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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – Thousands of people will be making their way to Downtown Lafayette this weekend. Thirty vendors will be on site too as the annual Taste of Tippecanoe is set for Saturday night.
This year's Taste will include the usual lineup of food and drink vendors. It will also put more focus on the work and mission of the event's host, The Arts Federation. Twenty percent of the money these vendors make is given to TAF.
While many of this year’s 30 vendors are returning, some like Brokerage Brewing Company are making their first appearance at the Taste. Brokerage is a West Lafayette brewery. It will be serving two of its most popular beers at the Taste.
Brokerage Brewing Company General Manager Seth Martin says the Taste is a chance to showcase fan favorites with a few twists.
"We'll definitely have our Walking Ashland on tap and then we're going to go with at least one more beer,” Martin said. “We'll figure that out. We may have some surprises in there as well."
What Martin says likely won't be surprising, however, is seeing the tap room turned full service restaurant at many more Tastes in the future.
"We're happy to probably move on with our relationship with the Taste going forward because we're local, and we want to participate in local events,” Martin said. “That's something that's important to us."
The Taste's new director and TAF Chief Operating Officer, Ann Fields Monical, says Brokerage is not the only new vendor for people to try.
"We are excited to have Nom Nom Tacos and Tequila, which is a new restaurant that opened up downtown on the square earlier this year,” Fields Monical said. “We also are working with Big Woods Brewery. They're bringing some food. Their beer component of their business, Quaff On, will also be serving beer in our local artisan beer and wine garden."
The Taste of Tippecanoe runs Saturday evening from 6 to midnight. News 18 will be live from Downtown Lafayette when the gates open at 6 to bring you all the latest from this year's event. To learn more about the 2022 Taste of Tippecanoe, including information about discounted presale tickets, visit the Taste’s main page here. | https://www.wlfi.com/news/new-vendors-new-event-director-for-2022-taste-of-tippecanoe/article_3097713a-eb58-11ec-a009-6f48b13f2a29.html | 2022-06-13 21:35:26 | 1 | https://www.wlfi.com/news/new-vendors-new-event-director-for-2022-taste-of-tippecanoe/article_3097713a-eb58-11ec-a009-6f48b13f2a29.html |
West Virginia boy, 16, sentenced to 80 years for killing mother, sister
NEW CUMBERLAND, W. Va. (AP) — A West Virginia teenager was sentenced to consecutive 40-year prison terms in the fatal shootings of his mother and sister after a judge rejected the defendant’s pleas for a lesser sentence.
Connor Crowe pleaded guilty last November to second-degree murder after waiving his right to be tried in juvenile court or by a jury. He was 13 in September 2020 when he killed his mother, Melissa Rowland, 39, and his 15-year-old sister, Madison.
Attorneys for Crowe, 16, cited his age as one of the factors in asking for a shorter sentence, but Hancock County Circuit Judge Jason Cuomo gave him the maximum penalty, news outlets reported.
“I want to remind you that your sister was 15 at the time you murdered her,” Cuomo told Crowe. “She was younger than you are right now, and you gave her no consideration, no mitigation for something less than a death sentence.”
“Your sister would have graduated high school, I think about a week or two ago. She’ll never get that opportunity to go to college. She’ll never get to walk down the aisle with her father and get married or have kids of her own. You took that from her. You gave her no opportunity to make something of herself, but you’re asking me to do that for you.”
After the shooting, Crowe ran out of the Weirton home and blamed it on a stranger. Prosecutor Steven Dragisich had said gunshot residue was found on Crowe and there was no evidence anyone had forced their way into the home or fled from it.
“The fact remains, he knew what he was doing was wrong,” Dragisich said Tuesday. “He thought about it beforehand and knew it was wrong. He thought about maybe not doing it, but he did it anyway. And then he thought of a defense. All that shows the danger there and the mitigating factors are very minimal compared to what happened in his state of mind.”
Crowe could be eligible for parole after 15 years. He will remain in the juvenile justice system until his 18th birthday, when he will be transferred to an adult facility.
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WASHINGTON — Two relatives helped indicted U.S. Rep. George Santos stay out of detention while he awaits trial by guaranteeing his bond, according to court records unsealed Thursday, answering two of many questions surrounding the Republican's finances.
The documents revealed that Santos' father, Gercino dos Santos, and an aunt, Elma Preven, were the two people who co-signed the $500,000 bond, which enabled his pretrial release as he awaits trial on federal charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds.
Santos, R-N.Y., had fought to keep their names secret. They were revealed after media organizations, including The Associated Press, petitioned the court for the records to be unsealed, citing the right of public access to court proceedings.
In a court filing earlier this month, his attorney, Joseph Murray, said Santos would rather go to jail than subject his guarantors to the “great harm” that could come from public disclosure. Under the bond agreement, the co-signers did not have to pay any money upfront, but would be held financially liable if Santos did not return to court.
While the identities of signatories are normally made public, Murray pointed to the “media frenzy and hateful attacks” faced by Santos as a reason to make an exception. Santos told reporters after his initial court appearance they would “never get” information about the source of his bail funds, claiming the media would “harass them and make their life miserable.”
But after news organizations pushed for the filings to be made public, a federal judge denied Santos’ request to keep the information secret. Santos appealed the decision, with his lawyer arguing that the co-signers should be given the opportunity to withdraw their support before the names are released. The appeal was denied on Tuesday.
The source of the bail funds has stoked widespread speculation, including allegations by some House Democrats that a financial supporter of the congressman could be seeking to exert political influence.
Earlier this week, Reps. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, introduced a resolution calling on the House Ethics Committee to disclose the names so they could determine whether Santos was in violation of congressional gifting rules.
Santos pleaded not guilty on May 10 to a 13-count indictment charging that he duped donors, stole from his campaign, lied to Congress about being a millionaire and cheated to collect unemployment benefits he didn’t deserve.
He has defied calls to resign, while refusing to answer questions about the source of his wealth, including a $700,000 payment he made to his campaign. According to federal prosecutors, Santos vastly overstated his income and assets, falsely certifying that he earned a $750,000 salary from a consulting company known as the Devolder Organization LLC.
Santos could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. He is due back in court on June 30th. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/aunt-dad-helped-rep-george-santos-stay-out-of-jail-pre-trial/507-8bee7418-1e3d-468a-bfb7-300c765993e1 | 2023-06-22 21:20:39 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/aunt-dad-helped-rep-george-santos-stay-out-of-jail-pre-trial/507-8bee7418-1e3d-468a-bfb7-300c765993e1 |
Advocates plea to stop execution of Missouri man
By Delaney Tarpley
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COLUMBIA, Missouri (KOMU) — Leonard “Raheem” Taylor is set to be executed next Tuesday. He was convicted of the quadruple murder of his girlfriend and her three young children.
Back in December of 2004, Taylor’s girlfriend, Angela Rowe, and her three children were found shot to death in their St. Louis area home.
Advocates at a presentation on Tuesday, though, say new evidence is showing there’s too much doubt to go forward with the execution.
“We are concerned there’s a strong possibility he was wrongly convicted,” Jeff Stack, coordinator of the Mid Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation said.
Stack said Taylor was unable to afford his own attorney during the case.
Throughout the trial, Taylor maintained his innocence, saying he was in California at the time the murders could have taken place.
Recently, his daughter confirmed his testimony, saying he was in California at the time visiting her. She, her sister, and her mother submitted affidavits with the same information.
The prosecutor’s case relied heavily on a police interview with Taylor’s brother, Perry Taylor. Perry told police during a three hour interrogation that his brother had killed Rowe and her children before flying to California on November 26, 2004. He later recanted his statement during the trial, saying he was threatened and coerced into making that statement.
Several witnesses, including a neighbor, Rowe’s sister, and two aunts of the children also reported speaking to Rowe in the week following November 26, while Taylor was reportedly in California.
“There are way too many questions in this particular case for anyone to be comfortable carrying out an execution,” Michelle Smith, co-director of Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty said. “I don’t believe we should have them period, but for these people who do, we should definitely draw a line at questions about innocence and making sure the person is actually guilty.”
Taylor has maintained his innocence the past 15 years he’s been in prison. If the execution goes forward, he will be the third person the state of Missouri has executed in the past 10 weeks.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired to investigate President Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state testified that he routinely deleted records, and deactivated a personal email account, even after receiving open records requests.
Michael Gableman testified in a court hearing Thursday about whether the person who hired him, Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, should face penalties after earlier being found in contempt for how he handled the records requests from American Oversight.
Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn decided against penalizing Vos for contempt, but said she would determine later whether to penalize Vos for how he handled open records requests. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/election/wisconsin-election-investigator-says-he-deleted-records/ | 2022-06-24 11:56:36 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/election/wisconsin-election-investigator-says-he-deleted-records/ |
Caster Specialists launches over 100,000+ free CAD models to complement its caster store, providing engineers with a trusted and time-saving resource for casters.
WESTLAKE, Ohio, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Caster Specialists, a division of Conveyer & Caster, added over 100,000 free caster and wheel CAD models to its online caster store last week. The advancement makes CasterSpecialist.com the largest consolidated e-commerce and free caster CAD model resource—saving engineers and buyers time by providing everything needed to properly specify, design, and ultimately purchase a trusted caster solution.
"Our advanced caster CAD models are highly interactive, easy to download in 150 native formats, and ensure that a viable caster is specified for any new product design," said Brad Kish, director of marketing. "From design to order delivery, we are making online caster specification and purchasing easy and reliable—while continuing to advance the tools that are most important to our customers."
The recent caster CAD model additions can be easily filtered online to find the right caster type, size, wheel, and feature a customer would require—from light to heavy-duty casters ranging from 75 lbs. to 30,000 lbs. in dynamic load capacity. The casters include industrial-grade solutions used in distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, retail stores, waste management, hospitality, institutional, medical, and many other business applications. Additional caster features include highly-ergonomic, stainless steel, maintenance-free, low profile, medical, shock-absorbing, dual wheel, and kingpinless casters that are designed to withstand shock and impact.
Caster Specialists' CAD models and caster store offers solutions exclusively tested to meet ANSI ICWM standards, an important differentiating factor from most casters sold online. "Ensuring your caster provides safe working conditions is critical, and that is why we only offer casters meeting ANSI ICWM standards," noted Kish. "There are many caster options out there with varying degrees of quality and ratings; we want our customers to be informed to ensure the caster they specific will keep them and their customers rolling safely."
About Caster Specialists: Caster Specialists is a division of Conveyer & Caster, a leading provider of casters, material handling equipment, conveyor systems, and storage solutions. Founded in 1961, Conveyer & Caster is a fourth-generation, family-owned solutions provider based in Northeast Ohio. The company is driven by a simple mission of providing the right storage and handling solutions to improve customer material flow and safety.
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WASHINGTON, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted an evening of NASA STEM activities Friday at the Naval Observatory for military families and local students and their families, which included a special screening of Disney Pixar's Lightyear.
NASA provided three hands-on STEM activities to inspire students from 4th to 8th grade to engage with the science, technology, engineering and math behind NASA's missions. Former astronaut and former NASA Associate Administrator of Education Leland Melvin and astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Stephanie Wilson, and Tom Marshburn answered questions about their time in space. Marshburn recently returned with NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 from the International Space Station and was the NASA technical consultant on the film. Also in attendance were Lightyear actors Keke Palmer and Uzo Aduba.
"It was wonderful to work on these STEM activities with a bright young group of future leaders showcasing the exciting work we're doing at NASA in STEM and in space," said NASA Astronaut Thomas Marshburn. "This next generation – the Artemis Generation – will build on the work we're doing today to get us to the Moon and Mars, and it all starts here with inspiring young people on Earth."
Through NASA's Office of STEM engagement, the agency makes investments in engaging students, educators, and educational institutions to attract diverse groups of students to STEM for a diverse set of students to contribute to NASA's work and build a diverse future STEM workforce. OSTEM's Next Gen STEM project focuses on NASA's efforts to engage K-12 students, including those traditionally underrepresented and underserved, and provides support to informal educational institutions.
NASA also engages and inspires the next generation through STEM collaborations as the country prepares for human exploration of the Moon. NASA's Artemis program will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. NASA will then use what they learn to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.
U.S. leadership in science and technology depends on increasing student STEM engagement and as Chair of the National Space Council, the Vice President has made it a priority to ensure the Administration is inspiring future scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and explorers.
For more information about NASA's STEM Engagement, visit:
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TX Marine Warnings and Forecast for Thursday, December 8, 2022
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Latinos are a superpower in every sector and industry but barriers remain; new program launching during Hispanic Heritage Month to unlock the full potential of the changing workforce
DENVER, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Latino Leadership Institute (LLI) announced today the launch of Ignite. Designed by Latino leaders for Latino professionals, Ignite is the only Latino leadership development program in the country to combine the unique professional journey of Latinos with a transformative neuroscience-based approach to workplace problem-solving. Ignite provides the technical and social capital to help Latino professionals overcome barriers and challenges to unlock their full leadership potential. Enrollment for the upcoming Fall 2022 programs is now open here.
"We are training leaders for advancement and success by preparing them to bring their full value, talents, and confidence as Latinos to the table. Ignite is based on years of experience and research with Latino leaders, including the barriers we navigate and the leadership strategies we can use to overcome them. Ignite strengthens the social capital among participants by providing opportunities to connect with other Latinos who can relate to their experiences," says Joelle Martinez, president and CEO of the Latino Leadership Institute. "Ignite is a game-changer for the Latino community because it opens access to transformational leadership development to Latinos across the country and in every sector."
Latinos account for nearly 20% of the workforce but only 4% of all executive leadership positions because Latino professionals face unique barriers and challenges in the workplace. According to the Harvard Business Review, 60% of Latino professionals aged 18-34 feel they have been overlooked or intentionally passed by for career advancement opportunities and 76% report that they repress or hide part of their identity and culture because they believe that it will help them advance in their careers.
"I have participated in several leadership programs, but none as rewarding as Ignite. This was the first time my cultural identity was a primary factor. Too often I have felt invisible as a Latino professional but now I feel included, respected, and valued," said Mark Delgado, National Accounts Relationship Manager at Lumen.
National enterprise companies already offer Ignite to their Latino employees. Now Ignite is available both for organizations and individuals. For more information, visit the website here. Registration is now open.
To learn more about Ignite, contact Timi Aguilar at timiaguilar@aguilarpr.com
About the Latino Leadership Institute
The Latino Leadership Institute advances Latinos to positions of influence through cross-sector leadership development, entrepreneurship support, and the activation of our national Latino professional network to build power, drive change, and generate wealth. Learn more at Latinoslead.org
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a law allowing grandparents to seek visitation rights after finding that it unconstitutionally violates the “fundamental right to parent.”
In the ruling handed down Friday, the high court said parents have a fundamental right to maintain family relationships and to the “custody, care and control” of their children. But the Idaho state law “seemingly allows grandparents to seek visitation over the objection of fit parents,” Justice John Stegner wrote for the unanimous court. That makes the visitation law unconstitutional, the court found.
The case arose in 2017 after Dennis and Linda Nelson asked a magistrate judge to award them visitation with their grandchildren after the grandchildren's parents, Brian and Stephanie Evans, cut off contact. Neither attorneys for the Nelsons nor the Evanses immediately responded to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
But the family members' relationship had been full of strife for some time, in part because the grandmother strongly objected to the parent's marriage — resulting in no communication between the two sides for nearly a year — and in part because the Evanses felt the grandmother was manipulative and repeatedly violated their boundaries.
The Nelsons and Evanses also had disputes over a jointly owned California home and over the Evanses' decision to move to Idaho, according to the ruling. The discord continued when it came to childrearing, with the grandparents taking the grandchildren on extravagant playdates to places like Disneyland and frequently returning the children home later than had been requested. The Evanses said the grandparents frequently showed up even though they hadn't been invited, and that they used emotional manipulation and pressuring tactics to get what they wanted.
“Stephanie and Brian asked the Nelsons to refrain from spending so much money and to instead go on more simple playdates such as to parks; however, these requests were frequently ignored,” Stegner wrote. “The Nelsons seemed intent on spoiling the grandchildren contrary to the expressed wishes of the Evanses.”
The lower court where the case began ruled in favor of the parents, finding that the Nelsons lacked the legal standing to seek visitation. The grandparents appealed and lost at the district court level, and appealed again to the Idaho Supreme Court. In 2020, the Idaho Supreme Court found that state law did give the Nelsons the right to seek visitation rights and bounced the case back to the lower court.
Last year, the lower court acknowledged that the grandparents had inserted themselves into the Evans family to an “exorbitant” extent, and that the grandmother's behavior had undermined the parents in the eyes of the children. Still, the lower court took issue with how the Evans family severed their children's relationship with the grandparents, saying they may not have sufficiently explained their concern to the grandparents before cutting off ties.
“Despite finding the Nelsons had harmed the grandchildren by acting in the way that they had, the magistrate court then ordered visitation,” as long as the grandparents first underwent counseling, according to court documents.
Meanwhile, the Evans family filed a motion asking the court to find the visitation law unconstitutional. They argued the law did not serve any compelling state interest and that it allowed fit parents to be hauled into court by overzealous grandparents.
The high court agreed that the law was unconstitutional, and noted the toll the case had placed on the Evans family — including more than $50,000 worth of legal bills.
“The Nelsons’ conduct in this case has placed a significant financial and emotional strain on Stephanie and Brian, and likely their three daughters as well,” Stegner wrote.
Sending the case back to the magistrate court would just result in additional litigation, the Supreme Court justices found, and so they dismissed the visitation case outright. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Idaho-Supreme-Court-overturns-grandparents-17452529.php | 2022-09-19 22:02:35 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Idaho-Supreme-Court-overturns-grandparents-17452529.php |
Country music star Toby Keith announced Sunday that he has been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer since last fall.
“I am looking forward to spending this time with my family. But I will see the fans sooner than later. I can’t wait.”
The status of Keith’s performances for the remainder of this year wasn’t immediately clear. His next performance is scheduled for June 17 in Wheaton, Illinois, according to his website. After Keith’s announcement, the Ohio State Fair announced that his July 28 concert in Columbus, Ohio, has been canceled.
Keith’s publicist, Elaine Schock, said in an email Sunday night that some tour dates will be canceled, “but I’m not sure how many at this point.”
Keith’s foundation has assisted children with cancer since 2006. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/country-star-toby-keith-discloses-stomach-cancer-diagnosis/2022/06/12/e5fcbdca-eaa2-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html | 2022-06-12 23:11:28 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/country-star-toby-keith-discloses-stomach-cancer-diagnosis/2022/06/12/e5fcbdca-eaa2-11ec-9f90-79df1fb28296_story.html |
Caught on camera: Cement tanker catches fire, explodes in Texas
RICHARDSON, Texas (WFAA) - A cement tanker exploded in Texas after fire officials say its extension boom hit some power lines.
The incident happened Wednesday afternoon at an intersection near U.S. Route 75 in Richardson, Texas. The city’s fire department says the boom on the cement tanker hit a power line, which caused it to catch fire.
As the tanker was set ablaze, helicopter video showed it explode.
The truck operator got out safely, and officials say no one was hurt in the incident.
Fire crews needed to wait for the power line to be shut off before starting to put out the blaze.
Power was knocked out to about 1,200 customers in the area, due to the downed power line, but has since been restored.
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WASHINGTON , Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iconic Moments, the first NFT marketplace dedicated entirely to cultural institutions, is producing a collection of 5,000 NFTs based on the iconic American "Jailed for Freedom" pin. Dubbed Modern Rebels, the campaign will support the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation's (WSNMF) congressionally authorized mission to bring the first-ever national monument dedicated to the early American movement for women's equality to Washington D.C.
The Modern Rebels collection of NFTs artfully depicts the iconic "Jailed for Freedom" pin. In 1917, this pin was given as a badge of honor to 168 women jailed for picketing for the right to vote. Originally designed by suffragist Nina Allender and produced by Tiffany & Co, the pin has persisted as a symbol of women's equality for more than 100 years.
The jail pin symbol will take on new life as part of the Modern Rebels collection, with artistic interpretations of the pin's jail cell door and heart-shaped padlock provided by artist Lexie Baker. The collection spans across two rarity tiers and a variety of traits; each NFT is unique.
Modern Rebels also serves as a way to bring artists together for a common cause. Baker's digital art is accompanied by artisan metalworker Michelle Keller's bespoke, custom jail pin necklace. Each collector who purchases a Modern Rebels NFT will receive one of these limited-edition, handcrafted pieces of jewelry that — like the NFTs — evokes the rebellious spirit of the Jailed For Freedom pin worn by suffragists over a century ago.
Casual collectors and NFT enthusiasts alike will have the opportunity to participate in the Modern Rebels campaign and directly contribute to the efforts of the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation as the collection will be available via a simple, one-click credit card purchase experience.
"The combination of new technology, stunning artwork, education, and captivating storytelling is what makes this opportunity so great. We can't wait to see the community that emerges from this campaign, and how the legacy of the suffragists will inspire them," said Anna Laymon, Executive Director of the Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation.
"This monument is not just commemorating the past, but also honoring the fight for women's rights today," said Chris Cummings, Founder and CEO of Iconic Moments. "The Modern Rebels NFT campaign is an opportunity for people to come together and build a monument through a broad community effort."
The Modern Rebels collection will be available for purchase via credit card or ethereum wallet transaction, providing an accessible way for NFT enthusiasts, casual collectors, and those simply seeking a way to support the WSNMF to contribute to the funding of their monument efforts. Those interested in learning more or gaining allowlist access for the collection can visit www.iconicmoments.co.
Iconic Moments is the first and only NFT marketplace that captures stories and moments in history, media, pop culture, art, and collectibles, securing them on the blockchain as dynamic collections of NFTs. Using our collective knowledge and experience in curation, NFT strategy, marketing, and community building, we work alongside our partners to develop enticing, story-rich campaigns centered on the deep culture and heritage their collections hold. https://www.iconicmoments.co/
The Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation leads the effort to fund, design, develop, and construct the congressionally authorized Women's Suffrage National Monument. The monument will serve as a lasting legacy of the longest political movement in American history and honor the generations of women who protested in their decades-long fight for equality.
The Women's Suffrage National Monument Foundation is supported by all living First Ladies — Dr. Jill Biden, Mrs. Melania Trump, Mrs. Michelle Obama, Mrs. Laura Bush, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Mrs. Rosalynn Carter — as Honorary Chairs. In their role as Honorary Chairs, the First Ladies spearhead the Foundation's efforts to ensure that the 36 million people who visit our National Mall each year experience a deeper and more inclusive American story. Read more about the First Ladies' service as Honorary Chairs, including direct quotes about their involvement with the Foundation here: https://www.womensmonument.org/first-ladies-named-as-honorary-chairs-of-the-womens-suffrage-national-monument-foundation
The Foundation is also supported by a Council of Ambassadors, the organization's honorary body of renowned leaders uniting across industries and political parties to champion the Foundation. Ambassadors to the Foundation include Rosario Dawson, Ken Burns, Monica Padman, Malcolm Gladwell, Retta, and more. The full Council of Ambassadors can be found at https://www.womensmonument.org/council-of-ambassadors.
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F1 champion fined nearly $1 million in 'moral damages' for racist and homophobic remarks about Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet made the comments in 2021
Nelson Piquet, a three-time Formula One champion, was ordered to pay $950,000 in "moral damages" for racist and homophobic comments he made regarding Lewis Hamilton in 2021.
Piquet, who is from Brazil, referred to Hamilton as "neguinho" – a racially offensive term which means "little Black guy," according to the Associated Press. He was also seen in a video published in Grande Premio last year using homophobic language to say Hamilton was not focused to challenge Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg for the 2016 title.
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Piquet was ordered by Brasilia court on Friday to pay 5 million Brazilian reals "in collective moral damages to be allocated for the promotion of racial equality and against discrimination of the LGBTQIA+ community." The judge said Piquet’s remarks corresponded to the definition of racial discrimination outlined in Brazil’s 2010 Statute of Racial Equality.
Several human rights groups filed charges in Brazil against Piquet for his comments.
The 70-year-old was discussing a crash between Hamilton and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen that took place in the British Grand Prix in 2021. His daughter Kelly Piquet is Verstappen’s girlfriend.
Piquet later apologized for the "ill thought out" racial term but said it "is one that has widely and historically been used colloquially in Brazilian Portuguese as a synonym for ‘guy’ or ‘person’ and was never intended to offend."
A Brazilian judge said Piquet’s comments implied if Hamilton hadn’t been gay "he would have won the championship. ... Therefore, being gay would be a negative characteristic."
Piquet could appeal the ruling.
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Hamilton is a seven-time F1 champion. He has not won a race since the 2021 season.
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Toronto-based Ad Tech Company Also Announces Significant Investment from Fort Point Capital
TORONTO, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Polar, the industry leader in Social Display advertising, has changed its name to Nova. The Nova banner will serve the company's entire client base: publishers, agencies, brands, ad tech platforms, CTV providers, and retail media.
Nova is also launching CTV and other new video formats. Nova can now convert any video on social media into a VAST-enabled ad to run online or on CTV. The move is part of a larger strategy expanding the company's creative automation platform, maximizing the value of creative assets as advertisers face increasing challenges with data and targeting.
Lastly, Nova has received a significant investment from Fort Point Capital, a Boston-based private equity fund with experience investing in growing marketing and technology businesses.
From CEO and founder Kunal Gupta, "We pioneered the Social Display category, creating the technology to run best-performing social posts in the open web's ad inventory. Social Display continues to unlock huge performance gains for advertisers. Now, with this investment from Fort Point, we're taking what we've learned from delivering over 75 billion ad impressions and expanding our platform of performance-based ad products."
Fort Point Capital partner Brooke Ablon commented, "We're excited to partner with Nova's management team as they expand Social Display into a broader performance enhancement platform. It's more important than ever that advertisers see clear returns from digital campaigns. Nova makes this possible through its growing portfolio of creative formats and automation tools."
On CTV, Nova president Matt Crenshaw added, " The cost of creative shouldn't be a barrier to reaching audiences for the thousands of small to midsize advertisers. We're providing more value out of what they have that's already working with a cost effective extension of their social feeds into CTV and other video inventory."
"We have a great partnership with Nova led with many campaigns with Nova's creative formats that have seen tremendous success," said Mike Juhas, SVP, Client and Optimization Services of Digital Remedy. "We're excited as Nova pushes beyond social display into new directions offering our partners powerful creative solutions as part of Digital Remedy's unmatched performance CTV and video solutions."
Nova is the leader in Social Display, providing creative automation for agencies, brands, ad tech platforms, CTV providers, and retail media, allowing them to repurpose social creative to run programmatically, at scale, on the open web, in mobile apps, and on CTV.
In the past year alone, 250+ of the world's most successful media publishers and platforms have generated $150 million in direct-sold digital advertising revenue with Nova's technology, activating over 15,000 campaigns in 30+ countries.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Fort Point Capital is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market, business services companies in partnership with strong management teams. Fort Point Capital is currently investing from FPC Small Cap Fund II. To learn more, please visit fortpointcapital.com.
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Which Nike jacket is best?
The best Nike jacket can keep you dry in wet weather, protect you from the wind and has other features designed for your comfort. It works well as an adventuring or gym jacket but also looks great when paired with jeans on casual days.
The Nike Men’s Storm-Fit Adv Hooded M65 Shell Jacket is a top pick because it has a two-way zipper for convenience and a hood that can keep your peripheral vision intact, and it’s made from water-repellant material.
What to know before you buy a Nike jacket
What is a Nike jacket?
A Nike jacket is outerwear made from a material that keeps you warm in cold climates. It has long sleeves; joins with a zipper, snaps or buttons in the front; and typically lands at your waist.
Beyond the basics, other details are based on your needs and preferences. While they can have features such as windproofing, waterproofing or climate ratings for treacherous weather, they don’t have to. They don’t typically have any added stretch, but some do.
Coats vs. jackets
While a jacket can be constructed for frigid conditions, it is typically lightweight outerwear that lands at the waist or higher. Coats, on the other hand, are usually waist-length or longer and almost always thick and warm.
Types of Nike jackets
There are five types of Nike jackets:
- Puffer: This down-filled jacket traps heat and keeps you warm on extra cold days.
- Rain: This water-repelling jacket typically has a hood to keep you dry.
- Track: This is a breathable, moisture-wicking jacket for sports or leisurewear.
- Bomber: This is a leisurewear jacket that gathers at the waistband.
- Windbreaker: This jacket is made from material that keeps the wind out, with elastic at the waist, wrists and neck.
Nike has some jackets that fit exclusively in one category. However, some land in several categories. For example, you can find a Nike puffer jacket that is also windproof and waterproof.
What to look for in a quality Nike jacket
A hood
Hoods are incredibly useful once the weather cools down. Some Nike jacket hoods have a vent for added breathability, are detachable or can be packed away in a hidden collar compartment.
Great ones made by Nike have added details, such as a drawstring that seals the hood around your face to keep the wind and rain out. Others also have cords you can pull to keep your peripheral vision intact.
Pockets
Pockets keep essentials such as your phone, wallet and keys safe. You can typically find them on the sides of almost any jacket. However, other places to look for pockets are on the exterior chest, the arms and occasionally in the lining.
Other details that can elevate pockets on a Nike jacket are zippers, flaps, buttons or snaps to ensure that your items stay put.
Advanced fabrics
Nike makes technologically advanced fabrics for its apparel and has four high-tech materials that can help you get a jacket that fits your needs:
- Storm-Fit: This fabric is made from a breathable laminate that is both windproof and waterproof.
- Therma-Fit: This insulated outerwear is engineered to keep you warm in cold weather.
- Dri-Fit: This breathable material pulls moisture away from your body to the fabric’s surface, where it can quickly dry.
- All Conditions Gear: This is ultra-lightweight nesting gear that adapts to the climate and is ideal for layering.
How much you can expect to spend on a Nike jacket
Depending on the details added, materials used and jacket type, expect to find them for around $65-$300. However, some limited-release jackets can be $500 or more.
Nike jacket FAQ
Should you use fabric softeners on your jacket?
A. No. Fabric softeners coat clothing with chemicals that can interfere with moisture-wicking or waterproofing capabilities.
What’s the best way to wash your jacket?
A. If your jacket is machine-washable, wash it in cold water on a gentle cycle. Then either hang it flat to dry or dry it on low heat.
What’s the best Nike jacket to buy?
Top Nike jacket
Nike Men’s Storm-Fit Adv Hooded M65 Shell Jacket
What you need to know: This hooded jacket balances comfort with superior cold-weather functionality.
What you’ll love: It’s made from Storm-Fit material, with taped seams for added wet-weather protection. It also has a hood, a two-way zipper in the front, secured pockets at the chest and hips, and adjustable cuffs.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said the jacket wasn’t insulating enough once temperatures dropped to 20 degrees or lower.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top Nike jacket for the money
Nike Women’s Essential Repel Woven Jacket
What you need to know: This is made to keep you dry and warm on cool, wet days.
What you’ll love: This lightweight hooded windbreaker is also water-resistant. It has back vents and partial mesh lining for added breathability, with drawstrings at the hood and elastic at the cuffs to keep the cold weather out. It also has pockets at the hips.
What you should consider: The pockets do not have zippers, which might be a deal breaker for some.
Where to buy: Sold by Kohl’s
Worth checking out
Nike Men’s Windrunner Hooded Jacket
What you need to know: It’s breathable, yet designed to keep the wind out.
What you’ll love: This hooded jacket has a drawstring around the face, with elastic at the waist and wrists. It has a vent at the back for added breathability, with zippered pockets at the hips to keep your essentials from falling out.
What you should consider: Some people reported that this jacket is a little loose for their taste.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
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PHOENIX, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluum, North America's leading education technology solutions provider, recently announced an exclusive program with Surgically Clean Air (SCA) to make it more affordable than ever to deploy its best-in-class JADE™2.0 Air Purifiers to K-12 educational institutions in North America until December 31, 2022. Schools still have widespread access to federal funds to optimize ventilation through inspection, repairs, upgrades and replacements to HVAC systems, as well as installing new portable air purification systems to facilitate better ventilation.
"Air purifiers are not just about COVID and other airborne viruses," Bluum Senior Vice President of Product and Partners Andre Vashilko said. "They fight all viral and bacterial pathogens, dust, environmental pollutants such as wildfire smoke, allergens, and there is a direct link between air quality and better learning outcomes. We couldn't be more excited to team up with SCA, a top provider in commercial grade, premium air purification solutions for medical professionals, businesses and educational institutions in our efforts to help combat absenteeism and improve academic performance."
With many unproven and harmful products flooding the market, the White House and CDC recently stepped in to release recommendations and critical federally funded programs to boost classroom air quality. In response, Bluum specifically teamed with SCA, which currently has systems deployed in thousands of classrooms throughout North America.
The JADE™2.0 Air Purifier is not only a powerful, effective, and extremely quiet standalone portable air purifier, but it also relies on proven technologies such as CDC-recommended HEPA and activated carbon filters. Trusted by customers worldwide, SCA is currently protecting the New York Rangers, Walmart, the United States Navy, the Toronto Raptors, the Ontario Ministry of Education, Walter Reed National Medical Center and Exxon Mobil, among others.
