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On-air challenge: I'm going to give you two words starting with B. You give me another word starting with B that can follow my two to complete compound words or familiar two-word phrases.
Ex. Black Boom --> BOX (black box, boombox)
1. Busy - Bumble
2. Brown - Book
3. Brass - Broad
4. Basket - Bowling
5. Baby - Bada
6. Bulletin - Boogie
7. Bad - Blue
8. Building - Butcher
9. Block - Bronco
10. Big - Baby
Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge was a spinoff of Will's on-air puzzle. Name two countries that have consonyms that are nationalities of other countries. In each case, the consonants in the name of the country are the same consonants in the same order as those in the nationality of another country. No extra consonants can appear in either name. The letter Y isn't used.
Challenge answer: Ukraine --> Korean; Lebanon -->Albanian
Winner: Jonathan Black of Brockport, NY.
This week's challenge: Name two well-known commercial products in five letters whose names are anagrams of each other. One product is something you'd probably see in your bathroom. The second is more likely to be in your refrigerator. What products are these?
If you know the answer to this week's challenge, submit it here by Thursday, March 23 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you.
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MAITLAND, Fla. – A Mount Dora restaurant with a huge social media following is getting ready to open a second location, this time setting up shop in Maitland.
The city of Maitland announced on social media Wednesday WAVE Asian Bistro & Sushi would be opening up in a former one-story bank building at 360 E. Horatio Ave.
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“The Maitland area just kind of made sense after shopping around at a few different places and the opportunity fell into our lap and we capitalized on it,” said Jonathan McKinney, the owner of WAVE.
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The city said WAVE would occupy a 1,400-square-foot space in the building with an outdoor patio. Other businesses moving into he area will include Vitality Bowls Superfood Cafe, Foxtail Coffee Co. and Urban Body Works, according to the social media post.
McKinney said he hopes to have the Maitland location opened by the end of next summer.
The Lake County native first opened WAVE in April 2017.
“I’ve been working in the restaurant for a long time,” he said. “Growing up, it was just on the weekend — we didn’t have a babysitter — I would just have to kind of tag along the restaurant on the weekends and when I would get bored, I would just start to learn different things and over the years, I started putting that to use.”
McKinney said his father worked in several Kobe Steakhouses and eventually opened three of his own hibachi restaurants.
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“That’s where I started getting more involved because that’s where I kind of grew up,” he said. “I worked in restaurants for 15-20 years and got all the knowledge that I needed.”
WAVE sets itself apart from other sushi restaurants with its innovative menu items.
“We take traditional sushi and kind of push that envelope a little bit and make it a little bit more fun to eat,” McKinney said. “So you’ll see sushi in the shape of you know, like a sushi hot dog, sushi hamburger, crunch wrap and things of that nature.”
McKinney said the sushi hot dog is one of their top sellers.
“That sushi hot dog is definitely one of my favorites as well. It’s a fan favorite out there,” he said.
The wild designs of WAVE’s sushi have garnered it significant following on social media, racking up millions of views on Instagram and TikTok.
“We have an in-house (social media) team,” McKinney said. “It’s just myself, Kelly — my girlfriend who has been running our social media the entire time we’ve been open — and we work directly with our staff and one of my lead cooks. We’ve worked with her directly with some of the more creative things like the baby Yoda sushi, the Santa of sushi.”
While the creative sushi designs have garnered a lot of attention for WAVE, McKinney said the business has also received a pushback from traditionalists.
“We do and I feel like that almost pushes us to be even more creative to see how much further we can push that envelope. How much further we can take an idea and I think that’s the fun in it,” he said.
Now, McKinney is eager to expose a new population to what WAVE has to offer.
“The concept of WAVE has just been a really fun project to work on overall and (it has) kind of always been a dream of mine to spread that out as much as I can,” he said.
The new restaurant is smaller than the Mount Dora location, but the owner said people will still be able to get their favorites there.
“We’re still going to be creative. We’re still pushing that boundary and seeing how far we can take it. So definitely look for some new items that may be exclusive to Maitland,” McKinney said. “There will be slight differences between the two but you can definitely still expect to get like your favorite things over at the Maitland location.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/food/2022/12/29/wave-asian-bistro-sushi-opening-new-central-florida-location-heres-what-we-know-so-far/ | 2022-12-29 22:40:23 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/food/2022/12/29/wave-asian-bistro-sushi-opening-new-central-florida-location-heres-what-we-know-so-far/ |
CHELSEA, Mich., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, LLC (BBCetc) has been awarded a FAST (Federal and State Technology Partnership Program) grant from the Small Business Administration. The program will create an initiative to support underserved groups—women entrepreneurs, socially and economically disadvantaged small business owners, businesses in rural locations, and more.
The initiative, MI-CAN (Michigan Catalyst Advantage Network) offers coaching, mentoring, and training specifically geared toward underrepresented entrepreneurs building successful STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) companies. Contributing consultants are MI-SBDC Tech Team, TechTown Detroit, Forward Cities Detroit and the Michigan SBIR/STTR (Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer) Assistance Program.
The program runs for eight-weeks and provides one-on-one assistance with Michigan innovators to coach, track progress, and provide additional referrals to state resources as needed to prepare the company and its technology for SBIR/STTR funding. It culminates in a Pitch Competition where participants present their technology and business models to judges from the Michigan business and investment communities. The winner receives a $5,000 cash prize.
Interested, qualified entrepreneurs can apply at https://bbcetc.com/special-programs/bbcetc-michigan-can/.
BBCetc has helped small businesses over the past 30+ years with high-value information, expert training, and experienced guidance to successfully navigate the SBIR/STTR application and post-award process. BBCetc has managed the MI-SBIR/STTR Assistance Program, funded by a grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) and administered through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation since 2002.
Contact: Amy Davis, amy@bbcetc.com
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LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man accused of keeping a woman hidden in his basement while repeatedly sexually assaulting her was indicted by a grand jury on nine new charges, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Timothy M. Haslett, of Excelsior Springs, was indicted on one count of rape, four counts of sodomy, two counts of second-degree assault and one count each of kidnapping and endangering the welfare of a child, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said.
Haslett, 40, is being held in the Clay County Detention Center on $3 million bond. If found guilty, he faces up to five life sentences and another 36 years in prison.
The charges supersede charges of rape, kidnapping and assault filed after Haslett was arrested in October when a woman told investigators she was raped repeatedly while being held captive in his basement for about a month.
“We would not be here today if not for the bravery of one woman and the tireless efforts of 16 different agencies,” Thompson said.
He said law enforcement officers have followed more than 100 leads and spent more than 1,200 hours on the case, but he said the investigation continues.
Court documents say the child endangerment charge stems from leaving unsecured weapons accessible to the child, KSHB-TV reported.
Thompson declined to comment on whether detectives are investigating the possibility of other possible victims.
Haslett’s public defender, Tiffany Leuty, did not return a call seeking comment. Haslett’s next court hearing is scheduled for Friday.
The woman, who has not been named, said she escaped when Haslett left the house to take his child to school and then ran to a neighbor’s home for help.
At the time, the victim was wearing latex lingerie and a metal collar with what appeared to be a padlock on the front, according to court documents.
In January, the Excelsior Springs Police Department said it was looking for 36-year-old Jaynie M. Crosdale as a potential witness in case. Thompson said Tuesday that police continue to look for Crosdale. | https://www.koin.com/news/national/ap-missouri-man-accused-of-confining-woman-faces-new-charges/ | 2023-02-15 06:36:22 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/national/ap-missouri-man-accused-of-confining-woman-faces-new-charges/ |
The sweet smell of rotting flesh is wafting through Wheaton College’s greenhouse, as the school’s corpse flower bloomed Saturday night for the first time in nearly a decade.
The massive flower peaked Saturday evening. The flower’s progress was broadcast on a dayslong livestream — although home-viewers., for better or worse, are missing its signature scent.
Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the corpse flower, blooms only once every few years and is known for its strong stink. The rare bloom lasts only one to two days, according to a press release from the Wheaton greenhouse.
“These plants often take seven to eight years to bloom and the flowers only last a few days,” Ben Robbins, a greenhouse horticulturalist at Wheaton, said in the release. “It’s the largest flower structure in the world and smells like rotting flesh to attract pollinators.”
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The flower is native to the Sumatra region of Indonesia, where it can grow as tall as 12 feet, according to the United States Botanical Garden. It lacks a regular blooming cycle, meaning the time between blooms can range from several years to more than a decade.
The greenhouse is open to visitors looking to catch a whiff Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Strong majorities of Americans oppose laws banning medication abortion, disagree with judges overturning Food and Drug Administration approval of prescription drugs, don't have much confidence in the Supreme Court and don't think justices should serve lifetimes appointments, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Monday.
The finding come as the Supreme Court left in place — for now — access to the drug mifepristone, which is used in early stage abortions. That's unlikely to be the final word on the drug, as challenges relating to it are expected to again come before the high court, possibly as early as some time next year — right in the middle of a presidential election.
The Friday decision also comes nearly a year after the Supreme Court overturned the guaranteed right to an abortion in this country with its Dobbs ruling — and sent an earthquake through U.S. politics.
A lower court decision to nullify FDA approval of mifepristone is woefully out of step with public opinion, according to the NPR poll. By a 64%-to-35% margin, respondents in the survey of 1,291 adults said they oppose laws banning access to medication abortion. The poll was conducted from April 17 to 19, before the Supreme Court's decision, and has a +/- 3.4 percentage point margin of error.
A majority (55%) of Republicans also oppose those types of laws, complicating GOP politics, which has struggled to figure out how to message around abortion — in a unified way — since the Dobbs ruling.
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The original Texas ruling, and legislative efforts like it in red states, have split Republican elected officials. Republicans on Capitol Hill were largely silent about the decision, except for a few ardent opponents of abortion rights and others who thought it went too far.
"We are getting it wrong on this issue," South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace said on CNN earlier this month. "We've got to show some compassion to women, especially women who've been raped. We've got to show compassion on the abortion issue because, by and large, the — most of Americans aren't with us on this issue."
Mace faced protests in South Carolina over her comments.
Judges and FDA approval
When it comes specifically to whether people think judges should be able to overturn FDA approvals, 6 in 10 said they should not (36% said yes, 61% said no.)
Republicans, however, were split, with 51% saying they should be able to, but a significant percentage, 45%, said they should not.
Little-to-no confidence in the Supreme Court
Six in 10 respondents said they have not very much or no confidence in the Supreme Court, continuing a trend of declining trust in the once-vaunted institution.
Just 37% said they have a great deal or good amount of confidence in the court, while 62% said they opposite. It's the lowest level of confidence in the poll in the five years Marist has been asking the question.
There is a clear divide by party, however. A majority of Republicans (53%) do have confidence in the court, but only 39% of independents and 24% of Democrats do.
Notably, there's a significant divide between Republican men and women on this question — 61% of Republican men say they mostly have confidence in the court, but just 44% of Republican women do, 54% say they do not.
That makes sense, considering the conservative victories at the court in recent years. Former President Trump was able to reshape the court by appointing three justices — after Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell blocked former President Obama from replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
As a result, this has been the most conservative court in decades, and it has delivered conservative decision after conservative decision — from guns and voting rights to LGBTQ rights and abortion.
Wanting major change for justices' tenure
Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments.
But two-thirds say they should only serve for a limited time — not for lifetime appointments.
Just 30% say justices should continue to be allowed to serve as long as they want, while 68% say they should serve for only a limited time.
Even 57% of Republicans and 54% of Trump backers say so.
But that's mostly because of the opposition from Republican women. A slim majority (53%) of GOP men support the lifetime appointments, but only 28% of GOP women do.
The divide between Republican men and women, however, shouldn't be interpreted as GOP women being more supportive of abortion rights. Republican women less opposed to law banning medication abortion, for example, than Republican men.
Fifty-nine percent of Republican men were opposed, while Republican women were split — 51% were opposed, 49% supported those types of laws.
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DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Children who lived in higher opportunity or less vulnerable neighborhoods early in life had lower average body mass index (BMI) and lower risk of obesity from childhood to adolescence, according to a new study funded by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program at the National Institutes of Health.
"This study bolsters the need for a focus on investments that address the structures that consistently compromise the health of marginalized communities," said Izzuddin M. Aris, PhD of Harvard Medical School.
Children's BMI and childhood obesity are significant risk factors for heart disease later in life. To understand how neighborhood-level conditions can affect a child's risk for these health outcomes, ECHO researchers collected address and weight information from over 20,000 children from birth through 10 years old, and linked the address data to the Child Opportunity Index and Social Vulnerability Index.
In the future, neighborhood indices, such as the ones used in this study, could help inform efforts to reduce neighborhood barriers and improve access to community resources so families can better support their children's health and well-being.
Dr. Aris led this collaborative research published in JAMA Network Open.
Aris, I. M. et al. Associations of Neighborhood Opportunity and Vulnerability with Trajectories of Child Body Mass Index and Obesity Among U.S. Children" in JAMA Network Open. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47957
About ECHO: ECHO is a nationwide research program supported by the NIH. Launched in 2016, ECHO aims to enhance the health of children for generations to come. ECHO investigators study the effects of a broad range of early environmental influences on child health and development. For more information, visit echochildren.org.
About the NIH: NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information, visit www.nih.gov.
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Damar Hamlin 'didn't expect' Tee Higgins to 'launch his body' into him, ESPN's Bart Scott says
Hamlin tackled Higgins before collapsing, leading medical professionals to administer CPR
As the NFL community continues to pray for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin following his injury on Monday night in Cincinnati, every football analyst and personality has been giving their take on the tragic situation that led to the postponement of the game.
ESPN's Bart Scott, who was a former NFL linebacker, gave his piece on "First Take" Tuesday morning, and he brought up the wide receiver that Hamlin tackled, which ultimately led to him collapsing on the field: Bengals' Tee Higgins.
Scott explained how he didn't believe Hamlin was prepared for the way Higgins ran into his body, and more specifically, his chest.
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"Right before the tackle, [Higgins] lowers his helmet and he kinda throws his body into [Hamlin's] chest," Scott began to explain. "He’s standing up because he’s thinking he’s gotta chase Tee Higgins at an angle to make a tackle, so he didn’t expect Tee Higgins to launch his body back into him. It’s one of those things you see as a linebacker."
As a linebacker, Scott explained how a running back might lower his head immediately when expecting contact, which has led to defenders being exposed in the chest area if they're not quick enough to react. While the NFL has tried to crack down on that, it's not heavily enforced, Scott noted.
"They’ve taken that out of the game, but they don’t regulate it as much as possible," Scott said. "I expect the league will be a lot more vigilant when it comes to that and using that penalty."
Prior to his breakdown of the play, Scott shared the same sentiment as everyone who witnessed it, saying, "What we saw last night was not normal." However, he did mention that "we've seen that hit 1,000 times and we've never seen this outcome."
"The fact we weren’t able to get [a thumbs up] just leaves us holding our collective breaths because all we want [is] our brother, our teammate, our friend to be OK. It’s that collective sigh of relief that we continue to wait for," he said.
Hamlin remains in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest during Monday night’s game against the Bengals, the team announced Tuesday in their latest update.
The Bills said Hamlin spent the night in the University of Cincinnati Medical Center’s intensive care unit after he collapsed on the field at around 8:55 p.m.
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Hamlin’s family released a statement on Tuesday expressing "sincere gratitude" for the outpouring of support they received amid a "challenging time" for the family. They also thanked the more than 150,000 fans who have donated nearly $4 million to his charity toy drive fund.
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"To think about a football game, to think about playoffs and all that stuff, that is secondary," Scott said. "The first thing you worry about is his family, his mother." | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/damar-hamlin-didnt-expect-tee-higgins-launch-body-into-him-espns-bart-scott-says | 2023-01-03 21:25:52 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/damar-hamlin-didnt-expect-tee-higgins-launch-body-into-him-espns-bart-scott-says |
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative medical technology solutions, announced today the first commercial treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) in Canada using the minimally invasive iTind™ procedure.
Dr. Dean Elterman, a urologist at University Urology Associates and a faculty member in the University of Toronto's Division of Urology, is the first physician in Canada to perform the iTind procedure to treat BPH, also known as an enlarged prostate.
BPH is a common problem as it will affect 50% of men between the ages of 51 and 60 and up to 90% of men over the age of 80.1 The minimally invasive iTind procedure offers a treatment option beyond medication, surgery or permanent implants.
"Too often, men will stay silent about the symptoms they are experiencing from an enlarged prostate that hamper their day-to-day lives, such as the urgent need to urinate or sleepless nights because they are frequently waking up to pee," Dr. Elterman said. "I'm thrilled to offer patients the option of the minimally invasive, relatively low-risk iTind procedure that can be performed in an office setting and provide quick and effective relief from symptoms."
Dr. Elterman is a paid consultant for Olympus.
Mario Elia, 69, said he'd experienced a weakened urine stream since his 40s due to what physicians deemed a "lazy urethra." Mario, who lives in Toronto, said for years it was little more than a nuisance he learned to live with, and that he became accustomed to waking up once or twice a night to use the bathroom.
"But when it got to the point where it became three, four, even five times a night that became a catalyst for me to look for treatment options," Mario said, adding that the urgency to go also became more pronounced.
After trying two rounds of prescription medications, the results of which he ultimately found unsatisfactory, Mario said his research into BPH therapy eventually led him to the iTind procedure. He said that he was immediately interested given the minimally invasive nature of the procedure and the prospect of not needing a catheter following treatment.
Mario described his procedures to insert and remove the iTind device as simple and relatively quick with minimal discomfort. In the weeks following the procedure, he reported an improved urine stream and more restful nights. As with all medical procedures, results may vary. The statements of Mario's are his own and should not be used as advice given by a physician.
"I'm getting up once a night, that's a victory," Mario said.
Treatment with the iTind procedure takes a week and works by gently reshaping the prostate. The device's three nitinol (nickel titanium alloy) struts gradually expand while the temporary implant is in place, creating channels through which urine can flow. Once the device is removed, most men go home without the need of a catheter, and the procedure does not limit patients to any future treatment options.
Placement and retrieval can be done in a hospital, ambulatory surgery center, or medical office setting, and this flexibility in the site of care means the iTind procedure can be offered by physicians almost anywhere, including smaller, rural facilities.
The iTind procedure is indicated for men 50 years and older and does come with the possibility of side effects, including pelvic discomfort, blood in the urine and painful or urgent urination. In rare cases, the device may cause urinary tract infection or a sudden difficulty to urinate.
For more information about the iTind procedure, visit bphtherapy.com/itind.
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Olympus is passionate about creating customer-driven solutions for the medical industry. For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling by helping to detect, prevent, and treat disease; and furthering scientific research.
As a leading medical technology company, Olympus uses innovative capabilities in medical technology, therapeutic intervention, and precision manufacturing to help healthcare professionals deliver diagnostic, therapeutic, and minimally invasive procedures to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall costs, and enhance the quality of life for patients and their safety. Olympus' Medical portfolio includes endoscopes, laparoscopes, and video imaging systems, as well as surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services, and a wide range of endotherapy instruments for endoscopic and therapeutic applications. For more information, visit medical.olympusamerica.com.
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GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The body of a New York teen who disappeared while on a 2009 spring break trip to Myrtle Beach has been found, officials said Monday, and a man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and murdering her has been arrested.
The remains of Brittanee Drexel were discovered Wednesday in a wooded area of Harmony Township, putting an end to more than a decade of uncertainty regarding her whereabouts. Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver said the remains were identified through dental records.
“The ‘why’ may never be known or understood, but today this task force can confidently and without hesitation answer the rest of those questions along with the ‘who is responsible,’” Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver said. “The ‘who’ is Raymond Douglas Moody.”
Moody, 62, of Georgetown, is charged with murder, kidnapping, and third-degree criminal sexual conduct, according to warrants.
Warrants show Moody allegedly caused Brittanee Drexel’s death by manual strangulation on or about April 25, 2009. Moody also allegedly sexually battered Brittanee Drexel on the same night, according to the warrants.
Moody was booked on an obstruction of justice charge on May 4. The sheriff’s office violated South Carolina’s public records law by refusing to provide the incident report for Moody’s arrest, according to an expert. It also refused to explain the arrest.
Moody was given a $100,000 bond on the obstructing justice charge. He doesn’t have bond on the other charges, according to 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson.
“We are much closer to the closure and the peace that we have been desperately hoping for,” Brittanee Drexel’s mother Dawn Drexel said at the news conference.
A celebration of life will be held both in Rochester and Myrtle Beach, but no dates have been announced, Dawn Drexel said.
Chad Drexel, Brittanee Drexel’s father, thanked officials for everything they’ve done.
“It may have took them a long time, but we are glad that we are able to bring Brittanee home,” Dawn Drexel said.
WROC obtained arrest warrants for Moody, which state Moody “while in the County of Georgetown, did take overt actions to conceal and/or dispose of evidence of a crime also committed in the jurisdictional boundaries of the County of Georgetown.”
A SLED background check obtained by WBTW on Thursday revealed Moody’s charge for obstructing justice was on April 25, 2009 — the date Drexel disappeared.
In 2016, an FBI agent said Brittanee Drexel was abducted, gang-raped, shot to death and thrown into an alligator-infested swamp, citing a statement from a prison inmate. On Monday, Richardson said it is now null and void.
WRBL asked the FBI on Monday for a statement regarding the alligator pit allegations and whether or not Timothy Taylor, who was named a person of interest in the disappearance, was still connected to the case. The FBI sent the following statement:
“Throughout the investigation, law enforcement followed multiple leads to wherever they led us based on the information we had at the time. We have an obligation to follow leads to their conclusion. The person we believe is responsible for Brittanee’s murder has been charged.”
In 2011, Nexstar’s WRBL confronted Moody who said he knew nothing about the case and told the reporter to leave or he would call the police.
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The Little Rock School Board voted Thursday evening to appoint Joyce Walker Wesley to represent Zone 9 on the board.
Wesley fills the seat vacated by Jeff Wood, who was appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to the state Board of Education. Wesley is unopposed for election Nov. 8 to the Zone 9 seat, which encompasses a part of northwest Little Rock.
Wesley, 48, is a 21-year mental health therapist. She works at Little Rock Air Force Base and also has a private practice.
A graduate of Wynne High School, Wesley has a bachelor's degree in social work from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a master's degree in the same field from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is a former member of Little Rock's Commission on Children, Youth and Families.
Wesley is married to Harold Wesley, a paraprofessional employee in the Bryant School District. She has a son who graduated from Hall High earlier this year. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/sep/23/mental-health-therapist-gets-lr-school-boards/ | 2022-09-23 09:50:22 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/sep/23/mental-health-therapist-gets-lr-school-boards/ |
Agencies partner to create attainable housing for adults with disabilities
CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — There’s a push to provide affordable housing for adults with disabilities in Carmel thanks to a development partnership between Village at Merici and Old Town Companies.
It’s happening at an apartment complex that is under construction. Representatives hope it serves as a prototype that inspires other developers.
Over the course of the rest of the year, roughly 40 units will be available at the North End apartments for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, But it’s only a drop in the bucket as data shows roughly 5,000 around the state need housing like this.
The first phase of the North End apartment complex is well underway. In a matter of months, the first of 40 renters with intellectual and developmental disabilities will move in.
“Loneliness is the worst disability of all, so we want to be able to find a place where we can live near our friends, but have our own independence and have support that we need, and not necessarily be in a group home type setting,” said Colleen Renie, Executive Director of the Village at Merici.
It’s an agency focused on providing support services for adults with disabilities, in part by partnering with developers to provide attainable and affordable housing.
“As a community, we need to find ways to support that group of individuals. Those that have financial challenges and also social challenges.”
In the last year, Renie says rent rates have gone up by 27 percent in Indianapolis and Carmel areas.
Most adults with intellectual and development disabilities often sit at the lower levels of poverty.
“Several are still living at home with their family members who might be 70 or 80 years old, and it’s very challenging for them. If something happens and they’ve lived at home for 50 or 60 years and try to move out, it’s very difficult.”
So for this project, they are partnering with developers Old Town Companies. Tax credits through the Indiana Housing and community development helps offer these units at a fraction of the costs.
More than 200 people showed interests, but through a lottery the 40 units have already been claimed.
“I think it’s a human need to be loved and to have a sense of belonging. That’s universal, and we want to respond to that need,” said Rebecca McGuckin, Community Collaborator at Old Town Companies.
On top of the lower market rental rates, technology access is built into the model, providing wi-fi and remote support options for the 40 people who’ll eventually move in.
“I hope we prove the concept to others where they will be inspired to do the same because it gives value to human life, and we want to participate in that.” | https://www.wishtv.com/news/multicultural-news/agencies-partner-to-create-attainable-housing-for-adults-with-disabilities/ | 2023-05-17 23:20:25 | 0 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/multicultural-news/agencies-partner-to-create-attainable-housing-for-adults-with-disabilities/ |
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – As part of his lessons on being a good teammate and citizen, Muskegon boys basketball coach Keith Guy preaches the importance of sharing.
But after Tuesday’s 68-41 win over Grand Rapids Union, Guy has a bit of a different message to his players: “Get greedy.” | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/muskegon-secures-share-of-boys-hoops-conference-title-with-win-over-grand-rapids-union.html | 2023-02-15 05:01:49 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/muskegon-secures-share-of-boys-hoops-conference-title-with-win-over-grand-rapids-union.html |
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LOS ANGELES — “The pandemic is over.”
It’s a pronouncement we’ve heard several times in the more than 2½ years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
As California enters fall with the coronavirus very much on the decline, some are once again declaring victory. But health experts say that despite the significant progress, it’s less about turning the page than about understanding that COVID-19 remains quite unpredictable.
The heat was recently turned up on the long-simmering question when President Biden declared “the pandemic is over” during an interview with “60 Minutes.” Days later, Biden acknowledged the criticism he received over his statement but added that the pandemic “basically is not where it was.”
It wasn’t the first time the president has sought to project the end of the pandemic. On the Fourth of July 2021 — almost seven months into the nation’s vaccine rollout — Biden said, “we’re closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus.”
But that declaration, which came when the U.S. COVID-19 death toll stood at a bit more than 605,000, proved premature. Nearly 450,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported since, fueled by last summer’s Delta variant and the dual-pronged omicron waves that first struck after Thanksgiving.
Officials across the nation widely acknowledge the substantial gains made in the fight against COVID-19. The U.S. is awash in vaccines and effective therapeutics, and new boosters targeting the dominant circulating coronavirus strain are now available.
And even after the arrival of the omicron variant — which sent cases soaring to unprecedented levels — California came nowhere close to reinstituting the shutdowns or other stringent restrictions that typified earlier phases of the pandemic.
Still, public health experts remain concerned at the considerable number of daily deaths. And there is worry that too few Americans have gotten a single booster shot, which is important to protect against severe illness.
“We are much better off now,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden’s chief medical adviser for the pandemic, said at a recent virtual talk of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “But we are not where we need to be if we are going to, quote, ‘live with the virus.’”
There’s no doubt conditions have improved since the darkest days of the pandemic, when more than 3,000 Americans were dying every day. Since August, the U.S. has been reporting 350 to 500 COVID-19 deaths a day. That’s above the low of about 200 before last year’s Delta surge, and is “unacceptably high,” Fauci said.
Over a year, that would add up to 125,000 to 180,000 COVID-19 deaths — four to five times the average annual number of flu deaths, which is about 35,000.
“Four to five hundred deaths a day is just unacceptable,” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said Tuesday at another Center for Strategic and International Studies forum. “It is a level of suffering and death that we do not accept as ‘living with COVID.’”
While there’s no shortage of pundits, politicians and other prognosticators clamoring to declare the end of the pandemic, the ultimate call is up to the WHO.
And that’s a decision that will likely be based on a scientific committee’s review of data, not personal sentiment.
“The definition of a pandemic is an outbreak of disease that has then spread beyond any one or two countries to a global spread,” said Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, an epidemiologist and infectious-disease expert with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
One challenge to defining the end of a pandemic is figuring out when we’ve returned to some kind of baseline for coronavirus cases and deaths. For now, “we don’t have what the baseline is for COVID because we’ve never had it before,” Kim-Farley said.
Before the coronavirus, the last time the WHO declared a global pandemic was the H1N1 swine flu in 2009. That pandemic, however, ended up being less deadly than initially feared, and the agency declared its end the following year.
A prior system outlined by the WHO broke a pandemic flu’s trajectory into several phases — including a “post-peak” period, in which “pandemic activity appears to be decreasing; however, it is uncertain if additional waves will occur,” followed by a “post-pandemic period.”
But COVID-19 is the first pandemic known to be caused by a coronavirus.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has sought to balance the unmistakable data showing the pandemic is improving while emphasizing it’s not over. He noted in early September that the number of weekly reported COVID-19 deaths had fallen to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic.
“We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic. We are not there yet, but the end is in sight,” Tedros said.
He also compared the fight against COVID-19 to a marathon runner who hasn’t yet completed the race.
“Now is the worst time to stop running,” he said. “If we don’t take this opportunity now, we run the risk of more variants, more deaths, more disruption and more uncertainty.”
