uses it as an intriguing backdrop while chronicling the lives of some of the best golfers in the world, on and off the course, and not just the biggest names, either.
Hard-core golf enthusiasts probably will wish there was more on the LIV-PGA Tour dragout, which ultimately led to banishment from the PGA Tour for anybody who left for the Saudi Arabia-funded startup. But the more-casual sports fan or even non-sports fan — for whom the docuseries is aimed, as evidence by the elementary explanations of what a par is, and a bogey, birdie and eagle, in the first episode — will have no problem with the project as presented, because so much of the stories pull on the heartstrings. And we all can get behind that.
One of the best episodes on that front introduces us to Joel Dahmen, a top-100 golfer in the world, who doesn't seem to want to be more than that.
"Somebody's gotta be the 70th-best golfer in the world," he says. "It might as well be me."
Netflix gives us the back story on Dahmen, who lost his biggest fan, his mom, to cancer when he was in high school. He admittedly never properly grieved, and that set him back on his golf journey — as did his own battle with cancer, six years after his mom died — before he reached the PGA Tour shortly before his 30th birthday. Dahmen finally earned his first PGA Tour win in 2021.
Netflix follows Dahmen on the course, on his own, and even shopping for baby strollers (seems like they bought two), and even a qualifier for the U.S. Open. That's right. Even being the 70th-best golfer in the world (he's 93rd now) doesn't get you an automatic spot in the sport's hardest test, one of the season's four major championships.
Last summer in Columbus, Dahmen played a relatively mediocre first 18 holes in the qualifier, then opted to skip the second 18. Instead, he had lunch, downed two White Claws, and tore up the second 18 to make the U.S. Open, where he was tied for the lead after the first round and finished tied for 10th. Dahmen, as down-to-earth a guy as you'll find on the PGA Tour — no wonder he's such good friends with Traverse City's Ryan Brehm, another PGA Tour player who lacks much of an ego — always liked to tell anybody who would listen that he wasn't good enough to win a major championship, but we don't believe him anymore.
Other easy-to-root-for players that Netflix follows around include Sahith Theegala — who just moved out of his parents house, and uses a cardboard box for a laundry basket — and Tony Finau, who recently started prioritizing traveling the PGA Tour with wife Alayna (after she recently lost her dad) and their large family, over spending more time on the range. There were skeptics, but he won two weeks in a row last summer, including at Detroit's Rocket Mortgage Classic, which gets only a brief run on "Full Swing." The better footage was from an airport in Utah, where Finau, after returning from Detroit, danced on the tarmac, with the Rocket trophy in hand.
"You can get so engulfed in the game of golf," says Finau, "a lot of time you don't enjoy the joys in your life."
There are big names followed by the Netflix cameras, including Justin Thomas (who won last year's PGA Championship, as Mito Pereira, since gone to LIV, blew it down the stretch), Collin Morikawa (who's dog wears shoes) and, of course, McIlroy, who more-than-willingly became the face of the PGA Tour during the summer's scorching-hot public war of words between his tour and LIV golf.
The series, naturally, closes with the last tournament of the season, the Tour Championship, where McIlroy, making up massive ground the last two days, surpasses Scottie Scheffler for the FedEx Cup title and $18 million. The first congratulatory text is from Tiger Woods, who didn't participate in the docuseries.
Amazingly, the docuseries — an unfiltered look at a sport long so buttoned-up — didn't even need him.
Talk about good timing.
tpaul@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @tonypaul1984
'Full Swing'
GRADE: A-
Rated TV-MA: for language throughout
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A transgender woman was brutally assaulted near a light rail station in Minneapolis, suffering serious injuries including a rib fracture, collapsed lung and brain bleed.
Metro Transit police officers responded Monday morning to a call that a woman with “visible brain matter” was lying on the ground near Lake St. Station.
Officers were concerned the assailants were motivated by “anti-transgender bias,” according to the criminal complaints. However, Nicholas Kimball, a spokesperson for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, told The Associated Press the case is still being investigated and the office needs more evidence to determine a motive.
At least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people were killed in the United States last year, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Trans women are disproportionately represented, comprising 81% of the deaths. In 2021, the human rights organization tallied 57 fatal assaults against trans and gender-nonconforming people, the highest number since HRC has been reporting the numbers.
Police have surveillance images showing three people pushing a woman down the stairs at the Minneapolis station and assaulting her while she was on the ground. Two of the attackers boarded a train and exited four stops later, according to police. The men, Kevin York Jr., 23, and Keaten Morris, 19, were found with a woman’s clutch containing the victim’s possessions, along with other bags.
They were arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated robbery and third-degree assault, both felonies. A third person seen in surveillance was not identified in the complaints and it was not immediately clear if they were in custody.
York and Morris each face up to 35 years in prison and $45,000 in fines. Penalties could increase if investigators find evidence proving bias motivated the assault, Kimball said.
The AP left a telephone message after business hours Wednesday seeking comment from the public defender who court records show was appointed to represent Morris and York.
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Best wooden baseball bats
Many youth or amateur baseball players are more familiar with using aluminum baseball bats or training bats made with composite materials, but professional baseball players must use traditional wooden bats. Many amateur leagues also require them.
So if you’re required to buy a wooden bat, or you want to get comfortable with using one, which wooden baseball bat should you get?
What to consider before buying a wooden baseball bat
Your level of experience
Baseball beginners should aim to use a bat that gives them optimal control. Wooden bats that offer the best control are typically lightweight and are made from bamboo or ash. Either lets beginners hone their skills due to relatively equal weight distribution throughout the bat, making it easier to both swing and connect with the ball.
Maple, birch and hickory bats, on the other hand, are aimed at intermediate to advanced players who are aiming for hitting power. If you’re looking for something in between, a composite bat made of ash and maple might be best.
The bat’s weight
The weight of the bat you choose doesn’t depend only on your experience level. It’s important to take into account what type of hitter you are — or want to become.
Hitters who are just trying to get on base, for example, will almost always aim to use a lighter bat. It will connect with the ball more effectively and efficiently than a heavier bat, though the baseball may not travel as far.
If you aim to become a heavy hitter who sends balls out of the park, however, and you’re not worried about executing crisp, precise shots, a heavier bat that creates optimum momentum is preferable.
The bat’s handle
Old-school wooden bats typically have a round handle that gets thinner the closer it gets to the top. This shape is not ergonomic and can burn out forearm strength quickly in beginners.
For the purposes of comfort and durability, beginner and modern bats have axe handles. This style of handle lets beginners grip the bat more effectively because it fits the shape of the hand and burns less energy when you grip. This lets you apply more energy as you swing.
However, axe-handle bats are limited to certain manufacturers, and more experienced players may prefer a conventional round handle.
The bat’s knob
The knob is a critical component of any wooden bat. A knob is the disc shape at the very bottom of a bat that ensures the bat does not slip out of the hand when swung. However, some are more comfortable than others.
The best style for beginners is tapered. This makes sure that the grip feels more natural.
The bat’s barrel
Since a large-barrel bat provides more weight at the end of the bat, it is generally preferred by power hitters. But contact hitters typically prefer small-barrel bats. The trade-off is that the larger barrel is harder to swing, and it’s more difficult to maintain accuracy.
There are other features for larger-barrel bats that can provide better outcomes for contact hitters. For example, thicker handles and cupped ends provide more grip. They also distribute weight better to make the bat easier to swing.
Types of wooden baseball bats
Type of wood
Three main types of wood are used to make bats:
- Ash: Bats made from ash provide a larger “sweet spot” with a strong end to strike the ball. But they’re more prone to breaking when the ball hits closer to the handle.
- Maple: The hardest wood used for bats, maple provides lots of power and is less prone to breaking. But players struggle to achieve the same power they can get with ash.
- Birch: Birch bats sit in the middle, softer than maple but harder than ash. For players who regularly hit the ball at different points along the bat, including the handle and the end, it’s the best option.
Drop weight
The term “drop weight” is a way to categorize bats based on their power. The drop weight is the length of the bat minus the weight.
The drop weight number is labeled with a stamp on the bar. Adult baseball bats usually have a drop weight of -2 or -3. Younger players usually need a drop weight closer to -4 or -5, but many use a drop weight as low as -8.
Lighter bats provide more speed in the swing, but power is produced by weight. So players should find the heaviest bat they can still swing comfortably.
Top wooden baseball bats
Rawlings Adirondack Ash Wood Youth Baseball Bat
This bat is ideal for kids who want to practice faster swing speeds. The medium barrel balances speed with accuracy and the cupped end provides balance.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Louisville Slugger Prime Yelich Maple Baseball Bat
The dense composition of this maple bat provides lots of power and the carefully crafted cup is designed to minimize breakage. The swing weight is end loaded for extra power.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Victus MH17 Pro Reserve Birch Wood Baseball Bat
With the largest sweet spot of any wooden Victus bat, this balanced bat enables fast swing and tons of accuracy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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CELINA, Texas — The wall full of medals and the shelf of photo finishes at Jamie Bryson's home in Celina might lead you to believe that the tremors that sometimes take over the left side of his body simply couldn't be possible.