"The COVID-19 pandemic affected every aspect of our lives for more than two years, but perhaps the hardest hit were children who suddenly found themselves unable to go to school," SCA Founder and CEO Marshal Sterio said. "School districts have done everything in their power so that children can experience a normal year, but that can only happen if superintendents make air quality a top priority. That's why we are excited to be working on this program with Bluum to make it more affordable than ever for schools to make their facilities as safe as possible for everyone."
To better assist schools with expediting their federal funding, Bluum's Grant Advisory and Funding Services divisions are available for a complimentary consultation. Schools interested in learning more or those ready to engage with Bluum's Air Quality Expert can visit https://www.bluum.com/solutions/health-safety/air-purification.
At Bluum, we believe that education is the single most achievable step toward a more positive and equitable tomorrow. We empower educators to become innovative change-makers by providing them with technology solutions and services to improve learning and make it more accessible. With decades of experience working with educators to create remarkable learning experiences, Bluum provides technology and services that support to nearly 25 million students across North America daily. Cultivate possibility with us at bluum.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In June 2022, the Biden administration announced sweeping changes that would increase pay and benefits for federal wildland firefighters. Officials hoped the incentives would help retain firefighters, but researchers say the changes could lead to new problems in recruiting and retaining wildland fire dispatchers.
The wildland fire management occupational series provides significant pay increases and allows federal wildland firefighters to maintain their retirement benefits. It includes people who work with wildfire aircraft, fire engine operators, fire management officers, smokejumpers, people who work in fuels management, and other positions.
However, it leaves out wildland fire dispatchers. Instead, these employees were placed in the dispatching occupational series, which does not allow them to maintain their fire crew retirement and keeps them at their current pay status.
Since the plan was announced, dispatchers across the country have spoken out about the issue. They feel they’ve been unfairly excluded from the benefits offered to their coworkers.
Sensing the unease among her colleagues in 2022, Washington-based senior forestry technician Rachel Granberg began surveying her peers and collecting data about their experiences as dispatchers.
She collected about 700 surveys and then contacted Dr. Robin Verble, who’d taught Granberg in a masters program at Texas Tech University. Verble now works as the director of the Environmental Science Program at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
“She knew things were going bad and she wanted to show what was going on out there,” Verble said, explaining why her former student had reached out to her.
Verble agreed to help analyze the data and together with Granberg and others, she prepared a preliminary report using responses from 250 surveyed people who are current dispatchers.
The research revealed that wildland fire dispatchers’ working environments include many of the same stressors that operational wildland firefighters experience on the job. It also showed that wildland fire dispatchers are experiencing concerningly high rates of mental health issues and struggle with work-life balance.
Additionally, surveyed dispatchers said they strongly support including their position in the new wildland fire occupational series.
In their survey, researchers asked wildland fire dispatchers if they are not moved into the new job series, which means they would receive the same pay rate as the rest of the wildland fire community, how likely are they to leave their job?
Verble said 40% of the preliminary responses they received said they would definitely leave their career and another 25% said they were probably done with the career.
The federal government should be very concerned about those responses, Verble said, considering the nation is already struggling to recruit people to the position.
“Dispatch is the center of communication for wildland fire operations,” Verble said. “If that center breaks down, we can’t get messages across between crews. We can’t get resources moved across the country.”
She said many people become wildland fire dispatchers after they suffer injuries in the field. Working in dispatch offers them an opportunity to remain in the firefighting community, but if the job doesn’t offer the same pay and benefits, Verble thinks they might pivot to other careers.
According to the preliminary report, 92.4% of the dispatchers surveyed had previous wildland firefighting experience.
In addition to expressing displeasure in being left out of the wildland fire job series, survey respondents answered questions about their physical and mental health. More than 50 said they rarely wake feeling rested and more than 40 said they use over-the-counter pain pills at least once per week.
More than 70 respondents said they have experienced mild or moderate depression and nearly 40 people said they’ve sought treatment for mental health issues in the last 12 months.
“I mean, number one goal right now would be to get the dispatchers the option to be moved into the series, but then that’s really starting point number one, because it’s not going to fix mental health. It’s not going to fix some of the working conditions,” Verble said.
She said she’d love to see federal officials take action and use the data her team has collected. She hasn’t sent the preliminary report to federal agencies, but said it’s freely available for them to view at wildlandfiresurvey.com.
KOIN 6 News shared the report with the U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest. Jennifer O’Leary Risdal, a fire communications officer, replied and said the Forest Service’s top priority is to protect the health, safety and well-being of the fire management community.
“We are working to better understand the particular challenges our dispatchers face including demanding workloads and the mental health toll from what they experience on the job,” she said.
She pointed out that the Forest Service has a new employee assistance program that provides trauma support and mental health services. The Forest Service also works with the U.S. Department of the Interior to implement the new joint Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program to address mental health challenges.
O’Leary Risdal did not address dispatchers’ desire to join the wildland fire job series.
While Oregon Department of Forestry firefighters are not affected by the federal job series changes, Jessica Prakke, a public affairs officer for ODF, said the agency does take the dispatchers’ mental and physical health concerns in the preliminary report seriously.
“We want to make sure that we really do our best to try to reduce the risk of burnout because, especially in this job, it can be extremely stressful for a very concentrated amount of time,” she said.
At ODF, Prakke said employees are encouraged to take walks, take breaks and use mental health days if needed.
Currently, ODF is offering wildland fire dispatchers a 10% pay differential to incentivize people to the position. With the differential, the dispatcher salary range is almost equal to the wildland fire suppression salary range.
Verble and her team continued to survey dispatchers until March 1, after the preliminary report was released. The total responses will be used to draft a final report. Verble hopes it will be in peer review sometime between mid-April and early May.
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy warns of 'radiation disaster' ahead of IAEA mission report on Zaporizhzhia
IAEA readies mission findings from the Zaporizhizhia nuclear power plant for the U.N. Security Council
Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskyy warned against the continued threat of a "radiation disaster" at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) as a U.N. team prepares to release a report on the station’s condition Tuesday.
Ukraine and Russia have both accused each other of targeting the plant in a barrage of shelling that has repeatedly caused some level of damage to the plant – most recently cutting the plant’s nuclear reactors off from Ukraine’s electrical grid for a second time Monday.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi is expected to brief the U.N. Security Council Tuesday, following a fact-finding mission he led with a team of 13 other experts to review and analyze the condition of the plant last week.
Though it remains unclear if Grossi’s findings will identify which forces have been targeting the plant – a security threat that Ukrainian and European officials have warned could prompt a nuclear debacle greater than what the world saw during the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Russian soldiers have occupied the plant since early March, though Ukrainian technicians have continued to oversee the station’s operations.
Zelenskyy accused Russia of once again hitting the plant and said the timing of the strike was "provocative."
"I consider the fact that Russia is doing this right now, right on the eve of the IAEA conclusions, very eloquent," he said in a Monday night address to the nation. "Shelling the territory of the ZNPP means that the terrorist state does not care what the IAEA says, it does not care what the international community decides."
Zelenskyy’s comments came just hours after Ukrainian ZNPP officials said the plant’s only remaining reactor had been disconnected from Ukraine's electrical grid after a backup power line had to be cut while a fire was extinguished.
The reactor is expected to be reconnected to the grid once plant technicians can safely do so.
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BRP-Rotax celebrates 102 years of success during a festive gala in Wels, Austria
GUNSKIRCHEN, Austria , Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Last Friday, BRP Inc. (TSX: DOO) (NASDAQ: DOOO) proudly marked the 102nd anniversary of BRP-Rotax during an exclusive and unforgettable gala at the Wels Exhibition Center in Austria. Together with about 2,000 employees, partners and guests of honor, the Upper Austrian company commemorated historical milestones and successes in addition to celebrating the present and the future with promising projects that lie ahead.
"It is not every day that businesses get the chance to celebrate more than 100 years of existence. It takes ingenuity, grit, and resilience to achieve such a milestone," said Thomas Uhr, Chief Technology Officer at BRP. "I am honoured to celebrate BRP-Rotax's rich history with the people who have made the company what it is today, but even more so excited about what the future holds. With our unrivaled process and product expertise, and investments in R&D, we are shaping the mobility of tomorrow with the latest high-performance technologies that contribute to reducing our carbon footprint."
"Every day, our teams create the best and most advanced propulsion systems for our customers around the world," added Wolfgang Rapberger, General Manager, BRP-Rotax and Vice-President, Global Sourcing & Operations, Powertrain. "They have been the driving force behind our incredible achievements for over 100 years and, together, we will continue to trailblaze the way to ground-breaking technologies. On behalf of the entire leadership team, I sincerely thank them for their commitment to BRP-Rotax."
From the patented freewheel bicycle hub to the founding of Rotax-Werk AG in 1920, BRP-Rotax grew over the decades to become a leader in the development and production of propulsion systems for the leisure and powersports sector. BRP (a division of Bombardier at the time) placed its first Rotax engine order in 1962 for Ski-Doo snowmobiles and acquired Rotax in 1970. Since the beginning of this success story, Rotax engines have been at the heart of the ever-growing roster of BRP products. In 2021, the 10 millionth engine from Gunskirchen was delivered to BRP in Canada, and the story lives on. BRP-Rotax is looking to the future by pushing the boundaries of innovation, developing new technologies for electric mobility.
The gala opened with an exciting time travel through the most important events in the company's history so that all guests could remember those precious moments. Everyone enjoyed a unique culinary experience and entertainment, while popular singer Cesar Sampson and the PT Art Orchestra provided the musical highlight of the evening. To the sounds of the local DJ duo MoBros, the festivities went on into the night.
Among the guests of honor, Claire Bombardier and Laurent Beaudoin, former Managing Director and CEO of Bombardier and Chairman emeritus of BRP, who played a key role in the acquisition of Rotax by Bombardier in 1970, in addition to some members of BRP's executive management team: José Boisjoli, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Uhr, Chief Technology Officer, Anne Le Breton, Executive Vice-President, People & Culture, and Sebastien Martel, Chief Financial Officer. BRP-Rotax was also pleased to welcome the mayor of Gunskirchen, Christian Schöffman, Dr. Joachim Haindl-Grutsch, General Manager IV Upper Austria, representatives of the regional council for economic affairs, and many more partners and key players in the history of the company.
BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG, the Austrian subsidiary of BRP Inc., is a leader in the development and production of propulsion systems for the leisure and powersports sector. Founded back in 1920, BRP-Rotax has been committed to future-proof mobility and technological progress for more than 100 years. The innovative Rotax four- and two-stroke high-performance engines are used for BRP products such as Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo personal watercraft, Can-Am on- and off-road vehicles as well as for karts and recreational aircraft. With sustainable products such as the first zero-emission Lynx HySnow snowmobile or the high-performance E20 e-kart series, BRP-Rotax is also a pioneer in the field of alternative powertrain models. The Upper Austrian company, headquartered in Gunskirchen, currently employs more than 1,700 people and produces engines for the global market.
We are a global leader in the world of powersports products, propulsion systems and boats built on 80 years of ingenuity and intensive consumer focus. Our portfolio of industry-leading and distinctive products includes Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and pontoons, Can-Am on and off-road vehicles, Alumacraft and Quintrex boats, Manitou pontoons and Rotax marine propulsion systems as well as Rotax engines for karts and recreational aircraft. We complete our lines of products with a dedicated parts, accessories and apparel portfolio to fully enhance the riding experience. With annual sales of CA$7.6 billion from over 120 countries, our global workforce includes close to 20,000 driven, resourceful people.
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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The fire emoji was a common sight in tweets about the new corporate thriller “Fair Play,” which debuted Friday at the Sundance Film Festival.
The movie follows two ambitious analysts at a cutthroat hedge fund, played by “Bridgerton’s” Phoebe Dynevor and “Solo’s” Alden Ehrenreich, who are also in a passionate and secret relationship. Several steamy scenes had some declaring the return of the erotic thriller.
Film historian Karina Longworth, whose podcast “You Must Remember This” recently delved into the erotic thriller moment of the 1980s, tweeted that “It does for the 2020s what ‘Fatal Attraction’ did for the late 80s.”
Chloe Domont, who wrote and directed the film, said she didn’t set out to make an erotic thriller, per se.
But “I did set out to make a thriller about gender power dynamics within a relationship that happens to be highly sexual,” Domont told The Associated Press on Saturday in Park City. “I think the execution of that intention ended up flipping the erotic thriller genre on its head.”
Dynevor, in only her second film role, said that when she read Domont’s script, she saw herself and a lot of women she knows in her character, Emily, who seems to be the sole female at the company. She’s made even more aware of this when she gets promoted over Ehrenreich’s Luke.
“How she navigates work life in a very male-dominated industry and how she navigates her relationship and, you know, in many ways has to make herself smaller in order to make other people feel comfortable, I could relate to that,” Dynevor said.
Ehrenreich’s character comes from a more privileged background than Emily. He’s Ivy League-educated and expects a certain amount of success. But he also rolls his eyes at the casual misogyny of his co-workers and, at least at first, is supportive of Emily's ascent.
“I think he’s a little at remove from the rest of the office. He’s not quite in that boy’s club,” Ehrenreich said.
“One of the things that I really liked about the movie that I think sometimes is lacking from stories that take on issues like this is understanding the background and the system and the culture that all of that is taking place in,” he continued. “It’s not on one individual being a good person or a bad person. We’re all highly influenced by our environment and the ambitions that we have within that environment.”
The film has already stirred up a gender debate among those who have seen it as Domont makes sure to never go the cliche route with her characters. Audience sympathies may even shift between Luke and Emily from scene to scene. Dynevor was firmly on Emily’s side in reading the script and during filming, but when she watched the finished product, something changed.
“I kind of saw it more as him and her being a culprit of the society and a victim of the society, as opposed to, like anyone was a baddie or a goodie,” she said.
“Fair Play,” which is up for acquisition at the festival, is Domont’s directorial debut on the large screen. But high-finance drama is not new for her: She’s helmed episodes of Showtime’s “Billions” too.
“My interest in that world starts from, you know, ‘Wall Street’ and ‘Working Girl’ and like those movies,” Domont said. “But for me it’s the stakes. You have high stakes, you have drama.”
“You make money one day, you lose money the next day. ... You’re either living on a high high and you think you’re the (expletive), or the next day you think you're a worthless piece of (expletive),” Domont added. “What that does to a person, the fluctuating between those highs and lows, I relate to that in the film industry. ... I related to what that environment does to a person.”
Serbia plays New York in the film, which came together rather quickly, but the three key players made sure to carve out time to establish an authentic intimacy between Ehrenreich and Dynevor.
“We did a few days of rehearsal that I thought were really valuable, and it’s so rare you get to do that,” Ehrenreich said. “It makes such a huge, huge difference, especially in a movie like this, if two people have been together and so much of the movie is their relationship and the details of that.”
That involved improvisations of Emily’s first day at the office and the first time Luke tells her he loves her.
“It really felt like it really kind of locked something in,” Ehrenreich said. “That’s a magical thing that is worth fighting for on almost every movie, especially any movie that deals with, you know, a relationship of any kind.”
They also worked with an intimacy coordinator to stage the sex scenes.
“Chloe is such a phenomenal director and was always pushing us to go farther and farther, which was such a thrill as an actor,” Dynevor said. “And we both felt really safe to do so.”
The Sundance Film Festival runs through Jan. 29.
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A home appraisal can seem like a mysterious and opaque process — someone comes to your home, looks around, runs some numbers and sends back a home value that may or may not match up to what you or the county assessor thinks it’s worth.
Home appraisal is usually a required element of a bank-financed home sale, and it can be a make-or-break moment for the deal. Here’s a look behind the curtain of what appraisers are looking for.
Overall home condition
Obviously, homes in poorer condition value for less.
Total square footage of the home and property and number of bedrooms and bathrooms
These fundamental elements provide the baseline for the rest of the appraisal.
Quality of landscaping
Well-maintained trees and bushes tend to help home value.
Outdoor features
Patios, decks, porches, pathways, fountains and outdoor lighting all increase home value.
Roof and foundation condition
Both elements can have massive deal-breaking problems that had not been noticed before, such as a foundation crack or a leaking roof.
State of lighting, electricity, plumbing, HVAC and appliances
The condition and age of all these fundamental parts of your home’s infrastructure play a big role in the value.
Number of functional fireplaces
Fireplaces add a certain luxury value to any home.
Status of the basement
The better the basement, the more value it provides. A finished basement adds the most value, but even in an unfinished basement, it’s important that it not be moldy or damp.
Condition of other features
Countertops? Home theaters? Nifty stuff like wine cellars or custom built-in furniture? All these things impact home value.
A home appraiser will take this information and then compare it to similar houses in your area, drawing information from recent home sales and prices. All these factors mean that different appraisers might come to different conclusions, so it’s OK to ask for a second opinion if the first one seems wrong.
On average, a home appraisal costs about $350. The initial appraisal inspection can be done in one day, then it will take between seven and 10 days for them to do their comparative research and complete a final report and home value.
When hiring an appraiser, look for certifications and continuing education. Your lender will probably recommend an appraiser, but you can also hire on your own. Ask if they’re experienced in appraising your specific type of property, and make sure they hold the proper licensing, bonding and insurance to work in your state or locality. Feel free to ask them for a list of references from previous clients, and check them. Nothing can replace borrowing a little experience from someone who’s worked with the same pro.
It’s a good idea to independently verify the certifications and licensing the appraiser provides you with. This is a major job with a big impact on one of the most important purchases of your life, so it’s worth taking the extra time to get it right.
Keep all the documentation the appraiser gives to you; you may need it later on.
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The Boston School Committee member will be focused on bringing Mrs Wordsmith to the institutional educational system
LONDON, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Award-winning global literacy company, Mrs Wordsmith today announced that lifelong educator, Brandon Cardet-Hernandez has joined the company as Chief Strategy Advisor. Cardet-Hernandez's role will have him leading commercial relationships and strategy as well as extended partnerships.
With more than 20 years experience, Cardet-Hernandez previously served as the Senior Education Advisor to former New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, where he oversaw key initiatives, including the nation's most significant expansion of early childhood education and the design and launch of a $30M citywide Restorative Justice and Social-Emotional Learning program. With a sharp eye for re-envisioning school culture and the educational system, Cardet-Hernandez held the role as Principal of the Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters and led the highest graduation rate for an unscreened school in the district; far exceeding the citywide graduation average. The former special education teacher and community organizer devotes his career to drive policy and create conditions for transformational change in the education system.
"It's an absolute privilege to be a part of the Mrs Wordsmith team as we continue to build on our mission to improve children's literacy rates through science-based reading and game-based learning," says Cardet-Hernandez. "37% of 4th graders in the United States are not meeting basic benchmarks in reading and writing. This new role will allow me to narrow that gap by expanding Mrs Wordsmith's global footprint and advancing organizational goals."
Mrs Wordsmith develops educational games and products that encourage kids to develop their literacy and social emotional learning skills while also having fun. The award winning brand is backed by the world's leading childhood literacy experts and includes an extensive lineup of products such as: game based learning apps, books, flash cards and printables.
"We are pleased to be welcoming such an accomplished leader and educator to the Mrs Wordsmith team," says Pierre Lagrange, Executive Chairman of Mrs Wordsmith. "Brandon brings a wealth of industry insight and will be a vital asset to the organization as we continue on our mission to make learning riotously fun."
Mrs Wordsmith has a continued commitment to empower kids with the words to succeed in school and life. With Cardet-Hernandez being a new addition to the team, the brand will look at expanding and developing with a mindset of giving children the tools they need to achieve greatness.
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Mrs Wordsmith combines proven learning science with Hollywood-quality animation and state-of-the-art game design to create books, card games, worksheets, and video games that improve the literacy outcomes of kids aged 4–13. Guided by the conviction that educational resources should be every bit as exciting and hilarious as the movies kids watch and the games kids play, Mrs Wordsmith's products provide a premium, modern learning experience that is more motivating and more fun than any other. https://mrswordsmith.com
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When President Biden compared Russia's nuclear threat against Ukraine to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, it highlighted just how much that Cold War showdown continues to shape our collective psyche.
Although Biden's remarks earlier this month about the "prospect of Armageddon" have been labeled alarming by some and alarmist by others, they emphasize that the stakes in any such conflict between nuclear-armed rivals have not changed since the infamous "13 days" of the crisis.
"We came really close to nuclear catastrophe," says Fredrik Logevall, a Harvard history professor and author of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956.
The crisis began on the morning of Oct. 16, 1962. President John F. Kennedy was shown photos taken by a U-2 spy plane indicating Soviet ballistic sites under construction on the island of Cuba. Once operational, he was informed, they could be used to launch a nuclear strike on the U.S. mainland virtually without warning.
The first of a series of meetings of top advisers and Cabinet officials was quickly convened, including the president's brother and close confidant, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
The group ultimately settled on a naval quarantine, or blockade, of Cuba to force Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to remove the missiles. Ultimately, Khrushchev received an assurance that the U.S. would not invade Cuba and, in a deal that remained secret for a quarter century, the U.S. also promised to remove its missiles from Turkey.
In the 60 years since the Cuban missile crisis, new information has come out that sheds light on the events of October 1962. Here are three key things that you may have missed in history class:
A Soviet submarine officer may have prevented World War III
Saturday, Oct. 27, 1962, "was not only the most dangerous moment of the Cold War," Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., a senior Kennedy adviser, has written. "It was the most dangerous moment in human history."
On that day, a U-2 spy plane taking reconnaissance photos was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over Cuba. It had been 18 months since the failed Bay of Pigs mission, and Cuban leader Fidel Castro was convinced that the U.S. would try to invade again. One day earlier, he had written a letter to Khrushchev urging him to launch a preemptive nuclear strike before U.S. troops could land on Cuban beaches.
Meanwhile, despite signs that the Soviets were honoring the U.S.-imposed blockade, there was "extraordinary tension on the seas between captains on their respective sides," Logevall says.
In the North Atlantic, U.S. Navy destroyers were pursuing a Soviet submarine to force it to the surface as part of the blockade. To avoid an escalation of the conflict, the Navy used training depth charges designed to rattle the submarine rather than damage it.
What the U.S. did not know at the time was that Soviet subs were carrying nuclear-tipped torpedoes. The crew of the targeted B-59 sub had lost contact with Moscow and was unaware of the blockade.
The submarine's captain mistook the Navy's provocation as a sign that war had broken out. He wanted to retaliate with a torpedo strike but needed two other senior officers to concur. Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov refused. He managed to talk the captain down, and the torpedo was never fired.
"There's no doubt that the issue with the submarine is an absolutely terrifying one," says Max Hastings, a historian and author whose latest book, The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962, is set for release this week. "They didn't even know that those submarines were armed with nuclear torpedoes."
In 2002, Thomas Blanton, director of the nonprofit National Security Archive, told The Boston Globe, ''The lesson from this is that a guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world."
Kennedy and Khrushchev forged a politically fraught secret deal
During the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy, stung by bad advice from the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the lead-up to the April 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco, was under pressure to authorize airstrikes against the Soviet missile sites and to launch a full-scale invasion of Cuba.
The president was eager not to show weakness in the face of what the U.S. viewed as Soviet aggression, but he wasn't willing to risk nuclear war if there was any chance of avoiding it.
In messages exchanged between the two leaders, Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba and Khrushchev said he would remove the missiles from Cuba. But in a famous letter to Kennedy, Khrushchev also demanded that American Jupiter missiles be removed from Turkey.
To Khrushchev, the Jupiters on his own doorstep were a provocation. He saw putting his own missiles in Cuba as rebalancing the status quo.
Well before the crisis, Kennedy had actually wanted to remove the missiles because "the Pentagon told him that they were obsolete and they didn't really add anything to American security," explains Hastings.
But the Turks, who saw the missiles as a guarantor of their own security, had balked.
Now, the stakes were much higher. Kennedy worried that if he removed the missiles as part of an agreement to end the crisis, the U.S. would be seen as backing down. So, he agreed to do so on the condition that part of the deal remain a secret.
The move was politically risky for Kennedy, but it proved much more so for Khrushchev. The senior Soviet leadership "never forgave Khrushchev for the humiliation that he presided over that Russia suffered," Hastings says. "They understood thoroughly that they got the American missiles out of Turkey, but all they could see was the fact that Russia had been publicly humiliated."
Two years after the Cuban missile crisis, and a year after Kennedy's assassination, Khrushchev was ousted.
RFK initially called for a more forceful response than early accounts suggest
For decades, historians relied heavily on Robert Kennedy's own account of the behind-closed-doors discussions during the missile crisis. In RFK's book, Thirteen Days, published posthumously in 1969, he portrays himself as standing nearly alone against the hard-liners, consistently urging the president to pursue options that stepped back from the brink.
"It was a completely self-serving viewpoint," says Michelle Paranzino, an assistant professor of strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College.
When White House tapes from the era were carefully analyzed by scholars years later, it became clear that RFK "was actually among the most hawkish," she says. "He was arguing for airstrikes on the missile sites."
Robert Kennedy also maintained that "invasion was an alternative," according to a 2007 article in American Diplomacy.
Even so, Hastings gives RFK credit for displaying "a good deal more sense than some of the people around the table," especially the generals, such as Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay, who urged Kennedy to bomb the missile sites.
Paranzino says Khrushchev's role in resolving the crisis cannot be overlooked, either. "The whole narrative that was perpetuated that it was JFK's clear-eyed statesmanship ... and it was Khrushchev who blinked first" is wrong, she says.
Castro's letter calling for a first strike against the U.S. concerned the Soviet premier and spurred him to try to resolve the standoff, Paranzino says.
"This was a major source of conflict between the Soviets and the Cubans, because the Cubans thought that they were going to have control over these weapons," she says. "But the Soviets never intended that."
What have we learned from the Cuban missile crisis?
Misperceptions lead to miscalculation. Serhii Plokhy, author of Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, published last year, says Khrushchev's biggest mistake was believing that Kennedy thought the same as he did.
The Soviet leader "really believed that if he swallowed the pill on the missiles next door in Turkey that Kennedy would actually do the same," Plokhy, a Harvard history professor, said in a talk hosted by the National Archives last year.
Author Hastings describes Russian President Vladimir Putin as "another reckless gambler in the Kremlin who again is openly threatening the world with nuclear consequences." That makes "how we got out of the missile crisis in one piece ... terribly important."
When so many people, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were urging the U.S. to "bomb the hell out of the missile sites," he says, the president understood "that he was going to have to strike a bargain with Khrushchev."
It's important to remember, however, that the Soviet leadership had far more control over Khrushchev than they have over Putin today, he says.
"Ultimately, I think many of us believe this thing has to end in Ukraine with some kind of diplomacy," Logevall says. "I don't know what that involves, but that's going to be necessary at some point."
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures.
In separate votes on Thursday, the GOP supermajority expelled Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, a move leaving about 140,000 voters in primarily Black districts in Nashville and Memphis with no representation in the Tennessee House.
Kevin Webb, a 53-year-old teacher from Pearson's district, said removing him “for such a small infraction” is “classic America.”
“There’s been bias against Black individuals in this country for 500 years,” Webb said. "What makes us think that it’s going to stop all of a sudden?”
Pearson and Jones were expelled in retaliation for their role in the protest, which unfolded in the aftermath of a school shooting in Nashville that killed six people, including three young students. A third Democrat was spared expulsion by a one-vote margin.
The removal of the lawmakers, who were only recently elected, reflects a trend in dozens of states where Republicans are trying to make it harder to cast ballots and challenging the integrity of the election process.
At least 177 bills restricting voting or creating systems that can intimidate voters or permit partisan interference were filed or introduced in dozens of states so far this year, according to the Brennan Center.
“It represents a really slow erosion of our democracy,” said Neha Patel, co-executive director of the State Innovation Exchange, a strategy center for state legislators working toward progressive policies.
Patel called the expulsions “the third prong of a long-range strategy.” She said it was once “unprecedented” for states to make it harder for people to vote, but the practice has become “commonplace.”
It's also become common for the GOP to challenge the electoral process and raise questions about election integrity. The next question is whether states with Republican supermajorities will follow Tennessee's lead in expelling opponents with different points of view, she said.
Fred Wertheimer, founder and president of Democracy 21, a nonpartisan organization advocating for better government, said expulsions have generally been reserved for lawmakers involved in criminal activity.
Voters losing their chosen representatives for doing their jobs is “unheard of," Wertheimer said. He has not learned of any similar action in other states, “but this stuff travels."
The action in Tennessee drew outcries from a range of groups.
National Urban League President Marc Morial said the issue was about race, but “it’s not only about race. It’s about basic American values.”
Referring to the right to vote, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, he said, “It appears as though the Tennessee Legislature needs a refresher on the American Constitution.”
The president of the Congressional Black Caucus, Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford, called for the Tennessee lawmakers to be returned to their seats and for Attorney General Merrick Garland to look into potential violations of the Voting Rights Act.
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said the civil rights organization was prepared to take legal action "to ensure that this heinous attempt to silence the voice of the people is addressed in a court of law.”
House Speaker Cameron Sexton pushed back against criticism that he was leaving thousands of Tennesseans without representation and taking away their voice.
“There are consequences for actions,” he said. “Those members took away the voice of this chamber for 45 minutes when they were on the House floor leading the protest and disrupting the business that we’re doing.”
The trio’s participation in the demonstration lasted only a few minutes. It was Sexton who called for a recess to meet with lawmakers.
Webb questioned why Jones and Pearson would be expelled while Rep. Gloria Johnson, who is white, was not.
Clayton Cardwell, who lives in Jones’ district in Nashville, said in a telephone interview that the protest in favor of stricter gun laws last week was “the right thing to do.”
“I was hoping that the entire House would join in,” he said. When the retired teacher was getting his master's degree in special education, Cardwell remembers being told that teaching was the safest occupation you could have. “Now I think it is one of the most dangerous.”
Cardwell, who is white, also questioned the motives behind the expulsions: “We’ve just got a lot of old white men there who are prejudiced.”
Nashville attorney Chris Wood was so concerned about the possible expulsion of his representative that he went to the Capitol on Thursday to watch the proceedings.
“It was appalling,” he said. “It was an abuse of power.”
Wood has three children in public schools and called it “unbelievable and immoral” that the Republican majority would refuse to even consider gun restrictions.
No issue could be more important to the community "than ending gun violence and letting our kids come home at the end of the day,” he said. “This is the only country in the world where this happens."
Wood expects Jones and Pearson to be back soon. They could be reappointed to the House by county commissions in their districts and run again in a special election.
Andrea Wiley, a lifelong Tennessee resident who lives and works in Pearson’s district, said she was embarrassed for the state.
“It’s really hard to be from here and see us in the national news at this level,” she said. “It is really scary to me that I don’t have a voice in Nashville that’s representing me, my community, my neighborhood."
Tamala Johnson said she and her family voted for Pearson and she agreed with him about changing gun laws.
“I don’t think he should have been expelled for voicing his opinion,” Johnson said.
The vote to expel “makes me feel like we don’t have a word,” she said. “You threw him out just because he’s fighting to improve gun laws. … There’s no trust."
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Which Cool Mist humidifier IS best?
If there isn’t enough moisture in the air of your home or office, you could face the consequences of nosebleeds, static shocks and dry skin. They can also be incredibly helpful to alleviate the symptoms of colds and dry sinuses. Thanks to the range of different types and models within those types, it can be very difficult to select the right humidifier for you, but you simply can’t go wrong if you opt for any Cool Mist option.
To cut your looking short, take a look at this top of the line selection: the Crane Cool Mist Humidifier. This humidifier is loaded from the top for easy refills, plus it can diffuse essential oils right in the tank in addition to containing multiple dishwasher-safe pieces and parts for no-fuss cleaning.
What to know before you buy a Cool Mist humidifier
Types of cool mist humidifiers
Cool Mist humidifiers add moisture to the air using either evaporative or ultrasonic technologies.
Evaporative: This system uses an internal fan to blow air across a wick, extending from the tank. The room temperature water evaporates by being forced through an air filter before it is dispersed into the room as mist.
Ultrasonic: This system vibrates water into tiny water droplets thrown into the room by a small fan. It’s quieter than evaporative humidifiers.
Size
There are four main sizes of Cool Mist humidifiers: handheld, tabletop, room and house.
Handheld: Perfect for dry sinuses, as you can direct the mist straight at yourself.
Tabletop: Good for offices and other small spaces, tabletop humidifiers only cover a few feet of range from the device.
Room: Larger units built to populate rooms of various sizes with moisture.
House: Attached to heating or air conditioning systems, making them expensive but good options for very dry climates.
What to look for in a quality Cool Mist humidifier
Components
The main components of your Cool Mist humidifier are the fan, air filter, control valve and water tank, which all work in tandem to perform the humidifiers duties.
Humidity level control
If you want to be able to “set and forget” your humidifier, look for an option with humidity level control and a humidity sensor. With these, you can set your desired range and simply worry about refilling the tank when it’s empty.
How much you can expect to spend on a Cool Mist humidifier
Cool mist humidifiers come in a large range of sizes, which greatly affect the price of a given unit. You can find a little handheld Cool Mist humidifier for as little as $15, while a solid, full room servicing unit might reach up to $100. You can even find Cool Mist humidifiers that are built to serve an entire home, but those mighty machines could cost you as much as $450 or more.
Cool Mist humidifier FAQ
What is the best way for me to clean my Cool Mist humidifier?