Scientists will have to see many months of stability before it’s certain the pandemic is over. Declaring the end too soon could be like sounding an all-clear announcement after a major earthquake when there’s still the potential for significant aftershocks.
There are also additional practical ramifications.
“My fear is always that when you hear that the ‘pandemic is over,’ we stop getting resources for the things we desperately need to keep each other safe,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “We need money for vaccines so that they’re still free. We need to have free testing. We need to have free access to the therapeutics in order to get through the next few months. So my hope is no one thinks that we don’t need those resources to continue to do the hard work we’re doing.”
To say “we’re not in a pandemic phase anymore, metaphorically, also means that the feds aren’t really ready to support some of these efforts to drive down these deaths,” according to Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a UC San Francisco infectious-disease expert.
Chin-Hong said his definition of a pandemic’s end is when there’s a level of predictability and a lower number of deaths — and neither of those criteria has been met.
“It’s weird to say that the pandemic is over now, based on one time point. It’s really more of a longitudinal assessment,” or studying trends over time, Chin-Hong said. “It’s just like saying, before omicron hit, that the pandemic was over.”
COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2021, behind only heart disease and cancer. And during the first four months of this year, the per capita death rate for the illness in L.A. County was higher than the rate for diabetes, motor vehicle crashes and flu/pneumonia.
Older residents are continuing to die at elevated rates. L.A. County’s COVID-19 death rate between May and July 2022 for those age 65 and older was significantly higher than during the same time period in 2021. The pandemic also continues to disproportionately affect poorer residents and people of color.
It’s clear that “we’re in such a better place this year than we’ve ever been in the pandemic,” Ferrer said. “But there’s a lot we still need to do to get to the end.”
Unvaccinated individuals also remain at higher risk — both of being infected and of suffering the worst health outcomes of COVID-19.
“That’s why everyone’s thinking the end of this year will be another surge because [a number of] people who have had natural infection, say in January, with the beginning of omicron, would have dwindled in their immunity … where they could be more susceptible to getting infected again,” Chin-Hong said.
In July, unvaccinated Californians were 2.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 and 3.6 times more likely to die from the disease than those who had completed their primary vaccination series, according to the most recent data available from the state Department of Public Health.
When someone, especially a person who’s unvaccinated, gets infected a second time, “you’re like playing COVID roulette. You don’t know if you’re going to get very ill at that point,” Chin-Hong said. “Whereas, if somebody has received three doses of a vaccine, for example, I know that I can be more confident that that person wouldn’t be seriously ill.”
Many experts expect COVID-19 will eventually settle to the point that it causes about 100,000 deaths a year in the U.S., still well above the typical annual mortality from the flu.
“Is that acceptable? Maybe it is to society, but it’s something we didn’t have in 2019,” Chin-Hong said.
The ultimate wildcard is whether another problematic new variant soars to prominence.
“The ultimate goal would be … [to] get to a level of control that’s low enough that it doesn’t disrupt our social order and essentially dominate what happens in society,” Fauci said. “We’re heading in that direction, but we must be aware … that as we get into this coming late fall and winter, that it is likely we will see another variant emerge.”
Already, there is one relatively new omicron subvariant, BA.2.75.2, that officials are keeping a wary eye on.
Another omicron subvariant, BA.5, remains the dominant version of the coronavirus circulating nationwide — making up an estimated 83.1% of cases during the weeklong period ending Saturday, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, its grip has slipped of late, coinciding with small gains by newer subvariants such as BA.4.6 and BF.7.
For now, the only certainty when it comes to the coronavirus is uncertainty.
“Who knows when the next stage is going to be? Who knows what the variants are going to be? And what’s going to happen in 2023 after this potential winter surge?” Chin-Hong asked.
As Ferrer put it Tuesday: “It would be foolish not to be prepared for uncertainty because we’ve just seen so much uncertainty.
“We feel very optimistic. We’ve got great tools. For the first time we’re going to enter into the winter with a booster dose that’s actually made to match what’s circulating right now, which is going to give us a lot of protection,” she said during an update to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. “But people do have to get vaccinated, and it’s hard to motivate people to get vaccinated if they feel like the pandemic is over.
“So I think we have to be realistic, to say we’re in a much better place than we’ve been for a long time, we’ve got a great tool for this fall. But we still need to be real about the fact that the pandemic is not over.”
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories. The change is part of a broader effort to promote accurate information during times of conflict or crisis.
Starting Thursday, the platform will no longer automatically recommend or emphasize posts that make misleading claims about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including material that mischaracterizes conditions in conflict zones or makes false allegations of war crimes or atrocities against civilians.
Under its new “crisis misinformation policy,” Twitter will also add warning labels to debunked claims about ongoing humanitarian crises, the San Francisco-based company said. Users won’t be able to like, forward or respond to posts that violate the new rules.
The changes make Twitter the latest social platform to grapple with the misinformation, propaganda and rumors that have proliferated since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. That misinformation ranges from rumors spread by well-intentioned users to Kremlin propaganda amplified by Russian diplomats or fake accounts and networks linked to Russian intelligence.
“We have seen both sides share information that may be misleading and/or deceptive,” said Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of safety and integrity, who detailed the new policy for reporters. “Our policy doesn’t draw a distinction between the different combatants. Instead, we’re focusing on misinformation that could be dangerous, regardless of where it comes from.”
The new policy will complement existing Twitter rules that prohibit digitally manipulated media, false claims about elections and voting, and health misinformation, including debunked claims about COVID-19 and vaccines.
But it could also clash with the views of Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, who has agreed to pay $44 billion to acquire Twitter with the aim of making it a haven for “free speech.” Musk hasn’t addressed many instances of what that would mean in practice, although he has said that Twitter should only take down posts that violate the law, which taken literally would prevent action against most misinformation, personal attacks and harassment. He has also criticized the algorithms used by Twitter and other social platforms to recommend particular posts to individuals.
The policy was written broadly to cover misinformation during other conflicts, natural disasters, humanitarian crises or “any situation where there’s a widespread threat to health and safety,” Roth said.
Twitter said it will rely on a variety of credible sources to determine when a post is misleading. Those sources will include humanitarian groups, conflict monitors and journalists.
A senior Ukrainian cybersecurity official, Victor Zhora, welcomed Twitter’s new screening policy and said that it’s up to the global community to “find proper approaches to prevent the sowing of misinformation across social networks.”
While the results have been mixed, Twitter’s efforts to address misinformation about the Ukraine conflict exceed those of other platforms that have chosen a more hands-off approach, like Telegram, which is popular in Eastern Europe.
Asked specifically about the Telegram platform, where Russian government disinformation is rampant but Ukraine’s leaders also reaches a wide audience, Zhora said the question was “tricky but very important.” That’s because the kind of misinformation disseminated without constraint on Telegram “to some extent led to this war.”
Since the Russian invasion began in February, social media platforms like Twitter and Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, have tried to address a rise in war-related misinformation by labeling posts from Russian state-controlled media and diplomats. They’ve also de-emphasized some material so it no longer turns up in searches or automatic recommendations.
Emerson Brooking, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab and expert on social media and disinformation, said that the conflict in Ukraine shows how easily misinformation can spread online during conflict, and the need for platforms to respond.
“This is a conflict that has played out on the internet, and one that has driven extraordinarily rapid changes in tech policy,” he said.
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Associated Press writer Frank Bajak contributed to this report from Boston. | https://pix11.com/ap-technology/new-twitter-policy-aims-to-pierce-fog-of-war-misinformation/ | 2022-05-19 18:26:41 | 1 | https://pix11.com/ap-technology/new-twitter-policy-aims-to-pierce-fog-of-war-misinformation/ |
FOXBORO – Winning Super Bowls at St. John’s Prep is nothing new. But for one father and son, they now have a common bond.
On a windy and rainy Saturday afternoon, St. John’s Prep sophomore quarterback Carl Michael Monks spent the first half of the Div. 1 Super Bowl on the sidelines, not really expecting to get out on the Gillette Stadium turf.
Hundreds of miles south, his father and St. John’s Prep alum Carmen was sitting in a hotel room in Bermuda on a business trip watching the Eagles. By the time the game was over, the Eagles had upset heavily favored Springfield Central, 13-0, and the younger Monks had taken over the reins and engineered the sixth Super Bowl title in program history.
“He really is a fantastic kid and I’m so proud of him,” Carmen Monks said. “Ever since he was little, all he wanted to do was be the starting quarterback at St. John’s Prep.”
When the day started, Deacon Robillard was under center but late in the first half, he went out with dislocated fingers on his throwing hand and was done for the game. Aidan Driscoll came in and threw a touchdown pass to Joenel Aguero to give the Eagles a 7-0 halftime lead.
Walking to the locker room, St. John’s coach Brian St. Pierre began to contemplate a change when the second half was to begin.
“Coach came to me at the half and told me to be ready because I might be needed,” Carl Michael Monks said. “And when we came out he told me that he was going to give me a chance.”
The reasoning behind the change? To St. Pierre, it was rather simple.
“It was just a gut feeling,” St. Pierre said. “I thought that it was what we needed but I could definitely see Carl’s heartbeat when I was giving him the plays. But he did a great job of managing the game.”
When St. John’s won its first Super Bowl in 1982 at the old Sullivan Stadium against Whitman-Hanson, Monks’ father was the backup quarterback and didn’t get to take a snap. How did he react when he saw his son come out under center on the first drive of the third quarter?
“I was watching it on the live stream and started crying like a baby,” Carmen Monks said. “When I was there, I never got the chance to be out there and take a snap, so he’s got that one on me.”
With the St. John’s defense stifling the explosive Springfield Central offense, the Eagles were relying heavily on the legs of Carson Browne, who finished with 131 yards in the game. But late in the third, Monks’ completed passes to Stephen Patrick and Jesse Ofurie as part of a 12-play drive that covered 46 yards in just under six minutes. And when Browne plowed in from the two to give St. John’s a 13-0 lead, the Eagles could feel a title.
“Our defense was great,” Monks said. “This was all like a dream. It was so much better than I could have ever imagined.”
After St. John’s stopped the Golden Eagles on downs midway through the fourth, Monks engineered an eight-minute drive that didn’t result in points but effectively sealed the improbable title for the Eagles.
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Weighted blankets from Target recalled after at least 2 children died
(Gray News) – Some weighted blankets sold at Target have been recalled after two children died from becoming entrapped inside them, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The agency said in a news release that young children can get stuck inside the Pillowfort Weighted Blankets by unzipping it and going inside.
A 4-year-old girl and 6-year-old girl reportedly got trapped in the cover of the weighted blanket and died from asphyxia at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in April.
Target also received reports of two other children getting caught in the blankets.
The recall specifically involves the Pillowfort Weighted Blankets specifically sold at Target stores nationwide from December 2018 through September 2022.
They weigh 6 pounds and have a removable, waterproof, washable cover.
The blankets come in eight prints or colors including unicorn white, space navy, pink, blue, gray, buffalo plaid red, blue constellation and unicorn pink.
Anyone with a blanket containing one of the following item numbers should stop using it and contact Target for a refund:
· 097-02-0140 (Unicorn - White)
· 097-02-0148 (Space Navy)
· 097-02-0361(Pink)
· 097-02-0363 (Blue)
· 097-02-0364 (Gray)
· 097-02-1603 (Buffalo Plaid – Red)
· 097-02-3904 (Blue Constellation)
· 097-02-3905 (Unicorn – Pink)
Contact Target at 800-400-0680 to receive a prepaid return label to return the blankets by mail or to any Target store, or go online for more information.
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Judge says Prince Harry can sue UK government over security plan
Prince Harry can take the British government to court over his security arrangements in the U.K., a judge in London ruled Friday.
Harry and his wife Meghan lost publicly funded U.K. police protection when they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to North America in 2020. The prince wants to pay personally for police security when he comes to Britain and is challenging the government's refusal to permit it.
Judge Jonathan Swift ruled Friday that the case can go to a full hearing at the High Court in London. He refused some aspects of the challenge but said some grounds "give rise to an arguable case" that deserves a hearing.
The judge said "a conclusion at the permission stage that a case is arguable is some distance from a conclusion that the case will succeed at final hearing."
A date has not been set for the case to be heard.
Harry and the former actress Meghan Markle married at Windsor Castle in 2019 but stepped down as working royals the following year, citing what they described as unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media.
Harry's lawyers have said the prince is reluctant to bring the couple’s children — Archie, 3, and 1-year-old Lilibet — to his homeland because it is not safe.
Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, wants to be able to pay for the protection, saying his private security team in the U.S. doesn’t have adequate jurisdiction abroad or access to U.K. intelligence information.
His lawyers also say a February 2020 decision by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, removing his full royal security, was unreasonable because Harry was not allowed to make “informed representations beforehand.”
The British government says the committee's decision was reasonable and that it is not possible to pay privately for police protection. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/judge-says-prince-harry-can-sue-uk-government-over-security-plan/40687663 | 2022-07-22 16:47:17 | 0 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/judge-says-prince-harry-can-sue-uk-government-over-security-plan/40687663 |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
5-8-6-6-3
(five, eight, six, six, three)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
5-8-6-6-3
(five, eight, six, six, three) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-5-game-17512377.php | 2022-10-16 04:40:57 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-5-game-17512377.php |
Facebook message may have cracked murder case 19 years later
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR/Gray News) - A Facebook message may have cracked a murder case that has been unsolved for 19 years.
Police say 31-year-old Kevin Clewer was stabbed more than 40 times on March 24, 2004, inside his Chicago apartment but no arrests have yet been made in the case.
His brother, Ron Clewer, says he started a Facebook page to publicize a composite sketch of a man he believes was with his brother the night he was killed who goes by the name Fernando.
In August 2020, Ron Clewer said he received a message on Facebook from a woman claiming to know who killed his brother.
Investigators followed up on the message and soon learned it was unlike others received in the past. The woman reportedly knew things about the case that have never been made public.
Ron Clewer says investigators then tracked down a person who was the man in the composite sketch.
“The police do believe that this individual along with another person was involved in Kevin’s death,” Ron Clewer said.
According to Ron Clewer, police now believe the man known as Fernando was with another man when they targeted his brother.
“They would go into a bar and find somebody who was attracted to them or attracted to one of them,” he said.
Ron Clewer says he believes his brother ended up back at his apartment after the bars closed with the two men who then drugged and stabbed him during a robbery attempt.
According to Ron Clewer, police believe both persons of interest have ties to Puerto Rico and Chicago but because of the pandemic-related restrictions when the tip came in there has been delays in the case.
Ron Clewer is now waiting for investigators to finalize the evidence they need to make an arrest. He says too many cases end up like his brother’s.
“With the number of cold case files such as Kevin’s stacking up, they don’t get a ton of attention if families don’t stay at the table and try to push for accountability,” he said.
Ron Clewer said Fernando may also go by Francisco or Adolfo. He says the man and at least one accomplice may be responsible for a string of similar crimes in Chicago between 2003 to 2005.
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Red sox first. Tommy Pham called out on strikes. Rafael Devers lines out to deep right field to Austin Hays. Xander Bogaerts doubles to left field. Alex Verdugo doubles to deep center field. Xander Bogaerts scores. J.D. Martinez lines out to center field to Cedric Mullins.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Red sox 1, Orioles 0.
Red sox third. Jarren Duran singles to right field. Tommy Pham doubles to deep left field. Jarren Duran scores. Rafael Devers grounds out to second base, Rougned Odor to Ryan Mountcastle. Tommy Pham to third. Xander Bogaerts out on a sacrifice fly to deep center field to Cedric Mullins. Tommy Pham scores. Alex Verdugo strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Red sox 3, Orioles 0.
Orioles sixth. Cedric Mullins singles to shallow center field. Adley Rutschman walks. Cedric Mullins to second. Anthony Santander lines out to center field to Jarren Duran. Ryan Mountcastle reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Adley Rutschman to second. Cedric Mullins out at third. Terrin Vavra triples to deep right field. Ryan Mountcastle scores. Adley Rutschman scores. Austin Hays singles to shallow infield. Terrin Vavra scores. Rougned Odor reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Austin Hays out at second.
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Orioles 3, Red sox 3.
Red sox sixth. Xander Bogaerts pops out to Adley Rutschman. Alex Verdugo strikes out swinging. J.D. Martinez walks. Eric Hosmer doubles to deep center field. J.D. Martinez scores. Christian Arroyo grounds out to second base, Rougned Odor to Ryan Mountcastle.
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NEW YORK -- This holiday season you can "Bring Home the Galaxy" thanks to Star Wars! Bring Home the Galaxy is a nine-week gift-giving celebration in which new toys, collectibles, and apparel are revealed every Tuesday up to December 13th on StarWars.com.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence won’t practice Wednesday because of a sprained big toe on his left foot, but coach Doug Pederson expects the second-year pro to get on the practice field later in the week and potentially play at Tennessee.
Lawrence was wearing a protective shoe on his foot, which got twisted during a sack last Sunday in a 40-14 loss at Detroit. He was injured on the last play of the first half but returned to start the third quarter.
Pederson called Lawrence “day to day” and said he’s “getting treatment every day and just progressing in the right direction.”
“We’ll just keep him out today,” Pederson added. “He’ll get all the mental reps today but nothing from the standpoint of moving around.”
Lawrence has started every game in two seasons since being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. He has completed 65.6% of his passes this season for 2,834 yards, with 17 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also has three rushing scores and a league-high six fumbles.
If he’s unable to play Sunday at AFC-South leading Tennessee (7-5), veteran backup C.J. Beathard would make his 13th career professional start.
“Obviously, when it’s your quarterback, or any player, there’s a level of concern,” Pederson said. “But we’ve still got several days before the game. He’s tough and he’ll do everything he can I know in his power to try to be out there. But we’ll just take it day by day.”
The Jaguars (4-8) last won in Tennessee in 2013. They have dropped eight straight in the Music City, including a 20-0 debacle last year that was among the reasons owner Shad Khan fired then-coach Urban Meyer.
Jacksonville remains mathematically alive in the division with five games remaining, although Pederson acknowledged that facing the Titans is pretty much a do-or-die opportunity in the AFC South.
“You’re running out of opportunities,” he said. “We got five games (left), three division opponents and two games against the same team (Tennessee). So, yeah, you’re looking up and going, ‘You know, you’re running out of chances.’”
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Democrat Maura Healey will be Massachusetts' first female governor and the country's first openly lesbian governor. Arkansas elected ex-Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to become governor.
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Democrat Maura Healey will be Massachusetts' first female governor and the country's first openly lesbian governor. Arkansas elected ex-Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to become governor.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
17-20-26-27-38
(seventeen, twenty, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $120,000
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Hit 5" game were:
17-20-26-27-38
(seventeen, twenty, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-eight)
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TORONTO and BOSTON, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cronos Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CRON) (TSX: CRON) ("Cronos"), an innovative global cannabinoid company, and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) ("Ginkgo"), the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced the achievement of the third target productivity milestone in their partnership to produce eight cultured cannabinoids. Using Ginkgo's platform for organism design and development, Cronos has successfully achieved the productivity target for tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), a cannabinoid hypothesized to reduce the appetite-enhancing property of THC. Access to additional rare cannabinoids will support Cronos' innovation pipeline and commercialization strategy.
Launched in 2018 with the goal of accessing rare molecules in the cannabis plant to create innovative and differentiated products that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive, the partnership between Cronos and Ginkgo aims to produce cultured cannabinoids at industrial scale. The program combines Cronos' deep understanding of the biological structure and function of cannabinoids with Ginkgo's vast experience designing microorganisms for the production of cultured products across pharmaceuticals, agriculture and more.
In August 2021, Ginkgo and Cronos announced the achievement of its first equity milestone for cannabigerolic acid (CBGA). In October 2021, Cronos launched its first cultured CBG product, SPINACH FEELZ™ Chill Bliss 2:1 THC|CBG gummy, which quickly gained consumer awareness, and according to Hifyre data has achieved 2.4% market share in the gummies category in Canada as of the week-ended June 11, 2022. Cronos went on to launch its SPINACH FEELZ™ Chill Bliss 7:1 THC|CBG vape in January 2022.
"Continuing to hit these productivity milestones in partnership with Ginkgo fuels our innovation pipeline focused on creating borderless products utilizing rare cannabinoids that amplify and differentiate the consumer experience," said Mike Gorenstein, Chairman, President and CEO of Cronos. "We are excited about the possibilities that THCV is expected to give us and look forward to getting more products with rare cannabinoids into market."
"Working with Cronos to develop innovations in cannabis is an opportunity for us to apply synthetic biology in a way that is helping bring the cannabis industry forward and make a real impact on its market and the customers it serves," said Jason Kelly, CEO and cofounder of Ginkgo Bioworks. "The progress we've made thus far in our collaboration is a true testament to both the potential of synthetic biology and the world-class teams at Cronos and Ginkgo."
As a result of the achievement of the final productivity target for THCV, Cronos has issued to Ginkgo approximately 2.2 million common shares.
About Cronos
Cronos is an innovative global cannabinoid company committed to building disruptive intellectual property by advancing cannabis research, technology and product development. With a passion to responsibly elevate the consumer experience, Cronos is building an iconic brand portfolio. Cronos diverse international brand portfolio includes Spinach®, PEACE NATURALS®, Lord Jones®, Happy Dance® and PEACE+™. For more information about Cronos and its brands, please visit: thecronosgroup.com.
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About Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo is building a platform to enable customers to program cells as easily as we can program computers. The company's platform is enabling biotechnology applications across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to industrial chemicals to pharmaceuticals. Ginkgo has also actively supported a number of COVID-19 response efforts, including K-12 pooled testing, vaccine manufacturing optimization and therapeutics discovery. For more information, visit www.ginkgobioworks.com.
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ATLANTA — The extended Senate campaign in Georgia gives Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker a second chance to persuade voters to send them to Washington. But without party control of Congress at stake and absent other candidates on the ticket, the runoff looks different from the November general election.
The results of the AP VoteCast survey illustrate some of the challenges each candidate faces on Tuesday. Walker will need to turn out a GOP base that wasn’t enamored with him to start with, and do it without the more popular Gov. Brian Kemp on the ballot. Warnock must get his coalition of some lower-propensity voting groups to turn out.
And both candidates have to motivate voters despite a predetermined balance of power in Washington.
The wide-ranging VoteCast survey of more than 3,200 midterm voters in the state provides a detailed look at the Warnock and Walker coalitions and the attitudes that defined their choices this year. The data reveals advantages — and disadvantages — for both candidates in the runoff.
What’s at stake?
Fifty-four percent of Georgia midterm voters said they considered party control of the Senate to be the primary factor in their vote in the general election. But that’s no longer at stake.
Democrats flipped a Republican-held Senate seat in Pennsylvania to maintain their thin advantage in the chamber without relying on the outcome in Georgia.
In the general, many supporters of both candidates were motivated by party control, and they’ll need to be persuaded to vote a second time around when it doesn’t hang in the balance.
It’s a challenge for Walker in particular, whose supporters were slightly more likely than Warnock’s to say control of the Senate was their chief consideration, 57% vs. 52%. A Walker victory in the Senate would keep the 50-50 status quo, but Democrats maintain control with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote.
Republican support
Walker benefits from Georgia’s Republican-leaning tendencies, but Kemp didn’t carry Walker when they were both at the top of the ticket four weeks ago. In fact, Walker’s vote tallies fell more than 200,000 short of his fellow Republican’s, which might suggest he has a harder time getting Republicans out for him without Kemp on the ballot.
While 7 in 10 Kemp voters said they enthusiastically backed the governor, only about half of Walker’s voters said they were enthusiastically supporting Walker. Among Walker supporters, about 4 in 10 said they backed him with reservations and about 1 in 10 said they were simply opposing the other candidates.
“I’ve got some reservations, I’m not 100% Walker, but he is a hell of lot better than what we’ve got up there now with Warnock in there,” said Donny Richardson, a retired Marine who voted for Walker last week in Marietta. “Things need to change.”
Warnock has more work to do in a state that resoundingly reelected Kemp over two-time Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams and elected exclusively Republican statewide constitutional officers.
That’s especially true when Warnock may have been helped by Republicans who decided not to support Walker but showed up in the general to vote for other Republicans, including their governor. Fifteen percent of moderate and liberal Republicans backed Warnock. Eleven percent of Kemp voters supported Warnock or another candidate, including Libertarian Chase Oliver, compared with just 3% of Abrams voters bucking Warnock.
Constituencies
Warnock and Walker both amassed familiar Democratic and Republican constituencies in last month’s election. But there were signs that Walker did worse than his fellow Republican Kemp among groups that were core to the governor’s success, including white voters and voters in small towns and rural areas. College-educated men and women without a college degree were evenly divided in the Senate race, but both groups went decisively for Kemp in the governor’s race.
And most white Protestant voters backed the Republican candidate in both races, but Kemp won them by a wider margin than Walker did.
Warnock won majorities of young voters, Black voters, women, college graduates and suburbanites. Warnock also picked up about two-thirds of ideologically moderate voters.
Character and integrity
The final stretch of campaign featured harsh insults from each candidate on his competitor’s character and integrity. Voters in the general were more skeptical about Walker than Warnock, though neither candidate earned glowing marks.
Fifty-six percent of Georgia voters said the incumbent senator “has the right experience to serve effectively” in the job, compared with just 39% saying that of Walker, a 60-year-old political novice.
“I think Herschel Walker is incompetent and Raphael Warnock has more experience, and I think he’ll get the job done,” said Lolita Baylor, an executive assistant at JCPenney who lives in Morrow. She voted for Warnock.
Voters also were more likely to think Warnock has strong moral values compared with Walker, 53% vs. 43%.
Those critiques of Walker didn’t keep some voters from backing him the first time around, though it might eat into his support in a runoff. About a third of his own supporters said he didn’t have the right experience and about a quarter said he lacks strong moral values.
Trump lingers
Walker’s endorsement from former President Donald Trump helped him earn the party’s nomination, but that may have stunted his success among the state’s general electorate.
Biden’s razor-thin 2020 win in the state led Trump to falsely claim the results were rigged and to suggest Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “find” the votes needed to hand Trump a victory. Georgia’s voters reelected Kemp and Raffensperger despite Trump’s attempts to promote other candidates.
While Walker overwhelmingly won midterm “MAGA” voters — those who say they support the “Make America Great Again” movement — 43% of voters last month said Walker supports Trump too much. Fewer said Kemp or Raffensperger supports Trump too much, though somewhat more said they support Trump too little.
“He’s not a politician,” said Kat Shreve of Walker. The nonprofit manager in Marietta backed Warnock. Walker’s “a puppet of the Trump administration,” she said.
Sixteen percent of Republican voters who don’t identify as MAGA supporters backed Warnock in the general.
Even if Trump is not the draw he once was, opposition to his rival might be enough for Walker to convince voters to get back to the ballot box.
Overall, only about half of Walker voters said their vote was meant to signify support for Trump, but far more — about three-quarters — said their vote was in opposition to President Joe Biden. Walker has stressed Warnock’s ties to the president throughout the campaign.
“Let’s just say he’s much better than the Biden guy. Warnock has been. ‘Yes sir, Mr. Biden,’” said Jim Howle, a retired voter for Walker. Warnock’s “not representing the people.”
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Discogenic progenitor cell therapy safely increased disc volume and provided rapid, durable
improvements in low back pain, function, quality of life, and pain medication usage out to two years
post-injection in patients with lumbar DDD.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DiscGenics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine, today announced positive two-year clinical data from its first-in-human clinical study of IDCT (rebonuputemcel), an allogeneic discogenic progenitor cell therapy for lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).
In the FDA-allowed prospective, randomized, double-blind, vehicle- and placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study, high dose IDCT (9,000,000 cells/mL; n=20) met the primary safety and efficacy endpoints and demonstrated statistically significant improvements in low back pain, function, quality of life, and disc volume, suggesting a regenerative effect following a single injection into the intervertebral disc.
Key findings include:
- The primary safety endpoint of the study was achieved with no subjects in the IDCT treatment groups experiencing treatment-emergent serious adverse events (TESAEs).
- As previously reported, the primary efficacy endpoint of the study was achieved, with statistically significant improvement in back pain scores by >30% as measured on a 100mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS) observed in the high dose IDCT group at 52 weeks (–62.79%, p=0.0005). A smaller, significant decrease in VAS was also observed in the vehicle group.
- Clinically meaningful, statistically significant improvements in low back pain (VAS), function (ODI), and quality of life (EQ-5D) were observed by 12 weeks following intradiscal injection with high dose IDCT in subjects with symptomatic lumbar disc degeneration.
- These clinical improvements were sustained at six months, one year, 1.5 years, and two years post-injection and statistically exceeded the Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) in each respective outcome measure, which reflect changes following a clinical intervention that are meaningful for the patient.
- In the low dose IDCT group (3,000,000 cell/mL; n=20), there was a trend in improvement of clinical outcomes, though inconsistent. While the vehicle control group (n=10) resulted in some pain relief, it was not associated with clinically meaningful improvements in function or quality of life. No consistent or durable statistically significant or clinically meaningful outcomes were observed in the saline placebo control group (n=10).
