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The new iPad Pro and iPad are available to order starting on Friday, October 21
CHICAGO, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UScellular will offer the new iPad Pro with M2, delivering the ultimate combination of portability, versatility, and unbelievable performance; and the new iPad with an all-screen design in four vibrant colors, featuring a large 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display.
M2, the start of Apple's next generation of M-series chips, brings even more breakthrough performance and new capabilities to iPad Pro, with industry-leading power efficiency, a unified memory architecture, and custom technologies. Along with the world's most advanced mobile display, pro cameras, Face ID, Thunderbolt, and a four-speaker audio system, the new iPad Pro features a next-level Apple Pencil hover experience and the fastest Wi-Fi connections with Wi-Fi 6E, with downloads up to 2.4Gb/s, 2x faster than the previous generation and Wi-Fi + Cellular models with 5G cellular (sub-6GHz and mmWave).
The new iPad with an all-screen design in four vibrant colors — blue, pink, yellow, and silver — features a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display. The powerful A14 Bionic chip comes to the new iPad, delivering fast performance with incredible power efficiency. Updated cameras include an Ultra Wide 12MP front camera along the landscape edge of iPad for the first time, and an upgraded 12MP back camera to capture sharp, vivid photos and 4K video. With new support for Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi connections are 30 percent faster on the new iPad than the previous generation, and cellular models with 5G, enable customers seamless access to files, communication with friends, and streaming content from wherever they are. Combined with continued support for Gigabit LTE, physical SIM cards, and eSIM, iPad offers amazing flexibility when it comes to connectivity. Designed specifically for the new iPad, the all-new Magic Keyboard Folio features an amazing typing experience, click-anywhere trackpad and a versatile two-piece design, and with support for Apple Pencil (1st generation),1 iPad offers users more ways to be creative and productive.
Customers can order the new 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro and iPad starting Friday, October 21, with iPad Pro and iPad availability in store on Wednesday, October 26.
For more details on pricing and data plans, please visit uscellular.com.
For more details on Apple products, please visit www.apple.com.
UScellular is the fourth-largest full-service wireless carrier in the United States, providing national network coverage and industry-leading innovations designed to help customers stay connected to the things that matter most. The Chicago-based carrier provides a strong, reliable network supported by the latest technology and offers a wide range of communication services that enhance consumers' lives, increase the competitiveness of local businesses and improve the efficiency of government operations. Through its After School Access Project, the company has pledged to provide hotspots and service to help up to 50,000 youth connect to reliable internet. Additionally, UScellular has price protected all of its plans, promising not to increase prices through at least the end of 2023. To learn more about UScellular, visit one of its retail stores or www.uscellular.com. To get the latest news, visit newsroom.uscellular.com.
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CHICAGO, June 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkCERCA, a recognized industry leader in student reading and writing growth, has expanded its product offerings to include a start-to-finish benchmark assessment and evaluation service. This includes the administration of the assessments, the evaluation by professional scorers, and comprehensive feedback and data reporting.
The educational landscape is not a one-size-fits-all model; therefore, benchmarks are an important tool for today's educators to monitor and improve individual student writing progress.
Schools often administer benchmarks in the fall, again in the winter, and finally ahead of the spring testing season. This practice helps identify students' academic strengths and weaknesses, guides targeted instruction throughout the year, and sets up students for success on end-of-year summative and high-stakes assessments.
"The results can be empowering to both teachers and students. While teachers leverage benchmark data to monitor progress and inform instruction, students also benefit from taking ownership of their learning," said Eileen Murphy, ThinkCERCA Founder and CEO. "Benchmark data helps students recognize what they need to focus on, and they often experience a confidence boost when they can see improvement in subsequent benchmarking results."
ThinkCERCA streamlines the assessment and evaluation process and then guides administrators and teachers through the data to identify trends, develop strategies, and implement actionable steps to improve student learning. The company's signature Growth Planning Tool provides direct instruction and skills lessons teachers can assign based on each student's growth focus, assigned by professional scorers when they complete benchmark evaluations for each student submission.
"The most valuable element of this process has been the objectivity the third-party scorer provides. This perspective, coupled with insightful 'next steps' has deepened the care we can have for students," said Tony Harris, Principal of Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School.
Just as administrators value the instructional insights provided by benchmark evaluation services, teachers appreciate the student feedback and time back to support student learning.
"I loved this process. It was convenient and extremely helpful. With the benchmarks, it allowed more time to focus on other standards. Lastly, I believe my students made significant growth insofar as their writing skills," said Maria Davis, Cincinnati Public Schools teacher.
Learn more about ThinkCERCA's Benchmark Evaluation Services here.
About ThinkCERCA
ThinkCERCA's personalized literacy platform helps educators teach critical thinking skills through close reading and academic writing across subjects. With a research-based framework that teaches students how to construct a cohesive argument, studies show they can achieve an average of two years of reading growth annually.
Contact: Eileen Murphy, eileen@thinkcerca.com
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Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot getting divorced after prison drug smuggling scandal
Joran van der Sloot is slated for extradition to the US to face extortion and fraud charges targeting Natalee Holloway's mother
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. - EXCLUSIVE - Despite brutally killing a young woman and being the prime suspect in the unsolved disappearance of another, he found love in prison.
But that appears to be over, according to his attorney. Joran van der Sloot, the 36-year-old suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama high school student Natalee Holloway, is getting divorced.
He married Leidy Figueroa in a prison ceremony while serving a 28-year sentence for the brutal murder of Stephany Flores, a Peruvian business student whom he met at a casino and later beat to death in his hotel room.
Figueroa was seven months pregnant at the time of their wedding.
NATALEE HOLLOWAY CASE: JORAN VAN DER SLOOT'S LAWYER FEARS ADDITIONAL US CHARGES
He told her he wanted to marry her all over again once his sentence was up, The Associated Press reported at the time.
But she is calling it quits with van der Sloot, who went on to face charges of trafficking drugs inside prison with the help of another girlfriend, his lawyer Maximo Altez told Fox News Digital.
Authorities in Peru on Tuesday announced that van der Sloot, who was indicted in a federal court in Alabama in 2010 on charges of extortion and wire fraud in a twisted plot targeting Holloway's mother, would be extradited to the United States to stand trial.
The deal will temporarily place him in American custody, and after his trial, he'll be returned to Peru to finish his prison sentence. His term is up in 2038. After that, he would be sent to the U.S. again to serve a sentence if he is convicted.
NATALEE HOLLOWAY, SUSPECT JORAN VAN DER SLOOT: TIMELINE OF ALABAMA TEEN'S DEATH
As the last person seen with Holloway, van der Sloot has been the prime suspect in her disappearance and presumed death. Exactly five years after she vanished, van der Sloot killed Flores and fled to Chile. He was convicted two years later and sentenced to 28 years.
While serving his sentence he was accused of trafficking drugs in prison in a plot in which a different girlfriend was accused of smuggling contraband inside. He was convicted, and a judge tacked on seven years to his sentence.
Holloway was visiting Aruba on a trip to celebrate high school graduation with a large group of friends from Mountain Brook, Alabama, and vanished after she left a night club with van der Sloot and two of his pals, Satish and Deepak Kalpoe, on the night before she was supposed to fly home.
Van der Sloot is not charged in Holloway's death, but is accused of trying to extort her mother for $250,000.
If the government of Peru had not agreed to extradite him now, he would have been sent to the U.S. at the end of his sentence in 2038, Altez said.
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Authorities in the South American country said they had agreed to the move in part because witnesses were starting to age.
Van der Sloot and the Kalpoes were arrested and released more than once in connection with Holloway's disappearance. She was ruled legally dead by an Alabama court in 2012.
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Copa Holdings Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2022
Published: Aug. 3, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
Adjusted Net Profit for the second quarter came in at US$13.2 million, or Adjusted EPS of US$0.32
PANAMA CITY, Panama, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- August 3, 2022. Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22). The terms "Copa Holdings" and the "Company" refer to the consolidated entity. The following financial information, unless otherwise indicated, is presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). See the accompanying reconciliation of non-IFRS financial information to IFRS financial information included in the financial tables section of this earnings release. Unless otherwise stated, all comparisons with prior periods refer to the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) (which the Company believes are more relevant than year-over-year comparisons due to the significant impacts in 2020 and 2021 of the COVID-19 pandemic).
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Copa Holdings' adjusted net profit, excluding special items, for 2Q22 came in at US$13.2 million or US$0.32 per share, as compared to an adjusted net profit of US$50.9 million or earnings per share of US$1.20 in 2Q19.
- Copa Holdings reported an operating profit of US$42.3 million for the quarter and a 6.1% operating margin, compared to an operating profit of US$82.6 million and an operating margin of 12.8% in 2Q19.
- Total revenues for 2Q22 came in at US$693.4 million, a 7.5% increase compared to 2Q19 revenues. Passenger revenue for 2Q22 was 5.9% higher than 2Q19, while cargo revenue was 62.4% higher than 2Q19. Yields increased 10.1% to 13.0 cents while load factors decreased 0.4 percentage points to 84.8%, compared to 2Q19, resulting in Revenue per Available Seat Mile (RASM) of 11.6 cents, or 11.3% higher than 2Q19.
- Operating cost per available seat mile (CASM) increased 19.9% from 9.1 cents in 2Q19 to 10.9 cents in 2Q22, driven by higher fuel prices. CASM excluding fuel (Ex-fuel CASM) decreased 4.6% in the quarter compared to 2Q19 to 6.0 cents.
- Capacity for 2Q22, measured in terms of available seat miles (ASMs), was 96.6% of the capacity flown in 2Q19.
- Including special items of US$110.9 million, comprised of an unrealized mark-to-market gain related to the Company's convertible notes and an unrealized mark-to-market loss related to changes in the value of financial investments, the Company reported a net profit of US$124.1 million for the quarter or US$3.01 per share.
- The Company ended the quarter with approximately US$1.1 billion in cash, short-term and long-term investments, which represents 47% of the last twelve months' revenues.
- The Company closed the quarter with total debt, including lease liabilities, of US$1.6 billion.
- During the quarter, the Company took delivery of one Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft.
- Including three Boeing 737-700 aircraft in temporary storage and one Boeing 737-800 freighter, Copa Holdings ended the quarter with a consolidated fleet of 94 aircraft – 68 Boeing 737-800s, 17 Boeing 737 MAX 9s, and 9 Boeing 737-700s.
- Copa Airlines had an on-time performance for the quarter of 85.9% and a flight completion factor of 99.8%.
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About Copa Holdings
Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides service to countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. For more information visit: www.copaair.com.
CONTACT: Copa Holdings S.A.
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This release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates, and expectations, and are not guarantees of future performance. They are based on management's expectations that involve several business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement. The risks and uncertainties relating to the forward-looking statements in this release are among those disclosed in Copa Holdings' filed disclosure documents and are, therefore, subject to change without prior notice.
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NON-IFRS FINANCIAL MEASURE RECONCILIATION
This press release includes the following non-IFRS financial measures: Adjusted Operating Profit, Adjusted Net Profit, Adjusted Basic EPS, and Operating CASM Excluding Fuel. This supplemental information is presented because we believe it is a useful indicator of our operating performance and is useful in comparing our performance with other companies in the airline industry. These measures should not be considered in isolation and should be considered together with comparable IFRS measures, in particular operating profit, and net profit. The following is a reconciliation of these non-IFRS financial measures to the comparable IFRS measures:
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia canceled its final home football game of the season Wednesday, the same day a student accused of killing three members of the team and wounding two other students in an on-campus shooting was due in court for his first hearing.
University officials and police have said Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, joined a group of about two dozen others on a field trip Sunday from the Charlottesville campus to see a play in the nation’s capital, about 120 miles (195 kilometers) away. When their bus arrived back on campus, authorities have said Jones opened fire, killing Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler, and wounding two others, one of them also a football player.
Jones — who police have said was able to flee the shooting scene, setting off a manhunt and 12-hour campus lockdown — faces three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding and additional gun-related charges.
The violence at the state’s flagship public university has set off days of mourning among students and faculty, the broader Charlottesville community and other supporters. Classes resumed Wednesday, though the school announced it was canceling what would have been UVA’s final home football game of the 2022 season against Coastal Carolina.
No decision has been made yet about whether UVA will participate in its final game of the season on Nov. 26 against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.
On Wednesday, Jones was expected to appear by video link from a local jail, according to the prosecutor handling the case, Albemarle Commonwealth’s Attorney James Hingeley.
Online records do not list an attorney for Jones. If he is financially eligible for court-appointed counsel, an attorney will be appointed Wednesday, Hingeley wrote in an email, adding there also could be a preliminary bail review at the hearing.
Jones has been in custody since he was arrested in suburban Richmond late Monday morning.
University President Jim Ryan said Monday that authorities did not have a “full understanding” of the motive behind the shooting. Court documents filed so far in the matter have offered no additional insight.
Jones was a member of the football team during the 2018 season, a one-semester walk-on, according to athletics director Carla Williams.
In interviews, his father has expressed confusion and astonishment and apologized to the victims’ families.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 28, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
208 PM CDT Fri Apr 28 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY...
At 207 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hamilton,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hamilton, Shive, Whiteway, Aleman and Ireland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for central Texas.
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Kaleyra Founder and CEO Dario Calogero to Transition to the Company's Chief Strategy Officer Upon the Appointment of His Successor as CEO
Board Has Engaged Independent Executive Search Firm to Assist with the CEO Search Process
Appoints Two Accomplished Executives with Decades of Experience in Telecommunications and Software to the Board of Directors
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE: KLR) (NYSE American: KLR WS) ("Kaleyra" or the "Company"), an enterprise Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) business, today announced a CEO transition plan and significant enhancements to its Board of Directors (the "Board") to reposition the Company for sustainable growth and value creation.
Kaleyra has announced that Mr. Dario Calogero, its founder and Chief Executive Officer, has notified the Board of his intention to step down from his position as CEO of the Company after serving over 20 years in the role. The Board has retained a leading independent executive search firm to assist with the CEO search process. Mr. Calogero will continue his service to the Company as a director and will remain in his role as the Company's CEO to support the leadership transition and ensure continuity and stability until the Board selects a new CEO. Upon the appointment of Mr. Calogero's successor, Mr. Calogero will transition to the newly created role of Chief Strategy Officer, in which he will focus on organic and inorganic growth strategies for the Company.
Dr. Avi Katz, Chairman of Kaleyra's Board, commented, "On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Dario for his many years of service to the Company as CEO. Under his leadership, Kaleyra has grown from a small start-up to a leading global 'Communications Platform as a Service' ("CPaaS") business with over 600 exceptional employees and 3,000 valued customers and business partners worldwide. Despite the current global economic uncertainty and challenging headwinds, the Board remains confident in the Company's long-term fundamentals. With our recent investments in our partnership pipeline and our technology, the Company can thrive under new leadership. We look forward to a seamless transition and continuing to work with Dario as a member of the Board."
Dario Calogero commented, "Two decades after building Kaleyra from a start-up to its current status as a global company, I believe that the timing is right to bring in additional leadership to guide Kaleyra through its next phase of growth. I am excited to be able to return more of my focus to the entrepreneurial spirit of the Company as Chief Strategy Officer, while strengthening the leadership team with new energy and ideas by relinquishing my role as CEO. I am extremely proud of the foundation we have built, with a global partner base and an omni-channel suite of powerful, secure and reliable tools to bridge the communication divide between brands and their customers. As a founder, director, Chief Strategy Officer and large shareholder, I look forward to Kaleyra's bright future."
Kaleyra also announced today that it has appointed Kathleen Miller and Karin-Joyce ("K.J.") Tjon as directors to the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Upon the appointments of Ms. Miller and Ms. Tjon, the Board will consist of eight directors, all of whom, other than Mr. Calogero, will be independent.
"We are excited to welcome Kathy and K.J. to the Kaleyra Board of Directors," said Dr. Katz. "Both Kathy and K.J. are accomplished executives with decades of experience leading dynamic, high-growth businesses through times of change and transformation. We believe their track records, driving improved sales and profitability, and their deep expertise in telecommunications, SaaS and software will be extremely valuable as we work to become the leading global CPaaS company. We look forward to working with our new directors to unlock and deliver enhanced value for our customers, partners, shareholders and other stakeholders."
Kathleen Miller, 58, is an accomplished financial strategist with decades of leadership experience driving growth and profitability across public and private SaaS, FinTech and other technology companies. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Miller served as Chief Financial Officer of Nitro Software Ltd. (ASX: NTO), a high-growth SaaS-based workflow productivity company that she led through its initial public offering, from January 2019 to December 2020. Previously, Ms. Miller served as Chief Operating and Financial Officer of nCourt, LLC, a high-growth SaaS-based software and payment service provider, from March 2014 to September 2018. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of eSecuritel Holdings LLC, a leading provider of cell phone and wireless products insurance services, from 2009 to 2013. Earlier in her career, Ms. Miller served in senior financial roles at Movius Interactive Corporation, Witness Systems, Inc. (former Nasdaq: WITS) and MapInfo Corporation (former Nasdaq: MAPS). She began her career at Coopers & Lybrand LLP. Ms. Miller is an experienced public and private company director and currently serves on the boards of Tecsys, Inc. (TSX: TCS), a supply chain and complex distribution management system provider; IOU Financial, Inc. (TSXV: IOUFF), an online lender to small businesses; and TrueCommerce, Inc., a privately held supply chain and inventory management software company. Ms. Miller holds a B.S. in Accounting from Alfred University and an M.S. in Legal Studies from Fordham University.
Karin-Joyce Tjon, 60, has more than two decades of experience as a senior financial executive in the technology and telecommunications sectors. Most recently, Ms. Tjon served as Chief Financial Officer of Alorica, Inc., a fast-growing business process outsourcing (BPO) company, where she was responsible for all aspects of corporate finance, such as Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, Regulatory filings, tax, procurement and Investor Relations, from July 2018 to May 2020. Prior to her role at Alorica, Ms. Tjon served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Scientific Games (Nasdaq: SGMS), a developer of technology-based products and content for the global gaming and lottery markets, from February to August 2017. Previously, she served as Chief Financial Officer at EPIQ Systems (former Nasdaq: EPIQ) (from July 2014 to October 2016) and Hawker Beechcraft (2011 to 2014). Ms. Tjon also spent over nine years at Alvarez & Marsal, a leading professional services firm specializing in business transformation and performance improvement, from 2002 to 2011. Ms. Tjon currently serves on the boards of Nubia Brand International Corp. (Nasdaq: NUBI), a blank check company focused on the wireless telecommunications sector, and Volcon, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLCN), a developer and manufacturer of electric off road powersport vehicles. Ms. Tjon holds a B.S. in Organizational Behavior and Management from Ohio University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE: KLR) (NYSE American: KLR WS) is a global group providing mobile communication services to financial institutions, e-commerce players, OTTs, software companies, logistic enablers, healthcare providers, retailers, and other large organizations worldwide. Through its proprietary platform and robust APIs, Kaleyra manages multi-channel integrated communication services, consisting of messaging, rich messaging and instant messaging, video, push notifications, e-mail, voice services, and chatbots. Kaleyra's technology makes it possible to safely and securely manage billions of messages monthly with over 1,600 operator connections in 190+ countries, including all tier-1 US carriers. For more information, please visit www.kaleyra.com.
Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intends," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by Kaleyra in light of its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and their potential effects on Kaleyra as well as other factors they believe are appropriate in the circumstances. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Kaleyra will be those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of the parties) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including Kaleyra's ability to recruit and retain a new CEO, the mix of services utilized by Kaleyra's customers and such customers' needs for these services, including any variability by geography, market acceptance of new service offerings, the ability of Kaleyra to expand what it does for existing customers as well as to add new customers, that Kaleyra will have sufficient capital to operate as anticipated, and the impact that the novel coronavirus and the illness, COVID-19, that it causes, as well as governmental responses to deal with the spread of this illness and the reopening of economies that have been closed as part of these responses, and the impact of other geopolitical and macroeconomic factors such as the war in Ukraine, may have on Kaleyra's operations, the demand for Kaleyra's products, global supply chains and economic activity in general. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should any of the assumptions being made prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
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Colin Gillis
Vice President of Investor Relations
colin.gillis@kaleyra.com
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MZ North America
203-741-8811
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Scientists say pollution not cause of UK mass crab deaths
LONDON (AP) — British scientists say they don’t think pollution killed thousands of crabs that washed up on beaches in northeast England in late 2021. The crustaceans were found dead or dying along more than 70 kilometers (44 miles) of coastline. Some displayed unusual “twitching” while in the throes of death. Environmentalists suspected toxins released by dredging to expand a port in Teesside, a heavily industrial area. But a panel of scientists and industry experts set up by the British government said it found no evidence pollutants were to blame. The group concluded on Friday it was “about as likely as not” that a pathogen new to U.K. waters caused the unusual die-off.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn had a conflict of interest in a cryptocurrency he promoted and engaged in an improper relationship with a member of his staff, the panel said Monday.
The investigation is just the latest moment of high-profile scrutiny for the North Carolina Republican, who will be leaving Congress at the end of the year after losing his primary race last week to state Sen. Chuck Edwards. Cawthorn’s defeat came despite support for his reelection bid from former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Democrat from Texas, and Rep. Michael Guest, a Republican from Mississippi, will lead the review of Cawthorn. The panel cautioned that the opening of the investigation does not mean that he violated House rules.
In a statement, the congressman’s chief of staff, Blake Harp said they “welcome the opportunity to prove that Congressman Cawthorn committed no wrongdoing and that he was falsely accused by partisan adversaries for political gain.”
The allegations of a potential conflict of interest stem from an April article in the Washington Examiner that reported Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws when he promoted the meme coin LGB, named for the chant “Let’s Go Brandon” mocking President Joe Biden.
Cawthorn promoted the LGB coin in a Dec. 29 Instagram post where he was pictured with the hedge fund manager of the cryptocurrency. The next day, NASCAR driver Brandon Brown announced a deal with the coin, raising questions about whether Cawthorn had advanced nonpublic knowledge of the announcement, according to the Examiner.
The committee did not provide any further details on Cawthorn’s alleged “improper relationship.”
The 26-year-old lawmaker’s political career has been upended by a series of salacious headlines that contributed to his downfall in last week’s primary. Since October, he has been stopped by the police three times — two in which he was cited for speeding and one for driving with a revoked license. He’s been caught with guns at airport checkpoints twice in the past year, including three weeks ago. And in March, as the Russian invasion into Ukraine was deepening, Cawthorn called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” even as many of his GOP colleagues were pledging support for Ukraine’s government.
Shortly after that, Cawthorn further infuriated his GOP colleagues when he alleged on a podcast that he had been invited to an orgy in Washington and that he had seen leaders in the movement to end drug addiction use cocaine. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reprimanded him publicly for the remarks.
In the final weeks of Cawthorn’s primary campaign videos emerged that showed him in sexually suggestive poses, which he has said were from several years ago and were meant to be funny.
Cawthorn has acknowledged the speeding and gun citations as failings, but has dismissed the videos as part of a “drip campaign” by his political enemies, of which he has included some establishment Republicans, to drive him out of Congress.
“I am on a mission now to expose those who say and promise one thing yet legislate and work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist goal,” Cawthorn said in social media post after losing his primary last week. “It’s time for the rise of the new right, it’s time for Dark MAGA to truly take command.”
Also on Monday, the ethics committee said it was investigating two other Republican lawmakers, both for improperly spending certain congressional and campaign funds, among other issues.
The Office of Congressional Ethics, the independent office that pursues any potential wrongdoings by House members, said in a report that it found “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., improperly accepted a free trip for him and his family to Aruba from a company that also provided services to his campaign, and used his congressional staff to plan the vacation.
Ryan Kelly, a spokesperson for Mooney, said in a statement that the lawmaker plans to cooperate with the ethics probe but that the findings of its investigation were “tainted from the outset by the OCE’s procedural irregularities and denial of due process.”
The watchdog group also concluded that Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, used campaign funds to pay for “unlimited access” to a private social club in his state. In a response to the committee, Jackson’s attorney Justin Clark argued his client made the purchases at the Amarillo Club for campaign-related reasons and therefore it is within the federal guidelines for personal use of campaign funds.
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Associated Press writers John Raby in Charleston, West Virginia, and Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina, contributed to this report.
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Butler reportedly stayed in character 24/7 when he filmed the biopic Elvis. One of his vocal coaches says "it's difficult to switch off" — and she doesn't know if "it's going to be there forever."
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Butler reportedly stayed in character 24/7 when he filmed the biopic Elvis. One of his vocal coaches says "it's difficult to switch off" — and she doesn't know if "it's going to be there forever."
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By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A.J. Dillon ran for two scores, Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass to Aaron Jones and the Green Bay Packers kept their playoff hopes afloat with a 24-12 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Dillon put Green Bay ahead for good with an 8-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and also scored from 1 yard out in the third period. He left midway through the second half to be evaluated for a concussion. Rodgers went 22 of 30 for 229 yards with a touchdown and interception to win his ninth straight “Monday Night Football” start.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — An 18-year-old reported missing from Arkansas was found dead in a national forest in Mississippi on Wednesday.
Police said Fredarrious Wilson was last seen in West Memphis on March 5.
According to a police report, Wilson’s mother said she last saw her son between 4:30 and 5 p.m. before he went to the movies with a classmate.
She said she tried to call Wilson when she woke up at 11 p.m. She also told police he left with his classmate in a four-door, red or burgundy vehicle.
Investigators were able to ping Wilson’s phone and determined it was in the Holly Springs National Forest in Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Office started searching for Wilson in the area Tuesday night, but the search was unsuccessful.
Their deputies searched the area for six hours.
They returned Wednesday along with multiple agencies, including the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and that’s when they discovered the 18-year-old’s body 30 yards off County Road 243.
In a statement released to WREG, Yalobusha County Sheriff Jerimaine Gooch said, ”Sadly, it wasn’t the outcome we wanted. Our focus is on this investigation, making an arrest and providing answers and closure for his family, Our prayers go out to them.”
A spokesperson with the City of West Memphis has confirmed that this is now considered a homicide investigation but declined to provide further details.
Investigators have not revealed any information about possible suspects or motive.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, one of the last lawmakers on Capitol Hill calling himself a “pro-life Democrat,” said Tuesday he would support a bill to write abortion rights into federal law following the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
Casey, serving his third term, is not just any Democrat in the abortion debate. His father, a former two-term governor of Pennsylvania who opposed abortion rights, signed legislation that spawned another landmark abortion case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Now Sen. Casey is in the position of watching the Supreme Court potentially overturn Roe v. Wade two years before he faces reelection while his party’s activists mobilize against any such decision.
He is casting his new position as a reaction to what he characterizes as an unforeseen move by Republicans in Congress to try to effectively ban abortion nationwide.
Casey said he will support the Democrats’ bill, if there is a final vote on it. And he said he has never voted for — and does not support — a complete ban on abortion.
“I think a lot of Americans are just beginning to understand the Republican position, which is, in many cases, not just a ban, but in a lot of states a ban without exception,” Casey said in an interview.
He told Politico in 2018 “that the description of pro-life Democrat is accurate:” for him.
But he told the AP on Tuesday that Republicans in Congress have moved from decades of saying they wanted states to have a say over abortion to pursuing legislation to ban it everywhere after six weeks — before many women even know they are pregnant.
“I think that’s a new and substantial development in their approach,” he said.
A vote on legislation by Senate Democrats to preserve abortion rights nationwide will not come to the floor if Democrats can’t come up with the votes necessary to bypass procedural hurdles. They are expected to fail on a Wednesday test vote.
Casey has won his Senate races campaigning as an anti-abortion Democrat, even as advocates accuse him of abandoning the cause through his more moderate positions.
“Because of his actions and words, I think Sen. Casey has abandoned legitimate use of the pro-life label,” said Michael Geer, president of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, which opposes abortion rights.
After the draft opinion emerged last week, Casey said he had “serious concerns about what overturning almost 50 years of legal precedent will mean for women in states passing near or total bans on abortion.”
As for the Senate, he said, “Congress should be working to reduce the number of abortions and unintended pregnancies and doing much more to support women and families.”
In the past, he has pushed for policies that he says are proven to reduce the number of abortions, such as boosting support for health care, contraception and programs that support women and children.
Still, Casey, in 2018 and 2020, broke with Democrats in voting to advance bills to ban abortions after 20 weeks and has said he supports the so-called Hyde Amendment, which blocks federal funding for abortion.
But he also has voted with Democrats to support federal funding for Planned Parenthood and access to contraception.
Casey opposed all three of former President Donald Trump’s nominees for the Supreme Court who now form half of its conservative bloc.
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Three years ago, on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was officially designated a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The novel coronavirus had fanned out across the globe, and the world had lost its ability to contain it. Countries reacted to the emerging disease with a mix of denial, incredulity and fear. Here's what global health officials and political leaders were saying in the weeks leading up to that WHO declaration.
Jan. 5, 2020: WHO issued an announcement that not quite a week prior, their China Country Office had learned of "cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. As of 3 January 2020, a total of 44 patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology have been reported to WHO by the national authorities in China."
January 9, 2020: WHO continued to share what they knew of events in China. "Chinese authorities have made a preliminary determination of a novel (or new) coronavirus, identified in a hospitalized person with pneumonia in Wuhan ... WHO continues to monitor the situation closely."
Jan. 14, 2020: In the early days, public health officials had little idea that this novel coronavirus would spread across the globe. Maria Van Kerkhove, the acting head of WHO's emerging diseases unit, told Reuters, "From the information that we have, it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission."
January 22, 2020: When CNBC asked President Donald Trump about any concern of an impending pandemic, he didn't hesitate: "No. Not at all ... We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It's going to be just fine."
Jan. 23, 2020: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said in a statement that the coronavirus outbreak was not yet a public health emergency of international concern. He added, "Make no mistake. This is an emergency in China, but it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one."
Meanwhile, Wuhan was shutting down. The Chinese newspaper People's Daily tweeted: "No people in #Wuhan... will be allowed to leave the city starting 10 a.m. of Jan. 23. Train stations and airport will shut down; the city bus, subway, ferry and long-distance shuttle bus will also be temporarily closed."
Jan. 29, 2020: Warnings from global health officials were becoming increasingly dire. In Geneva, Dr. Mike Ryan, head of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, said, "The whole world needs to be on alert now. The whole world needs to take action and be ready for any cases that come from the epicenter or other epicenter that becomes established."
Jan. 30, 2020: "Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed the emergence of a previously unknown pathogen, which has escalated into an unprecedented outbreak," Tedros said. He went on to declare "a public health emergency of international concern over the global outbreak of novel coronavirus. The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries."
On the same day, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, remarked, "Given what we've seen in China and other countries with the novel coronavirus, CDC experts have expected some person-to-person spread in the U.S. We understand that this may be concerning, but based on what we know now, we still believe the immediate risk to the American public is low."
Feb. 3, 2020: Claiming early action around the novel coronavirus, Chinese President Xi Jinping, said, "I explicitly demanded Hubei province [where Wuhan is located] implement comprehensive and strict controls on the outflow of personnel on January 22."
Also on that day, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech in Greenwich, England. Partway through, he commented, "when there is a risk that new diseases such as coronavirus will trigger a panic and a desire for market segregation that go beyond what is medically rational to the point of doing real and unnecessary economic damage, then at that moment humanity needs ... some country ready to take off its Clark Kent spectacles and leap into the phone booth and emerge with its cloak flowing as the supercharged champion, of the right of the populations of the earth to buy and sell freely among each other."
Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S.'s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was alarmed. He told CNBC: "It's escalating. The number of cases that increase from one day to another is clearly going up in a very steep slope."
Feb. 7, 2020: Dr. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist in Wuhan, died after contracting the novel coronavirus nearly a month earlier. He had gained attention by first sounding the alarm over the new virus and then being reprimanded by Chinese authorities. Li was forced to sign a statement saying he'd propagated a rumor, but in an interview with The New York Times a week before his death, he said, "I felt I was being wronged, but I had to accept it. Obviously I had been acting out of good will. I felt very sad seeing so many people losing their loved ones." He added, "If the officials had disclosed information about the epidemic earlier, I think it would have been a lot better. There should be more openness and transparency." Li was survived by his son and his wife, who was pregnant with their second child at the time.
Feb. 11, 2020: At a WHO briefing, Tedros officially christened the novel coronavirus. "We now have a name for the disease," he said. "COVID-19. I'll spell it: C-O-V-I-D hyphen one nine – COVID-19." The "19" refers to the year when the virus first surfaced — 2019. "Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatizing," Tedros continued, alluding to the use of nomenclature such as "Wuhan virus" and "China virus." He added, "It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreaks."
He used the same briefing to press world leaders to focus on containing the virus. "To be honest," he said, "a virus is more powerful in creating political, economic and social upheaval than any terrorist attack ... A virus can have more powerful consequences than any terrorist action .... If the world doesn't want to wake up and consider this enemy virus as public enemy number one, I don't think we will learn our lessons."
Feb. 22, 2020: "The increasing signs of transmission outside China show that the window of opportunity we have for containing this virus is narrowing," Tedros warned.
Feb. 23, 2020: In a speech, President Xi admitted, "This is both a crisis and a big test for us."
Feb. 25, 2020: CDC's Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the incident manager for the COVID-19 response, described in a telebriefing the likely possibility of canceling large gatherings and closing schools and workplaces. "I understand this whole situation may seem overwhelming," she acknowledged, "and that disruption to everyday life may be severe."
Feb. 28, 2020: On this day, WHO raised the global risk of the coronavirus from "high" to "very high." In New Zealand, the Ministry of Health stated that, "The first case of COVID-19 is now confirmed in New Zealand in a person in their 60s recently returned from Iran." New Zealand, under the leadership of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, would go on to have one of the most effective early responses to the coronavirus, keeping the illness at bay by closing its borders and shuttering swaths of its economy.
March 3, 2020: Prime Minister Johnson said, "I was at a hospital the other night where I think ... there were actually coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody, you'll be pleased to know, and I continue to shake hands." Just over a month later, Johnson would return to the hospital and require "liters and liters of oxygen" — 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19.
March 9, 2020: "In my understanding," said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, "the destructive power of this virus is overestimated. Maybe it's even being promoted for economic reasons." At this point, Brazil had only registered 25 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths. Today, Brazil has had nearly 700,000 deaths due to the virus.
An early and widening outbreak in Italy led Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to lock down the country's north. It was an unpopular move. Conte remarked to La Repubblica newspaper that this was Italy's "darkest hour." He added, "It is not easy to change life habits from one day to the next and accept personal sacrifices in view of a collective good. [But] if we all respect the rules, the country will soon be able to raise its head again."
March 10, 2020: Despite outbreaks in Brazil, Italy and over 100 other countries — and clear evidence that the coronavirus was spreading within Washington state, after a meeting with Republican senators, President Trump announced, "It will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away."
