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Mark Wahlberg moves from California to give kids ‘a better life’
(Gray News) - Mark Wahlberg says he has traded the beach for the desert.
In a recent interview on “The Talk,” the actor shared that he decided to move his family from California to Nevada to give his children a better life and to bring a little Hollywood to the Silver State.
“I want to build a state-of-the-art studio and make this Hollywood 2.0,” he said. “To be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams, whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my youngest son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us.”
Wahlberg is not a stranger to the desert lifestyle already, with a Wahlburgers restaurant located on the Las Vegas Strip that has been in operation for several years.
He explained in the interview that he originally moved to California to pursue his acting career but ended up only making a couple of movies while living in the Golden State.
The Massachusetts native shares four children with his wife, Rhea Durham.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent study from NerdWallet, 55% of Americans expect a tax refund this year. Your refund check is an excellent opportunity to set yourself up for long-term financial security.
Finseca, or FINancial SECurity for All, encourages Americans to consider the following four ideas before spending this year's refund.
1. Pay off debt. If you've got a significant amount of debt, using your tax refund to pay it down could be the best use of the money. Secure 2.0, signed into law in 2022, allows employees with an outstanding balance of qualified student loans to repay the loan while employed, and still have the employer contribute a matching contribution to the employee's retirement plan.
2. Increase your 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions. Specifically, you should make an effort to immediately put 5% of your paycheck away into a retirement account — particularly if your employer offers a match. Retirement savings have a tax advantage, so the real cost to you is extremely small.
3. Save it. Even saving a small amount in your 20s can make a significant impact when you are older, and it's all thanks to the magic of compound interest.
4. Consider your protection options. Getting life insurance while you're young and healthy is extremely affordable. Start by thinking about your term options and talk to your financial security professional about the benefits of permanent life insurance when you're young.
Remember, every taxpayer's financial situation is different, so don't feel like you have to make all these decisions yourself-- talk to a professional. One of the best ways to learn about investing is through financial security professionals, preferably a Finseca professional.
About Finseca
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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EXTON, Pa., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST), a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, today announced that it will unveil its new Daikyo Crystal Zenith® 2.25mL Insert Needle Syringe System at BIO International Convention, taking place in San Diego, CA from June 13-16, 2022.
Daikyo Crystal Zenith® (CZ®) is a technologically advanced cyclic olefin polymer containment and delivery system that offers an alternative to glass, mitigating the risk of breakage and reducing the chance of particulates, contamination, and extractables.
The 2.25mL CZ Insert Needle Syringe System is an expansion upon the 1mL Insert Needle Syringe System offering. Until now, the syringe system has only been available in sizes up to 1mL, but the new 2.25mL size allows for larger volume injections. As market traction on larger dose injections grows, the new CZ syringe system size will help pharmaceutical companies to bring their product to patients in a safe and most user-centric model possible.
"By creating a larger fill volume in our high-quality CZ Insert Needle Syringe System, we're able to answer the needs of more patients with a safe and reliable containment solution," said Li Chen, VP and GM, Biologics at West. "Where patients previously may have needed multiple injections to achieve their dose, the 2.25mL Insert Needle Syringe System will allow for fewer or less frequent injections enabling an easier patient experience."
West has partnered with Daikyo in an exclusive distributor arrangement to provide the CZ Insert Needle Syringe Systems syringe globally.
To learn more about the Daikyo CZ 2.25mL Insert Needle Syringe System, visit https://www.westpharma.com/products/prefillable-systems/daikyo-syringe-systems/daikyo-crystal-zenith-insert-needle. For more about West products and services, visit www.westpharma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain forward-looking statements are included in this press release. They use words such as "mitigating," "answer," "allow," and other similar terminology. These statements reflect management's current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this release. There is no certainty that actual results will be achieved in-line with current expectations. Specifically, there is no certainty that the Crystal Zenith® 2.25mL syringe system will achieve any particular result. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The following are some of the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying our forward-looking statements: customers' changing inventory requirements and manufacturing plans; customer decisions to move forward with our new products and product categories; average profitability, or mix, of the products we sell; dependence on third-party suppliers and partners; interruptions or weaknesses in our supply chain; and the ability to meet development milestones with key customers. These important factors are not all inclusive. For a description of certain additional factors that could cause West's future results to differ from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements, see Item 1A, entitled "Risk Factors," in West's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Except as required by law or regulation, West undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
About West
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative, high-quality injectable solutions and services. As a trusted partner to established and emerging drug developers, West helps ensure the safe, effective containment and delivery of life-saving and life-enhancing medicines for patients. With approximately 10,000 team members across 50 sites worldwide, West helps support our customers by delivering over 45 billion components and devices each year.
Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, and in business for nearly a century, West in its fiscal year 2021 generated $2.83 billion in net sales. West is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WST) and is included on the Standard & Poor's 500 index. For more information, visit www.westpharma.com.
Crystal Zenith® is a registered trademark of Daikyo Seiko, Ltd. Crystal Zenith technology is licensed from Daikyo Seiko, Ltd
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A home that Las Vegas police raided this week in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to one of the only surviving witnesses to the crime, a man long known to investigators whose nephew was seen as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.
Detectives sought items “concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur” from Duane “Keffe D” Davis, according to warrant documents obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
Davis, now 60, is a self-described “gangster” and the uncle of Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, one of Shakur’s known rivals. Anderson denied involvement in Shakur’s killing, and died two years later in a shooting in Compton, California.
Police reported collecting multiple computers, a cellphone and hard drive, “documentary documents,” a Vibe magazine that featured Shakur, “purported marijuana,” several .40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs” and a copy of Davis’ 2019 tell-all memoir, ”Compton Street Legend.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed it served a search warrant Monday in the neighboring city of Henderson. The department hasn’t said whether investigators expect to make a first-ever arrest in the slaying of the rapper nearly 27 years ago.
Residents of the neighborhood in foothills about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of the Las Vegas Strip said they saw officers detain two people outside the home Monday night while investigators searched the one-story property.
“There were cruisers and SWAT vehicles. They had lights shining on the house,” said Don Sansouci, who watched from the sidewalk as a man and a woman stepped out of a house to bullhorn commands, placed their hands behind their heads and slowly walked backwards toward officers amid a swirl of blue and red police lights.
The case is being presented to a grand jury in Las Vegas, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation who was not authorized to speak publicly. The timing and results of those proceedings was unclear, and the person did not identify the two people whom police encountered at the house.
It was not immediately known if Davis has a lawyer who can comment on his behalf. Messages left for Davis and his wife, Paula Clemons, weren’t returned. Records show the two were married in Clark County, Nevada, in 2005.
News of the search breathed new life into Shakur’s long-unsolved killing, which has been surrounded by conspiracy theories. There has never been any arrest and attention on the case has endured for decades.
“I’m one of the only living eyewitnesses to Tupac’s killing, who also knows the much larger story around the reasons why both Tupac and Biggie were killed,” Davis wrote in the memoir, referring also to the 1997 killing of rapper “Biggie Smalls,” also known as “Notorious B.I.G.”
Shakur’s death came as his fourth solo album, “All Eyez on Me,” remained on the charts, with some 5 million copies sold. Nominated six times for a Grammy Award, Shakur is largely considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time.
On the night of Sept. 7, 1996, Shakur was riding in a black BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight in a convoy of about 10 cars. They were waiting at a red light a block from the Las Vegas Strip when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them and gunfire erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died days later.
Knight, now 58, was wounded but recovered. He was sentenced in October 2018 to 28 years in prison for running over a man with his pickup truck, killing him, in a Compton burger stand parking lot in January 2015.
The Shakur shooting unfolded shortly after a casino brawl earlier in the evening involving Anderson, Shakur and their associates.
There were many witnesses, but the investigation stalled because people refused to cooperate, Las Vegas police said in the past.
That silence broke, to a point, in 2018, when Davis — saying he was ready to speak publicly after a cancer diagnosis — admitted to being in the front seat of the Cadillac. In an interview for a BET show, he implicated his nephew in the shooting, saying Anderson was one of two people in the backseat.
Davis said the shots were fired from the back of the car, though he stopped short of naming the shooter, saying he had to abide by the “code of the streets.”
But in his memoir, Davis said he shared what he knew nearly a decade earlier in a closed-door meeting with federal and local authorities who were investigating the possibility that Shakur’s slaying was linked to B.I.G.’s death.
“They offered to let me go for running a ‘criminal enterprise’ and numerous alleged murders for the truth about the Tupac and Biggie murders,” Davis, who was 46 at the time, said in his book. “They promised they would shred the indictment and stop the grand jury if I helped them out.”
At the time of their deaths, Shakur and B.I.G. were involved in the infamous East Coast-West Coast rivalry that primarily defined the hip-hop scene during the mid-1990s. The feud was ignited after Shakur was seriously wounded in another shooting during a robbery in the lobby of a midtown Manhattan hotel.
Shakur openly accused B.I.G. and Sean “Diddy” Combs of having prior knowledge of the shooting in New York, which both vehemently denied. It sparked a serious divide within the hip-hop community and among fans.
In the memoir, Davis wrote that he finally decided to tell authorities in 2010 what he knew of the Shakur and B.I.G. killings to protect himself as well as 48 of his associates involved in the Southside Compton Crips gang from what might have been sentences of life in prison.
“I sang because they promised I would not be prosecuted,” Davis said, adding that he thought they were lying about the deal. “But they kept their word and stopped the indictment, tore up the whole case. Nobody went to jail.”
It’s unclear if Davis was at the Henderson home when officers descended on the property. Las Vegas court records show he has been sought on an arrest warrant since July 2022, when he failed to appear in court on a drug charge.
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Associated Press researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
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Cindy Jaudon appointed Chief Operating Officer for IFS's Global Customer Organization
MIAMI, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IFS, the global cloud enterprise applications provider, announces the appointment of David Spencer as Regional President North America. IFS's current USA lead Cindy Jaudon will extend her responsibilities and move to a global role as Chief Operating Officer for the company's Global Customer Organization. The appointments follow several consecutive years of considerable growth in the region, and will see Jaudon's leadership, operational, and best-practice know-how drive success with IFS's customers, employees and partners communities globally.
As President for IFS North America, David Spencer will focus on further scaling IFS's performance in the region. Spencer joins IFS from data management software provider, Syniti, where the company experienced significant growth under his leadership and stretched its reach into enterprise-size customers while building a significantly stronger ecosystem. Prior to Syniti, Spencer held several executive roles at SAP, including COO for North America.
IFS's Chief Revenue Officer, Simon Niesler, commented: "North America is a hugely significant market for us and we are committed to investing in all areas of the organization. I am therefore, delighted to have David join my team and accelerate our growth in the region." Niesler continued: "I am equally delighted to have the opportunity to bring Cindy Jaudon into a global role; nurturing and investing in our own talent is key value at IFS, and in her new role Cindy will add value to the broader organization through her years of learnings which will directly benefit customers and partners."
Commenting on his new appointment as Regional President for North America, David Spencer said: "I am excited to join IFS at an important time in the company's growth journey. We have all the ingredients we need to succeed: a differentiated and compelling proposition, advanced product capabilities, and a strong team. I believe my experience, approach, and ambitions are well aligned to enable us to capitalize on the opportunity that lies ahead of us in North America. I also want to recognize the strength of the business Cindy is handing over, which, together with the team, I am committed to taking to the next level."
Cindy Jaudon, Chief Operating Officer for IFS's Global Customer Organization, added: "I am hugely proud of the achievements of the North American organization over the years I've had the honor to lead the team. I am excited for David to be joining and look forward to working with him as we continue to grow our footprint. With more and more of our customers being truly global organizations, it is natural for us to organize accordingly. I am committed to further advancing IFS's global customer organization so that we can effectively serve our customers as they themselves grow and scale."
The appointments of Spencer and Jaudon follow last week's appointment of Silicon Valley based John Walsh as a non-executive Board director of IFS. For more information about the IFS's leadership team, please visit: https://www.ifs.com/about/leadership
About IFS
IFS develops and delivers cloud enterprise software for companies around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. Within our single platform, our industry specific products are innately connected to a single data model and use embedded digital innovation so that our customers can be their best when it really matters to their customers-at the Moment of Service™. The industry expertise of our people and of our growing ecosystem, together with a commitment to deliver value at every single step, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 5,000 employees every day live our values of agility, trustworthiness and collaboration in how we support our 10,000+ customers. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Cade Horton struck out a career-high 11 in six innings, Tanner Tredaway continued his torrid postseason with three hits and Oklahoma took control of its bracket in the College World Series with a 6-2 victory over Notre Dame on Sunday night.
The Sooners (44-22) need one more win to advance to the best-of-three finals starting Saturday. They’ll play Wednesday against the winner of a Tuesday elimination game between Notre Dame (41-16) and Texas A&M. The Aggies beat Texas 10-2 on Sunday.
With three freshmen, five sophomores and a senior in the everyday lineup and picked to finish sixth in the Big 12, Oklahoma wasn’t expected to be in this position. The Sooners got hot the second half of the regular season, won the conference tournament and went on the road to win its regional and super regional.
“Winning the national championship has always been the goal, and we’ve had that from the very beginning,” freshman third baseman Wallace Clark said. “It’s not a new idea. Even when we would lose a mid-week game, we would talk about it. The idea behind it was we’re going to win the whole damn thing.”
Horton, who had Tommy John surgery 16 months ago and didn’t pitch until March 29, went at least six innings for a third straight start. The redshirt freshman held the Irish scoreless on three singles the first five innings.
Horton (5-2) gave up David LaManna’s two-run homer to left in the sixth and didn’t come out for the seventh. He threw a season-high 100 pitches.
“When you have mid 90s, you have a good slider, you have a curveball, and he flashed a changeup periodically… That was a lot. Clearly we didn’t recognize it,” Irish coach Link Jarrett said.
Tredaway continued to be a catalyst for the Sooners. He’s now batting .513 (20 of 39) in the NCAA Tournament after going 3 for 4 and extending his hitting streak to 16 games. He drove in two runs and scored twice.
“I really like to keep things simple,” Tredaway said. “I get in patterns like this where I can go on a long stretch and do pretty well. I try not to get out of my zone. I think the two-strike approach has been really good for me the last couple weeks. I’m trying to hit good pitches and do my thing and be on time.”
Notre Dame starter Austin Temple walked three of the eight batters he faced and was pulled with one out in the second.
Reliever Aidan Tyrell (5-2) got out of the inning but encountered trouble in the third. Peyton Graham legged out an infield single, stole second and scored on Tredaway’s base hit. Tredaway took second on a passed ball and came home on Clark’s single.
The Sooners added three more runs in the sixth to go up 5-0. Two of those scored on Clark’s bunt on the safety squeeze. Tredaway came home from third, and Jimmy Crooks followed him in from first when Carter Putz picked up the ball and threw wildly to Jared Miller covering the bag.
Putz had four of the Irish’s seven hits, his last one leading off the eighth inning and prompting the players in the Notre Dame dugout to grab their “rally bananas.”
The Irish have been getting the bananas out during the postseason when they need positive mojo in the late innings. If something good happens, the players take a bite. But Jack Zyska hit into a double play and LaManna flew out to end the eighth.
The Irish got their first two batters on base in the ninth, but Clark stepped on the bag at third and threw to first for a double play when Zack Prajzner grounded to him. Trevin Michael struck out Ryan Cole to end the game.
PINBALL BALL
The Oklahoma fourth inning ended on a crazy play after Peyton Graham had singled into right field and OU’s John Spikerman rounded second and headed to third.
Right fielder Brooks Coetzee threw to third to get Spikerman, but the ball popped out of Jack Brannigan’s glove as he tried to put on the tag. The ball deflected off third-base coach Clay Van Hook and came to rest next to Brannigan. He picked it up and tagged Spikerman, who didn’t realize the ball came out of the glove and had turned to return to the dugout.
FLIPPING OUT
The game started with some excitement as OU first baseman Blake Robertson flipped over the Notre Dame dugout rail while catching Cole’s pop foul on the first pitch of the game. Robertson raised his glove to show umpires he hung onto the ball.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Thursday that he will keep the Senate in session for as long as it takes to pass legislation to raise the debt ceiling and send it to President Biden’s desk, warning the “X-date” when the nation faces default is “less than four days away.”
“We will keep working until the job is done. Time is a luxury the Senate does not have,” he said.
The House passed the bill, which President Biden and Speaker McCarthy (R-Calif.) unveiled over the weekend, by a vote of 314 to 117. It would extend the federal debt limit through Jan. 1, 2025.
“At this point, any needless delay or any last-minute holdups would be an unnecessary and even dangerous risk, and any change to this bill that forces us to send it back to the House would be entirely unacceptable,” Schumer said on the floor.
Several senators are pushing for amendments to the bill, including Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Kaine wants to add language to the bill to strip a provision that would speed up approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline that would run through West Virginia and Virginia.
Paul wants an amendment to impose 5 percent across-the-board cuts to all on-budget spending over the next two years.
Lee wants to strike a provision in the debt bill that would allow Biden’s budget director to waive pay-as-you-go requirements for federal agencies that draft new rules that would add more than $100 million to the deficit in a single year.
Braun wants an amendment to penalize lawmakers if they fail to pass the annual appropriations bills on time.
Senate sources say Graham wants to offer an amendment related to defense spending.
Schumer said Thursday morning that he hopes that senators’ desire to vote on amendments doesn’t delay the bill.
“I hope we see a genuine desire to keep this process moving quickly. I hope we see nothing even approaching brinksmanship. The country cannot afford that right now,” he said.
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Batesville man facing child porn charges
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A Batesville man went before a judge after sharing explicit messages with a teenager.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Jonesboro police were advised on Dec. 1 that during an “electronic check” by a Mid-South Health employee, a 15-year-old had been sending and receiving sexually explicit messages.
The report says the girl had several contacts in her phone that were thought to be adult men she had been communicating with.
One of the men was identified as Pierre Pertiller, 37, of Batesville.
A few days later, on Dec. 1, the girl was removed from school, and her school-issued iPad was confiscated.
She was interviewed by the Crimes Against Children Division where she gave a description of her phone and that she has “in person contact” with Pertiller in the past. She said she had also been communicating with him through various means.
The affidavit states the girl told CACD that Pertiller knew she was not an adult.
A search warrant was issued for her phone, and the detective found messages between the girl and a contact in her phone by the name of “Phone Babys.” The girl said that was the contact for Pertiller.
The affidavit states that Pertiller sent the girl screenshots of people performing sexual acts. There were also nude photos and videos of the juvenile.
After obtaining a warrant for the school-issued iPad, a detective found documents containing Pertiller’s name and a photo thought to be him.
Using Justice Exchange, detectives determined the man in the photo found on the iPad and his Facebook paged belonged to Pertiller.
Online court records show Pertiller is being held in the Craighead County Detention Center on Computer Child Pornography with a bond of $75,000.
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I found a post on social media stating “Happiness is the new Rich. Inner Peace is the new Success. Health is the new Wealth. Kindness is the new Cool.”
New? Not even close.
If someone said “thousands of years old” you’d have an accurate assessment of the timeliness of the statement. Why not turn the statements around to give us something we can contemplate and immediately choose to put into practice in our life. RICH is defined by HAPPINESS. SUCCESS is defined by INNER PEACE. WEALTH is defined by HEALTH. COOL is defined by KINDNESS.
So, how do we create a measuring tool we can all utilize to define the role each one of those flipped statements plays in our life?
Everyone wants to be rich. The problem with that is the tool they use to measure it, which is money. When someone asks themselves if they are rich, they look at either their income or assets and decide where they fit as compared to others. They never realize they’re attempting to turn in a screw with a hammer which is a quick path to frustration and failure. The correct measuring device when assessing whether you are rich or not is the happiness measuring tool. If you think through what percent of each day you’re happy and the number is over 90, YOU are one of the richest people on this earth. If your happiness each day is consistently below 50 percent, you need to immediately develop a new strategy on how you approach finding the best that each day in your life has to offer. Assignment: at the end of each day, figure out the experiences that brought you happiness and determine if those experiences can be utilized every day. Did exercising, drinking coffee, or eating avocado toast first thing in the morning get your happiness off to a roaring start? If they did, take note. Embrace all the experiences that move the dial forward each day. Eliminate all the experiences that move the dial backwards each day, meaning, you have to manipulate or “change your perspective” with the experiences you can’t avoid in order to change the dial from backward to forward. Within a month you’ll be hitting that 90+ percent each day. Now, when you measure utilizing happiness, you’ll find that you’re rich.
Everyone wants to be successful. The problem with that is the tools they use to measure it, which is money and status. When someone asks themselves if they are successful, they look at income, assets, and the status or title of the job they have and decide where they fit as compared to others. This is a horrible way to measure success. Success should only be measured comparing your present self to your previous self and determining how much closer you are to achieving Inner Peace on a consistent basis. Assignment: at the end of each day ask yourself if you’re better today than you were yesterday. If you are, it means that you acquired knowledge you didn’t possess before, made progress on a goal, or advanced a personal skill. If you can consistently say that you’re better today than the day before, you’ll be a success regardless of what you do for a living. Measuring being better each day than the day before is the quickest path to long-term inner peace.
Everyone wants to be wealthy. The problem with that is the tools they use to measure it, which is the total amount of money and possessions they’re able to acquire. That’s a problematic method of measuring wealth when you consider that a billionaire facing imminent death due to a medical condition would trade all of their wealth for good health. Utilizing health as a measuring tool, some of the wealthiest people in the world are people that feel loved, respected, and appreciated even if they don’t have a penny to their name. People having deep faith in any religion seem to possess great wealth were money and possessions have no real impact on their wealth. Instead, they use love, commitment, and devotion as tools to measure their wealth. Assignment: devote some time to thoughtfully assessing where your physical, emotional, and spiritual life line up. Think of the ways that you love others and the ways you make it easy for others to love you. Assess your character traits and ask yourself if they naturally allow others to respect and appreciate who you are. Be committed and devoted to being the best version of yourself each day which will lead down a path of wealth beyond your wildest dreams. The wealthiest people in the world are measured by the love they share and the love they receive from others. They may be penniless and have no possessions, yet they have wealth.
Everyone wants to be COOL! The problem with that is the tools our society uses to measure it, which is a flawed system seemingly based on popularity and a person’s ability to garner attention on demand. While this has been going on for centuries, wouldn’t it be great if we could develop a NEW COOL based on kindness. We could weave this NEW COOL into our current culture and create enough of a shift to make it last for centuries to come. What would the world look like if the entire planet was judged by a kindness factor? Assignment: admit that there isn’t a single area of your life that kindness can’t improve (you’ve just never thought of it that way before). At the end of each day, think about every experience you had and ponder how kindness could have added value to each experience. Then, based on your answers, come up with a plan to inject kindness into every experience you have tomorrow. Be prepared for things to be different (improved) just with a subtle dose of kindness added. You’ll be defining the NEW COOL with all that you do. Do this for 21 days and you’ll not only be COOL, you’ll be RICH, SUCCESSFUL, and WEALTHY! The only thing NEW will be YOU!
So inject a little GiddyUp into these four areas of your life, and have fun with your new measuring tools!
And remember, I Believe in YOU!
Paul White is an entrepreneur, retired Midland businessman and a guest columnist for the Midland Daily News. He can be reached at coach@theanswerdiscovery.com.
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PORTLAND Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 40 points and the Trail Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks 140-123 on Sunday night, giving Portland consecutive wins for the first time since mid-December.
It was the second game of a back-to-back between the teams. Portland snapped a five-game losing streak with a 136-119 victory on Saturday in the first.
The Mavericks rested star Luka Doncic, who had a season-low 15 points in 35 minutes in Saturday night's loss. But it came after a double-overtime win against the Lakers in Los Angeles on Thursday, when he played 53 minutes and had 35 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists.
Doncic has missed five games this season, all second games of back-to-backs.
Doncic's absence did not necessarily make it easy for the Blazers, who led by just 98-96 heading into the final quarter. But Jusuf Nurkic's 3-pointer pushed the Blazers' lead to 118-103 with 8:09 left and Portland cruised the rest of the way.
“Any time you're coming off a tough stretch of games where you're losing, you're just searching for a win. We got one last night, a really good win," Lillard said. "It's always tough to beat a team twice. They had a couple of guys out, but we still had to be sharp and locked in mentally regardless of who was out there.”
Spencer Dinwiddie led the Mavericks with 28 points and nine assists.
The Mavericks were also without Tim Hardaway Jr., who hurt his ankle late in Saturday's game. But Christian Wood started after missing the first game against Portland with a sore ankle and finished with 23 points and 16 rebounds.
“It comes down to our defense. We’ve got give a better effort, unless we’re just going to be an offensive team where we're just going to try and score 140 every night,” Mavs coach Jason Kidd said.
The Blazers welcomed back forward Nassir Little, who was sidelined since Nov. 29 with a hip injury.
“We’re definitely happy to have Nas back. We haven’t had a lot of practice time to execute practice together. But it’s good to have him back, for sure,” Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said.
Little came into the game with 8:34 left in the first half. He finished with 10 points in 16 minutes.
The Mavericks were within 33-31 going into the second quarter, but Portland stretched the lead to 42-34 on Gary Payton II's 3-pointer. The Blazers led by as many as 12 points and were up 61-54 at halftime.
Dinwiddie's 3-pointer got Dallas within 63-62 early in the third quarter. Wood's layup put the Mavs in front but it was short-lived and Portland went up 86-79 after Little hit a 3-pointer.
“I think it was good for us to feel good about what we're doing,” Lillard said.
TIP-INS
Mavericks: Hardaway's injury stings for the Mavs, who have already been beset by injuries with Josh Green, Maxi Kleber and Dorian Finney-Smith all currently out. ... It was the last of a five-game trip.
Trail Blazers: Portland lost the first two games of the series against the Mavericks this season, both in Dallas. ... The last time the Blazers won consecutive games was in mid-Dec. 10-14, when they won three straight, two against Minnesota and one against San Antonio.
MISSING YOU?
With Doncic out, Kidd was asked if it's difficult to find a rhythm without him.
“I think the guys are starting to get used to him when he is out," Kidd said. “If this was just the first time or second time, sometimes it could be a little hesitant or you’re trying to get a rhythm. But I think with the games that he’s missed, the guys understand what they have to do when he’s not playing.”
UP NEXT
Mavericks: Return home to host the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.
Trail Blazers: Visit the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday before returning home for a six-game homestand.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization’s list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances.
The proposal released Friday from the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big change for the NCAA, which has been conducting drug tests at championship events since 1986. Committee members recommended halting cannabis tests at such events until a final decision is made, likely this fall.
Legislation would still have to be introduced and approved by all three NCAA divisions to take effect. Administrators in Divisions II and III had asked the committee to study the issue.
The recommendation comes as the U.S. is seeing more and more states allowing medical or recreational marijuana use.
Earlier this year, the committee increased the THC threshold needed for a positive test and recommended revamped penalties for athletes. The threshold for THC — the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana — was raised from 35 to 150 nanograms per milliliter, matching that of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The committee noted last December that marijuana and its byproducts are not considered performance-enhancing substances. Instead of focusing on penalties for cannabis use, the panel suggested stressing policies that focus on the potential threats from marijuana use and the need to reduce the harm and use of cannabis products.
It also recommended schools that test to use those results to help find “problematic” cannabis use. The committee also wants to provide schools with additional guidelines about cannabis.
Separately, the committee proposed setting a threshold of 0.1 nanograms per milliliter as a trace level for the hormone GW1516 in hopes of preventing athletes from becoming ineligible because of ingesting the substance unintentionally from contaminated supplements.
The substance was initially designed for diabetes treatment but was discontinued in 2007. It has been linked to positive doping tests in endurance-related sports.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is upending gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing confusion over what firearm restrictions can remain on the books.
The high court’s ruling that set new standards for evaluating gun laws left open many questions, experts say, resulting in an increasing number of conflicting decisions as lower court judges struggle to figure out how to apply it.
The Supreme Court’s so-called Bruen decision changed the test that lower courts had long used for evaluating challenges to firearm restrictions. Judges should no longer consider whether the law serves public interests like enhancing public safety, the justices said.
Under the Supreme Court’s new test, the government that wants to uphold a gun restriction must look back into history to show it is consistent with the country’s “historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
Courts in recent months have declared unconstitutional federal laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers,felony defendants and people who use marijuana. Judges have shot down a federal ban on possessing guns with serial numbers removed and gun restrictions for young adults in Texas and have blocked the enforcement of Delaware’s ban on the possession of homemade “ghost guns.”
In several instances, judges looking at the same laws have come down on opposite sides on whether they are constitutional in the wake of the conservative Supreme Court majority’s ruling. The legal turmoil caused by the first major gun ruling in a decade will likely force the Supreme Court to step in again soon to provide more guidance for judges.
“There’s confusion and disarray in the lower courts because not only are they not reaching the same conclusions, they’re just applying different methods or applying Bruen’s method differently,” said Jacob Charles, a professor at Pepperdine University’s law school who focuses on firearms law.
“What it means is that not only are new laws being struck down … but also laws that have been on the books for over 60 years, 40 years in some cases, those are being struck down — where prior to Bruen — courts were unanimous that those were constitutional,” he said.
The legal wrangling is playing out as mass shootings continue to plague the country awash in guns and as law enforcement officials across the U.S. work to combat an uptick in violent crime.
This week, six people were fatally shot at multiple locations in a small town in rural Mississippi and a gunman killed three students and critically wounded five others at Michigan State University before killing himself.
