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Oprah tells class of 2023 to follow ‘still, small voice’
By TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey delighted graduates at her alma mater Tennessee State University on Saturday, telling the story of how she fell one credit short of graduating as she launched the media career that would make her a household name.
Giving the commencement address at the historically Black university, Winfrey recalled that she was living with her father in East Nashville while attending college, helping out in his store, and presenting the weekend news at a Black radio station. That’s where the lead anchor of the local CBS television affiliate heard her voice. He called her at school to ask if she wanted a job.
“I said, ‘No sir. TV? Not really, sir, because my father says I have to finish school, and school is just too important,’” Winfrey recalled.
She then went back to class and related the conversation to her scene design professor who “looked at me as if I didn’t have the brains that God gave lettuce,” Winfrey said.
He spoke to her father, and Winfrey took the job. Beginning the second semester of her sophomore year, Winfrey arranged to finish her classes by 2:00 p.m. so she could work at the television station from 2:30 to 10:30 and be home by her father’s 11:00 p.m. curfew.
By the end of her senior year in 1975, Winfrey’s career was in full swing. So she wasn’t terribly distressed to learn that she was one credit short and would not be able to graduate. But her father would not let go of the topic, asking her for years, “‘When you going to get that degree?’” she said.
Finally in 1988, she was allowed to write a paper and submit some of her shows for the final credit.
“So I got my degree from Tennessee State, right around the time I got my third Emmy,” Winfrey said.
Her success in life has come from God’s grace and from listening to what she called the “still, small voice” inside while filtering out the noise of the world. That way “you begin to know your own heart and figure out what matters most,” Winfrey said. “Every right move I’ve made has come from listening deeply and following that still, small voice.”
Winfrey told the class of 2023 they are living in a difficult time in many ways.
“Unfortunately, you are going to encounter people who insist that it’s not actually possible to make any difference,” she said. But she held up the examples of Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson who are “using their lives to prove the cynics wrong.”
The Republican majority expelled the two young Black Democratic lawmakers last month after they breached decorum by protesting for stricter gun laws from the House floor. They were reinstated on a interim basis by their local city councils within days and now face a special election to regain their seats.
The United States is “not a finished product,” she said. “Anything is possible. The wheels are still in spin. Saints walk among us. And as Nelson Mandela so brilliantly demonstrated, it’s better to be hopeful than fearful, if for no other reason than that hope brings us one step closer to joy.” | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/05/06/oprah-tells-class-of-2023-to-follow-still-small-voice/ | 2023-05-06 17:43:23 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/05/06/oprah-tells-class-of-2023-to-follow-still-small-voice/ |
George W Bush, the 43rd President of the United States of America, speaks at inaugural event during the week of the RSA Conference in San Francisco
NEW YORK, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolution Equity Partners, a leader in venture capital investment in cybersecurity, is pleased to announce the inaugural Presidents Forum, a prestigious international event that convenes Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), cybersecurity professionals, global leaders, and heads of state to discuss and collaborate on cybersecurity and related issues. The forum provides a unique platform for participants to collaborate on ways to address the complex and evolving cybersecurity challenges facing our world today.
The 2023 Presidents Forum took place in San Francisco on April 25th, 2023, during the week of the RSA Conference, and featured an exclusive conversation with George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States on the challenges facing our nation in the 21st century. The interview was moderated by Robert Rodriguez, Founder and Chairman of the Security Innovation Network - SINET. The invitation-only event was attended by 150 participants from around the world.
"We are thrilled to announce the inaugural Presidents Forum, which will provide a vital platform for global leaders and cybersecurity professionals to work together to safeguard individuals, organizations, and nations against cyber threats," said Richard Seewald, Founder and Managing Partner of Evolution Equity Partners. "Through high-level discussions and working sessions, we hope to identify solutions and establish a shared vision for a safer and more secure digital future. The 2023 Presidents Forum will be the first of a series of events covering these topics with cybersecurity executives and diverse perspectives from global leaders."
About Evolution Equity Partners
Evolution Equity Partners, headquartered in New York City, partners with rapidly growing cybersecurity software companies that safeguard our digital world. The firm was founded by investor and technology entrepreneurs Richard Seewald and Dennis Smith, who manage and lead the firm, and its partners have been involved as founders, investors and as senior operating executives in leading software companies around the world. Evolution has invested in over fifty cybersecurity companies building a growing portfolio of market leaders. Learn more at www.evolutionequity.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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CHICAGO — Robert Tonyan’s NFL career blossomed over six seasons while catching passes from Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
But all the while Tonyan, a 6-foot-5, 240-pound tight end, kept in his basement the jersey and autograph from a childhood hero, former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher.
Tonyan, 28, grew up in McHenry, Ill., and played quarterback for McHenry East before moving to wide receiver at Indiana State and tight end with the Packers. His NFL dreams along the way often were colored in orange and blue, and this week he made that a reality by signing a one-year contract with the Bears.
He joins a growing list of Bears players from the Northwest suburbs, including fellow tight end Cole Kmet, returning linebacker Jack Sanborn and new linebacker T.J. Edwards.
“Did I think I’d be a tight end for the Bears? No,” Tonyan said on a videoconference call with Chicago reporters Friday. “But did I think I’d play for the Bears? Yeah, absolutely. In my brain I was playing for the Bears my whole life. I’m just super pumped to be here.”
Tonyan entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie in 2017 and had limited contributions in his first two seasons on the field in 2018-19.
He had a career year in 2020 with 52 catches for 586 yards and 11 touchdowns, but his 2021 season was cut nine games short because of an ACL tear. He recovered in time to play in all 17 games in 2022 and had 53 catches for 470 yards and two touchdowns. But it took a while to feel like himself on the field again.
“It’s difficult because you don’t play football for a whole year, and your body and mind kind of check out of the actual football aspect of things,” he said. “Neurologically speaking, your body is not used to those movements and playing and straining and stuff like that. But toward the end of the year, the last four games after our late bye week, I started feeling like myself again and being able to put my brand of football out there that I was seeking. I just ended strong, and it gave me a better feeling about going into the offseason and going into this process.”
Tonyan said he spent most of Thursday talking with Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, who worked with him in Green Bay. Tonyan said he thinks he can be a good complement to Kmet. And he wants to bring another playmaker to the offense for quarterback Justin Fields, from whom he saw good progress last season while watching from afar.
Bears general manager Ryan Poles said in a statement that Tonyan is “a great addition to our roster with his familiarity of the scheme and pass-catching ability.” Poles also has brought in new wide receiver DJ Moore and running back D’Onta Foreman over the last week to help Fields.
“(Fields) is a mentally strong young player,” Tonyan said. “That’s hard to do when you come in the league when you have a lot of — whether it’s positive or negative — things being said about you in the media, just keeping your cool and playing your game. … He’s staying in there, taking hits, popping up. He kept coming back for more.
“That’s what you want in a quarterback and a leader, someone who doesn’t quit or back down, playing through injuries or whatever it may be. I’m just super excited to be a part of that.”
Tonyan makes the switch in the Bears-Packers rivalry during a strange time in Green Bay as Rodgers hopes to be traded to the New York Jets this offseason and the Packers prepare to move on with quarterback Jordan Love.
Tonyan said the offseason uncertainty has been “kind of the norm over the years,” noting he doesn’t think that’s negative but just something that goes with the tail end of players’ careers. He said Rodgers has “earned the right to have that attention and say-so with his future.”
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Tonyan didn’t necessarily need to know the details of the Packers’ quarterback plans before making a decision on his next move.
“Just holding my future in my own hands was the biggest thing for me this year,” Tonyan said. “Making the right decision, the next move just very cautiously. I think — not I think — I believe, I know I made the right decision.”
Joining the Bears is the next step in a winding journey for Tonyan that included throwing for 5,000 yards and 40 touchdowns at McHenry East. He played one season at quarterback at FCS Indiana State before switching to wide receiver for his final three seasons. He had 150 catches for 2,047 yards and 20 touchdowns there.
After going undrafted, he joined the Detroit Lions but was cut before the 2017 season and eventually latched on with the Packers.
“Some people’s paths and destinations are just different, and it just kind of goes to show my personality is just keep going,” Tonyan said. “There are going to be ups and downs, but if you can just stay even-keel internally, just have a vision and the goals at the end, and when you see that light at the end of the tunnel, just kind of take advantage of it.
“Just trust the process and home in on your own craft and your own work. Worry about yourself. Don’t compare. Just keep working and things are going to work out for you.”
History photos: Chicago's Soldier Field through the years
Green Bay Packers tight end Robert Tonyan (85) leaps for a ball as Chicago Bears inside linebacker Alec Ogletree (44) defends during an NFL football game on Oct. 17, 2021, in Chicago.
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, November 20, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Diego CA
943 PM PST Fri Nov 18 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 2 PM PST
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 40 to 55 mph
expected. Winds will be strongest on the coastal mountain
slopes, and adjacent foothills.
* WHERE...Eastern portions of the San Diego County Valleys and
San Diego County Mountains.
* WHEN...From 3 AM Saturday to 2 PM PST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Areas of northeast winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts up to
70 mph expected.
* WHERE...Los Angeles County Mountains and Santa Monica
Mountains.
* WHEN...Until 3 PM PST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds may blow down large objects such as
trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will
be difficult, especially for drivers of high profile vehicles.
This includes Kanan, Malibu Canyon, Topanga, and Decker Canyon
Roads.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will be strongest late tonight
through late Saturday morning.
People should avoid being outside near large trees. If possible,
remain at home during the windstorm and avoid windows. Use
caution if you must drive.
* WHAT...Areas of northeast winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to
60 mph expected.
* WHERE...Santa Clarita Valley and Southeastern Ventura County
Valleys.
This includes Interstate 5, the 23, 101, and 118 freeways, and
Highways 14 and 126.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Areas of northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to
55 mph expected.
* WHERE...Ventura County Mountains.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and
make driving difficult, especially for drivers of high profile
vehicles. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power
outages may result.
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects such as lawn furniture.
* WHAT...Areas of north to northeast winds 20 to 35 mph with
gusts of 50 to 55 mph expected.
* WHERE...Central Ventura County Valleys and Los Angeles County
San Fernando Valley.
through late Saturday morning. In the San Fernando Valley, the
strongest winds will be across northern and western portions
of the valley.
* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts to between 50 and
* WHERE...Ventura County Beaches and Ventura County Inland Coast.
vehicles. This includes Highway 101 and Pacific Coast Highway.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result.
* WHAT...Areas of north to northeast winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts
up to between 50 and 55 mph expected.
* WHERE...Malibu Coast.
vehicles. This includes the Pacific Coast Highway. Tree limbs
could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM PST
SATURDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN SLOPES AND BELOW PASSES IN SAN
BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES...THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...
PORTIONS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE, INLAND AND COASTAL ORANGE COUNTY...
* WINDS...Northeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 to 55 mph.
Isolated wind gusts near 65 mph in favored passes.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 to 15 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended. Be very cautious if
driving, especially along Interstates 10, 15 & 215 near the
passes in the Inland Empire and along Interstates 5 & 405 in
Orange County.
* LOCATION...The Inland Empire extending south of the Cajon Pass
and ares through and west of the Banning Pass...Coastal Slopes
of the San Bernardino County Mountains and areas near Mt. San
Jacinto...Coastal Slopes of the Santa Ana Mountains, southern
Orange County Coastal and Inland Areas.
* ADDITIONAL INFO...Highest winds will occur on Saturday
morning. Relative humidity values will start out higher at
night, decreasing Saturday morning and afternoon. Winds will
remain breezy into Sunday morning.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Asurity Technologies, LLC ("Asurity") is pleased to announce industry leading mortgage regulatory attorney, Jonas Hoerler, has joined Asurity's RegCheck® product team as Chief Regulatory Counsel.
In this newly defined role, Jonas will oversee software implementation of all quantifiable compliance testing and functionality, spearhead the review of legislative and regulatory developments to ensure necessary product updates are made in a timely fashion, and interface with state and federal government agencies as well as external counsel, as necessary, to secure relevant guidance. With his extensive domain knowledge acquired over the past fifteen years, Jonas also will be an incredible resource to Asurity's expanding RegCheck client base.
Luke Wimer, COO at Asurity said, "Adding Jonas to our RegCheck team enhances our ability to monitor and rapidly implement legal and regulatory change within the solution. In addition, his regulatory experience will enrich the development of the product, further solidifying it as a leading solution which the industry relies on for comprehensive compliance checks against loan level data pulled from any integrated LOS."
RegCheck is a best-in-class Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables loan officers and compliance specialists to accelerate loan closings with greater confidence and accuracy. Leveraging the advantages of innovative technology and deep domain expertise, it rapidly identifies root cause compliance failures in loan applications and pinpoints the specific data gaps that need to be addressed throughout the loan origination process, accelerating processing timelines, reducing errors, as well as making loans more serviceable and saleable.
As the newest addition to Asurity's suite of industry leading compliance products and solutions tailored for consumer lenders, RegCheck runs on MISMO 3.4 standard through integrations with LOS applications such as Vesta, Calyx, and Encompass, or can be added as a service to Asurity's Propel document platform.
Prior to joining RegCheck, Jonas served as Senior Regulatory Attorney at SitusAMC where he managed mortgage lending compliance requirements of multiple federal agencies and state jurisdictions, including but not limited to California, New York, Texas, and New Jersey, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. He also assisted with client negotiations for major lending institutions, among other responsibilities.
"I am proud to be a part of the RegCheck team and look forward to working closely with Asurity's deep bench of subject matter experts to further advance the solution. The growth of RegCheck and Asurity's other compliance products is indicative of the performance and power of these RegTech solutions, as well as the commitment and dedication of the entire Asurity team," said Jonas Hoerler.
For more information on RegCheck by Asurity contact us at info@asurity.com or (202) 765-2150.
Asurity delivers compliance-focused solutions to the mortgage and consumer lending industries. RegCheck was developed with input from Asurity's internal compliance experts and Asurity's legal partners to deliver complete compliance confidence. The system provides built-in compliance testing and highly accurate methodologies that take into account the ever-changing regulations. An interactive PDF compliance report and alert system point out data elements that require attention and correction, reducing the time it takes to identify any non-conforming aspects of a loan package. Built-in APIs provide seamless integration to Loan Origination Systems. For additional information, visit www.asurity.com.
Media Contact:
Era Williams
Director of Marketing
(214) 257-1763
ewilliams@asurity.com
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Video Above: Previous coverage of Taqueria Garibaldi labor concerns
(KTXL) — The owner of two Sacramento-area restaurants illegally denied $70,000 in overtime wages and allegedly offered workers the services of a “priest” to confess “workplace sins” to, the U.S. Labor Department said.
The Labor Department said the owners of two locations of the northern California Mexican food chain Taqueria Garibaldi also “paid managers from the employee tip pool illegally, threatened employees with retaliation and adverse immigration consequences for cooperating with the department, and fired one worker who they believed had complained to the department.”
Che Garibaldi Inc., which operates two Taqueria Garibaldi locations in Sacramento and Roseville, agreed to pay $70,000 in back wages and $70,000 in damages to 35 employees.
The company will also pay $5,000 in civil penalties.
Under oath, an employee of Taqueria Garibaldi explained how the restaurant offered a supposed priest to hear their workplace “sins” while other employees reported that a manager falsely claimed that immigration issues would be raised by the department’s investigation,” said the Regional Solicitor of Labor Marc Pilotin in San Francisco.
The employee testified that the person identified as a priest urged the staff to “get the sins out” and asked workers if they had stolen from the employer, been late for work, had done anything to harm their employer, or if they had bad intentions toward their employer.
“This employer’s despicable attempts to retaliate against employees were intended to silence workers, obstruct an investigation and prevent the recovery of unpaid wages,” Pilotin added. | https://www.ksn.com/news/california-restaurant-allegedly-offered-employees-priest-to-confess-workplace-sins/ | 2023-06-19 21:08:35 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/california-restaurant-allegedly-offered-employees-priest-to-confess-workplace-sins/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Wishpond Technologies Ltd. (TSXV: WISH) (OTCQX: WPNDF) (the "Company" or "Wishpond"), a provider of marketing-focused online business solutions, is pleased to announce that it expects to release its Third Quarter Financial Statements and corresponding management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended September 30, 2022, before market open on Thursday, November 17th, 2022.
The Company will also host a conference call to discuss the results on the same day at 10:00 am PT (1:00 pm ET). The call will be hosted by Ali Tajskandar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and David Pais, Chief Financial Officer.
Please connect 5 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure time for any software download that may be required.
"Ali Tajskandar"
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Wishpond is a provider of marketing-focused online business solutions. Wishpond's vision is to become the leading provider of digital marketing solutions that empower entrepreneurs to achieve success online. The Company offers an "all-in-one" marketing suite that provides companies with marketing, promotion, lead generation, and sales conversion capabilities on one integrated platform. Wishpond replaces disparate marketing solutions with an easy-to-use product, for a fraction of the cost. Wishpond serves over 3,700 customers who are primarily small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in a wide variety of industries. The Company has developed cutting-edge marketing technology solutions and continues to add new features and applications with great velocity. The Company employs a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model where substantially all the Company's revenue is subscription-based recurring revenue which provides excellent revenue predictability and cash flow visibility. Wishpond is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker "WISH", and on the OTCQX Best Market under the ticker "WPNDF". For further information, visit: www.wishpond.com.
While the Company expects to release its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 on November 17, 2022, and host a conference call on the same day, such statements may represent forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet such disclosed timelines, however, extenuating circumstances such as delays in accounting review, the availability of employees and consultants, and other pressing business or regulatory requirements which may divert management attention from the preparation of the financial statements and attendance of the conference, among other factors, may cause the Company to not be able to meet such deadlines. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and are made as of the date hereof. The Company disclaims any intention and has no obligation or responsibility, except as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza ended after five days, as a ceasefire took effect and appeared to hold late Saturday night.
Over the course of the fighting, 33 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, including civilians and combatants. Two civilians were killed in Israel — a woman in the central Israeli city of Rehovot and a Gaza resident who was working in a town on the Israeli side of the border.
Islamic Jihad shot more than 1,000 rockets at Israel during the conflict; many that were aimed at populated areas were intercepted by Israel’s missile defense systems, and some fell short in Gaza. Israel conducted hundreds of airstrikes in Gaza, killing six Islamic Jihad leaders.
This round of fighting began on Tuesday as Israel assassinated senior leaders of Islamic Jihad, which is designated by the United States and European Union as a terror group. Those assassinations followed a day of heavy conflict between the two sides one week earlier, after a senior member of Islamic Jihad died of a hunger strike in Israeli prison. Tuesday’s airstrikes also came after far-right figures in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition pushed for a harsher response to the Gaza rockets.
Egypt mediated Saturday’s ceasefire, and a statement from Netanyahu’s office “thanked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and expressed the appreciation of the State of Israel for Egypt’s intensive efforts to secure a ceasefire.” The statement added that Israel would refrain from further airstrikes as long as rocket attacks from Gaza ceased.
Unlike previous rounds of conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza, Hamas, the group that controls the coastal strip and is likewise designated as a terror group by the United States and EU, appeared to remain on the sidelines. Israel and Hamas have fought several times in recent decades, with their deadliest conflict taking place in the 2014 Gaza War. | https://www.jewishexponent.com/ceasefire-ends-israel-gaza-conflict-after-five-days-of-fighting/ | 2023-05-16 16:04:01 | 1 | https://www.jewishexponent.com/ceasefire-ends-israel-gaza-conflict-after-five-days-of-fighting/ |
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit 7 Systems ("Summit 7"), an industry-leading provider of security and compliance for the Defense Industrial Base, has been recognized as the 2022 Microsoft US Compliance Partner of the Year. The 2022 MSUS Compliance Partner of The Year award recognizes partners who have proven that they fully embrace the power of Microsoft's Compliance product portfolio enabling the development of solutions that deliver on long-term customer success.
Summit 7 was selected from a competitive list of Microsoft Partners for its security and compliance solutions and services focused on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). These cybersecurity regulations impact aerospace and defense organizations as well as higher education universities in the Defense Industrial Base, and will require third-party assessments of their respective information systems.
"We are extremely excited to receive this award in recognition of our extensive work with the Microsoft Government Cloud platforms and our specific focus on critical infrastructures. We understand that compliance is a key focus area for Microsoft, and we will continue to strive to be known as the first line of defense for the Defense Industrial Base" said Scott Edwards, Summit 7 CEO.
Summit 7 developed its portfolio of CMMC Compliance Solutions by mapping the security practices and regulatory controls to the Microsoft 365 GCC High and Azure Government cloud platforms. Leveraging the M365 E3 / E5 Security Suite and Azure Government infrastructure, Summit 7 has expanded its portfolio of services and solutions to become the leading provider for Microsoft's Agreement for Online Services-Government (AOS-G) licensing program.
Ben Curry, CTO at Summit 7, added "The Summit 7 team has always led the way by developing solutions that protect our customers and their sensitive data, and ultimately the United States Warfighter. To be recognized as the US Compliance Partner of The Year displays the fact that our team has worked extremely hard to provide an industry-leading portfolio built on Microsoft's Government Cloud."
July 19-20, 2022, the MSUS Partner Award winners will be featured during the Microsoft Inspire MSUS general session.
Summit 7 is a national leader in cybersecurity and compliance for the Aerospace and Defense industry and corporate enterprises. Summit 7's Microsoft Cloud solutions have led the way in meeting compliance regulations for the DIB regarding CMMC, DFARS, NIST 800-171, ITAR, and CUI. Summit 7 is privately held and headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
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BUFFALO, N.Y., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M&T Bank Corporation ("M&T") (NYSE:MTB) announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $3.0 billion of common stock, $0.50 par value per share, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The authorization replaces the prior $800 million share repurchase program authorized by the Board in January 2021 and reauthorized in February 2022.
Darren King, M&T's Chief Financial Officer, noted, "This action by the Board supports our ability to manage our shareholders' capital in a prudent manner, consistent with our long-standing approach. Our highest priority in allocating capital is to support customers in the communities that we serve while continuing to invest in our businesses. Our earnings and strong capital position provide the flexibility to achieve these important goals while returning excess capital to our investors."
The exact number of shares, timing for such purchases, and the price and terms at and on which such purchases are to be made will be at the discretion of M&T and will comply with all applicable regulatory limitations.
M&T also announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3515625 per share on its Perpetual Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H ("Series H Preferred Stock") (NYSE: MTBPrH). The dividend will be payable September 15, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 1, 2022.
M&T is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provides banking products and services in 12 states across the northeastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Trust-related services are provided in select markets in the U.S. and abroad by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank.
Forward-Looking Statements. This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statement that does not describe historical or current facts is a forward-looking statement, including statements that are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business, management's beliefs, and assumptions made by management. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "target," "estimate," "continue," or "potential," by future conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may," or by variations of such words or by similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual actions, outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. M&T provides further detail regarding risks, uncertainties and other factors that could affect the outcome of forward-looking statements in its public filings, including the "risk factors" described in M&T's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and M&T does not assume any duty, and does not undertake, to update forward-looking statements.
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Republicans are figuring out how to strengthen their recruitment efforts after a disappointing 2022 midterm cycle that many Republicans blamed on the poor quality of the party’s candidates.
GOP officials and strategists are still poring over the midterm results and debating what exactly went wrong. But there’s broad consensus that the GOP’s roster of untested — and in several cases, controversial — candidates were at least partially responsible for the party’s failed effort to recapture control of the Senate.
“One of the lessons from 2022 is that candidate quality matters a lot,” said Alex Conant, a Republican strategist and former adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). “We came up short in a couple of key races because independent voters and some moderate Republicans didn’t like our nominees.”
“If we’re going to win back the Senate and keep the House, we have to have good candidates,” he added. “In 2022, that just wasn’t the case.”
Odd-numbered years are when the parties typically look to build out their roster of candidates. But 2021 and early 2022 proved difficult for Republicans, as top-tier recruits like New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey passed on Senate bids.
Democrats went on to win the Senate races in both New Hampshire and Arizona, beating out GOP opponents who were viewed by many as too far outside the political mainstream.
In other races, like the Senate contests in Georgia and Pennsylvania, Republican voters elevated political newcomers, largely at the behest of former President Trump, who didn’t hesitate to endorse in GOP primaries.
Those outcomes proved catastrophic for Republicans. In Georgia, Trump’s Senate pick, former NFL star Herschel Walker, found himself repeatedly beset by personal controversies. In Pennsylvania, Republican nominee Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician, struggled to get his general election campaign off the ground and ultimately lost to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.).
The end result was far from what the GOP had hoped. Despite running in an otherwise favorable political environment, Republicans failed to flip even a single Democratic Senate seat, while Democrats added one seat to their razor-thin majority.
“This past time we had Trump as a force in this. Trump was a big part of Herschel Walker. He was a big part of Blake Masters,” said Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, referring to the Republican venture capitalist who lost his 2022 Senate bid to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). “Those candidates who lost, you can draw a pretty straight line from them to Donald Trump.”
The GOP’s recruitment and candidate vetting efforts also emerged as a point of contention between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the now-former chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).
Scott largely stayed out of Republican primaries, arguing that GOP voters — and not the NRSC — should determine the party’s Senate nominees. McConnell, meanwhile, criticized the quality of the GOP’s lineup of candidates, predicting early-on that the Senate would be harder for Republicans to flip than the House because of the caliber of hopefuls.
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different — they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” McConnell told reporters last summer.
Of course, 2024 may be different. Democrats are defending more than twice as many Senate seats as Republicans are and have few opportunities to go on the offensive.
Republicans also got a dose of good news on Thursday, when Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) announced that she would not seek reelection in 2024, opening up a seat in a state that the GOP sees as a prime pickup opportunity.
Multiple Republicans also expressed optimism about the party’s recruitment efforts ahead of 2024, saying that a more hands-on strategy combined with Trump’s waning influence within the GOP could help reassure top-tier recruits.
“You need people who can successfully navigate both the primary and the general. That’s the No. 1 threshold,” one Republican strategist said. “But what you have to be able to do is convince those types of candidates that, A, they’ll have the resources they need and, B, Donald Trump won’t swoop in and steal their thunder and their ability to win.”
“Again, the map is great for Republicans, but candidate recruitment is going to be critical,” the strategist added. “I think you’re already seeing the largest influencers saying that they very well may play a role in making those decisions.”
Another Republican operative familiar with Senate campaigns said that Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the new chair of the NRSC, and the Senate Leadership Fund, the influential McConnell-aligned super PAC, have signaled a willingness to play a “more active and involved” role in open 2024 Senate primaries.
Mike Berg, the communications director for the NRSC, said that the committee has already been in touch with multiple potential candidates interested in running next year.
“Recruitment is one of Chairman Daines’ top priorities and we’ve already received outreach from a number of potential top-tier candidates who are excited to run,” Berg said in a statement to The Hill.
But some Republicans said that the GOP’s candidate recruitment strategy is only one piece of a larger puzzle that still needs to be solved. One GOP Senate campaign consultant said that without adequate support from establishment-aligned groups, top-tier Senate recruits will be at risk of falling to Trump loyalists in primaries, regardless of their qualifications.
“I think it’s incumbent upon the establishment wing to do a better job, not just recruiting, but winning,” the consultant said. “They’ve got to do a better job at actually winning and campaigning in the modern day in primaries.”
Heye, the Republican strategist, said there may be a bigger challenge for party leaders hoping to recruit high-profile candidates: dysfunction in Washington. In the House, for instance, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has tried and failed for days to win the Speakership amid a rebellion from hard-right members of his own party.
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Duke looking to hire A&M linebackers coach Santucci as defensive coordinator
DURHAM, North Carolina (KBTX) - Multiple reports have come out that Duke is targeting Texas A&M linebackers coach Tyler Santucci as its next defensive coordinator.
Santucci would be joining former A&M defensive coordinator and current Blue Devils head coach, Mike Elko. Duke recently parted ways with defensive coordinator Robb Smith.
Santucci worked closely with Coach Elko in 2017, serving as a defensive analyst for a top-15 Notre Dame team that went 10-3. Santucci spent the 2018 season as a defensive analyst at Texas A&M as he joined head coach Jimbo Fisher and former defensive coordinator Mike Elko for their first season in Aggieland. He then went to Wake Forest for a season before returning to Aggieland in 2020 as a linebackers coach. He was promoted to co-defensive coordinator in 2022 after Elko left to be the head coach at Duke.
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TORONTO, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ikänik Farms, Inc. (CSE: IKNK.U) (FSE: DFMA) (the "Company" or "Ikänik Farms") is pleased to announce that it has filed articles of amendment with the effective date of May 25, 2022, to change its name from Ikänik Farms Inc. to "Pideka Group Inc." The Company's new stock symbol on the Canadian Securities Exchange will be "PDKA".
The CUSIP number assigned to the Company's Subordínate Voting Shares is 72004D106 (ISIN CA72004D1069). The CUSIP number for Series A Voting shares will be provided in a future press release.
No action is required to be taken by shareholders with respect to the name change. Outstanding share and warrant certificates are not affected by the name change and do not need to be exchanged. Shareholders do not need to tender their existing shares as the transfer agent will be pushing out the new shares to all existing shareholders. Shareholders should ensure that the transfer agent has their current contact information.
"The Company has transitioned its business to produce raw cannabis flower and derivatives for manufacturing pharmaceutical cannabis products for medical applications from its indoor cultivation facility called "Pideka" in Bogotá, Colombia, and it simply made sense that as part of this process, we change our corporate name to align with the brand equity that "Pideka" has established over the past several years as a leading indoor pharmaceutical supplier of psychoactive cannabis flower" said Borja San De Madrid, CEO.
Filing 2021 Audited Financial Statements.
Further to its press release dated April 29, 2022, the Company's financial team and auditors are continuing to work diligently to complete the audit of the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the "Audited Financial Statements") of Ikänik Farms, Inc. to enable the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") to revoke the Failure‐to‐File Cease -Trade Order issued against the Company (the "FFCTO") on May 9, 2022.
Lancaster Capital Advisory has been engaged to assist with the field work and audit for its operations in Colombia and changes to the Company's corporate accounting processes, consolidation of systems and location. The Company intends to file the Audited Financial Statements by no later than July 29, 2022.
Upon completion and submission of the Audited Financial Statements, under National Policy 11-207, such filing will automatically initiate a review process by the OSC, without any application by the Company. Following such review, the Company expects the FFCTO would be revoked by the OSC shortly thereafter.
The Company confirms there has been no material change to the information relating to the Company's delay in filing the Audited Financial Statements since its news release on April 29, 2022, that has not been disclosed.
Filing 2022 Q1 Interim Financial Statements
The Company is announcing that it will not be in a position to file its 2022 quarterly financial statements, the accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the quarter ending March 31, 2022 (the "Quarterly Financial Filings") by the May 31, 2022 filing deadline due to a combination of internal and external delays and factors associated with the preparation process, including the recent downsizing of the Company in California where it maintains its corporate accounting, the departure of the Company's Controller, and the onboarding and integration of the Company's new Controller into its corporate systems. The Company's management are moving expeditiously to complete the Quarterly Financial Filings, which it anticipates being filed prior to June 15, 2022
Executive and Board Changes
Ryan Ciucki has tendered his resignation as CFO and Director of the Company. The Company expects to announce the appointment of a new CFO in the very near future. Danny Gillis has also resigned as a Director of the Company. Further to the press release dated April 25, 2022, the Company expects to complete the appointment of two independent directors to the Company's Board of Directors in June, 2022.
About Pideka Group (formerly Ikänik Farms)
Pideka Group is multi-national operator with a medical grade indoor cultivation facility and laboratory (Pideka) in Colombia which holds GMP-PHARMA and Good Agricultural and Collection Practice (GACP) certifications, and a retail operation in California.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release includes "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and United States securities laws (together, "forward-looking information). All information, other than statements of historical facts, included in this news release that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future is forward-looking information. When used in this news release, words such as "will", "could", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "potential", "believe", "should", and similar expressions, are forward-looking information, including, but not limited to: statements with respect to the Audited Financial Statements and Quarterly Financial Statements, including the anticipated delay in filing the Audited Financial Statements and Quarterly Financial Statements and timing to complete the Company's audit and the anticipated lifting of the cease trade order following the filing of such financial statements.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information, there can be other factors that cause results, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, including, but not limited to: changes in laws, a change in management and the inability to complete the audit of the Audited Financial Statements or the inability of management to complete the preparation and filing of the Quarterly Financial Statements in a timely manner.
There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate or that management's expectations or estimates of future developments, circumstances or results will materialize. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, the results or events predicted in the forward-looking information may differ materially from actual results or events.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information in this news release is made as of the date of this release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise such information, except as required by applicable law, and the Company does not assume any liability for disclosure relating to any other company mentioned herein.
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U.S. home births increased slightly in the pandemic’s second year, rising to the highest level in decades, according to a government report published Thursday.
Among almost 4 million births in 2021, nearly 52,000 occurred at home, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed. That’s up about 12% from 2020, following a 22% rise from 2019 to 2020.
Increases were seen across races and ethnicities, although home births were much less common among Hispanic women than others.
Elizabeth Gregory, the report’s lead author, said reasons for the increases are unknown, but they occurred when COVID-19 rates were high and vaccinations were either unavailable or not widely used. Other reports have shown that many people avoided hospital and doctor visits early in the pandemic.
Other possible reasons: Women lacked health insurance or lived far from a hospital and couldn’t make it there in time. Previous research suggests that about 1 in 4 home births are unplanned.
Jade Godbolt, of Dallas, had her second child at a birthing center in 2021, partly to avoid hospital risks of COVID-19 and to experience a more natural environment. The experience went so well that she and her husband chose a home birth for their third, a son born last month. They’d been working with a midwife but labor went so fast that the baby came before she arrived.