March 11, 2020: In January, WHO had called COVID-19 a virus of concern. Now, in an announcement, Tedros upgraded it: WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock, and we are deeply concerned by alarming levels of severity and inaction. We have made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic."
COVID-19 went on to be responsible for the first pandemic ever caused by a coronavirus. More than three years in, there have been 759 million cases and almost 7 million deaths worldwide.
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With more floods coming, it’s vital to know how to prepare
The barrage of storms and relentless flooding has prompted more than half of California’s counties to be declared disaster areas. With the bulk of rainfall in the state occurring from November to March, that means there could be many more weeks of challenging weather before long-term relief arrives. Unfortunately, with temperatures gradually climbing around the world, storms are going to intensify and floods are going to become more common. It’s vital to learn how to prepare, no matter where you live.
Why does it seem like there are more storms and floods than ever before?
For a storm system, water vapor is fuel. The warmer the air is, the more water vapor it can hold. When that warm, moisture-laden air rises, it cools and releases heat. This released heat warms the surrounding air to allow more water to evaporate. In effect, global warming intensifies the Earth’s water cycle, fueling an engine that creates more violent storms with greater wind speeds and heavier rains. Even if it wasn’t a typical problem in the past, storm-affected regions will have an escalated risk of flooding as global warming continues. This means an increasing number of areas will need to learn how to prepare for flooding.
How to prepare for a flood
A flood can create many hazards: risk of fire, risk of electrocution, risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, risk of disease, risk of animal and insect bites and more. Because of this, it’s best to prepare for every eventuality. Since this task is so large that it may be overwhelming, the best strategy is to start now and always be in a prepared state. Don’t wait for a flood watch or a flood warning to begin checking items off this list:
- Learn how to turn off the electricity to your home.
- Learn how to turn off the gas to your home.
- Learn how to turn off the water supply to your home.
- Anchor any fuel tanks to prevent them from being swept away.
- Listen to local NOAA weather reports and alerts.
- Test all smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Replace if needed.
- Purchase a fire extinguisher if you don’t already own one.
- Have a backup option if your main sump pump fails.
- Install backflow valves in drains and sewer connections.
- Bring outside furniture and other items indoors.
- Have at least 3 gallons of clean drinking water for each individual living under your roof.
- Put important papers, such as immunization records and financial documents, in a waterproof container.
- Create an emergency evacuation plan with several escape routes.
- Have a well-stocked first aid kit on hand.
- Have powered-up backup battery packs to keep your devices running.
- Stock up on insect repellent containing DEET or picaridin.
- Keep essential medications stored where they won’t get wet or damaged.
Top 10 items to have when preparing for a flood
Eton American Red Cross AM/FM NOAA Weather Alert Radio
This rechargeable hand-crank weather radio has AM/FM radio, all seven NOAA weather band stations and the Alert system to make sure you’re always aware of weather alerts in your area. It can also power your smartphone in emergencies. Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
First Alert SA320CN Dual-Sensor Smoke and Fire Alarm
This smoke alarm detects both fast-burn and smoldering fires. It operates on AA batteries, so no wiring is required for installation. The test button lets you check to see if the unit is in operating order. Sold by Amazon and Target
First Alert CO615 Dual-Power Plug-In Carbon Monoxide Detector
First Alert’s carbon monoxide detector works with any standard outlet but also features a battery backup so you can continue monitoring even if there’s a power failure. The peak-level display shows the highest level of carbon monoxide detected. Sold by Amazon and Best Buy
Basement Watchdog Emergency Back-Up Sump Pump
The most important time to have your sump pump running is when you lose power. This heavy-duty model kicks on during power outages, when the main pump fails or when water flow exceeds the capacity of the main pump. Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Amerex B402 Dry Chemical Class A B C Fire Extinguisher
Even if you never have a flood, it’s essential for your home to have a working fire extinguisher easily accessible at all times. This model is suitable for combustibles, grease and electrical fires. Sold by Amazon
LifeStraw Personal Water Filter
One of the most important resources to have in any emergency is clean drinking water. The LifeStraw removes up to 99.99% of contaminants, such as bacteria, parasites and microplastics to provide safe drinking water in less-than-ideal situations. Sold by Amazon, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Target
MoKo Money and Document Organizer
This document folder can withstand temperatures up to 1,800 degrees. It’s also water-resistant and large enough to hold legal documents. The double closure, hook-and-loop and zipper, ensures a secure seal. Sold by Amazon
Not just a first aid kit, the clever case allows this to be mounted to a wall to function like a small cabinet. It comes with bandages, scissors, tape, a cold compress, ibuprofen, a first aid book and more. Sold by Amazon
Anker PowerCore Slim 10000 Portable Power Bank/Charger
In an emergency, it’s important to keep your devices powered up so you have a way to communicate. This slim, lightweight charger has VoltageBoost technology that lets it charge at up to 12 watts. For low-power devices, it’s best to use the trickle charge feature. Sold by Amazon
Cutter Skinsations Insect Repellent (2-Pack)
This two-pack of insect repellent has a formula with 7% DEET to keep away mosquitoes. It goes on with a light clean feel that isn’t greasy and features aloe and vitamin E to help soften and nourish your skin. Sold by Home Depot and Amazon
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Those receiving assistance from SNAP benefits in Virginia will soon see a decrease in the amount they have been receiving as emergency funds are set to expire in March, according to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
SNAP emergency allotments were authorized by Congress as temporary help to low-income individuals and families dealing with the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While SNAP benefits have already returned to normal in many states, Virginia is one of several that chose to continue with the emergency allotments until March 2023, at which point the benefit amount will return to the pre-pandemic normal. The expiration of emergency benefits ends nearly three years of recipients receiving an additional $95 or more on top of their normal payment.
For households receiving both SNAP benefits and Social Security, the payment they receive starting in March may be even lower than pre-pandemic, thanks to the 2023 cost-of-living adjustment that went into effect in January. The adjustment, which increased the amount seniors receive from social security, may push some people into a lower benefit-receiving bracket than they had been in before the pandemic.
The Food and Nutrition Service said it is possible that some households may no longer receive SNAP benefits due to the Social Security increase if they are no longer income-eligible.
To find an updated list of all 2023 adjustments in relation to SNAP allotments and income eligibility standards, click here.
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NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Family, friends and other mourners gathered Wednesday at a Virginia church to remember Irvo Otieno at a funeral service, celebrating his life and calling for mental health care and policing reforms after the 28-year-old Black man’s death earlier this month while in custody at a state psychiatric hospital.
“He had an illness. He should have been doctored to, not treated with brutality,” said civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy.
Other speakers recalled Otieno as an empathetic, energetic and well-respected friend, teammate and musical artist during the service at First Baptist Church of South Richmond, as they vowed to seek justice for his death.
Otieno, whose family said he had long struggled with mental illness, died March 6 after he was pinned to the floor by sheriff’s deputies and others while being admitted to Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County. Seven deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with second-degree murder in his death, and an investigation is ongoing.
Video released earlier this month shows sheriff’s deputies and hospital employees restraining a handcuffed and shackled Otieno for about 20 minutes after he was forcibly led into a hospital room. For much of that time, Otieno was prone on the floor, pinned by a group so large it blocked the camera’s view of him at times.
Personnel who realized he appeared limp and lifeless eventually began resuscitation efforts, the video showed. Otieno’s family and their attorneys have said he posed no danger and was simply trying to breathe.
“You know he couldn’t fight back — he was handcuffed and shackled. And if we sound angry, it’s because we are,” Sharpton said.
Dinwiddie Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill has said Otieno was smothered to death. An autopsy is still pending.
Otieno, who emigrated from Kenya as a child, spent most of his childhood in suburban Richmond. He was a “gregarious baby, a lively toddler, an energetic child, a fun-loving athletic teen and an artistic young man,” his funeral program said. He was also a high-achieving high school athlete who earned an athletic scholarship to attend college.
He was pursuing a goal of building a music career, streaming his music under the moniker “Young Vo” while working toward starting his own record label, his family has said.
Wednesday’s service was attended by hundreds of mourners that included friends, family, clergy members and representatives from the office of Gov. Glenn Youngkin. An interment was scheduled immediately following the service.
Otieno’s family and their attorneys have said Otieno was experiencing mental distress at the time of his initial encounter with law enforcement earlier this month, days before he was taken to the state hospital. He was first taken into custody March 3, when he was transported to a local hospital for mental health treatment under an emergency custody order.
Police have said that while at the local hospital, he “became physically assaultive toward officers,” at which point they arrested him and took him to a local jail, something Otieno’s family says should never have happened given that he was in need of treatment. On the afternoon of March 6, he was transferred to the state hospital, which has a unit that provides care for people admitted from jails or by court-order.
Attorneys for the defendants charged in his death have said their clients were trying to restrain Otieno. During bond hearings and in statements, several defense attorneys have sought to distinguish their clients from the mass of bodies involved in pinning Otieno to the floor. All have been granted bond and have pre-trial hearings in April or May.
Attorneys for Otieno’s family have pushed back at those characterizations and did so again Wednesday.
“They engage in the intellectual justification of discrimination,” said civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
Crump, Sharpton and another family attorney, Mark Krudys, called for more robust mental health care services and more training for law enforcement for mental health-related situations. They also said Virginia should consider creating mental health-specific courts under a system like California’s.
Caroline Ouko, Otieno’s mother, said she never could have imagined what would unfold after her son was first taken to the local hospital for care.
“We will miss you dearly. But rest assured, as you fly in heaven with your God, you are not here physically with us. But we who remain, your family, your friends and my team beside me, we will get to the bottom of what happened to you,” she said, followed by applause.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy reported declines in fiscal first-quarter sales and profits as the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain continues to wrestle with a consumer spending slowdown in gadgets.
However, the company’s earnings beat Wall Street expectations even as sales were below expectations. Best Buy, based in Minneapolis, affirmed its cautious financial outlook, underscoring continued uncertainty about the broader economic environment and the outlook for consumer electronics spending.
Shares rose more than 4% in premarket trading on Thursday.
Best Buy’s sales during the depths of the pandemic were fueled by oversized spending by Americans who splurged on gadgets to help them work from home or help their children with virtual learning. Government stimulus checks drove a lot of that spending. But last year, consumers began to pull back from items that were popular during the pandemic like TVs and casual clothing as they became more social. Stubbornly high inflation has also made shoppers more selective about buying gadgets and other items.
“In this environment, customers are clearly feeling cautious and making trade-off decisions as they continue to deal with high inflation and low consumer confidence due to a number of factors,” said Best Buy’s CEO Corie Barry in a statement. “At the same time, in the first quarter, we continued to see our purchasing customer behavior remain relatively consistent in terms of demographics and the percentage of purchases categorized as premium.”
As gadget spending remains tough, Best Buy is rolling out a three-tiered membership program next month, including a lower-price option costing less than $50 per year, tailored to the different needs of shoppers.
Best Buy said that it earned $244 million, or $1.11 per share, for the three-month period ended April 30. That compares with $341 million, or $1.49 per share, in the year-ago period. Analysts were expecting $1.10 per share.
Revenue slipped 11% to $9.47 billion from $10.65 billion in the year-ago period. That was below analysts expectation for $9.53 billion.
Comparable sales — a key metric of a retailer’s health — were down 10.1% in the quarter.
Best Buy said it expects earnings per share in the range of $5.70 to $6.50 for the year. Analysts expect $6.17 per share, according to FactSet.
It projects revenue of $43.8 billion to $45.2 billion for the year. Analysts expect $44.5 billion, according to FactSet. It also anticipates comparable sales to fall 3% to 6% for the year.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones believes the NFL should allow video review of roughing-the-passer penalties after his controversial call — the second in as many days — nearly cost the Kansas City Chiefs in their come-from-behind 30-29 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night.
The Chiefs had just scored to trim their deficit to 17-7 when Jones stripped Raiders quarterback Derek Carr from behind just before halftime. The Pro Bowl defensive tackle landed on Carr while also coming up with the ball — replays showed it was clearly loose and that Jones cleanly recovered — but referee Carl Cheffers threw a flag for roughing the passer.
The play happened with less than two minutes to go and was not reviewed.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid stormed off the sideline to argue with every official within earshot. And after the teams traded field goals, leaving the Raiders ahead 20-10 at halftime, Reid cornered Cheffers again as they headed to the locker room.
“The quarterback is in the pocket and he’s in a passing posture. He gets full protection of all the aspects of what we give the quarterback in a passing posture,” Cheffers told a pool reporter after the game. “My ruling was the defender landed on him with full body weight. The quarterback is protected from being tackled with full body weight.”
That explanation didn’t sit well in the Kansas City locker room.
Especially with the culprit.
“It’s costing teams games,” Jones said. “How should I tackle people? How should I not roll on him? I’m trying my best. I’m 325 pounds, OK? What do you want me to do? I’m going full speed trying to get the quarterback.”
When players emerged for the second half, Kansas City fans booed Cheffers more loudly than the hated Raiders (1-4), and the call — and the energized Arrowhead Stadium — seemed to galvanize their team. Travis Kelce had three of his fourth TD catches in the second second half and the defense made a stand in the final minute to escape with the win.
“I’ve seen (Reid) angry,” Mahomes said later, “but not about a call on the football field.”
The call came one day after Atlanta defensive tackle Grady Jarrett was flagged by referee Jerome Boger for a seemingly innocuous tackle of Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady. The penalty gave the Buccaneers a first down and allowed them to run out the clock on a 21-15 victory, rather than giving the Falcons a chance to drive for the win.
“What I had was the defender grabbed the quarterback while he was still in the pocket, and unnecessarily throwing him to the ground,” Boger told a pool reporter after the game. “That is what I was making my decision based upon.”
The NFL was criticized for its failure to protect quarterbacks after Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was taken off the field on a stretcher following a violent hit in a game against Cincinnati. Tagovailoa sustained a concussion when his head slammed to the turf on a tackle by the Bengals’ Josh Tupou, who was not flagged on the play.
In the NFL rulebook, it states: “Any physical acts against a player who is in a passing posture (i.e. before, during, or after a pass) which, in the referee’s judgment, are unwarranted by the circumstances of the play will be called as fouls.”
The rulebook also notes: “When in doubt about a roughness call or potentially dangerous tactic against the quarterback, the referee should always call roughing the passer.”
Jones offered a solution: Allow replays of roughing-the-passer calls.
“Especially in critical situations in games,” he said. “We’ve got to be able to review it in the booth, you know what I mean? I think that’s the next step for the NFL as a whole. If we’re going to call it penalty at that high (of rate), then we’ve got to be able to review it and make sure, because sometimes looks can be deceiving.”
Meanwhile, the Chiefs have had plenty of conflicts with Cheffers in the past.
The biggest came during the 2016 playoffs against Pittsburgh, when Cheffers called left tackle Eric Fisher for holding that negated what would have been a tying two-point conversion. The Steelers won 18-16 to advance to the AFC title game, and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said Cheffers “shouldn’t even be able to work at … Foot Locker.”
Their opinion of the referee surely didn’t improve Monday night.
“You want to protect the players in all aspects of the game, but at the same time, there’s a commonsense factor,” Mahomes said. “The refs watch tape and they practice, just like we do. I’m sure they’ll go back and make the corrections.”
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NEWARK, Calif., May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), setting new standards for luxury electric experience with the Lucid Air, winner of the 2023 World Luxury Car Award, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
Lucid reported first quarter revenue of $149.4 million, having produced 2,314 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Arizona and delivered 1,406 vehicles during the same period. Lucid plans to manufacture more than 10,000 vehicles in 2023 and ended the quarter with approximately $4.1 billion total liquidity, which is expected to fund the Company at least into the second quarter of 2024.
"We are on track to produce over 10,000 vehicles in 2023, with company-wide initiatives ongoing that will enable Lucid to pivot to higher volumes as market conditions allow," said Peter Rawlinson, Lucid's CEO and CTO. "We continue to grow our brand awareness and I'm proud to say that the Lucid Air was recently awarded a number of prestigious industry accolades. We will unveil our Gravity SUV later this year ahead of its launch in 2024 and we cannot wait for everyone to experience it. The Lucid Air redefined the luxury sedan category and we believe the continuing advancements of our in-house technology position our Gravity SUV to do the same in the SUV category – game-changing range, driving experience, charging speed, voluminous interior space, and an unrivaled combination of luxury and performance."
"Our Q1 revenue was approximately $149 million, which represented a year-over-year increase of 159%. We ended the quarter with just over $3.4 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and investments, with total liquidity of approximately $4.1 billion, which we believe is sufficient to fund the Company at least into Q2 of 2024," said Sherry House, Lucid's CFO. "Our mission and optimism are unchanged. We are committed to an environmentally sustainable future – designing, building, and delivering the best EVs on the market."
Lucid will host a conference call for analysts and investors at 2:30 P.M. PT / 5:30 P.M. ET on May 8, 2023. The live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations website at ir.lucidmotors.com. Following the completion of the call, a replay will be available on the same website. Lucid uses its ir.lucidmotors.com website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.
About Lucid Group
Lucid's mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating advanced technologies and the most captivating luxury electric vehicles centered around the human experience. The Lucid Air is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design. The Lucid Air Grand Touring features an official EPA estimated 516 miles of range or 1,050 horsepower. Assembled at Lucid's factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, deliveries of the Lucid Air are currently underway to customers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
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These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions, including government closures of banks and liquidity concerns at other financial institutions, a potential global economic recession or other downturn and the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine; risks related to changes in overall demand for Lucid's products and services and cancellation of reservations and orders for Lucid's vehicles; risks related to prices and availability of commodities, Lucid's supply chain, logistics, inventory management and quality control, and Lucid's ability to complete the tooling of its manufacturing facilities over time and scale production of the Lucid Air and other vehicles; risks related to the uncertainty of Lucid's projected financial information; risks related to the timing of expected business milestones and commercial product launches; risks related to the expansion of Lucid's manufacturing facility, the construction of new manufacturing facilities and the increase of Lucid's production capacity; Lucid's ability to manage expenses and control costs; risks related to future market adoption of Lucid's offerings; the effects of competition and the pace and depth of electric vehicle adoption generally on Lucid's future business; changes in regulatory requirements, governmental incentives and fuel and energy prices; Lucid's ability to rapidly innovate; Lucid's ability to enter into or maintain partnerships with original equipment manufacturers, vendors and technology providers; Lucid's ability to effectively manage its growth and recruit and retain key employees, including its chief executive officer and executive team; risks related to potential vehicle recalls; Lucid's ability to establish and expand its brand and capture additional market share, and the risks associated with negative press or reputational harm; Lucid's ability to effectively utilize zero emission vehicle credits and obtain and utilize certain tax and other incentives; Lucid's ability to issue equity or equity-linked securities in the future; Lucid's ability to pay interest and principal on its indebtedness; future changes to vehicle specifications which may impact performance, pricing and other expectations; the outcome of any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries; risks associated with the restructuring plan, including the risk that the charges and expenditures may be greater than anticipated, the risk that the restructuring plan may adversely affect Lucid's internal programs and initiatives and its ability to recruit and retain skilled and motivated personnel, the risk that the restructuring plan may be distracting to employees and management, the risk that the restructuring plan may negatively impact Lucid's business operations, reputation, or ability to serve customers, and the risk that the restructuring plan may not generate their intended benefits to the extent or as quickly as anticipated; and the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on Lucid's supply chain, projected results of operations, financial performance or other financial metrics, or on any of the foregoing risks; and those factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Part II, Item 1A of Lucid's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as well as other documents Lucid has filed or will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If any of these risks materialize or Lucid's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Lucid currently does not know or that Lucid currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Lucid's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. Lucid anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause Lucid's assessments to change. However, while Lucid may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Lucid specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Lucid's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this communication. 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Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss before (1) interest expense, (2) interest income, (3) provision for income taxes, (4) depreciation and amortization, (5) change in fair value of common stock warrant liability, (6) stock-based compensation and (7) restructuring charges. Adjusted EBITDA is a performance measure that Lucid believes provides useful information to Lucid's management and investors about Lucid's profitability. Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash used in operating activities less capital expenditures. Free Cash Flow is a performance measure that Lucid believes provides useful information to Lucid's management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after necessary capital expenditures.
These non-GAAP financial measures facilitate management's internal comparisons to Lucid's historical performance. Management believes that it is useful to supplement its GAAP financial statements with this non-GAAP information because management uses such information internally for its operating, budgeting, and financial planning purposes. Management also believes that presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to Lucid's investors regarding measures of our financial condition and results of operations that Lucid uses to run the business and therefore allows investors to better understand Lucid's performance. However, these non-GAAP financial and key performance measures have limitations as analytical tools and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a watered-down statement strongly opposing Israel’s continued construction and expansion of settlements Monday. The vote came after high-stakes negotiations by the Biden administration succeeded in derailing a legally binding resolution that would have demanded a halt to Israeli settlement activity.
The Palestinian-backed draft resolution was the subject of frantic talks by senior Biden administration officials including Secretary of States Antony Blinken with Palestinian, Israeli and United Arab Emirates leaders. Those discussions culminated in a deal Sunday to forego it in favor of a weaker presidential statement that is not legally binding, according to multiple diplomats familiar with the situation.
The deal averted a potential diplomatic crisis, with the U.S. almost certainly vetoing the resolution, which would have angered Palestinian supporters at a time when the U.S. and its Western allies are trying to gain international support against Russia for its war with Ukraine. The war marks its one-year anniversary of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion this week.
But U.S. support for the presidential statement angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
His office issued a blistering statement saying the Security Council statement “negates the rights of Jews to live in their historical homeland, ignores Palestinian terror attacks in Jerusalem in which 10 Israeli citizens were murdered this month, turns a blind eye to the fact that the Palestinian Authority subsidizes terror and pays the families of terrorists, and diminishes the antisemitism that led to the murder of millions of Jews.”
In an unusual criticism of Israel’s closest ally, the U.S., Netanyahu’s statement said: “The declaration didn’t need to be said and the United States didn’t need to join it.”
By contrast, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. ambassador, welcomed the presidential statement telling reporters: “We are very happy that there was a very strong united message from the Security Council against the illegal, unilateral measure” announced by Israel on Feb. 12 to construct 10,000 new housing units and legalize nine new outposts in the West Bank.
He also cited the council statement that Israeli settlement activities “are dangerously imperiling the viability of the two-state solution.” It envisions Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace based on borders before the 1967 Mideast war.
Mansour said 14 of the 15 council members supported the resolution, but one member — a clear reference to the United States — didn’t want to use its veto. “I think the fact that we reached a unanimous agreement on a presidential statement is a very important step in the right direction,” he said.
To avoid a vote on the draft resolution, the diplomats said, the U.S. managed to convince both Israel and the Palestinians to agree in principle to a six-month freeze in any unilateral action they might take.
On the Israeli side, that would mean a commitment to not expanding settlements until at least August, according to the diplomats. On Monday, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not greenlight any new wildcat settlements in the West Bank beyond nine outposts that it approved retroactively earlier this month.
On the Palestinian side, the diplomats said it would mean a commitment until August not to pursue action against Israel at the U.N. and other international bodies such as the World Court, the International Criminal Court and the U.N. Human Rights Council. But Mansour said the U.N. General Assembly’s request to the U.N.’s highest judicial body, the International Court of Justice also known as the World Court for an advisory opinion on the legality of Israeli politcies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem is going ahead.
The Palestinian push for a resolution came after Israel’s new right-wing government reaffirmed its commitment to construct new settlements in the West Bank and expand its authority on land the Palestinians seek for a future state.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast war. The United Nations and most of the international community consider Israeli settlements illegal and an obstacle to ending the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Some 700,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank and Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
The presidential statement does not condemn Israeli settlement activity or demand a halt. It does condemn “all acts of violence against civilians, including acts of terrorism.”
On settlements, the Security Council statement also “strongly opposes all unilateral measures that impede peace including … Israeli construction and expansion of settlements, confiscation of Palestinians’ land, and the `legalization’ of settlement outposts, demolition of Palestinians’ homes and displacement of Palestinian civilians.”
UAE Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, the council’s Arab representative who sponsored the resolution, commended the U.S. role and said the statement is “the first output from the Security Council in six years on the situation in Palestine.”
In December 2016, the Security Council demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.” It stressed that halting settlement activities “is essential for salvaging the two-state solution.”
That resolution was adopted after President Barack Obama’s administration abstained in the vote, a reversal of the United States’ longstanding practice of protecting its close ally Israel from action at the United Nations, including by vetoing Arab-supported resolutions.
The presidential statement was read at the start of the council’s monthly Mideast meeting by its president, Malta’s U.N. Ambassador Vanessa Frazier.
U.N. Mideast envoy Tor Wennesland then warned the council that “we are witnessing” a surge in violence “including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly 20 years,” expressing concern that the negative trajectory is “gaining in both pace and intensity.” He said responsible leadership is urgently needed.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also urged Israel and the Palestinians to immediately “break the cycle of violence and de-escalate.”
“We strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it will advance thousands of settlement units. And we strongly oppose Israel’s announcement that it begin a process to retroactively legalize nine outposts in the West Bank that were previously illegal under Israeli law,” she told the council.
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BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("NeuroBo") (Nasdaq: NRBO) today announced that on September 27, 2022, NeuroBo received formal notice from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC indicating that NeuroBo has evidenced full compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and otherwise satisfies all other applicable criteria for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. As a result, the listing matter has been closed.
About NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals
NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a clinical-stage biotechnology company historically focused on therapies for neurodegenerative and infectious diseases. On September 14, 2022, NeuroBo entered into a license agreement with Dong-A ST Co. Ltd. and, if closing conditions are satisfied and the license agreement closes, NeuroBo will pursue therapies for cardiometabolic diseases. Its therapeutics programs currently include ANA001, an oral niclosamide formulation, which is in Phase 2/3 clinical trials to treat patients with moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19); NB-01 for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy; NB-02 for the treatment of symptoms of cognitive impairment and to modify the progression of neurodegenerative diseases associated with the malfunction of tau protein; and gemcabene currently being assessed as an acute treatment for COVID-19 in combination with ANA001.
NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit www.neurobopharma.com.
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ProFrac's Two-Prong Growth Strategy
– Acquire, Retire, Replace(TM) and scaling Vertical Integration –
Drives Significant Increases in Revenue, Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA
WILLOW PARK, Texas, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProFrac Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PFHC) ("ProFrac" or the "Company") today announced strong financial and operational results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Results and Recent Highlights
- Total revenue grew approximately 40% sequentially to $589.8 million over 2022 first quarter revenue, on a pro forma basis for the FTSI acquisition,(1) of $421.6 million, and up over 70% over 2022 first quarter reported revenue of $345.0 million
- Net income rose to $70.1 million, which included $38.8 million of stock compensation expense related to a deemed contribution from a related party
- Net income excluding stock compensation expense related to a deemed contribution was $108.9 million, up over 350% compared to 2022 first quarter reported net income of $24.1 million
- Adjusted EBITDA(2) increased over 100% sequentially to $210.6 million compared to 2022 first quarter Adjusted EBITDA, on a pro forma basis for the FTSI acquisition,(3) of $99.4 million
- Annualized Adjusted EBITDA per fleet excluding Flotek was $28.1 million on 31 average active fleets during the quarter
- Announced pending acquisition of U.S. Well Services, Inc. in late June and expect to close the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2022
- Upsized Term Loan by $150 million and closed on the acquisition of the SPS Monahans assets in late July 2022
- Second quarter results include the consolidation of Flotek results after May 17, 2022 which contributed $15.4 million in revenue and ($7.5) million in Adjusted EBITDA
Ladd Wilks, ProFrac Holding Corp.'s Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our business performed extremely well during the second quarter. We had 31 average active fleets during the quarter and we are currently deploying our first electric fleet into the field. We do not have plans to activate any additional conventional fleets at this time. We continue to focus our supply chain and our team on our existing fleets and our electric deployments. I am proud to partner with our customers and our team to continue pushing for a better, safer service company that provides best-in-class products and services, while focusing on driving superior returns for our shareholders."
Matt Wilks, Executive Chairman, added, "Over the past several quarters, we have been focused on executing our Acquire, Retire, Replace(TM) strategy and scaling our Vertical Integration strategy. As such, we are very pleased to report tremendous growth metrics during our second quarter which highlights the strong value of both strategies. The second quarter demonstrates our two-prong strategy in action because this is our first full quarter that includes the fleets acquired in the FTSI transaction. This is also the time that vertical integration matters the most. We are excited and look forward to continue proving the value creation potential of our two-prong growth strategy to our new investors as a public company as we integrate our most recently announced acquisitions."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
For the second quarter of 2022, consolidated revenues totaled $589.8 million, or approximately $76 million per fleet on an annualized basis. On a pro forma basis for the FTSI acquisition, this compares to $421.6 million in the first quarter, or $54.4 million per fleet on an annualized basis. The increase was driven by higher average pricing, higher activity levels achieved with our fleets, and more materials provided to our customers.
Selling, general, and administrative costs ("SG&A") was $87.5 million and included $38.8 million of stock compensation expense related to a deemed contribution, $4.2 million of costs attributable to Flotek, $4.1 million in acquisition related expenses and included a full quarter of SG&A from FTSI. Higher costs were also driven by incentive compensation costs and acquisition related expenses during the quarter.
The stock-based compensation expense related to a deemed contribution of $38.8 million was related to shares sold by Farris Wilks and Dan Wilks (or entities they control) (collectively the "Wilks") to Ladd Wilks and Matt Wilks, respectively. These transfers were completed in connection with the IPO and the accounting treatment resulted in stock-based compensation funded directly by the Wilks.
Net income for the second quarter totaled $70.1 million. Net income excluding the stock compensation expense related to a deemed contribution from related parties was $108.9 million, compared to $24.1 million for the first quarter.
Adjusted EBITDA totaled $210.6 million in the second quarter, or $27.2 million per fleet on an annualized basis. Excluding the operating results attributable to Flotek, Adjusted EBITDA totaled $218.0 million, or $28.1 million per fleet on an annualized basis.
Operating cash flow was $39.5 million which was impacted by a working capital build due to increased pricing, increased activity levels, and increased materials provided to our customers.
The Company's average active fleet count for the second quarter was 31 fleets.
Outlook
The Company is deploying its first electric fleet during the third quarter and expects to average approximately 31 active fleets for the full quarter. We expect to deploy two more electric fleets in the fourth quarter. There are no current plans to reactivate any conventional or dual fuel fleets for the remainder of 2022.
The Company also expects incremental improvement in third quarter results, as compared to the second quarter attributable to further bundling of materials with our pressure pumping services, continued pricing improvements, and the anticipated deployment of our first electric fleet.
Business Segment Information
The Stimulation Services segment generated revenues in the second quarter of 2022 of $576.6 million, which resulted in $196.1 million of Adjusted EBITDA.
The Manufacturing segment generated revenues of $34.9 million in the second quarter of 2022, which resulted in $9.4 million of Adjusted EBITDA. Approximately 88% of the Manufacturing segment's revenue was intercompany.
The Proppant Production segment generated revenues of $17.5 million in the second quarter of 2022, which resulted in $12.6 million of Adjusted EBITDA. Approximately 66% of the Proppant Production segment's revenue was intercompany.
Our other business activities generated revenues of $15.4 million in the second quarter of 2022, which resulted in $(7.5) million of Adjusted EBITDA.
The Other business activities solely relate to the results of Flotek Industries, Inc. ("Flotek"). In May 2022, the Flotek shareholders approved the issuance of $50 million in initial principal amount of convertible notes that are convertible into Flotek common stock in exchange for amending our supply agreement to increase the term to ten years and the scope to 30 fleets. We were also granted the right to designate four of seven directors to Flotek's board of directors. As a result of our right to appoint directors without a direct equity interest, we determined that Flotek is a variable interest entity ("VIE"). We further determined that the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, primarily due to our ability to appoint four of seven directors to Flotek's board of directors. As a result, and in accordance with GAAP, subsequent to May 17, 2022, we have accounted for this transaction as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting and Flotek's financial results from May 17, 2022 to June 30, 2022 have been consolidated into our consolidated financial statements.
Capital Expenditures and Capital Allocation
Capital expenditures for full year 2022 are expected to range from $265 million to $290 million, which represents the high end of the range provided previously, due to increased activity levels and costs. The first electric fleet has been deployed for field trials and is expected to be fully deployed prior to the fourth quarter. The West Munger sand plant is expected to be operational by the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year.
Balance Sheet and Liquidity
Total gross debt outstanding as of June 30, 2022 was $495.0 million, $17.5 million of which was attributable to Flotek. Gross debt outstanding excluding amounts attributable to Flotek was $477.5 million, compared to $648.0 million as of March 31, 2022.
Total cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2022, was $73.7 million, $33.1 million of which was attributable to Flotek. Cash and cash equivalents excluding amounts attributable to Flotek was $40.6 million, compared to $28.7 million as of March 31, 2022.
As of June 30, 2022, and excluding amounts attributable to Flotek, the Company had $88.0 million of liquidity, including $40.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and net availability of $47.4 million under its asset-based credit facility.
On July 25, 2022, the Company entered into an amendment to its Term Loan Credit Facility to increase the size of the facility by $150 million, with an uncommitted option to obtain commitments for a potential additional $100 million of delayed draw loans before the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the pending acquisition of U.S. Well Services, Inc. and (ii) March 31, 2023.
SPS Monahans Acquisition
On July 25, 2022, the Company acquired SP Silica of Monahans, LLC, and SP Silica Sales, LLC (collectively, "SPS Monahans"), the West Texas subsidiaries of Signal Peak Silica, for approximately $90 million in cash plus approximately $10 million in working capital closing adjustments. For additional information related to the acquisition, please reference the Company's press releases available on its website at https://ir.pfholdingscorp.com/news-events/press-releases.
Footnotes
Conference Call
ProFrac has scheduled a conference call on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time / 10:00 a.m. Central time. Please dial 412-902-0030 and ask for the ProFrac Holding Corp. call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time of the call, or listen to the call live over the Internet by logging on to the website at the address https://ir.pfholdingscorp.com/news-events/ir-calendar. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through August 19, 2022 and may be accessed by calling 201-612-7415 using passcode 13731713#. A webcast archive will also be available at the link above shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days.
About ProFrac Holding Corp.