Dozens of people have died in mass shootings so far in 2023, including in California, where 11 people were killed as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular with older Asian Americans. Last year, more than 600 mass shootings occurred in the U.S. in which at least four people were killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
The decision opened the door to a wave of legal challenges from gun-rights activists who saw an opportunity to undo laws on everything from age limits to AR-15-style semi-automatic weapons. For gun rights supporters, the Bruen decision was a welcome development that removed what they see as unconstitutional restraints on Second Amendment rights.
“It’s a true reading of what the Constitution and the Bill of Rights tells us,” said Mark Oliva, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation. “It absolutely does provide clarity to the lower courts on how the constitution should be applied when it comes to our fundamental rights.”
Gun control groups are raising alarm after a federal appeals court this month said that under the Supreme Court’s new standards, the government can’t stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them from owning guns.
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that the law “embodies salutary policy goals meant to protect vulnerable people in our society.” But the judges concluded that the government failed to point to a precursor from early American history that is comparable enough to the modern law. Attorney General Merrick Garland has said the government will seek further review of that decision.
Gun control activists have decried the Supreme Court’s historical test, but say they remain confident that many gun restrictions will survive challenges. Since the decision, for example, judges have consistently upheld the federal ban on convicted felons from possessing guns.
The Supreme Court noted that cases dealing with “unprecedented societal concerns or dramatic technological changes may require a more nuanced approach.” And the justices clearly emphasized that the right to bear arms is limited to law-abiding citizens, said Shira Feldman, litigation counsel for Brady, the gun control group.
The Supreme Court’s test has raised questions about whether judges are suited to be poring over history and whether it makes sense to judge modern laws based on regulations — or a lack thereof— from the past.
“We are not experts in what white, wealthy, and male property owners thought about firearms regulation in 1791. Yet we are now expected to play historian in the name of constitutional adjudication,” wrote Mississippi U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, who was appointed by President Barack Obama.
Some judges are “really parsing the history very closely and saying ‘these laws aren’t analogous because the historical law worked in a slightly different fashion than the modern law’,” said Andrew Willinger, executive director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law.
Others, he said, “have done a much more flexible inquiry and are trying to say ‘look, what is the purpose of this historical law as best I can understand it?'”
Firearm rights and gun control groups are closely watching many pending cases, including several challenging state laws banning certain semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines. Already, some gun laws passed in the wake of the Supreme Court decision have been shot down.
A judge declared multiple portions of New York’s new gun law unconstitutional, including rules that restrict carrying firearms in public parks and places of worship. An appeals court later put that ruling on hold while it considers the case. And the Supreme Court has allowed New York to enforce the law for now.
Some judges have upheld a law banning people under indictment for felonies from buying guns while others have declared it unconstitutional.
A federal judge issued an order barring Delaware from enforcing provisions of a new law outlawing the manufacture and possession of so-called “ghost guns” that don’t have serial numbers and can be nearly impossible for law enforcement officials to trace. But another judge rejected a challenge to California’s “ghost gun” regulations.
In the California case, U.S. District Judge George Wu, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, appeared to take a dig at how other judges are interpreting the Supreme Court’s guidance.
The company that brought the challenge —“and apparently certain other courts” — would like to treat the Supreme Court’s decision “as a ‘word salad,’ choosing an ingredient from one side of the ‘plate’ and an entirely-separate ingredient from the other, until there is nothing left whatsoever other than an entirely-bulletproof and unrestrained Second Amendment,” Wu wrote in his ruling.
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TOKYO (AP) — In meeting after meeting with Asian leaders Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized the U.S. commitment to regional security, and the White House disclosed that she would visit the Demilitarized Zone between the Koreas.
An official said Harris would tour the border area between South and North Korea on Thursday, at the end of her trip to Asia. The visit comes amid persistent concerns about North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs.
North Korea test-fired a short-range ballistic missile shortly before Harris left Washington, an apparent response to joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea that include the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the DMZ in August, and former President Donald Trump went in 2019 when he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Harris’ plan, which had been kept under wraps by her team, was unexpectedly revealed during a meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Tuesday. A White House official rushed to confirm details of her trip afterward.
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Harris “will tour sites at the DMZ, meet with service members and receive an operational briefing from U.S. commanders.”
She will also “reflect on the shared sacrifice of tens of thousands of American and Korean soldiers who fought and died together” in the war that divided the peninsula seven decades ago.
Harris has been emphasizing security ties during her time in Tokyo, where she’s attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July.
During her meeting with Han, Harris said the U.S. alliance with South Korea is the “linchpin of security and prosperity” in the region.
“We stand with you in the face of threats,” she said.
Afterwards, Harris met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, telling him their countries share a “common goal and bond as it relates to our dedication to peace and security.”
The conversations follow Harris’ meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday, shortly after arriving in Tokyo.
During that encounter, Harris described the U.S. alliance with Japan as “a cornerstone of what we believe is integral to peace, stability and prosperity” in the region.
Like the abrupt disclosure of Harris' trip to the DMZ, the meeting with Kishida was also marked by confusion. His staff tried to usher reporters out of the room while Harris was still speaking. The commotion drowned out some of her remarks, making it hard for her office to finalize a transcript of her exact comments.
In addition to concerns over North Korea, there’s been increased tension involving Taiwan, the self-governing island that China views as part of its territory.
President Joe Biden recently said that the U.S. would send troops to defend Taiwan if China attacked. Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, said Saturday that any attempt to prevent reunification with Taiwan would be “crushed by the wheels of history.”
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With the new bipartisan defense bill working its way through Congress, the military is one step closer to historic changes that will impact how its sexual assault cases are prosecuted.
The move comes after an effort led by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for nearly the last decade to force such cases and other serious crimes such as murder and domestic violence out of the chain of command and under the purview of trained prosecutors.
Sexual assault cases in the military have been plagued with concerns from victims who fear coming forward to see prosecutions led by their own commander. Overall, a very low share of such cases go to trial or see convictions.
"This is a historic milestone in our efforts to reform and professionalize the military justice system," Gillibrand told reporters on Wednesday. "And while it will take time to see the results of these changes, it is still important for us to celebrate this victory and continue our fight."
The provision is part of this year's National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA, the annual bill that has drawn bipartisan congressional approval for more than 60 years. It could pass on the House floor this week, followed by Senate action next week, which could send the bill to President Biden's desk.
Defense bill will introduce other changes
This year's NDAA also includes the repeal of a mandate requiring all servicemembers to be vaccinated for COVID-19. With the vast majority of the military already vaccinated, Democrats said they reluctantly agreed to the move in a compromise with Republicans.
"We believe it is a mistake," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, stopping short of saying Biden would veto the bill as a result.
The measure also directs a 4.6% pay raise for servicemembers.
A senior Democratic aide touted the new changes in the plan, saying it strengthened the fight against sexual harassment in the military by requiring independently-trained investigators to probe such concerns and place it under the jurisdiction of a so-called Office of Special Trial Counsel.
Outgoing California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier led the fight focused on addressing sexual harassment since the murder of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who faced such concerns while she was based in Fort Hood, Texas.
The brutal murder of SPC Vanessa Guillen made it crystal clear: Sexual harassment begets sexual assault & other horrific crimes. Last year’s NDAA made historic progress, yet failed to remove sexual harassment from the chain of command.
— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) December 7, 2022
Gillibrand told reporters she hopes the new Office of Special Trial Counsel will be implemented successfully in the coming years, allowing an expansion of serious crimes that will come under their jurisdiction.
Gillibrand has pushed for the plan since 2013, calling attention to commanders handling cases with little to no legal training.
"My hope is that if we can see if this works over the next five years, we can add the other serious crimes," she said.
"A system of justice that is worthy of their sacrifice"
For years, Gillibrand's legislation was met with opposition from the Defense Department, some Republicans and even Democrats. Last year, she saw a major breakthrough, partnering with Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, a combat veteran to pick enough bipartisan support to approve the plan in the Senate.
However, not everyone was on board. Gillibrand and Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, who chairs the Senate Armed Services panel, openly sparred over several Senate floor sessions last year.
Last year's effort did lead to some changes that allowed some military court-related decisions to move from the chain of command over to a trained prosecutor. However, some were not, including the ordering of depositions or hiring of expert witnesses, which would still involve a commander.
Now, that's under the Office of Special Trial Counsel, Gillibrand says. She said it marks a sea change that could help better protect servicemembers.
"They now have a system of justice that is worthy of their sacrifice," Gillibrand said. "We now have a system of justice that is independent, that is transparent and accountable, that will hopefully reduce or be free of bias."
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Computer experts urge Georgia to replace voting machines
ATLANTA (AP) — A group of computer and election security experts is urging Georgia election officials to replace the state’s touchscreen voting machines with hand-marked paper ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, citing what they say are “serious threats” posed by an apparent breach of voting equipment in one county.
The 13 experts on Thursday sent a letter to the members of the State Election Board and to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who’s a non-voting member of the board. It urges them to immediately stop using the state’s Dominion Voting Systems touchscreen voting machines. It also suggests they mandate a particular type of post-election audit on the outcome of all races on the ballot.
The experts who sent the letter include academics and former state election officials and are not associated with efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
The midterm elections are just two months away. A switch to hand-marked paper ballots could easily be made by then because state law already provides for them to be used as an emergency backup, the letter says.
State Election Board Chair William Duffey responded in an email to The Associated Press that the “security of our election equipment is of paramount interest to the State Election Board as is the integrity of the election process in Georgia.” He noted that the alleged breach in Coffee County is being investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and secretary of state’s office investigators and said the FBI has been asked to assist.
“The investigation is active and ongoing,” Duffey wrote. “Information developed will be considered to evaluate the impact of the Coffee County conduct.”
Raffensperger’s office has repeatedly said that Georgia’s elections remain secure because of varied security mechanisms in place. Spokesperson Mike Hassinger said in an email that the office will respond “in due time with due care” and that the response will be “addressed directly to the authors, rather than leaked to the media to obtain some sort of rhetorical advantage.”
The apparent unauthorized copying of election equipment in Coffee County happened in January 2021. It is documented in emails, security camera footage and other records produced in response to subpoenas in a long-running lawsuit that argues Georgia’s voting machines are vulnerable and should be replaced by hand-marked paper ballots.
Those records show that a computer forensics team traveled to the rural county about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta on Jan. 7, 2021, to forensically copy voting equipment. Emails show that Sidney Powell and other Trump-allied attorneys were involved in arranging for the visit.
The security video also shows that Doug Logan and Jeff Lenberg, who were involved in broader efforts to cast doubt on the 2020 election results, visited the office later that month.
The experts who sent the letter Thursday have long criticized Georgia’s voting machines, which print a paper ballot that includes a human-readable summary of the voter’s selections and a barcode that is read by a scanner to tally the votes. They argue the machines already made elections more vulnerable to tampering because voters cannot read the barcode to verify that it accurately reflects their selections.
But the copying and sharing of election data and software from Coffee County “increases both the risk of undetected cyber-attacks on Georgia, and the risk of accusations of fraud and election manipulation,” the letter says.
The expert letter also cites work by University of Michigan computer science professor J. Alex Halderman, who serves as an expert witness in the long-running voting machines lawsuit. He has identified what he says are security vulnerabilities in Georgia’s voting machines. The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in June issued an advisory based on Halderman’s findings.
In addition to urging a switch to hand-marked paper ballots, the experts say a statewide post-election, risk-limiting audit should be done on all of the races on the ballot. A risk-limiting audit essentially uses a statistical approach to ensure that the reported results match the actual votes cast. Current rules require only one statewide contest to be audited.
At least some of the experts who signed the letter sent to the Georgia State Election Board last year sent a similar letter to California’s secretary of state ahead of a recall election for the state’s governor urging a rigorous audit of that contest. The secretary of state did not act on the recommendations.
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a sanitizing system for enclosed rooms to ensure that the space is free from viruses, germs and diseases," said an inventor, from Corona, Calif., "so I invented the CORONA V FREE. My design would provide added protection and peace of mind for all occupants."
The invention provides an automatic way to sanitize a room. In doing so, it eliminates the need to manually disinfect surfaces with a spray or wipes. As a result, it helps to prevent the spread of germs and viruses and it saves time and effort. The invention features an effective design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for households, businesses, hospitals, schools, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Orange County sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-OCM-1539, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Oversized photos of old-timers like Ernest Tubb and Kay Starr ring the dance floor. That’s not surprising, since Cain’s Ballroom has been around for 99 years.
Nowadays, newer names like Big Thief and Lainey Wilson take to the bandstand. But the landmark music hall still proudly boasts that it’s “the home of Bob Wills.”
“Take me back to Tulsa,” Wills implored in a song of that name, in which the King of Western Swing was getting cold feet about marrying a Louisiana woman. Take a tip from Wills and beat a hot trail to Tulsa, regardless of your romantic situation.
The Oklahoma oil town in the middle of America has suddenly achieved a critical mass for music lovers. With the opening last year of the must-see Bob Dylan Center, and the remarkably eccentric Church Studio, Leon Russell’s renovated recording complex, Tulsa has “y’all come” writ large. A night of live music at Cain’s shouldn’t be missed, as well as a visit to the Woody Guthrie Center.
Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie
The Guthrie Center is the reason the Dylan museum is in Tulsa. The Minnesota icon was impressed by what the George Kaiser Family Foundation did for folk-music giant Guthrie, one of Dylan’s heroes, so he sold his lifetime of keepsakes to the foundation, which then created the Bob Dylan Center.
Located in an old warehouse two doors down from the Dylan depository, the Guthrie Center transports you back to the Oklahoma Dust Bowl (be sure to don the virtual-reality goggles). Recordings and handwritten lyrics showcase the diversity of songs (kids’ tunes, commentaries about poverty and labor, etc.) by the Oklahoma-born writer of “This Land Is Your Land.”
When our tour guide pointed out Guthrie’s damning lyrics about notorious New York landlord Fred Trump, father of you-know-who, one visitor loudly proclaimed her objection and stormed out of the museum.
There are likely to be no such controversies at the $10 million Bob Dylan Center. Its 29,000 square feet are packed with Bobabilia: performance footage and interviews, posters and paintings, articles and essays, bootleg LPs and outtakes. There’s even an iron gate sculpture by the bard — just no Grammys or trophies of any kind.
What a saver Bob has been: artifacts like the leather jacket he wore when he went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Priceless ephemera like a 1964 letter of admiration from Johnny Cash and a postcard of apology from Pete Seeger. Not displayed during the self-guided tours are the extensive archives of manuscripts and papers, available by appointment for historians, scholars and journalists.
The Church and Cain’s
The Church Studio received a multimillion-dollar makeover and reopened in early 2022, thanks to educator-turned-preservationist Teresa Knox. She kept many of the late musician Russell’s idiosyncratic things (his private olive-green bidet in the belfry, a hand-carved chair with ivory filigree, etc.) in a 1915 Methodist Episcopal church he converted into a studio in 1972. The Church Studio was the home of the Tulsa Sound, where Eric Clapton, J.J. Cale, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Petty, Phoebe Snow, Russell and others recorded.
During the renovation, Knox collected choice equipment such as a Neve recording console from New Orleans producer Daniel Lanois and microphones David Bowie used to record in Berlin in the late ’70s.
The Church is available for recording sessions — and tours, where you can see Russell’s trademark top hat, childhood art and other memorabilia. Knox also books special solo concerts in the large studio by the likes of Kenny Loggins and Taj Mahal.
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Cain’s, built in 1924 as a garage for the wealthy founder of Tulsa, is a classic dance hall. Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys broadcast their radio show from the ballroom in the 1930s.
Cain’s was one of only seven venues where the Sex Pistols, the notorious British punk band, performed on their 1978 U.S. tour. Volatile bassist Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of the Green Room. The hole-in-the-wall section has been preserved and is on display at Cain’s along with enlarged photos of other headliners including Hank Thompson and Kitty Wells.
With a capacity of 1,800 (there are seats in the mezzanine), Cain’s is still the must-play music room in Tulsa.
Beside Wills, Russell and Cale, Oklahoma’s second largest city has been home to such music stars as Roy Clark, drummer Jim Keltner, David Gates of Bread, the Gap Band, guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, Dwight Twilley, JD McPherson and Wayman Tisdale, the basketball hero-cum-jazz-bassist.
Other attractions
The historically essential Black Wall Street tells the story of the 1921 race massacre. Murals, a museum and a culture center commemorate this tragic event in the Greenwood district.
The unusual architecture of Oral Roberts University has curious appeal, along with the campus’ gigantic sculpture of Praying Hands (an Instagram spot, for sure).
The Golden Driller, another Insta site, is the third-tallest statue of a single person in North America. The 75-foot-tall, 22-ton oil worker was erected in 1966 for the International Petroleum Exposition. The oil man has a shoe size of 393DDD. No wonder the Golden Driller was named one of the 10 quirkiest destinations in the nation in 2006.
The Center of the Universe is an acoustic curiosity. Located in the heart of downtown Tulsa, it’s a vehicle-free space where sound resonates in a mysterious way.
Housed in the former estate of an oil pioneer, the Philbrook Museum of Art features a striking collection of Native American art as well as massive formal gardens, a perfect place for solitude or a wedding. The Gilcrease Museum, established by an Indigenous oil magnate, boasts the world’s largest collection of art of the American West.
Memorial Park Cemetery has the conspicuous headstones of music heroes Clark and Russell as well as the plain graves of Wills and comic Sam Kinison, for which you might need directions from a cemetery worker.
Good eating
In a week’s time, we had nothing but good meals in Tulsa. Recommended are Bramble (breakfast), Amelia’s (gourmet American), Smoke (barbecue), French Hen (French), Sisserou’s (Caribbean), the Tavern (American, late-night menu) and Bull in the Alley (high-end steakhouse and piano bar), with its mysterious speakeasy-type alley entrance.
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KALAMAZOO, MI – Two streets in Kalamazoo’s Vine neighborhood are closing for infrastructure work.
Wall Street between Park and Rose streets will close Monday, March 6, through Thursday, March 9, for the work, the city of Kalamazoo said in news releases.
On Tuesday, March 7, Burr Oak Street between Rose and Burdick streets will close until March 10.
The closures will allow infrastructure work to take place, the releases said.
Drivers will be impacted by the work. Sidewalks will stay open for pedestrians and bicyclists can use them during the closures.
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WaPo ed board calls for 'meaningful reform' after report on lowered academic standards in Virginia
The Washington Post originally called out lowered academic standards in Virginia in 2017
The Washington Post editorial board penned a scathing critique of Virginia’s public officials over the latest devastating academic report.
On Thursday, an assessment by Virginia superintendent of public instruction Jillian Balow found that Virginia students suffered a significant backslide after COVID-19 lockdowns and former Gov. Ralph Northam’s attempts to lower education standards.
The Washington Post offered more critical details.
"State education officials last week issued a damning report that documented a years-long trend of declining student performance and glaring racial, ethnic and income achievement gaps that have been hidden from public view. Chock-full of data, it cited significant drops in reading scores for both fourth- and eighth-grade students on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress administered in 2019, revealing the wide gaps in how students perform on state reading and math assessments compared with the grade-level benchmarks on the federal assessment," the Post wrote.
The Washington Post previously criticized Gov. Ralph Northam’s efforts to change the state’s Standards of Learning in 2017 and referenced its past comments in their op-ed.
"Among the troubling moves: jettisoning of critical tests, adoption of test score standards to make it easier for students to pass and weakening of regulations for schools. Officials, alas, paid no heed to concerns about the consequences of lowering standards and expectations. Now, we get to say we told you so," the Post wrote.
The article also mentioned that despite pushback from Democratic opponents, the report proved to be "pretty comprehensive" by former Virginia Board of Education member Andrew Rotherham who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner.
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In closing, the Post called on current Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who requested the report after his election in 2021, to work towards "meaningful reform" when appointing new members of the state board of education.
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"Virginia once prided itself on asking more of its students than what was minimally required by the federal government, and this report should be a call to action for meaningful reform," the Post wrote.
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The ghost of Barnes & Noble past meets the spirit of Barnes & Noble future in a single shopping center in a suburb of Baltimore.
The new store in Pikesville, Md., separated by half a parking lot from its shuttered predecessor, is part of an unlikely plot twist: Barnes & Noble is staging its largest expansion in over a decade.
After years on the brink of extinction, the book chain is planning to open some 30 new stores this year. Many are returning the retailer to areas it previously abandoned. In a few, Barnes & Noble is even taking over former Amazon bookshops.
The retailer hopes this will turn a new leaf. Barnes & Noble sales have been rising, and last year grew more than 4%, according to Shannon DeVito, director of books.
"What has changed is, I think, my hope that we're going to be here for decades and decades and decades now," she says.
The biggest change borrowed from indie bookstores
Barnes & Noble's collapse spanned the 2010s: The archetypal big-box villain ravaging independent bookstores eventually became lunch for Amazon. Its online store lagged behind, while its physical stores got overrun by gadgets, blankets and trinkets in pursuit of any kind of sale.
In 2019, Barnes & Noble was bought out by a hedge fund, often a perilous development. But this buyout brought along a new CEO, James Daunt, who had led a seemingly miraculous turnaround of the U.K.'s largest bookstore chain Waterstones.
Daunt pushed for Barnes & Noble stores to "weed out the rubbish" from their shelves. The retailer has embraced TikTok's BookTok and social-media influencers, and shook up its deals with publishers. (The chain stopped accepting publishers' payments for special displays. This was quick money, but often risked saddling prime spots with unpopular books and triggering a series of costs for the store.)
The biggest change borrowed from the playbook of independent bookshops: Daunt gave local Barnes & Noble stores much more authority to order what their readers, in their area want to see.
It's "a huge shift, frankly, in philosophy for us as a bookseller," DeVito says.
"It's not an algorithm. It's not something that's dynamically pulled from a code," she says. "It's very much a — I read this, I loved it, I know this area really gravitates towards beekeeping books, so I'm going to create the best beekeeping display I can because this is my local store."
The chain took advantage of oddly opportune timing
Not long after Daunt took helm, the pandemic lockdowns left Barnes & Noble shuttered, followed by furloughs and layoffs. But the company also used that time to renovate the stores and recalibrate the business. Retail bankruptcies created cheaper space for new stores, too.
Then, 2021 set the record for book sales in the U.S., meaning the refreshed Barnes & Noble launched exactly when people were buying more books than ever.
"We scaled Everest in 2021, the highest point ever in the book market," said Kristen McLean, executive director of NPD BookScan. "And Barnes & Noble was in a perfect position to capitalize on that because they were that fresh energy ... and consumers were really happy to be back in bookstores."
The chain has continued to close some stores even as it expanded into new ones. In northern Virginia, Barnes & Noble will soon open its largest store in years, at 28,000 square feet, in a former Office Depot space. The new Pikesville bookshop has a smaller city format, inside a former Pier 1 store.
The store makeover faces scrutiny from shoppers
New stores get a near-total makeover: brighter paint, lighter wood, a new layout. Bookshelves get arranged not in rows of alphabetical stacks but in thematic nooks, meant to encourage shoppers to linger, browse and maybe find something they didn't know they wanted.
Friends Kendra Wallace and Audryana Pitts-Wright stopped by the Pikesville store in search of the latest Ebony magazine, which this Barnes & Noble did not carry.
"The look, the feel is obviously different than a traditional Barnes & Noble — that I did notice," Pitts-Wright said. "But at the same time, it doesn't really feel authentic. They're trying to capture the more intimate, independent bookstore feel when it's still just a Barnes & Noble."
Still, Wallace left the store with a shopping bag. Inside were novels she'd followed on social media and had on her list: Seven Days In June by Tia Williams and Tender Is The Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica.
"Should I have bought more books for my collection? Probably not," Wallace said and laughed. "I'm a reader."
Barnes & Noble may not have sold the friends on its new identity, but it did sell them some books.
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South Plains College hosts commencement, announces Faculty Excellence Award
South Plains College hosted its 65th Annual Commencement Ceremony Friday, with two ceremonies through the day.
In the first ceremony, 495 candidates for graduation participated. In the second ceremony, 422 candidates for graduation participated. This year, more than 1,500 students applied for graduation, according to a news release from SPC.
The college honored the 2023 recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award, who carried the banner as the faculty entered the Texan Dome.
Ryan Heth, assistant professor of kinesiology, was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award at South Plains College.
The award was presented during the 65th Annual Commencement Ceremony in the Texan Dome. The award recognizes a faculty member for exemplary work in the classroom, service to the college and service to the community.
Since joining the faculty in 2008, Heth has earned a reputation for being the first person to volunteer within the department. According to one of his colleagues, Heth stepped up to be a Blackboard Buddy during the peer review process of online courses. No matter the task, he can be counted on to spend the time to learn the process and become proficient at it. Heth is truly an asset to the department and the SPC community.
Heth serves as a member of several committees on campus, including the SPC Scholarship Committee, Faculty Senate, Assessment and Blackboard Buddy, to name a few. He has been instrumental in the development of quality online kinesiology activity classes, and he helped create the new Sports Management course for kinesiology.
"I aim to bring real-world situations to my lectures when teaching students," he said. "I want them to see beyond the classroom setting and be able to apply what we cover in our discussions to situations they will experience after college."
Heth works hard to provide quality classroom instruction, which is demonstrated by the fact that few of his classes ever get canceled. He can often be found in his office late at night and on weekends to make sure that his classes are organized and professional. He is always on the cutting edge of classroom technology and incorporates that technology into his courses. He goes above and beyond to challenge himself by finding options to help struggling students.
Heth shows his commitment to the college by doing the behind-the-scenes activities that are regularly done without fanfare. He updates the department’s website; in staff meetings, he shares new ideas that could help the department better assist faculty, employees and students; and he connects with his students in every class. Heth works well with all faculty and staff within the department and across campus.
Heth demonstrates South Plains College’s vision of focusing on students. He goes out of his way to make sure no student is left behind. He tries to accommodate a student in any way he can, even if that means extra work or hours for himself.
In particular, he has a student in one of his online cardio classes. The student signed up for the class knowing he had knee problems that would make completing the class more difficult. Not to be deterred, Heth had the student come in during his off time to complete the assigned tasks in a way that would accommodate the knee problems. His win-win philosophy has earned him a 4.8 in the most recent student evaluation score.
Heth is a graduate of Midland High School and Midland College, where he was a dual credit student. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice at Angelo State University. He worked as a teaching assistant while pursuing his Master of Science in Kinesiology at ASU. He also worked at Texas Tech University as a full-time staff member.
Heth is a Master Texan Advisor and serves as the general student advisor for the kinesiology department, He assisted with the development of the department’s transfer guides, is a UIL regional basketball volunteer, a UIL tennis tournament director, a SPC scholarship committee member for eight years, a member of the SPC Scholarship Gala committee, a member of the departmental website design committee, a department Blackboard buddy, and a member of the SPC Faculty Senate.
In the classroom, Heth utilizes many creative strategies to keep his students engaged. He said a student today needs to have a plan in place with clear goals established. This will help prevent academic fatigue and allow him to see the finish line that lies ahead.
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(KTLA) — Metallic balloons, like the foil or mylar heart-shaped balloons often given to loved ones on Valentine’s Day, will soon be harder to find in the state of California.
By 2028, the state will begin phasing out sales of the balloons. By 2031, they will become illegal contraband in California. They were outlawed in recent legislation that was passed unanimously and then signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom back in September.
The reason? They pose a massive risk of causing wildfires or power outages.
The metal coating on the balloons can cause an explosion or an electrical shortage if they come into contact with power lines.
Power utilities like Southern California Edison have advocated for their removal from California stores. SCE said metallic balloons caused 802 outages and 97 explosions in 2022.
The company said balloon-related incidents begin to increase in regularity around the time of Valentine’s Day. Last year, a balloon caused an outage in Fontana that left 1,500 people without power, some overnight.
Thankfully, the total number of incidents has been decreasing over the years thanks in part to public information campaigns and the rising cost of helium, SCE said.
Some cities in California have already outright banned them due to public safety risks, but the new legislation aims to permanently let the air out of any metallic balloon celebrations.
But if you just have to get your hands on a foil balloon and don’t think that desire will fade over the next five years, there is good news. The new law doesn’t explicitly get rid of all metallic balloons, only those that conduct electricity.
Manufacturers will have years to develop and create balloons that meet this new requirement, and one of the largest balloon manufacturers has already successfully developed a promising non-conductive metallic balloon.
In the meantime, Californians are still urged to keep metallic balloons earthbound until the new law goes into effect.
If you need another reason to end the practice of releasing balloons into the air, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife says many animals can mistake them for food or get tangled in the strings. Balloons are responsible for hundreds of animal deaths every year, many of which can be violent ones.
Instead, celebrate your love for one another by planting native flowers, blowing bubbles or flying a kite. An animal (and your local power utility) will thank you.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Truechip, today announced that it has shipped early adoption version of USB4v2 Verification IP.
On this occasion, Nitin Kishore, CEO, Truechip, said, "Today we possess a phenomenal range of proven Verification IPs, NoC Silicon IPs, GUI, and Automated solutions. Our Philosophy of P3 - Prompt Support, Proven Solution and Perfect Integration differentiates us from others. We are flexible towards varied customer requirements in terms of aggressive support, customization, enhancements along with ease of integration."
"With introduction of PAM3 signaling, USB4v2 not only increases the speed from 40Gbps (in USB4v1) to 80Gbps but also adds multiple additional features for flexibility and efficiency like Dynamic data-rate change based on requirement (Symmetric/ Asymmetric Links). Additionally with the changes in RSFEC, the skews are lesser and skew management is easier. While maintaining compatibility with Thunderbolt 3 products, USB4v2 goes beyond the data rate for Thunderbolt 3 and 4 (40Gbps)," added Kishore.