"You can see my hand shaking a little bit," he said during our interview. "Even when I'm on the medications."
"Most people when they get diagnosed with Parkinson's, they don't think of somebody like me."
Early onset Parkinson's, first diagnosed when he was just 39.
"I was devastated. I mean, your whole world just goes upside down. You think, OK, I'm a dude who does Ironman triathlons and crazy stuff like that. And now, I'm gonna, like, need a walker? You know you just make this jump from where you're at right now to 'oh my God!'"
And the first doctor he saw told him that his running and racing days were probably over: that it might not be safe for him to do anymore.
"And my wife, at one point she goes, 'he's 39 years old. Like, we have small kids. He can't stop living his life.'"
So while he was searching for a different doctor, he got back on his mountain bike. It helped calm his nerves. But then the next wrinkle in his plan.
"Like if I wasn't active. If I hadn't crashed my mountain bike. That cancer would still be there," he said.
Kidney cancer. And then a successful surgery to remove it. It was Stage 1. The MRI to check for broken ribs after the crash found the tumor in time. But, then one more thing.
"So, that was a really bad time to get COVID," he said of the diagnosis that came shortly after his surgery.
"You just look forward to the next day and just believe that tomorrow's better," he said while also admitting to bouts of depression that come with Parkinson's and the worries that come with it. "It's more of a decision to keep climbing and keep moving forward."
And while moving forward, in his race to find a new doctor, he found Dr. Rodolfo Savica at the Mayo Clinic, a specialist in early onset Parkinson's.
"Exercise is crucial for our brain. Exercise is crucial for our body," Savica said. And, in designing treatment protocols that fit each individual patient, he found that Jamie Bryson, who was already in great physical condition, should be able to keep competing. Dr. Savica designed a plan where Jamie would take the Parkinson's medications that ease his symptoms at specific intervals during a triathlon.
"And there's nothing wrong with that," Dr. Savica said. "Actually something that is quite helpful, in fact, successfully Mr. Bryson continues to do what he likes to do."
"The Mayo Clinic completely changed my life. I cannot understate that," Jamie Bryson said.
Because, still healing from his cancer surgery and his bout with COVID, Bryson competed in an Ironman triathlon in Galveston this past April. As he crossed the finish line he began to weep.
"I guess I would describe it as just gratitude," he said recalling the emotional moment. "Just that in spite of everything I could keep doing that. I was just so grateful."
And grateful that, this weekend, he is in Leadville, Colorado competing in a 100-mile mountain biking race. With his wife and three children cheering him on, he expects the same Parkinson's medication protocol to get him to the finish line again.
"My bike is my happy place for sure. I love riding my bike," he said. "I'm gonna live my life the way I want to live it as long as possible."
"That's the goal," said Dr. Savica. "That is the reason why I go to work and try to help these patients every day. He's showing many patients with his condition, and many other conditions, that you can do it. You can do things."
As he rides, Jamie Bryson knows that there is no known Parkinson's cure. But on that ride, he sometimes forgets about it for at least a while.
"It's like an incredible feeling of loss like you lost your future," he said of the initial diagnosis. "Thankfully I've found people that have shown me otherwise."
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KIDS WITH COURAGE: Ari Chambers-Baltz
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – KTTC is honored to introduce viewers monthly to some of the youngest among us, facing the unthinkable with bravery and optimism. In our 32nd “Kids With Courage” segment, Caitlin Alexander introduces us to 22-month-old Ari Chambers-Baltz.
We met him via Zoom, as he lives in Carbondale, Illinois.
“Bus! It’s a bus!” he shouted, as he played with his toy bus.
Back in Rochester, Ari’s grandmother, Sharon Chambers explained.
“He loves buses. He loves buses. Every morning, we wait for the school bus to go by,” she said.
Sharon and her husband, Craig, get to spend a lot of time with their bus-loving guy, taking turns making the trip from Rochester to Carbondale where he lives with his parents.
“He’s a great little grandkid,” Craig said.
Ari can’t be in daycare. For him to go could be a matter of life and death.
“We want him around for a lifetime, and we can’t do this alone,” Craig said.
Before anyone knew differently, Ari went to daycare at about 4.5 months old, and he got sick.
“If you or I got this virus, we would have some nasal symptoms,” Craig explained. “And we would clear it within half a week, week-and-a-half. He became lethargic. He didn’t respond. His oxygen levels were too low.”
A medical team took Ari by helicopter to a children’s hospital in St. Louis.
After a few weeks, doctors sent him home on oxygen.
Later attempts to return to daycare led to more serious illnesses and hospitalizations.
“It’s been a series of worst case scenarios over and over again,” said Ari’s mother, Stephanie Chambers-Baltz. “They started doing all this exploration, and they found out he had a very rare genetic disorder, Hyper IgM syndrome.”
It means Ari doesn’t have an immune system to fight viruses.
“One in a million boys,” Sharon said. “So, that was a tough pill to swallow. It’s like, why Ari?”
Time spent watching for buses also became time spent waiting on a life-saving gift: a stem cell or bone marrow transplant.
Ari needs one before he experiences organ damage and from a young donor. He or she should ideally be around 20 years old.
Sharon and Craig soon felt babysitting wasn’t enough.
“We’ve gone to Apache Mall, we’ve gone to Autumn Ridge Church, we’ve gone to the University of Minnesota-Rochester,” Sharon explained.
They began hosting “Be the Match” drives across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and elsewhere, with the help of others.
At the drives, they swab people’s cheeks to run them through the national registry and search for a match.
“Ari needs a transplant. That’s our motivation. We want to save his life, and along the way, we can help save the life of other people,” Sharon said.
And while Ari has endured hospitalizations, illnesses, surgeries, and needle pokes, his parents said he has kept his spirit.
“He is silly and smiling, and most of the time, he gets to just be a normal kid,” Stephanie said.
This month’s Kid with Courage is really multiple generations of courage.
“His health journey is also a story about our family, and to me, family are the people who show up for you no matter what, and that’s something my mom and dad have done,” Stephanie said.
Ari is currently scheduled to have a transplant performed in the Twin Cities in late May, though as of this report, he does not have a match.
To see if you are a match for Ari, you can visit this website to get started.
You may also text ARI MN to 61474 .
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, we are excited to announce the publication of the Stitch Fix 2023 Style Forecast. Informed by billions of data points from nearly four million clients, along with key insights from our thousands of expert stylists and in-house team of trend forecasters, the Stitch Fix 2023 Style Forecast offers a pulse on what's happening in real life, not just on the fashion runways. Read on for our top insights and predictions, and download the full report for more.
This rich trove of data — more than any other retailer — allows us to analyze how people are living, shopping, and dressing today, and where trends are headed tomorrow. One of the most significant industry shifts is influenced by the macro environment, which continues to determine how people shop and what we'll wear.
- Three-quarters of Stitch Fix clients say the economy will impact the way they shop for clothes
- 80% of Stitch Fix clients want to be more thoughtful when shopping for clothes
- 90% of Stitch Fix clients prize quality over quantity
As a result, we'll prioritize high-quality, versatile and trend-proof clothing over fast fashion — more than half of clients say they want to cut down on this — which will give rise to The Intentional Wardrobe, a concept that borrows from the Capsule Closet and personalizes it. It's not just "the" perfect button-down. It's your perfect button-down.
And as more of us head back to the office more regularly, the line between workwear and weekend-wear continues to dissolve meaning Business Comfort — a major trend we predicted for 2022 — will evolve to 24/7 Dressing, utilizing elevated essentials such as tees and blazers for women and polos and leather sneakers for men.
- Nearly one in three people would rather give up a vacation day than return to formal workwear
- 76% prefer clothing that can be worn for work and the weekend
The explosion of TikTok continued in 2022 — and we see no signs of it slowing down in 2023. In fact, between 2020 and 2022, our clients referencing TikTok in Fix Request Notes increased 85%, while Instagram mentions fell by 72%. The impact: trend cycles speed up and many of us find it hard to keep up with the latest looks:
- More than one-third of millennials report they struggle to incorporate current styles in a way that feels age-appropriate
- Almost half of millennials say they feel too old for trends but care about looking stylish and current
- Four out of five Stitch Fix stylists say that millennial clients' biggest challenge is translating trends in a way that feels age appropriate
Looking back, 2022 was the year we got excited to re-emerge to the world, in style. It was the year we saw a 21% increase of wedding-specific Fix Request Notes, 42% jump for bachelorette party dressing and by spring, 91% of clients had summer travel plans. Looking ahead, we've identified the seven key fashion trends that will define what we'll wear in 2023.
#1 Beachcomber - whether vacationing or staycationing, beachy styles will rule in 2023 as we integrate tropical prints and breezy fabrics into everyday wardrobes. Nearly half of clients (46%) want breezy looks for 2023, and in fact, our clients named "Vacationcore" the TikTok trend of the year in 2022.
#2 Garden State - a subtle approach to florals will lighten the wardrobes of men and women; one in three of our stylists predict it will be the most important trend for 2023.
#3 Maximalism - a mashup of saturated shades, rich textures, and bold prints for women. A third of our clients rank bold pattern-mixing as their second-favorite look for the year ahead.