Godbolt, a 31-year-old beauty and lifestyle online content creator, says there were no complications and she and her son are doing well.
“I believed that my body could do what it was made to do and I wanted to be in the comfort of my home to do that,” she said.
Home births and other out-of-hospital births have been rising since around 2004, when they numbered close to 36,000, other data show. The increase coincided with a rise in non-hospital birthing centers.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists notes that while home births typically involve fewer medical procedures than hospital births, they’re riskier. It advises against home births for certain situations including multiple births and among women who previously delivered via cesarean section.
“Hospitals and accredited birth centers are the safest places to give birth, because although serious complications associated with labor and delivery are rare, they can be catastrophic,’’ said Dr. Jeffrey Ecker, a former chair of the group’s committee on obstetric practice and chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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63 college scholarships given to 3rd graders at Phoenix elementary school
PHOENIX - Students at one Phoenix elementary school district will now have a scholarship to college, thanks to a local foundation.
According to the Facebook page of Roosevelt School District, officials with the Rosztoczy Foundation have announced that they will give all third-grade students at Bernard Black Elementary School a scholarship to college.
"We are thrilled and excited for our students and their families," read a portion of the post.
In an e-mail statement we obtained, the scholarships given to the third graders are called "College Promise Scholarships."
According to the Roosevelt School District's website, they serve more than 8,000 students. On the website of the National Center for Education Statistics, it is noted that 28.5% of students in the district are with families that have income below the poverty level, and around 30% of them are on food stamps.
Foundation has awarded scholarships to other third-graders in the past
According to its website, the Rosztoczy Foundation offers scholarships to students in Arizona, as well as students from Hungary to come to the U.S. to study at a university or research institute for one year.
The Rosztoczy Foundation previously offered College Promise scholarships to third-grade students at Avondale's Michael Anderson School in 2012.
Under the terms of the scholarship offered to students at Michael Anderson School, the four-year scholarship covers tuition, room and board at any Arizona state universities, or covers tuition and books for any Arizona community colleges.
To actually get the scholarship offered in 2012, students must have demonstrated financial need, such as qualifying for the free and reduced lunch program at school, in their senior year of high school, as well as maximize other scholarship opportunities. In addition, students will need to graduate from Michael Anderson School, as well as a school in the Agua Fria Union High School District. They will need to remain a member of their particular graduating class through graduation, and they need to maintain a 2.0 GPA while in college.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions against three more Iranian security officials in response to the Tehran government’s continued crackdown on protests after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while being held by the morality police for violating the country’s strictly enforced Islamic dress code.
Hassan Asgari, Alireza Moradi and Mohammad Taghi Osanloo were the latest Iranian officials cited by the Treasury Department. The three allegedly assisted in spreading military control over largely Kurdish areas, including Sanandaj and Mahabad, which have “faced a particularly severe security response” since the protests began in September, according to the department.
Activists said Iranian security forces on Monday used heavy gunfire against demonstrators in a western Kurdish town, killing at least five during an anti-government protest at the funeral of two people killed the day before.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the Iranian government has increased its aggressive actions against its citizens “as part of its ongoing suppression of peaceful protests against a regime that denies human rights and fundamental freedoms to its people, especially women and girls.”
The demonstrations started after Iran’s morality police arrested Amini on Sept. 13 in Tehran, which she was visiting from her hometown in the country’s western Kurdish region. Police detained her over wearing her hijab too loosely. Iran requires women to wear the headscarf in a way that completely covers their hair when in public.
She collapsed at a police station and died three days later.
Amini remains a potent symbol in protests that have posed one of the most serious challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 2009 Green Movement protests drew millions to the streets.
At least 426 people have been killed and more than 17,400 people have been arrested, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that is monitoring the unrest.
“The Iranian regime is reportedly targeting and gunning down its own children, who have taken to the street to demand a better future,” said Brian Nelson, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. “The abuses being committed in Iran against protestors, including most recently in Mahabad, must stop.”
Sanctions against Iran have accelerated in recent months as the Biden administration tries to bring Tehran back to negotiations for a return to the 2015 nuclear deal. Iranian state media reported Tuesday that the country has begun producing enriched uranium at 60% purity at the country’s underground Fordo nuclear plant, which is seen as a significant addition to the country’s nuclear program.
Earlier this month, Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, acknowledged that Iran has supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow’s war against Ukraine, during which drones have attacked infrastructure and civilian targets in Ukraine.
The U.S. already has imposed sanctions on members of Iran’s intelligence agency, leaders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, prison wardens and others. The Treasury Department has also increased access to American companies that want to provide internet in the country.
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Man accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls he met online
NASHUA, N.H. (WMUR) - A former New Hampshire man is accused of sexually assaulting several underage girls, and prosecutors say he had help from other women.
Prosecutors allege 43-year-old Jesse Reynolds had nearly 40 profiles on a dating site, through which he would message underage girls, bring them to his home in Nashua and sexually assault them. He is facing a variety of charges related to the alleged assaults.
Authorities started looking into Reynolds in 2016 after several teenage girls came forward alleging sexual assault. They said he recruited girls online through an app called MeetMe.
Prosecutors say Reynolds fled to Michigan upon learning about the investigation. He was arrested there Jan. 10.
Prosecutors also say Reynolds was romantically involved with several women he referred to as “sister-wives.” He allegedly had them pick up the girls from their home or from school and bring them to his home. Investigators said the girls would be blindfolded as they were taken to his home.
A judge called the accusations “a version of human trafficking” in a court hearing Monday.
Defense attorneys said that while the charges are serious, Reynolds has no prior record.
Investigators said there could be more possible victims, adding that Reynolds previously lived in Vermont and Massachusetts. They’re asking anyone who might have more information to give them a call.
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PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Election Commission said Thursday that national elections will be held on Nov. 19, amid concerns that heavy rain and floods during the year-end monsoon season may deter voters.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved Parliament on Oct. 10 for early polls, ignoring protests from his government allies and the opposition for holding a vote in the monsoon season.
Parliament’s term expires in July 2023, but his United Malays National Organization is feuding with allies in the ruling coalition and believes early voting is in its favor. UMNO is banking on a strong win on its own based on a return of support from ethnic Malays and a fragmented opposition before an expected economic softening next year.
Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh said the nomination date for candidates would be Nov. 5, kicking off two weeks of official campaigning. He said 21.17 million voters will be casting their ballots.
Three states will also hold local polls on Nov. 19, he added. Six states controlled by the opposition and ally parties in Ismail’s government have said they would wait until next year. Four of the country’s 13 states held polls earlier.
UMNO led Malaysia through the National Front coalition since independence from Britain in 1957, but the coalition was brought down in 2018 elections by a multibillion-dollar financial scandal. The then-Prime Minister Najib Razak has since been imprisoned for 12 years for graft, and UMNO’s current president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is also on trial for graft.
The reformist government led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that took office in 2018 collapsed in less than two years due to defections, returning UMNO to power in a shaky alliance. Ismail, who was appointed by the king in August 2021, is the country’s third prime minister since the 2018 polls.
Analysts say new coalitions may be likely after the Nov. 19 polls.
UMNO, had less than 40 of the 222 lawmakers in the just-disbanded Parliament, and may not get the simple majority needed to govern on its own.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Hope Alliance, which won the 2018 polls, is the main contender but votes are expected to be split with the emergence of a number of other parties. This included Mahathir’s own Malay party and the two Malay parties that were part of Ismail’s government. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-malaysia-election-set-for-nov-19-amid-fear-of-floods/ | 2022-10-21 00:38:33 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-malaysia-election-set-for-nov-19-amid-fear-of-floods/ |
WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
633 PM CDT Sat Jul 2 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of south central Texas, including the following
county, Val Verde.
* WHEN...Until 930 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 633 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Bakers Crossing, Devils River State Nat Area Del Norte,
Devils River State Nat Area Big Satan, Pafford Crossing and
Devils Shores.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT (Associated Press)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans announced Saturday that the party’s presidential nominating caucuses will be held Jan. 15, on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., putting the first votes of the 2024 election a little more than six months away as the GOP tries to reclaim the White House.
White House candidates have campaigned in Iowa since last winter, but there has been some uncertainty about the date for the caucuses that have by tradition kicked off the Republican selection process for a nominee. What’s changed is the Democratic National Committee’s election calendar, dropping Iowa as its first contest.
The Iowa Republican Party’s state central committee voted unanimously for the third Monday in January — a date that is earlier by several weeks than the past three caucuses, though not as early as 2008, when they were held just three days into the new year.
Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann, during a call with reporters later, reported that the vote was unanimous and that he “never sensed that there was anyone even thinking about voting no” to the proposed date.
“As Republicans, we can, I, we see this as honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King in terms of having a caucus here,” Kaufmann said, noting also that committee members hadn’t considered the possibility of the contest falling on the federal holiday before arriving at the date.
Caucuses, unlike primary elections, are contests planned, financed and carried out by the parties, not state election officials. The Iowa announcement Saturday allows New Hampshire, which has not inked a primary election date but has circled Jan. 23 as its preference, to protect its first-in-the-nation status, which is codified in state law that requires the contest be held at least seven days ahead of any other primary.
The decision could have implications for both parties. Iowa Democrats had been waiting for the GOP to set a date as they try to adjust to new DNC rules on their primary order.
Democrats have proposed holding a caucus on the same day as the Republicans contest and allowing participants to vote for president via mail-in ballot. But Iowa Democrats have said they may not immediately release the results.
That could allow the state party to still hold the first-in-the-nation caucus without defying a new election-year calendar endorsed by President Joe Biden and approved by the DNC that calls for South Carolina to replace Iowa in the leadoff spot and kick off primary voting on Feb. 3.
Last month, South Carolina Republicans adopted Feb. 24 as the date for the traditional first Southern primary, leaving plenty of time for Nevada to schedule its Republican caucuses without crowding New Hampshire.
“We remain committed to maintaining Iowa’s cherished first-in-the-nation caucuses, and look forward to holding a historic caucus in the coming months and defeating Joe Biden come November 2024,” Kaufmann said. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/07/08/iowa-gop-schedules-jan-15-for-leadoff-presidential-caucuses-its-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/ | 2023-07-10 03:46:25 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/07/08/iowa-gop-schedules-jan-15-for-leadoff-presidential-caucuses-its-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/ |
WASHINGTON — The United States believes the unidentified objects shot down by American fighter jets over Canada and Alaska were balloons, though smaller than the China balloon downed over the Atlantic Ocean last weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.
Schumer, D-N.Y., told ABC's “This Week” that he was briefed on Saturday night by President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, after the incident hours earlier over the Yukon. On Friday, an object roughly the size of a small car was downed over remote Alaska, according to the White House.
Asked whether those two recent objects were balloons, Schumer said, “They believe they were, yes, but much smaller than the first one.”
The government has said the first balloon was about the size of three school buses. It was shot down Feb. 4 off the South Carolina coast after it had traversed the United States. The Biden administration said it was used for surveillance. China claims it was on a meteorological research mission.
Schumer said teams were recovering debris from the objects and would work to determine where they came from. The ones downed on Friday and Saturday were smaller and flying at a lower altitudes of about 40,000 feet, within the airspace occupied by commercial flights, compared with about 60,000 feet for the first one.
“The bottom line is until a few months ago we didn’t know about these balloons,” Schumer said. “It is wild that we didn’t know. ... Now they are learning a lot more. And the military and the intelligence are focused like a laser on first gathering and accumulating the information, then coming up with a comprehensive analysis." | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/nation-world/schumer-2-downed-objects-balloons/507-aebbf597-1fdc-4600-a424-2108d6b6d3d3 | 2023-02-12 17:35:24 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/nation-world/schumer-2-downed-objects-balloons/507-aebbf597-1fdc-4600-a424-2108d6b6d3d3 |
Geopolitical upheaval and supply chain transformation challenge aspirational volume targets
By Graham Evans, Director, Auto Supply Chain & Technology, S&P Global Mobility
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geopolitical turbulence and the fragile and volatile nature of the critical raw-material supply chain could curtail planned expansion in battery production—slowing mainstream electric-vehicle (EV) adoption and the transition to an electrified future.
Soaring prices of critical battery metals, as observed in the following chart from S&P Global Commodity Insights, are threatening supplier and OEM profit margins. This situation has quickly translated into increased component and vehicle prices, according to new analysis from S&P Global Mobility Auto Supply Chain & Technology Group.
Trade friction and ESG concerns are also affecting the development of the raw materials supply chain between markets. These collective developments add to the challenges of the electric vehicle transition.
Achieving its volume goals will require a steep growth curve for a burgeoning industry. For OEMs to hit their BEV and hybrid sales aspirations, S&P Global Mobility forecasts market demand of about 3.4 Terawatt hours (TWh) of lithium-ion batteries, annually, by 2030. This figure excludes the medium- and heavy-duty, and micro-mobility spaces, as well as consumer electronics and burgeoning demand for stationary energy storage. The 2021 output for the auto industry: 0.29 TWh.
Elements such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt do not just magically appear and transform into EV batteries and other components. The development chain is lengthy and complex, from their difficulty to extract to their complicated refining. The intermediate steps between excavation and final assembly are a particular choke point in terms of expertise and market presence. Currently, China is the clear leader in materials refining, as well as the packaging and assembly of battery cells. At issue is which other nations will step up to facilitate this industry transformation.
In terms of accessing battery raw materials, the equation boils down to: Who needs what, where will it come from, who will supply it, and who is best placed to benefit from this increased dependency on a handful of critical elements?
The latest S&P Global Mobility research evaluates the battery raw material supply chain from extraction to vehicle, identifying:
- A number of unfamiliar companies will play a major role in the processing and development of battery-electric vehicle (BEV) technology that will underpin the light passenger vehicles of the coming decade and beyond;
- Potential trade friction could represent difficulties for major auto companies in extricating themselves from an established, nimble, and cost-effective supply of processed materials coming from or via mainland China;
- Some OEMs are seeking the value and reassurance of "locked in" supply chain relationships straddling mine to vehicle, lessening the reliance on volatile spot markets and/or a need to work with less established industry partners.
The process flow below identifies a well-understood and well-documented supply chain to provide the required nickel and lithium for Tesla's NCA-based cylindrical cells produced in its "Gigafactory" near Sparks, Nevada, US.
Now extrapolate that across the entire auto industry—and expand EV market share to encompass the bullish projections made for 2030 and beyond.
The greatest quantity of nickel required by any given vehicle brand for 2030 production is forecast to be Tesla—deemed to be some 139,000 metric tons (mT). However, in assessing the existing structure of their broader manufacturing bases, we expect each of Volkswagen, General Motors, and Stellantis to surpass this requisition amount. Developing modular battery packs that can be configured to fit multiple vehicle segments and can accommodate a variety of battery chemistry choices will ensure a degree of resiliency against raw material supply constraints and price fluctuations.
"We have identified a total of 28 extraction sources of battery-grade nickel over the coming 12 years to serve the light passenger-vehicle market, located in 15 countries worldwide," said Dr Richard Kim, Associate Director with S&P Global Mobility's Supply Chain & technology team. "However, the supply base for the upstream material processing steps and formation of the fundamental battery cell cathode chemistries presents a challenging lack of geographic diversity."
S&P Global Mobility research suggests that, while the process of either smelting or high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) is typically done at the nickel extraction site, that is not the case for the process of conversion to nickel sulphate.
Of the 16 companies that can perform this process at present, 11 are in mainland China. By 2030 we expect the number of companies to increase to at least 24, of which 14 will likely be in mainland China. We forecast mainland China to process 824,000 mT of nickel sulphate annually by 2030, with Chinese mining giant GEM's supply of nickel sulphate to key Tesla supplier CATL expected to be the largest supply contract by tonnage. By contrast, we forecast North America and Europe to process just 146,000 mT.
We must also consider risk in calculating access to cobalt—a material well understood for its limited sources of origin and concerns regarding ethical supply. Battery-grade cobalt bound for electrified light passenger vehicles currently originate from just 18 mines, totalling 52,000 mT – of which 29,000 mT is forecast to be mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2022. The United Nations has cited the DRC's "deteriorating security situation," its humanitarian crisis affecting 27 million people, as well as child-labor practices and the ongoing guerrilla campaign being waged over the exploitation of resources and food security.
Despite the conflicts ravaging the DRC, we still estimate that nation's output bound for OEMs and suppliers to increase to 37,000 mT by 2030. However, reliance on the DRC will decrease from 56% to 17% in terms of total tonnage. We expect near tenfold increases in supply from countries such as Australia and Indonesia, while countries such as Vietnam, Finland, and Morocco will by then weigh in with meaningful contributions. Given the dynamics of the supply market, even for an OEM with locked-in cobalt contracts with miners, a portion of several automakers' supply remains unknown at this stage.
"Geopolitics has coupled with a desire for supply chain dominance and independence in the battery raw material supply chain evolution to date," said Dr Kim. "China has established a firm head start. The evolution of their Belt and Road initiative clearly had one eye on the automotive industry transition to electrification, with broad strategic and logistical investments in Africa as well as Southeast Asia."
S&P Global Mobility research clearly indicates that established battery raw material supply and processing operations under mainland Chinese ownership will continue to deliver much of the world's supply of lithium-ion batteries and their constituent key elements.
However, the imposition of nationalistic policies such as the United States' Inflation Reduction Act (and the automotive implications of it) look to belatedly redress some of this imbalance by promoting the setup of domestic supply chains, in return for lucrative subsidies to both the suppliers and the purchasing consumers.
The battery will be the defining technological and supply chain battleground for the industry in the next decade, and access to their constituent raw materials will be crucial. S&P Global Mobility will continue to assess the changing landscape of the battery raw materials market in real time, incorporating the latest industry developments and research.
Please contact automotive@spglobal.com to find out more information around our insights to help you make data-driven decisions with conviction.
Editor's Note: This report is from S&P Global Mobility, and not S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global.
About S&P Global Mobility (www.spglobal.com/mobility)
At S&P Global Mobility, we provide invaluable insights derived from unmatched automotive data, enabling our customers to anticipate change and make decisions with conviction. Our expertise helps them to optimize their businesses, reach the right consumers, and shape the future of mobility. We open the door to automotive innovation, revealing the buying patterns of today and helping customers plan for the emerging technologies of tomorrow.
S&P Global Mobility is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/mobility.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a private farm near Johannesburg over the weekend, injured a man and killed a dog.
Local media said the man survived the attack but was taken to the hospital.
Residents have been warned to be on high alert in the Walkerville region south of Johannesburg and avoid confronting the animal, as a group of about 30 people search the area where its latest tracks were identified.
Officials directing the search suspected that the female tiger, named Sheba, was hiding in a bushy area for shade and were hoping it would start moving around again once the summer heat subsided or when it needed to drink water.
Members of a special police task force were expected to start leading the search on Monday and take over from a local community police group and the SPCA animal protection group.
Gresham Mandy, who leads the community police group, said the first priority was to tranquilize the animal with a dart and bring it back safely. He said that the tiger escaped after a fence at the smallholding where it was kept was cut by burglars.
“It seems like the thieves cut the fence to enter and exit the property. The tiger saw that and used the cut fence to escape,” Mandy said.
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In G2's annual summer ranking, Arkose Labs receives 4.9/5 overall star rating with 100% of customer reviewers indicating their confidence in its product roadmap
SAN MATEO, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkose Labs, the global leader in fraud deterrence and account security, today announced it has been recognized again by its customers for the direction that its products are heading. The quarterly G2 Enterprise Fraud Detection Grid® is a much-anticipated and authoritative view into the best-of-the-best fraud prevention vendors as rated and reviewed by their very own customers.
The report states:
Arkose Labs has the largest Market Presence and received the highest Satisfaction score among products in Fraud Detection. 100% of users rated it 4 or 5 stars…and users said they would be likely to recommend Arkose Labs at a rate of 99%. Arkose Labs is also in the Bot Detection and Mitigation category.
"We're extremely proud of the newly released G2 rating, which is a reflection of the efficacy of our product suite," said Ashish Jain, Arkose Labs Chief Product Officer. "Simply put, our products do what we say they will do, and enterprise customers, the most recognizable companies in the world, know that they can trust us on that."
The company also received a 100% score in the product category that tests customers' assessment of product roadmap and the overall direction that the product is heading. Ease of Use, and Meets Requirements category scores further distanced Arkose Labs from other vendors participating in the assessment, and are clearly variables that landed the company in the highest spot in top right corner of the Grid. Arkose Labs also received a 100% score in the Quality of Support category, besting its 99% rating in the same category in the G2 Spring 2022 Grid.
"We have extremely happy customers, which is reflected in the highest net retention rates I've ever seen in my 20-year career working in cybersecurity," said Richard Dufty, Arkose Labs Chief Revenue Officer. "That's due to a unique combination of our technology's efficacy, a well-defined culture that encourages Arkosians to bring their best true selves to work every day, our ambitious customers, and the high-level of white-glove service we provide our customers. In providing our customers with an outstanding product coupled with award-winning service, we are actually protecting hundreds of millions of consumers around the world from financially-motivated fraudsters. We're also helping our customers ensure their consumers have a seamless experience."
G2 is the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace that spotlights companies in its quarterly reports that earn high satisfaction scores through authentic customer reviews. Companies included on the G2 Grid for Enterprise Fraud Detection received a minimum of 10 reviews/ratings by May 31, 2022. G2 ranks organizations into one of four quadrants on the Grid, using customer satisfaction reviews and market presence to determine placement.
Arkose Labs' cutting-edge technology is supported by a 24×7 Security Operations Center (SOC) dedicated to providing customers with maximum defense against large-scale attacks. The SOC provides active mitigation, working with customers during attacks and adapting the Arkose Labs decision engine to evolving threats.
The company's unique approach to sabotaging fraudsters' return on investment for attacks while allowing real users to authenticate with ease continues to garner attention. Arkose Labs was recognized in Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech and ranked by Deloitte on its Fast500 list as the 83rd fastest growing company in North America.
About Arkose Labs
Arkose Labs' mission is to create an online environment where all consumers are protected from malicious activity. Recognized by Gartner as a "Cool Vendor in Fraud and Authentication," the company offers the world's first $1 million credential stuffing warranty. Its AI-powered platform combines powerful risk assessments with dynamic attack response that undermines the ROI behind attacks while improving good user throughput. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia, San Jose, Costa Rica, and London, UK, the company debuted as the 83rd fastest-growing company in North America on the 2021 Deloitte Fast500 ranking.
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Rays vs. Orioles: Odds, spread, over/under - July 20
On Thursday, July 20 at 6:40 PM ET, Wander Franco and the Tampa Bay Rays (60-39) host Adley Rutschman and the Baltimore Orioles (58-37) in the series opener at Tropicana Field.
The Orioles are +150 moneyline underdogs in this matchup with the favored Rays (-185). The over/under is 8 runs for this matchup (with -105 odds on the over and -115 odds to go under).
Rays vs. Orioles Time and TV Channel
- Date: Thursday, July 20, 2023
- Time: 6:40 PM ET
- TV: MLB Network
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
- Venue: Tropicana Field
- Probable Pitchers: Tyler Glasnow - TB (3-3, 3.78 ERA) vs Kyle Gibson - BAL (9-6, 4.77 ERA)
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- The Rays have entered the game as favorites 80 times this season and won 54, or 67.5%, of those games.
- When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -185 or shorter, the Rays have a record of 27-7 (79.4%).
- The implied probability of a win from Tampa Bay, based on the moneyline, is 64.9%.
- The Rays were favored on the moneyline for six of their last 10 games, and they went 3-3 in those matchups.
- In its last 10 outings (all 10 of them had set totals), Tampa Bay and its opponents combined to hit the over two times.
- The Orioles have been underdogs in 43 games this season and have come away with the win 23 times (53.5%) in those contests.
- The Orioles have a mark of 1-3 in contests where bookmakers favor them by +150 or worse on the moneyline.
- In five games as underdogs over the last 10 matchups, the Orioles have a record of 4-1.
- When it comes to hitting the over, Baltimore and its opponents are 7-2-1 in the last 10 games with a total.
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Aludyne, a global lightweighting solutions and components supplier to the mobility industry, announced today it has appointed Bill Pumphrey as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, effective immediately. Pumphrey will also serve on the Board of Directors of the Company.
Pumphrey replaces Andreas S. Weller who left Aludyne at the end of 2022 to pursue an opportunity outside of the automotive industry.
Pumphrey brings extensive experience in the automotive industry having enjoyed a 38 year career serving global component manufacturers in senior executive roles since 2000. His most recent position was EVP and President at Cooper Standard in charge of their $3B global automotive business. Prior to joining Cooper Standard in 2011, Bill held senior executive positions at Tower International, Lear Corporation, and UT Automotive. He began his career at General Motors after earning his MBA from the University of Michigan in 1984 and a BA in 1982 from Kenyon College.
"I am excited to join the Aludyne team and to help the company achieve its fullest potential, Pumphrey said. "Aludyne is well positioned to benefit from the lightweighing needs of the global automotive industry, and has the team capable of providing the highest quality products in the most cost effective and safest way possible."
Headquartered in Southfield, Mich., Aludyne is a global lightweighting solutions and components supplier to the mobility industry. Aludyne manufactures aluminum, magnesium and iron vehicle components for safety critical applications, including chassis, subframe, body structural components, and electric vehicles. The company and its people are committed to lightweighting and its ability to enable vehicles that improve fuel economy, reduce emissions, and help lower carbon footprints around the world. Aludyne had 2021 sales of approximately $1.0 billion. It operates 27 manufacturing facilities and four technical centers in ten countries, employing approximately 5,000 people.
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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) — David Stephens' children romped around the small patch of grass they've turned into a makeshift playground, running and laughing — seemingly without a care in the world.
Their father, though, is gripped by worry about the future. And he marvels at his kids' resilience, considering the losses and hardships they've endured.
When floodwaters engulfed their eastern Kentucky home in late July, they first moved into a motel. Now Stephens, his 8-year-old son, Loki, and 6-year-old daughter, Kerrigan, are staying in a travel trailer — taking their place among those displaced by the disaster in a recreational area filled with lawn chairs, picnic tables, bikes and toys as people grasp for some sense of normalcy.
“My kids are pretty tough, and we've been through a lot,” he said. “We lost everything we had.”
They're staying at a state park campground, where trailers set up in long rows have become temporary homes for families trying to figure out how and where to rebuild after historic flooding caused at least 39 deaths in the state. Some are still waiting for checks they hope are coming from the federal government. Others have gotten their money but are stuck on waiting lists for much-in-demand carpentry crews.
Fleets of trailers are descending on the Appalachian region — some brought in from western Kentucky, where they served a similar purpose for people who lost homes when tornadoes hit in December.
Kentucky is receiving up to 300 donated travel trailers from another state well acquainted with natural disaster, Louisiana. Sixty-five trailers have arrived so far, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at a Frankfort news conference Thursday. The trailers originally were acquired to shelter people displaced by Hurricane Ida in 2021.
In eastern Kentucky, about 300 people have moved into 100 trailers at various sites, with more on the way or being prepared onsite for people still waiting, Beshear said. Area state parks are still housing more than 340 people left homeless by the flooding.
“Getting the trailers is not our challenge,” the Democratic governor said. “It's safe places to hook them up. It's the electric; it's the utilities. And we continue to search for more.”
The trailers offer a place where families can “spread out a little bit,” Beshear said. During a recent stop in Hazard, he saw trailers being set up at a park offering a range of recreational activities.
In the desperate days after floodwaters inundated homes, and swept some away, many people in the region took refuge in makeshift shelters at churches and schools. The trailers are part of a progression toward the ultimate goal — getting people back into permanent housing.
The governor emphasized the trailers aren't a long-term solution to housing challenges.
“We don't want these to be forever homes,” Beshear said. “This is not the end; this is the middle. This is intermediate housing.”
But some occupants expect to spend the coming holidays and at least part of 2023 in the trailers. They're grateful for the temporary lodging but long for something more settled.
“Having a place of your own is good, but I'd rather it be like a house,” said Jordan Perkins, 31, who is sharing a trailer with his girlfriend along with their dog and cat.
He's hoping a carpenter gets to work rebuilding his grandfather's house, where he lived and worked as an IT specialist before the flood hit. His grandfather is staying with a family friend. Lacking internet service at the trailer, Perkins bought boxed sets of TV shows on Blu-ray to pass some of the time.
“I wish I had internet and phone service,” Perkins said. “That's really the biggest problem with being over here. You're isolated. And people want that when they come over here (to camp), but they don't necessarily want that when they have to live here.”
Perkins was sitting outside at the state park campground with his new neighbor, Lyndon Hall. Having worked most of his life, Hall, a 57-year-old mechanic, is taking some time off.
“I ain't never taken a vacation,” he said, a beer in one hand. “Feels pretty good.”
Hall also is biding time in a trailer until he reaches the top of the waiting list for carpenters to rebuild his home, where he also operated his business. Family and friends stop by to visit, and he spends some of his time fishing in a nearby lake. The catfish have been biting, he said.
A few doors down, Bernard Carr is sharing his trailer with his 13-year-old Chihuahua, Wiley. The 84-year-old retired carpenter and Marine Corps veteran spends his days taking his dog outside and listening to country music and the news on his radio. He doesn’t drive anymore, so a friend brings him food and takes care of his laundry.
He spent two weeks in his flood-damaged home until “everything started molding,” he said. Other than the lack of cable TV access, Carr had two complaints about his new lodging.
“I can't let my dog loose," Carr said. "She was always used to going out in the yard, playing.”
His only other complaint?
“I've got my American flag in there and no place to put it,” he said.
Several families in the region already have moved on from the travel trailers to other housing, and Stephens, 43, intends to do the same. He's planning to take his kids to another place with more room once it's ready to move in.
Until then, his children will keep playing outside their trailer, with bikes, scooters and other toys — all donated — strewn nearby.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Mischler threw three touchdown passes and Duquesne rolled to a 33-0 victory over Wagner on Saturday.
Duquesne (4-7, 3-4 Northeast Conference) has posted three straight shutout wins over Wagner (1-10, 1-6). The Dukes beat the Seahawks 44-0 last season and 17-0 in 2020. Wagner last scored on Duquesne in a 28-24 victory over the Dukes in 2019.
Mischler staked Duquesne to a 7-0 lead after one quarter on an 18-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Menders Jr.
Mischler sandwiched scoring strikes to Nick Leopold covering 4 yards and a 6-yarder to Billy Lucas around a short field goal by Brian Bruzdewicz and the Dukes led 24-0 at halftime.
Freshman Jamario Clements had a 12-yard touchdown run and Andrew Smith kicked a 29-yard field goal — his first of the season — in the third quarter to cap the scoring.
Mischler finished 9-of-20 passing for 156 yards with two interceptions for Duquesne. Menders caught three passes for 116 yards. Lucas ran for 114 yards on 17 carries, while Clements carried 12 times for 94 yards.
Quincy Guy-Barnes completed 8 of 23 passes for 114 yards with two picks for Wagner. The Seahawks managed just 164 yards of offense.
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ATLANTA, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy Impact Partners ("EIP") has announced the completion of fundraising for its inaugural Elevate Future Fund I LP ("Elevate"), one of the largest funds of its kind, with $111.9 million of limited partner commitments.
Southern Company was a founding investor in EIP and Chris Womack, current president and CEO-elect of Southern Company, will co-chair Elevate's advisory board.
Elevate is focused on driving diversity in the energy ecosystem by providing capital to underrepresented founders of clean technology companies and supporting diversity and minority-owned businesses in the associated supply chain. The fund also invests in other parties in the larger energy ecosystem in order to achieve the mutual goal of accelerating a clean energy transition while increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in the broader venture capital network.
"Together with EIP, we celebrate the completion of fundraising for the Elevate Future Fund," said Chris Cummiskey, executive vice president and chief commercial solutions officer for Southern Company. "Today, less than 3% of venture funding goes to minority entrepreneurs. That must change. We remain exceedingly enthusiastic about the important work of this fund to support diverse entrepreneurs who are creating critical energy solutions for a more sustainable energy future."
Added Cummiskey, "We are steadfast in our commitment to the ongoing success of Elevate, and we are pleased to serve in an advisory capacity."
Underscoring its commitment to advancing clean energy solutions and workplace diversity, Southern Company and its subsidiaries are actively engaged in collaborations with various companies funded by Elevate, including ChargerHelp! and Rheaply.
ChargerHelp! is an electric vehicle charging station and maintenance company. Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power is currently collaborating with ChargerHelp! on a series of local employee trainings and an 18-month pilot focused on electric vehicle infrastructure and renewable technologies.
Rheaply is a cloud-based resource exchange platform that enables organizations to trade materials and resources more efficiently, avoid carbon emissions and reduce spending. Southern Company subsidiaries are collaborating with Rheaply to leverage this resource management solution. Nicor Gas has piloted Rheaply software, and Georgia Power, Southern Company Gas and Southern Company Services are currently working with Rheaply to implement a similar pilot program in Georgia. Additionally, Southern Company is exploring the potential for additional deployments of Rheaply's solution more broadly.
"Having Southern Company's support at the helm of what we're building at Elevate is invaluable," explains Anthony Oni, managing partner at EIP. "Their commitment to helping our companies test, learn and scale provides us with important data, insights and partnerships to better support underrepresented founders. They exemplify the EIP model of collaboration, and we look forward to many more partnerships that support diversity, equity and inclusion within the energy ecosystem."
About Southern Company
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy distribution company with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have earned the company national awards and recognition from numerous organizations, including Forbes, The Military Times, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, J.D. Power, Fortune, Human Rights Campaign and more. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com.