Speaking on the occasion, Saurabh Agarwal, Director-Marketing, Truechip, said, "Truechip's 'Customer First' approach has made us the preferred VIP partner for design companies looking for a modern solution that can power their growth and transformation journeys, enabling innovation, greater agility, and reduce time to market."
USB4v2 VIP Features:
- Support for Gen 4 (80Gb/s) speed including both Symmetric and Asymmetric Links (max 120Gb/s) in addition to Gen2 (20Gb/s) and Gen3 (40Gb/s) Speed of USB4v1.
- Supports PAM2 and PAM3 signaling, improved RSFEC and Scrambler Encoding Block added for Gen4 Link and updated Low Power states for Gen4.
- Supports Gen4 Link recovery in case of any uncorrectable error events on the link and added Host Router Reset feature.
- Supports tunneling for DisplayPort v2.1, PCIe Gen 5 and USB 3.2 (using Gen X & Gen T Tunneling Adaptors).
- Enhanced Uni-Directional Time Sync Handshake (Inverse Bi-Directional Mode and Adaptive Uni-Directional Mode) and improved Time Synchronization Mechanism.
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Ex-Angels employee gets 22 years in Skaggs overdose death
By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Los Angeles Angels employee was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas.
Eric Kay, dressed in an orange jumpsuit with handcuffs and leg shackles, didn’t react when U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means read his sentence. Kay faced at least 20 years in prison on one of the two counts.
There was no reaction from Skaggs’ widow and mother or members of Kay’s family, including one of his sons who testified on his behalf before sentencing.
Prosecutors presented evidence of Kay, 48, making derogatory comments about Skaggs, his family, prosecutors and jurors in phone calls and emails after he was convicted in February.
There was emotional testimony from both sides in federal court in Fort Worth, about 15 miles from where the Angels were supposed to open a four-game series against the Texas Rangers on July 1, 2019, the day Skaggs was found dead in a suburban Dallas hotel room.
Kay was convicted on one count each of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy.
A coroner’s report said Skaggs, 27, had choked to death on his vomit and that a toxic mix of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone was in his system.
The trial included testimony from five major league players who said they received oxycodone pills from Kay at various times from 2017-19, the years Kay was accused of obtaining pills and giving them to players at Angel Stadium. Kay also used drugs himself, according to testimony and court documents.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden offered himself to Americans as a president they wouldn’t have to think about after the tumult of his predecessor. But an excruciating week of awkward disclosures and the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified records found at his Delaware home and a former office dating to his time as vice president is beginning to strain his claim to competence.
The surprise revelations that on three different occasions Biden’s lawyers found improperly stored classified documents and official records evoked the turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s presidency, a four-year ruckus from which Biden has tried to move the country past.
It’s an embarrassment to Biden, and the selection of a special counsel to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing in the matter exposes the president to a new, self-inflicted risk.
Further, it complicates the Justice Department’s calculus about whether to bring charges against Trump over his handling of classified material, hands fresh ammunition to newly empowered House Republicans eager to launch investigations and undercuts a central plank of Biden’s pitch to voters just as he looks to launch a reelection bid in the coming months.
“It just won’t be so exhausting,” former President Barack Obama had promised about a Biden presidency in the closing days of the 2020 campaign, adding that voters are “not going to have to think about the crazy things … and that is worth a lot.”
The Biden case is markedly different from Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and official records — not least because Biden's team voluntarily turned them over to federal officials when they were discovered. Still, it has caused private frustration among Biden allies and some advisers because the president and his team, as billed, were supposed to be better than this.
The current White House explanation, offered by lawyer Richard Sauber, is that the special counsel’s inquiry “will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced” — a “mistake” with the nation’s secrets.
Biden seemingly ignored or forgot about a cardinal rule in politics: Check your closet for skeletons before you complain about someone else’s. His public criticisms about Trump’s “ irresponsible ” handling of classified documents, however different the circumstances, are now coming back to haunt him.
Biden allies say the packing up of his vice presidential office happened swiftly. Biden aimed to run through the tape on his eight years alongside Obama even as aides worked to close down his office before Trump’s inauguration at noon on Jan. 20, 2017.
But that explanation, said Richard Painter, the top ethics official in the George W. Bush administration, suggests behavior that was “incredibly careless and really quite shocking.”
Painter said that while Biden probably would avoid the criminal issues looming over Trump because there is so far no sense that Biden intentionally mishandled classified records, it still merited investigation.
“You never just pack stuff up and cart it out of there,” Painter said. He said aides and lawyers are supposed to carefully sift through what are official records that are property of the National Archives and personal records that may be removed.
“To say nothing of classified documents which have these distinctive markings on them,” Painter said. “It’s still very worrisome. It’s a serious national security breach.”
Beyond all that, the piecemeal way that word of the discoveries became public — more than two months after the first batch of classified documents had been found at the Penn Biden Center in Washington — has drawn bewilderment from crisis management experts.
“The White House can’t let itself be seen as hiding information or be bled to death by investigators’ or others’ leaks,” said Adam Goldberg, who served as special associate counsel to President Bill Clinton from 1996-1999.
It wasn’t until Monday that the White House confirmed that classified documents had been found at Biden’s former office on Nov. 2, days before the midterm elections. Even then, that acknowledgement came only in response to news inquiries.
Not until Thursday did Biden lawyers acknowledge the Dec. 20 discovery of documents in the garage of Biden’s house in Wilmington, Delaware, and inform the Justice Department that another classified record had been found the night before in Biden’s home library.
“If there’s any further bad news out there, they better be the ones to put it out and put it out all at once,” Goldberg said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that Americans can “assume” there are no more classified documents or government records improperly stored after Biden’s personal lawyers conducted a final search that concluded on Wednesday evening.
She repeatedly deflected questions about the White House’s public disclosures, insisting the president's team was handling handling the matter the “right way” by deferring to the Justice Department.
If Biden’s White House needs to get its messaging back on track after a week of missteps and unforced errors, Trump’s issues go well beyond mere competence.
“On the political front, assuming the White House gets its communications right, I’m not worried about any political fallout,” said Goldberg. “With Trump, competency hasn’t been the issue, intentional misconduct has been. While Republicans will try to muddy this up, there’s just such a big difference between Biden discovering and disclosing these on his own and Trump’s obstruction and lying.”
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EDITOR’S NOTE — White House Correspondent Zeke Miller has covered the presidency for The Associated Press since 2017.
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Millennial Money: 4 expenses for parents to rethink in 2023
By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet
As we kick-start 2023, many parents are rebalancing their budgets and looking for ways to save money amid inflation. Parents who often look forward to getting sizable tax refunds may end up with a noticeable reduction. This could be due in part to reductions in the child and dependent care credit as well as the child tax credit. Parents can reevaluate some of their child-related expenses to save money in 2023. Some common expenses they can review include health insurance plans, entertainment for their kids, child care expenses and groceries.
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BOULDER, Colo. — Tristan da Silva scored 26 points, KJ Simpson added 18, and Colorado defeated Northern Colorado 88-77 on Sunday night, giving Buffaloes coach Thad Boyle his program record-tying 261st win.
Colorado led 58-53 with a little under 11 minutes remaining before da Silva scored seven points and Javon Ruffin and Simpson hit 3-pointers in a 16-4 run that gave the Buffaloes a 74-57 lead with 5:52 to go.
Ruffin finished with 12 points and Julian Hammond III added 11 for the Buffaloes (7-5).
Dalton Knecht scored 24 points for the Bears (5-6), Daylen Kountz added 17 and Matt Johnson 15.
Neither team led by more than four points in the first half before Ruffin hit a 3-pointer for a 35-29 Colorado lead with 4:10 remaining. Simpson added a jumper and a 3-pointer later in the half and the Buffaloes led 46-39 at the break.
The Buffaloes have averaged 84.7 points in their seven wins.
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(NewsNation) — Historic drought across the United States is leaving some cities desperate for answers.
Coalinga, California, is expected to run out of water by December.
Coalinga City Councilmember Adam Adkisson told NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield on Wednesday night that the only workaround will be extremely costly. Officials estimated they’d need to buy water from private vendors and go from paying $133,000 to $1.3 million for the same amount of water.
Coalinga Superintendent Lori Villanueva said it’s not just about having green lawns.
Villanueva lost a portion of her own right lung last year from a drought-aggravated illness, valley fever, that is caused by breathing soil fungus whipped up off the dry ground.
“Some people get a cough, then it goes away. Some people, like myself, it gets in your system and eats away at your lungs. I ended up having two surgeries,” Villanueva said Wednesday night on “Banfield.” “Part of the solution of living in an area like this is being able to have turf that covers the ground, keeps that dust from blowing around. That’s a main way to keep this in control.”
“It’s about not having people breathe in the dust, the agricultural products, and chemicals that are in the soil.”
Drought is not just happening in California. A map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the levels of drought around America. Anything yellow, orange, or red is a problem.
In August, about 40% of the United States fell into the moderate to severe categories, and 27% of the country was severe to extreme.
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- Globally unique certification for high safety and quality standards for building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules
- This certification adds value for dealers, manufacturers and buyers of photovoltaic systems
COLOGNE, Germany, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TÜV Rheinland has launched a globally unique test standard (2 PfG 2796/02.22) for the certification of building-integrated photovoltaic modules (BIPV). This paves the way for the tests and qualifications required before BIPV systems can be put into operation, including preparations for approval by the building authorities. So far, there has not yet been a test standard for BIPV systems that certifies their compliance with uniform safety and quality standards. The result: intransparency and quality deficiencies as well as associated uncertainties in the BIPV market.
"The new TÜV Rheinland certification offers a solution for subjecting building-integrated photovoltaic modules to an independent and standardized testing and quality assurance procedure even before they are sold," explains Lukas Jakisch, Segment Manager at TÜV Rheinland.
TÜV Rheinland's experts examine properties of the photovoltaic modules that are relevant to both building requirements and electrotechnical requirements. They take into account both the European Construction Product Regulation CPR 305/2011 and the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU, as well as CENELEC Standards.
"TÜV Rheinland is a market leader in the certification of PV products and systems. Our customers can rely on certified products meeting the most stringent quality and safety testing requirements," says PV expert Lukas Jakisch.
Background: current BIPV standards (EN 50583 and IEC 63092) are not mandatory product certification. However, they serve as a technical basis for the development of the 2 PfG 2796 TÜV Rheinland standard. This provides the requirements for qualification and certification of BIPV modules in order to strengthen the confidence of distributors, manufacturers and purchasers in their quality through product certification.
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150 years dedicated to safety. Since 1872, TÜV Rheinland has been committed to making technology safe for people and the environment. From steam engines to digitalization, what started as a regional association for the monitoring of steam boilers has grown into a global provider of test services. Today, TÜV Rheinland ensures safety and quality in almost all areas of business and life. This shared commitment unites more than 20,000 employees. They generate annual revenues of 2 billion euros. TÜV Rheinland's experts test technical systems and products around the globe, support innovations in technology and business, train people in numerous professions, and certify management systems according to international standards. By ensuring safety and sustainability, TÜV Rheinland is also shaping the future. Since 2006, TÜV Rheinland has therefore been a member of the United Nations Global Compact for more sustainability and against corruption. Website: www.tuv.com
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Arizona county quick to bat down election misinformation
By BOB CHRISTIE
Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in Arizona’s most populous county have become adept at batting down slanted, false or nearly false claims about how they ran last week’s election and are counting ballots. The accusations come in all types and at all hours from former President Donald Trump and his supporters, top Republican candidates or groups and average voters. Maricopa County’s leaders have had two years to hone their game as they battle the misinformation and accusations because they faced a similar barrage after the 2020 election lost by Trump. Republican board Chairman Bill Gates says the county has learned to respond quickly and accurately.
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(The Conversation) – Each weekday, more than half of the K-12 students in the U.S. – over 25 million pupils – ride a school bus. Until very recently, nearly all of these 500,000 buses ran on diesel fuel.
Nationwide, diesel-powered school buses produce more than 5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. They also generate air pollutants that are harmful to children’s health – especially fine particulates. Studies show that exposure to diesel tailpipe emissions worsens respiratory conditions, decreases lung function and can lead to increased hospital admissions and emergency room visits.
Shifting to cleaner buses is especially important for low-income students. Across the U.S., 60% of low-income students ride the school bus, compared with 45% of other students. School buses often idle their engines while they are loading or unloading, which exposes children directly to exhaust fumes.
I study issues at the intersection of infrastructure, policy and place, including sustainability and equity in transportation. While electrifying school bus fleets requires big investments, I believe the evidence makes clear that it will more than pay off over the long term in health and economic benefits, and I am encouraged to see public and private investments moving in that direction.
Early movers
Decisions about switching from diesel to electric school buses typically lie with cities and school districts, although state governments are getting involved. As of March 2022, 415 school districts or contracted fleet operators had committed to deploy 12,275 electric school buses in a wide range of settings, from large cities to rural counties, across 38 states and lands of two Native American tribes.
California, a longtime leader in clean vehicle policy, acquired its first electric school buses in 2014. Now the state is spending nearly US$70 million to replace more than 200 diesel buses with electric versions to advance its climate and air-quality goals.
Another notable case is Montgomery County, the largest school district in Maryland, which is replacing 326 diesel buses with electric buses by 2025 and building five charging depots. The district serves a diverse population of 160,000 students in 210 schools.
In Virginia, the utility company Dominion Energy announced in 2019 that it would provide 50 electric buses for 16 school districts across the state as one of its initiatives to reduce pollution and promote sustainability. Dominion is paying for infrastructure costs and absorbing the cost difference between a diesel and an electric bus.The town of Chesapeake, Va., takes delivery of its first electric school buses, funded by the utility Dominion Energy.
The biggest obstacles: Funding and space
As Dominion’s gesture suggests, converting bus fleets isn’t an easy step for many school districts. An electric school bus can cost up to $400,000, two to three times the price of a diesel bus.
But electric buses have lower operating costs, so they save districts an estimated $4,000 to $11,000 per bus per year compared with diesel versions. That can make the costs of electric buses comparable over their lifetimes.
Electric bus motors have about 20 parts, compared with 2,000 in a diesel engine, and require far fewer maintenance steps such as regular fluid changes. And because many of their mechanical systems, such as braking and steering, are similar to those in diesel buses, electric buses are relatively easy to service, especially in districts where both bus types operate.
Charging stations also require money and space, especially in areas where bus routes are long and battery range is a constraint. Most buses now on the market have ranges of about 100 to 120 miles (160-190 kilometers) on a single charge.
In a 2013 study, analysts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory reviewed school bus drive cycles in Colorado, New York and Washington and found that the average school bus was typically in operation for 5.26 hours per day. Driving distance averaged about 32 miles, (50 kilometers), with some buses traveling over 127 miles (200 kilomaters) daily.
School districts need places to charge buses easily and efficiently, especially between morning and afternoon routes. Building this infrastructure, especially as diesel buses continue to operate concurrently with growing electric fleets, can pose a challenge in school districts where space is limited.
Buses as power sources
At the same time, charging infrastructure can make school bus fueling and management more efficient. Today’s managed charging infrastructure allows districts to plug in a bus whenever it is parked at the depot but have the bus charge only when needed. Chargers can be programmed to function at times of day when energy demand is lowest and power is less expensive.
Manufacturers are introducing buses equipped with bidirectional charging capability that can send stored electricity back to the grid when they are not in service. During summer months, when many school buses are not in use and power usage often peaks, utilities soon may be able to call on school districts to make charged buses available to help ease demand load. These buses can also be used as mobile generators during power outages and emergencies.
In a 2022 study, researchers at the University of North Carolina analyzed how the state’s utilities could use school buses with vehicle-to-grid charging to manage peak power demand while taking the buses’ schedules into account. They estimated that a fleet of 14,000 buses could provide about 2.6 gigawatt-hours of electricity to the grid on an average winter weekend day in North Carolina, reducing utilities’ dependence on natural gas and avoiding up to 1,130 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per day.
Cleaner air is likely to pay off in improved student performance. In a 2019 study, researchers found that retrofitting 2,656 diesel buses in Georgia – adding new components to reduce the buses’ emissions – was associated with positive effects on students’ respiratory health, and that districts with retrofitted diesel buses experienced test score gains in English and math. Since even modernized diesel vehicles still generate air pollutants, shifting to electric buses would likely produce even larger increases.
Spreading the benefits
Federal and state agencies are moving to speed up the transition to electric school buses. The American Rescue Plan, enacted in 2021 to provide economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, included $7 million in rebates for school districts in underserved communities, Tribal schools and private fleets serving schools that purchase electric buses.
In March 2022 the Environmental Protection Agency awarded funding for 23 electric school bus replacement programs and associated charging infrastructure in 11 states. And New York state’s fiscal 2023 budget includes a nation-leading requirement that all new school bus purchases must be electric starting in July 2027, and that all school buses in service must be zero-emission by 2035. The budget allocates $500 million in potential state funding for school bus electrification as part of a larger environmental bond act, which will be on the ballot in November 2022.
Riding the iconic yellow school bus is a formative experience for millions of kids across the U.S. If more districts make the shift away from diesel, I believe it will become a greener and healthier trip and a step toward the zero-emissions future our nation’s children deserve.
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PRC healthcare solution packages offered at exclusive rates to Vizient members
OMAHA, Neb., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PRC, a leader in the healthcare intelligence space, announced today that it will be including CARES™ Connect—an innovative discharge solution designed to improve patient perceptions, increase HCAHPS scores, and reduce hospital readmissions—as part of their exclusive Vizient member offerings.
Created by PRC and Healthcare Experience Foundation, CARES™ Connect contacts patients via live CARES™-certified interviewers or SMS text within 24 hours of hospital discharge, ensuring their safe transition home, answering patient questions, verifying adherence to discharge instructions, and identifying safety risks that could cause readmissions if left unaddressed.
CARES™ Connect was introduced in June 2021, with PRC offering calls and texts to clients that cater to their patient demographics' needs following inpatient, emergency department, and ambulatory surgery support. Unlike IVR technology commonly used in discharge communication, the live interviewers conducting CARES™ Connect communication provide a personalized experience for recently discharged patients that convey genuine compassion for patient well-being and dedication to their recovery.
"Through our agreement with Vizient, we're thrilled to offer CARES™ Connect to its members and bring meaningful post-discharge communications to patients across the country," said Katie Owens, President, Healthcare Experience Foundation and SVP, PRC Excellence Accelerator®. "During its launch year, we've seen CARES™ Connect support client improvements in safety outcomes, and its inclusion in our Vizient solution packages gives it a new platform to support even more organizations moving forward."
To ensure clients have a complete solution, CARES™ Connect is accompanied by PRCAlertView.com, a reporting platform that uses CARES™ Connect data to notify hospital clinical staff of safety risks. Additionally, all clients receive evidence-based coaching to optimize their discharge planning, communication, and follow-up.
Together, this complete solution creates a performance improvement loop for healthcare professionals to efficiently triage post-discharge risks and identify opportunities to improve quality of care.
Learn more about CARES™ Connect here.
PRC, a leader in the healthcare intelligence space with the most comprehensive healthcare discovery platform, is taking surveys to a new level. PRC's solutions and intuitive reporting focus on changing the way organizations manage and improve five key areas of the healthcare experience—patient, physician, employee, community, and brand. Over 2,800 healthcare organizations across the United States have used PRC to listen, understand, and take action to create cultures of excellence. To ensure clients have access to leading practices, coaches, and learning resources, PRC is partnered with Healthcare Experience Foundation (HXF) to accelerate paths to excellence. The PRC healthcare discovery platform is a system designed to drive action, optimize engagement, and increase loyalty while building a positive culture across the healthcare ecosystem. www.PRCExcellence.com
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HOUSTON, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Powell Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: POWL), a leading supplier of custom engineered solutions for the management, control and distribution of electrical energy, today announced that it will release results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2022 on Monday, December 5, 2022 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, Powell Industries has scheduled a conference call, which will be broadcast live within the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. eastern time.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through December 13, 2022 and may be accessed by calling 1-877-344-7529 (domestic) or 1-412-317-0088 (international) and using passcode 2932915#. A webcast archive will also be available at powellind.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days. For more information, please contact Robert Winters or Ryan Coleman at Alpha IR Group at 312-445-2870 or email POWL@alpha-ir.com.
Powell Industries, Inc., headquartered in Houston, designs, manufactures and services custom-engineered equipment and systems for the distribution, control and monitoring of electrical energy. Powell markets include large industrial customers such as utilities, oil and gas producers, refineries, petrochemical plants, pulp and paper producers, mining operations and commuter railways. For more information, please visit powellind.com.
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DUBLIN (AP) — In the postgame analysis, free beer at the Nebraska-Northwestern game in Ireland was the right call.
The freebies flowed for two hours during Northwestern’s 31-28 victory on Saturday, and the catering company for Aviva Stadium hailed its workers for keeping the refreshments coming.
Levy UK + Ireland said Sunday the problem was with its payment provider, and not with the stadium’s internet connection.
“Due to technical issues caused by our payment provider, SumUp, we were unable to process card transactions for two hours at Aviva Stadium,” the company said in a statement.
It said the problem “was solely down to the external network system which the payment provider operates on to process transactions. This was not a technical issue isolated to Aviva Stadium or indeed Ireland.” The stadium went cashless in 2021.
Levy, a sports and hospitality caterer whose other clients include English Premier League soccer clubs, did not give an estimate of lost revenue.
“Our team at Aviva Stadium were extremely quick to ensure that the fan experience was upheld and food and beverage kiosks were kept open serving customers for the entirety of this period,” it said. “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this caused customers and would like to thank our employees at Aviva Stadium for the spirit they showed in keeping everything going.”
SumUp posted on its Twitter account minutes before kickoff that it was “experiencing issues with logins, payments, and other services.” Two hours later, it posted that the problem was resolved. It apologized to clients “for any disruption to your day.”
Ronan McGowan got “three or four” plastic cups of Guinness “but it took 40 minutes, I missed the game. It wasn’t good. In fairness, most people didn’t have cash. They did the right thing, under the circumstances.”
McGowan said people were also “ordering a lot of drinks,” which slowed everything.
Nebraska fan Elena Kuiper was already in line when she realized the beer was free. Afterward, she said “news traveled fast.” Her husband, Scott, said a man sitting next to him moved quickly.
“He took off right away and went up there to go get one,” he said Sunday at Dublin Airport.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 4, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
241 PM CDT Sun Sep 4 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY...
At 241 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Rain intensity has weakened
and only light additional accumulations are expected at this time,
but it will take some time for any flooding that did occur to recede.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Corpus Christi, South Texas Botanical Gardens, Kings Crossing
Subdivision and Cabaniss Field.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Rockwall County in north central Texas...
Northwestern Kaufman County in north central Texas...
Southeastern Denton County in north central Texas...
Southwestern Collin County in north central Texas...
Dallas County in north central Texas...
* Until 345 PM CDT.
* At 242 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Plano, moving
south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Dallas, Plano, Garland, Irving, Grand Prairie, Mesquite, McKinney,
Carrollton, Frisco, Richardson, Lewisville, Allen, Rowlett, Desoto,
Cedar Hill, Wylie, Coppell, Duncanville, Rockwall and Lancaster.
For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from
windows.
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Amy Reach transitions to president; Cohen is a former C-Level Executive at The Match Marketing Group, Epsilon and Catapult Marketing
ATLANTA, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today leading advertising, marketing and technology partner PureRED announced Brian Cohen as Chief Executive Officer. Brian has served as an advisor to PureRED and its Board of Directors since January of 2022, and will follow Amy Reach as CEO. Amy will continue in her role as president.
For the past two years, Amy has served a dual role as president and CEO, successfully guiding the company through the pandemic. During that time, Amy also played an instrumental role as a member of the company's Board of Directors in recruiting Brian as her successor and preparing for the transition. Amy will retain her role as President, and focus her attention on leading and nurturing the company's impressive roster of Retail-specific clients.
Brian joins PureRED after more than two decades as a business and marketing executive, board advisor and business builder. Previously, Brian was the CEO of the Match Marketing Group, where he led the company through a period of repositioning and growth during the height of the Covid pandemic. Additionally, he served as President and Managing Director of Catapult Marketing before successfully merging the company with The Epsilon Agency in 2017, where he then held the title of Chief Operating Officer.
Brian will work closely with Amy and the broader team to help guide PureRED into the company's next phase of growth, leveraging their proprietary PR1 platform, fueling further investment, and growing the already impressive consumer advertising and marketing discipline.
"PureRED has such an impressive collection of talented individuals and a suite of long-standing, top-tier clients. It's an honor to be a part of this team, and to help shape our future as we continue to expand our capabilities and become even more influential in driving growth for our clients." said Brian Cohen, CEO, PureRED.
"In working with Brian over the past few months, it quickly became clear he was the perfect successor as PureRED CEO," said Amy Reach, President, PureRED. "I'm honored to have served as CEO and President for the last two years, some of the toughest for our industry. I know Brian will continue the strong trajectory of PureRED, and I will have a front row seat as President."
Brian Cohen and Amy Reach assume their new positions effective immediately.
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Planning your summer vacays? Right now, Groupon is offering a Great Wolf Lodge deal that will get you up to 55% off for 1- or 2-night stays at the family water park. But, you better move fast: The dates are going quickly!
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Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.
The inconspicuous, pale yellow complex in eastern Moscow was built as a military penitentiary in 1881 and was used for low-ranking convicts sentenced to relatively short terms. But it gained its notoriety after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, when it became a top detention facility for the Soviet secret police.
Under Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s Great Terror of mass arrests in the 1930s, Lefortovo was one of the main pre-trial detention facilities for “enemies of the people,” equipped with torture chambers to extract confessions. Stalin’s sadistic secret police chief, Lavrentiy Beria, personally took part in some prisoner interrogations and executions in its basement.
Vasily Blyukher, one of the highest-ranking Red Army officers, was among those who died in 1938 after being tortured in Lefortovo.
After Stalin’s death in 1953, the prison continued to serve as main detention facility for the KGB, which used it for espionage suspects and political dissidents. Stalin’s younger son Vasily was held in Lefortovo at one point following his father’s death as the country’s new leaders prosecuted him for various offenses.
Nobel prize author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who chronicled Stalin’s purges in his “Gulag Archipelago,” spent a night in Lefortovo in 1974 before being expelled from the Soviet Union.
Soviet dissidents Vladimir Bukovsky and Natan Sharansky were held there during Leonid Brezhnev’s rule and later released in prisoner exchanges, and Brezhnev’s son-in-law, Yuri Churbanov, served time there on corruption charges soon after the leader’s death.
Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, was put in Lefortovo after his 1986 arrest on bogus espionage accusations. He was released without charge 20 days later in a swap for an employee of the Soviet Union’s U.N. mission who was arrested by the FBI on spying charges.
Gershkovich, a 31-year-old reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is the first American reporter to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since Daniloff. The Journal denied the allegations and demanded Gershkovich’s release.
Mathias Rust, a German teenager who astonished the world by landing his light plane on Red Square in 1987 after fooling Soviet air defenses, also was held in Lefortovo until his release the following year.
After the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, the leaders of a hard-line parliamentary rebellion against Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, in 1993 also were held there until their amnesty the following year.
Other famous Lefortovo inmates included Russian intelligence officers Alexander Litvinenko and Sergei Skripal, both later poisoned in the U.K. in what British authorities described as Moscow-engineered attacks. Litvinenko died in London in 2006 after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium, while Skripal and his daughter survived their 2018 poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok.
Even though it was formally transferred to Justice Ministry jurisdiction in 2005, the Federal Security Service, the top KGB successor agency that is known under its acronym FSB, has maintained de facto control of the facility.
All those arrested by the FSB on spying charges and some other high-profile suspects, including government officials accused of corruption, are held in Lefortovo pending trial.
Paul Whelan, a Michigan corporate security executive and a former Marine, was held in Lefortovo after his arrest in 2018 on espionage charges that his family and the U.S. government have said are baseless. After his conviction in 2020, Whelan was transferred to another prison to serve his 16-year sentence.
Lefortovo’s trademark is holding its prisoners in “total information isolation,” said Yevgeny Smirnov, a prominent lawyer who has defended espionage and treason suspects.
“No calls, no visitation, no newspapers, nothing,” Smirnov told The Associated Press. “At best, they will receive letters — and even then most likely with a delay of a month or two. It’s one of the tools of suppression.”
Smirnov and his colleague Ivan Pavlov said FSB espionage investigations typically last from a year to 18 months, followed by a trial behind closed doors. There have been no acquittals in treason and espionage cases in Russia since 1999, Pavlov said.
While Lefortovo has maintained its distinctive Soviet-era feel, one addition was a small Russian Orthodox church built on its grounds with small separate prayer cabins to keep inmates from being seen by others.
Authorities maintain a tight lid of secrecy on Lefortovo, not disclosing any details such as the number of prisoners held there. Russian media reports said it hosts no more than 200 prisoners at a time, normally kept in solitary confinement.
Writer Eduard Limonov, who spent two years in Lefortovo in the early 2000s after being charged with extremism for his political activities, described its dusty red carpets in the corridors, muffling the steps of inmates, and portraits of Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky in interrogation rooms.
Cell doors shut noiselessly, with the silence only broken when guards use clacking devices or banged metal pipes to warn colleagues that they were escorting a suspect to avoid meeting others.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge ruled Thursday that there's no basis to keep sealed documents related to a child pornography investigation of billionaire banker and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford.