ProFrac Holding Corp. is a growth-oriented, vertically integrated and innovation-driven energy services company providing hydraulic fracturing, completion services and other complementary products and services to leading upstream oil and gas companies engaged in the exploration and production ("E&P") of North American unconventional oil and natural gas resources. Founded in 2016, The Company was built to be the go-to service provider for E&P companies' most demanding hydraulic fracturing needs. ProFrac is focused on employing new technologies to significantly reduce "greenhouse gas" emissions and increase efficiency in what has historically been an emissions-intensive component of the unconventional E&P development process. For more information, please visit the Company's website, https://www.pfholdingscorp.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may be considered "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, the reader can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "may," "should," "expect," "intend," "will," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "predict," or similar words. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or the Company's future financial or operating performance. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding: the Company's strategies and plans for growth; the Company's positioning, resources, capabilities, and expectations for future performance; market and industry expectations; the anticipated timing of the Company's pending acquisition of U.S. Well Services, Inc.; the anticipated benefits of the Company's July 2022 acquisition of SPS Monahans; the Company's estimates with respect to the profitability and utilization of its electric, conventional and dual fleets; the Company's currently expected guidance regarding its third quarter 2022 results of operations; the Company's currently expected guidance regarding its full year 2022 capital expenditures and capital allocation; statements regarding the availability of funds under the Company's credit facilities; the Company's anticipated timing for operationalizing its new electric fleets and its West Munger sand plant; the amount of capital available to the Company in future periods under its Term Loan Credit Facility; any financial or other information based upon or otherwise incorporating judgments or estimates relating to future performance, events or expectations; any estimates and forecasts of financial and other performance metrics; and the Company's outlook and financial and other guidance. Such forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions made by the Company as of the date hereof and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: the risk that the Company's pending acquisition of U.S. Well Services, Inc. may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; the ability to achieve anticipated benefits of the pending acquisition of U.S. Well Services, Inc. and the July 2022 acquisition of SPS Monahans, including risks relating to integrating acquired companies and personnel; the failure to operationalize the Company's new electric fleets and West Munger sand plant in a timely manner or at all; the Company's ability to deploy capital, including capital raised in the May 2022 IPO and capital currently and potentially available to the Company and Flotek in future periods, in a manner that furthers the Company's growth strategy, as well as the Company's general ability to execute its business plans; industry conditions, including fluctuations in supply, demand and prices for the Company's products and services; global and regional economic and financial conditions; the effectiveness of the Company's risk management strategies; the transition to becoming a public company; and other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Forward-looking statements are also subject to the risks and other issues described below under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures," which could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations included in the Company's forward-looking statements included in this press release. Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward looking statements will be achieved, including without limitation any expectations about the Company's operational and financial performance or achievements through and including 2022. There may be additional risks about which the Company is presently unaware or that the Company currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it expressly disclaims any duty to update these forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet are non-GAAP financial measures and should not be considered as substitutes for net income (loss) or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities as a measure of our profitability or liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet are supplemental measures utilized by our management and other users of our financial statements such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others, to assess our financial performance because they allow us to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis across periods by removing the effects of our capital structure (such as varying levels of interest expense), asset base (such as depreciation and amortization) and items outside the control of our management team (such as income tax rates).
We view Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet as important indicators of performance. We define Adjusted EBITDA as our net income (loss), before (i) interest expense, net, (ii) income tax provision, (iii) depreciation, depletion and amortization, (iv) loss on disposal of assets and (v) other unusual or non-recurring charges, such as costs and stock compensation expense related to our initial public offering, non-recurring supply commitment charges, certain bad debt expense and gain on extinguishment of debt. We define Adjusted EBITDA per fleet for a particular period as Adjusted EBITDA calculated as a daily average of active fleets during period.
We believe that our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet will provide useful information to investors in assessing our financial condition and results of operations. In particular, we believe Adjusted EBITDA per fleet allows investors to compare the performance of our fleets across comparable periods and against the fleets of our competitors who may have different capital structures, which may make a fleet-for-fleet comparison more difficult. Net income (loss) is the GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA, and net income (loss) per fleet is the GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDA per fleet. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) per fleet. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some but not all items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Because Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our definition of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.
The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be a substitute for, and should not be considered in isolation from, the financial measures reported in accordance with GAAP. The following tables present a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA per fleet to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for the periods indicated.
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Partnership with The VF Foundation will help redefine the talent pipeline for the U.S. Outdoor Industry
DENVER, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Denver (DU) is partnering with The VF Foundation to create the Leadership in Outdoor Recreation Industry (LORI) program. This interdisciplinary program will feature coursework from three academic units at DU: Daniels College of Business, Sturm College of Law and Josef Korbel School of International Studies. A key goal of the program is to increase the diversity of the talent pipeline for the outdoor industry.
This program is made possible through the generous support of The VF Foundation, which is granting more than $3 million over three years. The grant represents the single largest contribution made by The VF Foundation.
"Denver is an important center for the outdoor industry, making DU the perfect home for such a program. Through the Foundation's targeted support of scholarships for underrepresented individuals, combined with DU's expansive offering of business and industry-relevant coursework, we hope to spark the next generation of diverse leadership in the outdoor industry," says Steve Rendle, Chairman, President & CEO of VF Corporation and Board Chairman of The VF Foundation. "This distinctive learning experience will attract both emerging and established leaders and we couldn't be more excited to partner with DU on this important endeavor as we continue to expand our I&D work beyond the VF walls."
There is an increasing demand for tailored workforce development and professional education to meet the demands of a rapidly growing industry and mounting challenges facing wilderness areas in the U.S.
"We're creating specialized, easy-to-access programming that will prepare students for outdoor industry jobs that are available now, and future careers that will change the field," says DU Chancellor Jeremy Haefner. "We are grateful to The VF Foundation for this opportunity to partner in such a meaningful way."
To ensure access for outdoor industry professionals, coursework will be taught online. Topics covered will include: financial models, marketing, sustainability, ESG, legal issues in land use and access, supply chain, public policy, data-driven decision-making and more. The program will launch in 2023 with two 16-credit graduate certificates.
To learn more information about the LORI program, please click here.
Founded in 1864, the University of Denver is a private university that empowers students who want to make a difference. Recognized as one of the top research universities in the country, DU has more than 300 academic programs serving about 12,000 graduate and undergraduate students. DU students benefit from an experience that channels passion to serve the public good. Visit the University's Newsroom or follow the University on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Founded in 1899, VF Corporation is one of the world's largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies connecting people to the lifestyles, activities and experiences they cherish most through a family of iconic outdoor, active and workwear brands including Vans®, The North Face®, Timberland® and Dickies®. Our purpose is to power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for the betterment of people and our planet. We connect this purpose with a relentless drive to succeed to create value for all stakeholders and use our company as a force for good. For more information, please visit vfc.com.
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HOUSTON, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of twenty-seven cents per share of common stock. The quarterly cash dividend announced today is payable on March 31, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2023. While the Company intends to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, all subsequent dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates, are subject to final determination by the Board of Directors each quarter after its review of the Company's financial performance.
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The statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements have been made in reliance on the "safe harbor" protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be accompanied by words such as "believe," "estimate," "project," "expect," "anticipate," or "predict," that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These statements are based on assumptions that we believe are reasonable; however, many important factors could cause our actual results in the future to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made herein and in any other documents or oral presentations made by, or on behalf of us. There can be no assurance that future dividends will be declared. The actual declaration of future dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates, is subject to final determination by our Board of Directors each quarter after its review of our financial performance. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, among others, restrictions on the payment of dividends under existing or future credit agreements or other financing arrangements; changes in tax laws relating to corporate dividends; a determination by the Board of Directors that the declaration of a dividend is not in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders; an increase in our cash needs or a decrease in available cash; or a deterioration in our financial condition or results. For further information on these and other risks and uncertainties, see our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Copies of this document as well as other SEC filings can be obtained from our website at http://www.sci-corp.com. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements made by us, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Service Corporation International
Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), headquartered in Houston, Texas, is North America's leading provider of funeral, cemetery and cremation services, as well as final-arrangement planning in advance, serving more than 600,000 families each year. Our diversified portfolio of brands provides families and individuals a full range of choices to meet their needs, from simple cremations to full life celebrations and personalized remembrances. Our Dignity Memorial® brand is the name families turn to for professionalism, compassion, and attention to detail that is second to none. At December 31, 2022, we owned and operated 1,474 funeral service locations and 490 cemeteries (of which 303 are combination locations) in 44 states, eight Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. For more information about Service Corporation International, please visit our website at www.sci-corp.com. For more information about Dignity Memorial®, please visit www.dignitymemorial.com.
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MICHELE NORRIS, host:
The tally now stands at six. Over the past few weeks, six retired generals have called on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign, one of the latest did so on this program yesterday.
However, no generals currently serving have said Rumsfeld should go. Commentator Douglas Waller is a reporter for Time magazine, he's also author of a book about a maverick World War I era general. Waller has this historical perspective on dissent in the ranks.
DOUGLAS WALLER reporting:
The question of how far a senior officer can go in speaking out was put to the test in Washington 79 years ago, it happened in one of the most spectacular court martials the U.S. Army has ever staged. The defendant in that case was Billy Mitchell, he was the flying general of World War I who led the largest Allied air force in a single battle.
In 1921 Mitchell became an international celebrity when his rickety bi-plane sunk a surplus German battleship off the Virginia coast. That proved to the world that airpower could defeat the mighty dreadnaughts.
But Mitchell became increasingly frustrated with his bosses who ignored his calls for an Air Force separate from the Army. Finally, in 1925 he lashed out at the War Department, at the Navy, and in effect at the President of the United States. He accused them of treason and criminal negligence in the handling of national defense.
No president could tolerate an outburst like that from such a prominent officer and Calvin Coolidge didn't. Mitchell was ordered to stand trial in Washington for insubordination. His seven-week court martial became a media extravaganza. Washington society ladies and the capital's political elite lined up each day for seats in the audience. Even Will Rogers visited the proceedings.
You won't find generals in today's Pentagon who swing verbal two-by-fours like Billy Mitchell did. He once called the Navy's battleships useless for national defense and he accused the Army of needlessly killing pilots because they were forced to fly in old planes.
So how far can military officers go in voicing their criticisms? Billy Mitchell thought he had not only a right, but a duty to speak out. But civilians control our military and decisions on when to go to war and how much to spend on national defense are political ones. Can senior officers go too far in voicing their opinions? The jury of generals who heard Billy Mitchell's case believed he had.
Mitchell was found guilty. He was eventually forced out of the army.
NORRIS: Commentator Doug Waller is a correspondent at Time magazine, he's also the author of A QUESTION OF LOYALTY: GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL AND THE COURT MARTIAL THAT GRIPPED THE NATION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, June 16, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Spokane WA
841 PM PDT Wed Jun 15 2022
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Idaho...
Washington...
St Joe River at St Maries affecting Benewah County.
Pend Oreille River below Albeni Falls affecting Pend Oreille and
Bonner Counties.
For the St. Joe River...including Calder, St Maries...Minor flooding
is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
An updated statement will be available by Thursday morning at 845 AM
PDT.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Pend Oreille River below Albeni Falls.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 100000.0 cfs, Beehive Lane and Bear Paw Dr will be
flooded at low spots. Water will be up to several homes on Yergens
Rd, Riverbend Loop Road, and on Highway 20 near Deeter Road. Water
will be up to the south end of Riverbend Loop Road. Many yards,
outbuildings, and recreational sites along the river between
Newport and Ione will be flooded. This flow corresponds
approximately to 2042.5 feet (river rising 5/16/1997) to 2045 feet
(river receding 6/24/1997) at the Cusick gage, based on 1997
records.
At 105000.0 cfs, Water will be over the South end of Riverbend
Loop Road.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 PM PDT Wednesday the flow was 102500.0 cfs.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river flow in the 24 hours
ending at 8:00 PM PDT Wednesday was 102500.0 cfs.
- Forecast...The river will continue a slow rise. It is
forecast to crest around 105000 cfs around June 22nd.
- Flood flow is 95000.0 cfs.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
104300.0 cfs on 06/25/1975.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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ATLANTA, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mammoth Holdings LLC, America's premier express car wash platform, announced its acquisition of three operating express conveyor car wash locations in Alabama operating as The Wash.
"The Wash is a fantastic addition to our Montgomery market, and with the completion of Mammoth's Prattville location, we will soon offer six convenient locations for our customers and members to wash their cars," said Dave Hoffmann, Chairman and CEO of Mammoth Holdings.
"When we decided to sell The Wash, Mammoth was the only option we considered because of the high quality of the people in their organization," said Eric Smith, The Wash's co-owner.
Bobby Halbrooks, co-owner of The Wash, added, "I have known Marcus [Kittrell] for over 20 years, and he and the team at Mammoth will provide a great home for our business."
"Bobby Halbrooks gave me a chance with my first express conveyor car wash back in 2000, and it's exciting for things to come full circle," stated Marcus Kittrell, Executive Vice President of Mammoth Holdings.
Mammoth Holdings is the first car wash platform formed by industry insiders and has 104 operating locations. Mammoth is customer-focused operationally; operator-focused in its approach to acquisitions; and seeks to be the partner-of-choice for car wash operators who desire liquidity, growth capital, and a tax-deferred equity investment opportunity. Mammoth Holdings' multi-brand portfolio includes Coastal Carwash, Shine-N-Go, SUDS, Silverstar, Busy Bee, PureMagic, Marc-1, Ultra, Wash Me Fast, Wiggy Wash, Pals, Finish Line, LuLu's, Ollie's, PitStop, and Swifty, among others.
Mammoth has significant growth capital and is actively seeking acquisitions and development opportunities.
In October 2018, Mammoth partnered with Red Dog Equity LLC, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, which, through its partnership with Tom Pritzker's family business interests (advised by The Pritzker Organization), provides the equity for Mammoth Holdings' corporate development initiatives. Monroe Capital and Morgan Stanley provide Mammoth Holdings' debt financing.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Mammoth Holdings operates 104 conveyor car washes under the Coastal Carwash, Shine-N-Go, SUDS, Silverstar, Busy Bee, PureMagic, Marc-1, Ultra, Wash Me Fast, Wiggy Wash, Pals, Finish Line, LuLu's, Ollie's, PitStop, and Swifty brands in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Utah, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Indiana, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Florida. Mammoth Holdings was founded by Gary Dennis and Chip Hackett in 2002. To learn more, please visit us online at mammothholdings.com.
Founded in 2016, The Wash operates four express car washes in Alabama, with a fifth under construction. To learn more, please visit any The Wash location or see them online at the3minutewash.com.
Red Dog Equity LLC is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle-market companies poised for strong growth in partnership with driven, entrepreneurial business leaders ("Red Dogs"). To learn more, please visit reddogequity.com.
The Pritzker Organization is the merchant bank for the business interests of the Tom Pritzker family. Additional information can be found at pritzkerorg.com.
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The family of Bruce Willis has revealed some sad news, that the health of the 67-year-old “Die Hard” star has worsened, with a new diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
When Willis retired from acting in March 2022, his family said that he had been diagnosed with aphasia, a medical condition that can affect a person’s ability to speak, write and understand both verbal and written language, according to the Mayo Clinic.
In a new announcement Thursday, the family said they have been given “a more clear diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD).” In a statement on the website for the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, Willis’ wife, Emma, his ex-wife, Demi Moore, and his five daughters called FTD “a cruel disease” and said that “challenges of communication” are just one symptom the actor faces.
While receiving the FTD diagnosis was “painful,” the family said “it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
The Mayo Clinic said that FTD is an umbrella term for a group of brain disorders that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which are generally associated with personality, behavior and language. Some 10% to 20% of dementia cases can be attributed to FTD, which often begins between the ages of 40 and 65.
While symptoms vary, people with FTD sometimes experience dramatic changes in their personalities and become socially inappropriate, impulsive or emotionally indifferent; others lose the ability to use language properly.
“Today there are no treatments for the disease, a reality that we hope can change in the years ahead,” Willis’ family said. They explained they were going public with the actor’s diagnosis because he “always believed in using his voice in the world to help others and to raise awareness about important issues both publicly and privately.”
The family hinted at the severity of Willis’ condition by saying, “We know in our hearts that — if he could today — he would want to respond by bringing global attention and a connectedness with those who are also dealing with this debilitating disease and how it impacts so many individuals and their families.”
“As Bruce’s condition advances, we hope that any media attention can be focused on shining a light on this disease that needs far more awareness and research,” the family’s statement also said.
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SINGAPORE, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly equipment, today announced a conference call is scheduled to discuss the Company's third fiscal quarter 2022 financial results, and its business outlook, on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 8:00am EDT.
The Company will issue its third fiscal quarter 2022 financial results the evening of Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
To access the conference call, interested parties may call +1-877-407-8037 or internationally +1-201-689-8037. A live webcast will also be available at investor.kns.com.
A replay will be available from approximately one hour after the completion of the call through August 11th by calling toll-free +1-877-660-6853 or internationally +1-201-612-7415 and using the replay ID number of 13730497. A webcast replay will also be available at investor.kns.com.
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Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) is a leading provider of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly solutions serving the global automotive, consumer, communications, computing and industrial markets. Founded in 1951, K&S prides itself on establishing foundations for technological advancement - creating pioneering interconnect solutions that enable performance improvements, power efficiency, form-factor reductions and assembly excellence of current and next-generation semiconductor devices.
Leveraging decades of development proficiency and extensive process technology expertise, Kulicke & Soffa's expanding portfolio provides equipment solutions, aftermarket products and services supporting a comprehensive set of interconnect technologies including wire bonding, advanced packaging, lithography, and electronics assembly. Dedicated to empowering technological discovery, always, K&S collaborates with customers and technology partners to push the boundaries of possibility, enabling a smarter future.
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Sgt. Mykhailo (Misha) Varvarych, 28, a commander with Ukraine's 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, and his fiancée, Iryna (Ira) Botvynska, 19, navigate an altered destiny after he lost both legs earlier this year while fighting in Luhansk during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Since June, they have been living in a tiny room at the Truskavets City Hospital near Lviv, in western Ukraine, where a growing legion of Ukraine's war wounded have come to seek healing and rehabilitation. More than 150 amputees have been treated so far at this facility alone. They lean on each other and face their drastically changed circumstances with dry wit, tenacity and grace.
In an age-old adage, love transcends adversity. At a tender age, Ira was forced to mature quickly, offering unconditional love and support to her man. They traverse obstacles and navigate a new terrain in this altered reality, while still savoring joy with playful, affectionate abandon. She plays footsie with his prosthetic leg, wipes his brow, endures his endless passion for video games and endlessly kisses his lips.
Their unflinching romance speaks not of life interrupted, but rather adapted and embraced.
In a country with a shattered economy, it is a challenge for Ukrainian hospitals, also under attack and understaffed, to provide adequate care amid the surge in demand. There is no concise count of the number of amputees, but the need grows daily. Due to a lack of skilled prosthetists, Misha must travel 90 minutes each way from the Truskavets City Hospital to a clinic in Lviv for even minor adjustments. Eager to move forward, his biggest frustration is losing the time he could be spending on his painfully slow rehab.
Many amputees risk falling into depression, and the staff in Truskavets also work through patients' emotional trauma, but Misha displays not an ounce of self-pity (or self-consciousness) about his appearance.
His ammunition is humor — at times the self-deprecating, dark kind popular among those who've served in the military. When asked for his weight and height, he quips, "With or without legs?" He was once a bodybuilder and still proudly shows off his physique during his daily workouts. "We should be happy and live with ourselves and not care about anyone else's opinion," he says.
His positive outlook is inspiring to medical staff and fellow amputees on this journey. They are quickly enchanted by Misha and Ira's enduring love story.
"I was in love with his legs, especially his tattoos," Ira says wistfully. The tattoos above his knees read: "Face your fear. Accept your war."
At the beginning of the year, Misha decided that he wanted to leave the army and start building a family. He was to be discharged the day after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, on Feb. 24. With the renewed hostilities underway, he joined his unit, leaving Ira behind at the apartment in Lviv, which they'd rented just five days before destiny intervened.
Nearly three months later, on Sunday, May 29, Misha was on patrol as part of a combat mission in the community of Bilohorivka, in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, when an anti-personnel mine ripped apart both of his legs. He says he knew immediately that he would lose them. It took over four hours to evacuate his patrol, and one of his comrades didn't survive the journey. Misha was carried by six people — as Russians fired at their road the entire way — a mile and a half to a hospital, where he had to be resuscitated three times. The tourniquets that saved him from bleeding out also starved his legs, which had to be amputated at the hospital.
On June 5, Misha returned to Ira, where he began to face the profound new battle of walking again. He says he's lost track of the number of surgeries he's undergone — 18? Maybe 19. As his cartilage continues to grow, so will that number. But he treats the amputations as an ordinary disease that can be cured and is temporary. In a poignant moment at the orthopedic hospital in Lviv, members of his unit — including one who was also injured that fateful day in May — award him a Medal for Courage.
Ira adjusts to a daily routine that is so different than what the couple had imagined for themselves. Misha wanted to be a gym coach; she, a manicurist. "I'm used to it. It is what it is," she says. "With support, you can go through any hell." She never for a moment doubted her commitment to him. Her love is unconditional, but she explains it has also hard for her:
"When you are a caregiver, you also need the words of cheering."
They explain how most couples would get on each other's nerves while living in such a small space for over six months, 24/7. "You should see us fight — like cats and dogs," Misha says with a laugh. Ira clarifies: "I love everything about him, but sometimes I want to choke him." When she is visibly angry and distant some days, he has learned to acquiesce. Eventually, she forgives.
They met in an online chat room a year and a half ago but told everyone they found each other in a park. She was young and initially hid the relationship from her parents. For the first six months, they communicated only online and by phone, becoming good friends before actually dating.
Before the war, they say, they never drank or went to nightclubs, preferring quiet moments at home. Ira says she's nostalgic for their walks in Rivne, a city in northwestern Ukraine. Now, their walks consist of her pushing a wheelchair and occasionally resting on his lap. They never danced together before the war, but Misha says with a chuckle that they never really got out of bed, either.
"I felt comfortable with Ira from the very beginning," Misha says. "I could tell her anything. We could talk for hours. She became a friend and then a girlfriend."
They both believe marriage itself is more important than a big wedding, but someday plan to get that piece of paper. For all intents and purposes, they feel married — wearing rings after a mutual decision to spend their lives together, rather than a proposal. "It's a good thing," Misha jokes. "I can't get down on one knee now."
At their first in-person meeting, his jaw was wired shut after he was involved in a fight in Odesa.
"If she can accept me with all my scars, then she will accept me in every way," he thought at the time — a prophesy that proved accurate. Their first kiss? "Marvelous," he says, even with two seams holding his mouth together.
On the day he patrolled Bilohorivka, shrapnel pierced the contents of his pockets and Ira shows his ID card with an eerie hole where his eye should be. But Misha misses the excitement — the life-and-death adrenaline — that comes with fighting in a war. He felt a purpose, fighting for his country. "Look at this grayness — weekdays of nothing," he says of life away from the front lines. "There, it was real life." During the frequent sounding of the Truskavets' air raid sirens, he yearningly looks at photos of himself in his battle fatigues.
"The war is everything you were dreaming as kid — a car to ride without rules, you can fire a gun, make friends," he explains. "What can be better than to wake up in middle of the night to bombs?" And the dark humor surfaces.
Misha embodies a common refrain with most soldiers — given the choice, he says he would return to fight. Even if he had at least one leg or a knee, he insists he would go back. Ira, on the other hand, exclaims, "No, no, no, no! I already told him I would break his arms to not let him go again."
When Misha first left for war, Ira's mother urged her to leave Ukraine.
"How could I?" she countered. "My man is here fighting."
Her family eventually came around.
Ira says she never thinks about religion except on Easter, but when Misha was on the front lines, she says she prayed every night while embracing one of his T-shirts that still carried his smell. Knowing he loves red cats, she found a tiny orange kitten to sleep with for comfort. She told herself all would be well but constantly worried. She never imagined what was to come.
They kept in touch by video chat. The call Misha made to her after he was injured, though, was a defining moment.
"I have two news for you," Misha told her. "Good one is I'm alive. Second, they cut my legs." She thought he was joking. Then she fell into shock and wept.
Misha speaks of the phantom pain he experienced the first two months after the incident. One night he awoke, writhing in pain, trying to move legs that weren't there anymore.
"Your brain doesn't understand what happened," he says. "You're always moving legs out of the way then you realized you no longer have legs."
He eventually trained his brain to accept his new reality. He doesn't believe he suffers from PTSD, but does struggle to sleep and now takes medication. Insomnia wasn't a problem before the horrors of war became an unwelcome resident in his brain.
Conversation turns serious when Russian President Vladimir Putin's name comes up. Misha, the warrior, talks with benevolence. Ira says she wants to murder the Russian ruler.
Misha declares calmly, "I am such a person that I do not wish harm on others. In general, evil bypasses me ... If Putin dies, nothing changes — he just gives orders; millions of douchebags obey them."
But Ira forcefully declares, "If he was sitting on the porch like you, I would kill him — strangle him? I don't know how, exactly, but I would definitely find a way to kill him.
"I was full of hate from Day 1 as lots of people and soldiers died. I wanted to rip these Russians for what they've done."
What does Misha believe could bring an end to the war? "Definitely no negotiations — no steps back, because people died and made so many sacrifices. Even if there is a pause now, Russians will attack again. Only victory to the end."
He believes Russia's citizens are lost sheep who buy into their government's propaganda. "They sit at home, drinking vodka and listening to propaganda on TV and think Russia is best and all others are evil.
"They live in a barrel of s*** but believe it's a better barrel."
His thoughts on the allegations of war crimes and other atrocities committed by Russian soldiers across Ukraine: "Everyone has a conscience and knows exactly what they are doing. They will receive their due punishment."
Misha and Ira are not merely existing in the aftermath of his deployment, though; they are living their lives: volleyball games, weekend trips to the mountains, dinners made more romantic as they tenderly feed each other by the candlelight made necessary by the blackouts caused by Russia's shelling of Ukraine's electrical infrastructure.
They attend frequent therapeutic swimming activities — freed from the confines of his wheelchair, they move together fluidly, as one body.
And they are grateful for every moment they spend together. He made it back from the front line to her arms — alive.
Is she proud of him? Yes.
What do they like to do? Sex.
Their plans for their future? To build a house to live in. To have children. Possibly to work with others who have lost their limbs.
On Nov. 17, family and friends piled into the tiny room at Truscavets to celebrate Misha's 28th birthday. His mother brought a cake decorated in the colors of Ukraine's flag, and schoolchildren sent drawings they'd made as gifts. He blew out a candle (18 was the only one Ira could find — it is, of course, still wartime). His wish? "I have everything I want. Just need legs. Maybe a car and a house would be OK, too!"
Misha has no fear of death and believes destiny will decide his fate. He believes life still has plans for him since he could have died 100 times already. He still has some mission. While not religious, he thinks reincarnation is possible — perhaps he was a very important person in another lifetime, but there is little chance he and Ira knew each other back then, since Ira was not so notable, he jokes.
Not so funny was the chilling premonition he had last year that the war started, soldiers in his battalion died in shelling and he lost his legs. Yet he has no regrets and would do it again — even knowing the dire outcome.
The war has changed them — in some ways for the better. Ira believes it transformed her perspective.
"I always thought I was egotistical, but now, not at all," she says. "I changed my life goals — how can we complain about living without electricity when we think of our boys in the trenches, cold?" She felt guilty and organized aid in her village for soldiers. When she packed an emergency bag and realized all her life was in that bag, it shifted her perspective from a focus on material things to the knowledge that human lives are all that matter.
With help from a fundraiser created by Irina Vashchuk Discipio for Revived Soldiers Ukraine, they plan travel to the U.S., where Misha will receive state-of-the-art prosthetics.
For now, they kiss and cuddle and hold onto hope. In sickness and in health.
"God has plans for me," Misha states confidently. "I need bionic legs to be able to lift my child off the ground in the future."
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CALIFORNIA, USA — Some experts call the third Monday in January, the saddest day of the year, also known as Blue Monday, marking a mental health low point after the holidays and gloomy winter days.
However, if anyone is feeling blue, they're not alone.
A Sacramento therapist says it's normal to feel a bit off when stuck inside, and as the rain and storms feel nonstop for some people, it can leave them feeling anxious and sad.
"It's been really stressful - causes anxiety not knowing what's going to happen next, if it is gonna flood...," said Ashli Castellanos, who was out getting food during a break in the rain on Monday.
The wet and gloomy days are affecting the mental health of those who are forced to stay home, and worry about the safety of their families.
"Weather definitely does impact our moods. When we look at places like Washington and Alaska, where they have sometimes six months of no light or rain nonstop, we do see a higher rate of depression and a higher rate of isolation," said Nercy Basulto Fuentes, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Sacramento.
Basulto Fuentes says this happens because people can't go outside, and being humans of connection, some may feel disconnected.
"It is definitely more stressful to keep all of the kids inside. I always say it's hardest to parent in weather - so just not having our regular activities. School was canceled one day last week because of the storms, so yeah, it's coming up with a lot of indoor activities," said Katy Donato, a mother of four out with her children Monday.
Some may notice the weather is impacting their mental health when they stop enjoying things they have in the past or a loss of motivation and even a spike in anger.
But there's such a thing as taking a mental vacation.
"I think we think, 'OK, we're in a box, so we can't go anywhere,' but we can even take little breaks, mini vacations. You know, we think Hawaii vacation. Yes, that's great don't get me wrong, but we don't always get that luxury...," said Basulto Fuentes.
She also said people can give themselves a break with self care, such as a nice shower or bath.
Lalique Montesini, who loves the rain, recommends imagining seeing the rain for the first time.
"Try and find the beauty in either what you see and what you hear, what you smell, tap into your senses. Experience it with a fresh pair of eyes," said Montesini.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — On the surface at Big 12 football media days, nothing really appeared much different. The 10 mannequins lining the main stage donned the uniforms of the same schools that have made up the conference for a decade.
As the annual two-day kickoff event wound up Thursday, workers began to dismantle the oversized figures, then carried them one by one off the stage that was adorned by all the team logos.
The Big 12 is heading into its final season as a 10-school league. Oklahoma and Texas, the conference’s only football national champions, still have at least this season — and up to two more after that — before moving to the Southeastern Conference.
BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF won’t join the Big 12 until next summer. And it’s unclear if there could be more teams eventually added to the mix — from the Pac-12, or elsewhere.
“Don’t want to speculate, you know, on the future,” new Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said. “I’m going to keep it on this season and what’s right in front of us.”
For now, that is the Sooners trying to win another Big 12 title after their record streak of six championships in a row ended last season.
As for the Longhorns, they look to make a big improvement after going 5-7 with a six-game losing streak in coach Steve Sarkisian’s first season. He hasn’t decided whether Hudson Card or transfer Quinn Ewers will be the starting quarterback, but Sarkisian isn’t worried about that — “We’re in a really good position,” he said — and also isn’t concerned about the pending switch of leagues.
“Regardless of playing this year in the Big 12, or next year in the Big 12 or whatever this is going to look like, our style of play, our roster that we have in place, is one that regardless of who we play is going to be one that fits us and what we want to do,” Sarkisian said. “This is just our belief of who we want to be as a team.”
It was a week after Big 12 media days wrapped up last July that word came out about Oklahoma and Texas planning a move to an expanded SEC.
The Big 12 responded in September with the four additions, football independent BYU and the three American Athletic Conference schools that have worked out an early departure from that league. UCF had messages on electronic billboards around AT&T Stadium this week expressing the school’s excitement about moving to the Big 12.
“We have really good programs leaving, and we have really good programs coming in,” new Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said.
Matt Campbell, the league’s second-longest tenured coach going into his seventh season, believes the Big 12 is in a strong position now because of the decision by Commissioner Bob Bowlsby and other leaders “to move, and not stand pat” last summer.
“Probably a lot better shape than we were a year ago at this time,” Campbell said Thursday. ”A good move at the time because I think it’s probably positioned us in a great spot moving forward.”
Two weeks before this year’s Big 12 media days, Brett Yormark was named the league’s new commissioner after the 70-year-old Bowlsby’s decision earlier this year to retire. There was also another surprising shift in conference alignment, with UCLA and Southern California leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten.
Yormark, steadily busy even before his first official day on the job Aug. 1, described himself as actively engaged in realignment, with input from throughout the conference. He said during his introduction Wednesday that he saw “there was opportunity” without specifically naming any schools, and adding that nothing was imminent.
“As we vet out the possibilities, everything will be additive. Nothing will be dilutive,” Yormark said. “I feel very confident that our conference is in the best position it’s ever been before.”
Texas and Oklahoma are set to remain in the Big 12 through the 2024-25 academic year, which would take them to the end of the conference’s current media rights deal with ESPN and Fox.
When asked about a potential early departure for the Longhorns and Sooners, Yormark said he expected some future discussions with the two schools, and that he would always look for a “win-win situation.”
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Wednesday he believed his team’s Bedlam series against Oklahoma would end when the Sooners leave the conference. And while saying he was joking, he also questioned why OU and Texas were still in on Big 12 meetings.
“I think the world is changing and people are like, yeah, they made a business decision. You know, the new commissioner, if I was him, I wouldn’t let OU and Texas in any meetings,” Gundy said. “I say that kind of jokingly, but really it’s almost business as usual.”
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PLEASANTON, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Movano Health (Nasdaq: MOVE), a purpose-driven healthcare solutions company at the intersection of medical and consumer devices, today announced it will be participating at several upcoming investor-focused events. As part of its presentation, Movano Health's management team will provide an update on the Company's progress toward commercializing its smart ring and its single chip solution, which is the smallest ever radio-frequency enabled integrated circuit designed for blood pressure or glucose monitoring systems.
Details for the conferences are below:
- Bernstein 2nd Annual CGM Disruptors Conference, which is being held virtually on November 18, 2022
- BTIG Digital Health Forum, which is being held virtually on November 21, 2022
- Benchmark Company's 11th Annual Discovery One-on-One Investor Conference at the New York Athletic Club on December 1, 2022
All of the conferences are intended for prospective and existing clients and are invite-only. For more information about Movano Health, please visit https://movanohealth.com.
Founded in 2018, Movano Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) dba Movano Health is developing a suite of purpose-driven healthcare solutions to bring medical-grade, high-quality data to the forefront of consumer health devices. Featuring modern form factors, Movano Health's devices capture a comprehensive picture of a person's vital health information and uniquely translate the data into personalized and intelligent insights that empower consumers to live healthier and more balanced lives. Movano Health's end-to-end solutions will soon enable consumers, caretakers and healthcare professionals to utilize daily medical-grade data as a tool to proactively monitor and manage their health. For more information, visit www.movanohealth.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our expectations, anticipations, intentions, beliefs or strategies regarding the future. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that we have made as of the date hereof and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, conditions and events to differ materially from those anticipated. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding expected future operating results; product development and features, product releases, clinical trial and regulatory initiatives; our strategies, positioning and expectations for future events or performance. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the caption "Risk Factors." Any forward-looking statement in this release speaks only as of the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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WASHINGTON, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the first tropical storm system of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season threatens South Florida, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to be prepared for power outages and to take steps now to keep their families safe from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, fire, and electric shock risks after the storm passes.