About Energy Impact Partners
Energy Impact Partners LP (EIP) is a global investment firm leading the transition to a sustainable future. EIP brings together entrepreneurs and the world's most forward-looking energy and industrial companies to advance innovation. With over $3 billion in assets under management, EIP invests globally across venture, growth, credit and infrastructure – and has a team of over 80 professionals based in its offices in New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Palm Beach, London, Cologne and Oslo. For more information on EIP, please visit www.energyimpactpartners.com.
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BEIJING (AP) — Residents of some parts of China’s capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered faster construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals.
Uncertainty and scattered, unconfirmed reports of lockdowns in at least some Beijing districts have fueled demand for food and other supplies, something not seen in the city for months.
Unusually large numbers of shoppers in the city’s northern suburbs left shelves bare in markets, but customers were relatively few in the center of the city of 21 million, where supplies remained abundant.
Daily cases of COVID-19 across the country are hitting records, with 32,695 reported Friday. Of those, 1,860 were in Beijing, the majority of them asymptomatic.
Improvised quarantine centers and field hospitals hastily thrown up in gymnasiums, exhibition centers and other large, open indoor spaces have become notorious for overcrowding, poor sanitation, scarce food supplies and lights that stay on 24 hours.
Most residents of the city have already been advised not to leave their compounds, some of which are being fenced in. At entrances, workers clad head to toe in white hazmat suits stop unauthorized people and make sure residents show a recent negative COVID-19 test result on their cellphone health apps to gain entry.
Several university campuses have been closed off and students in lower grades have been shifted to online classes.
Meanwhile, some of Beijing’s grocery delivery services have reached capacity.
An increase in demand combined with a worker shortage left some customers unable to book same-day delivery slots on Friday for food and supplies from popular online grocery services such as Alibaba’s Freshippo and Meituan Maicai.
Online, some Chinese users said some delivery personnel were unable to work because their compounds were locked down. The reports could not be verified.
Alibaba did not immediately comment.
At a Friday afternoon news conference, city government spokesperson Xu Hejian said it was necessary “to strengthen the management and service guarantee” of quarantine centers and field hospitals where people who test positive for COVID-19 or have been in close contact with an infected person are taken by police.
Authorities must “further accelerate” their construction and “coordinate the allocation of space, facilities, materials, personnel and other resources,” Xu said.
Officials have in recent days repeatedly insisted that China must stick with its hard-line “zero-COVID” policy that mandates lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines for anyone suspected of having come into contact with the virus. The policy is seen as taking a harsh toll on the economy and upending lives in many Chinese cities, leading the World Health Organization and others to call for a change in tack — calls the ruling Communist Party has angrily rejected.
While the number of cases and deaths in China is relatively low compared to the U.S. and other countries, the party remains committed to the strategy, which aims to isolate every case and eliminate the virus entirely. Most other governments have eased anti-virus controls and now rely on vaccinations and immunity from past infections to help prevent deaths and serious illness.
Harsher measures have been enacted in many other parts of China, despite the government urging more precise and targeted measures to reduce the social burden and economic costs. Local officials are under intense pressure to prevent outbreaks and often gravitate toward the most extreme measures.
Guangzhou suspended access Monday to its Baiyun district of 3.7 million residents, while residents of some areas of Shijiazhuang, a city of 11 million people southwest of Beijing, were told to stay home while mass testing is conducted.
A key issue is concern about public vulnerability to the virus. With few having caught COVID-19 or even having been exposed to the virus, only a small percentage are thought to have built up effective levels of virus-fighting antibodies.
China has an overall coronavirus vaccination rate of more than 92%, with most people having received at least one dose. But far fewer older Chinese — particularly those over age 80 — have gotten the shots and the earlier vaccination drive seems to have lost momentum.
Also Friday, Beijing cut the amount of reserves that banks are required to hold in a move that will help lenders comply with orders to defer repayments by companies that are struggling because of increasing anti-virus controls.
The amount of their deposits that banks are required to leave with the People’s Bank of China will be cut by 0.25 percentage point to an average of 7.8%, the central bank announced. It didn’t mention virus controls and said the cut would “consolidate the upward basis for economic stability.”
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Sustainable Beauty and Lifestyle Brand Offers Consumers Opportunity to Invest Within
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pangea, an emerging leader in sustainably sourced beauty products, is now leading the way in providing a new approach for consumers to support and invest in the brand. Launching today on WeFunder - a public platform that allows anyone the opportunity to 'invest in brands they love,' the brand is seeking to raise capital to support their exciting next chapter of growth.
Conceived by Founder and CEO, Joshua Onysko, Pangea was born with the mission to bring consumers the first plant-based and truly sustainable collection of bioactive, highly efficacious formulas within completely plastic-free packaging. In April 2022, Pangea launched a new skincare collection in completely plastic-free packaging. Over the course of 2 and a half years in development, the brand ensured every detail (including custom aluminum caps for all their tubes) would truly be 100% sustainable. The skin care launch has garnered significant media attention including a Glossy award win in the sustainability category and the brand also expanded distribution to the leading clean beauty retailer, goop.
"I'm excited about this WeFunder campaign because I believe in democratizing investment in privately held companies. We should all have the right to invest in brands we love – especially when they align with our values. Through this campaign, I aim to build an authentic community around our brands and their missions, allowing all stakeholders to benefit from the success of Pangea brands." says Joshua Onysko, CEO and Founder of Pangea Organics.
Pangea already has an impressive network of investors and ambassadors – innovation leaders across food, technology, and beauty industries including Kimbal Musk-Chef, Restaurateur Philanthropist and Entrepreneur; Alex Chung- Founder and CEO of Giphy; and Katey Denno- Celebrity Makeup Artist & Clean Beauty Expert.
"In a world of growing plastic which products are not only packed in but made from, few are attempting to be contrarians, even less are doing it with style. I invest in PANGEA because they are paving the way for the beauty industry to create better solutions that are equitable for all," states Alex Chung, Founder and CEO of Giphy
To learn more and support the campaign, please go to: WeFunder.
For more information on Pangea and to purchase Pangea Body care and Skincare, please visit PangeaOrganics.com
ABOUT PANGEA
Pangea is a prestige collection of skin and body care products fueled by rich, plant-based bioactive ingredients, 100% sustainable packaging, and nourishing self-care rituals which provide human care for all.
ABOUT JOSHUA ONYSKO
Joshua Onysko is the award-winning entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Pangea. For over 20 years, Joshua has led Pangea in developing sustainable, plant-based body and skincare products.
Pangea's formulas combine powerful, bioactive ingredients from nature with the power of science for products that are highly efficacious and nourishing. Joshua has traveled to over 50 regions worldwide to find and cultivate deep relationships with organic farmers, who themselves are committed to "5-star" care for the people and the environments that produce their products.
Joshua is on a deep-rooted mission to provide consumers a choice to purchase their favorite products without plastic and hopes to continue to inspire change for others to follow suit within the beauty industry.
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OLYMPIA — Races in some key state legislative districts remained tight after Friday’s ballot counting.
While Democrats are very likely to maintain their majorities in the state House and Senate, the exact amount by which Democrats will control each chamber was still up in the air Friday.
In one House race, as of 3:54 p.m. Friday, the two contenders were separated by about 200 votes.
Before the election, Democrats held a 28-seat majority in the 49-member state Senate. And they held an 57-seat majority in the 98-member state House.
This is where some key Senate races stood Friday just before 4 p.m.:
- Democratic incumbent Emily Randall held 51% of the vote, ahead of Republican Jesse Young in the 26th District (Kitsap, Pierce counties).
- Democrat Sharon Shewmake held 50% of the vote, less than 1,000 votes ahead of Republican Simon Sefzik in the 42nd District (Whatcom County).
- Democrat Claudia Kauffman led with 53% of the vote against Republican Bill Boyce in the 47th District (King County). The incumbent, a Democrat, did not run for reelection.
This is where some key House races stood Friday just before 4 p.m.:
- Democratic incumbent Alicia Rule was ahead with 52% of the vote against Republican Tawsha Thompson in the 42nd District (Whatcom County).
- Democrat Joe Timmons was ahead with 51% of the vote against Republican Dan Johnson in the 42nd District (Whatcom County). Sharon Shewmake, a Democrat now running for state Senate, had held the seat.
- Democrat Adison Richards, with 50% of the vote, held a narrow lead — about 200 votes
— ahead of Republican Spencer Hutchins in the 26th District (Kitsap, Pierce counties). Jesse Young, a Republican now running for the Senate, had held the seat. - Democrat Clyde Shavers was ahead with 51% of the vote against Republican incumbent Greg Gilday in the 10th District (Island, Snohomish, Skagit counties).
- Republican Stephanie McClintock was ahead with 51% of the vote against Democrat John Zingale in the 18th District (Clark County).
- Republican Greg Cheney was ahead with 53% of the vote against Democrat Duncan Camacho in the 18th District (Clark County).
- Republican Travis Couture was ahead with 52% of the vote against Democrat Sandy Kaiser in the 35th District (Thurston, Mason, Kitsap counties).
- Democrat Dave Paul was ahead with 53% of the vote against Republican Karen Lesetmoe in the 10th District (Island, Snohomish, Skagit counties).
Daniel Beekman contributed reporting. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/key-wa-legislative-districts-remain-close-after-fridays-vote-counting/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-11-12 02:41:25 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/key-wa-legislative-districts-remain-close-after-fridays-vote-counting/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
What a wonderful All-Star weekend in Chicago. It was pretty neat that the city where I was able to start my career is where I had a chance to play my last All-Star Game.
There was so much to do before the actual game with media availabilities, practice and then when we left the arena I had a full day of events ahead.
My agency had set up a tea party for me — something to honor all I’ve done over my career. At first, I admit I didn’t really want to do it, but they insisted. I had to invite people, so I brought some of my Chicago friends as well as Coach (Cheryl) Reeve and her family.
As hesitant as I was at the start, I’m so glad they convinced me to do since it was really cool. We had a private room in a hotel where they had so many teas. I love tea by the way. They had the china out as well as these awesome little cakes.
It was a lot of fun.
Then I went back to the hotel to get ready for the Chance the Rapper concert. I met up with Napheesa Collier and we had a great time. The atmosphere, the loud music, the people jumping around. The music was good and the energy was great.
Then it was off to bed to get ready for the game.
I will always remember the reaction from the crowd when I was introduced. They’ve been with me since Day 1 and they’ve always stuck by me even when I left for Minnesota. They showed me mad love and didn’t hate on me and I can’t thank them enough. They are my diehards.
Now I know everyone was talking about the 3 and the dunk. Coach drew up the 3 in the locker room for the first play and at first I was like what is going on, but I was happy to do it. Coach (Cheryl) Reeve always challenges me to shoot them and I say no. In the game I was like why not?
When it went in I saw how happy everyone was and that made me happy.
As far as the dunk, I honestly wasn’t thinking much about it when I was going up for it. Just figured why not? And then to see everyone’s reaction afterwards is something I will always remember how happy I made them.
The hardest thing for me during the game was when they honored me and Sue Bird. It’s always nerve wracking for me. I never feel comfortable when people are gracious enough to honor me. Although the more it happens, the more I’ve learned to accept it and be grateful for it.
The other hard part was knowing that my sister Brittney Griner wasn’t there with us. Wearing her name and number on our jerseys in the second half makes sure she’s not forgotten. We still have work to do to get her home. We need to continue to get the word out.
The final memory I’ll take away is when Sue gave me the game ball after it was over. She said you deserve it for the way you played. That will have a special place in my house next to the autographed ball the players signed for me.
After the game, I made a quick pitstop over at the Nike Nationals tournament to see Team Fowles play. Sadly they lost, but we had fun chatting afterwards and I got to catch up with my former coach at LSU Bob Starkey.
Now it’s back to Minnesota to get ready for the rest of the season to make a playoff push.
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Honda recalls nearly 1.2M vehicles because rear camera image may not appear on dashboard screen
DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. because the rear view camera image may not appear on the dashboard screen.
The recall covers certain Odyssey minivans from 2018 to 2023, as well as Pilot SUVs from 2019 to 2022 and Passport SUVs from 2019 to 2023.
Honda says in documents posted Friday by U.S. safety regulators that the problem was traced to a faulty coaxial cable connector. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says if the rear view camera image doesn’t display, it can cut driver visibility and increase the risk of a crash.
The company says it received nearly 274,000 warranty claims from May of 2017 through June 8. It has no reports of any injuries.
Dealers will replace a cable harness and install a straightening cover at no cost to owners, who will be notified by letter starting July 24.
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Justice Dept. investigating Trump, fake elector scheme allegations, reports say
(CNN) - The Justice Department is apparently looking closer at the so-called fake elector scheme in the 2020 election.
The Justice Department is investigating actions by former President Donald Trump in its criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a new report from the Washington Post.
A source close to the investigation told CNN prosecutors are focusing in on the fake elector scheme and the role of lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman along with meetings that were part of a pressure campaign to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence to disrupt the certification of electoral votes.
“The Justice Department has from the beginning been moving urgently to learn everything we can about this period,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, Garland deflected criticism that the Department of Justice is not moving fast enough.
“We have a huge number of prosecutors and agents working on these cases,” Garland said. “It is inevitable in this kind of investigation that there will be speculation about what we are doing, who we are investigating, what our theories are. The reason there is this speculation and uncertainty is that it’s a fundamental tenet of what we do as prosecutors and investigators is to do it outside of the public eye. We do that for two important reasons. One is to protect the civil liberties people and events that we’re investigating and the second is to ensure the success and the integrity of our investigation.”
When it comes to charging Trump and others, he’s not ruling that out.
“We pursue justice without fear or favor. We intend to hold everyone -- anyone -- who is criminally responsible for the events surrounding January 6 or any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another accountable,” Garland said. “That is what we do. We don’t pay any attention to other issues with respect to that.”
And asked whether a 2024 presidential bid from Trump would change that, Garland reiterated, “I will say again that we will hold accountable anyone who is criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the legitimate, lawful transfer of power from one administration to the next.”
On Capitol Hill, in newly released audio, former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller is heard telling the House Select Committee that Trump never gave an order to have troops ready to be deployed to the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“I was never given any direction order or knew of any plans of that nature,” he said. “There was no direct, there was no order from the president.”
Trump has said that he requested National Guard troops to be ready that day, saying that he “suggested and offered” 20,000 National Guard troops.
Newly obtained emails obtained by the New York Times show that Trump allies knew that their electoral scheme was fake.
In an email sent to Trump campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn from a Phoenix-based lawyer, the lawyer wrote, “We would just be sending in ‘fake’ electoral votes to pence so that ‘someone’ in Congress can make an objection when they start counting votes and start arguing the ‘fake’ votes should be counted.”
In a follow up email, the lawyer said, “PPS, ‘alternative’ votes is probably a better term than ‘fake’ votes,” adding a smiley face emoticon.
For the first time since leaving office, Trump returned to Washington to speak about Republican policies and air some grievances at the America First Policy Institute’s two-day summit.
“I ran for president. I won, and I won a second time, much better the second time,” Trump said.
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SINGAPORE, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LITB) ("LightInTheBox" or the "Company"), an apparel e-commerce retailer that ships products to consumers worldwide, today announced that its board of directors (the "Board") authorized on June 27, 2023 a share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to US$10 million of its ordinary shares in the form of American Depositary Shares no later than December 31, 2023 (the "Share Repurchase Program"), subject to the relevant rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the Company's insider trading policy.
Mr. Jian He, the Chairman and CEO of LightInTheBox, commented, "The implementation of our share repurchase program reflects the confidence of the Board and management towards the Company's strategy, operating fundamentals, and business prospects. This repurchase program reflects our commitment to enhance value for our shareholders."
The Company's share repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market at prevailing market prices, in open-market transactions, privately negotiated transactions or block trades, and/or through other legally permissible means, depending on market conditions and in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations. The timing and conditions of the share repurchases will be subject to various factors including the requirements under Rule 10b-18 and Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The Board will review the Share Repurchase Program periodically and may authorize adjustments to its terms and size or suspend or discontinue the program. The Company expects to utilize its existing funds to fund repurchases made under the Share Repurchase Program.
About LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd.
LightInTheBox is an apparel e-commerce retailer that ships products to consumers worldwide. With a focus on serving its middle-aged and senior customers, LightInTheBox leverages its global supply chain and logistics networks, along with its in-house R&D and design capabilities to offer a wide selection of comfortable, aesthetically pleasing and visually interesting apparels that bring fresh joy to customers. LightInTheBox operates its business through www.lightinthebox.com, www.miniinthebox.com, www.ezbuy.sg and other websites as well as mobile applications, which are available in over 20 major languages and over 140 countries and regions. The Company is headquartered in Singapore, with additional offices in California, Shanghai and Beijing.
For more information, please visit www.lightinthebox.com.
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Woman succumbs to injuries from Sept. 18 car crash
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A woman died Monday, Sept. 19 from injuries she sustained in a crash the night before.
Tucson police said they were called around 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 in response to a wreck on the 10300 block of East Danwood Way, near the intersection on Rita and Houghton roads.
Once the Tucson firefighters arrived, they found a black 2018 Polaris RZR with two men and one woman inside.
Medics took the woman to St. Joseph’s Hospital to get treatment for life threatening injuries. The men has serious injuries, were sent to Banner University Medical Center, and are expected to recover.
Detectives said the Polaris was headed west on Danwood Way when the driver lost control of the car and hit a mailbox, causing the vehicle to turn onto its side.
Failure to reduce or control speed and possible impaired driving are the main factors contributing to the collision, police said.
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When looking at the makeup of American families today, it’s rare to see a home where a pet isn’t part of the family. According to the most recent data from the APPA National Pet Owners Survey, 67% of households—or around 85 million homes—own a pet. Of these households, dogs and cats top the list of most popular pets, with 63.4 million and 42.7 million households owning dogs and cats, respectively.
In exploring the history of animal shelters and rescue organizations in the country, nothing proves as problematic as the lack of a centralized reporting system to collect data on these organizations. Most of the shelter statistics that are available and accepted today are estimates based on several period surveys, including the aforementioned APPA National Pet Owners Survey along with the AVMA U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook. Without a nationally codified and streamlined process for collecting, organizing, and reporting on shelter data, there has been a grave lack of transparency around the country’s shelters. That makes it difficult not only to pinpoint accurate statistics regarding sheltered animals in America but also to understand the true state of animal welfare in the country, which is the first step to improving that welfare.
If you’ve been considering bringing home a furry companion, be sure to keep reading. Stacker compiled a list of dogs available for adoption in Dallas, Texas on Petfinder, ranging in age, breed composition, temperament, and needs. It’s important to note that pet adoption is a huge responsibility and requires available savings for emergency and routine veterinary care, a day-to-day routine and game plan for coverage if the pup needs to be left at home during the day (i.e. hiring a dog walker), and time and attention devoted to training your newest family member. Be sure to do due diligence on breed research to see what kind of dog will be the best fit for your lifestyle.
Without further ado, here are adoptable dogs in your home city.
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Lance
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Weimaraner (mixed)
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RALPH
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
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PETITE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Lhasa Apso
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HULK
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
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COCO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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Hamilton
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Terrier (mixed)
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BO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Terrier (mixed)
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BOON
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
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Dodger
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever (mixed)
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TEQUILA
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
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ROCKO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
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SOPHIE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: German Shepherd Dog
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EVEREST
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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Lil Bit
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Rottweiler
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Gene
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: German Shepherd Dog
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Luna
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: American Staffordshire Terrier
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KING
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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WADE
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: German Shepherd Dog
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KING
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
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SCOOBY
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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LUNA HEART
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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Tucker Horn found Ryan Merrifield for a 38-yard touchdown pass with 2:16 remaining, and No. 5 Trinity withstood three chances at the end zone in the final 12 seconds to rally and knock off No. 9 Hardin-Simmons 14-7 on Saturday afternoon in an NCAA Division III first-round game at Trinity.
“This playoff win is the culmination of eight years of work to get this program back to this point,” said Trinity coach Jerheme Urban. “I need to give a tip of the hat to the players and coaches, who executed a phenomenal game plan. We were down at halftime (7-0), but I told them in the locker room that there was no doubt that we were going to win this game. We came out in the second half and hit them in the mouth.”
With the playoff win, Trinity’s first since 2002, the Tigers now host Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-1) — which routed Huntingdon 54-0,in the opening round — next weekend in a second-round game. That matchup will kick off at noon.
The game — played in low-40 degree temperatures, a blustery wind and a steady drizzle — was a strategic battle throughout. Trinity (11-0) had a pair of first-half turnovers, but the Tigers defense didn’t allow Hardin-Simmons (9-2) to take advantage. Finally, just before halftime, the Cowboys took over at Trinity’s 36-yard line following a short punt. After converting on a fourth-and-10 at Trinity’s 25, Noah Garcia was able to punch in a score off a 7-yard run with 29 seconds left in the half to send the Cowboys into the locker room with a 7-0 lead.
“We actually came out with a different game plan in the first half,” said Urban. “Normally, if we win the toss, we want to take the ball. But today, due to the weather, we deferred and decided to play a field position game. We did that, and when we got the ball in the second half, we went back to our usual game plan.”
Trinity went 92 yards in 19 plays on the opening drive of the second half, taking 9:46 off the clock before Winston Hutchison scored on a 1-yard run to tie the game with 5:07 to go in the third quarter.
“People have said that our conference (Southern Athletic Association) isn’t very physical, but I think that people saw that it really is,” said Urban. “We were able to run the ball between the tackles, convert some third downs, and being able to run the ball opened up some opportunities in the passing game.”
After the Tigers tied the game, neither team was able to sustain any offense until Trinity took over on its own 12 with 7:30 remaining. The Tigers drove to the Hardin-Simmons 38, when on a third-and-6, Horn dropped back and found Merrifield — who’d beaten his defensive back in one-on-one coverage — for a touchdown to give Trinity the lead with 2:16 to go.
Trinity still had to get a stop, though, and Hardin-Simmons moved from its 26 to the Tigers’ 10 with 12 seconds remaining. After a 1-yard scramble by Cowboys quarterback Gaylon Glenn and an incomplete pass, Hardin-Simmons had one last shot from Trinity’s 9 with 1 second to go. Glenn scrambled and threw a pass, but Casey Hampton picked it off at the goal line, and Trinity earned the victory.
“(The touchdown pass) was changed by (Horn) at the line,” said Merrifield. “We came up to the line and saw (Hardin-Simmons) was in a Cover 1, and he changed the play to where I ran a ‘go’ route. I ran the route, and he found me.”
Horn went 14-for-24 for 157 yards and the touchdown pass. After having no catches in the first half, Merrifield finished with six receptions for 110 yards and the score, and the Tigers used a three-pronged rushing attack, with Hutchison (13 carries, 63 yards, 1 TD), Legend Grigsby (seven carries, 49 yards) and Justin Carmouche (14 carries, 48 yards) seeing significant action. | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/local-colleges/article/Trinity-rallies-by-Hardin-Simmons-for-first-17597971.php | 2022-11-20 01:39:59 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/local-colleges/article/Trinity-rallies-by-Hardin-Simmons-for-first-17597971.php |
L.A. County coronavirus cases surge to highest levels since summer wave
Coronavirus case and hospitalization rates have risen dramatically through the last half of November in Los Angeles County, which on Thursday reentered the medium COVID-19 community level for the first time since the end of the summer Omicron wave.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said L.A. County was reporting 11.9 new coronavirus-positive patients every week for every 100,000 residents. That’s a 38% increase from last week’s rate of 8.6. A rate exceeding 10 is enough to send L.A. County into the medium level.
L.A. County’s coronavirus case rate has been increasing since late October, and in the last half of November began posting a 30% to 40% week-over-week increase. For the week that ended Wednesday, L.A. County was recording 2,483 cases a day — or 172 cases a week for every 100,000 residents. A case rate of 100 or more is considered high.
The case rate has risen by more than 150% since Halloween, when there were 68 cases a week for every 100,000 residents.
“These numbers clearly demonstrate that COVID is still with us,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday.
COVID-19 deaths remain stable, at around 56 deaths per week. But there is concern that if cases continue to rise, so too will deaths, eventually.
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Most electric vehicles won’t qualify for full federal tax credit
DETROIT (AP) — A tax credit of up to $7,500 could be used to defray the cost of an electric vehicle under the Inflation Reduction Act now moving toward final approval in Congress. But the auto industry is warning that the vast majority of EV purchases won’t qualify for a tax credit that large.
That’s mainly because of the bill’s requirement that, to qualify for the credit, an electric vehicle must contain a battery built in North America with minerals mined or recycled on the continent.
And those rules become more stringent over time — to the point where, in a few years, it’s possible that no EVs would qualify for the tax credit, says John Bozzella, CEO of the Alliance of Automotive Innovation, a key industry trade group. As of now, the alliance estimates that about 50 of the 72 electric, hydrogen or plug-in hybrid models that are sold in the United States wouldn’t meet the requirements.
“The $7,500 credit might exist on paper,” Bozzella said in a statement, “but no vehicles will qualify for this purchase over the next few years.”
The idea behind the requirement is to incentivize domestic manufacturing, build a robust battery supply chain in North America and lessen the industry’s dependence on overseas supply chains that could be subject to disruptions.
Production of lithium and other minerals that are used to produce EV batteries is now dominated by China. And the world’s leading producer of cobalt, another component of the EV batteries, is the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Though electric vehicles are part of a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they require metallic elements known as rare earths, found in places like Myanmar, where an Associated Press investigation has found that the push for green energy has led to environmental destruction.
Under the $740 billion economic package, which passed the Senate over the weekend and is nearing approval in the House, the tax credits would take effect next year. For an EV buyer to qualify for the full credit, 40% of the metals used in a vehicle’s battery must come from North America. By 2027, that required threshold would reach 80%.
If the metals requirement isn’t met, the automaker and its buyers would be eligible for half the tax credit, $3,750.
A separate rule would require that half the batteries’ value must be manufactured or assembled in the North America. If not, the rest of the tax credit would be lost. Those requirements also grow stricter each year, eventually reaching 100% in 2029. Still another rule would require that the EV itself be manufactured in North America, thereby excluding from the tax credit any vehicles made overseas.
Automakers generally don’t release where their components come from or how much they cost. But it’s likely that some versions of Tesla’s Model Y SUV and Model 3 car, the Chevrolet Bolt car and SUV and the Ford Mustang Mach E would be eligible for at least part of the credit. All those vehicles are assembled in North America.
The tax credit would be available only to couples with incomes of $300,000 or less or single people with income of $150,000 or less. And any trucks or SUVs with sticker prices above $80,000 or cars above $55,000 wouldn’t be eligible.
There’s also a new $4,000 credit for buyers of used EVs, a provision that could help modest-income households go electric.
The industry says the North American battery supply chain is too small right now to meet the battery component requirements. It has proposed that the measure expand the list of countries whose battery materials would be eligible for the tax credit to nations that maintain defense agreements with the United States, including NATO members.
One component of the bill would require that after 2024, no vehicle would be eligible for the tax credit if its battery components came from China. Most vehicles now have some parts sourced in China, the alliance said.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat and a leading ally of Detroit automakers, complained that Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a critical Democratic vote, had opposed any tax credits for EV purchases.
“I went round-and-round with Senator Manchin, who frankly didn’t support any credit of any kind, so this is a compromise,” Stabenow told reporters Monday. “We’ll work through it and make this as good as we can for our automakers.”
Manchin, long a holdout Democrat who negotiated terms of the deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, had blocked previous climate and social spending proposals.
Manchin’s office declined to comment.
Stabenow asserted that the bill was written by people who don’t understand that manufacturers can’t simply flip a switch and create a North American supply chain, though they are working on it. Numerous automakers, including General Motors, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota and Hyundai-Kia, have announced plans to build EV battery plants in the United States.
Stabenow said she remains hopeful that the Biden administration can offer the tax credits next year while it works on the detailed rules for the battery requirements.
“We will continue to work with the automakers and the administration on getting as much common sense into the regulations as possible,” the senator said.
Messages were left Monday seeking comment from the White House and the Treasury Department, which would administer the credits.
Stabenow says she’s pleased that the measure would restore tax credits for General Motors, Tesla and Toyota, all of which hit caps under a previous bill and can no longer offer them. Ford, too, she said, is closing in on an EV cap.
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AP Writers Matthew Daly and Fatima Hussein contributed to this report from Washington.
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Echo has been recognized as a leader in logistics for its innovative technology.
CHICAGO, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global Logistics, Inc. ("Echo"), a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, has been selected by SupplyTech Breakthrough as the 2023 3PL Company of the Year. Echo was selected for this award in the logistics category out of more than 1400 nominations spanning 22 categories.
"We're proud to see Echo recognized for the innovative technology that allows our company to provide value-added services for our clients and carriers," said Doug Waggoner, Chief Executive Officer at Echo. "By leveraging the latest in AI and machine learning, as well as continuing to invest in our transportation management system, Echo offers technology-enabled transportation solutions our clients and carriers can depend on."
"Being recognized as a technology leader next to so many other tech-forward companies is significant," said Dave Menzel, President and Chief Operating Officer at Echo. "With technology at the core of our company, Echo is able to provide transportation solutions more efficiently and effectively as we help innovate the logistics industry."
Echo leverages the latest in technology-based solutions to simplify transportation management, adapt to a shipper or carrier's changing transportation needs, and helps clients make informed decisions with dynamic, real-time analysis. Echo brings technology to your fingertips and experts to your side through automated solutions for shippers and carriers, backed by 24/7 assistance.
SupplyTech Breakthrough is a segment of Tech Breakthrough, an organization which provides market intelligence, research, and recognition for programs in the technology sector. SupplyTech focuses on the supply chain industry, logistics technology and tools, and the services and companies which keep the supply chain moving. This is the second year SupplyTech has hosted this award.
About Echo Global Logistics
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. is a leading, Fortune 1000 provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Headquartered in Chicago with more than 30 offices around the country, Echo offers freight brokerage and Managed Transportation Solutions for all major modes, including truckload, partial truckload, LTL, intermodal, temperature-controlled shipping and warehousing, and warehouse services. Named one of Newsweek's Most Trusted Companies in America, Echo leverages its proprietary web-based and mobile app technology, analyzing data from its network of more than 50,000 transportation providers to help its 35,000 clients simplify the critical tasks involved in transportation management. For more information on Echo Global Logistics, visit: www.echo.com.
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Five-year anniversary gifts
Shop this article: Roses, I Love You Anniversary Card and 2-Stem Natural Wood Roses with Vase
Spending a half-decade together is a reason to celebrate. Roses, chocolate and champagne are fitting gifts for almost any anniversary or milestone. However, when you hit the five-year mark in your relationship, you might want to take things up a notch.
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Tradition dictates that the five-year wedding anniversary gift is wood and meant to signal long-lasting strength, wisdom and forgiveness. Still, nowhere does it say that you have to stick to that, and some great gift ideas include perfume, jewelry, shoes, bags and self-care options.
Five-year anniversary wooden gift ideas
I Love You Anniversary Card
If you’re a stickler for tradition and want to make sure you give a gift of wood, one simple way to achieve this is with your card. This laser-cut classic hearts design is more than just any old anniversary card. It’s a keepsake that can last for years to come.
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Kate Posh 5-Years of Marriage Photo Frame
Simple yet also sentimental. This wooden picture frame is engraved and comes in multiple sizes. It has a back-stand easel to display on a table and clips to mount it on the wall.
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2-Stem Natural Wood Roses with Vase
Carved from sugar wood and stained rich chocolate, this stylish, sentimental and symbolic anniversary gift comes with two wooden roses in an oak vase.
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The best fragrance gifts for her
With dazzling floral accents and woodsy notes, this scent exudes femininity and mystery. The may rose and jasmine with citrus notes and soft bourbon vanilla help create this sensual Chanel fragrance, making the perfect gift for a romantic anniversary.
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This scent oozes femininity without being overpowering, with an intoxicating blend of warm and spicy, with keynotes of jasmine, orange blossom and woods and patchouli. It’s also ageless, which makes it perfect for either your 5th or 50th anniversary.
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The best self-care gifts for her
Goop “The Martini” Emotional Detox Bath Soak
Treat your loved one to some peace and tranquility with a soothing bath to relax the mind and body. The pink salt will ease muscles. The chia seed oil hydrates and moisturizes the skin, while the wildcrafted frankincense will soothe the mind. This combination is just as good as a day at the spa.
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Give the gift that spoils your loved one night after night with this slip silk pillowcase that’s a known beauty secret of both beauty experts and dermatologists. Cover her pillow in the highest-grade mulberry silk to help create the ultimate night’s rest.
Herbivore Coco Rose Exfoliating Body Scrub
Pamper your partner with a body scrub made from virgin coconut oil, sugar and Moroccan rose to leave her skin moisturized and smelling of rose petals and coconuts. This luxe body scrub has been clinically tested and proven to offer softer, smoother and less dry skin.
The best jewelry gifts for her
TruMiracle Diamond Stud Earrings
These exquisite half-carat diamonds with side accents will dazzle and sparkle from every angle. They are available in 14-carat gold, white gold and rose gold.
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Sarah Chloe Andi Initial Pendant Necklace in 14k Gold-Plate Over Sterling Silver
This is a delicate and sophisticated pendant necklace you can wear casually or when dressing to impress. It’s set in 14 carat-gold-plate over sterling silver, with a lobster clasp for closure and a beaded chain.
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Le Vian Deep-Sea Blue Topaz & Diamond Statement Ring in 14k Rose Gold
Give her something she can’t help but show off with this dazzling deep-blue-sea topaz ring. It’s enhanced with nude and chocolate diamond rings that add to the color and sparkle. These gorgeous stones are set in a beautiful strawberry gold that will make your anniversary one to remember.