Judge James Power wrote that affidavits supporting search warrants should be made public under South Dakota law. But he said they would remain sealed until Sanford and his attorneys decide whether to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court.
Sanford attorney Stacy Hegge asked Power in an email last month to keep the affidavits sealed or at least be given additional time in order to seek relief from the Supreme Court. Hegge didn't immediately reply to an email Thursday.
The South Dakota attorney general’s office declined to file charges against Sanford following the investigation, saying it found no “prosecutable offenses” within the state’s jurisdiction, according to a court document filed last month.
South Dakota investigators in 2019 began searching Sanford’s email account, as well as his cellular and internet service providers, for possible possession of child pornography after his accounts were flagged by a technology firm.
The investigation was first reported in 2020 by ProPublica and the Argus Leader. Both news outlets went to court for access to affidavits.
The 86-year-old Sanford is the state’s richest man, worth an estimated $3.4 billion.
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Dolly Parton receives $100 million Courage and Civility Award from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez
By Chloe Melas, CNN
Dolly Parton is the latest recipient of the Bezos Courage and Civility Award.
“Jeff [Bezos] and I are so proud to share that we have a new Bezos Courage and Civility Award winner — a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and compassion in every aspect of her work,” Bezos’ longtime partner, Lauren Sanchez, posted on Instagram alongside a video of their speech Friday before awarding the grant to the country music legend. “We can’t wait to see all the good that you’re going to do with this $100 million award, @DollyParton.”
Parton is also known for her philanthropy. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s vaccine research efforts. It was partly used to fund Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.
She said in an interview at the time with BBC’s “The One Show,” that she felt “honored and proud.”
“I just felt so proud to have been part of that little seed money that will hopefully grow into something great and help to heal this world,” she said. “I’m a very proud girl today to know I had anything at all to do with something that’s going to help us through this crazy pandemic.”
In 1988, Parton established the Dollywood Foundation, and eventually The Imagination Library, a program that helps children across the world access books.
Among her philanthropic efforts in her home state of Tennessee, Parton also created the Dolly Parton Scholarship, which provides $15,000 to recipients towards a college education.
Last year, Bezos awarded $100 million each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef José Andrés.
Bezos, the founder and former head of Amazon.com, said at a press conference at the time that the grant had no string attached.
“They can give it all to their own charity,” Bezos said last year. “Or they can share the wealth. It is up to them.”
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CHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hub International Limited (HUB), a leading global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced today Amy Halliburton has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. Halliburton will be responsible for all HUB human resource strategic initiatives including talent acquisition and management.
"Focusing on our people has been our greatest asset to driving HUB's success. Our continued growth depends on attracting and retaining high-performing talent, making HUB the best place to work while redefining the workplace of the future," said Marc Cohen, President and CEO of HUB. "I am pleased to welcome Amy to HUB, as she brings deep experience in human resources management, global talent development, employee relations and executive leadership."
Halliburton with the HUB HR team will support more than 16,000 employees and oversee all aspects of human resources including recruitment, learning and development, recognition and retention, diversity, and total rewards.
"HUB cares deeply about its people and knows that its continued success will be due to excellent, passionate and engaged employees," said Halliburton. "My focus is to build cutting-edge talent strategies to scale growth, with a strong emphasis on creating great employee experiences as they move up the career ladder."
Halliburton brings 25 years of human resources leadership and experience with her. Most recently, she was Vice President Human Resources for Gallagher's U.S. Brokerage division and prior to that was Human Resources Director for Aon Hewitt. She also held HR and employee relations positions with CNH Industrial, Abbott Laboratories and Williams Companies. Halliburton will report to Cohen and serve on the HUB Executive Management Team.
Halliburton received a BA in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis.
About Hub International
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Hub International Limited is a leading full-service global insurance broker and financial services firm providing risk management, insurance, employee benefits, retirement and wealth management products and services. With more than 16,000 employees in offices located throughout North America, Hub's vast network of specialists brings clarity to a changing world with tailored solutions and unrelenting advocacy, so clients are ready for tomorrow. For more information, visit Hub Media Center.
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WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop was forced to evacuate early Saturday after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state.
Across the Central Coast’s Monterey County, more than 8,500 people were under evacuation orders and warnings Saturday, including roughly 1,700 residents — many of them Latino farmworkers — from the unincorporated community of Pajaro.
Officials said the Pajaro River’s levee breach is about 100 feet (30.48 meters) wide. Crews had gone door to door Friday afternoon to urge residents to leave before the rains came but some stayed and had to be pulled from floodwaters early Saturday.
First responders and the California National Guard rescued more than 50 people overnight. One video showed a member of the Guard helping a driver out of a car trapped by water up to their waists.
“We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived with the Pajaro River overtopping and levee breaching at about midnight,” wrote Luis Alejo, chair of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, on Twitter.
Alejo called the flooding “massive,” saying the damage will take months to repair.
The Pajaro River separates the counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey in the area that flooded Saturday. Floodwaters that got into the region’s wells might be contaminated with chemicals, officials said, and residents were told not to drink or cook with tap water for fear of illness.
Officials had been working along the levee in the hopes of shoring it up when it was breached around midnight Friday into Saturday. Crews began working to fix the levee around daybreak Saturday as residents slept in evacuation centers.
Oliver Gonzalez, 12, told The Associated Press that he, his mother and his aunt were rescued around 5 a.m. Saturday in Parajo. He grabbed his laptop, cellphone and some important documents but so much was left behind in their rush to leave.
“I’m kinda scared,” he said several hours later from an evacuation center in nearby Watsonville. “My mom’s car was left in the water.”
Anais Rodriguez, 37, said first responders knocked on her home’s door shortly after midnight. Her family packed about four days’ worth of clothing and drove out to safety. She and her two children, her husband and her parents — along with their dog, Mila — arrived at the shelter about an hour later with few answers about what this would mean for their community going forward.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office on Saturday said it was monitoring the situation in Pajaro.
“Our thoughts are with everyone impacted and the state has mobilized to support the community,” the governor’s office wrote on Twitter.
The Pajaro Valley is a coastal agricultural area known for growing strawberries, apples, cauliflower, broccoli and artichokes. National brands like Driscoll’s Strawberries and Martinelli’s are headquartered in the region.
In 1995, the Pajaro River’s levees broke, submerging 2,500 acres (1,011 hectares) of farmland and the community of Pajaro. Two peopled died and the flooding caused nearly $100 million in damage. A state law, passed last year, advanced state funds for a levee project. It was scheduled to start construction in 2024.
State Sen. John Laird, who spearheaded the law and represents the area, said the project is fully funded now but it just came down to bad timing with this year’s rains.
“It’s tragic, we were so close to getting this done before any storms,” he said.
This week’s storm marked the state’s 10th atmospheric river of the winter, storms that have brought enormous amounts of rain and snow to the state and helped lessen the drought conditions that had dragged on for three years. State reservoirs that had dipped to strikingly low levels are now well above the average for this time of year, prompting state officials to release water from dams to assist with flood control and make room for even more rain.
Across the state on Saturday, Californians contended with drenching rains and rising water levels in the atmospheric river’s aftermath. In Tulare County, the sheriff ordered residents who live near the Tule River to evacuate, while people near the Poso Creek in Kern County were under an evacuation warning. The National Weather Service’s meteorologists issued flood warnings and advisories, begging motorists to stay off deluged roadways.
In San Francisco, an 85-foot (25.91 meter) eucalyptus tree fell onto the Trocadero Clubhouse early Saturday morning. The 1892 clubhouse, a San Francisco historical landmark, was left severely damaged, with part of the roof crushed and the inside flooded.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared emergencies in 34 counties in recent weeks, and the Biden administration approved a presidential disaster declaration for some on Friday morning, a move that will bring more federal assistance.
The atmospheric river, known as a “Pineapple Express” because it brought warm subtropical moisture across the Pacific from near Hawaii, was melting lower parts of the huge snowpack built in California’s mountains.
Yet another atmospheric river is already in the forecast for early next week. State climatologist Michael Anderson said a third appeared to be taking shape over the Pacific and possibly a fourth.
California appeared to be “well on its way to a fourth year of drought” before the early winter series of storms, Anderson said Friday. “We’re in a very different condition now,” he added.
The National Weather Service on Saturday forecasted an intensified bout of rain and snow Monday through Wednesday, with considerable flooding possible along the state’s central coast, San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys and the southern Sierra Nevada foothills into midweek.
Another round of heavy, wet snow is expected to hit the Sierras and areas of high elevation mid-week, the weather service said. Officials reported about 32 inches (81 centimeters) of snow had fallen by Saturday morning at the Mount Rose ski resort on the edge of Reno, Nevada.
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Teacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student has filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.”
Abby Zwerner, a 25-year-old teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia was shot in the hand and chest on Jan. 6 as she sat at a reading table in her classroom. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and has had four surgeries since the shooting.
The shooting rattled the military shipbuilding community and sent shock waves around the country, with many wondering how a child so young could get access to a gun and shoot his teacher.
The lawsuit names the Newport News School Board and several school district officials as defendants.
Michelle Price, a spokesperson for the school board, Lisa Surles-Law, chair of the school board, and other board members did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment on the lawsuit.
No one, including the boy, has been charged in the shooting. The superintendent was fired by the school board after the shooting, while the assistant principal resigned. The principal was reassigned to another job within the school district. The board also voted to install metal detectors in every school in the district, beginning with Richneck, and to purchase clear backpacks for all students.
In the lawsuit, Zwerner’s attorneys say all of the defendants knew the boy “had a history of random violence” at school and at home, including an episode the year before, when he “strangled and choked” his kindergarten teacher.
“All Defendants knew that John Doe attacked students and teachers alike, and his motivation to injure was directed toward anyone in his path, both in and out of school, and was not limited to teachers while at the school,” the lawsuit states.
School officials removed the boy from Richneck and sent him to another school for the remainder of the year, but allowed him to return to Richneck for first grade in the fall of 2022, the lawsuit states. He was placed on a modified schedule “because he was chasing students around the playground with a belt in an effort to whip them with it,” and was cursing staff and teachers, it says. Under the modified schedule, one of the boy’s parents was required to accompany him during the school day.
“Teachers’ concerns with John Doe’s behavior (were) regularly brought to the attention of Richneck Elementary School administration, and the concerns were always dismissed,” the lawsuit states. Often after he was taken to the office, “he would return to class shortly thereafter with some type of reward, such as a piece of candy,” according to the lawsuit.
The boy’s parents did not agree for him to be put in special education classes where he would be with other students with behavioral issues, the lawsuit states.
Zwerner suffered permanent bodily injuries, physical pain, mental anguish, lost earnings and other damages, the lawsuit states. It seeks $40 million in compensatory damages.
Last month, Newport News prosecutor Howard Gwynn said his office will not criminally charge the boy because he wouldn’t understand the legal system and what a charge means. Gwynn has yet to decide if any adults will be charged.
The boy used his mother’s gun, which police said was purchased legally. An attorney for the boy’s family has said that the firearm was secured on a closet shelf and had a lock on it.
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It's been almost four years since the stunning news of Jeffrey Epstein's death from what the medical examiner ruled a suicide, as Epstein awaited his high-profile sex trafficking trial.
Almost immediately, the U.S. Justice Department promised accountability, with then-Attorney General Bill Barr guaranteeing a thorough investigation.
But all these years later, the Department of Justice has failed to provide any answers about how Jeffrey Epstein was allowed to die while in the custody of the federal government.
Attorney Lisa Bloom represented eight of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers. She believes the criminal justice system failed them the moment he was left alone in his cell the night he died.
Lisa Bloom's mother is well-known women's rights attorney Gloria Allred. Between the two of them, they've come to represent dozens of Epstein's accusers.
"Victims are human beings, they've been through not only the trauma of being sexually victimized and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, but traumatized by the system that was supposed to be there to help them in winning justice," Allred said.
That long-promised DOJ inspector general's report was supposed to shed light on Epstein's death and the failure to guard a high-profile inmate.
"There's no justification for three and a half years to go by on really just investigating one incident. Jeff Epstein was allowed to escape justice in life and he was allowed to escape justice in death and now there's no justice for the victims. It just continues," Bloom said.
SEE MORE: JPMorgan settles with Jeffrey Epstein victims
To see what we could learn, Scripps News filed Freedom of Information Act requests for thousands of documents from the Bureau of Prisons.
The paperwork revealed that the inspector general's office arrived at the prison the same day Epstein died and almost immediately started gathering evidence — like computers and phone logs.
We also uncovered emails notifying employees the inspector general wanted to interview them. But where this investigation went next remains a mystery.
In that information vacuum, conspiracy theories have exploded on the internet, suggesting Epstein may have been killed to cover up for his high-profile friends.
Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark, is convinced his brother didn't die by suicide, and told Scripps News the inspector general hasn't reached out to a string of potentially key witnesses.
One of those people is famed forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. Mark Epstein hired him to be present at his brother's autopsy.
In multiple interviews, Dr. Baden has pointed to specific neck bone fractures sustained by Epstein which Baden said he hasn't seen in a suicide in 50 years of investigating deaths.
The New York Medical Examiner has pushed back on Baden's statements, standing by her conclusion that Epstein died by suicide.
Baden has said publicly his observations aren't conclusive, but there's enough evidence of homicide in his view that it shouldn't be discounted as a possibility without a deeper investigation.
SEE MORE: New documents detail weeks leading up to Jeffrey Epstein's death
"I think we need to know more. I do think that Dr. Baden has raised some good questions," Allred told us.
Attorney David Schoen, who was in talks with Epstein to take over his case, agrees.
We told Schoen that Baden hasn't yet been contacted by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.
"That's shocking. That's shocking," Schoen said when we told him. "That makes no sense on any level for any legitimate reason."
Schoen himself was in contact with Epstein in the weeks before his death strategizing about his case and he, too, told us he's never been approached by the DOJ.
Scripps News also spoke with Marc Fernich, one of Epstein's defense attorneys, who says he has not heard anything from the feds either. He calls the DOJ's entire investigation a farce.
Among the thousands of documents Scripps News obtained from the Bureau of Prisons, a lot of the material focused on Epstein's behavior and mindset in the weeks leading up to his death.
Schoen told Scripps News that at the time of Epstein's death, Epstein was actively making plans to fight his case in a courtroom — but Schoen has never had a chance to tell that to investigators.
"I worry about the integrity of the process, at this point, if they haven't shown any greater interest in interviewing people who should have been interviewed," Schoen said.
Scripps News Investigates reached out to the Department of Justice by phone and email to try to understand why people like Dr. Baden, David Schoen and Marc Fernich were never contacted and to get an update on the status of the investigation.
A spokesperson didn't respond to some questions, but wrote, "the DOJ is completing, and will soon be releasing, our investigation into the Bureau of Prison's handling of Jeffrey Epstein's incarceration."
Gloria Allred sent her own letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz in March of this year demanding answers, and she was also told that the government's report is still being finalized.
Scripps News also spoke with Glenn Fine, the former Inspector General for the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 who said, "While the scope of these investigations can change, and while an investigation over three years is long, this inspector general's office is known for being thorough."
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"Outdoor Industry Gives Back" theme highlights people making a positive impact in the hunting and fishing industries
CAZENOVIA, N.Y., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Outdoor Specialty Media Group announces the publishing of the May issue of North American Deer Hunter digital magazine. This issue features Larry Weishuhn as the cover story talking about mentoring the next generation of hunters and news on launching his latest TV Show "The Journey". He uses his 60+ years of experience as an outdoorsman and conservationist to provide advice on brining the next generation into the outdoor world, and to pass along his vast experience.
Read his amazing story here: Hunting with My Boys – Teaching the Next Generation How To Hunt
Outdoor Industry Gives Back
The issue theme is "Outdoor Industry Gives Back" and is filled with stories about groups performing great deeds including:
- Farmers and Hunters feeding hungry people using donated game meat.
- An Eagle Scout building a hunting blind for handicapped hunters.
- Fulfilling wishes for kids with severe illnesses.
- How women are making an impact on the hunting and fishing industry.
- How Social Media impacts Hunters
- Chronicling Howl for Wildlife's' activities to preserve hunting opportunities.
- Henry Rifles "Guns for Great Causes" contributing to many worthy outdoor activities.
Adventure stories, tips and tricks, gear reviews, cooking, and more…
The issue also has adventure stories with expert tips on hunts for white tail deer, turkeys, geese, and other Big Game animals. Plus, how to use planning skills and new technologies to improve your chances of success, and highlighting success stories of hunters who harvested huge bucks, including some tips and techniques they used to ensure success. The gear reviews and new product releases have links to visit web sites for more information or purchase of the newest available gear. The food section covers using venison tenderloins to make tournedos, as well as hosting many other game recipes.
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WBAY at 70: Agriculture reporter Mike Austin
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - This St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, WBAY is celebrating its 70th anniversary. And to celebrate the milestone, we’re looking back at some of the folks who make up the station’s legacy. We’re enjoying our walk down Memory Lane, this time all the way back to 1980.
For anyone in Northeast Wisconsin who grew up on a farm, Mike Austin is likely a familiar face, coming to WBAY in 1980 as the station’s agriculture reporter, appearing daily on the noon show.
“It was almost kind of important,” he says humbly. “I would say ‘appointment-like television’ because that was one of the only outlets for the farmers to get their information.”
At the time of Austin’s arrival, the noon show was an hour long and it would stay that way until WBAY made an affiliation switch in the 1990′s from CBS to ABC. It was Austin’s job to supply much of the content.
One of his most memorable stories took place right here at the station.
“Right behind us in the auditorium,” he noted during our interview in the WBAY Building lobby, “Toby Roth, who was the congressman of the 8th District, he brought in John Block, the National Secretary of Agriculture, and there was a time in which land prices were going down, interest rates were going up, a lot of pressure on producers financially -- we were losing producers -- and Congressman Roth brought him here and basically we had, the station allowed a 90-minute live show in which we kind of had a Q & A with them, we had open forum with the farmers. We packed the auditorium, the balcony, and even out here in this atrium area, all farmers. We even had someone drive a milk truck up on the stairs. So I mean that was a big impact story that got a lot of attention.”
Austin started out doing radio in Oshkosh before coming to WBAY, and he eventually left to pursue other opportunities in broadcasting but stayed in the area and never gave up on covering agriculture.
He admits a lot has changed over that 40-year time span.
“Now we have a little over 6,000 dairy farmers. At that time we had over 77,000 dairy farmers. It was a big part of the economy, and even if you weren’t currently a farmer maybe that generation before was in agriculture so they were watching as well. They still wanted to know what was happening in the industry,” Austin said.
“The technology, the entrepreneurship in agriculture, all that is pretty impressive, and you as a farm broadcaster need to be on your toes, need to really have a good network out there. and I was fortunate to have that even back in the 80′s and early 90′s in which guys would say, ‘Hey, this is happening. Did you see the new milking equipment over here or the new type of planter and all this,’ so I could make sure those stories got told.”
Does he ever miss doing it?
“I miss the people,” Austin said. “Yeah. I always told people I worked for great people, I worked with great people, and serving the agricultural community was extremely rewarding.”
Today Austin is retired and spends much of his spare time visiting his seven grandchildren. He also volunteers at a local hospital.
It’s that act of service that he says is synonymous with everyone at WBAY.
“They always respond to what the community needs and they’re all in the community. I mean, just to throw his name out, does anybody do more things out in the community than Bill Jartz? I, myself, I did on average in the peak times 150-200 events a year. I think just that contact, being out there, being a part, being that conduit for them was huge, and still is.”
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GURGAON, India, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Raj Tanwar, CHRO, of Advantage Club Technologies Private Limited, has been accepted into Forbes Human Resources Council, an invitation-only community for HR executives across all industries.
Raj Tanwar was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honors.
"We are honored to welcome Raj Tanwar into the community," said Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Human Resources Council. "Our mission with Forbes Councils is to bring together proven leaders from every industry, creating a curated, social capital-driven network that helps every member grow professionally and make an even greater impact on the business world."
As an accepted member of the Council, Raj has access to a variety of exclusive opportunities designed to help him reach peak professional influence. He will connect and collaborate with other respected local leaders in a private forum. Raj will also be invited to work with a professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com, and to contribute to published Q&A panels alongside other experts.
Raj Tanwar will benefit from exclusive access to vetted business service partners, membership-branded marketing collateral, and the high-touch support of the Forbes Councils member concierge team.
Speaking about his acceptance, Raj said, "I am honoured and excited to join this exclusive and august Council. In addition to my credentials, I am convinced that the comprehensive experience cultivated over the last few years would help me meet Council's expectations and would ensure a proactive contribution to enrich the community furthermore."
About Forbes Councils
Forbes Councils is a collective of invitation-only communities created in partnership with Forbes and the expert community builders who founded Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). In Forbes Councils, exceptional business owners and leaders come together with the people and resources that can help them thrive.
About Advantage Club
Advantage Club is a global employee engagement platform offering features like rewards, recognition, community building and FlexBen on a unified platform supported by 10,000+ brand partners globally. Headquartered in San Francisco, Advantage Club currently caters to 3.5 million+ users across 1000+ impressive client portfolio featuring Accenture, BCG, Concentrix, Teleperformance, Hexaware, Target and more with a presence in 100+ countries.
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Rotary Club of Graham to host 5th annual Duck Derby
Published: Aug. 30, 2022 at 4:08 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
GRAHAM, Texas (KAUZ) - The Rotary Club of Graham is hosting the 5th annual Duck Derby on Sept. 17.
All of the action will be at Fireman’s Park from 4-8 p.m. where live music, inflatables and the duck race will happen.
Anyone wanting to participate can pay a minimum of $5 to adopt a duck and enter for a chance to win $5,000.
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The New York Islanders have acquired center Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks in the first blockbuster of NHL trade deadline season.
The teams announced the deal Monday. The Islanders sent forward Anthony Beauvillier, top prospect Aatu Raty and a top-12 protected first-round pick in the 2023 draft to the Canucks.
Horvat, 27, is a pending free agent and was one of the top rentals available ahead of the March 3 deadline. It was not immediately clear if his camp and his new team have an extension in place or have had contract talks of any kind.
The former Canucks captain, who was chosen to represent them at the NHL All-Star Weekend, could give the Islanders the scoring boost they’ve needed. Horvat has already tied his career high with 31 goals this season and also has 23 assists in 49 games.
Horvat has 420 points in 621 regular-season NHL games.
New York ranks 25th out of 32 teams in scoring at 2.85 goals a game and is two points out of a playoff position in the Eastern Conference.
Horvat has 12 more goals this season than the next-closest Islanders teammate.
Horvat will not have to wait long to face the team that drafted him ninth in 2013. The Islanders host the Canucks on Feb. 9.
Dealing Horvat is the latest shakeup for Vancouver, which recently fired coach Bruce Boudreau and hired Rick Tocchet as his replacement. General manager Patrik Allvin said Horvat “has been a great leader and ambassador” for the team.
“As difficult as it is to trade away our captain, we are excited to add a high-quality 25-year-old winger in Anthony Beauvillier, a young center in Aatu Raty, and a protected first-round draft pick,” Allvin said in a statement. “These pieces will be a big part of our development and growth moving forward.”
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ROME (AP) — Italian police on Thursday said they believe the man filmed while engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend last week on the ancient Roman Colosseum is a tourist who lives in Britain.
The identification was made using photographic comparisons, Italian Carabinieri said in a press release. The statement did not provide the name of the suspect nor his whereabouts. When reached by phone, police said no further information could be given.
Italian officials have vowed to find and punish the tourist who carved “Ivan+Haley 23” on the the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, a crime that has resulted in hefty fines in the past.
The vandal was filmed in the act by an American tourist, Ryan Lutz of Orange, California, who posted the video on social media after he said Colosseum guards failed to show interest in his footage.
It was at least the fourth time this year that such graffiti was reported at the Colosseum, an act that carries fines up up to $15,000 and five years in prison.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Just like apprehensions remain high on the outskirts of the city, a steady stream of asylum-seekers makes its way across the Rio Grande from Juarez to Downtown and Central El Paso every morning.
Many come from familiar places like the Northern Triangle of Central America, but others are faring from much more distant locations. U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows border agents in El Paso have processed 8,742 Turkish nationals since October 1. That’s a majority of the 11,827 encounters with Turks recorded by CBP in 2022.
Those are unprecedented numbers that experts say are the result of cooperation between transnational criminal organizations in Mexico and Turkey. The Border Patrol and CBP’s Office of Field Operations reported only 49 encounters with Turks in El Paso during the fiscal year 2020 and 1,212 in 2021. The numbers began to shoot up into the thousands in March.
“At one point, 97.4 percent of arrests were Mexican nationals and they came mainly from the seven poorest states in Mexico, and so the dynamics have changed,” said Victor M. Manjarrez Jr., director of the Center for Law and Human Behavior at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Shelling up to $15,000 per trip, the Turks typically fly to Mexico City. The transnational criminal organizations then decide where the newly arrived will cross.
Manjarrez said the favored crossing venue for Turks when he was the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector chief more than a decade ago was Naco, Arizona.
“We’ve always had Turks. There is a connection to Mexico City and then word-of-mouth gets around which port of entry is easier to enter,” he said. “It’s no different from the Ukrainians who recently arrived in Tijuana. It’s specialized infrastructure; it’s TCO driven.”
The breakdown of how many of the Turkish nationals coming through El Paso were asylum-seekers and how many were trying to evade arrest was not immediately available on Wednesday. But by far, most apprehensions are being made by agents who are on patrol between established U.S. ports of entry.
“These folks that are crossing here today, tonight, they don’t decide, ‘that’s a nice place to cross.’ Their guides, their smugglers say, ‘you’ll cross through here because I already paid the fees'” to the cartels that control vast expanses of U.S.-Mexico border, Manjarrez said.
Other than Turks, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Cubans and Brazilians represent some of the largest groups coming to the Southwest border from regions other than Mexico and Central America, federal officials say.
Lionel, a young adult from Cuba, said he fled amid threats for expressing his political opinion.
“I came to seek asylum because of the situation we are living in Cuba. I am one of the many young people who are leaving,” the asylum-seeker said. “It was hard getting to the border. But our government is genocidal. I, as a Cuban, don’t want to go through that.”
Border Patrol vans can be seen by the Rio Grande levee every morning picking up migrants for processing. Agents use tools such as Google Translate to communicate with those that speak neither English nor Spanish.
One of the first questions they ask is if someone is sick or injured.
Border Patrol Assistant Supervisory Agent Carlos Rivera recently interviewed a Brazilian couple with a young girl in tow.
“We established that they don’t have documentation to be in the country legally,” he said. “But then, obviously, the follow ups: Is the girl healthy? Do they have a birth certificate? Are they OK?”
Rivera said agents pay special attention to females and children, because of the dangers they face at the hands of smugglers who have proven to be ruthless over the years. “There’s a lot of things that could happen to them on their way here. If they’re seeking immediate medical attention, we’re going to (provide it),” he said.
Manjarrez said Border Patrol agents today have a lot of technology to communicate with non-Spanish and non-English speakers than in the past.
“Thirty years ago, there was no Google Translate, there was no AT&T over-the-phone interpretation … what a luxury,” he said. “Back then the agents had to rely on clues like the clothing the migrant wore. We used to draw maps in the dirt and have the migrant point which region of the world he was coming from.” El Paso as of May 31 had recorded 177,789 migrant encounters for the fiscal year. The numbers for June are due out in the next few days
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Advanced high-performance spark plug design, with new ceramic formula, enables long life and increases service intervals for stationary and heavy-duty on- and off-road applications
SKOKIE, Ill., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tenneco Inc.´s (NYSE: TEN) Powertrain business group is launching a range of new Champion® industrial spark plugs, known for their reliable, strong performance and robust durability in industrial applications. The newly designed ignition offerings represent an economical double Iridium solution which rounds out Tenneco's Champion aftermarket value plug portfolio.
"Our two latest Champion industrial spark plugs, in a M14 range with HEX16mm and a new stronger ceramic, yield additional electrical and mechanical strength. The new designs, designated C-4001, are intended for use in stationary biogas and natural-gas commercial truck, bus, and construction machinery applications," said Volker Scherer, Director Industrial Ignition, Sales & Engineering, Tenneco.
These double Iridium M14 J-Gap high performance spark plugs, offered with nominal electrode gaps of 0.25mm for stationary usage and 0.40mm for on- and off-road applications, feature a series of design advances. A new ceramic formula for improved electrical and mechanical strength enables greater resistance against high-voltage failures. A unique Ni-plated shell hot-locking assembly increases mechanical robustness against dynamic combustion pressure. Further, the combination of laser-welded iridium pads and a tailored mass of precious metals provides lifetime improvements over similar spark plug technologies on the market.
"Our advanced ceramic formula enables higher voltage resistance, which in turn increases the lifetime of the spark plug. In addition, the double Iridium alloy ensures adequate lifetime and service intervals for our heavy-duty and stationary industrial customers," stated Scherer.
Tenneco industrial ignition products are sold under the GOETZE®, Auburn® and Champion® brands globally; they are industry-leading technologies servicing all heavy-duty and industrial engine segments, including on- and off-highway, marine, power generation, compression/pumping, and heating. Champion was the first to pioneer ignition products for heavy-duty and industrial applications and, for over 100 years, is still driving the market in product excellence.
For more information visit https://ignition.tenneco.com.