#4 Prep School - mini skirts, pleats, prim button-ups and blazers, which are up 40% year over year (especially oversized and plaid), offer a sweet, sophisticated take on preppy dressing for women.
#5 Proportion Play - as we continue to embrace oversized, voluminous silhouettes, and hemlines drop, we expect styles like midi dresses and baggy trousers worn with fitted tops to be on the rise this year. Just look to sales of women's wide-leg bottoms for proof, which more than doubled in sales year over year.
#6 Commutercore - for men tech fabrics will perform an everyday role as 70% of men want to wear performance fabrics for everyday living. Expect to see more polos or pants with stretch, breathability, and crease resistance as four out of five (79%) of our stylists ranking Commutercore as the men's number #1 trend for 2023.
#7 Cabincore - a men's look that brings the outdoors in with rugged and utilitarian details. Think varied textures of flannels, knitwear, and puffers worn together to give a cohesive yet refined look.
Clementine is Stitch Fix's Color of the Year for 2023: Last year we predicted Vibrant Magenta as the 2022 color of the year and Barbiecore ensued. Looking ahead, we predict Clementine as the 2023 Color of the Year, a saturated, juicy orange that will give our closets and our moods a boost. It's all in the data…
- We saw an increase in Fix Request Notes containing the word "orange" in summer 2022 compared to summer 2021
- Sales of this bright citrus hue are up by more than a third year of year, with no sign of abating
Every day, we continue to receive thousands of new data points and insights from our clients on their likes and dislikes, the evolution of their style, important moments in their life, and more. As we take these insights and analyze what this means for our clients, we'll continue to lead the way in personal shopping and styling in 2023 to help clients feel — and look — their very best.
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Series Educates Marketers, Event Planners on How to Adapt to Ongoing Industry Shifts, Meet Audiences Where They Are & Create Experiences That Help Brands Build Connection, Loyalty & Community
LAS VEGAS, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The modern global events industry looks nothing like that of a few years ago, and today's successful marketing and event planning professionals are those who've learned to not only adapt to these changes, but leverage them to their clients' benefit. When Spiro™, the global brand experience agency for the NEW NOW™, introduced its n·Spiro™ thought leadership program late last year, it sought to help event planners do exactly that. Spiro continues to do so through the launch of n•Spiro's second theme, titled "The Core Four: A Framework for the Future of Events."
The thought leadership program references snackable "lite" papers, trend reports, "pin drops," dashboards, interviews, videos, boardroom presentations and other resources to identify areas of interest and relevance for the global events industry. Its second theme delves into the four principles that are crucial to shaping impactful events that stand out, both now and in the future – and how each principle can help brands evolve and succeed in today's rapidly changing events landscape.
"In-person events have always played a critical role for brands in building authentic human connections," said Spiro's Global President, Jeff Stelmach. "However, consumers now want those human-like connections, regardless of how they attend or engage. An event's location has become more fluid, and the very definition of 'event' has changed as a result. The 'Core Four' principles help today's event professionals understand these complexities and find effective ways to connect with their audiences, wherever they are."
The "Core Four" principles covered in the series include the NEW NOW™, THERE•ness™, ARL™ (All Real Life) and Community. NEW NOW refers to the always-evolving state of the events industry. THERE•ness, meanwhile, refers to the concept of event attendees having the autonomy to choose when, where and how they want to engage in a particular experience - and the mode through which they choose to participate.
ARL (All Real Life) emphasizes the fact that event planners no longer need to distinguish between IRL, URL or hybrid opportunities when planning events, as their audiences now toggle back and forth seamlessly between digital and physical experiences. The fourth core principle, Community, shows marketing and event professionals how to create powerful moments of connection that make an impact during a meeting or event - and serve as a catalyst for creating ongoing connections that lead to the creation of new communities.
"At the end of the day, people attend events, but they join communities," said Spiro's Thought Leadership and Innovation Director Beki Winchel. "The Core Four principles form a framework that helps marketing, event and brand leaders design events and experiences that meet customers, employees and other audiences where THEY are. It gives power to the people and positions brand experiences as the catalysts to connections that turn into thriving communities."
In addition to insight from Spiro professionals, n·Spiro's thought leadership program includes insights from brand experience leaders across industries and explores a wide range of topics that help brands forge deeper relationships with their audiences.
Upcoming themes will explore everything from how to weave the top seven human needs into event & experience design, to how brands can continue to build rapport and community with audiences long after attendees have returned to their day-to-day lives.
For more about Spiro and the agency's thought leadership program, n•Spiro, check out ThisIsSpiro.com/nspiro.
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CLEVELAND (AP)Justin Verlander pitched six scoreless innings for his MLB-leading 15th victory, Chas McCormick and Martin Maldonado each homered and had three RBIs, and the AL West-leading Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 Thursday night.
Verlander (15-3), making his comeback from Tommy John surgery, extended his winning streak to seven starts and moved into a tie with Herb Pennock for 55th place all-time with 241 victories. He gave up two hits, both singles, and struck out five.
”It’s fun to be behind the plate for him,” Maldonado said. ”Watching his preparation between games and his execution on the mound, that’s what future Hall of Famers do. I think he was born that way.”
In addition to leading the majors in wins, Verlander is first with a 1.73 ERA. The right-hander is 11-16 in his career at Progressive Field, where his 5.17 ERA is the highest of any ballpark that he has pitched in more than twice.
”Is it still over 5.00? Well, then I’ve still got some demons to exorcize here,” Verlander quipped. ”These guys tormented me for a while. I’m not going to say that was something I focused on, but it was definitely on my mind.”
Verlander also triggered his $25 million player option for 2023 by reaching 130 innings. The 39-year-old will earn the same amount this season under the new contract that he signed last winter.
”I wanted a player option and I thought that was more than a fair ask because they’re going out on a limb paying an old guy,” Verlander said. ”Because if I didn’t throw 130, then I didn’t earn what I made this year anyway.
”Crossing that threshold puts me in a good spot, but that isn’t something I’m thinking about now at all.”
Will Smith, Ryne Stanek and Phil Maton completed the three-hitter, helping Houston move within 1 1/2 games of the idle Yankees for the best record in the AL.
McCormick gave the Astros a 2-0 lead with run-scoring singles in the third and fifth off Cleveland starter Zach Plesac (2-10). Maldonado added a two-run double in the fifth against Nick Sandlin to make it 4-0.
McCormick and Maldonado struck again in the seventh with solo homers, the 11th of the season for both, off Kirk McCarty. McCormick equaled his career high with three hits on an evening when Houston left eight runners on base over the first three innings.
”I didn’t see them square up a ton of balls, but there was a ton of traffic right from the get-go,” Guardians manager Terry Francona said. ”And Verlander was as advertised.”
Cleveland entered the day one game behind AL Central leader Minnesota and one game out of the final wild-card spot. Steven Kwan, Josh Naylor and Austin Hedges accounted for its hits in the loss.
Kwan matched Boston’s J.D. Martinez for the longest hitting streak in the AL this year at 18 games. It also is the longest run by a rookie since Pittsburgh’s Ke’Bryan Hayes had a 19-gamer in 2020-2021.
Plesac remained winless since June 5 in Baltimore, allowing four runs, seven hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander is 0-6 in his last 10 starts and has dropped all five of his decisions in night games.
”I’m being tested right now, it’s just a weird time,” Plesac said. ”I’m never going to back down from it and will get out of this funk of unluckiness or whatever it is. It seems like I can’t catch a break.”
SIGH OF RELIEF
The Astros picked up three significant veterans in 1B Trey Mancini, C Christian Vazquez and LHP Will Smith before the MLB trade deadline earlier this week, allowing manager Dusty Baker to take a deep breath.
”It feels fun, actually, to be done with that,” Baker said. ”We’re in the dog days of the season, but this year, it seems like the dog showed up a little early.”
Vazquez ranks third in the AL with 74 starts behind the plate, the first 73 with Boston.
”Going to a new team is a difficult adjustment for catchers, which is where Vazquez is now,” Baker said. ”You have to learn the philosophy of the pitching coach, how to talk to pitchers, and when to call timeout to calm a guy down. It’s not easy.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Astros: OF Aledmys Diaz (left ring finger) was hurt in the eighth inning when he collided with center fielder Jake Meyers on a fly ball to left-center by Cleveland’s Austin Hedges. Diaz was undergoing medical tests following the game.
Guardians: RHP Aaron Civale (right wrist sprain), who has been on the 15-day injured list since July 14, will make a rehab start Friday for Triple-A Columbus against Rochester. Francona said the goal for Civale is to pitch four innings.
UP NEXT
Astros: LHP Framber Valdez (9-4, 2.80 ERA) has earned the win in all three of his career appearances against Cleveland, posting a 2.81 ERA over two starts and one relief outing.
Guardians: RHP Hunter Gaddis will be recalled from Triple-A Columbus for his major league debut. Gaddis is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA since his promotion from Double-A Akron.
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Jerry Pritikin remembers when he used to pick up trash at Wrigley Field with his brother to get a free ticket to the next Cubs game. His first opener was in 1947.