- Statistically significant improvements in disc volume were also observed in the high dose IDCT group, where MRI imaging-derived mean change in disc volume increased steadily from baseline and reached statistical significance at Week 52 (249.01 mm3, p=0.0284) and Week 104 (402.1 mm3, p=0.028).
- In contrast, changes in disc volume for the control groups decreased, although not at a statistically significant level.
- Importantly, the high dose IDCT treatment group was the only group in this study to show a decrease in both opioid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID, e.g. aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.) use.
- At 2 years, overall patient follow-up was 85.0%.
"These clinical results demonstrate the incredible potential of DiscGenics's IDCT to safely treat not only the pain and disability associated with DDD with a single injection, but also to address the underlying cause of the disease—the degenerating disc. This is unlike any treatment I have seen in 30 years of practice and unlike any treatment currently available on the market," said Matthew F. Gornet, M.D., Board Certified Spine Surgeon at The Orthopedic Center of St. Louis and top enroller in the IDCT study. "The improvements we observed in disc volume through MRI image analysis suggest DiscGenics's IDCT produces a regenerative effect within the degenerating disc which indicates the ability to halt and possibly reverse the progression of DDD."
The 60-subject study was designed to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of IDCT for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease versus vehicle and saline controls. Subjects were enrolled at 13 centers across 12 states.
In this study, low back pain was measured on a 100-mm Visual Analog Scale (VAS), function was measured via the Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire (ODI), and quality of life was measured using the EQ-5D Index Score.
"We are very encouraged by the final two-year results of this study," said Flagg Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for DiscGenics. "The significant and durable improvements we saw in pain, function, quality of life, disc volume, and concomitant pain medication usage are critical indicators of the potential for IDCT to change the paradigm of care for patients with DDD."
DiscGenics has submitted a full clinical study report to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT).
Simultaneously, DiscGenics is scaling up its in-house manufacturing capabilities so it will have cells ready for future application, pending the FDA's review of the data.
A summary of this data has been presented at:
- The American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS) 84th Annual Meeting by Kevin T. Foley, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Chairman of Semmes-Murphey Clinic on September 29, 2022.
- The North American Spine Society (NASS) 37th Annual Meeting by Matthew F. Gornet, MD, Board Certified Spine Surgeon at The Orthopedic Center of St. Louis on October 12, 2022.
- The 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference by Flagg Flanagan, CEO and Chairman of DiscGenics on January 11, 2023.
About IDCT
IDCT (rebonuputemcel) is an allogeneic injectable discogenic progenitor cell therapy intended for patients with symptomatic early to moderate degenerative disc disease. The active ingredient (Drug Substance) of IDCT is a live discogenic progenitor cell population derived from the intervertebral disc tissue of adult organ donors. These cells are enriched and expanded into Discogenic Cells through a multistep manufacturing process in a highly controlled environment under current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) that results in significant proliferation and phenotypic changes to the cells. At the completion of the manufacturing process, the Discogenic Cells are subjected to extensive testing prior to use, including identity, purity, potency, and safety evaluations. The Discogenic Cells are then mixed with a viscous Sodium Hyaluronate Solution and excipients to generate IDCT, the Final Drug Product. IDCT is cryopreserved and maintained as individual "off-the-shelf" doses for administration via percutaneous injection into the intervertebral disc in an outpatient setting. IDCT has been granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Disclaimer: IDCT is an investigational product that is under development by DiscGenics and has not been approved by the FDA or any other regulatory agency for human use.
About the IDCT Clinical Study (DGX-A01)
DGX-A01 was a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, vehicle- and placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of IDCT in subjects with single-level, symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration. Sixty subjects were enrolled in 13 centers across 12 U.S. states.
Prior to enrollment, each participating subject was screened and verified to have met all eligibility criteria, including having early to moderate symptomatic, single-level DDD from L3-S1, no previous lumbar spine surgery, no radiculopathy (pinched nerve) or leg pain, and no comorbidities, such as tumors, fibromyalgia, systemic disease, osteoarthritis, or chronic opioid usage.
Upon enrollment, eligible subjects were randomized to one of four treatment cohorts: low dose IDCT (3,000,000 cells/mL; n=20), high dose IDCT (9,000,000 cells/mL; n=20), vehicle alone (n=10), or saline placebo (n=10). Each subject received a single intradiscal injection of his or her assigned treatment into the target symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disc. In accordance with the trial design, subjects in all cohorts were observed and evaluated for two years. Primary outcome measures include safety and reduction in pain. Secondary outcome measures include reduction in disability and radiographic improvement.
Through this study, IDCT is being evaluated under an investigational new drug (IND) allowance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will be regulated as a drug-biologic through a therapeutics biologics license application (BLA).
For more information on the U.S. study, please visit: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03347708.
About Chronic Low Back Pain and Degenerative Disc Disease
Chronic low back pain is a serious medical condition that represents a leading cause of disability worldwide and is the most common non-cancer reason for opioid prescription in the U.S. It affects 12-30% of U.S. adults at a given time and is estimated to cost the U.S. healthcare system over $100 billion each year, creating a significant burden on the economy and individual patients dealing with the condition. In nearly 40% of patients, low back pain is caused by DDD, a chronic and progressive condition where the intervertebral disc breaks down and causes pain.
About DiscGenics
DiscGenics is a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing regenerative cell-based therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine. DiscGenics's first product candidate, IDCT (rebonuputemcel), is an allogeneic, injectable discogenic progenitor cell therapy for symptomatic, mild to moderate lumbar disc degeneration. IDCT is a mixture of live Discogenic Cells, which are a manufactured progenitor cell population derived from donated adult human intervertebral disc tissue, and a viscous carrier. As the only company in the world to develop an allogeneic cell therapy derived from intervertebral disc cells to treat diseases of the disc, DiscGenics has a unique opportunity to offer a non-surgical, potentially regenerative solution for the treatment of patients suffering from the debilitating effects of back pain. For more information, visit discgenics.com.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pavlov Media, a national broadband service provider, and the Texas communities of Corinth, Shady Shores, and Hickory Creek (the Lake Cities) have entered a historic partnership that will make each community a Gig City when completed. The cities used American Rescue Plan funds to enter into an Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) to bring fiber services to a number of their government facilities. As part of the agreement, Pavlov Media has agreed to expand their fiber network to provide fiber-based services to the residents and businesses within the Lake Cities.
"We are proud to be part of this innovative solution developed by the Lake Cities. The cities embarked on an exhaustive, competitive bid process, and we are pleased that they chose Pavlov Media to partner with. We believe our ability to design, build, and operate municipal fiber networks all with our own in-house staff will enhance the speed to completion, and the ultimate success of the fiber network," said Pavlov Media President, Glenn Meyer.
Mike O'Linc, President of Campus Communications Group, (a subsidiary of Pavlov Media) added: "Construction of the fiber network will begin immediately, with the goal to have each of the Lake Cities' anchor facilities connected within one year."
"Providing high-speed fiber networks has been a priority for the Lake Cities for many years. We are extremely excited to begin the broadband project with Pavlov Media. This project will greatly benefit our current residents and generations to come in Corinth, Hickory Creek and Shady Shores," stated Corinth Mayor Bill Heidemann.
Mark Shelden, Pavlov Media's Vice President of Municipal Developments stated, "This model can be replicated in other communities across the country that want fiber-based services in their communities. We believe that demand for fiber-based services are in their infancy, and we are in conversations with several other municipalities looking at ways to accelerate the installation of fiber networks in their communities."
About Pavlov Media:
Pavlov Media is headquartered in Champaign, Ill. and offers broadband, voice, and television services. The company operates municipal fiber networks connected to its national backbone network. Pavlov Media specializes in private networks designed, constructed, and operated by a team of dedicated professionals in the telecommunications industry. For more information about the agreement, and how it might fit other communities, contact Mark Shelden, at 217-363-2424 or email mshelden@pavlovmedia.com.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy technology industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the business technology industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- What Not to Miss at CES 2023
Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA, says, "Tech advances are helping to solve the world's greatest challenges, and CES 2023 will set the agenda for the year ahead." - Dell Technologies Introduces More "World's First" Collaboration Tools
With more than 50% of employees surveyed rating monitors as the most important device to improve productivity across different workspaces in a recent Dell-Forrester study, our newest additions to the UltraSharp family promise to up-level the performance and experience on which you've grown to depend on. - Arcade1Up Announces First At-Home Casino Gaming Experience with the Renowned Game Show
The Wheel of Fortune Casinocade Deluxe will make its debut during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. Arcade1Up will also unveil the Infinity Game Board™, a new take on the company's innovative digital board game, the Infinity Game Table™, and a new flagship design for the company's Legacy line. - Garmin unveils its Unified Cabin Experience at CES 2023
The in-vehicle solution with personalized entertainment zones intuitively connects wireless passenger devices to real-time game streams, videos, music, and more. - Ansys Acquires Leading Particle Dynamics Simulation Software Rocky
With this acquisition, Ansys adds Rocky, the leading discrete element method (DEM) tool, and a skilled team of developers, application support technicians and customer-facing staff in Brazil, Spain, and the United States. - Edge Impulse and BrainChip Partner to Further AI Development with Support for the Akida platform
This integration will enable users to leverage the power of Edge Impulse's machine learning platform, combined with the high-performance neural processing capabilities of BrainChip's Akida™ to develop and deploy powerful edge-based solutions. - Roborock Debuts All-New Cleaning Systems, Including Roborock S8 Pro Ultra at CES 2023 "The S8 Series uses the most powerful cleaning system we have developed to date on a robot vacuum, paired with the ability to maneuver around objects and maintain itself, customers can now enjoy a more hands-off deep clean than ever before. While the Dyad Pro brings wet-dry cleaning up a notch with unmatched cleaning power, intelligence, and self-maintenance options," says Richard Chang, founder and CEO of Roborock.
- Alienware Revamps its Iconic Laptop Armada at CES 2023
And these aren't small updates either – the roster debuts updated form factors and materials, best-in-class performance upgrades, design and comfort enhancements, as well as an overhauled Alienware Command Center. - Virtualness Wins Exclusive Multi-Year Web3 Deal for End-To-End Rights to Philippine Basketball Association's NFT Digital Collectibles
The Virtualness platform will enable Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) to design, mint, showcase and sell branded digital collectibles; and to use next-generation technology to connect with Filipino basketball fans across the world in new ways. - CITIZEN Debuts CZ Smart Watch with Proprietary Wellness Software That Anticipates, Learns, and Gets Smarter with the Wearer
The CZ Smart YouQ software helps the wearer understand and anticipate patterns of fatigue and alertness and offers customized insights and personalized strategies to build better habits to maximize a wearer's daily potential. - First Apple Computer Trade Sign, Wozniak Tool Box to Be Auctioned
The sign once accompanied company founder Steve Jobs at Apple's first trade show, and then was displayed outside the company's Cupertino, California headquarters for several years.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of their ongoing effort to meet the needs of Afghan refugees who have recently moved to the Nashville area, Tennessee Resettlement Aid, (TRA) is holding a Back to School fundraiser to give the 200 Afghan children who will be heading back to school the supplies and resources they severely need.
"In less than three weeks, these children whose families had to flee their native country when the US withdrew from Afghanistan will be coming to school in a different culture and in a different language," TRA Director Katie Finn said. "We know that if you want kids to be set up for success, they need help to get ready for school."
Tennessee Resettlement Aid will be acquiring Nashville Public School System, backpacks, sneakers, jackets.
Noted philanthropist and Nashville area resident George Shinn has pledged $20,000 for the effort, which Finn said will be half of what will be needed to send those children to school with the supplies they need.
Former Lipscomb President Randy Lowry, who has headed fundraising efforts for the Resettlement effort, knew exactly who to call when the need was first identified.
"My first call was to George Shinn," Lowry said. "During my tenure at Lipscomb George was the largest donor there. And I'm so grateful for the way he and his wife Megan have responded."
"When Randy called, Megan and I said yes right away," George Shinn said. "I know what it's like to go to school without many things that other students might have. I lived that life as a child. I'm happy to help, and excited to be a part of an effort to give these kids to make their best life in a new place."
TRA, a non-profit who has an affiliated 501c3 sponsor that seeks to fill the gaps in the current refugee resettlement system with direct aid to our Afghan allies and their families, is asking the community to donate the other half of the needed funds.
The evacuation of Afghan refugees to the U.S. is the largest resettlement effort in our nation's history. To date, more than 650 Afghan allies have arrived in Nashville and more are expected in the coming months.
To make a tax-deductible donation to TRA, please visit https://www.tennesseeresettlementaid.org/
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DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too.
A Dutch intrepid inventor is now “growing” coffins by putting mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, together with hemp fiber in a special mold that, in a week, turns into what could basically be compared to the looks of an unpainted Egyptian sarcophagus.
And while traditional wooden coffins come from trees that can take decades to grow and years to break down in the soil, the mushroom versions biodegrades and delivers the remains to nature in barely a month and a half.
In our 21st century, when the individual spirit can increasingly thrive way beyond the strictures of yore, death and funerals are all so often still hemmed in by tradition that may fall far short of the vision of the deceased or their loved ones.
“We all have different cultures and different ways of wanting to be buried in the world. But I do think there’s a lot of us, a huge percentage of us, that would like it differently. And it’s been very old school the same way for 50 or 100 years,” said Shawn Harris, a U.S. investor in the Loop Biotech company that produces the coffins.
With climate consciousness and a special care of nature a focal point in ever more lives, Loop Biotech says it has the answer for those wanting to live the full circle of life — and then some — as close to what they always believed in.
Bob Hendrikx, the 29-year-old founder bedecked in a “I am compost” T-shirt at a recent presentation, said that he had researched nature a great deal “especially mushrooms. And I learned that they are the biggest recyclers on the planet. So I thought, hey, why can we not be part of the cycle of life? And then decided to grow a mushroom-based coffin.” Moss can be draped within the coffins for the burial ceremonies.
And for those preferring cremation, there is also an urn they grow which can be buried with a sapling sticking out. So when the urn is broken down, the ashes can help give life to the tree.
“Instead of: ‘we die, we end up in the soil and that’s it,’ Now there is a new story : we can enrich life after death and you can continue to thrive as a new plant or tree,” Hendrikx said in an interview. “It brings a new narrative in which we can be part of something bigger than ourselves.”
The coffins cost 995 euros (more than $1,000) each, and the price for an urn is 196.80 euros ($212).
To put nature at the heart of such funerals, Loop Biotech is partnering with Natuurbegraven Nederland — Nature Burials Netherlands — which uses six special habitats were remains can be embedded in protected parks.
Currently, Loop Biotech has a capacity to “grow” 500 coffins or urns a month, and are shipping across Europe. Hendrikx said they have caught on in the Nordics.
“It’s the Northern European countries where there is more consciousness about the environment and also where there’s autumn,” he said. “So they know and understand the mushroom, how it works, how it’s part of the ecosystem.”
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CRADDOCK: Former Paradise resident Dennis Craddock, 73, of Red Bluff, died Feb. 13, 2023, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary, 214-0177.
FARRARA: Tove Gotche Farrara, 95, of Chico, died Feb. 5, 2023, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Newton-Bracewell Chico Funeral Home, 342-9003.
HARWOOD: Gerald Vincent Harwood, 82, of Oroville, died Feb. 15, 2023, in Oroville. Arrangements are under the direction of Oroville Funeral Home, 533-0323. No services are planned.
MAYS: Burris Mays, 73, of Orland, died Feb. 14, 2023, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet-Olsen Family Mortuary, 865-3349.
SHADLEY: Robert Arthur Shadley Jr., 76, of Willows, died Feb. 15, 2023, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of F.D. Sweet and Son, 934-5524. | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/02/17/death-notices-received-feb-16-5/ | 2023-02-17 17:02:44 | 0 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/02/17/death-notices-received-feb-16-5/ |
Ambulance called for middle schoolers having trouble breathing after ‘One Chip Challenge’
EDINA, Minn. (Gray News) - A viral challenge apparently made several middle school students in Minnesota sick on Thursday.
Several students at South View Middle School in Edina reported eye pain and difficulty breathing after attempting the “One Chip Challenge.”
An ambulance was called, but fortunately, no one had a severe allergic reaction or was seriously injured.
The “One Chip Challenge” involves eating a single tortilla chip from the brand Paqui, made with the hottest pepper on the planet – the Carolina Reaper. Then, the key is to see how long you can go without drinking milk or water.
The chip is sold in single packs of one chip for $8.99.
Videos of people attempting the challenge for the past few years have been shared on TikTok and YouTube. Paqui first made the chips six years ago.
A warning on Paqui’s website reads, in part, “Seek medical assistance should you experience difficulty breathing, fainting or extended nausea.”
Several school districts across the country have banned the chips from school premises due to the risk of adverse effects.
Poison Control has a webpage dedicated to the “One Chip Challenge” with more information.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature will set aside $200 million dollars out of its about $1 billion in spending for a paper mill in the Upper Peninsula, while also setting aside more money for the state's economic development fund.
The spending legislation, which was passed late Thursday night by the newly Democrat-controlled Legislature, includes a $946 million spending plan and an additional $146 million to close out last year's budget, bringing the total spending to nearly $1.1 billion.
Nearly $200 million in grant funding will be set aside for upgrades at the Escanaba Mill, located in the Upper Peninsula and operated by Swedish paper producer Billerud. The company is looking to begin making a more technologically advanced paper product that will be used as packaging for pharmaceuticals and healthcare, cosmetics and drinks.
The funding for the Escanaba Mill comes after the Michigan Strategic Fund approved a 15-year tax break last month to support Billerud's planned project at the paper mill, which is expected to bring in nearly $1 billion in investments from the Swedish company and retain at least 1,240 jobs in the region.
The passage of the supplemental budget Thursday came one day after Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered a State of the State speech that focused heavily on economic development and keeping jobs in the state.
Rep. Jenn Hill of Marquette called the paper mill project a “generational investment” and said that after the Lower Peninsula received multiple economic development projects last year, it was time for the Upper Peninsula “to have a turn.”
“The governor talked last night about providing young people with a reason to stay in Michigan. A big part of that is economic opportunity,” said Hill. “Let's invest in the Upper Peninsula and the future of green manufacturing in our state.”
The bill also gives an additional $150 million for Michigan’s Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve, which brings the total remaining balance of the fund to $890 million.
Republicans criticized the late-night spending bill as being rushed and secretive. Rep. Mike Harris of Clarkston said that Democrats planned the bill “behind closed doors” and “waited until the last minute to make this public.”
“Democrats are starting their new majority by shoving an enormous, secret spending bill down the throats of the people of Michigan,” House Republican Leader Matt Hall said in a statement. “They gave the public and their elected representatives virtually no time to read the ridiculously over-stuffed plan before the vote.”
During December's lame duck session, talks between Whitmer and the Republican-led Legislature stalled before any supplemental budget could be passed. Democrats took full control of both chambers this year and a budget surplus that was projected to grow to over $9 billion by fall.
The Democratic-led Legislature also worked Thursday to pass tax relief that includes increasing the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit to a 30% match of the federal credit, compared with 6% currently, and a retirement tax repeal. Final passage of both bills is expected sometime next week. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/michigan-democrats-pass-over-1-billion-in-17746600.php | 2023-01-27 19:33:44 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/michigan-democrats-pass-over-1-billion-in-17746600.php |
DEAR ANNIE: I am writing in hopes that you can provide a different and fresh perspective. I have two sons: “George,” 28, and “Fred,” 35. George has lived with us on and off for the past 10 years. I call him my “boomerang kid.” He has finally landed a decent job, and we are giving him six more months of living with us to get his finances in order so that he can get a place of his own.
The issue is Fred. We have had a strained relationship for all of his adult life. He became a drug addict in his teens and was in and out of facilities, to no avail. During his time of using, he was abusive to me, both verbally and emotionally, kicking me out of his life multiple times, causing me to miss large chunks of time with my grandchildren. I missed the entire first year of my granddaughter’s life.
At one point, things got so bad that we had to notify the police because I was fearful for my husband and me. His drug use cost him his marriage, and he almost lost his children. Finally, he became clean two years ago, and I thought our relationship would improve. It did for a bit. I always attributed his behavior to drugs but have now come to realize that he is a narcissist and his behavior is toxic.
He has been living with his girlfriend for the past two years; however, she recently broke up with him, and he wanted to move in with us.
My husband is not the father of my sons, and our marriage has been put to the test with George bouncing in and out, so I told Fred “no.” I told him this not only for the sake of our marriage but also because he had no exit plan. I had no idea how long he would be with us.
He has a good job and could go for an extended period of time before he found an apartment. Plus, our house is small and it would be utter chaos with four adults, two children (several days a week) and our three dogs.
He now has cut me off completely and blocked my number. I had hoped, after going through this many times, that I would handle it better, but I am not. I have no access to the grandchildren, other than reaching out to his ex-wife and hoping she would be kind enough to allow us time. Annie, was I wrong to say no? Should I try to move on and realize it may be best not to have him in my life or should I try to reconcile, if that is an option? I am very torn and appreciate your insights. -- Looking for Peace
DEAR LOOKING FOR PEACE: Peace is within you. Make a decision that you will not let any outside situation take away your sense of inner peace. The real question is how to do that.
For starters, don’t second-guess your decision. Fred needs your emotional support, but you can only give it while protecting your personal boundaries and well-being. You made the right choice by not allowing him, at 35 years of age, to move back in with you. This will force him to find a place of his own and keep his job. Both of those things will build Fred’s self-esteem and, hopefully, help him to stay sober. It is natural that you have thought of shutting him out. He has done the same to you.
But your letter shows me how important Fred is to you. Stay grounded in that, and write him an email or a letter telling him how much you love him and how grateful you are for him. Remember what Fred was like as a boy to soften your anger and hurt. It is easier to come around when what is greeting you is unconditional love. One day, hopefully, Fred will come around and thank you for forcing him to do it on his own.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli DM sorry over killing of Al Jazeera reporter, asks Palestinians to provide fatal bullet and promises full probe.
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) (the "Company" or "Co-Dx,"), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, announced today that Dwight Egan, CEO, Brian Brown, CFO, and Andrew Benson, Head of Investor Relations, will present and host one-on-one meetings with investors at the Sidoti Summer Small Cap Virtual Investor Conference June 15-16, 2022.
The presentation will begin at 3:15 p.m. EDT on Wednesday June 15, 2022, and can be accessed on the Events and Webcasts section of the Co-Diagnostics website. To register for the presentation or one-on-ones, please visit www.sidoti.com/events.
Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a Utah corporation, is a molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and markets state-of-the-art diagnostics technologies. The Company's technology is utilized for tests that are designed using the detection and/or analysis of nucleic acid molecules (DNA or RNA). The Company also uses its proprietary technology to design specific tests to locate genetic markers for use in industries other than infectious disease and license the use of those tests to specific customers.
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ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions will be without their starting offensive guards -- top four overall -- and key defenders Charles Harris (groin), Jeff Okudah (concussion protocol) and Josh Paschal (knee) on Thanksgiving.
Evan Brown (ankle) and Jonah Jackson (concussion protocol) were also ruled out for the team’s game against the Buffalo Bills. The Lions are already without guards Halapoulivaati Vaitai (back) and Tommy Kraemer (back), so things are tough on the interior of their stout offensive line. Center Frank Ragnow has been playing through a foot/toe injury. But he enters without an injury designation.
Jackson missed the first practice of the week with an illness. But the Pro Bowl guard was listed with a brain injury on Tuesday, with his designation expected on the short week. Brown went down after 14 snaps in last week’s win against the New York Giants and didn’t return.
Dan Skipper, Logan Stenberg and Kayode Awosika are the team’s top options at guard. Skipper replaced Brown last week at right guard and previously started three games on the left side after switching from tackle.
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Stenberg started three times, too, including the first two weeks and again in Week 5 bye. Awosika has logged eight offensive snaps since landing in Detroit. Pro Football Focus has been harsh on Skipper and Stenberg’s work this season, handing each a 0.0 pass-blocking grade at one point this year. Skipper has allowed 16 pressures and two sacks across 289 offensive snaps. Stenberg has surrendered 10 pressures and two sacks across 158 plays from the right side. Awosika hasn’t seen much action, with eight offensive snaps, including one as an extra tight end on the season.
Josh Reynolds (back) is questionable, with the team still not back at full strength at wide receiver. Wideout DJ Chark, linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez and running back D’Andre Swift are good to go and clear of injury designations.
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The Russian Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization banned in Russia, a designation that may expose Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Moscow to terrorism charges.
Azov, which played a key part in the defense of the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, has been repeatedly portrayed by Russian officials and state media as a Nazi formation allegedly committing atrocities against Ukraine’s civilians. No evidence has surfaced to back up these assertions.
The Azov Regiment is a unit within Ukraine’s National Guard. It grew out of a group called the Azov Battalion, formed in 2014 as one of many volunteer brigades that rose to bolster Ukraine’s underfunded and questionably led military in the fight against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
The Azov Battalion drew its initial fighters from far-right circles and elicited criticism for some of its tactics. Its current members rejected accusations of nationalism and radicalism.
Russia’s Prosecutor General’s office filed a motion to designate the regiment as a terrorist organization in May.
Scores of Azov fighters are being held captive by Moscow. The Russian authorities have opened multiple criminal cases against them, accusing them of killing civilians.
Last week, dozens of Ukrainian POWs were killed in an explosion at a barracks at a penal colony in Olenivka, an eastern town controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Moscow and Kyiv have have traded blame for the strike, with Kyiv saying Russia blew up the barracks to cover up torture against the POWs. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/russia-declares-ukrainian-military-unit-a-terrorist-group/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-08-02 13:27:33 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/world/russia-declares-ukrainian-military-unit-a-terrorist-group/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
AANA Applauds Reintroduction of The Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act in 118th Congress
ROSEMONT, Ill., April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act (HR 2713) was reintroduced by U.S. Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), and Ann Kuster (D-NH) on April 19. If passed, the ICAN Act would remove practice barriers for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) by allowing them to provide more comprehensive healthcare services to patients across the country.
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) supports this legislation, which will remove physician supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and provide access to CRNA services in Medicaid.
"As the only anesthesia providers in most rural hospitals, and the predominant providers in underserved communities, CRNAs play an important role in maintaining critical access in communities across the country, " said AANA President Angela Mund, DNP, CRNA. "However, superfluous regulations serve as barriers to expanding care, especially at a time when those same communities face a shortage of providers. This critical legislation will help ensure that everyone who needs access to the high-quality care provided by advanced practice registered nurses such as CRNAs can have it."
Specifically, this legislation will ensure proper reimbursement for CRNAs to provide quality anesthesia and pain management for patients in Medicare, allow CRNAs to order and refer medically necessary services, permanently remove unnecessary physician supervision under Medicare, promote payment parity in the teaching rules, and provide access to CRNA services in Medicaid.
CRNAs, as advanced practice registered nurses, are members of one of the most trusted professions according to Gallup. CRNAs provide anesthesia care across all settings, including as the primary providers of anesthesia on the battlefield in forward surgical teams.
"As a nurse anesthetist, I know firsthand how important it is to allow advanced practice registered nurses to work to the top of our education and scope," Mund said. "For nearly three years Medicare has temporarily waived practice barriers to allow CRNAs and others to step up on the front lines of multiple global health challenges. We have seen how much nurses can do when we remove burdensome regulations and allow them to reach the full potential of their education and scope of practice."
When anesthesia delivery is staffed and directed by CRNAs, costly duplication of services is avoided. This can help healthcare facilities use limited resources to further improve patient care.
For more information about the ICAN Act and to urge your representative to support this legislation, visit AnesthesiaFacts.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot case accusing Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four of his extremist group associates of a violent plot to stop the transfer of presidential power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden.
Federal prosecutors are asking the Washington, D.C., jury to convict the defendants of seditious conspiracy — a rarely used charge that carries up to 20 years in prison and can be difficult to prove.
Prosecutors spent weeks showing jurors messages, recordings and surveillance video they say show Rhodes, of Granbury, Texas, and his band of antigovernment extremists were prepared to take up arms to overturn Biden’s election victory over Trump.
Rhodes and two of his co-defendants — Thomas Caldwell, of Berryville, Virginia, and Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio — took the witness stand and sought to downplay their actions and portray the riot as a spontaneous outpouring of election-fueled rage instead of the result of a preconceived plot.
The others on trial are Kelly Meggs, of Dunnellon, Florida, and Kenneth Harrelson of Titusville, Florida. Besides seditious conspiracy, all five defendants also face other felony charges. If found guilty of seditious conspiracy, they would be the first defendants convicted of the Civil War-era offense at trial in nearly 30 years. The last successful case was the prosecution of Islamic militants who plotted to bomb New York City landmarks.
The defendants also face several other charges, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding— Congress’ certification of Biden’s 2020 election win.
Rhodes told jurors that there was no plan for the Oath Keepers to attack the Capitol and said his followers who went inside acted “stupid.”