A. Manufacturers will always include specific instructions on how to clean their models. This is very important since, essentially, every Cool Mist humidifier is very different from any other given humidifier. General tips include washing the tank with soap and water, letting it dry before putting it back in and wiping down the unit with a damp towel. Then, allow the humidifier to run outside for 1 hour after being filled with 1 cup of vinegar and 1 gallon of water before running again with a full water tank to rinse out the vinegar.
You can also make cleaning easier and less frequently required by changing the filter regularly and only using purified or distilled water.
My ultrasonic humidifier is blowing strange white dust all over my room. What is it and how do I stop it?
A. The strange white dust you’re seeing is actually tiny flakes of minerals that have been separated from the water you filled your tank with. This usually only happens if you use tap water or any other water with a high mineral content to fill your ultrasonic Cool Mist humidifier. The ultrasonic system can separate the minerals from the water before blowing it out along with the water. It’s perfectly harmless though quite annoying to clean; avoid the issue entirely by only using distilled water and frequently cleaning the humidifier and changing the filter.
What ARE the best Cool Mist humidifierS to buy?
Top cool mist humidifier
What you need to know: Top filling for easy maintenance and dishwasher-safe components are highlights of this excellent humidifier selection.
What you’ll love: The color-changing night light and the ability to diffuse essential oils inside the tank round out the available features.
What you should consider: There’s no way to detach the power plug for easy transport or storage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top cool mist humidifier for the money
Pure Enrichment MistAire Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier
What you need to know: An excellent option for smaller rooms although it admittedly can’t properly serve rooms any larger than small.
What you’ll love: The nightlight can be switched off, plus it comes bundled with a cleaning brush to assist in reaching those hard to clean areas.
What you should consider: If you have the humidifier in the eyeshot of your bed you might have a little trouble sleeping thanks to the very bright power button.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Honeywell Mistmate Cool Mist Humidifier
What you need to know: Another top-notch choice for humidifying small rooms with an easily hidden and discreet design.
What you’ll love: An automatic shutoff triggers when the device runs empty, and it’s very easy to refill thanks to its wide opening tank.
What you should consider: It really is quite small so the smaller the intended room, the better.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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OUACHITA PARISH (KTVE/KARD) — On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, deputies of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office were contacted and asked to do a welfare check on two residents at a residence on the 300 block of Elmwood Drive in West Monroe, La. Upon arrival, authorities located both residents deceased due to an apparent murder-suicide.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of congressional Democrats reported Wednesday that three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.
Their report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R Block, TaxAct and Tax Slayer shared with the social media giant.
In a letter to the heads of the IRS, the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the IRS watchdog, seven lawmakers say their findings “reveal a shocking breach of taxpayer privacy by tax prep companies and by Big Tech firms.”
Their report said highly personal and financial information about sources of taxpayers’ income, tax deductions and exemptions was made accessible to Meta as taxpayers used the tax software to prepare their taxes.
That data came to Meta through its Pixel code, which the tax firms installed on their websites to gather information on how to improve their own marketing campaigns. In exchange, Meta was able to access the data to write targeted algorithms for its own users.
The program collected information on taxpayers’ filing status, income, refund amounts, names of dependents, approximate federal tax owed, which buttons were clicked on the tax preparers’ websites and the names of text entry forms that the taxpayer navigated, the report states.
The letter to federal agencies was signed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Richard Blumenthal, Tammy Duckworth, Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Katie Porter. The lawmakers called for the agencies to “immediately open an investigation into this incident.”
They ask the agencies to investigate “and prosecute any company or individuals who violated the law,” saying it could result in billions of dollars in criminal liability to the firms.
The Markup, a nonprofit journalism outlet focusing on technology, initially reported on the data-sharing between tax firms and Meta.
TaxAct told The Markup that it takes the privacy of its customers’ data “very seriously” and ”endeavors to comply with all IRS regulations.” H&R Block said it has an “ongoing commitment to privacy” and regularly evaluates its practices. TaxSlayer said that its customers’ privacy is “of utmost importance” and that it had removed the Pixel to evaluate its use.
Meta did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Representatives from the IRS, the DOJ, the FTC and the IRS watchdog also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Democrats say their report serves as an argument for the creation of an electronic free-file system for submitting tax returns that would be run by the government, which the IRS is currently piloting.
The IRS plans to launch a pilot program for the 2024 filing season to test a “direct file” system and help the federal government decide whether to move forward with potentially implementing it in the future.
The IRS in May published a feasibility report laying out taxpayer interest in direct file, how the system could work, its potential cost, operational challenges and more.
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Lawn games to play this summer
A staple at summer parties and backyard barbecues, lawn games can add some competitive fun to any friendly gathering. With so many different games on the market, it can be hard to choose the best one for your outdoor get-together.
From classics like badminton and bocce to newer additions like Spikeball and Kan Jam, this list showcases top lawn games that adults and children will equally enjoy. While you may be familiar with some, keep reading to explore new options that could spruce up your summer weekends.
What are lawn games?
Lawn games, sometimes called lawn sports or backyard games, are recreational outdoor games that can be played in a relatively confined space. Lawn games have been around for quite some time, but with the creation of new and creative options, their popularity has been increasing.
Most popular lawn games
Also known as bean bag toss, this backyard favorite is simple to play and easy to set up, requiring only two wooden boards and four bean bags per team. Featuring a convenient carrying case, you can easily transport this game to a friend’s house or neighborhood park. Due to its dedicated following, the professional American Cornhole Organization (ACO) was formed in 2005.
Available at Amazon and Wayfair
ApudArmis Six-Player Croquet Set
Croquet can be a fun outdoor activity for everyone in your household, from young kids to adults. While professional regulation croquet sets can sometimes be expensive, this model is a great middle-of-the-road option that features durable mallets, balls, and wickets, which fit nicely in the included nylon carrying bag.
Available at Amazon
GoSports Premium Regulation Bocce Set
Playing a game of bocce is nothing new, seeing as its origins date back thousands of years. A classic and engaging lawn game, bocce requires minimal equipment and can be played on a variety of surfaces, including grass, dirt, gravel, sand and more. This set from GoSports contains full-regulation balls, so beginners and serious bocce players can enjoy the game. Available at Amazon and Wayfair
One of the top disc toss games, Kan Jam has been a favorite backyard and beach game for over a decade. Designed for four players, teams take turns trying to score points by landing or deflecting the disc into their “kan.” As long as you have level ground, you can play virtually anywhere.
Available at Amazon, Wayfair and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Similar to volleyball in some aspects, Spikeball is a high-energy game that will definitely get your heart pumping. Though originally meant for four people, the rules can be easily adjusted to add additional players. Cleanup after the game is a breeze, with all the components fitting in a small drawstring bag.
Available at Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
For fans of baseball, Wiffle Ball is an inexpensive backyard version of the classic pastime. Utilizing a lightweight plastic bat and ball, you don’t have to worry about breaking a window or damaging anyone’s property. Though Wiffle Ball can be played with just two people, it’s also fun for larger groups.
Available at Amazon
GoSports Giant Wooden Toppling Tower
Played just like the original Jenga tabletop game, this giant version can be stacked over 5 feet tall and takes slightly more effort. There’s also a dry-erase board included so players can create fun and creative custom rules that correspond to the numbers printed on the blocks.
Available at Amazon
Badminton has been an Olympic sport since 1992, but it’s still a popular game at cookouts and outdoor parties. The Baden Champions Set comes with everything you need for setup and gameplay, including a regulation net, four high-quality racquets, three nylon shuttlecocks and a protective storage case.
Available at Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
The rules of Ladder Toss are easy to learn, and after a few practice throws you’ll be racking up points. The lightweight PVC pipe frame is quick to assemble and stores easily in a zippered carrying case.
Available at Amazon
St. Pierre American Professional Series Horseshoes Set
A precursor to Ladder Toss, horseshoes has been played for centuries. To play, players take turns trying to throw their horseshoes as close as possible to the opposite stake, and with this set approved by the National Horseshoe Pitching Association, you’ll be able to have a regulation game just like the pros.
Available at Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Based on a similar gameplay premise as horseshoes, these lawn darts are perfect for children and even glow in the dark, allowing you to play on warm summer nights. The darts are made from soft plastic and rubber materials so they’re safe for all ages.
Available at Amazon
Not many people have heard of this Scandinavian game, in which the object is to knock down your opponent’s wooden blocks using wooden throwing batons. Borrowing aspects of both bowling and cornhole, this is a unique game that can be played with as many as 12 people.
Available at Amazon
Lawn bowling doesn’t require any specific shoes or a heavy ball, meaning you can set up the pins just about anywhere, creating a makeshift bowling alley in minutes. The balls used in this set are much smaller and lighter than standard bowling balls, making them great for kids and adults.
Available at Amazon
Whether it’s Yahtzee or another one of your favorite dice games, these 3.5-inch foam dice are great for parties. The soft foam material is safe for children and won’t accidentally break anything if a dice roll goes awry.
Available at Amazon and Wayfair
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As Former Chief Information Security Officer at General Motors and Hewlett Packard, with global cyber responsibility at Dell, Armour Brings Decades of First-Hand Expertise
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Option3, a specialist cybersecurity private equity firm that combines a heritage in the national security community with decades of expertise in the investment industry, announced today that industry veteran Rich Armour has joined its Technology Board. In this role, Armour will offer insight and strategic direction on the firm's investment strategy. This appointment comes at a time of growth for Option3 with its C2 mid-market Cybersecurity Private Equity fund as well as focused investments in priority areas that span from insurance to military contracting.
Armour brings firsthand knowledge of the challenges faced by Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), having served in the position at General Motors from 2010 to 2012, and at Hewett Packard from 2014 to 2019. Armour also served in a similar global cyber role as Information Technology Director for Dell Computers from 2000 to 2005.
"Rich brings a real world CISO perspective that can only come from decades on the front line of cybersecurity," said Manish Thakur, Founder and Managing Partner of Option3. "He joins us at an important time for Option3 as we set strategies and review investments for our C2 cyber mid-market fund. We especially honor his service in the U.S. Air Force, particularly given today's more hostile global environment, and our own increased investment in the defense sector." Thakur noted that Armour served in the United States Air Force for 20 years from 1972 to 1992, where he led the team which developed the first Department of Defense-wide standard IT architecture.
"I am very pleased to be joining the Option3 team, particularly as the Technology Board sets strategies for the C2 Fund and scales up opportunities in priority areas such as defense where I can add value," said Armour. "Option3's approach to the market is based on the practical needs of the CISO, not the technologist, and this is reflected in its focus on the mid-market where the champions and platforms of tomorrow will be created."
Option3 is a specialist cybersecurity private equity firm based in New York and Reston, Virginia that combines experience from the classified world of U.S. national security with decades in investing, capital markets, and M&A. Since 2015, Option3 has invested in a variety of innovative companies across the cyber ecosystem, largely through two investment portfolios. It is currently "advance investing" out of its new "C2" cybersecurity private equity fund. Unlike the venture investing of most cyber funds, C2 will take control positions in mid-market companies, growing them to scale. The Fund will leverage the C-suite operational experience of the Option3 team including Chief Financial, Marketing, Technology, and Risk Management positions. Option3's investment strategy is informed by its longstanding Technology Board, which spans the former Chief Information Officer of the CIA to the former CIO at Department of Defense, and an Advisory Council led by a former CEO of Lehman Brothers. For more information, please visit www.option3.com.
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Company forecasts products and practices focused on health & wellness, body care & beauty, food & drink as well as those that are ecologically thoughtful
LAKEWOOD, Colo., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers®, America's Nutrition Education ExpertsSM and the largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer in the U.S., revealed its seventh annual Top Trends for 2023. The company's experts expanded this year's predictions beyond nutrition, to include the most anticipated products and practices for 2023 in the categories of Health and Wellness; Body Care and Beauty; Food and Beverage; and those that are Ecologically Thoughtful.
To accurately pinpoint the 2023 predictions, Natural Grocers' Nutrition Education team, consisting of health and wellness experts ranging from Registered Dietitians to Certified Natural Foods Chefs, collaborated with the retailer's purchasing, marketing and analytics teams. Together, these specialists studied consumer-shopping preferences, pored over the latest research, and assessed the residual impacts of the COVID pandemic among communities to predict these rising and shifting trends.
"Though the COVID pandemic initially made its presence known almost three years ago, its lingering effects are still impacting how we approach our health and wellness, self-care and food preparation. We are seeing consumers prioritizing taking care of themselves, their families and the planet, while tightening budgets. There is a big push among both consumers and brands to minimize waste and make every dollar count," remarked Shelby Miller, MS, Natural Grocers' Director of Scientific Affairs and Nutrition Education. "We've expanded our trends for the coming year to reflect how intricately this is all tied together and how our daily purchases and practices can shape our collective wellbeing and our ability to thrive and flourish long-term."
NATURAL GROCERS' TOP TRENDS FOR 2023
Natural Grocers' Top Trends for 2023, are classified within the categories of Health & Wellness; Body Care & Beauty; Food & Beverage and those that are Ecologically Thoughtful. The team of experts also included a "Try This Trend" addition, which includes an idea or product for those who want to explore the trends for themselves. To make it a baker's dozen, there's even a Bonus Trend which is anticipated to continue long after 2023. The Top Trends are listed below (for the sake of brevity) with each category linked to the full copy, including research and references on the company's website.
- EPA & DHA Will Be Top of Mind for Mental Wellbeing
- Gut Health & Digestive Comfort Will Be a Priority
- Apple Cider Vinegar Becomes Palatable
- Bar-Based Products for a More Environmentally Friendly Routine
- Ingestible Skin Care Will Have Its Glow-Up
- Eco-Friendly Period Products Go Mainstream
ECOLOGICALLY THOUGHTFUL TRENDS
- We'll Reduce Our Environmental Footprints with Zero-Waste Cooking
- All-In-One Products Reign Supreme
- Purposeful Packaging Becomes a Priority
- The Sober Curious Movement Continues to Grow
- We'll Simplify Snacking
- We'll Indulge More Sensibly with Healthy-ish Comfort Foods
- Be a Regenivore
A trend that stands alone while also touching every other trend this year will be a new way of eating called the Regenivore Diet. Eating like a regenivore means making food choices that support your health and the health of the planet. Of course, it involves building delicious, healthy, and satisfying meals that provide essential nutrients the body needs to function optimally and support healthy blood sugar balance.
Eating this way also supports the planet's health, because it emphasizes nourishing foods that are grown by farmers and ranchers who prioritize practices that sustain and regenerate the soil, water, biodiversity, and the overall ecosystem in which they function. What's not to love about that?!
Natural Grocers will be sharing these trends online and over their social media channels throughout December and in the upcoming volume of their Health Hotline – available online and in print this January.
- To learn more about Natural Grocers' Nutrition Education Experts, click here.
- Click here for Natural Grocers' Top Trends 2023 Media Kit.
- For media samples or press requests, please contact kmacarelli@naturalgrocers.com.
ABOUT NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) is an expanding specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The products sold by Natural Grocers must meet strict quality guidelines and may not contain artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or sweeteners, or partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils. The Company sells only USDA-certified organic produce and exclusively pasture-raised, non-confinement dairy products, and free-range eggs. Natural Grocers' flexible smaller-store format allows it to offer affordable prices in a shopper-friendly, clean, and convenient retail environment. The Company also provides extensive free science-based Nutrition Education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. The Company, founded in 1955, has 164 stores in 21 states. Visit www.NaturalGrocers.com for more information and store locations.
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ALBANY - Georgia Christian (14-4) hit five three-pointers in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Byne Christian School Saints (17-6) and win Monday night's game 72-63. The Lady Generals of Georgia Christian won the girls' game 50-42 to take a sweep back to Valdosta.
The Byne boys jumped out to a 12-3 lead in the first quarter with the speed of Jaylen Seymore and Ty Williams. Georgia Christian called time out to regroup and changed defenses to full court one on one defense. That disrupted things for the Saints and by halftime, the Generals had taken a 31-28 lead. The game was still tight in the third, even though Seymore went down with an injury on a play where there was no foul call. The Saints trailed 45-44 heading into the final quarter and it looked like things were heading toward a momentum change with both Seymore and Williams running the floor together again. But Georgia Christian's Tristan Curry hit three consecutive three-pointers from the corner to push the General's lead to 10 points. In the end, the Generals hit the free throws to keep the Saints from gaining ground and held on for the win.
Williams led Byne with 19 points, Seymore scored 17 and Alex Blech added 14.
The Georgia Christian girls jumped out to an early lead Monday night and led 27-20 at the half but the Lady Saints opened the second half with a 9-2 run to tie the game at 29, but Byne never took the lead until 2:25 remaining in the game when Kylie Williams swished a long three to give the Lady Saints a 38-37 lead.
The Lady Generals dominated the rest of the game, however, and pulled away for the win. The two teams had played a week earlier in Valdosta where the Lady Generals won 65-16 when Williams didn't play. Monday night's game was very different.
Williams led the Lady Saints with 25 points on senior night at Byne. Layna Paramore scored seven points and Kinley Carlisle added six.
According to the American Red Cross, winter is “one of the most difficult times of year to collect enough blood products to meet patient needs.” National Blood Donor Month has taken place each January since 1970. Find a blood drive here: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive.
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PRINCETON, N.J., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SciTec Inc., was awarded a $26.6M contract from the U.S. Army to continue system development and technical support for missile simulators for the joint Service agency Center for Countermeasures. Under this 5-year effort SciTec will maintain and improve the Joint Mobile Infrared Countermeasure Test System (JMITS) and Multi-Spectral Sea and Land Target System (MSALTS) missile simulators in support of threat warning system acquisition, test, and evaluation; training; and military exercises.
"We're excited to continue support of the JMITS and MSALTS systems we developed for the countermeasure test community," said Nancy Straman, SciTec's Executive Director for Instrumentation, Measurement, and Test. "We're proud of the fact that JMITS has been continuously deployed supporting the community for over 15 years."
These missile simulator systems are custom-built with unique hardware, electronics, and software to generate realistic missile plume signatures. SciTec applies spiral development to upgrade these systems as test needs evolve to meet advancing threats and the increasing sophistication of missile warning systems aboard fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Under this contract SciTec also provides calibration, field test support, data analysis, and maintenance services.
Work will be performed at SciTec's Princeton, New Jersey instrumentation fabrication and lab facility and in the field as necessary to support our customers.
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Heat wave in Asia made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists say
May 17, 2023, 4:17 AM
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BENGALURU, India (AP) — A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday.
Sizzling temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) were recorded in monitoring stations in parts of India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos last month — which was unusually high for the time of year.
The climate change-fueled heat caused deaths, widespread hospitalizations, damaged roads, sparked fires and led to school closures in the region.
The World Weather Attribution group uses established models to quickly determine whether climate change played a part in extreme weather events. While the studies themselves are not yet peer-reviewed, which is the gold standard for science, they are often later published in peer-reviewed journals.
In Thailand, high temperatures mixed with humidity meant multiple regions across the country were affected with 13 people dying due to heat at a public event outside India’s business capital, Mumbai. The eastern Indian state of West Bengal closed all schools and colleges for a week.
The study found that temperatures were at least 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter in the region because of climate change.
If the global average temperature reaches up to 2 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in the late 1800s, the April heatwave could occur every one to two years in India and Bangladesh, the study said. Currently, the world is around 1.1 to 1.2 degrees Celsius (2 to 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial times.
“We see again and again that climate change dramatically increases the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, one of the deadliest weather events there are,” said Friedrike Otto, a senior climate scientist at Imperial College London and one of the study’s authors.
Heat action plans — which are government-run and funded and aim to help people deal with extreme heat through awareness programs, training for healthcare workers and affordable cooling methods — need to be implemented faster in India and other heat-affected countries, the study’s authors said.
“Access to healthcare and to cooling solutions like fans and air conditioners is missing for a lot of the population in this region,” said Emmanuel Raju, director of the Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research at the University of Copenhagen and another of the study’s nearly two dozen authors.
Raju emphasized that heat affects the poorest people and people whose work requires them to be outside — farmers, street vendors and construction workers — the most.
“It’s important to talk about who can cope and adapt to heat,” he said. “Many are still recovering from the pandemic, and from past heatwaves and cyclones, which leaves them trapped in a vicious cycle.”
The southern Asian region is considered among the most vulnerable to climate change in the world, according to various global climate studies. But India, the largest country in the region and the most populous in the world is also currently the third highest emitter of planet-warming gases.
Scientists say that drastic measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions immediately is the only solution.
“Heat waves will become more common, temperatures will rise even more and the number of hot days will increase and become more frequent” if we continue to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, said Chaya Vaddhanaphuti, a professor at the Chiang Mai University in Thailand and a co-author of the study.
Vimal Mishra, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Gandhinagar who studies the region’s climate, acknowledged the importance of studies that help attribute specific weather events to climate change but said more action needs to be taken.
“We should go beyond attribution and talk about how climate change is affecting weather fundamentally and look at how we can develop climate resilience,” he said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets edged higher Monday ahead of the next look at inflation levels in the U.S.
Futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.7% and Dow inched up 0.1%.
A cooler read on Tuesday's consumer price report may give the Federal Reserve a little more leeway in dialing down efforts to slow the economy and hiring. A strong reading after estimates of 2022 inflation were revised up last week would reinforce plans to keep rates high and possibly increase them.
A strong inflation figure “can move through risk assets like a wrecking ball,” said Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management in a report.
Government data on retail sales comes Wednesday, and a report on inflation at the wholesale level will be released Thursday.
In European trading, the FTSE 100 in London rose 0.4% at midday, while the DAX in Frankfurt was up 0.5%. The CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.9%.
In Asia, the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo sank 0.9% to 27,427.32 while the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.6% to 3,279.94. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 0.4% to 21,099.65.
The Kospi in Seoul declined 0.6% to 2,453.89 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 shed 0.2% to 7,417.80.
India's Sensex opened down 0.5% to 60,386.40. New Zealand and Singapore retreated while Jakarta and Bangkok gained.
U.S. stocks have been rallying since last month on hopes the Fed might start cutting rates as early as late this year. That is despite warnings by Chair Jerome Powell that rates will stay elevated for an extended period until inflation pressures are extinguished.
Other central banks in Europe and Asia also have raised rates to cool inflation.
Wall Street raised its forecast of how high the Fed might raise rates after Powell said last week there is a “significant road ahead” to get inflation down to its 2% target. He warned against expecting inflation to “go away quickly and painlessly.”
The U.S. government revised December inflation to 0.1% over the previous month, up from the earlier estimate of a 0.1% decline. The November figure was raised to 0.2% over the previous month from 0.1%.
Traders expect Tuesday's report to say consumer prices rose 0.5% in January over the previous month.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond, or the difference between the market price and the payout at maturity, widened to 3.73% on Friday from 3.66%.
The yield on the two-year Treasury ticked up to 4.50% from 4.48%. It was at 4.08% just over a week earlier and is near its highest level since November.
Equities analysts have cut forecasts of first-quarter earnings for companies in the S&P 500 by 4.5% due to the impact of inflation and slowing economic activity, according to strategists at Credit Suisse.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude lost 5 cents to $79.67 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.66 to $79.72 on Friday. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, lost 9 cents to $86.30 per barrel in London. It gained $1.89 on Friday to $86.39.
Oil prices surged Friday after Russia said it would cut production by 500,000 barrels per day next month. Western governments have imposed an upper limit on how much they will allow customers to pay for Russian crude to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
The dollar gained to 132.41 yen from Friday's 131.50 yen. The euro declined to $1.0696 from $1.0672.
On Friday, the S&P 500 index rose 0.2%. The index turned in a weekly loss of 1.1%, its biggest since December.
The Dow gained 0.5% and the Nasdaq fell less than 0.1%.
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Three Rivers Ambulance Authority has found its contractor in major default after 20 consecutive months of unreasonably slow response times to top-level emergencies.
Paramedics Logistics has been the contractor for Three Rivers Ambulance Authority, also known as TRAA, since 2009. The ambulance authority handles billing and administrative work while Paramedics Logistics has provided hands-on care to patients during emergency medical runs using ambulances labeled TRAA.
The ambulance authority board voted Thursday afternoon to find Paramedics Logistics in default of the contract after more than a year and a half of unacceptable rates of arriving to Priority 1 calls – strokes, heart attacks, difficulty breathing and major trauma – within 8 1/2 minutes as required in its contract, a news release said.
The contract says Paramedics Logistics has to arrive at Priority 1 emergencies in less than 9 minutes 90% of the time or more. For the past 20 months, the contractor has not met the required standard.
This year, the contractor’s on-time rate has been less than 73%, the release said.
Surrounding agencies have had to respond to more than 1,000 emergencies that Paramedics Logistics should have serviced but couldn’t because of inadequate staffing, officials said.
Paramedics Logistics has 30 days to resolve their noncompliance, the release said. The board’s action to approve default signals members’ intent to take over daily operations from Paramedics Logistics, the release said.
Joel Benz, the ambulance authority’s executive director, commented on the decision.
“We have been very careful over the last few months to not cause a situation where patient care is compromised and have been working with the contractor to maintain coverage while seeking resolution,” he said in a statement.
The ambulance authority has made several changes to operations since the board approved an emergency declaration because of the contractor’s noncompliance more than a year ago. Moving to a tiered system and implementing chase cars has allowed the ambulance authority to get the contractor’s limited number of paramedics to emergencies where they are needed faster, Benz said.
The tiered system allows medics to handle lower-level emergency calls that don’t require advanced training so that paramedics are available for life-threatening emergencies.
Through the chase-car system, paramedics can now be stationed in areas of the city where they will likely be most needed. When a high-level emergency is dispatched, a paramedic can drive to the scene in a sports utility vehicle and meet up with an ambulance.
“Providing direct oversight of operations would allow the authority to more quickly resolve the compliancy issue while providing for the long-term sustainability of TRAA,” the news release said.
The ambulance authority has also implemented an education program that pays prospective medics while they are being trained.
The Allen County Fire Chiefs Association spoke out recently about how dependent the city’s ambulance service is on surrounding agencies. Having to assist on city calls draws resources away from the communities the county fire chiefs represent, the association said in a letter.
Benz said he understands the chiefs’ frustrations and the ambulance authority has been working toward a solution. The board recently hired a consultant to determine the next move for the city’s ambulance operations.
The city created Three Rivers Ambulance Authority in 1983 to save taxpayer money. Before that, local residents had Fort Wayne EMS, which was a city division that operated emergency medical services.
Fort Wayne’s ambulance operations remain one of the last public utility-model systems in the country.
In a public utility-model system, a government entity creates an ambulance authority that serves as a purchaser of emergency medical services from a contractor.
Emergency services are paid with user fees.
Most cities handle ambulance operations as a municipal department, such as fire and police departments, or allow private medical emergency services companies to provide services. In Indianapolis, for example, there are at least six emergency medical services companies competing.
Rachel Guin, Three Rivers Ambulance Authority board president, said the community deserves the absolute best from the ambulance authority.
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30-Minute Weekend Program Launches Saturday, October 1, Hosted by Actor / Comedian Craig Robinson
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters return to broadcast network television in an exclusive partnership with Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), on the premiere of Harlem Globetrotters: Play it Forward.
The 30-minute weekly series, debuting Saturday, October 1 at 11 a.m. ET (times may vary; check local listings) on NBC's "The More You Know" programming block, marks a return of the Harlem Globetrotters in a weekly television show after more than 40 years. The educational/informational series will also be available on NBC.com and NBC VOD, with repeat airings on Telemundo, and will be hosted by actor/comedian Craig Robinson, best known for his roles in The Office, The Masked Dancer, The Cleveland Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Killing It on Peacock and numerous hit feature films.
"Many of us grew up watching and admiring the Globetrotters," said Frank Biancuzzo, HMPG president."They are magicians on the basketball court and true role models in the community. We'll bring that compassion, energy and excitement to the new weekly series."
Harlem Globetrotters: Play it Forward will showcase the players' achievements both on and off the court as ambassadors of goodwill. Each episode will focus on true inspirations and interests of many of the Harlem Globetrotters including space exploration with NASA, financial responsibility and literacy, urban farming, female empowerment, digital technology, innovations that the Harlem Globetrotters brought to the game of basketball, and much more. In recent years the team's initiatives have included the anti-bullying campaign T.E.A.M. Up, for Talk, Empathize, Ask, and Mobilize; and Hoops for the Troops performances at military bases. For the new series, in each city they visit the players will explore ways to help the community through volunteerism, fund raising, and one-on-one connections.
"The Harlem Globetrotters have been entertaining fans and spreading Goodwill around the world for almost 100 years," said Keith Dawkins, President of Harlem Globetrotters & Herschend Entertainment Studios. "Our return to network television, via our partnership with Hearst Media Production Group and NBC, marks a critical step in the evolution of our brand and in realizing our desire to expand our reach with a new generation of fans."
The Globetrotters were founded in 1926 by sports agent-turned coach Abe Saperstein as the Chicago Globetrotters, becoming the Harlem Globetrotters in 1929. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are the backbone of the brand's DNA and were created as an answer to African American basketball players who struggled to find acceptance and inclusion in many professional touring leagues across the country. Legendary Globetrotters over the decades have included Fred "Curly" Neal, who is memorialized in the team's 2022 tour; Meadowlark Lemon; and legendary NBA great Wilt Chamberlain. Today's roster welcomes male and female players from all over the country. The team made history in 1985 when they selected Lynette Woodard, captain of the gold-medal-winning 1984 U.S. Olympic women's basketball team, as their first female player. The Harlem Globetrotters continue to make strides and break down barriers, finding and showcasing the very best in all of its players.
Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a business unit of Hearst Television, is an independent producer and distributor of original programming for TV stations, broadcast and cable networks and streaming services. HMPG produces hundreds of hours of programming annually across linear, streaming, digital and social media platforms for domestic and international distribution in nearly 100 countries. Its popular shows include "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien," America's #1 nationally syndicated public affairs news magazine; the Emmy Award-winning educational/informational (E/I) programming blocks airing weekends nationwide including "Weekend Adventure," on ABC stations; "CBS Dream Team," on the CBS Network; "The More You Know," on the NBC Network; "One Magnificent Morning," on The CW Network; "Mi Telemundo" on the Telemundo Network and "Go Time!" on independent stations. HMPG also distributes a diverse slate of other programming and content including "Law&Crime Daily," "Prime Crime," "Consumer Reports TV," and the company's dedicated FAST channels "Xplore" and "The Jack Hanna Channel," available on some of the most popular smart TVs and streaming platforms.
The World-Famous Harlem Globetrotters are THE originators of basketball style, captured by dynamic athletes with unmatched skills and influencers of today's game. The team has showcased their iconic brand of basketball in over 124 countries and territories across six continents since 1926. Proud inductees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, their mission continues to advance the game of basketball and deliver exciting and interactive entertainment to the world. If you have ever seen a jump shot, slam dunk or a half-court hook shot, you have witnessed the creative moves made famous by the Globetrotters.The Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc. is a subsidiary of Herschend Enterprises, the largest family-owned themed entertainment company in the U.S.
For six decades, Herschend has operated with the purpose of bringing families closer together by Creating Memories Worth Repeating®. The organization is comprised of a family of companies across North America including Herschend Family Entertainment, the largest privately-held themed attractions entity in the US, entertaining more than 14 million guests annually at 26 properties across North America (Dollywood® Parks & Resorts, Silver Dollar City®, Kentucky Kingdom®, Wild Adventures®, Vancouver Aquarium®, Adventure Aquarium®, and Newport Aquarium®); Herschend Entertainment Studios (Harlem Globetrotters®, Splash & Bubbles® and Chuggington®); and Herschend Adventure Holdings, LLC. (Pink Adventure Tours®). For more information, visit www.herschendenterprises.com.
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Taron Egerton can't seem to escape the Wolverine rumors. The 32-year-old actor denied more theories that he's set to play the iconic X-Men character, speaking up on SiriusXM's Pop Culture Spotlight with Jessica Shaw this week. The tidbit marks over two years of speculation surrounding Egerton's potential casting -- ET first spoke to him about the rumor at 2019 Comic-Con.
"It's really flattering that people think that I'm the guy to do it," Egerton said this week, "but there's no truth."
In 2019, Egerton voiced an almost identical sentiment. "I'd never really thought of myself that way," he said at the time. "There’s no truth to it but it's a lovely rumor."
Clearly, the denial didn’t stop fans, who will not stop campaigning for Egerton to take over the role from former The Wolverine star Hugh Jackman, and Egerton's friendship with Jackman doesn't slow them down. Nevertheless, Egerton says he and Jackman have never even discussed the possibility.
"I mean, it's not a real thing," he said this week. "You know, if it was like, if it was a real thing, of course, I'd talk to him about it, but it's not a real thing."
But would Egerton even consider it? Maybe not. "I would only want to do it if I felt like I was the right person to do it," he said. "And I, I'm not." He elaborated, "I have times in my life where I'm in shape for work, but it's not most of the time and like to, to play Wolverine, you'd have to be cut to shreds… Very flattering, but no truth."
Though he may not be destined for X-Men fame, Egerton is currently starring in Apple TV+'s Black Bird, the true crime thriller which also features the final television appearance of the late Ray Liotta, who plays Egerton's father.
"He had what I can only describe as a sort of creative glow," Egerton said of Liotta's acting. "It's probably the most profound relationship I've ever had on set with another actor… I felt that he loved me."
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HONG KONG, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883, SSE: 600938) announced today that the MDA Gas Field, the largest gas field of 3M Project in Indonesia, has commenced production.