About Tenneco
Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with full year 2021 revenues of $18 billion and approximately 71,000 team members working at more than 260 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, Motorparts, Performance Solutions, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.
Visit www.tenneco.com to learn more.
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- Developed a vertically swiveling 34" ultra large cockpit display.
- A large single screen displaying driving info and controlling infotainment functions… Visibility enhanced with triple curved surface technology.
- New convergence technology combining core component technology knowhow with cutting-edge technology... Ten applied patents at home and abroad.
SEOUL, South Korea, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Mobis (KRX: 012330) has developed the world's first adjustable display technology for integrated automotive cockpit system, as announced on 22. Optimized for autonomous vehicles, this new technology has adopted a new concept of an ultra large, curved screen that is movable. It is also referred to as a swivel display because the screen can be moved both up and down.
This adjustable display features a 34" ultra large screen and is equipped with ultra-high resolution 6K OLED panels. At present, a 34" automotive display is recognized as the largest among automotive screens as they face challenging quality conditions, such as durability and reliability. In particular, the company designed this super-sized display as a multi-curved screen that bends at three points from top to bottom. This structure not only provides better visibility for the user but it also adds to the overall aesthetic effect in terms of design.
Stretching from the driver seat to the passenger seat, it is capable of displaying a variety of content, including various driving and navigation information as well as music and videos, so you can enjoy personalized content on the full screen in an autonomous driving environment. You can also swivel the display toward the driver's seat and use a small screen that shows only minimum information to enjoy the sense of openness.
Despite its ultra size, this display features just a single screen, meaning that you can watch a video, for example, on a full screen when the vehicle is engaged in autonomous driving. You can also control the content in several ways, including screen touch and gestures.
In the process of developing this new technology, Hyundai Mobis has filed ten patent applications both at home and abroad. It was not easy to develop a moving display that is supposed to be used in a running car. The company has applied for patents, for example, for swivel display arrangement technology, position control, and integrated cockpit design.
The technical knowhow the company has built up as a major producer of cockpit modules, one of the three key automotive modules, has enabled Hyundai Mobis to develop this swivel display technology.
About Hyundai MOBIS
Hyundai Mobis is the global no.7 global automotive supplier, headquartered in Seoul, Korea. Hyundai Mobis has outstanding expertise in sensors, sensor fusion in ECUs and software development for safety control. The company's products also include various components for electrification, brakes, chassis and suspension, steering, airbags, lighting and automotive electronics. Hyundai Mobis operates R&D headquarter in Korea, with 4 technology centers in Germany, China, India and the United States.
For more information, please visit the website at http://www.mobis.co.kr/
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Industry-leading Indices in Athene® BCA® 2.0 Result in Best FIA Award
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Annexus, a leading retirement product design company, announced that Athene BCA 2.0, one of its flagship fixed indexed annuities, won the "FIA of the Year" award at the 2022 SRP Americas Conference in Chicago, September 15.
The Athene BCA 2.0 fixed indexed annuity (FIA) received the award based on product features, benefits and client satisfaction. The event was hosted by Structured Retail Products (SRP), the leading global provider of data and analysis for financial institutions involved in the manufacturing and distribution of structured products.
Annexus partnered with Athene, a leading provider of retirement savings products, and leading index designers, including Professor Robert Shiller, legendary Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Merrill Lynch, S&P and WisdomTree to build one of the industry's most diversified index lineups in an FIA designed to help provide "all-weather" returns in today's challenging environment.
"I am delighted that our Barclays Global index is part of this award-winning FIA. The Annexus strategy is taking the principle of diversification seriously, to the point of putting together for consumers a broad array of thoughtfully defined indices," said Professor Shiller.
The Athene BCA Suite of Fixed Indexed Annuities offers one of the industry's strongest combinations of accumulation potential, principal protection, income, and legacy benefits. It features two of the top-producing indices year-to-date, the WisdomTree Siegel Strategic Value Index™ and the Shiller Barclays Global Index, which both have positive year-to-date performance when the S&P 500 is down -24% year to date.
"I am pleased the WisdomTree Siegel Strategic Value Index has performed so well," said Professor Siegel. "The index design was heavily inspired by my research and value approach to investing. It is based upon a systematic value investment strategy, which is an approach that has worked well over long periods."
"The goal is to deliver greater consumer value through changing markets," Annexus Co-Founder and CEO Ron Shurts said, "We've provided financial professionals with an alternative to protect their clients' assets, while benefiting from the potential growth of indices designed by some of the largest investment banks and academic thought leaders."
"In this economic downturn, the WisdomTree Siegel Index favors sectors that have strong earnings and momentum relative to their current price and avoids those sectors that are expensive relative to their fundamental," said Professor Siegel. "A unique design of our index, which has worked extremely well, is that it shorts the S&P 500® Index while going long in sectors which have strong value characteristics."
This year was the bond market's worst start since 1970, with these traditional safe alternatives losing over 13%. "I'm not going to say that bonds have never looked worse, but fixed income is seriously challenged going forward," said Tom Haines, EVP, Annexus. "FIAs and, specifically, Athene BCA has demonstrated its ability to be an attractive portfolio alternative, and even more so this year. Athene BCA offers the most diversified group of leading indices in the FIA market."
"We are seeing an increase in the number of financial advisors, RIAs and insurance professionals offering Athene BCA fixed indexed annuities," Shurts said. "It is exciting to see Athene BCA recognized by the industry and reinforces the advisors' decision to increasingly use Athene BCA to help meet their clients' needs in retirement."
Annexus designs solutions to help Americans grow and protect their retirement savings. For over a decade, Annexus has developed market-leading fixed indexed annuities and indexed universal life insurance products. Annexus has forged relationships with many of the industry's leading insurance carriers and the world's largest investment banks. Find out more about Annexus and its products at annexus.com.
Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading financial services company specializing in retirement services with total assets of $234.3 billion as of June 30, 2022 and operations in the United States, Bermuda, and Canada. Athene specializes in helping its customers achieve financial security and is a solutions provider to institutions. Founded in 2009, Athene is Driven to Do More for our policyholders, business partners, shareholders, and the communities in which we work and live. For more information, please visit www.athene.com.
Shiller is an American economist, best-selling author and Sterling Professor of Economics, Professor of Finance and Fellow at the International Centre for Finance at Yale University. Professor Shiller is ranked among the 100 most influential economists in the world.
Siegel is the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Siegel received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. and has written and lectured extensively about the economy and financial markets, monetary policy and interest rates and stock and bond returns. Along with heading the macroeconomics module of the Morgan Bank Finance Program in New York, he is the academic director of the U.S. Securities Industry Institute and is on the Advisory Board of the Asian Securities Industry Association.
SRP is the most comprehensive online database of structured products in the world with over 22 million individual product listings from almost 3,000 companies, representing total sales of over $8.73tn. Our product and market data spans over 16+ years across 54 different countries and is supplemented by extensive independent analysis, daily news, people moves and exclusive interviews from key figures within the structured product space. Learn more at structuredretailproducts.com.
Athene Annuity and Life Company (61689), headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, and issuing annuities in 49 states (excluding NY) and D.C., and Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York (68039), headquartered in Pearl River, NY, and issuing annuities in New York, are not undertaking to provide investment advice for any individual or in any individual situation, and therefore nothing in this should be read as investment advice.
The Athene BCA 2.0 ANN19 (01/19), ANN19CS06 (01/19), ANN19CS08 (01/19), ANN19CS10 (01/19), ANN19CS12 (01/19) or state variation, the Family Endowment Rider PBEDB (01/19), PBEDBRS (01/19) or state variation, and the Balanced Allocation Lifetime Income Rider ANNIRS (01/19), ANNIRSRS (01/19), ANNIRF (01/19), ANNIRFRS (01/19) or state variation are issued by Athene Annuity and Life Company, West Des Moines, IA. Product features, limitations and availability vary; see Certificate of Disclosure for full details. Products not available in all states.
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IRVINE, Calif., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebeccatech LLC(Rebeccatech), a California based medtech company recently announced their Series A+ with Hillhouse Captial, Clearwater Bay Ventures and Pechoin Fund. This multi-million dollar round assisted the transition into a global structure with GMP facilities, clinical trial centers and market deployment around the Pacific rim. A series of disruptive healthcare products have been launched since the signing of A+ round, June 2021.
Ms. Betty Wang, partner of Hillhouse Capital, is impressed by Rebeccatech's rapid growth in brand equity, "From the debut of its Nebulyft anti-aging device to shipping out to 16 countries, it took only a year. I've been using Nebulyft since we invested, with the embedded microRF technology, the device has an amazing anti-aging effect."
"We are confident in the future growth of Rebeccatech. It has been the company's mission to build an industry leading infrastructure for launching MEMS-based devices in therapeutic applications. " said investors at Clearwater Bay Ventures, backed by LPs from Sequoia, Hillhouse and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Based on patented bio-compatible MEMS technology, the company has developed a range of instruments and devices for highly specialized fields such as urology and dermatology. The bio-compatible and non-silicon-based MEMS process can achieve the precision of traditional silicon-based micro machining with fully biocompatible materials that are not limited by the size of silicon wafers.
The micro RF therapeutic devices utilize the company's proprietary microRF technology to deliver non-invasive clinical results within natural orifices or on the surface of skin. Hundreds of RF micro-electrodes work collectively to generate electromagnetic fields to deliver precision energy into tissues in contact.
About Rebeccatech LCC:
Rebeccatech focuses on delivering innovative medical solutions to the hands of caregivers and patients. Founded in 2015, the team consists of medical professionals, MEMS scientists and biomedical engineers who specialized in miniaturized physical-factor treatment. It is headquartered in Irvine, an ocean-side, southern California city endowed with top research universities and hospitals. The company's patented MEMS technology aims at bringing a better and healthier life to people.
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WWII veteran celebrates 97th birthday with fitness challenge
PHOENIX, Ariz. (KNXV) – A World War II veteran in Arizona celebrated his birthday with a feat of strength.
Dave Keaggy made an ambitious goal that would be difficult for most people look easy as he turned 97 years old.
He warmed up his body before he started the annual challenge he began with 85 push-ups in under a minute when he was in his 20s.
“I’ve been doing something like that ever since,” Keaggy said. “And that’s a long time ago.”
Whether it’s jumping out of an airplane for his 70th birthday, bench pressing 225 pounds for his 82nd, or 83 straight push-ups at 90, Keaggy’s always on the hunt for something different.
This year he’ll carry 100 pounds for 100 yards – an ambitious goal but far from surprising.
Since his time in the Air Force, he’s pushed his body to the limits which is a key, he says, to staying young.
“It works. And I recommend it for anybody who wants to live to be 100, and I will,” Keaggy said.
By the time he took his first steps in the challenge, dozens began chanting his name. Plodding along with a 40-pound dumbbell in one hand, a 30-pound in another and 15 pounds of ankle weights around each leg, Keaggy made it look easy.
The 97-year-old finished with just enough breath to blow out the candles.
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PRAGUE (AP) — Czech labor unions on Wednesday joined with opposition parties to protest the government’s proposed bid to raise the retirement age by four years to 68.
Some 2,000 protesters gathered Wednesday in front of government offices in the capital Prague to voice their opposition to the plan.
“We definitely don’t agree,” read a letter ratified at the gathering. “We will defend ourselves,” Roman Durco, the head of the KOVO labor union group that organized the rally told the angry crowd.
Labor and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurecka recently appeared to backpedal on the original pension reform proposal but his ministry said in a statement said that the retirement age raise remains on the negotiating table.
The government has yet to finalize the pension reform plan it says is necessary to make the system viable.
Leaders from opposition parties with and without seats in parliament took part in the demonstration, including Andrej Babis, the populist billionaire chief of the centrist ANO (YES) party, the anti-migrant Direct Democracy Party and the far-left Communist party.
Babis, a former prime minister, called on unions to stage large protests, pledging his support.
A recently approved plan in France raising the retire age from 62 to 64 caused ongoing massive nationwide protests.
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Which Studio Ghibli gifts are best?
The studio that made classics such as “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” has dedicated fans. With a couple of big Studio Ghibli anniversaries coming up, now’s the perfect time to buy someone important in your life a gift relating to one of their favorite movies.
Whether you’re looking for one big gift or several smaller ones, you have options. There are Ghibli gifts for every occasion — birthdays, Christmas, Hanukkah, wedding anniversaries or just because.
What is Studio Ghibli?
Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio that was founded in 1985. Hayao Miyazaki is one of its founders and its most famous director. It is responsible for a range of classic movies, some of its most popular including “Spirited Away,” “Princess Mononoke,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Howl’s Moving Castle.”
What Studio Ghibli anniversaries are coming up in 2022?
This year marks both the 20th anniversary of the release of “The Cat Returns” and the 25th anniversary of the release of “Princess Mononoke.” The next big anniversary for the studio as a whole is in 2025, which is when it will turn 40.
What types of Studio Ghibli gifts are available?
You have decided to buy a Studio Ghibli gift, but what type of gift? You can find a vast range of Ghibli products, so you’ll need to narrow it down before starting your search. These are just some of the gifts that are available.
- Books: A range of books relating to individual Studio Ghibli films and the art of Hayao Miyazaki are available. As well as art-focused books, some Ghibli films — such as “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “Tales from Earthsea” — are based on novels. These would also make good gifts.
- DVDs and Blu-rays: Huge Ghibli fans might already own DVDs or Blu-rays of their favorite movies, but they may not own special editions. You can buy a range of special collector’s editions with extra features and decorative cases.
- Clothing: T-shirts, sweaters, hats and onesies are just some of the items of Ghibli-themed clothing available. There are some gorgeous designs and garments to suit most tastes.
- Homeware: You can find a range of Ghibli homeware, including coffee mugs, bento boxes and tea sets.
- Jewelry: From inexpensive jewelry to high-end pieces made from silver or gold with precious stones, you’ll be able to select from a wide range of Studio Ghibli jewelry.
Best Studio Ghibli gifts that cost under $20
Skater “Kiki’s Delivery Service” 2 Tier Round Bento Lunch Box
Fans of “Kiki’s Delivery Service” will love this adorable bento box. It’s a perfect gift for someone who takes a packed lunch to work or school.
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Camilla Street Tees “Spirited Away” Inspired Tote
Anyone who loves “Spirited Away” is bound to appreciate this adorable tote bag. It has a design based on the bathhouse with Chihiro standing in front of the bridge.
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Kawaii 3D Studio Kodama Japanese Tree Spirit Planter
Are you buying a gift for someone who loves plants almost as much as they love Studio Ghibli? These planters are inspired by the Kodama tree spirits from “Princess Mononoke.”
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Icey Designs I’ve Been Looking Everywhere For You Howl Spinner Pin
This gorgeous pin badge features the line “I’ve been looking everywhere for you,” which is the first thing Howl says to Sophie in “Howl’s Moving Castle.” It’s a sentimental gift for a special person in your life.
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Vintage Barrell Studio Ghibli “Princess Mononoke” Unisex Shirt
With its vintage-style “Princess Mononoke” design, this shirt will leave any Ghibli fans looking sharp. It’s unisex and available in sizes up to 5XL.
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“Spirited Away” Limited Edition Steelbook
This 20th-anniversary special edition of “Spirited Away” on either DVD or Blu-ray is a great gift for anyone who loves this movie. It comes in a gorgeous metal case and has a number of extra features, such as TV spots and original theatrical trailers.
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Studio Ghibli “Kiki’s Delivery Service” Necklace
Featuring Kiki’s familiar Jiji hanging off a broomstick, this necklace is a fun and whimsical choice of gift. It’s sure to amuse fans of “Kiki’s Delivery Service.”
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Best Studio Ghibli gifts that cost $20-$30
Studio Ghibli “Spirited Away” Japanese Teacup
Perfect for fans of tea and Studio Ghibli, this ceramic cup features a range of characters, items and settings from “Spirited Away.” It’s beautifully made, well painted and holds 8 ounces — just right for tea or coffee.
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Witchy Wicks Candle Co Soot Sprite Soy Wax Candle
Inspired by the soot sprites from “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away,” this candle smells like “hidden forest pathways and magical spirits,” according to its maker. It is made from 100% soy wax and gets its scent from essential oils.
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This 9-inch plush version of Totoro from “My Neighbor Totoro” is so soft and fuzzy that it’s sure to go down well as a gift.
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Best Studio Ghibli gifts that cost over $30
Moore Than Just a Book Studio Ghibli Decorative Shadow Box
This shadow box displays a stunning design created with intricately cut paper lit from behind. Based on “My Neighbor Totoro,” it looks incredible when lit up but still looks good by daylight with the light source off.
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Hayao Miyazaki by Jessica Niebel
Dedicated to the art and storytelling of Hayao Miyazaki, this book is a must-have for Ghibli fans. It features a range of artworks and production materials, including those never seen outside of Studio Ghibli’s archives.
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Lovers of understated jewelry will appreciate this sterling silver ring with a simple soot sprite design. You can choose the ring size for a perfect fit.
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Princess Mononoke Handmade Blanket
This gorgeous hand-woven blanket has a striking “Princess Mononoke” design. It’s a special piece that’s well worth the price tag.
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Le Dragon Argente Faceted Howl and Sophie Set of Two Rings
If you’re buying for someone who thinks Howl and Sophie are the ultimate couple, this set of matching rings makes an incredible gift. They’re made from silver with faceted imitation rubies and sapphires.
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Pirates have boarded a Liberian-flagged oil tanker with 16 crew members in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, the Danish vessel owner said Tuesday.
The attack took place southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo.
The Monjasa Reformer “experienced an emergency situation” late Saturday, Monjasa, the Denmark-based company that owns the ship, said in a statement.
The crew sought refuge in a citadel — a safe area on the ship — in line with the on board anti-piracy emergency protocol, said company spokesman Thorstein Andreasen.
The nationalities of the crew members and the pirates were not immediately known. Communication channels with the ship are down and international authorities have been alerted, said the statement.
The exact location of the tanker is not known. The last position was transmitted Sunday without any updates since, said Martin Kelly, senior analyst with the London-based EOS Risk group, a security company operating in the area.
The Gulf of Guinea is the world’s most dangerous spot for attacks on ships. In June, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning piracy, armed robbery and hostage-taking in the area. This hijacking took place further south in an area that is not typically attacked by pirates.
“This is worrying since it’s rare in this area compared to the Gulf of Guinea, for example, where multiple ship hijackings take place every year,” said Rida Lyammouri, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Moroccan-based think tank.
“Hopefully we are not witnessing a new trend and (this) is just an isolated incident. This also could be explained by increased security measures in the Gulf of Guinea and pirates are looking into new areas of operations,” he said.
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LONDON, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modulaire Group, Europe and Asia Pacific's leading business services company specialising in modular services and infrastructure, today announced its estimated financial results for the 2 months ending 31 July 2022 and 30 August 2022. The following information is not yet finalized, remains subject to completion and reflects management's current estimates of the two months.
Revenue for July and August 2022 was €292 million, compared to €237 million for July and August 2021, an increase of €55 million, or 23%. Organic Revenue for July and August 2022 was €233 million, compared to €191 million for July and August 2021, an increase of €42 million, or 22%.
Underlying EBITDA for the Group for July and August 2022 was €88 million, compared to €79 million for July and August 2021, an increase of €9 million or 11%. Organic Underlying EBITDA for July and August 2022 was €66 million, compared to €63 million for July and August 2021, an increase of €4 million or 6%.
Cash flow from operations less capex, tax and movements in working capital for the Group for July and August 2022 was (€39) million, compared to (€47) million for July and August 2021, an improvement of €8 million or 17%.
In addition, Modulaire successfully priced an incremental €140m Senior Secured Term Loan B on a fungible basis to the existing €1,510m Term Loan B due December 2028 through a private syndication process. The transaction is due to close in the next few weeks. Proceeds are earmarked for future M&A and to pay associated deal fees and expenses. Associated ratings actions will be published by Moody's, S&P and Fitch. Goldman Sachs acted as Sole Physical Bookrunner. ING and MUFG acted as Joint Bookrunners.
About Modulaire Group
Modulaire is a leader in European modular services and infrastructure. We create smart spaces for people to work, learn and live. Our business is designed to help customers find the right space solution, no matter what their requirements. Modulaire has operations in 24 countries with over 290,000 modular space and portable storage units and 4,400 remote accommodations rooms. The company operates as Algeco, its largest brand, across much of Europe and the United Kingdom. Other operating brands include Advanté in the United Kingdom, Algeco Chengdong in China, Ausco in Australia, BUKO Huisvesting, BUKO Bouw & Winkels and BUKO Bouwsystemen in The Netherlands, Portacom in New Zealand, and Tecnifor and Locabox in Italy.
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FORT STEWART, Ga. (WSAV) — A soldier was fatally shot at Fort Stewart Army post in Georgia on Monday morning. The suspect has been taken into custody.
According to Fort Stewart officials, law enforcement was dispatched for a possible shooting at the Second Armored Brigade Combat Team complex shortly before 10 a.m. Monday.
Emergency medical personnel were called in to treat a victim at the scene. That soldier, identified as Sgt. Nathan M. Hillman of Plum, Pennsylvania, later died.
Hillman, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist, joined the Army in February 2015. According to officials, he had one deployment to Afghanistan and had earned the Air Assault Badge. He was assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division in July 2021.
“On Monday morning, the Spartan Family lost one of our own in a tragic and unexpected way,” said Col. Ethan J. Diven, commander of the Spartan Brigade, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. “With deepest sorrow, our hearts are with the families and units involved in the incident. Providing support to the impacted families and soldiers is our first priority. We are working closely with the Fort Stewart military police and U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division.”
The suspect, who hasn’t yet been identified, was taken into custody at the scene by Fort Stewart law enforcement and transferred to U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division’s custody. There is no active threat to the community, according to officials.
Additional details about the incident have not yet been released.
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BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers were headed to the site of a magnitude 5.5 earthquake Thursday in a region of southwestern China at the base of the Tibetan plateau that is prone to deadly quakes.
Roads into the area have been blocked by rockslides, although there have been no reported casualties or other damage. The temblor struck at 3:49 a.m. at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in Sichuan province’s mountainous Luding county, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Although 5.5. magnitude quakes are not particularly strong, shallow temblors are more likely to cause damage.
The official Xinhua News Agency said about 100 rescuers were on their way to the site, but it gave no details on their work expertise or duties. China typically mobilizes firefighters, paramilitary troops and local volunteers as first responders to earthquakes and wildfires in remote mountainous regions with limited roads.
A 6.8 magnitude quake struck the same region in September, killing more than 90 people, injuring over 400 and destroying or damaging thousands of buildings.
The China Earthquake Networks Center gave the magnitude as 5.6 and depth at 11 kilometers (6.8 miles). Aftershocks followed in the area, including one registering magnitude 4.9.
Roughly 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the provincial capital Chengdu, Luding is located in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, where tectonic plates grind up against each other.
China’s deadliest earthquake in recent years was a 7.9 magnitude quake in 2008 that killed nearly 90,000 people in Sichuan. The temblor devastated towns, schools and rural communities outside Chengdu, leading to years of rebuilding with more quake-resistant materials.
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SHANGRAO, China, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that its subsidiary Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. ("Jiangxi Jinko") published certain preliminary unaudited financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2022.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, (i) the preliminary unaudited net income attributable to the shareholders of Jiangxi Jinko is estimated to be in the range from RMB2.66 billion to RMB2.96 billion, increasing by from RMB1.52 billion to RMB1.82 billion and by from 133.05% to 159.33% year over year, and (ii) the preliminary unaudited net income attributable to the shareholders of Jiangxi Jinko excluding extraordinary gains and losses is estimated to be in the range from RMB2.50 billion to RMB2.80 billion, increasing by from RMB1.97 billion to RMB2.27 billion and by from 371.17% to 427.71% year over year.
The preliminary unaudited financial results of Jiangxi Jinko for 2022 described in this press release (the "Jiangxi Jinko Preliminary Unaudited Financial Results") are different from JinkoSolar's consolidated financial results (the "Consolidated Financials"), mainly because (i) the consolidation scope of the Jiangxi Jinko Preliminary Unaudited Financial Results differs from that of the Consolidated Financials: the Jiangxi Jinko Preliminary Unaudited Financial Results are prepared solely for Jiangxi Jinko, whereas the Consolidated Financials also include financial statements of JinkoSolar and its other subsidiaries, and (ii) the Jiangxi Jinko Preliminary Unaudited Financial Results and the Consolidated Financials are prepared according to different accounting standards and principles: the Jiangxi Jinko Preliminary Unaudited Financial Results are prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP, whereas the Consolidated Financials are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. As such, investors of JinkoSolar should exercise caution when reviewing the Jiangxi Jinko Preliminary Unaudited Financial Results described in this press release and are advised not to base their investment decisions solely on such preliminary unaudited financial results.
JinkoSolar currently owns approximately 58.62% equity interest in Jiangxi Jinko.
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions.
JinkoSolar has 14 productions facilities globally, 21 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, UAE, and Denmark, and global sales teams in China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Australia, Korea, India, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, as of September 30, 2022.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
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For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
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JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
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Christensen
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Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Christensen, Scottsdale, Arizona
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PHOENIX (AP) — The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots on Friday delayed certifying the results of last week’s vote after hearing from a trio of conspiracy theorists who alleged that counting machines were not certified.
The three men, or some combination of them, have filed at least four cases raising similar claims before the Arizona Supreme Court since 2021 seeking to have the state’s 2020 election results thrown out. The court has dismissed all of them for lack of evidence, waiting too long after the election was certified or asking for relief that could not be granted, in increasingly harsh language.
But Tom Rice, Brian Steiner and Daniel Wood managed to persuade the two Republicans who control the Cochise County board of supervisors that their claims were valid enough for them to delay the certification until a Nov. 28 deadline.
They claimed the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission allowed certifications for testing companies to lapse, and that voided the certifications of vote tabulation equipment used across the state.
That came despite testimony from the state’s elections director that the machines and the testing company were indeed certified.
“The equipment used in Cochise County is properly certified under both federal and state laws and requirements,” state Elections Director Kori Lorick told the board. “The claims that the SLI testing labs were not properly accredited are false.”
The move is the latest drama in the Republican-heavy county in recent weeks, which started when GOP board members Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd voted to have all the ballots in last week’s election counted by hand to determine if the machine counts were accurate.
Crosby also defended a lawsuit he and Judd filed against the county elections director earlier this week seeking to force the hand-count. They dropped the case against Lisa Marra on Wednesday.
“If our presenters’ request is met by the proof that our machines are indeed legally and lawfully accredited, then indeed we should accept the results,” Crosby said. “However, if the machines have not been lawfully certificated, then the converse is also true. We cannot verify this election now.”
Crosby and Judd then voted to delay certification, with Crosby saying he believed Wood, Steiner and Rice needed to be provided proof since they were “the experts.”
Democratic Supervisor Ann English was powerless to overrule them.
The delay potentially jeopardizes state certification, set for Dec. 5, and at least one statewide recount.
Lorick issued a statement after the vote vowing legal action to force the board to accept the results. Under Arizona law the formal election canvass can’t be changed by the elected county boards — their only role is to accept the numbers as they are tallied by their elections departments.
“If they fail to do so, the Secretary (of State) will use all available legal remedies to compel compliance with Arizona law and protect Cochise County voters’ rights to have their votes counted,” Lorick said.
All 15 Arizona counties face the same Nov. 28 deadline, but there is no sign others are considering similar defiance.
Once the state certifies the results Dec. 5, there will be a recount in at least one statewide race.
That contest, between Republican Abraham Hamadeh and Democrat Chris Mayes for attorney general, is so close that a recount is certain. As of Friday night, Mayes was less than 600 votes ahead with fewer ballots remaining to be counted than the margin for a mandatory recount, which will be about 12,500 votes.
“It’s going to be close, and every vote matters,” Mayes said in a brief interview. “And obviously we’re headed into a recount, one way or another.”
One other statewide race also is within the margin for a recount, but incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman conceded to Republican Tom Horne on Thursday. Horne is a former schools chief who served two years as attorney general before losing the 2014 primary. He was more than 9,000 votes ahead on Friday.
Horne criticized Hoffman for embracing progressive teaching and promised to shut down any hint of “critical race theory,” which is not taught in state schools but is a hot-button issue for social conservatives.
Judd had said Wednesday she would move to clear the way for the state recount.
“We’ve had to step back from everything we were trying to do and say, OK, we’ve got to let this play out,” Judd told The Associated Press. “Because it’s the last thing we want to do to get in (Marra’s) way.”
There has been no evidence of widespread fraud or manipulation of voting machines in 2020 or during this year’s midterm elections.
Arizona recount laws were changed this year. The previous margin for a mandatory recount was 1/10 of 1%. It is now 0.5%.
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The parade seemed to be inching along as if it were stuck in traffic. Rep. Anthony G. Brown had the honor of marching behind his neighbor in the Maryland congressional delegation, Steny H. Hoyer, and as Brown craned his neck to figure out what the holdup was, he realized: The holdup was Hoyer.
“And I was like, goodness gracious, man, this guy’s got to step it up,” Brown recalled of the parade nearly a decade later.
But it soon became clear why Hoyer was taking so long: He was stopping to shake the hand of every person lined up on both sides of the street.
To Brown, that parade in Greenbelt years ago encapsulated how Hoyer, despite rising to become the No. 2 most powerful Democrat in the House and a face of national leadership, retained close connections within Prince George’s County and Southern Maryland communities in the 40-plus years he has held the seat — both “literally and figuratively,” said Brown, the incoming Maryland attorney general.