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The best handbag gifts for her
Michael Kors Bedford Legacy Logo Ladies Leather Crossbody Bag
There’s just something about a new handbag that makes a girl smile, so make her grin ear-to-ear with a stylish yet practical black, leather crossbody. This sleek and structured silhouette is an ideal everyday bag to match all outfits while remaining chic.
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The best shoes gifts for her
Badgley Mischka Kiara Embellished Peep-Toe Evening Pumps
You can never go wrong with super sexy shoes, and these sapphire satin peep-toe pumps with embellished detail fit the bill. These showstoppers will make her feel like a million bucks and make for one extraordinary anniversary.
Nine West Women’s Toe Dress Pumps
These shoes will be a gift for you and your loved one because you won’t be able to keep your eyes off her when she’s in these ultra-sexy t-strap stilettos. A mix of faux leather and skinny straps from the toe to the ankle make this exotic heel a special occasion in itself.
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BERWYN, Pa., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- (NYSE: ANVS) Annovis Bio ("Annovis" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage drug platform company addressing neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that it will present at the Ladenburg Thalmann 2022 Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 29, 2022, in New York City.
Presentation time: 12:30 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. Eastern Time
Date: September 29, 2022
Location: Sofitel Hotel, 45 West 44th Street, New York (Track 2)
Investors interested in arranging a one-on-one meeting at the conference should contact their Ladenburg Thalmann representative.
Buntanetap (previously known as ANVS401 or Posiphen) is an oral translational inhibitor of neurotoxic aggregating proteins (TINAPs), which mode of action leads to a lower level of neurotoxic proteins and consequently less toxicity in the brain. In a Phase 2a clinical trial in AD and PD patients, buntanetap was shown to be well-tolerated and safe, and its pharmacokinetics were found to be in line with levels measured earlier in humans, meeting both the primary and secondary endpoints. Additionally, exploratory endpoints were also met, as treatment with buntanetap resulted in statistically significant improvement in motor function in PD patients and cognition in AD patients. Presently buntanetap is being studied in a phase 3 early PD study and will enter a phase 2/3 study in AD patients later in the year.
Headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, Annovis Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage, drug platform company developing transformative therapies that treat neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and other chronic and acute neurodegenerative diseases. The Company believes that it is the only company developing a drug that inhibits more than one neurotoxic protein, improves the information highway of the nerve cell, known as axonal transport, reduces inflammation and protects nerve cells from dying in chronic and acute neurodegeneration. Annovis conducted two Phase 2 studies: one in AD patients and one in both AD and PD patients. In the AD/PD study, buntanetap showed improvements in cognition and memory in AD as well as body and brain function in PD patients.
For more information on Annovis Bio, please visit the Company's website www.annovisbio.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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ELEVAI and EVOLVE To Celebrate New Partnership During AMWC Conference North America
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ELEVAI LABS, INC., a medical aesthetic biotechnology company specializing in physician-dispensed skincare, proudly announces EVOLVE Medical Inc. as the exclusive distributor of ELEVAI Skincare products in Canada.
The ELEVAI E-Series™ product range, a pre-and post-procedure skincare system developed with a proprietary stem cell exosome technology, will now be available to dermatologists and plastic surgeons throughout Canada. ELEVAI's expansion into Canada taps into the $6B North American Physician Dispensed Cosmeceuticals market size*. Industry numbers and trends for Canada typically run parallel to those of the U.S. at a tenth of the scale, indicating robust opportunities in this new market.
Sharon Clarke, CEO of EVOLVE Medical Inc. says, "After 35 years in cosmetic dermatology and skincare, I've been fortunate to launch products like JUVÉDERM®1 and BOTOX® Cosmetic2 in Canada as well as bringing best-in-class medical skincare products including ZO® Skin Health and skinbetter science® to Canada. I've been waiting for a series of products that will not only take us to a new level in anti-aging but will also change the way we think about aging. ELEVAI is about to change our world."
The powerhouse ingredient in ELEVAI products is the patent pending ELEVAI Exosome™ technology. As exosomes penetrate the skin, they mimic the body's natural healing responses. Skin damage and extrinsic aging caused by exposure to daily aggressors like pollution and UVA/UVB can benefit from exosomes, supporting improved blood flow as well as promoting collagen and elastin production to reveal rejuvenated skin from the inside out.
Join ELEVAI & EVOLVE Medical Inc. at AMWC North America
Visit ELEVAI at Booth 330 during AMWC's premier aesthetic congress taking place February 23-25 in Miami. ELEVAI is proud to have EVOLVE Medical Inc. join the brand stateside to kick off the new distribution partnership. In addition to exhibiting at the conference, ELEVAI Cofounder Jordan R. Plews PhD and Dermatologist Dr. Natalie Curcio will be speaking in two educational sessions related to exosomes and regenerative aesthetics.
"We are excited about this exclusive distribution agreement as part of our ongoing international distribution strategy," shares Chris Kraneiss, Chief Commercial Officer for ELEVAI Labs. "We have no doubt that EVOLVE Medical will be a productive partner and will help grow the ELEVAI footprint in Canada enabling more physicians and patients to benefit from this innovative, next-generation skincare line."
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ELEVAI LABS, INC. is a biotechnology company developing cutting-edge physician-dispensed skincare applications. The company solves unmet needs in the regenerative aesthetics space through a combination of cutting-edge science and next-generation consumer applications. ELEVAI Labs develops state-of-the-art topical aesthetic and medical-grade skin care for the physician-dispensed market, with a focus on leveraging a proprietary stem cell exosome technology.
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St. Joseph’s A-10 run comes to a close in a 59-44 loss to Saint Louis
While the Hawks fell short of an A-10 title, they could earn a bid in the women’s NIT. St. Louis, though, will take on No. 2 Rhode Island in the semifinals at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
WILMINGTON, Del. — St. Joseph’s couldn’t overcome a second-half Saint Louis’ run, one that gave the Billikens a 59-44 edge in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 women’s tournament on Friday at Chase Fieldhouse.
After the No. 6 seeded Hawks (20-10) went into halftime with a two-point lead, the Billikens (15-17) held St. Joe’s to just 16 points in the second half and went on a 14-3 run. Meanwhile, the Hawks went just 6 of 19 from the field in the second and never relinquished the lead.
“It’s certainly not the outcome we came in this tournament looking for, nonetheless, I’m really proud of our team,” said St. Joe’s head coach Cindy Griffin. “This season, having 20 wins is something we should be really proud of, and just getting our program back to where we wanted to be.”
While the Hawks fell short of an A-10 title, they could earn a bid in the women’s NIT. St. Louis, though, will take on No. 2 Rhode Island in the semifinals at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Statistical leaders
The Hawks were led by Mackenzie Smith’s 15-point performance. Smith, though, fell into foul trouble in the second half. She was limited in her minutes for most of the fourth quarter. Brugler, a sophomore forward, contributed 15 points, and freshman Laura Ziegler led with 10 rebounds.
St. Louis guard Kyla McMakin had a team-high 19 points while Brooke Flowers added 12.
What we saw
It was evident that the Hawks had little room for mistakes.
When St. Joe’s Talya Brugler made a breakaway layup after she stole the ball from Billikens’ Kyla McMakin, a senior guard, the Hawks took over a 13-8 lead, their largest of the game.
But that quickly changed as St. Louis went on a 9-0 run while the Hawks went scoreless for about three minutes. In that time span, St. Joe’s committed two personal fouls and two turnovers.
While they entered halftime with a 28-26 lead,
St. Joe’s was held by the Billikens’ defense. The Hawks finished the second shooting just 4 of 14 from the field.
“Just from shot distribution and being able to get the ball out, [St. Louis’] defense was stifling inside,” Griffin said. “They were at spots before we were most times.”
Momentum shifts
St. Louis’ Kennedy Calhoun stole the ball from Hawks’ Olivia Mullins with three seconds remaining in the third quarter, converting a layup which extended a 12-1 run to take a 44-37 lead.
The run continued with one more play to open the fourth quarter. It wasn’t until St. Joe’s Emma Boslet drove inside the paint for two that the Hawks scoring drought finally came to an end.
However, repeated St. Louis scoring runs proved to be too much for the Hawks as they trailed from behind for the remainder of the fourth. The Billikens took over, going on another 9-2 run that gave St. Louis a 16-point advantage and ultimately ended St. Joseph’s A-10 tournament run. | https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/st-joes/st-joes-womens-basketball-saint-louis-atlantic-ten-tournament-20230303.html | 2023-03-04 05:11:48 | 1 | https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/st-joes/st-joes-womens-basketball-saint-louis-atlantic-ten-tournament-20230303.html |
The Sensational Cola Treat Is Back By Popular Demand and Available Now Nationwide With Augmented Reality Egg Hunt Experience Unlocking Epic Prizes for Fans
PURCHASE, N.Y., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PEPSI® x PEEPS®, the partnership that broke the internet in 2021, is back, and the marshmallow flavored cola is now available at retail for the first time ever. Fans everywhere are invited to usher in spring with the delectable one-of-a-kind treat, available for a limited time only.
Two years ago, PEPSI® x PEEPS® made its unforgettable debut, becoming one of the most talked about collaborations and pop-culture moments of the year. PEPSI® x PEEPS® trended everywhere, from Twitter to late night TV… and was even sold for hundreds of dollars on the secondary market. The highly anticipated drop, only available for 3,000 fans at the time, intrigued cola drinkers everywhere and drove consumer demand, which is why PEPSI® x PEEPS® have decided to make their relationship status official and deliver the sweet treat to retail shelves nationwide.
PEPSI® x PEEPS® is a surprisingly delicious beverage combining the refreshing taste of Pepsi cola with the classic sweet PEEPS® Marshmallow flavor consumers know and love. The pillowy-soft marshmallow cola flavor – paired with the instantly recognizable PEEPS®- inspired design in vibrant yellow packaging – is a true celebration of the approaching spring season.
"We couldn't be more excited to reignite our partnership with PEEPS®, bringing two iconic brands back together after the frenzy of consumer interest in 2021," said Katelyn Meola, Director – brand Pepsi. "The collaboration is truly unparalleled – a delicious and refreshing treat, celebrated by two loyal fanbases, that brings unapologetic enjoyment to Pepsi and PEEPS® lovers all over the country. Since only a few fans were able to get their hands on the coveted cans last time, we're thrilled to give everyone across the country the chance to indulge in PEPSI® x PEEPS® this time around."
To celebrate the limited-time product launch and kick off the spring season, the iconic PEPSI® x PEEPS® duo is leveraging Snapchat's innovative augmented reality technology to send fans on a virtual egg hunt for a chance to unlock prizes, including a spring trip for two and exclusive PEPSI® x PEEPS® merchandise. To participate, fans must purchase PEPSI® x PEEPS® products and scan the can or bottle with the co-branded AR Lens to unlock a secret code to find out instantly if they have won a prize. To access the Snapchat lens experience, find a PEPSI® x PEEPS® product in stores and head to the brands' social channels.
"The PEEPS® Brand is always looking for new and exciting ways to bring our delicious Marshmallow flavor to fans, and the partnership with Pepsi is truly a groundbreaking way for them to express their PEEPSONALITY®! After the astonishingly positive response from our fans to the first PEPSI® x PEEPS® collaboration, we are thrilled to bring back the offering just in time for spring," said PEEPS® Brand Manager Caitlin Servian.
PEPSI® x PEEPS® products are available for purchase nationwide in 7.5 oz Pepsi mini-can multipacks and 20 oz. bottles. To find out where to purchase PEPSI® x PEEPS® products, please visit HERE.
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PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.
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Just Born Quality Confections is a third-generation family-owned candy manufacturer with its purpose to bring sweetness to people's lives. Just Born is the maker of some of America's most beloved and iconic brands – PEEPS®, MIKE AND IKE®, HOT TAMALES® and GOLDENBERG'S® PEANUT CHEWS®. As Just Born celebrates a century of sweetness, it has enjoyed being a part of family traditions and memories for 100 years. In 1923, the founder, Sam Born, opened a small candy shop in Brooklyn, New York, where he marketed the freshness of his daily-made candy with a sign that declared, "Just Born." Together with Born's brothers-in-law, Irv and Jack Shaffer, the company thrived and, in 1932, moved its operations to Bethlehem, PA where it has grown to become one of the largest candy companies in the US by giving back to the community, being good environmental stewards and creating a culture where people want to work.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — DeMeco Ryans’ influence on the NFC championship runs through both locker rooms.
Ryans finished his playing career as a linebacker for Philadelphia, earning the nickname “Mufasa” (from “The Lion King”) for the leadership skills that he taught the handful of teammates still on the Eagles that have been carried forward to today.
Ryans transitioned to coaching and has been the defensive coordinator the past two seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, where he has helped scheme the NFL’s stingiest defense.
The two teams meet Sunday — the 49ers (15-4) at the Eagles (15-3) — with a spot in the Super Bowl on the line.
“He’s just a natural leader,” said Eagles defensive tackle Fletcher Cox, who was a rookie in Ryans’ first season in Philadelphia in 2012 and was his teammate for four years. “Playing with DeMeco taught me a lot … about how to be a pro, how to approach things. DeMeco is always one of those guys, if I had problems with something, I would go to him. If I had problems at home, I would go to him to lead me in the right direction. That’s the type of guy he was.
“He wanted better, it didn’t matter who it was.”
Cox is one of four left in Philly from Ryans’ time, along with defensive end Brandon Graham and offensive linemen Lane Johnson and Jason Kelce.
“You talk about just an impeccable leader,” Kelce said of Ryans, who started in coach Andy Reid’s final season and was deemed “Mufasa” by Chip Kelly. “Very smart, cerebral player. He was definitely a favorite during the Chip Kelly era in the locker room, by coaches and players. Everybody loved DeMeco. It’s of no surprise that he caught on to have success in anything, but certainly not surprising he’s having the type of success he is as a defensive coordinator.”
Graham said Ryans had a knack for knowing what play was coming next from the opposing offense and was able to communicate that to his teammates. He said he can see that same ability when watching the 49ers’ defense, which always seems to be a step ahead of the opposition thanks to Ryans’ acumen and film study.
“That’s how I’ve always been,” Ryans said. “I’ve kind of studied the game. I’ve always tried to pick up on offensive tendencies and for me, it’s always about helping the guys around me. I felt like always, if I can help the guys next to me just play a little quicker or know their assignment, then if they’re at their best and I’m playing at my best, then collectively, we can go and win games, so that’s what that was always about.”
Ryans has had a rapid ascension since his playing career ended after the 2015 season. He spent one year at home in Houston before being lured back to the NFL as an entry-level quality control assistant under coach Kyle Shahanan in San Francisco in 2017. He quickly was promoted to linebackers coach and then moved up to defensive coordinator last season after Robert Saleh got the head coaching job with the New York Jets.
The Niners have had one of the top defenses in the league under Ryans’ watch, allowing the fewest points and yards in the NFL this season.
“He’s as good as it gets when it comes to scheme on defense,” All-Pro defensive end Nick Bosa said. “As a leader of men, he’s as good as it gets.”
Those skills have made Ryans a coveted head coaching candidate; he’s already interviewed with the Houston Texans and Denver Broncos.
Shanahan isn’t surprised. He was an assistant in Houston when Ryans came in as a rookie linebacker in 2006 and said Ryans “took over that defense right away.”
“He’s always been that guy and then just watching him over these two years what he took in his years learning to get there, how much better he runs the system and then he adjusts every week. He sees how to play an offense, he pays attention to offense and defense,” Shananan said. “I thought he was ready last year to be a head coach and I hope his wife doesn’t get mad, but I hope he’s not a head coach next year, but if he is, he more than deserves it.”
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AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
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Veteran brings expertise in transforming operations and proven success in opening new revenue streams.
MANALAPAN, N.J., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RxS LLC, in support of the organization's mission to empower connections in healthcare, today announced that Rich Marano has joined the company as President. RxS is an international, multi-channel sample management solution provider to the life science and pharmaceutical industries. Serving the space for more than a decade, they have developed a reputation for maintaining great customer experiences built on a foundation of superior customer service and technology.
Marano brings with him more than 35 years' experience in managing multinational technology and service-based organizations. His diverse background includes leadership positions in finance, operations, business development, consulting services, and engineering. He is recognized for successfully transforming organizations by improving efficiency, increasing customer satisfaction, adding new revenue streams and achieving profitable growth.
For their part, RxS leadership expects to build upon Marano's expertise in building high performing teams, launching new revenue streams, and boosting profits. "We are very excited to bring Rich to the RxS team," notes company Principal and Chief Technologist Mark Jara. "We believe he is the perfect fit for the goals and forward-thinking initiatives of our company. Rich is ready to hit the ground running and we look forward to his leadership and to introducing him to current and future RxS client and partners."
RxS Chief Executive Officer Roseanne Branciforte adds, "We feel so fortunate to now have Rich as part of the RxS family. He has a well-earned track record of success in helping expand and grow companies that share two fundamental guiding principles of our company – a focus on service and ever-evolving technology."
This announcement comes on the heels of RxS recently announcing a broadening of its service offerings which include SampleCentral the industry's leading E-Portal sampling experience for Health Care Providers as well as the recently launched patient services, Patient Central. Marano will be charged with helping the company transition and grow with this expanded offering – and continue its longstanding dedication to improving care and outcomes, and empowering healthcare success.
"RxS is a great company and one that I'm thrilled to be a part of," commented Marano. "The company is in some ways a well-kept secret, and it's exciting to be in a position to share that secret and help RxS further expand and grow."
To learn more about the RxS and their full service offering, please visit rxsinfo.com.
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RxS is a woman-owned service company enabled by technology and dedicated to empowering healthcare success. It was founded by industry leaders in sample management who recognized that existing market offerings did not supply an integrated multi-channel solution. To deliver on their vision for integrated multi-channel solutions, the RxS team developed technology that seamlessly connects all channels, "One Company, One Customer", allowing brands to effectively introduce, distribute, and monitor their programs effectively. This comprehensive approach provides insight and analytic capabilities to support decision-making.
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SUNRISE, Fla. – Paul Maurice’s journey toward becoming the new coach of the Florida Panthers included a fortuitous flick of the remote control, plus was aided by a college admissions department.
He was watching games one night in January, a month or so after he stepped aside as coach of the Winnipeg Jets. He stumbled upon the Panthers and quickly told his wife that he was intrigued by their club.
Fast forward a few weeks, and Maurice’s son got admitted to the University of Miami. It was another sign.
“I’m thinking, ‘Hey, this could be good,’” Maurice said.
The Panthers hope he’s right. Maurice was introduced Thursday as Florida’s new coach, with the team emphasizing it found in a monthlong search his experience — he has the fourth-most games and seventh-most wins of any coach in NHL history — makes him the right fit.
“When we spoke to Paul Maurice, it was overwhelming that this was the man to be a real fit,” Panthers general manager Bill Zito. “He was the fit to take us into the challenges that are ahead of us moving forward, as we move forward to ultimately what our goal is.”
Zito called Maurice last week to start the interview process, which led to his hiring. Zito was a longtime agent in the NHL but had never actually met Maurice, though had several players who had played for him through the years.
Whatever Zito said to Maurice worked, and worked quickly.
“The interview process was wonderful,” Maurice said. “I don’t know how much time you spend with Bill, but he can jack you up about hockey in about 15 minutes, right? So, I’m in a lather an hour into the meeting and ready to go. And that’s what drives me, and that’s what I love. Really smart, passionate people that want to put on not just a great game, but a great program for the community.”
The Panthers will become the fourth franchise that Maurice coaches. He started in Hartford in 1995, two seasons before that franchise relocated to Carolina. He coached Toronto for two seasons before returning to Carolina, then spent nearly nine years as coach in Winnipeg before stepping down there in December.
Maurice simply felt like he needed a break. And then he watched the Panthers play from his couch about a month later. He no longer needed a break, and that feeling was cemented when he began his talks with Zito.
“They’re working on things,” Maurice said. “They have a plan if this happens, a plan if this happens. And they’re ready to work and you know right away, ‘I want to be a part of this.’ So that switch got flipped real fast and it wasn’t from, ‘I’m not coaching anymore.’ It was, ‘I’m only going to a place that I think I can make a difference.’”
Maurice has been an NHL head coach for the better part of 30 years, and has yet to win a Stanley Cup.
Same goes for the Panthers. They made the final in 1996, were moribund for most of the next quarter-century, then got things rolling in recent years, won the Presidents’ Trophy this season and have most of their star core — Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad, Sergei Bobrovsky and more — under contract for at least next season.
They have some roster questions, some salary-cap complexities to navigate this summer and it remains unclear if Andrew Brunette — who was promoted from assistant to interim coach when Joel Quenneville had to step down last fall — will be back with Florida. The Panthers want him to stay, as does Maurice.
But the end goal is clear: The only thing that’ll make next year an absolute success is hockey’s ultimate prize, and Maurice says he’s raring to get started.
“Certainly, that is the aspiration and where we want to get to,” Maurice said. “But we can’t make a Cup run in October, or in training camp. So, what we have to do from Day One, and a daily basis, is prepare in that work. And that has to be our focus. We’re not coming in Day One and say, ‘We’re gonna win the Stanley Cup’ because we can’t win it that day.”
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New feature proactively protects consumers by identifying weak, reused or compromised passwords and automatically updating them to stronger passwords
BOSTON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aura, the leader in intelligent safety for consumers, today introduced a new automatic password changing capability as part of its existing password manager feature, available to all Aura customers. The feature alerts users to weak, reused or compromised passwords and automatically updates credentials on select sites with just one click.
In 2021 alone, more than 22 billion personal records were exposed across data breaches, some including sensitive account information and passwords. Making this more dangerous, according to Aura, almost 40% of Americans admit to using the same password for most or all of their online accounts, meaning cybercriminals can leverage breached passwords and attempt to use them to access other consumer accounts that have the same or similar passwords.
"Data breaches have unfortunately become all-too-common in our digital world, providing savvy cybercriminals with access to sensitive account information that can be used to commit financial fraud or identity theft," said Jose Malpartida, chief product officer at Aura. "With our automatic password change feature, Aura aims to enable users to proactively and effortlessly protect their accounts, identities, finances and families, providing peace of mind for our customers."
The feature is the newest milestone in the company's development of an intelligent safety platform that enables predictive, personalized and autonomous protection for consumers. As part of automatic password change, Aura will notify you if your registered online accounts and passwords have been exposed online on the Dark Web - or if passwords are identified as weak or reused across accounts. It will then help change the password on supported sites by automatically logging in to the website, navigating to the change password page, updating the password by leveraging a strong password generator, and saving it back into Aura's password manager so it's securely stored and ready to use.
In addition to automatic password change and strong password generation, Aura's password manager provides:
- Cross-device sync - Add, modify, delete and access an unlimited number of passwords across all devices - including browser, mobile and web.
- Proactive security functionality - Automatically add, sync and store account and password information in one secure place and generate unique, strong passwords to secure online accounts.
- Drag and drop functionality - Easily populate your password information using Aura's browser extension.
Aura's password manager and automatic password change feature are available to all existing and new users via Aura's browser extension on Chrome, Firefox and Edge. Support for Safari coming this year.
To learn more about Aura's Password Manager, go to aura.com/passwordmanager.
Aura, the leader in intelligent safety solutions, provides all-in-one digital protection for consumers. We understand that the online safety needs of each individual are unique and require a personalized solution. By bringing together security, privacy and parental controls on an intelligent platform, Aura makes adaptive and proactive digital safety accessible to everyone. Visit www.aura.com.
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Tucker: Biden is in no hurry to fix the baby formula shortage
This is a rush transcript from "Tucker Carlson Tonight," May 13, 2022. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS CHANNEL HOST: Good evening, and welcome to TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT. Happy Friday.
At a press conference back on March 24th of this year, Joe Biden announced that thanks to the regime change war he's decided to voluntarily wage in Eastern Europe, our country -- the United States -- will soon face food shortages. Food shortages are "going to be real," Biden said.
Now, the reporters in the room dutifully transcribed the words and wrote their stories, but you may have missed it. You may not have even heard this because there weren't a lot of follow-up pieces about these man-made food shortages that Joe Biden was predicting and that's weird, if you think about it, because food shortages are inherently a big deal.
You could argue they're even more significant than, say, a slap fight between actors at an award ceremony.
Food shortages are historic events. They overturn societies. They bring down empires, they often have. If you've got food shortages, you've got a potentially destabilizing problem on your hands, and now we do have food shortages. They're real, as Joe Biden predicted.
As of tonight, at least 26 states are reporting that half their retail stores are completely out of baby formula. That would include the states of Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Iowa, and many others. These are major population centers without enough food for newborns.
In Memphis and Nashville, 52 percent of stores have no baby formula. Houston and Des Moines are reporting similar shortages. In San Antonio, a city with an unusually high percentage of families with small children, 57 percent of all stores in the city have no baby formula. Those are the numbers.
Journalist, Savanah Hernandez went to see for herself what the reality looks like. She went to eight different stores in Texas and not a single one of them had any baby formula to sell. Watch.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SAVANAH HERNANDEZ, JOURNALIST: We talked to a couple of moms outside who said that they've been having a really hard time finding formula and so this is what we're seeing right now.
The second Target that we've been to, we first went to Target in Lewisville and now we're in Frisco, and as you guys can see, it's pretty much the exact same thing here. Grocery stores pretty much empty, no formula to be found.
I've talked to a couple moms who were telling me that people have spent upwards of $150.00 on formula on Amazon. Some moms can't even find the formula that their baby requires.
One mother telling me her child is constipated, needed a specific type of formula, couldn't find it. So, that's what's going on.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARLSON: So that's real. You may not like Savanah Hernandez's politics, but she's got a video camera inside Target and they don't have any baby formula. So, babies need to eat, but they can't. Is that a big problem? Yes, it's a big problem. How big? We have a lot of problems right now. Ask yourself, is this a bigger problem than, say, using the wrong pronoun or Trump voters peacefully trespassing in a public building? It seems like a bigger problem than that.
So you would think the Biden administration would do something about it, and they certainly could if they wanted to. They can do anything. These are the people who claim to have the power to control global weather systems, the power to bend human biology to their will, so nothing is beyond the scope of their powers. And yet, in this particular case, Joe Biden is in no hurry to fix the problem. In fact, he joked about it today. Watch.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JOE BIDEN (D), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If we'd been better mind readers, I guess we could have, but we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARLSON: "Well, if we'd been better mind readers." Get it? It's hilarious because actually nobody can read minds. Joe Biden is being sarcastic like your 14-year-old daughter. "Laugh, Dad, it's not my fault."
Okay, so Joe Biden does not read minds, but the question is, does anyone in the White House read newspapers or watch television news? Supplies of baby formula were down at least 20 percent as far back as January. That was not hidden knowledge. It was public knowledge. It was out there if you were looking.
Here's one representative headline from the FOX affiliate in West Virginia, WVNS, back in February, quote: "What the baby formula shortage means for parents." There you have it. Americans were worried about not having enough baby formula. There was a shortage in February, but the White House wasn't concerned and they knew. We know that for certain because Brian Deese, who is the Director of the White House Economic Council, just admitted that he knew on CNN, quote: "We were aware ... back in February and ... we have had a team on this from the F.D.A. and interagency process since then."
Okay, so Joe Biden has been on this problem since February. Why is it still a problem? Why is it still impossible to buy baby formula in stores in San Antonio tonight? Well, the White House has an answer for that, too, and the answer is: Greedy mothers. They're the problem.
Like Kulaks hiding grain, counterrevolutionary moms in this country are undermining America's baby formula supply. They are, quote, "hoarding baby formula." Watch Joe Biden's flack explain.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
QUESTION: But if you are a parent who's looking for a formula right now, struggling to find what you need, do you have even a rough guess of how long these shortages are going to last? What should parents be bracing for here?
JEN PSAKI, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Well, we've already seen an increase in supply over the past couple of weeks. What we are seeing, which is an enormous problem, is hoarding, people hoarding because they're fearful. That is one element of it and people hoarding because they are trying to profit off of fearful parents.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARLSON: Oh, now we're down to Zimbabwean economics. We don't have enough to eat because greedy people are hoarding it. It's your fault, America's moms, you and your piggish little babies, always thoughtlessly eating, eating, eating, eating. Show some patriotic restraint and stop buying so much food for your kids, you greedy wreckers.
That's the White House position on the baby formula shortage. In fact, and it is possible this will not surprise you, the reality is just the opposite of what you heard.
America's moms are not hoarding baby formula because they're greedy or their fat little babies are eating too much. Sorry, Jen Psaki. The Biden administration is hoarding baby formula. The administration's WIC Program, formerly known as Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, is by far the largest purchaser of baby formula in the United States. That is true no matter what they're telling you from the podium at the White House.
Here's how it works. States award a contract to a baby formula manufacturer to provide the product to WIC participants. Then, people who receive WIC benefits take a voucher to the store and buy the baby formula from that manufacturer. Now, government agencies get a kickback from the manufacturer in the form of a rebate, sometimes as high as 85 percent of the wholesale price. In other words, the baby formula manufacturer essentially pays the government to maintain this monopoly, and it's good business for everybody. It's been going on for a long time.
The problem right now is that the Abbott Nutrition Company has made the baby formula for the vast majority of WIC contracts. The government had all its eggs virtually in Abbott's basket. Unfortunately, Abbott just closed its plant in Sturgis, Michigan because of contamination, and that means that millions of people who used WIC to buy Abbott products are forced to buy competing formulas and they're doing it all at once.
So, a government monopoly, overseen by Joe Biden, caused this baby formula crisis. What's the government doing to fix it? Well, here's what they're not doing. They're not invoking the Defense Production Act to manufacture more baby formula. Of course not, that's for Ukrainians only. Shut up, American moms.
Instead, the Biden administration is doing the opposite, which is to say doing the unimaginable. They're shipping scarce baby formula to the southern border to benefit illegal aliens who have no right to be here in the first place. Now, we know this because of a Florida congresswoman called Kat Cammack. Here's the video.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REP. KAT CAMMACK (R-FL): This got sent to me by a Border Patrol agent this morning and said, this is disgusting, you will not believe this. They're receiving pallets and more pallets of baby formula at the border.
This was taken at Ursula Processing Facility where thousands are being housed and processed and then released subsequently into the United States. So, think about this. This is what "America Last" looks like.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARLSON: That's real, by the way. The administration does not deny that it's real. Congresswoman Cammack also uploaded these two pictures onto Twitter. The one on the left is from the Ursula Processing Center at the border, "shelves and pallets packed with baby formula," the congresswoman wrote. The second is from an empty shelf here in the United States, reserved for American citizens.
There's never been a clearer statement of the administration's priorities. "Hey, American mothers, your kids are too expensive. Go have an abortion and get back to work at an Amazon warehouse."
Congresswoman Katie Porter of California said that out loud this week. You're poor? Have an abortion. Get back to work. Other Democrats said the same. "Try breastfeeding." Exclamation point, wrote 76-year-old Bette Midler today on Twitter, "It's free and available on-demand."
It's been a while since she's done that, but that's her position. So here you have an elderly, out-of-touch rich, liberal lady lecturing struggling American moms to shut up and suffer in silence and, by the way, make your baby shut up, too.
Now, if you can think of a more perfect distillation of modern politics of the left circa 2022 than that, send us an e-mail and let us know what it is because we've never seen anything that perfect.
And yet, here's the interesting part. That's not at all the message that the Bette Midler's of the world are sending to the millions of illegal aliens who are flooding into our country. The message to them is just the opposite. "Come, we welcome you. We will subsidize your childbearing, whatever it takes. Even if we have to take baby formula from American citizens, we will help you." That's literally what they're saying and more to the point, that's what they're doing.
So how do you get the Biden administration to pay attention to American citizens, to you? Let's say you need baby formula and you can't get it. Joe Biden doesn't care. Bette Midler is mocking you, "Go breastfeed. It's free." How do you get them to awaken to the fact that you exist, that American children are suffering? Well, it turns out there is a way to do that.
The baby formula shortage, and we looked this up, like every crisis in this country may affect you, but it affects trans-people disproportionately because trans-people are always (and Joe Biden often says this) are the ones who suffer most. And as Congresswoman Cori Bush once told us, nothing is more important than protecting birthing people.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REP. CORI BUSH (D-MO): I sit before you today as a single mom, as a nurse, as an activist and as a congresswoman, and I am committed to doing the absolute most to protect Black mothers, to protect Black babies, to protect Black birthing people.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARLSON: Oh. Well, it's the last line that's going to get Joe Biden's attention. So, your kids don't have enough to eat, they can't be bothered to help you at all, though they caused this problem. But once Joe Biden finds out that the trans-community is suffering, once he sees the faces of that suffering, he will do all he can to help. He'll airlift those pallets of formula from the border and distribute them to the many American trans- mothers who need them.
Once he sees these faces, and here they are ladies and gentlemen, straight from your Calvin Klein ad, pregnant men.
The pregnant man emoji, Joe Biden. Do it for the pregnant man emoji.
Rachel Campos-Duffy is the cohost of "FOX and Friends" Weekend. She joins us tonight. Rachel Campos-Duffy, thank you so much for coming on. This seems like the kind of issue since the government effectively controls the baby formula market, most people don't even know that, that they would jump on. You don't want to be the President who is presiding over a country without a baby formula. Why are they ignoring this?
RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY, FOX NEWS CHANNEL COHOST, "FOX AND FRIENDS" WEEKEND: You know, it's so interesting, because this past week, you started the week by doing a monologue talking about the fact that the left is waging a war on God, and I would say they're also waging a war on families.