3M Project is located approximately 75 kilometers southeast of Madura Island in the Madura Strait, East Java, with an average water depth of around 80 meters. The project contains 3 gas fields with a total of 9 gas-producing wells. The main production facility is a floating production unit (FPU) which will undertake the natural gas production and treatment process. The FPU was constructed in China with a design capacity of 175 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d).
The MBH Gas Field of 3M Project commenced production in October. Once the 5 gas-producing wells of MDA are put on stream, a peak daily production from 3M Project of approximately 127MMcf/d is expected.
The 3M Project in Indonesia is operated by HCML. As a joint venture partner, CNOOC Southeast Asia Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, holds 40% interest in HCML, Cenovus Energy Inc. holds 40% interest and Samudra holds 20% interest.
Notes to Editors:
More information about the Company is available at http://www.cnoocltd.com.
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This press release includes forward looking information, including statements regarding the likely future developments in the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, such as expected future events, business prospects or financial results. The words "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "objective", "ongoing", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe", "plans", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by the Company as of this date in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that the Company currently believes are appropriate under the circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments will meet the current expectations and predictions of the Company is uncertain. Actual results, performance and financial condition may differ materially from the Company's expectations, including but not limited to those associated with fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas prices, macro-political and economic factors, changes in the tax and fiscal regimes of the host countries in which we operate, the highly competitive nature of the oil and natural gas industry, environmental responsibility and compliance requirements, the Company's price forecast, the exploration and development activities, mergers, acquisitions and divestments activities, HSSE and insurance policies and changes in anti-corruption, anti-fraud, anti-money laundering and corporate governance laws.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements. The Company cannot assure that the results or developments anticipated will be realised or, even if substantially realised, that they will have the expected effect on the Company, its business or operations.
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Ms. Ariel Wang
Media & Public Relations
CNOOC Limited
Tel: +86-10-8452-6832
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Mr. Bunny Lee
Porda Havas International Finance Communications Group
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Fax: +852 3150 6728
E-mail: cnooc.hk@pordahavas.com
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BEIJING, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: RETO) ("ReTo" or the "Company"), a provider of technology solutions and operation services for intelligent ecological environments and roadside assistance services and software development services in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Financial Highlights for the First Half of the Fiscal Year 2022
- Total revenue for the first half of 2022 increased by 64.7% to approximately $2.9 million, primarily due to higher machinery and equipment sales and revenue from roadside assistance and software development businesses which were acquired in December 2021.
- Gross profit for the first half of 2022 increased by 217.8% to approximately $0.4 million. Gross profit margin was 13% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared with 6.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
- Net loss from continuing operations was approximately $5.8 million and $7.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Total net loss was approximately $5.8 million and $8.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Financial Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022
Revenues
The Company's total revenues increased by approximately $1.1 million, or 64.7%, to approximately $2.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 from approximately $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Among its total revenue, revenue from third-party customers increased by approximately $1.2 million, or 74.8%, from approximately $1.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $2.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022, while revenue from related party customers decreased by approximately $0.1 million, or 93.4%, from $105,868 in the six months ended June 30, 2021 to $6,987 in the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in the Company's total revenue was mainly due to higher machinery and equipment sales and revenue from roadside assistance and software development businesses which were acquired in December 2021.
Revenue from machinery and equipment sales increased by approximately $0.9 million, or 77%, from approximately $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $2.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase is mainly due to sales of newly developed jigging machine amounting to approximately $1.0 million.
Sales of the Company's environmental-friendly construction materials decreased by approximately $0.3 million, or 47%, from approximately $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was due to a decrease in demand resulting from the downturn of the national construction market under the impact of COVID-19.
Municipal construction includes projects known as sponge city projects. The Company's environmental-friendly construction materials, such as brick and block, may be used in these municipal construction projects. Revenue from municipal construction projects in the Company's continuing operations increased by $111,014, or 100%, for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to nil for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Revenue from other services was approximately $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, which was generated by the Company's newly acquired subsidiary, Hainan Yile IoT Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company ("Hainan Yile IoT"). Hainan Yile IoT provides roadside services to drivers within Hainan Province, China, through the Company's network of roadside services providers of tow providers and automotive repair services. Through Hainan Yile IoT, the Company is also engaged in the design, development and sales of customized software solutions based on client specifications.
Cost of Revenues
The Company's total cost of revenues increased by approximately $0.9 million, or 53.6%, to approximately $2.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 from approximately $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Cost of revenues from third-party customers increased by approximately $0.4 million, or 26.2%, from approximately $1.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $2.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022, while cost of revenues from related party customers increased by approximately $0.5 million, or 550%, from $85,710 in the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $0.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in the Company's total cost of revenue was in line with revenue increase. As a percentage of revenues, the cost of revenues decreased by 6.2% to 87.0% in the six months ended June 30, 2022 from 93.3% in the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Cost of machinery and equipment sales increased by approximately $0.9 million, or 92%, from approximately $0.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to the increase in revenue, as well as increase in costs of raw material and labor in 2022.
Cost of the Company's environmental-friendly construction materials decreased by approximately $0.2 million, or 34%, from approximately $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 to approximately $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was due to less construction materials sold in downturn of the national construction market. Since the Company had fixed cost which did not change as a result of the change in sales, the decrease in its cost of sales is not as significant as the decrease in the sales of construction materials.
Cost of municipal construction projects in the Company's continuing operations amounted to approximately $45,000. There was no cost of sales for municipal construction projects for the six months ended June 30, 2021, because the Company did not have any revenue from this segment.
Cost of other services amounted to approximately $215,000. There was no cost of other services for the six months ended June 30, 2021, because this business segment was acquired in December 2021.
Gross Profit
The Company's gross profit increased by approximately $0.3 million, or 217.8%, to approximately $0.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 from approximately $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Gross profit margin was 13.0% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared with 6.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in gross profit margin by 6.2% was primarily attributable to high gross profit margin of other services.
Gross profit for machinery and equipment products in the Company's continuing operations increased by approximately $21,000 to approximately $235,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to approximately $214,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Gross profit margin for this segment was 12% and 19% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Gross profit margin decreased due to increase in purchase price of raw materials for equipment, such as steel and certain electronic parts.
Gross loss for construction materials was approximately $141,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to a gross loss of approximately $95,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The gross loss margin for this segment was approximately 44% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to 16% for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease in gross margin was mainly due to (i) higher fixed production costs, such as depreciation, and (ii) increase in raw materials costs as a result of compliance with more rigorous environmental procedures implemented by Chinese government which raised the quality standard of construction materials used in the municipal project construction.
Gross profit for the municipal construction project segment was approximately $66,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2022. There was no municipal construction revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Gross profit for other services was $215,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2022. There was no other services revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Selling Expenses
For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company's selling expenses were approximately $0.3 million for both periods.
General and Administrative Expenses
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's general and administrative expenses were approximately $5.9 million, representing an increase of approximately $3.7 million, or 173.3%, compared to approximately $2.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to (a) share-based compensation amounted to approximately $3.3 million related to the 4,025,000 shares issued to employees under the 2018 and 2021 Share Incentive Plans, and (b) approximately $0.7 million consulting fees related to the 500,000 shares issued to Geniusland International Capital Ltd. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expenses were 203.8% and 122.8% of the Company's total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Bad Debt Expenses
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company's bad debt expenses were approximately negative $0.7 million, representing a decrease of approximately $3.8 million, or 120.7%, as compared to approximately $3.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease was due to an approximately $0.4 million recovery of allowance for doubtful accounts of advances to suppliers and an approximately $0.2 million recovery of allowance for doubtful accounts of accounts receivable. As a percentage of revenues, bad debt expenses were (22.5%) and 179.5% of the Company's total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Research and Development Expenses
The Company's research and development expenses were approximately $0.5 million and $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase in the research and development expenses was due to a newly initiated Resources Comprehensive Utilization Project with Tsinghua University.
Interest Expenses
The Company's interest expenses were approximately $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decreased interest expenses was because of lower weighted average loan balance in current period.
Change in Fair Value in Convertible Debt
Due to change in fair value of convertible loans, the Company recorded an unrealized loss of $204,331 and $1,311,852 in other expense for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Other Income (Expense)
Other income was approximately $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, mainly representing government subsidy. Other expense was $48,626 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, mainly consisting of fines and other miscellaneous expenses.
Loss before Income Taxes
The Company's loss before income taxes was approximately $5.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of approximately $1.6 million as compared to loss before income taxes of approximately $7.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease in the Company's loss before income taxes was primarily attributable to the decrease in net loss.
Provision for income taxes
The Company's PRC subsidiaries are subject to PRC income tax, which is computed according to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC. Under the Enterprise Income Tax Law, the corporate income tax rate applicable to all companies, including both domestic and foreign-invested companies, is 25%. However, each of Beijing REIT Technology Development Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company ("Beijing REIT") and the Company's subsidiary, and Hainan Yile IoT is recognized as a High and New Technology Enterprise by PRC government and subject to a favorable income tax rate of 15%. As the Company had loss before income tax, the Company's income tax expense amounted to $28,767 and nil for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Net Loss
As a result of the foregoing, net loss from continuing operations amounted to approximately $5.8 million and $7.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Total net loss amounted to approximately $5.8 million and $8.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
About ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.
Founded in 1999, ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc., through its proprietary technologies, systems and solutions, is striving to bring clean water and fertile soil to communities worldwide. The Company offers a full range of products and services, ranging from the production of environmentally-friendly construction materials, environmental protection equipment, and manufacturing equipment used to produce environmentally-friendly construction materials, to project consulting, design, and installation for the improvement of ecological environments, such as ecological soil restoration through solid waste treatment. Through its subsidiary Hainan REIT Mingde Investment Holding Co., Ltd. and Hainan Yile IoT, a high-tech enterprise in Hainan Province, the Company provides roadside assistance services to drivers within Hainan Province through its network of tow providers automotive repair services and other service providers, and is also engaged in the design, development and sales of customized software solutions. For more information, please visit http://en.retoeco.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate," or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Specifically, the Company's statements regarding: ReTo's goal and strategies; ReTo's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; expected changes in ReTo's revenues, costs or expenses; industry landscape of, and trends in, the construction industry; ReTo's expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, its services; the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather conditions and production constraints brought by electricity rationing measures; general economic and business condition; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; the growth of the construction industry in China; reputation and brand; the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC'). For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
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ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.
Ms. Angela Hu
Beijing Phone: +86-010-64827328
ir@retoeco.com or 310@reit.cc
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Man pleads for end to violence after he says cousin was killed in SE Portland shooting
By Mia Villanueva
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PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — One man is dead after a shooting in southeast Portland Wednesday night. A relative of the man is now pleading with the community to come together to end gun violence.
Just before 9:15 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the 13400 block of Southeast Bush Street. One person was found dead at the scene.
Shawnte Harris told FOX 12 his cousin, 42-year-old Dejohntae Campbell, was killed in the shooting. He believes the shooting was not random and that hours before it happened Campbell had told his mom that someone was after him.
“We talked every single day, we talked…now I just won’t get to see him anymore. It is tough,” Harris said. “I didn’t believe it at first, so me and my dad came up here and we saw all the police. All they could tell us was that shots were fired and one person was deceased on the ground.”
Police said the suspect or suspects fled before officers were on scene and no arrests have been made.
Harris says he is still waiting for an autopsy report from the coroner’s office to confirm what he already knows, that his cousin is dead.
“He was a father, he was a great person, he always helped people,” said Harris.
A man who lives on Southeast Bush Street says gunfire is a familiar sound in the neighborhood. Larry R., a born and raised Oregonian, says the southeast side of Portland has changed drastically over the past several years.
“It ain’t nothing like it used to be,” he said. “It used to be real peaceful.
Harris is hopeful peace can be restored in Portland. Through tears, he asks Portlanders to put an end to gun violence.
“This place is a warzone. If we don’t come together as a community, this whole town is going to go down in flames,” said Harris.
Anyone with information about Wednesday night’s shooting, please contact the Portland Police Bureau.
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HOYLAKE, England – Scottie Scheffler needed a nifty up-and-down from a greenside bunker Friday to make the cut on the number at The Open.
Near the face of a steep bunker on the par-5 finishing hole at Royal Liverpool, Scheffler popped his ball onto the front fringe, received a fortuitous kick toward the flag and had a kick-in birdie to safely get in the house at 3-over 145.
Scheffler, ranked 143rd out of 156 players in putting this week, was still 13 shots back of Brian Harman’s halfway lead.
The 3-over mark was a popular number for some of the pre-tournament favorites. PGA champion Brooks Koepka came home in 41, including a double bogey on the last, to barely play the weekend. Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler and Adam Scott also got in on that number. Xander Schauffele’s birdie on the last moved him to 2 over and extended his PGA Tour-leading cuts-made streak to 30.
Scheffler has now made 22 in a row, dating to last year’s playoff opener in Memphis. He’ll have work to do if he wants to continue his streak of 18 consecutive top-12 finishes, however. He’ll enter the weekend in a tie for 61st.
At least he has a Saturday tee time.
Collin Morikawa, the 2021 Open champion, missed by a shot, with Tony Finau, Sam Burns, Shane Lowry, Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson among those who are also headed home early.
Defending champion Cam Smith needed a birdie on the last hole Friday to play the weekend, but he did one better – he roped a 6-iron to within tap-in range for an eagle-3 to close. | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/scottie-scheffler-headlines-big-names-barely-sneaking-weekend-hoylake | 2023-07-21 21:54:18 | 1 | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/scottie-scheffler-headlines-big-names-barely-sneaking-weekend-hoylake |
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in midday trading on Wall Street Monday and put major indexes deeper into a slump as recession fears grow.
The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 11:56 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 141 points, or 0.5%, to 29,585. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.2%.
The British pound dropped to an all-time low against the dollar and investors continued to dump British government bonds in displeasure over a sweeping tax cut plan announced in London last week.
Markets in Europe were mostly lower. The head of the European Central Bank warned that the economic outlook “is darkening” as high energy and food prices pushed up by the war in Ukraine sap consumer spending power. France, the EU’s second-biggest economy, forecast a substantial slowdown in economic growth next year.
Losses were broad in U.S. markets and included banks, health care companies and retailers. Bank of America fell 2.1% and Target fell 1.9%.
Casino and resort operators were a bright spot following reports that the gambling center of Macau will loosen travel restrictions in November. Wynn Resorts jumped 13.1%.
The muted opening to the week comes amid an extended slump for major indexes. The benchmark S&P 500 is down roughly 7% in September. Stocks have been weighed down by concerns about stubbornly hot inflation and the risk that central banks could push economies into a recession as they try to cool high prices on everything from food to clothing. Investors have been particularly focusing on the Federal Reserve and its aggressive interest rate hikes.
The Fed raised its benchmark rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, again last week and it now sits at a range of 3% to 3.25%. It was at virtually zero at the start of the year. The Fed also released a forecast suggesting its benchmark rate could be 4.4% by the year’s end, a full point higher than envisioned in June.
The goal is to make borrowing more expensive and effectively crimp spending, which would cool inflation. But, the U.S. economy is already slowing and Wall Street is worried that that the Fed’s rate hikes will pump the brakes too hard on the economy and cause a recession.
Higher interest rates hurt all kinds of investments, especially pricey technology stocks, and the market has been in a broad slump as rates rise. Treasury yields, have climbed to multiyear highs as interest rates rise.
The yield on the 2-year Treasury, which tends to follow expectations for Federal Reserve action, rose to 4.27% from 4.21% late Friday. It is trading at its highest level since 2007. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, rose to 3.79% from 3.69%.
The recent rise in the U.S. dollar against other currencies is a concern for many countries. It dents profits for U.S. companies with overseas business, and puts a financial squeeze on much of the developing world.
Companies are nearing the close of the third quarter and investors are preparing for the next round of earnings reports. That will give them a better sense of how companies are dealing with persistent inflation.
Investors also have several economic reports on tap for this week that will give more details on consumer spending, the jobs market and the broader health of the U.S. economy.
The latest consumer confidence report, for September, from business group The Conference Board will be released on Tuesday. The government will release its weekly report on unemployment benefits on Thursday, along with an updated report on second-quarter gross domestic product.
On Friday, the government will release another report on personal income and spending that will help provide more details on where and how inflation is hurting consumer spending. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/us-stocks-slip-deeper-into-a-slump-as-recession-fears-grow/ | 2022-09-26 18:16:03 | 0 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/us-stocks-slip-deeper-into-a-slump-as-recession-fears-grow/ |
CA Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Zone Forecast for Thursday, July 14, 2022
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Zone Forecasts for Southwestern California
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
CAZ364-160000-
Los Angeles County Beaches-
Including LAX, Long Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach,
Santa Monica, and Torrance
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the upper 60s to mid 70s at the beaches to around
80 inland. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the lower to mid 60s. West winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the lower 70s at the beaches to the lower 80s inland. West
winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the lower to mid 60s. West winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to the lower
80s inland. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to the lower 80s
inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from the lower 70s at the beaches to the lower 80s inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs from the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to around
80 inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from around 70 at the beaches to around 80 inland.
$$
CAZ365-160000-
Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles-
Including Beverly Hills, Compton, Culver City, Downey, Hollywood,
Lakewood, and Norwalk
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Southwest winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the 60s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in
the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s. Southwest winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the 60s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in
the evening.
.SUNDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s. Southwest winds around
15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s and 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the 60s.
.TUESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
$$
CAZ087-160000-
Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands-
Including Avalon and Two Harbors
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then portly cloudy.
Highs from around 70 near the coast to around 80 interior.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy early, then mostly cloudy. Patchy fog
after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from around 70 near the coast to around 80 interior.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the upper 60s to mid 70s near the coast to around
80 interior.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the upper 60s to mid 70s near the coast to the upper
70s interior.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the upper 60s to mid 70s near the coast to around
80 interior.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly
cloudy. Highs from around 70 near the coast to the mid to upper
70s interior.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly cloudy.
Highs from around 70 near the coast to the mid to upper 70s
interior.
$$
CAZ362-160000-
Malibu Coast-
Including Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and Zuma Beach
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 70s to around 80.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the 70s to around 80. Southwest winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows
in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
$$
CAZ354-160000-
Ventura County Beaches-
Including Oxnard, Point Mugu, Port Hueneme, and Ventura
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the upper 60s at the beaches to the mid 70s inland.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from around 70 at the beaches to the upper 70s inland. West winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
from around 70 at the beaches to the upper 70s inland. West winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs from the upper 60s at the beaches to the mid 70s inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly
cloudy. Highs from the upper 60s at the beaches to the mid 70s
inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
$$
CAZ355-160000-
Ventura County Inland Coast-
Including Camarillo and East Ventura
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
sunny. Highs in the 70s to around 80.
$$
CAZ350-160000-
Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast-
Including Carpinteria, Goleta, Montecito, and Santa Barbara
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 70s to mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly
cloudy. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s.
$$
CAZ349-160000-
Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast-
Including El Capitan State Beach, Gaviota, Jalama Beach,
and Refugio State Beach
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 70s to mid 80s except around 70 cooler beaches. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy. Lows
in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 70s to mid 80s except around 70 cooler beaches. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog late.
Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in
the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny except for patchy morning low clouds and fog.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s except the mid 60s to around 70
cooler beaches. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog late.
Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny except for patchy morning low clouds and fog.
Highs in the 70s to around 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog late.
Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny except for patchy morning low clouds and fog.
Highs in the 70s to around 80 except the mid 60s to around 70
cooler beaches.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog late.
Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny except for patchy morning low clouds and fog.
Highs in the 70s to around 80 except the mid to upper 60s cooler
beaches.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog late.
Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny except for patchy morning low clouds and fog.
Highs in the 70s to around 80 except the mid to upper 60s cooler
beaches.
$$
CAZ351-160000-
Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range-
Including San Marcos Pass
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s. Northwest winds 15
to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s. Northwest winds
15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
80s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 70s to mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then partly cloudy. Lows in
the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 70s to mid 80s.
$$
CAZ352-160000-
Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range-
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s except the
lower 90s warmer foothills.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s except around
90 warmer foothills.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s except the
upper 80s warmer foothills.
$$
CAZ548-160000-
Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley-
Including East Los Angeles, El Monte, Pasadena, Pomona,
and San Gabriel
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s and 90s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s and 90s. Southwest
winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 60s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 80s and 90s. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly clear.
Lows in the mid to upper 60s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 80s to around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 80s to around 90.
$$
CAZ547-160000-
Los Angeles County San Fernando Valley-
Including Burbank, Northridge, Universal City, and Woodland Hills
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s and 90s. South winds
around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to around 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 102. South winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs 92 to
102. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly clear.
Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 80s to lower 90s.
$$
CAZ088-160000-
Santa Clarita Valley-
Including Castaic Lake, Newhall, Santa Clarita, and Valencia
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 100. South winds 10 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 102. South winds 10 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
South winds 10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs 96 to
102. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly clear.
Lows in the mid 60s to around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to around 70.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
$$
CAZ359-160000-
Southeastern Ventura County Valleys-
Including Moorpark, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. Southwest
winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s. Southwest
winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s except around
80 closer to the coast.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to around 90.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the 80s.
$$
CAZ358-160000-
Central Ventura County Valleys-
Including Fillmore, Piru, and Santa Paula
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s except the 80s closer to the
coast. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to around 70 except
around 60 colder valleys. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 102 except the 80s closer to the
coast. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to around 70.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 102 except the 80s closer to the
coast. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to around 70.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s except the 80s closer to the
coast.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s except the
upper 70s to mid 80s closer to the coast.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s except the
mid 70s to lower 80s closer to the coast.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s except the
mid 70s to lower 80s closer to the coast.
$$
CAZ357-160000-
Ojai Valley-
Including Oak View and Ojai
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 90s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s to near 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s to near 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to around 90.
$$
CAZ356-160000-
Lake Casitas-
Including Meiners Oaks
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to around 90.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s and 80s.
$$
CAZ363-160000-
Santa Monica Mountains-
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
mid 80s to mid 90s except the mid 70s to lower 80s cooler coastal
slopes. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then partly cloudy. Lows
in the lower to mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then sunny. Highs in the
upper 80s and 90s except the lower to mid 80s cooler coastal
slopes. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and
fog after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the upper 80s and 90s except the upper 70s to
mid 80s cooler coastal slopes. Southwest winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the 80s to around 90 except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and
fog after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the 80s to around 90 except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and
fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the 80s to around 90 except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
$$
CAZ059-160000-
Antelope Valley-
Including Lancaster and Palmdale
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs 100 to 107. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph
in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, becoming mostly clear after
midnight. Lows in the 70s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts to 35 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 100 to 107. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 70s.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs 98 to
105. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly clear.
Lows in the lower to mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 104.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 102.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 101.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 101.
$$
CAZ054-160000-
Los Angeles County Mountains-
Including Acton and Mount Wilson
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny in the morning, becoming partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs from 91 to 101 at low elevations to the 80s at high
elevations. South winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, becoming mostly clear after
midnight. Lows in the mid 60s to mid 70s. Southwest winds 15 to
25 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs from 92 to 102 at low elevations to the
80s to around 90 at high elevations. South winds 15 to 25 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny in the morning then partly cloudy. Highs from the
92 to 102 at low elevations to the 80s at high elevations.
Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then mostly clear.
Lows in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs from the upper 80s to mid 90s at low
elevations to the upper 70s to mid 80s at high elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the mid 80s to mid 90s at low
elevations to the upper 70s to mid 80s at high elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s to around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the mid 80s to lower 90s at low
elevations to the upper 70s to mid 80s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs from the mid 80s to lower 90s at low
elevations to the mid 70s to lower 80s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ053-160000-
Ventura County Mountains-
Including Lockwood Valley and Mount Pinos
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs from 93 to 103 at low elevations to the mid
80s to lower 90s at high elevations. South winds 10 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 60s to mid 70s at low
elevations to the mid 50s to mid 60s in colder valleys and peaks.
West winds 10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs from 94 to 104 at low elevations to the
mid 80s to around 90 at high elevations. South winds 10 to 20 mph
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 60s to mid
70s at low elevations to the upper 50s to mid 60s in colder
valleys and peaks. West winds 10 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs from 93 to 103 at low elevations to the
80s at high elevations. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 60s to mid 70s at
low elevations to the mid 50s to mid 60s in colder valleys and
peaks.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 90s at low elevations to the
80s at high elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 60s to lower 70s
at low elevations to the mid 50s to lower 60s in colder valleys
and peaks.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the upper 80s to mid 90s at low
elevations to the upper 70s to mid 80s at high elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the mid 60s to around 70 at low
elevations to the mid 50s to around 60 in colder valleys and
peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the upper 80s to mid 90s at low
elevations to the upper 70s to mid 80s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the 60s at low
elevations to the 50s in colder valleys and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs from the upper 80s to mid 90s at low
elevations to the upper 70s to mid 80s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ353-160000-
Santa Barbara County Interior Mountains-
Including Big Pine Mountain, Figueroa Mountain,
and San Rafael Mountain
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 100.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows from the upper 60s to mid 70s at low
elevations to the lower to mid 60s in colder valleys and peaks.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 102.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the upper 60s to mid 70s at
low elevations to the lower to mid 60s in colder valleys and
peaks.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 102. Southwest winds around 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the upper 60s to mid 70s
at low elevations to the lower to mid 60s in colder valleys and
peaks.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from around 70 at low
elevations to the lower to mid 60s in colder valleys and peaks.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 60s to around
70 at low elevations to the upper 50s to mid 60s in colder
valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid to upper 60s
at low elevations to around 60 in colder valleys and peaks.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
$$
CAZ340-160000-
San Luis Obispo County Beaches-
Including Arroyo Grande, Avila Beach, Cambria, Morro Bay,
and Pismo Beach
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower
to mid 70s inland. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph
in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Areas of low clouds and fog in the morning then
sunny. Highs from the mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to mid
70s inland. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the mid to upper 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland.
$$
CAZ341-160000-
San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast-
Including Lopez Lake, Nipomo, and San Luis Obispo
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the 50s. West winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then low clouds and fog.
Lows in the mid to upper 50s. West winds around 15 mph in the
evening.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to mid 80s. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 70s to around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 70s to around 80.
$$
CAZ346-160000-
Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches-
Including Lompoc and Vandenberg Space Force Base
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs from
the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to mid 70s
inland. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the 60s at the beaches to the mid 70s inland.
Northwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to mid
70s inland.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the
lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to mid
70s inland.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear early then low clouds and fog. Lows in
the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then mostly sunny.
Highs from the lower to mid 60s at the beaches to the lower to
mid 70s inland.
$$
CAZ347-160000-
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast-
Including Buellton and Santa Maria
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to lower 80s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s to mid 80s. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph
in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 70s to mid 80s. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to lower 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 70s to around 80.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 70s to around 80.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then low clouds
and fog. Lows in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 70s to around 80.
$$
CAZ348-160000-
Santa Ynez Valley-
Including Lake Cachuma, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, and Solvang
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Northwest
winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s and 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then patchy low clouds and
fog. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Northwest winds around 15
mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Patchy low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny.
Highs in the upper 80s and 90s. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.MONDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.TUESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs in
the 80s to lower 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear in the evening then areas of low clouds
and fog. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 80s to lower 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then areas of low
clouds and fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Low clouds and fog in the morning then sunny. Highs
in the 80s to around 90.
$$
CAZ343-160000-
Southern Salinas Valley-
Including Atascadero, Lake Nacimiento, Paso Robles, San Miguel,
and Templeton
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 104. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 15 mph
shifting to the northwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 106. West winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Southwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 103. Southwest winds around 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
$$
CAZ342-160000-
Santa Lucia Mountains-
Including Hearst Castle and Irish Hills
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s except the mid to
upper 70s cooler coastal slopes. West winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. West
winds around 15 mph shifting to the north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 100 except the mid 70s to mid 80s
cooler coastal slopes. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. West winds around
15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the 90s except the mid 70s to mid 80s cooler
coastal slopes. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and fog
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and
fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except for patchy low clouds and
fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny except for patchy low clouds and fog in the
morning. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s except the 70s cooler
coastal slopes.
$$
CAZ344-160000-
San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys-
Including Carrizo Plain, Creston, and Shandon
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 104. North winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s. West winds around
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 95 to 105. North winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s. West winds
around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 104. West winds 15 to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 102.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s except
around 70 Carrizo Plain.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s and 60s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
$$
CAZ345-160000-
San Luis Obispo County Mountains-
Including Caliente Range, La Panza Range,
and Santa Margarita Lake
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs from 93 to 103 at low elevations to the mid
80s to lower 90s at high elevations. Northwest winds around 15
mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows from the mid 60s to lower 70s at low
elevations to the upper 50s to mid 60s in colder valleys and
peaks. Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs from 95 to 105 at low elevations to the
upper 80s to mid 90s at high elevations. North winds around 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows from the upper 60s to mid 70s at
low elevations to the upper 50s to mid 60s in colder valleys and
peaks. West winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs from 94 to 104 at low elevations to the
mid 80s to lower 90s at high elevations. West winds 15 to 25 mph
in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 60s to mid 70s at
low elevations to the upper 50s to mid 60s in colder valleys and
peaks.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs from 90 to 100 at low elevations to the
mid 80s to around 90 at high elevations.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 60s to lower 70s
at low elevations to the mid 50s to lower 60s in colder valleys
and peaks.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 90s at low elevations to the 80s
at high elevations.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the mid 60s to around
70 at low elevations to the mid 50s to lower 60s in colder
valleys and peaks.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 90s at low elevations to the
80s at high elevations.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows from the 60s at low
elevations to the mid 50s to around 60 in colder valleys and
peaks.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs from the 90s at low elevations to the
80s at high elevations.
$$
CAZ038-160000-
Cuyama Valley-
301 AM PDT Fri Jul 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 102. North winds around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Northwest
winds around 15 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 98 to 104. North winds around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph in the evening.
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Coors Light unveils color-changing nail polish letting you know your beer is cold
Published: Nov. 15, 2022 at 8:02 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - If you appreciate a beer as cold as the Rockies, then you might like a new nail polish from Coors Light.
Coors is offering a silver-colored polish called Chill Polish that can be applied to your nails as a new way to check the temperature of your brew.
When you tap your nails against your beer glass, they should turn blue if your beer is cold enough.
If nail polish isn’t your thing, Coors Light already has color-changing beer cans that switch from white to blue to signal when a beer reaches optimal drinking temperature. Which, by the way, Coors Light says is 42 degrees Fahrenheit.
Chill Polish costs about $7.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge entered not guilty pleas Monday for a man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, setting the stage for a trial in which he could potentially face the death penalty.
The Nov. 13, 2022, killings stunned the rural community of Moscow, Idaho, and prompted many students to leave campus early, switching to remote learning for the remainder of the semester.
Bryan Kohberger, 28, was arrested late last year and charged with burglary and four counts of first-degree murder in connection with with the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at a rental home near the University of Idaho campus.
Kohberger declined to enter pleas in Latah County District Court, with his defense attorney Anne Taylor telling the judge that they were going to “stand silent” at this time. In response, 2nd District Judge John Judge entered not guilty pleas on Kohberger's behalf.
Kohberger also declined to waive his right to a speedy trial, so the judge scheduled it to begin Oct. 2. It's still possible that the trial, expected to last six weeks, could be delayed or moved to a different location.
Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at nearby Washington State University when the University of Idaho students were killed, but prosecutors have not released any information about how they believe he may have chosen the victims or whether he had met any of them previously.
Police released few details about the investigation until after Kohberger was arrested at his parents’ home in eastern Pennsylvania early Dec. 30, 2022. Court documents detailed how police pieced together DNA evidence, cellphone data and surveillance video that they say links Kohberger to the slayings.
Investigators said traces of DNA found on a knife sheath inside the home where the students were killed matches Kohberger, and that a cellphone belonging to Kohberger was near the victims’ home on a dozen occasions prior to the killings. A white sedan allegedly matching one owned by Kohberger was caught on surveillance footage repeatedly cruising past the rental home around the time of the killings.
Kernodle, Chapin, Mogen and Goncalves were friends and members of the university’s Greek system, and the three women lived together in the rental home just across the street from campus. Chapin — Kernodle’s boyfriend — was there visiting on the night of the attack.
Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson now has 60 days to inform the court whether he will seek the death penalty in the case.
The small courtroom was packed for the arraignment, with some members of the news media and other onlookers lining up outside three hours before the proceeding was set to begin, Boise television station KTVB reported. Family members of Goncalves were among those who attended, one of them weeping as the charges were read.
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Another author visits Central Bucks to speak out against potential book bans
Jean Kwok, whose book Girl in Translation is facing a challenge, said she traveled from the Netherlands to address the board at its meeting.
The debate over library books in Central Bucks continued Tuesday, as another author made the case to the district’s school board for why her book shouldn’t be banned.
Jean Kwok, whose book Girl in Translation is facing a challenge, said she traveled from the Netherlands to address the board at its meeting.
“Do I seem like a person who writes pornography?” Kwok asked.
The district received 61 book challenges in February after enacting rules accompanying its policy targeting “sexualized content” in school libraries.
The complaints, and the policy’s language, have spurred fears of book removal. Last month, author Laurie Halse Anderson, who lives in Upper Dublin, told the board it would be “educational malpractice” to ban her memoir, Shout, and other books dealing with sexual abuse.