Now, as Hoyer prepares to step down as House majority leader, his colleagues and allies at the local level say he’s leaving a legacy of using that clout to bring greater resources to his district and the state — or to bring major federal buildings, as he continues to aggressively pursue bringing the FBI headquarters to Maryland. He’s advocated beefing up funding for federal institutions and military installations. He’s evangelized other members about the value of bringing back earmarks — community project funding as they’re now known — and secured millions of dollars in projects in his district over the years.
And, winning reelection comfortably every year since 1981, he’s remained popular locally, avoiding the fates of others in House leadership like Joseph Crowley (N.Y.), the 20-year incumbent and Democratic caucus chairman who was ousted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or Virginia’s Eric Cantor, the Republican House majority leader who lost the support of Republican voters in his district while his national profile climbed.
“It was not just because of the power of that position, but because of the person who held it,” said Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.). “Hoyer was respected by every member of the House, both Democrats and Republicans, for the manner in which he conducted himself and the leadership. And that pays off big dividends in an institution where personal relationships mean so much. And he leveraged that to help Maryland.”
Reflecting on his time as majority leader from his royal-blue office in the U.S. Capitol, Hoyer said rising to leadership created opportunities that could benefit Maryland, like having a direct line to every House committee whose business could be impacting his state. But he said he never wanted national responsibilities to cloud his foremost priority: his constituents.
“[Former House speaker] Tip O’Neill said all politics is local. He was right,” Hoyer said. “You got to take care of your people if you expect them to vote for you. They need to feel that they have your attention.”
He pulled out a list of community projects he secured in a spending package earlier this year, the kind of stuff that doesn’t typically get a spotlight but that revs Hoyer up.
“I’ve got $160,000 to provide wraparound services for residents at the Southern Cross Crossing Transitional Housing Project, where they’ve taken an old motel and they turn it into housing. And it’s wonderful, wonderful,” Hoyer said, going down the list of projects. “And that’s only $160,000. But $160,000 made a real difference.”
Hoyer, who has held some type of leadership position among House Democrats since 1989, steps down as the only Marylander to ever become majority leader — and remains the longest-serving Marylander in the House of Representatives.
After Hoyer and another prominent Marylander, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), interned together in Maryland Sen. Daniel Brewster’s office in the early 1960s, Hoyer launched his own career as a political newcomer in the state Senate.
Cardin and Hoyer entered the Maryland General Assembly the same year, in 1967, and largely grew up together in politics. Within two terms Hoyer became the Maryland Senate president — later Cardin became House speaker — and Hoyer’s leadership style hasn’t changed since, Cardin said: a consensus-builder who’s managed to maintain ties with both moderate and liberal factions in the party. In one of his last speeches on Dec. 22, Hoyer called his approach the “psychology of consensus,” urging House Democrats to carry that on.
“The Steny Hoyer I see today in the House of Representatives exercises the same type of discipline and the same type of integrity that I saw as a freshman member of the Maryland General Assembly, as a young senator. And that is he makes relationships,” Cardin said. “He instills confidence among all of his colleagues. He works across party lines. He works across philosophical lines.”
Throughout his four-decade tenure, Hoyer has been known for shepherding major pieces of legislation into law, such as the American Disabilities Act, which he pursued despite opposition from the business community, recalled former longtime Maryland senator Barbara A. Mikulski. But locally, Mikulski said, he worked behind the scenes not only to boost projects in his district but across the state.
She has a saying for it: “Steny knew how to work on the macro issues — and the macaroni-and-cheese issues,” she said. “There would be an impact like on the Eastern Shore and people wouldn’t know, ‘oh, Steny Hoyer helped with this,’ or the VA hospital in Baltimore ― ‘oh, Steny Hoyer worked on this.’ But he did.”
Gary Kessler, who sits on the board of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, said he’s got the majority leader on speed dial if something goes wrong.
In St. Mary’s County near the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Kessler said, people still remember Hoyer as the congressional ringleader among Maryland lawmakers who spearheaded a pitch in the 1990s to save the naval base from potential closure — turning a nerve-racking military review known as Base Closure and Realignment into an opportunity for growth at the site. Today, that growth remains the bedrock of the local economy, Kessler said, and Hoyer stuck around, keeping the money coming, advocating for federal funding for new facilities or workforce recruitment programs to strengthen the base.
His rise in leadership had benefits, Kessler said: “Even in the leadership role he continued to advocate, reach out to senior leadership, even to the secretary-of-the-Navy level to address any issues or concerns we have down here,” Kessler said.
Prince George’s County leaders said that clout is materializing lately in one of the county’s biggest goals: bringing the FBI headquarters to Maryland.
Both local and federal lawmakers involved in the project have described it as a legacy item for Hoyer, who has been at the forefront of Maryland’s pitch to the General Services Administration that Prince George’s County is the best home for the FBI, which is housed in a crumbling building in downtown D.C. Two of the three sites under consideration for the new headquarters are in Prince George’s while the other is in Springfield, Va.
“He is dedicating a considerable amount of his personal time and attention, as well as that of his staff,” said Brown, who also represents Prince George’s and has been fighting for the sites. “It would certainly be a culminating victory for Steny and for Maryland,” should either site be selected, he said.
Hoyer’s pursuit of the headquarters fits within a record of seeking to bring more federal resources to Prince George’s. Hoyer, a son of the county who went to Suitland High School, is known for leading efforts to bring a new federal courthouse to Greenbelt, and in the 1990s helped ensure that a new IRS headquarters would be built in Prince George’s. His argument then was similar to what it is now: Prince George’s, a majority-Black county, has been neglected when it comes to federal office space compared to others such as Fairfax County, despite having a large population of federal workers.
Hoyer and the Maryland delegation put their feet to the pedal on that argument after President Biden issued an executive order last year requiring federal agencies to consider racial equity in their programs, policies and missions. Racial equity is included in the GSA’s criteria for site selection — but Hoyer and the delegation have lambasted a new decision this year to weigh proximity to Quantico and the Justice Department headquarters as the top criteria, which they say unfairly advantages the Virginia location.
The Maryland team’s tactics have at times rankled Virginia lawmakers, who say the criteria is sound, particularly after Hoyer and the Maryland senators engaged in eleventh-hour negotiations this month to add more language to the spending package regarding the criteria. They finally agreed to require GSA to consult with lawmakers representing the three sites, and Hoyer and the senators said they will use the opportunity to “improve equity” in the selection process.
Back home, local leaders like Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks see it as Hoyer going to bat for the county.
“I’ve been with him as he discussed this with the General Services Administration, and I was with him with Secretary [of Energy] Jennifer Granholm — I mean, whoever will listen, he’s selling why Prince George’s County is the best location for the new FBI headquarters,” Alsobrooks (D) said in a recent interview. “And he’s still working around-the-clock to make that happen.”
As Hoyer returns to being a rank-and-file member, rising Maryland political stars like Alsobrooks see his decision to pass the torch as aligned with something they say Hoyer has been doing for decades in Maryland: preparing the next generation of leaders.
Alsobrooks said that on the night she won her first election to become state’s attorney as a little-known lawyer, the first person to call to congratulate her was Hoyer. Before long, the powerful lawmaker was asking her to be the guest speaker at his annual women’s equality luncheon — an event that, like his annual Black History Month breakfast, was an incubator for up-and-coming leaders, she said.
He’s done the same for others, she said, noting how he endorsed Gov.-elect Wes Moore (D) early in the Democratic primary and campaigned with him across the state, especially in Prince George’s, to help Moore on his way to victory.
“I watched him just reach into new leaders, leaders like Jazz Lewis who he’s been so proud of, and other leaders he makes it his business to support,” Alsobrooks said.
Lewis, who represents Prince George’s in the House of Delegates, calls Hoyer a mentor. He began working for Hoyer as a campaign manager in 2014, brainstorming ways to reintroduce one of the nation’s longest-serving members of Congress to younger or more liberal voters. He worked as a policy adviser in his office, sometimes picking up the phone if ever Hoyer ran into a person at a Bowie movie theater or a St. Mary’s grocery store who needed help with Social Security. When Lewis’s father died, Hoyer called him every day for a month just to check in.
“That’s the kind of mentorship I’m talking about, because he’s dealt with grief,” Lewis said, referring to the death in 1997 of Hoyer’s wife, Judy, a teacher for whom Hoyer established the Judy Centers for early-childhood education across Maryland and the nation.
Now, with Hoyer leaving the leadership role, Lewis said that “regardless, he is still Leader Hoyer.”
“That wasn’t a position that was given to him. He earned it because of his skill and experience and reach, and he still has all of that,” Lewis said. “And I think Maryland should be proud that he’s continuing to serve because it allows us to continue punching above our weight.”
In that final “magic minute” speech on the House floor last week, Hoyer said that even though he’ll no longer have the privilege to speak as long as he wants on the floor, he looks forward to continuing to represent his district and Maryland, noting “we still have much more to do on projects that will benefit our district and state.”
While he won’t be the majority leader, he will be the top Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee with direct oversight of GSA — just as it wraps up its selection of the next FBI headquarters site.
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Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein rejects a U.S. demand that he and his sons leave Iraq within 48 hours or face "the full force and might" of the U.S. military. President Bush delivered the ultimatum in a prime-time speech, which drew mixed reaction from U.S. lawmakers. NPR's Mara Liasson and NPR's David Welna report.
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PETERSBURG, Va. -- Police have arrested a 79-year-old driver they say ran into a student on their way to school and then drove off Friday morning in Petersburg.
Petersburg Police said the fifth-grader was walking within the crosswalk outside Pleasants Lane Elementary School when they were hit by a blue car around 8:35 a.m.
"After striking the student, the vehicle stopped briefly and then fled the area," police wrote.
The student suffered a minor injury, according to police.
Officials said Saturday that Robert Macklin had been arrested and charged with hit and run (felony) and was being held on a secure bond.
— Petersburg Police (@PBurgPolice) April 29, 2023
Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call School Resource Officer J. Cuba at 804-732-4222, or by sending the tip by downloading the P3tips App to your phone or by going to httos://www.P3tips.com.
This is a developing story, so anyone with more information can email newstips@wtvr.com to send a tip.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Long before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” triumphed at the Oscars and “Squid Game” circled the globe, Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, outrageously violent and devilishly elaborate vision of Korean cinema.
His latest, “Decision to Leave,” is in some ways more restrained than Park’s previous films. It lacks the brutal violence of “Oldboy” (2003) or the eroticism of “The Handmaiden” (2016). But it might be his most devastating.
The film, which is South Korea’s Oscar submission, is a twisty noir entwined with a love story. Park Hae-il plays a Busan police detective who becomes infatuated with a murder subject (Tang Wei). Their evolving relationship plays out as an investigation. Intricate and mischievous, “Decision to Leave” is yet another genre tapestry for the masterful Park to make an elegant plaything of. At the Cannes Film Festival in May, it won him best director.
Ahead of the film’s release in theaters Friday, Park met a reporter during a break at the New York Film Festival. Through an interpreter, he discussed making “Decision to Leave” (one of the biggest box-office hits of 2022 in South Korea), his role in expanding Korean cinema’s footprint and why — regardless of bloody hammers or octopuses eaten whole — love has always really been his main subject.
AP: The room you write in has been compared to the room that traps the protagonist of “Oldboy.” Is that true?
PARK: (Laughs) When we designed the house, we made a room specifically for me to write in. It’s a small room with just a table and desk and it almost feels like you’re going to suffocate inside. But I don’t just write in that room. I really write anywhere. I write in offices, cafes, hotels and on the plane.
AP: You live a relatively quiet life in between films, don’t you?
PARK: My house is in a small town in a remote area outside Seoul. My production company is also on the outskirts of Seoul. So I’m almost like someone who works in a company going back and forth between my office and my house.
AP: What was on your mind when you when you and your co-writer, Jeong Seo-kyeong, wrote “Decision to Leave”?
PARK: At that time, I was working on post-production for “Little Drummer Girl,” and I had to direct the entire six-episode series myself. It took a lot of time and was also very physically demanding. I became home sick. Of course my wife was with me, but still. During that post-production phase, my co-writer went on a family trip to London and met me twice at a cafe. We had general conversations about what my next work should be. The two core principles that we started off with were: I wanted the film to be a Korean film and I wanted it to play in theaters. The next thing was that I wanted it to be a police film. I think it’s because at the time I was reading the Martin Beck series. I was very much influenced by that. I wanted to start off from a very familiar setting: A detective assigned to a murder mystery. And I wanted to make a romance.
AP: Your film suggests that everyone’s guilty in love, but suspicion will kill it.
PARK: That’s a nice way to express it. When you’re in love, you’re naturally curious about the other person. You want to know more about them. Throughout this process of love, there’s always that sense of doubt that makes you want to dig in deeper. When that takes a dramatic form, it might even turn into stalking their social media or looking at the phone or asking questions to test if they’re lying. A lot of people do such things or have the desires to do such things. When you reach that point of doubt and suspense, I think it really becomes similar to a detective’s investigation.
AP: Love might not be what some immediately think of as the principle theme of your films. Why do you think you keep returning to love stories?
PARK: All of my films are basically about people in love. But each of these works in my filmography have their own genre elements, like thriller or horror. I think that comes off too strongly and makes people forget it’s about love. An artist’s occupation is naturally to explore what mankind really is, and I believe the best subject to explore the characteristics of mankind through is love. But even as an entertainer, love is the best subject. Love has thrill, it has mystery, it has comedy, it touches you and it horrifies you.
AP: Your movie is often funny, even farcical, but ends, unforgettably, in tragedy. How did you see that tonal arc working?
PARK: There are some tragedies where it’s just a progression of sad events happening. But I guess there’s also tragedy that comes from a movie that doesn’t seem that way. That contrast brings out the tragedy even more. There’s something very farcical about their situation. There’s farce that comes from sympathy. Without laughter, I feel like I’m forcing an emotion on the audience. As if I’m telling them: “You’re sad, right?” “You’re horrified, right?” There’s a sense of totality that comes from humor that fills up all the missing holes.
AP: How technology shapes the lives of men and women has also been a hallmark of your films. Why did you crowd “Decision to Leave” with phones, text messages and translation apps?
PARK: I wanted this movie to feel very classical and have these mythical elements. If you consider the last scene, it really resembles Orpheus. But I didn’t want this to be the kind of classical film with handwritten letters. If I wanted to do that, I could have put it in a setting where there were no phones. A lot of directors feel the desire to do this. Instead, I chose to actively incorporate modern technology, even more than you see in shows about teenagers like “Euphoria.” Making that decision was a significant moment for me.
AP: Are you proud of your role in spreading Korean film and pop culture?
PARK: If I had set that goal to spread the love of Korean cinema and worked hard towards it, I would have some pride in doing so. But the truth is, it just kind of happened that way. It’s merely a result of me trying to have fun making my works and allowing the audience to have fun watching my works. I’m never self-conscious of non-Korean audiences or foreign audiences when I’m making my film. It’s more that I make my film with the intention of Korean audiences of the future to enjoy them. Fifty or 100 years later, I want them to enjoy it just as much as contemporary audiences.
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May Revision Provides an Opportunity to Advance a Whole-Child, Whole Family Agenda
ALAMEDA, Calif., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The First 5 Network, comprised of First 5 California, the First 5 Association of California, and the 58 local county First 5s across the state, applauds Governor Newsom's May Revision proposals centered on supporting a whole-child, whole-family framework to address the pressing needs of California's youngest children and their families. California's $97 billion surplus has provided an unprecedented opportunity to reconstruct and build a robust early childhood system for the long term.
Critical investments in healthcare, early literacy, early intervention, and transitional kindergarten were among the most prominent in the Governor's revised budget plan. The May Revision also provides funding to support redetermining eligibility for Medi-Cal enrollees if the federal public health emergency ensuring uninterrupted coverage ends, as expected on July 15, 2022. Additionally, the inclusion of Early Start eligibility threshold changes demonstrates a clear commitment to, identifying and addressing developmental delays in our youngest children at the earliest moments possible.
However, the First 5 Network was disappointed to see that the Governor did not adopt our priority to maintain continuous eligibility for children until their 5th birthday without need of an eligibility review. This could mean that thousands of California's youngest children will lose coverage for well-child visits and preventive services, including immunizations and critical developmental screenings.
The First 5 Network encourages the Governor to build upon the Senate's "Putting Wealth to Work Plan" priorities, which includes $10 million for continuous Medi-Cal Eligibility for children from birth to age 5, that is part of AB 2602 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, a co-sponsored legislation by the First 5 Association of California.
"We know that 50 percent of the time children lose Medi-Cal coverage the reason is a catch-all category called failure to respond" noted Kitty Lopez, President of the First 5 Association of California. "We also know that 90 percent of brain development happens before the age of five. Ensuring young children maintain regular access to prevention and screening, without facing bureaucratic barriers, is an investment in their long-term health and well-being."
The May Revise also includes new investments in behavioral health services for children and youth, such as vital funding for youth suicide prevention, but did not direct funding for children 0-5. "First 5 Association will continue to advocate for dedicated new funding for mental health prevention and early intervention for our youngest children so they can thrive and be ready to succeed in life and in school," said Deborah Kelch, Interim Executive Director of First 5 Association of California.
As the First 5 Network, we continue to support the Governor's January Budget proposal to fund Home Visiting programs and early literacy investments.
"We are grateful for Governor Newsom's leadership in support of whole child investments and are particularly excited for his commitment to expand early literacy efforts starting with the $10 million in the January budget and other investments in May Revise to support literacy. Building upon this partnership, the First 5 California Commission has dedicated an additional $18 million to the Early Literacy Program to reach many more families through partnerships and complement the Administration's vision." said Jackie Thu-Huong Wong, Executive Director for First 5 California.
The May Revision also does not address two additional components of our whole-child, whole-family agenda: 1) the reimbursement rates for childcare providers to acknowledge rising inflation and operation costs, which affects providers' ability to remain open, and 2) the challenges that prevent low-wage earners from utilizing the state's Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance (SDI) programs. These priorities are part of the Senate's plan. "California can lead by making our family paid leave program the most equitable in the nation by addressing the shortfalls in these programs that prevent parents and caregivers from bonding with their newborns and young children," said Jackie Thu-Huong Wong.
"As California experiences a second straight year of extraordinary budgetary surpluses, many families continue to face challenges from the economic and health impacts of COVID-19. First 5 LA appreciates the Governor's continued commitment in the May Revise to making health care more accessible, expanding home visiting programs and increasing support for black infant health programs," said Kim Belshé, Executive Director at First 5 LA. "However, the proposal to extend family fee waivers by only one year and not reimburse childcare providers for the true cost of care fails to support our state's most vulnerable. Prioritizing young children cannot be a one-time commitment, but requires an ongoing investment. We need to provide every child the opportunities of quality early learning experiences by committing to ongoing investments that support families in their child's earliest moments."
The First 5 Network commends Governor Newsom for prioritizing the following proposals which align with our Whole Child, Whole Family Policy Agenda:
- $73 million General Fund over 2 years to complete Medi-Cal redeterminations once the federal COVID-19 public health emergency continuous eligibility requirement ends on July 15, 2022. When the federal requirement expires, the state will have 14 months to initiate and complete eligibility reviews.
- $6.5 million General Fund in 2022-23 to support adjustments in identifying children with qualifying signs of developmental delays.
- $290 million to support children's mental health and community-based youth suicide prevention and outreach programs.
- $157 million to waive childcare and preschool family fees for about 400,000 low-income families from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
- $200.5 million for minor renovation and repair projects for childcare facilities in low-income regions and areas with minimal access to services.
- $114 million to hold harmless voucher-based childcare providers and preschool providers reimbursement for authorized hours of care, from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
About First 5 Association
First 5 Association of California is the voice of the 58 First 5 county commissions, which were created by voters in 1998 to ensure our young children are healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Together, First 5 touches the lives of more than one million kids, families, and caregivers each year, and strengthens our state by giving kids the best start in life. Learn more at www.first5association.org.
About First 5 California
First 5 California was established in 1998 when voters passed Proposition 10, which taxes tobacco products to fund services for children ages 0 to 5 and their families. First 5 California programs and resources are designed to educate and support teachers, parents, and caregivers in the critical role they play during a child's first five years–to help California kids receive the best possible start in life and thrive. For more information, please visit www.ccfc.ca.gov.
About First 5 LA
As the state's largest funder of early childhood, First 5 LA works to strengthen systems, parents and communities so that children are ready to succeed in school and life. An independent public agency, First 5 LA's goal is to support the safe and healthy development of young children so that by 2028, all children in L.A. County will enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school and life. Learn more at www.first5la.org.
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Dispute over free-roaming pigs leads to attempted murder, DA says
TUCKASEGEE, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A dispute about free-roaming pigs led to a man serving at least two decades in prison after he was convicted of attempted murder, according to officials in North Carolina.
District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said 68-year-old Kenneth McCall shot 39-year-old William McCall in October 2020 following an argument about free-roaming pigs.
The DA said William McCall claimed the animals were rooting up and damaging the family-owned Pinhook Valley Campground. He shot one of the pigs.
In response to the shooting of the pig, Kenneth McCall shot into William McCall’s car, hitting him two times in the torso.
It was a “miracle” that William survived his wounds, according to the DA.
A jury returned a guilty verdict, rejecting the defense’s claim that Kenneth McCall acted in self-defense.
A judge sentenced Kenneth McCall to serve in prison a minimum of 23 years up to a maximum of 30 years.
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico crowded into shelters Wednesday as they waited for the Supreme Court to rule on whether and when to lift pandemic-era restrictions that have prevented many from seeking asylum.
The limits on border crossings had been set to expire Wednesday before conservative-leaning states sought the top court's help to keep them in place. The Biden administration asked the court to lift the restrictions, but not before Christmas.
It is not clear when the court's decision will come. Meantime, thousands of people have gathered all along the Mexican side of the southern border, camping outside or packing into shelters, hoping for the opportunity to seek refuge in the U.S. The Texas National Guard took up positions in El Paso.
Jhorman Morey, a 38-year-old mechanic from Venezuela, warmed his hands by a campfire with a half-dozen other migrants on the southern side of the Rio Grande. He said he was waiting for a decision on the restrictions before attempting to cross into the U.S. Other migrants waded through shallow waters toward a gate in the border fence.
“I want them to decide” on the public health rule known as Title 42, said Morey, who arrived six weeks ago in the Mexican city of Juarez, across the border from El Paso. He now rarely eats after exhausting his savings.
Hundreds of migrants remained in line in Juarez. Others slept along the concrete embankments of the Rio Grande. A nearby shelter reached its capacity Tuesday night, stranding many outside.
As crowds gathered on the banks of Rio Grande, 1st Sgt. Suzanne Ringle said one woman went into labor and was assisted by Border Patrol agents. She added many children were among the crowd.
In Tijuana, which has an estimated 5,000 migrants staying in more than 30 shelters and many more renting rooms and apartments, the border was quiet Tuesday night as word spread among would-be asylum-seekers that nothing had changed. Layered, razor-topped walls rising 30 feet (9 meters) along the border with San Diego make the area daunting for illegal crossings.
Under the restrictions, officials have expelled asylum-seekers inside the United States 2.5 million times, and turned away most people who requested asylum at the border, on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19 under Title 42.
Immigration advocates have said that the restrictions go against American and international obligations to people fleeing to the U.S. to escape persecution, and that the pretext is outdated as coronavirus treatments improve. They sued to end the use of Title 42; a federal judge sided with them in November and set the Dec. 21 deadline.
Conservative-leaning states appealed to the Supreme Court, warning that an increase in migration would take a toll on public services and cause an "unprecedented calamity" that they said the federal government had no plan to deal with.
In response, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order to keep the restrictions in place.
While the federal government then asked the Supreme Court to reject the states' effort on Tuesday, it also acknowledged that ending the restrictions abruptly will likely lead to “disruption and a temporary increase in unlawful border crossings.”
States filed a response early Wednesday, arguing the Supreme Court should keep the asylum restrictions in place while it reviews the lower court decision because letting them expire would cause "immediate, severe, and irreversible harms” to the states.
Though the Wednesday expiration date had been set weeks ago, the U.S. government asked for more time to prepare — while saying that it has sent more resources to the border and maintaining that the solution is not to extend the rule indefinitely.
About 23,000 agents are currently deployed to the southern border, according to the White House. The Biden administration said it has sent more Border Patrol processing coordinators, more surveillance and increased security at ports of entry.
Should the Supreme Court act before Friday, the government wants the restrictions in place until the end of Dec. 27. If the court acts on Friday or later, the government wants the limits to remain until the second business day following such an order.
As the decision went down to the wire, pressure built in communities along both sides of the U.S-Mexico border.
In El Paso, Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser warned that shelters across the border in Juarez were packed to capacity, with an estimated 20,000 migrants prepared to cross into the U.S.
The city has rushed to expand its ability to accommodate more migrants by converting large buildings into shelters, as the Red Cross brings in 10,000 cots.
“We will continue to be prepared for whatever is coming through,” Leeser said.
Texas National Guard members, deployed by the state to El Paso this week, used razor wire to cordon off a gap in the border fence along a bank of the Rio Grande that became a popular crossing point for migrants who waded through shallow waters to approach immigration officials in recent days. They used a loudspeaker to announce in Spanish that it's illegal to cross there.
Texas said it was sending 400 National Guard personnel to the border city after local officials declared a state of emergency. Leeser said the declaration was aimed largely at protecting vulnerable migrants, while a statement from the Texas National Guard said the deployment included forces used to “repel and turn-back illegal immigrants.”
In San Diego, a sense of normalcy returned to the nation's busiest border crossing despite uncertainty in recent days. The San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce said it learned from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that the more modern, western half of the airport-sized pedestrian crossing would reopen to U.S.-bound travelers Wednesday at 6 a.m. The lanes, which lead to an upscale outlet mall, have been closed to almost all migrants since early 2020 to accommodate Title 42 processing.
The reopening comes “just in time for last-minute shoppers, visiting family members and those working during the holidays,” the chamber wrote to members. It said it didn’t know when the area would reopen to travelers going to Mexico from the United States.
At a church-affiliated shelter in El Paso a few blocks from the border, the Rev. Michael Gallagher said local faith leaders have been trying to pool resources and open up empty space. On Tuesday, a gym at Sacred Heart Church gave shelter to 200 migrants — mostly women and children. Outside the church early Wednesday, dozens of people slept on the street.
Title 42 allows the government to expel asylum-seekers of all nationalities, but it’s disproportionately affected people from countries whose citizens Mexico has agreed to take: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and, more recently, Venezuela, in addition to Mexico.
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Santana reported from Washington, D.C. Juan Lozano in Houston and Alicia Fernández in Ciudad Juarez contributed to this report.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Tucson Fire Department (TFD) says a garage caught fire on N. Palo Dulce Dr. near Grant and Silverbell Roads and was quickly extinguished.
Fire crews received the call on Saturday afternoon regarding the garage in flames but it was contained and prevented from spreading to the home.
WHAT A STOP 🛑 🔥 Saturday afternoon #TucsonFire was dispatched to the 2400 block of N. Palo Dulce for reports of a garage fire at a townhouse. When crews arrived the garage was fully involved, and firefighters worked quickly and efficiently to control the fire 👩🚒💨 pic.twitter.com/5VivUtQj6W
— Tucson Fire Department (@TucsonFireDept) September 19, 2022
TFD says a dog was saved and no one else was at the home at the time.
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Saudi Arabia expects 1 million people in Mecca for largest hajj since pandemic struck
One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the COVID-19 pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars.
Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow some 850,000 Muslims from abroad to make the annual pilgrimage, which begins Thursday, marks a major step toward normality after two years of a drastically scaled-down hajj restricted to Saudi residents.
The 1 million foreign and domestic pilgrims participating are still far fewer than the 2.5 million Muslims who traveled to Mecca in 2019 for the pilgrimage, typically one of the world’s largest gatherings. Those performing the ritual this year must be under 65, vaccinated against COVID-19 and have tested negative for the coronavirus within 72 hours of travel. The pilgrims are chosen from millions of applicants through an online lottery system.
Saudi officials inspected the holy site Wednesday and stressed their readiness to receive pilgrims with the goal of “maintaining public health.”
After the pandemic struck in 2020, Saudi authorities allowed just 1,000 pilgrims already residing in the kingdom to attend, prompting historians to compare the disruption to the site’s storming by religious extremists and dramatic closure in 1979.
Last year, the hajj was similarly restricted to 60,000 fully vaccinated Muslims living in Saudi Arabia. The unprecedented curbs sent shock waves throughout the Muslim world, devastating many believers who had spent years saving up for the religious rite.
With this year’s pilgrimage to Mecca restricted to a mere 1,000 participants, app developers have created ways to experience the hajj virtually.
This year, however, Saudi authorities are keen to relax coronavirus curbs. Religious pilgrimages brought in $12 billion before the pandemic — accounting for the largest percentage of Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product after oil.
Although virus cases have risen steadily to more than 500 a day in Saudi Arabia, the government lifted the country’s indoor mask mandate and other precautions last month. Roughly 70% of the population has been vaccinated against the virus.
Pilgrims at the holy site this year are not required to be masked or socially distanced, as they were during the last two years. However, Muslims are still prohibited from kissing or touching the cube-shaped Kaaba, the metaphorical house of God at the center of Mecca that pilgrims circle as they complete the hajj.
The Quran says that all Islam’s followers who are physically and financially able should make the pilgrimage once in their lifetime. Pilgrims travel to Mecca from all over the world for five intense days of worship, carrying out a series of rituals.