Loss of Power—Using a Generator Safely
Consumers need to be especially careful when storms knock out electrical power. Gasoline-powered portable generators can create an increased risk of CO poisoning that can kill in minutes. CO is called the invisible killer because it is colorless and odorless. CO poisoning from portable generators can happen so quickly that exposed persons may become unconscious before recognizing the symptoms of nausea, dizziness or weakness.
CPSC estimates that approximately 80 people die each year from CO poisoning caused by portable generators in the United States. The latest CPSC report shows that African Americans are at higher risk, accounting for 22 percent of generator-related CO deaths from 2010 through 2020, nearly double their estimated 13 percent share of the U.S. population.
Consumers who plan to use a portable generator in the case of a power loss should follow these tips:
- Never operate a portable generator inside a home, garage, basement, crawlspace, shed or on the porch. Opening doors or windows will not provide enough ventilation to prevent the buildup of lethal levels of CO.
- Operate portable generators outside only, at least 20 feet away from the house, and direct the generator's exhaust away from the home and any other buildings that someone could enter.
- Check that portable generators have had proper maintenance, and read and follow the labels, instructions and warnings on the generator and in the owner's manual.
- Ask retailers for portable generators that shut off automatically when high levels of CO are present. Some models with CO shut-off also have reduced emissions. These models may or may not be advertised as certified to the latest safety standards for portable generators - PGMA G300-2018 and UL 2201.
Check CO and Smoke Alarms
- Install battery-operated CO alarms or CO alarms with battery backup on each level and outside separate sleeping areas at home.
- Make sure smoke alarms are installed on every level and inside each bedroom at home.
- Test CO and smoke alarms monthly to make sure they are working properly and replace batteries, if needed. Never ignore an alarm when it sounds. Get outside immediately. Then call 911.
Dangers with Charcoal and Candles
- Never use charcoal indoors. Burning charcoal in an enclosed space can produce lethal levels of carbon monoxide. Do not cook on a charcoal grill in a garage, even with the door open.
- Use caution when burning candles. Use flashlights instead. If using candles, do not burn them on or near anything that can catch fire. Never leave burning candles unattended. Extinguish candles when leaving the room and before sleeping.
Dangers with Wet Appliances:
- Look for signs that your appliances have gotten wet. Do not touch wet appliances that are still plugged into an electrical source.
- Before using your appliances, have a professional or your gas or electric company evaluate them for safety. Replace all gas control valves, electrical wiring, circuit breakers and fuses that have been under water.
Dangers with Gas Leaks:
- If you smell or hear gas leaking, leave your home immediately and contact local gas authorities from outside the home. Do not operate any electronics, such as lights or phone, before leaving.
Remember, it takes only one storm to wreak havoc causing mass destruction and loss of life. Stay informed, be prepared and keep safe!
CPSC resources:
Link to broadcast quality video for media:
- Hurricane Safety b-roll: https://spaces.hightail.com/space/XtFQ7YqK0x
- Flood safety b-roll: https://spaces.hightail.com/space/thCBWTX157
CPSC spokespeople are available for interviews. Email nnye@cpsc.gov or call 240-204-4410 to arrange for an interview.
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
For lifesaving information:
- Visit CPSC.gov.
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A StoryCorps love story: Twin waitresses caught the eyes of twin musicians Published May 6, 2022 at 5:10 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email In this week's StoryCorps, twins married to twins talks about how they fell in love. Copyright 2022 NPR
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By BETH HARRIS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered into an especially sweet spot in his Dodger Stadium homecoming at the All-Star Game, putting his name alongside some of the sluggers he loved watching from the left field seats as a kid.
Byron Buxton followed with another drive and the American League won its ninth straight Midsummer Classic, beating the National League 3-2 on Tuesday night.
AL manager Dusty Baker reminded his team of the winning streak before the game.
“We had to hold it down for him and keep it going,” Stanton said.
Fans rooting for a tie score after nine innings so they could see a first-time home run derby decide the winner instead of extra innings didn’t get their wish.
Instead, the back-to-back homers in the fourth inning were the difference as the AL boosted its overall edge to 47-43-2.
Facing 11-game winner Tony Gonsolin of the Dodgers, Stanton’s impressive 457-foot, two-run shot landed in the left-field pavilion.
“He smokes them,” NL manager Brian Snitker said. “Big, strong kid.”
Stanton and his father, Mike, would sit out there after buying tickets off scalpers for whatever price they could afford.
“My Pops took me to my first Dodger game, showed me how to have love for this game and now we’re here,” the New York Yankees slugger said. “Look at us, it’s just incredible.”
Despite his love for the home team, Stanton thrilled at seeing the visiting sluggers.
“It was really the big boppers when they came into town,” he said. “I wanted to see (Mark) McGwire, (Sammy) Sosa and (Barry) Bonds, even if it was two at-bats. All that wraps around full circle.”
Stanton was chosen the game’s MVP, receiving a glass bat engraved with his name from two-time MVP Steve Garvey and Billie Jean King, part of the Dodgers ownership.
“It hasn’t fully sank in,” he said. “It’s going to be an amazing memory for all of our lives.”
The homer ended Stanton’s career 0 for 7 skid in the game and at 111.2 mph, it was the hardest-hit homer in an All-Star Game tracked by Statcast. Also scoring was José Ramírez, tying the game 2-all.
Four pitches later, Buxton went deep to give the AL a 3-2 lead against a clearly frustrated Gonsolin, who took the loss.
Nine-time All-Star Clayton Kershaw got the first start of his career for the NL in his home ballpark, with the Dodgers hosting for the first time since 1980. Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani got the game’s first hit on Kershaw’s first pitch.
Framber Valdez of Houston got the win, tossing a scoreless third inning.
AL starter Shane McClanahan of Tampa Bay gave up two runs and four hits. The first-time All-Star, who owns an MLB-leading 1.71 ERA, had allowed four hits or fewer in his last seven starts.
McClanahan combined with 10 other pitchers on the five-hitter. Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase put on quite a show, striking out the side in the ninth to earn the save.
Austin Riley’s single in the eighth was the NL’s only hit after the first inning.
Ohtani led off for the AL as the designated hitter. Interviewed moments before the start, the Japanese superstar said, in English, he was going to swing. He cracked a 91-mph fastball into center field on the first pitch.
“I was definitely swinging a hundred percent,” Ohtani later said through a translator. “Kershaw has really good command.”
His hit snapped an 0 for 8 streak as a hitter against Kershaw. Last year, Ohtani was the starting pitcher and led off as the DH in the AL’s 5-2 win at Denver. He didn’t pitch this year so he can start Friday in the Angels’ first game after the break at Atlanta.
“I mean, you can’t throw the first pitch of an All-Star Game as a breaking ball,” Kershaw said. “You kind of had to give him a heater there, I think just for everything. Had to do it.”
But the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner had the last word. Kershaw fired a pickoff throw to first that caught Ohtani off the bag.
“Honestly, I didn’t know quite know what to throw yet. Sometimes I throw over there for a second to be convicted with the pitch,” Kershaw said. “I wasn’t trying to pick him off. I was trying to delay the game for a bit, but it worked out.”
Then the Yankees’ Aaron Judge, who leads the majors in home runs, went down swinging. After Rafael Devers walked, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded into a fielder’s choice, and Kershaw walked off to applause from the appreciative crowd.
“I tried to take a minute at the beginning to take it all in and look around, which I usually never do,” Kershaw said. “It kind of calmed everything down for me and then I had a lot of fun.”
The NL wasted no time in taking its first 2-0 lead in 10 years. Styling in yellow spikes and alternate yellow and red sleeves, Ronald Acuña Jr. led off the bottom of the first with a ground-rule double to left and scored on Mookie Betts’ single. Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo homer with two outs.
In between runs, Guardians second baseman Andrés Giménez made a defensive stop on Manny Machado and followed with a dazzling behind-the-back toss to shortstop Tim Anderson, who threw to first to complete the double play.
A sellout crowd of 52,518 filled Dodger Stadium two years after the third-oldest ballpark in the majors was supposed to host before the game was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
HERE’S TO YOU, MS. ROBINSON
Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts, with all of the other All-Stars bunched behind him, led the crowd in sending out 100th birthday wishes to Rachel Robinson. On his 1-2-3 count, the crowd and players shouted “Happy birthday, Rachel!” The widow of Jackie Robinson didn’t travel from her home in Connecticut. She visited Dodger Stadium in April on Jackie Robinson Day to mark the 75th anniversary of her husband breaking baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Jackie Robinson’s achievement was honored with on-field comments by Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington and a presentation on the video boards.
FIRST PITCH
Backed by a mariachi band, Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela tossed out the ceremonial first pitch. Fittingly, first-time All-Star Alejandro Kirk of Toronto served as catcher. Kirk and Valenzuela were both born in Mexico. Fernandomania gripped the Dodgers in 1981, when the left-hander won Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in helping LA win the World Series.
FASHION CRITICS
The reviews were mostly negative for the second straight year on the All-Star uniforms. The AL wore dark gray uniforms that blended into the plate umpire’s black shirt and dark gray pants. The NL wore all-white uniforms. Both had gold lettering. Fans were critical on social media, with “atrocious” a frequent critique. Last year, MLB went away from wearing traditional jerseys, which met with heavy online criticism.
MIC’ED UP MANOAH
Alek Manoah, Toronto’s expressive right-hander, wore a microphone and earpiece while pitching the second inning, engaging in an entertaining conversation with Fox analyst and Hall of Famer John Smoltz. “How hard am I throwing?” Manoah asked early. He also sought scouting reports on Joc Pederson and Acuña Jr. Manoah did fine, striking out three and also plunking Jeff McNeil with a pitch. A lot of players were mic’ed up. Fans heard Judge and Stanton talking back and forth while playing the outfield, and Yankees batterymates Nestor Cortes and Jose Trevino talking while working together.
THE SHIFT IS STILL ON
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman batted in the third to the now familiar chants of “Freddie! Freddie!” Even in the exhibition game, an extreme shift was on and he was thrown out from right field. Home Run Derby champion Juan Soto got thrown out by the third baseman playing much closer to second base to end the fifth. Next season, the shift is likely going away in the majors.
TAKING IT EASY
Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully, the voice of the Dodgers for 67 years before retiring in 2016, watched the game from his Los Angeles home. The Bronx-born 94-year-old began calling games when the franchise was located in Brooklyn and followed the team out West ahead of the 1958 season.
UP NEXT
The regular season resumes with six games on Thursday, including Stanton, Judge and the Yankees playing a doubleheader at Houston. The Yankees own the best record in the majors at 64-28. Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez and Baker’s Astros have the second-best mark in the AL at 59-32.
“I just regret that we have to play him a doubleheader on Thursday,” Baker said. “But for today, we’re on the same side.”
Also, it will be Freeman, Betts, Trea Turner and the Dodgers, topping the NL at 60-30, hosting the Giants.
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Firefighter electrocuted by fallen power line, officials say
PAW PAW, Mich. (WWMT) – A Michigan firefighter is dead after being electrocuted by a fallen power line Wednesday.
Authorities said the Paw Paw firefighter was identified as 28-year-old Ethan Quillan. They said he came into contact with the downed power line around 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Michigan State Police said Quillan had done nothing wrong when he died but had been standing nearby a power line when a branch fell.
The Paw Paw fire chief said the 28-year-old had been with the department since 2019 and that he was a devoted father and firefighter.
According to the National Fire Academy, Quillan ranked as a lieutenant.
Thousands of power lines were down across the state Wednesday as a result of heavy freezing rain on utility lines.
Responding fire crews worked to clear out fallen trees and branches and help restore power to homes.
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Good Wednesday morning! It’s certainly a mild start for the entire WLFI viewing area. Morning lows are in the lower 50s area-wide with mostly clear skies with some high-level cirrus clouds. We’ll remain sunny for the rest of today. Highs will be into the upper 70s to near 80 in some locations.
The expansive high-pressure ridge to our southeast will continue to give us pleasant and warm weather for the next few days.
Winds today will pose an elevated fire threat. Low dew points/relative humidity (dry air) will be in place. Coupled with southwest winds sustained 10+ mph throughout the afternoon, outdoor fires could easily spread. Gusts today could be around 25 to 30 mph. Thankfully, grass and vegetation aren’t too dry so the fire threat is low. However, be extra cautious if you do plan on any outdoor burning for today.
For a full look at the forecast ahead, head over to Chad's Weather Blog or click, here.
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Acquisition follows PDFTron's recent major purchase of PDF solutions leader, Belgium's iText; extends PDFTron's broad, international platform with additional, enterprise-ready features.
VANCOUVER, BC, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PDFTron Systems Inc., the world's leading provider of digital content solutions for software developers has acquired PDFlib GmbH, a München, a Germany-based innovator of dynamic, server-side PDF creation technology. Incepted in 1997, PDFlib's primary PDF product family has proven itself in thousands of deployments and development environments worldwide, including globally recognized brands in the financial services, manufacturing, and enterprise cloud computing industries.
With its acquisition of PDFlib, PDFTron marks its second European action in three months following its purchase of the leading open-source PDF technology company iText in April 2022.
The addition of PDFlib's mature toolkit for PDF processing further positions PDFTron as the foremost international technology platform provider for developers and end-users of document processing solutions. PDFlib's specialization in enterprise PDF features, including its support for multilingual texts, is highly complementary to PDFTron's technology platform. The addition of PDFlib's robust and secure offering will enrich PDFTron's existing document creation APIs. In addition, PDFlib's highly experienced developer team will assist in further accelerating PDFTron's product R&D in complementary areas of document manipulation, document workflow automation, and intelligent document processing.
Thoma Bravo, one of the largest private equity firms in the world, made a strategic growth investment in PDFTron in May 2021, helping fuel PDFTron's recent acquisitions.
"We are thrilled to join forces with PDFTron's international teams and together, continue to deliver top-performing document solutions to the enterprise market," said Thomas Merz, managing director and founder of PDFlib. "By combining our offerings and expertise, developers and their organizations stand to benefit from the broadest possible portfolio of industry-leading solutions. As part of our combined efforts with PDFTron, the PDFlib team will continue to develop cutting-edge server products that offer rich PDF functionality compatible with a wide variety of development tools and on the broadest spectrum of computing platforms."
"PDFlib's long track record of innovating its unique, server-side solutions nearly matches our own deep history in pioneering document SDK features," stated PDFTron CEO Cassidy Smirnow. "The acquisition of PDFlib is yet another key example of how we're creating unparalleled value for customers through partnership. The partnership with PDFlib strengthens our ability to give developers the most secure and feature-rich foundation on which to realize their roadmaps and build solutions that deliver outstanding productivity, automation, and experiences across all major platforms and digital content formats."
PDFTron was advised on the transaction by KPMG US, Hengeler Mueller, Choate Hall & Stewart and Crosslake Technologies. Thomas Merz was advised by the Munich-based firm Peters, Schönberger & Partner.
About PDFTron
PDFTron is a premier global provider of high-performance document processing technology serving OEM and enterprise customers across a broad spectrum of industries. PDFTron's market-leading SDK drives digital transformation and powers next generation software applications with dynamic document viewing, annotation, processing, and conversion capabilities, as well as advanced features such as document understanding, data extraction, and redaction. PDFTron technology supports all major platforms and dozens of unique file types, including support for PDF, MS Office, and CAD formats. For more information, visit www.pdftron.com.
About PDFlib
Founded in 1999, PDFlib GmbH is completely focused on PDF technology. Customers have used its products since 1997, with PDFlib being the first developer library to enable on-the-fly PDF creation. In 2006, PDFlib was one of the founding members of the PDF Association (formerly PDF/A Competence Center). The company closely follows development and market trends such as ISO standards for PDF. PDFlib GmbH products are distributed all over the world with major markets in Europe, North America and Japan. For more information, visit www.pdflib.com.
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Cal Baptist Lancers (13-11, 5-6 WAC) at Utah Valley Wolverines (18-6, 9-2 WAC)
The Wolverines have gone 9-1 in home games. Utah Valley has a 1-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Lancers are 5-6 in WAC play. Cal Baptist has a 6-4 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aziz Bandaogo is averaging 11.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks for the Wolverines. Darthard is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Utah Valley.
Taran Armstrong is scoring 12.1 points per game with 4.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists for the Lancers. Riley Battin is averaging 9.4 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting 45.2% over the last 10 games for Cal Baptist.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wolverines: 8-2, averaging 74.9 points, 38.2 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 5.8 steals and 6.2 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.5 points per game.
Lancers: 5-5, averaging 70.4 points, 30.4 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 4.4 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The suspect who made “credible threats” against California’s Capitol on Thursday shot a gun from his vehicle while driving through two Sacramento suburbs on Wednesday night, lodging bullets in the wall of a hospital and a commercial building but injuring no one, authorities said.
The suspect remains on the loose, the California Highway Patrol said just before noon.
The threat forced California’s Assembly to cancel its Thursday session. Senators evacuated to work in a new location. The Capitol is open to the public.
The two prior shootings were in Roseville and Citrus Heights, two cities northeast of Sacramento.
The Roseville Police Department said in a statement it received a call late Wednesday about someone shooting a gun from a vehicle while driving through Citrus Heights and, later, a suspect shooting toward a hospital in Roseville from the parking lot. Two bullets were lodged in the exterior of the building, the department said.
“At this time, we believe this suspect may also be related to an incident at the State Capitol,” the department said in a statement. Police said the investigation is ongoing.
CHP provided no additional details on the substance of the threat to the Capitol or when and how it was made.
State senators and their staff members were notified about the threat involving the building in an email Thursday morning from Senate Secretary Erika Contreras.
“The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has notified the Senate of a threat they consider to be credible involving the Capitol,” Contreras wrote. “The CHP and security partners are present in higher numbers in the Capitol area, and are alert of the situation.”
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins said in a joint statement that they relocated the Senate and ended the Assembly session early “out of an abundance of caution.”
“We apologize for the adjustments and interruptions to the members of the public who planned to come to the Capitol today to make their voices heard,” they said. “In this situation, we must put everyone’s safety and security first. We encourage everyone to stay alert and stay safe.”
The Assembly canceled its session, said John Ferrera, chief of staff for Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry. Staffers were told to “remain situationally aware and report any suspicious activity,” said a memo from Chief Administrative Officer Lia Lopez.
The California Highway Patrol did not respond to repeated calls and emails seeking additional comment on the threat.
Senate and Assembly officials said there was an increased police presence at the Capitol. But business appeared to go on as usual on Thursday, with a rally taking place outside and people walking around the park that surrounds the building. As of about 10 a.m. the public was allowed to enter the building and people, including school children, were taking tours.
Earlier some people had been turned away from entering, the Los Angeles Times reported. But the Capitol building was not placed on official lockdown, said John Casey, a spokesperson for Rendon.
Contreras said the session has been moved to another state building nearby. The session, set to start at 9 a.m., was delayed by 45 minutes. She instructed staff who had not yet arrived at work to stay home and told those already in their offices to remain in place.
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Which cheap LG monitor is best?
Everyone with a computer wants a good monitor, but the newest, fanciest stuff can get expensive. The truth is that you do not necessarily need a pricey monitor for your computer.
If you want the best relatively cheap LG monitor available, the top choice is the LG 27UL500-W 27-inch UHD IPS Monitor. With Radeon Freesync tech built-in, streaming videos or playing games will not cause any potential stuttering and screen tearing.
What to know before you buy a cheap LG monitor
Do you need the monitor right now?
If you need to grab an affordable monitor for your desktop set up right away, there are lots of cheaper options. However, if you could wait for a while and save up your money, it could be worth investing in a higher-quality monitor. If your computer monitor is something you plan on using for multiple hours every day, it might be worth it to get the best, even if it is more expensive.
Space
If your desk is crowded, you may not want a very big monitor. The good news is that monitors with compact profiles will generally be cheaper. Measure the space you have for a screen and consider the range of sizes that would work best for you before you pick out an affordable LG monitor. Monitors between 22-30 inches will probably be the cheapest.
Resolution
A beautiful 4K monitor is nice to have, but it could be unnecessary. If you do not watch films in 4K on your computer and you do not play games in 4K either, avoiding 4K resolution displays will just save you more money. Full HD 1080p monitors can still produce great visuals. If you want a high-resolution monitor for gaming, do not worry because there are affordable options available.
What to look for in a quality cheap LG monitor
Size and shape
The dimensions of your screen are generally going to be a big factor in determining the cost. You should consider if you would like a curved monitor and how much space you have. Monitors come with desk stands, but depending on your setup it may be helpful to wall-mount the screen. Unfortunately, for curved monitors to achieve the goal of proper immersion, they should be at least around 34 inches wide. Consider your budget and the size that would fit best in your space.
Gaming quality of life features
If you like to play video games, the best monitors will include built-in solutions to problems like screen tearing and visual stutters that could disrupt your gaming experience. Fast-paced, action-oriented games can look good, even on cheap monitors, as long as the monitor can lock the refresh rate to your computer’s graphics card frame rate. Some users also like LG’s pixel-perfect crosshair feature that can add an exact crosshair marker in the center of your vision when playing an FPS game.
Connectivity
Your monitor should be able to conveniently connect any devices to your PC setup. Not all monitors have the same ports available, so check before you buy. The best options have HDMI, Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, USB and more. Depending on what devices you need to connect, the ports required for your desktop will vary.
How much you can expect to spend on a cheap LG monitor
Many LG monitors with premium features or 4K resolution will be over $400, varying depending on the size. High-quality monitors at modest sizes can still be found for under $300 and basic models can be obtained for less than $200.
Cheap LG monitor FAQ
What kinds of computers work with LG monitors?
A. PCs and Macs can be compatible with LG monitors. Naturally, desktops will need a monitor, but laptop users may also like increasing the size of their virtual workspace by plugging in an additional monitor. If you use a Mac, check that the LG monitor you plan to buy has a Thunderbolt 3 port before you buy. LG monitors are generally not designed to work exclusively with any particular kind of hardware.
When can you find LG monitors for bargain prices?
A. Affordable LG monitors can be found even cheaper if you keep an eye out for events like Amazon Prime Day or Black Friday sales. Shopping closer to holidays will make it easier to find high-end technology for less. If you keep an eye out for monitors to go on sale, you may be able to pick up an incredible piece of equipment for cheap.
What’s the best cheap LG monitor to buy?
Top cheap LG monitor
LG 27UL500-W 27-inch UHD IPS Monitor
What you need to know: This affordable 4K UHD is a good fit for smaller spaces and offers a high-quality experience for users on a budget.
What you’ll love: The 27-inch display produces clear 4K visuals. The Radeon FreeSync eliminates screen tearing for smooth gaming. It has multiple visual settings for using different types of applications.
What you should consider: This monitor is not as bright as some of the more expensive models available.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top cheap LG monitor for the money
LG 24ML600M-B Monitor 24-inch FHD IPS Display
What you need to know: This very affordable Full HD monitor is not very large, but works hard to give the best gaming experiences possible at this kind of price point.
What you’ll love: It has both HDMI and VGA D-sub ports. The built-in Radeon FreeSync helps to cut down on any screen tearing or stuttering. The 24-inch screen displays clear HD visuals at 1080p resolution.
What you should consider: It only has a refresh rate of 75 Hz and the resolution is less than 4K, but it is hard to beat the low price.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
LG 24MP88HV-S 24-Inch IPS Monitor
What you need to know: This affordable infinity display Full HD monitor includes useful features for various types of users.
What you’ll love: The screen can be put in reader mode for a better viewing angle. Its 24-inch display is surrounded by a very thin 2.5-millimeter bezel that does not get in the way of watching videos or playing games at all. It is designed for business and personal use but would work fine as a cheap gaming monitor too.
What you should consider: The refresh rate is only 75 Hz and its maximum resolution is 1080p Full HD, if those are important factors.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
1-1-6, FIREBALL: 6
(one, one, six; FIREBALL: six)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
1-1-6, FIREBALL: 6
(one, one, six; FIREBALL: six)
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Leading digital experience platform releases new features to give online brands a competitive edge during turbulent times
CAESAREA, Israel, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Webeyez (https://www.webeyez.com), the digital experience platform online businesses deploy to fix leaky funnels and grow revenue, today announced the launch of Webeyez 2.0: the company's most significant product launch since its founding in 2015.
"We're entering a challenging time for both online brands and consumers," said Uri Strauss, Webeyez co-founder and CEO. "Economic uncertainty, changing data privacy regulations, and a dizzying rate of new technology adoption mean that brands can't afford to be flying blind. They need ways to quickly identify and fix points of failure in the online customer journey."
Webeyez's core technology automatically surfaces – in real time – technical issues and goal failures that prevent conversions. With the launch of Webeyez 2.0, the platform helps brands get deeper insights, take action faster, and keep pace as their customers' needs evolve.
Key capabilities included in the Webeyez 2.0 include:
- Lost Revenue Dashboard to quantify the revenue impact of every site issue – enabling data-driven issue resolution
- Dynamic alerting when critical events reach a threshold – so teams can rest easy knowing Webeyez is monitoring their site 24/7
- Support for custom data (e.g,. search data) to provide enhanced visibility into all issues impacting the customer journey
- Cross-site visibility for a portfolio of brands
Webeyez 2.0 is available as of today to all Webeyez customers. Key capabilities have been in beta with select customers for the past six months.
"Before Webeyez, we could not drill down to the actual customer behavior that was causing the drop in online conversions," said Sherry Shi, Chief Brand Officer at Diane von Furstenberg, a Webeyez customer and Webeyez 2.0 beta participant. With the new release, Webeyez "gives us X-Ray vision into the detail of what is happening within our website."
Webeyez clients include high-growth brands across e-commerce, gaming, travel, and financial services.
Webeyez is the secret weapon that online businesses use to immediately fix leaky funnels and grow revenue. The platform illuminates every step of the onsite consumer journey and uses machine learning to surface and prioritize points of hidden friction – giving revenue leaders a heat-seeking missile to instantly identify issues causing conversion drops and revenue loss.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, August 12, 2022
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Spokane WA
615 PM PDT Fri Aug 12 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Okanogan County through 645 PM PDT...
At 615 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles east of Oroville, or 39 miles north of Omak, moving north at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Molson and Sitzmark Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 188DEG 13KT 4896 11920
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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With Russia and China competing for influence in Central Asia, we look at what Russia's war in Ukraine and what some describe as its waning influence mean for the region's development.
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With Russia and China competing for influence in Central Asia, we look at what Russia's war in Ukraine and what some describe as its waning influence mean for the region's development.
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One in Four Adults Surveyed Used Loans to Pay Down Credit Card Debt
DALLAS , Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty percent of consumers who took out loans during the past six months used them for emergencies or to pay bills, and one out of four people used recent loans to pay towards credit card debt, according to a consumer survey by ScoreSense®, a credit score monitoring product. The survey findings, revealed in the "Survey of Consumers with Recent Loans and Credit Outlook Analysis," focused on consumer loan and credit activity for the third quarter of 2022.
An analysis by ScoreSense of consumer credit activity demonstrates that budgets are getting tighter for consumers of all ages: Fewer people are interested in securing new loans due to higher interest rates, and those who are taking out loans are more frequently using them simply to stay on top of bills. The survey showed a continuation of credit spending, overspending, and late payments. Older adults also are experiencing the same increase in delinquencies and spending over credit limits (Card Over Limit), which shows the stress this economy can put on a fixed income. The ScoreSense loan survey revealed adults 65 or over were more likely to take a loan out for an emergency compared to younger adults surveyed.
The analysis of consumer spending and credit, which compared the third quarter of 2022 to the same time last year, revealed:
- Delinquencies increased by 21% from 2021 Q3 to 2022 Q3. Looking within the year, it increased by 14% from Q2 to Q3.
- Card Over Limit increased by 11% in Q3 from Q2 of 2022.
New Trade, when a consumer opens a new line of credit, is down by 18% in Q3 from Q2. This figure is consistent with what we're seeing in reduced website traffic for credit and financial services. There is less consumer interest in securing new loans due to increased interest rates.
The consumer survey by ScoreSense, focused on adults who took out loans (personal, home equity, home equity line of credit, debt consolidation, and other), revealed:
- One in four adults used loans to pay towards credit card debt.
- Adults 65 or over were more likely to take a loan out for an emergency compared to younger adults surveyed.
- Almost one-quarter (23%) of survey respondents said they took out a loan for personal projects.
- One out of five (19%) respondents used the loan for home remodeling, and 18% of loans were needed for the purchase of a vehicle.
- Adults 25-34 years old (23%) were more likely to use loans for purchases of new homes and related expenses.
"Despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to curb inflation, prices remain high or continue to climb, and many Americans continue to struggle," said Carlos Medina, senior vice president at One Technologies, LLC., which offers ScoreSense. "Many adults are using credit to pay for ordinary expenses, and rising interest rates are making it more difficult for many to pay off debt. From our survey and credit analysis, these problems span all age groups, including older adults on fixed incomes."
ScoreSense serves as a one-stop digital resource where consumers can access credit scores and reports from all three main credit bureaus—TransUnion®, Equifax®, and Experian®—and understand what is most affecting their credit.
One Technologies, LLC, harnesses the power of technology, analytics, and its people to create solutions that empower consumers to make more informed decisions about their financial lives. The firm's consumer credit products include ScoreSense®, which enables members to seamlessly access, interact with, and understand their credit profiles from all three main bureaus using a single application. The ScoreSense platform is continually updated to give members deeper insights, personalized tools and one-on-one customer care support that can help them make the most sense of their credit. One Technologies is headquartered in Dallas and was established in October 2000. For more information, please visit onetechnologies.net.
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I walked through the park gates under the Disneyland Hotel — in Europe, the hotel is literally built over the entrance to Disneyland Paris — and into a magic kingdom that was like a mirror image of the Disney I know: almost exactly the same, but at the same time, very different.
In front me, a gazebo where the flagpole would be in Disneyland, draped with iridescent bunting in celebration of Disneyland Paris’ 30th anniversary this year. To my left, City Hall, and to my right, Main Street Vehicles, a museum of turn-of-the-century cars. And beyond, Main Street U.S.A. and a gleaming pink and blue castle rising up in the distance.
But the Main Street I walked down — mouth agape, my brain barely able to comprehend what I was seeing — wasn’t exactly the Main Street I know and love in Anaheim (or even the one I know and love sliiiightly less, but still a lot, in Orlando). There were souvenir shops, there were a few Disney Legends windows, there was Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor — but there was also a candy shop filled with Mickey-shaped meringues and guimauves (marshmallows), a walk-up window selling Nutella-filled crepes and, be still my heart, a cart in the hub selling glasses of Disneyland Champagne.
Real, honest-to-god, from-the-Champagne-region-of-France Champagne, which I sipped standing in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle, and shortly after, in La Tanière du Dragon, the cave under the castle where Dragon Maleficent lives, glaring her evil glare from a steaming lagoon as I sipped bubbly from a plastic Champagne tulip. (In France, even their disposable drink ware is on point.) Walt might never have wanted alcohol in his parks, but for me, it was a literal dream come true.
There were some parts of Disneyland Paris that I didn’t love, when I felt like I had been sucked through a rip in the multiverse and ended up in a world that was almost my reality. The effect was as jarring as it sounds. There were other parts I found very challenging to navigate, even knowing the American Disney parks as well as I do. But that be-castled Champagne, my dear reader, was a moment of pure delight.
Since I spend a lot of time in Disneyland and Walt Disney World, I thought I only needed one day to figure out Disneyland Paris — but that’s exactly why I should have known better. None of my tips and tricks applied to a park where most people disappear for half the day, back to their hotels for a rest, leaving ride queues practically empty — and yet dining is still nearly impossible to come by; where beignets are savory Mickey-shaped doughnuts; and where, in Avengers Campus, Thor and Loki speak French when they’re trying to convince recruits to pledge loyalty to one or the other Asgardian.
My one day quickly turned into three days, and on each, I liked the resort more and more, probably because I got to know it better. Familiarity breeds comfort, even on another continent, and even when you’re shrunk to the size of a rat and eating dinner on the lid of a jam jar — but more on that last part later.
How is Disneyland Paris different than Disneyland?
Just like its California counterpart, the Disneyland Paris resort has two parks (Parc Disneyland and Parc Walt Disney Studios) that share a central plaza. There are also several Disney hotels on property, from the ritzy new Hotel New York, the Art of Marvel, to a couple of lower-tier, Western-ish hotels called the Hotel Santa Fe and the Hotel Cheyenne.
The ideas of the parks are fundamentally the same: different lands jut out from a hub with a large anchoring landmark. In Parc Disneyland, it’s Sleeping Beauty Castle — which is much bigger than in U.S. Disneyland, and has an astonishingly gorgeous walkthrough that features a soaring atrium and that subterranean dragon (and a gift shop where you can make your own glass and crystal magic wand! Disney, if you’re listening, please bring this to America). In Walt Disney Studios, it’s the Tower of Terror, which is much gloomier and more haunting than the one at Hollywood Studios, and features a scarier story line with a creepy ghost girl.
Parc Disneyland has Main Street U.S.A. (including the Liberty Arcade that was never built in Anaheim), plus Fantasyland, Frontierland, Adventureland and, rather than Tomorrowland, Discoveryland. They’re definitely different than in Disneyland, but they’re all pretty great: Frontierland is home to that park’s Haunted Mansion, called Phantom Manor; Adventureland has an extensive, "Goonies"-style labyrinth of pirate caves to explore; Discoveryland is steampunk-themed, even their Hyperspace Mountain, which is admittedly a strange juxtaposition of theming with the "Star Wars" story line inside.
Walt Disney Studios has Toon Studio, with the Flying Carpets over Agrabah Aladdin-themed ride from Walt Disney World and a truly delightful, “Finding Nemo”-themed Crush’s Coaster, plus character meet-and-greets. Worlds of Pixar has a “Toy Story” land with a couple of small rides and an enormous Buzz Lightyear greeting people, a “Cars”-land that has the rethemed studio tour that’s now a “Cars” tram ride featuring the “I-Fuel Tower,” and a French land with Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and Bistrot Chez Remy. I tried four restaurants at Disneyland Paris, and that one is the one I’m going to think about for years to come.
Inside, you’re in the restaurant Remy opens after “Ratatouille,” and everything is scaled to make you feel rat-sized. All of the chairs are made from the metal cages that keep Champagne corks in their bottles. All of the tables are the lids of jam jars or tins of black pepper. The food is classically French and delicious, but the experience of eating under strings of Christmas lights that have 2-foot-long bulbs and paper cocktail umbrellas big enough to shade entire tables … it’s a wonder.
What’s also special about Disneyland Paris this year is it’s the park’s 30th anniversary, and there are celebrations everywhere, from special cocktails and food items to decorations, to a drone show over the castle before the fireworks that is a true technical marvel, and better than any nighttime show I’ve seen at any Disney, ever.