Pritikin, 86, known widely by Cubs fans as the “Bleacher Preacher,” is a lifelong fan and a fixture of the ballpark. He sits outside the stadium in the sun, wearing a straw hat with a propeller on top.
“Back in the day, I convinced someone to wear this hat for a play because it looked like the winds of Wrigley when he walked. It would spin,” he said Thursday outside Wrigley Field as fans headed inside to catch the Cubs taking on the Milwaukee Brewers on opening day.
With a twinkle in his eye, Pritiken said that Wrigley is no longer the “The Friendly Confines” he remembers as a kid. At Pritikin’s first game, Hank Greenberg was playing in his first National League game.
“Greenberg was the first $100,000 ballplayer. Today, a bad player makes $100,000,” Pritikin chuckled.
In December, the Cubs signed shortstop Dansby Swanson for seven years and $177 million.
Though baseball salaries are much higher and the bleachers now look a little more like Times Square, for 10-year-old Malia and 11-year-old Naima, who held their dad’s hand and beamed, opening day looked pretty friendly.
“There’s a photo of us when we were less than a year old and we were wearing Cubs jerseys,” Malia said.
The girls are off from school for spring break, and opening day feels like a family holiday, they said.
“They had no choice but to be Cubs fans,” said their dad, Noel, who declined to give the family’s last name.
The air hummed with energy as people pulled out their tickets and entered the ballpark — in white, red and blue apparel.
“Opening day score card here. $3 or 2 for $5!” vendors shouted.
At Yak-Zies Bar & Grill, a crowd gathered early in the morning to listen to music and celebrate.
For many years, beloved Chicago radio DJ Lin Brehmer hosted a party on opening day, which was broadcast on WXRT-FM 93.1.
Thursday was the first opener, a 4-0 Cubs’ victory, since Brehmer’s death in January. Brehmer normally brought in musicians, but this year, a handful of DJs from the radio station honored him by playing songs he would have loved.
Brehmer’s absence was felt, fans said.
“It was tough. I do miss his spirit and reflection. I think they did a good job commemorating him,” said Cindy Pingry, who has been at Yak-Zies on opening day for the past seven years.
Her friend Paul Bellendir added, “He’s in the big bullpen in the sky.”
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WASHINGTON – The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and none of the strategic aircraft will perform flyovers at this years' college bowl games.
A bomber experienced an in-flight malfunction on Dec. 10, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where it caught fire. The fire was extinguished and there were no injuries.
The standdown is significant in that there are fewer than 20 stealth bombers in the entire fleet and the aircraft provides, along with the B-52 Stratofortress, the air leg of the nation's nuclear triad. The B-2 has been regularly deployed to the Indo-Pacific and more recently to Europe as a show of force. During the standdown the entire fleet will be inspected, 509th Bomb Wing spokeswoman Air Force Master Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio said.
The B-2 was scheduled to fly over the 2023 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game but it will be replaced by the B-1 Lancer, the 509th Bomb Wing said in a statement.
The B-2 stealth bomber took its first flight in 1989 and its flying-wing design formed the base of its eventual replacement, the B-21 Raider, which was introduced this month. The B-21 is scheduled to make its first flight next year.
In Sept. 2021 another B-2 at Whiteman had to make an emergency landing after the hydraulics system failed, resulting in the bomber's landing gear collapsing. The bomber's left wing dragged for about a mile before the aircraft came to a halt, resulting in at least $10 million in damage to the aircraft.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, stood by the false claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent during an interview Thursday with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, the panel’s chairman said.
“It’s a work in progress,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters after the more than four-hour interview ended. “At this point, we’re glad she came.”
The committee — comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans — has for months sought an interview with Thomas in an effort to know more about her role in trying to help former President Donald Trump overturn his election defeat. The conservative activist texted with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and contacted lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin in the weeks after the election.
Thomas answered some of the questions from congressional investigators Thursday as she sought to portray herself as among the many Americans who still believe the baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen, according to a person familiar with the investigation who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.
But she did not provide any evidence or specific reasoning to back up her belief, the person said.
“As she has said from the outset, Mrs. Thomas had significant concerns about fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election,” Mark Paoletta, her attorney, said in a statement. “And, as she told the Committee, her minimal and mainstream activity focused on ensuring that reports of fraud and irregularities were investigated.”
“Beyond that, she played no role in any events after the 2020 election results,” he added.
The testimony from Thomas was one of the last remaining for the panel as it eyes the completion of its work. The panel has already interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and shown some of that video testimony in its eight hearings over the summer.
The extent of her involvement in the Capitol attack is unclear. In the days after The Associated Press and other news organizations called the presidential election for Biden, Thomas emailed two lawmakers in Arizona to urge them to choose “a clean slate of Electors” and “stand strong in the face of political and media pressure.” The AP obtained the emails earlier this year under the state’s open records law.
She has said in previous interviews that she attended the initial pro-Trump rally the morning of Jan. 6 but left before Trump spoke and the crowds headed for the Capitol.
Thomas, a Trump supporter long active in conservative causes, has repeatedly maintained that her political activities posed no conflict of interest with the work of her husband.
“Like so many married couples, we share many of the same ideals, principles, and aspirations for America. But we have our own separate careers, and our own ideas and opinions too. Clarence doesn’t discuss his work with me, and I don’t involve him in my work,” Thomas told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview published in March.
Justice Thomas was the lone dissenting voice when the Supreme Court ruled in January to allow a congressional committee access to presidential diaries, visitor logs, speech drafts and handwritten notes relating to the events of Jan. 6.
Ginni Thomas has been openly critical of the committee’s work, including signing onto a letter to House Republicans calling for the expulsion of Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois from the GOP conference for joining the Jan. 6 congressional committee.
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Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro and Eric Tucker and video journalist Rick Gentilo contributed to this report.
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WHL
All Times Local
Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Friday's results
Winnipeg at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon 8 Spokane 5
Moose Jaw 6 Regina 2
Red Deer 6 Medicine Hat 4
Kelowna 6 Lethbridge 0
Swift Current 8 Edmonton 4
Kamloops 6 Prince George 5 (OT)
Victoria 7 Tri-City 6 (SO)
Seattle 4 Everett 1
Portland 2 Vancouver 1
Saturday's results
Saskatoon 6 Regina 1
Prince Albert 5 Spokane 3
Winnipeg 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Swift Current 4 Red Deer 1
Kamloops 4 Prince George 3 (OT)
Portland 5 Vancouver 4 (OT)
Medicine Hat 4 Kelowna 1
Calgary 7 Lethbridge 2
Seattle 5 Everett 1
Victoria 6 Tri-City 5
Sunday's results
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WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Friday, November 25, 2022
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.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
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the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain overnight.
Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain or snow.
Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Breezy. West wind 10 to
20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the 20s. West wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around
25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs in
the lower to mid 30s. North wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around
20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 14 to 18.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the mid to upper 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Snow likely. Lows 15 to 19. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow. Highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Lows 10 to
19.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
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.REST OF TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Southwest
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain overnight.
Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Gusts up to 30 mph overnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain or snow in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 40s. West
wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or
snow. Snow level 1000 feet. Lows in the 20s. West wind 5 to
10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of snow. Highs in
the mid 30s to lower 40s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 19.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lows 17 to 21.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or
snow. Highs in the 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent
chance of snow. Lows 12 to 18. Highs in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of snow. Lows 6 to 10. Highs in the 20s.
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435 AM PST Sat Nov 26 2022
...FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Areas of freezing fog in the
morning. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the
morning. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Breezy.
South wind 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph increasing to 35 mph
overnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of rain. Highs in the mid to
upper 40s. Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph
decreasing to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
50 percent. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or
snow. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow.
Snow level 500 feet. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. Northwest
wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows 15 to 19.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lows 19 to 23.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain or snow. Highs in the mid to upper 30s. Lows 15 to
23.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of snow. Lows 6 to 12. Highs in the 20s.
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Including the cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, and Walla Walla
435 AM PST Sat Nov 26 2022
.REST OF TODAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs
in the lower to mid 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Windy.
South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to
the southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph overnight.
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snow likely in the afternoon. No snow accumulation. Snow level
2000 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Windy.
Southwest wind 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph decreasing to
35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or
snow. Snow level 1500 feet. Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow.
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wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows 15 to 17.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Lows in
the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain or snow likely. Light snow accumulations. Highs
in the mid to upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow. Lows 17 to 19. Highs in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Lows 7 to 11.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs in
the mid 20s.
$$
WAZ030-270015-
Northwest Blue Mountains-
Including the city of Ski Bluewood Resort
435 AM PST Sat Nov 26 2022
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
.REST OF TODAY...Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs
in the 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
Windy. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph
increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph overnight.
.SUNDAY...Rain or snow likely in the morning, then snow in the
afternoon. Snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches valleys and 3 to
5 inches in the mountains. Snow level 3000 feet. Highs in the
30s. Very windy. Southwest wind 20 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph
decreasing to 45 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Snow likely. Moderate snow accumulations
possible. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.MONDAY...Snow likely. Moderate snow accumulations possible.