The hajj follows a route that the Prophet Muhammad walked nearly 1,400 years ago and is believed to trace the footsteps of the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, or Abraham and Ishmael, as they are named in the Bible.
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GENEVA (AP) — The economic damage of weather- and climate-related disasters continues to rise, even as improvements in early warning have helped reduce the human toll, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.
The World Meteorological Organization, in an updated report, tallied nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over the past half-century around the globe that have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion.
The stark recap from WMO came as it opened its four-yearly congress among member countries, pressing the message that more needs to be done to improve alert systems for extreme weather events by a target date of 2027.
“Economic losses have soared. But improved early warnings and coordinated disaster management has slashed the human casualty toll over the past half a century” WMO said in a statement. The trend of rising economic damage is expected to continue.
The Geneva-based agency has repeatedly warned about the impact of man-made climate change, saying rising temperatures have increased the frequency and intensity of extreme weather — including floods, hurricanes, cyclones, heat waves and drought.
WMO says early warning systems have helped reduce deaths linked to climate and other weather-related catastrophes.
Most of the economic damage between 1970 and 2021 came in the United States — totaling $1.7 trillion — while nine in 10 deaths worldwide took place in developing countries. The economic impact, relative to gross domestic product, has been felt more in developing countries, WMO says.
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said the cyclonic storm Mocha that swept across Myanmar and Bangladesh this month exemplified how the “most vulnerable communities unfortunately bear the brunt of weather, climate and water-related hazards.”
“In the past, both Myanmar and Bangladesh suffered death tolls of tens and even hundreds of thousands of people,” he said, alluding to previous catastrophes. “Thanks to early warnings and disaster management these catastrophic mortality rates are now thankfully history.”
“Early warnings save lives,” he said.
The findings were a part of an update to WMO’s Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, which previously had covered a nearly 50-year period through 2019.
WMO acknowledges some caveats to its report: While the number of disasters has risen, some of that may be due to improvements in reporting about extreme weather events that might have been overlooked in the past.
While the findings account for inflation, WMO cautioned that estimating the economic toll can be an inexact science, and the reports could understate the actual damage.
Worldwide, tropical cyclones were the primary cause of reported human and economic losses.
In Africa, WMO counted more than 1,800 disasters and 733,585 deaths related to weather, climate and water extremes — including flooding and storm surges. The costliest was Tropical Cyclone Idai in 2019, which ran to $2.1 billion in damages.
Nearly 1,500 disasters hit the southwest Pacific, causing 66,951 deaths and $185.8 billion in economic losses.
Asia faced over 3,600 disasters, costing 984,263 lives and $1.4 trillion in economic losses — that cost mostly due to the impact of cyclones. South America had 943 disasters that resulted in 58,484 deaths and over $115 billion in economic losses.
Over 2,100 disasters in North America, Central America and the Caribbean led to 77,454 deaths and $2 trillion in economic losses.
Europe saw nearly 1,800 disasters that led to 166,492 deaths and $562 billion in economic losses.
Last week, WMO forecast a 66% chance that within the next five years the Earth will face a year that averages 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than in the mid-19th century, reaching a key threshold targeted by the Paris climate accord of 2015.
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This article includes a correction to indicate that tropical cyclones were the leading cause of both human and economic losses worldwide. Extreme temperatures and flooding were only the leading cause of human and economic loss, respectively, in the Europe region.
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Taiwan says it has shot down an unidentified civilian drone over one of its islands that lies just a few kilometers from mainland China.
The drone was spotted shortly after midday Thursday above the waters of Lion Islet, a small island in the Kinmen County grouping that is controlled by Taiwan and lies about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the shore of Xiamen, China.
The Kinmen Defense Command, a branch of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, said the drone was shot down after warning flares failed to drive it away.
This is the latest in a string of similar incidents to have taken place near the offshore group of islands.
Unidentified drones have been reported in the Kinmen area for four days in a row but this is the first time one has been shot down by Taiwan.
On Tuesday, Taiwanese soldiers fired flares at three unidentified drones that flew near Kinmen and warning shots at one that re-entered the area.
It is not clear who is flying the drones, though China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it was "not aware of the situation" and that it was "pointless for (Taiwan) to exaggerate the tension."
After Tuesday's incident Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered the Defense Ministry to take "forceful countermeasures" against what she said were Chinese grey zone warfare tactics.
On Wednesday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reinforced that message at an international press conference called in response to Chinese military exercises in August, saying it will "act in accordance with operational orders to exercise our rights of self-defense."
Tensions between Taiwan and mainland China have been raised since a visit by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei in August. China's Communist Party claims Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, as part of its territory despite never having governed it and has long vowed to "reunify" the island with the Chinese mainland, by force if necessary. China responded to Pelosi's trip by ordering days worth of military drills around Taiwan.
On Monday, asked about reports of private drones flying in the Kinmen area, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded: "Chinese drones flying over China's territory -- what's there to be surprised at?"
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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:
John McEnroe grapples with his legacy as tennis' bad boy: McEnroe reflects on his career in a new Showtime documentary: "I was very taken aback, actually, when I went to Wimbledon in London for the first time, and I was like, 'Wow, they're so polite here.'"
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1259 AM CDT Tue Jul 12 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...In the Texas Panhandle, southwestern Dallam and
northwestern Hartley Counties.
* WHEN...Until 230 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1259 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southwestern Dallam and Northwestern
Hartley Counties
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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Police: Off-duty corrections officer carjacked at gunpoint, shoots at alleged carjacker in Feltonville
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating after an off-duty corrections officer was carjacked at gunpoint and shot at the alleged carjacker in Feltonville on Monday night.
According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, officers with the 25th District received a 911 call for a robbery and gunshots on the 200 block of E Roosevelt Boulevard around 11 p.m.
When officers arrived on location, they were met by an off-duty corrections officer, 59, who said he was leaving a friend's house and getting into his Toyota Avalon when he was approached by a man with a gun who pulled him out of the car, police say.
According to authorities, the alleged carjacker got into the driver's seat of the car and began to drive away as the off-duty corrections officer fired five shots at the suspect and the car.
The suspect sped off in the car and officers located it about 25 minutes later on the 4900 block of Bingham Street, officials say.
Small says the vehicle was found with five bullet holes in it and fresh blood inside the car.
Authorities say officers were also notified that a 21-year-old shooting victim with a gunshot wound in each arm showed up for treatment at Temple Hospital.
Small says there is a possibility that the shooting victim may be the alleged carjacker and authorities are investigating.
According to police, the off-duty officer said the suspect was wearing a surgical mask and a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled over his head.
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CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Saturday, March 11, 2023
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National Weather Service Medford, OR
306 AM PDT Sun Mar 12 2023
CAZ080-122300-
Western Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Somes Bar, Happy Camp, Callahan, Etna,
Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
306 AM PDT Sun Mar 12 2023
.TODAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times early this
morning. Snow level 4500 feet rising to 5000 feet this afternoon.
Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Highs in the mid 30s to mid
40s. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level 5000 feet rising to
5500 feet after midnight. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches.
Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 5500 feet. Snow accumulation of 3 to
5 inches. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Breezy. South winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
evening. Snow level 4000 feet. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
Breezy. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph shifting to the south 10 to
15 mph in the late evening and early morning, then shifting to
the southeast well after midnight. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 4500 feet rising to
5000 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
Windy. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely in the
evening, then chance of rain and snow after midnight. Lows in the
mid 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
30s to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
and snow. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s. Lows in the mid
20s to mid 30s.
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CAZ081-122300-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
306 AM PDT Sun Mar 12 2023
.TODAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 4500 feet rising to 5000 feet
this afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the mid
40s to lower 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening, then rain after
midnight. Snow level 5500 feet. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain. Snow level 5500 feet. Highs in the mid 40s to
lower 50s. Breezy. In the shasta valley, south winds 15 to 25 mph
increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Elsewhere, south
winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
evening. Snow level 4500 feet lowering to 4000 feet after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Breezy. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph late in the
evening, then shifting to the northeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 4500 feet rising to 5000 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Breezy. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast late in the morning, then
increasing to south 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Highs in
the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow. Lows around 30.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
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CAZ082-122300-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
306 AM PDT Sun Mar 12 2023
.TODAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times late this
afternoon. Snow level 4000 feet rising to 5000 feet this
afternoon. Snow accumulation of 4 to 6 inches. Highs in the mid
30s to mid 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
6000 feet lowering to 5500 feet after midnight. Snow accumulation
of 3 to 5 inches. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
5500 feet. Snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in the lower
to mid 40s. South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow
level 5000 feet lowering to 4500 feet after midnight. Lows in the
lower to mid 30s. Breezy. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph shifting
to the south 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
4500 feet rising to 5500 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
30s to mid 40s. Windy. South winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to
20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid
40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Highs in
the lower to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow. Highs
in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
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CAZ083-122300-
North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
306 AM PDT Sun Mar 12 2023
.TODAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 4000 feet rising to 5000 feet
this afternoon. Snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Highs in the
mid 30s to mid 40s. Breezy. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level 5500 feet. Snow accumulation
of 3 to 5 inches. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Breezy. South
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 5500 feet. Snow accumulation of 4 to
7 inches. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Windy. South winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level 5000 feet lowering to
4500 feet after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Windy.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph
decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 4500 feet rising to 5000 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Windy. South winds
15 to 25 mph increasing to 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around
55 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Breezy, colder. Lows in
the lower to mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Slight
chance of snow. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
and snow. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Lows in the mid 20s to
lower 30s.
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CAZ084-122300-
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
306 AM PDT Sun Mar 12 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Rain likely this morning. Snow likely through
the day. Chance of rain this afternoon. Snow level 4000 feet
rising to 5000 feet this afternoon. Little or no snow
accumulation. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Snow level
5500 feet. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain likely
in the afternoon. Snow level 5500 feet. Little or no snow
accumulation. Highs in the mid 40s. Breezy. South winds 15 to
25 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level 5000 feet lowering to
4500 feet after midnight. Lows around 30. Breezy. Southwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph decreasing to 5 to
10 mph after midnight, then shifting to the east well after
midnight. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Snow level 4500 feet rising to 5500 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Windy. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph increasing to south 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
80 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Breezy,
colder. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
30s to lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning,
then chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs in the lower
to mid 40s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow. Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow.
Highs in the mid 40s.
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CAZ085-122300-
Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
306 AM PDT Sun Mar 12 2023
.TODAY...Chance of rain and snow early this morning, then rain
and snow in the late morning and afternoon. Snow level 4500 feet
rising to 5000 feet this afternoon. Little or no snow
accumulation except snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches in the
Warner Mountains. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level 5500 feet. Little or no snow
accumulation except snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches in the
Warner Mountains. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
in the afternoon. Snow level 5500 feet. Little or no snow
accumulation except snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches in the
Warner Mountains. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Breezy. South
winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph late in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then rain and snow
likely after midnight. Snow level 5500 feet lowering to 4900 feet
after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Windy. Southwest
winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph becoming south
10 to 15 mph well after midnight. Chance of precipitation
80 percent.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 5000 feet rising to 5500 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Windy. South winds
10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around
50 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then rain and snow likely after midnight. Breezy. Lows
in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Slight chance of snow. Highs in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 15 to 20.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
and snow. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Lows in the mid 20s to
lower 30s.
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CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion that was part of a National Park Service study was fatally struck by a vehicle in Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains along the same road where her mother was similarly killed.
The adult female cougar, dubbed P-54, died Friday on Las Virgenes Road, south of Mulholland Highway, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area said.
P-54 was outfitted with a radio tracking collar by biologists who are studying how the big cats live in habitat fragmented by urban sprawl, barriers that limit genetic diversity and with hazards ranging from poisons to roads and freeways.
The park service said P-54 was the 29th mountain lion killed by vehicles since 2002 in the study area, which includes the Santa Monica range, Simi Hills, Santa Susana Mountains, Verdugo Mountains and Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
P-54 was born in January 2017. Her mother, P-23, was killed by a vehicle farther south on Las Virgenes Road in January 2018.
In May 2020, P-54 gave birth to a litter that researchers believe did not survive. Later that year, she gave birth to two males. One of them, P-97, was killed two months ago on the Interstate 405 freeway in LA near the Getty Center.
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanian opposition supporters on Saturday protested the country’s cost-of-living crisis, blaming it on the center-left government.
Opposition supporters gathered in front of the main government building, shouting that Prime Minister Edi Rama of the ruling Socialist Party should resign.
The protest was mostly peaceful but at the end some broke the police line and sprayed red paint on the main doors of the government building. Others lit candles to memorize two people killed by police in the last years.
Police intervened and at least one protester was taken away.
Albania has seen an 8% price hike this year, especially for basic food and fuel following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Opposition supporters have also blamed Rama for the thousands of young men who leave the country each year in search of a better life.
Rama says his Cabinet has kept inflation low compared to double-digit inflation elsewhere in Europe, and has noted that government subsidizes electricity for families and small businesses.
The protest was organized by the opposition center-right Democratic Party and attended by its leader Sali Berisha, a 78-year-old former president and prime minister, and former President Ilir Meta, now leader of the leftist Freedom Party.
Albania holds a municipal election in May.
Berisha called on Albanians to support the opposition, which has pledged to double wages and pensions if it gets back into power.
But his party has been plagued by infighting after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last year barred Berisha and his close relatives from entering the U.S. for “corrupt acts that undermined democracy” during his 2005-2013 tenure as prime minister.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, November 4, 2022
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WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Spokane WA
253 AM PDT Fri Nov 4 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 10
and 20 inches near the Cascade crest. Winds gusting as high as 45
mph.
* WHERE...Western Okanogan County County.
* WHEN...Until 11 AM PDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible along
Highway 20 from Mazama to Washington Pass. Gusty winds with heavy
west snow could bring down tree branches.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency. The latest road conditions for
the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations 1 to 4 inches
and locally up to 5 inches in the valleys and 6 to 12 inches in
the mountains.
* WHERE...Sandpoint, Priest River, Lookout Pass, Northport, Athol,
Schweitzer Mountain Road, Mullan, Bonners Ferry, Fourth Of July
Pass, Dobson Pass, Newport, Eastport, Springdale-Hunters Road,
Orin-Rice Road, Wallace, St. Maries, Kettle Falls, Fernwood,
Osburn, Flowery Trail Road, Colville, Deer Park, Kellogg,
Pinehurst, and Chewelah.
* IMPACTS...Colder valleys could see wet and heavy snowfall with
higher accumulations leading to potential tree damage. Travel
could be difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the
Friday morning commute.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Warming temperatures Friday morning will
result in the snow turning to rain.
Do not touch downed lines and report any power outages to your
electric company. Travel is highly discouraged due to slick roadways
and the possibility of downed trees and power lines.
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 4 and
8 inches in the valleys and 6 to 10 inches in the mountains.
* WHERE...Boulder Creek Road, Republic, Sherman Pass, Highway 20
Wauconda Summit, Inchelium, Wauconda, and Chesaw Road.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. Winter travel conditions
expected over much of Highway 20 including Sherman Pass. The
hazardous conditions will likely impact the Friday morning commute.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 8 and 12
inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...Stevens Pass, Stehekin, and Holden Village.
* WHEN...Until 5 AM PDT early this morning.
expected over Stevens Pass through much of the night. The snow is
expected to transition to rain late tonight.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Warming temperatures overnight will result in
snow transitioning over to rain.
Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road
conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by
calling 5 1 1.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
* WHAT...Snow. Additional snow accumulations between 4 and 10
* WHERE...Peola and Cloverland Road.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY
THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Snow. Accumulations between 1 and 3 inches mainly north of
a line from Pullman to Almira. Locally heavier amounts possible
over northern Lincoln County.
* WHERE...Creston, Rosalia, Tekoa, Colfax, Wilbur, Oakesdale,
Harrington, Uniontown, and Pullman.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT THIS
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 2 inches
below 2,000 feet including downtown Spokane and 2 to 4 inches
above 2,000 feet which includes South Hill,the West Plains, and
the higher terrain surrounding Coeur d'Alene.
* WHERE...Plummer, Downtown Spokane, Fairfield, Genesee, Potlatch,
Post Falls, Cheney, Moscow, Davenport, Rockford, Spokane Valley,
Worley, Coeur d'Alene, Airway Heights, and Hayden.
* WHEN...Until 8 AM PDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the Friday morning commute, especially on
lesser traveled roads. Wet heavy snow may result in broken tree
branches with isolated power outages.
THIS MORNING ABOVE 4000 FEET...
* WHAT...Wet snow above 4000 feet. Additional snow accumulations
of up to two inches.
* WHERE...Cascade mountains and valleys of Whatcom and Skagit
Counties, including the Mount Baker Ski Area.
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
For the latest road conditions in Washington state, call 5 1 1.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY
THIS MORNING ABOVE 3000 FEET...
* WHAT...Wet snow above 3000 feet. Additional snow accumulations
* WHERE...Cascade mountains and valleys of Snohomish and King
Counties, including Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie Pass.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant tweeted Sunday that a friend of his has been banned from games at FedExForum for a year as a result of a confrontation between his supporters and members of the Indiana Pacers organization a week earlier.
The NBA confirmed that unnamed individuals have been banned from the arena, while adding that its investigation found no evidence that anyone was threatened with a weapon during the incident, which happened after the Grizzlies beat the Pacers on Jan. 29.
Citing unnamed sources, The Indianapolis Star and USA Today reported that multiple members of the Pacers saw a red dot pointed at them, and The Athletic reported that a Pacers security guard believed the laser was attached to a gun.
“NBA Security and league investigators conducted an investigation interviewing numerous eyewitnesses and reviewing video surveillance following allegations made by the Indiana Pacers organization regarding a postgame incident on Jan. 29. While we substantiated that a postgame situation arose that was confrontational, based on interviews and other evidence gathered, we could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in an emailed statement.
“Certain individuals involved in the postgame situation and a related matter during the game that night have been subsequently banned from attending games in the arena. If additional information becomes available related to the postgame situation, the league office will conduct a further review,” Bass’ statement continued.
Morant didn’t play in the Grizzlies’ 106-103 loss to Toronto on Sunday because of right wrist soreness and was not available for comment after the game.
Before the game, Morant tweeted that reports about the incident “paint this negative image on me and my fam. & banned my brother from home games for a year. unbelievable.”
During the Jan. 29 game, there was barking between Pacers players and friends of Morant seated along the sideline. A close friend of Morant’s, Davonte Pack, was escorted from the arena as Pacers bench players shouted in Pack’s direction.
The talking reportedly continued into the players’ parking area after the game.
Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said the team addressed the matter internally.
“Aware of the investigation of the NBA. Did a full investigation,” Jenkins said. “We were fully compliant with it, and I think they came out with a statement saying nothing was corroborated or found.
“That’s what I know, and that’s all I’m going to comment on it.”
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Alec Baldwin sues to ‘clear his name’ in movie set killing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Saying he wants to clear his name, Alec Baldwin on Friday sued people involved in handling and supplying the loaded gun that he was using when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a 2021 filming accident in New Mexico.
Baldwin filed a cross-complaint in Superior Court in Los Angeles alleging negligence against some of the people sued by a script supervisor, Mamie Mitchell. Among other things, it seeks a share of any damages that Mitchell may win from the people Baldwin names and asks that they pay for any damages assessed against him.
Mitchell was standing behind Hutchins, who died shortly after being wounded during setup for a scene in the western movie “Rust” at a film set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021.
Mitchell sued Baldwin, who was a producer on the film, the production company and many others involved for assault and negligence.
In his cross-complaint, Baldwin says that while working on camera angles with Hutchins during rehearsal for a scene, he pointed the gun in her direction and pulled back and released the hammer of the gun, which discharged.
The shot fatally wounded Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza in the shoulder.
The actor said neither he nor Hutchins knew the weapon contained a live round.
“This tragedy occurred on a movie set — not a gun range, not a battlefield, not a location where even a remote possibility should exist that a gun would contain live ammunition,” the lawsuit said.
Baldwin has maintained he was told the gun was safe and that he did not pull the trigger. But a recent FBI forensic report found the weapon could not have fired unless the trigger was pulled.
“More than anyone else on that set, Baldwin has been wrongfully viewed as the perpetrator of this tragedy. By these cross-claims, Baldwin seeks to clear his name,” the actor’s lawsuit says.
Baldwin’s cross-complaint says he has lost opportunities and been fired from jobs because of the shooting and also “has suffered physically and emotionally from the grief caused by these events.”
New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator determined the shooting was an accident. However, prosecutors are reviewing the shooting to determine whether criminal charges should be filed.
In April, New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau imposed the maximum fine of $137,000 against Rust Movie Productions and distributed a scathing narrative of safety failures, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires of blank ammunition on set prior to the fatal shooting.
The company is challenging the fine.
Baldwin’s lawsuit alleges negligence by armorer Hannah Guttierez-Reed; prop master Sarah Zachry; first assistant director and safety coordinator David Halls, who handed Baldwin the gun; ammunition supplier Seth Kenney and his company, PDQ Arm & Prop, which also supplied prop weapons for the production.
All have previously denied responsibility for the fatal shooting.
In October, Hutchins’ family announced they had agreed to settle another lawsuit against the actor and the movie’s producers, and producers said they aimed to restart the project in January.
A lawyer for Ms. Gutierrez-Reed, Jason Bowles said he was reviewing Baldwin’s lawsuit. Attorneys for other defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment, the New York Times reported.
A phone message left by The Associated Press seeking comment from Bowles wasn’t immediately returned Friday night.
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MOORESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lowe's today announced that it will donate $500,000 to support disaster relief efforts for associates, customers and communities in direct response to severe flooding in eastern Kentucky. The donation will assist Lowe's disaster relief partners and nonprofit Pro customers, helping these organizations and others provide emergency shelter and critical relief supplies.
"Our donation will help non-profits respond to critical needs in communities impacted by severe flooding in Kentucky," said Marvin Ellison, Lowe's chairman and CEO. "Our stores are committed to providing relief for associates and customers at a time when our neighbors need us more than ever, and we are thankful for their quick response."
Lowe's distributed more than 400 buckets of flood cleanup supplies at each store in Paintsville, Pikeville and Hazard, Kentucky on July 31. Supplies included batteries, sponges, bottled water, trash bags, goggles and hand sanitizer to help with recovery and cleanup. Lowe's will deploy its Tool Rental Disaster Response Trailer to the Hazard store to give impacted residents affordable rental options for one-time use equipment such as generators and chainsaws.
Lowe's Command Center has deployed a 26-person emergency response team to the Hazard store to help with recovery efforts over the next two weeks. These specially trained associates are voluntarily leaving their home stores to give associates in eastern Kentucky a chance to focus on their families.
Lowe's is providing additional assistance for its associates, including shower and laundry trailers to help those without power or water, as well as pallets of clothing. The company will also double its match commitment for contributions to the Lowe's Employee Relief Fund, which provides financial assistance in times of crisis. Lowe's will match $2 for every dollar an employee donates.
Visit Lowe's Newsroom for updates on Lowe's relief efforts and continued support.
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 19 million customer transactions a week in the United States and Canada. With fiscal year 2021 sales of over $96 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service nearly 2,200 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing and helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Contact: Candace Gordon
Lowe's Companies Inc.
Candace.Gordon@lowes.com
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Driver uses pipe in apparent road rage attack on California freeway
LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) - Terrifying moments were caught on camera as a man armed with what appears to be a metal pipe got out of his car on the freeway and repeatedly hit another driver’s window.
“He cuts me off, slams the breaks, and starts banging on my car,” the alleged victim said.
The victim, who did not want to be identified, said he was driving in Glendale Wednesday morning when he was attacked.
He says moments before the road rage incident, he recorded the driver of the Tesla allegedly try to hit another car with the pipe, but that driver was able to get out of harm’s way.
The victim says he was trying to get the suspect’s license plate on video.
“I start recording on my iPhone and the guy notices that I’m recording on my iPhone, so he tries to chase me down,” he said.
That’s when the Tesla cut the victim off before attacking the man’s Chevy Colorado.
The victim said what’s even more frustrating is he just got the truck two months ago.
“There’s a light dent there, a dent there,” the driver said.
A California Highway Patrol spokesperson said there have been reports of similar incidents, but they will not confirm if they’re connected.
The victim urges other drivers to be vigilant. He says even though the incident was scary, he had to do something to try and help track down the attacker.
“It was a little frightening, but I’m a believer that if you see something that’s not right, you got to stand up and do what’s right.”
So far, no arrests have been made.
The man says he plans to go to California Highway Patrol to look at pictures of possible suspects.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the Jan. 6 shooting, first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner said during an exclusive interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie that she has some days when she “can't get up out of bed," while others she is able to go about her day and make it to appointments.
“For going through what I've gone through, I try to stay positive. You know, try to have a positive outlook on what's happened and where my future's heading,” Zwerner said in a portion of the interview that was aired Monday on “NBC Nightly News.”
Zwerner was hospitalized for nearly two weeks after being shot in the chest and left hand as she taught her class at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. The shooting rattled the military shipbuilding community and sent shock waves around the country, with many wondering how a child so young could get access to a gun and shoot his teacher.
Zwerner’s attorney, Diane Toscano, told reporters in January that concerned staff at the school had warned administrators three times that the 6-year-old had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before Zwerner was shot. Toscano said the school administration “was paralyzed by apathy” and didn’t call police, remove the boy from class or lock down the school.
In early February, Zwerner’s legal notice of her intent to sue the school district said the boy who shot Zwerner had constantly cursed at staff and teachers, tried to whip students with his belt and once choked another teacher “until she couldn’t breathe.”
Two days before the shooting, the boy allegedly “slammed” Zwerner’s cellphone and broke it, leading to a one-day suspension. When the boy returned to her class the following day, he pulled his mother’s 9mm handgun out of his pocket and shot her while she sat at a reading table, the legal notice said.
The Newport News School board fired its superintendent in the wake of the shooting. Ebony Parker, an assistant principal who was a primary focus in Zwerner’s intent to sue notice, resigned.
Newport News’ top prosecutor said earlier this month that he would not seek charges against the 6-year-old because the child lacked the competency to understand the legal system and what a charge means. But Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn said his office hadn't decided if any adults would be held criminally accountable.
The boy used his mother’s legally purchased gun, according to police. James Ellenson, a lawyer for the child’s mother, stated in January that the weapon was secured on a high closet shelf and was locked away.
Ellenson said it was unclear how the boy got access to the gun. He also said that the boy “was under a care plan at the school that included his mother or father attending school with him and accompanying him to class every day.”
In a statement released through Ellenson, the boy's family said the week of the shooting “was the first week when we were not in class with him. "
“We will regret our absence on this day for the rest of our lives,” the statement said.
More of the interview with Zwerner will be aired during the “Today” show Tuesday morning.
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BOSTON (AP) — Having silenced the TD Garden crowd and put the defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics on the brink of a second-round exit, 76ers players barely cracked a smile as they walked off the court.
“It’s not over. We have to get one more,” Joel Embiid said. “All of us. We have to show up.”
They’ll soon get that chance.
Embiid scored 33 points and Philadelphia easily took a 3-2 lead in the East semifinals, beating Boston 115-103 on Tuesday night.
The 76ers led by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter as home fans booed the Celtics, and can close out the series and advance to the conference finals when they host Game 6 on Thursday night. Philadelphia hasn’t reached that stage of the playoffs since 2001.
“What we did tonight, it’s easier said than done. But we have to do it again,” Embiid said.
It was the third straight 30-point game in the series for the reigning MVP, who used his full array offensive weapons to pick apart the Celtics defense. He also had seven rebounds, four blocks and three 3-pointers.
Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and six 3-pointers. James Harden finished with 17 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.
Coach Doc Rivers likened Harden’s play to that of a catcher in baseball calling the perfect game, putting his teammates in optimal position while also scoring big buckets in key moments.
Rivers said it helped his team endure each of Boston’s attempts to get back into the game.
“You just have breathe through it and our guys did that,” Rivers said.
Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points but was just 11 of 27 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points. The Celtics went 12 of 38 from the 3-point line.
“I think we just didn’t have it today,” Tatum said.
If there’s any solace for Boston, it’s that the Celtics survived this exact scenario last year in this round, overcoming a 3-2 deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks.
“If you’re not willing to get dirty, if you’re not willing to pretty much bleed, if you’re not willing to break something…then you shouldn’t be on that court,” Celtics guard Marcus Smart said. “Because that’s what it is. That’s what the playoffs are about.”
The previous two occasions the 76ers were in a second-round series that was tied 2-2, they were blown out in Game 5 — a 36-point loss to Toronto in 2019 and 35-point loss to Miami last season.
Not this time.
The 76ers led by as many as 19 points in the third quarter and took an 88-72 lead into the fourth.
A quick flurry by the Celtics cut the deficit to 11, but Philadelphia responded with a 10-2 run to push it back up to 102-83.
It was 105-89 when Brown got free on a fast break and attempted to drop in a layup. But Embiid, who stayed in pursuit, was there to swat it away.
Philadelphia made a concerted effort to get the ball to Embiid in the post from the outset. He was able to knock down midrange jumpers, helping to open the floor for his teammates as Boston’s big men were pulled out of the paint.
Meanwhile, the Celtics struggled to find their shot throughout.
The 76ers enjoyed an early rebounding advantage and had success with Embiid running pick-and-roll sets at Al Horford. It led to scoring opportunities for Embiid and contributed to Philadelphia building a 15-point lead in the first half.