And if you look at what they've done everything from, you know, CRT, inflation, abortion, you know, gender ideology in your child's school, even the crime rate, all of this is making it harder for you to have and raise a family.
And so, this baby formula situation, you know, it may not be intentional, maybe it's just incompetence on their part, but it just shows you that they just don't care. It's not a priority for them. I mean, look, they knew. You laid it out perfectly.
The F.D.A. told this company, this Abbott firm that makes formula that they had to shut down, which is good, if there was potential contamination, we want that. But they knew that they produce 40 percent of our nation's formula, which by the way, again, not a very healthy arrangement there, but they knew that.
And so they better have a plan if they're going to shut down the plant to either, you know, get it up and going quickly or source formula from some other place, but they didn't do that. It just shows that they're just -- they just don't care about you. They just don't care about families. They don't care about moms.
They told you this past week what they do care about. They said the number one thing, and by the way, this was both parties, the number one thing was the war in Ukraine. And look how quickly within a week they got $40 billion over to Ukraine -- $40 billion -- but they can't figure out how to get formula to moms.
And I'll tell you what, tell a mom who can't feed a baby in the middle of the night, that Ukraine is their number one problem? Yes, they're going to be angry and moms across America are angry, and Tucker, they're not hurting. They're doing networks across the internet trying to breastfeed and provide banks of milk for other moms. They're trying to help each other.
It's far from this ugly image that they're, you know, that they're portraying of mothers. And one last thing too, you know, you can maybe forgive Joe Biden who probably hasn't dealt with baby formula in 60 years for not understanding how serious and life-saving this crisis is, it is life or death for many people, by the way, I had a baby who had to have my breast milk fortified in order to survive until her lifesaving heart surgery because she had Down's and couldn't nurse. So this is serious business.
But what about Pete Buttigieg? I mean, this is also a supply chain issue. He is at the center of this and you know, he loves to tell us that he has those twins, but he is much more interested in making a point that about LGBTQ+ families than he is about locking arms with moms right now and figuring out how to solve this problem.
CARLSON: Yes, I mean maybe because families are the last bulwark -- the first and last bulwark against tyranny. If you have a strong family, you can't be pushed around. So maybe that's why they're not so interested in helping us have strong families. Do you think that's possible?
CAMPOS-DUFFY: That's absolutely right. That's absolutely right.
But also, again, it's about -- Tucker, it is also about their priorities. I mean, you talked about the formula that was going to the border. So, why is that happening? That's happening because they don't want to have bad press of women coming over the border, who maybe need formula because they're probably not nursing in the desert as they make that dangerous journey.
And they don't want bad press because they don't want their policies to end. This policy is important to them, and they have done everything they could to keep it opaque. So, we don't know what's going on. That's why they do those flights in the middle of the night. That's why they didn't want the FOX drone over the Del Rio Bridge.
I guarantee you right now, Tucker, that they are spending much more time and resources trying to locate that Border Patrol agent, the whistleblower who took that picture and gave it to Representative Cammack. I bet they're more interested in that than they are in the 14 terrorists who crossed the desert that we know of right now.
So that is what they care about.
CARLSON: Man, is that a good point. That is such a good point. Rachel Campos-Duffy, great to see you. Thank you so much.
CAMPOS-DUFFY: Great to see you, Tucker. Thank you.
CARLSON: So one of the main reasons we know what's happening in the border is the efforts of our Bill Melugin. He has been there for months now. He joins us straight ahead to tell us what's happening tonight.
Plus, a candidate for Senate in Arkansas is suing the Election Commission for violating the integrity of the election. It looks like the leaders of his party don't like him, so they intentionally misspelled his name on a ballot. Could that have happened? We'll let you decide.
We will be right back.
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CARLSON: For the third day in a row, a massive group of illegal aliens apparently from all over the world has crossed in to the United States. We have new video of this happening. Migrants bailing out of human smuggler's vehicle. FOX's Bill Melugin brings all of this information to us and you regularly. He is in Eagle Pass, Texas for us tonight.
Hey, Bill.
CARLSON: Hey, Tucker.
I can tell you even with Title 42 still in place right now, the illegal crossings are really just starting to shoot through the roof here in Eagle Pass, Texas and we want to show you some video to show you what we're talking about. Take a look at this.
We've shot this right here where we're standing earlier this morning. This was a single massive group of about 150 illegal immigrants all crossing at the same time, illegally here into Eagle Pass. Brazen in the middle of the day, right in front of American law enforcement and Border Patrol. And as you mentioned, this was the third day in a row that we've seen a big group like this at the exact same time of day just before 11:00 AM local time.
These were mostly Colombians, Venezuelans, and Cubans and you'll see, there is no fear there. A lot of them were smiling, waving to our cameras, flashing thumbs up, many of them knowing they will likely be released into the country, under the Biden administration's catch and release policies. And this certainly wasn't the only group today.
Take a look at the second piece of video here, immediately after that big group, this group of 52 started crossing in the Rio Grande directly after that. Again, brazen in the middle of the day right in front of Border Patrol.
These also Colombians, Venezuelans, and Cubans. There was only one single Border Patrol agent here on hand to receive that group once they crossed illegally into Texas. These big groups put a huge strain on their resources, they've got to call in agents from elsewhere, and that leaves gaps elsewhere along the border where the cartels are able to push drugs through.
I also want to show you this wild piece of video out of the Rio Grande Valley sector. What you are looking at as the aftermath of a human smuggler pursuit crash in Hidalgo County. You'll see 11 illegal immigrants bail out of the vehicle after it crashes. They go running all over the place on an effort to flee on foot.
This was a human smuggler being chased by Texas DPS before he rolled over. DPS reporting that seven of the illegal immigrants ended up escaping, including the human smuggler, but that sort of thing happens day in and day out down here at the border and back out here live, I want to show you what's happening right now in this spot, what you'll see is the Texas National Guard is now showing up in force here, and they have started placing razor wire all throughout this area.
This is the spot where we've been seeing these massive groups crossing the last several days. They have now shown up, they've just broken ground, and they're starting to place coils of this razor wire all over the area in an effort to deter these illegal crossings.
I can tell you obviously, a barbed wire is not going to be an impenetrable wall by any means. But it can be successful in terms of funneling illegal immigrants into areas where there are more resources, so the Guard is out here doing that. And the last thing I want to point out is Border Patrol here in Del Rio sector report that in one seven-hour span, they arrested two convicted child sex predators in two separate incidents, both were Mexican nationals, both were previously deported, apparently tried to come in across. Thankfully, agents able to catch them.
And that Tucker, is why, it's so important to have our agents out on the frontlines actively patrolling rather than doing paperwork and acting like social workers processing these large groups.
We'll send it back to you.
CARLSON: Exactly. Bill Melugin, thank you as always.
So Arkansas is one of the most conservative states in the country. How do you know that? We just polled the people who live there on what they think about the various issues. But like a lot of conservative states, Arkansas is governed by some very liberal Republicans.
So Jake Bequette is not one of them. He is running for Senate in the primary as a Republican in the State of Arkansas, and it looks like not everyone is for that.
So for several weeks, Jake Bequette's first thing was completely wrong on thousands of ballots. Now, that's a problem for him because another candidate with the same last name, Bequette is also on the ballot.
Election officials told us say they have fixed the problem and voting has already started in the Arkansas primary. Now Jake Bequette is suing. We thought this was interesting, so we asked him to come on and explain what's happening to this.
Jake, thanks so much for coming on. It's hard not to see, and maybe you don't want to say this out loud, but from an outsider's perspective, it almost seems like sabotage, by your own party.
JAKE BEQUETTE (R), ARKANSAS SENATORIAL CANDIDATE: Well, so here in Arkansas, we have a lot of Republicans, but not very many conservative warriors, and that's not who I am. At my core, I'm a warrior and what establishment has lined up against me, they have four or five super PACs running nonstop attack ads and there is probably one coming up on your next commercial break here in Arkansas.
But what happened is, early voting started on Monday and we discovered we had outraged voters from multiple Arkansas counties reaching out to me with screenshots of the ballot boxes and these voting machines. My name was wrong, it said "Jack Bequette" instead of Jake Bequette.
So we reached out to these counties and we expected they'd be surprised. You know, "Oh, my gosh, the ballots are wrong." No, they knew, Tucker. We have proof. They admitted that for three weeks before early voting started, they knew my name was going to be wrong and said nothing in violation of Arkansas State Law.
So here's what happened, Tucker. They thought I was part of the old right. They thought I was one of these establishment RINOs who was just going to take it lying down. Say, okay, you know, oh, shucks, we'll get them next time.
No, Tucker, I punched back. I'm going to do business as business is being done. I'm part of the new right. We filed lawsuits. We took them to Court. Today in Court, the Judge said this whole situation was deeply troubling, and all of a sudden, Tucker, voila, they started fixing these voting machines and these ballots, they originally told us in a lie, were unfixable.
So we already got them -- we've already got them on the run, Tucker, here in Arkansas. They've already fixed them in one county, we're going to make sure we can verify. You know, as Reagan said, trust but verify, we skip the trust. We're going straight to verify.
We're going to make sure on Monday that all 75 Arkansas counties have the correct name on the ballot. That's Jake Bequette for U.S. Senate not Jack. But even if it says Jack, vote for Jack because look, I'm not going to D.C. to be a part of the establishment regime, the uniparty. I'm a conservative warrior. I'm going to fight for the citizens of Arkansas on election integrity.
Because look, Tucker at the end of the day, this should not be a partisan issue, election integrity. Look, if you'd have the courage to put your name on the ballot to run if you love your country enough to run for office and serve our country, if you're a Republican and Democrat, Green Party, who cares -- I don't care what office you're seeking U.S. Senate or dog catcher, you deserve to have the voters be fully informed, be fully enfranchised and know who they're voting for.
So when I win this race, Tucker, when I win this primary, win this runoff, if necessary and go to the U.S. Senate, I'm going to turn the guns of the Arkansas RINO establishment inward. I'm going to fix this once and for all and I'm going to make sure Arkansas has secure elections.
CARLSON: Amen. Yes, and politicians who represent the people of Arkansas you know, Asa Hutchinson does not represent your average Arkansas Republican. Sorry, I don't get it. Anyway, Jake Bequette, I appreciate your coming on tonight. Godspeed.
BEQUETTE: Thanks, Tucker.
CARLSON: Thank you.
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So, is everybody subscribing to "The New York Times" in a coma? It's really been one of the biggest mysteries in journalism. What explains it? So we decided to find out do, a little shoe leather reporting.
One of our producers signed up for "The New York Times" monthly subscription about a year ago. This is a longitudinal study. Then when "The Times" raised the rate to $17.00 a month -- $17.00 a month -- our producer tried to cancel.
We talked to representatives that "The Times" in April and that representatives told us that the cancellation was going to go through, but then this month we got billed again.
On Wednesday our producer called in to renew the subscription -- rather to request the cancel to go through and "The Times" told us that was no problem, it will go through. Then, this morning for some reason, "The Times" hit us with yet another charge for 17 bucks.
So we called "The Times" to find out what's going on. Within minutes, the customer service rep of "The New York Times" confessed that the company is committing fraud.
It's not an overstatement. It's what haven't.
Listen to her explanation of why our producer was not able to cancel his account.
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NYT CUSTOMER SUPPORT: It looks like the first time you tried to cancel this, or at least the first time that one of our advocates tried to cancel it, this was when you wrote into us on chat, and that would have been the 13th of April this year.
The reason that it was not canceled, it was rejected in the system due to an in progress transaction attempt. Now it looks like, again, someone tried to cancel it and that was on the 11th. They got the exact same system response. The system was still trying to process a transaction.
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CARLSON: Oh, so the system won't let you cancel your "Times" subscription. Even if you don't want it. Our requests were rejected on two separate occasions a month apart.
Now, according to the newspaper, the system simply wouldn't allow it either time. So we demanded a refund. Then the representative told us, can you guess? The system doesn't allow refunds. Listen.
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NYT CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Now, as for the refund of those two transactions you were trying to avoid, it does not look like those were processed at all. So I'm going to have to do that for you now, which shouldn't be a problem. Right?
"Billing event is being processed." Why is there another event being processed? That doesn't make any sense.
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CARLSON: Now, we should really admit that this customer service representative probably does not work at "The New York Times" seemed like a sweet person and admitted, that doesn't make any sense. Well, it's true, it doesn't make sense, unless you're "The New York Times" and you're trying to rip off your customers, which is the only way you can stay in business because you're so bad, no normal person would ever pay to read you.
And ultimately, the customer service rep, sweet woman that she is, made it clear, that's exactly what's happening.
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NYT CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Now, as for the refund of those two transactions you were trying to avoid, it does not look like those were processed at all. So I'm going to have to do that for you now, which shouldn't be a problem. Right? "Billing event is being processed." Why is there another event being processed? That doesn't make any sense?
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CARLSON: "This system needs to work. This is not okay. People have definitely been charged after cancellation." Quote. That's what she admitted.
Class action lawsuit, anyone?
So if you've ever cancelled your "New York Times" subscription, and certainly you have because you're not insane, go check your monthly statement. There is a pretty good chance "The New York Times" is still taking your money.
So again, that's fraud, and we hope it's rectified. But more to the point now we know how they keep their subscriber numbers.
So under Tony Fauci, the US government has funded horrifying experiments that torture and kill dogs for no good reason. We've gotten nothing useful in science from this torture. And yet, Fauci has spent more than $400,000.00 to trap beagles in meshed cages where they are bitten to death by flies.
So, this is horrifying, it should never happen again. How do we prevent dogs from being murdered just so Tony Fauci can spread more money around to his friends?
Judie Mancuso has been working on this for a long time, she's arguing that lawmakers in California should create a Bill of Rights for cats and dogs. She is CEO and President of Social Compassion in Legislation. We're grateful for her efforts and happy to welcome her tonight.
Judie, thanks so much for coming on. Tell us how you could stop this.
JUDIE MANCUSO, CEO AND PRESIDENT, SOCIAL COMPASSION IN LEGISLATION: Well, our bill is actually directed at people who adopt at shelters. So the Dog and Cat Bill of Rights is a list of specific rights that dogs and cats should have, that will be posted at shelters, humane societies, rescue groups, so that people who are adopting, understand what exactly the expectations are in having an animal.
CARLSON: Right. Would that prevent, do you think the kind of cruelty you're seeing and these pointless experiments on animals, people are being paid to torture animals to death and there is no evidence that human lives are saved because of it.
MANCUSO: Well, that would be a completely different bill, and we did work on a bill that had to do with cosmetics and personal hygiene products sold in California that shall not be tested on animals. So, that is something that California did do. We got signed into law.
But you're -- the conversation you're having about animals and testing is a whole other one that we would love to address because it is our taxpayer dollars that go to animal experiments in universities across the United States, so not only is it in universities with our taxpayer dollars, it is public and privately funded.
And a lot of these experiments have been done before and they don't need to continue, and there are non-animal test that have higher efficacy rate that should be used.
CARLSON: So, I hope this is the first step toward doing that, your Animal Bill of Rights in the State of California, something good to come out of California because if you can mistreat dogs, you will mistreat people. I don't think there's any question about it.
MANCUSO: Well, there's a direct correlation that is well-documented of that. Yes.
CARLSON: There certainly is. I appreciate it. Judie Mancuso, thank you.
MANCUSO: Thank you for having me on.
CARLSON: So the City of Philadelphia has recently set its all-time record for murderers in a year, crime is out of control and that is one of the reasons, maybe the main reason that former U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain decided to run for governor in that state. He joins us next.
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CARLSON: Remember that college professor who said, actually it's not necessarily immoral for adults to be sexually attracted to kids. Pedophilia, lighten up. What are you? A hater?
Well, that Professor has resigned from Old Dominion University in Virginia, but he has got a new job. FOX's Kevin Corke has that story for us tonight.
Hey, Kevin.
KEVIN CORKE, FOX NEWS CHANNEL WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Wow. Good evening, Tucker. I mean, this is one of those stories, if you're not familiar with the background, you'd want to sit up and pay attention. Dr. Allyn Walker who identifies as non-binary and transgender who was also previously known as Allison (ph) Walker, well, has been hired, as you point out at Johns Hopkins in Maryland, and that hiring actually comes about six months after Virginia's Old Dominion announced that the 34-year-old will be stepping down as a professor there after a firestorm, if you will, erupted after Walker's argument that pedophiles should be referred to as "minor-attracted persons" asserting they shouldn't be ostracized for their urges, which Walker says simply cannot be helped.
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DR. ALLYN WALKER, AUTHOR, "A LONG DARK SHADOW": I use the term "minor- attracted person" or MAP in the title and throughout the book for multiple reasons. It is less stigmatizing than other terms like "pedophile."
A lot of people when they hear the term "pedophile," they automatically assume that it means a sex offender, and that isn't true and it leads to a lot of misconceptions about attractions toward minors.
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CORKE: As you can well imagine that did not sit well over at ODU. Now also in that interview, Walker said, "I want to be clear, child sex abuse is inexcusable as a crime," and well, obviously that didn't say she had critics there who suggested that Walker was actually attempting to destigmatize pedophilia. And of course, that would make her the last or him the last candidate who should be working at a center that aims to prevent child sex abuse.
Here's a tweet that I think sums up the feeling of many people. This is Professor Mike Salter of the University of New South Wales, quote: "So spare me the characterizations of pedophiles as oppressed and misunderstood. It's not a sexual orientation or identity. It's a disorder.
The urge to abuse children is an urge to harm others as an urge to harm others should be stigmatized, just like the urge to assault or murder. They are also words of Mike Salter there.
By the way, Walker's stint is expected to begin on the 25th of May at the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins.
Food for thought there -- Tucker.
CARLSON: The Great Kevin Corke, thanks for that story.
CORKE: You bet.
CARLSON: Johns Hopkins. How long will this continue, you wonder? You're really going to send 80 grand so your kid can go to Johns Hopkins? Not for long.
Well, on your screen right now, you're looking at images that seem like they're from some sort of horror movie. They're not they're from Kensington, that's a neighborhood in the City of Philadelphia, one of our great cities.
That footage was shot in May of this year, all in one day. It's from a YouTube channel called "Kimgary."
A lot of Philadelphia looks like Kensington now. Here is a local news report on a recent killing at a gas station in the city.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thirty-year-old Brandon Dixon, now he was walking out of this gas station approaching a silver SUV parked at that gas pump, you see there, and as he is standing at the pump, a red sedan pulls into the gas station, two men exit and opened fire on him.
Dixon drives to run away from those shooters as you see there in that video, both of whom brandished semi-automatic weapons, but he suffered gunshot wounds to both the head and the face according to police.
The video also shows those shooters haphazardly firing among other customers at gas pumps before they ran back into their vehicle and drove away.
His grieving mother at a loss for words and simply angered over this devastating loss.
LISA DIXON, MOTHER OF BRANDON DIXON: I just recently moved back here. I just moved -- you know, came back to Philly, and it was the worst mistake that I have ever made in my life.
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CARLSON: So you get what you put up with. The question is how long will the rest of us put up with this? That's the question Bill McSwain has been asking. He's a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is now running for Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We're happy to have him join us tonight.
Bill McSwain, thanks so much for coming on.
I think based on our previous conversations that it is videos like that that got you to run for the Governor of Pennsylvania.
BILL MCSWAIN, PENNSYLVANIA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE: Well, it's great to be back, Tucker. And yes, that video shows a murder in Mount Airy, and Mount Airy is traditionally a pretty nice area of Philadelphia. So things have gotten so out of control that now you're having gun battles in broad daylight, and even the supposedly nice areas of Philadelphia, and these are the consequences of the progressive agenda.
We see lawlessness, violence, murder, mayhem, and I'm running for governor in Pennsylvania to stop it. I am the law and order candidate. As you noted, I'm a former United States Attorney appointed by President Trump, and I have the experience and the determination to return safety to our streets.
CARLSON: Does that -- I mean, Philadelphia is the biggest city in your state. Does the current governor -- does not notice what's happening there, do you think?
MCSWAIN: I don't think the current governor particularly cares, and what we've really seen is not just an increase in crime, but a breakdown of civil society.
CARLSON: Yes.
MCSWAIN: The progressive policies that are championed by people like the current Governor, Tom Wolf, have led our neighborhoods to be more dangerous, but also dirtier, seedier, more depressing, and I don't accept that. I'm running for governor to give Pennsylvania a better future.
CARLSON: And more depressing, thank you for saying that. That's really what it is. It's depressing. It's not only violent and scary. It's just sad as hell.
I mean, do you think if you're Governor Wolf, and this is your state, and you see video like that, or you drive through Center City, Philadelphia, like what does he think to himself?
MCSWAIN: I don't know what he thinks, Tucker. And frankly, at this point, I don't care. I just want to see him gone. We need change in Pennsylvania. And we're only going to get changed if we send a conservative outsider like me to Harrisburg, to shake things up.
The opponents that I'm running against. They're all career politicians. I'm a U.S. Marine. I'm a prosecutor. I'm a United States Attorney. I'm a conservative outsider and I will go to Harrisburg and make the hard decisions that will get our state back on track.
And it's not just Pennsylvania, we need to elect conservative governors all over the country, but it is going to start in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. We have a very important primary and I hope people will vote for McSwain on Tuesday.
CARLSON: Bill McSwain joining us tonight, appreciate it. Thank you.
MCSWAIN: Thank you, Tucker.
CARLSON: So the Ukraine story started a lot like the death of George Floyd. Do you feel bad about what's happening in Ukraine? Do you feel bad at what happened to George Floyd? Of course you did. Of course you do.
Next thing, you wake up, and you have no police left, or in this case you wake up and we're at war with Russia. And according to the leadership of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, we are literally at war with Russia now. We'll show you the tape.
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CARLSON: So for months now, the conflict in Eastern Europe, which just to remind you is between two countries that are not the United States, Russia and Ukraine has been escalating. Our involvement has been escalating.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Americans, including this show sympathize with the Ukrainians, they were invaded. But it's not our war. We are not at war with anybody. We sympathize with one side, but we are not fighting anybody. But increasingly, day by day, it becomes clear actually we are.
The United States is at war with Russia, and now, they are just coming out and saying it.
So here's the number two Democrat in the House, the House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer of Maryland, just saying flat out, "We are at war with Russia." Now there was never a vote to go to war with Russia. There was never an authorization of military force that would allow legally a war with Russia, but it doesn't matter. We're at war watch.
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REP. STENY HOYER (D-MD): Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that a time of war that we spend all the time blaming our own President.
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CARLSON: You got that. So, Joe Biden got us in a war that you didn't want and nobody voted on. And now because we're in that war, you're not allowed to criticize Joe Biden because we're at war. You can't criticize the President, we're at war.
See how that works? No wonder there for war. It's pretty amazing.
More on that next week, a big Ukraine vote in the Senate. We'll be following it.
In the meantime, have the best weekend with the ones you love. We will see you Monday. Congress holds its first public hearing on UFOs in 50 years, of course, we are on that story.
Have a great night.
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HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) — One person is in the hospital after a shooting Monday night, according to law enforcement on the scene.
Dispatchers say the call came in just before 10 p.m. They say it happened in the area of Artisan Avenue and 9th Avenue in Huntington.
Law enforcement tells 13 News one person is in the hospital, but the extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A 500-year-old Orthodox icon that was looted from a church in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus has been returned to the island.
The icon of the Enthroned Christ, which Cyprus’ Antiquities Department dates to around the end of the 15th century to the early 16th century, was presented at a ceremony Tuesday to the head of the island’s Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos.
The icon belongs to the 12th-century Christ Antiphonitis Church, which is near the northern coastal town of Kyrenia. It was one of countless icons, frescoes, mosaics and religious artifacts stolen from churches that were abandoned when a 1974 Turkish invasion split the island between primarily Orthodox Greek Cypriots in the south and Muslim Turkish Cypriots in the north.
Turkey’s invasion had followed a coup mounted by supporters of union with Greece.
“Efforts to repatriate stolen artifacts are continuing,” said Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos, who presented the icon to the church.
The Cyprus Church traced the icon to an auction in Switzerland, and Swiss police seized it in 2014. Following a long legal process, Swiss authorities handed the icon over last week and it was flown to Cyprus.
The Cyprus Church has for decades been trying to track down numerous religious artifacts stolen from hundreds of abandoned churches and monasteries in the north and sold abroad.
The church said the returned icon would be held by the archbishopric “until it returns to its rightful place” in the Antiphonitis Church. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/500-year-old-icon-looted-from-divided-cyprus-repatriated/ | 2022-07-13 01:24:44 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/500-year-old-icon-looted-from-divided-cyprus-repatriated/ |
School bus driver accused of stalking 8-year-old boy
GREENLAND, N.H. (WBZ) - A school bus driver in New Hampshire is accused of stalking an 8-year-old boy and his family. Federal prosecutors say the suspect also gave the boy gifts, letters and cell phones.
Michael Chick, a former school bus driver at Greenland Central School, is accused of harassing an 8-year-old student on his route, secretly visiting the boy’s home at night and putting GPS tracking on his parents’ vehicles.
“As law enforcement officers, it is paramount that we protect our most vulnerable, and in this case, the vulnerable is a child,” said Jane Young, U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire.
The details in the 20-page affidavit are disturbing.
Chick, 39, allegedly admitted he gave the victim three prepaid phones. In the man’s bedroom, investigators found handwritten notes instructing the boy to change out of his sleeping shorts, take selfies and return the phone by dropping it out his window.
Prosecutors say Chick told the 8-year-old a team of as many as 800 people was threatening to kidnap and torture him if he didn’t follow the instructions.
Investigators found a note that they say he showed the boy on the bus.
“You had too many chances. This is not working. We are done (expletive) around. Make this happen now or the kid disappears,” the note read.
Chick was arrested after investigators raided his home in Eliot, Maine. He is charged with interstate stalking and is in custody, pending a hearing.
“This investigation is in the infancy stages. We will follow whatever evidence develops. As far as we can, we will pursue every avenue that is available to us,” Young said.
Chick’s brother says he doesn’t believe he would be involved with anything like what he is accused of and has never seen that kind of behavior from him.
Authorities aren’t sure if this is an isolated incident, so they are asking other parents to come forward if their children had inappropriate contact with Chick.
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Four teens arrested for breaking into cars in Tampa, police say
TAMPA, Fla. - Four teenagers were arrested Monday morning, accused of breaking into cars in Tampa before getting caught in St. Petersburg.
According to the Tampa Police Department, the teenagers broke into a car on Blanca Avenue on Davis Islands. The owner of that car, Django Chassang, told FOX 13 the criminals took his wallet, which contained about $700 in cash from his summer job giving pickleball lessons.
"I was working hard at it," said Chassang. "It took me a really long time to acquire all that, and I was actually about to take it to the bank. So I had just anger running through my heart."
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Officers said the burglars traveled to West Terrace Drive in South Tampa where a vigilant neighbor saw their white Audi and called 911.
A police helicopter tracked the car into a St. Petersburg neighborhood, where officers arrested three 15-year-olds and a 17-year-old.
"Just the quick actions of the victims were calling in and noticing the vehicle leaving or were able to give a great description. Not only that, but the officers on the scene to be able to get air services up and to be able to coordinate with them and then quickly locate the vehicle, I think that was nothing short of extraordinary," said Stefon Filer, a spokesperson for the Tampa Police Department.
Tampa police call car burglaries "crimes of opportunity." Criminals often go through a neighborhood, checking for unlocked vehicles, while hoping to find valuables and often firearms in them.
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LIMA, OH (WLIO)- Lima City Administrators and City Council met Monday Evening inside Council Chambers to discuss the proposed Community Entertainment District for the city.
The Workforce and Small Business Development Department presented a proposed Community Entertainment District that encompasses Downtown Lima as well as areas extending along Main Street between Grand Avenue and Fourth Street and along the Market Street corridor from Downtown to Metcalf Street. Areas within the district boundary will feature a wide variety of economic developments ranging from hotels, retail, and restaurants to museums, theaters, sports facilities, and entertainment complexes. With business and community interest on the rise, city officials are planning to move forward with the next steps.
"Right now, we are in the discussion phase, but our next step that we are taking is there will be an application made to the Mayor of Lima. From that point, Mayor will take that on to our council members, and Council will then take that into consideration and will be published in the paper for two weeks. There will be a comment period, and then it will move forward from there," says Amber Martin, Workforce & Small Business Development Coordinator, City of Lima.
The proposed district would give businesses access to development resources such as the D-5j permit and potentially liquor licenses through the Ohio Division of Liquor Control. A Community Entertainment District also must have a minimum investment threshold of $50 million for all projects.
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EDISON, N.J., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NAFA Fleet Management Association (NAFA), the vehicle fleet industry's largest membership association, announces leading business experts Sunjay Nath and Sara Frasca will deliver the keynote addresses for NAFA 2023 Institute & Expo, the industry's largest gathering of fleet and mobility professionals.
"We are thrilled to welcome Sunjay and Sara, experienced and insightful leaders, to provide keynotes at NAFA 2023 Institute & Expo," said Raymond Brisby, CAFM, NAFA Board President. "Both speakers are sure to inspire and motivate our attendees while providing them with tangible insights and actionable takeaways to improve their businesses."
Nath will deliver the luncheon keynote on April 17, 2023, sponsored by Holman. His keynote, The #1 Thing That Holds Us Back, asks attendees to question barriers and re-approach in a way that makes the impossible, possible. An author, leader and entrepreneur, Nath travels globally sharing insights on leadership and performance. His trademark, "The 10-80-10 Principle" helps individuals and teams improve performance.
Frasca will deliver the closing keynote, Hacking Innovation: The New Growth Model from the Sinister World of Hackers, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. She draws inspiration from the unlikely world of hackers to reveal a new and powerful model for leadership and organizational success. Frasca is an innovation and business growth expert with leadership experience in both Corporate America and the world of startups. She now serves as Chief Operating Officer for POINT Northeast, a global business coaching firm.
View the NAFA 2023 Institute & Expo program and register today.
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LONDON (AP) — The Sheffield strippers of “The Full Monty” return 25 years on, in a new TV series that wears its politics on its sleeve.
In the much-loved original movie, a group of unemployed men from the north of England decide to form a striptease act in a desperate attempt to raise money after the local steelworks closed down.
A new comedy-drama TV series from the same writer, Simon Beaufoy, and producer, Uberto Pasolini, returns to those characters more than two decades later in a compelling portrait of contemporary Britain. After the dismantling of heavy industry, the area has been subjected to an erosion of public services and the welfare safety net.
“The politics are in there,” actor Steve Huison told The Associated Press recently. “You don’t have to be slammed in the face with them but hopefully people will see it and realize, ‘Oh, you know, that’s where I’m at at the moment.’”
The original movie was a surprise international hit, earning nearly $260 million and even spawning a musical in 2000 and a play in 2013. Robert Carlyle, who plays grifter Gary “Gaz” Schofield, attributes that success to its universal themes.
“One of the principal reasons why it did have such an appeal worldwide, particularly in Europe, was that places like Sheffield exist all over Europe, and all over the U.S., if you think of it, you know, probably Detroit or something like that. The death of the car industry there is similar to the death of the steel industry in Sheffield,” Carlyle said.
The 1997 movie was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture, and won one for Anne Dudley’s score.
The men of “The Full Monty” — older but not necessarily wiser — do not strip in the TV series, but are struggling to keep up with developments in modern society and, in some cases, to survive. It co-stars original castmembers Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Wim Snape, Paul Clayton and Paul Barber.
Original star Hugo Speer, who once taught King Charles III a dance routine from the movie at the then-prince’s 50th birthday party, was sacked from the show after allegations of inappropriate conduct, but does make a brief appearance in the series.
Beaufoy co-wrote the series with frequent collaborator Alice Nutter, the Chumbawamba singer who’s also written for “Trust” and “The White Princess.” Unlike the movie, the new TV series doesn’t just focus on the plight of working class men; women are front and center in the story, no longer just sidelined as wives.
“You know, from the original to the series, I felt that Simon had been incredibly generous,” said Lesley Sharp, who returns as Jean. “He and Alice have invested really beautifully in other female characters.”
The series has a new character, Destiny, a tearaway teen played by Talitha Wing who has inherited her father Gaz’s tendency to get her friends into trouble, but has a steely determination to get on in life.
“There’s really, really strong women,” said Wing (“Alex Rider,” “Wolfe”). “It’s fantastic to see and to play as well.”
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A salmonella outbreak has been linked to small turtles, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. So far, 15 people have been sickened across 11 states, with five requiring hospitalization. “Many people in this outbreak reported purchasing turtles with shells less than 4 inches long from online stores before getting sick,” the CDC said. It noted that three of the people who were sickened purchased turtles from the website myturtlestore.com. The CDC notes that it is illegal to sell turtles that small, but that does not always stop websites and certain physical locations, like flea markets and roadside stands. People can get salmonella by touching a turtle or something in its environment, and then touching their mouth or handling food without washing their hands first, the CDC said. The CDC also notes that pet turtles of any size can carry salmonella, even if they appear healthy and clean. To avoid getting sick, the CDC recommends washing your hands after handling and feeding pet turtles, and to avoid kissing or snuggling the animals. The CDC also advises people not to eat around their pet turtles. The CDC said you should seek medical attention if you experience severe symptoms, which include a fever over 102 degrees Fahrenheit, diarrhea that lasts more than 3 days without improving, and excessive vomiting. | https://www.wsgw.com/salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-small-turtles/ | 2022-07-22 01:24:55 | 1 | https://www.wsgw.com/salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-small-turtles/ |
Atlanta next stop for Jakes' fan-favorite Woman, Thou Art Loosed!