How to get dining reservations in Disneyland Paris
In short, it’s hard. Even the app has a warning saying reservations are hard to come by and that you should book two months out. Considering I downloaded the Disneyland Paris app a few hours before I stepped foot in the park, that wasn’t an option. But I was able to sneak my way into two of the resort’s most sought-after restaurants. For Remy, I snagged a cancellation for an 11:30 lunch at 11:20 and ran to the other park. For Walt’s, the fine dining restaurant on Main Street U.S.A. that’s a tribute to Walt Disney (there’s a Lilly’s Boutique attached, after his wife Lillian Disney), I walked up and they were able to accommodate six of us, but at two separate tables.
My understanding, though, is that we got very lucky. Walk-up tables are much harder to come by than they are in Disneyland, and quick service restaurants are in much shorter supply. Friends I was with said they had a very hard time finding anything to eat before noon (though the park opened at 9 a.m.) and I couldn’t find any quick service food after 8 p.m., though the park was open until 11 p.m. Maybe there are more tricks for people who go more often, but my advice is to plan very far out, and if you can’t do that, try your best with day-of cancellations.
How the rides are different in Disneyland and Disneyland Paris
There are fewer rides in DLP, especially in Walt Disney Studios, but they are so, so great. Big Thunder Mountain is faster and has much steeper drops. Hyperspace Mountain has a huge rise at the beginning and a track that goes upside down. Phantom Manor is about 3,000 times scarier than Haunted Mansion, and features a tomb scene with a skeleton playing xylophone on human skulls and an Old West, Frontierland-style hellscape where the apothecary drinks poison and a man’s head pops off when he tries to take off his hat in greeting. Adventureland has a Pirates of the Caribbean more like Disneyland’s than Walt Disney World’s, complete with a Blue Bayou-style Captain Jack’s restaurant inside the ride; but instead of Disneyland’s Indiana Jones ride, they have Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril, a roller coaster that goes upside-down.
In the new Avengers Campus in Walt Disney Studios, which opened the week before I visited, there are two rides: the same Spider-Man ride in California Adventure, and a re-theme of the park’s Rock 'n' Roller Coaster into Avengers Assemble: Flight Force, starring Iron Man and Captain Marvel. The ride is so good: It has screens similar to Epcot’s Guardians of the Galaxy ride, and is intense enough that as we launched at 57 mph I screamed so much and so loudly that I had to pause and take a breath so I could resume screaming for the rest of the launch incline.
It was great.
My other favorite thing about rides at Disneyland Paris is that the wait times, on the whole, were incredibly low compared with American parks. In the height of the afternoon, Hyperspace Mountain had maybe a 45-minute wait, but often went as low as 15 later in the day. The same with Big Thunder and Avengers Assemble. As of this writing, it’s 8 p.m. in Disneyland Paris, and the wait for that ride, which has been open less than two weeks, is 15 minutes. Most rides also have single rider lines built in, which also display an estimated wait time. Unlike at Disneyland, where Genie Plus ended almost every single rider line, Disneyland Paris’s Premier Access didn’t interfere with single rider lanes. (Both Disneyland and Disneyland Paris are still operating on a reservation basis to manage capacity.)
Is Disneyland Paris better than Disneyland?
There are a lot of things that are better — like the aforementioned Champagne on Main Street and the expanded Fantasyland — but in a word, no. It’s not. At least, not to someone who spends as much time in Walt’s park as I do. As you might guess from the fact that I added two more days to my trip, I enjoyed my time there, but nothing will ever compare to the original 1955 park experience. Not even drinking Champagne in a dragon’s lair.
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Claudia Bachmeier
BISMARCK - Claudia Bachmeier, 69, Bismarck passed away on September 5, 2022.
A funeral service will be held at 10:30AM, Wednesday, September 14 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 106 Osage Ave., Bismarck.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7PM Tuesday, September 13 with a prayer service starting at 5PM at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck.
Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.
Interment will be at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.
To share memories of Claudia, view the service livestream and sign the online guestbook visit, www.parkwayfuneral.com.
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WFO BOSTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 4, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
602 PM EDT Sun Sep 4 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Hartford
County through 700 PM EDT...
At 601 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Plainville, or near New Britain, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Minor flooding and pea size hail .
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor nuisance flooding of typically flood prone areas.
Locations impacted include...
Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford, Bristol, Manchester, East
Hartford, Southington, Glastonbury, Newington, Wethersfield,
Farmington, Berlin, Rocky Hill, Avon, Plainville, Burlington,
Marlborough and Bolton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Get indoors when you hear thunder. Do not resume outdoor activities
until at least 30 minutes after the storm has passed.
Do not drive through flooded roads or underpasses. Avoid low lying
areas near small streams.
LAT...LON 4178 7247 4168 7245 4163 7241 4159 7241
4158 7246 4165 7251 4163 7271 4160 7272
4155 7282 4157 7283 4155 7285 4156 7288
4156 7295 4163 7293 4164 7294 4164 7299
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TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 271DEG 21KT 4167 7286
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
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(The Hill) – The Biden administration is under pressure to stream more offensive and defensive rocket systems into Ukraine as the former Soviet country faces a critical tipping point on the battlefield with Russia.
As Ukrainian forces battle with Kremlin troops for control of the eastern Donbas region and seek to end the war this year — a goal that requires more air and missile defenses, early warning systems, ammunition and other equipment — defense officials and experts alike say a faster influx of such lethal aid can more quickly bring a close to the conflict.
The extent to whether that is realistic, however, is up for debate.
The U.S. and its European allies and partners, have attempted to keep pace with Ukraine’s pleas for more weapons, with the former alone giving $7.3 billion in lethal aid to Kyiv as of this week.
The most recent $400 million package, announced last week, includes four of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). The truck-mounted systems can fire multiple armaments that are satellite-guided, allowing the Ukrainians to more precisely hit targets at a range of more than 40 miles — further than any artillery system previously given to the Ukrainians.
HIMARS — 12 of which have now been pledged to Ukraine since last month — have given its forces a boost in its fighting, which for the last few months has centered on a battle for control of its easternmost region that has ground to a stalemate with Russia making small advances.
But the rocket systems have helped with the stall, with the country’s defense minister tweeting this past weekend that the deployment of HIMARS has “already made a HUUUGE difference on the battlefield.”
“More of them as well as [American] ammo & equipment will increase our strength and help to demilitarize the terrorist state,” he added.
The Ukrainians have used the system to hit some 20 Russian ammunition depot targets since acquiring the systems in the last few weeks, according to media reports, making it apparent the equipment is working effectively in the battle.
Though four of the launchers are currently being used by U.S.-trained Ukrainian troops — with four additional expected to make it to the country this month — it’s still far less than the up to 300 multiple-rocket launchers Ukrainian officials say they need to beat back the Kremlin.
What’s more, Russian forces have the ability to fire rounds several times over what Ukraine’s forces can manage, keeping the war in a state of attrition in the country’s industrial heartland of Donbas.
The Biden administration, however, has held off on sending large quantities of offensive and defensive rocket systems along with other high-tech equipment, wary that the systems may be too complicated for Ukrainian forces to learn to operate and maintain on the fly, according to Mark Cancian, a former Pentagon official now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Typical courses to teach how to operate such systems usually take months but have been squeezed down to three weeks for the Ukrainians, a very abbreviated timeline.
“I think the administration in fact, I know that they don’t want to send equipment over before the Ukrainians are ready to maintain and operate,” he told The Hill.
That theory has since been partly debunked after a senior U.S. defense official told reporters last week that the Pentagon found it “impressive” how fast Ukrainians have learned how to operate and deploy the HIMARS.
Another holdup, Cancian noted, is the fear that if equipment goes over too quickly it can’t be maintained.
“I think also the administration is concerned that at some point … someone’s going take a picture of a field full of junked equipment that the Ukrainians couldn’t maintain anymore,” he said. “I think that is what’s causing the administration to pace what it provides out.”
Even with Western commitments, Ukrainians still don’t have enough weapons to end the war anytime soon against the Russians, who could still dip into their reserves to cut through the stalemate in the Donbas, according to former Supreme NATO Commander retired Gen. Wesley Clark.
“With Russian reserves being formed up, some 20 to 40 battalion groups have been held back, there could be a strategic breakthrough,” Clark said on CNN last week. “That breakthrough . . . could be the key to getting the Ukrainian army defeated in Donbas.”
And the Kremlin has time on its side, the Finnish ambassador said earlier this week, predicting that Russia could fight for “a very long time,” as U.S.-led sanctions on Moscow because of the attack probably won’t weaken its forces for up to a year.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also said in June that the alliance must be prepared for the war to drag on for “years,” adding that if more modern weapons are given to Kyiv and soon it would up its chances of being able to push the Russians from the Donbas.
Stoltenberg’s assessment of a long war has since been backed up by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move Thursday to sign a law allowing his government to introduce special economic measures to support Moscow’s forces during “counter-terrorism and other operations.”
What’s also concerning, after nearly five months of war cracks have begun to show among the U.S., and its European and global partners as countries become affected by domestic pressures and crises, including runaway inflation and energy prices, fears of a recession and political pressure.
A war of attrition in Ukraine could reach beyond the world’s capacity to keep the focus on providing support for Kyiv, regional watchers warn.
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Lamar Jackson trade request: Are the Colts a fit for the 2019 NFL MVP?
Lamar Jackson has requested a trade from the Baltimore Ravens, who placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him that would pay $32.4 million next season if he doesn't get a better offer from another team.
The Indianapolis Colts hold the No. 4 overall pick in 2023 NFL Draft and have been looking closely at quarterbacks who may be available, including Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, Anthony Richardson and Will Levis. They have signed Gardner Minshew this offseason.
Are the Colts a fit with Jackson, who has won an NFL MVP honor? Would they be willing to make a deal for him? Here are opinions on possible moves.
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Conor Orr, Sports Illustrated: Ravens first, then Colts
If the Colts decide to go this route, they’re going to wait until after the draft. There is no way GM Chris Ballard, who did not want to surrender significant draft capital to push his way up this year’s draft board, is going to give up the No. 4 pick and whatever first-round pick Indianapolis has next year for Jackson. That is simply not going to happen.
I think the only way they, and really any team, would get involved is if there is an indication that Jackson is willing to seriously come down on his price tag. If the thorn in Jackson’s paw right now is Baltimore specifically and the emotional sting of the team he has starred for not kowtowing to him, he’d have to make clear to the Ravens that they should not match whatever offer comes in and be happy with their two first-round picks. Would Baltimore play ball? Would Jackson? Would the Colts?
Cody Benjamin, CBS Sports: Colts want to stop QB carousel
Everyone, including and especially team ownership, knows they've gotta stop with the veteran QB carousel. But Jackson would represent a splashy long-term investment at just 26. GM Chris Ballard and new coach Shane Steichen might rather take advantage of their draft positioning (No. 4 overall) to secure a young gun on his rookie deal, allocating other resources to the supporting cast. But since the Panthers' jump to No. 1, they could be forced to embrace more of a raw, developmental option assuming polished passers like C.J. Stroud and Bryce Young are already off the board. That makes Jackson's proven NFL talent all the more appealing.
Arif Hasan, Pro Football Network: Not the Colts, but …
Check out four teams Hasan believes have compelling reasons to pursue Jackson.
Tyler Conway, Bleacher Report: Jim Irsay could be motivated
The Colts make the most sense and perhaps are the most motivated among the four teams mentioned to get a deal done. Indianapolis has not had the same quarterback lead the team in passing in consecutive seasons since 2015-16.
Andrew Luck's injury issues and subsequent retirement threw the Colts into a state of historic flux, as they've shuffled through a series of veterans to disappointing results. Matt Ryan was the latest failed experiment last season, and the 2016 NFL MVP was released by the team earlier this month.
Colts owner Jim Irsay is historically an outside-the-box thinker and is likely motivated to settle his team's quarterback position once and for all. It's possible Indianapolis looks to April's draft for a solution, but with C.J. Stroud and Bryce Young almost certainly going off the board with the first two selections, the Colts will have their choice of a pair of boom-or-bust projects (Anthony Richardson and Will Levis) or kicking the can down the road another year.
SB Nation: Colts rank 3rd
In recent days, the idea of Jackson finding a way to Indianapolis has taken shape.
Now that the quarterback has indicated he would like to be traded, could he find his way to the AFC South?
The Colts currently have the fourth-overall pick in the upcoming draft, and with the potential for a team to trade ahead of them, Indianapolis could be looking at drafting QB4 with that selection.
Or they could add a former MVP.
It is the old Family Guy “mystery box” gag. They could add a quarterback with that pick who could one day become Jackson.
Or they could just that pick to just go and get Jackson.
Jacob Camenker, Sporting News: Colts have a need and the means
The Colts have needed a long-term answer at quarterback since Andrew Luck's surprise retirement ahead of the 2019 NFL season. They have had a different Week 1 starter in each of the last four seasons since his retirement, so Jackson would help give the team some consistency at quarterback.
It also helps that the Colts have the resources needed to swing a deal for Jackson. They have the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft — an asset that the Ravens would likely covet in a trade — and $20.1 million in cap space, per OverTheCap.com. So, they could figure out a way to fit Jackson under the salary cap with relative ease.
Jackson profiles as a strong fit for Shane Steichen's offense as well. Jalen Hurts had a lot of success operating it in Philadelphia, and Jackson would provide similar mobility and explosiveness at quarterback.
Indianapolis also is one of the few teams that didn't immediately rule itself out of the Jackson sweepstakes once the Ravens placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him. As such, the Colts may hold at least some interest in the Baltimore signal-caller.
All that's to say that the Colts are undoubtedly the top fit for Jackson at present. Unless they are in love with one of the quarterbacks atop the 2023 NFL Draft, then they should try to make a move to acquire the 2019 NFL MVP. We'll soon see if they do.
Nick Simon, Draft Kings: Not the Colts
He cites three other teams.
Jack Tien-Dana, Clutch Points: Colts are No. 1
Ever since Andrew Luck retired in 2019, the Colts have been desperate to find their next franchise quarterback. A free agent deal for Phillip Rivers proved to just be a stop-gap; a trade for Carson Wentz was a disaster. In Jackson, though, the Colts could have their guy. To wit, the Colts have the infrastructure to immediately support Jackson and make a run for the AFC South title. Running back Jonathan Taylor would instantly be the best sidekick of Jackson’s career and Quenton Nelson is one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the NFL. Similarly, new coach Shane Steichen has experience working magic with mobile quarterbacks, serving as the offensive coordinator in Philadelphia and catalyzing Jalen Hurts’ breakout 2022 season.
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DETROIT (AP) — The number of people killed on U.S. roadways decreased slightly last year, but government officials said the 42,795 people who died is still a national crisis.
Estimates by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed that the number of fatalities dropped 0.3% from the 42,939 killed in 2021. Traffic deaths declined slightly in the fourth quarter, the third straight quarterly drop.
But they're still close to 2021 numbers, which were the highest in 16 years.
“We continue to face a national crisis of traffic deaths on our roadways, and everyone has a role to play in reversing the rise that we experienced in recent years,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whose department includes NHTSA, said in a statement Thursday.
The department has adopted a national safe systems strategy in an effort to reduce the deaths, including more than $800 million in grants to help communities with projects in high-crash areas, NHTSA said in a statement.
Estimates from the agency generally are close to the final numbers, which for 2022 will be released next spring.
In releasing statistics for 2021 earlier this month, NHTSA said speeding and impaired or distracted driving are on the rise.
Data showed a 12% increase in fatal crashes involving at least one distracted driver, with 3,522 people killed. That prompted the agency to kick off a $5 million advertising campaign in an effort to keep drivers focused on the road. Agency officials said such cases likely are under-reported by police.
The number of pedestrians killed rose 13%, and cyclist fatalities were up 2% for the year. The number of unbelted passengers killed rose 8.1%, while fatalities involving alcohol-impaired driving were up 14%.
Speeding-related deaths increased 7.9%, while crash deaths involving large trucks weighing over 10,000 pounds were up 17%, the agency said.
NHTSA said in a statement that the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled also fell slightly in 2022 to 1.35, down from 1.37 in 2021. People are driving more as the coronavirus pandemic waned, with miles traveled increasing almost 1% over 2021.
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1254 PM PST Tue Jan 10 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Heavy snow above 6000 feet. Total snow accumulations of
8 to 14 inches 6000 to 8000 feet, 1 to 2 feet from 8000 to
9500 feet, and 2 to 5 feet above 9500 feet. Southwest winds
gusting as high as 55 mph.
* WHERE...Eastern Sierra Slopes.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM PST tonight.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible into
the southern Sierra. Gusty winds could bring down tree
branches.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Some areas could see reduced visibility
due to blowing snow. Gusty winds and heavy snow could result
in increased avalanche danger.
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 can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
6 to 12 inches from 6000 to 8000 feet, and 1 to 2 feet above
8000 feet. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph.
* WHERE...White Mountains of Inyo County.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible on
Highway 168 across Westgard Pass.
due to blowing snow.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING...
* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
This surpasses the flood of record.
* WHERE...Bear Creek above Mckee Road.
* WHEN...Until late tomorrow morning.
* IMPACTS...At 24.7 feet, Flood of record - 4/4/2006.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 11:45 AM PST Tuesday the stage was 24.5 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 11:45 AM PST Tuesday was 26.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river will fall to 23.9 feet this afternoon.
It will then rise to 24.4 feet this evening. It will fall
below flood stage late tonight to 21.7 feet early Wednesday
afternoon and continue to fall through Friday.
- Flood stage is 23.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
24.7 feet on 04/04/2006.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Location Fld Observed Forecasts (1 pm PST)
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Bear Creek
Mckee Road 23.0 24.5 Tue 11 am PST 21.7 20.1 18.4
...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
Breezy winds continue across the area but they are below advisory
thresholds. Winds gradually diminish throughout the afternoon.
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PST THIS
* WHAT...Southwest winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts 60 to 75 mph.
* WHERE...San Bernardino County Mountains and Apple and Lucerne
Valleys.Storngest along the mountain ridges and desert slopes
* WHEN...Until 6 PM PST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel will be
difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Use caution if you must drive.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
* WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and Orange County Inland
Areas.
* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds decreasing and becoming west in the
afternoon.
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 45 mph expected.
* WHERE...San Diego County Coastal Areas, San Bernardino and
Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire, San Diego County
Valleys and Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills.
* WHEN...Through 4 PM PST this afternoon.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT...
* WHAT...West winds 20 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Locally
stronger gusts to 65 mph over the ridges and desert slopes.
* WHERE...Riverside County Mountains, San Diego County
Mountains, Coachella Valley, San Diego County Deserts and San
Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.
* WHEN...Through midnight PST tonight.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strongest winds
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Marin,
northern Alameda, Contra Costa, southeastern Sonoma, San Francisco
and southeastern Napa Counties through 200 PM PST...
At 1258 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Napa to near San Leandro. Movement was
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
San Francisco, Oakland, Concord, Vallejo, Berkeley, Richmond,
Antioch, Daly City, San Leandro, Napa, Alameda, San Ramon, Walnut
Creek, Pittsburg, San Rafael, Novato, Dublin, Danville, Martinez and
Oakley.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3833 12206 3832 12221 3816 12220 3801 12172
3809 12163 3800 12157 3786 12158 3785 12154
3778 12156 3768 12218 3780 12239 3772 12236
3769 12247 3778 12252 3782 12248 3793 12270
3791 12268 3790 12272 3802 12285 3841 12211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 251DEG 31KT 3827 12226 3773 12213
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — The school was a shattered mess. Its six-month life as a Russian base and mechanic shop ended in August with a Ukrainian missile strike.
Its years educating Izium's youth were over, but it had one last gift for the residents who needed so much: the wood that made up its lattice work, its chalkboards, its furniture and beams.
A handful of elderly residents — some prepared with gloves, sturdy woven bags, and hand tools — came by Monday to salvage firewood from the rubble. It will be months, if not longer, before meaningful electricity, gas and running water are restored, and a chill is already settling in.
This city in far eastern Ukraine was among the first taken by Russian forces after the war started on Feb. 24, and it became a command center for them. By early March, Izium was isolated — no cell phones, no heat, no power. Residents didn’t know what was going on in the war, whether their relatives were alive, whether there was still a Ukraine.
They were liberated in a swift counteroffensive on Sept. 10 that swept through the Kharkiv region, and that continues in the south, near Kherson. But residents are still emerging from the confusion and trauma of their occupation, the brutality of which gained worldwide attention last week after the discovery of one of the war's largest mass grave sites.
“We have nothing. We are taking wood to heat water for tea and to make porridge. Look at my hands! I’m 75 years old and this woman is even older than me. We are afraid of winter,” said Oleksandra Lysenko, standing in a pile of bricks. “My grandchildren went to this school and I am looting it.”
A man nearby loaded the battered hood of a car onto his bicycle. He planned to use the part, which was spray-painted with the letter Z that has come to symbolize the Russian army, to cover an open window frame.
When the war began nearly seven months ago, about half of Izium's roughly 40,000 residents fled, some of them into Russia itself. The rest hunkered down in basements or behind the thickest walls they could find. Russian soldiers handed out some food but rarely enough.
Those with battery-powered radios discovered that the only signal was a Russian propaganda station, feeding them lies about which Ukraininan cities had fallen, how their government had abandoned them, and how they would be put on trial as collaborators if ever the Ukrainian army returned.
So swift was the counteroffensive that the Russians abandoned their munitions and their armored vehicles, sometimes resorting to stealing clothes and cars from residents to escape undetected. It was Russia's biggest military defeat since the withdrawal of its troops from areas near Kyiv more than five months ago.
Ukrainian soldiers have begun to collect brass buttons yanked in haste from an officer's uniform, or patches emblazoned with the Russian flag. They are also collecting Russian munitions, which fit nicely into Ukrainian weapons, and are repurposing the abandoned vehicles that haven't rusted into uselessness.
The Russian occupiers scattered countless mines, which Ukrainian soldiers are painstakingly detonating one at a time. Every few minutes on Monday, until sundown, their enormous controlled explosions shook Izium, which is about a two-hour drive from Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv down straight rural highways.
It may as well have been another world.
“Is Kharkiv still Ukraine?" one woman hesitantly asked a visitor in the first few days after Izium was freed.
There is now a tenuous cell signal — just enough to send texts or make a phone call, for those who have a way to charge their phones.
But on Monday morning expectations were running high for a more basic form of communication. By the time the mail truck pulled into the parking lot of a closed market, more than a hundred people were milling around, waiting for the first postal delivery since February.
“I am happy that the mail is working. It means that life is getting better. We will live and hope for the best,” said 69-year-old Volodymyr Olyzarenko. He already knew what the box sent by his adult children contained: warm clothes for his brother.
But there will be hard days to come.
A site that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said contains more than 440 graves was discovered last week in a forest on the northern outskirts of town, and investigators are exhuming the bodies to start the grim job of identification. Russian officials have distanced themselves from responsibility for the site.
On the southern outskirts, where the fiercest battles raged, the entire village of Kamyanka is a hazard of explosives. Only 10 people remain of the 1,200 who lived there.
Almost every yard is scattered with bombs and bullets. A Russian rocket launcher is rusting away in someone's driveway, the weather just beginning to take its toll on the white Z. And as the sun sets, the only sound is the barking of dogs abandoned by their owners.
Natalya Zdorovets, the matriarch of a family of five that accounts for half the village population, said they stayed because it was home. They lost their connection to the outside world on March 5.
“We were in a vacuum. We were cut off from all the world. We didn't know what happened. We didn't even know what was happening in the neighboring street because we lived only here,” she said, gesturing to a yard filled with ducks, chickens, cats and dogs.
Around 2,000 Russian soldiers settled in the homes vacated by terrified residents. Then suddenly, a little over a week ago, the village fell silent. The family had no idea why until the Ukrainian soldiers arrived.
“We cried and laughed at the same time," Zdorovets said. “We weren't prepared to see them. We hadn't heard the news.”
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A jewelry store in Virginia Beach, Virginia, says they are seeing a scam more and more often — and it’s becoming common elsewhere, too.
It plays on the sympathies of a good Samaritan.
“We’ve seen a dozen people that have fallen victim to the same thing,” said Mister Jewelry owner Jason Mister. “Some of them bought large quantities of this stuff.”
The story he hears involves a couple who claims they have car trouble or need help for another reason. They don’t have money, but they tell those willing to help they have something else – jewelry.
“Some of the people just genuinely want to help the folks, you know they are being taken advantage of,” Mister said.
It goes downhill from there.
The good Samaritans then show up at Mister’s business with their new pieces.
“It’s like it’s yellow gold. It’s usually marked 18-carat, Cuban chain. … That’s almost always one of the pieces,” he said. “There is usually a big men’s ring that looks like a signet ring or something like that. Occasionally there has been a fake Rolex involved.”
Mister looks at the jewelry. A simple scrape of the metal and he can tell it’s fake.
“They all seem very disappointed they found out it wasn’t real,” he said.
It’s a scam that’s picking up traction across the country.
That’s why Mister wants you to keep yourself safe and think twice before trading cash for something else. If you think you’ve been a victim of a scam, report it to the police and the Better Business Bureau.
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VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — An explosion occurred Friday in a gas pipeline in central Lithuania, officials said. Baltic media reported that it caused no injuries but sent flames up to 50 meters (164 feet) high and forced the protective evacuation of a nearby village.
The operator of Lithuania’s natural gas transmission system, AB Amber Grid, said there are two parallel pipelines, and “initial data indicate that the explosion occurred in one of them. The other pipeline was not damaged”
The gas supply through the damaged pipeline in the Pasvalys area was immediately interrupted.
“We immediately started to investigate the circumstances of the incident and ensure gas supply to consumers,” Nemunas Biknius, Amber Grid CEO said in a statement.
He said the government had been informed.
Lithuanian broadcaster LRT said that the village of Valakeliai , with about 250 inhabitants, was being evacuated as a precaution.
It was not immediately clear where the gas in the pipeline comes from.
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LONDON, UK — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed to resign Thursday after days of defections crippled the controversial leader and left him unable to govern.
Johnson finally agreed to step down after one of his closest allies, Treasury Chief Nadhim Zahawi, told the prime minister to resign for the good of the country. It was not immediately clear whether Johnson will stay in office while the Conservative Party chooses a new leader, who will automatically become prime minister as well. A formal announcement is expected later Thursday.
“Prime Minister: this is not sustainable and it will only get worse: for you, for the Conservative Party and most importantly of all the country," Zahawi said in a letter to Johnson. “You must do the right thing and go now.”
Zahawi’s intervention came after two more members of Johnson’s Cabinet resigned, along with three junior officials, pushing the number of those who have left the government this week past 50.
Johnson on Wednesday rejected calls to resign, arguing that he had a mandate from the voters to remain in office. But by Thursday morning the man who has built a reputation for wriggling out of political controversies was forced to admit the reality of his situation.
Bernard Jenkin, a senior Conservative Party lawmaker, said he met with Johnson on Wednesday and advised him to stand down.
“I just said to him, ‘Look, it’s just when you go now, and it’s how you go. You can go with some dignity or you can be forced out like Donald Trump, clinging to power and pretending he’s won the election when he’s lost,’’ Jenkin told the BBC before Johnson agreed to resign.
Johnson, 58, managed to remain in power for almost three years, despite allegations that he was too close to party donors, that he protected supporters from bullying and corruption allegations, and that he misled Parliament and was dishonest to the public about government office parties that broke pandemic lockdown rules.
But recent disclosures that Johnson knew about sexual misconduct allegations against Chris Pincher, a Conservative lawmaker, before he promoted Pincher to a senior position turned out to be the last straw.
Last week, Pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after complaints he groped two men at a private club. That triggered a series of reports about past allegations leveled against Pincher — and shifting explanations from the government about what Johnson knew when he tapped him for a senior job enforcing party discipline.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Treasury chief Rishi Sunak resigned within minutes of each other Wednesday over the scandal. The two Cabinet heavyweights were responsible for tackling two of the biggest issues facing Britain — the cost-of-living crisis and COVID-19.
Javid captured the mood of many lawmakers when he said Johnson’s actions threatened to undermine the integrity of the Conservative Party and the British government.
“At some point we have to conclude that enough is enough,” he told fellow lawmakers Wednesday. “I believe that point is now.”
Welsh Secretary Simon Hart resigned on Wednesday, and Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis followed suite early Thursday, telling Johnson in his resignation letter that “we are ... past the point of no return. I cannot sacrifice my personal integrity to defend things as they stand now.” He was later followed by Education Secretary Michelle Donelan, who was only appointed to her post on Tuesday to replace Zahawi.
Johnson had attempted to defy the mathematics of parliamentary government and the traditions of British politics. It is rare for a prime minister to cling to power in the face of this much pressure from his Cabinet colleagues.
The closest parallel may be Margaret Thatcher, the long-time Conservative prime minister who in 1990 sought to remain in office after her authority was undermined by disagreements over Britain’s relationship with what is now known as the European Union. But even she decided to resign after a number of Cabinet ministers told her it would be better for the party if she stepped aside.
Johnson may try to remain in office until the Conservative Party chooses a new leader, a process likely to take place over the summer. But some Conservatives said he should leave 10 Downing St. immediately to end the chaos engulfing the government.
George Freeman, who quit as science minister on Thursday, tweeted that “Boris Johnson needs to hand in the seals of office, apologise to Her Majesty (Queen Elizabeth II) and advise her to call for a caretaker prime minister. To take over today so that ministers can get back to work and we can choose a new Conservative leader to try and repair the damage and rebuild trust.”
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday and traveled mined waters toward inspection of their delayed cargo, a sign that an international deal to export grain held up since Russia invaded Ukraine was slowly progressing. But major hurdles lie ahead to get food to the countries that need it most.
The ships bound for Ireland, the United Kingdom and Turkey follow the first grain shipment to pass through the Black Sea since the start of the war. The passage of that vessel heading for Lebanon earlier this week was the first under the breakthrough deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations with Russia and Ukraine.
The first vessels to leave are among more than a dozen bulk carriers and cargo ships loaded months ago but stuck in ports since Russia invaded in late February. While the resumed shipments have raised hopes of easing a global food crisis, much of the backed-up cargo is for animal feed, not for people to eat, experts say.
The Black Sea region is dubbed the world’s breadbasket, with Ukraine and Russia key global suppliers of wheat, corn, barley and sunflower oil that millions of impoverished people in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia rely on for survival.
However, the initial shipments are not expected to have a significant impact on the global price of corn, wheat and soybeans. For starters, the exports under the deal are off to a slow, cautious start due to the threat of explosive mines floating off Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline.
And while Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat to developing nations, there are other countries, such as the United States and Canada, with far greater production levels that can affect global wheat prices. And they face the threat of drought.
“Ukraine is about 10% of the international trade in wheat, but in terms of production it is not even 5%,” said David Laborde, an expert on agriculture and trade at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington.
The three ships departing Friday were accompanied by Ukrainian pilot ships for safe passage because of explosive mines strewn in the Black Sea. The vessels set out with over 58,000 tons of corn, but that is still a fraction of the 20 million tons of grains that Ukraine says are trapped in the country’s silos and ports and that must be shipped out to make space for this year’s harvest.
Around 6 million tons of the trapped grain is wheat, but just half of that is for human consumption, Laborde said.
There is an expectation that Ukraine could produce 30% to 40% less grain over the next 12 months due to the war, though other estimates put that figure at 70%.
Grain prices peaked after Russia’s invasion, and while some have since come down to their pre-war levels, they are still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Corn prices are 70% higher than at the end of February 2020, said Jonathan Haines, senior analyst at data and analytics firm Gro Intelligence. He said wheat prices are around 60% higher than in February 2020.
One reason prices remain high is the impact of drought on harvests in North America, China and other regions, as well as the higher price of fertilizer needed for farming.
“When fertilizer prices are high, farmers may use less fertilizer. And when they use less fertilizer, they will produce less. And if they will produce less, supply will continue to remain insufficient,” Laborde said.
The three ships that departed Ukraine on Friday give hope that exports will ramp up to developing nations, where many are facing the increased threat of food shortages and hunger.
“The movement of three additional vessels overnight is a very positive sign and will continue to build confidence that we’re moving in the right direction,” Haines said. “If the flow of grain from Ukraine continues to expand, it will help relieve global supply constraints.”
The Turkish-flagged Polarnet, carrying 12,000 tons of corn, left the Chornomorsk port destined for Karasu, Turkey. The Panama-flagged Navi Star left Odesa’s port for Ireland with 33,000 tons of corn. The Maltese-flagged Rojen left Chornomorsk for the United Kingdom carrying over 13,000 tons of corn, the U.N. said.
It added that the Joint Coordination Center — run by officials from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the U.N. overseeing the deal signed in Istanbul last month — authorized the three ships and inspected a ship headed for Ukraine. The Barbados-flagged Fulmar S was inspected in Istanbul and is headed for the Chornomorsk port.
The checks seek to ensure that outbound cargo ships carry only grain, fertilizer or food and not any other commodities and that inbound ships are not carrying weapons.
After Turkey helped broker the food deal two weeks ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Friday.
In a statement after the talks that lasted four hours, Putin and Erdogan emphasized “the necessity of a complete fulfillment of the package deal reached in Istanbul … including unhindered export of Russian grain and fertilizers.”
In other developments Friday, Ukraine’s presidential office said at least eight civilians were killed and 16 others wounded in the latest Russian shelling.
The eastern Donetsk region has for weeks faced the most intensive Russian barrage. Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko repeated his call for all residents to evacuate.
“Shellings and bombings are going round the clock, and people who refuse to evacuate risk being killed on their pillows,” Kyrylenko said in televised remarks.
In Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, three districts have come under massive shelling. Several apartment buildings and a street market were damaged, and three people were wounded.
Russian shelling also targeted the city of Zaporizhzhia and several towns along the front-line in the region. For a second straight day, the Russians also shelled the city of Nikopol that faces the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant across the Dnieper River. Dozens of houses were damaged.
Energoatom, which operates Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, said three shells landed in the evening on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia plant, which is Europe’s largest. No casualties or damage to the reactors was reported.
“This is an open and audacious crime, an act of terror,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
The Russians also hit the southern city of Mykolaiv. The regional governor, Vitaliy Kim, said Russian forces fired on the city after lunchtime, causing extensive damage, killing an unspecified number of people and injuring at least nine. He said the fire came from the direction of Kherson, the Russian-occupied city about 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the southeast.
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An investigation is underway after gunfire at an east Birmingham gas station left three people wounded.
Birmingham police responded about 7:45 p.m. Thursday to the Texaco at 5901 First Ave. North.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the shooting stemmed from a verbal dispute at the front of the store and shots were then exchanged.
From the initial investigation, he said, it appears all of the gunshot victims were involved in the argument.
Three adult males were taken to the hospital. One victim suffered life-threatening injuries. Two others sustained injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
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Scholarships will support over 282 students at 124 colleges and universities
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) is supporting the next generation of restaurant and foodservice industry talent with over $1 million in 2022 scholarships and individual grants awarded to 282 students from 44 states and territories pursuing post-secondary education at more than 124 colleges and universities.