Highs in the 20s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around
25 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow.
Lows 10 to 14.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs
19 to 25.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lows 16 to 20.
.WEDNESDAY...Breezy. Snow likely. Moderate snow accumulations
possible. Highs in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow likely. Moderate snow accumulations
possible. Lows 14 to 18. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow. Highs 19 to 25. Lows 7 to 17.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs
17 to 23.
$$
WAZ520-270015-
East Slopes of the Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Appleton, Cle Elum, and Cliffdell
435 AM PST Sat Nov 26 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s to lower
40s. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...A chance of rain or snow in the evening, then rain or
snow overnight. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Snow level
3500 feet. Lows in the lower 20s to lower 30s. Windy. West wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph increasing to 15 to
25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph overnight. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain or snow in the morning, then a
chance of snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to
4 inches. Snow level 2500 feet in the morning. Highs in the 30s,
except in the upper 30s to lower 40s valleys. Windy. West wind
15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 55 mph decreasing to 45 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Snow likely. Light snow accumulations. Lows 18 to
24. West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs in
the mid 20s to mid 30s, except in the 30s valleys.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow.
Lows 10 to 16.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs
18 to 28.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Snow likely. Moderate snow
accumulations possible. Lows 13 to 19. Highs in the 20s. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent
chance of snow. Lows 8 to 14. Highs 17 to 27, except in the mid
20s to lower 30s valleys.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of snow. Lows 3 to 9. Highs 15 to 23.
$$
WAZ521-270015-
Simcoe Highlands-
Including the cities of Goldendale and Bickleton
435 AM PST Sat Nov 26 2022
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of rain or snow
overnight. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Windy. West wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph shifting to the southwest
15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph overnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow.
Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Windy. West wind 15 to 25 mph.
Gusts up to 55 mph decreasing to 45 mph in the afternoon.
Valleys, gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or
snow. Snow level 1500 feet. Lows in the 20s. West wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs in
the 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent
chance of snow. Lows 15 to 21. Highs in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Snow likely. Moderate snow
accumulations possible. Lows 18 to 24. Highs in the upper 20s to
mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow. Lows 13 to 19. Highs in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance
of snow. Lows 6 to 12. Highs in the 20s.
$$
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Dolly Parton to star in 'Mexican Pizza: The Musical' about beloved Taco Bell item
The Mexican Pizza will soon return to Taco Bell’s menu, and its comeback also coincides with an upcoming satirical musical about the beloved food — starring Dolly Parton, among others.
"Mexican Pizza: The Musical" is set to be streamed live on TikTok at 8 p.m. ET on May 26, according to Taco Bell. The fast-food chain shared a Playbill cover on its official Instagram this week.
Parton, 76, also teased the upcoming musical with an Instagram post that showed the "personal and confidential" script.
The Mexican Pizza is made up of two crispy flour shells, layered with beans, pizza sauce, seasoned beef, tomatoes and a melted three-cheese blend. There is also a vegetarian version without the seasoned beef.
But Taco Bell eliminated the beloved menu item, along with four other foods, in November 2020 in an effort to create a faster and "more seamless" restaurant menu and experience, and an outcry on social media quickly ensued.
Petitions and social media campaigns began swirling among Taco Bell fans to bring it back. Grammy Award-winning rapper Doja Cat even made a plea on TikTok.
"Hi, I made a song about Mexican Pizza because I love it so much," Doja Cat explained in the opening of the video. "I wish that Taco Bell didn't discontinue it a year ago."
She went on to sing a specially-written song, with lyrics like: "I got beans, I need meat, I need a shell with the sauce and the cheese."
Parton also previously expressed her love for the Mexican Pizza during an interview with Insider in January. When asked whether Taco Bell should bring it back, the "Jolene" songstress replied enthusiastically: "I think they should!"
Last month, Taco Bell announced that the Mexican Pizza would officially return nationwide on May 19.
It was unclear how many songs would be featured in the upcoming musical, which was written by Hannah Friedman, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear. Barlow and Bear previously won a Grammy for their first TikTok production, "The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical."
Barlow and Bear teased a snippet of their "Mexican Pizza: The Musical" score, with lyrics like, "You took a slice right out of my heart."
"We sat down and composed a musical for Mexican Pizza," Barlow said this week in another TikTok. "And every song is a banger, if I do say so myself."
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CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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120 FPUS56 KMTR 111001
ZFPMTR
San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides average
values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco
(1) Select a location from the drop down menu above the map...
-- or --
(2) Click a location on the map.
You can refine your selection by clicking on the map displayed on
the resulting page.
CAZ505-120100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 55 69 55 69 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ503-120100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog. Lows in the
lower 50s. West winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid
80s. West winds around 5 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
80s. Lows around 60.
$$
CAZ502-120100-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 70s
to mid 80s. Lows in the upper 50s.
$$
CAZ506-120100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the 50s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. West winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s. West
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the 50s. West winds 20 to
30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear, breezy. Lows in the 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
70s to lower 90s. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 52 87 52 88 / 0 0 0 0
San Rafael 58 86 58 86 / 0 0 0 0
Napa 55 83 54 83 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ504-120100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to
upper 60s. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 80s to
90s. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 60 90 63 91 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ006-120100-
San Francisco-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Breezy. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. West winds 10 to
20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 20 to
30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Breezy. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s. West winds 10 to 20 mph
increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s
to mid 70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 59 71 58 70 / 0 0 0 0
Ocean Beach 58 67 57 67 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ509-120100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper
60s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
CAZ508-120100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph
increasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph...
becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 70s to lower 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to
10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows around 60.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the 70s to upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 60 75 59 73 / 0 0 0 0
Oakland 60 76 59 76 / 0 0 0 0
Fremont 60 77 59 76 / 0 0 0 0
Redwood City 60 81 59 80 / 0 0 0 0
Mountain View 60 74 59 74 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ510-120100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Highs in the lower to mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 60 89 59 89 / 0 0 0 0
Livermore 58 87 57 86 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ513-120100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 10 to
20 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 60 82 59 81 / 0 0 0 0
Morgan Hill 57 90 57 89 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ512-120100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
50s to upper 60s. Highs in the 70s to 80s.
$$
CAZ515-120100-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds around 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds around 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds around 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Highs near 90.
$$
CAZ514-120100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to upper 60s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph...becoming north in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to upper 60s.
Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s
to mid 70s. Highs around 90.
$$
CAZ529-120100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid
50s. Light winds.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
around 5 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog after midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening...
becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Highs in the
upper 70s. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the upper 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 55 80 54 81 / 0 0 0 0
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Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West
winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph...
becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
70s. Lows in the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 58 72 58 72 / 0 0 0 0
Big Sur 56 79 58 79 / 0 0 0 0
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Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the lower 70s to mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 70s to
lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to upper 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 55 73 54 72 / 0 0 0 0
Carmel Valley 54 83 54 81 / 0 0 0 0
Hollister 55 84 55 84 / 0 0 0 0
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Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Light
winds.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs upper 80s to 100. North winds around
5 mph increasing to northwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph
decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
upper 80s to 101. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Breezy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs upper 80s to 101.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs upper 80s to 101.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 51 89 54 89 / 0 0 0 0
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Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to 60s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming northwest 10 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s to lower 70s. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s.
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Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PDT Thu Aug 11 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s. East
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. South winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming west 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to upper 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
50s to lower 70s. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 51 96 55 98 / 0 0 0 0
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PHILADELPHIA – Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni looked from the sideline during Monday’s practice at the NovaCare Complex, crossing his arms as he watched his first-team offense take on the first-team defense.
In the last two practices, Sirianni saw quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Gardner Minshew throw interceptions, a couple that were preventable. Now, he was looking to see a change in the approach, making better decisions about where the ball should go while making a few big plays. Sirianni got his wish when Hurts stayed in the pocket and found wide receiver DeVonta Smith in the soft spot of the defensive coverage for a play that went at least 20 yards.
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Before Monday’s practice, Sirainni addressed the passing game, saying that he was not worried about what he saw so far during training camp despite the intermittent struggles of moving the ball down the field.
“I think that it looks pretty good right now,” Sirianni said. “We are going in the right place with the football. We have guys that are making contested catches. Would you want to eliminate a couple of the turnovers? Absolutely. There have been too many turnovers in there. That’s where my biggest concern is but the spacing has been good.”
Sirianni added that the defense has also played well, giving the offense a good look and forcing them to adjust.
In most training camps, the defense comes out better than the offense because the offense is still trying to get their timing and work on different looks to beat coverages. However, there appears to be a focus on high-percentage throws and not too many shots downfield. Could they be holding those plays close to the vest and working on them during closed walkthroughs? Perhaps. But the team looks to be relying on the ability of the receivers to pick up yards after the catch.
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Pascal is still fighting illness, tight end to miss time
Wide receiver Zach Pascal, who has not participated in training camp, continues to recover from what he described as food poisoning. Pascal tweeted that he went to the hospital Sunday to get checked out. Sirianni said that Pascal was trending upward, meaning he was getting better.