Tatum missed his first six attempts before hitting a runner with 5:48 left in the second quarter. He finished the first half with 15 points but was just 3 of 11 from the field (1 of 6 from 3-point range).
Boston eventually cobbled together a 10-0 run to cut into the deficit, but Philadelphia settled down and went into halftime with a 58-49 lead.
Harden said the Sixers’ mindset heading back home with a chance to closeout the series is clear.
“Don’t think too much of it, just go out there and play our brand of basketball,” he said.
TIP-INS
76ers: Embiid had 21 first-half points, going 9 for 9 from the free throw line.
Celtics: Their 103 points were their fewest of this postseason. … Boston shot 5 of 19 from beyond the arc in the opening 24 minutes.
STREAKING
Embiid’s three consecutive 30-point games is tied for his longest streak within a postseason in his career. The only other players in franchise history with longer streaks are Allen Iverson (five in 2001) and Wilt Chamberlain (four in 1965).
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Registration opens for state Water Conference, nominations open for awards
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Registration for the Governor’s Water Conference has opened, as well as nominations for two awards.
The Kansas Water Office says on Friday, Aug. 5, registration for the 2022 Governor’s Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas is now open. It said the conference will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and Thursday, Nov. 17.
The KWO noted that conference topics include:
- Surface and Groundwater Issues
- Emerging Issues and Research
- Education and Outreach
The Office indicated that it is also accepting nominations for the Water Legacy Award and the Success Stories recognition.
KWO said the Water Legacy Award honoree is chosen based on significant contributions and lasting impacts on the future of water in the Sunflower State.
The Office said the previous Be the Vision awards have been modernized in 2022 and are now known as Success Stories. It said this recognition will feature individuals, municipalities, companies or organizations which take extraordinary measures to conserve, reuse or adopt better practices to help ensure the future of Kansas’ water resources.
The KWO indicated that the deadline for nominations for both awards is Sept. 1.
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Published: Sep. 12, 2022 at 3:20 PM CDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Legal Assistance of Olmsted County’s annual fundraiser will be held at The Rochester Art Center and Patio this year on Friday, October 14, 2022.
There will a cocktail hour and chef’s Italian charcuterie board at 5:00 pm.
The pasta bar will be open from 6:00-7:30 pm, and drinks will be available at the cash bar.
Driftless Jazz Ensemble will, once again, provide the background music to help you enjoy the evening while you support LAOC by bidding on silent and live auction items.
The live auction will begin at 7:00 pm.
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Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Báez spent the first half of the 2021 season answering questions about their uncertain futures as Chicago Cubs.
Last year Willson Contreras was the man of the hour, handling questions over and over again about his impending free agency and the possibility of being traded.
Now it’s Ian Happ’s turn.
The switch-hitting Cubs left fielder enters his walk year off a career-best season in which he made his first All-Star team and won his first Gold Glove. He is popular with fans — albeit not on the same scale as Rizzo, Bryant, Báez and Contreras — and has a good relationship with Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts.
It would seem likely the Cubs would be interested in signing Happ to a long-term deal, but the same could be said for the other four players who are currently playing elsewhere. And no prominent Cub has signed an extension since Kyle Hendricks in 2019.
Ricketts and Happ had a conversation at Cubs camp Monday, but whether that suggests an extension is on the way is anyone’s guess.
Ricketts said Monday he would leave those kinds of decisions up to President Jed Hoyer.
“Obviously we have a couple guys we’d love to extend, but if it doesn’t work out, that’s OK too,” Ricketts said. “I appreciate that they would rather test the market. It’s up to Jed, but it’d be great. Not only some of the guys that we’d consider extending, we know them as players, but also as people and the kind of people you want to be around and want in the clubhouse.”
Who are those two guys?
“Ask Jed,” he said with a grin.
Happ definitely was one, and Nico Hoerner is likely the other. Hoyer wouldn’t talk about extension discussions, but now would be the time to get something done.
“My preference is not to get into (talks) toward the end of spring training and get to a place where I feel like it’s affecting the preparation and mentality for the season,” Hoyer said. “I do think that has happened, and I’ve seen it happen before. That’s something we’re aware of. We’ve talked to both camps about that. But the conversations are good.”
The fact the Cubs expect to contend changes the dynamics a bit after they entered 2021 and ‘22 with little hope of winning the division. Contreras and Happ were rumored to be trade bait last July and memorably hugged in the dugout after the last game at Wrigley Field before the trade deadline. Happ was emotional about a nice gesture from the left-field bleacher bums, who autographed a ball for him in case it was his final home game as a Cub.
When neither one wound up traded, Happ jokingly blamed the media.
“All those stories and the cameras the last couple days at Wrigley, it’s all on you guys,” he said.
Asked this week at camp if he’s ready to go through the same kind of media focus this summer, Happ went into prevent-defense mode.
“Long way away,” he said. “We’ll figure it out when we get there.”
But after watching what Rizzo, Bryant, Báez and Contreras went through, he has to be ready for the possibility of being dealt at the deadline if he’s not signed by then.
“Every experience prepares you,” he said. “It prepared you for last year by watching guys that went through it in ‘21. It’s part of the game and you don’t really know how you are going to feel until you go through something like that.
“But once you’ve been through it a couple times, you have an understanding for it.”
Would he ever talk directly to Ricketts, or does he prefer to leave everything to his agent?
“That’s something that, uh … however they want to deal with it,” he said.
Happ clearly didn’t want to discuss his future at the start of spring training, and who could blame him? He has made it clear he wants to stay, just as Rizzo, Bryant, Báez and Contreras did.
But Happ also knows that not talking about it won’t end speculation on whether he’ll re-sign or arguments over how much he would command as a free agent.
According to FanGraphs, Happ ranked third among left fielders last year with a 3.5 WAR, behind the Houston Astros’ Yordan Álvarez (6.6) and the Cleveland Guardians’ Steven Kwan (4.4). Just behind him was the New York Yankees’ Andrew Benintendi (2.8), who signed a five-year, $75 million deal with the White Sox.
Happ and Benintendi are both 28 and have had similar career paths. The Boston Red Sox selected Benintendi with the No. 7 pick in the 2015 draft, and the Cubs chose Happ two picks later. Happ has 104 career home runs and a .798 OPS, while Benintendi has 73 homers and a .782 OPS. Happ is a better defensive player, ranking sixth among all outfielders last season with 14 defensive runs saved.
But Benintendi signed the biggest free-agent deal in White Sox history, while Happ won’t come close to Jason Heyward’s Cubs-record eight-year, $184 million contract.
If he has a season comparable to 2022, Happ should expect to exceed Benintendi’s deal. If he has a drop-off, it’s anyone’s guess.
Either way, the clock is ticking.
And Wrigley’s left-field bleacher bums might want to practice their autographs, just in case.
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NOVI, Mich., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- All American Pet Resorts (AAPR), a leading national dog boarding and daycare brand is proud to reveal a major rebranding effort that is designed to reenergize the brand and define AAPR's future as the preferred name for safe, trusted, and reliable dog boarding and daycare that meets the lifestyle of today's pet parents and also appeals to investors looking for a solid franchise investment.
According to Stephan Dimitroff, Executive Vice-President, AAPR, "As we expand the franchise nationally, the brand refresh ensures consistency visual brand identity and consumer messaging throughout our national franchise network."
The rebranding solidifies the company's stance as a premier dog boarding, daycare, and grooming franchise leader offering:
- 24 hour, 365 On-site staff and care
- 24 Hour Webcams
- Medical Administration with a health/wellness focus
- High end air exchange and purification HVAC system
- Pet Suites, not crates
The redesign included the AAPR website, corporate logo, all branded marketing materials, and Resort signage. The new imagery displays a bold, clean design that incorporates movement with a vibrant color palette and new photography throughout.
The website, www.allamericanpetresorts.com, is easy to navigate & mobile-friendly for fast and easy on-the-go Resort boarding and daycare scheduling.
Involved in the rebranding effort was Your Franchise Success, Scorpion, and the AAPR management team.
Kevin Casida, AAPR's Director of Operations says, "As we expand our family of franchisees, having most recently adding, New Bern, North Carolina to our network of Resorts, the goal of attracting the right individuals who want to become successfully self-employed and enjoy a truly gratifying business, starts with our branding."
"Our re-energized image goes before us into the marketplace as a symbol of the value we deliver, the care we provide, and the trust our clients and franchisees put in us," says Casida.
All American Pet Resorts is a leading national dog boarding and daycare franchise focused on delivering a remarkable customer experience to pet parents nationwide, while giving their dogs (and cats) the highest level of care in a safe, secure, and fun environment. Founded in 2005 by Art and Yolanda Rimbold, AAPR is headquartered in Novi, Michigan with locations in Michigan, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, and opening Fall 2022 in New Bern, North Carolina. For Franchising opportunities, visit www.allamericanpetresorts.com/franchise-opportunities/
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May, revealing himself as one of the previously anonymous donors who covered costs for families after one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history.
Jackson, whose rare success in both the NFL and Major League Baseball made him one of the greatest and most marketable athletes of the 1980s and 1990s, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he felt compelled to support the victims' families after the loss of so many children.
“I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting old,” said Jackson, a father of three and a grandfather as he nears 60. “It’s just not right for parents to bury their kids. It’s just not right.
“I know every family there probably works their butts off just to do what they do. ... The last thing they needed was to shell out thousands of dollars for something that never should have happened.”
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Jackson said he felt a personal connection to the city he's driven through many times. Uvalde has been a regular stop for a bite to eat or groceries before a long drive farther west to visit a friend's ranch on hunting trips.
It was his familiarity with the feel of Uvalde's Main Street, leafy town square and the people he'd met on those stops that touched his heart when the news broke on May 24th of the shooting at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement has been heavily criticized for taking more than an hour to enter the classroom where the 18-year-old gunman carried out the attack, and a Texas House investigative report laid blame on the school district, saying a lax safety culture, spotty alert system and unlocked doors also contributed.
Three days later, Jackson and a close friend flew to Uvalde, briefly met with Gov. Greg Abbott and presented a check for $170,000 with an offer to pay for all funeral expenses.
Abbott announced it as an anonymous donation during a May 27 news conference about aid the state was giving victims.
“We didn’t want media,” he said. “No one knew we were there.”
And though Jackson suggested he hasn't kept it a secret, he hadn't spoken publicly about what moved him to make the trip to Uvalde and the donation until this week.
“Uvalde is a town that sticks in your mind. Just the name,” Jackson said. “I don’t know a soul there. It just touched me."
Jackson declined to name the friend who went with him and also contributed to the donation.
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KREMMLING, Colo. — Bluebird Backcountry in northern Colorado may be the only place of its kind in the world: a ski area with no lifts where it’s safe enough to backcountry ski in a wilderness environment — with little risk — even with your tween by your side. A place where day passes cost as little as $39, no permanent structures mar the landscape, you can sleep onsite in a geodesic dome, and you can ski open bowls and aspen glades all day long, stopping for free bacon served on the trail. Oh, and a place where your well-behaved dog can accompany you anytime.
This ingenious and laid-back ski area was the brainchild of Jeff Woodward, who grew up in Newton and learned to ski Tuckerman’s Ravine while a student at Dartmouth. He moved to Colorado in 2007 and fell in love with backcountry skiing (also called ski touring or alpine touring) after many wilderness adventures in the Rockies. For Christmas 2016, Woodward invited his brother Danny from Boston to go ski touring.
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“I rented him some gear and took him on a mellow route to Coney’s outside Crested Butte,” says Woodward. “It basically blew his mind. It got me thinking: ‘He wouldn’t have tried it unless I got him the gear. Why isn’t there a safe place to backcountry ski?’”
Woodward now leases a private cattle ranch in Kremmling for the winter, offering 1,200 acres of avalanche-controlled and ski-patrolled terrain from late December through March (open Thursdays to Mondays only). The property owner runs guided hunting tours in the fall, but come winter for the past three years, Woodward has set up a no-trace seasonal base lodge (made of fabric over a steel frame), developed a trail network with 28 runs and 11 marked skin tracks, and created a ski area that’s welcoming for beginner to expert backcountry skiers and splitboarders.
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Beginners come to learn the basics of ski touring or try out rental gear before buying, whereas experienced skiers often visit at the start of the season for shake-down runs with new gear. Or they may want to practice skiing with their dog in backcountry conditions before tackling unpatrolled areas where the avalanche risks are real. Others, such as a group of women who call themselves the LOLOS (Little Old Ladies On Skis) come for the fun and camaraderie.
Skiers are welcome to camp in their vans in the parking lot or pitch a tent for $25 per night. Or they can stay in one of four base-area domes, which have beds with mattresses, a wood-burning stove, a kitchen space with pots, dishes, and utensils, and access to an outhouse — all that’s needed is a warm sleeping bag and food.
Bluebird Backcountry is located on the Continental Divide at the base of Rabbit Ears Pass in northern Colorado, about 30 minutes from Steamboat Springs and the small town of Kremmling (population 1,506), and three hours from Denver. Two mountains fall within its boundaries, but only Bear Mountain is open for skiing, offering more challenging terrain; beginners often head to West Bowl, a hill to the north, for warmup laps, practice, and instruction. Resort skiers and riders may appreciate this fact: Bluebird allows just 200 people per day so there’s plenty of elbow room.
“It’s primarily a place to ski, but we also focus on education,” says Woodward.
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That’s why I took my son Sam, 11, to Bluebird in January. I love ski touring and have backcountry experience, but I’m not knowledgeable enough to teach someone else. I wanted Sam to learn how to backcountry ski in a safe environment from a certified instructor.
“We love kids,” said Ty Sauerbrey, our BC2 guide, who noted that most kids who ski Bluebird range from about 10 years old and up — old enough to follow instructions, strong enough to ski off-piste for a few hours, and big enough to fit the rental gear (touring skis go down to 120cm and the smallest boots are 22.5 in mondo sizing).
Bluebird offers everything from a two-hour Ski with a Mentor experience that lets you hit the slopes with an instructor, ask questions, and practice skills (a great deal at $35) to women’s clinics, Skiing with Your Dog instruction, Ski Mountaineering, and other classes geared to all levels of skiers and splitboarders (it’s holding three more hut-based avalanche training courses in March). It also offers Beacon-Seeking Saturday, when several avalanche beacons are buried near The Perch warming hut, so skiers can practice their search and rescue skills.
Since Sam and I have some basic ski touring experience and understand the gear, we signed up for Backcountry 2: Moving through the Backcountry. Our small class included Gloucester-native Andrew McNamee and partner Eleanor Rush, who live in Denver.
You can bring your own gear or rent on site — the ski area has a big selection of high-end equipment, including Black Diamond, Elan, and Dynafit skis with Dynafit bindings, and K2 and Dynafit boots. We chatted about gear first — what size daypacks work the best, what to pack in a wilderness first aid kit, and why it’s essential to carry lots of universal screws, duct tape, and ski straps in your repair kit. Then we strapped on skis and shuffled past the après firepits toward the West Bowl Skin Track.
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Unlike in the true backcountry, ski patrol remains on hand in case you get hurt or need help. When you head out on the trail here, you pass through an archway where a staffer scans your ticket — that’s how they know you’re on the trail. You get scanned back in when you return, and patrollers will head out to find you if you don’t report back by the end of the day.
We spent the next few hours learning how to move efficiently through the wilderness, adjust layers to prevent overheating, and make different kinds of turns while ascending steep slopes, including “seashell,” A-V-A, and kick turns. At the top of one small hill, Sauerbrey taught us how to pull our skins off without removing our skis — a great lesson in balance and technique — and offered tips on how to ski powder and stay off our edges (helpful for people like me and McNamee, who grew up carving on New England hardpack and ice).
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We stopped off for lunch in The Perch warming hut, where a staff member grills bacon throughout the day and hands it out for free to skiers — a very popular perk. The warming hut — also a fabric and steel-framed dome — has a wood stove, recycled astroturf on the floor, a couple of picnic tables, and the bacon grill. It’s the perfect place to strip off a layer, recharge, and debate whether gummy bears taste good wrapped in bacon (they do, according to Sam).
After a morning spent skiing open hillsides, our group decided to skin up through a forest to the top of West Bowl at 9,300 feet and descend through a stunning aspen grove. We fell, cheered each other on, and did our best to keep up with Sam, who fearlessly dodged trees, ducked through narrow passageways beneath branches, and hooted with joy all the way to the track that led us back to the base area.
For a snowy Saturday mid-winter, we saw only a few dozen people all day, including participants of a women’s backcountry clinic, several small groups or couples, and a bunch of happy dogs.
Kari Bodnarchuk can be reached at travelwriter@karib.us.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns, and the Green Bay Packers withstood a late rally led by Tom Brady to hold off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 14-12 victory on Sunday.
Rodgers tossed TD passes of 5 yards to Romeo Doubs and 6 yards to Allen Lazard on his team’s first two possessions, while the Bucs' offense sputtered much of the day without star receivers Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Julio Jones.
For the second straight week, the Bucs (2-1) were held without a touchdown into the fourth quarter. Brady finally got them into the end zone on a 1-yard pass to Russell Gage, capping a 90-yard drive with 14 seconds remaining.
Tampa Bay’s bid to force overtime with a 2-point conversion was thwarted, first by a delay-of-game penalty and then an incomplete pass that allowed the Packers (2-1) to beat Brady for the first time in three tries since the seven-time Super Bowl champion joined the Bucs in 2020.
Rodgers completed 27 of 35 passes and was intercepted once in the first matchup in NFL history in which each starting quarterback has won at least three regular-season league MVP awards.
Rodgers has won four, including the past two, while Brady has three MVPs.
Ryan Succop kicked a pair of 45-yard field goals for the Bucs, the second trimming Green Bay’s lead to 14-6 midway through the third quarter.
Brady, who won three of four previous head-to-head matchups with Rodgers, finished 31 of 42 passing for 271 yards and one touchdown. He was sacked three times.
With Evans serving a one-game suspension for his role in an on-field brawl the previous week at New Orleans and without Godwin and Jones — two of Brady’s other primary receivers — the Bucs struggled to get the offense on track while Rodgers built a 14-3 halftime lead that could have been bigger.
Aaron Jones fumbled into the end zone after a 3-yard reception to the Bucs 2, costing the Packers a chance to add at least three points late in the second quarter. The Green Bay offense was never the same after that.
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Packers: LT David Bakhtiari played for just the second time since tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Dec. 31, 2020. ... Rookie WR Christian Watson (hamstring) was inactive. ... CB Jaire Alexander (groin) did not play in the second half.
Buccaneers: In addition to Godwin (hamstring) and Jones (knee), the Bucs played without LT Donovan Smith (elbow) for the second straight game. Smith was replaced in the lineup by first-year pro Brandon Walton.
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Packers: Host the New England Patriots next Sunday.
Buccaneers: Remain at home next Sunday night to face the Kansas City Chiefs, the first matchup between Brady and Patrick Mahomes since the Super Bowl won by Tampa Bay two seasons ago.
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Addition of A+D® and Solarcaine® bolsters scale, product diversity, and opportunities to accelerate WellSpring's innovation pipeline
NEW YORK and SARASOTA, Fla., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WellSpring Consumer Healthcare, a developer and marketer of leading over-the-counter and personal care brands, today announced the acquisition of a portfolio of well-recognized and trusted over-the-counter (OTC) skin care brands from Bayer AG. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. WellSpring Consumer Healthcare is a portfolio company of Avista Capital Partners, a leading middle-market healthcare private equity firm with expertise in building OTC platforms.
The brands include A+D®, a leading diaper rash and skin protectant brand, Solarcaine®, the leading sunburn relief brand, and Cortate® and Complex 15®, two Canadian therapeutic skincare brands. A+D® is a widely recognized brand that has been endorsed by pediatricians and trusted by consumers for over 80+ years. Solarcaine® is a pharmacist-recommended medicated burn relief brand that has been relied upon by consumers for generations.
Chris Brown, CEO of WellSpring Consumer Healthcare, said: "We are thrilled with the additions of A+D® and Solarcaine®. These trusted, iconic brands align with our core mission to improve the health and wellness of our consumers and will reinforce our position as a leader in important needs-based segments, such as therapeutic skincare. WellSpring's growth model continues to deliver strong results with our focus on new product innovation, distribution expansion, and strategic acquisitions. A+D® and Solarcaine® offer unique opportunities to accelerate our robust product pipeline."
Alex Yu, Partner at Avista Capital Partners, said: "This is a highly strategic acquisition for WellSpring, which not only adds established OTC brands to the WellSpring portfolio, but also provides attractive scale, future growth opportunities, and expands our presence in one of WellSpring's core product categories. We are excited for WellSpring to continue building upon the strong heritage of these brands through innovative and high-quality new product development."
The acquisition of A+D® and Solarcaine ® represents WellSpring's first add-on acquisition since Avista's investment in WellSpring in August 2022. WellSpring is currently evaluating additional opportunities to further its strong growth trajectory.
ABOUT WELLSPRING CONSUMER HEALTHCARE
Founded in 1999 in Sarasota, Florida, WellSpring develops and markets a diversified portfolio of trusted OTC brands in the U.S. and Canada, with several that enjoy leading positions in important needs-based product segments such as therapeutic skincare and digestive health. The WellSpring portfolio now includes well-known therapeutic skincare brands such as A+D® (diaper rash and skin protectant), Bactine® (germ-focused skincare) and Solarcaine® (medicated sunburn relief), and category-leaders in digestive health such as Bonine® (motion sickness) and Emetrol® (anti-nausea). WellSpring is an established consumer healthcare platform with a sophisticated omni-channel distribution network that includes leading brick and mortar and e-commerce retailers, a robust new product innovation infrastructure, and a strong growth trajectory. Learn more at https://wellspringpharm.com/.
ABOUT AVISTA CAPITAL PARTNERS
Founded in 2005, Avista Capital is a leading New York-based private equity firm with over $8 billion invested in more than 40 growth-oriented healthcare businesses globally. Avista partners with businesses that feature strong management teams, stable cash flows and robust growth prospects – investing in the medical devices and technologies, pharmaceuticals, outsourced pharmaceutical services, healthcare technology, healthcare distribution, and consumer healthcare sectors. Avista helps its portfolio companies to accelerate growth through strategic acquisitions, having completed over 100 add-on acquisitions historically across its healthcare portfolio. Avista's Operating Executives and Advisors are an integral part of the team, providing strategic insight, operational oversight and senior counsel, which helps drive growth and performance, while fostering sustainable businesses and creating long-term value for all stakeholders. For more information, visit www.avistacap.com.
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TIANJIN, China, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 14t Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (hereinafter referred to as "Summer Davos") convened in Tianjin China, from June 27 to 29. After the four-year hiatus, the offline Forum returned with China as its starting point, attracting more than 1,500 representatives from political, business and academic from nearly 100 countries all over the world.
Christy Lei Sun, CMO of YSG (Yatsen Global) presented at the meeting as Young Global Leader 2022 and shared her ideas on "Livestreaming opens a new chapter for e-commerce", focusing on the current situation and prospects of the live-stream e-commerce industry.
Summer Davos delivers a strong message of cooperation to the world
The Summer Davos has been successfully held for 13 times since it was first held in China in 2007, and is one of the most important platforms of for communication between China and the world. Themed with "Entrepreneurship: The Driving Force of the Global Economy", this year's Summer Davos intends to renew momentum for innovation and entrepreneurship to drive economic revitalization and more equitable, sustainable and resilient global economy.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Li Qiang addressed the Summer Davos. Having gone through the twists and turns of economic setbacks, all countries should cherish openness, cooperation more, work together to tackle global challenges, and promote human progress, Li said. China is implementing new development guidelines, accelerating the construction of new development pattern and striving for high-quality development.
YSG has always been committed to be the beauty explorer for Chinese and global customers, with active implementation of policies and contribution to the building of open world economy. Besides establishing an image of innovative and professional Chinese brand with all efforts, YSG also brings in effective overseas high-end cosmetic brands with good reputation, facilitating the exchange and development in cosmetic research technology and professional skincare.
YSG expects to guard beauty with professional knowledge- supported live-stream
In recent years, live-stream has won great popularity among brands and customers for its powerful interaction and high efficiency. Live-stream industry has seen exponential growth, which is unique to China. On June 28, Sun Lei delivered a keynote speech on "Livestreaming opens a new chapter for e-commerce" at Innovators Hub of Summer Davos. She helped the audience better understand how live-stream works and the live-stream commerce with the main brand Perfect Diary, promoting the win-win cooperation among brands and industries worldwide.
Christy Lei Sun said that Perfect Diary is looking forward to supporting live-stream with updated professional knowledge, based on the brand vision of "everyone can easily become beautiful", offering novices an easy start and achieving popularization of makeup. Perfect Diary's live-stream channel ranked second in the TikTok makeup live-stream list, with a total live-streaming time of over 6,900 hours and a total of 82 million viewers.
Building upon the company's business development, Perfect Diary has started the practice of live-streaming by the brand. By setting up live scenes of fashion and beauty, difficulties of makeup and tips for novices have been well-illustrated and shown to the participants, delivering real benefits for consumers and continuing to amplify the brand's voice and enhancing customer stickiness with live-stream. What's special is that on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in 2022, the company also co-organized the "Firefly" public service live-stream with organizations of public welfare to provide training for disabled live-streamers and launched a special live public welfare activity to convey the brand's philosophy "Unlimited Beauty".
According to Christy Lei Sun, YSG has established a sound live-streamer training system, including regularly studying product development, reviewing and summarizing user problems, communicating with the back-end colleagues and participating in a series of meetings for overall brand building, so as to build up comprehensive capabilities. In terms of cultivating live-streamers, the company makes well-thought decisions on candidates, choosing the live-streamers of potentials that fit the brand's style. They will be provided with customized professional training and guiding on live-stream at different stages from beginner training to later growth and progression, and will be re-assigned with new tasks with the development of the brand's live-stream. For senior live-streamers, YSG empowers them with full range of business and management skills for career development from live-streamers to management.
In recent years, China has introduced policies in many cities to promote the development of live-stream e-commerce to help promote the high-quality development of the industry. Guangzhou recently introduced the first industry policy of live-stream e-commerce and held the first city-based live-stream e-commerce festival in China. In April, YSG, with its main brand Perfect Diary and its high-end cosmetic brands, attended the third live-stream e-commerce festival, holding a three-day live-stream event to bring consumers a quality and diversified fashion and beauty experience.
"Live-stream e-commerce not only innovates online sales, creates new employment and opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises and individuals, but also becomes an important force to help revitalize the countryside." Christy Lei Sun said that with the continuous improvement of the industry ecology, it is expected that live-stream e-commerce service providers will become more and more professional, and only by providing professional and refined services can they quickly take the market. As a beauty company closely related to live-stream e-commerce, YSG is committed to enabling the industry to grow and meet more consumer needs, so as to better discover beauty, create beauty and guard beauty.
Contact:
Winnie Wen
PR manager of Yatsen Global
yingran.wen@yatsenglobal.com
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Two legal industry leaders announce a strategic marketing agreement and launch ABA Journal Audience First which targets messaging to legal professionals based on law firm size, topic interest and intent to buy products and services.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ALM's Law.com and the ABA Journal announced an agreement where Law.com will sell targeted messaging solutions that engage the ABA Journal's online audience using Law.com's advanced advertising technology.
The agreement is a unique collaboration between ALM's Law.com, the leading legal industry media platform with 20 leading national and regional media brands, and the ABA Journal which is the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association, the largest voluntary association of lawyers and legal professionals in the world.
Law.com will create and sell ABA Journal Audience First, a new audience extension product that allows marketers to target the ABA Journal's online audience of 500,000 monthly unique visitors by law firm/company size and by topical interest (such as practice management and litigation) as well as buying intent.
For example, a legal marketer looking to sell an eDiscovery solution to small to mid-size law firms can find out which ones are demonstrating top, mid or late sales funnel interest in this topic, and then advertise to legal professionals at these firms as they access brand-safe websites during their day.
The ABA Journal has a broad legal industry audience but especially includes small to mid-sized law firms. For example, 73 percent of the ABA Journal's readership are firms of 50 lawyers or less. Combined with Law.com's own small law reach, marketers now have a one-stop solution to reach this critical audience.
"ALM and the ABA are two of the biggest names in the legal industry and we're proud we can now include the ABA Journal's audience as part of our Audience First solution that allows legal marketers to target messaging to our industry leading audience of legal professionals," said Matt Weiner, President of ALM's Marketing Services Division.
"We're very excited at the potential of being able to access Law.com's advanced digital ad technology" said John O'Brien, publisher of the ABA Journal.
Law.com is the legal industry's most reputable and trusted legal media brand. It is by far the leading media platform in the US reaching 100% of the Am Law 100 and one out of every two lawyers in the US is a digital member or full subscriber. It has an average of 1.6 million unique visitors and 7,200 new subscribers a month. It consists of 20 leading national and regional brands including The American Lawyer and National Law Journal and regional titles such as Texas Lawyer and the New York Law Journal. Visit www.law.com
About ALM
ALM, an information and intelligence media company, provides customers with critical news, data, analysis, marketing solutions and events to successfully manage the business of business. ALM serves a community of more than 7 million business professionals in the legal, finance, insurance and commercial real estate industries. Please visit www.alm.com for more information.
About the ABA Journal
The ABA Journal is the flagship media brand of the ABA, the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law. Aside from its online audience, the ABA Journal has more than 200,000 print readers and an audience of nearly 500,000 newsletter subscribers. Visit www.abajournal.com
Contact Information:
Joe Braue
VP, Marketing & Custom Solutions
ALM
212.457.7705
jbraue@alm.com
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