The jury will weigh the charges that the Oath Keepers were not whipped into an impulsive frenzy by Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, but traveled to Washington intent on stopping the transfer of presidential power at all costs.
The riot was the opportunity they had been preparing for, prosecutors say. Rhodes’ followers sprang into action, marching to the Capitol, joining the crowd pushing into the building and attempting to overturn the election that was sending Biden to the White House in place of Trump, authorities allege.
Not true, the Oath Keepers argue. They say there was never any plot, that prosecutors have twisted their admittedly bombastic words and given jurors a misleading timeline of events and messages.
Hundreds of people have been convicted in the deadly attack, which left dozens of officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and shook the foundations of American democracy. Now jurors in the case against Rhodes and his associates, for the first time, will need to decide whether the actions of any Jan. 6 defendants amount to seditious conspiracy — a charge that carries both significant prison time and political weight.
Failure to secure a seditious conspiracy conviction could spell trouble for another high-profile trial beginning next month, of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and other leaders of that extremist group. The Justice Department’s Jan. 6 probe has also expanded beyond those who attacked the Capitol to focus on others linked to Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
In the Oath Keepers trial, prosecutors built their case using dozens of encrypted messages sent in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6. They show Rhodes rallying his followers to fight to defend Trump and warning they might need to “rise up in insurrection.”
“We aren’t getting through this without a civil war. Prepare your mind body and spirit,” he wrote shortly after the 2020 election.
A government witness — an Oath Keeper cooperating with prosecutors in hopes of a lighter sentence — testified that there was an “implicit” agreement to stop Congress’ certification but the decision to enter the building was “spontaneous.”
“We talked about doing something about the fraud in the election before we went there on the 6th,” Graydon Young told jurors. “And then when the crowd got over the barricade and they went into the building, an opportunity presented itself to do something. We didn’t tell each other that.”
Prosecutors say the defense is only trying to muddy the waters in a clear-cut case. The Oath Keepers aren’t accused of entering into an agreement ahead of Jan. 6 to storm the Capitol.
Defense attorneys for Caldwell, Watkins and Harrelson worked on Monday to cast doubt on the timeline presented by prosecutors, saying that communications were hampered by overwhelmed cell towers and that other rioters forced Congress to recess before they arrived.
Prosecutor Jeffrey Nestler, though, said any lag was brief and the Oath Keepers were among the rioters who interrupted congressional proceedings by preventing lawmakers from coming back into session to certify the presidential vote.
Citing the Civil War-era seditious conspiracy statute, prosecutors tried to prove the Oath Keepers conspired to forcibly oppose the authority of the federal government and block the execution of laws governing the transfer of presidential power. Prosecutors must show the defendants agreed to use force — not merely advocated it — to oppose the transfer of presidential power.
After the riot, Rhodes tried to get a message to Trump through an intermediary, imploring the president not to give up his fight to hold onto power. The intermediary — a man who told jurors he had an indirect way to reach the president — recorded his meeting with Rhodes and went to the FBI instead.
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Richer reported from Boston.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) (OTC: CSVI) to Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and Bridgeport Partners. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of CSI will receive $58.00 in cash for each share of CSI that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/otc-csvi/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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CHICAGO — The first three balls to emerge from the Smartplay lottery machine, a unique glass contraption designed solely for the annual NBA Draft Lottery, read 14, 5 and 8. There are 14 balls submitted into the device — the same tally of representatives from teams that failed to make the postseason, who watched those tiny, white spheres rattle around the clear basin with bated breath. Each May, the final, fourth pingpong ball to emerge from the apparatus is what truly declares the winner of the No. 1 pick in June's draft.
On Tuesday evening, two stories below and one hour before the televised ESPN broadcast from a gigantic ballroom at McCormick Place, that last ball rose to the surface and revealed the destination for Victor Wembanyama, the 7-foot-4 French phenom whom NBA personnel are widely convinced is the greatest prospect to enter the league since LeBron James, a talent capable of uplifting a franchise for two decades.
It was nearly Washington. The Wizards entered the evening with the eighth-best odds and a 6.7% chance at the top selection and could have landed Wembanyama if a 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 spouted from the Smartplay machine. The Orlando Magic needed the No. 5 ball to pop out. Alas, it was a 2, and Clay Allen, the general counsel for the Houston Rockets who has appeared in the sequestered drawing room three times, leaned over to Spurs general manager Brian Wright, sitting to his left, and tapped the lucky executive on the shoulder, saying in defeat, “That’s you.”
Buzz Peterson, the Charlotte Hornets general manager, extended a congratulatory hand, but Wright remained stone-faced. He would later politely refuse to reveal the good luck charms that helped deliver Wembanyama to the franchise that once landed Tim Duncan with the No. 1 pick, but Wright did reveal he had one charmed item on his person and another waiting at home.
“Victor’s unique,” Wright said from the back room. “He’s a big, but he’s not a big.” There are few 7-footers, after all, who can handle, pass and shoot as well as elite guards on the perimeter. The rarities, like Nikola Jokić and Joel Embiid, have been in a heated race for MVP over the past three seasons. “People call him a unicorn, an alien,” Wright said, and for good reason. Wembanyama’s height dwarfs those All-Star giants.
Peterson had a small, wooden cross in his pocket, a long-ago gift from his mother, Barbara, who told him to carry the memento in his pocket when Peterson stormed the sidelines during his two decades of college coaching. Disaster, though, almost struck the Charlotte executive. When Peterson arrived in Chicago on Saturday, he realized he’d left the cross back at home on his bathroom vanity. And so Peterson phoned his son-in-law, Jackson Simmons, who works in the Hornets’ video room, to bring the cross to Kathryn Karakus, Charlotte’s senior director of basketball operations, who hand delivered the important item to Peterson when she joined the week of action here for the NBA Draft Combine. Who knows if that scramble tempted fate, but the combination 7-3-5-4 sprung from the glass, and Peterson’s Hornets had claimed the second overall pick in the draft.
Portland Trail Blazers assistant general manager Sergi Oliva had nothing special on his person. “I’m not superstitious,” Oliva said. The only things tucked inside his suit jacket pocket were two copies of his hotel room key. The Blazers, perhaps, had the most at stake of any franchise mired in the Wembanyama sweepstakes, with a common refrain among drawing room representatives being their disinterest in being back next year. And Portland was the only team among clubs with the top-five-best odds of getting the No. 1 pick that already rosters a bona fide franchise talent in Damian Lillard. So for the Blazers to jump to third in a draft class that’s believed to include a consensus top three of prospects in Wembanyama, G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson and Alabama forward Brandon Miller presents Portland with a massive asset entering what could be an offseason rife with trade activity.
There are other teams rival executives are already pinning as potential trade candidates. Dallas avoided disaster by landing its top-10 protected pick at the No. 10 spot, and the Mavericks are certainly expected to explore the market for that selection in hopes of adding to their All-Star backcourt of Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving, the latter of which will become an unrestricted free agent this summer. Indiana, which came away with the No. 7 pick, also holds picks Nos. 26 and 29, which the Pacers already explored trading for veteran talent before the February trade deadline, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Sacramento, down at No. 24, is another team to monitor, sources said, for first-round trade possibilities.
The Blazers hold the hottest commodity. Charlotte jumping to the second pick, up from the fourth-best odds, brings an interesting dilemma and what some league personnel consider a suboptimal fit between Henderson and incumbent All-Star guard LaMelo Ball. That could very well lead the Hornets to choose Miller instead, which could allow Portland to hold a bidding war for teams hoping to acquire Henderson’s services. Or it could allow the Blazers to take one of Henderson or Miller, and gauge the trade value of other pieces on Portland’s roster.
“We’re a team that’s trying to win and trying to maximize Damian’s timeline. This was an important night for us,” Portland general manager Joe Cronin told Yahoo Sports. “Front offices around the league think highly of this draft, so you would think that a lot of teams that were sitting [on stage] tonight will be getting a lot of calls from teams trying to move up and maneuver.”
The fourth and last lottery drawing brought just as much drama in the sequestered area as the grand prize. That next combination was 13-14-1-11 — another winning result for the Spurs — which was therefore scratched from the record and sparked another drawing.
“What’s your lucky charm?” Pacers president Kevin Pritchard asked Wright from his second-row seat on the dais. Too bad we’ll never know.
The second drawing for the fourth pick brought 3-4-9-7, which was Charlotte, so that was also scrubbed from history. A third drawing was needed to determine the fourth pick, and San Antonio won yet again, this time with a sequence of 2-12-7-3. One league executive in the drawing room likened the repeated drawings to a game heading to quadruple overtime.
Finally, on the fourth try for the fourth pick, the Smartplay machine produced 7-14-4-1, awarding the selection to the Rockets and sending the Pistons tumbling to fifth after beginning the night with as good a chance as any team to claim the top prize. Detroit did claim the No. 1 pick in 2021, and the No. 5 selection in this year’s draft will position the Pistons to potentially select one of Ausar or Amen Thompson. The identical twins spent the last two years playing with Overtime Elite, then coached by Kevin Ollie, who coincidentally is widely considered the favorite of Detroit general manager Troy Weaver among the three finalists for the Pistons’ vacant head coaching, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
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HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jason Foundation, Inc. (JFI), a nationally recognized leader in youth and young adult suicide awareness and prevention, proudly recognizes and supports September as National Suicide Prevention Month. Throughout the month, individuals and organizations around the country have plans to highlight the problem of suicide and advocate its prevention.
Almost 46,000 Americans took their own lives in 2020, making suicide one of the leading causes of death in our nation. Suicide rates in the US have climbed 33% since 2000. Even more concerning is that suicide and suicide attempts among our nation's youth (ages 10-24) are on the rise. According to information released by the CDC, 19% of high school youth had seriously considered attempting suicide, 16% had made a suicide plan, and 9% had made one or more suicide attempts. One of the ways to reduce that number is by talking about suicide and suicidal ideation, which can spur meaningful conversations about mental health and potentially save lives.
Suicide Prevention Month is a time to remember those affected by suicide, raise awareness, and focus on prevention efforts. Join the conversation and reach out to those who have been personally affected by suicide, raise awareness, and connect those struggling with suicidal thoughts to professional counselors and treatment services that can help them.
"Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in our nation, but the lack of awareness regarding the issue contributes to its magnitude," remarked Brett Marciel, Chief Communications Officer for The Jason Foundation. "Suicide is preventable, and you can have a lasting impact on those around you."
The Jason Foundation offers many different ideas on how the public can become involved. To find more information, visit their website and look for the "How to Get Involved" tab. A special section exists for Suicide Prevention Month.
The Jason Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting the "silent epidemic" of youth and young adult suicide through educational programs for young people, educators, parents, and other community groups. Since their inception, The Jason Foundation has never charged a school, family, or community for use of their programs or materials. For more information or to find the closest JFI Affiliate Office, visit their website. www.jasonfoundation.com
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How Netanyahu judicial plan sparked massive unrest in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial overhaul unleashed the most intense social unrest in Israel in decades before he announced Monday that he would delay the plan.
Tens of thousands of people repeatedly took to the streets to protest the proposal — including spontaneous mass demonstrations that erupted across the country late Sunday after he fired his defense minister for questioning the overhaul. Business leaders, bank chiefs, fighter pilots, military reservists, academics, former security commanders and other influential sectors of society also came out against the plan.
On Monday, Israel’s largest trade union declared a general strike — paralyzing the country’s international airport — and thousands of people gathered outside parliament.
Later in the day, Netanyahu announced he would delay the overhaul, saying he was still determined to pass a judicial reform but would take the time to seek a compromise. The head of the country’s largest trade union responded by saying it would call off a general strike that threatened to grind the country's economy to a halt.
Here’s a look at Israel's most serious domestic crisis in decades:
How did we get here?
Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption in three separate cases, has been at the center of political turmoil that has plagued the country since 2019.
After he was indicted, Netanyahu’s former governing partners turned on him, and he was unable to form a stable, lasting coalition. That led to a protracted political crisis that sent Israelis to the polls five times in less than four years.
After an 18-month political exile as opposition leader, Netanyahu returned to power late last year in a coalition with ultra-Orthodox and ultranationalist allies, forming the country’s most right-wing government ever. He denies wrongdoing in the corruption cases.
What is the judicial overhaul about?
After taking power, key figures in Netanyahu’s Likud Party along with his governing partners pledged to quickly overhaul the country’s judicial system, which critics say is driven by a desire to push their ideological agendas with less judicial oversight. The changes would give the governing coalition control over judicial appointments and weaken the country's Supreme Court by granting parliament the authority to overturn its decisions and limiting judicial review of laws.
Opponents say the overhaul would upend the country’s delicate system of checks and balances by giving Netanyahu's ruling coalition control over what is now an independent judiciary. They also say Netanyahu has a deep conflict of interest in trying to reshape the legal system while on trial.
The government says the legal changes are necessary to streamline governance in the face of an interventionist judiciary.
What fueled the latest protests?
Israel has experienced nearly three months of mass protests since Netanyahu’s confidant, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, unveiled the overhaul in January.
But the eruption of anger over Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's dismissal, organized quickly largely via the WhatsApp messaging app, was startling. In roughly one hour, tens of thousands of people blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway, and thousands more demonstrated outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home.
Gallant was the first Cabinet minister to break ranks and publicly call for a delay in the overhaul. With morale down and soldiers threatening not to report for duty, Gallant said that pushing ahead could hurt Israel’s military readiness.
In security-obsessed Israel, Gallant, a gruff retired general, is among the most respected members of the new Cabinet. By attacking the man responsible for national security, Netanyahu may have crossed a red line — and unwittingly united this deeply polarized country by touching upon national security, one of the few areas of consensus.
What was the significance of the general strike?
Israel’s largest trade union is one of the most powerful institutions in the country, representing nearly 800,000 people across sectors that include health care, banking, government services, day care and transportation.
While the union has crippled parts of the economy in past labor disputes over the years, never before has it gone on strike to protest a political matter.
The decision was felt almost immediately. Israel’s main international airport canceled all outgoing flights, stranding more than 70,000 travelers. Doctors and day care workers said they would stay off the job, and others were expected to join as well.
The economy already has been hit by the protests, with the shekel currency tumbling in value in recent weeks. A protracted strike could have meant longer-lasting and deeper damage.
Where do we go from here?
The pause Netanyahu declared could help ease the tensions and buy him some time to find a compromise. But it also runs the risk of angering his far-right coalition partners — potentially threatening the stability of his government and risking the possibility of new elections.
Any new election would once again likely focus again on Netanyahu's suitability to govern while he faces serious legal problems.
What effect could the judicial overhaul have outside Israel?
While the battle may seem like an internal Israeli matter, its outcome could have important repercussions for the region and beyond.
Netanyahu's coalition allies are dominated by religious and nationalist hardliners who oppose Palestinian statehood and have close ties to the West Bank settlement movement. A weaker court system could clear the way for more aggressive settlement construction and even annexation of West Bank lands. That could lead to further friction with the Palestinians, who seek the Israeli-occupied West Bank as part of a future independent state, as well as with Israel's Western allies, who have voiced concerns about the overhaul and criticized the comments of some of his partners.
Israeli soldiers could also be more susceptible to war crimes prosecution in the Hague. One of Israel's key defenses has been that it has an independent judiciary capable of investigating and prosecuting wrongdoing by troops. A weakened judiciary could rob Israel of that defense.
Israel's high-tech industry, the engine of the country's economy, could also be affected. International agencies have already said they might lower Israel's debt rating if the overhaul passes since the agencies consider a strong judiciary crucial to ensuring a good business climate. A lower rating could make investors hesitant to do business in Israel and potentially lead companies with operations in Israel, including the world's leading tech giants, to scale back their presence.
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Founded in 2010, the Original META has Pioneered the Immersive and Experiential Technology Industry, Holding Broad Trademark Rights That META Alleges Tech-Giant Facebook has Willfully and Blatantly Violated Since Late 2021
NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- META, a small business operating in the immersive and experiential technology industry since 2010, today filed a lawsuit against Facebook. For 12 years, META has powered the types of experiences and products that Facebook is now building and has served the same creators and consumers that Facebook is now targeting. META's lawsuit, filed by Pryor Cashman LLP, alleges that Facebook unlawfully seized the META mark and name — willfully violating META's trademark rights and engaging in egregious acts of unfair competition.
"META has spent 12 years supporting, developing, and protecting the creator community, creators' rights, and ironically, creators' intellectual property. Facebook's actions, illegally usurping our name and mark, have not only put our business in jeopardy, but that of the entire industry and the intellectual property rights of the innovators that have helped build it," said Justin "JB" Bolognino, META's Founder & CEO. "Since Facebook's name change in late 2021, META has made good faith efforts to resolve this situation, but for eight months Facebook has refused to accept responsibility for its unlawful actions, leaving us no choice but to proceed with litigation."
META has a significant historical and present involvement in the creation and development of real-world and virtual social communities associated with the industry, as well as in fighting for the intellectual property rights, attribution, and financial interests of creators. META has also created, curated, and conducted revolutionary immersive experiences at some of the world's largest events — including SXSW, Coachella and Cannes Lions.
META's complaint alleges that Facebook is now doing exactly what META has done for over a decade under the META name and mark — conducting the same immersive experiences, at the same events and venues, and working with the same creators and same companies.
As a result of Facebook's actions, consumers are likely to mistakenly believe that META's products and services emanate from Facebook or that META is affiliated with Facebook. The META mark is now infected by the toxicity that is inextricably linked with Facebook.
"Not only has Facebook taken aim at our small business but also our reputation, which we have devoted our lives to building over the last decade. Facebook's rebrand and total disregard for our legal rights creates great concern for us and for the community of individuals, artists, industry and luminaries who META has championed and collaborated with for years," said Bolognino. "Facebook acts like it can freely destroy the communities META has helped develop, overrun the industry, and obliterate META's business. But today, META is taking a stand against Facebook's flagrant and unlawful conduct."
"Facebook has deployed its almost limitless resources to saturate the marketplace with its infringing META mark. This is textbook reverse confusion, which has caused, and is likely to continue to cause, significant and irreparable harm to META. Facebook cannot be allowed to continue its infringing conduct with impunity," said Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, META's lead attorney and partner at Pryor Cashman LLP.
Bolognino, one of the pioneers of the immersive and experiential technology industry, founded META in 2010. Since then, he has worked with some of the world's leading companies, institutions, and creators, and built META into a pillar of the immersive and experiential technology industry. Bolognino has also acted as a guardian of the creator communities associated with the industry — ensuring they are appropriately recognized, nurtured, and compensated for their extraordinary work.
In 2016, Bolognino joined forces with Nick Sciorra, an advanced media-technology strategist and IP attorney, now META's Chief Strategy Officer. Together, they intensified META's focus on specializing in technology, design, storytelling, and immersive experiences, both virtually and in reality, coining this as "The Art of Being There." META has since partnered with brand clients including Spotify, Twitter, HP, Microsoft, and Google, and has championed a diverse range of digital and immersive artists from Beeple, Android Jones, Emily Baltz and VolvoxLabs to Softlab, SuperUber, and Dirt Empire, as well as musical collaborators such as St. Vincent, Skrillex, Porter Robinson, Troye Sivan, and Tiesto.
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Ten years to the day that an underqualified general manager decided to peddle a loser’s solution to all basketball complexity, the 76ers Sunday were back to exactly where they started.
They were 112-88 losers to the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and that meant they were the worst of the worst. They had the audacity to be a team that could be in the playoffs but not on parade floats.
That was the pitch, in so many words, that Sam Hinkie spread when he was selling that winning lottery picks was the only way to win championships. That was the rationalization for wasting years losing games in the semi-promise of longstanding status among the NBA cream. That was what thoroughly convinced managing partner Josh Harris into publicly calling a 19-win season, “a huge success.” Give or take a sentence, the good man barely has spoken publicly since.
Ten years.
Ten of ’em.
Seventeen percent of the length of time the Sixers have been in Philadelphia.
So, the question that had to arise Sunday, the one that Doc Rivers kind of answered, the one that most mattered: Was there anything wrong with being a good team that would fall in the postseason? Was there anything dishonest with entering the tournament and winning seven of 11 games only to lose in a Game 7 road game when a superstar went off for 51?
Or is that a reason to start looking like desperate fools, shattering everything and looking for another of those cherished 19-win seasons?
“We played great all year,” Rivers said. “And this loss absolutely diminishes what we did this year. And in some ways, it doesn’t. I think this team is headed right. I thought we took another mental step this season. And then tonight I thought we took that step backwards. But that’s OK. That happens too.
“I say it every year: One team wins. It’s not going to be us this year. And that was our goal.”
It should be every team’s goal. And since the only remaining tie to their legacy of trying to process a championship through losing is that ridiculous nickname the full-throated Wells Fargo Center announcers keep attaching to Joel Embiid, that will continue to be the Sixers’ goal. Their only decision is to judge how much upheaval will be required to nudge into a Final Four or beyond.
The predictable public howl will be instant and naturally vicious. It will be largely directed at Rivers and it will be caked in a faulty premise that it must be always be the coach’s fault when a team falls in a one-and-done. The Sixers have lost their last three Game 7’s, two under Rivers. But the nature of Game 7 is that there had to have been enough accomplished before that to even be in that position.
“We were a really good team,” James Harden said. “We were a couple of shots away from being in the Eastern Conference finals.”
If there is rampant disgust with the Sixers, they did it to themselves 10 years ago when it half-promised that a sinful lose-to-win plot would yield anything but the annoyance of abbreviated postseason runs. But they did win 54 games and another seven in the playoffs, and they were a few Game 6 swishes away from a spot in the Eastern Conference finals. That doesn’t mean their season was a huge success. But it was better than the season they tried to mangle with 16 different point guards.
Maybe Harden, who too often oozes exhaustion late in seasons to continue to trust at age 34, is ready to exercise his player option to spring into free agency. Maybe Daryl Morey can interest somebody in the expiring contract of Tobias Harris. The bench was of G-League-plus quality and will have to be refurbished. But those are things that every operation does in an offseason – move some money here, add a player there, extend a contract or two and allow some to expire.
Good teams upgrade. They don’t retreat into sports lunacy. And the Sixers are a good team with the MVP and a good coach who will need to have ear plugs at the ready for at least another month. But Boston was a little better over seven games.
Is that a catastrophe?
“I know it is tough losing, especially this way,” Embiid said. “But tonight would just be the wrong night to over-react.
“We kept shooting and we kept missing,” he added. “And that’s OK. It just wasn’t meant to be.”
If the last 10 years did yield anything, it was a 54-win club with a chance. With a pointed move or two – and not some goofy yard sale — the Sixers could be 55-win club with a better chance next season.
All along, there was never anything wrong with that.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former executive of a California solar power company was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $620 million in restitution for his role in a $1 billion fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Alan Hansen, of Vacaville, pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiracy and money laundering charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Hansen, 51, worked for DC Solar, a company based in Benicia in the San Francisco Bay Area that marketed mobile solar generator units. The firm touted the units mounted on trailers as being able to provide emergency power for cellphone companies or to provide lighting at sporting and other events.
But the company executives started telling investors they could benefit from federal tax credits by buying the generators and leasing them back to DC Solar, which would then provide them to other companies for their use, prosecutors said.
The generators never provided much income, and prosecutors say the company ran a Ponzi scheme, in which early investors were paid with funds from later investors.
The company eventually stopped building the mobile generators altogether, and prosecutors say a least half the company’s claimed 17,000 generators didn’t exist.
Hansen had previously worked for a telecom company that did business with DC Solar. In that role, he accepted $1 million from co-conspirators at DC solar to fraudulently sign a false leasing contract for the generators, prosecutors said.
Then Hansen joined DC Solar, where he signed false agreements relating to the earlier contract, according to court documents.
DC Solar founder Jeff Carpoff was sentenced last November to 30 years in prison and ordered to pay $790.6 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
The company's chief financial officer, Robert Karmann, was sentenced in April to to six years in federal prison and ordered to pay $624 million in restitution.
Other defendants have pleaded guilty to criminal offenses related to the fraud scheme and are scheduled for sentencing, prosecutors said. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Former-executive-gets-prison-for-1-billion-solar-17210844.php | 2022-06-01 01:29:52 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Former-executive-gets-prison-for-1-billion-solar-17210844.php |
DENVER (AP) — As Denver faces a rising crime rate, growing homeless encampments and dizzying housing costs, voters on Tuesday are expected to whittle down an unusually large and divergent field of 16 candidates for mayor — including a former boxer, an investment banker, a state lawmaker and a former Crenshaw Mafia Gang member.
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The fear that undergirds the wide open race is clear. Denver — the fast-growing, relatively young, business and tech hub of the U.S. Mountain West — is tumbling toward a fate similar to that of other major cities.
“The San Franciscos or the Portlands or Seattles ... have not been able to turn the tide on things like homelessness and affordable housing and public safety,” said candidate Mike Johnston during a recent debate.
Johnston, a former state senator, is among candidates seeking the political post as Denver’s CEO, a position that has become a stepping stone for ambitious politicians.
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Former Mayor John Hickenlooper launched a successful gubernatorial campaign, which propelled him into the U.S. Senate, where he now represents Colorado. Going back further, after his tenure as Denver mayor, Frederico Peña went on to become U.S. Energy Secretary under former President Bill Clinton.
Current Mayor Michael Hancock, who's run the city since 2011, can't run again due to term limits.
The election likely won’t be decided until a June 6 runoff. Whoever wins will inherit a city that boasts a large aerospace and tech industry, six professional sports teams, a proud beer culture, and one of the fastest growing economies in the country. Denver and the broader metro area has nearly doubled in population in the last three-decades — reaching roughly 3 million people in 2021.
The future mayor will also inherent a city experiencing a rise in gentrification, the highest crime rate in decades, and an increased rate of homelessness that grew by over 12% in the preceding two years — as well as an unprecedented surge in opioid overdoses that reached 473 deaths in 2021.
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Most candidates are registered Democrats or unaffiliated, and range from state representatives to activists and people from disparate industries, including investment banking and professional boxing. Core disagreements have emerged between progressive and more moderate Democrats, especially when it comes to rising homelessness, police funding, rent control and what are often called “ safe injection sites,” where people can use drugs under supervision to prevent overdoses.
The question of whether to enforce Denver's camping ban, which is aimed at curtailing homelessness and a legacy of Hancock's administration, has divided the contestants. Most candidates, including Johnston and Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, said they would enforce the ban.
Those who wouldn't enforce it include candidate Leslie Herod, a Democratic state representative, and Lisa Calderón, executive director of an organization that helps women run for public office.
Two bills moving through the Colorado Legislature have also split candidates. The pieces of legislation would give municipalities, including Denver, the power to impose rent control and allow safe injection sites. Both proposals have left candidates split along roughly the same lines as they fall on a spectrum from moderate to progressive.
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Whoever pulls ahead in the race will hold the reigns to a city that's both grown and suffered in recent years, as Denver becomes an increasingly popular place to live and important part of the western United States.
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LAS VEGAS , June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- All Kanpai Panda holders have FREE access to the Kanpai Panda WSOP Weekend (Pre UFC 276) Party on July 1st from 9PM to 1AM at the Delano Skyfall Rooftop Bar in Las Vegas! Local DJs Kid Funk and DJ Romeo will be playing as Kanpai Pandas dance the night away! The Skyfall Lounge is a multi-sensory experience; combining a panoramic overlook of the city, dramatic interiors, chill-out sounds, creative plates, and artisan cocktails. Enjoy a laid-back carefree atmosphere where you can escape from the noise and stress of the city while resident DJs spin easygoing tunes and eclectic beats.
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MJ Melendez Player Prop Bets: Royals vs. Marlins - June 5
Published: Jun. 5, 2023 at 9:23 AM CDT|Updated: 58 minutes ago
MJ Melendez and his .357 on-base percentage over his past 10 games (53 points higher than his season-long percentage), will be in action for the Kansas City Royals against the Miami Marlins and Braxton Garrett on June 5 at 6:40 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he went 1-for-3 with a double against the Rockies.
MJ Melendez Game Info & Props vs. the Marlins
- Game Day: Monday, June 5, 2023
- Game Time: 6:40 PM ET
- Stadium: LoanDepot park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Marlins Starter: Braxton Garrett
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -149)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +240)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +165)
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MJ Melendez At The Plate
- Melendez has 11 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 25 walks while batting .214.
- Melendez has reached base via a hit in 32 games this year (of 54 played), and had multiple hits in nine of those games.
- In 9.3% of his games this season, he has gone deep, and 2.2% of his trips to the plate.
- In 25.9% of his games this year, Melendez has notched at least one RBI. In six of those games (11.1%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored at least once 20 times this year (37.0%), including six games with multiple runs (11.1%).
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Marlins Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Marlins has a collective 9.5 K/9, the fourth-best in the league.
- The Marlins have a 4.30 team ERA that ranks 17th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Marlins rank 13th in baseball in home runs surrendered (64 total, 1.1 per game).
- Garrett makes the start for the Marlins, his 11th of the season. He is 1-2 with a 4.22 ERA and 54 strikeouts through 53 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his last outing on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres, the left-hander went 5 1/3 innings, giving up one earned run while surrendering two hits.