Sirianni said tight end Grant Calcaterra would miss some time with a hamstring injury and did not give an immediate timeline on when he would return, stating the team was going to take a “conservative approach” with his recovery. Calcaterra, one of the team’s selections in the sixth round of this year’s draft, has looked strong early on in camp. Calcaterra is fighting for the backup tight end spot. With the way he runs routes and catches the ball, he could be an asset in the passing game.
Defensive lineman Milton William did return after missing Saturday’s practice with an elbow injury. Williams played in a limited capacity. Also returning was wide receiver Keric Wheatfall. Wheatfall has been recovering from COVID-19.
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Jordan Davis shows off power and quickness
Defensive tackle Jordan Davis showed flashes of why the Eagles were interested in taking him in the first round of this year’s draft. Davis used a power move on offensive lineman Jack Anderson that had Anderson moving backward. Davis also used moves against Kayode Awosika and Josh Sills that would have led to inside pressure on the quarterback.
However, Davis tried the same move on center Cam Jurgens and was stonewalled. Davis has also been getting some pressure during the snaps he has had with the first-team defense. Davis is looking a little more comfortable in the scheme. He still has to work on a couple of pass rush moves, but with his quickness, that should soon develop more consistently.
Here are some other noticeable notes from Monday’s practice:
- Wide receiver Britain Covey got a look as the punt returner, going first in the rotation of returners that included Jalen Reagor and Kenneth Gainwell. Covey had two return touchdowns with the University of Utah last season.
- Running back Miles Sanders broke off a couple of long runs during team drills. Sanders began the first 11-on-11 session by finding a hole on the right side of the line, making one cut, and accelerated down the field, pointing to someone standing near the end zone as soon as he crossed the goal line.
- Quarterback Gardner Minshew threw another interception. This time, on a throw to J.J. Arcega-Whiteside. Minshew moved around in the pocket and tried to get the pass into Arcega-Whiteside, but linebacker Shaun Bradley read the play and got the interception.
The Eagles will be in full pads for the first time this training camp Tuesday. Practice is expected to start at 10 a.m.
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Pope Francis implores Putin to 'stop this spiral of violence and death' in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a cease-fire, imploring him to "stop this spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine and denouncing the "absurd" risk of the "uncontrollable" consequences of nuclear attack as tensions sharply escalate over the war.
Francis uttered his strongest plea yet about the seven-month-old conflict, which he denounced as an "error and a horror."
It was the first time in public that he cited Putin's role in the war. The pontiff also called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "be open" to serious peace proposals.
Francis told the public, gathered in St. Peter's Square, that he was abandoning his usual religious theme for his Sunday noon remarks to concentrate his reflection on Ukraine.
Pope Francis prepares to speak from the window of the Apostolic Palace during the weekly Angelus prayer on October 2, 2022 in The Vatican. (Photo by LAURENT EMMANUEL/AFP via Getty Images)
"How the war is going in Ukraine has become so grave, devastating and threatening that it sparks great worry," Francis said.
"In fact, this terrible, inconceivable wound of humanity, instead of shrinking, continues to bleed even more, threatening to spread," the pope said.
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"I deplore strongly the grave situation created in the last days, with further actions contrary to the principles of international law," Francis said, in a clear reference to Putin's illegal annexation of a large swath of eastern Ukraine. "It, in fact, increases the risk of a nuclear escalation, to the point of fearing uncontrollable and catastrophic consequences on the world level."
"Rivers of blood and tears spilled these months torment me,'' the pope said. "I am pained by the thousands of victims, in particular among the children, and by so much destruction, that leaves many persons and families homeless and threatens vast territories with cold and hunger,'' he said.
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"Certain actions can never be justified, never,'' the pope said. He didn't elaborate. But Putin sought to justify launching the invasion saying he needed to protect his country from what he called "Nazi" elements in Ukraine.
"It's anguishing that the world is learning the geography of Ukraine through names like Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Izium, Zaporizhizhia and other places, that have become places of indescribable sufferings and fears,'' Francis said.
"And what to say about the fact that humanity finds itself again faced with atomic threat? It's absurd,'' Francis said, who then called for an immediate cease-fire.
Ukrainian flag waves in a residential area heavily damaged in the village of Dolyna in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine after the withdrawal of Russian troops on September 24, 2022. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
"My appeal is directed above all to the president of the Russian Federation, imploring him to stop, also for the love of his people, this spiral of violence and death,'' Francis said. "On the other side, pained by the immense suffering of the Ukrainian people following the aggression undergone, I direct a similarly trusting appeal to the president of Ukraine to be open to serious proposals of peace,'' Francis said.
It is rare for the pope to single out leaders in his frequent appeals for an end to violent conflicts. In doing so, Francis signaled his extreme worry over the deteriorating situation.
"May arms cease and conditions be searched for to start negotiations able to lead to solutions not imposed by force but agreed upon, just and stable,'' Francis said. "And they will be thus if they are based on respect for the sacrosanct value of human life, as well as on the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of every country, as well as the rights of minorities and of legitimate concerns."
Pope Francis waves from the window of the Apostolic Palace during the weekly Angelus prayer on October 2, 2022 in The Vatican. (Photo by LAURENT EMMANUEL/AFP via Getty Images)
Invoking God’s name and the "sense of humanity that lodges in every heart," he renewed his many pleas for an immediate cease-fire.
Without elaborating, Francis also called for the "recourse to all diplomatic instruments, including those so far possibly not utilized, to end this immense tragedy."
"The war itself is an error and a horror,'' the pontiff lamented.
Throughout the war, Francis has denounced the recourse to arms. But recently, he stressed Ukraine's right to defend itself from aggression. Logistics complications have frustrated his oft-stated hope to make a pilgrimage to Ukraine to encourage peace efforts. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/pope-francis-putin-stop-violence-death-ukraine | 2022-10-02 21:09:32 | 0 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/pope-francis-putin-stop-violence-death-ukraine |
COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Insisting sports had to respect the human rights of all athletes, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Sunday denied that the organization was on the wrong side of history by helping Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
Bach and the IOC have faced a widespread backlash from Ukraine and its allies, including comments directed at him by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, since setting out a path last month for some athletes from Russia and Belarus to return to international competition despite the war waged by their countries.
Asked Sunday at the Alpine skiing world championships if the IOC could be on the wrong side of history, Bach dismissed the suggestion.
“No, history will show who is doing more for peace. The ones who try to keep lines open, to communicate, or the ones who want to isolate or divide,” the IOC leader said.
“We have shown this in the past with great success in the Olympic movement,” Bach said, pointing to the examples of North and South Korea, Israel and Palestine, and Kosovo. “Our role is bringing people together.”
Bach spoke with international media ahead of the men’s downhill, the marquee race in a sport from which Russians and Belarusians were excluded since the war started last February. Ivan Kovbasnyuk was the only Ukrainian skier taking part.
Kovbasnyuk told The Associated Press earlier at the championships no Russians should be allowed at Paris, echoing comments by Ukrainian Olympic medalists including boxer Wladimir Klitschko, high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh and tennis player Elina Svitolina.
“Russia is killing my people. Not good situation for Olympic Committee,” Kovbasnyuk said in Courchevel.
Bach spoke Sunday of his support for “every Ukrainian athlete. We can from a human point of view understand their reactions, we share their suffering.”
“Every Ukrainian athlete can be rest assured that we are standing in full solidarity with them and that all their comments are taken very, very seriously into consideration,” he said.
The IOC has cited advice from United Nations human rights experts that banning athletes on the basis of their passport would be discrimination.
Germany and Japan were not invited to the 1948 London Olympics after they were the aggressors in World War II and South Africa was excluded from 1964-88 because of its racist Apartheid laws.
“The IOC being committed to human rights, like the international sports federations, has of course to address these serious concerns,” Bach said Sunday, adding Olympic sports had a “unifying mission of bringing people together” amid other wars across the world.
Olympic leaders have set out a path for athletes from Russia and Belarus who have not actively supported the war to try to qualify and compete as “neutral athletes” without a national identity such as team uniforms, flags and anthems. Governing bodies of each Olympic sport must decide if and how athletes could compete.
But Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials from 36 countries Friday that Russian athletes have “no place” in Paris while the invasion of Ukraine continues.
“Unfortunately, what they have not addressed, at least so far as we can see, are these human rights concerns,” Bach said Sunday. “There, we don’t have an answer but we have to take it seriously.”
Political leaders of Ukraine’s nearby allies in Poland and the Baltic states have said there could be Olympic boycotts if the IOC forges ahead with its plan. Any country that boycotts Paris will likely have their national Olympic body suspended by the IOC.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who visited Kyiv last week, has also said Russian and Belarusian athletes should be barred from the Olympics in her city if the war is still going on by then.
Asked Sunday about Zelenskyy’s recent invitation to Bach in a nightly video address to visit Bakhmut at the front line of fighting, the IOC president said: “I have seen a tweet but there have been no ongoing discussions.”
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Dunbar contributed from Geneva.
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Hollidaysburg Little League extended its summer and staved off elimination for almost a month.
The Mid-Atlantic squad put together 10 straight elimination game victories dating to the Pennsylvania state tournament to make a run at the Little League World Series title.