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- T.D. Jakes' annual International Leadership Summit, held at the Charlotte Convention Center on March 31-April 2, brought fireworks and some 10,000 attendees to their feet as guests like Denzel Washington, Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo, Van Jones, Janice Bryant Howroyd and more shared their advice on how to revolutionize the future of leadership. Numbers just finalized calculated that the event brought in $9.2 million in economic impact for the city of Charlotte with revenue for hotels boasting a 74% increase than the previous week.
The 2023 International Leadership Summit will be held in Orlando from May 4-6.
Jakes will next host one of the nation's most popular conferences for women—Woman, Thou Art Loosed! in Atlanta Sept. 22-24. Like in Charlotte, the conference will bring a wealth of income to the Atlanta area.
The conference that helped turned Jakes into a household name will take its final curtain call. Coming "home" to Atlanta after being in Dallas for several cycles, this year's Woman, Thou Art Loosed! Homecoming is set to pay homage to the women who've ignited this movement the past few decades. For years, Woman, Thou Art Loosed! has highlighted challenges and unique nuances hidden from the global narrative, emancipating women and their families from generations of being contained. The outcome of those moments from Woman, Thou Art Loosed! is still reverberating around the world today.
Media may apply online to request media credentials to cover the event.
Luminary speakers are expected to present at Woman, Thou Art Loosed! Homecoming. Confirmed speakers include:
- T.D. Jakes
- Sarah Jakes Roberts
- Priscilla Schirer
- Cora Jakes Coleman
- Serita Jakes
- And more to be announced
Registration is open now to attend Woman, Thou Art Loosed!
About the International Leadership Summit
Founded by philanthropist, educator, real estate developer and global leader T.D. Jakes, the International Leadership Summit is an annual transformative conference. Since 2011, the conference has cultivated aspiring and tenured entrepreneurs and leaders with the tools to become successful in for-profit and not-for-profit industries. Previous speakers include Tyler Perry, John Maxwell, Byron Allen, Cynthia Marshall and David Steward III.
About Woman, Thou Art Loosed!
Woman, Thou Art Loosed! began as one of T.D. Jakes' most popular books, which he transformed from an international best-selling book to film, a global movement, and into one of the most successful global women's conferences, elevating his profile and making him one of the most popular Christian leaders in the U.S. For decades Jakes has brought inspirational and motivational speakers to the stage to help women around the world be loosed from a myriad of strongholds, transforming them into revelations that helped women change the world.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better way for busy parents to clean baby bottles and nipples," said an inventor, from Mesa, Ariz., "so I invented the EZ BOTTLE SCRUB. My design would eliminate the time-consuming and tiring motion of hand-washing bottles and nipples with a standard brush."
The invention provides an easier way to wash baby bottles/nipples and other containers. In doing so, it offers an alternative to manually scrubbing bottles with a brush. As a result, it ensures that bottles and nipples are thoroughly cleaned and it saves time and effort. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for parents with babies.
The original design was submitted to the Phoenix sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-PBT-232, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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It's someone's backyard swimming pool. No one is home now, but when they go for a swim, anyone in the world can watch them. And they have no idea. If you have any cameras around your house, you might be being watched right now.
There are websites with links to thousands of unsecured web cameras around the world. Livestreams of someone's backyard, or from someone's security camera at the front door. Or of someone's bedroom. All live 24 hours a day, captured by the homeowner's private security cameras.
Security cameras from the big brands have lots of security to prevent this. Cheap foreign knockoff cameras do not.
But even those secure big brand cameras are susceptible to peeping toms unless you take a few steps to protect yourself. Cameras come with passwords and log-ins and if you haven't changed it right out of the box, someone who knows what they're doing can find the login credentials and log in.
The Wi-Fi routers those cameras are connected to are a bigger risk. They have default user names and passwords. Often it's "admin" and "Password." Those default logins are easily found with an internet search.
We've all seen scary videos of strangers talking to children through security cameras. It happens, and for a hacker who knows what they're doing, it's pretty easy if you haven't changed usernames and passwords.
Check your routers. Download the app and change the login credentials that it came with. And every few months, unplug the router for about 10 seconds and plug it back in. This will install any security updates and will likely speed things up for all of the devices connected to it. | https://www.wfmz.com/features/what-the-tech/what-the-tech-protecting-your-wi-fi-router-from-being-hacked/article_f4c20770-4b23-11ed-b7fa-630565e6d708.html | 2022-10-13 22:01:59 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/features/what-the-tech/what-the-tech-protecting-your-wi-fi-router-from-being-hacked/article_f4c20770-4b23-11ed-b7fa-630565e6d708.html |
The 2022 BET Awards are officially here!
Hosted by Taraji P. Henson, the star-studded award ceremony aired live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on June 26 and featured phenomenal performances from Lil Wayne, Lizzo, Giveon, Chance The Rapper, Chloe Bailey and more.
Throughout the unforgettable evening, each of the show's award categories--which honor the best and brightest in film, music, television and athletics--will be presented by a collection of stars including Daniel Kaluuya, Idris Elba, Janelle Mone, Keke Palmer, Ne-Yo and Tamar Braxton.
In the lead up to the awards show, Doja Cat was the most-nominated person of the night with six nominations. The "Kiss Me More" singer who was followed closely behind by Ari Lennox and Drake, who each received four nods.
Meanwhile, Zendaya and Forest Whitaker are the only two actors on the night to be nominated for multiple roles in their respective categories.
The Most Unforgettable Red Carpet Moments From BET Awards
Zendaya was nominated for Best Actress for her performance as Rue Bennet in the hit HBO show "Euphoria" as well as Michelle Jones-Watson Marvel's "Spider-Man: No Way Home," while Whitaker was up for Best Actor for his role on the series Godfather of Harlem and the 2021 Aretha Franklin biopic "Respect."
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See the full list of the winners and nominees below.
Best Female R&B/Pop Artist
Ari Lennox
Chle
Doja Cat
H.E.R
WINNER: Jazmine Sullivan
Mary J. Blige
Summer Walker
Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
Blxst
Chris Brown
Givon
Lucky Daye
Winner: The Weeknd
Wizkid
Yung Bleu
Best Group
WINNER: Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
Chle X Halle
City Girls
Lil Baby &Lil Durk
Migos
Young Dolph & Key Glock
Best Collaboration
WINNER: "Essence" by Wizkid Feat. Justin Bieber &Tems
"Every Chance I Get" by DJ Khaled Feat. Lil Baby &Lil Durk
"Family Ties" by Baby Keem &Kendrick Lamar
"Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat Feat. Sza
"Way 2 Sexy" by Drake Feat. Future &Young Thug
"Whole Lotta Money (Remix)" by Bia Feat. Nicki Minaj
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Cardi B
Doja Cat
Latto
WINNER: Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Saweetie
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Drake
Future
J. Cole
Jack Harlow
Kanye West
WINNER: Kendrick Lamar
Lil Baby
Video Of The Year
"Family Ties" by Baby Keem &Kendrick Lamar
'Have Mercy" by Chle
"Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat Feat. Sza
"Pressure" by Ari Lennox
WINNER: "Smokin Out The Window" by Bruno Mars, Anderson .paak, Silk Sonic
"Way 2 Sexy" by Drake Feat. Future &Young Thug
Video Director Of The Year
WINNER: Anderson .Paak (a.k.a. Director .Paak)
Benny Boom
Beyonce & Dikayl Rimmasch
Director X
Hype Williams
Missy Elliott
Best New Artist
Baby Keem
Benny The Butcher
WINNER: Latto
Muni Long
Tems
Yung Bleu
Album Of The Year
WINNER: An Evening With Silk Sonic by Bruno Mars, Anderson.Paak, Silk Sonic
"Back Of My Mind" by H.E.R
"Call Me If You Get Lost" by Tyler, The Creator
"Certified Lover Boy" by Drake
"Donda" by Kanye West
"Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: The Deluxe" by Jazmine Sullivan
"Planet Her" by Doja Cat
Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/inspirational Award
"All In Your Hands" by Marvin Sapp
"Come To Life" by Kanye West
"Grace" by Kelly Price
"Hallelujah" by Fred Hammond
"Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)" by H.E.R. &Tauren Wells
"Jireh" by Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music
WINNER: "We Win" by Lil Baby X Kirk Franklin
BET Her
"Best Of Me (Originals)" by Alicia Keys
WINNER: "Good Morning Gorgeous" by Mary J. Blige
"Have Mercy" by Chle
Pressure by Ari Lennox
"Roster" by Jazmine Sullivan
"Unloyal" by Summer Walker &Ari Lennox
"Woman" by Doja Cat
Best International Act
Dave (UK)
Dinos (France)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Fireboy Dml (Nigeria)
Little Simz (UK)
Ludmilla (Brazil)
Major League Djz (South Africa)
Tayc (France)
WINNER: Tems (Nigeria)
Best Movie
"Candyman"
WINNER: "King Richard"
"Respect"
"Space Jam: A New Legacy"
"Summer Of Soul"
"The Harder They Fall"
Best Actor
Adrian Holmes, "Bel Air"
Anthony Anderson, "Black-ish"
Damson Idris, "Snowfall"
Denzel Washington, "The Tragedy Of Macbeth"
Forest Whitaker, "Respect" & "Godfather Of Harlem"
Jabari Banks, "Bel Air"
Sterling K. Brown, "This Is Us"
WINNER: Will Smith, "King Richard"
Best Actress
Aunjanue Ellis, "King Richard"
Coco Jones, "Bel Air"
Issa Rae, "Insecure"
Jennifer Hudson, "Respect"
Mary J. Blige, "Power Book II: Ghost"
Queen Latifah, "The Equalizer"
Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary"
Regina King, "The Harder They Fall"
WINNER: Zendaya, "Euphoria" & "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Youngstars Award
Akira Akbar
Demi Singleton
WINNER: Marsai Martin
Miles Brown
Saniyya Sidney
Sportswoman Of The Year Award
Brittney Griner
Candace Parker
WINNER: Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams
Sha'carri Richardson
Simone Biles
Sportsman Of The Year Award
Aaron Donald
Bubba Wallace
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ja Morant
Lebron James
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Olena Pareniuk of the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine about the threat to the Zaporizhzhia power plant.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amwins, a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has announced the launch of Amwins Accident & Health Underwriters, a newly formed operating company acting as the underwriting arm of Amwins' Group Benefits division and representing the integration of Beacon Risk Strategies, Strategic Underwriting Solutions (SUS) and Amwins Group Benefits Specialty Programs.
Amwins Accident & Health Underwriters will continue offering expertise in stop-loss underwriting, risk-management consulting, specialty programs management and cost-containment solutions, with the combined entity now covering the full spectrum of stop-loss underwriting for groups of all sizes, including traditional and level-funded stop loss.
"This consolidation maximizes the value Beacon, SUS, and our Specialty Programs team can bring to the market," said Wright Dickinson, president of large group underwriting at Amwins Accident & Health Underwriters. "Simplifying our programs and processes helps our carrier partners and brokers while reinforcing our commitment to Amwins Group Benefits' underwriting excellence."
"We now have a way to market new programs through our A&H umbrella, combine our operational efforts, leverage each other's capacity and get to know each other's markets. It's a way of making our overall MGU strategy more cohesive and stronger with our carrier partners," added Vicki Schmelzer, president of small group underwriting at Amwins Accident & Health Underwriters.
Amwins Group Benefits is uniquely focused on providing compelling solutions to assist benefits brokers and consultants in facing today's industry challenges. With $6.7B in annual premium placements, 9,000 retail agency relationships, 925+ employees and more than 160 carrier relationships, Amwins' group of leading specialists help clients manage costs and take care of their people.
For more information, visit www.amwins.com/ah-uw
About Amwins
Amwins is the largest independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products in the U.S. dedicated to serving retail insurance agents by providing property and casualty products, specialty group benefit products, and administrative services. Based in Charlotte, N.C., the company operates through more than 155 offices globally and handles premium placements in excess of $29 billion annually. For more information, visit amwins.com.
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Parts of Hempfield Township under Boil Water Advisory
About 4,500 customers are affected in the West Point neighborhood
About 4,500 customers are affected in the West Point neighborhood
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County issued a Boil Water Advisory for about 4,500 customers in the West Point neighborhood of Hempfield Township Saturday morning after a water main break caused a loss of service.
The break in a line that services a water tower in the area caused the lines to drain, prompting the order, according to the service provider.
The advisory runs west from the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport through Hempfield's West Point neighborhood to near Greensburg, and south to Pleasant Unity.
Officials say water has been re-routed to allow for water service to the affected area. Residents affected should boil water until further testing can confirm the safety of the water supply in the area. | https://www.wtae.com/article/parts-of-hempfield-township-under-boil-water-advisory/42205759 | 2022-12-10 19:19:59 | 1 | https://www.wtae.com/article/parts-of-hempfield-township-under-boil-water-advisory/42205759 |
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss railway company claimed the record for the world’s longest passenger train Saturday with a trip on one of the most spectacular tracks through the Alps.
The Rhaetian Railway company ran the 1.9-kilometer-long (1.2-mile-long) train composed of 100 coaches along the Albula/Bernina route from Preda to Berguen.
The route was designated a UNESCO World Heritage in 2008 and leads through 22 tunnels, some of which spiral through mountains, and across 48 bridges, including the curved Landwasser Viaduct.
The entire journey took over an hour. Rail enthusiasts lined the valley to watch the train’s 25 sections wind their way about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) through the Alps.
Rhaetian Railway director Renato Fasciati said the record attempt was intended to highlight some of Switzerland’s engineering achievements and to celebrate 175 years of Swiss railways. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/weird/ap-strange-news/ap-swiss-aim-to-set-record-for-worlds-longest-passenger-train/ | 2022-10-29 16:15:13 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/weird/ap-strange-news/ap-swiss-aim-to-set-record-for-worlds-longest-passenger-train/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Bed & Bath & Beyond will live on, online at least, after Overstock.com acquired the bankrupt retail chain’s intellectual property assets for $21.5 million.
The online retailer Overstock.com is dumping its name online and will become Bed & Bath & Beyond, which declared bankruptcy earlier this year. Overstock.com’s CEO Jonathan Johnson told The Associated Press in a phone interview on Thursday that the company is considering changing its corporate name but won’t make any decisions until after it digests the assets.
The switcheroo to a very recognizable brand was cheered on Wall Street. Shares of Overstock.com Inc., based in Midvale, Utah, soared nearly 20% during afternoon trading Thursday.
The deal doesn’t include Bed Bath & Beyond stores, the last of which are expected to be shuttered Friday, or the Buybuy Baby chain.
The name change will roll out in Canada next month and in August, a relaunch of the company’s website and mobile app as Bed Bath & Beyond will appear in the U.S. Those visiting overstock.com will be redirected to bedbathandbeyond.com.
The name Overstock still confuses some customers and suppliers who thought it was a liquidator. That’s how it got its start in 1999. It transformed in 2004 into a general merchandise retailer, selling a wide variety of items. In 2021, Overstock finetuned its strategy to focus on furniture and home decor, getting rid of items like clothing.
When Bed Bath & Beyond’s financial woes deepened last year, Overstock.com tried to court the retailer’s suppliers but it met with some skepticism. But after its bid for Bed Bath became public last week, it was able to add 100,000 bed and bath items to its site, Johnson said. He expects that pace will pick up.
“I can’t count how many times we were asked when we were going to change the company name,” he said. “This opportunity is too good to be true. We are Bed Bath and a bigger beyond.”
Johnson said that it will offer some coupons to cater to the Bed Bath & Beyond customers who were used to the popular perk, but he noted that customers will be surprised that the discounts offered by Overstock.com are actually better on an every day basis. He also added that Overstock plans to step up marketing to Bed Bath & Beyond customers to make them aware of the change.
He estimated Overstock.com has about 5 million customers; Bed Bath & Beyond’s online customers number about 10 million.
Bed Bath & Beyond — one of the original big box retailers known for its seemingly endless offerings of sheets, towels and kitchen gadgets — filed for bankruptcy protection in April. The filing followed years of dismal sales and numerous attempts to turn the flailing business around. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-bed-bath-beyond-lives-online-overstock-com-buys-rights-to-bankrupt-retailer-and-changes-name/ | 2023-06-29 23:06:59 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-bed-bath-beyond-lives-online-overstock-com-buys-rights-to-bankrupt-retailer-and-changes-name/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years.
“We’re looking at record-breaking temperatures,” said Miles Higa, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Portland office, describing the warmth as “unusual for this time of year.”
The unseasonal high temperatures could further flame the dozens of fires burning in Canada’s western Alberta province, where officials have ordered evacuations and declared a state of emergency. Residents and officials in the Northwest have been trying to adjust to the likely reality of longer, hotter heat waves following the deadly “ heat dome ” weather phenomenon in 2021 that prompted record temperatures and deaths across the region.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory Friday lasting from Saturday through Monday for much of the western parts of both Oregon and Washington state. It said the temperatures could raise the risk of heat-related illness, particularly for those who are dehydrated or don’t have effective cooling.
Temperatures in Portland, Oregon, are expected to hover around 94 F (34.4 C) throughout the weekend, according to the website of the National Weather Service office there. The current daily temperature records for May 13 and 14 stand at 92 F (33.3 C) and 91 F (32.8 C), dating from 1973 and 2014, respectively.
Elizabeth Romero and her three children were among those cooling off at a fountain in downtown Portland on Friday afternoon.
“We decided to stop by … until we all feel better,” she said, adding that she plans to seek out shaded parks during the weekend.
Temperatures in the Seattle area could also meet or surpass daily records, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Jacob DeFlitch. The mercury could near 85 F (29.4 C) on Saturday and reach into the low 90s (32.2 C) on Sunday, he said.
King County, home to Seattle, directed transportation operators such as bus drivers to let people ride for free if they’re seeking respite from the heat or heading to a cooling center. The county’s regional homeless authority said several cooling and day centers will be open across the county.
Authorities also urged people to be wary of cold water temperatures, should they be tempted to take a river or lake swim to cool off.
“Rivers are still running cold. We have snow melting and temperatures … probably in the low- to mid-40s (4.4 to 7.2 C) right now,” National Weather Service meteorologist Higa said. “You’re nice and warm and jump into the cold water — that could pose a risk to getting cold water shock.”
Residents and officials in the Pacific Northwest have become more vigilant about heat wave preparations after some 800 people died in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia during the heat dome weather event in late June and early July 2021. The temperature at the time soared to an all-time high of 116 F (46.7 C) in Portland and smashed heat records in cities and towns across the region. Many of those who died were older people who lived alone.
In response, Oregon passed a law requiring all new housing built after April 2024 to have air conditioning installed in at least one room. The law already prohibits landlords in most cases from restricting tenants from installing cooling devices in their rental units.
Last summer, Portland launched a heat response program with the goal of installing portable heat pump and cooling units in low-income households, prioritizing residents who are older and live alone, as well as those with underlying health conditions. Local nonprofits participating in the program installed more than 3,000 units last year, according to the city’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
One of those nonprofits, Verde, said interest in the units has been high. Verde has installed roughly 180 units so far this year, and their waitlist last year was nearly 500 people long, said Ricardo Moreno, a project manager for the group who oversees its heat response program.
“People we’ve talked to, mostly elderly people with some health conditions, they all shared that having these units have made a world of difference and definitely improved the quality of their lives through the summer,” Moreno said.
Another local nonprofit, the African American Alliance for Homeownership, installed 1,200 units last year and 75 units so far this year, program manager Richard Hines-Norwood said.
Officials in Multnomah County, home to Portland, said they weren’t planning on opening special cooling centers for now but are monitoring the forecast and can do so if needed.
“This is the first significant event … and it is early for us,” said Chris Voss, the county’s director of emergency management. “We’re not seeing a situation where we are hearing that this is extremely dangerous. That being said, we don’t know if it’s going to drift.”
Outreach teams have started visiting homeless encampments to let them know about the resources available to them, Voss said. Air-conditioned libraries are an example of a public place where people can cool off, he added.
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Associated Press writer Ed Komenda contributed from Seattle.
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Theft of heads, brains, skin and other body parts from Harvard morgue spurs lawsuit
BOSTON (AP) — The son of a woman whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School for research purposes filed a class-action lawsuit on Friday on behalf of all families who believe their loved ones’ body parts were mishandled by the school’s former morgue manager.
The lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston said the class could include the families of up to 400 donated cadavers. It alleges negligence, breach of duty and infliction of emotional distress.
Before Adele Mazzone died in February 2019, she arranged to donate her body to the medical school for research, according to the lawsuit. Her ashes were returned to her family in April 2021, but her son, John Bozek, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, thinks that his mother’s body was one of those desecrated at the morgue.
“Plaintiff brings this class action on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated individuals whose family members donated and entrusted their deceased bodies into Harvard’s custody for medical research and academic study and whose cadavers were then mishandled, dissected, and/or sold by the HMS morgue manager,” the suit says.
A Harvard spokesperson said via email that the university had no comment on the lawsuit.
When someone loses a loved one, “sometimes the only thing they can latch onto, is that their loved ones’ remains are going to be used for an important scientific purpose,” Jeff Catalano, a partner at Keches Law Group, which is representing Bozek, said in a statement.
Harvard owed a duty of care to the families who entrusted the school with custody of their loved ones’ donated bodies, he said.
“Medical schools like Harvard have a duty to ensure donated remains are handled properly and with decency and to ensure they are used for their intended purpose of scientific study,” he said.
In a message posted on the school’s website Friday entitled “An abhorrent betrayal,” deans George Daley and Edward Hundert called the theft of body parts “morally reprehensible.”
“We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus — a community dedicated to healing and serving others,” the deans wrote. “The reported incidents are a betrayal of HMS and, most importantly, each of the individuals who altruistically chose to will their bodies to HMS through the Anatomical Gift Program to advance medical education and research.”
The former morgue manager, 55-year-old Cedric Lodge, his wife and three other people are facing federal criminal charges. Harvard said Lodge was fired May 6.
According to prosecutors, the defendants were part of a nationwide network of people who bought and sold remains stolen from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary.
Lodge sometimes took the body parts — which included heads, brains, skin and bones — back to his Goffstown, New Hampshire, home, and some remains were sent to buyers through the mail, according to the criminal case. Lodge also allegedly allowed buyers to come to the morgue to pick which remains they wanted to buy, authorities said.
No attorney was listed for Lodge in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages.
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DETROIT (AP) — U.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system, including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked for details of changes made to all versions of the system including dates and detailed descriptions, according to a post on its site Thursday.
The request is part of a larger investigation into why Teslas operating on Autopilot have struck emergency vehicles that are stopped along highways while they are responding to other incidents. It covers all versions of automated driving system including “Full Self-Driving,” which is being tested on public roads by Tesla owners.
The agency has been investigating crashes involving Teslas using the system since August of 2021. Investigators have sent teams to probe more than 30 crashes since 2016 that have caused at least 14 deaths.
In a letter dated July 3 and posted on the agency’s website Thursday, NHTSA asks Tesla to describe all changes to the systems in the “design, material composition, manufacture, quality control, supply, function, or installation of the subject system, from the start of production to date.”
Tesla must respond to the request by July 19, or it could face civil penalties, the letter states. It asks the electric vehicle maker to update a previous response dated Sept. 19 of last year.
A message was left early Thursday seeking comment from Tesla. The company says on its website that neither Autopilot nor “Full Self-Driving” can drive themselves and that drivers must be ready to intervene at all times.
The letter also asks for which Tesla vehicles had cameras installed in the cabin to monitor drivers, and whether the system uses “Tesla Vision” which relies only on cameras to view the road and does not use radar.
NHTSA’s request includes changes that Tesla made as part of a February recall of “Full Self-Driving” software. NHTSA pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with the software because the system can break traffic laws. The problem was to be fixed with an online software update.
NHTSA said in recall documents that the system can make unsafe actions such as traveling straight through an intersection from a turn-only lane, going through a yellow traffic light without proper caution or failing to respond to speed limit changes.
The documents said that Tesla does not agree with the agency’s analysis of the problem. The company was to fix the problems with an online software update.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he expects to have fully autonomous vehicles this year, a pledge he has made for several years. “The trend is very clearly toward full self-driving,” Musk said in April. “And I hesitate to say this, but I think we’ll do it this year.”
The system is being tested on public roads by as many as 400,000 Tesla owners.
NHTSA also has opened investigations during the past three years into Teslas braking suddenly for no reason, suspension problems and other issues. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/science-and-technology/ap-teslas-autopilot-driver-assist-system-gets-closer-look-as-us-seeks-details-on-recent-changes/ | 2023-07-07 00:03:25 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/science-and-technology/ap-teslas-autopilot-driver-assist-system-gets-closer-look-as-us-seeks-details-on-recent-changes/ |
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Rachel Gevlin, Birmingham-Southern College
(THE CONVERSATION) The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial attracted record-breaking numbers of viewers who closely followed the heated exchanges between the two celebrities on YouTube and social media.
The trial’s popularity was in odd company.
Historically, murder trials are the most-watched court cases.
Despite a few exceptions, a trial detailing a private relationship hasn’t captured as much live coverage since President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1999.
But the legal spectacle of the Depp-Heard trial is actually a return to the norm.
My research focuses on the legal and literary history of marriage and divorce. In other words, I work on the history of legal proceedings around romantic relationships gone bad.
While the public frenzy surrounding the Depp-Heard case may seem linked to social media’s power to make salacious incidents go viral, there is a long history of trials that publicize sexual details of relationships to threaten women with humiliation.
Looking backward and publicizing humiliation
When the Depp-Heard trial verdict was announced on June 1, 2022, I was working my way through salacious accounts of 18th-century divorce trials in a Los Angeles library.
Meanwhile, a jury ruled mostly in Depp’s favor, awarding him US$15 million in damages. The jury also gave Heard $2 million. The verdict came at the end of a six-week defamation trial that unearthed graphic stories of alcoholism, domestic violence and sexual assault.
Many observers, including Heard herself, described the trial’s verdict as a broader loss for women and domestic violence survivors.
But it was the publicity around this trial – the scandal, the spectacle of a celebrity relationship breaking down – that perhaps resonates most with viewers.
There wasn’t television and social media in the 18th and early 19th centuries. But even then, trials focusing on intimate relationships were widely publicized in newspapers and other publications. Readers, including author Jane Austen, who loved to skim newspapers for scandal, were hungry for gossip.
Broadly speaking, it was almost impossible in both the U.S. and England to get a divorce before the 20th century unless you were a wealthy man whose wife had committed adultery.
This meant that these trials always uncovered private sexual details – and almost always revealed secrets of the extremely wealthy.
A means to an end
As the Depp-Heard trial emboldened millions to chime in with their takes on Twitter and the short-form video platform TikTok, people similarly took commentary into their own hands before the age of social media.
One self-styled anonymous “civilian” and “faithful Historian” of the 18th century, for instance, attended all public divorce proceedings in London throughout the 1760s and 1770s. This person then compiled witness testimony in the book “Trials for Adultery: or, the History of Divorces.”
Around this time, financial and legal barriers kept most women from pursuing divorce. Married women weren’t allowed to own anything until the mid-19th century in the U.S. and the 1880s in England, making it nearly impossible for them to pay for a divorce.
But the loss of reputation during a trial was also a big factor that discouraged divorce. Being known as an adulterous woman was not only humiliating, but could also be a serious financial threat.
The author of these volumes used this reality to his advantage. The primary objective of this civilian’s pet project was to humiliate his subjects.
He introduces these volumes by stating his hopes that his project will “effect what the law cannot: the transactions of the adulterer and the adulteress will, by being thus publicly circulated, preserve others from the like crimes, from the fear of shame, when the fear of punishment may have but little force.”
Public shaming, this writer is well aware, will reinforce the status quo where the law may fail to do so.
‘It’s been agonizing’
More than 200 years later, Heard reflected on her embarrassment at the trial, after detailing her alleged abuse at the hands of Depp. People on social media who called her testimony a hoax worsened this experience, she said.
“It’s been agonizing,” Heard told jurors in May. “This is humiliating for any human being to go through. Perhaps it’s easy to forget that, but I am a human being.”
Studies show this long-practiced method using public shaming to control people in society can have “unpredictable” outcomes and can “work at cross-purposes with the forces of law,” particularly when this shaming becomes a form of entertainment.
This means that public shaming can not only work to influence trial verdicts – as many are saying it did in the Depp-Heard case – but can also keep victims from discussing or reporting their abuse.
What’s next for #MeToo?
Advocates for the #MeToo social movement, which launched in 2017 as women publicly spoke out about sexual harassment and abuse, have suggested that the outcome of the Depp-Heard trial could harm victims of abuse.
Heard called the verdict a “setback” for women, writing in a public note on social media: “It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly humiliated.”
Some observers have said that Depp’s success in suing his accuser for defamation paves the way for people accused of domestic violence to take similar legal tactics in the future.
Regardless, it’s clear that the widespread exhibition of this particular case multiplied the cost of humiliation in a way that echoes pre-20th-century modes of seeking justice.
Whether news spreads via TikTok or its 18th-century counterpart, widespread exhibition of domestic cases never ends well for women.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/people-couldnt-look-away-from-the-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-trial-the-appeal-of-a-relationship-drama-held-true-in-the-1700s-too-185186. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/People-couldn-t-look-away-from-the-Johnny-Depp-17248385.php | 2022-06-17 13:35:22 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/People-couldn-t-look-away-from-the-Johnny-Depp-17248385.php |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied.
The House Ways and Means Committee, led by Republican Rep. Jason Smith, voted to publicly disclose congressional testimony from two IRS agents who worked on the federal investigation into the younger Biden's taxes and foreign business dealings.
“Whistleblowers describe how the Biden Justice Department intervened and overstepped in a campaign to protect the son of Joe Biden by delaying, divulging and denying an ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes,” Smith, R-Mo., told reporters.
The testimony from the two tax agency employees — Greg Shapley and an unidentified IRS agent — detailed what they called a pattern of “slow-walking investigative steps” and delaying enforcement actions months before elections. But it's unclear whether the conflict they describe amounts to internal disagreement about how to pursue the wide-ranging probe or a pattern of interference and preferential treatment. Department policy has long warned prosecutors to take care in charging cases with potential political overtones around the time of an election, to avoid any possible influence on the outcome.
The Justice Department denied the whistleblower claims, saying the U.S. attorney in charge of the Hunter Biden probe, David Weiss — who was appointed by former President Donald Trump — had full authority over the case.
The release of the testimony comes just two days after Hunter Biden, 53, announced he will plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement with the Justice Department. The agreement made public Tuesday will also avert prosecution on a felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user, as long as he adheres to conditions agreed to in court.
Congressional Republicans called the plea deal a “sweetheart deal” for the president's son and another example of a “two-tiered justice system" that goes easy on Democrats. They also pledged to continue their own investigations into the Biden family and what they call their efforts to trade off the presidency.
The first IRS whistleblower, Shapley, came forward in April when his attorney reached out to GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa to say that his client had information about a "failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition" of what was then an ongoing criminal investigation related to Hunter Biden. In hourslong testimony, Shapley described several roadblocks that he and the several other IRS agents on the case faced when trying to interview individuals relevant to the case or issue search warrants.
Perhaps Shapley's most striking claim was that Weiss asked the Justice Department in March 2020 to be provided special counsel status in order to bring the tax cases in jurisdictions outside Delaware, including Washington, D.C., and California, but was denied.
In response to that claim, the Justice Department reiterated that Weiss has "full authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges as he deems appropriate. He needs no further approval to do so."
The second IRS whistleblower, who asked the committee to keep his identity secret, described his persistent frustrations with the way the Hunter Biden case was handled, dating back to the Trump administration under Attorney General William Barr. He said he started the investigation into Hunter Biden in 2015 and delved deeply into his life and finances.
The individual said he was taken off the investigation in October 2022 and informed of the decision by officials at the IRS, but believes his removal was actually ordered by officials in the Justice Department. He provided no evidence that was the case, instead citing what he had witnessed internally as he pushed for various investigative steps. His supervisor, Shapley, was removed at the same time.
Democrats objected to the committee's handling of the testimony, noting that the two individuals are just a fraction of the many investigators and officials who were involved in the Hunter Biden case. They suggested more testimony is needed.
“We do not object to the documents being reviewed publicly,” said Rep. Richard Neal, the top Democrat on the committee. “We object to the process. Clearly, the case is not ready. So many witnesses have never even been contacted.”
All the Democrats on the panel objected to the disclosure, calling the GOP efforts payback for their release in December of Trump's tax records.
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Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/correction-congress-oversight-hunter-biden-story/KSR5CF5DFBEOJKHWZUJUBAALNM/ | 2023-06-29 20:31:54 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/correction-congress-oversight-hunter-biden-story/KSR5CF5DFBEOJKHWZUJUBAALNM/ |
OBERLIN, Kan. (AP) — Six northwestern Kansas newspapers and a shopper have been sold to brothers from Washington and Montana, The Oberlin Herald reported.
Jesse and Lloyd Mullen of Mullen Newspapers purchased The Herald, Colby Free Press, The Goodland Star-News, The Norton Star-Telegram, The St. Francis Herald, Bird City Times and The Country Advocate shopper from Steve and Cynthia Haynes, who are retiring after nearly 30 years with the newspapers.
The Mullen brothers said they were born into a newspaper family in Wyoming, and have bought and operated several newspapers in the western and northwestern U.S.
They named Frank Perea of Holyoke, Colorado, as publisher. Perea said he plans to move to northwestern Kansas in 2023.
The Hayneses, both 74, have been in the newspaper business for over 40 years and hope to spend more time with their family, the newspaper reported.
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Traffic camera video shows moments before crash that killed 6 construction workers
BALTIMORE (WBAL) - Traffic camera video shows a crash in Baltimore County, Maryland that killed six construction workers on the Beltway Wednesday.