- In 11 games this season, the 25-year-old has a 4.22 ERA and 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .274 to opposing hitters.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — An unusual sight welcomes customers at one grocery store in Kansas City, Missouri. With nesting season in full swing, two Canadian geese are setting up a temporary residence at the store’s entrance.
One dame, a female goose, is taking over a large planter to incubate her four eggs. With the gestation period from 28-30 days, she’ll be there for a few more weeks as her mate stays nearby to make sure nothing harms the dame or her eggs.
Many people going in the store stopped to comment on the two animals at the front entrance, including a father and daughter from the area.
“It’s kind cool to see them out there just hanging out. Everybody’s pretty much left them alone,” said Giovanni Johnson.
He was grocery shopping with his two young children, who couldn’t help but notice the animals too.
“He’s taking care of his baby eggs,” added his daughter, Sophia. “He wants to protect them from anything that wants to eat them or bite them.”
Canadian geese typically make a nest near water, like under a bush, on a lake shore, or on an island. However, some have built theirs in more urban environments, like outside commercial buildings and in planters.
“It’s remarkable how wildlife adapts to people. I mean we’ve made humongous changes to their natural habitats. We’ve reduced their natural habitats,” said Bill Graham with the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Graham said it’s possible the pavement and planter somehow remind the animals of water and small islands. While he’s seen something like it in the past from a different commercial building, he said it’s “unusual but not that unusual.”
Canadian geese are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, meaning it’s illegal to harm them, their eggs, or their nests. Geese may be harassed or scared away without a permit as long as the geese, goslings, eggs, and nests are not harmed. If you harm them, it could mean a fine of up to $15,000 or six months in jail.
“Canada geese normally won’t hurt you. They’re normally afraid of you — but nesting Canada geese can be a little aggressive,” added Graham.
The grocery store said it hasn’t had any problems with the animals in the two years they’ve nested there. But they did tell FOX4 that they contacted the building’s owner about the geese, who then contacted the state about potentially relocating the birds to make sure the nest is undisturbed and that small children don’t get too close.
Graham said if you’re a commercial operator with a nest that’s concerning, contact a nuisance wildlife company.
“Some of the private contractors that deal with that. They’ll know how to handle them best.” | https://wgntv.com/news/canadian-goose-nesting-in-planter-at-kansas-city-grocery-store/ | 2023-04-02 17:45:52 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/canadian-goose-nesting-in-planter-at-kansas-city-grocery-store/ |
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A theater in Hungary’s capital will sit through a cold and quiet winter after its managers chose to shut it down rather than pay that are putting a squeeze on businesses and cultural institutions across Europe.
The 111-year-old Erkel Theatre in Budapest, one of three performance spaces of the prestigious Hungarian State Opera, will close its doors in November after made heating the 1,800-seat building unsustainable.
“We had to decide how we can save,” said Szilveszter Okovacs, director of the Hungarian State Opera. “Even though it hurts to decide to close Erkel for a few months, it’s completely rational.”
The institution’s energy bills have become “more expensive by eightfold, sometimes tenfold … the order of magnitude is huge,” Okovacs said. “Something needed to be done because, after all, people’s wages … are the most important.”
The temporary closure of the Erkel Theatre is just one of many cases of cultural institutions in Hungary struggling to stay afloat as high inflation, a weakening currency and energy costs take a heavy financial toll. It’s an example of the because of , forcing some , making life more expensive and fueling fears of an .
Hungary’s government in July in response to rising prices and supply disruptions linked to Russia’s war. It also made cuts to a popular utility subsidy program that since 2014 has kept the bills of Hungarians among the lowest in the 27-member European Union.
As a result, many by as much as 1,000% from one month to the next.
In an effort to curb energy consumption, Hungary’s government ordered a 25% in public buildings — including in cultural institutions — and mandated that their heating be kept to a maximum of 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit).
Beata Barda, director of the Trafo House of Contemporary Arts in Budapest, said her theater’s electricity bills have risen threefold since June and that there’s an “uncertainty factor” in what kind of gas bills they might receive going into winter.
To cut costs, the theater will stage around two-thirds of its normal winter program, isolate parts of the building that don’t need to be heated and reduce the frequency of rehearsals that require full stage lighting.
“We’d like to avoid shutting down or having to cancel performances, so obviously we’ve got to cut down in all sorts of ways,” Barda said.
With inflation in Hungary at nearly 16% and the and euro, households too are struggling with rising prices — something which could lead to a decline in theater attendance and a subsequent spiral of financial troubles in the cultural industry, she said.
“Our audiences have wallets, too, and their expenses have also risen,” Barda said. “How able or willing will they be to come to the theater? This is a really important question.”
In the sprawling Comedy Theatre of Budapest, one of the oldest in the city, the lights in the building’s ornamental lobby and winding corridors have been shut off, even on working days, to conserve energy.
The gas bill for the 130,000-square-foot theater has gone from an annual 40 million Hungarian forints ($92,000) to 250 million ($577,000) — a nearly sixfold increase.
“Until now, we could pay our utility bills with the ticket sales of two or three people out of every 100 in the audience,” said the theater’s financial director, Zoltan Madi. “Now, we must forward the ticket price of every second person toward paying our utilities.”
The struggles faced by theaters in Hungary are not limited to the capital. Local governments around the country have announced that theaters, cinemas, museums and other cultural institutions must close for winter to avoid getting hit with high heating and electricity costs.
As the energy crisis deepens, more of Hungary’s theaters could be threatened with closure — something stage director Krisztina Szekely of the Katona Jozsef Theater in Budapest said would have negative consequences for the cultural life of Hungarians.
“I believe that if these institutions falter or are unavailable in any city or society, it will have a significant impact on the mental state of the society,” she said. | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1577647/music-stops-energy-costs-close-hungary-theaters-for-winter | 2022-10-03 11:57:55 | 0 | https://www.timesleader.com/wire/nation-world/1577647/music-stops-energy-costs-close-hungary-theaters-for-winter |
FIRST ALERT - Record heat for Thursday; Tropics are active
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - We’ve got a very summer-like day for the first day of fall with highs in the upper 90s, which could break a record.
First Alert Headlines
- 97 for Thursday which would break the record of 96 (2010) with sunny skies. It’s the first day of fall, just won’t feel like it.
- Friday a cold front moves through the region and cools our temps down to the upper 70s with sunny skies.
- Saturday morning is chilly! Lows are in the upper 40s to low 50s.
- Sunday is sunny with highs in the low 90s.
- In the Tropics, We are watching Hurricane Fiona, Tropical Storm Gaston and 3 other areas with potential tropical development.
First Alert Summary:
Tonight will be nice and clear with lows in the upper 60s.
Thursday we could break a record high temperature! Highs get up to 97 by the afternoon as a cold front approaches and a west wind causes some compressional heating as it nears. We will also have compression as air flows down the eastern slopes of the mountains and warms the air even more. This usually causes a drying effect, but because of this front’s strength, we’ve included a 20% chance of showers for the latter part of the afternoon and evening.
Friday is so much cooler as this front brings in colder air from the northwest. Morning lows are in the upper 50s and highs reach the upper 70s. Skies are mostly sunny and winds are breezy with gusts up to 20 to 25mph.
The wind dies down Saturday morning which will help cool us down into the low 50s and some locations even dipping into the upper 40s. Highs are in the low 80s.
Sunday is dry and sunny with warmer weather as high pressure builds over the region. Highs reach the low 90s.
A cold front nears Sunday night and brings a 30% chance of showers for the overnight period. It translates to a 20% chance for Monday with mostly sunny skies by the afternoon. Lows are in the mid 60s and highs reach the upper 80s.
We are watching Fiona. The hurricane has battered Puerto Rico and is now moving away from the Dominican Republic as a MAJOR CAT 4 hurricane (The first of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season). Additional strengthening is expecting as it moves towards Bermuda. Impacts to Bermuda Thursday night into Friday are expected.
Tropical Storm Gaston is no threat to land at this time. Gaston has winds around 65mph currently. There’s a wave near the Windward Islands (Invest 98 L) that has an 90% chance of developing in the next 5 days. It could pose a threat to the Gulf of Mexico by the middle of next week. There are also two small waves off the coast of Africa one with a 50% chance and another with a 30% chance of developing in the next 5 days.
Forecast Update:
Tonight: Clear skies and mid to upper 60s.
Thursday: Fall Arrives but it won’t feel like it with highs in the upper 90s. We could break a record (96° - 2010).
Friday: Cooler and breezy with sunny skies with highs around 78.
Saturday: Chilly start with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s. Highs reach the low 80s.
Sunday: Near 60 in the morning and near 90 by the afternoon with sunny skies.
Monday: Mostly sunny skies with a 20% chance of showers. Highs are in the upper 80s.
Tuesday: Sunny and cooler with lows in the upper 50s and highs in the low 80s.
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From this moment on, Shania Twain is telling her side of the story.
The iconic country singer, 56, is diving deep into the trials and tribulations that she has experienced throughout her legendary career in the first trailer for her upcoming Netflix documentary Not Just A Girl released on July 20.
And it appears that no topic is off the table—including Shania's ex-husband Robert "Mutt" Lange's alleged affair with her best friend Marie-Anne Thiébaud back in 2008 that ended their 14-year-long marriage.
The trailer includes a clip from a 2011 Today interview with Meredith Vieira, in which Meredith notes that "your best friend had an affair with your husband that led to divorce." It then cuts to a separate clip of present-day Shania sitting on an ottoman in front of a scenic lake backdrop.
"It was similarly intense to losing my parents," Shania says in the clip. "I thought I'd lost my voice forever. I thought that was it."
It is not clear if Shania's comments are in reference to her ex-husband. E! News has reached out to Robert for comment but has not heard back.
Back in 2008, he denied that he was in a romantic relationship with Marie-Anne, telling People, "It's not true." Soon after, Marie-Anne also told the outlet they were not having an affair, adding, "You cannot believe everything you read in the press."
Following their split, Shania has discussed her personal life in multiple interviews throughout the years and in her 2011 memoir titled From This Moment On.
Interestingly, Shania ended up finding love again with Marie-Anne's own ex-husband Frédéric Thiébaud. The couple married in 2011.
In addition to the alleged affair, Not Just A Girl also "traces her emergence as a crossover artist, defying the stereotypes of what it took to be a country star, and takes viewers through her vision during Come On Over to become a global pop phenomenon," per a PR Newswire press release.
The documentary, which will be released on July 26, also features interviews with fellow musicians including Lionel Richie, Diplo, Avril Lavigne and Orville Peck.
Shania will also drop a compilation album, titled Not Just A Girl (The Highlights), on July 26. You can watch the trailer here. | https://www.eonline.com/news/1338814/shania-twain-s-not-just-a-girl-trailer-addresses-ex-husband-s-alleged-affair?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-07-21 04:01:47 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1338814/shania-twain-s-not-just-a-girl-trailer-addresses-ex-husband-s-alleged-affair?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories |
Iga Swiatek 2023 BNP Paribas Poland Open Odds
After reaching the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon (before being knocked out by Elina Svitolina in her last match), Iga Swiatek will open play in the BNP Paribas Poland Open against Nigina Abduraimova in the round of 32. At -225, Swiatek is the favorite to win this tournament at Legia Tenis & Golf.
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Swiatek at the 2023 BNP Paribas Poland Open
- Next Round: Round of 32
- Tournament Dates: July 22-30
- Venue: Legia Tenis & Golf
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
- Court Surface: Hard
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Swiatek's Next Match
Swiatek will open up at the BNP Paribas Poland Open by facing Abduraimova in the round of 32 on Tuesday, July 25 (at 5:00 AM ET).
Swiatek currently has odds of -10000 to win her next contest against Abduraimova. Check out the latest odds for the entire field at BetMGM.
Iga Swiatek Grand Slam Odds
- US Open odds to win: +225
- BNP Paribas Poland Open odds to win: -225
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Swiatek Stats
- Swiatek was defeated in her most recent match, 5-7, 7-6, 2-6 versus Svitolina in the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon on July 11, 2023.
- Swiatek is 62-12 over the past 12 months, with five tournament victories.
- Swiatek has won three tournaments on hard courts over the past year, with a record of 34-7 on that surface.
- In her 74 matches over the past year, across all court types, Swiatek has averaged 18.4 games.
- Swiatek, in 41 matches over the past year on hard courts, has played 18.4 games per match and won 62.2% of them.
- Swiatek, over the past year, has won 79.8% of her service games and 47.5% of her return games.
- Swiatek has won 47.7% of her return games on hard courts over the past year. Meanwhile, she has claimed 76.4% of her service games during that timeframe.
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DOWNEY, Calif. (AP) — The state of California and a generic drug manufacturer announced a 10-year partnership Saturday to produce affordable, state-branded insulin that they hope will rival longtime producers and push down prices for a medication used by millions of Americans.
The product is not expected on store shelves until at least next year, and it was difficult to predict what effect it would have on a market already shaken by change. Earlier this week another major insulin maker promised steep price cuts as pressure builds on drugmakers and insurers to slash the cost of the drug.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said he hoped California’s emergence as an insulin-maker would prompt prices to collapse. Research has shown that prices for the drug have more than tripled in the past couple of decades.
“We are intent to make this about market disruption,” Newsom said at a ceremony announcing the pact at a pharmaceutical warehouse near Los Angeles. He called it “a game changer” for 8 million Americans who use insulin to treat diabetes.
Many questions remain. The state and its partner, the nonprofit Civica, have yet to locate a California-based manufacturing facility. Regulatory approvals will be needed. Newsom said a 10- milliliter vial of the state-branded insulin would sell for $30, but it’s possible competitors could slash their prices and undercut the state product.
“Is this perfect? We don’t know yet,” Newsom acknowledged at one point.
Just days ago, President Joe Biden said his administration is focused “intensely” on lowering health care costs, including pressuring pharmaceutical companies to lower the costs of insulin. Legislation enacted last year capped copayments for insulin at $35 per month for Medicare beneficiaries. Biden has proposed extending that cap to all Americans.
Novo Nordisk said Tuesday that it will slash some of its U.S. insulin prices up to 75% starting next year. The announcement comes less than two weeks after rival Eli Lilly said it will drop some of its prices by 70% or more later this year.
Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, a statewide consumer health care advocacy group, welcomed Newsom’s announcement, saying efforts by California and others to develop a competing generic are likely a factor in getting insulin manufacturers to cut their prices.
Still, there are obstacles.
“The work to develop a generic, get FDA approval and set up manufacturing will take real time,” Wright said in an email. “There may even be more time in the effort to get doctors to prescribe the drug, insurers and (pharmacy benefit managers) to include it on their formularies and patients and the public to accept and ask for it.”
There could be other risks. State analysts have warned that California’s entry into the market could prompt other manufacturers to reduce the availability of their drugs, a potential unintended consequence.
State lawmakers approved $100 million for the project last year, with $50 million dedicated to developing three types of insulin and the rest set aside to invest in a manufacturing facility.
Even with the challenges of entering a competitive, established market, Newsom said taxpayers would have “very ample protections.”
If for whatever reason the deal didn’t work out to the state’s benefit, “there’s all kinds of provisions that would allow us to … pull out,” he said.
According to state documents, the proposed program could save many patients between $2,000 and $4,000 a year. In addition, lower costs could result in substantial savings because the state buys the product every year for the millions of people on its publicly funded health plans.
The state also is exploring the possibility of bringing other drugs to market, including the overdose medication Naloxone. The drug, available as a nasal spray and in an injectable form, is considered a key tool in the battle against a nationwide overdose crisis.
“We are not stopping here,” Newsom said. | https://www.wjhl.com/health/ap-health/california-drugmaker-partner-to-produce-affordable-insulin/ | 2023-03-19 06:27:29 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/health/ap-health/california-drugmaker-partner-to-produce-affordable-insulin/ |
CASSVILLE, Mo. — A Missouri school district is bringing back corporal punishment as a discipline option for students.
The Cassville School District told NBC affiliate KY3 that the policy is opt-in only and the change was the result of a survey sent to staff, student and parents in May.
“One of the suggestions that came out was concerns about student discipline,” Superintendent Dr. Merlyn Johnson told KY3. “So we reacted by implementing several different strategies, corporal punishment being one of them."
The change will give principals one more option for discipline, acting as a last resort before using more serious punishments such as suspension, Johnson told KY3.
The corporal punishment option will only be used for students whose parents opt in.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that corporal punishment is constitutional, leaving it up to states whether to allow it. Missouri is one of 19 states where school corporal punishment is legal.
Madison Horner with KY3 contributed to this story. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/missouri-school-district-corporal-punishment-students/63-ddecb77b-9abe-4ca5-aa08-184123c1a0b6 | 2022-08-26 21:59:21 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/missouri-school-district-corporal-punishment-students/63-ddecb77b-9abe-4ca5-aa08-184123c1a0b6 |
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Mokena, Illinois-based Hruska Insurancenter, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1956, Hruska Insurancenter is a retail property/casualty brokerage with a particular focus on serving commercial real estate clients, including condominiums and apartment complexes. The team also supports a range of other commercial and personal lines clients, primarily throughout Chicagoland and the upper Midwest. Charles J. Hruska, III and his associates will continue to operate from their Mokena location under the direction of Ryan Isaacs, head of Gallagher's Midwest region retail property/casualty brokerage operations.
"Hruska Insurancenter is a specialist broker that will further expand our presence, markets and expertise in the habitational and commercial real estate market," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO. "I am very pleased to welcome Chuck and his associates to Gallagher."
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The company has operations in 68 countries and offers client service capabilities in more than 150 countries around the world through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
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Police: Lockdown lifted at Overbrook High School after 15-year-old shot nearby
PHILADELPHIA - A morning shooting in Overbrook left one teen injured and a high school in the area on a brief lockdown, authorities say.
According to police, the shooting occurred in the area of N 61st and Jefferson Streets just before 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Officials say a 15-year-old male was shot once in the thigh.
Police transported the teenager to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was placed in stable condition, per police.
Authorities say the scene is being held and Overbrook High School was placed on lockdown. The lockdown was lifted shortly after 9:30 a.m.
No weapon has been recovered and no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting, officials say. | https://www.fox29.com/news/police-overbrook-high-school-placed-on-lockdown-after-15-year-old-shot-nearby | 2023-01-31 15:35:33 | 0 | https://www.fox29.com/news/police-overbrook-high-school-placed-on-lockdown-after-15-year-old-shot-nearby |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A five-year review by U.S. officials has determined that Endangered Species Act protections for ocean-going salmon and steelhead that reproduce in the Snake River and its Idaho tributaries must stay in effect.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries division review made public Thursday found that steelhead, spring and summer chinook, sockeye and fall chinook that return to Idaho in rivers from the Pacific Ocean still need their federal protections.
The protections include limits on fishing, restrictions on how much water can be used for irrigation, pollution controls for industries and dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
The review said that threats from climate change increase the urgency of completing recommended fish recovery actions — including improving fish passage at hydropower dams, restoring their habitats, controlling predators and changing hatchery practices.
Of the four species that return to Idaho, sockeye salmon are considered the most imperiled and were classified as endangered in 1991. The fish reproduces in high mountain lakes in central Idaho and they teetered on extinction for much of the 1990s.
An elaborate hatchery program operated by the Idaho Department of Fish and game that tracks the genetic history of individual fish is aimed at restoring the species.
But the population of the sockeye salmon has not improved much since it was listed as endangered, the review said. The species remains “at high risk of extinction” amid challenges from climate change, a lack of food in oceans blamed on water warming and because of sea lion predation.
Snake River spring and summer chinook, classified as threatened in 1992, include fish populations in part of the Snake River and in Washington state in the Tucannon, Grande Ronde and Imnaha rivers. The fish are also deemed threatened in parts of Idaho’s Salmon River.
Historically, the fish spawned in Idaho areas that they can no longer reach, including above the Hells Canyon Dam and parts of the Clearwater River basin, the federal review said.
“Overall, the information analyzed for this 5-year review indicates an increased level of concern in the risk status” for the fish, researchers wrote.
The researchers cited declining population trends and that no fish populations are reaching a minimum threshold set by the Interior Columbia Technical Recovery Team. The team works to interpret information related to fish recovery.
Fall chinook were classified as threatened in 1992 and include fish in the mainstem Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam, the Salmon River and Clearwater River basins and in the Tucannon, Grande Ronde and Imnaha rivers in Washington state.
Those fish could be recovered by reintroducing them above above the Hells Canyon Dam complex. But Idaho officials have fought that option, fearing protections for fish above the dams could limit riverside farming and ranching operations.
The review found that the fish extinction risk has decreased for Snake River fall chinook, but “the implementation of sound management actions to address hydropower, habitat, hatcheries, harvest and predation remain essential to recovery.”
Steelhead, a favored sport fish classified as threatened in 1997, include fish in the Snake, Salmon and Clearwater rivers and in the Tucannon, Grande Ronde and Imnaha rivers in Washington state. The review noted that there are no longer any steelhead that once spawned in tributaries above Hells Canyon Dam. | https://www.kark.com/news/business/us-protections-for-idaho-salmon-steelhead-are-here-to-stay/ | 2022-08-19 22:48:56 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/business/us-protections-for-idaho-salmon-steelhead-are-here-to-stay/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A detention deputy in the Sedgwick County jail was arrested Thursday, allegedly because of something he did with a computer.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office received information about a detention deputy being involved in illegal activity. Investigators looked into the complaint and said they found enough probable cause to arrest the man.
The deputy was booked on suspicion of three felony counts of “Computer Unlawful Acts; Access to Defraud or Obtain Money/ Property/ Services.”
The sheriff’s office will present the case to the district attorney’s office for review.
The deputy has been with the sheriff’s office since July 2015. He has been suspended without pay.
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is a professional organization that honors our core values of Integrity, Duty, Ethics, Attitude, Leadership, and Service. The Sheriff’s Office takes pride in demonstrating these values on a daily basis. Every alleged complaint is taken seriously and is investigated thoroughly.
“Detention Deputies are not above the law, and the Sheriff’s Office will always investigate, or assist in the investigation of any crime, with the due diligence the public entrusts in us.”
Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/sedgwick-county-detention-deputy-arrested-2/ | 2023-03-10 17:06:47 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/crime/sedgwick-county-detention-deputy-arrested-2/ |
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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves as the Florida Panthers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Tuesday night, ending Vegas' three-game winning streak.
Ryan Lomberg and Aleksander Barkov each scored a goal for the Panthers, which has now won two in a row as they kept pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Florida is 4-1-0 all-time against the Golden Knights in Sunrise.
Shea Theodore scored the lone goal of the game for Vegas. Adin Hill made 40 saves in the loss.
"We chased the game the whole night and never caught up to them,’’ Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. “We stayed in the game, which was good. … But you got to be ready when the puck drops. And they were; we weren’t.”
Florida opened the scoring at 4:25 on a blistering snapshot off the stick of Lomberg for his ninth goal of the season.
“We needed a big start and I think the guys responded," Lomberg said. "For the last chunk of games, there has been no doubt that guys are going to show up. These are all big games and this was a big win for us. No surprise the guys came ready to play.”
The Panthers extended their lead at 4:05 of the second when Barkov one-timed a pass from Anthony Duclair from 5 feet in front of the net.
Even through the two teams traded a bunch of scoring chances, the score remained 2-0 until Theodore fired off a shot from just inside the blue line which avoided traffic and beat Bobrovsky halfway through the second.
Bobrovsky ended up making 10 saves in the third period.
“I think we could have played better especially in that second,” Barkov said, “but (Bobrovsky) was excellent in the game, as always, and kept us in it. It is huge to have a goalie like that, playing at a level like that. It is amazing and we are really confident playing in front of him.’’
NOTES: All-Star forward Matthew Tkachuk appeared to be hurt after blocking a shot with 6:37 remaining in the game. Tkachuk appeared to be in pain on the ice and crawled to the bench where he was helped to the team’s dressing room. He returned a few shifts later. Panther coach Paul Maurice said he thought he was going to be fine. … Linesman Tommy Hughes left the game in the second period and did not return due to injury. The game went on with two referees and one linesman. … With his goal, Barkov moved within seven points of former linemate Jonathan Huberdeau for the franchise points lead. Barkov has 606 points since Florida selected him with the No. 2 selection of the 2013 draft. … In Hill’s previous start on last Friday, his 100th NHL game, he set the Vegas franchise record with 47 saves in a win against the Devils. Hill came into Tuesday 6-1-0 since the All-Star break. … Defenseman Casey Fitzgerald was a healthy scratch by Florida, Vegas did not dress Nicolas Roy, Pavel Dorofeyev, Ben Hutton and William Carrier.
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Golden Knights: Visit Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night.
Panthers: Host Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.
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DALLAS (AP) _ Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (AHT) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations.
The real estate investment trust, based in Dallas, said it had funds from operations of $19 million, or 52 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 57 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had a loss of $25.2 million, or 73 cents per share.
The hotel owner posted revenue of $328.2 million in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $323.9 million.
The company's shares have dropped 18% since the beginning of the year.
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TX Shreveport LA Zone Forecast for Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
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Red River-
Including the cities of Clarksville and Bogata
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then thunderstorms with showers likely this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the mid
70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late this
morning. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Locally heavy
rainfall possible in the afternoon. Windy with highs in the mid
70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid
40s. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, increasing
to west 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy and much cooler with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, becoming northwest
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 70s.
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Including the city of Mount Vernon
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper
70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with
highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid
40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy and much cooler with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, becoming northwest
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
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Titus-
Including the city of Mount Pleasant
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the lower 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with
highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid
40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph, increasing
to 50 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy and much cooler with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, diminishing to 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
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Morris-
Including the cities of Daingerfield, Lone Star, Naples,
and Omaha
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with
highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid
40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy and much cooler with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, diminishing to 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ110-020030-
Camp-
Including the city of Pittsburg
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper
70s. Southwest winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with
highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid
40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy and much cooler with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, diminishing to 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ112-020030-
Cass-
Including the cities of Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs,
and Queen City
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with
highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper
40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Windy and much cooler with highs in the upper 50s. West
winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, diminishing to 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ126-020030-
Marion-
Including the city of Jefferson
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Highs around 80.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper
40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy and windy. Much cooler with highs around
60. West winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, diminishing
to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ125-020030-
Upshur-
Including the cities of Gilmer and Big Sandy
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely this
afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with
highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
mid 40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy and windy. Much cooler with highs around
60. West winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, diminishing
to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ124-020030-
Wood-
Including the cities of Mineola, Winnsboro, Quitman, and Hawkins
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms late this morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with
highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
mid 40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
upper 50s. West winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ136-020030-
Smith-
Including the city of Tyler
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms late this morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 80. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph,
increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
upper 40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs around
60. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph, decreasing to
35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ137-020030-
Gregg-
Including the city of Longview
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
upper 40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ138-020030-
Harrison-
Including the city of Marshall
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper
40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph,
decreasing to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ151-020030-
Panola-
Including the city of Carthage
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms
likely in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
afternoon. Windy with highs around 80. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows around 50.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph,
decreasing to 35 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs around 80.
$$
TXZ150-020030-
Rusk-
Including the city of Henderson
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
upper 40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ149-020030-
Cherokee-
Including the cities of Jacksonville and Rusk
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers late
this morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Showers likely. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the afternoon. Windy with highs in
the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
upper 40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,
becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 70s.
$$
TXZ165-020030-
Angelina-
Including the city of Lufkin
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Windy with highs in the lower
80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph, increasing to
35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
lower 50s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
mid 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph,
becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 80.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ152-020030-
Nacogdoches-
Including the city of Nacogdoches
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Windy with highs in the lower
80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms in the
evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe in
the evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
upper 40s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,
becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ153-020030-
Shelby-
Including the city of Center
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Windy with highs in the lower
80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows around 50.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
lower 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
TXZ166-020030-
San Augustine-
Including the city of San Augustine
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Windy with highs in the lower
80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows around 50.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
mid 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 80s.
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Including the cities of Hemphill and Pineland
1105 AM CST Wed Mar 1 2023
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Windy with highs in the lower
80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, increasing
to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Windy and much cooler. Less humid with lows in the lower
50s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Much cooler with highs in the
mid 60s. West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
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On Saturday evening, a fight broke out between two people who were asked to leave O’Malley’s Bar & Grill, and an employee was stabbed according to Tucson police.
“It’s getting scary and every day I see something-- the Maverick last night, and O’Malley’s the day before,” said Frog and Firkin General Manager, Jonathan Graham.
Frog and Firkin is a popular restaurant and bar near the University of Arizona’s campus.
Last weekend, the business said it experienced more customers as more people were returning to campus to start school on Monday.
“It’s a very exciting time of the year with all of the kids coming back and there’s a new energy,” Graham said.
With new energy sometimes comes new liabilities.
“Before COVID happened, we’d have a Saturday afternoon, a DJ, and just would let everyone in but when there’s too many people, your servers can’t get through, you can’t get good service, the kids get drunk, they start fighting or whatever, so when COVID started happening we just kind of thought of a different way to do things,” said Graham.