On Tuesday, Kwok said that books “are one of the most powerful tools we can give to our children,” providing insight into the lives of others and allowing children to observe mistakes without having to make them.
After writing Girl in Translation, about a girl who immigrates to America with her mother from Hong Kong and spends nights working in a Brooklyn sweatshop, Kwok said she heard from “people of all races” that the book had provided courage to work hard “and keep going in the most difficult of times.”
But it has also become a target. Booklooks, a website that has been linked to the Moms for Liberty group and lists “objectionable content” in school library books, says Girl in Translation contains “sexual activities; sexual nudity; mild/infrequent profanity; alcohol and drug use by minors; and abortion commentary.”
Numerous challenges received by Central Bucks — which provided records to the Inquirer in response to a Right to Know request — cited Booklooks, listing the same passages quoted on the website. In most of the 61 cases, challengers — whose names were redacted by the district — indicated they hadn’t read the book in question.
That was the case with the Girl in Translation challenge, which listed passages that also appear on Booklooks.
Kwok said her book depicts “some pot smoking,” kissing, and one sexual encounter — “also, really not an explicit encounter.”
“I’m a fade-to-black kind of author,” she said. “I can’t even watch R-rated movies.”
She also noted that a character considers abortion but “incidentally does not go through with” it. The challenge filed with Central Bucks called it “disturbing” that the book presented abortion as an option.
It’s unclear what will happen in response to the 61 challenges, which were filed between Feb. 7 and Feb. 14. Regulations adopted by the district to carry out the library policy say a committee appointed by the superintendent will review challenged material and issue findings within 60 days, with a possible extension of 30 days.
A person who challenged a book and doesn’t agree with the committee’s findings can appeal to the school board.
The district has not responded to questions about the status of any reviews.
At Tuesday’s meeting, school board member Jim Pepper asked Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh if any books had gone through the challenge process. Lucabaugh answered yes, but didn’t specify how many.
“Was Lawn Boy one of those books?” Pepper asked.
“Yes,” Lucabaugh said. He said the book was not removed from school libraries.
Lawn Boy, by Jonathan Evison, is described by School Library Journal as tackling “race, sexual identity, and the crushing weight of American capitalism.” It was one of five books the district disclosed earlier this year that it had decided to review before having received any formal challenges — the others being This Book Is Gay; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl; Gender Queer; and Beyond Magenta.
At the time, Lucabaugh said the district had “a responsibility to guard against the sexualization of children” and didn’t want to ignore books that had been raised as possibly problematic more than a year earlier. Four of the five books center on LGBTQ characters — a point of controversy in the district, which has been accused of creating a hostile environment for LGBTQ students.
The district has maintained its library policy — which the board passed last year over outcry from community members and groups like the ACLU — is focused solely on sexual content.
Addressing the challenges earlier in the meeting, school board president Dana Hunter said the board was “not aware of the books challenged and by whom.” She then said she hoped that community members would not “weaponize this process by submitting challenges for the purpose of contributing to a false narrative.” A district spokesperson didn’t respond to a question Wednesday about whether the district believes it has received challenges from people who aren’t actually seeking to remove books.
One woman who spoke during public comment, Shannon Harris, noted she had submitted the challenge to Living Dead Girl, and said she was upset that a community member had disclosed her involvement on social media.
She said that people challenged books “because they’re sexually explicit,” but noted objections to other topics as well, including “hardcore drug use, sex abuse, battery, profanity and violence.”
“It’s good to point out these things, because we don’t think our kids should be educated with this kind of material,” Harris said. (Other topics cited in challenges included sexual and gender identity and “inflammatory racial commentary.”)
Harris said that “Booklooks did read the books, they developed their own rating system. That’s what we had to use because [Central Bucks] did not have a rating system to go by.”
Kwok said that as a mother, she also understood the desire to protect children. But her two sons were assigned her book in school and read it.
Parenting is “a beautiful and tragic thing, when we do it correctly,” she said. “Our children grow up and they leave us.” Books, she said, can help prepare them to enter the world.
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A federal judge declined Friday to postpone the trial date in LIV Golf’s antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, even while conceding that might be inevitable if LIV owner Saudi Arabia appeals a ruling that officials with its sovereign wealth fund be required to testify.
Friday’s case management hearing in the Northern District of California capped off a flurry of filings in the last week over the PGA Tour alleging the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan, were more than just investors in the rival league.
Saudi Arabia’s PIF holds some $600 billion in oil profits and other assets, making it one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world. The PIF owns 93% of LIV Golf, according to court documents.
U.S. Magistrate Susan van Keulen ruled last week that the PIF and al-Rumayyan were not exempt from providing testimony and documents under the Foreign Service Immunity Act because of an exception for commercial activity.
Saudi Arabia, through its attorney, filed a separate letter with U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Thursday, arguing that the magistrate’s order has “broad implications for Saudi Arabia beyond the instant case” and that it would file a friend-of-court appeal.
A lawyer for the PIF indicated an appeal to the Ninth Circuit was ready to be filed as early as Friday.
Saudi Arabia’s leaders, in a lawsuit between their golf circuit and the rival PGA Tour, maintain their high standing in the oil kingdom’s government makes them legally immune from most actions by U.S. courts.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year successfully used an argument of sovereign immunity to escape a civil lawsuit in Saudi officials’ 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The PIF and al-Rumayyan contend that enforcing subpoenas in the U.S. would force them to violate Saudi law against disclosure of confidential information.
The PGA Tour, meanwhile, filed a motion on the magistrate’s order arguing depositions of the PIF and al-Rumayyan should not take place in Saudi Arabia.
“The Tour and its American counsel should not have to run the risk that they might be harassed or detained because something they say in a deposition is perceived as critical of the Saudi government; nor should they have to censor themselves in the course of conducting Court-ordered discovery,” the motion said.
Earlier this week, Freeman — who is overseeing the case — allowed the PIF and its governor to be added as defendants to the PGA Tour’s counterclaim in the lawsuit.
In the amended counterclaim with the Saudis listed as defendants, the PGA Tour refers to Greg Norman as the “nominal CEO” of the LIV Golf circuit, while al-Rumayyan calls all the shots.
The tour alleges the PIF governor functions as LIV’s chief executive, “receiving regular reports from Norman, approving LIV’s budget, making key strategic decisions, participating in player recruitment in the United States, and micro-managing LIV’s day-to-day operations both while in the United States and from abroad.
“And even once contracts are signed and debts accrued, PIF holds the purse strings: none of LIV’s partners or golfers gets paid until PIF and Mr. Al-Rumayyan agree to distribute the money.”
John Quinn, a lawyer for the PIF and three players who remain as defendants, described the PIF’s relationship as “what you’d expect from a new investor in a startup.”
Freeman wasn’t swayed.
“Based on everything I’ve read … he is in up to his eyeballs in everything that LIV has done,” Freeman said during the hearing. “He’s intricately involved, and I think it’s ludicrous to suggest otherwise.”
But she also said there was no need for the PGA Tour to delay the discovery process while waiting to first get testimony — if allowed — from the Saudis. Freeman said the tour and its attorney can always conduct interviews again if new information arises.
LIV Golf attorneys claim the tour wants to delay the trial — tentatively set for January 2024 — to keep LIV golfers off the PGA Tour. Nine LIV players initially sued the PGA Tour after they were banned from competing in its events. The tour requires players to get permission to play in conflicting tournaments.
The Saudi-funded league offered signing fees reported to be upward of $100 million to players like Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, who compete for $25 million in prize money at each of its 13 tournaments.
The first LIV event of the season began Friday in Mexico. The 48-man field has 37 players who were PGA Tour members. All have been suspended by the tour, and now only have access to the major championships if they are eligible.
Quinn argued the window for a player to compete at his best is small.
Freeman scheduled another meeting for April, when the deadline for discovery has passed.
“I’m concerned that everyone is dragging their feet on both sides,” she said.
However, she noted the Saudis can appeal to the Ninth Circuit, which would leave little choice but to delay the trial. The deadline for summary judgment motions is August.
Freeman said she has 400 cases before her and already is setting some of those cases for trial in August 2025.
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How to Watch the Lynx vs. Liberty Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 28
Published: Jul. 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Breanna Stewart will lead the New York Liberty (18-5) into a matchup with the Minnesota Lynx (11-13) one game after putting up 33 points in a 95-84 win over the Dream. The game is on Friday, July 28, 2023, at 8:00 PM ET on ION.
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Lynx vs. Liberty Game Info
- Game Day: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
- TV: ION
- Arena: Barclays Center
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Key Stats for Lynx vs. Liberty
- Minnesota scores just 2.5 fewer points per game (79.9) than New York allows its opponents to score (82.4).
- The Lynx have compiled a 10-5 straight-up record in games they shoot above 42.4% from the field.
- Minnesota shoots 31% from beyond the arc this season. That's 4.7 percentage points lower than New York has allowed its opponents to shoot from deep (35.7%).
- The Lynx have a 3-3 record when the team makes more than 35.7% of their three-point attempts.
- New York and Minnesota rebound at about the same rate, with New York averaging 3.3 more rebounds per game.
Lynx Recent Performance
- The Lynx are tallying 83 points per contest in their previous 10 games, compared to their season average of 79.9.
- Minnesota has performed worse defensively in its last 10 games, ceding 88.2 points per contest, 2.7 more points than its season average of 85.5.
- The Lynx are making 6.8 three-pointers per contest with a 32.9% three-point percentage over their last 10 games, compared to their season averages of 6.5 and 31%.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Ken Kunz used to know everyone in the North Side Chicago neighborhood where he's lived for more than 40 years. But crossing paths with old friends is rare these days because longtime residents have been pushed out by new development and soaring property taxes.
When they do meet, the 64-year-old says, they exchange the same greeting: “I'm so glad you're still here.”
Chicago has grown unaffordable for many working- and middle-class people like Kunz who have been “run over by development," as he put it. That's why he voted both in the February mayoral election and the upcoming runoff for Brandon Johnson, a former teacher and union organizer who has called for $800 million in new taxes on "the ultrarich."
“It seems like he is at least willing to represent someone who makes as much money as I do,” said Kunz, who operates his own delivery business and manages the property where he lives, which helps make rent manageable. “I just want as much representation as the developer who's building million-dollar condos around the corner from my house.”
How to balance Chicago's steep financial challenges with residents' concerns about the cost of living is among the many issues separating Johnson and Paul Vallas, the former schools CEO and onetime city budget director, before the April 4 runoff. The two Democrats advanced in last month's vote, outdistancing Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Just as in many major cities, the debate over who should pay what in taxes has taken on increasing prominence post-pandemic. Some see this moment as a chance to rebuild the economy and ensure more equitable futures for residents, many of whom were struggling to get by even before COVID-19 hit. In Chicago, the task is complicated by concerns over violent crime, including homicide rates that spiked in recent years and have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.
Johnson is a progressive who has been endorsed and heavily funded by the Chicago Teachers Union. He has the backing of Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., along with other lawmakers and groups that have long pushed a tax-the-rich agenda.
Vallas is supported by many business leaders, including groups such as the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association. He says he would rely on his budgeting expertise to find ways to cut spending and says Johnson's plan would hurt not just the wealthy but also businesses that provide jobs and industries the city needs to thrive.
"He’s imposing taxes that are going to pummel the economy at a time when we could possibly be drifting into recession,” Vallas said during a recent debate.
Chicago's fragile recovery is visible throughout the city.
Along the iconic shopping and tourist strip known as the Magnificent Mile, storefronts sit vacant, casualties of the pandemic, crime and retail trends that were moving away from in-person shopping even before COVID-19. In some areas, particularly in the city's predominantly Black neighborhoods, people have left, leaving blocks with boarded-up homes and empty lots.
There are some bright spots on the economic front. Google recently bought a state-owned building in the heart of the Loop to serve as a second headquarters. A long-sought casino was approved and will bring both jobs and revenue.
But Chicago is at a crossroads, dealing with historic inflation, skyrocketing property taxes and the lingering effects of the pandemic, said Jack Lavin, president and CEO of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.
Lavin and other business leaders credited Vallas for his plan to address crime, a major concern among businesses. The union that represents Chicago police has endorsed Vallas, who wants to hire hundreds of officers, while Johnson has been criticized over past comments in support of “defunding” police — something Johnson insists he will not do. Johnson has called for investing more in areas such as youth jobs and mental health care rather than adding more officers.
“We need to do things that are going to encourage people to come back to the office, encourage people to get out and go to shows and conventions to come here, and tourism because that’s a big piece of our economy,” Lavin said.
Johnson says Chicago needs new revenue to offset a freeze on property taxes while investing in other areas, including housing and schools.
His plan includes reinstating a $4-a-month-per-employee “head tax” on large companies, charging big airlines “for polluting the air” in Chicago and taxing financial transactions made in the city. He also wants to impose a so-called mansion tax, or real estate transfer tax on high-end home sales, and increase the hotel tax.
Johnson described the additional hotel tax as an extra $1 per room that most people wouldn't notice. But Michael Jacobson, president of the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association, said it could add up to serious damage for Chicago's bottom line because, without “palm trees or mountains,” most of the city's visitors come for conventions.
Jacobson that when convention planners are shopping around for host cities, an extra charge on large blocks of hotel rooms — on top of already higher-than-average lodging taxes — could mean those planners go elsewhere.
Johnson, who turns 47 on Monday, has criticized Vallas for not laying out how he would handle Chicago's budget deficit without increasing taxes on people who cannot afford it. Johnson has called the 69-year-old Vallas, who was budget director and Chicago schools CEO under then-Mayor Richard M. Daley, part of “the politics of old.”
“If he actually had a plan, he’d put forward a plan," Johnson said. “He’s not putting forward a budget plan because he’s going to raise your property taxes.”
Vallas says he would look at the city’s entire budget to find efficiencies and “work to avoid” taxes. The one thing he definitely wouldn't do, he said, is propose $800 million in taxes “right out of the box.”
Vallas, who also ran schools in New Orleans, Philadelphia and Bridgeport, Connecticut, says his experience makes him the better choice to handle the city's massive budget amid tumultuous times. He criticized Johnson, who serves on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, as lacking the experience needed for the job.
“Bottom line is, Brandon has run nothing," Vallas said.
But Kunz, the longtime North Side resident, said it's time for Chicago to try a new way forward. While the business community may support Vallas, Kunz doesn't think business has the best interest of the people of Chicago at heart. So, he figures, why not tax the rich?
“Who else are you going to tax, the average person making $40,000 or $50,000 a year? They're taxed out. They simply can't afford it," Kunz said. “Let's see what happens.”
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DALLAS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Healthcare, a leading provider of end-to-end healthcare revenue cycle and information technology services, has scaled a new employee peak of 25,000 employees as of today. The company has doubled its total headcount in less than 15 months.
Shaji Ravi , Founder, President & Managing Director of Access Healthcare, said, "It seems like only yesterday when I sat with the founding team in a coffee shop to develop the blueprint of the company. The last 12 years have been eventful; we have learned and innovated through the journey. I am grateful to our clients for their faith in our capabilities and our employees for everything they do. Our digital solutions portfolio is helping our clients achieve transformational business outcomes right from the word go."
As a third-party revenue cycle services provider, Access Healthcare improves cash flow and revenue realization for its hospital and health systems clientele while reducing their cost of operations through global delivery, process automation, and operational rigor.
Kumar Shwetabh , President, US Operations of Access Healthcare, said, "Our ability to scale revenue cycle services is unmatched in the industry and has enabled us to support our clients as they face a debilitating labor shortage. Our trained and certified workforce has enabled some of the largest hospitals, and health systems to achieve financial stability despite multiple headwinds of labor shortage, declining reimbursement, inflationary pressures, and health-related risks."
Having proven its strength in organic growth, Access Healthcare is now looking to enhance capabilities through focused acquisitions, creating strategic partnerships, and developing innovative solutions.
Jacob Jesuroon , SVP of Human Resources of Access Healthcare, said, "The last two years have challenged our hiring and training teams, and they have created the industry's foremost organic growth engine. We quickly pivoted our hiring and training model to a virtual mode during COVID and utilized technology to shift to self-paced learning tools. The unblemished track record of supporting our clients in the face of personal adversity for many of our employees through this time underscores our resilience and focus."
Access Healthcare has already announced plans to hire over 18,000 people in 2022 and recently launched a dedicated recruitment app – Access Healthcare Jobs – for Android and iOS devices.
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President Biden is on his way to the G-7 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was supposed to go to Papua New Guinea and Australia after that, but he's cutting the trip short to get back for debt ceiling talks.
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President Biden is on his way to the G-7 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was supposed to go to Papua New Guinea and Australia after that, but he's cutting the trip short to get back for debt ceiling talks.
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For fans of Star Wars, May the Fourth is pretty much a holy day, and to mark the occasion — or maybe it’s just a massive coincidence — Disney+ just released a brand-new trailer for the new Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries.
The new six-episode miniseries is coming to Disney+ later this month, and the new trailer gives us a further look at what we can expect from the soon-to-drop episodes. The series is set a decade after “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,” which was the third episode of the prequel series and features the climatic turning point where Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi apprentice and close friend, turns to the dark side and transforms into the Sith Lord Darth Vader.
Judging from the just-released trailer’s scenes, it certainly seems like it’s going to be an intense journey. The voiceover features Obi-Wan Kenobi begging an unknown person to “stay hidden…or we will not survive.” There’s also lots of the usual Star Wars spacecraft and Stormtroopers, and it seems like some kind of inquisitors are coming for Kenobi too — along with a legion of bounty hunters.
Meanwhile, Kenobi is sent on a special mission, and the trailer ends with Darth Vader’s trademark deep breathing, so you can plae bets bets on a cinematic confrontation between the two.
Many familiar faces will be back for this miniseries: Hayden Christensen returns as Darth Vader (he also played Anakin/Vader in the Star Wars prequels “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith”), along with Ewan McGregor as the titular Jedi master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The series is directed by Deborah Chow, who’s known for her work with episodes of “The Mandalorian.”
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" will stream on Disney+ starting May 27. | https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-trailer-Disney-plus-17147649.php | 2022-05-04 22:07:51 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/Obi-Wan-Kenobi-trailer-Disney-plus-17147649.php |
Development of new build-to-rent homes soars in 2022 compared to previous year
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Institutional investment in rental single family rental (SFR) homes is on the rise and expected to grow dramatically over the next eight years, according to a new bulletin on the sector released today by Yardi® Matrix. However, rising interest rates are forcing investors to reassess the most effective strategies for growing portfolios and may contribute to lower near-term returns.
Institutions have committed more than $60 billion to buying single-family homes over the past year, according to various corporate announcements and news articles.
Recent research by MetLife Investment Management (MIM) estimated that institutions own some 700,000 single-family rentals in 2022, about 5 percent of the 14 million SFRs nationally. MIM forecasts that by 2030, institutions will increase SFR holdings to 7.6 million homes, more than 40 percent of all SFRs. Institutional acquisitions of SFRs in communities of 50 or more units soared in 2021 to $2.5 billion, according to Yardi Matrix.
Institutional portfolio growth is currently focused on build-to-rent (BTR) projects or acquiring portfolios from smaller owners. BTRs are on track to deliver far more units in 2022 than in any previous year. More than 25,000 units are under construction and nearly 4,300 were already delivered in the first half of 2022, meaning the industry will easily surpass 2021's record-high 7,705 deliveries.
"Rising home and mortgage costs in the second quarter of 2022 increased the cost of capital for institutional buyers, so the segment's growth is likely to slow and returns will moderate. Even so, the industry benefits from strong long-term demand drivers and the explosive growth in institutional capital," say Matrix analysts.
Get more insight into investment activity, development and rent trends for the SFR/BTR sector in the new Yardi Matrix bulletin.
Yardi Matrix offers the industry's most comprehensive market intelligence tool for investment professionals, equity investors, lenders and property managers who underwrite and manage investments in commercial real estate. Yardi Matrix covers multifamily, student housing, industrial, office and self storage property types. Email matrix@yardi.com, call (480) 663-1149 or visit yardimatrix.com to learn more.
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The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency declined to shorten the 16-year prison sentence of Trent Bouhdida, a 29-year-old man who, in 2015, sold an undercover cop an ounce of marijuana.
Bouhdida was the subject of a Phoenix New Times story on August 4 that investigated how a young Black man from South Phoenix ended up serving such a lengthy sentence for pot.
At a clemency hearing on Tuesday, board members weren't moved by the details of the case and decided the sentence was fair.
"When I first glanced at this file, I was a little bit torn, because I do think selling an ounce of marijuana is not, on its face, deserving of such a lengthy prison sentence," board chair Mina Méndez said.
The board reviews cases of people several years into prison sentences who believe their sentences should be commuted, as well as capital cases. If the board decides that a commutation is warranted, it passes a recommendation to the governor.
Then, the governor chooses whether to sign off on clemency. Governor Doug Ducey has rarely done so, even when the board has unanimously recommended clemency.
Members of the board are appointed by the governor. On Tuesday, three were present: Méndez, Louis Quiñonez, and Michael Johnson. Another board member, Salvatore Freni, was absent, and a fifth board seat has been vacant for several months.
Méndez is a former prosecutor, while Quiñonez is a former agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Johnson is a former detective with a 21-year tenure at the Phoenix Police Department. Freni spent 30 years working for the Phoenix Police Department.
The current makeup of the board — three of the four members have lengthy law enforcement careers — has sparked legal challenges. A statutory requirement states that no two board members hail from the same profession. In April, attorneys for a death row inmate sued and argued that the board was essentially stacked with former cops.
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed the case, in part due to his view that law enforcement was not a profession.
Chance encounter
In 2015, Bouhdida had a chance encounter with an undercover Tempe detective by a 7-Eleven across from his apartment. At the time, the cop was working on a sting operation, where officers set up a fake pawn shop and attempted to recover stolen items. Ultimately, Bouhdida sold the officer marijuana four times — adding up to a total of one ounce.Bouhdida was convicted on four counts of sale of marijuana. He received a sentence of 11 years and three months for the sales, and another five years because he was on probation at the time. The probation stemmed from an armed robbery case when Bouhdida was 15 years old. He pleaded guilty, although he did not actually participate actively in any of the robberies in question, according to court records.
In Bouhdida's clemency petition, parts of which were read aloud on Tuesday, he said that his time at the Arizona State Prison Complex Tucson had been a "humbling experience." He also said he hoped that the board would take into account the small amount of marijuana involved in the sales.
But board members were not swayed.
"Considering his participation in violent crime with street gang affiliation, I believe his sentence was appropriate," Quiñonez said. He also noted that although Bouhdida has taken college classes and works as a GED tutor in prison, he has some disciplinary history. That includes several occasions of "disobeying a verbal/written order" and one instance of minor "criminal damage" between 2018 and 2020.
Méndez agreed with Quiñonez's assessment, noting that the board was only considering the 11-year sentence for the marijuana sales, not the five-year probation violation sentence, which was also due to the sales.
'My brother deserves another chance'
Friends and family of Bouhdida wrote letters and asked board members for mercy, which Quiñonez acknowledged helped his case. "He submitted a detailed release plan and attached many letters of support to his commutation application," Quiñonez said.Bouhdida provided some of those letters to New Times over the weekend. He said that he was hopeful about the hearing but would continue to fight to reduce his sentence regardless of the outcome on Tuesday.
"The fact that there are three stores in a three-mile radius of my house where any citizen with identification can purchase the same product that has Trent incarcerated is ludicrous," Bouhdida's older brother, George Bouhdida, wrote in a letter to the board. "People and the state are benefiting and making a living off the exact substance that has him incarcerated.
"I just feel that my brother deserves another chance," George Bouhdida added.
A childhood friend of Bouhdida's, Matin Muhammad, also wrote a lengthy letter: "Words are inadequate to express the value of Trent to his friends, family, and community and what it would mean for him to be free." | https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/board-denies-clemency-for-phoenix-man-serving-16-year-pot-sentence-14190098 | 2022-08-10 16:36:56 | 0 | https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/board-denies-clemency-for-phoenix-man-serving-16-year-pot-sentence-14190098 |
Alvin will help scientists unlock ocean mysteries 4 miles deep
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
Renowned explorer Robert Ballard has scoured the deep sea for decades in search of its mysteries.
Fascinated by Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” as a child, the oceanographer is most associated with discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985 — a find that was actually part of a secret US military mission. He and Alvin, a three-person submersible, returned to the site in 1986 to capture imagery revealing artifacts left behind by those who had perished.
Ballard helped develop Alvin in the 1960s at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Together, he and Alvin have dived into the deep to observe underwater mountain ranges and uncover thermal vents.
And now, 99% of the seafloor is within humanity’s reach, thanks to a familiar name: Alvin.
Ocean secrets
The ocean’s deepest zones are a vastly unexplored area, but after a serious upgrade Alvin is ready to take people directly to this remote place of wonder.
The submersible reached a record depth of 4 miles (6,453 meters) over the summer when crews visited the Puerto Rico Trench and Mid-Cayman Rise, where tectonic plates create mystifying underwater landscapes and strange marine animals float by.
Researchers collected samples from the ocean floor, including unknown creatures and the chemical belches of hydrothermal vents.
With direct access to the seafloor, scientists expect to find the fundamentals of life.
Across the universe
Astronomers have confirmed that the DART spacecraft successfully changed the motion of the asteroid Dimorphos when it intentionally slammed into the space rock last month, according to NASA.
The deflection test shortened Dimorphos’ orbit around its larger companion asteroid Didymos by 32 minutes — the first time humanity has ever shifted the motion of a celestial object.
Meanwhile, the James Webb Space Telescope spied what happens when two massive stars violently interact with each other. Every eight years, they release a dust plume, creating nested rings that resemble a giant spiderweb.
And astronomers detected an unusual element in the upper atmosphere of two hot exoplanets where liquid iron and gems rain down from the skies.
A long time ago
French soldiers who came across a broken slab of stone covered with inscriptions in 1799 had no idea it would unlock the secrets of ancient Egypt.
Carved on the dark, granite-like stone were indecipherable hieroglyphics, the simplified Egyptian demotic script and ancient Greek. At the time, scholars only understood ancient Greek.
It took Egyptologists two decades to decrypt the meaning of the scripts once they began working on it in 1802. By deciphering the Egyptian texts, they opened up a way to understand the past.
A new exhibit at The British Museum in London explores the race to decode the Rosetta stone and celebrates the 200th anniversary of the breakthrough.
Defying gravity
For many, William Shatner will always be Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise. But when the actor ventured into space in 2021 on a Blue Origin suborbital flight, he had a far different experience than in any scene from “Star Trek.”
Shifting his gaze from Earth to the cosmos, he said, overturned all his preconceived notions of space. “All I saw was death,” he wrote in his new book, “Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder.”
Shatner described feeling intense grief as he briefly left his home planet behind. “It was life. Nurturing, sustaining, life. Mother Earth. … And I was leaving her.” No longer earthbound, his thoughts turned to how humans are destroying the planet.
Meanwhile, Artemis I is gearing up for a third launch attempt on a journey around the moon on November 14, with a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. ET.
Wild kingdom
Images that capture buzzing bees, battling Alpine ibex and heavenly flamingos are some of the winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 competition.
The grand title award went to Karine Aigner for “The big buzz,” which shows a ball of male cactus bees fighting to mate with a sole female. The image, shot at “bee level,” depicts a disappearing species threatened by pesticides and habitat loss.
The world’s wildlife populations plummeted by an average of 69% between 1970 and 2018 due to Earth’s changing climate and human activity, according to a new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature. While the natural world is nearing a tipping point, immediate conservation efforts could slow and even reverse these losses.
The wonder
These findings might blow your mind:
— Astronomers have discovered the Milky Way’s massive graveyard of ancient dead stars — and they also found where supernova explosions kicked some of them right out of the galaxy.
— Brain cells in a lab dish could play the video game Pong, and the neurons were able to move the paddle to hit the ball in a goal-oriented way, according to scientists.
— Paleontologists found mummified dinosaur skin, and it still bears the teeth marks of a predator that chomped on it 67 million years ago.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Volunteers are needed to help keep the city looking great.
This year's community-wide Clean Sweep will be Saturday from 9-10:30 a.m.
Participants will meet at the Columbian Park Shelter by Tropicanoe Cove to pick up cleaning supplies.
Trash bags, gloves, recycling bags and free t-shirts will be provided.
The event is open to the public and everyone is welcome to volunteer.
If you'd like to help, contact the Lafayette City Clerk's Office at 765-807-1021 or send an email to clerks@lafayette.in.gov. | https://www.wlfi.com/news/volunteers-needed-for-lafayettes-clean-sweep/article_e65be912-f3de-11ed-96ea-cfc1d70998a8.html | 2023-05-16 12:59:22 | 0 | https://www.wlfi.com/news/volunteers-needed-for-lafayettes-clean-sweep/article_e65be912-f3de-11ed-96ea-cfc1d70998a8.html |
Mayor Cantrell seen yelling, making obscene gesture to passing Carnival float
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was seen yelling and making an obscene hand gesture toward riders on a Carnival parade float, in a video that went viral on social media Sunday (Feb. 19).
It was not known what prompted Cantrell’s outburst. Fox 8 attempted to contact City Hall spokesmen for an explanation, but did not hear back after several hours.
The video was posted on the Instagram account “i.am.nola.af,” which said it received the clip from a follower who wished to remain anonymous. It was not known how many people have viewed the clip, but the post had received more than 2,200 “likes” and over 400 comments in its first six hours online, and had already been reposted widely.
The video appears to have been recorded by a float rider using a cellphone. The Instagram host for the clip said the context of the incident was unknown, but that it had occurred Saturday, as the Krewe of Tucks made its way past the mayor’s official parade stands outside Gallier Hall.
In the video, Cantrell is heard yelling, “I love you. God bless you. I’ll see you. Happy Mardi Gras. Enjoy your ride. So glad your ride was good. Love you.” As she says the final two words, she pointedly raises a middle finger toward the riders.
“This was pretty shocking,” said Fox 8 political analyst Dr. Robert Collins, a professor of public policy at Dillard University. “I’m a former political PR person myself. ... I have never seen a mayor behave this way -- any mayor. So, it was pretty shocking.
“Yes, it’s Mardi Gras. Yes, you can have fun. But, as the chief executive officer of the City of New Orleans, you have to maintain a certain level of decorum at all times. Because you’re not just representing yourself, you’re representing the City of New Orleans. So, yes, I would say the behavior was very shocking. And I’ve never seen any behavior like this from any previous mayor -- or from any public official in the City of New Orleans -- that I can recall.”
Cantrell is awaiting the outcome of a petition drive aimed at forcing her into a recall election later this year. Petition organizers must submit their signatures to the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters by Wednesday (Feb. 22), and last week said they believed they were 1,029 signatures away from success.
But the organizers also filed a lawsuit last week, alleging parish registrar Sandra Wilson has not carefully purged the rolls of ineligible voters as required annually. They claim to have found more than 30,000 errors, and hope to reduce the overall number of eligible, registered and active Orleans Parish voters being counted. That, in turn, would lower the number of signatures required to trigger the recall vote. State law requires a recall petition to be signed by 20 percent of active registered voters to be validated as successful.
Collins said the new images of the mayor raising her middle finger toward float riders won’t help her cause.
“Her detractors are arguing that the mayor is out of control, she’s detached,” Collins said. “Now, if you have a mayor that is giving an obscene hand gesture to people that are on a float, they’re obviously just going to take that video and run it on all their social media sites.
“It reinforces their argument that the mayor is detached and out of control. It plays into the narrative of her detractors, of her opponents. So it was not a smart move on the part of the mayor.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility has appointed an independent panel to look into power failures that spurred the decision to implement rolling blackouts during dangerously cold conditions late last year, Tennessee Valley Authority announced Thursday.
The public utility said the panel will include American Public Power Association President Joy Ditto, former Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker from Tennessee and retired Electric Power Research Institute CEO Mike Howard.
“These leaders bring tremendous experience and expertise not only in public power and energy systems, but also an understanding of the growing energy needs of the region," Don Moul, TVA chief operating officer, said in a statement.
TVA has said it takes full responsibility for the Dec. 23 and 24 rolling blackouts and is undergoing an internal review of what happened.
TVA experienced its highest ever winter peak-power demand on Dec. 23.
The utility said a combination of high winds and freezing temperatures caused its coal-burning Cumberland Fossil Plant to go offline when critical instrumentation froze up. A second coal-burning plant, Bull Run, also went offline, TVA spokesman Scott Brooks said. The utility “had issues at some of our natural gas units” as well, Brooks said.
TVA says most of the local power companies it supplies were able to keep the rolling blackouts to “relatively short durations” for the people dependent on its electricity. The Nashville Electric Service, for example, said on Dec. 24 that customers should expect approximately 10-minute outages every 1.5 to 2 hours.
TVA is also expected to factor in a review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which are investigating how power systems across the country operated during the winter storm.
Additionally, TVA's inspector general office said it is monitoring the utility's investigation to help decide what kind of inspector general reviews will be appropriate.
The rolling blackouts are certain to come up during the TVA board meeting on Feb. 16 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama — the first with a new majority of members picked by President Joe Biden.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With the approval of new rules by the New York State Board of Regents Tuesday, several Western New York schools will be banned from using Native American names and imagery.
Multiple schools told News 4 they plan to institute changes soon.