The video shows a white car and black car colliding on the Beltway, sending the black car over the median and into the middle of a work zone.
Maryland State Police have not yet concluded their investigation into the cause, but they have identified the victims as:
- Mahlon Simmons II, 52, and Mahlon Simmons III, 31, who were father and son
- Rolando Ruiz, 46
- Carlos Orlando Villatoro Escobar, 43
- Jose Armando Escobar, 52
- Sybil Lee Dimaggio, 46
The driver of the car was taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Shock Trauma Center, police said.
Dimaggio’s husband was too distraught to talk on camera but said “she loved her job, but this site terrified her.”
Sabrina Rasheed, a driving instructor and owner of Integrity Driving School in Lansdowne, says she talked about the accident in her driving classes yesterday, using it to illustrate how quickly things can happen on the road.
Rasheed said it appears the black car may have been changing lanes while the white car was in its blind spot and “speeding aggressively.”
“I tell my students, we are all speeding to get where? Walmart is going to be there at the end of the day. Home is going to be there at the end of the day. Your job is going to be there at the end of the day,” Rasheed said. “I’ll take a write-up for being late. At least I get to live to see tomorrow. Six people out there won’t see tomorrow.”
Rasheed said she hopes her students will take that advice to heart, and she feels heartbroken for all the families involved in Wednesday’s fatal crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. The investigation will include an analysis of the safety of highway construction zones.
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Innovative Global Leaders Recognized for Transforming Data into Operational and Business Excellence
SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Talend, a global leader in data integration and management, today announced the international winners of its 8th annual Talend Data Masters Awards. Talend honors select companies that demonstrate their commitment to being data-driven by implementing Talend to drive value from data and increase business agility and effectiveness. Award winners will be recognized at Talend's virtual Talend Connect conference taking place on October 17 and 18.
"This year's winners of the Talend Data Masters Awards demonstrate the critical value Talend serves to customers of all industries to transform data into operational excellence, customer-centricity, and growth," said Christal Bemont, Talend CEO. "Our customers have shown how healthy data can help drive greater business outcomes while navigating through uncertainties and pursuing sustainability."
Since 2015, Talend Data Masters Award winners have included companies of all types and sizes that share a goal of turning the possibilities of data into quantifiable business value. This year's winners are judged based on creativity and innovation to create better customer relationships, streamline operations, achieve cost efficiency, and gain competitive advantage. Talend will make a charitable donation in the winner's name to the organization of their choice.
2022 Talend Data Masters Award Winners:
NORAM
- Commonwealth Care Alliance: Based in Boston, Commonwealth Care Alliance® (CCA) is focused on healthcare breakthroughs that fill important gaps in care. Using Talend, the firm integrated its systems, applications, and data sources; coordinated secure data exchange among state health plans, partner providers, compliance officers, and others; and automated core service processes to streamline operations.
- Covanta: With headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, Covanta and its 4,000 employees are dedicated to sustainable waste solutions and material management across 55 facilities in North America. With Talend, Covanta will save approximately $2 million annually through the elimination of duplicate work resulting from redundant data entry. The company is also saving more than $500,000 per year through the ability to proactively adjust to energy market conditions.
- Material Bank: Material Bank is the world's largest marketplace for architectural, design, and construction materials. With Talend, the company has realized a 70% reduction in development time for its integrations, making it easier for them to connect with their members and Brand Partners — and ultimately supporting Material Bank's overall ability to scale its business on multiple levels.
EMEA
- RS Group PLC: Founded in 1937, RS Group is a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions for designers, builders, and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations. By improving data governance with Talend, RS Group achieved considerable annual savings with cloud and market optimization insights, cut reporting time on competitor pricing from two weeks to five hours, reduced freight costs £1 million/year by exploiting data-driven insights, cut GDPR compliance risks, protected its brand through Master Permissions, and improved its ability to meet customer needs quickly.
- Uniper: Uniper is a global energy company that is actively addressing the challenges of the energy transition. Using Talend, Uniper is undergoing a mindset shift towards a data culture that is built on trust, accountability, transparency, and psychological safety. Making data accessible and shareable across the organization gives the company the power to create value from data.
- Veolia: Veolia, an international company providing solutions for water management, waste management, and energy services, is translating its data into valuable insights that accelerate solutions for ecological transformation. With Talend Veolia integrated more than 20 different data sources as internal ERP systems, external partner data, smart meters, and IoT devices. All of this data is now available in real-time or near-real-time to 672 active users in finance, customer service, sales, operations, billing, and more.
Asia Pacific/Japan
- Harmoney: Harmoney is a New-Zealand based fintech firm. Faced with the challenge of improving traditional lending to be fast, simple and data-driven, Harmoney used Talend to deliver real-time data and created a frictionless loan application process that led to rapid business growth.
- Meralco: Meralco is the largest private-sector electric distribution utility in the Philippines with a reputation for excellent service. To take the customer experience to an even higher level, Meralco is now using Talend as the centerpiece of its innovative, data-driven, business transformation initiative. By providing clean, complete, and secure data, Talend enables Meralco to use data analytics and intelligence more broadly, efficiently, and effectively in making business decisions in a timely manner.
- OCBC Bank: Singapore-based OCBC Bank is the second-largest bank in Southeast Asia. The institution partnered with Talend to create innovative ways to apply analytics, AI, and automation to better understand and serve customers. OCBC processes over 120 billion data points monthly when deriving the Next Best Conversation for each customer.
- HCF: Australia's largest not-for-profit health insurer, HCF, is transforming its business by expanding the use of AI-powered business intelligence (BI) across the organization. Talend provides the technological foundation for the company's use cases, making it possible for HCF to create a unified source of trusted information.
To learn more about the 2022 Talend Data Masters Awards winners, visit the blog.
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Talend offers the only end-to-end platform that combines enterprise-grade data integration, integrity, and governance capabilities to unify data across any cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud environment. With Talend's no-code and low-code modules, data experts and business users actively collaborate to make data more discoverable, usable, and valuable organization-wide. Over 7,250 customers around the world rely on Talend for healthy data and a healthy business.
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Brainerd Football’s Conner Erickson Supported by Community Through Recovery
On Sept. 9, Brainerd senior football captain Conner Erickson was hospitalized when he suffered a brain injury during a game at Moorhead. Since then, the Brainerd community has showed their support throughout the recovery process.
More than $100,000 has been raised for Conner and his family. According to Conner’s CaringBridge page, he has started different therapy sessions consisting of occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy.
There is still no official estimate on when Conner will be released as a patient, but he is growing stronger every day as he goes through the recovery process.
“He’s making progress every single day, a little bit better every single day,” said Jared Erickson, Conner’s uncle, to Lakeland News last week. “He was actually just cleared to start eating real food for the first time [since the accident]. The big focus right now is regaining his speech, his speech and then his right arm and his right leg.”
“In the last week or so, he’s been able to comprehend a little bit more what happened and then … his parents told him about the support and the cool things that are happening in the community,” added Jared.
Donations are still being accepted on Conner Erickson’s GoFundMe page.
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FAA head defends safety of US air travel despite close calls
(AP) - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday he has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the technology failure last month that briefly halted all flights nationwide from taking off.
Acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen said he has formed a team to review efforts to keep air travel safe, and FAA has made technical changes to avoid another breakdown in a federal system that provides safety alerts to pilots.
The comments came as lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee quizzed Nolen about FAA’s slow pace of modernizing the alert system and about recent close calls involving planes at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, in Austin, Texas, and off the coast of Hawaii.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, showed a video re-enactment of the Austin incident in which a FedEx cargo plane flew over the top of a departing Southwest Airlines flight. Both planes had been cleared to use the same runway. The FedEx pilots aborted their landing just in time to avoid a collision.
“How can this happen?” Cruz asked. “How did air traffic control direct one plane on to the runway to take off and another plane to land, and have them both within 100 feet of each other?”
Nolen said the incident is still under review by his agency and the National Transportation Safety Board, but he suggested that the fact the planes did not collide shows that the nation’s airspace is safe.
“It is not what we would expect to have happened, but when we think about how we train both our controllers and our pilots, the system works as it is designed to avert what you say could have been a horrific outcome,” Nolen said.
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LAS VEGAS, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tues., May 10, members of Teamsters Local 631 in Las Vegas voted to authorize a strike at Republic Services. The vote to strike was overwhelming, with 95 percent of participating members voting in favor of a strike if an agreement is not reached by the expiration of the current contract on May 31.
"The outcome of Tuesday's vote says it all. When 95 percent of workers vote to authorize a strike that would put their lives on hold and shutdown trash pickup throughout Southern Nevada, it sends a message that there's a major problem at this company. The fact that the members send a message like this before we have even started the financial aspect of the collective bargaining process is eye-opening," said Tommy Blitsch, Teamsters Local 631 Secretary-Treasurer. "These members work hard every day of the week, performing under some of the most difficult working conditions imaginable. At the end of the day, this vote reflects the workers' demand to be treated with dignity and respect by their employer."
"Our negotiating team remains committed to continuing the collective bargaining process in hope of reaching an agreement before the expiration of the current contract," Blitsch continued. "Teamsters Local 631 and all of our members at Republic Services would like to thank our customers for their tremendous support the last two days. It's obvious that the residents of Southern Nevada love their waste drivers as much as these drivers love them."
Contact:
Tommy Blitsch, 702.430.5010
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LSU Police investigating alleged aggravated assault near campus
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU Police Department is investigating a reported aggravated assault near campus.
According to a text from campus police, the alleged incident took place at Nicholson Gateway Center and LSU police are on the scene.
The victim reportedly told police they were walking to Fat Boyz Pizza at approximately around 7 p.m. and observed an black SUV approaching them.
The victim said they saw someone in the passenger seat brandishing a pistol-like firearm towards them as the vehicle passed by.
Roughly half an hour later, LSU Police sent out another campus alert. That message stated the victim was threatened but not harmed. LSUPD also said the victim is not an LSU student and that the suspects are believed to be gone from the area.
LSU Police said they are reviewing security camera footage from the area.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has declined to delay the upcoming trial of Steve Bannon, an adviser to former President Donald Trump who faces contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Bannon is still scheduled to go on trial next week.
That's despite telling the House committee late Saturday that he is now prepared to testify.
It's unclear whether Bannon will again refuse to appear before the committee with the trial pending.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols also ruled against several requests by Bannon's attorneys to seek the testimony of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or the committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi.
Nichols told Bannon's lawyers that concerns about pretrial publicity the hearings could potentially bring could be brought up during jury selection.
Nichols added that he'd reconsider delaying the trial if an unbiased jury cannot be picked.
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COVID-19 testing site at CVTC to close Jan. 25
There will still be several COVID-19 testing locations in Eau Claire County after the CVTC site closes.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The COVID-19 testing site at Chippewa Valley Technical College will close on Jan. 25.
Testing will still be available at the site on Tuesday, Jan. 24 from 2 until 6 p.m., according to the Eau Claire City-County Health Department. The CVTC testing location is at the Health Education Center at 615 West Clairemont Ave. in Eau Claire.
In addition to home testing, there are still several other COVID-19 testing sites in Eau Claire County. A full list of locations and the means to access testing at those sites is available on the Health Department website. PCR testing is available at Marshfield Medical Center, Mayo Clinic Health System, and Prevea Health, while take-home antigen tests are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Health Department’s location at 720 2nd Avenue in Eau Claire. Simple Traditions Family Clinic in Augusta also offers both types of testing, and both Walgreens locations in Eau Claire also provide testing.
You can get free at-home tests from covid.gov/tests or sayyescovidhometest.org.
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Kellogg Co. invests $150K in on-demand transportation service BCGo
Calhoun County's on-demand transportation service, BCGo, is receiving a boost, courtesy of Kellogg Co.
The Battle Creek-based cereal company announced Thursday, June 9, a $150,000 investment in BCGo to purchase two new vehicles.
Operated by Battle Creek Transit, in partnership with other local agencies, BCGo allows residents to take transportation across the county with as little as 30 minutes notice. Since its launch in March 2021, the on-demand service has provided more than 9,700 trips to more than 10,600 passengers while receiving more than 42,000 trip requests.
"This investment by Kellogg gives us the ability to purchase (two) new accessible minivans for our BCGo mobility pilot, helping to ensure access to employment, medical care and food, to name a few,” Battle Creek City Manager Rebecca Fleury said in a press release. “Our current vehicles have each traveled over 50,000 miles during our 14 months of operation. This capital investment ensures that we can continue to provide safe, reliable, and affordable transportation to the residents of Calhoun County.”
BCGo allows users to book trips straight from their phones using a mobile app. The platform routes BCGo’s two vehicles throughout the county based on real-time passenger demand to "maximize ridership and minimize wasted miles," officials said in the release.
“As a good corporate citizen, we’re pleased to continue to support our hometown of Battle Creek and BCGo as part of our commitment to create Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030,” Kellogg Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Steve Cahillane said in the release. “Our vision is a good and just world where people are not just fed but fulfilled and investing in BCGo aligns with our vision by helping residents of Calhoun County safely and reliably navigate through their community.”
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NY Albany NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Eastern New York and Western New England
National Weather Service Albany NY
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
NYZ033-012015-
Hamilton-
Including the cities of Speculator and Indian Lake
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with scattered showers. Highs in the mid
70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers in the evening.
Cooler with lows in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph in
the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable
winds, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Showers
likely. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
A chance of showers. Not as warm with highs in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening.
Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ052-012015-
Eastern Albany-
Including the city of ALBANY
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Humid with lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, diminishing to around
5 mph after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Warmer with highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid
60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
upper 80s. Lows around 70.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ058-012015-
Western Greene-
Including the cities of Hunter, Tannersville, and Windham
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers this morning. Highs in the
mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Highs in the upper
70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Mostly
cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ065-012015-
Western Dutchess-
Including the cities of Poughkeepsie, Beacon, and Arlington
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely this morning, then partly
sunny this afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 90. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. North winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the upper
60s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the lower 90s. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot. Lows around 70. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ041-012015-
Northern Saratoga-
Including the city of Saratoga Springs
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Hot with highs in
the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west with gusts
up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. Light and
variable winds, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ038-012015-
Southern Herkimer-
Including the cities of Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk,
Frankfort, and Doldgeville
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds
around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers after midnight. Humid
with lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny.
Scattered showers. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. West winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers in the evening.
Lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. Light and
variable winds, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Warmer with lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in
the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
upper 80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ032-012015-
Northern Herkimer-
Including the cities of Atwell, Big Moose, Eagle Bay, Mckeever,
Nobleboro, Northwood, and Old Forge
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Highs in the mid
70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower 50s.
Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and
variable.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Light and variable winds,
becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
A chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening.
Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80. Lows
in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
around 80. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ042-012015-
Northern Warren-
Including the cities of North Creek, Warrensburg, and Chestertown
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Highs in the lower
80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Scattered showers in the evening.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening,
becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable
winds, becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 70s. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ083-012015-
Southeast Warren-
Including the city of Glens Falls
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Humid with highs in
the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with scattered showers in the evening,
then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. Light and
variable winds, becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ043-012015-
Northern Washington-
Including the cities of Whitehall and Granville
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Hot with highs in
the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with scattered showers in the
evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Light and variable winds,
becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ084-012015-
Southern Washington-
Including the cities of Hudson Falls, Fort Edward, Cambridge,
and Greenwich
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Humid with lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Hot with highs in
the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west with gusts
up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. Light and
variable winds, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Warmer with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ082-012015-
Northern Fulton-
Including the cities of Caroga Lake, Northville, and Mayfield
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers after midnight. Lows in
the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with scattered showers. Highs in the mid
70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs around 80. Lows
in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ039-012015-
Southern Fulton-
Including the cities of Gloversville and Johnstown
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers after midnight. Lows in
the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Humid with highs
around 80. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ040-012015-
Montgomery-
Including the cities of Amsterdam, Wellsville, and Fonda
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Scattered showers after midnight. Humid
with lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Humid with highs in
the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. West winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ047-012015-
Schoharie-
Including the cities of Cobleskill and Middleburgh
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Humid with highs in
the lower 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Scattered showers in the evening.
Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. West winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the lower
60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ048-012015-
Western Schenectady-
Including the cities of Delanson, Esperance, and Duanesburg
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Humid with highs
around 80. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. West winds 5 to
10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ049-012015-
Eastern Schenectady-
Including the cities of Schenectady and Rotterdam
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Hot with highs in
the mid 80s. Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming west 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Warmer with highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
upper 80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs around 90. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ050-012015-
Southern Saratoga-
Including the cities of Ballston Spa, Clifton Park, Mechanicville,
and Waterford
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the mid 80s. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Warmer with highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the
upper 80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ051-012015-
Western Albany-
Including the cities of Altamont and Berne
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Isolated showers this morning. Highs in the
lower 80s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Humid
with highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
west 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ053-012015-
Western Rensselaer-
Including the city of Troy
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming west
with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Warmer with highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around
70. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Hot. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ054-012015-
Eastern Rensselaer-
Including the cities of Grafton and Hoosick Falls
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Humid
with highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph, becoming
west with gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Lows in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ060-012015-
Western Columbia-
Including the city of Hudson
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers this morning. Highs in the
lower 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming west
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. North winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Warmer with
highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ061-012015-
Eastern Columbia-
Including the city of Chatham
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny. Scattered showers this morning. Highs around
80. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Humid
with highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
west with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Warmer with
highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the
upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid
60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the upper 60s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ059-012015-
Eastern Greene-
Including the cities of Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo,
and Jefferson Heights
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny with scattered showers this morning, then
sunny this afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Scattered showers in the afternoon. Hot
with highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming west
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. North winds
around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ063-012015-
Western Ulster-
Including the cities of Ellenville, Woodstock, West Hurley,
Kerhonkson, Napanoch, and Phoenicia
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers this morning, then
partly sunny this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with scattered showers. Humid with highs in
the lower 80s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the lower
60s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs around 80. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ064-012015-
Eastern Ulster-
Including the cities of Kingston and New Paltz
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with scattered showers this morning, then
mostly sunny this afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 90. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the upper 80s. Light and
variable winds, becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Hot with
highs in the upper 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around 70. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Hot with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs around 90. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
$$
NYZ066-012015-
Eastern Dutchess-
Including the cities of Pawling, Dover Plains, Millbrook,
Pine Plains, Amenia, and Millerton
413 AM EDT Mon Aug 1 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely this morning, then partly
sunny with isolated showers this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 60s. South
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows around 60. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 80s. North winds
around 5 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
60s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Hot. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the
mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Hot. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
NAS
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KYSELIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — For 10 days, Alesha Babenko was locked in a basement and regularly beaten by Russian soldiers. Bound, blindfolded and threatened with electric shocks, the 27-year-old pleaded for them to stop.
“I thought I was going to die,” he told The Associated Press.
In September, Babenko and his 14-year-old nephew, Vitaliy Mysharskiy, were arrested by Russian soldiers who occupied his village of Kyselivka in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson. They had been taking photos of destroyed tanks and sending them to the Ukrainian army.
Seated this week on a bench outside his home, Babenko was visibly shaken as he recounted the trauma of being thrown into a car, driven to the city of Kherson and interrogated until he confessed.
As violence escalates in Ukraine, abuses perpetrated by Russia have become widespread, according to the United Nations and human rights groups. The situation is particularly concerning in the Kherson region, where hundreds of villages, including the main city, were liberated from Russian occupation in early November. It was one of Ukraine’s biggest successes in the nearly 9-month-old war, dealing another stinging blow to the Kremlin.
The U.N. says it is attempting to verify allegations of nearly 90 cases of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions in Kherson, and is trying to understand if the scale of abuse is larger than already documented.
Ukrainian officials have opened more than 430 war crimes cases from the Kherson region and are investigating four alleged torture sites, Denys Monastyrskyi, Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, told state television.
Authorities have found 63 bodies bearing signs of torture near Kherson, Monastyrskyi said. He did not elaborate, saying the investigation into potential war crimes in the region was just beginning.
On Wednesday, Associated Press reporters saw the inside of one of these alleged torture sites in a police-run detention center in Kherson.
Russian soldiers appeared to have left hastily, leaving flags and portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin scattered under broken glass on the floor. Neighbors described a steady flow of people in handcuffs being brought in, with bags over their heads. The ones who were allowed to leave walked out without shoes or personal effects.
Maksym Nehrov spent his 45th birthday in the jail, detained by Russians because he was a former soldier.
“The most terrifying thing was to hear other people being tortured all day,” he said.
Walking along the corridor of the now-empty prison, he recalled that every time he somehow disobeyed the Russians they would hit him with an electric shock to the neck and head.
Throughout the war, liberated Ukrainian villages have revealed thousands of human rights atrocities perpetrated by Russian soldiers. Bodies were strewn across the streets in Bucha and Irpin, suburbs of the capital, Kyiv, after Russia withdrew in April.
Rights groups say it’s too early to know if the abuses in Kherson were on the same level as in other liberated areas but that it’s very likely.
“In all occupied areas that we’ve been able to access, we’ve documented incidents of torture, extrajudicial killings and torture. And we’re very concerned Kherson will be no different,” Belkis Wille, senior crisis and conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch, told the AP.
The group has documented unlawful attacks on civilians, torture and forcible disappearances of civilians in occupied areas around the country.
Since Russian forces pulled back on Nov. 10, residents in the nondescript town of Kyselivka who endured abuses are struggling to pick up the pieces of their lives.
After Babenko and his nephew returned home — at a time when his village was still under Russian occupation — he was too terrified to leave the house. He was haunted by what he’d endured. While detained, Russian soldiers interrogated him repeatedly, kicking and punching his ribs, nose and stomach almost daily, he said.
His young nephew escaped such abuse but was told he would become a Russian citizen and be protected. The two were released after confessing to what they’d done on video, they said.
But others in their village haven’t been as lucky.
Two months ago, the godfather of Alla Protsenko’s son was taken from his home by Russian soldiers and hasn’t been seen since. Walking through the partially destroyed school where she used to teach before the Russians turned it into an army base, Protsenko said she has combed the country looking for him, to no avail.
The last time the 52-year-old saw him was on her birthday, one week before he disappeared.
“I remember him smiling as if to say: ‘Hold on, everything will be fine,’” she said. “For me, he is still alive. I can’t accept that now (perhaps), he is gone.”
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HOUSTON (AP) _ Black Stone Minerals LP (BSM) on Monday reported third-quarter profit of $168.5 million.
The Houston-based company said it had profit of 75 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 46 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 43 cents per share.
The partnership that owns mineral and royalty interests posted revenue of $216.4 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $177.1 million.
Black Stone Minerals shares have climbed 78% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $18.37, an increase of 47% in the last 12 months.
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MAPLE CITY — The Glen Lake girls soccer team has continued to play with only nine players, but that hasn't slowed the Lakers down.
Glen Lake (6-1, 6-1 Northwest) put on a scoring clinic against a limited Benzie Central squad (0-8-1) on Monday, winning 10-0 with Ruby Hogan scoring four goals and two assists, and Gemma Lerchen leading with three assists.
Paige Steffke was a goal shy of a hat trick to add to her one assist. Opal Pousho tacked in two, and Grace Diotte contributed a goal. Goalkeeper Ashley Croff earned the shutout with two saves.
Glen Lake still hopes more girls will join the squad as they've been playing with nine players since the start of the season, but head coach Eric Luthardt couldn't be happier with how his current roster has continued to show up.
"They play how a team should play," he said. "Fluid movement, vision, and everyone attacks and defends. We hold the ball well, and the kids can dribble. Even if we lose the ball, we get it back right away. They are super fit and are having fun."
Luthardt hopes to add another player to their roster next week before their match at Suttons Bay on Wednesday. The Huskies welcome Buckley on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Boyne City 1
TC. St Francis 1
Boyne City: Mira Hauger goal; Braydin Noble assist; Maggi McHugh three saves.
Traverse City St. Francis: No stats reported.
UP NEXT: The Ramblers (7-1-2, 5-1-2 Lake Michigan) travel to McBain Northern Michigan Christian on Tuesday. The Gladiators (4-3-2, 4-3-2 Lake Michigan) welcome Charlevoix on Thursday.
Elk Rapids 4
Harbor Springs 0
Elk Rapids: Lauren Bingham 3 goals; Sophie Bellner goal; Kendall Standfest 2 assists; Morgan Standfest assist; Jorja Jenema 4 saves.
UP NEXT: The Elks (13-0-1, 6-0 Lake Michigan) travel to Leland on Tuesday. The Rams (2-10-2, 2-3-2 Lake Michigan) welcome Oscoda on Thursday.
Charlevoix 3
Suttons Bay 2
Charlevoix: Karlee Eaton goal; Mikayla Sharrow 2 goals, assist; Karlee Eaton goal; Abbey Wright 11 saves.
Suttons Bay: Megan U'Ren goal; Sarah Bunek goal.
UP NEXT: The Rayders (6-6-1, 3-6-1 Lake Michigan) travel to Traverse City St. Francis. Suttons Bay (4-5-2, 3-3-2 Northwest) welcomes Glen Lake on Wednesday.
North Muskegon 7
Manistee 1
UP NEXT: Manistee (8-1-1) welcomes Montague on Wednesday.
Grayling 2
Oscoda 0
UP NEXT: The Vikings (5-7-1, 3-7-1 Lake Michigan) host Kingsley on Monday.
TRACK & FIELD
Stags Controls NWC Meet
GLEN LAKE — The Stags of Kingsley had a field day at Glen Lake on Monday as the boys and girls teams finished the day with first-place finishes. A plethora of athletes surpassed their personal records and season records.
Glen Lake junior Kariesue Taghon broke two personal records in the 100-meter (12.9) and 200-meter (26.4). Stag senior Paityn VanPelt finished first in the 400-meters with a personal record of 1:05.7. Benzie Central senior Bianca Delogu had a personal best of 2:36.6 in her first-place finish in the 800-meter.
Huskies's senior Hunter Jones surpassed two season records in the 400-meters (52.3) and 800-meters (1:57.9).
Frankfort, Buckley split NWC Quad
FRANKFORT — The Buckley girls' track team had a field day on Monday, coming away with first place, and the Frankfort boys did the same.
Buckley freshman Brooklynn Frazee had multiple victories, winning the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter. Frazee also helped the 4x400 relay team (4:35.71) finish first. Aiden Harrand had first-place finishes in the 1600 meters (5:11.14) and 3200 meters (11:28.84).
Onekama senior Adam Domres had season records in the shot put (43-7) and discus (125-5).
BOYS GOLF
TC Central finishes first at Petoskey Invite
Venue: Petoskey Bay View Country Club
Team Scores: 1. Traverse City Central 295; 2. Traverse City West 320; 3. Charlevoix 328; 4. Traverse City Central varsity 2 337; 4. Gaylord 337;
Top area finishes: 1. Kole Putnam 68 (GYD); 2. Boston Price (TCC); 3. Cameron Mansfield (TCC) 73; 4. Michael Beattie (TCC) 74; 5. Mack Shane (TCC) 77.
Glen Lake tops NWC Meet
Venue: Championship Hill Golf Course
Team scores: 1. Glen Lake 300; 2. Suttons Bay 324; 3. Frankfort 369; 4. Kingsley 372; 5. Leland 374.
Top area finishes: 1. Michael Houtteman (GL) 70; 2. Nathan Schaub (SB) 73; 3. Garrett Moss (GL) 74; 3. Blake O' Connor (GL) 74; 5. Christian Westcott (Benzie Central) 80.
TENNIS
TC Central 7
Petoskey 1
Traverse City Central winners: 1S — Phoebe Walker 6-2, 6-1; 2S — Alexis Smith 6-2, 6-3; 4S — Abby Pfannenstiel 6-0, 6-0; 1D — Isabella Fochtman/Natalie Bourdo 6-1, 6-0; 2D — Wren Walker/Aili Brockmiller 6-0, 6-0; 3D — Carly Galsterer/Audrey Parker 6-0, 6-1; 4D — Annie Goldkuhle/Kathryn Wade 6-0, 6-1.
LACROSSE
Ada Forest HE 12
TC United 4
Traverse City United: Kyan Glassner 2 goals; Gavin Hysell goal; Spencer Gerber goal; Caleb Lewandowski assist; Kurt Sheahen assist; Ethan Gerber 17 saves.
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The Norfolk area's top provider of high-quality home and commercial services updates its branding to reflect comprehensive offerings and team culture
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hutton Power & Light is now Hutton Electric, Heating & Air.
The locally owned provider of top-quality home services in Norfolk and Virginia Beach announces its new name as part of a rebranding effort that highlights the company's comprehensive range of electrical, heating, air conditioning and generator solutions.
"As a locally owned and operated service company, it's essential that we connect with the audiences that drive our success," said Karina Hutton, president and owner of Hutton Electrical, Heating & Air. "The community has our promise that we're still the same business they've come to trust, and updating our name and graphics helps us stand out in the constant stream of information and images we're surrounded by and be easily recognized. We remain committed to delivering reliable, high-quality services to homeowners and business owners throughout our community."
The Hutton Electric, Heating & Air rebranding reflects the company's deep investment in a culture that supports superior results and customer satisfaction through maintaining a team known for extraordinary workmanship and service. Hutton Electric, Heating & Air's market-leading solutions for their team-based culture include:
- Industry-leading field technology.
- Generous compensation, benefits and performance incentives.
- Innovative in-house training for techs, including advanced virtual simulation technology and an apprenticeship program approved by the Department of Labor.
"Having the right team and culture is critical," Hutton said. "When technicians and support staff feel like part of a team instead of just employees, you'll see the kind of performance that ensures sustained customer satisfaction and loyalty. Our focus when hiring is character. We can train people who have a good attitude and work ethic who will contribute to the culture we believe in. The leadership team here has taken on responsibility for training our team. Nobody knows better than we do what we need for our team and our customers."
For more information about Hutton Electric, Heating & Air, visit https://www.callhutton.com/.
Hutton Electric, Heating & Air is proud to provide an array of top-quality home services in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and the surrounding areas. The Hutton Electric, Heating & Air team has more than 40 years of experience delivering reliable electrical, heating and air conditioning, and generator services. The company has built its reputation on honesty and integrity and is committed to making sure customers are completely satisfied — a commitment backed by Hutton Electric, Heating & Air's 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. Whether you're looking for interior lighting installation, need heater or air conditioner repairs, or are interested in equipping your home with an automatic standby generator, the Hutton Electric, Heating & Air team is ready to get the job done. Visit https://www.callhutton.com/.
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For nearly 40 years, Martin Luther King Jr. Day has served as a day of service in honor of the civil rights leader, and a chance to reflect on the work he dedicated his life to.
To help observe the holiday, here are six conversations from across public media on King's most powerful words, legacy and the ongoing fight for voting and racial justice in the United States and around the world.
Code Switch: "The Road To The Promised Land, 50 Years Later"
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn. In this episode, we have two stories about the aftermath of his death. The first takes us to Memphis to remember King's final days. The second brings us to Oakland, Calif., where King's assassination "transformed the position of the Black Panther Party overnight."
Listen to "The Road To The Promise Land, 50 Years Later"
1A: "The Mothers Who Raised Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin"
"I decided to focus on mothers because of this further erasure that happens to mothers. Motherhood is so overlooked," says Anna Malaika Tubbs, author of "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped A Nation."
Listen to "The Mothers Who Raised Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin"
Throughline: "Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March on Washington"
Bayard Rustin was one of the most consequential architects of the civil rights movement you may never have heard of. Rustin imagined how nonviolent civil resistance could be used to dismantle segregation in the United States. He organized around the idea for years and eventually introduced it to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
But his identity as a gay man made him a target, obscured his rightful status and made him feel forced to choose, again and again, which aspect of his identity was most important.
Listen to "Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March on Washington"
The NPR Politics Podcast: "The Docket: The Rise And Fall Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965"
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was born from the civil rights movement of the '50s and '60s, but in recent years the Supreme Court has effectively nullified its key provisions. We explore why the law was first passed and what it means for voters of color now that its powers have been gutted.
Listen to "The Docket: The Rise And Fall Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965"
Radio Boston: "Boston pastors reflect on MLK's legacy, 'radical love' and striving for a better world"
Today, Martin Luther King Jr. is most remembered as an activist and the face of the American civil rights movement. But King's civil rights activism began at the pulpit, as a minister.
Listen to "Boston pastors reflect on MLK's legacy, 'radical love' and striving for a better world"
Life Kit: 'Not Racist' Is Not Enough: Putting In The Work To Be Anti-Racist
As the world continues to sort through a racial and civil rights reckoning kicked off by police killings of Black people like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, now more than ever, people want to know how to be anti-racist.
Listen to "'Not Racist' Is Not Enough: Putting In The Work To Be Anti-Racist"
Check out NPR One's full collection of podcasts reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy in the app, in the podcast tab.
NPR One's Jessica Green curated this collection and produced this piece. contributed to this story
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BOLINGBROOK, Ill., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATI Physical Therapy, Inc. ("ATI" or the "Company") (NYSE: ATIP), the largest single-branded outpatient physical therapy provider in the United States, today announced that Scott Gregerson will join ATI as its new Chief Growth Officer beginning Jan. 3. Gregerson brings two decades of experience as a healthcare executive to ATI, including several roles leading business development and strategic partnerships for large care systems.
"When we look at the future of growth at ATI, continuing to partner and innovate across the healthcare landscape will be an essential component of our success," said ATI Chief Executive Officer Sharon Vitti. "Throughout his 20 years in healthcare, Scott has demonstrated a consistent record of identifying, negotiating and forging the kind of strategic partnerships that we must further leverage at ATI in the years ahead."