Frog and Firkin said they try to focus on not overcrowding the bar and making sure there’s an open table or chair for every customer to avoid standing room only.
“You don’t have that huge influx all at once. It’s more controlled and a better environment,” Graham said.
Next door, Illegal Pete’s says it hires a third-party security company to help keep customers and staff safe during busier parts of the year.
“These security guards have been working for this third-party company for a long time so they know what they’re doing,” said Illegal Pete’s Bar Manager, Luciano Salas.
“They’re trained to look for fake IDs, trying to make sure guests aren’t overly intoxicated in the restaurant, and if it gets to that point, they’re more than trained to remove them from the situation,” said Salas.
With upcoming tailgates and viewing parties, Illegal Pete’s said the incident at O’Malley’s is a learning lesson for all bars in the area.
“I think it’s just like a lesson going forward just making sure that your bartenders and your staff are fully aware and trained to deal with these situations,” said Salas.
Tucson Police said they have not arrested a suspect yet and the investigation is ongoing.
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SINGAPORE, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MoEngage, the insights-led customer engagement platform, today released its new report, Future of Marketing: Why Personalization Matters. The comprehensive report includes new data compiled from a survey administered by ClickZ of more than 100 senior-level marketing executives who shared their opinions on the current state of their own personalized marketing. The report reveals that marketing executives do not believe that their current personalization efforts are strong enough. Just 34% of respondents ranked their satisfaction score as a 4 or above regarding their personalization results. Among the possible reasons for their dissatisfaction, marketers cited budget limitations or a lack of resources (64%) as the most significant barriers to successful personalization, followed by a lack of visibility and actionable data (41%) and an inability to move fast and personalize campaigns (40%).
In perhaps the most revealing data point from the survey, 40.2% of marketers admitted that the inability to move fast and create personalized campaigns is the most significant barrier to achieving successful personalization. Over half of the respondents indicated that "translating data into action" can take weeks or even months.
"Consumers are willing to permit brands to use their personal data in marketing communications; however, that permission is given with the expectation that customers will get something meaningful back from the brand. This survey shows that brands still have a long way to go towards delivering on that promise of a truly personalized experience for every customer across every engagement channel," said Meagan White, Vice President of Marketing, North America for MoEngage. "This research confirms what many of our global customers have already shared with us: marketers have volumes of data about their customers, but they suffer from a lack of analysis and insights to use that data correctly."
Other key findings from the report include:
- Marketers Need Better Data to Move Faster. When asked to score their satisfaction with available customer data, almost 60% of respondents ranked 3 or below. As a result, it takes more than four days for a large share of respondents to turn marketing data into actionable campaigns.
- Marketers are Spending More But Still Dissatisfied. Just over half of survey respondents (51%) will invest more in marketing technology in the coming year to help personalize their customer's experience.
- Email Remains Top Marketing Technology. Email marketing (66.3%), marketing automation (56.7%), customer data management (54.8%), personalization (50%), multichannel customer engagement (46.2%), mobile marketing (37.5%), and artificial intelligence (32.7%) are some of the top technologies where brands are focusing their investments when it comes to marketing technology.
- Investment Priorities are Shifting for Personalization. In the past, brands have focused their marketing personalization efforts on traditional channels such as email (69%), content (56%), and web pages (24.3%). However, teams are likely to shift where they focus their personalization going forward. SMS/text messaging, chat apps, and mobile-in-app marketing were respondents' top three channel priorities when it came to personalized marketing.
Marketers can download a free copy of the new report, Future of Marketing: Why Personalization Matters here.
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MoEngage is an insights-led customer engagement platform trusted by more than 1,200 global consumer brands such as Ally Financial, McAfee, Flipkart, Domino's, Nestle, Deutsche Telekom, Travelodge, and more. MoEngage empowers marketers and product owners with insights into customer behavior and the ability to act on those insights to engage customers across the web, mobile, email, social, and messaging channels. Consumer brands across 35 countries use MoEngage to power digital experiences for over 1 billion customers every month. With offices in ten countries, MoEngage is backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, B Capital, Steadview Capital, Multiples Private Equity, Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital, Matrix Partners, Ventureast, and Helion Ventures.
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The new partnership between Capstone Health Alliance and Karius provides more patients with access to the innovative the Karius Test® technology and helps improve the diagnosis of infections
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Karius®, the world leader in liquid biopsy for infectious diseases, today announced a partnership with Capstone Health Alliance, a group purchasing organization focused on supply chain savings in hospitals and other organizations, to streamline patient access to the Karius Test®. The Karius Test is a lab-developed test that can non-invasively and rapidly detect more than 1,000 pathogens throughout the body from a single blood sample. Through the partnership, doctors at over 265 Capstone member hospitals across the U.S. can now more easily order the Karius Test for patients harboring hard-to-diagnose infections.
Capstone and Karius are focused on expanding access to quality medical care – especially for patients at high risk, such as those with compromised immune systems. There will be nearly 3 million hospitalizations this year in the U.S. alone from infections in the immunocompromised.1 For these patients, infections can be particularly dangerous, and targeted early treatment is key to a positive clinical outcome.
"We are thrilled to partner with Capstone Health Alliance to accelerate access for patients to our metagenomic infectious disease test," said Brad Perkins, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Karius. "With better access to the Karius Test, we're excited for the opportunity to get fast, accurate tools into the hands of clinicians to empower earlier diagnosis and treatment of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases."
The partnership will broaden institutional access to microbial cell-free metagenomics technology used by the Karius Test, which is currently being utilized across institutions nationwide, including children's hospitals and transplant centers. Clinical evidence has demonstrated that the Karius Test helps clinicians diagnose bloodstream2 and deep-seated infections.3 4
"The Karius Test is a much-needed addition to a doctors' toolkit against infectious disease, especially now that several potentially deadly infections with overlapping symptoms are making a comeback," said Robin Lincoln, Capstone's Chief Contracting Officer. "Capstone can provide easier access to this platform to over 265 hospitals representing 36,000 licensed beds in our alliance. We are pleased to partner with such a reputable company as Karius to work together to broaden the awareness of this potentially life-saving test option."
As noted in New York Times and GenomeWeb, facilities within the Capstone network have already begun using the Karius Test to identify rare infections including peritoneal tuberculosis and tularemia, as well as species of Leptospira and Nocardia.
In addition, this week at the American Society of Microbiology Microbe 2022 Meeting, Karius will be presenting a data synthesis of pathogens detected in 15,165 patients, which represents the largest testing cohort of patients in which plasma microbial cell-free DNA has been identified and quantified.
Karius is a life sciences company focused on generating genomic insights for infectious diseases with a non-invasive blood test that helps clinicians make rapid treatment decisions. By mapping each patient's microbial landscape from a single blood draw, Karius envisions a world where infectious disease is no longer a major threat to human health.
For more information, visit www.kariusdx.com and follow @KariusInc on Twitter.
Capstone Health Alliance is a group purchasing alliance of healthcare and non-healthcare members that delivers cost savings through the power of aggregation and collaboration. Based in Fletcher, North Carolina, Capstone's membership includes 265 hospitals representing more than 100 health systems across 24 states and represents over $10 billion in acute care supply chain spending. Capstone also represents over 25,000 non-acute and business & industry members. Capstone delivers quantifiable savings and actionable data that enable better purchasing decisions for our members. In addition to cost savings initiatives, Capstone members collaborate to share best practices all with the intent of improving cost, quality and outcomes.
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2Armstrong A., et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019;66(7):e27734.
3Hong D., et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018;92(3):210-213.
4Rossoff, et al. Open Forum Infect Di. 2019;6(8):ofz327.
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A week after being beaten on home ice, the Boston Bruins have regained full control of their Eastern Conference first-round series and return to TD Garden with a chance to eliminate the Florida Panthers in Game 5 Wednesday night.
Boston, which rolled 4-2 Friday and 6-2 Sunday in Sunrise, Fla., has history on its side with a 21-2 all-time record in best-of-seven series that it has led 3-1.
“The benefit of what we’ve done all year is that we’ve been in moments to clinch,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “We think it has (prepared us well) because we talk about staying in the moment and really just digging into our process, and that creates the habits and details that we think give us good results.”
The Bruins have played the entire series thus far without captain Patrice Bergeron, who could return Wednesday after being injured in the April 13 regular-season finale at Montreal. He felt good during his return to team practice on Tuesday.
Fellow veteran center David Krejci (upper-body) is “progressing well” but will not play for a third straight game.
After missing the likes of Brad Marchand and defenseman Charlie McAvoy at the very beginning of the season, the Bruins are unfazed by who’s in or out on any given night. That will surely continue for the veteran-laden group.
“Throughout the entire year, we’ve had different guys step up at different times and through the past two games, big games from (Charlie) Coyle, (Taylor Hall), (Tyler Bertuzzi) and a lot of different guys,” defenseman Brandon Carlo said Sunday. “I think we’re just trying to keep the (next man up) mentality as we have the entire year.”
Among them, Hall and Jake DeBrusk both scored twice in Sunday’s win.
Dmitry Orlov has five points (all assists) in the series, making him just the sixth defenseman since 1997 to register a point in each of his first four playoff games with a franchise.
Florida was one of just two teams to post multiple wins against the Presidents’ Trophy winners during the regular season and finished on a 6-1-1 run just to clinch a wild-card spot.
“This series is not over,” defenseman Josh Mahura said. “We’ve kind of had our backs against the wall for the last few months coming into this. We have a style of play that has been successful.”
In fact, 10 NHL teams since 2010 have overcome a 3-1 series deficit to advance in the postseason. The New York Rangers turned the feat in last year’s first round against Pittsburgh.
“There’s a certain freedom and focus that comes to elimination games, or those games that you absolutely have to win,” Florida coach Paul Maurice said. “You push as hard as you possibly can. There’s all the cliches. There is no tomorrow.
“That helps you build your mindset going to the rink, especially when you’ve invested as much as this group has to get (to the postseason).”
The Panthers’ style of play — one that they “seem to thrive on,” Marchand said — has included playing with emotion, physicality and attempting to get under the skin of the higher-seeded opponent.
Matthew Tkachuk has two goals and three assists for the Panthers in the series, but his 16 penalty minutes have been even more crucial. Boston’s power play was 2-for-4 on Sunday.
Tkachuk received the “maximum allowable” fine of $5,000 after cross-checking the Bruins’ Garnet Hathaway at the end of the first period of Game 4. He was also involved in a late scuffle that included Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark, who received a misconduct penalty.
“They’re very physical, they like to hear it after whistles, a lot of guys talk,” Marchand said. “That’s their game. They’ve had a lot of success doing that. We’ve had success playing the way we play and we just have to remember to stick to that.”
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INDIANAPOLIS — Last year it was Uvalde. Now it’s Nashville and Louisville. For the second year in a row, the National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention within days of mass shootings that shook the nation.
The three-day gathering, beginning Friday, will include thousands of the organization’s most active members at Indianapolis’ convention center and is attracting a bevy of top Republican presidential candidates — enough that it could help shape the early part of next year’s GOP primary race.
It illustrates the stark reality that such shootings have become enough of the fabric of American life that the NRA can no longer schedule around them. Nor do they really want to: The convention falls on the second anniversary of the mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis that killed nine people.
The NRA calls the convention “one of the most politically significant and popular events in the country, featuring our nation’s top Second Amendment leaders.” Republican Indiana state Rep. Ben Smaltz said that he appreciated the organization bringing its convention to Indianapolis for the third time in the past decade, and that he thought strong support for gun rights would be a key for any Republican seeking to win the party’s presidential nomination.
“To Republicans, the Second Amendment is very important,” said Smaltz, who was the lead sponsor last year of repealing Indiana’s requirement for a permit to carry a handgun in public. “To me, personally, it is, to the history of our country, it is important to talk about.”
Former President Donald Trump will be speaking at the gathering, his first public appearance since being arrested and arraigned in New York last week on felony charges stemming from hush money payments made to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign.
His Secret Service protection means attendees can’t have guns at the convention.
Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, is also speaking as he considers his own 2024 White House bid. It will be the first time the pair has addressed the same campaign event on the same day since their estrangement following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Two GOP Trump critics — former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who announced his 2024 campaign after news of the former president’s indictment broke, and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who may launch his own White House bid — will also speak.
Offering video messages are former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who began her 2024 campaign in February; South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, who announced a presidential exploratory committee this week, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is seen as a top rival to Trump even though he’s yet to jump into the race.
The convention follows shootings at a Louisville bank that killed five people this week and at a Christian school in Nashville on March 27 that killed three 9-year-old students and three staff members.
Pain over both shooting rampages has crossed party lines. Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear talked about having a friend killed in the Louisville shooting, while Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said he had friends killed during the Nashville school attack.
The NRA convention’s tone is nonetheless likely to be as defiant as last year, when the group held its convention in Houston just three days after the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school across Texas in the town of Uvalde.
Further overlapping with recent tragedy, Pence and some of the other speakers plan to follow up their NRA speeches by traveling to Nashville to meet with top GOP donors gathered there.
“Every significant national Republican, every Republican that’s thrown their hat in the ring to run for president, is showing up this weekend to pledge their undying loyalty to the NRA and the gun lobby,” said Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, who championed bipartisan legislation that passed last year and imposed some new federal gun restrictions after the Uvalde shootings. “Our kids are being hunted and the NRA’s business model is to give aid to the hunters.”
Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison added, “Republicans are committed to their annual pilgrimage to the NRA convention. It’s shameless.”
Indeed, support for gun rights among Republican voters remains higher than for voters overall. Some 56% of voters in last fall’s midterm elections said they want to see stricter nationwide gun laws, compared with just 28% of Republicans, according to AP VoteCast, a wide-ranging survey of the electorate.
About half of Republicans said gun laws should be left as they are.
Also on display Friday will be the resurgence of the NRA and the key role it is poised to play in next year’s presidential race — in a stark departure from 2020. Back then, the organization was trying to regroup and saw its membership and political spending decline following serious legal and financial turmoil — including a failed bankruptcy effort, a class-action lawsuit and a fraud investigation.
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Trump, meanwhile, has a contradictory history on guns. The NRA was a key backer of his 2016 campaign, spending some $30 million to support a candidate who sometimes mentioned carrying his own gun and vowed to eliminate gun-free zones in schools and on military bases. Trump also pledged to establish a national right to carry.
But, as the country reeled from a series of mass shootings, Trump’s administration banned bump stocks, which were used in a 2017 attack on a Las Vegas country music concert that killed 60 people. After the Parkland school shooting in Florida the following year, Trump urged congressional Republicans to expand background checks and proposed seizing guns from mentally ill people.
He also suggested raising the minimum age to buy assault rifles from 18 to 21, and suggested he was open to a conversation about reviving assault weapons bans. After later meeting with the NRA, however, Trump abandoned his push, instead focusing on arming teachers and making schools more secure.
Gun rights advocates continue to celebrate a Supreme Court decision last June that said Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. That opened the door to a wave of challenges to firearm restrictions across the country by changing the test that lower courts had long used for evaluating challenges to firearm restrictions.
Amid upheaval in the wake of the ruling, courts have declared unconstitutional laws including federal measures designed to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and defendants under felony indictment, as well as a ban on possessing guns with the serial number removed. Courts are also considering challenges to state bans on AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles.
Attempting to counter gun rights advocates has been an ascendant gun safety movement that has poured tens of millions of dollars into political campaigns. That includes Moms Demand Action which was among a coalition of groups that derided Friday’s speeches as “a cattle call of far-right” presidential candidates.
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The United States qualified for its first Olympic men’s soccer tournament since 2008 when the Americans beat Honduras 3-0 at San Pedro Sula on Friday night in the semifinals of the Under-20 championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Paxten Aaronson of the Philadelphia Union, an 18-year-old brother of Leeds midfielder Brenden Aaronson, scored in the third minute.
Alejandro Alvarado, who made four appearances last season for Portugal’s Vizela, added a goal in the 23rd, and Quinn Sullivan, Aaronson’s Philadelphia teammate, scored in the 43rd as the U.S. earned a berth in the 16-nation field at the 2024 Olympic tournament in France.
Olympic men’s soccer is limited to players under 23, with each nation allowed three wild cards over the limit. After the U.S. failed in three straight qualifying cycles as many clubs refused to make top players available, CONCACAF altered qualifying from under-23 teams and included it as part of its under-20 championship.
The U.S. was eliminated from 2012 Olympic qualifying when Sean Johnson allowed Jaime Alas’ goal to go in off his hands in second-half stoppage time, giving El Salvador a 3-3 draw in the Americans’ group stage finale.
The Americans lost a 2016 Olympics qualification game to El Salvador 2-0, then were beaten 3-2 by Colombia in a two-leg playoff for another berth.
The U.S. lost to Honduras 2-1 in last year’s Olympic qualification game as goalkeeper David Ochoa gifted a goal when he chipped a ball off an opponent and into his own net.
The Dominican Republic also clinched a berth, defeating Guatemala 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 2-2 draw.
CONCACAF’s four quarterfinal winners also qualified for the 24-nation field at next year’s Under-20 World Cup, to be played from May 20 to June 11 in Indonesia.
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Behind the Business: Ox-Bow Diner
They didn’t get into this to make a million dollars, they got into the restaurant business because they love their community.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Ox-bow Diner in Bliss captures the local spirit of the town. Recently, the diner added a bar, pool table, jukebox, and bullshooter.
The bar was handmade by co-owner Leslie jones’ husband and the oxbow now offers karaoke. Jones says what makes the diner unique is that the majority of their menu is made from scratch.
“90 percent of everything we cook in here is made from scratch our finger steaks were voted number two in the state by USA TODAY,” said Jones.
Some menu items include chicken strips, vanilla French toast with almonds, the Reuben, and 10 cent pancakes the third Sunday of every month.
Shyla dice, the owner’s daughter says, they didn’t get into this to make a million dollars, they got into the restaurant business because they love their community.
“Be able to help the community in any way they can even if it is just somewhere to hang out so I think it’s important for not only us but for all mom and pop shops cuz this not only our livelihood but our love we didn’t get into this to make a million dollars we got into this because we love our community and it was something we can do for them,” said Dice.
Jones says the most popular items include their burgers, which are made from scratch.
“My husband created our burger recipe so our burgers are out of this world they have all kinds of seasonings and stuff and then we do a wide variety of toppings on them we have our vanilla custard French toast which I’ve had people ask me for the recipe all the time and I tell them unfortunately I can’t tell you cuz then I would have to kill you and I don’t wanna do that,” said Jones.
Oxbow Diner has prime rib Fridays and dice says aside from the amazing food, they often bend over backwards for their customers.
“Aside from our amazing food you’re always going to have good service you know we bend over backwards I feel for our customers a lot of the time if not all the time because we just want them to have a great experience that’s what it’s all about you’re coming here you’re getting great food and you’re happy and it makes you wanna come back when you’re in a place like that,” said Dice.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican whom Biden served with in the Senate, and gun-control advocate Gabby Giffords.
“Today, she adds to her medal count,” Biden said as he introduced Biles, a former foster child whose 32 Olympic and World Championship medals make her the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history.
“I don’t know how you’re going to find room,” for another medal, Biden joked. The 25-year-old is an advocate for athletes’ mental health, foster care children and sexual assault victims. She’s also the youngest person to ever receive the medal, Biden said.
The Democratic president, who took office at a critical point during the coronavirus pandemic, also honored Sandra Lindsay, the Queens, New York, nurse who was the first person to be vaccinated against COVID-19 outside of clinical trials during a live television appearance in December 2020.
It was the first time Biden had awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His recipient list included both living and deceased honorees, some of them representing various stages of the president’s life, from the Catholic nuns who taught him as a boy growing up in Claymont, Delaware, to Republican lawmakers he served with in the Senate to a college professor like his wife, Jill, to advocates of tightening access to firearms.
Biden introduced Giffords as “one of the most courageous people I have ever known.”
The former Arizona congresswoman founded the organization named Giffords to campaign for an end to gun violence and restrictions on access to guns. The Democrat almost died after she was shot in the head in January 2011 during a constituent event in Tucson.
Biden noted that he recently signed the most sweeping gun-control legislation in decades — though he and others would like even more restrictions — and credited Giffords and families like her own whose lives have been altered by gun violence for helping to make it happen.
“She’s the embodiment of a single signature American trait: never, ever give up,” Biden said.
Biden also recognized former Republican Sens. Alan Simpson of Wyoming and John McCain of Arizona, recalling a less partisan era of Washington in which members of different parties would argue over issues during the day and then meet over dinner at night.
McCain died of brain cancer in 2018. He spent more than five years in captivity in Vietnam while serving in the U.S. Navy. He later represented Arizona in the House and Senate, and was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, competing against Democrats Barack Obama and Biden.
Biden said he didn’t appreciate the political competition, but “I never stopped admiring John ... I knew his honor, his courage and commitment.”
The 17 people receiving honors “have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery to drive change in their communities, and across the world, while blazing trails for generations to come,” the White House said.
Biden himself knows what it’s like to receive the medal. Then-President Obama honored Biden’s decades of public service by awarding him a Presidential Medal of Freedom “with distinction” during a ceremony shortly before they left office in January 2017.
Biden closed the ceremony by declaring, “This is America.”
The other 13 medal recipients are:
— Sister Simone Campbell, a member of the Sister of Social Service and a former executive director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice organization.
— Julieta Garcia, a former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville. Garcia was the first Latina to become a college president, the White House said.
— Fred Gray, one of the first Black members of the Alabama Legislature after Reconstruction. He was a prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr. and, at age 91, continues to practice law.
— Steve Jobs, the co-founder, chief executive and chair of Apple Inc. He died in 2011.
— Father Alexander Karloutsos, the assistant to Archbishop Demetrios of America. Karloutsos has counseled several U.S. presidents, the White House said. Biden said he is “one of my dear friends.”
— Khizr Khan, a n immigrant from Pakistan, Khan’s Army officer son was killed in Iraq. Khan gained national prominence, and became a target of Donald Trump’s wrath, after speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
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— Diane Nash, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who organized some of the most important 20th century civil rights campaigns and worked with King.
— Megan Rapinoe. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup soccer champion captains the OL Reign in the National Women’s Soccer League. She is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice and LGBTQI+ rights. Biden said she is the first soccer play to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
— Simpson, who served in the Senate with Biden and has been a prominent advocate for campaign finance reform, responsible governance and marriage equality. Biden called Simpson the “real deal” and joked that “he never takes himself too seriously nor takes me seriously.”
— Richard Trumka, who had been president of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade at the time of his August 2021 death. He was a past president of the United Mine Workers.
— Wilma Vaught. A brigadier general, Vaught is one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history, breaking gender barriers as she has risen through the ranks. When Vaught retired in 1985, she was one of only seven female generals in the Armed Forces.
— Denzel Washington, a double Oscar-winning actor, director and producer. He also has a Tony award, two Golden Globes and the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a longtime spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Washington could not attend Thursday’s ceremony after testing positive for COVID-19, the White House said. Biden said Washington will receive his medal “when he’s able to get here.”
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The first Monday of May is also known as Melanoma Monday, a day to raise awareness about skin cancer during National Melanoma Month.
According to The American Cancer Society, an estimated 98,000 people will receive a new melanoma diagnosis this year, and around 8,000 people are expected to die from the disease.
Doctors say the most important warning sign is a new spot on the skin changing in size, shape, or color. Another sign is a spot that looks different from all the others.
"If caught early, it can be, removed from the skin, and it has no long-term consequences. However, over time, melanomas can actually go deep in the skin and then invade the lymph nodes and spread elsewhere," explained Dr. Shilpi Khetarpal, Dermatologist with The Cleveland Clinic. Khetarpal says early detection is key.
According to The American Cancer Society, anyone is at risk of getting melanoma, however, it is more common in Caucasians.
One out of 38 Caucasians will be diagnosed with melanoma in their lifetime, compared to one out of 1,000 African Americans.
Risk factors such as fair skin tone, freckles, and light hair all contribute to a melanoma skin diagnosis.
Age and family history can also increase risk.
"If you are going to be outside, use a broad spectrum SPF of 30 or higher," Khetarpal explained. "It's important to re-apply every two hours if you are going to be outside or if you get wet. Also, make sure you use water-resistant sunscreen. They also make SPF clothing."
Doctors recommend regular skin screenings especially if you have a personal or family history of skin cancer.
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Flagstaff's Planning and Zoning Commission discussed a minor amendment to the 2030 regional plan Wednesday afternoon, one of the first steps in the approval process for Flagstaff Medical Center's (FMC) new campus.
Following presentations, a discussion and several public comments, a motion to send the proposed amendments with a recommendation for approval to the Flagstaff City Council was approved unanimously.
It will next appear at the Dec. 6 council meeting.
Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) announced plans to move its campus from its current location to a parcel next to Fort Tuthill County Park in the spring of 2021. It has been hosting community outreach meetings and developing plans in the year since, most recently at a Sept. 29 city council retreat and an Oct. 10 public participation meeting.
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The 172.6-acre property that would be affected by the amendments is at the moment mostly vacant, containing some residential structures.
Uses for the property, if FMC plans move forward, include an estimated 1.26 million square feet of hospital and medical offices, 290,000 square feet of retail and lodging, 250,000 square feet of research and development and 31.2 acres of designated open space.
A total of 315 residential dwelling units are included in the plans as well, and NAH has committed to 10% low-income housing.
Four regional plan amendments related to the process were discussed in Wednesday's meeting.
Two other entitlements discussing more specifics of the proposed project — a new specific plan and concept zoning map amendment -- are expected to be brought to the commission at a later date, along with the development agreement.
NAH and the City of Flagstaff are working to bring the rest of the case to a public hearing -- which does not yet have a set date.
The focus of the work, said Tiffany Antol, city zoning code manager, is to finalize details on items brought up in the meeting and to mitigate topics raised as community concerns.
“A minor regional plan amendment in and of itself is not project-specific,” Antol said during a presentation to the commission. “We will be looking at this to see if the requests to amend the regional plan are in alignment with the current vision within our regional plan and are consistent with [its] goals and policies."
Antol added: "I think the great thing about you all getting this perspective first, it really allows you the time to delve into just this particular topic and see if this regional plan is right, and then I think it helps NAH understand how the community is feeling about this project, what the commission and the city council are weighing in on as this entitlement case is moving forward.”
Proposed amendments
Amendments moved forward in this meeting included changing the place type designation of a future suburban activity center to a regional rather than neighborhood scale, and moving its center point over the hospital.
Activity centers are a place type designating as mixed-use areas with commercial and other uses. Neighborhood suburban activity centers are smaller and are located at intersections of collector streets and neighborhood access roads, while regional suburban activity centers are larger and located at the intersections of collector streets and arterial roads.
The activity center as it is currently planned is at the intersection of arterial roadways, she said, but it is considered a neighborhood activity center, because while future development has been unknown, past proposals were mainly residential.
In the policy analysis section of her presentation, Antol said the future activity center has many features of regional level development. Among them are its location at the intersection of arterial roadways and its proximity to Fort Tuthill (another regional facility).
Another area’s type designation would be changed from "area in white" with some existing rural and future suburban to existing employment. The area is located within the activity center discussed in the first two amendments.
Area in white, Antol said, is a description for areas that have not been assigned an area type, and any entitlement proposed for areas with that place type would require a regional plan amendment.
“That employment category is one of the more protected categories within the regional plan,” she said. “It has also been one of the categories that we’ve seen a large reduction in, primarily to support open spaces on McMillan Mesa [which converted 36.5 acres from employment area] but it is a category that we have lost over time, so this would add back acreage into that employment category.”
Only one amendment has increased the amount of employment area since the regional plan was first adopted, and it would add 28 acres of employment area.
“This site is also well-served by an interchange [and] it is within close proximity to the airport, making it a good location for an employment area type,” Antol said.
The last amendment discussed in the meeting was the realignment of Beulah Boulevard’s future road corridor. The realignment currently planned for Beulah would move the road west (closer to Fort Tuthill’s eastern boundary and farther from the I-17 corridor) to allow for an over or underpass connecting to South Pulliam Drive.
The proposed amendment would leave Beulah in its current alignment, keeping a larger parcel of land together to accommodate NAH’s current plans and potential future expansions. In this plan, a new collector road would be added to the location and Woody Mountain Road's intersection with Beulah would move closer to I-17.
NAH has worked with city staff on the topic, Antol said, and while the exact dimensions are still being determined, they are “fairly confident” keeping Beulah where it is and adding a new collector road would still be able to accommodate an underpass in the same location.
“This underpass is important for the future transportation network, because it will help reduce trips at the airport traffic interchange as well as Lake Mary Road and Beulah Boulevard, and will assist with lowering vehicle miles traveled within Flagstaff,” Antol said, noting the last detail would help meet the city’s carbon neutrality goals.
NAH is not expected to construct the underpass as part of the development, but will need to ensure that Beulah’s current location won’t prevent future underpass construction. Beulah’s intersection with Purple Sage Trail will also be conditioned to accommodate a future underpass by lowering it.
“We are not anticipating it to be part of [NAH's] mitigation at all; it is definitely something that is much further in the future,” Antol said of the underpass. “But leaving the possibility open and making sure that as we’re investing money and putting money in a considerable amount of infrastructure that we’re maintaining that possibility."