After winning three more win-or-go-home games at the LLWS, the streak finally came to an end Wednesday night in an 8-4 loss to Pearland, Texas, which gave the team both its losses in the World Series.
Thousands of fans rallied behind the first local team to play in Williamsport since 2015. Hollidaysburg is located just over 100 miles southwest of the Little League complex and its team captured attention with big crowds and winning when it absolutely had to.
It was the first trip to the LLWS for Hollidaysburg, which finished fourth in the United States bracket. Manager Jim McGough said that all 11 of his players had made the trip prior to this year as fans, and that the experience of playing in this season’s tournament is one that the town will never forget.
“It’s been the best experience that we have ever had,” McGough said. “We saw a lot of familiar faces from Hollidaysburg at the game tonight. Being able to have so much support from back home and from so many surrounding communities in Pennsylvania helped us soak in that they have really done a great thing.”
The streak of elimination wins began in Little League’s Pennsylvania state tournament. Hollidaysburg lost its second game to former World Series participant Keystone Little League. The boys followed the loss with five straight wins, including a revenge win over Keystone, to take the state title.
The regional tournament provided a similar experience, with Hollidaysburg losing its second game to Delaware only to outscore its next two opponents 17-1 to clinch a trip to the LLWS.
Hundreds of fans piled into buses to make the trip to South Williamsport last Thursday morning for the team’s first game, which resulted in an 8-3 loss to the Southwest team from Texas.
Hollidaysburg found itself trailing in the fourth inning of an elimination game to New England on Saturday night. With his team needing a spark, the team’s self-confident third baseman Chase Link launched a game-tying solo home run that sparked a four-run fourth inning as Pennsylvania would go on to defeat New England 7-5.
Trailing 1-0 on Monday against New York, Link – who did a little shimmy every time he got in the batter’s box — crushed a three-run home run to fire up his team and lead a 7-1 win. On Tuesday against Indiana, another Link home run opened the scoring early as Hollidaysburg coasted to a 10-0 win in four innings.
Throughout the run, McGough said the team lived by a simple motto: “One team, 11 strong.” In the game on Tuesday, six players contributed nine hits to live up to the mantra. They just didn’t have enough against a Texas team that defeated Pennsylvania behind Corey Khan, who robbed a home run at the left field wall and pitched the final three innings, giving up just one run.
McGough recalled dozens of videos that came in for the players mentioning the support of the town, including one from the entire Hollidaysburg School District faculty and another from Indianapolis Colts All-Pro long snapper Luke Rhodes, who is a Hollidaysburg native.
“They kept asking to play them over and over. That’s a really cool feeling for the kids and they will enjoy this and have a lot of fun,” McGough said.
Although the run has come to an end, members of the Hollidaysburg community will always remember the journey shared with the 11 players.
“The community really really stood behind them,” said Holly Link, Chase’s grandmother. “We were behind the team every bit as much as the team was together.”
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School board in Alaska bans trans students from using bathroom of gender they identify with
PALMER, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A school board in Alaska voted to suspend a policy that previously allowed transgender students to use the gendered bathroom which corresponded to the gender they identified with.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District School Board’s vote was 5-1, KTUU reports.
The lone member of the board who voted no was Dwight Probasco, while the members who voted to suspend the policy were Jim Hart, Ole Larson, Tom Bergey, Jeff Taylor and Jubilee Underwood, according to KTUU. The board’s president was not present at the meeting.
The school district’s superintendent, Randy Trani, said in a letter to parents the agenda item was proposed by the school board’s policy committee. The policy committee provided a statement saying that a decision by the federal judge triggered the policy revision.
The removal of the policy means any transgender students within the school district must use bathrooms that correspond with the gender they were assigned at birth. However, KTUU reports the schools will “continue offering those students use of school bathrooms that provide individual locked access and privacy.”
Vincent Feuilles, president of LGBTQ+ and allies nonprofit organization The Queen’s Guard, said the suspension of the policy could potentially harm transitioning students who haven’t come out yet.
“You now have someone who looks, sounds, walks, appears to be a person who is a cisgender — or a person who was born male — going into women’s spaces,” Feuilles said. “You have taken them out of the spaces that match their gender identity and moved them over here, so now you have just outed this kid.”
Feuilles attended Wednesday’s meeting but was unable to testify due to the signup sheet being full. He said he heard a lot of misinformation coming out of various testimonies and hopes that the policy committee will invite his organization into the conversation when the guidelines are rewritten.
“One or two of the board members had said that they were going to reach out to the trans community because they wanted input and information on how to, hopefully, create a positive interaction,” Feuilles stated. “As the president of The Queen’s Guard, we’re willing to offer and extend that out to the school board.”
Trani stated in his letter that he was enacting the policy revision as directed by the school board’s 5-1 vote. KTUU reports the policy went into effect district-wide the next day.
“Pending a permanent resolution to this issue, I am suspending the use of bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with student gender identity in compliance with the Board’s directive,” Trani said. “Transgender students will still be offered the use of bathrooms and locker rooms which are individually locked. All students will have access to communal bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex assigned at birth.”
In June, the board voted to approve a ban on trans athletes competing in girls’ extracurricular and co-curricular activities sponsored by the district. Probasco was also the lone no vote in the 6-1 decision to pass Board Policy 6145.
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SAN DIEGO, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced the appointment of William Forbes, Pharm.D., as Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer. In addition, Kimberly Manhard, Heron's Executive Vice President, Drug Development, has resigned from her position. Dr. Forbes joins Heron's management team and will be responsible for leading clinical and product development for Heron's acute care and oncology care franchises.
"I am thrilled to welcome Bill to the Heron team as Chief Development Officer," said Craig Collard, Chief Executive Officer of Heron. "Bill has a proven track record of success in pharmaceutical product development, achieving many key regulatory milestones and marketing approvals across a wide range of therapeutic areas and markets. His extensive experience will be valuable as we grow our commercial franchises and advance our product pipeline in acute care and oncology."
Dr. Forbes brings more than thirty years of pharmaceutical product development experience to Heron and has contributed to 14 marketing approvals spanning a diverse range of therapeutic areas in the U.S. and European markets. Prior to joining Heron, Dr. Forbes served as the Chief Development Officer at Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. from 2021 to 2022. From 2016 to 2020, Dr. Forbes served as the President and CEO of Vivelix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., where he was the founder and responsible for all strategic and operational aspects of the organization. Prior to that, Dr. Forbes served as the Chief Development Officer at Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as the Head of Medical and R&D from 2005 to 2015. Earlier in his career, Dr. Forbes held various positions in clinical research and development at Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Glaxo, Inc. Dr. Forbes received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Creighton University, and he completed fellowships in cardiovascular research at Creighton Cardiac Center and in clinical research at Glaxo, Inc.
"This is a very exciting time to join Heron, with a thriving commercial portfolio designed to address some of the most important unmet needs in oncology and postoperative pain management," said Dr. Forbes. "My enthusiasm for APONVIE, ZYNRELEF, SUSTOL and CINVANTI is very high, and I look forward to working with the accomplished team to achieve our product development goals and continue to deliver benefit to the patients we serve."
In connection with the commencement of Dr. Forbes' employment, Heron granted Dr. Forbes an inducement award consisting of (i) a non-statutory stock option to purchase 500,000 shares of Heron common stock (Inducement Option), (ii) restricted stock units consisting of 50,000 shares of Common Stock (Inducement RSUs), and (iii) a non-statutory stock option to purchase up to 700,000 shares of Heron common stock based upon the achievement of certain stock price goals (Inducement PSO). The Inducement Option and Inducement PSO each have an exercise price based on the closing price per share as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market as of June 6, 2023, the effective date of the grants and the start date of Dr. Forbes's employment with Heron. The Inducement Option has a 10-year term with a four-year vesting schedule, with 25% of the shares subject to the option vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 75% vesting on a monthly basis over the next three years, subject to Dr. Forbes' continuous service through each vesting date. The Inducement RSUs vest as to 25% of the shares subject to the Inducement RSUs on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date, subject to Dr. Forbes' continuous service through each such vesting date. The Inducement PSO has a 10-year term and vests as to a certain number of shares of common stock upon achievement of certain stock price goals during Dr. Forbes' employment with Heron and during the term of the Inducement PSO, subject to Dr. Forbes' continuous service through each such vesting date. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), the inducement award grants were approved by Heron's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and made as a material inducement to Dr. Forbes entering into employment with Heron.
About Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. is a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs. Our advanced science, patented technologies, and innovative approach to drug discovery and development have allowed us to create and commercialize a portfolio of products that aim to advance the standard-of-care for acute care and oncology patients. For more information, visit www.herontx.com.
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With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Joe Biden gained the distinction of being the 13th and final U.S. president to meet the woman whose reign spanned seven decades.
The queen, who died Thursday at her summer residence in Scotland at age 96, had met every American president since Dwight Eisenhower, with the exception of Lyndon Johnson, who did not visit Britain during his presidency.
She was still a princess when she met President Harry Truman in Washington.
Every living former U.S. president — Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump — joined Biden in mourning her passing and sending condolences to her family.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden said the queen's “legacy will loom large in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world.”