We have reached out to every district that could be affected by the new rules and will include their responses below.
Tonawanda Warriors
The changes: Tonawanda City Schools Superintendent Dr. Timothy Oldenburg said he is preparing the district to change its logo.
“We’re committed to following those regulations, those changes,” Dr. Oldenburg said. “We’re a district that’s going to comply and we’re going to do very good work working with our stakeholders, our community, and again, most importantly our students in determining what our next steps are.”
Salamanca Warriors
The changes: Salamanca, which has a large population of Indigenous students, has been reviewing its identity.
“We have been involved in a lengthy process reviewing our identity,” Salamanca Superintendent Dr. Mark Beehler said. “The Warriors, and our logo — a historically accurate depiction of a Seneca Native American.”
He also provided a timeline of events regarding the district’s review process, which can be seen at this link.
Jamestown Red Raiders
The changes: According to Jamestown Superintendent Dr. Kevin Whitaker, Jamestown Public Schools are reviewing the options available for a new name after changing its logo two years ago.
“I met with representatives from the NYS Education Department, and they were quite clear that ‘Red Raiders’ was not going to be acceptable to the commissioner,” Dr. Whitaker said. “Since that time, we have formed a committee and have charted out a plan that includes gathering ideas from our constituent groups — parents, students, community members, alumni, and others.”
Dr. Whitaker said this plan includes time to gather ideas, narrow that list to a smaller number, and then a vote. The school plans to continue to use its “big cat” logo, which was adopted in a 2021 update in an effort to remove references to Indigenous peoples.
“We were fortunate to have been able to work closely with the Seneca Nation during that process where they generously provided tours of the cultural center as well as perspectives on historical marginalization that the committee found quite impactful,” Dr. Whitaker said.
He said that Jamestown students are “important to this process” and said they will have a chance to weigh in when the time comes.
“As per the regulation, we will need to make that decision during the next school year in time to transition over to the new nickname,” he added. “Our more expensive changes (such as the football field end zone and verbiage around the sidelines) will be completed before June of 2025.”
Canaseraga Indians
The changes: Canaseraga Superintendent Chad Groff said the school board has had “some very basic conversations” about coming changes. (The school is located in Allegany County but competes in athletics with Rochester-area opponents in Section V.)
“We have waited to complete any official actions until after the changes in regulations were approved by the NYS Board of Regents,” Groff said in an email. “Now that that action has taken place, we will look to have the Board approve the mandatory retirement of our Indian mascot at their meeting in June.”
Groff said that moving forward, the plan will be to consider a replacement mascot and additional changes or adjustments within the building. This plan will move forward starting July 1.
Cheektowaga Warriors
News 4 has reached out to the district and will update with its response.
Iroquois Chiefs
News 4 has reached out to the district and will update with its response.
West Seneca West Indians
News 4 has reached out to the district and will update with its response.
Letchworth Indians
News 4 has reached out to the district and will update with its response. (The school is located in Wyoming County but competes in athletics with Rochester-area opponents in Section V.)
Chautauqua Lake Thunderbirds
A representative from the National Congress of American Indians told News 4 that its “Ending ‘Indian’ Mascots Initiative” extends to the name “Thunderbirds.”
News 4 has reached out to the district and will update with its response..
Tapestry Thunderhawks
A representative from the National Congress of American Indians told News 4 that its “Ending ‘Indian’ Mascots Initiative” extends to the name “Thunderhawks.”
News 4 has reached out to the district and will update with its response.
St. Francis Red Raiders
St. Francis is a private school and may not be subject to the state’s ruling. News 4 has reached out to the school and will update with its response. | https://www.wivb.com/news/wny-schools-with-indigenous-mascots-respond-to-new-state-regulations/ | 2023-04-19 22:37:21 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/wny-schools-with-indigenous-mascots-respond-to-new-state-regulations/ |
Thirsty mountain lion takes sip out of family’s backyard pool
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KPNX) – A mountain lion was caught on camera taking a drink from a family’s pool in Arizona on Tuesday evening.
Kathy Binke says it was exciting to see such a big cat in her backyard, but she hopes it’s the last.
Her neighbor Kimberly Weeldreyer said they’ve seen wildlife in their neck of the woods, but nothing like this. She’s now concerned about the safety of her pets and the whereabouts of the cougar.
“If I’m going to enjoy my pool, I’m going to have to be one eye open, one eye closed,” Weeldreyer said.
Wildlife experts are also shocked by the big cat’s brazenness.
Kristy Hayden, president of Wildlife World Zoo in the west valley, said she was blown away by the video.
“Typically, when you see mountain lions, they’re such an elusive species, even reclusive from humans,” Hayden said.
What makes this video even more unique is that mountain lions typically hunt at night to get a paw up on their prey and avoid the hot sun.
“They’re going to hunker down when it’s really hot,” Hayden said.
It’s very rare to see a cougar out in the open, but with housing developments popping up all over, it’s becoming more and more common.
Hayden recommends that if you encounter a mountain lion, contact game and fish authorities.
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New features enable more efficient, sustainable innovations and product lifecycles
TROY, Mich., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the latest updates to its simulation portfolio, Simulation 2022.1. These updates enable more efficient, innovative products by applying advanced simulation, cloud-based computing, and optimization for cleaner, more sustainable product lifecycles. Simulation 2022.1 helps companies meet corporate social responsibility (CSR) objectives, drive better, earlier design decisions, and brings the power of open-source technology to users around the world.
Simulation 2022.1 brings a variety of updates that bolster Altair's sustainable product design capabilities. Updates to Altair Material Data Center, OptiStruct, Multiscale Designer, HyperWorks, and SimLab will help companies meet their lightweighting objectives, design requirements, budget constraints, and regulatory requirements. These updates also bolster Altair's topology optimization, lightweighting, design certification, and high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities, allowing users to save resources, scale workloads, and reduce project complexity as they design greener, more sustainable products.
Simulation 2022.1 also helps users apply simulation earlier in design lifecycles so they can reduce errors, save time and money, and access tools in a seamless, connected environment. In this update, enhancements have been introduced to Altair Inspire for an improved design creation and optimization experience, as well as updates to Altair SimSolid for lightning-quick simulation, reviewing design scenarios, and parametric modeling upgrades.
Additionally, this update enriches Altair's modeling and visualization capabilities. A new HyperWorks workflow streamlines the process of building a reduced order model for early conceptual optimization. Simulation 2022.1 lets users simplify models and perform topology optimization with quicker turnaround times, facilitating more design studies. Simulation 2022.1 also strengthens model interpretation with 1D inflation capabilities.
For more than 30 years, the world's top industrial, research and development, and educational organizations have employed Altair Radioss to solve complex linear and nonlinear engineering problems. Now, Radioss is available as an open-source solver – called OpenRadioss – that will bring together a worldwide community of experts and users to make the world a safer, greener place.
Additionally, Simulation 2022.1 brings additional open-source updates. Within the new UI Designer toolkit in Inspire, users can assemble designs with predefined objects, modify, and save designs as a Python code skeleton that can be further developed.
Lastly, the latest update encourages users to take advantage of Altair Exchange, a collaborative forum where users can utilize shared spaces for fine-tuning models, finding better scripts, optimizing virtual workspaces and workflows, and more.
To discover the full list of updates and features Simulation 2022.1 contains, visit https://www.altair.com/simulation-2022-1.
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SARASOTA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to speak Monday morning at the New College of Florida, a statement from his office reads.
The Sarasota institution has been the target of DeSantis to remove what he calls left-leaning "woke" indoctrination on campuses across the state. Earlier this year, he and allies reformed New College's 13-member Board of Trustees and installed mostly conservative members.
Board members then fired the college president, replacing her with former state education commissioner Richard Corcoran, and voted to dismantle the office that handles diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Joining DeSantis during his news conference will be Chancellor Ray Rodrigues of the State University System of Florida, the governor's office said.
It's expected to begin around 10:45 a.m.
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Studies Weekly, a publisher that provides educational periodicals for Florida's K-6 grades, revised one of their lesson plans for the 2022-2023 school year to take out race as the reason Rosa Parks was told to change her bus seat and why she was subsequently arrested.
The initial text, which reportedly said Parks "was told to move to a different seat because of the color of her skin," was edited because "individuals in our curriculum team severely overreacted in their interpretation of HB 7 and made unapproved revisions," Studies Weekly tells CNN in a statement.
Florida's House Bill 7 restricts what can be taught to students about certain topics, including race. It went into effect as law last July and requires schools to submit instructional material to the state's Department of Education for textbook review.
Studies Weekly says the revisions were missed due to errors in the quality assurance process, and they have taken corrective action and implemented safeguards to ensure nothing like this happens again.
"We find the omission or altering of historical facts to be abhorrent and do not defend it," the publisher says in its statement. "Those unapproved changes have already been removed from our curriculum."
Studies Weekly says the "unapproved changes were never finalized nor delivered to schools for classroom use."
However, Stephana Ferrell, a parent and activist with the Florida Freedom to Read Project, tells CNN she was able to easily access the Rosa Parks lesson plan with the omissions online along with several other Black history lessons as late as the end of January while serving as a guest reviewer for Florida's Department of Education.
According to Ferrell, any parent could sign up to be a guest reviewer and see any lesson plan that had been submitted to the state for inclusion in the 2022-2023 curriculum.
The omission highlights some of the difficulties book publishers now face while trying to comply with HB 7.
Studies Weekly said in a statement to CNN that Florida's Department of Education had not provided guidance on how the law applies to the publisher's existing texts. "Studies Weekly, like every publisher, has had to decipher how to comply with their legislation," the statement read.
"It is our duty to follow the directives provided by each state Department of Education," and that its texts are aligned with state standards, it continued.
Florida places blame on publisher for error
The Florida Department of Education places the blame for the omission squarely on Studies Weekly.
"No one from the Florida Department of Education has requested or would request the mention of race to be removed from social studies textbooks, as that would clearly be contrary to the ... requirements of Florida law."
The Department of Education says it informed Studies Weekly that their text was not considered for use during the 2022-2023 school year but they could reapply for inclusion in future years.
The Florida Department of Education tells CNN the state has "robust requirements for the teaching of African American History." The new law, it says, "specifically requires discussion of topics such as slavery, racial oppression, racial segregation, and racial discrimination."
Playing politics with kids' education
Ferrell said Florida is using taxpayer funds to make "public education so dysfunctional," and adds that because of the penalties associated with violating state law, "publishers are now scared."
Ferrell, who has two elementary-age children, says she became involved in opposing the state's book bans and teaching restrictions on race after attending a school board hearing and witnessing firsthand the "censorship" of historical facts.
"We noticed that it was an attack on Black and brown, Hispanic, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ voices in particular; those were the folks that they were going after," Ferrell said, adding that "we wanted to make sure that we were putting more and more of these voices into our schools."
It's time for the state to stop playing politics with kids' education, Ferrell said. She and her husband decided to put her kids in public school to expose them to different cultures and viewpoints and to learn from the experiences of others, she said.
"We wanted our kids to have the viewpoints that they have challenged, we want them to ask questions," Ferrell said.
Florida's fight over teaching race
The omission of race in the story of Rosa Parks is just one of the latest controversies regarding teaching race in the state and comes after the DeSantis administration rejected certain math textbooks last year because it said it found evidence of CRT and other banned concepts in the materials, CNN previously reported.
Florida has been at the center of the debate on how to teach issues involving race in public schools. In June 2021, the state became one of several to ban the teaching of critical race theory (CRT), CNN previously reported. Scholars who have studied critical race theory say it explores the ways in which a history of inequality and racism in the United States has continued to impact American society.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has expressed his disagreement, saying CRT "teaches kids to hate our country and to hate each other." He continued by saying that "it is state-sanctioned racism and has no place in Florida schools."
Florida rejected a new Advanced Placement (AP) course on African American Studies earlier this year, CNN previously reported. DeSantis said the course, included the study of "queer theory" and political movements that for advocated "abolishing prisons." DeSantis called it a "political agenda." The state's education department said the course framework lacked "educational value" and violated state law.
In response, the College Board, the testing organization responsible for developing the course curriculum for schools nationwide, defended its framework and accused Florida's Department of Education of "slander" and of using the course as a tool for political gain.
The debate on how to teach race has expanded beyond K-12 education. The newly appointed Board of Trustees at New College of Florida voted to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at the school in late February. The move follows DeSantis' proposal to defund DEI programs at state colleges and universities.
In February, DeSantis said the state does "require teaching of Black History." However, a state board created to help school districts to do that, say many schools only cover the topic during Black History Month in February. Critics of the state also say courses teaching African American history in the state were historically underfunded.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were holding wide-ranging talks at the White House on Friday as Japan looks to build security cooperation with allies in a time of provocative Chinese and North Korean military action.
The two administrations were also ready to seal an agreement to bolster U.S.-Japanese cooperation on space with a signing ceremony by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa.
The Oval Office meeting and signing ceremony at NASA’s Washington headquarters will cap a weeklong tour for Kishida that took him to five European and North American capitals for talks on his effort to beef up Japan’s security.
Biden welcomed Kishida to the White House on Friday morning for the prime minister’s first visit to Washington since he took office in October 2021. Inside the Oval Office, the U.S. president praised Japan for its “historic” increase in defense spending and pledged close cooperation on economic and security matters.
“We meet at a remarkable moment,” Biden told Kishida, adding later: “The more difficult job is trying to figure out how and where we disagree.”
Kishida, speaking through an interpreter, said the two nations “share fundamental values such as democracy and the rule of law” and stressed that their joint role on the global stage “is becoming even greater.”
It all comes as Japan announced plans last month to raise defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product in five years, a dramatic increase in spending for a nation that forged a pacifist approach to its defense after World War II. Japan’s defense spending has historically remained below 1% of GDP.
“Japan is stepping up and doing so in lockstep with the United States,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
Blinken said this week that the U.S.-Japan space cooperation framework was a “decade in the making” and “covers everything from joint research to working together to land the first woman and person of color on the moon.”
He added that the U.S. and Japan agree that China is their “greatest shared strategic challenge” and confirmed that an attack in space would trigger a mutual defense provision in the U.S.-Japan security treaty.
Before Friday’s meeting of the two leaders, U.S. and Japanese officials announced an adjustment to the American troop presence on the island of Okinawa in part to enhance anti-ship capabilities that would be needed in the event of a Chinese incursion into Taiwan or other hostile acts in the region. Japan is also reinforcing defenses on its southwestern islands close to Taiwan, including Yonaguni and Ishigaki, where new bases are being constructed.
Japan’s push to step up defense spending and coordination comes as concerns grow that China could take military action to seize Taiwan and that North Korea’s spike in missile testing could augur the isolated nation’s achieving its nuclear ambitions.
The talks with Biden, a Democrat, “will be a precious opportunity to confirm our close cooperation in further strengthening the Japan-U.S. alliance and our endeavor together toward achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Kishida told reporters just before departing Japan for his five-country tour.
His sit-down with Biden is the final face-to-face in a week of talks with fellow Group of Seven leaders that focused largely on his efforts to increase Japan’s defense spending and urge leaders to improve cooperation.
With Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, he cemented Japan’s first defense agreement with a European nation, one that allows for the two countries to hold joint military exercises.
Kishida also discussed with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and French President Emmanuel Macron his hopes to improve security cooperation between Japan and their respective nations. Germany was the lone G-7 country not on Kishida’s itinerary.
Japan last month announced plans to buy U.S.-made Tomahawks and other long-range cruise missiles that can hit targets in China or North Korea under a more offensive security strategy, while Japan, Britain and Italy unveiled plans to collaborate on a next-generation jet fighter project.
“Just a few years ago, there would have been some discomfort in Washington with a Japan that has this kind of military capability,” said Chris Johnstone, a former National Security Council official in the Biden administration who is now the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Those days are gone.”
Biden administration officials have praised Japan for stepping up in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Japan was quick to join the U.S. and other Western allies in mounting aggressive sanctions on Moscow, and Japanese automakers Mazda, Toyota and Nissan announced their withdrawal from Russia.
The Biden administration officials have been pleasantly surprised by Japan’s intensified effort to reconsider its security.
A senior administration official, who insisted on anonymity to discuss negotiations with the Japanese, noted that historically negotiations involving U.S. force posture in Okinawa have been “unbelievably fraught, incredibly challenging and difficult” and often took years to complete. But, the official said, negotiations before this week’s meetings were completed with striking speed.
The official said Biden is expected to raise the case of Lt. Ridge Alkonis, a U.S. Navy officer deployed to Japan who was jailed after pleading guilty last year to the negligent driving deaths of two Japanese citizens in May 2021.
Alkonis’ family says he suddenly fell unconscious behind the wheel during a family trip on Mt. Fuji. He veered into parked cars and pedestrians in a parking lot, striking an elderly woman and her son-in-law, both of whom later died.
The Navy officer was sentenced in October to three years in prison, a sentence that the family and U.S. lawmakers have called unduly harsh considering the circumstances. Alkonis also agreed to pay the victims $1.65 million in restitution.
The official added that the Biden administration was working “to find a compassionate resolution that’s consistent with the rule of law.”
Kishida met with Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday before his meeting with Biden to discuss U.S.-Japan space cooperation and other issues.
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17-year-old girl dies after falling from pickup truck, police say
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Officials are investigating after a 17-year-old girl died after she fell from a pickup truck in Connecticut.
Connecticut State Police identified the girl as Sophie Ringquist.
She was reportedly a passenger in a Chevrolet Silverado.
Dispatchers said they received a call for a single-vehicle crash over the weekend. When troopers arrived at the scene, they said they found Ringquist with serious injuries.
State police said the accident resulted from what they only described as “unknown events.”
In a crash report, troopers said Ringquist may have been injured as a result of a fall from the vehicle. However, they also said the events are still under investigation.
Ringquist was transported to a local hospital, where officials later pronounced her dead due to blunt injuries to her torso.
Officials at Lewis Mills High School in Burlington said Ringquist was a junior.
The superintendent of the school district sent a letter about her death to the school community expressing condolences for Ringquist’s family and offering counseling services to anyone who might need them.
It is not yet clear whether the driver of the pickup will face charges.
Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at 860-626-7900.
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New Position Added to Support Company's High-Growth Strategy
NEW YORK, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pager, a leading virtual care, navigation and collaboration platform, is pleased to announce that Dave Dookeeram has been appointed as the company's Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this newly created position, Dookeeram will execute the company's strategic growth and oversee its day-to-day operations to optimize business performance and better serve the company's 23 million members. Dookeeram will report directly to Pager's CEO and Chairman, Walter Jin.
"Because we're anticipating tremendous growth at Pager, we needed to find a COO with the expertise to scale our operations quickly and efficiently," said Jin. "Dave's unique background made him the perfect choice for our company. He's a growth-focused, culture-first senior executive who has extensive experience in both the healthcare provider sector, which is evidence-based and patient-focused, and with startup companies, who value growth and execution. Dave also has considerable expertise in all facets of value-based care, from improving core provider services to implementing tech-enabled solutions. We are so fortunate to have him."
"Joining the Pager team is a tremendous opportunity to work for a company that is transforming how consumers interact with the healthcare system," Dookeeram said. "Walter shared with me his compelling story of Pager's origin and its ongoing mission: providing a doctor-in-the-family experience for everyone, one that delivers healthcare on a more personal and human scale. Having seen firsthand the impact high quality care can have on someone's health and well-being, Pager's mission really resonated with me on a personal level. I'm excited to be part of a company that is effectively addressing the greatest challenge facing the American healthcare system—deliver better outcomes at a more reasonable cost."
Dookeeram has over 20 years of experience driving profitable growth for health tech companies, medical groups, and hospitals. Before joining Pager, he served as President of Diagnostics and Chief of Staff at DispatchHealth, an in-home high-acuity medical provider. Dookeeram joined DispatchHealth in the seed stage and served as a key executive through explosive growth to over 75 cities and $100M in revenue. Under his leadership, the company surpassed a $2B valuation while achieving top decile employee and patient satisfaction scores. Prior to that, Dookeeram served as the chief operating officer of Centura Health's Porter Adventist Hospital, where he drove EBITDA from $7 million to $42 million in four years and attained national rankings in multiple specialties. Dookeeram is the incoming board chair of Christian Living Communities/Capella Living Solutions. He is Board Certified in Healthcare Management by the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Pager delivers an all-in-one care experience for its 23 million members, providing information, support, and guidance throughout their lifetime health journey, from care navigation and high-quality care to health and well-being services. "Dave understands the challenges of building a comprehensive yet integrated end-to-end consumer experience from both a provider and consumer perspective," said Jin. "His addition to our senior leadership team highlights Pager's strong commitment to be the digital health, value-based care solution that transforms the healthcare consumer engagement."
About Pager
Pager is a virtual care collaboration platform, offered through health plans, that provides access to whole-person healthcare in a trusted, convenient, connected care experience, like having a "doctor in the family." Pager helps people make better healthcare decisions by enabling better access and reducing costs, making care simple and easy to understand throughout the entire care journey. Through a combination of hi-tech AI automation and hi-touch concierge services, Pager offers an integrated, full-service experience, including triage, telemedicine, e-prescriptions, appointment scheduling, after-care follow-up, care advocacy and customer service. Pager's omni-channel communications platform connects the fragmented healthcare ecosystem by aggregating a care team of nurses, doctors, pharmacists, coordinators, advocates and more in one place. Pager partners with leading payers, providers and employers representing more than 23 million people across the United States and Latin America. www.pager.com
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The yard is calm and cool this morning. Responding to recent rains, the grass is green and appears to have grown a bit. As I walk through the lawn, I notice the movements of phoebes. Their young are now fledglings and they are preparing for a second brood. On the deck, I note that the daddy-long legs have arrived. I scare up a toad as it hunts for insect meals.
As expected in July, more butterflies are here, too. Tiger swallowtails that were so common in June are now waning. Many others are active. I see monarchs, crescents, white admirals, ringlets and pearly eyes.
I walk on a wooded path to get to the lake. Daisy, buttercups, yarrow and lupine are flowering along the edge as I enter the woods. Under the canopy of surrounding trees, nearly all of the forest floor wildflowers have gone, but I do find blooming pyrola that thrives in these conditions.
The recent rains have brought out some fungi and I see the large bright growths of sulphur shelf fungi (chicken of the woods). A couple wood frogs hop from the path. Their breeding season past, they now live among the trees for summer.
Late morning at the bay, I’m greeted by much happening. A pleasant breeze from off the lake keeps the temperature fine and serves as an ample insect repellent. Both the summer-breeding frogs, mink frogs and green frogs, are calling. Breeding now, their tadpoles will stay under water all winter.
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A loon calls while two wood ducks and hooded mergansers fly over. A kingfisher dives for its fish meal while a kingbird flies out from a branch to get its insect food.
Near where I sit on the dock, I see the new crop of aquatic whirligig beetles and water striders scampering about on the surface. But when it comes to insects at this site, it is the dragonflies that demand attention. Quickly, I note several kinds: darners, emeralds, gomphiids and the most abundant, the chalk-fronted corporals.
These midsized black and white dragonflies emerged in huge numbers in June. They are still prevalent, but newly arrived calico pennants are coming, too. Their days are spent patrolling territory, hunting insect meals, basking in the sunlight and mating. Now is a busy time for dragonflies.
Looking around, I see that they are not the only insect hunters. Spiders have strung orb snares along the shoreline plants and wait. Mostly these webs were made at night and now I see the bounty of their catch. The web makers, long-jawed spiders (Tetragnathid), are now resting.
Looking over the shoreline grasses, I see more. Some shed skins of emerging dragonflies are still present and something different. At several sites, I find where a blade of grass has been bent over and back up to form a little compartment of three sides.
I recognize these as the nests of small spiders called sac spiders (Clubionids). Less than one-half-inch long, these light-brown spiders are able to fold the blade of grass to make such a protective chamber. Within is the spider and her egg sac. She has been able to not only fold the grass in a way to make a home, but also does it from the inside.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The familiar and frustrating February swoons the Buffalo Sabres have best been known for just might be a thing of the past.
With the calendar approaching March, the NHL’s youngest team at the start of the season continues showing signs of making an actual playoff push in a bid to end an 11-year playoff drought, the longest in league history.
The latest glimpse of the Sabres staying in contention came Sunday, when Buffalo overcame a lineup missing two of its top three leading scorers — forward Alex Tuch and defenseman Rasmus Dahlin — in a 7-4 rout of the Washington Capitals.
Dylan Cozens enjoyed the first three-goal game of his career and added an assist. More important, Buffalo had 12 players register at least a point, including Tage Thompson, with his team-leading 40th goal.
“I think everyone stepped up. We knew that was a big game,” Thompson said. “We have a group that’s really hungry in here to succeed. And I think everyone in here takes that to heart.”
Tuch will miss at least two weeks with a lower-body injury. Dahlin, who is tied with Tuch for second on the team with 62 points, is listed as day to day as he rests a nagging injury.
Jeff Skinner, Zemgus Girgensons and Vinnie Hinostroza also scored in a game the Sabres broke open with four goals in a seven-minute span in the second period.
In doing so, the Sabres followed a 6-3 dud of a loss to Toronto on Tuesday to rattle off three straight wins and keep pace in a tightly contested race for the Eastern Conference’s two wild-card spots. Buffalo (31-23-4) opened the day sitting ninth in the East, with three points separating seventh and the suddenly slumping 12th-place Capitals.
The Capitals followed a promising 6-3 win over the New York Rangers to lose for the seventh time in eight outings.
“Its just not good enough. The consistency of attention to detail for us right now has to be at an all-time high,” T.J. Oshie said. “Yesterday it was there for us. Today it wasn’t. You’re not going to last much longer being inconsistent like this.”
Alex Ovechkin scored his team-leading 33rd goal and registered his 1,467th career point to tie Stan Mikita for 16th on the NHL list. Dylan Strome and Oshie had a goal an assist apiece, and Sonny Milano also scored for the Capitals.
Darcy Kuemper was yanked after allowing five goals on 19 shots with 9:53 left in the second period. He was replaced by Charlie Lindgren, who allowed two goals on 18 shots.
The Sabres, meantime, gained contributions from a reshuffled lineup. Rookie Jack Quinn, filling Tuch’s spot on the top line, had two assists, while Hinostroza had a goal and assist a day after being recalled from the minors.
“I think what it says is, psychologically, that doesn’t affect them,” Sabres coach Don Granato said. “They believe in their own ability and their ability to rise, and we’re gonna need guys to rise when players are absent, specifically the caliber of Tuch and Dahlin.”
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 26 shots for Buffalo.
With the game tied at 2, Skinner scored the go-ahead goal to spark Buffalo’s four-goal outburst 5:49 into the second period, when he stuffed in a puck that got in behind Kuemper after he got a piece of Mattias Samuelsson’s shot from in front.
Kyle Okposo forced a turnover at the right boards to set up Girgensons alone in front 2:47 later, and Kuemper was chased after Hinostroza wrapped a puck behind the goalie at the 10:07 mark of the second period.
UP NEXT
Capitals: Head west for a three-game swing beginning at Anaheim on Wednesday.
Sabres: Host Columbus on Tuesday.
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Team to Emphasize Human-Centered Design in Transformative Expansion of Austin Transit
AUSTIN, Texas, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) announced a partnership with an international design team led by HKS, UNStudio and Gehl to create system-wide architecture and urban design for the light rail program of Project Connect, a major expansion of Austin's public transit system. Project Connect is a transformative, voter-approved investment that includes light rail, expanded bus routes, and more services across the city.
HKS, UNStudio and Gehl will design a technologically advanced, human-centric transit experience true to Austin's culture and landscape. The team comprises architects and planners with collaborative mindsets and local knowledge. Their global infrastructure expertise includes similar award-winning projects in Los Angeles, Melbourne, The Netherlands, Doha, and Beijing.
"We are thrilled to work with this visionary, interdisciplinary design team" says Peter Mullan, ATP Executive Vice President for Architecture and Urban Design. "The design team brings both broad international expertise delivering transit and public realm projects at the highest level of design and an acute sensitivity to Austin's specific culture and heritage. Project Connect gives us the opportunity to stitch our community together more closely and to adapt our core values to our continued growth and our increasingly urban future. To deliver on that promise, we need to bring a human-centered approach to the center of our design process, and this team brings that focus to our collective work."
In November 2020, Austin voters approved Project Connect and the creation of the independent entity Austin Transit Partnership to implement this landmark investment in transit. In partnership with the City of Austin, CapMetro and the community, ATP will deliver on the community's vision for transit in a way that embeds equity, sustainability and transparency as overarching priorities.
Design research and visioning will begin in March 2023, and will continue through the Project Development phase. ATP will share an updated light rail implementation plan in spring 2023.
HKS is a global architecture, design and planning firm with offices in Austin. Chi Lee, HKS Principal and Austin Office Director, says: "We are humbled by this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to demonstrate people-first design that prioritizes equity, well-being and resilience as we design stations for the future light rail program. Project Connect will transform Austin by making more neighborhoods accessible and affordable while promoting sustainable growth and development."
Ben van Berkel, Founder and Principal Architect of global architecture design network UNStudio, adds: "Project Connect will be transformational for the City of Austin. Austin is a city experiencing rapid change as more and more people are drawn to its high quality of life and vibrant cultural scene. Project Connect will advance this by creating a human-centric transit system that celebrates Austin's culture, history and diversity, while making the city more accessible for all of its citizens through an efficient and sustainable transportation system. We are thrilled to contribute to the city of Austin in such a meaningful way alongside our partners HKS and Gehl."
Gehl is an urban strategy and design firm that centers public life and the human experience in the city transformation process. Anna Muessig, Director at Gehl, concludes: "Mobility systems work when they center people's needs in the design process and when mobility infrastructure is an integrated part of a high quality public realm. We are honored to be part of this fantastic team and to work with ATP and the people of Austin to design a station system that celebrates the city's culture and invites people to choose transit to get around."
Project Connect is designed to improve access to essential jobs, health care, education, entertainment and more—making our communities more livable, equitable and sustainable. This transformative investment includes $300 million in funding to prevent the displacement of people and creating more affordable places to live.
Citizens of Austin who would like to get involved in Project Connect are invited to do so. Click here to learn more: https://projectconnect.com/get-involved.
About HKS
HKS is a global firm of architects, designers, planners and advisors who create places noted for their beauty and performance. Our 1,500 people in 26 offices are united by the belief that an environmental, social and governance approach to design achieves design excellence. We value honesty, diversity and inclusion and we celebrate creative thinking. In partnership with our clients and collaborators, we craft powerful ideas and solutions. Together we create places that stand apart.
About UNStudio
UNStudio, founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, is a Dutch architectural design studio specializing in architecture, interior architecture, product design, urban development and infrastructural projects. The name, UNStudio, stands for United Network Studio referring to the collaborative nature of the practice. Centrally located offices in Amsterdam, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Dubai, Frankfurt and Melbourne enable UNStudio to work efficiently anywhere in the world. With a passion for innovation at the heart of their work, their designs stand for quality, originality, optimism and intelligence.
About Gehl
Gehl is an urban design and research consultancy offering expertise in the fields of architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and city planning. Headquartered in Copenhagen, with US hubs in San Francisco and New York City, Gehl is a networked organization working globally on urban strategy in a wide range of contexts. Gehl partners directly with both public and private sector clients to envision better futures and better outcomes for people. We address global trends with a holistic, people-focused approach, utilizing empirical analysis to understand how the built environment can promote well-being. We apply this analysis to strategic planning and human-centered design to empower citizens, decision-makers, company leaders, and organizations.
About ATP
Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) is the independent entity, accountable, and responsible for the financing, design, construction, and overall implementation of Project Connect—the transformative, voter-approved investment in new transit services. ATP's charge is to deliver on the Austin voters' transit vision in partnership with the City of Austin, CapMetro, and the community – and in a way that embeds equity, sustainability, and transparency as overarching priorities.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until January 17, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGS: OLPX), if they purchased or acquired the Company's shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's September 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
If you purchased or acquired shares of Olaplex as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-olpx/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by January 17, 2023.
Olaplex and certain of its executives and others are charged with failing to disclose material information in its IPO Registration Statement and Prospectus (collectively, the "Offering Documents"), violating federal securities laws.
The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that: (i) macroeconomic pressures and competition in the haircare market were more robust than the Company had represented to investors; (ii) accordingly, the Company was unlikely to maintain its sales and revenue momentum; (iii) as a result, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to achieve the financial and operational growth projected in the Offering Documents; and (iv) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's Offering Documents were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
The case is Lilien v. Olaplex Holdings Inc. et al., Case No. 22-cv-8395.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Although Blake Shelton is leaving his coaching position on NBC’s ‘The Voice’, Oklahoma won’t be without representation among those illustrious chairs.
Shelton announced his departure in October 2022, making Season 24 the first without his guidance since the show began in 2011.
“Alas, our cowboy has decided to hang up his Voice coaching hat to spend time with family on his Oklahoma ranch,” wrote Christopher Rosa with NBC Insider. “He more than deserves the break, but he will be sorely missed.”
Now, as Shelton’s final season wraps up, the next country music coach has been revealed.
Reba McEntire is joining Niall Horan, Gwen Stefani, and John Legend to be Season 24’s coach quartet.
“There’s a new Coach in town! See you all this Fall!” the singer wrote on Twitter Monday.