Community response
The three officially required citizen participation plans as part of the process (held Jan. 6, Jan. 18 and Oct. 10, and available to watch at nahealth.com/expansion) had a total of about 224 attendees between them.
Themes of community support Antol mentioned in her presentation included economic development, access to care and new clinical services. Themes of concern were traffic, access to the new campus (including bus service), use of the existing hospital, noise and building heights.
She said she wanted residents to know they are welcome to reach out to city staff or NAH, and are “highly encouraged” to attend and speak at the public hearings.
The aforementioned topics and concerns were echoed in the nine public comments given at Wednesday's meeting.
Most of those who commented at the meeting were residents of neighborhoods near the proposed construction and expressed concerns, yet several also said they supported the hospital’s move.
“I'm very open to having this development and I think it could bring a lot of positives,” said Ponderosa Trails resident Alex Shanken. “I think the negatives, however, do have to be dealt with. ... Instead of a wash for the community, how about thinking of it as an actual real benefit to the quality of life of the surrounding communities?”
Some concerns he mentioned wanting to see addressed were the project’s noise impacts on nearby neighborhoods, Flagstaff Urban Trail System bike access with the changes to Beulah, plans to support discharged patients who are homeless or don’t have access to transportation, and building height.
Mathias Rupp, a medical provider in Tuba City who once worked as a provider at FMC, is another Ponderosa Trails resident who spoke about his concerns with the project. Like Shanken, he said he is in favor of the project moving forward, but he has concerns.
The two he mentioned were NAH’s approach to feedback and community engagement and concerns that it is considering a sale to Banner Healthcare. Rupp also said he would like the plans to include a hogan for the Indigenous community served by the hospital.
“Because I’ve worked inside their system, I have seen the way this administration and the leadership in this organization ... approach people who have concerns and people who are objecting to different ideas and the way things move forward,” he said of NAH.
Rupp continued: “I've been disappointed over the years to see the way that they take a take-it-or-leave-it approach, and I'd like to see that remedied in our community. I've also attended the meetings that have been made available to the public and I've noticed that most of these meetings appear staged or questions are being addressed only if they are favorable to NAH. I’d like to see the community be listened to with more attentive effort.”
Flagstaff resident Lori Anna Harrison said she supported the project mostly because of her grandmother, who lives in University Heights and has received care at FMC several times in the past year.
“She received excellent care, and I would hate for her or anybody in her condition to be one of those ... that didn't have a spot in the hospital and was deterred or turned away,” Harrison said. “I’m a big advocate of that new village, and I hope that folks here in Flagstaff and beyond receive that trauma 1 center care that we’re grown to love and appreciate here in Flagstaff.”
Whitney Cunningham (who works on the project) read a letter from Linda and Charlie Odegaard that said their family had moved from property on the border of the proposed new location to make room for the project.
“It was a difficult and emotional decision for all of us. It was also an important decision,” they wrote. “ ... We want, and our town deserves, the highest quality of medical care, which the old hospital facility is no longer able to provide.
“While the new hospital will be a regional instead of a neighborhood use, this change is consistent with what is already here: a regional county park and a regional business park and airport just across the freeway. There may be no perfect location for a new hospital in Flagstaff, but this is a pretty good one.”
Gail Jackson, Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona’s (ECoNA) president and CEO, also commented in support of the project, saying it would bring needed economic growth to the area.
“Making this minor plan amendment would be great for bringing some late industrial work back,” she said. “Bioscience research and development jobs are a great fit for our region. They’re low-impact, they’re high-wage -- which we desperately need in Flagstaff and northern Arizona to compete with the high cost of living and our housing crisis.”
A group of Mountain Dell residents were among at city hall with concerns. While they said they weren't opposed to the hospital coming to the area, there were several things they wanted NAH and the city to address before moving forward. They said their concerns had more to do with the plans for the health and wellness village rather than the hospital itself.
"This is not a project that just entails that hospital," said Christina Raynsford, who has lived in the neighborhood for over 40 years. "This project entails a whole lot more than that. And is that a good fit, all those other things to be included in an area that right now is on the outskirts of town?"
Attendees noted that the majority of residents at the meeting and commenting were from Mountain Dell. Several had also attended the prior community meetings, raising similar concerns, they said. They felt that, though their neighborhood was nearby and the project would add to some of its existing issues, it wasn’t being included in the planning.
“In some of the original proposals, they talked about University Heights, Ponderosa, [and] Mountain Dell wasn’t even mentioned,” Christina Norlin said.
“One of my biggest fears is that we’re right on the fringe of consideration for this project,” Sean Ryan added. " ... We’ve certainly seen it, where the cohesive planning does not necessarily occur, especially on the details of the plans like traffic or noise mitigation, so there’s a fear that those details won’t actually get addressed, just because we’re slightly farther down the road or we have a different property jurisdiction.”
For example, increased traffic on Beulah would make it harder to exit the neighborhood -- which can be challenging and a safety concern, because its only exit is the Woody Mountain intersection.
Events at Fort Tuthill can also add to the problem.
During an event this summer, Raynsford said as an example, “there was no way, zero, for Flagstaff fire to get out to where it needed to with the amount of traffic there.”
Other concerns included light pollution, transportation and discharge care for homeless patients, the potential sale to Banner Health and increased noise.
Similar to Mathis, Ryan and Raynsford mentioned issues with the way residents’ questions and issues with the project had been addressed so far.
“The concerns we’ve had in some of the detail questions, they’ve been generally acknowledged, but it's also been said they’ll be taken care of down the line,” he said. “There’s a concern that the ball gets rolling too far, and then in the end those concerns don’t actually get addressed. So trying to see that more of those items are addressed earlier in the process, I think, is one of the key things I would hope for.”
Raynsford added: “Right now there really isn't a way to address these concerns with NAH specifically. They have their set of goals and that’s what they’re going to try to achieve. Our response and our opportunity is to try to keep this before the city council and keep it before planning and zoning.”
Additional information about the project can be found at nahealth.com/expansion and at flagstaff.az.gov/10/Community-Development.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A glance at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2023:
SURFACE
Hard courts
SITE
Melbourne Park
SCHEDULE
Play in the two-week tournament begins Monday morning in Australia (Sunday night EST) and there are day and night sessions. The women’s singles final is Saturday, Jan. 28; the men’s singles final is Sunday, Jan. 29.
LOOKAHEAD TO MONDAY
The Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park on Monday morning (Sunday night EST) with 18-year-old American Coco Gauff in action in Rod Laver Arena against Katerina Siniakova. The most attention-worthy match probably is the one later in the day in Laver that features 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal facing off against fellow left-hander Jack Draper. Nadal has lost six of his past seven matches dating to last season, including an 0-2 mark so far this year. Nadal is the defending champion in Australia. Other past major champions in action on Day 1 include Daniil Medvedev — who was the runner-up in Melbourne to Nadal in 2022 and to Novak Djokovic in 2021 — against Marcos Giron of the U.S.; Iga Swiatek against Jule Niemeier; Emma Raducanu against Tamara Korpatsch; Sofia Kenin against Victoria Azarenka in a matchup between two women who own a combined three Australian Open trophies; along with Stan Wawrinka, Bianca Andreescu, Elena Rybakina and Jelena Ostapenko.
MONDAY’S FORECAST
Cloudy. High of 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius).
SEEDINGS
Iga Swiatek is seeded No. 1 in the women’s bracket, her first time in that spot at the Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals a year ago. Nadal is the No. 1 seed in the men’s draw, moving up a spot because top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the tournament with a leg injury. Novak Djokovic is seeded No. 4 as he makes his return to Melbourne.
2022 WOMEN’S SINGLES CHAMPION
Ash Barty, Australia
2022 MEN’S SINGLES CHAMPION
Rafael Nadal, Spain
LAST YEAR
Barty became the first Australian in 44 years to win a singles trophy at the nation’s Grand Slam tournament by beating Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the final. That gave Barty the third major title of her career — after the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon in 2021 — and extended her stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings. Less than two months later, she announced her retirement from tennis at age 25. Nadal earned his 21st Grand Slam trophy via an epic comeback, turning things around to beat Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5. It was the first time in 57 years that a man won an Australian Open final after dropping the first two sets. Before the tournament began, all eyes were on Djokovic, who flew to Australia despite being unvaccinated against COVID-19, then had his visa revoked, was deported and couldn’t participate in a tournament he has won nine times.
WHO IS MISSING
This is the first Grand Slam tournament since Serena Williams and Roger Federer — owners of a combined 43 major singles championships — announced last year they were ending their playing careers. Also now retired: Barty. Other key players who are not in the field include Alcaraz, Venus Williams, Marin Cilic, Paula Badosa and Ajla Tomljanovic (all injured), Naomi Osaka (out of action since September, she recently announced she is pregnant and will take 2023 off) and Simona Halep (serving a provisional doping ban).
KEY STATISTICS
22 — Grand Slam singles titles for Nadal, a record for men — one more than Djokovic, two more than Federer — and one away from the overall Open era mark held by Williams.
PRIZE MONEY
Total prize money for the 2023 Australian Open is $76.5 million Australian dollars (about $53 million). The women’s and men’s singles champions each will be paid $2.975 million Australian dollars (about $2 million), a drop of 37.5% from last year’s checks of 4.4 million Australian dollars (about $3.15 million).
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced Monday that no criminal charges will be filed against two Phoenix officers accused of using excessive force during an arrest last year.
The Phoenix Police Department previously recommended criminal charges against the two officers in the Oct. 27 arrest of a 38-year-old man at a west Phoenix convenience store.
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The suspect allegedly fired shots at the officers and his arrest was captured on body-worn camera footage, surveillance video provided by the convenience store and a video recorded by a bystander.
County prosecutors sought a grand jury indictment for one of the officers, but the panel declined to charge him.
Prosecutors said they didn’t seek an indictment against the other policeman because there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/no-charges-vs-phoenix-policemen-accused-of-17752452.php | 2023-01-31 00:48:37 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/no-charges-vs-phoenix-policemen-accused-of-17752452.php |
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- There are 36 regional or community banks in North Carolina, which are regulate directly by the North Carolina Banking Commission. Truist Bank is one of them, First Citizens Bank is another. ABC11 asked about their financial health after seeing another regional bank fail just a week ago.
Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last Friday and its parent company filed for bankruptcy this Friday.
The fall is fueling fear here in the Triangle.
"That concerns me," said Benson resident Jorge Valero. "(I'm) thinking about taking all of my money and saving under the mattress."
He's worried other institutions could collapse. He lived through 2008/2009 financial crisis.
"It was a lot of lack of work and I had hard times, and I don't want to happen again," said Valero.
North Carolina lost almost $10 million worth of stock with Silicon Valley's closure.
State Treasurer Dale Folwell said the investment equates to less than 1% of the pension portfolio and won't really affect plans.
Some of North Carolina's other exposures include:
- Stock exposure of $3.2 million in First Republic
- Stock exposure of $2.8 million in Zions Bancorp
- Stock exposure of $1.8 million in Western Alliance Bancorp
- Stock exposure of $3.6 million, Bond exposure of $1.8 million in Comerica
"We are still not into a crisis in North Carolina and I think we're going to be fine," said Folwell.
He said the state's 36 regional banks are in good shape.
"I think they're in fantastic health and you're seeing some evidence of this," said Folwell. "Many (are) contributing towards keeping some of these other banks going. They would never ever do that if they didn't think they're in good shape internally."
Folwell is urging folks to keep their faith and money in North Carolina banks. | https://abc11.com/banks-bank-failures-bankruptcy-siiicon-valley/12969388/ | 2023-03-17 21:44:12 | 1 | https://abc11.com/banks-bank-failures-bankruptcy-siiicon-valley/12969388/ |
(KDVR) — It’s a question that divides the country each year ahead of Thanksgiving: What’s the difference between dressing and stuffing?
Merriam-Webster defines stuffing as “a seasoned mixture (as of bread crumbs, vegetables, and butter) that is typically placed inside the cavity of a turkey, pepper, etc. and cooked.” It defines dressing as “a seasoned mixture usually used as a stuffing (as for poultry).”
According to delish, though, dressing is cooked outside of a turkey, while stuffing is typically cooked inside.
However, the way the terms are used can vary depending on what part of the country you live in. In fact, some places call the side dish “stuffing” even if it is prepared outside of the turkey.
A recent report from Campbell’s showed that you are more likely to hear stuffing referred to as “dressing” in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
The dish tops the list of Thanksgiving sides, the report found. Here are the top five:
- Stuffing/dressing
- Mashed potatoes
- Sweet potatoes
- Green bean casserole
- Mac and Cheese
The report offered a few other fun facts as well, including that of all the states, Massachusetts is the only one evenly split on the debate over mashed potatoes versus stuffing.
If you don’t like your sides to touch on your plate, you’re not alone. Folks in Arkansas, Alaska and Idaho don’t either.
States that are most likely to get creative with their sides include Maine, Washington and Oregon, and those who don’t mind eating sides only for their Thanksgiving meal reside mostly in Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Travel site “The Vacationer” conducted a survey of the most disliked Thanksgiving foods, and incidentally, turkey wasn’t it.
The poll, which allowed respondents to choose as many options as they wanted, resulted in the following list:
1. Cranberry sauce — 30.51%
2. Turkey — 29.11%
3. Green bean casserole — 27.52%
4. Ham — 26.72%
5. Coleslaw — 25.32%
6. Sweet potatoes or yams — 25.12%
7. Stuffing/dressing — 22.33%
8. Pumpkin pie — 21.44%
9. Carrots — 16.95%
10. Mashed potatoes — 15.45%
11. Corn — 14.36%
12. Macaroni and cheese — 14.36%
13. Apple pie — 12.86%
None of these. I like them all. — 16.55%
According to the Vacationer, this is the second consecutive year that cranberry sauce, turkey and green bean casserole have topped the list. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/dressing-vs-stuffing-is-there-a-difference/ | 2022-11-22 23:35:55 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/dressing-vs-stuffing-is-there-a-difference/ |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Homa in the lead at his hometown PGA Tour event used to give him chills. Now he's playing so well it almost feels normal.
Homa, a winner last month down the coast at Torrey Pines, ran off three birdies around the turn at Riviera and tossed in a few big par saves Friday for a 3-under 68, giving him a one-shot lead over Jon Rahm, Keith Mitchell and Lee Hodges at the Genesis Invitational.
Tiger Woods will be part of the weekend, even with a sloppy finish and more attention over a juvenile prank than a putter that went cold. Woods finished with three bogeys over his last four holes for a 74.
He was at 1-over 143, leaving him 11 shots behind Homa, but certain to make the cut when the second round is completed Saturday morning. For the second straight day, darkness kept the round from finishing.
Woods, playing elite competition for the first time since the British Open last summer, apologized if anyone was offended by him jokingly slipping a tampon into the hand of Justin Thomas on Thursday after Woods outdrove him by about 10 yards.
“It was supposed to be all fun and games and obviously it hasn’t turned out that way,” Woods said.
Homa and Rahm had their own brand of fun on a crisp afternoon off Sunset Boulevard.
Homa hit wedge to 4 feet to a pin tucked behind the bunker for a birdie on No. 9, holed a 15-foot birdie on the 10th and then chipped beautifully to a back right pin for a third straight birdie on the par-5 11th.
He also saved par from a plugged lie in the bunker and made an 18-foot par putt on the 16th. His round ended with trouble off the tee that led to bogey, but he had no complaints at 11-under 131 and his name atop the leaderboard.
He already has won twice this season, including last month down the coast at Torrey Pines. When he won this tournament two years ago — the one he used to attend as a kid who grew up 30 miles away — he said, “I don't know if I could ever do anything cooler in golf than this.”
Playing good every week is pretty cool.
“I kind of feel like I should be doing this when I’m playing well, and I am playing well,” Homa said. “Yeah, it’s exciting — 36-hole leads are awesome. Like I said, there’s a long way to go, but regardless, I can rest on the fact I’m playing great golf and I’m just going to try and do that for two more days.”
Rahm is playing even better. He has nine consecutive top 10s dating to September, four of those victories, and he is close to returning to No. 1 in the world.
Even the best need a break every now and then, and Rahm got a big one Friday evening. He went with a 5-wood from 270 yards on the par-5 17th and cooked it, sailing the green toward the back grandstands. The ball smacked off the base of the bleachers, tumbled along the edge of a bunker and settled just over 3 feet away for an eagle.
That capped off a stretch of playing five holes in 5-under par that put the Spaniard right into the mix going into the weekend.
“Obviously, I got very fortunate to get that bounce not only to go on the green, but to have basically 3 feet straight up the hill,” Rahm said. “That’s arguably the best bounce I’ve seen in person my whole golf career and it would be hard to beat in the future.”
He's seen plenty of great bounces before on various video compilations, and he started reciting some of the bizarre ones, many on the European tour. He's just never the star of those shows, and so maybe he'll be in the next video.
“I hope it's in it,” he said. “If anything beats that, I'd be surprised.”
Mitchell played in the morning, making five birdies to offset a few mistakes. He was in contention two weeks ago at Pebble Beach.
Collin Morikawa (68) was two shots behind, with Patrick Cantlay (67) another shot back. Both grew up some 20 miles from Riviera.
Rory McIlroy had a 69 and was four back.
The stars are out in Los Angeles, part of that due to Riviera, part of that due to the strongest field of the year competing for a $20 million purse.
Woods felt his 74 was as high as it could have been because of his putting, but at least he's around for the weekend. So his Xander Schauffele, who looked certain to miss the cut until his shot from 173 yards flew straight into the cup on the 17th for an eagle. He made it on the number.
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LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was fined for breaking his own government’s pandemic lockdown rules, has been reported to police again over more potential breaches.
The Times of London said Tuesday that Johnson was reported by civil servants over alleged visits to Chequers, the prime minister’s official country retreat, as well as potential breaches in the leader’s Downing Street residence.
The Metropolitan Police force and Thames Valley Police said they were assessing details relating to incidents between June 2020 and May 2021.
The Times said the potential breaches came to light while Johnson was preparing his testimony to Britain’s upcoming inquiry into how the country handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Cabinet Office, a government department which supports the work of the prime minister, said that “information came to light during the process of preparing evidence for submission to the COVID inquiry.”
“In line with obligations in the Civil Service Code, this material has been passed to the relevant authorities and it is now a matter for them.”
Johnson’s office said the former leader maintained that “the events were lawful and were not breaches of any COVID regulations.”
Johnson was among scores of people fined last year in connection with the “partygate” scandal over lockdown-breaching government parties held in 2020 and 2021, when the U.K. was under tight restrictions on social mixing.
He resigned as prime minister in July 2022 after a slew of scandals over his ethics and judgment turned many lawmakers from the governing Conservative Party against him. | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-former-uk-leader-boris-johnson-faces-new-police-probe-over-lockdown-visits/ | 2023-05-24 01:33:54 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-former-uk-leader-boris-johnson-faces-new-police-probe-over-lockdown-visits/ |
BEIJING, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a news report from Beijing Review:
Linquan, a county in Fuyang, Anhui Province, rose out of poverty in April 2020. The county has a large number of cancer patients but, in the past, had no oncology department. Patients had to travel to larger cities for treatment, which increased the overall expenses. However, the situation has changed thanks to a paired assistance program, which started in 2016.
Under the program, Peking University First Hospital in Beijing sent cancer experts to help the county establish its own oncology department at Linquan People's Hospital. Today the hospital in the county has mastered multiple cancer treatment technologies and is able to carry out the treatments independently.
Paired assistance is one of the measures China has taken to improve medical care in rural areas. The National Health Commission (NHC) has helped 1,172 hospitals in underdeveloped counties establish partnerships with urban public hospitals.
Health is the foundation of poverty alleviation and common prosperity, He Jinguo, Director of the NHC's Department of Finance and head of the commission's Rural Revitalization Office, said at a press conference on the improvement of healthcare in rural areas in the past decade on May 24. China accomplished its goal of eradicating absolute poverty as scheduled by the end of 2020.
From 2015 to 2020, the Central Government spent 1.4 trillion yuan ($209.7 billion) to support the development of medical care in 25 provincial-level regions with relatively large poor populations, with expenditure growing 11.6 percent on average each year.
The medical service network in rural areas has been improved, making it more convenient for residents to receive medical treatment near their homes, Chu Hongming, another NHC official, said. A 15-minute medical service circle whereby patients can arrive at a medical institution within 15 minutes of walking has been formed. As of late last year, there were 23,000 county-level medical institutions, 35,000 township hospitals and 599,000 village clinics nationwide.
Township and village medical institutions have been guided to improve their service abilities, with over 90 percent of patients now receiving treatment in their own counties.
Family doctor programs, a new model in which qualified medical workers offer customized services such as health consultation and evaluation to the families registered with them, have been available since 2016. As of late 2021, there were 1.435 million family doctors in China, providing residents with basic medical care and health management services.
Although they have shed poverty, a number of counties remain economically weak, He Jinguo said. Last year, the Central Government identified 160 counties in west China as key targets for assistance. The policies, funds and programs for supporting the development of healthcare in these areas will remain stable.
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Civic Season runs between Juneteenth and Fourth of July and features more than 750 activities and events nationwide
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, three hundred cultural and civic institutions across the country kicked off the second annual Civic Season, a new summer tradition for learning and action co-designed with Gen Z. Anchored by Juneteenth and Independence Day - two dates that highlight the gap between our nation's promises and practices - Civic Season is about welcoming the future inheritors of the United States to learn about our nation's history so they can use it to inform and inspire civic participation for generations to come.
"Civic Season is about young people engaging with our past so they can help write our future," said Caroline Klibanoff, managing director of Made By Us at the National Museum of American History. "With hundreds of events and activities nationwide, the Civic Season is a new kind of American tradition where we come together to build a democracy powered by all of us."
More than 750 activities and resources are available at TheCivicSeason.com including podcasts, walking tours, how-to guides, in-person programs, simulations and videos. The public can learn how to take action with quizzes, poster generators, a Storycorps collection, an online zine, and contributions from luminaries like Ken Burns, Jose Antonio Vargas, Tayari Jones, Lonnie G. Bunch III, and others.
Civic Season has been developed by Made By Us, an unparalleled collaboration of more than 130 of the nation's history museums to better engage Millennials and Gen-Z with American history to inspire, inform and empower civic participation. Led collectively by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the National Archives Foundation, the First Americans Museum, Atlanta History Center, HistoryMiami Museum, Senator John Heinz History Center, New-York Historical Society, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and Missouri Historical Society, Made By Us creates programs and digital platforms to connect young people in every corner of the nation with our shared past, present and future. For more information, visit historymadebyus.com or follow @historymadebyus on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
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TricorBraun to Exclusively Offer Industry-First Biodegradable Bottle to Nutraceutical Companies in the US and Canada
ST. LOUIS, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global packaging leader TricorBraun announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with BioBottles™, further expanding its sustainable packaging offerings.
The agreement enables TricorBraun to exclusively offer BioBottles—the first and only biodegradable bottle specifically designed and engineered for the nutraceutical industry—to nutraceutical companies in the US and Canada.
"Sustainability matters to our customers and their consumers, and it matters to TricorBraun," said Mark O'Bryan, chief operations officer, TricorBraun. "Our exclusive BioBottles agreement is another example of our focused efforts to offer comprehensive, sustainable options for our customers. We are thrilled to partner with BioBottles to provide our customers with a solution that helps protect both their products and the planet."
Utilizing proprietary technology, BioBottles are an environmentally responsible and cost-effective alternative for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical packaging needs. An industry-first, BioBottles with Plastic IQ™ technology turns ordinary HDPE and PP bottles, caps, and scoops into a material that is no longer plastic at the end of its useful life when exposed to an open environment, in the right conditions.
"TricorBraun shares our dedication and commitment to providing sustainable packaging options for the benefit of the planet," said James Vanbrocklin, CEO and co-founder, BioBottles. "We are excited to partner with a respected industry leader like TricorBraun to deliver this unique yet sustainable alternative for nutraceutical companies—and we look forward to working with TricorBraun to expand into new markets."
TricorBraun's agreement with BioBottles marks the latest development in the company's ongoing sustainability journey and continuous efforts to improve its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
About BioBottles
Founded in 2021, BioBottles is a turn-key sustainable solutions provider that specializes in biodegradable plastic technologies for the Nutraceutical, Pharmaceutical, and Personal Care industries. We provide environmentally responsible packaging options that consist of HDPE and PP plastic bottles, closures, scoops, labels, dispensers, tubes, flexibles, custom molds, and more. Plastic IQ is a proprietary technology that was developed to transform ordinary plastic packaging products at the end of their useful life into a material that is no longer plastic by reducing the molecular weight of the plastic when consistently exposed to UV sunlight and Oxygen. With key strategic manufacturing and distribution partnerships currently in place, BioBottles are able to service our clients at scale.
About TricorBraun
Founded in 1902, TricorBraun is a global leader, providing primary packaging solutions across a wide array of customer end markets. We specialize in glass, plastic, and aluminum containers; closures and dispensers; tubes, and flexibles. Our award-winning Design & Engineering Center provides forward-thinking design, driven by consumer insights, innovation, and sustainability. We leverage our global supply chain footprint and unmatched purchasing power to identify high quality, cost-effective solutions for our customers. TricorBraun is comprised of more than 2,000 packaging professionals operating from more than 100 locations across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maitreyi Ramakrishnan's childhood devotion to My Little Pony turned out to be homework for her latest TV project.
Ramakrishnan stars in the voice cast of Netflix's new animated children's series “My Little Pony: Make Your Mark,” a sharp contrast to her breakout role in the acclaimed coming-of-age comedy “Never Have I Ever.”
The Canadian actor, 20, recalls growing up with the fourth iteration of the toy line that included what she wryly calls “the O.G.'s of Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, my personal favorite.”
Playing the next-gen character of Pegasus pony Zipp, short for Princess Zephyrina Storm, was a chance to fulfill “those childhood kind of dreams,” Ramakrishnan said. “If I told my younger, child-self, ‘Hey, you’re going to be a Little Pony,’" the obvious answer would be “'No way.'”
Zipp stands out among her equine pals — and not only because of her bold, two-tone hair style. Ramakrishnan describes her as smart, curious and determined to be herself. A bonus: The actor calls it “very cool” that she got to sing on the companion album for the series, which debuted this week on Netflix.
Ramakrishnan, whose Tamil parents emigrated from Sri Lanka, spoke to The Associated Press about what her new series offers children; her take on the Team Paxton-Team Ben debate on “Never Have I Ever,” which wrapped filming on its fourth and final season (the release date yet to be announced), and the ongoing struggle for inclusivity in Hollywood. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
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AP: You've described Zipp in positive terms. Is there something else compelling about the series, something you believe children may get from watching it?
RAMAKRISHNAN: It’s really great because it's showing kids that there’s a place for everyone. All of the main characters are very different and unique personalities, and have different interests and likes. I hope kids just take away that they can be themselves and people will love them for that.
AP: You've talked before about growing up without seeing a TV or film character who looks like you ethnically and who you could relate to.
RAMAKRISHNAN: I think I only got to unpack this once I started ‘Never Have I Ever,’ and was asked in many interviews, ‘Who was your representation (on screen)?’ I didn’t really have that. And I realized maybe this is why I always had such an affinity to animation as a child. You're able to relate to a cartoon totally, more than you're able to relate to teenagers who are your beauty expectation of how you're supposed to grow up.
AP: Your role as teenager Devi on the Mindy Kaling-co-created ‘Never Have I Ever’ is a rarity, a lead Southeast Asian character. How have viewers responded?
RAMAKRISHNAN: Positive reaction to seeing my character, or mixed emotions in the sense of people feeling so uncomfortable with how much they see themselves in the characters. Devi is a hot mess. But it’s not just from the young brown girls that see Devi and think, ‘Yeah, I can relate.’ There’s the brown guys. Or any girl who’s experiencing life struggles, or just any guy who’s experienced that feeling of wanting to be a part of something. That's representation to me, when you're writing those characters that have a diverse face but are written so well and so realistically that it's not tokenism. It's so important, and I'm honestly not satisfied with how much representation there is.
AP: Studies have shown that TV and movies are recognizing the value of hiring people of color as actors and creators. You're just starting your career, but do you see a role for yourself in fostering more diversity?
RAMAKRISHNAN: With the ‘Never Have I Ever’ and the ‘Squid Games’ of the world, it's like, ‘Oh, we made a step in the right direction.’ And then very quickly, those steps can be forgotten because we tend to not give them enough credit, and it’s really hard to keep that momentum going. But you have to do the work. It gets frustrating at times, because you can wonder if you’re on top of the world and you’re like, 'Yeah, I made it. I'm being respected. But hang on, I'm still being treated like I’m just this little tokenized brown girl.' And that sucks. But because I love acting so much, I'm not going to give it up. And I know that if I continue to pave this way, as Mindy Kaling did for girls like me, I’ll make it a little bit easier for the next, and then it will keep going.