The 2022 scholarship recipients represent the increasing diversity of the restaurant, foodservice, and hospitality industry, with nearly 60 percent self-identifying as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) and two out of three self-identifying as female. One out of six recipients are members of the military or family of a military member, while 50 percent are the first generation in their families to pursue a post-secondary education. The youngest scholarship recipient is 17, while the oldest is 64. Learn more about the 2022 class of NRAEF scholarship recipients here.
"I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the upcoming generation of future chefs and hospitality leaders. Because of your help and the opportunity to continue learning from our industry's finest, someday I can join them at the table and welcome those who will follow behind. This scholarship is more than money to pay for my education; it's funding the growth of my imagination so that I can contribute things to our industry that we have not seen before," said Victoria W., a sophomore pursuing culinary arts at Johnson & Wales University. Her scholarship was made possible by The Coca-Cola Scholarship Fund.
This year's scholarships are funded by NRAEF's generous partners, including:
- Burger King Foundation
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers
- Darden Restaurants Foundation
- Hormel
- The J.M. Smucker Company
- PepsiCo
- Rachael Ray Foundation
- Rich Family Foundation
- SPB Foundation
- Women's Foodservice Forum
- Yum-o!
"We remain deeply grateful for the partnership of so many across our industry who generously support the NRAEF's scholarship program," said Rob Gifford, president of the NRAEF. "These awards make a tangible difference in the lives of recipients, helping to alleviate the financial burden of higher education. Most important, NRAEF scholarships are helping to cultivate the next generation of talent and leadership in our industry."
Over the last 35 years, the NRAEF has awarded more than more than 5,000 scholarships valued at approximately $25 million. Awards range from $2,500 to $10,000 and can be used towards tuition and fees, books, room and board, as well as other school-related expenses. The scholarships have no age restrictions. Learn more at ChooseRestaurants.org/scholarships.
About the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF): As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's (NRAEF) mission of service to the public is dedicated to enhancing the industry's training and education, career development and community engagement efforts. The NRAEF and its programs work to Attract, Empower and Advance today's and tomorrow's restaurant and foodservice workforce. NRAEF programs include: ProStart® – a high-school career and technical education program; Restaurant Ready – partnering with community based organizations to provide "opportunity youth" with skills training and job opportunities; Military – helping military servicemen and women transition their skills to restaurant and foodservice careers; Scholarships – financial assistance for students pursuing restaurant, foodservice and hospitality degrees; and the Restaurant & Hospitality Leadership Center (RHLC) – accredited apprenticeship programs designed to build the careers of service professionals. For more information on the NRAEF, visit ChooseRestaurants.org.
Click here for the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's 2021 Annual Impact Report.
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Suns vs. Clippers Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NBA Playoffs Game 1
Published: Apr. 16, 2023 at 1:54 PM CDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
The Los Angeles Clippers are 7.5-point underdogs heading into Game 1 of the opening round of the NBA Playoffs against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on Sunday, starting at 8:00 PM ET on TNT, BSSC, and BSAZ.
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Suns vs. Clippers Game Info & Odds
- Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT, BSSC, and BSAZ
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- Venue: Footprint Center
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Suns vs. Clippers Score Prediction
- Prediction: Suns 116 - Clippers 110
Spread & Total Prediction for Suns vs. Clippers
- Pick ATS: Clippers (+ 7.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (225.5)
- The Clippers (40-42-0 ATS) have covered the spread 50% of the time, 1.2% less often than the Suns (41-38-3) this year.
- As a 7.5-point underdog or more in 2022-23, Los Angeles is 1-4 against the spread compared to the 9-8-1 ATS record Phoenix puts up as a 7.5-point favorite.
- Los Angeles and its opponents have combined to go over the total in 48.8% of its games this season (40 of 82), the same percentage as Phoenix and its opponents (40 of 82).
- As a moneyline favorite this season, the Suns are 36-14, while the Clippers are 9-21 as moneyline underdogs.
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Suns Performance Insights
- Phoenix is 17th in the NBA with 113.6 points per game so far this season. At the other end of the court, it ranks sixth with 111.6 points allowed per contest.
- With 27.3 dimes per game, the Suns rank third-best in the league in the category.
- This season, the Suns are draining 12.2 three-pointers per game (13th-ranked in NBA) and are shooting 37.4% (seventh-ranked) from three-point land.
- When it comes to shot breakdown, Phoenix has taken 63.8% two-pointers (accounting for 71% of the team's baskets) and 36.2% from beyond the arc (29%).
Clippers Performance Insights
- At 113.6 points scored per game and 113.1 points conceded, Los Angeles is 17th in the league on offense and 12th on defense.
- This season the Clippers are ranked 23rd in the NBA in assists at 23.9 per game.
- In 2022-23 the Clippers are 10th in the NBA in 3-point makes (12.7 per game) and third-best in 3-point percentage (38.1%).
- In 2022-23, Los Angeles has taken 38.8% percent of its shots from behind the 3-point line, and 61.2% percent from inside it. In terms of makes, 30.9% of Los Angeles' baskets have been 3-pointers, and 69.1% have been 2-pointers.
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wondershare announced the release of DemoCreator 6.6 which introduces an array of new, more advanced features With the latest version of DemoCreator, importing VRM files which are widely used to create Virtual YouTubers, is just a breeze. Users can incorporate their own 3D models as virtual characters in DemoCreator's Video presentation mode, bringing personalization and creativity in video creation to a whole new level.
DemoCreator 6.6 is integrated with Vroid Hub, a platform that enables users to share their VRM 3D characters. By connecting their Vroid Hub accounts with DemoCreator, users can enjoy greater flexibility in terms of selecting any virtual characters they want to use
Furthermore, VRM offers advanced features like facial expressions and eye tracking, which are important components for creating immersive and expressive virtual characters. To ensure the avatars appear exactly as intended in videos, DemoCreator 6.6 also provides customization options such as adjusting the angles, sizes, and positions of their avatars.
"We upgrade these features because both video presentations, educational and informative videos request a high level of personalization. Our Vtuber toolkit is capable to create customized video content so that users can engage with their enthusiastic audiences," Dour Dou, the Product Director of DemoCreator said."The creator's economy is booming and so is the online education and the demand of online knowledge sharing. We want to empower educators, creators, employees, and small business owners with the right tools."
Compatibility and Price
Wondershare DemoCreator is compatible with Windows and Mac. Pricing starts at $65 per year. For free trials and downloads, please visit https://democreator.wondershare.com/ or follow us on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok to learn more about DemoCreator.
About DemoCreator
DemoCreator is a multiplatform essential demo-making tool that enables educators, learners, freelancers and gamers to elevate their idea-sharing to professional level. It allows users to record videos and screen drawings in real-time while recording. DemoCreator's users can also connect to multiple live streaming platforms in video presentation mode, providing them with a one-stop solution for all their desktop program and cloud-based needs. The software is available in over 100 countries and supports multiple platforms and languages.
About Wondershare
Wondershare is a world-renowned software company dedicated to providing innovative solutions for both personal and business use. As a market leader in creativity and productivity products, Wondershare has been recognized with awards from The Shorty Awards, G2 Crowd and GetApp. With over 100 million users in 150 countries, Wondershare's mission is to help our users pursue their passions and to build a more creative world, together.
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A massive indoor go-kart racing course, advertised as the “world’s largest” of its kind, announced plans for a grand opening on Dec. 16, officials said.
Supercharged Entertainment, which owns a go-karting track in Wrentham, Massachusetts, announced plans in August to open a second location in Edison.
Stephen Sangermano, Supercharged Entertainment’s president, said the Edison location is the “world’s best” karting and entertainment venue.
“We’re beyond thrilled to show all of New Jersey, and New York and Pennsylvania too, all the exhilarating and insane fun our Edison venue has to offer,” Sangermano said.
The Edison location on Route 1 South is a 131,000-square-foot facility on a 16-acre complex, Supercharged Entertainment said. It will also feature an axe throwing station, two-story arcade and virtual reality area along with a restaurant and two bars, among other attractions.
Malcolm Jones, general manager of the facility in Massachusetts, said in August that the “owners are always looking to do things bigger and better.”
A single race will cost $29 per person, according to the venue’s website. A five-race bundle costs $125. A 60-minute session for axe throwing is $28 per person.
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TRACY, Calif., Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lennar, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, announced today the grand opening of Parklin and Sunhaven, two brand new communities in Tracy Hills, a standout master-planned community located just inland from the San Francisco Bay Area, in Northern California's San Joaquin County. Home shoppers are invited to attend the celebration and experience the new community at the celebration taking place Saturday, October 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day will include complimentary food and beverages, music, activities and exclusive tours of four stunning model homes. Following the event, model home tours at Tracy Hills will be available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
"We are delighted to debut Parklin and Sunhaven within this one-of-a-kind master-planned setting that boasts a long list of amenities including the popular resort-style clubhouse which includes a pool, game area and lounge spaces," said Brian Olin, Lennar's Bay Area Division President. "We have loved watching Tracy Hills develop, particularly knowing that our Lennar homes are a significant part of this special place."
Homes at Parklin range from 2,173 to 2,688 square feet, with four bedrooms and two to three baths. Homes at Sunhaven range from 2,502 to 3,543 square feet, with four to five bedrooms and three to three-and-a-half baths. Pricing at Parklin begins in the low $800,000s. Pricing at Sunhaven begins in the high $800,000s.
All homes feature generous open layouts and gourmet kitchens. Select floorplans include first-floor owner's suites. The Residence 4 model at Sunhaven also offers a Next Gen® "Home Within a Home." This multigenerational option features a private suite with a private entrance, kitchenette with refrigerator and microwave, living space, bedroom and bath, laundry room with washer/dryer hook-ups, and a patio, perfect for an aging parent or even a grown child coming back to the nest.
Home buyers can further personalize their homes at Parklin and Sunhaven with a host of architectural exterior designs, including Early California, Country European, Craftsman Bungalow, Mediterranean Revival, Colonial and Western Farmhouse.
All homes incorporate the latest technology with conveniences like Ring video doorbells and security systems, keyless entries, smart thermostats, smart garage door openers and enhanced Wi-Fi. Every home also comes with Lennar's signature Everything's Included® program, where the homebuilder's most popular options and upgrades are built into the base price of the home. At Parklin and Sunhaven, this includes GE® Stainless Steel appliances, quartz or granite countertops, shaker-style cabinets and a host of other carefully curated interior touches and designer fixtures.
Residents at Parklin and Sunhaven will enjoy life within the 1,850-acre Tracy Hills master-planned community, situated in Tracy's rolling foothills. A resort-style clubhouse serves as the community's central gathering space with a pool, game area and lounge spaces. Tracy Hills also offers The Market Store, multipurpose room for resident only events, dog parks, trails, brand new fire station, and future elementary school which is under construction.
It is convenient to the 580 Freeway and Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) station, linking Tracy Hills to charming downtown Tracy, rich with shopping and dining opportunities, as well as the big city amenities of the entire San Francisco Bay Area.
The Parklin and Sunhaven model homes and sales office are located at 3641 Barton St., Tracy, California. For more information, call 888-216-2330 or visit the The Parklin Community Website, Sunhaven Community Website or www.lennar.com/BayArea.
About Lennar Corporation
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation's leading builders of quality homes for all generations. Lennar builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar's Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title and closing services primarily for buyers of Lennar's homes and, through LMF Commercial, originates mortgage loans secured primarily by commercial real estate properties throughout the United States. Lennar's Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. LENX drives Lennar's technology, innovation and strategic investments. For more information about Lennar, please visit lennar.com.
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Best products to improve sleep
If you find yourself frequently tossing and turning at night and feeling the effects of not getting enough sleep, you aren’t alone. Many adults struggle through periods of sleeplessness throughout their lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that in the United States, 1 in 3 adults report that they don’t get enough rest or sleep each day.
As many people seek help for this issue, online sources with tips and advice for better sleep are readily available. Of the many promoted remedies for sleeplessness, various gadgets and supplements can help.
What is sleep deficiency?
Sleep deficiency is a broad category that encompasses several issues that lead to poor sleep. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, sleep deficiency includes sleep disorders, poor sleep quality, sleeping at the wrong times during the day, not sleeping well or deep enough or simply not getting enough sleep daily.
Effects of not getting enough sleep
Sleep deficiency can affect numerous aspects of life. A lack of quality sleep in the long term can even lead to various health issues. Here’s a look at some of the most common effects of poor sleep.
- Mood: A lack of sleep can cause irritability, feelings of frustration and heightened anxiety.
- Productivity: When you don’t get enough sleep, you may feel fuzzy and not be able to concentrate. This can lead to difficulties focusing and learning and affect performance at school or work.
- Safety: Not getting enough sleep can slow reaction times, which can lead to mistakes and accidents and make activities such as driving dangerous.
- Social: Because your mood and personality are altered by sleeplessness, you may find yourself arguing more with family and friends. It may also make you feel more awkward when meeting new people.
- Health: Over time, a lack of relaxing, deep sleep can play a significant role in developing high pressure, diabetes, heart disease, anxiety, depression and more.
Best gadgets and supplements for better sleep
There are several key ways to get better sleep. Keeping a set schedule, watching what you eat and drink before bedtime, reducing stress, limiting screen time at bedtime and creating a relaxing sleep environment are all helpful but aren’t enough for everyone. That’s where gadgets and sleep support supplements come in. While gadgets work in various ways to help you relax and fall asleep, supplements are made with ingredients that reduce stress and anxiety and promote sleep.
Best gadgets for better sleep
Marpac Yogasleep Dohm The Original White Noise Machine
This top-selling white noise sound machine is powered by a fan that produces smooth, even sound that induces relaxation and sleep. It offers two speed settings and easy-to-adjust volume.
Sold by Amazon, Chewy and Macy’s
The Glow Light lives up to its name by producing a soft, natural glow that’s perfect for winding down and relaxing. The self-dimming function is designed to promote sleep. It can be paired with the Glow app so you can control it with your phone.
Sony Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones
Sony’s wireless headphones produce immersive sound thanks partly to the brand’s outstanding noise canceling technology. Because the headband and ear cups have generous padding, it’s easy to relax and drift off to sleep while wearing them.
Morphee Meditation Box Sleep Aid Device
Created by professionals in the sleep field, this device offers eight themes and 210 meditation sessions that are designed to help you relax. It works without screens, which can interfere with sleep. The rechargeable battery makes it highly portable.
Sold by Amazon
Sleepbuds may look like standard earbuds, but instead of music, they play soothing sounds that minimize disruptive noises. They pair with the Bose sleep app, where you’ll find a selection of 50 relaxing sounds.
Sold by Amazon
Eclipse Fresno Modern Blackout Curtain
While not a gadget, blackout curtains are a must for anyone who has difficulties sleeping due to light entering a room. Eclipse Fresno curtains are made of quality fabric that blocks out light. They also reduce noise, heat and cold to create a room atmosphere that’s compatible with restful sleep.
Sold by Amazon, Kohl’s, Macy’s and Wayfair
Best supplements for better sleep
Dr. Mercola Sleep Sleep Support with Melatonin
In addition to melatonin, Dr. Mercola’s sleep supplement contains chamomile, vitamin B6, niacin and other botanicals that work together to help you relax. It contains 10 milligrams of melatonin per capsule.
If you prefer to take pure melatonin to promote sleep, this supplement is a good choice. It contains just 10 milligrams of melatonin in each vegetarian capsule.
This melatonin and vitamin B6 formula also includes calcium that boosts its ability to induce sleep. The capsules are vegan and made without harsh additives.
Sold by Hum Nutrition
Because it produces a calming effect and helps reduce stress, valerian root is a good choice for easing sleeplessness. This supplement contains 500 milligrams of the herb in capsules that are suitable for vegetarians.
Jarrow Formulas Sleep Optimizer
With melatonin, valerian root, L-tryptophan and botanicals, this supplement is packed with ingredients that induce satisfying sleep. It comes in vegan capsules.
Sold by Amazon
CBD has been used for numerous reasons, including easing stress and anxiety for deep sleep. This supplement is in drop form that is simple to take. You can choose from starter, standard and strong strength levels.
Sold by Plant People
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CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for Southern Oregon and Northern California
National Weather Service Medford, OR
415 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023
CAZ080-090000-
Western Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Somes Bar, Happy Camp, Callahan, Etna,
Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
415 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely this morning, then
chance of snow showers this afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to
3 inches. Highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Snow in the morning, then rain and
snow in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
3000 feet in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches at
lower elevations and 5 to 8 inches above 3000 feet. Highs in the
lower 30s to lower 40s. Windy. Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow
level 3000 feet rising to 4500 feet after midnight. Lows in the
lower to mid 30s. Windy. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Snow
level 3500 feet. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Windy.
Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph decreasing to 20 to 25 mph late in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
after midnight. Colder. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely in the evening, then rain
and snow after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Lows in the lower 30s to lower
40s.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then rain and snow
likely after midnight. Snow may be heavy at times. Lows in the
lower 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow likely. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
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CAZ081-090000-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
415 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the morning, then rain
and snow in the afternoon. Snow level 2800 feet in the afternoon.
Snow accumulation up to 1 inch at lower elevations and 3 to
4 inches above 3000 feet. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Windy. South winds 15 to 20 mph increasing to southeast 25 to
35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times after
midnight. Snow level 2900 feet rising to 4500 feet after
midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s. Windy. In the shasta
valley, south winds 30 to 45 mph. Elsewhere, south winds 30 to
45 mph decreasing to 25 to 35 mph after midnight. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
in the afternoon. Snow level 4000 feet lowering to 3500 feet in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Windy. In the
shasta valley, south winds 30 to 45 mph becoming southwest 20 to
30 mph in the afternoon. Elsewhere, southwest winds 25 to 35 mph
decreasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and
snow in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Colder.
Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Not as
cool. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening,
then rain likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s to lower
40s.
.MONDAY...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows in the mid
30s to lower 40s. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s.
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CAZ082-090000-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
415 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Cloudy. Chance of snow showers early this morning, then
snow showers likely in the late morning and afternoon. Snow
accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow showers likely. Snow accumulation of 2 to
4 inches at lower elevations and 3 to 6 inches above 4000 feet.
Lows in the lower to mid 20s. South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
snow 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation
of 7 to 13 inches. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Breezy. South
winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Snow in the evening, then rain and snow after
midnight. Precipitation may be heavy at times. Snow level
4000 feet after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
Windy. South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
in the afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times in the morning. Snow
level 4500 feet lowering to 4000 feet in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 30s to mid 40s. Windy. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in
the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of snow
after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then
chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to
mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely in the evening, then rain
and snow after midnight. Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then rain and snow
likely after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Highs in the
lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Lows
in the lower to mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Highs in
the lower to mid 40s.
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Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
415 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely early this morning,
then chance of snow showers in the late morning and afternoon.
Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Highs in the mid 20s to mid
30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. Breezy. South winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow
accumulation of 5 to 9 inches. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
Windy. South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
Chance of snow 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Snow in the evening, then rain and snow after
midnight. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level 4000 feet after
midnight. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Very windy. South
winds 30 to 45 mph. Gusts up to 60 mph increasing to 65 mph after
midnight. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 4500 feet lowering to
4000 feet in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Very
windy. Southwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph
decreasing to 20 to 30 mph late in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of snow. Colder. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then
chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to
mid 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow likely. Not as
cold. Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows in the lower to mid
30s.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then rain and snow
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain and snow. Lows in the lower to
mid 30s. Highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
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Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
415 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 20s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the morning, then snow
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Breezy.
South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of
snow 10 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Snow in the evening, then rain and snow after
midnight. Snow level 5000 feet after midnight. Lows around 30.
Windy. South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 60 mph.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow in the morning, then rain and snow likely
in the afternoon. Snow level 4500 feet lowering to 4000 feet in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Very windy.
Southwest winds 25 to 40 mph shifting to the west 25 to 30 mph
late in the afternoon. Gusts up to 60 mph decreasing to 45 mph
late in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the
evening. Colder. Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning,
then mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow in the
afternoon. Highs around 40.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the
evening, then rain and snow likely after midnight. Not as cold.
Lows around 30.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then chance of
rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the evening,
then chance of rain and snow after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the morning,
then rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows in the
lower to mid 30s. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
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Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
415 AM PST Wed Mar 8 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers early this morning, then
chance of snow showers in the late morning and afternoon. Snow
accumulation of 2 to 3 inches except 2 to 5 inches in the Warner
Mountains. Highs around 30. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance
of snow 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the morning, then snow
in the afternoon. Snow accumulation of 2 to 3 inches. Highs in
the mid 30s to lower 40s. Breezy. South winds 15 to 25 mph.
Chance of snow 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Snow level 3500 feet rising to
4800 feet after midnight. Lows around 30. Very windy. South winds
30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
morning. Snow level 5500 feet lowering to 4400 feet in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Very windy. Southwest
winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts to around 65 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of snow. Colder. Lows around 20.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain and snow. Highs in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Lows in the mid
20s to mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow in the morning,
then rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY...Rain and snow likely in the morning, then chance of
rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 40s.
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Saturday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first): English Premier LeagueEverton 0, Liverpool 0 Halftime: 0-0. England ChampionshipEngland League OneEngland League TwoEngland National League
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
05-08-09-12-17-21-27-36-38-41-45-53-54-58-60-61-67-75-78-79, BE: 17
(five, eight, nine, twelve, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-seven, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-one, forty-five, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-eight, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-seven, seventy-five, seventy-eight, seventy-nine; BE: seventeen)
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Yearly event was back in person after two-year virtual hiatus, gathering patients and families who were treated in the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment
PHILADELPHIA, June 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, more than 3,000 people gathered at the Philadelphia Zoo to celebrate the 26th Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Fetal Family Reunion, with patients and families from more than 20 states attending the first in-person reunion in two years. The event, hosted by CHOP's Richard D. Wood Jr. Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (CFDT), provided an opportunity for those treated in the center to reconnect with their care team and other families who share an indescribable bond.
The reunion brings together a unique community of families who have shared similar struggles. Nearly all of the children in attendance were prenatally diagnosed with a birth defect, such as spina bifida, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or twin-twin transfusion syndrome, that had potentially devastating outcomes. Babies diagnosed with these birth defects before birth either underwent fetal surgery to treat the condition before birth or received highly complex care immediately after birth.
"It is truly inspiring to see so many children, who as babies likely could have died, now running around and growing up healthy and strong," said N. Scott Adzick, M.D., Surgeon-In-Chief at CHOP and Director of the CFDT. "The Fetal Family Reunion has always been my favorite day of the year, but it carries even more significance today to gather in-person together once again."
CHOP's Fetal Family Reunion has been an annual occurrence since 1997 and has grown from a handful of attendees the first year to more than 650 families today. CHOP's CFDT is a pioneer in the field of fetal medicine and is one of only a few programs worldwide to offer comprehensive care, including prenatal diagnosis, fetal surgery and therapy, and the option of delivering at a leading pediatric hospital.
"Babies with special needs require highly specialized and experienced care, both before and after birth. The families gathered here today represent an important segment of the more than 28,000 expectant mothers, from all 50 states and over 70 countries, we've treated in our center," said Julie S. Moldenhauer, M.D., Obstetrical Director of the CFDT and Medical Director of CHOP's Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit. "The high volume of patients we see from around the world with incredibly complex, rare conditions makes all the difference in achieving favorable outcomes and allows us to offer hope and support to so many families."
Each week at CHOP, surgical teams perform highly sophisticated procedures, such as spina bifida closure and interventions other birth defects in the womb, placing fetal shunts to treat life-threatening congenital conditions and performing minimally invasive procedures in the mother's uterus to treat various complications. The team has also managed thousands of pregnancies complicated by birth defects in which newborns need immediate specialized medical care or surgery after delivery.
About Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: A non-profit, charitable organization, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the nation's first pediatric hospital. Through its long-standing commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals, and pioneering major research initiatives, the 595-bed hospital has fostered many discoveries that have benefited children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country. The institution has a well-established history of providing advanced pediatric care close to home through its CHOP Care Network, which includes more than 50 primary care practices, specialty care and surgical centers, urgent care centers, and community hospital alliances throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as a new inpatient hospital with a dedicated pediatric emergency department in King of Prussia. In addition, its unique family-centered care and public service programs have brought Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recognition as a leading advocate for children and adolescents. For more information, visit http://www.chop.edu.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man suspected in the fatal shooting of a homeless person in Los Angeles has been charged with a hate crime, prosecutors said Thursday.
Ryan Bush, 48, was shot in the early morning hours of July 5 in the Sylmar neighborhood. He died at a hospital.
Bush was allegedly targeted “based on a presumption of his gender identity and sexual orientation,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
The 29-year-old suspect faces one count each of murder and attempted murder with a hate crime allegation, the statement said. His arraignment was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
The defendant also is charged with shooting at a bystander.
“Hate crimes have spiked across the country in recent years and we remain steadfast in ensuring that we hold these violent individuals accountable while working to prevent such violence from happening in the future,” District Attorney George Gascón said in the statement.
The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief called Thursday for an immediate end to all military activity around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, warning that any damage could lead to “catastrophic consequences” in the region and beyond.
Russian and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued the statement ahead of a U.N. Security Council meeting Thursday afternoon. It was called by Russia to discuss what Moscow claims were Ukrainian attacks on the plant.
U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi, who said in an interview last week with The Associated Press that the situation at the plant “is completely out of control,” is expected to brief the Security Council.
Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned that the situation was getting more perilous every day at Zaporizhzhia, located in the city of Enerhodar which Russian troops seized in early March, soon after their Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
While the plant is controlled by Russia, its Ukrainian staff continues to run the nuclear operations.
The Ukrainian state company operating the plant reported renewed Russian shelling of the facility and nearby buildings on Thursday.
“Five (hits) were recorded near the plant management’s office -- right next to the welding site and the storage facility for radiation sources,” Enerhoatom said in a post on its official Telegram channel. “The grass caught fire over a small area, but fortunately, no one was hurt.”
Russia has repeatedly accused Ukraine of attacking the plant and has urged Western powers to force a stop to Kyiv’s military action.
“Shelling of the territory of the nuclear plant by the Ukrainian armed forces is highly dangerous,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. “It’s fraught with catastrophic consequences for vast territories, for the entire Europe.”
U.N. chief Guterres appealed in a statement “for common sense and reason” to avoid any actions “that might endanger the physical integrity, safety or security of the nuclear plant.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told defense leaders at a conference in Copenhagen on Thursday that “Russia could cause the largest radiation accident in history at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.”
The Russian capture of Zaporizhzhia renewed fears that the largest of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors could be damaged, setting off another emergency like the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which happened about 110 kilometers (65 miles) north of the capital Kyiv.
Zelensky said the consequences of a radiation accident at Zaporizhzhia “could be even more catastrophic than Chernobyl, and essentially the same as the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, but without a nuclear strike.”
“if the Soviet authorities tried to hide the Chernobyl disaster and its full consequences, Russian authorities are much more cynical and dangerous,” the Ukrainian president said. “They are doing everything themselves to maximize the risk of a nuclear disaster, and lie to the whole world that someone else is allegedly to blame.”
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Valencia County Sheriff’s Deputies are asking the public for assistance in the investigation of a fatal crash. VCSO says around 9 p.m. on October 21, deputies were responded to a crash on Highway 47 and Entrada Rd. when deputies arrived they found the driver of the vehicle dead.
Officials say a homicide call-out was initiated due to the nature of the death. Deputies say a witness told them they heard a loud vehicle racing away from the scene, but they could not tell what type of vehicle it was. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact VCSO at (505) 866-2400 or Crime Stoppers at (505) 843-7867. Anyone with information leading to an arrest could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,500
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READ: Search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
By CNN staff
The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach earlier this week.
Read the unsealed search warrant below.
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DENVER, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quadriga Partners, LLC ("Quadriga"), an investment bank and transaction advisory group that works exclusively with companies in the healthcare industry, advised Exos on the divestiture of its physical therapy Management Services Agreement ("MSA") division. The MSA division, led by Brett Rivers, PT, will join IncreMedical Therapy Solutions ("IncreMedical"), a member of the Confluent Health family, which is a portfolio company of Partners Group.
Exos' physical therapy MSA business is comprised of contracts spanning eight states. The MSA business has long-tenured contracts with medical, therapy, and health system practices to fully manage and operate the partner's physical therapy programs. The partnership will further expand IncreMedical's existing footprint of 41 locations across Indiana, Georgia, and Wyoming to Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
"Quadriga was the perfect advisor for Exos in our search to find the right partner to add these clinics to their portfolio," Trevor Vigfusson, CFO of Exos explained. "The process was seamless, well organized, and produced a solid outcome for both parties. Shane and his team served as incredibly strong partners to us throughout the transaction, and we could not be more thankful for the role he and they played."
Shane Guenther, Senior Vice President of Quadriga, explained, "We are proud of the outcome that was achieved through a truly collaborative effort with the Exos team. This same spirit of pledged collaboration was reflected in the behavior of IncreMedical and Confluent, a testament to the way they engage with acquisition partners. Most importantly, there is true alignment in their unwavering commitment to providing high-quality patient care, all but assuring a successful partnership going forward."
About Quadriga Partners:
Quadriga is a middle-market investment bank that works exclusively with companies in the healthcare industry. Headquartered in Denver, CO, Quadriga provides mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic advisory services. Learn more at www.QuadrigaPartners.com.
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Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw said Sunday he has been treated for two forms of cancer in the past year.
Bradshaw said on “Fox NFL Sunday” that he was diagnosed with bladder cancer late last year and was treated at Yale University Medical Center, including surgery.
“As of today, I am bladder cancer free,” Bradshaw said.
The 74-year-old then said he found a tumor in his neck earlier this year and it turned out to be a Merkel cell tumor, a rare form of malignant skin cancer. He was treated at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
“Folks, I may not look my old self, but I feel like my old self,” Bradshaw said. “I’m cancer free, I’m feeling great.”
Bradshaw played his entire career (1970-83) with the Pittsburgh Steelers and won four Super Bowls.
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A whiff of marijuana spurred the U.S. Border Patrol to inspect a Ford truck with Florida plates at an immigration checkpoint outside Las Cruces in May 2020. Why it became a federal case was the $426,590 found vacuum-sealed in one of the tires being hauled in the truck’s bed.
The mere presence of the money was suspicious. But a federal crime? No. At least no criminal charges resulted.
The driver, a U.S. citizen who was hired to drive the rental truck from California to Florida and back, denied knowledge of the stashed cash. He did admit to possessing $24 worth of marijuana found in the cab. No other illegal drugs were found and he was released uncharged.
But the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Mexico pursued ownership of the cash in a civil forfeiture action, claiming the bagged bulk currency wrapped in rubber bands was either furnished or delivered in exchange for a controlled substance.
When a California man came forward to say the seized $426,590 came from his inheritance, not a drug deal, the legal fight was on.
In the end, the government and the owner, Makeel S. Georges, agreed to divvy up the $426,590. A settlement agreement filed earlier this month shows Georges will get $150,000, with the government keeping the rest.
“Despite having nearly two years to thoroughly investigate my client, the government was unable to produce any evidence that this currency was tied to a specific drug transaction or that my client (or driver) was involved in any drug-trafficking activity. Obviously, having $426,590 in cash in a tire is unusual, but not illegal, but it certainly aroused the suspicion of the government,” said Georges’ Las Cruces attorney C.J. McElhinney in an email to the Journal.
The Border Patrol contended the search was warranted because one of its drug-sniffing K-9s detected the strong odor of marijuana on the plastic-wrapped money hidden inside one of the five tires in the bed of the pickup truck. The dog’s handler said in one agency report that she, too, could smell the “distinct odor of marijuana.”
A key issue, McElhinney stated, was “what the K-9 actually alerted to on the vehicle and whether the alert was valid, anyway.”
Over the past year, a government expert was enlisted to check for fingerprints on the plastic wrappings containing the cash. Georges lined up a forensic chemist from Israel to testify that U.S. currency is so contaminated with drug residue these days, tracing the loot to a specific drug transaction or drug transaction proceeds was impossible.
Had the case gone to trial, the government would have had to prove in court that the money was linked to criminal activity, according to the U.S. Department of Justice website.
McElhinney said his client, a successful businessman in Orange County, California, “is relieved the case is over.”
“As part of the settlement process, we were required to acknowledge that the seizure of the remaining $276,590 in the tires is reasonable. This, of course, is legal fiction, but required to settle the case.”
The truck’s driver, identified as David James Walker, told Border Patrol agents he was so desperate for a job because of the COVID-19 business shutdown in California that he agreed to drive the truck to Florida and back for $10,000. The feds are keeping his $10,000 payment and the $24 of marijuana found in his suitcase in the truck’s cab.
“He never made a claim (for the $10,000) because, frankly, he was scared and decided he didn’t want to poke the bear,” McElhinney told the Journal.
‘He did nothing wrong’
Despite New Mexico legalizing adult marijuana recreational use in 2021, marijuana is still considered an illegal Schedule I drug by the U.S. government. And the U.S. Border Patrol has been reminding the traveling public that being in possession of marijuana while passing through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint is illegal under federal law.
The $426,590 seized that morning in May 2020 was the single largest Border Patrol cash seizure that year in the El Paso sector, in which a total of $1.28 million was confiscated over a 12-month period.
Of the 23 currency forfeiture cases filed by federal prosecutors in New Mexico since January 2020, court records show the May 2020 seizure was five times as much as the second-largest seizure – $85,000 discovered by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents during a search of a passenger on an Amtrak train.
“Asset forfeiture is a critical legal tool that serves a number of compelling law enforcement purposes. Asset forfeiture is designed to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crimes, to break the financial backbone of organized criminal syndicates and drug cartels, and to recover property that may be used to compensate victims and deter crime,” states the DOJ forfeiture website.
At least three dozen states have reformed their civil forfeiture laws since 2014, with 16 requiring a conviction in criminal court to forfeit most or all types of property in civil court, according to the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit law firm based in Virginia. New Mexico is one of four states that have abolished civil asset forfeiture entirely.
As the claimant in the federal case, Georges, 38, contended the seized cash came from an inheritance after the death of his father in 2018. He said in court filings that some of the cash could also have come from his legitimate business ventures or from his personal savings. “My businesses generate millions of dollars income per year,” he stated.
Georges is the owner and operator of three custom auto garages in Orange County, some of which were owned and operated by his late father, “who had done well for himself in the auto mechanic industry after having immigrated from Syria in the 1980s,” McElhinney stated.
Georges’ criminal history is minor, his attorney told the Journal. Traffic tickets and possession of a cannabis vape pen in Texas, which is legal in California.