McEntire joined Shelton in Season 23 as a ‘Mega Mentor’ and was even asked before Shelton to be a coach during the show’s inaugural season – although she turned it down at the time.
But with the show’s success, McEntire says she’s got big boots to fill.
“To fill Blake’s chair? Wow. That’s gonna be tough,” McEntire told Jessica White with NBC Insider. “He did a great job and kudos to him.”
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MIAMI — Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to give them back.
The history-making court date, centered on charges that Trump mishandled government secrets that as commander-in-chief he was entrusted to protect, kickstarts a legal process that will unfold at the height of the 2024 presidential campaign and carry profound consequences not only for his political future but also for his own personal liberty.
Trump approached his arraignment with characteristic bravado, posting social media broadsides against the prosecution from inside his motorcade en route to the courthouse and insisting — as he has through years of legal woes — that he has done nothing wrong and was being persecuted for political purposes. But inside the courtroom, he sat silently, scowling and arms crossed, as a lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in a brief arraignment that ended without him having to surrender his passport or otherwise restrict his travel.
The arraignment, though largely procedural in nature, was the latest in an unprecedented reckoning this year for Trump, who faces charges in New York arising from hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign as well as ongoing investigations in Washington and Atlanta into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 race.
Always in campaign mode, he swiftly pivoted from the solemn courtroom to a festive restaurant, stopping on his way out of Miami at Versailles, an iconic Cuban spot in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood where supporters serenaded Trump, who turns 77 on Wednesday, with “Happy Birthday.” The back-to-back events highlight the tension for Trump in the months ahead as he balances the pageantry of campaigning with courtroom stops accompanying his status as a twice-indicted criminal defendant.
Yet the gravity of the moment was unmistakable.
Until last week, no former president had ever been charged by the Justice Department, let alone accused of mishandling top-secret information. The indictment unsealed last week charged Trump with 37 felony counts — many under the Espionage Act — that accuse him of illegally storing classified documents in his bedroom, bathroom, shower and other locations at Mar-a-Lago and trying to hide them from the Justice Department as investigators demanded them back. The charges carry a yearslong prison sentence in the event of a conviction.
Trump has relied on a familiar playbook of painting himself as a victim of political persecution. He attacked the Justice Department special counsel who filed the case as “a Trump hater,” pledging to remain in the race and scheduling a speech and fundraiser for Tuesday night at his Bedminster, New Jersey, club.
But Attorney General Merrick Garland, an appointee of President Joe Biden, sought to insulate the department from political attacks by handing ownership of the case last November to a special counsel, Jack Smith, who on Friday declared, “We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone.”
Smith attended Tuesday’s arraignment, sitting in the front row behind his team of prosecutors.
The court appearance unfolded against the backdrop of potential protests, with some high-profile backers using barbed rhetoric to voice support. Though city officials said they prepared for possible unrest, there were few signs of significant disruption.
Trump didn’t say a word during the court appearance, other than to occasionally turn and whisper to his attorneys who were seated on either side of him. He fiddled with a pen and clasped his hands on the table in front of him as the lawyers and the judge debated the conditions of his release.
While he was not required to surrender a passport — prosecutors said he was not considered a flight risk — the magistrate judge presiding over the arraignment directed Trump to not discuss the case with certain witnesses. That includes Walt Nauta, his valet who was indicted last week on charges that he moved boxes of documents at Trump’s direction and misled the FBI about it.
Nauta did not enter a plea Tuesday because he did not have a local lawyer with him.
Trump attorney Todd Blanche objected to the idea of imposing restrictions on the former president’s contact with possible witnesses, noting they include many people close to Trump, including staff and members of his protection detail.
“Many of the people he interacts with on a daily basis — including the men and women who protect him — are potential witnesses in this case,” Blanche said.
Trump, who has repeatedly insisted that he did nothing wrong, showed no emotion as he was led by law enforcement out of the courtroom through a side door.
Even for a man whose presidency and post-White House life have been defined by criminal investigations, the documents probe had long stood out both because of the volume of evidence that prosecutors had seemed to amass and the severity of the allegations.
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A federal grand jury in Washington had heard testimony for months, but the Justice Department filed the case in Florida, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is located and where many of the alleged acts of obstruction occurred.
Though Trump appeared Tuesday before a federal magistrate, the case has been assigned to a District Court judge he appointed, Aileen Cannon, who ruled in his favor last year in a dispute over whether an outside special master could be appointed to review the seized classified documents. A federal appeals panel ultimately overturned her ruling.
It’s unclear what defenses Trump is likely to invoke as the case moves forward. Two of his lead lawyers announced their resignation the morning after his indictment, and the notes and recollections of another attorney, M. Evan Corcoran, are cited repeatedly throughout the 49-page charging document, suggesting prosecutors envision him as a potential key witness.
In the indictment the Justice Department unsealed Friday most of the charges — 31 or the 37 felony counts — against Trump relate to the willful retention of national defense information. Other charges include conspiracy to commit obstruction and false statements.
The indictment Friday accuses Trump of illegally retaining national security documents that he took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office in January 2021. The documents he stored, prosecutors say, included material on nuclear programs, defense and weapons capabilities of the U.S. and foreign governments and a Pentagon “attack plan,” prosecutors say. He is accused of showing off some to people who didn’t have security clearances to view them.
Beyond that, according to the indictment, he repeatedly sought to obstruct government efforts to recover the documents, including by directing Nauta to move boxes and also suggesting to his own lawyer that he hide or destroy documents sought by a Justice Department subpoena.
Tucker reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Jill Colvin in New York and Terry Spencer, Kate Brumback, Curt Anderson and Joshua Goodman in Miami, contributed to this report. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-trump-classified-documents-20230613-ewy2pe74knhldfncebhjls64si-story.html | 2023-06-15 05:55:34 | 1 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-trump-classified-documents-20230613-ewy2pe74knhldfncebhjls64si-story.html |
Bank execs blame panicked depositors for Silicon Valley, Signature failures, but senators blame them
NEW YORK (AP) — Top executives at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank largely avoided taking responsibility for their banks’ dramatic failures at a Senate hearing Tuesday, instead using their time to assign blame to events they said were largely out of their control.
The arguments got little traction with senators on both sides of the aisle. Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee criticized the executives for taking risky actions or missing obvious problems that directly led to the demise of their banks, while still accepting lucrative pay packages and bonuses, even in the days and weeks leading up to the failures.
“You were paying out bonuses until literally hours before regulators seized your assets,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democratic chair of the Senate Banking Committee. “To most Americans, a lack of Wall Street accountability tracks with their entire experience with our economy. Workers face consequences; executives ride off into the sunset.”
More than a handful of senators asked if the executives would consider returning part of their compensation, since bank failures are shouldered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and other banks in the system. Each of the three executives testifying demurred.
Greg Becker, Silicon Valley Bank’s former CEO, took the brunt of the criticism from committee members, although Scott Shay, the former chairman and co-founder of Signature Bank, also came under fire. Signature President Eric Howell also appeared.
Becker used his testimony and answers to senators’ questions to say that Silicon Valley Bank was a victim of a confluence of factors, including a social media-driven bank run. Regulators have said that customers pulled $42 billion of deposits from Silicon Valley Bank on March 9, one day after the bank announced it needed to raise capital.
“You say you took risk management seriously. I find it hard to believe that comment,” said Sen. Tim Scott, the ranking Republican on the committee.
A number of senators faulted the executives for failing to guard against the impact of rising interest rates. The Federal Reserve rapidly increased rates starting in March of last year, which reduced the value of large loans the bank issued as well as Treasury bonds the bank bought when rates were much lower.
An exasperated Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, pointed out that Silicon Valley Bank even sold off financial contracts, known as hedges, that could have mitigated some of the impact of rising rates. He called the bank’s interest rate management “bone deep, to the marrow, stupid.”
Becker was criticized repeatedly for handing off the bank’s interest rate risk issues to a committee instead of being more directly involved, as well as the fact that Silicon Valley Bank was repeatedly found deficient in multiple parts of its businesses by bank regulators. He was also criticized for going to Hawaii immediately after his bank failed.
Senators also used the hearing to address executive pay and whether senior executives in the U.S. are being rewarded more for short-term gains — like rising stock prices — than for ensuring their companies’ long-term health.
Executives at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and were paid millions of dollars over their tenures up until their banks failed, the bulk of the compensation coming in the form of company stock. That stock is now largely worthless but the CEOs still pocketed millions from the planned sales of their shares before the banks’ collapse.
Becker received compensation valued at roughly $9.9 million in 2022, and also sold stock in the company only a few weeks before it failed. Joseph DePaolo, CEO of Signature Bank, also sold stock in the company in the years leading up to its collapse. DePaolo did not appear in front of the Senate on Tuesday due to health concerns.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, asked both Becker and Shay if they would forfeit any of their compensation to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which covered their banks’ deposits after they failed.
The executives said they would not be giving their money to the FDIC.
Warren called their response “just plain wrong,” adding “if we don’t fix it, every CEO for these multibillion dollar banks will keep right on loading up on risks and blowing up banks and everybody else is going to have to pay for it.”
The anger over CEO pay echoes that of roughly 15 years ago, when the 2008 financial crisis led to taxpayer-funded bailouts of major banks. The CEOs and high-level bankers still received millions in pay and bonuses, most notably at nearly failed insurance conglomerate American International Group.
Clawing back CEO pay has gained bipartisan attention despite the fierce divisions between the two political parties. Four senators — two Democrats and two Republicans — have introduced legislation that would give the FDIC authority to claw back any pay made to executives in the five years leading up to a bank’s failure. Warren is one of the bill’s sponsors.
Executives at big companies tend get most of their pay each year in company stock. That means CEOs and other insiders have much to gain if the company’s stock rises. Shareholders generally agree that by tying a CEO’s compensation to the stock price, it better aligns their interests with shareholders.
But executives also have a lot to gain if they can sell their stock before the share price takes a steep dive. In his testimony, Becker said his stock sale in February was was a planned sale.
Since 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission has given CEOs and other corporate insiders a way to defend themselves against charges that they bought or sold stock using information unavailable to others, an illegal practice known as insider trading.
The method, known as the 10b5-1 rule, lets insiders enter into written plans to buy and sell stock in the future. The goal was to let insiders make trades, but not when they have their hands on material information not available to the public.
Over the years, complaints have risen about insiders abusing some loopholes in the 10b5-1 rule. In December, the SEC announced amendments to close the loopholes.
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AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed to this report from New York. AP Congressional Writer Stephen Groves contributed to this report from Washington.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay Phoenix and Badger State Brewing have teamed up to launch an official beer for the athletics department.
Officially unveiled on Tuesday, Phoenix Rising Red Lager will be in stores beginning this week, and proceeds from beer sales come directly back to support the Green Bay Athletics Department.
“Badger State Brewing is incredibly excited to partner with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the creation of “Phoenix Rising” Red Lager,” said Andrew Fabry, President and Founder of Badger State Brewing. “This is an incredibly exciting time for UWGB, its athletic programs, and the campus as a whole. We couldn’t be more proud as Green Bay natives to bring more people together via this outstanding beer we created.”
Phoenix Rising is an easy-drinking red lager that is 4.5% ABV and great for all occasions. The can is specifically designed to represent UWGB with its logo and an ode to the former greats that have suited up for the Phoenix.
“Partnering on this beer project made so much sense as Badger State Brewing has grown a phenomenal brand right in our backyard and throughout most of Wisconsin,” said Associate AD for Development Alan Savage. This collaboration will only help strengthen the Phoenix brand and engage the great communities through Northeast Wisconsin and beyond. I am enormously thankful to Andrew and the team at Badger State for being so excited to create Phoenix Rising. It has been a year in the making, but we know that Phoenix family, fans, and friends will be enjoying Phoenix Rising and supporting Phoenix student-athletes for many years to come!”
Several stores in northeast Wisconsin will be selling Phoenix Rising, including:
- Mason Brothers Red Owl Store
- 923 9th St, Green Bay, WI 54304
- Piggly Wiggly
- 575 Swan Rd, De Pere, WI 54115
- 10576 Country Walk Dr, Sister Bay, WI 54234
- Valley Liquor
- 306 E Main St, Little Chute, WI 54140
- Wine Cellar
- 813 Main Ave, De Pere, WI 54115
- Tadych’s Marketplace Foods
- 1250 N 14th Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
- Ridgeview Liquor
- 2202 S Ridge Rd, Ashwaubenon, WI 54304
- Superior Discount Liquor
- 2295 Manitowoc Rd, Green Bay, WI 54311
- Webster Avenue Market
- 1220 S Webster Ave, Green Bay, WI 54301
- Woodman’s Food Market
- 2400 Duck Creek Parkway, Green Bay, WI, 54303
- 595 N Westhill Blvd, Appleton, WI 54914
“This collaboration with Badger State Brewing is one of the most exciting things I’ve been a part of during my time here at Green Bay,” Associate AD for External Operations Sean Daniels said. “Not only is this an incredible way to build the Green Bay Phoenix brand in Northeast Wisconsin and beyond, but it also helps to support our student-athletes with every sale. I want to send a huge thank you to Badger State Brewing. This is an extremely impactful partnership for our University.”
For more information on Phoenix Rising, you can click here. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/green-bay-athletics-debuts-phoenix-rising-a-new-red-lager-from-badger-state-brewing/ | 2023-07-12 04:23:58 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/green-bay-athletics-debuts-phoenix-rising-a-new-red-lager-from-badger-state-brewing/ |
Pakistan works to clean up Karachi, once world's 'most dangerous city'
KARACHI, Pakistan – In the once terror-teeming city of Karachi on the coast of Pakistan’s Sindh province, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is a name some hold in esteem.
“We learned from New York. The zero-tolerance policy and the application of the rule of law – that nobody is above the law – was key,” Muhammad Zubair, the Governor of Sindh and former Chairman of the Pakistan Privatization Committee, recently told Fox News, referencing Giuliani’s 1990’s crime clampdown in New York. “Karachi was so bad for two decades with warlords in the streets and a mess so deep that foreigners wouldn’t even come here for a day. And our number one, proudest achievement today has been turning Karachi around.”
The violence in Karachi was in a league of its own. The megacity – stuffed with around 25 million inhabitants and infamous as the place the Taliban captured and beheaded Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl in 2002 – seethed with drug smuggling, kidnapping, extortion and daily bomb blasts. Sectarian street clans waged war with hardline Islamic gangs, and it was commonplace for elected political parties to also have their own armed militia wing.
In 2013, Karachi ranked – as per the World Atlas – as the sixth most dangerous city in the world. Other rankings had it even higher. But by 2018, it was listed past 50th. So what was the magic bullet?
“In 2013, I made the economic plan and a major part of that plan was doing whatever was possible from a law and order standpoint,” Zubair explained. “The Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Army Chief knew that a brutal operation was the only way out of this mess.”
Pakistani officials decided that instead of using military units or the then-relatively weak local police force, the roughly 30,000-strong Karachi paramilitary security apparatus known as the Rangers would lead the charge. Although they had been in effect since the 1990s, the Rangers had little legal authority to use force. But laws were quickly amended, and officials embarked on a campaign to drum up full support from the federal government to guarantee that the Rangers would be issued the necessary personnel and weaponry to “undertake whatever was needed.”
By September 2014, Operation Karachi was locked, loaded and finally ignited. Karachi was divided up into “defense phases” to carry out the meticulously planned operation, of which eight phases have since been completed with a ninth phase to be announced soon.
“Our plan was not rocket science. We did what was needed. People were being killed day after day and the perpetrators were getting away with it,” Zubair said. “On 10 minutes notice, the whole city could be shut down, with people running to their homes amid the burning and looting. This was going on year after year, dozens of times a year. But for the first time in 2016, Karachi was not shut down a single time. That trend continued in 2017.”
Today in Karachi, students huddle in coffee shops by the seaside, and sneak prohibited beer and hookah into trendy clubs and restaurants. There is a renewed vigor for everything from mass-scale cricket matches to theater performances, film festivals, traditional dancing and cultural pursuits.
“In 2010, things were really at their worst. That was the year I started the Karachi Literature Festival. We had to have so many layers of security and only around five thousand people took the risk of attending,” recalled Ameena Saiyid, Chair of Oxford University Press Pakistan. “This year, we had 225 thousand people attend. Authors came from everywhere, and we are seeing families who left finally move back. There was no choice but for the law enforcement agencies to take this hardline approach.”
ELUSIVE ISIS LEADER AL-BAGHDADI BELIEVED HIDING OUT IN SYRIAN FRONTIER
Perhaps the most remarkable transformation is in the once deadly, absolute no-go area known as Lyari – a poverty-stricken slum rife with endless gangs, underground weapons-making caches and terrorist attack plot planners. These days, traffic clogs the narrow Lyari streets and vendors line the roadside as motorbikes maneuver in every direction. There is a marked resiliency that hangs in the cardamom-filled air.
“This was a very determined intervention. Violators were targeted regardless of political affiliation, and that was the key,” explained Sen. Javed Jabbar, a political analyst and former information minister. “Previous attempts to clean it up were always partisan. But this time, people saw it as a credible operation across the board. Nobody was exempt.”
According to Zubair, the first three years of the Karachi clean-up was focused on security stability. Next up, he said they intend to promote the return of foreign businesses to the city.
DISCOVERY OF MASS GRAVES IN IRAQ A GRIM REMINDER OF ISIS SAVAGERY
But critics contend the fragile bubble of Karachi calm could burst at any moment.
Last year, the chief of the militant group Ansarul Sharia – the Pakistan offshoot of the Libyan terror group responsible for the 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S. compound – was among eight militiamen strategically targeted and killed by law enforcement. Taliban sympathizers are still known to use Karachi as fertile ground for recruitment, and rumors have run rampant within the western intelligence community over the past year that Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri uses Pakistan’s most populated city as a hideout.
“Pakistani police and military operations in Karachi may have on the surface reduced crime in Karachi. However, the city remains a breeding ground and hub of activity for a host of jihadist groups,” noted Bill Roggio, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and editor of Long War Journal. “The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Sipah-e-Sahaba maintain a significant presence in Karachi.”
The U.S. Department of State has assessed Karachi as a continued CRITICAL-threat location for terrorist activity, directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests and a HIGH-threat location for crime directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests.
“I don't think Karachi was ever cleaned up properly. Some just went into hiding and can be back anytime. Life in Karachi is fast, unsafe and unpredictable,” Asad, a 34-year-old in sales manager in the seaside Karachi enclave of Clifton quipped. “Everyone roams around as if they own the place. It is still a hopeless lawless jungle.”
Others argue that progress has stalled. The Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) statistics for 2017 showed that number of violent crimes such as kidnapping for ransom remained about the same as it did for 2016, although figures were far lower than that of 2015.
The cutthroat Karachi crackdown has also generated something of a political backlash among opposition figures, angered over citizens unjustly swept up in the mayhem.
“We know people have been wrongly implicated as criminals,” Zubair acknowledged. “But these cases will go to the court system.” | https://www.foxnews.com/world/pakistan-works-to-clean-up-karachi-once-worlds-most-dangerous-city | 2023-02-14 04:45:53 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/world/pakistan-works-to-clean-up-karachi-once-worlds-most-dangerous-city |
Violence uptick forces Trenton, NJ to cancel 2023 First Fridays
🔴 A monthly community event in Trenton has been canceled for the rest of 2023
🔴 Event organizers cite 'senseless violence and destructive behavior'
🔴 It comes after a shooting just after another community event over the weekend
TRENTON — A recent uptick in violence throughout the Capital City and rowdy behavior have ruined a monthly, family-friendly community event for everyone.
First Fridays take place on the first Friday of each month from May through October with local vendors and live music. They've been a staple in Trenton for seven years.
But after just two Fridays this year, there won't be any more for the rest of 2023. The African American Cultural Collaborative of Mercer County, or TAACF, announced the cancellation in a statement on social media Tuesday morning.
"We appreciate all the support over the past 7 years and make this decision with extreme regret given the positive energy the majority demonstrated," event organizers said. "We look forward to sustainable resolutions against senseless violence and destructive behavior within the City of Trenton so that future seasons might be considered."
TAACF publicity chair Helen Jones Walker told New Jersey 101.5 that they've "seen a shift" in the attendees coming out to First Fridays. Walker said they've shown a "lack of maturity," though it wasn't related to the ages of those attendees. She added that the decision to cancel was made amid an overall climate of increased violence in the city.
Trenton police spokesperson Lt. Nathan Bolognini also said that the decision to cancel was precautionary amid a recent "uptick in violence." While there had been no specific incidents that led up to the cancellation, Bolognini said that the decision allowed organizers to avoid subjecting a "large gathering of people to potential violence."
🔴 Are Trenton First Fridays canceled permanently?
Mayor Reed Gusciora told New Jersey 101.5 that the city is working with event organizers to hopefully bring First Fridays back before the end of the season.
“We’re convening a working group this week to determine what some community leaders can do to support our efforts to reduce lethal violence and we’re soliciting their ideas of what we can do as well; I look forward to personally working with the event organizers of Trenton’s First Fridays to revisit the cancellation," Gusciora said. "Regardless, public safety will always be our number one priority.”
Walker confirmed that the TAACF had been in contact with the mayor's office.
🔴 Shooting just after Trenton cigar event
The cancellation comes days after a shooting shortly after a Cigar Sundays event in Trenton on Sunday. After the gathering at Cooper's Riverview restaurant ended around 9 p.m., a large fight broke out at a nearby parking garage.
The fight escalated into a shooting and a man was shot in his chest and bicep, the Trentonian reported. He was taken to the hospital and was in stable condition.
Cigar Sundays event organizers said in a statement that they would continue to have Trenton police officers and professional security at their events, adding that the shooting happened in an area they could not control.
"Although this event occurred at the parking garage after the event ended, we recognize the impact will reverberate throughout the local community," the organizers said.
Lt. Bolognini clarified that the city has not had any not any shootings "tied directly to an organized event."
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Evening" game were:
0-0-0-2, SB: 9
(zero, zero, zero, two; SB: nine)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Evening" game were:
0-0-0-2, SB: 9
(zero, zero, zero, two; SB: nine) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Evening-game-17325113.php | 2022-07-24 03:54:13 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Evening-game-17325113.php |
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MERCED, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiracial Heritage Week is the national week of celebration for the Biracial and Multiracial population. This year we are excited to introduce our new mascot, Kai, who represents our community.
The Multiracial population went from 2.9 percent in 2010 to 10.2 percent in the 2020 Census, a 276 percent increase! And we continue to grow. Multiracial children will now have a companion in Kai.
We are also introducing Classification Rights for Multiracial Individuals, which is part of the presentation found here: https://tinyurl.com/classificationofrights
Project RACE was founded in 1990 as Project RACE (Reclassify All Children Equally) to ensure that Multiracial people have an appropriate and respectful word to describe themselves and to check on forms used by schools, in medicine, on the U. S. Census, etc. We have over 30 years of accomplishments on state and federal levels. We have been given the Congressional Certificates of Special Recognition in 2021 and 2022. We have testified before Congressional Subcommittees five times at their request. You can find more information at our website www.projectrace.com or by looking at our presentation at: https://tinyurl.com/mhwpresentation
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TOKYO (AP)Deso Gelmisa led an Ethiopian clean sweep of the podium at the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, with Kenya’s Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s race.
In a tight finish, the 25-year-old Gelmisa finished in 2:05:22 to win his first World Marathon Major by one second ahead of compatriot Mohamed Esa. Tsegaya Getachew finished third, two seconds further back.
Canadian Cam Levins led a group of five runners at the 39-kilometer (24-mile) mark, but Gelmisa sprinted away with 400 meters remaining to claim victory.
Levins finished fifth at 2:05:36 to eclipse the long-standing North American record of 2:05:38 at the flat Tokyo course.
There was no close finish to the women’s race as Wanjiru crossed the line 28 seconds ahead of Ethiopia’s Tsehay Gemechu for her first major win.
Ashete Bekeri, last year’s runners-up finished third, 2:43 behind Wanjiru.
Swiss pair Marcel Hug and Manuela Schar won the wheelchair titles and set new course records.
Defending champion Hug won in 1:20:57, nearly four minutes faster than his time last year.
Schar won the women’s race in 1:36:43.
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Brazil's Lula vows to legalize Indigenous lands amid rising conflicts
Brazil’s President Lula expressed support for creating new territories for Indigenous communities on his first trip to Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest. Former President Bolsonaro did not demarcate any Indigenous land during his administration.
| Raposa Serra Do Sol Indigenous Territory, Brazil
On his first trip to Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest since taking office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed support for creating new territories for those communities, but stopped short of announcing any demarcations.
Wearing a white cap and dark shirt in the heat, Mr. Lula addressed some 2,000 Indigenous people who painted their faces, wore traditional feather headdresses, and sang songs to welcome him Monday to the Raposa Serra do Sol region bordering Venezuela and Guyana.
He said he wants quick demarcation of their lands “before other people take over, invent false documents” to claim ownership rights. That has been a common occurrence throughout Brazil’s history, which prompted the start of demarcation processes over a half-century ago.
“We need to quickly try to legalize every land whose [demarcation] studies are almost finished so the Indigenous can take the land that is theirs,” Mr. Lula said at the 52nd general assembly of the Indigenous peoples of the State of Roraima.
Yet Mr. Lula stopped short of actually announcing any new designations that are much anticipated by Indigenous people and rights activists. Many already had their hopes dashed that new demarcations would take place in the first 30 days of his administration, which began Jan. 1.
Their movement has pressured Mr. Lula to demarcate 13 new Indigenous territories that have cleared all regulatory steps and require nothing more than presidential approval to be official. Doing so would mark a sharp change in policy from the previous administration of Jair Bolsonaro, who did not demarcate any land for them during his presidency.
Some of the territories pending presidential authorization began their demarcation processes decades ago.
Mr. Lula authorized the demarcation of Raposa Serra do Sol in 2005, during his first term as president. Different from other reserves in the Brazilian Amazon, Raposa Serra do Sol is mostly tropical savannah. It is home to 26,000 people from five different ethnicities.
Since receiving its protected status, it has been a scene of conflict between rice farmers and Indigenous people and has had sporadic violence, making the territory something of a case study in the challenges of protecting land that is increasingly under pressure from without.
Mr. Bolsonaro’s relentless push to legalize mining on Indigenous territories rekindled long-standing divisions among Raposa Serra do Sol’s local communities about the best path forward for their collective well-being. He visited an illegal gold mining camp in the same Indigenous territory in October 2021 and openly encouraged the activity, despite criticism from local Indigenous leaders.
Preparations for Mr. Lula’s arrival at Raposa Serra do Sol began shortly before daybreak in the Amazon, with Indigenous people of different groups waking early to gather at a community center for their final rehearsal of songs and dances for the president. People of different ages wearing straw skirts lurched backward and forward as drums and chants resounded. Other Indigenous people were back at their tents preparing breakfast for the members of their groups.
Indigenous leaders, including Osmar Lima Batista of the Macuxi people, Letícia Monteiro da Silva of the Taurepang people, and Adailton Waiwai of the Waiwai people, told The Associated Press at the meeting that they expect better days compared with the prior four years, when they believed they did not have a friend in the presidential palace.
All agreed that Mr. Lula’s first visit to the region since 2010 was not enough, however.
Davi Kopenawa, leader of the Yanomami people, took the microphone during the gathering to tell Mr. Lula that his people’s needs are greater than those of four years ago.
“After we take the gold miners out, we need to recover our Indigenous health care system, which was destroyed,” Mr. Kopenawa said. “We need to save the children we have left. I don’t want more children dying. We need hospitals in our community. Disease is still strong in the Amazon.”
“I don’t want mining on Yanomami lands and in the Raposa Serra do Sol territory,” he added. “Mining kills us, it kills people in the city, the river, the water of the forest. We don’t need heavy mining at our home.”
Mr. Lula said in his speech that his administration will definitively expel gold miners from Indigenous lands – as it has already begun working to do in the Yanomami territory.
“That gold doesn’t belong to anyone. It’s there because nature placed it there. It’s on Indigenous land,” Mr. Lula said.
The president was accompanied by Sonia Guajajara, his minister of Indigenous peoples, and Joenia Wapichana, who heads the Indigenous affairs agency.
Mr. Lula said there will be a meeting involving leaders of countries of the Amazon rainforest – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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The couple traveling the world in ambulance they bought on eBay
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN
Two veterinarians driving around the world in an ambulance with their dog in tow might sound like the premise of a movie.
But it’s very much the reality for UK couple Lawrence Dodi and Rachel Nixon, who are currently about a year into a global trip across more than 50 countries in a bid to set the Guinness World Record for the longest journey in an ambulance.
The pair, who set off in October 2021, have been attracting quite a bit of attention as they move from country to country in the former private ambulance, a white Land Rover Defender with green and fluorescent yellow stripes, which was previously used at equine events.
“We’ve never had anyone approach us for medical assistance,” says Dodi, pointing out that the ambulance doesn’t really look like the emergency vehicles used in any of the places they’ve been driving through.
“But we get a lot of stares. In traffic, everyone’s looking at you.”
Ambulance challenge
Dodi and Nixon, who are both veterinarians, were looking for a vehicle to convert into a camper van and travel the world in, when Nixon happened to stumble across the ambulance on eBay back in 2018.
“The initial plan wasn’t to buy an ambulance or try to set a world record or anything like that,” explains Dodi.
“We were looking for a functional vehicle to go traveling in and we fell in love with the ambulance and the aesthetics.”
After they purchased the vehicle, which still had all of the fittings and fixtures of an ambulance inside along with a stretcher, Nixon came across an article about a group who were trying to set a record for the longest distance driven in a fire truck.
When she discovered that no one seemed to have formally attempted this in an ambulance, the couple contacted Guinness World Record to ask if they could give it a try.
Nixon and Dodi were told that they’d need to meet a list of specifications, such as ensuring that the vehicle retained the capability to function as an ambulance (even though it wouldn’t be used as an emergency vehicle,) and that it still resembled an ambulance externally.
They say they took this on board while designing the interior layout, and were able to keep to the guidelines, while still having room for a cooker and a fridge “and all the other things you would associate with a camper van.”
In the many months since they left the UK, the pair have driven around 24,000 kilometers (nearly 15,000 miles), and traveled to 24 countries, including Armenia and Bosnia, with Nixon acting as “chief driver.”
Canine companion
Although they’ve already completed the minimum distance of 20,000 kilometers initially set by Guinness World Record, they’re “going to keep going and try to set the highest figure possible.”
Taking along their springer spaniel Peggy Sue, who has an EU pet passport, as well as the necessary rabies vaccination and blood test required for animals to travel within Europe, was always part of the plan, and the pair say she’s been “living her best life” during their time on the road.
“She might be 10, but she thinks she’s two,” says Dodi. “She can hike all day, and if she needs to sit in the van all day, she can do that. So in terms of us doing our outdoor pursuits, it’s not been a major problem.”
While they’ve had to skip a few activities where dogs weren’t permitted, and some countries have been less dog friendly than others, Dodi and Nixon have absolutely no regrets about taking Peggy with them.
“I think it’s probably brought us more opportunities,” says Dodi, noting that Peggy has been something of a people magnet.
Dodi and Nixon, who’ve been sharing their travels on their online blog, had originally planned for the trip “to be a true global circumnavigation,” that would see them travel through Central Asia to Russia before shipping the ambulance to North America.
However, due to various factors, such as the war in Ukraine, a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the nationwide protests occurring in Iran, and the fact that some borders in Central Asia are still closed due to Covid-19 restrictions, they’ve been forced to change their route.
The couple are now planning to travel back to the UK early next year, before shipping the ambulance to Halifax in Canada, and driving the PanAmerican Highway, the longest drivable road in the world, to the bottom of Argentina. Their final destination will be Liverpool FC — a football team in Montevideo, Uruguay with the same name as their hometown team in the UK.
Raising awareness
At present, they’re unsure whether they’ll be bringing Peggy to South America with them, and are considering leaving her in the UK with family when they briefly return early next year.
“I think if we don’t take her we’re going to miss her a lot,” says Dodi, before explaining that Peggy has struggled with the heat at some points of the trip and they’re concerned about how she’ll manage in South America.
“But equally, we don’t want to put her through anything she’s not gonna be happy with.”
Although Dodi and Nixon had originally planned to spend two years completing the challenge, they’ve since extended this by another six to 12 months.
The couple has been raising funds for two charities: Anthony Nolan, a UK charity that connects people with blood cancer with volunteer donors, and independent charity Vet Life, which provides emotional, financial and mental health support to the veterinary community.
According to a 2020 study by Merck Animal Health in partnership with the American Veterinary Medical Association, veterinarians are 2.7 times more likely to die by suicide than members of the general public.
Dodi and Nixon say they’ve both lost colleagues and friends in the industry to suicide and are keen to raise awareness on this issue.
Making memories
Although they’ve explored some incredible sites, including the highest peaks in Kosovo, Montenegro and Armenia, they say it’s the people they’ve met along the way and the experiences they’ve had that have stood out the most.
Dodi recalls a night when they were driving around Georgia looking for a place to stay overnight and ended up being invited to the home of a local, who happened to be having a birthday party.
“We were treated like honored guests,” he says. “They put us up in a bedroom the following day and served us breakfast.”
The couple say that a number of locals have extended dinner invitations to them while they’ve been driving around Turkey and they’ve attended various barbecues.