AP: Some ‘Never Have I Ever’ fans divide themselves into Team Paxton or Team Ben on the question of which partner Devi should end up with. You’ve said your pick is Team Devi. Why is that?
RAMAKRISHNAN: I get concerned sometimes when an interviewer is shocked that I say Team Devi. I’m like, ’You looked at me, heard everything I preached about self-love and seeing yourself and respecting yourself, embracing who you are. And you thought I was going to say anything but Team Devi?’ Devi is growing, she doesn’t know who she is yet, and the guys don’t know who they are yet. Also giving credit to them too — it’s not like they’re just choices. They also have their own lives, they have to live and grow and figure out what they want. And Devi has to do that too.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Maitreyi-Ramakrishnan-shifts-from-Devi-to-My-17470693.php | 2022-09-27 20:34:25 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Maitreyi-Ramakrishnan-shifts-from-Devi-to-My-17470693.php |
Which rubber hex dumbbell set is best?
Rubber hex dumbbell sets are important pieces of workout equipment because they let you perform multiple styles of lifting and training and are perfect for people who are new to exercising or just starting out with basic curls. The BalanceFrom Rubber Encased Hex Dumbbell Set is a first-class rubber hex dumbbell set.
What to know before you buy a rubber hex dumbbell set
Benefits of using a rubber hex dumbbell set
With a rubber hex dumbbell set, it’s easy to transition between exercises. They’re also perfect for floor exercises and fairly easy to hold.
Weight ranges of rubber hex dumbbell sets
The most lightweight sets range from 2 to 8 pounds, while midrange sets go from 10 to 25 pounds and high-end sets go up to 50 pounds. Lightweight sets increase in 2-to-3-pound increments, while heavier sets increase in 5-pound increments.
Materials for rubber hex dumbbell sets
The most common materials for hex dumbbell sets are neoprene, cast iron and stainless steel. Neoprene-coated dumbbell sets include softer nonslip grip and bright colors and reduce damage when they hit furniture or floors. Cast-iron sets come with a rustic throwback style, while stainless steel sets have rubber-coated weights and stainless steel grips, which are simple to clean and rust-free.
What to look for in a quality rubber hex dumbbell set
Textured grips
Neoprene-coated hex dumbbells are usually grip-friendly, so they won’t easily slip out of your hands, even if they’re sweaty. Cast-iron and stainless steel dumbbells include small textured areas, including knurled patterns and grooves.
Value sets
You should look for a rubber hex dumbbell set that includes a rack, a bench or both. It’s much more cost-effective than buying each item separately. Note that you’ll probably need to hire a professional to assemble the bench and rack.
Accessories
Look for a dumbbell set with extra accessories, including exercise mats, weight training gloves, weight racks and weight benches.
How much you can expect to spend on a rubber hex dumbbell set
Rubber hex dumbbell sets range widely in price, from about $20-$1,800.
Rubber hex dumbbell set FAQ
How should you pack your rubber hex dumbbell set if you move?
A. The best way to pack your set of rubber hex dumbbells is to put it in a strong, sturdy box in your moving truck. The box will keep the weights from rolling around. Don’t carry the box with entire set of dumbbells inside.
It might be simpler to load the fully built weight benches and racks rather than taking time to break the benches and racks down.
How do you clean rubber hex dumbbells?
A. This depends on the dumbbells’ finish and materials, so check with the manufacturer for its recommendations before using any cleaning products on them. In general, though, you can use sanitizing spray for regular surface cleaning. Find a sanitizing spray that’s used to wipe down gym equipment.
You can wash neoprene dumbbells with water and soap, but cast-iron and stainless steel dumbbells are slightly more difficult to clean to prevent rust. You can use a natural cleaning solution of baking soda and vinegar and use dedicated equipment oil weekly to keep the rust away. If your hex dumbbells are already rusted, soak them in water overnight, then remove the rust with a wire brush.
Do you have to get a bench and rack for your dumbbells?
A. Not necessarily. Hex dumbbells are free weights, so you can use them alone without any extra equipment. Racks can help with organization and storage, but many people keep the dumbbells on the floor. Benches work well if you’ve mastered some weight training techniques and progressed with free weight training, and you’re ready to move on to more advanced techniques.
What’s the best rubber hex dumbbell set to buy?
Top rubber hex dumbbell set
BalanceFrom Rubber Encased Hex Dumbbell Set
What you need to know: This set has all of the features you need to build your home gym and work out from home.
What you’ll love: It includes pairs of 30-pound, 25-pound, 20-pound, 15-pound and 10-pound weights, as well as a rack that can hold up to 12 weights. The weights are encased in rubber to prevent rolling and prevent the floor.
What you should consider: It comes with a fairly strong rubber smell, but the scent eventually goes away.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top rubber hex dumbbell set for the money
Fitness Republic Neoprene Dumbbell Set
What you need to know: This convenient, portable set is a durable option you can use for all kinds of workouts.
What you’ll love: The weights are comfortable, simple to hold, affordable and composed of strong iron with an easy-grip handle. There are several combinations of weights to choose from.
What you should consider: This set doesn’t include a stand.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Cap Barbell Black Neoprene Coated Dumbbell Weights
What you need to know: This low-intensity rubber hex weight set is perfect for basic toning and light aerobic workouts and complements many full-body fitness programs.
What you’ll love: It includes a steel weight stand and comes in various weight sizes. The hexagonal weight plates remain in place without rolling.
What you should consider: A few reviewers said the weight stand that holds the dumbbells is slightly flimsy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday discussed his objections to Sweden and Finland joining NATO with the two Nordic countries’ leaders, Erdogan’s office said.
He spoke to Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in separate calls to address Ankara’s concerns about those it considers terrorists in their countries, the presidential communications office said in a statement.
It said Erdogan called upon Sweden to lift defensive weapons export restrictions it imposed on Turkey over Turkey's 2019 incursion into northern Syria. Erdogan also said he expected Stockholm to take “concrete and serious steps” against the Kurdish Workers’ Party, or PKK, and other groups that Turkey views as terrorists.
He told Niinisto “that an understanding that ignores terrorist organizations that pose a threat to an ally within NATO is incompatible with the spirit of friendship and alliance,” the statement added.
In another call, the Turkish president also raised Turkey's concerns with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who has said he would listen to Turkey's concerns on the matter.
On Thursday, Niinisto and Andersson visited Washington, where they spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden about their bids to join NATO in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
While other NATO nation appear welcoming to have Finland and Sweden join, Turkey has raised objections to their accession, principally over the presence of alleged terrorists in their countries and the block on arms sales.
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- Oral PL8177 may provide an effective, safe, and tolerable treatment option for ulcerative colitis patients prior to being treated with immunosuppressive therapies, which have significant safety and tolerability concerns
- Primary endpoint is the Mayo Endoscopic Subscore, which evaluates the level of disease in the colon mucosa
- Interim data currently expected first quarter of calendar year 2023;
topline data in the third quarter of calendar year 2023
CRANBURY, N.J., Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Palatin Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: PTN), a biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class medicines based on molecules that modulate the activity of the melanocortin receptor system, today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the PL8177-205 study with Palatin's PL8177, an oral formulation of the melanocortin-1 receptor agonist (MC1r), in patients with ulcerative colitis.
"The relative speed, efficiency, and agility in which we designed, selected, completed pre-clinical activities, and commenced this study demonstrates our core capabilities and the robustness of our MC1r agonist platform," stated Carl Spana, Ph.D., President and CEO of Palatin. "Initiating enrollment in this trial places Palatin one step closer to obtaining the relevant data demonstrating oral PL8177 is a potential treatment option for ulcerative colitis patients as an alternative therapy to immunosuppressive treatments, which have significant safety and tolerability concerns."
The PL8177-205 interim assessment is currently expected to occur in the first quarter of calendar year 2023, with final topline data anticipated in the third quarter of calendar year 2023.
The Phase 2 study is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive design, parallel group of PL8177, with once daily (QD) oral dosing in adult UC subjects. The study is designed to enroll up to 28 adult subjects with active UC from approximately 22 sites. All subjects who meet the eligibility criteria will be randomized to receive either placebo or oral PL8177. Additional trial information, including inclusion and exclusion criteria, can be found at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ via the identifier NCT05466890.
The study will use an adaptive design with an interim assessment by an independent data monitoring committee after the first 16 subjects have completed the 8-week evaluation visit. The efficacy evaluations and endpoints are in line with the latest FDA Draft Guidance for Industry: Ulcerative Colitis: Developing Drugs for Treatment (April 2022). The primary endpoint is the Mayo Endoscopic Subscore, which evaluates the level of disease in the colon mucosa.
PL8177 is a synthetic cyclic heptapeptide with demonstrated efficacy in multiple animal inflammatory bowel disease models. PL8177 is a potent, selective agonist at the human melanocortin receptor-1 (MC1r), with sub-nanomolar affinity binding and EC50 functional values. Palatin data demonstrates that the oral formulation of PL8177 was protected from degradation in the stomach and small intestine and delivered to the large intestine and colon over an extended period. In addition, orally administered PL8177 had a significant effect on resolving inflammation in a rat bowel inflammation model.
PL8177 in oral formulations has demonstrated repeated, robust efficacy in ulcerative colitis disease models. MC1r is found on epithelial cells and resident macrophages of the colon which are accessible from the lumen of the colon. Orally administered PL8177 is not systemically absorbed. PL8177 has the potential for excellent efficacy without safety concerns.
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disease of the large intestine (colon), with inflammation and ulcerations that can cause significant abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea, loss of appetite and other symptoms. An estimated 1 million individuals in the United States are affected by ulcerative colitis, with over 350,000 diagnosed with moderate-to-severe disease. Existing treatments are not effective in a substantial portion of patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, with certain severe cases resulting in surgical removal of the colon.
The melanocortin receptor ("MCr") system has effects on inflammation, immune system responses, metabolism, food intake, and sexual function. There are five melanocortin receptors, MC1r through MC5r. Modulation of these receptors, through use of receptor-specific agonists, which activate receptor function, or receptor-specific antagonists, which block receptor function, can have medically significant pharmacological effects. Many tissues and immune cells located throughout the body, including the gut, kidney and eye, express melanocortin receptors, empowering our opportunity to directly activate natural pathways to resolve disease inflammation.
Palatin is a biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class medicines based on molecules that modulate the activity of the melanocortin receptor systems, with targeted, receptor-specific product candidates for the treatment of diseases with significant unmet medical need and commercial potential. Palatin's strategy is to develop products and then form marketing collaborations with industry leaders to maximize their commercial potential. For additional information regarding Palatin, please visit Palatin's website at www.Palatin.com and follow Palatin on Twitter at @PalatinTech.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements about future expectations of Palatin, such as statements about PL8177 clinical trials and results, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Palatin intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Palatin's actual results to be materially different from its historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Palatin's actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements for reasons including, but not limited to, results of clinical trials, regulatory actions by the FDA and other regulatory and the need for regulatory approvals, Palatin's ability to fund development of its technology and establish and successfully complete clinical trials, the length of time and cost required to complete clinical trials and submit applications for regulatory approvals, products developed by competing pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, commercial acceptance of Palatin's products, and other factors discussed in Palatin's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Palatin is not responsible for updating for events that occur after the date of this press release.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Kohl's Corporation ("Kohl's" or the "Company") (NYSE: KSS) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Kohl's investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between October 20, 2020 and May 19, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
KSS investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) Kohl's new strategic framework to "drive top-line growth," "expand operating margin," and become "the most trusted retailer of choice for the active and casual lifestyle" (the "Strategic Plan") was not well tailored to achieving the Company's stated goals; (ii) the defendants had likewise overstated the Company's success in executing its Strategic Plan; (iii) Kohl's had deficient disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting, and corporate governance mechanisms; (iv) as a result, the Company's board of directors was able to and did withhold material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to the Company's annual meeting; (v) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Kohl's financial condition and reputation; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Kohl's during the relevant time frame, you have until November 1, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Richland One Superintendent provides update on the testing of metal detectors in select schools
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A new pilot program is bringing metal detectors to select Richland School District One Schools.
Richland One Superintendent Dr. Craig Witherspoon said it’s “unfortunate” that the district even has to consider steps like this, but given incidents at district schools this year, they felt it was the right time to take a closer look at what this would look like in practice.
In March, a 15-year-old student at Lower Richland High School was found with a handgun on school grounds.
“Unfortunately there are events and things that happen in the community,” Witherspoon said. “Those things can and sometimes do bring situations to schools. So we want to be proactive in that. With that being said, and things that have happened, taking a look at this piece as well from a deterrent standpoint, preventative standpoint just given what’s been happening in our community and the community at large.”
The district is currently in the “fact-finding” and “information-gathering” stage, according to Witherspoon.
Witherspoon said these discussions have been ongoing since a student was stabbed at A.C. Flora High School in February of 2019.
Richland One is less than a month into the pilot program.
Nine middle schools and seven high schools are participating. However, the metal detectors are not stationary at these schools; rather, they move from school to school depending on the day.
“This pilot was designed that the device and the process does move around to give us information on how it works in larger schools, smaller schools, different configurations, and all of that information will be reviewed at the end of the year and see what decisions we make moving forward,” Witherspoon said.
In the fall, the district could continue the random approach or possibly expand the use of metal detectors.
Richland One declined to name the participating schools, citing safety and security reasons.
Witherspoon said he understands some may be concerned about potential long lines and delays that this could cause, and the district is looking into how to staff accordingly.
“Part of the pilot also is from a staffing standpoint, the team that’s working on this, what size should that team be to move this as fast as it perhaps can be to not have those delays?” he said. “Also looking at the newer equipment that is out there that could move this process a lot faster as well to alleviate those delays. And again, that’s a part of the fact-finding.”
Since the district began testing the use of metal detectors, two Richland One students have lost their lives to gun violence. Though these incidents did not on school grounds, Witherspoon says these tragedies weigh on his mind when making decisions about school safety.
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“That’s been sad and quite frankly heartbreaking as we finish out the year from school, high school, middle school or at any level, elementary,” he said. “We should be talking about students and what they’re doing in the future, what are their next steps in life, how to move forward, what can we do to support, but a sad reality is we have to confront these things.”
Through the pilot of this technology, no guns have been found, but several knives and other items in violation of the student code of conduct have been located.
However, earlier this week a 14-year-old St. Andrews Middle School student was arrested after bringing a handgun to school.
Witherspoon said that feedback has been mixed. Some parents have asked why the district did not take this step sooner, while others do not feel this is necessary.
Orangeburg County Schools implemented metal detectors at all district schools following a shooting in the parking lot of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School in August.
The Richland School District Two board has also discussed the possibility of metal detectors.
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King County continues to buy hotels and apartment buildings, trying to meet a self-imposed goal of housing 1,600 homeless people. But it has yet to meet half of its occupancy target as five of its 10 properties remain vacant.
Just months away from the new year, the county has used more than $230 million from a sales tax passed in 2020 on properties in Seattle and five suburban cities as part of its Health Through Housing initiative. The county is in the final stages of buying a new, 35-unit apartment building in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.
It’s taken months — and sometimes more than a year — to open the properties the county already owns.
As of Sept. 1, 357 people were living in four of the 10 Health Through Housing buildings purchased by King County. An additional 118 people are living in two apartment buildings in Seattle whose operations are funded by the county, but are owned by the city, totaling 475. A fifth building is being used to house refugees.
Some of these investments, such as the Capitol Hill building, are also intended to further county equity goals. If purchased, the apartments will house people who are queer, transgender, Black, Native, and other people of color. The sale is expected to be completed by early October.
“That’s within our initiative to annually reduce racial disproportionality within chronic homeless communities,” said Mario Williams-Sweet, a major initiatives manager for King County.
Although Black people are 7% of King County’s population, they represent one-quarter of the county’s homeless population, according to the 2022 Point-In-Time count. American Indian, Alaska Native and other Indigenous people make up 9% of the county’s homeless population, compared to 1% of the general population.
The county says it wants to have residents move in by the end of the year.
In the early months of the pandemic, the county capitalized on the havoc COVID wreaked on the travel industry. In October 2020, the county approved a 0.1% sales tax to take advantage of a hurting market and buy vacant hotels as well as new apartment buildings. County Executive Dow Constantine announced a plan to use them for permanent housing with social services attached for people who have been homeless for a long time and who have a disabling physical, mental or behavioral health condition, including substance-use disorder, that creates extra challenges around securing and maintaining stable housing.
In its first year, the county estimates the operational cost of the existing sites will be $25,000 per unit. The sales tax, which is a permanent revenue source, funds the operations at every site. Some homeless hotel programs around the country have had to close recently because they ran out of government funding, but Katie Rogers, spokesperson for the county’s Department of Community and Human Services, said the county’s tax revenue is designed to prevent that.
So far, the acquisition part of the plan has worked. After the Capitol Hill sale, the county still has to purchase at least two more sites, totaling 13 properties, Rogers said.
But moving people in has been harder.
At the beginning of the year, 180 people were living in two buildings. At the time, county officials pointed to shortages in the homelessness workforce for the delays. And not much has changed.
“There are not enough people doing this work. And there are not enough people who can afford to do this work. So we’ve got to take that head-on,” said Leo Flor, director of community and human services.
In addition, King County said subcontractors hired to make modifications to buildings have taken longer than expected and some locations have required more time to engage with community members over the new sites.
Some properties have been caught up in community or legal wrangling.
In March, King County purchased its 10th property, in Kirkland, for $28.7 million, near the Eastside Preparatory School.
Soon after, a group of parents and residents, called Keep Kids Safe, sued the county and the city of Kirkland, saying they didn’t hold public meetings that were required before the property was purchased. Because of this, the lawsuit claimed, the 121-unit purchase should be voided.
The lawsuit spawned turmoil that lasted into August, and was ultimately dismissed.
In Renton, the City Council passed legislation that required the residents of a county-funded former Red Lion to move out, and placed regulations around where and how homeless shelters can operate.
Since then, the county has returned to Renton, opening a Health Through Housing site in a former Extended Stay America. It creates permanent supportive housing for more than 100 people. At every former hotel, including the site in Renton, up to 60% of units will be available for homeless people in the city in which it is located.
“It started off as a disagreement,” Flor said of the county’s efforts to house people in hotels in Renton, “and what it resulted in is what I think is going to be a perpetual partnership.”
At most of the Health Through Housing sites, residents will get to stay indefinitely. But so far, three of the opened sites don’t meet the county’s “permanent supportive” housing status since they don’t have certain amenities, such as cooking units. These units are considered “emergency” housing.
People living in emergency housing in Seattle can move into other permanent supportive housing sites around the county if they can secure a spot or they can live in their current home indefinitely. The county will eventually retrofit the sites with the necessary amenities to be brought up to permanent supportive housing status.
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It happened at a music festival in Houston, a soccer stadium in England, during a hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, in a Chicago nightclub, and countless other gatherings: Large crowds surge toward exits, onto playing fields or press up against a stage with such force that people are literally squeezed to death.
And it has happened again, during Halloween festivities in the South Korean capital Seoul, where a crowd pushed forward, the narrow street they were on acting as a vice, leaving more than 140 people dead and 150 more injured.
The risk of such tragic accidents, which receded when venues closed and people stayed home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has returned.
To be sure, most events where large crowds gather happen without injury or death, with fans coming and going without incident. But those that went horribly wrong shared some common traits. Here is a look at why that happens:
HOW DO PEOPLE DIE AT THESE EVENTS?
While movies that show crowds desperately try to flee suggest getting trampled might be the cause of most of the deaths, the reality is most people who die in a crowd surge are suffocated.
What can’t be seen are forces so strong that they can bend steel. That means something as simple as drawing breath becomes impossible. People die standing up and those who fall die because the bodies on top of them exert such pressure that breathing becomes impossible.
"As people struggle to get up, arms and legs get twisted together. Blood supply starts to be reduced to the brain," G. Keith Still, a visiting professor of crowd science at the University of Suffolk in England, told NPR after the Astroworld crowd surge in Houston last November. "It takes 30 seconds before you lose consciousness, and around about six minutes, you're into compressive or restrictive asphyxia. That's a generally the attributed cause of death — not crushing, but suffocation."
WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING SWEPT INTO A CRUSH OF PEOPLE LIKE?
Survivors tell stories of gasping for breath, being pushed deeper under what feels like an avalanche of flesh as others, desperate to escape, climb over them. Of being pinned against doors that won't open and fences that won't give.
"Survivors described being gradually compressed, unable to move, their heads 'locked between arms and shoulders ... faces gasping in panic,'" according to a report after a human crush in 1989 at the Hillsborough soccer stadium in Sheffield, England, led to the death of nearly 100 Liverpool fans. "They were aware that people were dying and they were helpless to save themselves."
WHAT TRIGGERS SUCH EVENTS?
At a Chicago nightclub in 2003, a crowd surge began after security guards used pepper spray to break up a fight. Twenty-one people died in the resulting crowd surge. And this month in Indonesia, 131 people were killed when tear gas was fired into a half-locked stadium, triggering a crush at the exits.
In Nepal in 1988, it was a sudden downpour that sent soccer fans rushing toward locked stadium exits, leading to the deaths of 93 fans. In the latest incident in South Korea, some news outlets reported that the crush occurred after a large number of people rushed to a bar after hearing that an unidentified celebrity was there.
But Still, the British professor who has testified as an expert witness in court cases involving crowds, pointed to a variation of the age-old example of someone shouting “Fire” in a crowded movie theater. He told the AP last year that what lights the fuse of such a rush for safety in the U.S., more than in any other country, is the sound of someone shouting: "He has a gun!”
WHAT ROLE DID THE PANDEMIC PLAY?
Stadiums are filling up again. During the pandemic, as games went forward, teams took some creative steps to make things look somewhat normal. Cardboard figures of fans were placed in some of the seats and crowd noise was piped in — a sports version of a comedy show laugh track.
Now, though, the crowds are back, and the danger has returned.
“As soon as you add people into the mix, there will always be a risk,” Steve Allen of Crowd Safety, a U.K.-based consultancy engaged in major events around the world, told the AP in 2021.
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DETROIT - Devonte’ Graham was playing “Call of Duty” when his agent told him at 1:45 p.m. Thursday that New Orleans had traded him to the Spurs.
“Then I got another call and they said there was a flight at 6:45 that I needed to be on, so I threw two suitcases together, packed some hooping shoes and met them here last night,” Graham said.
Those “hooping shoes” got quite a workout Friday night.
Graham finished with a season-high 31 points, Zach Collins had a career-best 29 and rookie Malaki Branham recorded a season-best 27 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Spurs fell 138-131 in overtime to the Pistons in a game between teams vying to finish in the bottom three to position themselves well in the lottery for a chance to draft French phenom Victor Wembanyama.
The Spurs (14-42) matched their worst skid of the season with their 11th loss in a row. The Pistons (15-42) snapped a three-game losing streak.
Graham set a record for most points scored in a Spurs debut, besting the 30 Willie Anderson posted as a rookie in the 1988-89 season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Graham, who came to the Spurs along with four second-round draft picks in exchange for Josh Richardson, said his big night boiled down to him “just knowing I could go out and play free” after getting a crash course from the coaching staff earlier in the day.
“I knew the guys were going to go out and play hard,” he said. “I obviously don’t know too many plays. They kind of went over the basics with me. I just tried to stick with that and be aggressive.”
Graham hit 9 of 21 shots, including his first attempt, a pull-up 3-pointer with 3:59 left in the first period. He finished 6 of 15 from 3-point range, the most attempts from beyond the arc by any player in league history in his first game with a team.
Ray Allen and Kyrie Irving held the record of 14.
“It’s always good to see your first shot go in,” Graham said. “And then I just kept being aggressive and the guys just kept finding me.”
The Spurs were 0-for-6 in the final 2:19 of the second OT, with Graham missing a pair from deep.
Still, it was quite a performance after he came to the Spurs averaging just 5.3 points per game this season but with a career average of 11.5.
“That’s what he does,” Popovich said. “He’s a scorer. He’s a shooter. And just walking into the gym and playing with four guys he has never played with before, I thought he was wonderful.”
Bojan Bogdanovich led Detroit with 32 points. Rookie Jalen Duren added 30 and four others finished in double figures.
The Spurs, who play at Atlanta on Saturday, suited up just 10 players after listing seven as out, including leading scorer Keldon Johnson (ankle) and fellow starters Tre Jones (foot), Jeremy Sochan (back) and Devin Vassell (knee).
They were even more shorthanded in the second half after Doug McDermott exited the game with right Achilles soreness.
With the injuries, the Spurs fielded one of the youngest starting lineup in franchise history: Branham, 19; Blake Wesley, 19; Isaiah Roby and Collins at 25; and Kata Bates-Diop, the old man of the bunch at 27. Bates-Diop finished with 15 points.
“Considering everything, I thought they were great,” Popovich said. “A lineup that never saw each other before, a couple of guys just got here. I couldn’t ask any more. … A hell of an effort by a lot of guys trying to do the best they can do. I was proud of him.”
Here are three takeaways from the game:
1. Graham will fit in well with the Spurs’ fast-paced scheme
The fifth-year pro felt at ease after meeting with Popovich after arriving in Detroit.
“I am definitely going to fit in here,” Graham said. “They play fast, play with space, shoot, and Pop is always preaching — from my first hours here — ‘the basketball gods, the basketball gods.’ Just play the right way is pretty much what he means. He said if a teammate is open, pass it, kick it, shoot it, simple basketball.”
Graham is also a player who can create his shots, something the Spurs have missed since losing Vassell.
Given what he did Friday night and that his style fits so well with the Spurs, other big scoring nights could be in the offing.
2. Collins has a great opportunity to show what he can do
With Poeltl gone and finally injury free, Collins has a chance to record a career season.
He got off to a great start Friday, notching his fourth double-double of the season with 11 rebounds to go along with three assists in a season-best 35 minutes.
“He has steadily improved his game, gotten his confidence back,” Popovich said. “He is playing very well for us. He was wonderful for us tonight.”
3. Keldon Johnson stayed active while inactive
Even though he had the night off Friday, the Spurs’ leading scorer still had an impact with his constant cheerleading from the bench.
One notable celebration came in the first period when he jumped out of his seat with a fist pump to celebrate Dominick Barlow's first bucket, an inside bucket on a pick-and-roll feed from McDermott early in the second quarter.
With Poeltl gone, Johnson is now the longest-tenured Spurs player at five seasons. He wants to be a team leader, and he showed it Friday by the way he supported his teammates.
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NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CED released the fourth and final installment of its unique 2022 series that analyzes the role of paid child care in the economy—including its impact on labor force participation. The new report serves not only as a road map for researchers to build on CED's findings. The report is also useful to policymakers as they consider key questions related to the use of paid child care—especially for women—and its connection to the workforce and economic growth.
Specifically, the new report details how researchers can effectively leverage the underlying data from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS), which CED used as the basis for its report series about paid child care. As detailed in the primer, the CPS is a monthly survey of US households jointly sponsored by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As part of its Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), the survey includes questions about the use of paid child care since 2001 and about such expenditures since 2010.
"Our work uncovered several groundbreaking insights, including that boosting women's labor force participation by one percent—which more paid child care could help achieve—would generate nearly $73 billion of additional income for women," said Dr. Lori Esposito Murray, President of CED. "CED's series examines data more extensively and over a long a time period than any previous work. This fourth and latest report provides a foundation for the research community to discover additional insights, which will help inform public policies that generate more prosperity for the nation's families and the economy more broadly."
The report, The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the U.S., Part 4: Child Care Data in the Current Population Survey, a Primer, covers five key aspects of the CPS data:
- The design of the CPS and its Annual Social and Economic Supplement;
- What specific data the survey captures;
- The sources from which that data comes;
- Best practices for using the data; and
- Likely technical issues which come with the data and how to handle them
The series is the first deep analysis of paid child care usage mined from the CPS data. Findings highlighted from the first three installments in the series include:
- A high price tag: In 2020, the average income of families using paid child care was $149,926.
- COVID-19's impact on participation: From 2019 to 2020, children in paid child care dropped by nearly 20 percent.
- The primary drivers of paid child care usage are labor force attachment, household income, and educational attainment.
- Despite declining labor force attachment across all genders, men participate in the labor force at a higher rate than women.
- Paid child care usage is directly impacted by maternal labor force participation trends.
- A one percent increase in the labor force participation of women ages 18-54 would produce multiple economic benefits, including an additional income of approximately $73 billion.
- Short-term changes in paid child care correspond with three key factors: labor force participation, actual hiring of mothers, and increased income.
- Long-term changes in paid child care correspond with three different key factors: maternal labor force, real income, and the overall total of the male and female labor force.
The prior three reports as part of this series focus on 1) the link between paid child care and income; 2) the link between child care access and mothers' workforce participation; and 3) the economic benefits of increasing women's participation in the labor force. More information on the series, which was produced with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, can be found here.
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is the public policy center of The Conference Board. The nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led organization delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions in the nation's interest. CED Trustees are chief executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who bring their unique experience to address today's pressing policy issues. Collectively they represent 30+ industries, over a trillion dollars in revenue, and over 4 million employees. www.ced.org
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