“My client had a potential business opportunity in Florida and the cash was moved there in anticipation of purchasing a business property. However, that opportunity fell through and my client had to get the cash back to California. The driver was a friend/part-time employee of my client who did not want to fly during COVID (given that the money was seized in the initial year of the pandemic in 2020), so that’s why he drove.”
Walker told Border Patrol agents May 18, 2020, that he picked up the rental truck close to his home near Lake Forest, California, and drove east to a parking lot near Disney World in Florida. He dropped off the truck, stayed at an Airbnb for a day and was headed back to California when he stopped at the checkpoint. An unknown individual gave him the $10,000 in cash in Orlando, Florida, as his payment.
The civil forfeiture complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated that Walker made an “extremely odd” outburst after the border patrol K-9 Apace alerted to the bed of the truck and his agent handler started to inspect the tires in the bed of the truck. He yelled “the tires were empty,” according to the complaint. Border patrol agents believed the packaging of the currency was a smuggling tactic, the complaint added.
Walker was quoted as telling agents that he was aware he might be transporting something illegal, but “knew better than to ask what it was.” Georges’ attorney said Walker later testified he was so scared and confused after being detained that day he gave incorrect information.
After Georges put in a claim for the money, federal prosecutors required he answer numerous questions about his finances, his travel and why the currency was packaged in vacuum sealed bags. They also wanted him to explain why the money was being transported inside a tire. Court records show he objected to some of the questions as not relevant to his claim.
The government found three fingerprints on the bags that were traced to a man prosecutors asked Georges to provide contact information for.
McElhinney told the Journal his client always wanted all of the money back “because he did nothing wrong.” But there would have been substantial costs to go to trial, including paying witnesses to come from Israel and California.
“Based on how much his businesses generate, he might have actually lost money by not being able to run his shops during the time lost to dealing with the case,” McElhinney stated.
The forfeited money goes into the Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque.
McElhinney said the case points out how unfair the federal civil forfeiture process is, especially because he said minorities like his client are “likely disproportionately targeted.”
“Property should only be forfeited upon criminal conviction,” he said, so there is sufficient procedural due process and a criminal defense attorney appointed to handle the forfeiture consequences.
The $426,590 seized is a “drop in the bucket” for the federal government, McElhinney told the Journal. “So it’s kind of like negotiating with Darth Vader.”
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The members of the Nomination Committee ahead of Kindred's Annual General Meeting 2023 have been appointed.
VALLETTA, Malta, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kindred Group plc's (Kindred) Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 13 May 2022 decided that the Nomination Committee, until the general meeting of the shareholders decides otherwise, shall consist of not less than four but no more than five members. The members of the Nomination Committee shall represent all shareholders and be appointed by the largest shareholders at the end of August 2022 having expressed their willingness to participate in the Nomination Committee. Following contacts with Kindred's shareholders the subsequent members have been appointed:
- Keith Meister, Chairman Nomination Committee, Corvex Management LP
- Cedric Boireau, Premier Investissement SAS
- Peter Lundkvist, Third Swedish National Pension Fund
- Anders Ström, Veralda Investment Ltd
Kindred's Chairman of the Board, Evert Carlsson, is co-opted to the Nomination Committee.
The Nomination Committee's duty is to ahead of the 2023 AGM prepare recommendations for the Chairperson of the AGM, Chairperson of the Board of Directors and members of the Board, as well as remuneration to the Board of Directors and auditors.
Shareholders who wish to provide proposals to the Nomination Committee can do this via email to nomination@kindredgroup.com, or via post to Kindred Group plc, Level 6, The Centre, Tigne Point, Sliema, TPO 0001 Malta.
CONTACT:
For more information:
Patrick Kortman, Director - Corporate Development & Investor Relations, +46 723 877 438
Linda Lyth, Investor Relations Manager, +46 767 681 337
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Notah Begay III Jr. Golf New Mexico Regional Championship returns to Albuquerque
Happening this week out at Twin Warriors Golf Club, the return of the Notah Begay III Junior Golf New Mexico Regional Championship.
The event began on Monday morning and will run thru Tuesday chalk full of premium talent from New Mexico, West Texas and beyond.
A total of nine boys and girls will advance from the regional and compete at Begay's Junior National Championship in November.
"We just got kids from all across the country especially from New Mexico," Begay said. "One of the focal points in partnership with the R1 Companies, which is a New Mexico based company, was to provide more playing opportunities for kids here in our state. We believe that we have a tremendous amount of golf talent and athletic talent across the board from the state of New Mexico."
The NB3 Junior Golf National Championship will air on the Golf Channel at the end of the year. New Mexico native, Quinn Yost, was the 2021 Junior National Champion.
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) invites shareholders and other interested parties to listen to its financial results conference call for the third quarter ended May 31, 2022, live, either over the Internet or via dial in.
What: The Greenbrier Companies Q3 2022 Financial Results Conference Call
When: Monday, July 11, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. PDT
Listeners can access the webcast at the Greenbrier website at www.gbrx.com. To register for or access the webcast, click on the announcement shown on the home page of the Greenbrier website. The webcast will be archived for 30 days.
Alternatively, dial-in numbers for the Conference Call are 1-888-317-6003 and 1-412-317-6061 for international callers; the entry number is "8138307" Please call in 10-15 minutes ahead of time to ensure proper connection.
About Greenbrier
Greenbrier, headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a leading international supplier of equipment and services to global freight transportation markets. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, Greenbrier designs, builds and markets freight railcars and marine barges in North America, Europe and Brazil. We are a leading provider of freight railcar wheel services, parts, maintenance and retrofitting services in North America through our rail services business unit. Greenbrier manages 431,000 railcars and offers railcar management, regulatory compliance services and leasing services to railroads and other railcars owners in North America. GBX Leasing (GBXL) is a special purpose subsidiary that owns and manages a portfolio of leased railcars that originate primarily from Greenbrier's manufacturing operations. GBXL and Greenbrier own a lease fleet of 11,000 railcars. Learn more about Greenbrier at www.gbrx.com.
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At least 36 injured after Hawaii-bound flight hits severe turbulence
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - At least 36 people were injured, including 11 seriously, during a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu.
KHNL reports the flight was traveling from Phoenix, Arizona and hit severe turbulence about 30 minutes from landing in Honolulu on Sunday.
The turbulence sent some passengers flying out of their seats and at least one hit the ceiling.
Hawaiian Airlines said Flight 35 from Phoenix “landed safely” in Honolulu about 10:50 a.m. The plane was carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members.
“The airline is supporting all affected passengers and employees,” an airline spokesperson said.
Shortly before the aircraft landed, dozens of firefighters, paramedics and the state Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Team were called to the airport for the “mass casualty emergency,” meeting the aircraft at the gate.
KHNL reports the age of passengers injured ranged from 14 months to adults. Passengers were treated for a long list of injuries, including serious head injuries, cuts, bruises and loss of consciousness.
Of those injured, 20 people were taken to emergency rooms.
Eleven were in serious condition and nine were in stable condition, a Honolulu EMS spokesperson said. It was unclear how many of those injured were airline crew members.
The National Weather Service said the severe turbulence happened at about 36,000 feet.
“We believe the flight may have gone through a thunderstorm, which may have caused the severe turbulence,” said NWS meteorologist Genki Kino. “During that time, there were scattered thunderstorms everywhere.”
Passenger Kaylee Reyes said the plane was about 30 minutes from landing when the severe turbulence hit. Her mother had just sat down when the incident happened and hadn’t had a chance to buckle her seatbelt.
“She flew up and hit the ceiling,” Reyes said, adding the turbulence came out of nowhere.
The incident comes as a powerful cold front begins to impact the state, bringing the threat of strong winds, torrential rains and thunderstorms.
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Nordic combined, which uniquely tests skiers on jaw-dropping jumps and heart-pounding trails, has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1924. Its time might be up.
It is the only Olympic sport without women and the International Olympic Committee is due to make a decision later this month about whether to allow women to compete in Nordic combined at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Games.
There is the possibility, however, that Nordic combined is dropped entirely from the Olympics, according to athletes and advocates.
“What I heard loud and clear in back channels is that the solution to take care of the gender equity dirty secret is to take men out of the program for 2026,” said Billy Demong, a five-time Olympian in Nordic combined and member of USA Nordic’s board of directors. “To take away one of the original sports from the first Winter Olympics would be tragic, short-sighted and misguided.”
The IOC said final decisions on the 2026 Olympics program of medal events are scheduled to be decided at a June 24 meeting of its executive board, chaired by president Thomas Bach.
“We’re seeing sports such as ski mountaineering added and I’m hearing the IOC does not want to increase the number of athletes and the solution is take men out of Nordic combined,” Demong said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Men in the Nordic combined have been publicly pushing on social media and elsewhere for women to be included, adding a mixed team format as another Olympic medal event, and are now bracing for their future as athletes on the world’s stage.
Jasper Good, who competed for the U.S. earlier this year at the Beijing Olympics, said he was “blindsided” by the possibility.
“Information is trickling to us from athlete groups from around the world and national governing bodies, and most of us didn’t realize the sport is in jeopardy,” he said.
International Ski Federation Nordic combined race director Lasse Ottesen said he has not heard officially from the IOC about men potentially being eliminated from the Olympic program.
“We do hear speculation from different sides,” Ottesen said Wednesday. “If the IOC, for some reason, would make a decision not to include women for the ‘26 events, what would happen with the men’s? Would that be sort of a signal to say you’re on for the ‘26 events, but for ‘30, we are thinking gender equality and then the men are out.”
Nordic combined skiers must have finesse and fearlessness for ski jumping while training to have the strength and stamina necessary for a 10-kilometer cross-country course. The athlete who wins the ski jumping stage starts the cross-country race in the front of the pack, followed by the rest of the competition in their order of finish and then they race to the line for gold.
While Nordic combined is a fringe sport in the United States, it is very popular in parts of Europe and Japan.
“It’s really big in countries like Norway, Germany and Austria,” U.S. Olympic Nordic combined skier Jared Shumate said. “Those three countries usually dominate the world cup podiums, and Olympic podiums. And obviously, we don’t have quite the same fame.”
Annika Malacinski is one of dozens of women around the world who have sacrificed a lot of time and money to go for Olympic gold. The 21-year-old Malacinski, who has American-Finnish dual citizenship and competes for the U.S., had high hopes of competing in China dashed in 2018.
The IOC executive board considered denied an application then that would have allowed her and other women to compete in Nordic combined at the Beijing Games. IOC sports director Kit McConnell said then that development in terms of the universality, competitiveness,and following was needed.
During the 2022 season, nearly 40 women competed at the highest level of the sport in a successful follow to the debut World Cup season for women a year ago.
“There’s no reason that we shouldn’t be in the Olympics,” said Norway’s Ida Marie Hagen, who finished No. 2 in the World Cup standings. “The level is getting higher. There’s also a lot of athletes from different continents.”
The IOC is proud to point to improvements made toward gender equality, saying the Beijing Games set new marks for female competitors by increasing participation to 45% from 41% in 2018. The 2024 Paris Games are expected to be the first Olympics with as many women as men competing.
Alas, the Olympics’ Instagram post to point that out led to another round a flurry of responses calling for women to be included in Nordic combined.
“It makes it just so much more intense, especially when the decision is only a week away,” Malacinski told the AP.
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He’s been wowing audiences for twenty years portraying one of the most iconic lead singers in music history. We caught up with Queen tribute artist, Gary Mullen, as he travels the world on his way to Michigan with his band The Works.
One Night of Queen with Gary Mullen and The Works will be at the Music Hall in Downtown Detroit, presented by Hollywood Casino at Greektown, on Friday, August 12th. Tickets, starting at around $25, can be purchased here.
It’s not just about recreating the music for Mullen and the band. It’s about making audiences feel like they’re actually watching Queen and Freddie Mercury.
“Myself and the band, we focus more on getting the sounds right, Mullen told MLive. “When fans come, they want to hear Brian on guitar, they want to hear the drum sound and of course, they want to hear Freddie’s voice. We work hard on it and we still go back to the drawing board and see what we can tweak or what we can do better.”
Mullen says portraying another band can be sometimes more difficult for the tribute artist than the actual band because fans tend to be even more critical of their every move and sound.
“It’s got to be convincing. All the musicians in a tribute band have to be as good or better than the bands they’re portraying. If Queen has an off night, nobody cares. If we have an off night, we’ve lost an audience. Everything has to be your A game. It’s gotta be Queen at their best. The pressure, under pressure, no pun intended, is on. We want to play every show like it’s our last and give them everything we have.”
Over the last two decades, Gary Mullen and The Works have performed more than 2,500 concerts in more than 20 countries, but Mullen says this will be his first time in the Motor City.
I’m from Glasgow, Scotland. We have been to Michigan, but have never played Detroit. We’ve done most of the states in the U.S. and I think I’ve seen more states than most Americans. For me, I’m a big fan of Motown and to come to the home of Motown is a big deal.”
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Larry O’Neill is the State Climatologist for Oregon. He said the good news is, cold temperatures in November and December have helped build Oregon’s snowpack to well above normal. However, he said reservoir levels remain low as a result of a multi-year drought.
“Much of Oregon’s reservoir system has relatively little to no carry over going into this water year," said O'Neill, "so we’re really depending on precipitation and snowpack during this winter to get some sort of adequate water supply.”
O’Neill said about 60 percent of the state is in some form of drought. He says if conditions remain dry, it could lead to water restrictions, especially for irrigation on farms in central Oregon. O’Neill said it’s still early in the rainy season, with time to make up the deficit, or trend drier.
Experts also shared that because recent snow fell on dry soil, a larger portion of the spring's snowmelt will go into the soil, instead of draining to rivers and reservoirs.
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(All dollar amounts are in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated)
VANCOUVER, BC, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (TSXV: MTA) (NYSE American: MTA) announces its operating and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022. For complete details of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022, please see the Company's filings on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or on EDGAR (www.sec.gov). Shareholders are encouraged to visit the Company's website at www.metallaroyalty.com.
Brett Heath, President, and CEO of Metalla, commented, "The first quarter of 2022 we focused on increasing our near-term cash flow with the amendment to the Beaufor royalty that is expected to be in production in the second half of 2022. We also expect El Realito, which is part of Angico Eagle's La India mine, to start producing in the second half of 2022, which will increase our producing royalties to seven total. Although the market continues to be volatile, we believe Metalla's asset base, and growth profile position the Company to have continued success."
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, and the subsequent period up to the date of this news release, the Company:
- Amended an existing 1.0% NSR royalty on Monarch Mining Corporation's ("Monarch") Beaufor Mine ("Beaufor"). In consideration for $1.0 million paid in cash to Monarch, Monarch agreed to waive a clause stipulating that payments under the Net Smelter Returns ("NSR") royalty were only payable after 100 Koz of gold have been produced by Monarch following its acquisition of Beaufor. Payments under this NSR royalty will now begin upon initial production from the property.
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, received or accrued payments on 724 attributable Gold Equivalent Ounces ("GEOs") at an average realized price of $1,835 and an average cash cost of $5 per attributable GEO (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, generated operating cash margin of $1,830 per attributable GEO, from the Wharf, Joaquin and COSE royalties, the New Luika Gold Mine ("NLGM") stream held by Silverback Ltd. ("Silverback"), the Higginsville derivative royalty asset, and other royalty interests (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, recognized revenue from royalty and stream interests of $0.7 million, net loss of $2.2 million, and adjusted EBITDA of less than $0.1 million (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, recognized payments due or received (not included in revenue) from the Higginsville derivative royalty asset of $0.6 million (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- on May 14, 2021, announced the establishment of an at-the-market program (the "2021 ATM Program") with a syndicate of agents. Under the 2021 ATM Program the Company may distribute up to $35.0 million (or the equivalent in Canadian dollars) in common shares of the Company. From inception to March 31, 2022, the Company distributed 1,970,608 common shares under the 2021 ATM Program at an average price of $8.19 per share for gross proceeds of $16.1 million, with aggregate commissions paid or payable and other share issue costs of $0.9 million, resulting in aggregate net proceeds of $15.2 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company distributed 348,443 common shares under the 2021 ATM Program at an average price of $6.88 per share for gross proceeds of $2.4 million, with aggregate commissions paid or payable and other share issue costs of $0.2 million, resulting in aggregate net proceeds of $2.2 million. As of the date of this news release, the Company has distributed a total of 1,990,778 common shares under the 2021 ATM program for gross proceeds of $16.3 million; and
- On May 12, 2022, the Company filed a new final short form base shelf prospectus and a corresponding registration statement on Form F-10 that are intended to replace the base shelf prospectus and Form F-10 registration statement previously filed by the Company in 2020, and to enhance the Company's financial flexibility. In connection with this transition, the Company terminated its 2021 ATM Program.
Wharf Royalty
On May 4, 2022, Coeur Mining Inc. ("Coeur") reported first quarter production of 17.7 Koz gold at 0.78 g/t gold, in line with the 70-80 Koz full year guidance for Wharf disclosed by Wharf on February 16, 2022. During the quarter, one reverse circulation ("RC") drill rig continued to infill targets at the Portland-Ridge-Boston claim group and at the Flossie area, results are pending.
On February 16, 2022, Coeur reported that Wharf's updated Proven and Probable Reserves totaled 852 Koz at 0.73 g/t. Total Measured and Indicated Resources were reported at 412 Koz at 0.63g/t with an Inferred Resource estimate of 90 Koz at 0.75 g/t. In addition, Coeur reported in their Q4 2021 financial statements, an updated mine life of 8 years for Wharf. Additionally, Coeur reported the continued exploration success at Wharf where a total of 6,625 meters of drilling was completed in the Portland Ridge – Boston claim group, Flossie and Juno areas. Coeur spent $4 million on exploration at the mine in 2021, its largest since acquiring the asset in 2015.
Metalla holds a 1.0% GVR royalty on the Wharf mine.
Higginsville Royalty
On April 20, 2022, Karora Resources Inc. ("Karora") reported first quarter production of 27,489 ounces of gold from its Higginsville Gold Operations ("Higginsville") and Beta Hunt mines, in line with 2022 production guidance of 110-135 Koz gold announced by Karora on February 7, 2022.
Metalla holds a 27.5% PPR royalty interest on the difference between the London PM fix gold price and A$1,340/oz on the first 2.5 Koz per quarter until a cumulative total of 34.0 Koz of gold at the Higginsville operation have been delivered. As at March 31, 2022, 16.6 Koz of gold had been delivered.
New Luika Silver Stream
On April 26, 2022, Shanta Gold Limited ("Shanta") reported that it produced 11,408 ounces of gold at its NLGM in Tanzania in the first quarter of 2022. On July 19, 2021, Shanta announced a new mine plan for NLGM, where average annual production is expected to be 73.6 Koz gold with the potential to extend mine life beyond 2026 through conversion of significant known resources and the expanded 2,450 tpd mill throughput. Shanta expects total gold production from NLGM for the five-year plan to total 368 Koz from both open pit and underground mine sources from the mining license. Shanta outlined that the resources presently sitting outside of the mine plan amounts to 552 Koz at 2.37 g/t gold at NLGM. Shanta has forecast production to be between 68-76 Koz in fiscal 2022.
On February 1, 2022, Shanta reported that as of December 31, 2021, the Probable Reserves at NLGM stood at 404 Koz at 3.05 g/t gold, the Measured Resources were 105 Koz at 4.94 g/t gold, the Indicated Resources were 707 Koz at 2.63 g/t gold, and the Inferred Resources were 296 Koz at 1.73 g/t gold.
Metalla holds a 15% interest in Silverback Ltd., whose sole business is receipt and distribution of a 100% silver stream on NLGM at an ongoing cost of 10% of the spot silver price.
Côté-Gosselin
On May 3, 2022, IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD") reported that construction had reached 49% completion at the Côté Gold Project. It also reported completion in the first quarter of 2022 of approximately 4,300 meters of the 16,000 meter drill program is planned in 2022 to further delineate and expand the Gosselin mineral resources and test selected targets along the deposit corridor. On January 27, 2022, IAMGOLD released assay results that extended the Gosselin Zone outside of the recent mineral resource estimate, significant highlights include 0.78 g/t gold over 355.5 meters, 2.05 g/t gold over 256 meters, 0.55 g/t gold over 357.5 meters and 0.7 g/t gold over 173 meters.
Metalla holds a 1.35% NSR royalty that covers less than 10% of the Côté reserves and resources estimate and covers all of the Gosselin resource estimate.
Castle Mountain
Castle Mountain is slated to become one of Equinox Gold's ("Equinox") largest assets. Metalla's 5.0% NSR royalty covers the South Domes portion of the deposit which will be part of the Phase 2 expansion slated to begin in 2026.
On May 3, 2022, Equinox announced exploration at Castle Mountain in the first quarter included 7,948 meters of RC drilling across the South dump area to assess the continuity and distribution of grade. Equinox also completed 1,448 meters of RC drilling in the area between the JSLA and South Domes pits. Equinox also announced that in March 2022 it had submitted applications to amend existing permits to accommodate the Phase 2 expansion. On February 24, 2022, Equinox announced they expect to spend $7 million for Phase 2 permitting, optimization studies and metallurgical test work and nearly $2 million for exploration.
Metalla holds a 5.0% NSR Royalty on the South Domes area of the Castle Mountain mine.
Garrison
On May 11, 2022, Moneta Gold Inc. ("Moneta") released an updated resource estimate for the Tower Gold project, including 4.27 Moz gold in the Indicated category and 7.5 Moz gold in the Inferred category. Moneta plans to complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment on the project scheduled for completion later in the second quarter of 2022. The Garrison deposit forms part of the Tower project and is comprised of three zones, Garrcon, Jonpol, and 903. At Garrcon, the open pit Indicated Resource is 841 Koz at 1.02 g/t gold with an Inferred Resource of 15Koz at 0.67 g/t gold, the underground portion has an Indicated Resource of 87 Koz at 5.08 g/t gold with an Inferred Resource of 120 Koz at 4.98 g/t gold. The Jonpol zone has an Indicated Resource of 297 Koz at 1.4 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 114 Koz at 0.99 g/t gold. The 903 zone has an Indicated Resource of 610 Koz at 1.01 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 600 Koz at 0.74 g/t gold. The Garrison starter pit now has an Indicated Resource of 1.75 Moz at 1.07 g/t gold. Moneta is slated to release a PEA in June of 2022.
On March 24, 2022, Moneta released the results of significant step out gold mineralization at the Garrcon pit comprising the Garrison project which confirmed mineralization over a strike length of 750 meters and width of 500 meters beyond the current Garrison project resource. Significant intercepts from recent drilling include 3.05 g/t gold over 67 meters, 1.17 g/t gold over 62.45 meters and 1.26 g/t gold over 54.7 meters. The Garrcon portion of the Garrison project currently hosts an open pit indicated gold resource of 550 Koz gold at 0.82 g/t gold and inferred gold resource of 200 Koz at 0.87 g/t gold.
Metalla holds a 2% NSR Royalty on the Garrison project.
Wasamac
On April 4, 2022, Yamana Gold Inc. ("Yamana") announced that additional drill results at Wasamac continued to infill the Wasamac resource area. Results received to date in the Zone 2 resource area continue to confirm wide mining widths and consistent mineralization with highlights of 3.17 g/t gold over 14.78 meters and 3.41 g/t gold over 5.02 meters. Yamana stated the excellent exploration upside on the property continues to reinforce the potential for a 200 Koz plus per year operation with a mine life of at least 15 years. Work continues to follow up on the exploration drilling at the newly discovered South Wildcat zone returned 7.31 g/t gold over 3.37 meters as announced in a press release dated December 1, 2021. Yamana has decided to advance a bulk sample permitting process to allow construction of a ramp which could expedite the start of production ahead of the stated 2026 start date. In addition, work is ongoing to understand the metallurgy of the project where preliminary testing indicated that average gold recovery could increase by 3% compared to the feasibility study. Yamana expects to complete the Environmental impact assessment by the second quarter of 2022.
Metalla holds a 1.5% NSR royalty on the Wasamac project subject to a buy back of 0.5% for C$7.5 million.
Amalgamated Kirkland Property
On April 28, 2022, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico") reported that the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit could provide incremental ore feed to the Macassa mill with annual production of 40 Koz as soon as 2024. The Macassa underground ramp had been extended by 225 meters and nine drill holes had been completed in the higher-grade portion of the deposit. In 2022, Agnico plans to spend $8.6 million on a 1.3 Km exploration ramp from the Macassa near surface zones, designed to carry out infill drilling and a bulk sample of the higher-grade regions of the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit. The Amalgamated Kirkland deposit hosts an Indicated Resource estimate of 265 Koz gold at 6.51 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 406 Koz at 5.32 g/t gold. The deposit remains open at depth and extends laterally.
Metalla holds a 0.45% NSR royalty on the Amalgamated Kirkland property.
El Realito
On April 28, 2022, Agnico reported that pre-stripping of the El Realito pit was approximately 39% compete and first gold production was started in the first quarter of 2022. Pre-stripping activities at El Realito pit are in line with forecast are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2022. The production guidance in Agnico's February 23, 2022, press release for the La India mine which hosts the El Realito pit were positively revised to 82.5 Koz gold in 2022, 70 Koz gold in 2023 and 22.5 Koz gold in 2024. The increase in the production guidance was due to pit optimization and increase in mineral reserves at the El Realito deposit.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the El Realito deposit which is subject to a 1.0% buyback right for $4.0 million.
Del Carmen
On May 4, 2022, Barrick Gold Corporation reported that drilling at Del Carmen resumed in the second quarter of 2022, drilling will continue until the winter season. Results received at Carmen Norte, located to the north of the Rojo Grande target, confirmed gold mineralization with an intercept of 0.5 g/t gold over 39 meters, which opens up a new area with upside potential to add resources to Del Carmen. In addition, all geological models grade estimates and geometallurgical models with be updated and rebuilding in the second quarter to inform future steps for the project.
Metalla holds a 0.5% NSR royalty on the Del Carmen project which is the Argentine portion of the Alturas-Del Carmen project in the prolific El Indio belt.
Beaufor Mine
On March 17, 2022, Monarch provided exploration updates at the Beaufor Mine and Beacon Mill, scheduled to begin mining in 2022. Significant highlights from drilling include 19.05 g/t gold over 6.8 meters, 150 meters west and down dip of the "Q Zone" which is the most continuous ore zone in the mine. Monarch believes these results will significantly boost Beaufor's potential in the Q Zone. Underground development and rehabilitation are currently ongoing at Beaufor.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Beaufor mine.
San Luis
On February 23, 2022, SSR Mining Inc. ("SSR") provided an update on activities at the San Luis project in Ancash, Peru. Exploration activities in 2021 were undertaken on land belonging to the Ecash community in 2021 and SSR plans to extend exploration activities onto the Cochabamba community lands in 2022.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the San Luis project.
Fifteen Mile Stream
On April 28, 2022, St. Barbara Limited reported that the Fifteen Mile Stream project Feasibility Study continued to progress with engineering focused on the tailings facility and geotechnical work, with a completion date slated for September 2023. Permitting efforts continued during the quarter focused on community consultations and surface and ground water modelling planned for the first half of 2023 to prepare responses for the FMS EIS process.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR Royalty on the Fifteen Mile Stream project, and 3.0% NSR Royalty on the Plenty and Seloam Brook deposits.
Santa Gertrudis
On February 23, 2022, Agnico announced an updated Resource estimate at Santa Gertrudis where the Indicated Resources totaled 99 Koz gold at 0.64 g/t and 739 Koz at 4.79 g/t silver, and Inferred Resources totaled 1,679 Koz at 1.69 g/t gold and 5,924 Koz at 5.96 g/t silver. Exploration drilling in the fourth quarter at the high-grade Amelia deposit resulted in the improved understanding of structural controls leading to the 120-meter extension of the high-grade ore shoots at the deposit beyond the 2021 mineral resources. At the Centauro deposit, a 100-meter step out from a hole that returned 5.8 g/t gold over 15 meters encountered high grade sulphide mineralization outlining the potential to make additional high-grade discoveries at the property similar to Amelia.
Agnico has budgeted $19 million in exploration at Santa Gertrudis with the goal to expand mineral resources, test high grade structure extensions at the Amelia deposit and explore new targets, infill open pit deposits to declare reserves, and internal studies and metallurgical test work. Agnico expects Santa Gertrudis to have an annual production of 100 – 125 Koz of gold.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on Santa Gertrudis subject to Agnico's right to buy back 1.0% for $7.5 million.
Tocantinzinho
On February 9, 2022, G Mining Ventures Corp ("G Mining") announced that it had completed an updated feasibility study for the TZ gold project located in Para State, Brazil. The study confirmed a 10.5-year mine life producing 1.8 Moz of gold in total resulting in an average annual gold production profile of 174,700 ounces at an all-in sustaining cost of $681/oz.
Economics were favourable, at a $1,600/oz gold price the study demonstrated an after-tax NPV5% of $622 million and generated an after-tax IRR of 24%. Also of note, G Mining increased the reserves at TZ by 12% to 2.0 Moz and saw an increase in the capital cost at the project of only 7% since the last study was conducted. Project optimization and detailed engineering is expected to occur from Q4 2021 through to Q4 2022. G Mining also expects to complete two drilling campaigns totaling 10,000 meters beginning in Q4 2021 through to Q1 2022, these include a grade control drilling program to de-risk early years of production and an exploration drilling program to test for potential extensions of the known mineralization at depth and below the current pit.
G Mining is a precious metals development company with a leadership team which has built four mines in South America, including the Merian mine for Newmont Corporation and Fruta Del Norte for Lundin Gold.
Metalla holds a 0.75% GVR royalty on the Tocantinzinho project.
Fosterville
On February 23, 2022, Agnico reported that they expect to spend $34.6 million for 121,400 metres of drilling and development to replace mineral reserve depletion and to add mineral resources at the Fosterville mine. Agnico announced that another $19.7 million will be spent on underground and surface exploration with the aim to discover additional high-grade mineralization, with $2.9 million to be spent on regional exploration drilling on the land package surrounding the mine.
Metalla holds a 2.5% GVR royalty on the Northern and Southern extensions of the Fosterville mining license and other areas in the land package.
CentroGold
On April 22, 2022, Oz Minerals stated that the relocation plan required for progressing the court injunction removal for CentroGold has been submitted to the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) and is currently under review.
Metalla holds a 1.0-2.0% NSR royalty on the CentroGold project.
Endeavor Silver Stream
In a news release dated April 28, 2022, Sandfire Resources Ltd. ("Sandfire") reported that during the first quarter of 2022 it had withdrawn from the Endeavor joint venture agreement with CBH Resources Limited ("CBH"). The project will continue to be held 100% by CBH Resources, a subsidiary of Toho Zinc. After decades of operation, CBH suspended mining operations at the Endeavor Mine in December 2019 and placed it into care and maintenance. With Sandfire's decision to terminate the joint venture agreement with CBH, the Company has reclassified the Endeavor silver stream from a production stage asset to a development stage asset, and Metalla will continue to monitor the next steps taken by CBH with the property, especially in the current zinc price environment.
Metalla has the right to buy 100% of the silver production up to 20 Moz (~12.6 Moz remaining under the contract for delivery) from the Endeavor Mine for an operating cost contribution of $1.00/oz of payable silver, indexed annually for inflation, plus a further increment of 50% of the silver price in excess of $7.00/oz.
Camflo
On April 29, 2022, Agnico reported the Canadian Malartic partnership has identified porphyry hosted gold mineralization that could potentially be mined via an open pit. Additional studies are underway to fully evaluate the mineralization and additional potential in adjacent rock types. The Camflo property covers the past producing Camflo mine which had historical production of approximately 1.6 Moz of gold.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Camflo mine, located ~1km northeast of the Canadian Malartic operation.
Montclerg
Through several press releases dated February 10, 2022, March 22, 2022, and April 28, 2022. GFG Resources Inc. reported high grade intervals at the Montclerg Gold Project located 48 km east of the Timmins Gold District. Significant intercepts include 4.82 g/t gold over 26 meters, 8.34 g/t gold over 7.5 meters and a step out intercept of 8.26 g/t gold over 1 meter and 6.63 g/t gold over 1.5 meters.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR Royalty on the Montclerg property.
Tower Stock
White Metal Resources Corp. released several drill results on the Tower Stock Gold project in Ontario through several press releases dated May 2, 2022, March 22, 2022, January 18, 2022, and January 11, 2022. Significant drill results from the project include 0.51 g/t gold over 466.5 meters including 0.71 g/t gold over 267 meters, 0.91 g/t gold over 105 meters at the Bench zone. At other zones on the property, significant results include 4.05 g/t gold over 21 meters and 27 g/t gold over 1.5 meters.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR Royalty on the Tower Stock project.
Detour DNA
On April 28, 2022, Agnico reported that exploration plans will investigate the Sunday Lake deformation zone along strike to the west and east of the mine.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Detour DNA property which is ~7km west of the Detour West reserve pit margin.
Fortuity 89
On April 28, 2022, Newcrest Mining Ltd. and Discovery Harbour Resources provided an update on exploration plans at the Fortuity 89 project in Nevada. A total of five RC drill holes had been completed on the Fortuity 89 property for a total of 1,663 meters, assays are pending. Newcrest plans to drill a minimum of eight drill holes and 3,400 meters which began in January 2022 to test a series of low sulphidation epithermal gold target.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Fortuity 89 project.
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Charles Beaudry, geologist M.Sc., member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec and a director of Metalla. Mr. Beaudry is a QP as defined in National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Metalla is a precious metals royalty and streaming company. Metalla provides shareholders with leveraged precious metal exposure through a diversified and growing portfolio of royalties and streams. Our strong foundation of current and future cash-generating asset base, combined with an experienced team gives Metalla a path to become one of the leading gold and silver companies for the next commodities cycle.
For further information, please visit our website at www.metallaroyalty.com
ON BEHALF OF METALLA ROYALTY & STREAMING LTD.
(signed) "Brett Heath"
President and CEO
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The items marked above are alternative performance measures and readers should refer to non-international financial reporting standards ("IFRS") financial measures in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as filed on SEDAR and as available on the Company's website for further details. Metalla has included certain performance measures in this press release that do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS including (a) attributable gold equivalent ounces (GEOs), (b) average cash cost per attributable GEO, (c) average realized price per attributable GEO, (d) operating cash margin per attributable GEO, which is based on the two preceding measures, and (e) adjusted EBITDA. In the precious metals mining industry, this is a common performance measure but does not have any standardized meaning. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance and ability to generate cash flow. The presentation of these non-IFRS measures is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Other companies may calculate these non-IFRS measures differently.
Metalla has limited, if any, access to the properties on which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest. Metalla is dependent on (i) the operators of the mines or properties and their qualified persons to provide technical or other information to Metalla, or (ii) publicly available information to prepare disclosure pertaining to properties and operations on the mines or properties on which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest, and generally has limited or no ability to independently verify such information. Although Metalla does not have any knowledge that such information may not be accurate, there can be no assurance that such third-party information is complete or accurate. Some information publicly reported by operators may relate to a larger property than the area covered by Metalla's royalty, stream or other interests. Metalla's royalty, stream or other interests can cover less than 100% and sometimes only a portion of the publicly reported mineral reserves, resources and production of a property.