Obama and his wife, Michelle, recalled the queen welcoming them, America's first Black president and first lady, to the world stage “with open arms and extraordinary generosity.”
Biden first met the queen in 1982 as a U.S. senator traveling in the U.K. with a delegation from Congress. He last saw her in 2021, several months after he became president, when he attended a world leaders' summit in southwestern England.
She mingled with Group of Seven leaders at a reception that she and other royals hosted at an indoor rainforest. After the summit, the Bidens traveled to Windsor Castle, near London, at the queen's invitation for a private audience.
The queen was a 25-year-old princess when she came to Washington in 1951 and stayed with Truman and his family. She met Herbert Hoover in 1957, more than 20 years after he left office.
Here are highlights of some of her meetings, on both sides of the pond, with past American presidents:
JOE BIDEN
Biden and his trademark aviator sunglasses met the queen at Windsor Castle on a sweltering afternoon in June 2021.
Biden emerged from a black car wearing his shades, stepped onto a covered dais where the queen waited, and, with his wife, posed with the queen as the two countries' national anthems played.
After walking around the courtyard to inspect the honor guard, he entered the castle for tea.
Back at the airport, Biden told journalists that the queen was “very gracious” and had asked him about the leaders of China and Russia.
While it's generally frowned upon to discuss one's private talks with the queen, Biden continued.
“I don't think she'll be insulted, but she reminded me of my mother,” he said.
Biden said he also had invited the queen to visit the White House.
DONALD TRUMP
Trump and the queen met in July 2018 at the castle during a visit to Britain that drew large anti-Trump protests to downtown London, including the hoisting of a balloon depicting Trump in a diaper.
He was criticized for breaking protocol by briefly walking in front of the queen — instead of alongside her — and turning his back on her as they reviewed an honor guard.
Trump later said he thought of his late mother, Mary Anne, who was born in Scotland and who loved the royal family, when he and his wife, Melania, sipped tea with the queen.
Trump's subsequent comment that the queen told him that Brexit — Britain's break from the European Union — was complex also created a stir. Most heads of state don't reveal their private conversations with the queen. She also doesn't discuss political matters.
The Trumps and the royals met again during the D-Day commemoration in 2019.
BARACK OBAMA
Obama and the queen had their first of three meetings in April 2009 at a reception for world leaders attending the Group of 20 nations summit in London.
It was there that first lady Michelle Obama broke protocol by briefly putting an arm around the queen's back as they commiserated about their achy feet. It's generally a no-no to touch the queen, but she returned Mrs. Obama's gesture.
The queen invited the Obamas for a state visit in 2011 that included a two-night stay at Buckingham Palace and a lavish banquet in the president's honor.
As Obama delivered a toast to the queen, he didn't miss a beat when the band assumed that a pause in his remarks meant he had concluded and launched into a rendition of “God Save the Queen.” Obama kept talking over the music until the band quieted down.
The couples saw each other again in 2016 when Obama visited the queen at Windsor Castle a day after her 90th birthday during another swing through Europe.
GEORGE W. BUSH
Bush detested stuffy, formal affairs, but he donned a white tie-and-tails tuxedo after the queen pulled out all the stops for a state dinner in his honor at Buckingham Palace in November 2003.
A few years later, Bush's slip of the tongue generated ripples of laughter at a White House welcoming ceremony for the queen, who was touring the U.S. in May 2007.
Stumbling on a line in his speech, Bush said the queen had dined with several of his predecessors and had helped the United States “celebrate its bicentennial in 17- ...” Bush caught himself and corrected the date to 1976, and paused to see if she had taken offense.
“She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child,” Bush said with a smile.
The queen later turned the tables on Bush with her toast at a dinner she hosted for the president at the British Embassy in Washington.
“I wondered whether I should start this toast by saying, ‘When I was here in 1776,'" she said to laughter.
BILL CLINTON
The queen hosted Clinton and his wife, Hillary, aboard her royal yacht, Britannia, in June 1994.
The ship, 412 feet (125 meters) long and 55 feet (17 meters) wide, was docked at the Portsmouth Naval Base and was home base for the Clintons as they attended the queen's dinner at Guildhall for leaders of Allied nations whose troops participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy 50 years earlier.
The Clintons spent one night aboard the boat. The next day, the Britannia ferried Clinton to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier as it prepared to sail across the English Channel, from Portsmouth to Normandy, for D-Day anniversary celebrations.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
One of the more memorable images from the monarch's third state visit to the U.S. came in 1991 when only her white-striped purple hat could be seen above the microphones when she spoke at an arrival ceremony on the White House grounds.
Someone forgot to adjust the lectern after the much taller Bush spoke.
The queen stayed strong and carried on, later making light of the incident as she opened an address to a joint meeting of Congress.
“I do hope you can see me today from where you are,” she deadpanned. Bush later apologized and said he felt badly for not pulling out a step for her to stand on.
RONALD REAGAN
Reagan and the queen bonded over a mutual love of horseback riding.
They rode side by side on an 8-mile (13-kilometers), hourlong tour on the grounds of Windsor Castle when Reagan visited her there in June 1982. Reagan was the first president to sleep over at the British royal family's historic home, an 11th-century estate overlook the River Thames.
While in the U.S. in 1983, the monarch and Philip stayed with the president and first lady Nancy Reagan at their ranch in Santa Barbara, California. She wanted to ride horses again, but a rainstorm wouldn't allow it. The Reagans served a lunch of regional staples, including enchiladas, chiles rellenos, refried beans, tacos, rice and guacamole.
They also hosted a state dinner for the queen in San Francisco at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.
JIMMY CARTER
The queen hosted Carter in May 1977 on his first overseas trip at a dinner for NATO leaders at Buckingham Palace. At one point, as Carter stood with the queen and other guests, he noticed the arrival of the queen mother.
Ever the Southern gentleman, Carter broke away, took her by the hand and escorted her to the assembled line of guests.
The no-frills Georgia peanut farmer-turned-president ate chicken mousse off a gold plate and seemed excited by his dinner seating between the queen and her sister, Princess Margaret, and across from her son, Prince Charles, Prince Philip and the queen mother.
GERALD FORD
Ford threw a gala state dinner for the Brits in 1976 to mark the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The queen was resplendent in a diamond-studded tiara that sparkled for a crowd that included diplomats, star athletes and celebrities such as Cary Grant and Julie Harris.
The mood evaporated when Ford led the queen to the dance floor while the song “The Lady Is a Tramp” echoed throughout the State Dining Room. | https://www.lex18.com/news/world/from-truman-to-biden-queen-elizabeth-met-13-u-s-presidents | 2022-09-09 12:22:03 | 1 | https://www.lex18.com/news/world/from-truman-to-biden-queen-elizabeth-met-13-u-s-presidents |
A Montana state lawmaker is refusing to apologize after she angered Republicans and was barred from speaking on the House of Representatives floor.
On Tuesday in Helena, Montana, tempers flared at the state capitol as House lawmakers debated a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth — barring access to everything from medication to counseling to surgery.
"Help does not come in the form of medically transitioning our youth," said Republican State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe.
Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the first transgender woman to serve in the Montana legislature, stood to urge her colleagues to vote "No," angering her colleagues across the aisle in the process.
"If you vote 'Yes' on this bill and 'Yes' on these amendments, I hope the next time there's an invocation, when you bow your heads in prayer, you see the blood on your hands," Zephyr said.
Republicans said she was out of line.
"That is entirely inappropriate, disrespectful and uncalled for," said Republican House Majority Leader Sue Vinton.
Zephyr describes Montana as a hostile state, as Republican lawmakers in the majority have pushed what she calls anti-trans policies.
Last month, activists took over the capitol rotunda as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility. Zephyr says it was her duty to speak out.
"These bills cause real harm," she said. "They get my community killed, and I rose up in defense of my community to let that be known."
SEE MORE: States want to ban gender-affirming care. What is that, exactly?
Then it got uglier.
A group of 21 Republican lawmakers called for Zephyr to be censured for "inappropriate" language, at the same time misgendering Zephyr in a statement and on Twitter by using the pronoun "his." Misgendering is widely considered offensive and demeaning.
On Thursday, as lawmakers debated another bill, House Speaker Matt Regier refused to let Zephyr speak.
"It is up to me to maintain decorum here on the House floor to protect the dignity, integrity and any representative that I don't feel can do that will not be recognized," Regier said to the chamber.
Zephyr's colleagues stood in a symbolic show of support.
Now it's now a standoff, with Zephyr not allowed to participate until she apologizes. She says that won't happen.
"I stand by my statements, and I will not apologize and I will continue to punch in on every piece of legislation that my community wants me to stand and talk on," Zepher said.
In an interview late Friday, Montana Speaker of the House Matt Regier said all 100 members of the chamber have to abide by the same decorum rules. He said he can't make an exception for just one.
"I need assurances that the next time any representative is going to be recognized that ... their intent is to stay within decorum," Regier said. "Until that trust is restored, I don't know how as speaker I would be doing my responsibilities by protecting the House and the entire decorum that we have all voted on here in our house rules."
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