“The world is full of very lovely people,” says Dodi. “It’s really warmed our hearts to see that it’s not some scary, horrible place.”
While their lives are somewhat on hold as they continue their journey, they’ve been looking to the future, and say they plan to return to the UK and settle down once they’ve completed this challenge.
“The money will eventually run out,” says Nixon, explaining that they’ve set themselves a £30 (around $26) a day budget and plan to pick up temporary work when they’re in the UK, where the ambulance is booked for its MOT, a mandatory test to ensure that the vehicle is roadworthy, in February.
“We need to think about going back and having a family at some point,” adds Dodi.
For the time being, they’re very happily enjoying the freedom of being able to travel the world together and making connections with other travelers along the way.
“We’ve met so many people doing such fantastic trips,” says Dodi. “There’s always someone doing it for longer, going to more places and doing it in some weirder way, that always makes you envious. And you think ‘If only I could do it like that.'”
How to get help: In the United States, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide also can provide contact information for crisis centers around the world.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station are set to return to Earth Thursday, Sept. 29.
Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will be at the controls of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft flanked by fellow cosmonauts Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov for their undocking from the station's Prichal module at 3:34 a.m. EDT on Sept. 29. The trio will head for a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan more than four hours later at 6:57 a.m. EDT (4:57 p.m. Kazakhstan time).
Coverage of the crew's change of command, undocking, and landing will air live on NASA Television, the agency's website, and the NASA app as follows (all times Eastern):
Wednesday, Sept. 28
- 9:35 a.m. – Change of Command Ceremony (Artemyev hands over station command to ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti)
Thursday, Sept. 29
- 3:15 a.m. – Soyuz undocking coverage begins
- 5:45 a.m. – Deorbit burn and landing coverage begins
The three cosmonauts launched to the station on March 18, and are completing a mission of 185 days and 2,960 orbits of the Earth spanning 77 million miles.
When the Soyuz undocks, Expedition 68 will formally begin aboard the station under the command of Cristoforetti. Joining her are NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Frank Rubio as well as cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.
During Expedition 68, the arrival of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 aboard Dragon Endurance will bring four more crew members to the space station. That crew currently is scheduled for launch Monday, Oct. 3, for a short handover period with Crew-4 astronauts prior to their return to Earth shortly after.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelly Clarkson has responded to a Rolling Stone report accusing her daytime talk show of being a toxic workplace.
Clarkson issued a statement on her Instagram page Saturday. She addressed the allegations after 11 current and former employees complained about being overworked and underpaid on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and also called their work “traumatizing to their mental health” in the magazine’s Friday report.
In the report, the anonymous employees called Clarkson “fantastic” but said show producers were “monsters” who made their lives “hell.”
Clarkson said she loves her team.
“To find out that anyone is feeling unheard and or disrespected on this show is unacceptable,” she said in the post. The talk show host said she wants to maintain a healthy and safe work environment.
“As we prepare for a move to the East Coast, I am more committed than ever to ensuring that not only our team is moving, but also our new team in NY is comprised of the best and kindest in the business,” she said. “Part of that build will include leadership training for all of the senior staff, including myself.”
Clarkson said that there’s “always room to grow” and that she wants the show to be the “best version of ourselves in any business.”
“Especially when it comes to leadership, to ensure that any notion of toxicity is eradicated,” she said.
An NBCUniversal spokesperson said in a statement that the entertainment corporation is “committed to a safe and respectful work environment.” The statement read that workplace complaints are taken “very seriously and to insinuate otherwise is untrue.”
“When issues are reported they are promptly reviewed, investigated and acted upon as appropriate,” the statement said. “’The Kelly Clarkson Show’ strives to build a safe, respectful and equitable workplace that nurtures a culture of inclusivity and creativity.” | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/kelly-clarkson-responds-to-report-claiming-daytime-talk-show-a-toxic-workplace/ | 2023-05-15 10:46:48 | 1 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/kelly-clarkson-responds-to-report-claiming-daytime-talk-show-a-toxic-workplace/ |
NEW YORK, July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genpact (NYSE: G) will announce results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 after the close of the U.S. financial markets on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Following the release, Genpact's management will host a conference call beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the company's performance.
Those who wish to participate can register here to receive a dial-in number and unique PIN to access the call seamlessly. It is recommended callers join 10 minutes prior to the start of the event (although you may register and dial in at any time during the call).
A live webcast of this event will also be made available on the Genpact Investor Relations website at https://www.genpact.com/investors. For those who cannot join live, a replay will be archived on Genpact's website after the end of the call. A transcript of the call will also be made available via the website.
About Genpact
Genpact (NYSE: G) is a global professional services firm delivering the outcomes that transform our clients' businesses and shape their future. We're guided by our real-world experience redesigning and running thousands of processes for hundreds of global companies. Our clients – including many in the Global Fortune 500 – partner with us for our unique ability to combine deep industry and functional expertise, leading talent, and proven methodologies to drive collaborative innovation that turns insights into action and delivers outcomes at scale. We create lasting competitive advantages for our clients and their customers, running digitally enabled operations and applying our Data-Tech-AI services to design, build, and transform their businesses. And we do it all with purpose. From New York to New Delhi and more than 30 countries in between, our 115,000+ team is passionate in its relentless pursuit of a world that works better for people. Get to know us at Genpact.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.
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DOVER, Del. – A Delaware bankruptcy judge has approved parts of the Boy Scouts of America’s reorganization plan but has rejected other provisions, saying in a ruling Friday that the organization has "decisions to make” regarding the plan.
Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein issued her 281-page ruling, months after concluding a trial in the case. She indicated that she is willing to hold a status conference upon a request by attorneys for the Boy Scouts.
The BSA's plan proposed the creation of a $2.6 billion fund to compensate tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children involved in Scouting, while maintaining the organization's financial ability to continue operating.
The ruling is the just latest example of uncertainty in a case that has seen myriad twists and turns since the Boy Scouts sought bankruptcy protection more than two years ago to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by Scout leaders and volunteers.
In the meantime, the cash-strapped BSA has spent more than $327 million in fees and expenses in the bankruptcy and continues to bleed money, with no end in sight. It also remains unclear when any of the 82,000 sexual abuse claimants in the bankruptcy might receive any compensation for their abuse.
The plan called for the Irving, Texas-based BSA and its local councils, along with settling insurance companies and troop sponsoring organizations, to contribute some $2.6 billion in cash and property to a fund for abuse claimants. In return for those contributions, those entities would be shielded from future lawsuits over Scout-related abuse.
When it filed for bankruptcy, the BSA faced about 275 filed lawsuits and was aware of roughly another 1,400 potential cases, but more than 82,200 abuse claims were filed in the bankruptcy. Attorneys for BSA insurers argued early on that the sheer volume of claims was an indication of fraud and the result of aggressive client solicitation by attorneys and for-profit claims aggregators.
While some of those insurers later negotiated settlements for a fraction of the billions of dollars in liability exposure they potentially faced, other insurers continued to oppose the plan. They argued that the procedures for distributing funds from the compensation trust would violate their contractual rights to contest claims, set a dangerous precedent for mass tort litigation, and result in grossly inflated payments of abuse claims, including tens of thousands that would otherwise be barred by the passage of time.
Under the reorganization plan, the BSA and its 250 local councils, along with settling insurance companies and troop sponsoring organizations, would contribute some $2.6 billion in cash and property to a fund for victims of child sexual abuse. In return for those contributions, those entities would be released from further liability, meaning they could not be sued for Scout-related abuse claims. The plan also would allow abuse claimants to sue insurance companies and local troop sponsoring organizations that do not enter into their own settlements within one year.
In addition to the arguments by opposing insurers, the case presented Silverstein with one of the most contentious issues for bankruptcy judges — whether third parties that are not bankruptcy debtors themselves can escape future liability in the tort system by contributing to a Chapter 11 debtor’s reorganization plan.
Such third-party releases, spawned by asbestos and product-liability cases, have been criticized as an unconstitutional form of “bankruptcy grifting,” where non-debtor entities obtain benefits by joining with a debtor to resolve mass-tort litigation in bankruptcy.
Federal courts in some jurisdictions, including Delaware, have allowed third-party releases in certain circumstances, while courts in other jurisdictions have rejected them.
Under the plan proposed by the Boy Scouts, insurance companies, local BSA councils and troop sponsoring organizations would receive broad liability releases protecting them from future sex abuse lawsuits in exchange for contributing to the victims compensation fund — or even for just not objecting to the plan.
Some abuse survivors argued that releasing their claims against non-debtor third parties without their consent would violate their due process rights. The U.S. bankruptcy trustee, the government’s “watchdog” in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, argued that such releases are not allowed under the bankruptcy code, and that the scope of the proposed releases in the BSA plan, potentially extending to tens of thousands of entities, was unprecedented.
The plan called for the BSA itself to contribute less than 10% of the proposed settlement fund, consisting of property valued at about $80 million, an $80 million promissory note, and roughly $20 million cash.
The local BSA councils, which run day-to-day operations for troops, offered to contribute at least $515 million in cash and property, and an interest-bearing note of at least $100 million. That contribution was conditioned on certain protections for local troop sponsoring organizations, known as “chartered organizations.” Those organizations, numbering in the tens of thousands, include religious entities, civic associations and community groups.
The bulk of the compensation fund would come from the BSA’s two largest insurers, Century Indemnity and The Hartford, which reached settlements calling for them to contribute $800 million and $787 million, respectively. Other insurers agreed to contribute about $69 million. The BSA’s former largest troop sponsor, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, would contribute $250 million for abuse claims involving the Mormon church, while congregations affiliated with the United Methodist Church would contribute $30 million. | https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2022/07/29/ruling-leaves-questions-about-boy-scouts-bankruptcy-plan/ | 2022-07-30 03:35:55 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2022/07/29/ruling-leaves-questions-about-boy-scouts-bankruptcy-plan/ |
WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, June 2, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1016 PM CDT Wed Jun 1 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of the Panhandle of Texas, including the
following county, Swisher.
* WHEN...Until 1230 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Dangerous flows over low-water crossings.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1016 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Up
to 1 inch of rain has fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
mainly rural areas of North Central Swisher County
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of north central
Schleicher, Tom Green, southwestern Runnels, northern Concho and
southeastern Irion Counties through 1115 PM CDT...
At 1018 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Orient to Lake Nasworthy to near Sherwood.
Movement was southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
San Angelo, Mertzon, Paint Rock, Christoval, Miles, Lowake, Wall,
Goodfellow Air Force Base, Veribest, Knickerbocker, Vancourt, Lake
Nasworthy, Tankersley, Harriet, Eola, Rowena, San Angelo State Park,
Twin Buttes Reservoir, Sherwood and Mereta.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3093 10061 3130 10089 3180 10007 3151 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 322DEG 23KT 3161 10030 3138 10049 3127 10073
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARCHER AND SOUTHEASTERN BAYLOR COUNTIES...
At 1020 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Westover,
moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Megargel and Westover.
This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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The Georgia grand jury that was tasked with investigating whether former President Trump interfered with the 2020 election has heard a recording of a phone call the former president had with a top state lawmaker, according to a report.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed five of the 23 jurors in the case, who revealed that they listened to a recording of a phone conversation between Trump and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, a detail that was not previously reported on or made public. The jurors said the recording revealed Trump asking Ralston to convene a special session of the state legislature to overturn President Biden’s win in Georgia.
Ralston, who died in November, did not call for a special session.
One of the jurors, who all declined to be named due to safety and privacy concerns, said the phone call showed that Ralston was an “amazing politican.” The juror told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the speaker “basically cut the president off. He said, ‘I will do everything in my power that I think is appropriate.’ “
The audio is the third such recording of a Trump call to Georgia officials that has been revealed as part of the former president’s campaign to pressure them into overturning the 2020 election results in the state.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation into the 2020 election in early 2021, after it was made public that Trump suggested in a different phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that he “find” about 11,000 votes so that he could win the state.
“All I want to do is this,” the president said in the phone recording. “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
This interview offers another insight into the grand jury’s investigation, just weeks after the jury forewoman hinted the former president and multiple allies could face a variety of charges as a result of the probe. She declined to say who could face charges as she faced criticism for her media blitz last month.
The grand-jury partially released its report into the probe last month, which stated that there was no widespread fraud in the 2020 contest. The report also encouraged the prosecution of witnesses who may have lied to the panel. | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/grand-jury-heard-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-official-report/ | 2023-03-16 13:25:56 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/grand-jury-heard-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-official-report/ |
- The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index registered a 1-point gain in April to 45. Anything under 50 is considered negative.
- Builders said just under one-third of housing inventory is new construction, compared with historical norms of around 10%
- A lack of listings on the resale market is giving builders an edge.
Builder sentiment in the market for newly built homes rose in April for the fourth straight month, as the supply of existing homes for sale remains scarce.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index climbed to 45 in April, a 1-point gain. Anything below 50 is considered negative.
The reading is the highest since September. The index stood at 77 in April 2022.
Builders in the report cited a lack of listings on the resale market, which gave them an unusually strong edge. New listings of existing homes have fallen about 25% compared with a year ago.
Slightly lower mortgage rates are also helping demand — though rates are still higher than they were a year ago.
"Builders note that additional declines in mortgage rates, to below 6%, will price-in further demand for housing," said Alicia Huey, NAHB chairman and a custom homebuilder and developer from Birmingham, Alabama. "Nonetheless, the industry continues to be plagued by building material issues, including lack of access to electrical transformer equipment."
Money Report
The index has three components. Current sales conditions rose 2 points to 51.
Meanwhile, sales expectations in the next six months increased 3 points to 50. It marked the first time both of the indicators were positive since June, when mortgage rates really took off.
Buyer traffic, however, was unchanged at 31. It was the first time it hasn't improved this year.
Builders said one-third of housing inventory is new construction, compared with historical norms of around 10%. Concerns had grown that builders might have more trouble with construction loans after recent regional bank failures.
But the bevy of new construction suggests that is not the case.
"While AD&C loan conditions are tight, there is not significant evidence thus far that pressure on the regional bank system has made this lending environment for builders and land developers worse," said Robert Dietz, the NAHB's chief economist.
Sales incentives by builders, including mortgage rate buy-downs, have been successful in boosting demand in recent months. However, the share of builders reducing home prices is still dropping.
Just under a third of builders reported cutting prices in April, down from 35% at the end of last year. The average price reduction in April was 6%.
The share of builders using incentives rose slightly to 59% in April from 58% in March. It was still lower than December's read of 62%.
Regionally, on a three-month moving average, builder sentiment in the Northeast rose 4 points to 46. In the Midwest, it rose 2 points to 37.
In the South, it increased 4 points to 49. In the West, it rose 4 points to 38. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/homebuilder-sentiment-rises-in-april-as-builders-grab-near-record-share-of-the-market/3238009/ | 2023-04-17 17:23:16 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/homebuilder-sentiment-rises-in-april-as-builders-grab-near-record-share-of-the-market/3238009/ |
Alex Jones set to testify in trial over Sandy Hook hoax lies
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Seven days into his trial for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is expected make his first courtroom appearance and begin testifying Thursday, as he and his lawyer try to limit damages he must pay to families who lost loved ones in the massacre.
Jones has been in Connecticut this week in preparation for his testimony, but appeared only briefly in the courthouse Tuesday and did not enter the courtroom. The Infowars host has bashed the proceedings as a “travesty justice” and the judge as a “tyrant” in comments outside the courthouse in Waterbury, about 20 miles from the scene of the 2012 shooting in Newtown.
Twenty first graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Several victims’ relatives, meanwhile, have given emotional testimony during the trial about being traumatized by people calling the shooting fake, including confrontations at their homes and in public and messages including death and rape threats. The plaintiffs include an FBI agent who responded to the shooting and relatives of eight of the victims.
Judge Barbara Bellis last year found Jones liable by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what she called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury only will be deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress.
Bellis said in court on Wednesday that she was prepared to handle any incendiary testimony from Jones, with contempt of court proceedings if necessary.
Bellis also was expected to tell Jones, when he first takes the stand and with the jury not in the courtroom, what topics he cannot talk about — including free speech rights and the Sandy Hook families $73 million settlement earlier this year with gun maker Remington, which made the Bushmaster rifle used to kill the victims at Sandy Hook.
Jones also was found liable by default in two similar lawsuits over the hoax lies in his hometown of Austin, Texas, where a jury in one of the trials ordered Jones last month to pay nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of one of the children killed. A third trial in Texas is expected to begin near the end of the year.
When Jones faced the Texas jury last month and testified under oath, he toned down his rhetoric. He said he realized the hoax lies were irresponsible and the school shooting was “100% real.”
“I unintentionally took part in things that did hurt these people’s feelings,” testified Jones, who also acknowledged raising conspiracy claims about other mass tragedies, from the Oklahoma City and Boston Marathon bombings to the mass shootings in Las Vegas and Parkland, Florida, “and I’m sorry for that.”
Jones had portrayed the Sandy Hook shooting as staged by crisis actors as part of gun control efforts.
Testimony at the current trial also has focused on website analytics data run by Infowars employees showing how its sales of dietary supplements, food, clothing and other items spiked around the time Jones talked about the Sandy Hook shooting.
Evidence, including internal Infowars emails and depositions, also shows dissention within the company about pushing the hoax lies.
Jones’ lawyer Norman Pattis is arguing that any damages should be limited and accused the victims’ relatives of exaggerating the harm the lies caused them.
The relatives have testified that they continue to fear for their safety because of what the hoax believers have done and might do.
Jennifer Hensel, whose 6-year-old daughter Avielle Richman was among the slain, testified Wednesday that she still monitors her surroundings, even checking the back seat of her car, for safety reasons. She said she is trying to shield her two children, ages 7 and 5, from the hoax lies. A juror cried during her testimony.
“They’re so young,” she said of her children. “Their innocence is so beautiful right now. And at some point there are a horde of people out there who could hurt them.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/09/22/alex-jones-set-testify-trial-over-sandy-hook-hoax-lies/ | 2022-09-22 12:18:57 | 0 | https://www.wcjb.com/2022/09/22/alex-jones-set-testify-trial-over-sandy-hook-hoax-lies/ |
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration has renewed a license partially exempting Chevron from sanctions on Venezuela so it can keep operating in the oil-rich, socialist-run nation.
The license issued Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department allows the California-based Chevron and other U.S. companies to perform only basic upkeep of wells it operates jointly with state-run oil giant PDVSA, dashing the hopes of those who wanted to see a resumption of exports to ease pricing pressure at American pumps.
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and ensuing international sanctions targeting Russia’s oil industry have led the Biden administration to reconsider longstanding policies isolating two other oil powers: Venezuela and Iran.
In March, three senior Biden officials traveled to Caracas to meet with President Nicolás Maduro to try to lure him back to negotiations with the U.S.-backed opposition and release several Americans imprisoned for years. Their carrot: the possible lifting of crippling oil sanctions imposed in 2019 after Maduro breezed into a second term following elections considered undemocratic by the U.S. and dozens of allies.
While Maduro has welcomed the surprise outreach, joking that he wanted to soon travel to New York to attend a salsa festival, there’s been little progress since.
Meanwhile, opposition hardliners and even some Democrats in Congress have accused the administration of bending over backward to appease an oil despot for little gain because of Venezuela’s diminished importance in global energy markets.
Venezuela sits atop the world’s largest oil reserves but due to mismanagement, and more recently U.S. sanctions, production has been declining steadily from the 3.5 million barrels per day when Hugo Chávez took power in 1999. In April, output stood at barely 700,000 barrels per day — the lowest level in decades.
Chevron, which has been operating in Venezuela since the 1920s, had been pushing for an expanded license that would allow it to resume exports and stem the growing influence of oil companies from China, Russia, Iran and other U.S. adversaries.
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Follow Goodman on Twitter: @APJoshGoodman | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/biden-renews-chevron-license-to-bypass-venezuela-sanctions/ | 2022-05-27 17:05:23 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/biden-renews-chevron-license-to-bypass-venezuela-sanctions/ |
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Chad Loshbaugh and his seventh-grade son, Theo, were starting a historical tour for their winter break when they heard that former President Jimmy Carter had begun end-of-life care at home.
So the father-son pair from Albany, New York, changed their itinerary and found themselves Wednesday on the Carter family farm in Plains, where the 39th president grew up and about a mile from the one-story house where the 98-year-old now is receiving hospice care.
“This was an add-on,” to a civil rights trip that is taking them from Atlanta through several stops in Alabama, Loshbaugh said. “We thought it was important to change our trip to see the site here and pay our respects to President Carter.”
The longest-lived American president is garnering accolades and well-wishes from across the world — from other public leaders and admirers he’s never met — as well as from family and friends in his hometown, where he and his wife are known as “Mr. Jimmy” and “Ms. Rosalynn.”
“It’s just surreal to think about it all,” said Carter’s niece Kim Fuller, who runs Friends of Jimmy Carter, headquartered down the street from the former first couple’s home.
News of Carter’s condition prompted an uptick in visitors to Plains, a town of about 700 with just a few blocks of retail businesses along the railroad tracks that run by Carter’s 1976 presidential headquarters.
Plains residents have always been proud of the Carters’ ascension to the White House, Fuller said, as well as the couple’s work afterward on public health, conflict resolution and democracy via The Carter Center in Atlanta. There, the Carters and their programs have monitored elections in at least 113 countries and, among other things, nearly eradicated the Guinea worm parasite in the developing world.
Those accomplishments have drawn plaudits from people such as Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation.
“President Carter’s dedication to making the world a better place has had a lasting impact on countless lives through the @CarterCenter,” Suzman tweeted Wednesday. “Thank you Pres. Carter for your decades of leadership, service, & wisdom — the future is brighter because of your work.”
Former President Bill Clinton, a fellow Democrat elected 12 years after Carter’s single term ended with a landslide defeat in 1980, marked Presidents Day on Monday by wishing Carter well and tweeting out a picture of the pair, who were both Southern governors before their presidencies.
Thousands also have posted personal messages on The Carter Center’s website.
“Dear President Carter, You are the best of us. You always sought the best for our country, and for the world,” wrote Mary Cullen.
Back in Plains, Fuller said it’s “hard right now” to think about Carter eventually not being around. “But it’s good to see people coming through,” she added.
Fuller, who took over teaching her uncle’s Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church after he grew frail, said it was a regular occurrence over the years to see the former first couple walking down the street.
“They’ve been so accessible,” she said. “That’s just who they are, and he was like that in the White House. Never forgot where he came from — and he came back home when he was done.”
Carter’s Presidential Library and Museum, located on the same campus as The Carter Center near downtown Atlanta, also has seen an increase in interest this week.
Jennifer Multani, who visited from California, said she gained a new appreciation for his life, including his time in office and experiences before entering politics.
“His service after the presidency was extraordinary, no question about it,” she said. “We all need to learn from it to give back to humanity as much as we can.”
She said he “inherited turbulent times” but still negotiated a peace deal between Israel and Egypt. The leaders of those nations shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Carter received the award in 2002.
Sheri Clayton, a 65-year-old visiting from Houston, remembers Carter’s presidency well, with the late 1970s being dominated by inflation, rising interest rates and the Iran hostage situation. Carter made some decisions, including appointing Paul Volcker as Federal Reserve chairman, that would help the economy rebound — but not until after his defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. He also eventually freed the 52 Americans being held in Tehran, after the November election.
“The feeling that I get about Jimmy Carter was that he had a good heart and … he is for the people,” Clayton said.
Walking along the paths outside Carter’s boyhood home, Loshbaugh said what is perhaps most striking to him is that the same man who accomplished so much got his start, both in life and in politics, where he did.
“To come from such humble, rural beginnings,” Loshbaugh said, “it’s compelling to think about.
“His tenure was just one term. But what he did with his life after — it’s just tremendous in building not only his legacy, but showing what a president do for the country and how they should use their position for their entire lives.”
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Associated Press journalist Sharon Johnson contributed from Atlanta. | https://www.fox16.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-jimmy-carter-receives-accolades-from-afar-and-right-at-home/ | 2023-02-24 00:27:14 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-jimmy-carter-receives-accolades-from-afar-and-right-at-home/ |
(NewsNation) — As Americans see new record highs at gas stations across the country, many are rethinking where they fill up their tanks.
The average cost to fill up jumped 25 cents in just one week, smashing records at nearly $4.87 a gallon Monday, according to AAA. It’s double the price of gas when President Joe Biden took office. A gallon of regular gas at the time cost on average $2.38 per gallon in January 2021.
As the Biden administration tries to tame inflation, some say it’s been hard to find significant savings anywhere. But experts tell NewsNation that wholesale club stores Costco, BJ’s and Sam’s Club can be some of the best bets for cheaper gas.
Oil industry consultant Andrew Lipow says it’s partially due to good negotiating, as well as volume — the club stores buy so much gas, they can get it for less than competitors.
“The sheer amount of volume that they sell allows them to be cheaper than the convenience store that you might see at the corner,” Lipow said.
Lipow also says it’s a good marketing move. If stores can reel consumers in with cheaper gas, in some cases as much as 70 cents less than state averages, those people might buy more inside the stores.
Experts tell NewsNation that even if a consumer isn’t buying groceries or big ticket items at a club warehouse, an annual membership at $60 may be worth it if at least six gallons of gas are bought each week at 20 cents a gallon less than competitors.
“I think we’re in for a sustained period of higher gasoline and diesel prices and the consumer is going to have to look around for these club memberships or these programs with the grocery stores in order to save money going forward,” Lipow said.
Still, it depends on how much gas someone buys and how much lower the wholesale club’s price is at the time, he said. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/how-do-warehouse-clubs-keep-gas-prices-down/ | 2022-06-07 13:56:42 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/how-do-warehouse-clubs-keep-gas-prices-down/ |
The fate of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News lies, for the moment, in the hands of a plainspoken judge known for his unflinching poker face.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis, a 12-year veteran of the state's bench and former corporate attorney, has often sought to temper emotions in the contentious proceedings between the broadcasting giant and Dominion Voting Systems, a voting-technology company. Each side repeatedly has accused the other of acting in bad faith.
"If he were to be given a name in culture, it would be Cool Hand Luke," says Joseph Hurley, a criminal defense attorney based in Wilmington who has argued before Davis but has no involvement with the case. "In court, he never shows any emotion, and I mean that in a good way."
Dominion sued Fox for airing false claims that it helped cheat then-President Donald Trump of a win in the 2020 elections. Both sides just filed motions asking Davis to grant them victory ahead of the jury trial scheduled to start in April. The motions are under seal, meaning they have not been made public.
Davis is also overseeing a separate defamation case filed by another voting tech company, Smartmatic, against Fox's smaller rival Newsmax, over similar claims.
Davis' recent rulings in that case may offer clues to how he'll treat Dominion's case against Fox.
Skeptical of Newsmax's argument for airing false claims of election fraud
Like Dominion, Smartmatic was the subject of false claims that its software had switched Trump votes to Joe Biden. Those claims were broadcast on Newsmax, Fox News and elsewhere.
Davis earlier this month denied Newsmax's request to toss out Smartmatic's defamation claim. Davis ruled that the facts pleaded by Smartmatic lead him to "reasonably infer" that Newsmax's airing of stolen-election claims was reckless enough to meet the high legal bar required for defamation.
"Newsmax either knew its statements regarding Smartmatic's role in the election-fraud narrative were false, or at least it had a high degree of awareness that they were probably false," the judge stated.
Finally, Davis ruled that Smartmatic could reasonably allege that Newsmax defamed the company even in statements that did not name it. He said Newsmax "seemingly wants the court to make a hyper-literal reading of every statement."
"It seems pretty clear to me that [the judge] was not having any of the Newsmax arguments – and nor should he have, by the way," says John Culhane, a professor at Delaware Law School.
But the judge said he did not find that Smartmatic had fully proven its claims.
Judge aims for clarity, and to avoid snark, in high-stakes battle
Davis' ruling in the Newsmax case hints at choppy waters ahead for Fox News.
While Culhane, an authority on defamation law, cautions against drawing too strong a conclusion from the Newsmax ruling, he says Davis "is very clear and he's very step-by-step when it comes to the law."
In its defense against Dominion, Fox News' legal team argues the network simply relayed stark claims about national elections, either as "questions to a newsmaker on newsworthy subjects" or by "accurately report[ing] on pending allegations." As the sitting U.S. president, Trump was among the most newsworthy people imaginable, Fox and Newsmax attorneys each argue.
Dominion and Newsmax did not comment for this story.
Smartmatic also has sued Fox for $2.7 billion, but that suit is not as far along as Dominion's. On Tuesday, a New York state appellate court rejected Fox News' motion to have the Smartmatic case against the network and several of its stars dismissed. The ruling dismissed claims against parent company Fox Corp, saying no cause was stated.
Smartmatic attorney Erik Connolly said it would file an amended complaint that "details the involvement of [Fox Corp. leaders] Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch."
Fox News issued a statement yesterday echoing earlier remarks: "There is nothing more newsworthy than covering the president of the United States and his lawyers making allegations of voter fraud. We are confident we will prevail as freedom of the press is foundational to our democracy and must be protected."
Much like Fox's lawyers in New York and Delaware, Newsmax's attorneys similarly cite a legal privilege, known as neutral reportage, allowing it to present "unprecedented allegations without adopting them as true, so that the public could draw its own conclusions" about "a news story of extraordinary public interest."
That approach failed to win favor with Davis.
Judge Davis: "The First Amendment is not unlimited"
While he notes the First Amendment protects reporters in order to guarantee a "robust and unintimidated press," he also states the "First Amendment is not unlimited." He said a neutral reportage principle does not protect a publisher who "deliberately distorts" statements to "launch a personal attack of [its] own on a public figure."
"Here, Smartmatic's well-pled allegations support the reasonable inference that Newsmax's reporting was neither accurate nor disinterested/unbiased," Davis said.
The two cases have intersected several times. In his ruling on Smartmatic's case against Newsmax, Davis cited a Nov. 17, 2020 email sent by Dominion officials to Newsmax relaying evidence that, he said, "cut against the narrative that the election was stolen."
Davis noted that Newsmax gained voters in the weeks after election day, when many viewers abandoned Fox over its projection that Biden would win Arizona. At the same time, hosts and guests on both networks were amplifying the false claims of fraud.
The stakes could hardly be greater in the two cases. Yet Davis does not seek to amplify his own profile. (Indeed, his court declined to make a photo of him available for this story.) And the judge has repeatedly sought to ensure an air of comity around the proceedings, a hallmark of the Delaware legal bar.
In a Feb. 8 court hearing in Dominion's suit against Fox, Davis apologized to the rival legal teams, saying he had been surprised to re-read an email in which he said he came off as snarky.
"If I'm upset, I'll let you know it. I won't do it in a subtle, sarcastic way," he said.
He pinned it on his use of a pat phrase. "You know that typical sarcastic thing that judges say?" Davis asked. "'Tell me if I'm wrong...' Which means, don't tell me I'm wrong. It means that I'm making some kind of statement. But that wasn't why I was doing it."
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By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Scott Piercy shot a 6-under 65 to share the 3M Open lead with Sungjae Im after the first round Thursday.
Tony Finau was two strokes back, with three near misses of birdie putts over his last four holes, along with Brice Garnett, Doug Ghim, Emiliano Grillo and Tom Hoge.
On a dry, windy, 86-degree day at the TPC Twin Cities in suburban Minneapolis, the course’s penchant for producing low scores held up once again.
Playing in the second group of the day off the first tee, Piercy made 151 feet worth of putts. He birdied four of the first five holes on his back nine.
The 43-year-old Piercy, who led the 3M Open in 2019 by two strokes after the first round, is one of several on-the-fringe players in the field this year seeking a late-season lift in the FedEx Cup race. Piercy arrived in Minnesota in 138th place, with the cut for the playoffs at 125 and two events left after this to qualify. In four of his last six starts, Piercy has failed to advance to the weekend.
On tour since 2009, Piercy has four career wins. Just last week, he switched his caddie, his swing coach, his driver and his putter — an uncharacteristically drastic series of decisions for him.
“Every shot counts, and it’s time to buckle down,” Piercy said. “Not that we don’t try to buckle down all the time, but there’s extra buckling down, I guess. To start off this way is really nice.”
Im, who’s 19th in the FedEx Cup standings and 24th in the world, birdied four of his last six holes. The 24-year-old from South Korea tied for eighth at the Masters this year but tied for 81st last week at the British Open.
Finau, the lone member of last year’s U.S. Ryder Cup team and the 17th-ranked player in the world, has two top-five finishes this summer.
The Utah player missed a 3-foot birdie putt on 15 and left a 4-footer for birdie just short on 16. Then on the 18th, his tee and approach shots were spot on, but an 8-foot birdie putt lipped out and settled 4 inches from the cup. Making two of those three would’ve put him in the lead.
The highest-ranked player in the field, Hideki Matsuyama, withdrew. He cited a sore wrist after shooting a 77 to match his worst round of the season, his Saturday at the Masters on April 9.
Entering the week in eighth place in the FedEx Cup race and the world’s No. 14 player, Matsuyama hit into the water three times on the unforgiving and lakeside 18th hole and took a quadruple-bogey 9. Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters winner and a fourth-place finisher at the U.S. Open this summer, tied for seventh at the first edition of the 3M Open in 2019.
Mardy Fish, the former tennis star who’s playing on a sponsor exemption, was tied for last at 81.
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