Unless otherwise indicated, the technical and scientific disclosure contained or referenced in this press release, including any references to mineral resources or mineral reserves, was prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"), which differs significantly from the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") applicable to U.S. domestic issuers. Accordingly, the scientific and technical information contained or referenced in this press release may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC.
"Inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Historical results or feasibility models presented herein are not guarantees or expectations of future performance.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. The forward-looking statements herein are made as of the date of this press release only, and the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them except as required by applicable law.
All statements included herein that address events or developments that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "does not expect", "is expected", "budgets", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "predicts", "projects", "intends", "targets", "aims", "anticipates" or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases or may be identified by statements to the effect that certain actions "may", "could", "should", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements and information include, but are not limited to, the successful completion of certain milestones in respect to the CentroGold project; the satisfaction of future payment obligations and contingent commitments by Metalla, including the payment of the remaining $5.0 million purchase price for the Castle Mountain royalty and the additional contingent payments of up to $11.0 million for the CentroGold royalty; the effectiveness, and potential use and benefit of, the Company's final short form base shelf prospectus and Form F-10 registration statement; the future availability of funds pursuant to the Beedie Loan Facility; the future conversion of funds drawn down by Metalla under the Beedie Loan Facility; the completion by property owners of announced drilling programs, capital expenditures, and other planned activities in relation to properties on which the Company and its subsidiaries hold a royalty or streaming interest and the expected timing thereof; production and life of mine estimates or forecasts at the properties on which the Company and its subsidiaries hold a royalty or streaming interest; future disclosure by property owners and the expected timing thereof; the completion by property owners of announced capital expenditure programs; the estimated production at Wharf, Higginsville, Beta Hunt, NLGM and La India; the new mine plan at NLGM and the expected average annual production thereunder; the continuation of drilling at Del Carmen in the winter season of 2022; the progression and completion of the Fifteen Mile Stream Feasibility Study in September 2023; the expansion of mineral resources at Santa Gertrudis and Agnico's plan to test high grade structure extensions at the Amelia deposit and explore new targets; the expected $19.0 million in capital expenditures by Agnico at Santa Gertrudis and the potential expansion of mineral resources thereon; the completion of pre-stripping activities at El Realito and the expected timing thereof; the future start of mining operations at the Beaufor Mine and Beacon Mill and the expected timing thereof; the progression of the court injunction removal at the CentroGold property; Equinox Gold's expectation to submit Phase 2 permit application for Castle Mountain; future opportunities for Equinox Gold to move South Domes earlier in the mine plan at Castle Mountain; the potential for Castle Mountain mine to become one of Equinox Gold's largest assets; expected timing of the preliminary economic assessment at the Tower Gold project by Moneta; expected timing of the environmental impact assessment at Wasamac by Yamana; the completion of two drilling campaigns at Tocantinzinho and the anticipated timing thereof; the completion of project optimization and detailed engineering at Tocantinzinho and the anticipated timing thereof; the replacement of mineral reserve depletion and addition of mineral resources at the Fosterville mine; the potential production at the Wasamac project; the future production at the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit and the anticipated timing thereof; the completion of the environmental impact assessment by Yamana and the anticipated timing thereof; the amount and timing of the attributable GEOs expected by the Company in 2022; the future production at El Realito and the anticipated timing thereof; the increase of producing royalties to seven; future expectations regarding the royalties and streams of Metalla; royalty payments to be paid to Metalla by property owners or operators of mining projects pursuant to each royalty; the mineral reserves and resource estimates for the properties with respect to which the Company has or proposes to acquire an interest; future gold and silver prices; other potential developments relating to, or achievements by the counterparties for Metalla's stream and royalty agreements, and with respect to the mines and other properties in which Metalla has, or may acquire, a stream or royalty interest; and estimates of future production, costs and other financial or economic measures.
Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements and information are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions that, while believed by management to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, and contingencies. Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the ability of Metalla to control or predict, that may cause Metalla's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied thereby, and are developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties and other factors set out herein, including but not limited to: risks associated with the impact of general business and economic conditions; the absence of control over mining operations from which Metalla will purchase precious metals or from which it will receive stream or royalty payments and risks related to those mining operations, including risks related to international operations, government and environmental regulation, delays in mine development, construction and operations, actual results of mining and current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans are refined; problems related to the ability to market precious metals or other metals; industry conditions, including commodity price fluctuations, interest and exchange rate fluctuations; interpretation by government entities of tax laws or the implementation of new tax laws; regulatory, political or economic developments in any of the countries where properties in which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest are located or through which they are held; risks related to the operators of the properties in which Metalla holds a royalty or stream or other interest, including changes in the ownership and control of such operators; risks related to global pandemics, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global health pandemic, and the spread of other viruses or pathogens; influence of macroeconomic developments; business opportunities that become available to, or are pursued by Metalla; reduced access to debt and equity capital; litigation; title, permit or license disputes related to interests on any of the properties in which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest; the volatility of the stock market; competition; future sales or issuances of debt or equity securities; use of proceeds; dividend policy and future payment of dividends; liquidity; market for securities; enforcement of civil judgments; and risks relating to Metalla potentially being a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of U.S. federal tax laws, as the other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form, annual report on Form 40-F and other documents filed with or submitted to the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the EDGAR website at www.sec.gov. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We are under no obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statements except as required under applicable securities laws. For the reasons set forth above, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran announced Monday that the country’s supreme leader has pardoned more than 22,000 people arrested in the recent anti-government protests that swept the Islamic Republic. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the mass release.
The statement by Iran’s judiciary head Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi offered for the first time a glimpse of the full scope of the government’s crackdown that followed the demonstrations over the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by the country’s morality police.
It also suggests that Iran’s theocracy now feels secure enough to admit the scale of the unrest, which represented one of the most-serious challenges to the establishment since the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Tens of thousands also were detained in the purges that followed the revolution.
However, anger still remains in the country as it struggles through the collapse of the nation’s currency, the rial, economic woes, and uncertainty over its ties to the wider world after the collapse of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Ejehi as announcing the figure Monday. Iranian state media had previously suggested Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could pardon that many people swept up in the demonstrations, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the pious fast from dawn to dusk. Ramadan starts later next week.
Ejehi said a total of 82,656 prisoners and those facing charges had been pardoned. Of those, some 22,628 had been arrested amid the demonstrations, he said. Those pardoned had not committed theft or violent crimes, he added. His comments suggest that the true total of those detained in the demonstrations is even greater.
In February, Iran had acknowledged “tens of thousands” had been detained in the protests. Monday’s acknowledgment from Ejehi offered an even higher than what activists had previously cited. However, there’s been no mass release of prisoners documented in recent days by Iranian media reports or activists.
More than 19,700 people have been arrested during the protests, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that’s been tracking the crackdown. At least 530 people have been killed as authorities violently suppressed demonstrations, the group said. Iran has not offered a death toll for months.
“From day one there was no transparent accounting of who was arrested and imprisoned — before or after the mass protests these past months — which is why there’s no way to verify how many are being released now,” said Jasmin Ramsey, the deputy director of the U.S.-based Center for Human Rights in Iran.
“We also know that more than five months after the death of … Mahsa Amini in state custody, not a single Iranian official has been held accountable for the mass killings of street protesters, nor the arbitrary imprisonments of tens of thousands.”
The judiciary’s announcement also came ahead of next week’s celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. On Tuesday, some in Iran also mark nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition known as the Festival of Fire that’s linked to the Zoroastrian religion. Hard-liners discourage such celebrations, viewing them as pagan holdovers.
There had been calls for anti-government protests around both events. While mass demonstrations have cooled in recent weeks, nightly chants against Iran’s theocracy can still be heard in some neighborhoods of Iran’s capital, Tehran.
The announcement followed a major development last week, when Iran and Saudi Arabia said on Friday that with China’s mediation, they agreed to reestablish diplomatic ties and reopen embassies after a seven-year freeze in relations. That agreement could help aid an end to the yearslong war in Yemen, which sees a Saudi-led coalition battle the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who hold its capital, Sanaa. It has also helped boost the rial in recent days against the dollar.
Meanwhile, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited Tehran and met Monday with his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi. Iran has been supplying the bomb-carrying drones that Russia now uses in its war on Ukraine. Lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of Belarus, remains close to Russia, which used Belarusian territory to launch Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Lukashenko said his country and Iran would sign an unspecified set of deals valued at $100 million.
Iran “opposes external pressure, attempts to impose someone else’s will,” Lukashenko said, addressing his hosts. “And how, in spite of everything, you develop modern technologies and nuclear energy. And, as we decided today with the president of Iran, we can be very useful to each other if we truly unite our efforts.”
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Mississippi River flooding takes its toll
(ABC 6 News) The flooding is leaving people speechless. It’s some of the largest that some people have ever seen, including father and son photographers Phil and Brad Breutzman.
“This is the highest so far” Phil stated.
Also among those impacted are couple Dennis and Sue Rabe, who recently moved to southeast Minnesota and have been married 48 years.
Sue describes “We were on a horseback ride, and where we usually go, we came around the corner, and it was completely flooded.”
Dennis was a farmer for his career, and he is noticing how much farmers are being impacted. “Farmland is getting flooded. Two miles across is all underwater. It’s got to be 1000 acres maybe more.”
Phil, meanwhile, grew up just across the river in Wisconsin.
“I’ve been here for a long time. I’m only about 93 years old now.”
The river stages are sitting at just over 17 feet. If they stay where they are, it would be the fourth highest crest on record according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
A big reason for this is a lot of snow melt. Due to the hilly terrain around the Mississippi River, any snow melting into water feeds directly into the river. Combined that with Duluth’s snowiest season ever, feeding way more water into the river than normal, and you get flood warnings that span all the way from the Twin Cities to just north of St. Louis.
Brad Breutzman knows it’s going to take a while for the flooding to simmer down. “I see a lot of water damage. To say the least, they’re probably going to have water damage for another week it looks like.”
According to the NWS, we will see the river stage crest, which means the water will be at its highest, over the next couple days before we will see the water level go down through the second half of the week and into the weekend. Based on a survey of the damage, we will likely see plenty of long-term impacts.
We are not expected to break the record for the highest river stage. The record being 20 feet set in 1965.
With the help of several communities, progress will be made.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were:
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What do pets need in winter?
As winter blows on, it’s past time to think about what your pets need to stay warm and safe. Of course, this depends on what type of pets you have, whether they’re dogs, cats or small animals, such as rabbits or hamsters.
Not only should you work out everything your pet needs for winter, you should also bone up on winter pet care tips. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll keep your pets happy and healthy all through the coldest months.
Pet essentials for winter
Start by thinking about the kinds of items your pet needs for winter. This varies depending on the type of pet you care for.
- Dogs: Cozy dog beds go a long way in keeping your canine companion warm in winter, especially those with self-warming properties or fleece covers. Coats are great for outdoor use and sweaters for keeping warm indoors. For walks, consider reflective harnesses and boots when it’s especially cold or icy outside.
- Cats: Cats are mostly fans of curling up in warm spots, so look out for cozy beds, particularly heated or self-warming beds. Sweaters are also great for cats that will tolerate them.
- Small pets: If your small pet lives outdoors, the first thing you should buy is a suitable indoor house. You can also find heating pads that are great for small animals to cozy up on.
Winter pet care tips
It’s important to take extra care of your animals during winter. Here are some winter care tips for all kinds of pets.
- Limit outdoor time: Don’t let your pets spend as much time outdoors as usual when it’s exceptionally cold out. This might mean less time in the yard for dogs or less time roaming the neighborhood for outdoor cats. If you have small animals that usually live outside, it’s much better to bring them indoors during winter.
- Be careful after dark: If you walk your dog when it’s dark out, make sure they’re visible with a reflective or light-up collar or harness. Cats that have access to the outdoors at night should have a reflective collar, but it’s generally best to keep cats in after dark.
- Watch out for winter toxins: Chemicals such as antifreeze are toxic to pets and salts put on the road for de-icing can irritate paws. If your pets have been outside, clean their paws when they get in.
- Provide warmth indoors: Heating pads, cozy beds and blankets are all great for keeping your pets warm while they’re indoors.
Winter essentials for dogs
Hurtta Extreme Warmer Insulated Dog Parka
If you live somewhere temperatures routinely drop below freezing, your dog needs a thick, warm coat for winter walks. This one is extremely well-insulated and has a water-resistant outer layer that’s great for snowy days.
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This cute number is perfect for chilly days and is as comfortable as it is warm. It has plenty of stretch to it, making it easy to put on or take off.
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Aspen Pet Self-Warming Bolster Bed
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Op-Ed: California’s fight for a safer internet isn’t over
This month, a bill to regulate social media services for children was rejected by California’s Senate Appropriations Committee without explanation. The proposed legislation, sponsored by Assemblymembers Jordan Cunningham (R-Paso Robles) and Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and called the Social Media Platform Duty to Children Act, would have allowed the state attorney general and local prosecutors to sue social media companies for knowingly incorporating features into their products that addicted children. The powerful tech industry lobbied for months to defeat the bill.
But a companion bill spearheaded by the same lawmakers — the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act — survived the appropriations committee and may still become law.
Without the strong enforcement provisions in the Social Media Platform Duty to Children Act, some despair that the legislative effort was a waste of time. Progress, however, is made in increments. These legislative efforts have already achieved several gains.
California lawmakers on Thursday rejected a proposal that could have forced some popular social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok to pay fines for using features they know can harm children.
First, they named the problem as one of corporate responsibility and reframed the public discussion around social media regulation.
Both bills identified social media addiction as a legitimate problem, and one caused by corporations. Social media companies and their defenders have repeatedly rejected responsibility for the addictive nature of their offerings. Facebook, for example, has denied reports that Instagram use harmed teenage girls and pushed back forcefully against claims that its platform harms users.
This corporate gaslighting effectively blames children for being addicted to social media and conveniently ignores how companies have intentionally designed their products to have addictive features, suggesting: My product isn’t the problem; it’s your kid. The bipartisan legislative effort rejected this view, legitimized parental concerns about social media addiction and reframed the issue as one of corporate responsibility and product liability instead of blaming the victim.
Second, these bills recognized that internet use implicates competing values and priorities and chipped away at Big Tech exceptionalism.
When faced with the prospect of any kind of online regulation, social media companies, old-school internet idealists and free-market zealots ring the same two alarm bells: Regulation will stifle free speech and impede tech innovation. For the past couple of decades or so, these twin bugbears have scared away legislators from imposing regulation with real teeth. But these arguments have multiple flaws.
Social media companies are not absolute protectors of free speech and already impose limits on the speech they distribute. Nor are they the only innovative businesses subject to regulation. The biotech industry, for example, must comply with regulations that promote safety and efficacy.
A focus only on so-called free speech and innovation further ignores that other important values can be threatened by an unregulated internet, such as privacy, autonomy and safety.
Until this month, it looked as though California might finally pass a bill that would hold the tech industry accountable for the harm caused by its products. But even though that enforcement legislation creating a new path for lawsuits has been killed, the fight isn’t over.
California lawmakers should advance legislation to make social media safer for children and keep pressure on Congress to craft a national fix.
The design legislation that’s still alive in the state Senate would require companies to implement common-sense privacy requirements such as stringent default settings and clear, concise terms of service. It would also require companies to assess the impact that their products have on children and prohibit features such as “dark patterns,” pop-ups and other elements of the product interface that encourage children to provide personal information.
These provisions are not just good for children — they’re good for all users. Critics who claim that the legislation would require age verification on all websites are missing the point. Companies should comply with these provisions regardless of the age of their users; age verification would be necessary only if they wish to engage in deceptive and harmful online practices with adult users.
The legislation would impose civil penalties of up to $2,500 or $7,500 per child depending on whether the violation is negligent or intentional. Although these penalties may be too small to financially damage companies such as Facebook (or technically, Meta), the bill stipulates that they will be used to offset the costs of regulation. Civil penalties also tend to have a public shaming effect, which may further erode the Teflon coating that has long protected the tech industry from regulation.
Moreover, the death of the companion bill empowering state lawsuits doesn’t preclude all civil lawsuits against social media companies. Although parents would not be able to sue under the design bill itself, the standards that develop in response to it may help parents in lawsuits brought against companies on the basis of product liability, tort or contract liability. Tech may face pressure from consumers too: Companies that fail to conform to prevailing business norms may be seen as negligent or reckless.
It’s now up to the state Senate to approve the common-sense design act that will help protect California’s children from addictive and toxic online environments.
Nancy Kim is a law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology.
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BENSALEM, Pa., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Upstart Holdings, Inc. ("Upstart" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: UPST).
Class Period: March 18, 2021 – May 9, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 12, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Upstart investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) that Upstart's AI model could not adequately account for macroeconomic factors such as interest rates that impact the market-clearing price for loans; (2) that, as a result, Upstart was experiencing negative impact on its conversion rate; (3) that, as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to use its balance sheet to fund loans; and (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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A brush fire ignited in South Salem Friday evening in the Vitae Springs area, causing near immediate evacuations around the area, the Statesman Journal reported.
Fire crews were fighting the fire from different locations near Vitae Springs Road South and Skyline Road South. Eighteen other agencies, including units from Silverton, Stayton, Woodburn, Jefferson have responded, the Statesman said. Evacuees were being sent to a local middle school.
Marion County Sheriff’s Office has issued Level 3 (go now) evacuation orders for areas two miles from 4004 Vitae Springs Road South. Level 2 and 1 evacuation orders are in place for areas between four and six miles from the fire. Sheriff’s deputies went door to door to evacuate people in certain areas.
The road was closed at Skyline Drive, and people traveling east were turned around. Oregon Department of Forestry officials told the Statesman that a helicopter was dropping water from the Willamette River onto the fire.
People trying to evacuate livestock were told to contact officials at Judson Middle School.
This comes as strong winds and dry climate forced power shutdowns across the state, and seven large wildfires are already burning. Conditions are expected to improve after Sunday, with temperatures lowering into the 70s.
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Through its new Bid Efficiency feature, DeepIntent has effectively reduced its bid data
processing by one-third
NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DeepIntent, the leading healthcare advertising technology company built to influence better patient health and business outcomes, today announced the platform-wide launch of Bid Efficiency, as well as its commitment to reducing its overall carbon footprint by a proportion equal to 168 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) per year. This number roughly translates to 417,011 miles driven by an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle.
Carbon dioxide levels are the highest they've been in recorded human history. According to the Shift Project, a French think tank advocating the shift to a post-carbon economy, the Internet is responsible for 3.7% of global emissions. This number, equivalent to all the world's air traffic, is set to double by 2025. Every 1 million ad impressions collectively generate approximately 1 MTCO2e, about the same as a drive from New York City to Phoenix, according to supply side platform Sharethrough.
The vast majority of advertising technology emissions are generated by the storage, processing, and transmission of data. Programmatic bidding is among the largest data sources for DeepIntent. Bid Efficiency optimizes the way the company processes bid requests to reduce the overall energy it takes to deliver against a campaign's objectives. While improving clients' win rates, this free feature has helped DeepIntent increase the efficiency of processing bid requests, effectively reducing its processing of bid data by one-third as compared to in-platform campaigns not using Bid Efficiency. DeepIntent also plans to integrate real-time metrics into its demand side platform that reports the MTCO2e energy savings attributed to Bid Efficiency for every campaign on the platform.
DeepIntent is furthering its decarbonization efforts by forging strategic partnerships with like-minded advertising technology companies. Earlier this year, DeepIntent began listing all of its Green Media Products partners on its website. Partners' products include GreenPMPs™ from Sharethrough and ad exchange OpenX, both of which leverage Scope3, a leader in supply chain emissions data, to measure and compensate for ad campaigns' carbon emissions. DeepIntent also exclusively works with data centers and cloud providers that have initiatives in place to become carbon neutral if they aren't already, such as Amazon, Google, and Equinix.
"Climate change is the defining issue of our time and as an organization, DeepIntent is committed to doing our part to mitigate that. Optimizing our programmatic bidding has significantly decreased the amount of data we process, greatly reducing the energy it takes to power our platform. Coupling smarter, more energy-efficient software implementations with ironclad commitments from our vendors to reduce their energy usage will be foundational tools for achieving our commitment to lowering our carbon footprint," said Anton Yazovskiy, Chief Technology Officer at DeepIntent.
"At Sharethrough, we are really excited to play our part in supporting DeepIntent in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint from digital advertising, as we believe that the role of ad tech companies is critical to building more sustainable media solutions," said Ben Skinazi, Chief Marketing Officer at Sharethrough. "Facilitating the use of Sharethrough's Green Media Products to the DeepIntent users is an easy, yet impactful, way of lowering carbon emissions from programmatic campaigns."
For more information about DeepIntent, visit https://www.deepintent.com/
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DeepIntent is leading the healthcare advertising industry with data-driven solutions built for the future. Built purposefully for healthcare marketers, DeepIntent's platform is proven to drive higher audience quality and script performance. It enables marketers to plan, activate, measure, and optimize their campaigns all within a single platform. Conceived by former Memorial Sloan Kettering data scientists, DeepIntent empowers all of the top ten pharmaceutical companies and the leading healthcare advertising agencies to improve patient outcomes through the artful use of advertising, data science, and real-world health data. For more information, visit DeepIntent.com or find us on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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Study reveals how drinking two or more cups of black tea a day could affect your longevity
Video above: If you aren't sipping hibiscus tea, you're missing out on major health benefits
A warm cup of tea in your favorite mug can seem to heal the soul — and a new study finds it may be good for your body, too.
Drinking two or more cups of black tea a day is associated with a lower risk of death from all causes, according to the study published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The study looked at nearly 500,000 men and women ages 40 to 69 years old who participated in the UK Biobank, which houses in-depth genetic and health information, between 2006 and 2010. The database included information participants reported about their own tea drinking habits, such as frequency and what they added to their cup, according to the study.
Some participants didn't drink black tea at all, but since the data came from the United Kingdom, there also were plenty of people who drank it regularly — and some who drank up to 10 cups a day, said lead study author Maki Inoue-Choi, an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute in the U.S.
Video below: Five tips for keeping your caffeine consumption in check
The Biobank followed up about 10 years after the original survey, and researchers found that people who drank two or more cups of tea daily in the interim were less likely to have died from causes such as cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and stroke, according to the study.
The research is an exciting look into tea drinking habits, but there is still more work that needs to be done before recommending dietary changes, said Howard Sesso, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Sesso was not involved in the study.
"The authors tried to control for other dietary factors, but tea drinkers typically differ from non-tea drinkers in other ways that would likely weaken these findings. We really need more randomized clinical trials testing tea intake," Sesso said in an email.
What about the milk and sugar?
For many tea drinkers, the process of making their tea is crucial.
What temperature does the water need to be? Do you take it black? Do you add milk? Sugar? How much?
If you can't imagine taking your tea black, don't worry just yet. There was no significant reduction in health benefits for those who added milk or sugar, according to the study.
That doesn't necessarily mean it's the healthiest way to drink tea, though. Inoue-Choi said health experts strongly encourage limiting sugar and the saturated fats like those in milk.
Should you change your drinking habits?
Although it's hard to say for sure from the research so far, Inoue-Choi said there are some good reasons why black tea might be so beneficial.
"There are multiple possible mechanisms," she said. "Tea is rich in bioactive compounds ... They have the potential to decrease oxidated stress and inflammation. That could protect against health conditions such as cancer and heart disease."
There has been plenty of research on the health benefits of green tea.
Observational studies, like one from 2013, suggest that it could slow the growth of precancerous legions, while a 2014 study found that green tea consumption is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline.
Both black and green tea come from variations of the same plant, camellia sinensis, but little research before now has looked into the impacts of drinking black tea, Inoue-Choi said.
Because of the lack of research, it may not be time to add black tea into your daily routine just yet, she added.
"Our findings may provide reassurance to people who already drink tea every day, but we don't recommend making decisions about whether people start drinking tea or change how much they are drinking right now," Inoue-Choi said.
People shouldn't rely on the results from a single study for these kinds of changes, she said, and more research is needed to round out the findings.
"This study does not prove that tea intake reduces mortality, but it does suggest that if you are currently drinking tea — and especially black tea, which was the tea type of choice in the UK — you can continue to do so," Sesso said.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis Godby, 66, Sacramento, California Naturopathic Doctor, will begin solo walk across USA - his third on foot across the USA – Walk USA for Health Equity (WUHE) from Myrtle Beach, SC, September 12, 2022, and walk through many North Carolina communities to Knoxville, TN.
Dr. Godby will meet media at 4:30 pm in front of city hall daily. See daily itinerary on website.
COVID's devastating impact on Americans with pre-existing, pre-disposing and often, preventable medical conditions is call to action and inspired the walk across America. WUHE will highlight: America's desperate health conditions in many communities of color, for example, one's zip code being better predictor of one's health than their genetics, teach practical ways to get and stay healthy, and advocate for health equity so that everyone has opportunity to be healthy.
Dr. Godby will walk one-fifth of the country each year. Dr. Godby is partnering with local organizations, such as North Carolina Association of Naturopathic Physicians, ministers, health equity advocates and others to host community health forums on day Dr. Godby passes through town to include topics such as: vitamin D, safe drinking water, exercise, access to nutrition, mental health issues, and safe neighborhoods. The public events may also include health fairs with blood pressure, glucose and other free health checks.
The first leg of the walk—610 miles —will end in Knoxville, October 10, 2022. The 2nd to 5th legs, include Knoxville, TN to Seattle, WA from 2023 to 2026.
To minimize cost of walk, and have more opportunities to meet people along route, Dr. Godby will not use a support vehicle, but backpack and camp. Dr. Godby will walk 22 miles per day, beginning walk 6:30-8 am, and end 4 pm, depending on planned local events, and unforeseen factors.
As a 44-year veteran of long runs and walks of conscience for health and social justice, Dr. Godby, hopes to inspire individual health improvement and systemic change.
Dr. Godby says he does these extreme endurance events putting him at risk because: "The amount of risk and vulnerability one's willing to endure for a cause is directly proportional to people's willingness to listen, open their hearts, and be inspired. This method of non-violent, direct action, often earns one the right to be heard."
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It looks like one of the most high-profile celebrity couples may be broken up. The Internet has deduced that Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are no longer dating.
As spotted on High Snobiety, the Think Like A Dog star has scrubbed the rapper from all her social media channels. On Sunday, Feb. 12 fans noticed that Megan stopped following Machine Gun Kelly on Instagram. While that is probably the biggest red flag with confirming true love in this era of digital sharing, her followers also noticed she also removed any photos where he was featured. Additionally, she started using cryptic quotes from Beyoncé’s “Pray You Catch Me” (“You can taste the dishonesty/it’s all over your breath”) throughout her Instagram stories. A day later, she deactivated her Instagram entirely.
Back in January 2022, the two got engaged after months of a very public relationship. Since then, breakup rumors have followed them along with ongoing criticism for their at times bizarre behavior. In April, Megan confirmed with Glamour that they drank each other’s blood in pint-sized portions.
“Yeah. So, I guess to drink each other’s blood might mislead people or people are imagining us with goblets and we’re like Game of Thrones, drinking each other’s blood. It’s just a few drops, but yes, we do consume each other’s blood on occasion for ritual purposes only” she explained.
Machine Gun Kelly has yet to comment on Megan’s social media scrubbing, but it should be noted that photos of her still live on his feed. So in theory; there still is hope.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s top prosecutor Wednesday ordered the release of all suspects detained in the investigation into the deadly 2020 port blast in Beirut and filed charges against the judge leading the probe, he told The Associated Press.
The move by chief prosecutor Judge Ghassan Oweidat marked another blow to the investigation, which has stalled for years. The probe has threatened to rattle Lebanon’s ruling elite, which is rife with corruption and mismanagement, and has helped push the country into an unprecedented economic meltdown.
Oweidat charged Bitar with resuming his work despite legal challenges against him that had halted the investigation, abusing authority, conducting work contradictory to his prerogatives, and overstepping his authority. He also issued a travel ban.
The decision came after Bitar on Monday resumed the investigation into the devastating port blast, following a 13-month halt over legal challenges raised by politicians accused in the probe — including the chief prosecutor.
Bitar in a statement Wednesday said Oweidat's decision to release the detainees was “illegal” and that he could not charge a judge who has already charged him in an investigation.
Oweidat in December 2020 announced his withdrawal from any involvement in the Beirut blast investigation due to his ties to charged former minister and parliamentarian Ghazi Zeiter.
Bitar told The Associated Press that he will go on with the investigation, “even if it is going to cost me my life" and hopes that there will be an indictment ahead of the third anniversary of the blast this coming August.
“I have nothing against Judge Oweidat but there are some suspicions that came up. He should come and defend himself,” Bitar said. “I will continue with the case and I will not leave it unless they remove me completely."
“Everyone that I summon has to come because the blood of the victims is above everything,” the judge added.
Hundreds of tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate, a material used in fertilizers, detonated at Beirut Port on Aug. 4, 2020, killing 218 people, injuring over 6,000 and damaging large parts of the Lebanese capital.
Seventeen detainees have been held for years in pre-trial detention pending the results of the investigation. Although they were ordered to be released, they must stay in the country.
Lawyer Sakher El Hachem, who represents former port authority head Hassan Koraytem and a former port official, U.S. citizen Ziad al-Ouf, told the AP that they received confirmation of the decision from the judiciary and that his clients would be released Wednesday.
The officials added that Oweidat sent a police officer to Bitar's residence to notify him of the charges and instruct Bitar to visit his office, but the maverick investigator declined to speak with him.
“We have been waiting for this for so long because he’s been unlawfully detained for two and a half years,” al-Ouf’s daughter Dalia told AP. “What happened today is very thrilling and we’re very happy.”
“We thought he will never come out because you never know here wit the Lebanese laws and all the political situation so we were never sure when this will happen,” she said.
Mody Koraytem, the sister of the former port authority head, said the detainees’ release was long overdue and she claimed that they were all innocent.
“As port administration there wasn’t anything they could have done about it (the ammonium nitrate),” she said, adding that they did their jobs given that the judiciary cleared the deadly cargo to enter the port.
Some of the detainees had already left prison by late afternoon Wednesday, including former customs chief Badri Daher. “Oweidat did the right legal thing,” his lawyer, Celine Atallah, said. Daher was not available for comment.
Judge Bitar is the second investigator to lead the probe into the port blast, and has charged over a dozen senior political, security, port and security officials.
On Monday, Bitar ordered the release of five of 17 detainees in the case and charged eight officials, among them top intelligence officials Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim and Maj. Gen. Tony Saliba, as well as Oweidat.
The judge also summoned at least 14 politicians and judicial, security and customs officials for questioning in February. Senior officials have repeatedly refused to show up for questioning since the start of the probe.
Bitar took his post following the removal in February 2021 of Judge Fadi Sawwan over complaints of bias by two Cabinet ministers. If he is also removed, it could be the final blow to the investigation.
Most families of the blast’s victims have endorsed Bitar and called on authorities to allow for a thorough and unobstructed investigation. Some however have lost hope in a domestic probe and have advocated for a U.N.-mandated fact-finding mission.
They condemned Oweidat's decision Wednesday and called for a protest.
“It annihilates any hope we have left,” said Paul Naggear, an activist for the families of the blast victims and the father of a 3-year-old who died in the blast. “They want to put an end to the investigation. This is the only explanation.”
Naggear said he sympathizes with the families of the detainees. But he believes they have been “manipulated” by Lebanon's political leadership into blaming Bitar for not releasing them sooner rather than blaming the authorities for putting the investigation on ice.
Amnesty International said the Lebanese authorities aren't interested in justice.
“The Lebanese authorities have run roughshod over the law, shamelessly bypassing an ongoing criminal investigation and retaliating against a judge who was just doing his job,” said Amnesty Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East & North Africa Aya Majzoub.
Lebanon’s political leadership have accused Bitar without evidence of being biased in his investigation, with some demanding his removal.
Lebanese media reported earlier Wednesday that the Higher Judicial Council, the country's top judicial body, will meet Thursday to discuss Bitar's status in the probe and a proposal to introduce an auxiliary judge into the investigation.
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Iran, China aggression toward dissidents shows regimes 'shaken to their core,': Enes Kanter Freedom
Kanter Freedom has long been a top critic of the CCP
Former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom sounded off Tuesday on the reported threats from Iran's authoritarian regime against families of the nation's World Cup soccer players, after members of the team boycotted their national anthem in a prior game.
Kanter Freedom, who changed his last name to reflect the pride he feels as a Turkish-born American citizen in a country that values "freedom" unlike his homeland, said he similarly stands in solidarity with the Iranian protesters risking their own lives to picket President Ebrahim Raisi's government.
Kanter Freedom told Fox News the U.S.-Iran match – which the United States won following just over 9 minutes of stoppage time 1-0 – is more than a soccer game to him.
"Right before the game, I just saw that the families of Iran's world soccer team have been, you know, threatened with imprisonment and torture if the players fail to behave. And when I heard that, I was like I was I just couldn't believe it. It was unacceptable," he said.
"Kudos and applause to all the Iranian players that want to take the right stand but who have been getting so much pressure from their government."
The basketball star has in the past has been vocal in support of human rights, publicly criticizing the NBA and Commissioner Adam Silver for reputed closeness with China, a country similarly controlled by an authoritarian presidency.
Until he was eventually waived by the Houston Rockets, Kanter Freedom played for the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks, notably wearing several NBA-rule-abiding but anti-CCP slogans such as "Free Tibet" and "Slave Labor" – the latter directed at shoemaker Nike.
On Tuesday, Kanter Freedom further criticized the treatment of Iran's soccer team and the human rights protesters in Tehran, lamenting reports Iranian law enforcement has been "drafted" to monitor the players while they are in Qatar for the World Cup.
"[T]his is definitely unacceptable," he said. "I've been praying for the brave Iranian protesters so hard every night, you know, I mean, we are seeing unshakable authoritarian regimes are now being shaken at their very core."
Kanter Freedom said while Iranian civilians are risking their lives to denounce Raisi and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he feels the same compassion for those in China who are similarly taking brave stands against the regime of President Xi Jinping, whose CCP had instituted draconian coronavirus lockdowns in Zhangzhou and elsewhere.
The protests in both autocratic countries bring him hope for the future, Kanter Freedom said, because it shows there is a growing global rejection of authoritarianism in favor of simple human rights otherwise respected across the western world.
"Whatever it costs, they are going to the streets and they are doing the best they can to first bring awareness – and say… that [they] want a freedom of speech, freedom of religion and of protest," he concluded.
"I've been praying for them so hard, and I hope that things will change in countries like Iran, countries like China and countries like Russia."
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