"I am humbled and honored to be joining the ATI family," Gregerson said. "Sharon and the team are deeply committed to evolving and building the partnerships that will be a hallmark of the musculoskeletal space for years to come. I am excited to help further extend ATI's reach as an industry leader in the MSK health ecosystem and extending access to ATI's outstanding care across communities."
As CGO, Gregerson will lead growth initiatives across business development, mergers and acquisitions, sales, marketing, real estate, and other potential future growth opportunities.
"As the calendar turns to 2023, I am eager to get moving and Scott represents the last member of our executive team rebuild," Vitti said. "We now have the senior leadership group with the skills and expertise aligned to our strategic focus as a business, and we welcome Scott to the team."
Over the last decade, Gregerson has held executive leadership positions at Envison Healthcare, Epic Care, Stanford Healthcare and ValleyCare Health. In these chief-executive, presidential and vice-presidential roles he developed and led strategic business development and growth, often connecting large-scale provider groups with hospital and health systems. His prior experience also includes healthcare leadership positions at Fresenius Medical Care (Chicago), Doctors Community Hospital (Lanham, MD) and Sonoma Valley Hospital (Sonoma, Calif).
Gregerson holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a juris doctor degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law.
About ATI Physical's Therapy
At ATI Physical Therapy, we are passionate about potential. Every day, we restore it in our patients and activate it in our team members in our more than 900 locations in 25 states. With outcomes from more than 2.5 million unique patient cases, ATI is making strides in the industry by setting quality standards designed to deliver predictable outcomes for our patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) issues. ATI's offerings span across a broad spectrum for MSK-related issues. From preventative services in the workplace and athletic training support to outpatient clinical services and online physical therapy via our online platform, CONNECT™, a complete list of our service offerings can be found at ATIpt.com. ATI is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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Women Claim They Were Denied Entry Into Hollywood Bar for Being Too ‘Curvy’
A Hollywood club is under fire after allegedly denying entry to two patrons due to their size.
Two women took to Instagram to share that they were denied entry to The Highlight Room in L.A., despite being part of a group of friends who were let in ahead of them.
Alexa Jay says she got invited to The Highlight Room with some friends for a party. While there, she ran into friend and model Ella Halikas.
Jay claims that after she and her friends got to the front of the line, the bouncer let her friends in before he "put the rope down" in front of her, looked her up and down and told her, "Not tonight."
Jay was confused about why she wasn't let in and tried to explain to the bouncer that she was with the group of girls who had just entered. One again he told her, "Not tonight."
That's when Halikas tried to talk to the bouncer. She was also denied entry.
On Instagram, the two women explained they are "tired" of not speaking up and that this has happened to them on multiple occasions, as well as happened to their "curvy" friends.
Halikas wrote in the Instagram caption:
Speaking up for all of those who may not have a voice or a social media following. Enough is enough. This has happened WAY too many times before, and to many of my curve/plus size friends as well. This experience shouldn’t be normalized. We should be able to exist in a thicker body and still enjoy a night out in LA with our friends, regardless of our size. I'm tired of being quiet about this discrimination and allowing it to keep happening to my friends and I.
Warning: Video contains graphic language.
In a follow-up video, the two women noted the experience was "dehumanizing" and that they were left feeling embarrassed by the situation.
"These people were looking at us like we were scum of the earth. Nobody cared," Jay said.
Warning: Video contains graphic language.
The Tao Group, owners of The Highlight Room, spoke out after the incident.
"We are aware of Ella and Alexa’s experience. The doorman on this particular evening worked for a third-party promotion company and we’ve removed this individual from the door effective immediately," the company told KTLA in a statement.
"We have made several attempts to resolve the issue directly with Ella and Alexa and even scheduled a meeting within days to address their experience which they unfortunately canceled. Our company does not tolerate discrimination of any kind. We are always appreciative of feedback on our operations and continue to work on how to improve our guest experience," the statement continued. | https://wpst.com/women-denied-hollywood-bar-plus-size-video/ | 2022-11-18 02:04:06 | 1 | https://wpst.com/women-denied-hollywood-bar-plus-size-video/ |
Read the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action in college admissions
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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race-conscious admission policies of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution, bringing an end to affirmative action in higher education in a decision that will reverberate across campuses nationwide.
The court fell along ideological lines in the pair of cases, 6-3 and 6-2, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson recusing herself in the Harvard case. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion covering both disputes.
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Yosemite is renowned for its towering sequoias and waterfalls and polished granite domes. It became a national park thanks to the lobbying of conservationist John Muir, whose legacy lives on in the organization he founded, the Sierra Club. That group has been wrestling with the racist and exclusionary attitudes embedded in some of its founding ideals. Ben Jealous was recently chosen to be the group's executive director. He starts the job in two weeks, and the former head of the NAACP is the first person of color to lead the Sierra Club. He's here to talk about the road ahead. Welcome.
BEN JEALOUS: Thank you. It's good to be here.
SHAPIRO: Before we get to your role as leader of this organization, take me back to your childhood. What was your relationship to the natural world like?
JEALOUS: Oh, you know, my parents had met in Baltimore. Their marriage was against the law.
SHAPIRO: Because it was an interracial marriage.
JEALOUS: Yes, because Mom's Black and Dad's white. And we ended up on the coast of Northern California. I was - literally spent my childhood, you know, playing hide and seek between redwood trees in Big Sur.
SHAPIRO: You've spent most of your career fighting for equality and justice for people. Do you see your role at the Sierra Club as a pivot from that work or a continuation of it?
JEALOUS: Oh, it's a continuation of it and a continuation of my life. My first order of business at the NAACP was launching our climate justice program. We had just had Hurricane Katrina, and there was a deep awareness that poor communities generally and Black communities historically, because of segregation, were in very vulnerable places, places like the Lower Ninth Ward. So, you know that part of it - I'd say the - climate change has pushed a lot of things together. There's a awareness that right now, the best thing that we can do for peace in our time, to assure the future of the human race is to fight to make this planet healthier. It's dying.
SHAPIRO: That's a big task. And so how do you view your job at this particular moment as the leader of the Sierra Club? What's the concise description?
JEALOUS: You know, the concise description is to keep doing what we've been doing. We, the last 10 years, have run the most effective, anti-climate change campaign in the United States. We shut down more than 250 coal-fired power plants. We also played a key role in passing the Inflation Reduction Act and the associated infrastructure bill, and those have concentrated capital for essentially creating a tipping point in our economy, taking our economy from an economy, frankly, that's been fueled by industries that treat both the wild and people as disposable and shifting towards an economy where we will soon be creating more jobs that help save the planet than ones that help destroy it.
SHAPIRO: There is this growing recognition that the American environmental movement was in many ways founded on exclusionary and racist ideas. Dorceta Taylor of Yale University has done some of this research. And here's something she told me in an interview last year.
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DORCETA TAYLOR: We see a taking of Native American lands to turn into park spaces that are described as empty, untouched by human hands, pristine, to be protected. So this is where the language of preservation really crosses over into this narrative of exclusion.
SHAPIRO: And so how do you now build something inclusive on that foundation?
JEALOUS: Well, that's the challenge for our country. My dad's white. My mom's Black. My father's grandmother, you know, flirted with eugenics. It was a parlor game amongst wealthy whites in this country, you know, in the 1920s. The reality is that if you want to rebuild any American institution - whether it's the U.S. Congress, or it's the Sierra Club, or it's Harvard University - you're going to have to reckon with the history of those institutions. For the Sierra Club right now, the reality is that the urgency of the work on the ground has required people to really shift, I'd say, in many ways, from Hurricane Katrina forward, to figure out how to work across all lines of division.
SHAPIRO: I think leading an environmental organization in this moment can be so reactive when there is every day another hurricane, wildfire or flood. How do you avoid that gravitational pull and take the big picture?
JEALOUS: You've got to do both. We've got to work more on resilience. That's certainly one of the conversations. I mean, people are scared because the big storms keep coming. So you've just got to deal with the real, you know, while you're focused on achieving great aspirations. What keeps us focused is knowing that we have specific goals that we have to meet to keep the planet from getting above one degree warmer, two degrees warmer, three degrees warmer. That's kind of a scientific equation with this crazy X factor that is politics.
And so it keeps us very busy working to create consensus, not just in Washington but in every state capital and every major county, right down to small towns, about the steps that need to be taken. The good news is that where, as environmentalists - and I've been active in this movement since I was a kid - you typically show up with sticks, the Inflation Reduction Act gives us the chance to show up with carrots. You know, you typically talk about stopping industry, and that means jobs. And now we get to talk about starting new industries. There is a chance to really build an inclusive economy.
SHAPIRO: Ben Jealous is the incoming executive director of the Sierra Club. Thank you so much for talking with us.
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RICHFIELD, Ohio, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Group Management Services (GMS), a leading professional employer organization (PEO) headquartered in Richfield, Ohio, is pleased to announce its partnership with Lumina Imaging and Diagnostics. This collaboration revolutionizes the health care landscape for GMS clients and their employees throughout Northeast Ohio.
Lumina Imaging and Diagnostics, a premier alternative to traditional hospital care, offers quick and comfortable MRI and CT scans. Using state-of-the-art equipment, their skilled technologists ensure the highest quality imaging, offering patients the clearest images possible. Lumina makes it convenient for patients by offering same or next-day appointments and results within 24 hours.
Noting the rising costs associated with health care, and in line with GMS' commitment to enhancing its service offerings, the partnership with Lumina represents a remarkable leap forward. This collaboration not only provides GMS clients and their employees with an elevated patient experience but does so at a significantly lower cost compared to traditional hospital systems.
"With the rising cost of health plans and other benefits aimed at attracting and retaining talent, employers are looking to leaders like GMS to help ease the burden", said Lumina CEO, Lisa Giganti. "We are honored to be included in GMS' suite of offerings and are committed to providing members with an elevated patient experience in a comfortable, convenient setting without sacrificing quality for cost savings."
About Group Management Services: Group Management Services is headquartered in Richfield, Ohio, and represents more than 2,500 companies with over 45,000 worksite employees. There are currently 24 offices located throughout the United States. Businesses can rely on GMS' expertise in payroll, human resources, risk management, and benefits.
About Lumina: Lumina Imaging and Diagnostics delivers high-quality medical imaging without the high cost. Lumina uses cutting-edge technology to provide outpatient MRI and CT scans at a cost 50-70% lower than major hospitals. With four convenient locations across northeast Ohio and flexible scheduling, patients can get scans completed quickly, with minimal to no wait time, and receive their reports within 24 hours. More information is available at: https://www.luminaimaging.com.
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- Faster than fast: Incredibly fast ROG Swift Pro PG248QP 540 Hz display, and the first ROG 27-inch 1440p ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM for stunning visuals
- Incredible ROG gaming gear: World's 1st quad-band WiFi 7 router, Rapture GT-BE98; Harpe and Hone Ace Aim Lab edition; Azoth; Raikiri Pro; Destrier Ergo
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced a wide range of exclusive performance-focused products during the For Those Who Dare: Maxed Out virtual launch event for CES 2023. During the event, ROG showcased multiple product premieres, including impressively fast and stunning displays, powerhouse laptops with latest-gen processors and graphics, faster-than-ever routers, and a wide variety of peripherals to complete the most maxed-out gaming setups. This wide array of innovations includes the ROG Swift Pro PG248QP and ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM gaming displays; ROG Azoth gaming keyboard; ROG Raikiri Pro PC controller; ROG Destrier Ergo gaming chair; ROG G22CH gaming desktop; and much more.
This year more than ever, ROG is evolving its gaming lineup to drive performance beyond limits. New additions presented during the event include Strix Scar and Strix G series gaming laptops, in 16-, 17-, and 18-inch versions. These gaming powerhouses host up to AMD Ryzen™ 9 Zen 4 and 13th Gen Intel® Core™ processors, liberating more power than ever before for maxed-out performance, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 40 Series Laptop GPUs, working in concert with a MUX Switch and NVIDIA Advanced Optimus to deliver never-before-seen performance on a laptop.
In addition, ROG introduced the new Zephyrus M16 (GU604), with ROG Nebula HDR and AniMe Matrix™ displays, as well as Zephyrus G16 (GU603) and Zephyrus G14 (GA402) ― all of which have maxed-out performance and give gamers the competitive edge they need.
On the versatility side, ROG has refreshed the ROG Flow X16 (GV601), Flow X13 (GC33), and Flow Z13 (GZ301) ― all of which are compatible with the ROG XG Mobile external GPU for additional firepower. These ultra-versatile, ultra-impressive new laptops come in an ultra-compact format that is built to adapt, delivering the best blend of performance and portability.
During the show, ROG also revealed what the future holds for gamers, with the ROG Swift Pro PG248QP, the world's fastest 540 Hz gaming monitor, redefining smooth gaming experiences; and the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM, the first ROG 27-inch 1440p OLED gaming monitor with superfast 240 Hz refresh rate and 0.03 ms response time, for stunning visuals, fast panel, and instant response.
In addition, ROG debuted the world's first quad-band WiFi 7 gaming router, the ROG Rapture GT-BE98, with speeds up to 25,000 Mbps, which is 160% faster with 20% higher peak data rates than the previous generation. ROG also introduced the new ROG Azoth, a 75% gaming keyboard with premium DIY features for those who are more hands-on with their gear. This year, again, ROG and Aim Lab, trainer of millions of FPS gamers around the world, have teamed up to create new peripherals that are raising the bar for esports gaming. This includes the ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition gaming mouse and ROG Hone Ace Aim Lab Edition gaming mouse pad. And, there is the ROG Raikiri Pro PC Controller, with unlimited customization, plus the versatile ROG Destrier Ergo Gaming Chair.
For those present in Las Vegas, all the on-stage products showcased during the virtual launch event, as well as during the virtual ASUS CES event, and much more, will be available for an exclusive hands-on experience at The Venetian Expo, Meeting Room #3002, on January 4, 2023, from 10:00-18:00; and on January 5-7, from 09:00-18:00.
Maxed-out laptop powerhouses
ROG Strix SCAR and Strix G; new ROG Strix SCAR 18 (G834): Break all limits
The new ROG Strix SCAR 18 (G834) is designed with esports enthusiasts in mind. It's a gaming powerhouse, transporting the power and comfort of a desktop PC into a laptop powered by top-tier components helping gamers to steal the spotlight with maxed-out performance. Impressively, it's the first-ever ROG laptop to feature an 18-inch Nebula Display, with up to a QHD 240 Hz spec.
The ROG Strix SCAR is also available in 16- or 17-inch models. The 16-inch and 18-inch models are equipped with up to 13th Gen Intel Core processors with 24 cores and 32 threads. The ROG Strix SCAR 17 comes with up to an AMD Ryzen 9 Zen 4 processor while the ROG Strix SCAR 16 offers incredible portability with a 16-inch Mini LED QHD 240 Hz Nebula HDR Display, for stunning visuals.
All Strix models come equipped with up to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU with Advanced Optimus, and are designed for high-refresh gaming. Gamers can experience incredible power and maxed-out performance with Conductonaut extreme liquid metal on the CPU, Tri-Fan technology, full-surround vents, and intelligent cooling for the best performance even under heavy workloads.
And there's more. All Strix models are equipped with Dolby Atmos® virtual surround for a crystal-clear soundstage in the heat of battle. Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation filters out background noise for both ingoing and outgoing communications, so everyone's voice comes through loud and clear. In addition, Strix models come with a 64 Wh or 90 Wh battery, plus 100 W Type-C® charging for on-the-go usage. WiFi 6E and an Ethernet port provide cutting-edge networking for minimal lag on both wired and compatible wireless networks. All displays come with Dolby Vision® HDR and NVIDIA G-SYNC® for stunning picture quality without tearing or stuttering. A fast response time assures clear movement so gamers can make pixel-perfect decisions in frenetic firefights. Plus, spacious keyboard layouts make for more comfortable gaming. Aura Sync-compatible per-key RGB lighting on the keyboard and lightbar, as well as customizable armor caps, ensure gamers can flex their own personal style.
ROG Zephyrus series: Transcend your reality
The ROG Zephyrus G14 is a 14-inch gaming juggernaut that features a vibrant ROG Nebula HDR Mini LED QHD 165 Hz Pantone® Validated display with an exceptional 16:10 aspect ratio. Additional panel options include QHD 165 Hz or FHD 144 Hz versions. Overheating is not a worry with its precision engineered cooling ― there's a vapor chamber covering the CPU and GPU, a liquid-metal thermal compound on the CPU, as well as dual 84-blade Arc Flow Fans®. The 76 Wh battery allows gamers to stay active no matter where they are.
All Zephyrus models come with Dolby Atmos speakers, a 3D mic array with multiple modes, and Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation for clear voice communication. The G14 and M16 come with an FHD IR camera, and the G16 comes with an HD 720P IR camera. All models come with Windows Hello support. The displays are Pantone Validated and have Dolby Vision support. Zephyrus models have a 180° ErgoLift hinge to ensure comfort. A wide array of connectivity options include a 100 W USB Type-C port with DisplayPort™ 1.4 and power delivery, PD charging support, and WiFi 6E.
The ROG Zephyrus G16 comes with up to a 13th Gen Intel Core processor and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU with a 120 W maximum TGP, MUX Switch, and NVIDIA Advanced Optimus. The ROG Zephyrus G14 comes with up to an AMD Ryzen 9 Zen 4 CPU and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU with a 125 W maximum TGP, MUX Switch, and NVIDIA Advanced Optimus. The ROG Zephyrus M16 comes with up to a 13th Gen Intel Core processor and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU with a 145 W maximum TGP, MUX Switch, and NVIDIA Advanced Optimus. The G16 and M16 both come with Thunderbolt™ 4. The M16 and G14 both come with the customizable AniMe Matrix display to fully showcase the user's personality.
The ROG Zephyrus G16 comes with an ROG Nebula Display with a 94% screen-to-body ratio and extended 16:10 aspect ratio, as well as a 90 Wh battery and HDMI® 2.1. The ROG Zephyrus M16 comes with up to a QHD Mini LED 240 Hz, 3 ms ROG Nebula HDR display with G-SYNC and a 92% screen-to-body ratio and 16:10 aspect ratio. It also has ROG Intelligent Cooling™ Tri-fan technology with a full-width heatsink, as well as a large, fast-charging 90 Wh battery with Power Delivery 3.0.
ROG Flow X13 (GV302) and ROG XG Mobile (GC33): Built to adapt. Ultra-compact.
The ROG Flow X13 comes with up to an AMD Ryzen 9 Zen 4 CPU and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU. It has a 360° convertible design that has four modes: Laptop, Tablet, Tent, and Stand. To unleash additional firepower and offer a desktop-like feel work and gaming station, there is an optional XG Mobile external GPU with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU. The liquid metal compound on the CPU and three dedicated exhaust vents ensure maxed-out performance. It also comes with a 75 Wh battery, 100 W USB Type-C fast charging, and a 130 W AC adapter. The ultra-compact 13-inch chassis offers perfect mobility and portability.
The ROG Flow X13 comes with the choice of a QHD 165 Hz Nebula display or an FHD 120 Hz panel that is Pantone Validated and offers Dolby Vision support, scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass DXC touchscreen, G-SYNC, and Advanced Optimus technology for stunning visuals. Additional features include an FHD IR camera with Windows Hello, a full-sized 15-inch keyboard for comfortable typing, an expanded touchpad, premium Dolby Atmos sound, and Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation.
ROG Flow X16 (GV601): Ultra-versatile. Ultra-impressive.
The ROG Flow X16 has a 360° convertible design with four distinct modes: Laptop, Stand, Tent, and Tablet. It includes robust touch support for Tablet mode and stylus support for accurate note-taking and drawing. Gamers can expect world-class performance from the up to 13th Gen Intel Core processor, up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU, up to 2 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD storage, and up to 16 GB DDR5-4800 memory with dual upgradeable SO-DIMMs.
Beautiful visuals come from an up to Nebula HDR 1100 nits mini LED display with up to 1,024 individual dimming zones, QHD resolution, 240 Hz refresh rate, 3 ms response time, and extended 16:10 aspect ratio. It also has Pantone Validated color rendering, a 100% DCI-P3 gamut, Dolby Vision HDR, and a next-gen HDMI 2.1 port. There's also a Type-C USB4® port with Thunderbolt 4.
The all-new Tri-Fan system comes with Arc Flow fans. Large skived-fin heatsinks allow for maximum surface area. Additionally, a liquid metal thermal compound is used on the CPU. There are also dust filters for consistent performance and stability.
ROG Flow Z13 (GZ301): One device. Infinite play.
The powerful ROG Flow Z13 (GZ301) gaming tablet comes with up to a 13th Gen Intel Core processor and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU, with G-SYNC and DDS 2.0 support, all in a 13-inch chassis that weighs just 2.43 lb and is 12 mm thick. Gamers can enjoy console gaming power on the go, with multiple viewing angles providing up to 170° of adjustment, as well as support for XG Mobile external GPUs. It also supports mouse and keyboard, controller, and touch inputs.
Gamers can see things clearer with the 13-inch Nebula Display, 16:10 aspect ratio, and 100% DCI-P3 coverage with a QHD 165 Hz panel. There is a scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass DXC touchscreen and FHD IR camera with Windows Hello. When powered on, the Z13 always stays cool. With its 2-in-1 form factor designed to increase airflow efficiency, along with a vapor chamber and liquid metal cooling boosting heat transfer capacity while achieving 0 dB Ambient Cooling, it stays supremely quiet even under full load.
Style and gaming ease are assured with the detachable 15-inch full-size RGB keyboard and USB-C power delivery from a 130 W charger or power bank. The premium Dolby Atmos sound, Hi-Res Audio, smart amp, Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation, and Thunderbolt 4 support provide game-ready sound.
Fast, game-changing displays
ROG Swift Pro PG248QP: World's first 540 Hz gaming monitor
The ROG Swift Pro PG248QP is the world's first 540 Hz gaming monitor. Utilizing the new esports TN (E-TN) technology, which offers 60% faster response times than standard TN panels, the PG248QP enables superfast refresh rates and astounding clarity. It features a new stand design with retractable and locked claws to create a smaller base footprint and allow more desktop space for pro gamers.
The 24.1-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) monitor with ultrafast 540 Hz (OC) refresh rate is designed for professional gamers and immersive gameplay. The G-SYNC processor includes a built-in NVIDIA Reflex Analyzer that captures end-to-end system latency to deliver the very best gaming experience. Additionally, the built-in ESS DAC provides surround sound, as well as gunshot and footstep enhancements that provide near-zero audio latency.
ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM: 1440p endgame monitor
The ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM is the first ROG 1440p OLED gaming monitor with a superfast 240 Hz refresh rate and 0.03 ms response time. It comes with an anti-glare micro-texture coating to reduce reflections for a better viewing experience in all lighting conditions, and offers 1,000 nits peak brightness.
The thermal design of the cooling system has been greatly improved to help reduce burn-in. It has a custom heatsink and a new internal layout to improve cooling. Internal airflow has been optimized and the top air vents are larger for improved heat dissipation. Heat is dissipated more evenly across the rear of the monitor. The average temperature is 5% lower compared to other 27-inch OLED gaming monitors. Intelligent voltage optimization ensures consistent luminance for each pixel by controlling the amount of voltage applied to it. ROG worked closely with the panel maker to determine the correlation between OLED brightness, voltage level, and operational temperature. A smart algorithm coded for the panel optimizes voltage based on temperature changes to ensure consistent brightness across the panel. The ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM also comes with Uniform Brightness. Plus, new DisplayWidget Center software makes it easy to use a mouse to change system functions and OLED settings via an intuitive interface.
Impressive peripherals and routers — fully maxed-out
ROG Rapture GT-BE98: World's first quad-band WiFi 7 gaming router
ROG Rapture GT-BE98 is the world's first quad-band WiFi 7 gaming router. Leveraging the full potential of WiFi 7 with 320 MHz channel support in the 6 GHz band, it delivers up to 160% faster speeds than the previous generation. In addition, with 4K QAM modulation that can pack more data into transmissions, peak data rates are up to 20% higher, delivering incredible speeds of up to 25,000 Mbps. Furthermore, two additional revolutionary features, Multi-Link Operation and Multi-RU Puncturing, allow the GT-BE98 to deliver more efficient and reliable wireless connections.
Multi-link operation simultaneously transmits across different bands and channels to increase throughput to the device, lower the latency, and improve reliability. Multi-RU puncturing segments a wide channel bandwidth into smaller units, enabling puncturing to eliminate interference for the remaining bandwidth and increase efficiency.
Gamers can enjoy up to 10X-faster data-transfer speeds for bandwidth-demanding tasks with one 10 Gbps WAN/LAN port and two 10 Gbps LAN ports. In addition, for gamers who live in larger homes, the exclusive ASUS RangeBoost Plus improves signal range and overall coverage. ROG-exclusive triple-level game acceleration offers fantastic gaming experiences.
ROG and Aim Lab collaboration: Raising the bar for esports gaming
ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition Gaming Mouse
ROG and Aim Lab, trainer of millions of FPS gamers around the world, have teamed up to create new peripherals that help players unleash their gaming potential.
The ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition wireless gaming mouse is made for esports athletes and aspiring gaming professionals. Designed for competitive FPS gaming, this ultralight 54-gram mouse has an ambidextrous form factor that was co-developed with esports professionals at Aim Lab, providing optimal palm support and stability for players so they can exert better control through a tight grip. This epic crossover also resulted in the Aim Lab Settings Optimizer, an Aim Lab software feature exclusive to the ROG Harpe Ace, which helps gamers analyze and tailor mouse settings that are optimal to their strengths and performance.
The mouse also provides tri-mode connectivity with unmatched flexibility with wired USB, low-latency 2.4 GHz RF, plus Bluetooth® mode to pair up to three devices. The ROG SpeedNova wireless technology ensures low-latency, reliable wireless performance, and optimized energy efficiency in the 2.4 GHz RF mode. Frequently used mouse settings can be adjusted directly by pressing different combinations of mouse buttons, making it perfect for calibrations on-the-go. ROG Micro Switches guarantee a 70-million-click lifespan and controlled, consistent click-feel. Additionally, the mouse comes with a set of anti-slip mouse grip tapes to assure grip and to add a bit of flair.
ROG Hone Ace Aim Lab Edition Gaming Mouse Pad
The ROG Hone Ace Aim Lab Edition is a large-sized gaming mouse pad designed to work with the Aim Lab X ROG 360 task to help FPS players improve flicking accuracy and consistent crosshair placement. The Hone Ace has a hybrid cloth surface that offers optimal friction, a water-, oil- and dust-repellent protective nano-coating, and a soft nonslip rubber base with the right amount of cushioning for gaming comfort.
Both the ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition and the ROG Hone Ace Aim Lab Edition, along with the ROG Falchion Ace 65% gaming keyboard, are now part of ROG's Ace collection, a new lineup geared towards bringing the best out of esports players everywhere.
ROG Azoth Gaming Keyboard: When gaming keyboard meets DIY keyboard
The ROG Azoth Gaming Keyboard is a 75% wireless gaming keyboard bristling with premium DIY features. Gamers can enjoy unprecedented typing experiences with the included silicone-gasket mount design and three-layer dampening, hot swappable, factory pre-lubed ROG NX mechanical switches, ROG keyboard stabilizers, ROG PBT doubleshot keycaps, and bundled switch lube kit. ROG Azoth also has an OLED display with intuitive controls, versatile tri-mode connectivity with SpeedNova wireless technology in 2.4 GHz mode and supports MacOS. Gamers can use Bluetooth to connect and switch between three devices at a time, and the ROG SpeedNova wireless technology provides up to 2,000+ hours of low-latency gameplay in 2.4 GHz RF wireless mode (OLED and RGB off). Alternatively, the keyboard can be used via wired USB. Two pairs of keyboard feet of different heights provide up to three tilt positions.
ROG Raikiri Pro PC Controller: Unlimited customization
The ROG Raikiri Pro PC Controller is an Xbox® certified tri-mode controller that gives gamers the versatility to connect via Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz RF, or wired USB — making the Raikiri Pro perfect for gaming on PCs, laptops, and next-gen Xbox consoles. The ROG Raikiri Pro puts all the commands and customization options gamers need right in their hands. Gamers can personalize their Raikiri Pro with custom images, text, or animations on its built-in OLED display. The display can also be used to show charging status, microphone mute, and profile indicators. Two buttons at the top of the Raikiri Pro allow users to switch between controller profiles while in the middle of a game. Furthermore, four left and right rear buttons can be programmed for in-game commands such as hotkeys or joystick sensitivity toggles. Gamers can even adjust vibrations, dead zones, and other settings via the Armoury Crate app. Physical trigger locks on the Raikiri Pro allow gamers to set the amount of travel for both left and right triggers. It also has a built-in ESS DAC for immersive audio, plus a 3.5 mm headset jack and a mute button.
ROG Destrier Ergo Gaming Chair: Ergonomic, built for all scenarios
The ROG Destrier Ergo Gaming Chair is an all-new, all-enveloping cradle styled with a futuristic aesthetic and engineered with exceptional levels of adjustability to ensure maximum comfort during play. Constructed with a strong aluminum frame, breathable mesh, and comfortable PU foam, it provides sublime support and comfort. It features head and lumbar support with luxurious PU armrests that have a special elevation mode just for mobile gaming and a detachable acoustic panel for enthralling gaming immersion.
Compact gaming desktop with concentrated power
ROG G22CH: Full firepower in a small chassis
The ROG Strix G22CH features a compact 10-liter design that allows for incredible component compatibility without increasing its footprint. This airflow-optimized design can support either an air- or liquid-cooling system, with both options fitting easily into this compact chassis. Users can game and stream at the same time with confidence, thanks to the incredible power of a 13th Gen Intel Core processor and the latest NVIDIA RTX GPU. Featuring an intuitive tool-free design, maintenance and upgradeability are a breeze for all the major components, despite its slender size. Robust software support includes Aura Sync, Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation, and Dolby Atmos immersive sound.
Compact gaming desktop with concentrated power
ROG G22CH: Full firepower in a small chassis
The ROG Strix G22CH features a compact 10-liter design that allows for incredible component compatibility without increasing its footprint. This airflow-optimized design can support either an air- or liquid-cooling system, with both options fitting easily into this compact chassis. Users can game and stream at the same time with confidence, thanks to the incredible power of a 13th Gen Intel Core processor and the latest NVIDIA RTX GPU. Featuring an intuitive tool-free design, maintenance and upgradeability are a breeze for all the major components, despite its slender size. Robust software support includes Aura Sync, Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation, and Dolby Atmos immersive sound.
AVAILABILITY & PRICING
Strix Scar and Strix G will later be available in Q2
Zephyrus Series will later be available in Q2
Flow X13 will soon be available in Q2
Flow X16 will soon be available in Q2
Flow Z13 will soon be available in Q2
ROG G22CH will soon be available in Q2
ROG Swift Pro PG248QP will later be available in Q2
ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM will be available in Q1
ROG Rapture GT-BE98 will be available in Q1
ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition Gaming Mouse will be available in Q1
ROG Hone Ace Aim Lab Edition Gaming Mousepad will be available in Q1
ROG Azoth Gaming Keyboard will be available in Q1
ROG Raikiri Pro PC Controller will be available in Q1
ROG Destrier Ergo Gaming Chair will be available in Q1
NOTES TO EDITORS
ROG CES 2023 Event Site: https://rog.asus.com/event/ces
ROG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rog_na/
ROG Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asusrog
ROG Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/asus_rog
ROG Strix SCAR 18: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-18-2023-series/
ROG Strix SCAR 17: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-17-2023-series/
ROG Strix SCAR 16: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-16-2023-series/
ROG Strix G18: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g18-2023-series/
ROG Strix G17: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g17-2023-series/
ROG Strix G16: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g16-2023-series/
ROG Zephyrus G14: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g14-2023-series/
ROG Zephyrus M16: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-m16-2023-series/
ROG Zephyrus G16: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g16-2023-series/
ROG FLOW X16: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-flow/rog-flow-x16-2023-series/
ROG FLOW X13: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-flow/rog-flow-x13-2023-series/
ROG FLOW Z13: https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-flow/rog-flow-z13-2023-series/
ROG XG Mobile: https://rog.asus.com/us/external-graphic-docks/rog-xg-mobile-2023-model/
ROG G22CH: https://rog.asus.com/us/desktops/small-form-factor/rog-g22ch-series/
ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition: https://rog.asus.com/mice-mouse-pads/mice/wireless/rog-harpe-ace-aim-lab-edition-model/
ROG Hone Ace Aim Lab Edition: https://rog.asus.com/mice-mouse-pads/mouse-pads/rog-hone-ace-aim-lab-edition-model/
ROG Azoth: https://rog.asus.com/keyboards/keyboards/compact/rog-azoth-model/
ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM: https://rog.asus.com/articles/gaming-monitors/rog-swift-oled-pg27aqdm-intro/
ROG Swift Pro PG248QP: https://rog.asus.com/articles/gaming-monitors/rog-swift-pro-pg248qp-intro/
ROG Raikiri Pro: https://rog.asus.com/controllers/rog-raikiri-pro-model/
ROG Destrier: https://rog.asus.com/apparel-bags-gear/gear/rog-destrier-ergo-gaming-chair-model/
Republic of Gamers (ROG) is an ASUS sub-brand dedicated to creating the world's best gaming hardware and software. Formed in 2006, ROG offers a complete line of innovative products known for performance and quality, including motherboards, graphics cards, system components, laptops, desktops, monitors, smartphones, audio equipment, routers, peripherals and accessories. ROG participates in and sponsors major international gaming events. ROG gear has been used to set hundreds of overclocking records and it continues to be the preferred choice of gamers and enthusiasts around the world. To become one of those who dare, learn more about ROG at http://rog.asus.com.
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